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PKL 8: Goyat helps Patna Pirates beat Bengal Warriors
The talismanic raider Monu Goyat played scintillating Kabaddi, scoring seven points in a single raid in the match. Patna Pirates started with a bang, picking up raid points through Sachin and Prashanth Kumar but were soon found wanting more against Bengal Warriors' Maninder Singh. Maninder, the star raider, brought out his best as he left the Pirates looking for answers from all corners of the mat. He picked up points at will and overpowered all defensive tactics to return to his half in a jiffy with every passing raid.
Things are absolutely fine between Kohli and Rohit: Chetan Sharma
There were reports of a rift between Kohli and Rohit since the former was sacked from the ODI captaincy and replaced by the latter. However, while addressing a virtual press conference to announce India's ODI squad for South Africa, the chief selector cleared the air. Asked if they planned to have Kohli and Rohit sit down to iron things out, Chetan said, "But about what? Things are absolutely fine. That's why I was saying don't go by speculations. We're all cricketers first and selectors later. There is nothing between them."
KL Rahul to lead India in South Africa ODIs, injured Rohit misses out
The 34-year old Sharma was appointed captain of the ODI team earlier this month as he replaced Virat Kohli, who had stepped down from the role of T20I captaincy as well.
U19 Asia Cup Final: Bowlers, Raghuvanshi lead India to nine-wicket win over SL
After restricting Sri Lanka to 106/9 in 38 overs, India had to chase 102 in the same allotted overs. Sri Lanka struck an early blow as Harnoor Singh was trapped plumb lbw by Yasiru Rodrigo for just five. But his partner Raghuvanshi, who was hit early on the helmet, was unfazed in shot selection. He got his first boundary of the match with a lovely backfoot punch and followed it with a pull over square leg
Root stands tall among the Ashes ruins; nominated for ICC Player of the Year award
His side may have lost the Ashes after Australia took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five Test series, but the embattled Root, with 1855 runs in 18 international matches at an average of 58.37 (six centuries), has enjoyed a year that will go down in the pages of the history books.
Rohit, Ashwin, Pant, Axar in Cricket Australia's Test XI of 2021
Having dominated white-ball cricket and his home conditions for years, the 34-year old Rohit Sharma conquered his final frontier this year by proving he can score big Test runs outside of Asia. And a strong 2021 that saw him finish second behind Joe Root in the list for leading run-scorers in 2021.
Mandhana among four players nominated for ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year award
In a field dominated by opening batters, the other three cricketers are England's Tammy Beaumont, Australia's Lizelle Lee and Ireland's Gaby Lewis.
Biggest benefit for India is back-up in fast-bowling department: Duminy
Apart from the 117-run opening partnership between KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal in the first innings, Mohammed Shami picked 5/44 in the first innings to skittle out South Africa for 197. On the way, Shami completed 200 scalps in Test cricket, becoming the fifth Indian pacer to do so.
Unfortunate we lost to Argentina, pain will remain forever: Hockey captain Rani
"I feel 100 per cent we could have won the semifinal match against Argentina. We took an early lead in the match and put them under pressure. We executed everything (the) coaches told us but conceding PCs (penalty corners) cost us," Rani said on Friday.
Indian athletes' top sporting moments in 2021
Neeraj Chopra strikes gold: Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra became the second Indian to win an individual gold at the Olympics, outperforming the field by quite a distance to notch up the first track-and-field Games medal for the country.
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