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ISSF World Championship: Udhayveer's double gold helps India consolidate second place
India has also picked up one Paris 2024 Olympics quota place after Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil stunned a high-quality field on Friday to become the 10 air rifle men's world champion. Udhayveer shot a combined score of 580 after the precision and rapid-fire rounds in the junior men's sports pistol, to emerge on top of the 23-strong field.
PKL 9: Maninder Singh records Super 10 as Bengal Warriors thrash Patna Pirates
Maninder Singh and Shrikant Jadhav, who scored 12 & 9 points respectively in the match, led the charge for the Bengal raiders and they received ample support from the defenders as well. Maninder Singh chipped in with a few raids as the Warriors took the lead at 7-5 in the 10th minute. The Warriors further extended their lead to 15-7 as defenders Girish Ernak and Shubham Shinde stepped up their game and a multi-point raid by Maninder Singh helped Bengal inflict an All Out.
La Liga: No changes for Ancelotti or Xavi ahead of Real-Barca clash
The game pits the top-two sides in Spain in their traditional rivalry and gives Ancelotti's men the chance to plunge Barca into crisis after their rivals' 3-3 draw at home to Inter Milan on Wednesday, which almost killed their hopes of making the knockout stage in this season's Champions League. "It is a special match. We will prepare for it, just like the others," said Ancelotti in his pre-game press conference.
Firenze Open: JJ Wolf marches into final with win over Mikael Ymer
Rising to a career-best No 56 in the ATP Live Rankings, the 23-year-old will play the winner of top seed Felix Auger-Aliassime and third-seeded home favourite Lorenzo Musetti. "Tomorrow. as I haven't been in a final before, I'm just going to keep working on the things I've been working on and not worry about the result," Wolf said.
PKL 9: Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Gujarat Giants, record hat-trick of victories
Defenders Sahul Kumar and Ankush pulled off some fantastic tackle points as Jaipur inched ahead at 6-3 in the 6th minute. The Giants tackled V. Ajith to stay in the game, but the Jaipur defense continued to showcase top form and helped their team keep their noses in front.
Rating Team India: Strengths and weaknesses of the Men in Blue
Matches will be played in Adelaide (Adelaide Oval), Brisbane (The Gabba), Geelong (Kardinia Park Stadium), Hobart (Bellerive Oval), Melbourne (MCG), Perth (Perth Stadium) and Sydney (SCG). It's the first time Australia will host the Men's T20 World Cup after a record-breaking Women's T20 World Cup, which was held in February-March 2020.
With key bowlers sidelined, India may have bounced itself out of T20 World Cup
With the likes of pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah (stress fracture in the back), Deepak Chahrar (back and hip joint issues) and allrounder Ravindra Jadeja (recovering from knee surgery), sidelined ahead of the tournament, commencing in the next few days, it has only added to skipper Rohit Sharma's headache, and he has been voicing the concern in almost every post-match press conference of late.
Team India's Pain Points: Consistency, incisive bowling, impactful fielding
The Indian men's cricket team has been found wanting on this front in most of the editions of the T20 World Cup since lifting the trophy in the inaugural edition of the event in 2007. So, stitching together such consistent performance has been the bane of the Indian team, not only in the T20 World Cups but practically in all tournaments in the last many years.
How prepared is India for the Men's T20 World Cup challenge?
Since June, they have played T20Is against South Africa (drawn 2-2 at home), Ireland (won 2-0 away), England (won 2-1 away), West Indies (won 4-1 away), Asia Cup (Super four finish) and more recently, the home series against Australia and South Africa won by an identical margin of 2-1.
T20 World Cup important, but Bumrah's career more important: Rohit Sharma
"So, we can't take such a risk. All the specialists we spoke to were of the same opinion. There is a lot of cricket ahead of him, he will play a lot more and help India win matches. There is no doubt that he will be missed," said Rohit during the captains' day event in Melbourne.
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