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The Netherlands' suffering was even ahead of the match as five of their players were sent home on the eve of the game for catching the flu virus. With Kylian Mbappe wearing the captain's armband of the French national team for the first time, the hosts started their campaign perfectly in Paris as Antoine Griezmann curled in the opener.

Sciver-Brunt smashed a 38-ball unbeaten 72 to help Mumbai Indians set up a challenging 182/4 in 20 overs. Wong then got into the act to derail the UP Warriorz's chase, claiming Kiran Navgire (43), Simran Shaikh (0) and Sophie Ecclestone (0) in successive balls during his 4-15 haul as the Warriorz were restricted to 110 all out in 17.4 overs.

It's been over 11 years since the two teams first played each other and Rashid Khan's side has finally managed to win their first international match against Pakistan, playing without many regulars including skipper Babar Azam, here on Friday night. Nabi figured in an unfinished 53-run partnership with Najibullah Zadran as they rescued.

The German side have won the last 10 Bundesliga titles and sit second in the table this season - one point behind leaders Borussia Dortmund. They beat Paris St-Germain to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, where they will face Manchester City. The 49-year old Tuchel, who was sacked by Premier League club Chelsea in September.

Except in one race in which he had a high side, the Indian clinched seven podium finishes with two wins and five second-place finishes, from the 8 races in which he took part in his class. Astride a humble Yamaha R6 in the Rookie Category, the talented rider punched above his weight gaining many top-5 finishes in the higher super.

Mithun Manjunath too went out at the pre-quarterfinal stage, thus leaving the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, the second seeds, remaining in the fray. Sindhu, the defending champion, lost to Indonesia's Putri Kusuma Wardani 21-15, 12-21, 21-18 in a hard-fought Round of 16 encounter.

In the draft held on Thursday night, over 30 male players were picked across eight teams with Welsh Fire roping in Abell while David returned to Southern Brave via their Right-To-Match (RTM) card. With new coach Michael Hussey taking charge of affairs after a winless 2022 season, Welsh Fire strengthened their squad significantly by securing.

Zimbabwe had been bowled out for 271 in 49.2 overs, but like with the first ODI, drama unfolded in the second innings. The backbone of Zimbabwe's happened to be a 104-run stand between Sean Williams (77) and Clive Madande (52). For the Netherlands, Shariz Ahmad starred with 5-43, his first five-for in ODI cricket.

Wednesday's match was Lajovic's first career meeting with Murray, where he picked up his first hard-court win of the season. He will next play against American Maxime Cressy. Whoever wins might play World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the third round. Lajovic's victory was underpinned by his strong performance on second serve.

Last season, the 21-year-old lifted the trophy in Miami after beating Naomi Osaka in the final, but the Pole said she won't defend her title, a Xinhua report said. After Doha I was struggling with a strong infection. I was allowed to play, but a strong episode of coughing led to a rib injury. We were trying to handle it and continuing to play.