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Women's T20 World Cup: England's Lauren Bell relishing challenge posed by strong India
Both sides have won each of their two opening matches and Saturday's clash looks set to be vital in deciding who tops the group. India won an ODI series in England last summer but seamer Bell is looking forward to the challenge that awaits as they look to turn the tables. "From what I learned from the last series, we had a really good contest with Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana at the top of the order," Bell said.
Premier League: Big weekend for title race as Arsenal, Man City back in action
Arsenal's 3-1 defeat at home to Manchester City on Wednesday night saw them knocked off the top spot after a run of two defeats and a draw from their last three matches.Mikel Arteta has to lift his players, both physically and mentally, for the visit to Villa Park, where the home side's progress under Unai Emery has been halted by consecutive defeats.
IPL 2023: This will be the close of MS Dhoni's career with CSK, says Matthew Hayden
Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden believes this could be the last time Mahendra Singh Dhoni will step into the field as a player. Speaking exclusively on Star Sports following the announcement of the TATA IPL 2023 schedule, Hayden on Friday talked about the reception Chennai Super Kings captain Dhoni will receive when he walks onto the field at Chepauk after almost three years.
'Theek hai bhai, main Nikalta hoon': Fans react on social media as chief selector Chetan Sharma quits
Sharma's continuation as the chief selector became untenable after a video of the 57-year-old former cricketer-turned-selector from a TV sting went viral on social media platforms. In the TV Sting, Sharma was caught making several shocking claims about Team India and many top players, including the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
DY Patil T20 Cup: Rohan Raje's all-round show, Rahane's experience helps Indian Oil
India's Test star Ajinkya Rahane also played a hand with a brisk knock as Indian Oil posted their second win in the tournament at the DY Patil Stadium here. In the other game in the morning, Jain Irrigation staved off a challenge from Indian Navy to win a high-scoring contest at the University Ground.
2nd Test, Day 1: We will get to know the par score by tomorrow surely, says Usman Khawaja
Khawaja was the hero for Australia on Day One of the second Test at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday, making a gritty 81 off 125 balls, also the first fifty made by a visiting batter on the ongoing tour. He was great in defending deliveries and was pristine in his strokeplay while hitting 12 fours and a six.
1st Test: Blundell ton revies New Zealand but England claw back to grab initiative
That left New Zealand just 19 runs adrift of England's first innings score of 325. But the visitors added quick runs and will resume on 79/2 on Saturday afternoon in the Day/Night match, 98 runs ahead and with eight wickets including first-innings star Harry Brook, former captain Joe Root and skipper Ben Stokes still to come.
2nd Test, Day 1: Mindset of whole team doesn't get affected by winning or losing toss, says Shami
On Day One of the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday, India were put into bowling first and managed to bundle out Australia for 263 on a pitch which had more turn and bounce than what it was during the first Test in Nagpur.
IPL 2023: BCCI announces schedule; Gujarat Titans take on CSK in opener on March 31
After staging IPL across Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad in the last edition in 2022, the 16th season of India's cash-rich T20 league will revert to the home and away format, where all the teams will play 7 home games and 7 away games respectively in the league stage.
2nd Test, Day 1: Rohit, Rahul remain unbeaten at stumps after Shami four-fer bowls out Australia for 263
Rohit and Rahul are not out on 13 and 4 respectively after senior pacer Mohammed Shami picked four wickets while the spin duo of off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each to bowl out Australia for 263 in the first innings.
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