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T20 World Cup: Always believed that Hardik, Virat can pull us out from that situation, says Rohit
Apart from collecting plenty of twos with Pandya, Kohli brought out his deft touch with a fine glance off Shaheen Shah Afridi, cutting off his wrists past deep-cover off Shadab and flicked past diving short fine leg off Naseem Shah to collect three quick fours, thus paving the path for him to be smiling with his arms aloft and dishing out a chasing masterclass in front of a packed MCG with equations going from 48 off the last three overs to 16 off the final over.
Premier League: Arsenal stumble, held to draw by Southampton; Villa rout Brentford 4-0
Xhaka netted his fourth goal of the season, sweetly connecting with Ben White's cross, to give us an early lead. But the Saints were much improved after the interval, drawing level through Stuart Armstrong's first goal of the season on 65 minutes, as the hosts took the game to Arsenal. Arsenal went into the match with a one-point lead over second-placed Manchester City, who had reduced the margin with a win on Saturday.
Richard Gould becomes new ECB chief executive officer
"I am honoured to have been given the opportunity to lead our game forward in England and Wales as part of a talented and committed team that encompasses the ECB, every cricket club in the land, all the counties, our partners, sponsors, fans and the army of players and volunteers that support the game in every corner of our country," said Gould in a ECB statement.
Gavaskar jumps in joy after India defeat Pakistan by four-wicket
The 73-year-old, who is part of the ICC commentary team, was standing near the boundary alongside the likes of Irfan Pathan and Kris Srikanth, and as R Ashwin hit the winning runs, Gavaskar jumped and clapped continuously in jubilation. Irfan shared the video on Twitter and captioned it: "What scenes here at the MCG. Even the great sunny ji couldn't stop dancing. Virat you are the real king indiaaaaa. indiaaaaaaaaaa."
T20 World Cup: Spider-cam robs India of a wicket vs Pakistan; makes Rohit, Pandya furious
The incident happened during the 15th over of the Pakistan innings when Masood stepped out of his crease looking to attack Ravichandran Ashwin, but he was beaten in the air and the ball got a thick top edge. Virat Kohli ran in from the deep but had to stop as the ball clanged on the cable and dropped down straight. Hardik Pandya was also positioning himself to take the catch but the ball swirled off the edge over the covers.
ICC bowled over by Virat Kohli's incredible batting, tweets 'The King is back'
After Virat Kohli's epic 82 not out in 53 balls, the official Twitter handle of the International Cricket Council (ICC) shared a graphic showing Kohli sitting on a throne. "The King is back...Take a bow, Virat Kohli," the ICC wrote. Kohli came to the crease in the second over after opener K.L Rahul (4) was undone by Naseem Shah and things looked tense for India when a fired-up Haris Rauf removed Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav. India were tottering 31/3 after the end of Power-play.
T20 World Cup: Will count Melbourne 82 higher than Mohali 82 because of magnitude of the game, says Kohli
Co-incidentally, in both matches, India were chasing 160, with Kohli leading the side to victories on both occasions in nail-biting chases. Kohli and Hardik Pandya (40) shared a match-winning stand of 113 off 77 deliveries, lifting India from 31/4 to chasing 160 on the last ball to get their campaign in the ongoing tournament off to a winning start in front of 90, 293 fans.
Sourav backtracks from contesting CAB President's post, nominates elder brother instead
Sunday was the last day for filing the nomination for contesting for different posts for the CAB. On Sunday afternoon when Sourav Ganguly reached the CAB office, it was perceived he had come to file his nomination. However, later it became clear that his elder brother will be contesting instead. On October 15, Sourav Ganguly himself made an announcement to the media persons that he will be contesting for the CAB President's chair.
T20 World Cup: Virat Kohli slams unbeaten 82 in India's incredible four-wicket win over Pakistan
After the right-left fast-bowling duo of Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh picked three wickets to help restrict Pakistan to 159/8 in their 20 overs, Kohli and Hardik Pandya (40) shared a match-winning stand of 113 off 77 deliveries, lifting India from 31/4 to chasing 160 on the last ball to get their campaign off to a winning start.
Late goals gift Real Madrid win over Sevilla, Real Sociedad's winning runs ends in Valladolid
Erik Lamela's 53rd minute goal for Sevilla seemed to cause a surprise in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium which had witnessed Luka Modric's fourth minute opener for the home side. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti rested Karim Benzema for the game, but his side were quickly ahead after Vinicius Jr set up Modric, reports Xinhua.
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