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The middle order batsman stitches together two crucial partnerships with Bethel and Curran to take his side past the post; Rashid the pick of the English bowlers with three wickets while skipper Berrington shines with the bat for the Scots
South Africa made one change, bringing in seamer Corbin Bosch in place of George Linde , while New Zealand fielded an unchanged eleven
The Indian skipper hints that Abhishek will be back but keeps the cards close to his chest
The Men in Blue will be tempted to play an additional spinner as the surface at the Premadasa Stadium is likely to aid the slow bowlers; rain could play spoilsport in the most anticipated game of the championship
A source said senior PCB officials, including Pakistan Super League CEO Salman Naseer and Chief Operating Officer Sumair Ahmed, will accompany Naqvi to Sri Lanka for the Group A clash, which is slated to start in the late evening at the R Premadasa Stadium
The 33-year-old Indian showcased a controlled yet aggressive brand of table tennis, blending sharp game sense with tactical intelligence to outlast Eduard Ionescu of Romania
We will see about it tomorrow, Salman Agha said about the lack of handshakes
It will be an exciting Ranji Trophy semnifinal clash between Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir
Both the teams registered one win and one loss in their last two games
Abhishek missed the Group A match against Namibia due to a stomach infection that had required two days' hospitalisation.
According to AccuWeather, Colombo will experience 100% cloud cover on February 15, with a roughly 13% chance of rain in the evening
Both Ireland and Oman have endured defeats in their opening two matches and will be desperate to secure their first win of the tournament
Chelsea and Wrexham are the first teams into the fifth round of the FA Cup
Graduating from age-group cricket to the senior game is fraught with challenges. For Indias all-conquering Under-19 players, the World Cup win while deserving of rich praise is not an end in itself. The arduous journey of fulfilling their potential, without losing focus, has just begun
A cop and a world-class Grandmaster, Saleh has enforced safety rules in the UAE and outmanoeuvred top players on the board. He speaks in this chat about what got him hooked to chess tactics, how the game has grown in his country, why he was surprised by Gukesh winning the World title and when an amateur who had learnt chess off YouTube startled him in a library
Both sit pretty, with qualification for Super Eight all but sealed; the Kiwis havent beaten the Proteas in four attempts in the showpiece; Markram has called for more discipline from his bowlers, who have leaked 28 extras across two games
Netherlands, who have two points, brought in right-arm pacer Kyle Klein in place of Timm van der Gugten for the crucial Group A game.
The new edition delayed by nearly four months gets underway in a truncated format featuring 14 teams; the AIFF has opted for a single round-robin format, scrapping the second leg and the traditional playoff stage
The Group-C T20 World Cup encounter coinciding with the historic Calcutta Cup rugby match in Edinburgh adds intrigue; Brook & Co. cannot afford another slip-up
An impassioned Heraskevych, who is allowed to remain at the Games despite not competing, told reporters at the Cortina Sliding Centre that he believed his disqualification was otally wrong.
Canada faces UAE in a crucial T20 World Cup match after recent losses for both teams.
Opting to bat, Canada were jolted early as pacers Siddique (5/35) and Muhammad Jawadullah ripped through the top order inside the first four overs.
Zimbabwe shocked Australia in their Group B clash of the T20 World Cup in Colombo
Indian football veteran Pradhyum Reddy gives an overview of the truncated ISL season as teams and players still grapple with the uncertainty and instability of the system
World No. 174 Lubomr Jancarik of Czechia stunned the 33rd-ranked Indian, seeded four, in four games (11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9), producing one of the biggest upsets of the event so far
The winner of the tie will face Real Sociedad or Athletic Bilbao in the final
In two overs, Varun claimed three wickets to seal the deal for India in the T20 World Cup Group-A clash against Namibia
Both sides made two changes each from their previous match playing XIs
After bludgeoning the Kiwi attack to all parts to help India romp to a 4-1 series victory and force his way into the first-choice XI, he is now lighting up the T20 World Cup as well
With it has come a fair share of controversy that his pause-and sling style of bowling is an illegal delivery, or in cricket parlance, chucking
Drawn into the Group of Death alongside three top-10 teams New Zealand, South Africa and Afghanistan both the UAE and Canada face the daunting and unlikely task of making the Super Eight stage
He, fondly known as Hardy, was one of the most influential persons in Indian motorsport and played a key role in advancing the careers of Indias only two Formula One drivers
After a dismal 2021 World Cup and heartbreaking absences in 2022 and 2024, the stars are finally aligning for the 31-year-old Kiwi; the dashing wicketkeeper-opener has started his 2026 campaign with two match-winning knocks in Chennai, the city where he had to isolate himself for two weeks after testing positive for Covid during IPL 2021
The transition to night games in India adds another layer of uncertainty for the Netherlands; USAs Jahangir highlights the struggles of the associate nations, points to limited fixtures, funding, and exposure

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