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England 'to target Ricky Ponting' as Test coach: Report
The Australian legend Ponting is currently working as head coach with the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals.Rob Key, the former Kent and England batter who subsequently forged a successful career in broadcasting, has been appointed by the ECB as its new managing director of England men's cricket.
IPL 2022: Buttler joins elite list of batters with two tons in same IPL
Buttler struck a 61-ball 103 on Monday, to add to his century against Mumbai Indians -- 100 off 68-balls -- earlier on April 7. He has also scored two half-centuries during his six innings in the event and had scored 272 in five innings before this match. He joined the elite list of Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, Shane Watson and Shikhar Dhawan who have scored two or more centuries in one IPL edition. Kohli holds the record of hitting four centuries during the 2010 edition.
Cristiano Ronaldo's newborn boy dies
Ronaldo was expecting twins with partner Georgina Rodriguez, but revealed on Monday that while she had given birth to a girl, their son had died. Ronaldo has asked for privacy after the Manchester United forward announced the death of his newborn son.
Rafael Nadal steps onto the court for first time in a month
The Spaniard, 35, who is among the favourites to win this year's French Open, was forced to cope with a stress fracture in Indian Wells and was initially expected to be out of action for around six weeks. However, it seems Nadal's recovery process is going well ahead and he will get ready in time for the second Grand Slam of the year at Roland Garros.
Kohli, Pujara lead wishes as KL Rahul celebrates his 30th birthday
Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Instagram story shared a picture of him with KL Rahul to extend the birthday wishes for the LSG captain Mumbai Indians star batter Suryakumar Yadav also shared a picture with KL Rahul to wish the "kindest" a very happy birthday. "Happy Birthday to one of the kindest,@klrahul11. Wish you all the success and happiness, brother Looking forward to many more partnerships with you," Suryakumar Yadav tweeted.
IPL 2022: Captaincy comes naturally to Shreyas Iyer, says Ravi Shastri
Shreyas Iyer was given the responsibility of leading Kolkata after the franchise acquired his services for INR 12.25 crores in a fierce bidding battle during the IPL Mega Auction earlier this year. After having captained Delhi from mid-2018 to 2020 season, Iyer has had a mixed bag as captain as Kolkata have won three and lost as many games in IPL 2022.
Made a big embarrassment of myself here: McCullum recalls path to unbeaten 158 in IPL's first match
Cut to now, McCullum, the head coach of Kolkata, went down memory lane with chief mentor David Hussey in a video on the league's official website, recalling events which led from his circumspect start making way for a breath-taking one-man onslaught over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the inaugural match of IPL.
No better player than Sehwag who could play my spin: Sunil Narine
The West Indian mystery spinner, who will play his 150th game for KKR later on Monday completing 10 years with the franchise, when asked who he though played him best, said, "I will probably have to say Virender Sehwag. I always found it tough because he was a guy who always kept the game going no matter what situation the team was in, he kept batting the way he did."
Chess: India's Gukesh wins La Roda Open; Pragg, Sadhwani among top 5
Gukesh, 15, who went into the final round with seven points, defeated Mikhalevski with white pieces to finish with 8.0 points from nine rounds to top a field comprising 193 players. Armenian GM Haik M. Martirosyan finished second with 7.5 points while Indian GMs R Praggnanandhaa and Raunak Sadhwani finished joint third with three other players -- all five ending their campaigns with 7.0 points from nine rounds. Pragg finished third on tiebreak and Sadhwani was fourth.
Pujara looks to get back into Test reckoning with series of good performances for Sussex
Pujara's underwhelming performances in the last season saw him being dropped from India's squad for the Sri Lanka Test series earlier this year and also being demoted in the latest central contracts' list from Grade A to Grade B. Pujara saw an opportunity to get back into form by playing county cricket when Australia's Travis Head declared his inability to play for Sussex due to increased international commitments. He immediately agreed to sign a contract with them for the majority of the 2022 season.
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