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The Ashes, 5th Test: Australia thrash England by 146 runs, clinch series 4-0
England were 68/1 at Tea but they suffered a massive collapse to get bowled out for 124 in their second innings in the third session of the Day-Night Hobart Test. Zak Crawley (36) was the highest scorer for England while Pat Cummins (3/42), Scott Boland (3/18) and Cameron Green (3/21) shared three wickets each for Australia.
SA v IND: Looking at the reasons where India lost the series against South Africa
But what happened next was unbelievable as South Africa fought back to win the next two Tests in Johannesburg and Cape Town by seven wickets each. It meant South Africa, a team in transition and bereft of many experienced players, was able to prevent India from conquering 'the final frontier'. We try to dig into where did it go wrong for India after being 1-0 up in the series and dominating the opening day of the series with 272/3.
It's possible Kohli resigned to avoid getting sacked again, feels Gavaskar
Ahead of the South Africa tour, the BCCI had removed Kohli as India's ODI captain and appointed Rohit as the new 50-over cricket skipper. The decision caused a huge controversy in Indian cricket with Virat being at the centre of it.
South Africa-India series showed ample emotion missing from Ashes: Ian Chappell
Some nine hours away South Africa surprisingly defeated India in an old-fashioned dogfight that included some enthralling cricket. It also involved ample emotion of the sort that has notably been missing from an Ashes contest that has been surprisingly uncontroversial so far," wrote Chappell in his column for ESPNCricinfo on Sunday.
Asia Cup to help us prepare for bigger challenges in 2022: Goalkeeper Savita
The India women's hockey team, led by goalkeeper Savita, left for its first major international assignment of the new year on Sunday morning, boarding the flight to Muscat (Oman) to defend its Asia Cup title at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.
His decision is personal and BCCI respects it: Ganguly lauds Virat's leadership
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has lauded Virat Kohli for taking the team to new heights in all formats of cricket during his tenure as India skipper but said that the star batter's decision to quit Test captaincy was a personal one and the board respects it immensely.
U-19 CWC: Dhull's 82, Ostwal's five-for give India big win over South Africa
The four-time champions, after setting a target of 233 for the Proteas to win, bundled out the 2014 champions for just 187 in 45.4 overs with Ostwal doing most of the damage to the South African top and middle-order.
PKL 8: Bengal Warriors, U Mumbai finish 32-32 in key clash
The Mumbai team has desperately sought inspiration from other players with raider V Ajith Kumar injured. Their hope rested on their experienced defence step up against Warriors' star raider Maninder Singh. But that did not work out and the Mumbai team had to be satisfied with a tie on Saturday as they continued to struggle at sixth position in the table with 28 points from 10 matches.
Cricket fraternity lauds Kohli for his services as India's Test skipper
Kohli steps down as India's most successful captain in the format, with 40 wins in 68 Tests. He also helped the side to a historic Test series win in Australia and took them to the top of the ICC Test rankings. Under him, India also reached the final of the inaugural ICC World Test Championship. The cricket fraternity -- including past and present players -- lauded Kohli for his captaincy in Test cricket.
Indian team beats Pakistan, Nepal to win title in World Esports Cup 2021
The global finals saw a thrilling competition between twelve of the most impressive and skilled teams from India, Pakistan and Nepal. Teams from India -- Total Gaming, Chemin Esports, Orangutan Elite and Arrow Esports -- put up a solid show right from Day 1 of the five-day final stage. With a brilliant attacking as well as defensive strategy, tactics, and coordination, they dominated the teams from Pakistan and Nepal and finished in the top four.
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