Sri Lanka will not be pushovers in the final as they have been going through some excellent form lately. In the past two years, they have beaten formidable opponents like New Zealand, England, West Indies and South Africa.
Deandra Dottin is one of the most feared ball-strikers to ever play the game. She has represented West Indies in 143 WODIs and 127 WT20Is. Her return is understood to provide a major boost to the side at the upcoming T20 World Cup.
PV Sindhu is the only shuttler from India to qualify for the women's singles event at the Paris Olympics. Sindhu is ranked 13 in the women's singles category whereas Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq is ranked 111 in the world.
India's ace shooter Manu Bhaker was at her best in the women's 10 m pistol qualification round. The 22-year-old finished third in the qualification round with a total score of 580.
The Indian men's hockey team is ranked seventh in the world whereas New Zealand are 10th. India had won the bronze at the Tokyo Olympics and are eager to put a better performance in Paris.
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Elavenil Valarivan, Sandeep Singh, Ramita and Arjun Babuta will be in action in the 10m air rifle mixed team event on day one and will have a chance to open India's account. Meanwhile, the Indian men's hockey team will take on New Zealand in a Group B fixture to kick-start their campaign in Paris.
Zimbabwe's tour of England for the one-off Test match in 2025 is historic for plenty of reasons. Both teams will play against each other in a Test match for the first time since June 2003. Both Zimbabwe and England will contest in a bilateral series for the first time since December 2004.
India's ace shuttler and two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and veteran table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal led India's star-studded Paris Olympics contingent during the opening ceremony on Friday.
Sri Lanka have named a new captain in Charith Asalanka for the shortest format of the game. Asalanka led his side Jaffna Kings to their fourth Lanka Premier League (LPL) title a few days ago after a win over Galle Marvels in the summit clash.
Afghanistan are taking baby steps into the red-ball format. The fixture against New Zealand will be Afghanistan's third Test match in the ongoing calendar year.
India comfortably reached the final of Women's Asia Cup beating Bangladesh by 10 wickets. They chased down the target of 81 runs in just 11 overs after Indian bowlers restricted Bangladesh earlier in the day.
Joe Root is the third-leading run-getter in the longest format of the game in 2024 thus far. The right-handed batter has aggregated 524 runs in seven games at an average of 43.66. He has already struck two centuries and the same number of half-centuries.
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Suryakumar Yadav has led India in seven T20Is and only lost two games in his captaincy thus far. The right-handed batter finished as the leading run-getter for the Men in Blue in T20Is in 2022 and 2023.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) recently denied No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to their senior players like Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi to feature in the Global T20 Canada T20 competition.
India are coming into the first semifinal on the back of three clinical wins over Pakistan, UAE and Nepal during their group stage whereas Bangladesh lost to Sri Lanka, and defeated Malaysia and Thailand on their way to the semis.
Ben Stokes had earlier made himself unavailable for selection for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in the USA and Caribbean. Stokes last represented England in coloured clothing back in the 2023 ODI World Cup.
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