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Andy Murray masters Lorenzo Sonego to enter Canadian Open second round
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Murray seemed to have the upper hand from the beginning, even if his unforced errors allowed Sonego to stay ahead for much of the opening set. Although some untimely double faults put him at risk of losing the set while serving at 4-5. From an early minibreak down in the tiebreak, Murray won six of the next seven points to wrap up the set in close to 90 minutes.
‘They are brilliant at home...’: Nasser Hussain outlines area of concern for India's Test side
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India recently defeated the West Indies 1-0 in the Caribbean and played some excellent cricket in Bangladesh at the end of last year to inch towards a maiden appearance in the World Test Championship Final, but results away from home have been mixed for Rohit Sharma's side outside those two series. 
Kuldeep Yadav was the real match winner', says Manjrekar after India's victory in 3rd T20I
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Yadav picked 3 crucial wickets in the first innings of the match, dismissing opener Brandon King, Johnson Charles and the dangerous Nicholas Pooran, to put the clamps on the West Indies to reduce the hosts to a meagre total of 159/5 after they had won the toss and elected to bat.
Suryakumar admits his ODI numbers are 'absolutely bad', reveals Rohit, Dravid's advice to improve his game
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Suryakumar Yadav was adjudged the Player of the Match for his brilliant knock of 83 in the third-T20I as India stayed alive in their ongoing five-match series against the West Indies with an emphatic seven-wicket victory over the Caribbean side in Guyana on Tuesday.
Jyotiraditya M Scindia helps paddler Manika Batra get her lost baggage
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“Unbelievable disappointment with @KLM ! Priority-tagged baggage lost on a business class flight, including my essential sports kit for an upcoming tournament. Staff at the airport had no answers or any solutions & they had no idea where my bag is. @JM_Scindia sir pls help,” Manika Batra wrote. 
‘Every game is an opportunity to prepare…’: Babar Azam
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"This is a very good league; cricket has been very competitive. There is a very good mix of talented young and senior players. After the Lanka Premier League, we have a bilateral series against Afghanistan, followed by the Asia Cup and the World Cup. I am taking it series by series, and every game is an opportunity to prepare. For now, my full focus is on the league," he said.
Chelsea suffers setback from Nkunku injury
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Nkunku, who cost 52 million pounds (66 million US dollars) from RB Leipzig, suffered the injury playing in a pre-season friendly against Borussia Dortmund in Chicago and the club has now confirmed he will be out of action for a considerable time, reports Xinhua.
‘Not an easy place to tour for reasons like this’, says Ashwin as ground staff fails to draw a 30-yard circle in 3rd T20I
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The match was delayed because the ground staff reportedly forgot to draw the 30-yard circle on the ground at the Providence Stadium. It was only noticed after the umpires and players had walked into the ground and had to go back into the pavilion. The bizarre incident has prompted India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to term the West Indies an easy place to tour "for reasons like this".
IND vs WI: Suryakumar, Tilak help India beat WI by 7 wickets to keep series alive
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This triumph keeps India alive in the five-match series as they reduced to margin to 2-1. After the early dismissal of debutant opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, India swiftly regrouped with Suryakumar Yadav's classy performance as he built an impressive 87-run partnership for the third wicket with Tilak (49 not out).
BCCI paid Rs 1,159 cr income tax in 2021-22, 37 pc higher than previous fiscal
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In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary gave details of the income tax paid by the BCCI and its income and expenditure in the last five years based on the returns filed.
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