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Mayank Agarwal century puts India in driver seat on the 1st day of 2nd Test

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Thanks to Mayank Agarwal’s century, the Indian Cricket Team have ended the 1 st day of 2 nd Test match at 273 for 3 played at MCA Stadium, Pune on Thursday. Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first. Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma faced a tough opening burst from Kagiso Rabada and Vernon Philander. Rabada produced a beauty of delivery to dismiss Rohit Sharma for 14. Rohit and Mayank Agarwal put on 25 runs for the opening wicket. Cheteshwar Pujara came to the crease and took time to score his first run. Mayank Agarwal looked solid with his defensive technique and played lovely strokes off bad balls. India ended the first session at 77 for 1. After the lunch break, Mayank Agarwal and Pujara played with positive intent putting pressure on the South African bowlers. Mayank reached his fifty off 112 balls. Pujara was superb with his timing and just showed his class to reach his half-century off 107 balls. At the stroke of tea break, Rabada provided the b...

Pro Kabaddi League 2019: Dabang Delhi FC beat Puneri Paltans in a thrilling contest

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Dabang Delhi defeated Puneri Paltans in a thrilling contest at the Trans Stadium Arena, Ahmedabad on Saturday. It was a perfect start as Delhi raider Chandran Ranjit earned 2 points in the first raid getting Girish Maruti Ernak and Manjeet. Nitin Tomar gave Puneri Paltans the 1 st point with a touchpoint. Surjeet Singh tackled Ranjit to level the things for Pune at 2-2. Amit Kumar gave Pune the 3 rd point. Delhi raiders made life tough for Pune franchise. Naveen Kumar got Girish Maruti Ernak to all-out Pune giving them a commanding 11-5 lead. Delhi defense and raiders continued their impressive run to take a 19-11 lead at the end of the first half. The second half began well for Puneri Paltans as Nitin Tomar earned a touchpoint. Pune came back from a tough situation and gave Delhi a shock. In the last few minutes, Girish Maruti Ernak tackled Chandran Ranjit to reduce the margin at 24-28. With 32 seconds left on the clock, Girish Maruti Ernak tackled Ranjit again as Pune made...