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Coming back from injury, you shouldn't be playing international game, says Gambhir on Arshdeep's return
But former India opener Gautam Gambhir said the pacer should not have been included in the squad as he returning from a two-month-long injury break. Arshdeep conceded a hat-trick of no-balls in his first over and then gave away two more in the 19th over of the innings that he bowled. The young pacer was coming back from an injury and was included in the side at the expense of Harshal Patel, He looked totally off-colour and struggled for rhythm in the two overs he bowled. Both Pandya and Dravid dismissed it as an off-day for the youngster.
Adelaide Internationals 1: Sabalenka sails into semifinals, beats Vondrousova in straight sets
The World No.5 will play against either No.4 seed Veronika Kudermetova or unseeded Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu for her 19th career WTA Tour singles final. The big-hitting Sabalenka was dominating the opening quarterfinal to the tune of a 6-3, 4-1, 40-0 lead against the 2019 Roland Garros finalist before things got complicated. She lost four of the next five games and failed to convert match point, before righting the ship in the late stages for a 6-3, 7-5 win. Sabalenka hammered 38 winners to 26 unforced errors, while the crafty Vondrousova totalled 17 winners to just 10 mistakes.
La Liga clubs Betis, Bilbao, Osasuna move into last-16 stage of Copa del Rey
Ibiza briefly threatened an upset when Jose Miguel Bernal put them ahead midway through the first half, but Betis reacted strongly after the break, with striker Willian Jose scoring twice, along with Edgar Gonzalez and Nabil Fekir to ease Betis' progress. Athletic Bilbao cruised past Eldense 6-1 in a game the Basque side took control of after goals in the 35th minute from Nico Williams and in the 40th from Alex Berenguer. Oier Zaraga, Berenguer again, Iker Muniain and an own goal settled the match in the second half as Athletic produced a display of clinical finishing, reports Xinhua.
United Cup: Pegula shocks Swiatek to give USA 1-0 lead over Poland
Pegula broke Swiatek five times and dropped her serve only once in storming to her first win over the three-time grand slam champion since 2019. Swiatek lost the first seven points of the match - five with forehand errors. A slew of terrific winners enabled her to break Pegula back from 40/0, but it was the American who maintained her initial momentum. Pegula teed off repeatedly on Swiatek's serves, firing clean return winners en route to breaking for 4-1. The 28-year-old out-rallied Swiatek in the highest-octane baseline exchanges ultimately tallying 21 winners to the Pole's 18.
IND v SL: Dravid seeks patience and understanding for young players, says they will have off-days
Arshdeep bowled five no-balls in the second T20I against Sri Lanka at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Thursday night, becoming only the second bowler after Hamish Rutherford to bowl so many no-balls in a T20 international match involving ICC full member countries. He also ended up conceding 37 runs in two overs as Sri Lankan opener Kusal Mendis took full advantage of the three free-hits to smack him all around the ground, taking 17 runs in his first over.
Tata Open Maharashtra: Indian duo Balaji-Jeevan shock No. 2 seed to storm into doubles semis, Cilic pulls out due to injury
The pair consists of Jackson Withrow, World No. 49 and Nathaniel Lammons, ranked 46 in the world, gave their all to take the match into the final tie-breaker but the Indians did enough to get the result in their favour at the end of the second set. Balaji and Jeeven ended 2022 with six successive semi-finals appearances at the Challenger events.
ASB Classic: Gauff, Fernandez advance to quarters; Raducanu, Venus Williams crash out
After lengthy rain delays eventually forced the entirety of this match indoors and it was World No.7 Gauff who prevailed in 1 hour and 23 minutes to reach her first Auckland quarterfinal in her second appearance at the tournament. Gauff built a 4-1 lead in the opening set, but the 2022 Roland Garros finalist failed to serve out the set at 5-3, allowing Kenin back on serve.
2nd T20I: Pandya blames poor efforts in powerplay of both innings for India's 16-run loss to Sri Lanka
After Pandya won the toss and chose to bowl first, the Indians conceded 55 runs without any success in the power-play as Kushal Mendis made merry. They pulled things back in the middle overs before Sri Lanka hammered 77 runs in the last five overs to race to 206/6 in 20 overs with Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka blazing to a sensational 20-ball half century.
Adelaide International 1: Jabeur advances to quarters with win over Cirstea
Jabeur, who got a bye in her opening match, will face Marta Kostyuk in the quarterfinals. "Very happy, great start for me. Obviously, I wanted to win the first set much easier, but I will have to learn from it and keep more energy," said top seed Jabeur. The Tunisian showed both flashes of brilliance and understandable rust in her first match of the season.
ISL 2022-23: Bartholomew Ogbeche hat-trick leads Hyderabad FC to 3-1 win over FC Goa
Both teams got off to a slow start in this fixture. Neither had created any big chances in the first 15 minutes, but Hyderabad FC have never needed to be in control of the game to score goals, and they showed that once again. Halicharan Narzary picked out Ogbeche from the left flank, and the Nigerian striker placed his header to perfection to give Hyderabad FC the lead in the 20th minute.
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