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Virat Kohli becomes 1st Indian cricketer to reach 100mn followers on Insta
Kohli has joined Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Argentine forward Lionel Messi, Hollywood actor and former pro-wrestler Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, American singer-songwriter Beyonce, and Ariana Grande in the 100 million club.
Hockey: India thrash Germany 6-1 in first match
Hungry to perform, India played with an intent to win. They went on an attacking mode right from the start and put pressure on the German line-up. After creating potential opportunities in the striking zone, India earned a penalty corner in the 13th minute of the first quarter, which saw midfielder Nilakanta Sharma breaking the deadlock for the visitors.
Barcelona keep title hopes alive with 2-0 win over Sevilla
Barca suffered a nervous wait before kick-off when goalkeeper Marc Andre Ter Stegen hurt his thumb in the warm-up and had to retire to the dressing room, and it was not until he came out with the rest of his team-mates that his presence was confirmed.
3rd Test: Gavaskar, Boycott defend Motera pitch
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said that the reason for the match ending inside two days is that the batsmen were unable to play spin rather than the pitch. England batting great Geoffrey Boycott said that it was a simple case of India being better than England.
India one draw away from qualifying for WTC final
India beat England by 10 wickets on an extraordinary second day of the only day-night Test of the series at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera. The hosts thus took a 2-1 lead in the four-match series and propelled themselves to the top of the WTC standings with 71 percentage points while England dropped to fourth with 64.1 percentage points.
Hoffenheim, Leverkusen eliminated from Europa League
Both Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen were eliminated from the UEFA Europa League in the last-32. Eirik Ulland Andersen scored twice to help Molde beat Hoffenheim 2-0 (5-3 on aggregate), and Young Boys Bern upset Leverkusen 2-0 (6-3 on aggregate) on Thursday.
Ind vs Eng, 3rd Test: Sensational win for India, team closer to WTC final
This is only the second time that a Test match in India has finished inside two days. The first one happened against Afghanistan in 2018, which was also the first-ever Test for the Afghans. In Test cricket history, this was only the 22nd Test that finished inside two days.
England all out for 81, India need 49 to win 3rd Test
Two Indian slow bowlers on Thursday bagged all 10 wickets to spin out England for a mere 81 runs in their second innings on a dusty pitch, and now Virat Kohli's team need 49 runs to win the third Test here. Left-armer Axar Patel captured five wickets to complete a match haul of 11.
ISL: Mumbai decimate Odisha 6-1, set up league finale against Bagan
The match was the highest-scoring game of the season and Mumbai had the biggest-winning margin yet. The timely return to form ended a three-game winless run for Sergio Lobera's side. A win against Bagan in their next match, which is also both side's final game of the league season, would mean the league winners' shield would go to Mumbai City.
Ind vs Eng, 3rd Test: India take charge with Axar Patel's 6-wkt haul
Patel took six wickets and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bagged three to hasten the end of England's first innings. India lost the wicket of captain Virat Kohli late in the day after he had put on 64 runs for the third wicket with Rohit Sharma, who was batting on 57 (off 82 balls) at stumps. India had earlier lost Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara early, both falling within six balls.
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