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India paddlers register easy 1st round win in Asian WTTC Continental Stage in Qatar
The Qatar event, the first competition of the 2023 season, will act as a qualifying stage for the World Championships to be held in Durban, South Africa, in May 2023. Action will heat up on Tuesday with most of the top ranked players from Asia having got a bye into the second round of the men's and women's event.
Bracewell replaces injured Matt Henry in NZ ODI squads for Pakistan, India series
Henry was ruled out of the tour with an abdominal strain, which he sustained on the final day of the second Test in Karachi, with the injury requiring two to four weeks of rest and rehabilitation. Bracewell, who has 68 international caps to his name, most recently featured in the home ODI series against the Netherlands last April, the New Zealand Cricket informed in a media release on Sunday.
Adelaide International 1: Djokovic beats Korda for 92nd tour-level trophy
The top seed Serb saved a championship point at 5-6 in the second set before rallying past the American 6-7(8), 7-6(3), 6-4 after a gruelling three hours and nine minutes. The 22-year-old Korda was on the cusp of becoming the first man since Hyeon Chung in the 2018 Australian Open fourth round to defeat the Serbian Down Under, but his opponent snuffed out his chance with an overhead winner.
Adelaide International 1: Sabalenka beats Noskova to claim 11th career title
This is World No.5 Sabalenka's first title since she took the crown at Madrid in May of 2021, where she beat Australian Ashleigh Barty. It is the third time Sabalenka has won a title in the opening week of the season. She pulled off the same feat with Week 1 titles in both 2019 (Shenzhen) and 2021 (Abu Dhabi), according to WTA.
'Time to put him in Test cricket,' says Gambhir after Surya's heroics against Sri Lanka
Surya scored a brilliant unbeaten ton (112* off 51 balls) that proved to be a significant contribution in India's 91-run win over Sri Lanka in the series decider on Saturday in Rajkot as the Hardik Pandya-led side secured a 2-1 T20I series win.After Surya's heroics in the final T2O against Sri Lanka, the 2011 World Cup-winning batter made a bold statement, saying that it's time for the 32-year-old to play in Test cricket.
Surya's shots, way of changing the game actually breaks morale of bowler: Hardik Pandya
"It felt like Sri Lanka against Surya. It makes my life very easy, and that is the reason I have always mentioned that someone like Surya is so important to us in white-ball cricket. The way he changes the game and the way he plays some shots, it actually breaks the morale of the bowler, which helps the other batters as well," said Hardik in the post-match press conference.
Has been an extremely exciting and emotional journey: Rohit Sharma on 12 years with Mumbai Indians
Eventually, Mumbai got him in and since then, Rohit has been their talismanic batter who has captained them to five IPL triumphs (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020) and two trophies in the now-defunct Champions League T20 (2011 and 2013). "I can't believe it's been 12 years at Mumbai Indians. It has been an extremely exciting and emotional journey for me. We've achieved so much together with stalwarts, youngsters and our Paltan."
United Cup: Pegula, Tiafoe, and Fritz guide USA to title in inaugural edition
Fritz clinched the title for his country with a 7-6(4), 7-6 win over Matteo Berrettini in a nail-biting duel between two of the biggest hitters on the ATP Tour to give the USA an unassailable 3-0 lead over Italy. "It's great. It's amazing for the team to win this event.
Hardik Pandya credits Ashish Nehra for adding 'more value' to captaincy abilities
Hardik was appointed as captain of Gujarat, one of the two new teams in IPL 2022, with just the experience of leading India A in a tour match against a visiting Australia side at the Brabourne Stadium in February 2017. But he got instant success, taking Gujarat to winning IPL 2022 trophy in their maiden season
Tata Open Maharashtra: Griekspoor beats Bonzi to clinch maiden ATP Tour title
This was the first ATP Tour final featuring both first-time finalists since 2022 Munich and both Griekspoor and Bonzi gave it their all to treat the capacity crowd at the Centre Court in the Balewadi Stadium to a thrilling encounter.
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