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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).
IPL 2021: Rahul 67 helps Punjab beat Kolkata by five wickets
Both teams needed a win -- the KKR more so as it would have pushed them to 12 points from 12 games and closer to a place in the top four. But it was not to be as Punjab (10) won the match and reached the fifth position, moving ahead of Mumbai Indian (10) on better Net Run Rate. This win means that the Delhi Capitals are assured of a place in the knockouts with Punjab, KKR, and Mumbai Indian on 10 points and fighting for the final qualifying spot.
India men win team bronze in Asian tt, women finish fifth
The Indian women's team playing without Manika Batra, who was left out as she did not attend the camp, finished fifth after a 3-1 win against Thailand. India had won the men's team bronze at the Asian Games in Jakarta in 2018 and Friday's bronze in the Asian Championships cements their reputation among the top three in the Continent.
It's something that we all respect a lot: Mandhana on Raut walking out
The incident took place in the 81st over of India's innings when Punam, batting on 36 off 165 balls, decided to walk off after believing to have nicked left-arm Sophie Molineux behind to wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy. Punam stretched forward to block the delivery but the ball spun away and went behind to Alyssa. The Australians didn't appeal whole-heartedly but Punam had walked away by then.
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