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The 21-year-old achieved the feat in just 137 matches since arriving in Paris in 2017, and now sits tied in third place of the club's all-time leading scorers with Dominique Rocheteau, who got his century in 255 appearances in the 1980s.

Duplantis, 21, broke the world record in the pole vault twice, topping 6.17m and 6.18m on back-to-back weekends in February, just a few weeks before the global Coronavirus pandemic forced tournaments around the world to be cancelled or postponed. When competitions finally resumed, Duplantis capped his season and produced the highest outdoor vault of all time (6.15m) and finished the year undefeated in 16 competitions.

On Sunday Pandya scored 42 runs in 22 balls and hit two sixes in the last over that helped India win the second match of the T20 International series and take the lead over Australia.

Torres stunned Ritu with straight punches early on, causing the latter to shoot for a takedown. On the mat, Ritu, 26, was the picture of perfection, swiftly moving into a mounted crucifix to end the bout with elbows from the top. Using her hammerfists and her elbow she not only rendered her harmless and defenceless but made sure this was the most dreaded fight of her career.

Smith's 24-month leadership ban, that was imposed by Cricket Australia following the ball-tampering saga, expired in March this year.

Botha will be playing for Hobart Hurricanes, who have signed him as replacement for Sandeep Lamichhane after the Nepal spinner contracted Covid-19 and won't be available to play immediately. Before retirement, Botha played his last few seasons for Sydney sixers in BBL.

Hardik Pandya's two sixes in the last over got India the continuous second victory against the Kangaroos. India has now taken a lead of 2-0 in the series and the victory has made Team India bounce back from the defeat that they suffered in the ODI series. It is for the first time when India is taking lead against Australia in the T20 series after 2016.

The three-match series was earlier scheduled to begin on November 4 at Newlands. The game was postponed after a Proteas player tested positive on Thursday. South Africa re-tested their players on Friday and all returned negative results.

Chasing a target of 162, the Aussies could make only 150 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.

The participation in the tournament has been sanctioned by the government at an overall cost of more than Rs. 90 lakhs and will include air tickets, boarding and lodging, United World Wrestling licence fees, visa fees and out of pocket allowances for players, coaches and referees.