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WPL 2023: Smriti Mandhana just needs a chance to find her feet in the tournament, says Ellyse Perry
Despite a star-studded line-up, Bangalore have lost all four matches and are rooted to the bottom of the points table. Smriti, the most expensive player of the competition, has made only 80 runs in four matches. Moreover, she has fallen to off-spinners thrice in the tournament, while being dismissed by left-arm spin of UP Warriorz' Rajeshwari Gayakwad in Bangalore's ten-wicket defeat.
4th Test, Day 3: Shubman Gill scores second Test century as India reach 188/2, trail Australia by 292 runs
Gill is currently unbeaten on 103 off 197 balls, his first Test hundred in India, laced with ten fours and a six, with Virat Kohli giving him company after facing four balls in the session as Cheteshwar Pujara fell at the stroke of tea to Todd Murphy. The start of second session for Gill was exquisite, closing the face of the bat at the right moment o clip Cameron Green through mid-on for four.
4th Test, Day 3: Rohit Sharma becomes sixth Indian player to complete 17,000 international run
Rohit was unbeaten on 17 runs at stumps on day two at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, and by scoring four more runs in the morning session of day three's play, he completed 17,000 runs in international cricket. He now joins a list of Indian batters like legendary Sachin Tendulkar, talismanic Virat Kohli, head coach Rahul Dravid, ex-captains Sourav Ganguly.
4th Test, Day 3: Shubman Gill slams fifty as India reach 129/1, trail Australia by 351 runs
In a session where Australia's bowlers rarely looked threatening, Gill drove, pulled and slashed his way to reaching a half-century. While he was patient against spinners, he fully cashed on the pace from an expensive Mitchell Starc. Giving him company at the crease is Cheteshwar Pujara, who is looking in excellent touch in his 22 not out off 46 balls. The session began with Gill.
Cameroon names final 24-man squad for AFCON qualifier against Namibia
The squad is made up of well experienced and celebrated players including Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Karl Toko Ekambi, Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Bryan Mbeumo and Vincent Aboubakar, who ended the 2021 AFCON as the top scorer of the tournament with eight goals and featured on the CAF best XI, reports Xinhua news agency. The squad will host Namibia on March 23.
Shiffrin equals Stenmark's record with 86th World Cup title
The American took an early lead in the first run and dominated the second to finish 0.64 seconds ahead of Federice Brignone of Italy for the victory, reports Xinhua news agency. The win also matched the all-time world record of the most FIS Alpine World Cup race victories, set by Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark. Shiffrin has already broken the world record for female skiers.
Venezuela name Argentine Batista as head coach
The 52-year-old replaces compatriot Jose Pekerman, who departed after a 15-month spell that included five wins, a draw and four losses, reports xinhua news agency. "I am here to announce that Fernando Batista will be in charge of our men's team ... to lead this great Vinotinto project," FVF president Jorge Gimenez told a news conference.Batista, who was previously the manager.
LLC Masters: Asia Lions start strong, defeat India Maharajas by nine runs
The Asia Lions won the toss and elected to bat first. India Maharajas' opening bowling pair Ashok Dinda and Irfan Pathan struck early dismissing Tillakaratne Dilshan for 5 runs and Asghar Afghan for 1 run of 2 balls in quick succession. Misbah-ul-Haq walked onto the pitch following the two dismissals and added some momentum to the innings. Misbah got into the groove hitting.
Golf: Nishna, Avani only Indians to make cut in Women's Amateur Asia Pacific
While Nishna and Avani made the cut, the other four Indian girls, Mannat Brar (76-77), Anika Varma (74-81), Lavanya Jadon (78-79) and Vidhatri Urs (77-81) missed the cut, which fell at 6-over 150. Thailand's Eila Galitsky and Sophie Han of Hong Kong, China, joined overnight leader Minsol Kim of Korea on top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage.
WPL 2023: UP Warriorz captain Healy credits spinners for thumping win over RCB
Excellent outings from spinners Sophie Ecclestone (4/13) and Deepti Sharma (3/26) helped UP Warriorz bowl out RCB for 138 despite a fighting half-century (52 off 39) by Ellyse Perry in a WPL 2023 match. After Perry, Sophie Devine (36 off 24) was next top-scorer for RCB as other batters struggled to get going against a disciplined UP bowling attack.
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