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Cummins should not be in Australia's XI for T20 World Cup; bring in young Green to open innings: Mark Waugh
Cummins went wicket-less in Australia's 89-run loss to New Zealand in the Super 12 opener on October 22 and managed just one wicket for 36 runs in the game against Sri Lanka, which the hosts won by seven wickets to put their World Cup campaign back on track. Green has been drafted into the 15-member squad as a replacement for reserve wicketkeeper Josh Inglis, who suffered a freak injury on the golf course two days before the start of the Super 12 stage.
Loss to India not easy to digest, says Pakistan batter Iftikhar Ahmed
Indian batting stalwart Virat Kohli lit up the Melbourne night sky, slamming an unbeaten 82 off just 52 balls and powering India to an incredible four-wicket victory over Pakistan in their first Group 2 match. After the right-left fast-bowling duo of Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh had picked three wickets to help restrict Pakistan to 159/8 in their 20 overs, Kohli and 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.
Stoinis becomes fastest half-century maker for Australia; joint second-fastest in men's T20 World Cup after Yuvraj
Stoinis became the fastest half-centurion for Australia in T20I cricket with his stunning unbeaten 59 from just 18 balls. The all-rounder struck six maximums in his unbeaten score from just 18 balls, and he reached his half-century in just 17 of those deliveries, one better than team-mate Glenn Maxwell's previous Aussie record for the fastest 50.
Sevilla beat Copenhagen in UEFA Champions League
The first half was short on action, but Copenhagen showed themselves to be a hard-working and well-drilled unit who were able to keep Sevilla at bay with relative ease. The main threat from the home side came from wingers Suso and Papu Gomez, while the best chance of the first 45 minutes fell to Hakon Haraldsson, whose shot on the turn was well turned away by Marco Dmitrovic, who started in Sevilla's goal ahead of Bono, reports Xinhua.
BWF World Rankings: Sindhu breaks into top five, Prannoy moves to 12th
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sindhu, who has 87,218 points from 26 tournaments, displaced arch-rival Carolina Marin of Spain in the fifth position. The Indian ace boasts a career-high ranking of world No.2, attained back in 2017-18, but ha'n't broken into the top five since September 2019, just following her world championships title win that year. PV Sindhu won the gold medal at the CWG 2022 earlier this year but has been out of action since then because of an ankle injury.
BWF World Junior Championships: Unnati, Anupama advance to round of 32
Anupama, the world No.3 in the junior badminton rankings and top seed at the junior championships, beat Singapore's Yi Ting Elsa Lai 19-21, 21-10, 21-9 in her round of 64 clash. On the other hand, World junior No.5 and also the fifth seed, Unnati eased out Sri Lanka's Ranithma Liyanage 21-11, 19-21, 21-7. Both Anupama and Unnati had received first-round byes.
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey: Indian junior men's team wins 5-1 against Japan
For India, it was captain Uttam Singh (3'), Rohit (12'), Johnson Purty (21'), Boby Singh Dhami (31') and Amandeep Lakra (51') who found the back of the net, while Ikumi Saeki (15') scored the lone goal for Japan.
Swiss Indoors: Murray advances to second round with win over Safiullin
In a hard-fought clash, Murray showcased an abundance of grit as he rallied from 1-4 in the third set to eventually triumph after two hours and 37 minutes at the ATP 500 event. "He was serving huge and any opportunity he was hitting the ball huge from the back of the court. As the match went on, I started to dictate a few more points and served better," Murray said.
Leicestershire agree deal with Ajinkya Rahane to play upcoming County season: Report
Besides playing for Leicestershire Cricket Club in the County Championship, Rahane is likely to play in white-ball cricket for the Royal London Cup too depending on his Indian Premier League (IPL) commitments, the Telegraph newspaper claimed in an exclusive report.
French Open badminton: Saina Nehwal ousted, Satwik/Chirag win on bad day for Indians
The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty was the only one to survive the opening round as Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto went down in the mixed doubles first round while the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand too went down to the sixth-seeded Thai pair of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.
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