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IPL 2022: Rajat Patidar's 49-ball century powers Bangalore to 207/4 against Lucknow
Patidar slammed 12 boundaries and seven sixes for scoring an unbeaten 112 off just 54 balls, taking Lucknow's bowling attack to cleaners, especially in the last five overs which brought a whooping 84 runs with Dinesh Karthik providing finishing fireworks with an unbeaten 37.
Eoin Morgan "absolutely delighted" to have Matthew Mott on board as England's white-ball coach
Last week, Mott was appointed as England men's white-ball coach, which also meant him leaving his position as head coach of the Australia women's team after a highly successful seven years in charge. Mott led Australia to victory in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand this year apart from winning Women's T20 World Cups in 2018 and 2020. Under Mott, Australia has a record 26-match winning streak in women's ODIs that ran from 2018 to 2021 apart from remaining undefeated in women's Ashes.
French Open: Sasnovich beats Raducanu, Kerber holds off Jacquemot
The 28-year-old will next face Angelique Kerber of Germany for the second time in as many weeks after the No.21 seed held off wildcard Elsa Jacquemot 6-1, 7-6(2). Sasnovich had previously defeated Raducanu 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of Indian Wells last October - Raducanu's first match after winning the US Open as a qualifier.
ICC Test Rankings: Liton, Mathews move up; Kohli, Rohit, Ashwin maintain top-10 positions
The first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka that ended in a stalemate saw both sides score heavily in the three innings. The game saw three hundreds and six fifties scored, which reflected in the ICC Player Rankings.
IPL 2022, Eliminator: Lucknow Super Giants win toss, elect to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore
Rain and strong winds meant that the toss happened at 7:55pm, with the first ball to be played at 8:10pm. After winning the toss, Rahul said pace all-rounder Dushmantha Chameera and off-spin all-rounder Krunal Pandya come into the playing eleven in place of Jason Holder and K Gowtham. It was an interesting decision at the toss by Rahul as Lucknow have won just twice out of six times while chasing in the tournament.
UK govt approves proposed takeover of Premier League giants Chelsea by consortium
Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich, under whom the club won five Premier League and two UEFA Champions League titles, had in February given the "stewardship and care" of the club to a charitable foundation in the wake of Russia's aggression in Ukraine.
French Open: World No. 4 Tsitsipas overcomes Musetti challenge to advance
"Things don't come easy. I refuse to give up. That's simply how it works with me," Tsitsipas said after the match, which ended past midnight. "You never really think about getting back after being two sets to love. You just play it point after point. You just wish that your efforts will pay off on a longer scale, longer run," the Greek was quoted as saying by atptour.com.
Miller reveals he was nervous initially and Pandya told him to just play good cricket shots
Chasing an imposing 188 set by Rajasthan Royals, limited-overs specialist Miller devastated the rival bowling, smashing three fours and five sixes in his unbeaten 68 as the IPL newcomers won by seven wickets. "I was a little bit nervous to be honest, but Hardik kept saying like 'you know, let's just play good cricket shots, keep hitting in the gaps'," said the South African, who enjoyed a fruitful unbeaten partnership with his skipper.
Chessable Masters: Sensational Praggnanandhaa seals place in final; Carlsen loses to Ding Liren
The 16-year-old from Chennai showed off all his skills as he simply overpowered the super-strong Dutch No.1 Giri to set up a summit clash with China's World No. 2 Ding Liren, who stunned World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the other semifinal. Praggnanandhaa took lead with a checkmate in the second game of the best-of-four games semifinal encounter. But after two draws, Giri, a Dutch GM of Nepalese origin, returned the favour in the must-win fourth game to draw level at 2-2.
IPL 2022: Don't have much feeling now, says skipper Hardik after Gujarat reach final
Excellent knocks by David Miller (68 not out off 38) and Hardik (40 not out off 27) led Gujarat Titans to the final of IPL 2022 in their debut season with a convincing seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 1 at the iconic Eden Gardens on Tuesday. Miller and skipper Hardik batted sensibly and stitched an unbeaten partnership of 106 runs for the fourth wicket. Gujarat will now play the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in front of a large crowd.
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