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PKL 9: Guman Singh, Jai Bhagwan shine as U Mumba register big victory against UP Yoddhas
Bhagwan picked up six points, while Guman scored five in the match. Bhagwan and Guman chipped in with raids as U Mumba took a three-point lead at 5-2 in the 7th minute. The U Mumba defense led by Surinder Singh backed their raiders and helped the Mumbai team to keep forging ahead.
IND v SA, 3rd ODI: Rain threat looms over India-South Africa series decider in New Delhi
But this time, instead of scorching heat, it will be the rain threat which will be looming over the IND Vs SA series decider, apart from the possibility of a truncated match. India's national capital has recording 121.7 mm of rain in first ten days of the current month, resulting in water-logged roads and traffic thrown into chaos.
Harmanpreet Kaur becomes India's first winner of the ICC Women's Player of the Month award
She also becomes India's first winner of the ICC Women's Player of the Month, thanks to her leading role in her team's first ODI series victory in England, a 3-0 sweep, since 1999. Harmanpreet claims her inaugural win by overcoming compatriot and her deputy, Smriti Mandhana and Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana in the global vote conducted among media representatives, ICC Hall of Famers, former international players, and fans registered at icc-cricket.com.
Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan claims ICC Men's Player of the Month award for the first time
In a highly competitive field of nominees, Rizwan emerged triumphant after a remarkable spell of scoring throughout September, and sees him overcome Australia fast-bowling all-rounder Cameron Green and India's left-arm spin all-rounder Axar Patel for the prize.
IND v SA: Plan was to take chance against left-arm spin, which worked well, says Ishan Kishan
But one of the standout aspects of Kishan's knock on Sunday was his takedown of left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, who had dismissed him in the first ODI at Lucknow. Sensing an opportunity to shift gears in the chase, Kishan stepped up when he pulled Keshav Maharaj over deep mid-wicket for six, before dancing down the pitch twice to smack a brace of sixes in the same region.
Hales in pole position to partner Buttler as opener, indicates England skipper
England defeated Australia by eight runs in a thrilling opening T20I to take a 1-0 lead in the series here on Sunday. The win marked England's first victory in men's T20Is in Australia in 11 years. Their first and only win in Australia in a T20I came in 2011 in Adelaide when they won by one wicket. Since then, England lost all six T20Is they played in Australia until the game on Sunday.
New Zealand set to tour Pakistan for Test and white-ball series
The Karachi Test will be New Zealand's first in the city since October 1990 when Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis shared 15 wickets between them and Shoaib Mohammad scored 203 not out, and first in Pakistan since the May 2002 Test in Lahore in which Inzamam-ul-Haq scored a memorable 329 and Shoaib Akhtar recorded first innings figures of 8.2-4-11-6.
Barcelona and Real Madrid both win ahead of El Clasico
Barca controlled the first half completely, with Gavi and Pedro running the midfield, and it was no surprise when Gavi set Pedro up to score from close range in the 17th minute. Everything changed after the break, with Celta seeing a goal ruled out for a close offside, while Marc-Andre ter Stegen produced two excellent saves to deny Iago Aspas and Oscar.
Belgium's Elise Mertens clinches Jasmin Open title
No.5 seed Mertens captured her seventh career title after the 80-minute match, reeling off the last 11 games of the affair. She also edged ahead 3-2 in her head-to-head against Cornet with the victory. "It means a lot. I had a pretty tough year. When they said I was in my first semifinal this year, I was like, 'OK, it's October, it's never too late to start the year, or end the year with a good one." So I'm very happy about it," Mertens said after her win.
PKL 9: Maninder, Deepak lead Bengal Warriors to a big win over Telugu Titans
The Warriors, who never looked out of control, picked up their first points this season. The experienced Telugu Titans were off the blocks quickly against the Bengal Warriors led by Maninder Singh, who however fought back and wiped out the three-point early lead, and surged ahead. Maninder inflicted an ALL OUT while Vaibhav Garje and Shrikant Jadhav helped consolidate, giving the Bengal Warriors an 8-point lead after the first ten minutes, with the score reading 13-5.
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