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IPL 2021: Bowlers help Kolkata restrict Hyderabad to 115/8
After electing to bat first, Hyderabad had a bad start with Wriddhiman Saha trapped in front of the wicket by Tim Southee on the second ball of the innings. Jason Roy never looked to be settled at the crease, despite two fours. In the fourth over, Roy mishit to mid-on off Shivam Mavi.
IPL 2021: RCB post 164/7 against Punjab Kings
After winning the toss and opting to bat first, openers Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal gave Royal Challengers Bangalore a flying start. The duo played some beautiful shots and took RCB to 55/0 at the end of the powerplay.
Pink-ball Test: Lone match between Australia and India ends in a draw
Starting the day at 143/3, Ellyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner went on to share an 89-run stand before Meghna Singh and Pooja Vastrakar triggered a batting collapse. With the new ball just nine deliveries away, Ashleigh, given a life at 20, was out with Mithali Raj pulling off a diving catch at mid-off off Deepti Sharma. Meghna took her maiden Test wicket with a lovely outswinger to get Annabel Sutherland caught behind. Four overs later, Meghna had her second wicket of the day with an inswinger trapping Sophie Molineux lbw.
The 'mystery' with Bishnoi - the perpendicular angle!
A set of young bowlers Rahul Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy, Harpreet Brar, Shahbaz Ahmed have given a glimpse into the future of modern-day spin bowling. But a name has often eluded observations of many cricket experts, making him a dark horse!
It was a complete show of batsmanship: Lara on Gaikwad's century
Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 101 in 60 balls to take Chennai to 189/4 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Though Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube stole his thunder with half-centuries to lead Rajasthan to a seven-wicket win, many couldn't take their eyes off from how Gaikwad paced his innings. After completing his half-century in 43 balls, Gaikwad blasted 51 runs off next 17 balls.
Two more gold medals for India at Jr Shooting World Championship
Manu and Sarabjot led an India 1-2 in air pistol mixed team competition where they fought off the challenge of the second Indian pair of Shikha Narwal and Naveen 16-12 in the gold-medal match. in the qualification round featuring eight teams, both the Indian pairs finished 1-2 as well with Manu and Sarabjot shooting 386, while Shikha and Naveen were a point behind with 385.
Atletico Madrid beat FC Barcelona to put Ronald Koeman on edge
Koeman, who was suspended for the game on Saturday evening, included teenagers Nico Gonzalez and Gavi in his starting 11. Although the youngsters performed well, it was Barca's more experienced players who were caught out as Thomas Lemar opened the scoring midway through the first half after good work from Joao Felix and Luis Suarez.
Women's boxing world championships at Istanbul in early December
During the official visit of AIBA president Umar Kremlev to Istanbul, an agreement was signed between AIBA and the Turkish Boxing Federation. "I am glad to announce that the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships will be held here in Istanbul. Turkey is a big boxing country and has a rich history." Kremlev said in a statement.
IPL 2021: Jaiswal, Dube fifties overshadow Gaikwad ton as Rajasthan win
Rajasthan got off to a flying start, making 81 runs in the power-play against a Chennai bowling attack missing Deepak Chahar and Dwayne Bravo. Yashasvi Jaiswal came out all guns blazing, smashing boundaries against every bowler. Josh Hazlewood came under severe thrashing from the youngster, taken for seven boundaries, including the last one.
Pink Ball Test: India can still win it, feels bowler Pooja Vastrakar
Pooja and veteran fast bowler Jhulan Goswami were the stars for India with the ball on Saturday as the home team were reduced to 143/4 in 60 overs at stumps on the third day, still needing 85 runs to avoid follow-on as they chase India wom'n's first innings score of 377/8 declared. However, enforcing a follow-on remains a tall order for India, with Australia trailing them by just 234 runs.
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