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Virat Kohli calls for removal of umpire's call
Kohli also took a dig at foreign teams like England for not upholding the spirit of the game when it comes to claiming catches even though the same is expected of India when they travel overseas.
Juve's title hopes slim after 1-0 loss to Benevento
It was the second time that Juve dropped points against Filippo Inzaghi's side this season after they played out a 1-1 draw earlier in the season, Xinhua news agency reported. With Paulo Dybala, Aaron Ramsey and Alex Sandro injured, Federico Bernardeschi started at left-back, while Cristiano Ronaldo partnered Alvaro Morata upfront during the game on Sunday.
Lee Zii scores big upset, wins All England badminton men's title
Lee was in his first major final, but he showed no sign of being overawed. Instead, he played at a scintillating pace, his attack unwavering in intensity, and his defence standing up to the task of parrying the incoming missiles. With Axelsen too throwing everything into the contest, what unfolded was an absorbing duel.
Japan's Nozomi regains All England women's badminton title
"I'm very happy to be the All England champion again. I wanted to play the same in this final as in my other matches, but I wanted to play my shots to the back higher, which worked very well. It's her (Pornpawee) first time in the final of the All England, I think she felt a little bit of pressure," said Nozomi.
ITF men's tennis: Eqbal upsets second seed Sinha in qualifiers
In the other first-round qualifying matches, ninth-seeded Chandril Sood scraped past Yash Chaurasia 2-6, 7-6(4), 15-13 while 11th seeded Suraj R Prabodh was given a tough time by local player Gunjan Jadhav before winning 6-0, 4-6, 10-8. In other close matches, tenth seeded Faisal Qamar got past local lad Sahil Gaware 7-6(8), 6-4 while thirteenth seeded Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan registered a 6-0,6-3 win over Dmitrii Baskov of Moldova 6-0, 6-3.
Now that we have depth, I'd like to open: Virat Kohli
"I am going to open in the IPL as well; have batted in different positions in the past. But I feel we have a solid middle order now. It is about the two best players getting maximum number of balls in T20 cricket. I'd like to partner Rohit at the top and the other guys feel confident when one of us is in. I'd like that to continue that," said Kohli.
Shardul Thakur, Virat Kohli help India win 5th T20I, series vs England
Earlier, captain Virat Kohli, playing as an opener, had hammered 80 not out off 52 balls (7x4s, 2x6s) and Rohit Sharma smashed 64 off 34 balls (4x4s, 5x6s) to help India to 224 for two wickets in 20 overs -- their highest score against England.
It's India Legends vs Sri Lanka Legends in final
Tillakaratne Dilshan's Sri Lankan team booked a ticket to the final after getting the better of Jonty Rhodes's South Africa Legends by eight wickets on Friday night. Sri Lankans were always the favourites on paper and they lived up to their potential and form, and romped home to a comfortable win, chasing down the 126-run target with 16 balls to spare.
All England Open badminton: Sindhu enters semi-finals
In a quarterfinal match, Sindhu beat Akane 1621, 2116, 2119 in one hour and 16 minutes in the Super 1000 tournament.In the semifinals, fifth seed Sindhu will face sixth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand. Earlier, in a quarterfinal match, Pornpawee beat unseeded Beiwen Zhang of the USA 721, 2113, 219 in 38 minutes.
Maiden call-up for Krishna in Ind's ODI squad for Eng series
All-rounder Washington Sundar, who played his only ODI match against Sri Lanka in December 2017, has been included in the team. Fellow all-rounder Krunal Pandya also finds a place. Pandya is yet to play an ODI match and his last international game was a T20I against Bangladesh in November 2019.
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