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Rishabh Pant only Indian in ICC's Test team of the Year 2022
Two centuries and four fifties in the year only tell half the story, with the destructive nature of Pant's batting helping add impetus to his team's innings throughout the year. He smashed 21 sixes in Tests in 2022 and was decent with the gloves too -- producing six stumpings and taking 23 catches.
Hockey World Cup: Carter saves a penalty stroke as Australia edge past Spain into semis
Australia were leading 4-3 with five minutes to go when Spain earned a penalty stroke for a stick-check foul inside the shooting circle. But the experienced Carter correctly guessed the direction of Miralles' push and palmed it away. If Spain had scored that goal, they would have taken the match into a shoot-out.
3rd ODI: Gill, Rohit and bowlers power India to thumping 3-0 series win over New Zealand
With this convincing win, India rose to the top of the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings. England, who had gained the top spot merely three days back following New Zealand's loss to India in the second ODI, are now in second position, with New Zealand slipping to the fourth spot.
Australian Open: Azarenka shocks Pegula; returns to Melbourne semifinal after 10 years
Azarenka will contest her first semifinal in Melbourne since her 2013 title run, her first Grand Slam semifinal since the 2020 U.S. Open and ninth overall. Standing in her path in the last four is Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, who beat Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets earlier in the day.
Shreyas, Siraj included in the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year
Other names in the Men's ODI team of the Year 2022 are- Travis Head (Australia), Shai Hope (West Indies), Tom Latham (New Zealand), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Bangladesh), Alzarri Joseph (West Indies), Trent Boult (New Zealand), Adam Zampa (Australia).
It's sad that we were not consulted before the formation of oversight committee: Bajrang Punia
Taking to Twitter, Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist said: "We were assured that we would be consulted before the Oversight Committee was formed. It is very sad that we were not even consulted before the formation of this committee." He also tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur.
3rd ODI: Gill, Rohit centuries; Hardik fifty power India to 385/9 against New Zealand
Gill and Rohit put on an excellent exhibition of batting by hitting sixes and boundaries all around the park, stitching a stand of 212 runs for the opening wicket. The likes of Virat Kohli (36), Ishan Kishan (17) and Suryakumar Yadav (14) got starts but couldn't convert them to big scores, otherwise, India could have scored even more.
Australian Open: Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna pair reaches mixed doubles semifinals
The Rio Olympic semifinalists on Monday defeated Japan's Makoto Ninomiya and Uruguay's Ariel Behar 6-4, 7-6(11-9) in their second-round match to set up a quarterfinal clash with Ostapenko and Hernandez. The Indian duo had earlier beaten Australia's Jaimee Fourlis and Luke Saville in the first round.
Harmanpreet named captain of the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year
Other players in the ICC Women's T20I team of the year 2022 are - Alyssa Healy (Australia), Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa), Nat Sciver (England), Beth Mooney (Australia), Amelia Kerr (New Zealand), Sophie Ecclestone (England), Ayabonga Khaka (South Africa), Shabnim Ismail (South Africa).
Truth can be troubled but not defeated: Vinesh shares cryptic post amid wrestlers' feud with WFI
"If the destination is big, keep your spirits high," she said in another tweet. Vinesh's tweet came a day after the reports claiming that a plea was moved in the Delhi High Court against multiple wrestlers, including Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia by WFI chief.
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