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  Tamil Nadu proved too strong as they defeated Baroda in an emphatic manner of the 2021 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy finals played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on Sunday. Tamil Nadu captain Dinesh Karthik won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for TN as Baba Aparajith made an important breakthrough getting the wicket of Rathva. The inform Kedar Devdhar looked in sublime form before Siddharth dismissed him. Siddharth struck again by getting the wicket of Smit Patel to leave Baroda in trouble. At the end of the first six overs, Baroda made 28 for 3. A superb combination effort by Arun Karthick and given to Dinesh Karthik resulted in Bhanu Paina wicket to leave Baroda in tatters. Sai Kishore was sensational giving away just 11 runs in his 4 overs and did not concede any boundaries. Siddharth made an important breakthrough getting the wicket Rajput with a simple return catch to leave Baroda in massive trouble and then dismissed Kartik Kakade to leave Barod...

  A superb all-round performance helped Baroda beat Punjab easily in the 2 nd semi-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on Friday. Punjab captain Mandeep Singh won the toss and decided to field first. Ninad Rathva and Kedar Devdhar started off briskly putting pressure on the Punjab bowlers. Rathva looked good before Siddarth Kaul produced a beauty to dismiss Rathva for a run ball 15. Baroda openers put on 28 runs for the opening wicket. At the end of the first six overs, Baroda made 44 for 1. After the field restrictions, Mayank Markande and Harpreet Brar were bought into the attack by Mandeep Singh. Markande got rid of Solanki who tried to reverse swing but was plumb in front of the wicket to leave Baroda in some trouble. Baroda captain Devdhar and Karkade steadied the innings taking singles and hitting boundaries at will. Karkade showed his intent making life tough for Punjab. Mandeep Singh had to hobble off the field while sav...

  Indian team won their maiden T20I series on New Zealand soil Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian Cricket Team defeated New Zealand in a thrilling 3 rd T20I played at Seddon Park, Hamilton on 29 th January 2020. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to field first. It was a flying start for the Indian team as Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul took the attack to Kiwis bowlers. Rohit smashed 27 runs off Hamish Bennett over to put pressure back on hosts. At the end of the first six overs, India raced away to 69 for 0. During the first six overs, Rohit completed his fifty off just 33 balls. After the field restrictions, Rohit and Rahul kept the scoreboard ticking. Colin de Grandhomme provided the breakthrough getting the wicket of KL Rahul giving a simple catch to Munro at point. The Indian openers put on 89 runs to lay a strong foundation. India lost momentum as they lost the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Shivam Dube in the same over. Shivam Dube was p...

  Thanks to a great knock by Arun Karthick, Tamil Nadu cruised to a comfortable win over Rajasthan in the first semi-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on Friday.   Rajasthan captain Ashok Menaria won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start as Bharat Sharma was brilliantly caught by Baba Aparajith by Sai Kishore bowling. Aditya Garhwal came to the crease and put the Tamil Nadu bowlers under pressure with his aggressive hitting. After being hit for a six, Baba Aparajith dismissed the dangerous Garhwal for a quickfire 29 off 21 balls. Garwhal and Menaria added 37 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Ashok Menaria smashed Murgun Ashwin for 19 runs in the last over of powerplay to help Rajasthan post 56 for 2. Tamil Nadu’s catching was not up to the mark as they dropped many simple catches. Ashok Menaria and Arjit Gupta played with intent putting pressure on TN bowlers. Menaria led from the front and completed his ...

  It was a mixed day for the Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth lost his last group match while PV Sindhu ended with a consolation win in the BWF World Tour finals played at Bangkok, Thailand on Friday. Srikanth ends the tournament with a loss Srikanth ended the tournament with another close loss to Na Ka Long Anus of Hong Kong, China in three grueling sets. The first game saw Srikanth starting with an aggressive start before Na Kong Long leveled the scores. Indian showed great fighting spirit putting the Hong Kong player under pressure with his smashes. At the mid-game interval, Srikanth took an 11-8 lead. After the interval, Srikanth maintained his dominance over Hong Kong player winning the first game easily at 21-12. The second game saw Na Ka Long played with aggression and put the Indian under pressure. After the initial stages, both players fought for each point before Na Ka Long had a lead at the interval. The Indian made a strong comeback to level the scores at 13-1...

  It was a historic moment as Mumbai defeated Saurashtra in the finals of the prestigious Ranji Trophy played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 28 th January 2012. Starting on the overnight score of 287 for 6, Mumbai made 68 runs and were bowled out for 355 to take a massive lead of 207 runs. It was a superb bowling effort by Mumbai bowlers as Ajit Agarkar and Dhawal Kulkarni produced magical spells. Right from the word go, Agarkar and Kulkarni put the Saurashtra batsmen under pressure. Dharmendra Singh Jadeja was the top scorer for Saurashtra. Kulkarni grabbed 5 for 32 in 14.4 overs while Agarkar took 4 for 15 in 9 overs. Mumbai bowled out Saurashtra for 82. It was a remarkable performance by Mumbai who won the title for the record 40 th time since the inception of the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai captain Agarkar won the toss and decided to field first. Kulkarni 4 for 24, Abishek Nayar 2 for 30 and Vishal Dabholkar 2 for 14, Agarkar 1 for 33 helped Mumbai bowl out Saurashtra for just...

  It was a disappointing day for the Indian shuttlers as PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth lost their second matches and knocked out of the BWF World Tour finals played in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. Srikanth goes down fighting to Wang Tzu Wei Kidambi Srikanth played his heart out as he lost to Wang Tzu Wei in a thrilling contest that went right down the wire. In the opening game, the Indian took an early 4-2 lead before Wang showed his class by taking in succession to increase the lead at 8-5. Both players fought for each point with long rallies putting the opposition under pressure. At the mid-game interval, Srikanth had a slender 11-10 lead. After the break, the Indian maintained a strong lead before Wang created enough pressure and gave a scare to Srikanth. A superb shot on the backline helped Srikanth take the first game at 21-19. The second game saw Wang played with aggression and put Srikanth under immense pressure. It was an amazing display of the Chinese Taipei playe...

  Rajasthan experience came to the fore as they defeated Bihar in the 4 th and final quarterfinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Rajasthan captain Ashok Menaria won the toss and decided to bat first. It was an ideal decision as Ankit Lamba and wicket-keeper batsman Bharat Sharma provided a decent start with attacking stroke play putting pressure on the inexperienced Bihar side. At the end of the first six overs, Rajasthan made 42 for 0. After the field restrictions, Sharma and Lamba made the batting look easy. Ashutosh Aman got the breakthrough for Bihar dismissing Sharma with a beauty. Rajasthan openers put on 59 runs for the opening wicket. A superb catch by Vikash Yadav ended the innings for Ashok Menaria to back Bihar into the match. Mahipal Lomror came to the crease and showed intent right from word go while Ankit Lamba struggled to hit runs. Bihar fielding was not up to the mark as they dropped catches. Kash...

  It was a disappointing day for Indian shuttlers as PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth lost their opening matches of the BWF World Tour finals played at Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday. Women’s Singles PV Sindhu went down fighting to world number 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in Group B match. It was a good start by both players who took alternate points. Tai played with aggression and put Sindhu under pressure with her smashes and drop shots. At the mid-game interval, the world number 1 led 11-8. After the break, Sindhu made unforced errors as Tai took a 14-10 lead. Sindhu came back strongly into the game with powerful smashes putting Tai under pressure. From trailing, the Indian leveled the scores at 16-16. Both players showed their class taking alternate points till 19-19. Sindhu returned in grand style to win the first game at 21-19. The second game was a great start by Tai Tzu Ying who put Sindhu under pressure with smashes and drop shots taking an early 6-0 lead. Tai c...

  It was an amazing game of cricket as Baroda edged out Haryana in the 3 rd quarterfinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Baroda captain Kedar Devdhar won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for Baroda as Devdhar produced a brilliant run out to dismiss Guntashaveer Singh. Chaitanya Bishnoi played with intent putting pressure on the Baroda bowlers with aggressive stroke play. Bishnoi was dismissed trying to hit a big shot giving a simple catch to Rajput at mid-on to leave Haryana in trouble at 25 for 2. Shivam Chauhan and Himanshu Rana steadied the ship as Haryana scored 33 for 2. After the field restrictions, Chauhan and Rana kept the scoreboard ticking with good running between the wickets and hitting innovative strokes. It was an amazing batting display by both batsmen who looked in complete control. Sheth got rid of dangerous Shivam Chauhan with an easy catch to Solanki. Chauhan and Rana adde...

  Thanks to a brilliant partnership between Sharukh Khan and Baba Aparajith, Tamil Nadu registered a comfortable win in the 2 nd Quarterfinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Tamil Nadu captain Dinesh Karthik won the toss and decided to field first. Abhimanyu Rana started the innings well for Himachal Pradesh with attacking strokes while Prashant Chopra also showed some class. Sonu Yadav produced a beauty to dismiss Prashant Chopra as Himachal openers put on 24 runs. At the end of the first six overs, Himachal Pradesh scored 31 for 1. After the field restrictions, a superb direct throw by Murgun Ashwin from the boundary ended the innings for Rana. Rana made a quickfire 28 off 26 balls. Nitin Sharma came to the crease and played with intent putting pressure on the Tamil Nadu bowlers. Sandeep Warrier struck for Tamil Nadu getting the wicket of Nitin Sharma. The experienced Rishi Dhawan looked in decent touch while Ravi Thakur ...

  Punjab’s great form continued as they crushed defending Champions Karnataka in the first quarterfinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Punjab captain Mandeep Singh won the toss and decided to field first. Karnataka captain Karun Nair and Devdutt Paddikal began off steadily with some good strokes from Paddikal. Sandeep Sharma provided the breakthrough for Punjab as Karun Nair played a poor stroke giving a simple catch to Gurkeerat Singh Mann at mid-off. Coming into the bowling attack, Kaul struck twice in his first over. A rash stroke by Devdutt Paddikal and then a superb catch by Markanade at short midwicket put Karnataka on the backfoot. Arshdeep Singh produced a beauty to get rid of BR Sharath with an easy catch by Abhishek Sharma at first slips to leave the defending Champions in tatters. At the end of the first six overs, Karnataka looked in massive trouble at 33 for 4. After the field restrictions, Gopal and Jos...

  Regarded as one of the explosive openers in England cricket, Alex Hales has been in sensational form for Sydney Thunder during BBL 10. In a rain-curtailed match against Adelaide Strikers played at Adelaide Oval, Hales remained not out on 63 off 39 balls including 4 fours and 4 sixes along with Callum Ferguson to help Sydney Thunder register an emphatic 9 wickets win with 11 balls to spare. Hales broke the record of most sixes hit in a single season. He has taken the bowlers to the cleaners and hit 30 sixes so far. Sydney Thunder qualified for the finals with 31 points including 8 wins and 6 losses. It also included 7 Bash Points. The explosive England opener has been in sensational form so far this season. Hales has played 14 matches so far with 535 runs including 1 century and 2 half-centuries. He registered his best BBL score against Sydney Sixers of 110 from 51 balls. Hales has shown tremendous hitting abilities so far with 53 boundaries and 30 sixes. In this year’s BB...

  After a ban from international cricket, one of the best all-rounders in international cricket returned in great fashion. He performed brilliantly in a 3-0 ODI series win over West Indies that concluded today. In the opening match played on 20 th January at Sher- E Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka, Shakib AL Hasan performed exceptionally with the ball on conditions helping the spinners. AL Hasan took wickets of Andre McCarthy, West Indies stand-in captain Jason Mohammed, N Booner, and Alazzari Joseph. He ended with brilliant figures of 4 for 8 in 7.2 over to bowl out the visitors for a paltry total of 122. While chasing down this modest total, Shakib AL Hasan made 19 off 43 balls with 1 boundary. Bangladesh won the match easily by 6 wickets with 97 balls to spare. For his brilliant spell, Shakib AL Hasan was awarded the man of the match award. Bangladesh dominated West Indies in the 2 nd One-day international played at the Sher- E- Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka on 22 nd Janu...

  It was an amazing league stage as 8 teams made it into the quarterfinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament. From Group A, Punjab and Karnataka made into the last 8 stage. Punjab finished top of the points winning all their matches. The first two quarterfinals will be played on 26 th January while 3 rd and 4 th quarterfinals would be played on 27 th January at the newly laid Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad. Punjab defeated Uttar Pradesh by 11 runs in their opening match on 10 th January at KSCA Cricket Stadium 2, Bangalore, they outplayed Karnataka by 9 wickets, crushed Railways by 117 runs, outplayed Jammu and Kashmir by 10 wickets, and ended the league stage with a comfortable 22 runs win. On the other hand, Karnataka made it into the last 8 stage finishing 2 nd in the points winning 4 matches. Their only loss came against Punjab. Tamil Nadu topped Pool B and qualified for the quarterfinals stage. Dinesh Karthik led side started the tournament with an easy 66 r...

  The Indian challenge ended as the mixed doubles pair and men’s doubles were knocked out in the semi-finals of the Toyota Super 1000 Thailand Open played at Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday. The Indian challenge ended as the mixed doubles pair and men’s doubles were knocked out in the semi-finals of the Toyota Super 1000 Thailand Open played in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday. The men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty's impressive run came to an end as they lost to Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in two straight sets. The Indian pair started off brightly taking an early 4-2 lead. Both pairs took alternate points as Chirag and RankiReddy committed a lot of unforced errors putting into the net or hitting wide. At the mid-game interval, Chia and Soh had a slender 11-10 lead. After the mid-game interval, the Malaysian pair put the pressure on Indian pair and did not allow them to enter the game. Aaron and Wooi grabbed the first game at 21-18. In the sec...

  It was an amazing batting display by Sydney Thunder who posted the highest total in BBL history during the match against Sydney Sixers played at Adelaide Oval on Friday. Sydney Sixers captain Daniel Hughes won the toss and decided to field first. It was a flying start by Alex Hales who put the Sixers bowlers under immense pressure right from the word go. Usman Khawaja was dismissed cheaply for just 6. Thunder openers put on 37 runs for the opening wicket. At the end of the power play overs, Thunder made 43 for 1. Hales showed his class and reached his fifty off just 26 balls. Thunder captain Callum Ferguson joined in with Hales scoring runs at a quick pace. Pope got rid of Ferguson for a quickfire 42 off 23 balls. Ferguson and Hales added 69 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Sam Billings along with Hales made the batting look easy. Hales smashed the Thunder bowlers all over the parts. Thunder took the power surge in the 17 th over. Hales smashed Daniel Christian for 25 runs and a...

  It was a mixed day for the Indian shuttlers as the mixed doubles and men’s doubles pair qualified for the semi-finals of the Toyota Super 1000 event played at Bangkok, Thailand on Friday. The mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Ashwini Ponnappa defeated the fifth-seeded Malaysian pair of Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying in a thrilling encounter. It was a thrilling start to the first game as both pairs took alternate points till 5-5. Chang and Liu played with aggression putting the Indian pair under pressure with smashes. At the mid-game interval, the Malaysian pair had an 11-8 lead. After the interval, RankiReddy, and Chirag Shetty made a strong comeback into the game by leveling the scores at 13-13. Both pairs fought for each point, but the Malaysian pair held their nerves to win the first game at 21-18. The second game saw the Malaysian team starting on a bright note putting the pressure back on the Indians with smashes, but the Indian pair made a strong comeba...

  After being released by Delhi Capitals in the mini-auction before IPL 2021, Alex Carey made a brilliant century against Brisbane Heats played at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on Thursday. Adelaide Strikers captain Travis Head won the toss and decided to bat first. Alex Carey came to open the innings with Jake Weatherald and provided a flying start putting pressure on the Brisbane Heats bowlers. At the end of the first four overs, Strikers made 43 for the loss of no wickets. Weatherald and Carey played with intent making life tough for the opposition. Labuschagne struck for Brisbane Heats getting rid of Weatherald with a quickfire 36 off 18 balls. Strikers openers put on 66 runs in 6 overs. Carey played with intent and kept the scoreboard ticking reaching his fifty off 38 balls. Travis Head and Phil Salt also provided good support to Carey who made the batting look easy. Head made 25 off 19 balls while Salt scored a quickfire 26 off 17 balls. Carey showed his class and completed his...

  It was a good day for the Indian shuttlers as PV Sindhu and 3 other Indians moved into the quarterfinals of Toyota Super 1000 Thailand Open played in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. After stunning the eight seeded Lee Jii Zia of Malaysia, Sameer Verma defeated Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in two straight sets. Sameer looked in great touch right from the word go and put the Denmark player under pressure. The Indian showed domination to take an 11-5 lead at the interval. After the mid-game interval, Sameer continued his aggression keeping the pressure on the opponent winning the first game at 21-12. In the second game, Gemke started off brightly with 3-1 and 5-3 leads but Sameer Verma fought back strongly to level the scores at 6-6. The Indian never looked back from there winning the second set easily at 21-9 to move into the quarterfinals.   He will take on 3 rd seeded Anders Anderson of Denmark. The mixed doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj RankiReddy defeat...

  Before the mini auctions to be held in February, the franchises had to submit the list of retained and released players for the IPL 2021. The franchises have released players who did not perform according to the money given in last year’s IPL. Here we look at the released and retained players for IPL 2021. 1.        Chennai Super Kings Retained Players Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Narayana Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santer, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir Released players Piyush Chawla, Murali Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Monu Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Watson, Purse remaining Rs 22.9 Crore 2.          Mumbai Indians Released Players Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock, Aditya Tare, Chris Lynn, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Saurabh Tiwary, Jayant Yadav, ...