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Cricket for differently abled: India seal T20 series with thumping win over Nepal
Indian team received a cash award of Rs 1.5 lakhs for winning the series, while Nepal side got a cash award of Rs 85,000. Man of the match award in each of the three matches got a cash prize of Rs 10,000. India's Ravindra Sante was adjudged 'man of the series'. In the third match of the series played on Sunday, batting first, India scored 198 runs for the loss of five wickets.
India's Vaidehi Chaudhari advances at ITF Women's Open
Vaidehi, seeded ninth, did not even have to stretch herself for the win as a double break took her to win in the first set and she bettered it in the second set to wrap up the match comfortably. Vaidehi will now look to seal a place in the main draw when she plays the final qualifying match on Monday. She was the only Indian on the day to enter the second round of the qualifiers as rest of the players suffered defeats.
WPL 2023: Grace Harris stars as UP Warriorz beat Gujarat Giants
Grace Harris hit a brilliant 26-ball 59* to pull off a sensational three-wicket win for the Warriorz. Kiran Navgire, too, played an important support act with a composed 43-ball 53. Chasing 170, the UP Warriorz stuttered to 35/3 in the Powerplay. GG pacer Kim Garth put on a masterclass in swing bowling. She provided GG a perfect start as she had the dangerous Alyssa Healy.
China sweeps singles titles at WTT Star Contender Goa; Wang, Liang crowned champs
That confirmed the singles sweep as the men's singles was an all-Chinese affair, in which Liang Jingkun beat 17-year-old compatriot Lin Shidong 4-2 (11-6,9-11,10-12,12-10,12-10,11-9) in the best of seven final, which was a much closer affair. This was also Wang's second consecutive WTT Star Contender title, after her win in Budapest in July last year.
PVL: Ahmedabad Defenders win thriller against Bengaluru Torpedoes to clinch trophy
LM Manoj and Nandhagopal combined early on to put blocks on Bengaluru's attacks. As Ibin and Pankaj got involved in attacks, the Torpedoes showed they were here to fight. But with incessant attacks from Angamuthu, the Defenders maintained their composure. As skipper Muthusamy Appavu began setting up Danial and Manoj, Ahmedabad drew block errors from the Torpedoes and picked up a hefty lead.
David Warner should have retired from Tests was after the match in Sydney: Ricky Ponting
Warner was ruled out of Australia's ongoing tour of India after being mid-way out of the second Test in New Delhi due to concussion and picked up a hairline fracture in elbow too. "Look, I was on radio a couple of days ago, back here in Australia, and I thought the absolute best time for Davey to retire, if he was thinking about it at all, was after the Sydney Test match here in Australia."
WPL 2023: Shafali was playing amazing out there, says Meg Lanning
Meg was involved in a brilliant 162-run opening partnership off 87 balls with Shafali as they set the base for Delhi to post a massive 223/2 in 20 overs. Tara Norris then took the competition's first five-fer to restrict Bangalore to 163/8. "It was a great atmosphere out there and happy to get the win. Shafali was playing amazing out there. It was a lot of fun. We were smiling a lot of the time. That's the great thing about these competitions."
WPL 2023: Tara Norris takes first five-wicket haul of the tournament as Delhi win by 60 runs
After a brilliant 162-run opening partnership between Shafali Verma and captain Meg Lanning followed by a strong finish from Marizanne Kapp and Jemimah Rodrigues propelled Delhi to a massive 223/2, Tara was the chief architect of Bangalore's collapse from 89/2 to 96/7. She ended up picking 5/29 in her four overs as Bangalore could make 163/8 in their 20 overs, giving Delhi their first win of the competition.
WPL 2023: Shafali, Meg, Marizanne, Jemimah heroics propel Delhi to massive 223/2 against Bangalore
While Shafali top-scored with 84 off 45 balls, Meg was fantastic in her 72 off 43 balls. Marizanne finished with an unbeaten 39 off 17 balls, while Jemimah was not out on 22 off 15 balls to post the second-highest score in Women's T20 franchise cricket. Pushed into batting first, the carnage from Shafali and Meg began in the second over when three boundaries were hit off Megan Schutt.
WPL 2023: Deandra Dottin out of squad after failing to obtain medical clearance, say Gujarat Giants
But the twist in the tale came when Deandra said through her social media accounts that she was all fine. "Get well soon from what if I may ask?" she wrote on her Instagram story. Later, she took to Twitter and wrote, "I really appreciate all the messages but truth be told I'm recovering from nothing but the Holy Ghost anointing thank you #GodIsGood #GodIsInControl."
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