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Women's Asia Cup: Nida Dar's all-round show, bowlers help Pakistan secure upset win over India
Friday's match also marks just the third time Pakistan have beaten India in T20Is and also the first time they defeated their arch-rivals in the history of Women's Asia Cup. Pakistan's famous victory was led by all-rounder Nida Dar, who slammed an attacking 56 not out off 37 balls for the side to get 137/6 in 20 overs.
Indian National Car Racing Championship 2022 set to begin
The two-litre single-seater will headline the compact, 10-race programme which also includes the MRF Saloons (Toyota Etios), Formula LGB 1300 and the three-tier saloon cars -- Indian Touring Cars, Indian Junior Touring Cars and the Super Stock -- categories. The MRF F2000 will have a grid of nine youngsters for whom it will be the first race outing in this category.
Opportunity for India to unearth a new champion in absence of Bumrah, Jadeja: Ravi Shastri
With Jadeja out due to a right-knee injury which needed surgery, Axar Patel was slotted into India's playing eleven as a like-for-like replacement. On the other hand, with Bumrah unavailable due to back injury, senior pacer Mohammed Shami could be promoted from a travelling reserve to 15th player in India's T20 World Cup squad.
Michael Clarke blasts Australia selectors for picking Green ahead of Smith in game v West Indies
Australia won the opening match against the Caribbean side by three wickets in Gold Coast on Thursday with Green scoring just 14 as opener. Clarke, a member of the ODI World Cup-winning side in 2007 who later led Australia's victorious campaign at the 2015 event at home, indicated Cricket Australia's (CA) selection was going awry ahead of the T20 World Cup at home.
CLOSE-IN: India have the fire-power to win the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022
India play their first match on October 23 at the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground against arch-rivals Pakistan. This is the most crucial match for the Indian side as a defeat in it could put them in deep waters to qualify. The main rivals, thereafter, are South Africa, Bangladesh and possibly the West Indies, if they qualify from their group games.
South Africa continue to languish at 11th spot in Super League despite 9-run win vs India
In fact, even if they make a clean sweep of the three-match series here and also win the ODIs against England at home and the two games remaining from their suspended home series against the Netherlands, it is unlikely they will be able to automatically qualify for the showpiece event.
Ostrava Open: Alycia Parks upsets Maria Sakkari to reach quarters
No 144-ranked Parks had knocked out former World No 1 Karolina Pliskova in straight sets in her opener. The same formidable power was also on display against Sakkari as Parks tallied 59 winners, including 15 aces, while keeping her unforced error tally down to 26. By contrast, Sakkari managed only nine winners throughout. However, the 21-year-old Parks -- who is in Ostrava alone, with her team back at home in Florida -- also demonstrated superb resilience to come from behind and weather several nail biting moments en route to a 2-hour, 44-minute victory.
European ambitions to have an effect on Matchday 8 in La Liga
The round of games kicks off on Friday as Osasuna, fresh from ending Real Madrid's 100 percent start to the season, entertain Valencia. Valencia have yet to win an away game, while Osasuna are without suspended central defender David Garcia, reports Xinhua. Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Sevilla are all in action on Saturday, but while Real Madrid will be able to focus everything on La Liga after Wednesday's 2-1 win at home to Shakhtar Donetsk, Sevilla and Atletico have plenty of work still to do.
This ISL season is another significant step towards our football dream, says Nita Ambani
The 2022-23 season will be special as fans will be welcomed back to the stadiums after a gap of two seasons. Teams will now have the support of their fans yet again after missing them for 2 years. Nita Ambani, Founder and Chairperson, Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), today said that the upcoming season of the Hero Indian Super League will be a key milestone for the league and Indian Football.
Indian girls win silver and bronze at World Women 6Red Snooker 2022
With that she won a silver medal for India before losing to the champion Waratthanun Sukritthanes of Thailand.
Additionally, another Indian girl Varshaa Sanjeev added a bronze medal in the kitty of the Indian contingent by reaching the semifinals where she lost to the champion Waratthanun 1-3.
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