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Mark Wood had pulled out of the ongoing three-match Test series against Sri Lanka with a thigh strain and was replaced by Leicestershire's left-arm seamer Josh Hull in the England squad.

Nagaland's Hokato Hotozhe Sema wanted to join the special forces of the Indian army. He lost his left leg below the knee in a landmine blast during a counter infiltration operation in 2002.

Nida Dar has been removed as captain of Pakistan in the T20I format. Her last tournament as captain of Pakistan was the ACC Women's T20 Asia Cup. Fatima Sana has been announced to lead Pakistan at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024.

Joe Root has scored the most number of Test hundreds among the players who are a part of the 'Fab Four' category. Root has scored 34 Test centuries while Kane Williamson, Steve Smith and Virat Kohli have hit 32, 32 and 29 hundreds in the red-ball format respectively.

Duleep Trophy 2024: India A need their batters like KL Rahul, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel and Shivam Dube among others to bat deep on day three and register huge scores. On the other hand, Navdeep Saini, Sai Kishore and Mukesh Kumar would look to deny India A the opportunity to take the lead.

New Zealand will be led by their veteran pace bowler Tim Southee. They will begin their Test season by taking on Afghanistan at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground in Greater Noida from September 9 onwards.

India has already delivered its all-time best performance at the Paralympics. India has won five gold, nine silver and 11 bronze medals and is 16th on the medal tally as of Thursday, September 5.

Anuj Rawat smashed 121* off 66 balls including six fours and 11 sixes at a strike rate of 183.33 while playing for East Delhi Riders against Purani Delhi 6 in match 20 of the Delhi Premier League (DPL).

Barring Musheer only Yashasvi Jaiswal looked a bit comfortable on day one at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Jaiswal scored 30 runs off 59 balls with the help of six fours before getting out to Khaleel Ahmed.

Ahmed Shehzad recently slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for overspending on the mentors that it has brought on board for its new enterprise - Champions Cup. The 32-year-old has refused to participate in the multi-format tournament.

Babar Azam has only scored 113 runs in three Test matches for Pakistan in 2024 thus far whereas Joe Root is the leading run-getter with 961 runs in 10 matches at an amazing average of 60.06.

Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have revolutionised England's red-ball team. They have introduced a fearless brand of cricket and all the English Test players have subscribed to the idea.

India TV Sports Wrap on September 4: From all the tennis action to the cricketing circuit, here are all the top 10 trending sports news stories and the latest happenings from the world of sports on September 4.

Duleep Trophy 2024 Live: Shubman Gill will be in charge of Team A which comprises stars like KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Tilak Varma, Kuldeep Yadav, Riyan Parag, and Shivam Dube among others.

Vansh Bedi has set the Delhi Premier League ablaze with his jaw-dropping performances with the willow in hand and behind the stumps for Purani Delhi 6. He aims to find a place in Delhi's U23 squad.

September 3 turned out to be a delightful day for Indian track and field at the Paris Paralympics, Sharad Kumar won silver and Mariyappan Thangavelu won bronze to make it a double podium for the nation in the men's high jump T63.