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4th Test, Day 5: Fourth Test ends in a draw at Ahmedabad, India wins Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1
With more than an hour left on the clock for the game to end, both teams called for the match to end, as it reached the inevitable result of draw, as India pocketed their 16th consecutive series win at home. Also, it is the fourth straight series between India and Australia that has ended at 2-1 scoreline.
All England Open: Daunting challenge on cards for Indian shuttlers
With 155 matches and over 50 hours of badminton action to enjoy, the Championships will serve up to six days from March 16-20 with plenty of intriguing ties on offer. A total of 128 singles competitors and 96 teams are competing in the event. From the Indian perspective, so far only two Indians have won the All-England Open since it started.
4th Test, Day 5: Head falls ten short of century, Axar claims 50th Test wicket as match headed to draw
It was a slow-paced session where only one wicket fell, as the match is now firmly headed towards a draw. Head reached his fifty when he guided a delivery from Axar past slip for four to take Australia towards safety. He then launched into Ravichandran Ashwin ,a flick through mid-wicket for four was followed by a lofted six slammed.
WPL 2023: MI made a statement saying they can win from any position, says Mel Jones
In Sunday's match, uncapped left-arm spinner Saika Ishaque was the star with the ball yet again, picking 3/33 to restrict UP Warriorz to a below par 159/6. Mumbai were then challenged as they lost their openers early and suffered a slight stutter in the middle overs. But captain Harmanpreet Kaur led from the front to score her second fifty in the tournament, through an unbeaten 53, and got support from 45 not out by Nat Sciver-Brunt to lead Mumbai to their fourth straight win of the competition.
Ashleigh Gardner, Harry Brook seal ICC Player of the Month awards for February 2023
Both Ashleigh and Brook seal their second Player of the Month awards after winning the honours back in December 2022. While Ashleigh beat competition from Nat Sciver, and Laura Wolvaardt, Harry defeated challenges from fellow nominees Ravindra Jadeja and Gudakesh Motie. In the opening match of Women's T20 World Cup.
Team India qualifies for WTC final against Australia in June after New Zealand beat Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka was the other team in contention for a spot in the WTC final. But now after losing the first Test to New Zealand by two wickets, it has cleared the path for India to go into the final and meet Australia in the summit clash. With the Ahmedabad Test now heading towards a draw, Sri Lanka needed to beat New Zealand 2-0.
4th Test, Day 5: Shreyas Iyer ruled out of ongoing Ahmedabad Test against Australia
Ahead of the start of day five's play on Monday, the BCCI said in a statement, "Shreyas Iyer will take no further part in this Test. A specialist opinion will be sought." Earlier, during day four's play on Sunday, Iyer did not come out to bat, with the BCCI saying that he had gone for scans after the right-handed batter complained of pain in his lower back following the third day's play and the medical team monitoring him.
It never seemed that he was out of form, says Sunil Gavaskar as Kohli ends his Test century drought
Kohli scored 186 runs off 364 deliveries, his first century in the format since November 2019, as India posted a mammoth 571 on the board in response to Australia's 480 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. Every great batter thinks about a hundred. A century is the minimum price he keeps for his wicket. The way Kohli was batting in the last two-and-a-half years when he didn't score a century, he was batting well, scored seven or eight fifties.
Bangladesh clinch historic series victory over reigning T20 World Cup champions England
Mehidy Hasan Miraz's impressive all-round show set up the stirring victory with 4/12 from four overs that helped dismiss England for 117, then added 20 valuable runs in the chase in Sunday's win. Najmul Hossain Shanto scored an unbeaten 46* and Taskin Ahmed hit the winning runs with two fours in the penultimate over to steer Bangladesh to their target with four wickets and seven balls in hand, ending England's long run of success in this format, having won the T20 World Cup.
I was called black monkey and things like that in Australia: Mohammed Siraj
Siraj was in Australia for his first Test tour when his father, Mohammed Ghaus, passed away and had to tackle the emotional phase to concentrate on cricket on that trip. While speaking on RCB Podcast, Siraj said he would cry in his room often while staying inside the bio-bubble and also detailed how he handled the racism episode on that Down Under tour.
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