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IPL 2022: Mohsin Khan, another young left-arm Indian pacer impresses at big stage
The 23-year old Khan showed his composure and bowled two brilliant overs in front of veteran Kieron Pollard during Mumbai Indians' run chase and eventually finished with the superb figures of 4-0-27-1. Incidentally, Mohsin is not the only young India fast bowler who has done well in the IPL 2022. Apart from Mohsin, Mukesh Choudhary (CSK), Khaleel Ahmed (DC), Yash Dayal (GT), T. Natarajan (SRH) are the other Indian left-arm pacers, who have been impactful performers for their respective teams.
IPL 2022: Rohit blames irresponsible shots by batters for defeat to Lucknow Super Giants
Chasing 169 for a win, Mumbai Indians were in a good position after the powerplay and despite losing Ishan Kishan, had Rohit batting well and their in-form batter Suryakumar Yadav in the middle. But Rohit got off to an unnecessary shot and Suryakumar Yadav too fell in a similar fashion. Tilak Varma and Kieron Pollard raised their hopes with a 57-run partnership off 39 deliveries but both got out at the most inappropriate time for Mumbai Indians and their hopes fizzled out in a 36-run defeat.
Formula 1: Verstappen wins Imola race; Hamilton finishes 13th
However, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc spun late on to finish sixth after his teammate Spain's Carlos Sainz retired from the race. Along with Sainz, compatriot Fernando Alonso was the other who could not finish the race. The Dutchman Verstappen topped Saturday's Sprint and led off the line on Sunday, teammate Perez joining him at the front - while Leclerc momentarily dropped to fourth.
Rublev defeats Djokovic to clinch Serbia Open title
In a hard-fought summit clash, Rublev dug deep against Djokovic as he hit with relentless power and intensity to outlast the home favourite 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-0 at the ATP 250 clay-court event. The 24-year-old saved five set points in the second set to force a tie-break and while he was unable to prevent Djokovic from levelling the match, Rublev regrouped in the decider as he looked the fitter of the two to triumph after two hours and 29 minutes.
IPL 2022: Rahul's unbeaten ton helps Lucknow reach 168/6 against Mumbai Indians
Rahul, who had scored his first century of IPL 2022 against Mumbai Indians in his 100th match a few days ago, played a well-controlled innings on a sluggish track to finish with an unbeaten 103 off 62 deliveries. He reached the three-figure mark off 61 balls in the final over of the innings, hitting 12 fours and four sixes. Rahul (103) waged a lone battle, struggling for help from the other end as the other batters came in and went out in a procession. Manish Pandey was the second highest scorer.
Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar| 10 Best innings of 'God of Cricket' (Watch Video)
Sachin Tendulkar played 664 international matches out of which he played 200 tests, 463 ODIs, and only one T20I. He made 51 Test 100s and 49 ODI 100s in addotion to 119 Test 50s and 145 ODI 50s. The records tell us how great cricketer Sachin was. Here are some of the best innings played by Sachin Tendulkar:
Barca take on Rayo amid Super Cup controversy
The fact that Barcelona defender Gerard Pique is one of the owners of Kosmos and the RFEF stands to earn around 10 million euros more if Barca and Real Madrid play in the Super Cup, has led to obvious allegations of a major conflict of interest for the body that runs Spanish football. This is without even mentioning that Real Madrid and Barca could earn up to eight times more than the other two teams in the Super Cup.
Manchester City cruise while Arsenal beat Man Utd to move fourth in Premier League
The Brazilian netted in the fourth, 23rd and 52nd minutes, and scored a 49th minute penalty as Pep Guardiola's side warmed up for Tuesday's Champions League semifinal first leg against Real Madrid with a comfortable 5-1 win at home to Watford, who look increasingly set for a quick return to the Championship. Hassani Kamara gave Watford brief hope with his goal in the 28th minute, but Rodri's 34th minute goal for City quickly put the game out of reach.
This MI squad is definitely capable of stacking up wins together: Zaheer Khan
With the IPL season reaching the half-way mark and the five-time champions showing no signs of returning to winnings ways, Zaheer said that in terms of preparations and the capabilities, the side was second to none, adding that the boys could still "stack up wins together" and make a fresh bid in the tournament.
India to play five-match T20I series vs South Africa from June 9
The five matches will take place across 11 days, concluding with the final game at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
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