Sumit Nagal draws Ricardas Berankis in Australian Open first round clash
February 05, 2021 16:34 ISTAnkita Raina, who was waiting to know if she gets 'lucky loser' spot in the women's singles, could not make the cut.
Ankita Raina, who was waiting to know if she gets 'lucky loser' spot in the women's singles, could not make the cut.
The Indian players have not taken a break since the IPL 2020 in September in the UAE.
Root, who became the 15th English cricketer to feature in a century of Tests, scored a bulk of runs with sweeps to reach his 20th century in the red-ball format.
Sthalekar's career included eight Tests, 125 ODIs and 54 T20IS for Australia from 2001-13, scoring almost 4,000 runs.
Moeen Ali is the only spinner with experience of Indian conditions but he is not playing the first Test that began in Chennai on Friday.
Serena Williams withdrew from an Australian Open tuneup tournament citing a right shoulder injury.
There were media reports that East Bengal had made a request to chairman of AIFF's disciplinary committee Ushanath Banerjee in relation to Fowler's suspension and fine.
Beauty scored a hat-trick in India's first match against the Chile junior team which helped set up a comfortable 5-3 win.
First up for the seven-time Australian Open champion will be Laura Siegemund of Germany.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion needed a match tiebreaker to beat fellow American Danielle Collins 6-2, 4-6, 10-6.
The England captain was handed the special cap by star all-rounder Stokes prior to the start of the Test at the M A Chidambaram stadium.
Recalling series win against Australia, Coach Ravi Shastri and Indian skipper Virat Kohli sounded bullish as the coach reminded that a depleted India won the series against a full strength Australia.
British army veteran Tom Moore, who raised millions of pounds to help Britain's health service in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic last year, passed away with coronavirus on Tuesday.
Lawrence was trapped lbw by the 27-year-old pacer after the right-handed batsman failed to read an inswinger.
Temba Bavuma displayed an incredible fielding effort to dismiss Fawad Alam during the second Test between Pakistan and South Africa.
The catch dropped happened as early as the seventh ball of the game when England had just one run on the board.
Jasprit Bumrah appeared in the first home Test of his career during the match against England in Chennai.
England captain Joe Root on Friday became the 15th cricketer from the country to represent the national side in 100 Test matches.
Team India returns to international cricket at home for the first time since the action came to a halt due to COVID-19 pandemic.
To speed things up a little, 17 courts were being used and women's matches were reduced to two regular sets with a 10-point match tiebreaker if required.
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