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India have a great chance to earn valuable WTC points in Pink Ball Test
India, who are currently fifth on the WTC 2021/23 table with five wins, three losses, two draws and a no result in 11 Test outings in the current cycle are fifth on the basis of percentage points earned so far going into the second Test, a day-nighter. The Rohit Sharma-led Test side has 54.16 percentage points and are not far behind South Africa, who have 60 percentage points.
Cueva returns to Peru squad for crucial WC qualifiers
Al-Fateh midfielder Christian Cueva has returned to Peru's squad for the decisive World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Paraguay, head coach Ricardo Gareca has said. Cueva, who missed Peru's last qualifier against Ecuador due to suspension, headlines a 29-man squad that also includes Boca Juniors defender Carlos Zambrano, Sporting Cristal star Yoshimar Yotun and Orlando City goalkeeper Pedro Gallese.
Women's World Cup: Positivity with which Yastika started gave a lot of confidence, says Smriti
India opener Smriti Mandhana on Saturday said the positive start given by fellow left-hander Yastika Bhatia gave her a lot of confidence in playing a big innings. Under pressure after a crushing 62-run loss to New Zealand on Thursday, India posted a mammoth 317/8 against the West Indies, with Smriti top-scoring with 123 while Harmanpreet Kaur slammed 109.
Pink-ball Test: India eye clean sweep against Sri Lanka, improvement in WTC table (preview)
After winning the first match convincingly, India will look for a 2-0 sweep against Sri Lanka, when the two sides meet in the second and final Test, which will be played under the lights, here from Saturday. A dominating win by an innings and 222 runs in the first Test in Mohali consolidated India's fifth position in the World Test Championship standings but they will be looking to move further up with a win in Bengaluru.
Asian Youth & Junior Boxing: Vishwanath, Anand reach finals, add to India's medal count
Vishwanath (48kg) confirmed his second successive final appearance at the prestigious continental tournament after beating Miralijon Mavlonov by a split 4-1 decision. On the other hand, in the thrilling bantamweight semi-finals, Anand gave his all to secure a tough 3-2 win over Abduvali Buriboev. India is assured of winning 30 medals in this competition so far.
Women's Pro League: India confident of putting it across strong Germany
Germany had defeated India in the women's hockey competition at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Despite that 2-0 defeat to Germany, the Indian women's team finished fourth in the preliminary group. The story took a turn after that as India defeated Australia in quarters before losing to Argentina and Great Britain to eventually finish fourth.
Hockey Pro League: India women to focus on defence for Germany matches
India had defeated Spain 2-1 in the first match but then lost to them 3-4 in their second match, the Spaniards capitalising on the defensive errors by the Indian defenders, who allowed their rivals extra space in the final third. On Thursday, India vice-captain and senior defender Deep Grace Ekka said they have worked on the defence in the break between the two matches
National shooting: Meghana Sajjanar wins Women's 10M Air Rifle T1 trials
Railways' Meghana Sajjanar won the T1 Women's 10M Air Rifle trials, defeating West Bengals Mehuli Ghosh 16-10 in the gold medal match on Friday. Meghana, a former India international, finished sixth in the first qualification round with a score of 628.8 after 60-shots, as the top eight moved to the final stages. Olympian and former world No. 1 Elavenil Valarivan had topped qualifications with 631.1, while Mehuli finished second with 630.9.
We're not frightened of Australia: Babar Azam ahead of second Test
Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Friday brushed off suggestions that his team are afraid of Australia. Azam's comments come ahead of second Test at National Stadium in Karachi starting from Saturday.It also comes a day after the pitch for the drawn first Test at Rawalpindi was rated as 'below average' by ICC match referee Ranjan Madugalle apart from being given one demerit point.
IPL 2022: Rajasthan Royals appoint Malinga as fast bowling coach, Upton roped in as 'Team Catalyst'
Rajasthan Royals on Friday appointed former Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga as their fast-bowling coach ahead of the upcoming IPL 2022 season. The 38-year-old T20 World Cup-winning captain Malinga, who represented Sri Lanka in 340 matches across the three formats and picked up 546 wickets, will oversee the preparation of bowling strategies in the build-up and during the season.
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