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World Cup: Rachin Ravindra smashes fastest World Cup ODI century for New Zealand
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The 23-year-old reached the three-figure mark off 82 deliveries against England in the ODI World Cup 2023 opener, becoming the fastest New Zealand batter to smash a hundred in men's ODI World Cup history.
Cricket World Cup: New Zealand win opening encounter, beat England by 9 wickets
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Rachin Ravindra (123 not out) and Devon Conway (152 not out) were the stars of the day for the Back Caps.
Asian Games: Indian men's hockey team set for blockbuster summit clash against defending Champions Japan
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With a chance to secure a spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics, both teams will be highly motivated to win the Final and claim the elusive gold medal.
Asian Games: Prannoy through to semis, confirms India's first men's singles medal since 1982 in badminton
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The 31-year-old registered a 21-16, 21-23, 22-20 to secure a semifinal berth and assured India's first medal in men's singles after Syed Modi's bronze medal in 1982.
Asian Games: Abhishek, Ojas, Prathamesh win gold in Compound Men's Team archery
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The Indian team toppled South Korean team of Joo Jaehoon, Yang Jaewon and Kim Jongho 235-230 to clinch the top prize in the men’s compound event.
Asian Games: I believe that I can come back stronger, says PV Sindhu after quarters loss
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Sindhu lost to her old nemesis He Bingjiao of China in straight games, 16-21, 12-21 in a quarterfinal clash, thus failing to win any medal in the Asian Games as India had failed to win a medal in the Team competition too. Sindhu won two medals in the 2018 edition in Indonesia, silver in women's singles and bronze in Team competition.
Men’s ODI WC: Want to play aggressive cricket, take the game on and push boundaries as a team, says Jos Buttler
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England head into the tournament as double world champions in white-ball cricket – winning Men’s ODI World Cup on home soil in 2019 under Eoin Morgan’s captaincy and clinching the T20 World Cup title in 2022 under Buttler’s leadership. Their quest to win three white-ball titles starts by facing New Zealand, in what is a re-match of the 2019 finale.
Gary Kirsten asked Indian team to not read newspapers during 2011 World Cup, says Harbhajan Singh
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Harbhajan has said that the pressure will be immense on the Indian team due to the ODI World Cup at home, and he hoped that the Indian cricketers would stay away from the same.
Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan granted divorce from Aesha Mukerji as court upholds his allegations of mental cruelty
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Judge Harish Kumar of Patiala House Courts accepted all the claims made by Dhawan in his divorce petition, as his wife did not contest the allegations or defend herself.
Asian Games: With medals from athletics, squash and archery, India surge to all-time record haul
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At the end of the day, India has won 18 gold, 31 silver, and 32 bronze medals to take their tally to 81 medals and surpass their previous best of 70 medals achieved at the 2018 edition in Indonesia, by a wide margin. 
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