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Babar Azam can become world No. 1 batter in all three formats, feels Dinesh Karthik
The 27-year-old Azam already has the top ICC billing in both white-ball formats, but is ranked fifth in the longest format behind the likes of Australia's Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith, New Zealand's Kane Williamson and prolific England run-getter Joe Root. But Karthik, who has played a key role in Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) securing a Qualifier 2 berth in IPL 2022, is quite confident that the Pakistan captain will soon be topping the ICC Test batting charts as well.
Chessable Masters: Praggnanandhaa loses final in tiebreak after superb fightback
But his resistance ended at around 2.30 am on Thursday night as the Indian blundered to lose the second play-off blitz game, losing the match by 2.5-1.5, 0.5-1.5 margin in the tiebreak play-offs -- an incredible performance for a 16-year-old school kid who had defeated some top players including World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in this event.
Kashmir's young future is in stadiums
Afshan Ashiq stands out as an icon of this change. Trained at the prestigious National Institute of Sports in Patiala, Afshan is known throughout the valley for her passion for football. She told a newspaper once that: "When I started to dribble with football, extremists used to tease me and pass lewd comments but I didn't pay heed to them."
Japan, Malaysia and Korea qualify for Hockey Men's World Cup 2023
With this win, Japan joined Malaysia and Korea as the third team to qualify for the World Cup. As the host nation India, who thrashed Indonesia 16-0 in a pool match on Thursday, had already qualified for the World Cup. With Japan, Malaysia and Korea are on-board, World Cup 2023 has now completed the 16 qualified teams for the continental showpiece event.
Gokulam Kerala beat Sethu FC 3-1 to clinch second successive IWL title
The two sides came into the game with 10 consecutive wins each and required a win to seal the title. The game at Kalinga Stadium itself was full of quality, with Sethu and Gokulam Kerala both producing brilliant passages of play. The team from Tamil Nadu took the lead in just the third minute of the game after Anju Tamang's powerful strike deflected off a defender and onto the head of Renu Rani. The forward made no mistake in slotting the ball home from close range.
French Open: Sania-Lucie move to second round with win over Paolini-Trevisan
Saina and Lucie, seeded 10th, beat the Italian pair of Jasmine Paolini and Martina Trevisan 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in one hour and 58 minutes. Paolini and Trevisan started serving in the first set and both the doubles teams held serves till the ninth game. However, four unforced errors in the 10th game cost Sania Mirza and Lucie Hradecka the first set and they trailed 1-0 in the match.
Women's T20 Challenge: Velocity qualify for final despite 16-run loss against Trailblazers
Chasing a target of 191 runs for victory, but Velocity were restricted to 174 for nine in 20 overs. Velocity will now face Supernovas in the final on Saturday. Trailblazers (-0.825), Supernovas (+0.912) and Velocity (-0.022) ended with two points each but the top two teams made it to the final as they had better net run-rate than the defending champions.
French Open: Iga Swiatek beats Riske, sprints to 30th consecutive win
Swiatek hit 23 winners to 15 unforced errors in 61 minutes and lost just 10 points in seven service games. She improved to 3-0 against Riske with the victory, with all three wins coming on clay; they played in both Madrid and Rome last year. Over the course of her winning streak, the Pole star has been on the record saying that she's been taking her matches just one point at a time.That mentality was on full display against Riske at the start of the second set.
Asia Cup hockey: India thrash hosts Indonesia 16-0, qualify for Super 4s
Dipsan Tirkey (42', 47', 59', 59') starred for India, scoring four goals in the match, while Sudev Belimagga (45', 46', 55') also scored a hat-trick in the match. Pawan Rajbhar (10', 11),SV Sunil (19', 24'), and Karthi Selvam (40', 56') also scored a brace, while Uttam Singh (14'), Nilam Sanjeep Xess (20') and Birendra Lakra (41') scored a goal each to help their team pick up the win.
French Open: Medvedev advances to third round after beating Djere
The 26-year-old, who eliminated Facundo Bagnis in the first round, was resilient against Djere throughout their two-hour, 36-minute clash on Court Philippe Chatrier. Medvedev soaked up the World No 56's powerful forehand as he scampered around the baseline, while he turned the tables in points by standing deep in the court and taking large cuts at the ball.
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