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India opt to bowl in 3rd T20I against Australia
India captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday won the toss and elected to field in the third and final T20I against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
Virat Kohli 1st Indian captain to win series in all formats in Australia
Kohli had led India to a 2-1 win in the 2018-19 Test series and followed that up with a 2-1 win in the ODI series
Williamson shares second spot with Kohli in ICC Test rankings
With his recent performance, Williamson gained 74 points, moving from 812 to 886. His compatriot, Tom Latham, garnered his career-best points tally of 733 and tenth place on the table, thanks to his innings of 86. Australia's Steve Smith currently sits at the top with 911 rating points.
Fit India Cyclothon: Second edition of 25-day nationwide cycling event begins
The event will be held across the country in each district and citizens can participate by registering themselves on Fit India website by cycling daily a distance of their choice, and sharing their images and videos on social media tagging @FitIndiaOff and using the hashtag - #FitIndiaCyclothon and #NewIndiaFitIndia, SAI said in a statement.
Indian hockey team doesn't 'choke under tension' anymore, says Lalit
"If I look back at how we played then in 2014 and how we play now as a team, I feel we have come a long way and have grown from strength-to-strength. We don't choke in tense moments anymore and we have learnt to put up a fight-back if required," Lalit said.
Not quick enough like Dhoni: Wade jokes with Dhawan
Wade, who stood in for the injured Aaron Finch as Australia's captain during the match, missed a difficult chance to stump India opener Shikhar Dhawan off spinner Mitchell Swepson in the ninth over at the Sydney Cricket Ground. "Not Dhoni. Not quick enough like Dhoni," Wade could be heard telling over the stump-mic to Dhawan after which the pair laughed.
Mumbai City beat wasteful Odisha 2-0
A penalty from Batholomew Ogbeche (30') and a header from Rowllin Borges (45') gave Sergio Lobera's men their third win in four games and their first-win ever over Odisha in the league. The win sent them top of the table, level on points with ATK Mohun Bagan, albeit with a better goal difference. For their opponents, this was their third loss in four games and only point-less SC East Bengal lie below Stuart Baxter's side.
Chahal equals Bumrah's record for most wickets for India in men's T20Is
On Sunday, Chahal returned with figures of 1/51 in his four overs during the second T20I of the ongoing three-match series against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and in the process took his overall T20I wicket tally to 59.
While Bumrah has taken 50 matches to scalp 59 wickets, Chahal has taken 44 games to pick the same number of wickets, with best figures of 6/25.
Mbappe reaches 100th goal for PSG in league win against Montpellier
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, Yulimar win World Athletes of the Year awards
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.
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