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Rohit breaks hoodoo with aplomb
After promising to do so in more than one of his previous innings on the tour, he finally accomplished the distinction on the third day of the ongoing fourth India-England Test match in a series of five engagements. And with the feat he broke the hoodoo of not having recorded a three-figure knock in Tests outside India.
IND vs ENG 4th Test: Pujara, Sharma curb natural instincts to drive India ahead
Thanks to Sharma's gritty and circumspect eighth Test century -- his first overseas -- and Pujara's uncharacteristic attacking display at the start, India had already taken a 100-run lead by tea on the third day to overturn a 99-run first innings deficit and move into a place from where they can dictate terms to the tiring England side.
IND vs ENG Fourth Test: Ball swerves, deceives fielders as Sharma gets lives
The right-handed batsman, who batted grittily to see India go past England's deficit without being conquered, had got a life late on Friday evening when slip fieldsman Rory Burns misjudged a catch in a strange manner. As the edge from a James Anderson delivery flew off Sharma's bat, Burns looked to his right at the fielder next to him. The ball, however, came to Burns and hit his right foot.
IND Vs ENG 4th Test: India move into lead despite losing Rahul
Resuming at 43/0, India had an ideal first hour, scoring 36 runs for no loss in 13 overs. Sharma and KL Rahul made the most of the good batting conditions with some exquisite boundaries. Rahul reluctantly reviewed an lbw decision off Chris Woakes in the 24th over. The decision was reversed as the ball was missing the leg-stump.
Narwal proves why he is feted as brightest young para-shooting star
Just like Bindra, Narwal is a shooter. But he competes with a pistol unlike Bindra, who won a gold medal in 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Like Bindra, Narwal comes from a family that is ready to invest in his abilities. Like Bindra, Narwal taciturn and brooding, and very focused on his sport.
TTFI questions Manika's timing of bringing up serious allegations against national coach
In a controversy that has been festering for some time now, Manika had refused national coach Roy's help during her singles matches in Tokyo after her personal coach Sanmay Paranjape was not given FOP 'field of play' access due to limited accreditations handed out by the Tokyo Games Organisers. On her return from Tokyo, TTFI served Manika a show-cause notice for indiscipline and asked her to explain her refusal to allow Roy to sit courtside and help her during her matches.
Paralympics: Pramod Bhagat wins first gold for India in badminton
Bhagat, the 33-year-old from Bhubaneswar who contracted polio at age four, defeated the Briton 21-14, 21-17, coming back from 4-9 deficit in the second game to claim his first gold medal as badminton made its Paralympic Games debut at Tokyo.
If England stay patient, there will be a cluster of wickets: Vaughan
"This four-man seam attack that England have, they have been all over this Indian batting line-up. We saw it in the second innings at Headingley. The Indians made it tough, they hung in there, then there was a collapse. I do think that if England stays patient, I do think there will be a cluster of wickets somewhere," said Vaughan on the Test Match Special podcast on BBC.
Ben Stokes could miss T20 World Cup in the UAE
Stokes is not a part of the ongoing five-match Test series against India and will not take part in the second leg of IPL 2021 starting from September 19. West Indies pacer Oshane Thomas has been called in as a replacement for Stokes in Rajasthan Royals.
4th Test: Pitch invader Jarvo arrested after collision with Bairstow
Jarvis, a self-styled YouTube prankster with 127,000 subscribers on his channel named "Jarvo69 aka BMWJarvo", ran on the cricket field with ball in hand from the Vauxhall End in the 34th over of England's innings in the first session. He was trying to bowl to Ollie Pope but crashed into Bairstow at non-strikers end. Bairstow was visibly furious and tried to keep Jarvo away from himself.
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