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Ashes: 'Going to stick to my strengths rather than trying to be like Cummins and Hazlewood', says Mitchell Starc
The 33-year-old took six scalps at Lord's to lead Australia to a 43-run win. He backed it up with seven wickets in the third Test at Headingley, including a fifer in the second innings. The 33-year-old also credited Cummins and Hazlewood for helping him develop his bowling.
'There was something special': Dravid recalls Kohli's first Test series in 2011
In 2011, Windsor Park Stadium in Dominica hosted a Test match during India's tour of the West Indies. A young Kohli was also part of the playing eleven for the match and scored 30 runs in the first innings as the game ended in a draw, leading to India’s 1-0 series win.
'A look back in fondness': Ten International goals Sunil Chhetri remembers most
In a freewheeling chat with the-aiff.com, Chhetri, the owner of 92 international goals, jogged his memory from the last 18 years to pick 10 of his most outstanding strikes. Here are his ten best goals at international level in his own words (not in any particular order).
1st Test: West Indies win toss, elect to bat first against India; Jaiswal, Kishan make debuts
Left-handed batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan are making their Test debuts for India. While Jaiswal will open the batting alongside India captain Rohit Sharma, Kishan will bat in the middle-order and be the wicketkeeper too.
Gambhir, Yuvraj to play for New Jersey Legends in US Masters T10 League
The New Jersey Legends will have three 2011 World Cup-winning players Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan enthralling the crowd along with Liam Plunkett, Albie Morkel, Naman Ojha, Jesse Ryder, Chris Barnwell, Stuart Binny, RP Singh, Bipul Sharma, Craig Mcmillan, Tim Ambrose, Rajesh Bishnoi, Abhimanyu Mithun and Monty Panesar.
Travis Head leapfrogs Smith, Labuschagne to achieve career-high no. 2 spot in ICC Test rankings
Head jumped two places and up to second behind New Zealand veteran Kane Williamson on the back of his tremendous Ashes series against England that has already netted him a total of 266 runs at an average of 44.33. The 29-year-old's previous best ranking was third, attained after the ICC World Test Championship Final against India last month, in which he had scored a decisive 163 in the first innings.
3rd T20I: Chamari Athapaththu's whirlwind 80 not out leads Sri Lanka to 10-wicket win over New Zealand
After Inoka Ranaweera took 3/15 while Sugandika Kumari struck twice as New Zealand were restricted to 140/9, Chamari came out all guns blazing as Sri Lanka scored 64 without losing a wicket in the power-play, of which the skipper scored 45. She notched up her fifty in just 25 balls, the fastest half-century by a Sri Lankan women's player in T20Is.
Novak Djokovic passes Andrey Rublev test to face Sinner in Wimbledon semifinals
The Serbian will play Italy's eighth seed Jannik Sinner for a place in the final. Sinner booked his first Grand Slam semifinal appearance by beating Russia's Roman Safiullin 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, reports Xinhua. However, Djokovic will play his 46th major semifinal, equalling Roger Federer's men's singles record.
Wimbledon: Judging with the results I had here, I do consider myself favourite, says Novak Djokovic
Following Tuesday’s quarterfinal victory against Andrey Rublev, the Serbian delivered a punchline, "It ain’t happening!" in his on-court interview, when asked about his fellow competitors' aim to stop his run at the season's third major. The World No. 2, who will next compete in his 46th major semifinal on Friday against Italian Jannik Sinner, doubled down on his statement in his post-match press conference.
Wimbledon 2023: Sinner storms into maiden Grand Slam semifinal with win over Roman Safiullin
The Italian eighth seed survived a fright when he lost the second set before fighting back to win the next two sets, emerging a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory in two hours and 14 minutes at No.1 Court. The 21-year-old Sinner thus became the third Italian man to reach the last four at Wimbledon, joining Nicola Pietrangeli (1960) and 2021 finalist Matteo Berrettini.
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