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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.
Kamal, Sathiyan, Manika, Sutirtha qualify for Tokyo Olympics
Kamal, meanwhile, qualified on Thursday by virtue of being the highest-ranked second-placed player among the five groups. Sutirtha, meanwhile, beat the higher-ranked Manika Batra 4-2 in the one-off match for a place in Tokyo. Commonwealth Games 2018 gold medallist Manika will go through as the highest-ranked second-placed player.
India squad for ODI series against England announced
India's ODI squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Md. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur.
Paul Pogba goal gives United win over Milan in Europa League
Midfielder Pogba, on his return from injury, fired in high at the near post in the 49th minute on Thursday to give United the honours in the battle between former European champions, DPA reported. United led the first leg at Old Trafford until being denied victory by an injury-time equalizer but made no mistake in the return despite a lethargic first half.
Miffed Kohli calls for radical change in umpire's soft signal
Kohli felt that India was shortchanged when Yadav was given out despite replays being inconclusive. Yadav, who was batting on 57 off 30 balls, had played a ramp shot to fine-leg which was caught by Dawid Malan. There was a frame that showed that the ball had made contact with the ground while the side angle was inconclusive. However, he was given out as the onfield umpire's soft signal was out.
All England Open: All Indian shuttlers cleared to play
Earlier, men's singles players H.S. Prannoy and Sameer Verma and mixed doubles exponent Pranaav Jerry Chopra were among the four Indians who had returned positive results in the first round of testing at the Super 1000 tournament.
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