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Emma Raducanu wins on Billie Jean King Cup debut, levels tie for Britain
The 19-year old Raducanu was playing her first senior match on clay and she won 7-5, 7-5 against world number 50 Tereza Martincova. The teenager saved a set point at 5-4 in the opener before winning the next three games, and also fought back from a 4-1 deficit in the second against the 27-year-old Martincova Raducanu won six of the final seven games to clinch a vital victory for herself and her team.
Formula 1: Russell has done "amazing job" in opening races of 2022, says Lewis Hamilton
And in the aftermath of this achievement, his seven-time world champion teammate Lewis Hamilton was full of praise for Russell's performance so far this season. Russell finished in third ahead of Hamilton at Albert Park, the result coming on the back of fourth and fifth-place finishes in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia respectively. And Hamilton said his new teammate had been doing an "amazing job", both in Australia and more generally in his first races as a Mercedes driver proper.
IPL 2022: Tripathi, Markram fifties help Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Knight Riders by seven wickets
Tripathi and Markram got together after Sunrisers had lost their first two wickets for 39 runs. They raised 94 runs for the third wicket after their bowlers had done a good job to restrict Kolkata Knight Riders to 175/8 in their allotted 20 overs. Sunrisers eventually reached 176/3 in 17.5 overs to register a comfortable victory.
IPL 2022: Nitish Rana, Andre Russell propel Knight Riders to 175/8 against Sunrisers
After Rana was out, caught by Pooran off Natarajan going to raise the tempo, Russell took charge and kept the scoreboard ticking before blasting two sixes off successive deliveries and a four on the last ball bowled by spinner Jagadeesha Suchith in the 20th over to propel KKR to a respectable score. KKR could have done better on a pitch that had looked firm because of the green cover and offered good bounce.
IPL 2022: Delhi Capitals physio Patrick Farhart tests positive for Covid-19
"Delhi Capitals physio Patrick Farhart has been tested positive for COVID-19. He is being closely monitored by the DC Medical Team at the moment," the league said in a statement. It's not for the first time that the cash-rich league has been affected by the coronavirus.Two years back, the IPL had to be postponed due to the first wave of the pandemic.The season was played later in the year in the UAE.
'Everything else is irrelevant': Kohli sweats it out in training ahead Delhi Capitals game
RCB, who is sixth in the points table, will lock horns with Delhi Capitals on Saturday. Kohli on the eve of the match shared a picture from the nets session in which he can be seen training hard for the game. "If you're immersed in the joy of doing what you love, everything else is irrelevant," Kohli captioned the post on the KOO app.
Deepak Chahar might lose all of his Rs 14 crore for the IPL 2022 season because of injury
Chahar was the second-most expensive player at the IPL 2022 mega auction in Bengaluru after Ishan Kishan, being bought for the mindboggling sum for the next three years by the four-time IPL champions for his ability to swing the new ball both ways and also bowl the knuckle ball. He is also capable of big hits down the order.
WATCH | Joe Root's 10 best Test innings
Joe Root hit 25 test centuries in 111 innings of 116 Test matches. Despite his amazing stats, Root's side recently endured a 0-4 thrashing in the five-match Ashes series and lost three-Test series against the West Indies 0-1. Root decided to step down as Test captain on March 15, 2022. He lead England in Test Cricket from 2017 to 2022.
IPL Turning Point: Ferguson's yorker, Hardik's direct hit turn the tide for Gujarat
A sensational unbeaten half-century by Hardik (87 not out off 52) powered Gujarat Titans to 192/4 in 20 overs. Apart from Hardik, Abhinav Manohar (43 off 28) and David Miller (31 not out off 14) also made valuable contributions with the bat for Gujarat on Thursday.
Root steps down as England Test captain after Ashes, West Indies reverses
Root led England in 64 matches, winning 27 of those. The record meant he had the most number of matches and wins as England Men's Test captain. During his tenure, Root made headlines for memorable victories that included the 4-1 win against India at home in 2018, 3-1 triumph away to South Africa in 2020 and winning a Test series twice in Sri Lanka.
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