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Wimbledon 2022: Rybakina beats Jabeur to win historic maiden Grand Slam title
No.17 seed Rybakina fought back brilliantly after losing the first set to defeat third seed Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in a final between two first-timers. Rybakina also became the youngest woman to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish since a 21-year-old Petra Kvitova in 2011. She is now the fourth-youngest active major champion on the WTA Tour, older only than Iga Swiatek, Bianca Andreescu and Emma Raducanu.
2nd T20I: India thrash England by 49 runs, take unassailable 2-0 lead in series
Riding on Jadeja's innings (46 not out off 29), India posted a decent 170/8 in 20 overs, after being invited to bat first. Apart from Jadeja, Rohit Sharma (31 off 20) and Rishabh Pant (26 off 15) were the other main scorers for India. Chris Jordan (4-27) and Richard Gleeson (3-15) were the wicket-takers for England. In reply, England kept losing wickets at regular intervals and never looked in contention to chase the winning total. In the end, England were bowled out for 121 all out in 17 overs.
2nd T20I: India post 170/8 against England
Apart from Jadeja, Rohit Sharma (31 off 20) and Rishabh Pant (26 off 15) were the other top-scorers for India, who were invited to bat first by England. On the other hand, Chris Jordan (4/27) and Richard Gleeson (3/15) were the wicket-takers for England. Brief scores: India 170-8 in 20 Overs (Ravindra Jadeja 46 not out, Rohit Sharma 31; Chris Jordan 4/27) vs England
2nd T20I: England win toss, opt to bowl against India
England, who lost the first match of the series, made two changes as Richard Gleeson and David Willey came in place of Topley and Tymal Mills, for this game. "We are going to bowl first. Willey and Gleeson come in for Topley and Mills. Excited for him (Gleeson) to make his debut today. It's a great chance to bounce back, expect us to come back harder today. It's a fantastic ground, India gets great support here as well," said Buttler at the toss.
Malaysia Masters: Prannoy loses to Angus Ng Ka Long in semis despite winning first game
Prannoy went down to Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong after winning the first game, losing 21-17, 9-21, 17-21 in a 64-minute encounter here. The Indian shuttler, ranked 19th, won the first game easily, taking lead from 3-3 to 6-3 up and then maintained an upper hand winning five points at one stretch to take the lead. He maintained his 2-3 points advantage throughout.
50-overs cricket for an all-rounder is tough; takes a lot out of you: Manjrekar on Pandya
After coming back into the Indian team for the home T20I series against South Africa, Pandya captained India to a 2-0 series win in Ireland and produced another stellar all-round performance against England in the first T20I at Southampton, making 51 with the bat and taking 4-33 with the ball in India's 50-run win.
If Ashwin can be dropped from Test side, then Kohli can also be dropped: Kapil Dev
With players like Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer in the mix, it is getting tougher for Kohli to own a place in the playing eleven, especially with the Men's T20 World Cup happening in Australia in October-November. "Now the situation is such that you might be forced to bench Kohli from the T20 playing XI. He will have to perform better. If world No. 2 bowler Ashwin can be dropped from Test side, then (the) world No. 1 batter can also be dropped," said Kapil to ABP News.
Bajrang Punia obtains UK visa for CWG, will travel to the US for training before Games
The Sports Ministry, through the Ministry of External Affairs, got in touch with the British High Commission to seek the UK Visa for Bajrang, which has now been obtained. On several occasions, the MEA has consistently helped the Sports Ministry to facilitate the visa of athletes travelling abroad for competition and training ahead of the CWG.
Australian tennis greats haven't always been the nicest to me: Kyrgios
The mercurial 27-year-old Kyrgios made it to his maiden Grand Slam final after his semifinal opponent, Spanish stalwart Rafael Nadal withdrew from the grass-court major due to an abdominal injury. The world No. 40, whose best showing in a major before his Wimbledon success was reaching the 2015 Australian Open quarterfinal, also indicated he is being made to feel like an outcast.
Jadeja removes CSK-related posts from Instagram account; sparks murmurs of rift
"Jadeja didn't wish Dhoni on his birthday this year. (He does it every year). He has also deleted all his CSK-related posts on Instagram. Something is definitely not right," pointed out a cricket fan on Twitter. Since then, social media has been abuzz with things not going fine between Jadeja and CSK. But Jadeja stepped down as the skipper after being at the helm for eight matches, with Dhoni getting back to captaining the side.
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