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IPL 2023: Yashasvi's quickfire 77 powers Rajasthan Royals to 202/5 against Chennai Super Kings
After winning the toss and opting to bat first, openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler gave Rajasthan a flying start, scoring 60/0 in the Power-play. Jaiswal took on Akash Singh in the very first over, hitting the pacer for three boundaries. His batting partner Buttler targeted Tushar Deshpande and got two boundaries in an over.
IPL 2023: Rajasthan Royals win toss, opt to bat first against Chennai Super Kings
The Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan made one change in their playing XI as Adam Zampa came in place of Trent Boult, who has a niggle. "We would like to bat first. We like to stick to our strength, which is to defend. It feels really great to play RR's 200th game, it feels great to be playing for 10 years," said Samson at the toss.
Madrid Open: Thiem beats Edmund, sets up second-round clash with Tsitsipas
The former World No. 3 has reached at least the semifinals in four of his past five appearances in the Spanish capital and he looked in control throughout his first-round clash against Edmund. The Austrian won 86 per cent (24/28) of his first-serve points and remained strong under pressure, saving all four break points he faced to advance after 84 minutes and improve to 2-0 in his ATP head-to-head series against the 28-year-old Edmund.
Jofra Archer has overcome bigger things, sure that he will be ready for the Ashes: Mark Wood
Archer has not played Test cricket since February 2021, picking 42 wickets in 13 matches since his debut in 2019 and had undergone multiple operations for back and elbow injuries in the last two years. He finally made a comeback to international cricket in 2023 through impressive performances in England's white-ball tours to South Africa and Bangladesh.
Madrid Open: Jule Niemeier upsets former champion Kvitova in second round
Three-time Madrid champion Kvitova was in action for the first time since capturing her 30th WTA Tour title in Miami and competing in the 100th WTA 1000 tournament of her career. The Czech had been forced to withdraw from Stuttgart last week due to a right foot injury and fell to her fourth straight loss in Madrid.
Harmanpreet, Smriti, Deepti in top grade of BCCI central contracts; Shikha, Poonam miss out
Pacer Renuka Singh and wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh are the new entrants in the Grade B division alongside batters Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma and left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad. Meanwhile, Grade C has new additions in fast bowlers Meghna Singh and Anjali Sarvani. The right-left arm fast-bowling duo are alongside allrounders Pooja Vastrakar, Sneh Rana, Harleen Deol and Devika Vaidya, wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia and right-handed batter Sabbhineni Meghana in Grade C.
Good to see Devon Conway taking the leadership role as senior CSK batter: Matthew Hayden
As Sanju Samson and his team breached the fortress Chepauk with a narrow three-run win and denied CSK skipper MS Dhoni a chance to finish the game in a high-scoring thriller in their first meeting in TATA IPL 2023, the Yellow Army will now be aiming to return the favour in Pink City. After their defeat against Rajasthan Royals, CSK have won three games on the trot and climbed to the top of the team standings. RR, however, are on eight points in seven games.
Wrestling mess: 'Babita forced us to sit on dharna and then backstabbed', alleges grappler
"She first forced us to sit on dharna, asked us that no political leader should come on dais. We listened to her every command and asked all the political leaders to not come meet us, but then she (Babita) politicised everything for her personal benefits and backstabbed us and left us here alone" the wrestler told IANS on condition of anonymity."That was the most disheartening part of our fight for justice. But we know that the entire nation is with us, our truth is with us."
KKR's strength lies in their spin bowling: Zaheer Khan
KKR finished proceedings on 200 in 20 overs, led by Jason Roy's quickfire 56 and Nitish Rana's 48. In reply, RCB skipper Virat Kohli led from the front hitting 54 (37b, 6x4) but saw the other batting stars falter as Varun Chakravarthy (3/27), Andre Russell (2/29), and Suyash Sharma (2/30) shone with the ball. In the process, KKR arrested a four-game losing streak.
Polish winger Skoras signs contract with Club Brugge
Skoras is considered one of the most talented Polish players. According to the reports, the transfer fee was about eight million euros (about 8.84 million U.S. dollars), which made the winger the third most expensive footballer sold by Lech in their history."I had the opportunity to visit the club recently; the whole training base is very impressive, and I decided that at this moment, it would be the best choice for me. It will definitely be a place where I will have the opportunity to improve my skills," the winger said.
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