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Messi fit for Argentina World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay, Brazil
The Paris Saint-Germain forward trained freely with the Argentina squad on Wednesday and Thursday, showing no sign of the injuries that kept him out of the French side's last two matches. The Albiceleste will meet Uruguay in Montevideo later on Friday and Brazil in the central-western Argentine city of San Juan next Tuesday (November 16).
Rahane to lead India in 1st Test vs NZ, Kohli to return for 2nd match: Reports
As per a report in TOI, the decision to put Rahane in command was taken on Thursday with the selectors discussing over managing the workload of its players who have recently talked about the bubble fatigue which in turn has been cited as one of the reasons from the Indian team's early exit at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021.
Babar Azam breaks Virat Kohli's record to become fastest batsman to 2500 T20I runs
India skipper Kohli took 68 innings to breach the 2500-run mark in T20 internationals while Azam achieved the feat in 62 innings. Azam, who scored 39 in 34 balls, also registered the most runs in a maiden T20 world cup with 303, making him the first batsman to score 300 runs in the T20 World Cup 2021.
T20 WC: Australia beat Pakistan by 5 wickets, to face New Zealand in final
Fantastic fifties by Mohammad Rizwan (67 off 52) and Fakhar Zaman (55 off 32) powered Pakistan to 176-4. Apart from Rizwan and Zaman, Babar Azam (39 off 34) also made valuable contributions with the bat for Pakistan while Mitchell Starc (2/38) was the most successful bowler for Australia.
Andy Murray, Denis Shapovalov, Frances Tiafoe reach quarterfinals in Stockholm Open
Murray claimed his second top-10 scalp in recent times when he stunned top seed Jannik Sinner of Italy in straight sets in a Round of 16 clash on Wednesday night. Before the victory over World No. 10 Sinner, Murray had defeated France's Hubert Hurkacz, ranked No. 10 at that time, in Vienna.
Junior Hockey World Cup: India appoints Vivek Sagar Prasad captain of 18 member squad
India on Wednesday, appointed Vivek Sagar Prasad the captain of Indian junior hockey team for upcoming Junior World Cup. Defender Sanjay has been appointed as the vice-captain of the team. The FIH Men's Junior Hockey World Cup will be held in Bhubaneshwar from November 24. Vivek Sagar Prasad was part of the Indian Hockey Team which won Bronze medal in recently held Tokyo Olympics and Sanjay Was Silver medalist at Youth Olympic Games 2018.
T20 World Cup : Mitchell, Neesham help New Zealand beat England to enter final
The duo helped the Black Caps in changing the course of the semi-final match against England. New Zealand took only 19 overs to chase the target of 167 and managed to beat England by five wickets in the first semi-final of the T20 World Cup that was played at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.
ICC T20I rankings: Kohli drops to 8th spot, Rahul jumps to 5th in batting chart
Meanwhile, Aiden Markram has made significant gains in his T20I rankings on the back of the sensational performances for South Africa in the ongoing World Cup. Markram's unbeaten knock of 52 in just 25 balls in South Africa's victory over Group 1 table-toppers England sees him climb to the No 3 spot in the T20I rankings for batters.
Virat Kohli bids farewell to outgoing coaching staff, thanks them for their contributions
The three Member coaching staff are relieved from their duties after the T20 World Cup as their tenure came to end on Monday. Prior to India’s failure in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup in UAE, where the team could not make it to the semi-final, the trio helped Team India become a formidable travelling unit in Test cricket, winning the series in Australia and leading 2-1 in England. India’s performance in T20Is also sky-rocketed under their tenure as they won series in South Africa, New Zealand, England and Australia.
Powerplays could well decide our fate in semifinal against Pakistan: Aaron Finch
Pakistan has entered the semifinals from Group 2 on the back of an all-win record in the 'Super 12', with big victories against almost every opposition barring New Zealand, who stretched them. Australia, on the other hand, suffered a humiliating defeat against arch-rivals England in Group 1 of the 'Super 12' stage before they made the last-four grade.
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