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Premier League: Man City open up 8-point lead at top; Chelsea held by Brighton
The win for Pep Guardiola's side, coupled with Brighton's 1-1 draw away to Chelsea and Liverpool's surprise defeat away to Leicester on Tuesday, gives them a comfortable eight-point cushion going into the New Year.
PKL 8: Dabang Delhi KC thrash Bengal Warriors
Naveen Kumar picked up 24 points from 25 raids, his best performance in the history of PKL, as Dabang Delhi KC avenged their last season's defeat in the final with a massive 52-35 win over defending champions Bengal Warriors.
SA vs India: Bumrah achieves milestone of picking 100 Test wickets away from home
The pacer got to the feat on Day 4 of the first Test between South Africa and India at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. Van der Dussen became Bumrah's 100th Test victim in overseas conditions. The 28-year-old now has 105 wickets, out of which 101 have come away from home.
SA v IND, 1st Test: India need six wickets on day five to breach Fortress Centurion
Chasing 305, Mohammed Shami made the early breakthrough as he set-up Markram with two away-swinging deliveries and finally completed the set-up by having the right-hander withdraw his bat late, thereby chopping on to the stumps. Keegan Petersen and captain Dean Elgar survived against the new-ball pair of Shami and Bumrah till Mohammed Siraj claimed Petersen with an outswinger, taking the outer edge to keeper Rishabh Pant's right.
ICC Rankings: Ashwin holds on to 2nd spot as Anderson climbs three places despite Ashes debacle
In the Test All-rounders' Rankings, Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who missed India's away three-Test series against South Africa due to an injury, continue to hold the second and third spots respectively behind West Indies' Jason Holder. India's new white-ball captain Rohit Sharma, currently out of the South Africa Test series, is ranked fifth in the batters' ranking, while Test skipper Virat Kohli is holding on to his seventh position in the category.
SA vs Ind: Virat Kohli's drought continues, ends 2021 without century
The 33-year old Kohli, who departed for 35 in the first innings, could only score 18 runs in the second innings, getting out to youngster Marco Jansen. He went after a wide delivery from Jansen in the very first ball after Lunch on Day 4 of the ongoing Test. The delivery was bowled well outside the off-stump but Kohli, who pressed forward, was not able to curb his instinct and produced a thick edge, which was safely pouched by wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock.
SA v IND, 1st Test: Shami takes out Markram as South Africa try to chase a stiff 305
After Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen took figures of 4/42 and 4/55 respectively to bowl out India for 174 in the second innings, the hosts now need 283 runs to win on a pitch which has shown high variable bounce for the pacers. Chasing 305, Shami, the hero of the first innings with 5/44, made the early breakthrough as he set-up Markram with two away-swinging deliveries and finally completed the set-up.
SA v IND, 1st Test: India bowled out for 174, set 305-run target for South Africa
India have now set a target of 305 for South Africa with 51 overs left in the day. The pitch is still quick and high levels of variable bounce looming as a large factor. Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant's quick knock of 34 was the top score of India's innings while Rabada and Jansen took figures of 4/42 and 4/55 respectively.
Ashes: Boycott calls for Root to step down as captain
England were bowled out for 68 to lose the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) by an innings and 14 runs. The result meant Australia retained the Ashes with Root now under more pressure than ever to continue as captain. "Nobody would want to give up the captaincy, but it is not about Joe -- it is about getting guys to perform better. At the end of this series the question should be asked: would England benefit from a change of captain? That's not me trying to be hurtful to Joe or just being controversial. We all love Joe," wrote Boycott in his column for The Telegraph.
Salah misses penalty as Liverpool slip to defeat away to Leciester
The team coached by former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers rode their luck on Tuesday night when Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah fired a penalty against the woodwork, before hitting the rebound wide and Ademola Lookman's 59th-minute strike decided the game.
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