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Ruturaj Gaikwad, a 'special' talent sets IPL 2021 on fire
The 24-year old Gaikwad, slammed his maiden IPL ton on Saturday in the match against Rajasthan Royals in Abu Dhabi in a most thrilling way, hitting the final ball of the innings for a maximum. He raced to his hundred in just 60 balls, smashing five huge sixes and nine boundaries. The batsman came into the limelight after his late-season heroics for CSK in IPL 2020. CSK were losing games.
La Liga: Espanyol look to overturn history against Real
Espanyol go into the match on the back of a 2-0 defeat away to Sevilla, which left them in 14th place in La Liga with six points and just one win from their first seven games on their return to the top-flight, in which they have shown themselves to be an organised side that relies perhaps too much on the goals of former Real Madrid forward Raul de Tomas, reports Xinhua.
IPL 2021: Gaikwad gets century on final ball as Chennai finish at 189/4
It was a fine batting effort by Chennai, feasting on Rajasthan's listless bowling. Only Rahul Tewatia and Chetan Sakariya were among the wickets as rest of the bowlers were taken for runs, resulting in 73 runs coming off the last five overs. Put in to batting first, Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis continued their rich vein of form, adding 44 runs for no loss in power-play.
Pink-ball Test: Australia finish day three at 143/4, trail India by 234 runs
After India declared their innings at 377/8, Jhulan gave the tourists a great start by hitting the top of Beth Mooney's off-stump as the batter tried to swing through the leg-side. Alyssa Healy and Meg Lanning stitched a 49-run partnership for the second wicket before Jhulan had Alyssa nicking behind to keeper Taniya Bhatia in her second spell.
IPL 2021: Bowlers, Iyer-Ashwin stand guide DC to 4-wicket win over MI
Courtesy a top notch performance by Avesh Khan (3/15) and Axar Patel (3/21), Delhi Capitals restricted Mumbai Indians to a paltry total of 129/8 in 20 overs. Suryakumar Yadav with his 33 runs off 26 balls was the top-scorer as no other MI batsmen could cross 20-run mark In reply, an important 39-run stand between Shreyas Iyer (33) and Ravichandran Ashwin's (20) helped Delhi chase down the target of 130 with five balls to spare.
RR look exhausted; too much on Samson's shoulders: Saba Karim
Following seven losses -- three of them in a row -- the Sanju Samson-led side despite sterling performances from the skipper has slid on the points table and are currently placed seventh with eight points from 11 games. Their hopes of making the playoffs hang by the proverbial thread and their match against Chennai Super Kings later on Saturday will be crucial to their chances.
Hockey India names 30 members for senior men's national camp
After a successful campaign at the Tokyo Olympic Games, where India clinched a historic bronze and ended the 41-year year wait, the core group will begin the new Olympic cycle with the intent to improve upon this performance at Paris 2024. The core grouped called up for the camp includes a mix of young and experienced player.
Women's skeet team wins gold at Junior Shooting World Championship
They blanked out Italy 6-0 in the gold medal match. After winning silver on Thursday -- India's first skeet medal at the world championship level -- in the individual women's skeet, this was Ganemat's second medal of the competition. Later the Indian junior men's skeet team of Rajveer Gill, Ayush Rudraraju and Abhay Singh Sekhon, also bagged a bronze beating Turkey.
Pakistan's inability to play India in bilateral events has caused huge financial loss: Atherton
India and Pakistan have not played a bilateral series since January 2013 wherein Pakistan visited their neighbours for two T20Is and three ODIs. They have not met in a bilateral Test series since the 2007-08 season. Both countries face each other only in Asia Cups and ICC events and the 2019 World Cup saw the most recent clash between them.
Bagnaia and Quartararo set for key battle in America
With four races to go, the title race is hotting up between the Frenchman and the Italian and both will be hoping for a victory at the Circuit of the Americas. Quartararo and Bagnaia discussed the Round 15 of the season on Friday at the pre-event Press Conference alongside Marc Marquez (Honda Team).
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