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Jasprit Bumrah blessed with baby boy, shares news on social media
Bumrah announced the news of the birth of the baby boy on Instagram, sharing a wholesome picture.
Asia Cup: Jasprit Bumrah set to miss Nepal game for birth of his first child
Though the BCCI has not said anything officially on this matter so far, reports have emerged from Sri Lanka claiming that Bumrah flew back to India on Sunday for personal reasons. Bumrah and his wife Sanjana are expecting their first child and reports said the pacer flew back to Mumbai to be with her.
Asia Cup 2023: Against Nepal, India aim to solve top-order problems ahead of Super 4
Skipper Rohit Sharma will be hoping for a better performance from his top order and middle-order barring Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya as they take on Nepal for the first time at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. However, the weather report doesn’t look good as it shows an 80% chance of precipitation on Monday, which means there are chances of this match being washed off too.
India's men and women teams get favourable draw for inaugural Hockey5s World Cup next year
In all, 16 men’s and women’s teams from around the world will be vying to become the first-ever Hockey5s World Champions when the World Cup gets underway from January 24-31, 2024, in Muscat, Oman, the FIH said in a release on Sunday. Both the Indian men's and women's teams qualified by winning the AHF Hockey 5s Asia Cup, which was the qualifying event, at Salalah.
Formula 1: Verstappen charges to victory in Italy for record-breaking 10th successive win
Reigning double World Drivers' Champion Max Verstappen who started behind pole-sitter Carlos Sainz, got the better of Ferrari driver and his teammate Charles Leclerc, to make more history in F1 racing as he moved ahead of the record held by former champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany.
132nd Durand Cup: 10-man Mohun Bagan beat archrivals East Bengal, crowned champions
On a Super Sunday for India's oldest football competition, Mohun Bagan, despite being reduced to 10 men, avenged their defeat from the group stage against Emami East Bengal (EEB), winning the Kolkata derby 1-0 in the final.
Asia Cup: India-Nepal clash set to be Javagal Srinath’s 250th ODI game as match referee
A former India fast bowler who finished with 236 wickets in 67 Test matches and 315 wickets in 229 ODIs, Srinath was a member of the team that reached the final of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in 2003. He became an ICC Match Referee three years later.
Asia Cup: Rohit, Virat dismissal was the best thing to happen for India in clash with Pakistan, says Salman Butt
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were packed off early in the match as Shaheen Shah Afridi struck twice. Rohit managed to score only 11 runs off 22 deliveries while Kohli departed scoring 4 runs.
Harmanpreet Kaur the only Indian player to be picked in inaugural WBBL overseas draft
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur was the only player from the country selected in the inaugural Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) overseas draft, held on Sunday. She was placed in the platinum category of the draft and was picked by Melbourne Renegades, who also drafted in West Indies captain Hayley Matthews.
Praggnanandhaa keeps India's World Chess title hopes alive
And he did that in style at the recently-concluded FIDE World Cup held at Baku, Azerbaijan, knocking out world No. 2 and 3 -- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2,787) and Fabiano Caruana (2,782) of the US, respectively -- before going down to world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen (2,835) of Norway in the final, losing in tie-breaker.
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