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SRH to bowl, Warner dropped

Newly-appointed Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bowl against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match here on Sunday. David Warner, who was removed from captaincy on Saturday, was dropped from the SRH playing XI, along with Jagadeesha Suchith and Siddarth Kaul. Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Abdul Samad came in their place.    For RR, Kartik Tyagi and Anuj Rawat replaced Jaydev Unadkat and Shivam Dube.    The Teams:    Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson(c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Abdul Samad, Mohammad Nabi, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.    Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson(c/wk), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Kartik Tyagi, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman.  

Tokyo 2020: viral sensation Fu Yuanhui disqualified in Chinese Olympic trials

Fu Yuanhui, who grew to become one of many darlings of the 2016 Rio Olympics after her stunned response to successful the 100-metre bronze medal went viral on-line, was disqualified through the 100m backstroke semi-final of the Olympic swimming trials on Saturday.China’s Olympic swimming trials act as its major Olympic qualifier, the place its group for the Tokyo Video games is ready to be finalised, and are being held in Qingdao till Could 8.Fu, who received silver within the 50m backstroke on the 2018 Asian Video games, appeared… Source link  

Sachin Tendulkar donates Rs 1 crore

                                                     Former cricketer  Sachin Tendulkar  on Thursday donated Rs one crore to procure oxygen concentrators for  COVID-19  patients in the country as it battles a severe second wave of the global  pandemic . 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/rFEDOCFOkP — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 29, 2021 India is witnessing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 infections and recorded a single-day rise of 3,79,257 new cases on Wednesday. The health-care system is crumbling due to the crisis with hospitals struggling to provide oxygen and crucial medicines to the infected patients. “His donation of Rs 1 crore to ‘Mission Oxygen’ in its endeavour to procure and provide life-saving oxygen concentrators to hospitals across the nation in this time of need is incredibly heart-warming,” read a sta...

MI vs RR Highlights, IPL 2021: Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets

  Result: Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets Commendable show by Mumbai Indians as the Rohit Sharma-led side cam out with a clinical show and Rajasthan was clearly 15-20 short. Chasing 172, Quinton de Kock anchored the chase with an unbeaten 65 off 48 balls and forged a half-century stand with Krunal Pandya. Kieron Pollard then sealed the chase with a couple of big hits. That's all we have for us but do join us for the second match of the day where Delhi Capitals have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders. Mumbai 163/3 after 18 overs:  Bit of comedy from Pollard as he waves to the ball to reach the fence and the ball does! Morris bowls a short ball, Pollard ducks and the ball hits his helmet and runs away to the fine leg fence. The big man from Trinidad had smoked Morris for a six over extra cover and this is getting easier for MUmbai. Mumbai 147/3 after 17 overs:   Timber! Krunal Pandya is distraught as an inside edge g...

'Isolated' India's Olympic preparations falling prey to lethal Covid wave

NEW DELHI: The final worldwide competitors for shooters earlier than the Olympics stands cancelled. India’s participation in the World  Athletics  Relays shouldn’t be potential. Freestyle wrestlers are anxious about their probabilities to be on the World Olympic qualifiers. The shuttlers’ participation in the Malaysian Open is in limbo. The males’s  hockey  group’s tour of Great Britain has been postponed. The unwelcomed listing of setbacks for the Indian athletes making ready for the Olympics, that are simply over two months away, is getting longer by the day. But such is the lethality of the present  Covid-19  wave in India that international locations all over the world are left with no selection however to shut their gates for Indian nationals. India has been flagged ‘crimson’ by most nations all over the world because the quantity of day by day Covid-positive circumstances in the nation have risen to above 3 lakh on a constant foundation over the pre...

IPL 2021, CSK vs SRH Highlights: CSK win by 7 wickets, move to top of points table

  IPL 2021, CSK vs SRH Highlights: Chennai Super Kings move to the top of the points table with five wins from six games   IPL 2021, CSK vs SRH Highlights:  Ruturaj Gaikwad’s cool quotient blended beautifully with Faf du Plessis’ flamboyance as Chennai Super Kings outsmarted Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match. Gaikwad was calmness personified as he tore apart the Sunrisers attack during his 75 off 44 balls after Du Plessis (56 off 38 balls) launched the initial assault, making a target of 172 looking easier than it actually was. The win was CSK’s fifth on the trot which helped them leapfrog Royal Challengers Bangalore to the top of the table while Hyderabad stayed at the bottom. Earlier, after opting to bat, contrasting half-centuries from  Manish Pandey  and skipper Warner along with a cameo from  Kane Williamson  ensured a decent 171/3 for SRH. Warner (57 off 55 balls) and Pandey (61 off 46 balls) added...

‘I am absolutely fine’: Sourav Ganguly discharged from hospital

     Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president and former India men’s cricket captain Sourav Ganguly returned home on Thursday after five days in a hospital in south Kolkata, where he underwent an angioplasty to clear a blocked coronary artery.      The 48-year-old cricket icon has been declared stable and clinically fit by doctors, but he will have to undergo another angioplasty, likely after two weeks. “We come to hospitals to save our lives. That has proven true. I thank the Woodlands Hospital and all the doctors for the excellent care. I am absolutely fine. Hope I will be ready to fly soon,” Ganguly said while leaving the hospital, accompanied by his wife Dona and escorted by police. Hundreds of fans waited outside the hospital as well as his residence.         Ganguly underwent an angioplasty on his right coronary artery after suffering a heart attack on Saturday. He will be on oral medications and will be monito...

Ravindra Jadeja Runs Out Steve Smith With A Bullet Throw

Australia vs India: Steve Smith decided to steal a second run but Ravindra Jadeja's direct hit caught him well short of his crease, bringing Australia's first innings to an end at 338. Ravindra Jadeja, regarded as one of the best fielders in the world, proved his brilliance in the field once again as he got rid of Australia's most prominent batsman Steve Smith with a bullet throw. Having steered a ball with soft hands on the leg side, Smith decided to steal a second run but Jadeja's direct hit caught him well short of his crease, bringing Australia's first innings to an end at 338 . Apart from choosing the wrong person to chance his luck, Smith hardly made a mistake during his 131-run knock and became the first Australian to score a hundred in this series , scoring his 27th Test century -- 8th against India. Smith's knock also helped Australia post in excess of 300 runs for the first time in the series.      Apart from effecting Smith's run out, Jadeja was b...