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IND v AUS: Cameron Green, Mitchell Starc sweat it out to prove match fitness under New Delhi sunshine
While Starc had a tendon injury on his middle finger while trying to take a catch in the deep, Green had fractured his right index finger while batting against tearaway pacer Anrich Nortje and needed surgery. But in Wednesday's practice session, Green showed that he could get into the playing eleven for Friday's Test as a genuine all-rounder.
Women's T20 World Cup: India beat West Indies as Deepti reaches record milestone
Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh combined for a decisive partnership worth 73 runs to put India within touching distance of victory, while spinner Deepti Sharma made history in the game by taking 3/15 and becoming the first Indian to reach 100 wickets in T20 internationals, according to ICC.
IND v AUS: Virat Kohli faces spin majorly as others fine-tune their basics in practice session
After initially facing pace, Kohli was facing spin mostly. He was trying to be aggressive by using his feet in facing the spinners. He held technical talks with batting coach Vikram Rathour on how he should be facing deliveries coming from rough, followed by facing a lot of deliveries from India A and Uttar Pradesh left-arm spinner Sourabh as well as Delhi spinners Pulkit Narang and Hrithik Shokeen.
IND v AUS: Shreyas Iyer to walk into the side if he's ready to take the load of a five-day Test match, says Dravid
India head coach Rahul Dravid stated in the press conference that Iyer can walk into the side if his body is ready to take the load of five days of playing a Test match. Iyer was sidelined for almost a month due to a back injury ruling him out of India's ODI series against New Zealand in January 2023.
National Football: Manipur rout mighty Bengal to keep Riyadh dreams alive
Manipur's architect in chief was Subash Singh, who rolled back the year in a scintillating performance right from the start. Singh had a part to play in each of Manipur's goals, his pass sending Naoba Meitei into space on the right in the first half, from which the youngster finished brilliantly, shooting into the far corner, from an acute angle. For Bengal, the pain soon got worse.
Europa League: Barca v Man Utd, Sevilla against PSV Eindhoven on Thursday night
Barcelona entertain Manchester United top of La Liga and in an excellent run of form that has seen them win their last 11 games in all competitions, while their rivals have also come into form as coach Erik ten Hag imposes his style on the side, reports Xinhua news agency.
Ind vs Aus: 'Still, a good chance', Mitchell Starc hopeful of returning for second Test
Starc missed the series opener with a finger injury, which he picked up while fielding against South Africa last December. Captain Pat Cummins and Scott Boland were Australia's only fast bowlers in Nagpur, as all-rounder Cameron Green missed out, who is also nursing his broken finger. The pacer did not travel with the team to Nagpur and instead remained in Sydney.
Racewalkers Ram Baboo, Manju Rani set new national records; breach qualification mark for Asian Game
En route to their win, both the race walkers also breached the qualifying standards for the Asian Games set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). Uttar Pradesh's Ram Baboo won the men's 35km race walk after clocking two hours, 31 minutes, and 36 seconds, improving his previous national record of 2:36.34, set at the National Games in Gandhinagar last year.
Women's Premier League: RCB appoint Ben Sawyer as head coach
RCB's Director of Cricket Operations Mike Hesson introduced the coaching staff ahead of the WPL 2023 through the franchise's Twitter handle. Sawyer, who has been involved in women's cricket for over 20 years, is the current head coach of the New Zealand women's national cricket team, and of the Birmingham Phoenix women's team in The Hundred.
ICC Test bowlers rankings: Ashwin climbs to 2nd spot, Jadeja moves up to 16th
The Indian spin twins haunted Australia in the first Test between the two leading nations in the current cycle of the ICC World Test Championship with a combined 15 wickets as hosts won by an innings 132 runs. Ashwin ensured India wrapped up their stunning victory before tea on the third day, as the veteran off-spinner took 5/37 in the second innings to go with 3/42 earlier in the match. The 36-year-old is now just 21 rating points behind Australia captain Pat Cummins and a return to the No.1 ranking for the first time since 2017.
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