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IPL 2021: It ended in heartbreak, DC skipper Rishabh Pant pens emotional message
Pant's dream of lifting his maiden IPL title in the first year of his captaincy came to a heart-breaking end following a three-wicket defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders in Qualifier 2, on Wednesday. "It ended in heartbreak last night, but I could not be more proud of leading this team of exceptional warriors."
Sunil Chhetri breaks Pele's record, says it is not important, there is no comparison
India skipper Sunil Chhetri, however, said he would not attach too much importance to overtaking Pele in the list of top scorers and would rather concentrate on coming up with his best performance for which team he was representing -- whether country or his club.
IPL 2021 Final: Strengths and Weaknesses of Chennai and Kolkata
Chennai: The major reason for CSK's success in IPL 2021 is the resounding start given by Ruturaj Gaikwad (603 runs) and Faf du Plessis (547 runs). The pair have complemented each other throughout the tournament and have been the most impressive opening partnership in the tournament, by far.
Barca to meet Valencia as La Liga postpones two matches
La Liga argues that the decision has been taken to avoid 'adulterating' the competition but appears to ignore the fact that the two games will now be played in midweek sometime in the future and this will hand a clear advantage to Real and Atletico, who have deeper squads and more able to successfully rotate their first team.
World record holder athlete Agnes Tirop dead in apparent stabbing in Kenya
According to a statement by Athletics Kenya, Tirop, 25, was found dead in their home in ITen after she was allegedly stabbed by her husband. Reports said that the police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the tragic incident which happened just over a month after Tirop competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Rahul Dravid likely to be interim coach of Team India for home series vs Kiwis; Reports
According to reports, the BCCI wants to appoint an experience former India player as the chief coach even though many foreigners, including some Australians, have shown interest in taking up the job. It had earlier wanted Anil Kumble, who was forced to quit over differences with skipper Virat Kohli, to take over the role but the legendary cricketer had recused himself.
Ostapenko seals semis date with Azarenka in Indian Wells
On a great run at Indian Wells, Jelena, the 2017 Roland Garros champion, defeated Hsieh Su-Wei, Yulia Putintseva, Iga Swiatek, and Shelby, to advance to her third semi-final of 2021, where she will face two-time champion Victoria Azarenka for a spot in her first WTA 1000 final since 2018 Miami. It was an up and down performance for Jeleba who fired 51 winners to 46 unforced errors in the match. Shelby hit 22 winners to 17 unforced errors.
Dimitrov stuns Medvedev with grand comeback at Indian Wells
Dimitrov, the 23rd seed rolled back the years as he battled back from 4-6, 1-4 down to move past the Russian 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and produced one of the comebacks of the season on Wednesday, reaching the quarter-finals in Indian Wells for the first time. After appearing in total control, Medvedev lost his way, making just 34 percent of his first serves in the second set as Dimitrov forced the World No. 2 into errors with his aggressive game.
IPL 2021: I am doing what has been asked of me, says Iyer
Iyer revealed that he just tried to be himself in the match against Delhi Capitals, something which he hadn't been doing in the previous matches. "I think in the past couple of games, I have been trying to restrict myself a bit as I wanted to stay till the end. But then I thought it was not me. I was losing out on the present trying to be a bit conservative.
IPL 2021 Qualifier 2: KKR survive late scare to beat DC by 3 wickets, to face CSK in final
Chasing a total of 136 runs for victory, openers Iyer and Shubman Gill gave Kolkata a solid start. The duo mixed caution with aggression and took KKR to 51/0 after 6 overs. Even after the powerplay, both the openers continued in the same vein, taking KKR to 76/0 in 10 overs. Kagiso Rabada, finally gave Capitals a breakthrough as he dismissed Iyer. The youngster played a quickfire knock of 55 runs in 41 balls and stitched a 96-run opening stand with Gill.
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