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Gavaskar slams senior players seeking rest; says if they can play IPL, they can play for India
There have been reports of a couple of senior players, including former India skipper Virat Kohli, requesting the BCCI to exclude them from the five-match T20 away series against the West Indies beginning later this month. While Kohli is not part of the three-match ODI leg of the tour, reports have suggested that he also wants to be rested for the T20 series beginning on July 29.
David Warner's heartfelt message to the people of Sri Lanka at conclusion of series
The island nation is passing through one of the worst crisis in more than seven decades with severe shortage of fuel, medicines and essential commodities in the wake of the political instability in the country. Still, people turned out in droves to witness the matches, and cheer not just the home team but also the Australians, to express their gratitude to the visitors for agreeing to visit the country amid the turmoil.
Women's hockey World Cup: Savita makes six saves in shootout as India beat Canada
After the two teams ended the regulation time at 1-1, the Indian team defeated Canada 3-2 in the sudden death to progress to the 9-12th placings of the tournament. India is already out of medal contention after they lost the crossover match against Spain for a place in the quarterfinal by a solitary goal. Madeline Secco (11th minute) scored for Canada, while Salima Tete (58th) scored the equalizer for India in the regulation time.
Sri Lanka's win in second Test pushes them to third in WTC standings; Australia lose No. 1 spot
Sri Lanka recorded stunning innings and a 39-run victory over the visitors at the Galle International Stadium on Monday with Australia dismissed for a paltry 151 in the second innings. With the victory, the Dimuth Karunaratne-led side leveled the series at 1-1. Australia had won the opening Test at the same venue by 10 wickets. The win on Monday helped Sri Lanka jump ahead of a trio of rivals and up to third on the latest WTC standings.
Harmanpreet to lead 15-member Indian women's squad in Commonwealth Games
India is in Group A with Australia, Barbados, and Pakistan. Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand, and South Africa are placed in Group B. The top two teams from the respective pools will progress to the semifinals. India is scheduled to play three games in the league stage of the tournament starting July 29, the release said.
Rohit terms embracing new batting approach as biggest takeaway from T20I series
In both of their victories, the new aggressive batting approach stood out, something which has been happening since the Delhi T20I against South Africa in June. The embracing of the new batting approach by the Indian batters was what skipper Rohit Sharma termed as the biggest takeaway from the 2-1 T20I series win.
Winning at Wimbledon extra special; it got me playing tennis as a kid: Novak
Djokovic produced a tennis master-class on Sunday evening to defeat Australia's Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3) for his seventh Wimbledon title, and fourth consecutive crown at the grass-court major. This is Djokovic's first major title of the season and his 21st Grand Slam overall.
Stokes, Root, Bairstow excited with return to ODIs against India, says Matthew Mott
Since the time Stokes took over as Test skipper from Root, England have won all of their four Tests till now, playing a new brand of attacking cricket in the longest format of the game. A 3-0 sweep of New Zealand by chasing down 277, 299 and 296 was followed by a record 378-chase against India in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston to draw the five-match series 2-2, with Bairstow and Root being heavy contributors with the bat.
Arjun Babuta strikes gold in men's 10m air rifle at Changwon World Cup
Arjun had qualified second to make it to the top-eight ranking round on Sunday, along with compatriot Paarth Makhija who had qualified in fifth place. The Chandigarh lad carried on his good form on Monday, topping the ranking round with a scintillating 261.1 to storm into the gold-medal encounter. Kozeniesky shot 260.4 to join him even as qualification leader Sergey Richter of Israel settled for bronze with a score of 259.9. Paarth had to be happy with fourth place with 258.1.
India bow out of women's hockey World Cup with loss to Spain
It was Marta Segu (57th minute) who scored the lone goal of the match. With a place in the last-eight at stake, both teams got off to a nervy start. It took them a while to settle down and build on a good structure. It was not until a little over eight minutes into play that India earned the first penalty corner of the match through Neha, who skilfully tackled the Spanish defender inside the circle. India, however, could not make much of the opportunity with the hosts defending doggedly.
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