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Premier League: Chelsea, Arsenal take to the field in mid-week action
Crystal Palace will hope to recover from the second-half Erling Haaland blitz they suffered away to Manchester City when they entertain Brentford in a south London derby. Brentford travel to Selhurst Park after taking just one point from two games following their 4-0 thrashing of Manchester United. Fulham again showed they will be hard to beat in their narrow defeat away to Arsenal at the weekend and they now have a tough home game against Brighton, who are currently fourth in the table after a hard-fought home win against Leeds United.
US Open: Unseeded Murray advances; Wolf beats Bautista Agut in first upset
The 2012 US Open and three-time Grand Slam champion advanced past his 24-year-old adversary on a warm, muggy afternoon, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4, booking his spot in the second round for the 15th time in New York. There was another upset in the opening skirmishes at the Flushing Meadows as American J.J. Wolf stunned No. 16 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain. Leading off on Court 5, No. 87 Wolf showed Spain's No. 16 seed Roberto Bautista Agut a quick exit at the year's last Grand Slam with a convincing 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 triumph.
US Open: Caroline Garcia starts with a win; Maria Sakkari escapes to victory
On Monday, Maria Sakkari returned to the scene where she tore through the 2021 US Open wom'n's draw, riding on a high of a breakthrough season that saw her crack the Top 10 for the first time in her career, determined to change the narrative. She opened her 2022 campaign with an emphatic 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 win over Tatjana Maria of Germany.
Our process is aimed at fine-tuning for the T20 World Cup: Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya registered figures of 3/25 and made 33 not out off 17 balls. He stitched a 52-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Jadeja (35 off 29) to take India over the line with two balls remaining. Eventually, Pandya finished off things in style by clobbering Mohammad Nawaz for a six over long-on.
Pakistan should separate Babar-Rizwan opening pair; Fakhar hits ball in different areas: Mickey Arthur
While Azam and Zaman fell in power-play during their Asia Cup Group A match against India, Rizwan tried to up the ante, but ramped a short ball straight to third man off Hardik Pandya, with Pakistan eventually making 147 in 19.5 overs. With them not having much experience in the middle-order, the bulk of the scoring responsibility comes on the trio, who haven't been at their effective best while batting first, as seen from Pakistan losing three matches while batting first post featuring in the T20 World Cup 2021.
Asia Cup: Virat Kohli hails India's 'special win on a special day' against Pakistan
Hardik Pandya's all-round show helped India defeat Pakistan by five wickets. Virat Kohli, who was returning from a month-long break, also contributed with a well made 35 off 34 balls. The star batter lauded the team's effort following the win over Pakistan. "Special win on a special day," he captioned the post on the Koo app.
Promoting Ravindra Jadeja to No. 4 was a good move, something that no one really foresaw: Robin Uthappa
With left-handed wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant left out of the eleven as India chose to stick to Dinesh Karthik's finishing abilities, it meant that the top six batters were all right-handed. After Rohit Sharma fell at the end of the eighth over, Jadeja was surprisingly promoted to four and batted till the final over, making 35 runs in 29 balls.
Cameron Green sticks to his plans and balances out our side really well: Aron Finch
Cameron Green decimated Zimbabwe's middle-order, returning figures of 5/33 in nine overs as the visitors were bundled out for 200 in 47.3 overs. Australia then overhauled the target for the loss of five wickets with David Warner scoring a half-century and Steve Smith and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell coming up with useful contributions.
Karim Benzema late show for Real keeps champions perfect with 3-1 win over Espanyol
Captain Karim Benzema had a goal ruled out after the break, while Joselu almost pinched another, before Benzema turned in a cross from Rodrygo to snatch the points. Espanyol goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte was sent off in stoppage time and Benzema added his second from the subsequent free-kick as the game ended chaotically.
Durand Cup: ATK Mohun Bagan win Kolkata derby
ATKMB gaffer Juan Ferrando fielded an unchanged eleven from the derby while EEB coach Stephen Constantine made as many as five, some forced, due to injuries to players like Ankit Mukherjee and V.P. Suhair. EEB were the home-side on the day wearing their traditional Red & Gold while ATKMB were in their away white flannels.
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