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 The Sri Lankan Cricket Team registered a thrilling win in the 4th T20I match over Australia played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Tuesday. Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for the visitors as Maxwell got rid of Dickwella with a lovely stumping by Carey. Kusal Mendis and Nissanka looked steady with positive intent. Pat Cummins making his comeback into the XI grabbed the wicket of Mendis taking the inside edge onto the stumps. Mitchell Marsh grabbed Nissanka's wicket to leave Sri Lanka in big trouble at 34 for 3. At the end of the first 10 overs, Sri Lanka scored 35 for 3. Dhanajaya de Silva and Charith Asalanaka struggled initially before putting enough pressure on the Australian spinners keeping the momentum going on. Dhanajaya completed fifty off 52 balls while Asalanaka reached fifty off 60 balls. A superb one-handed catch by Maxwell led to the wicket of Dhanajaya de Silva. Dhanajaya and Asalanaka added 101 runs fo...

 The Indian men’s hockey team for the prestigious 2022 Commonwealth Games has been announced to be played from 29 th July till 8 th August. Manpreet Singh has been handed the charge for prestigious event. Hockey India thought about sending a second-string side for CWG due to the short gap between CWG and Asian Games. However, with the Asian Games postponed to next year due to the COVID situation in China, HI decided to send a strong unit for the prestigious event. In the 2018 edition, India finished fourth losing to England by 0-6 in the bronze medal match. This time around they have been clubbed in Group B with England, Canada, Wales, and Ghana. They will begin their tournament on 31 st July against Ghana. Under the captaincy of Manpreet Singh, the Indian team won a historic bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics after a gap of 41 years. They recently featured in the FIH Pro Hockey League tournament where they finished 3 rd losing both their matches to the Netherlands. The tea...

 The Indian women landed on the shores of Sri Lanka for 3 T20I and 3 One-day international matches to be played from 23 rd June. Harmanpreet Kaur has been named the One-day international captain after the retirement of veteran Mithali Raj. It promises to be an exciting series with the Indian team playing their first international series after the heartbreaking end to the ICC World Cup 2022 played in New Zealand as they were knocked out in the first round itself. The three ODI matches will be a part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-2025 starting from 1 st July to be played at Palleke International Stadium, Palleke. From 23 rd June, the three T20I matches will be taking part in Dambulla. Sri Lanka started their campaign in ICC Women’s ODI Championship losing to Pakistan by 1-2. The Indian team will be looking to show their domination against Sri Lanka in ODIs and T20I format. Here we look at both teams for 3 T20I matches India Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Shafali Verma, S...

 The Sri Lankan Cricket Team stunned Australia with a record run chase in the 3 rd One-day match played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Sunday. Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and decided to bat first. Warner and Finch started off brightly before Chameera got rid of Warner with a sharp bouncer caught by Theekshana at fine leg. The pitch had lots of turn and bounce that troubled the Australian batters. Aaron Finch and Mitchell Marsh showed intent putting pressure on Lankan bowlers. At the end of the first 10 overs, Australia made 47 for 1. Wellage got the breakthrough by dismissing Mitchell Marsh providing a simple catch to Kusal Mendis. Finch and Marsh added 33 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Finch and Labuschagne kept the momentum going for Australia keeping the scoreboard ticking hitting boundaries and taking singles with ease. Finch looked at ease completing fifty off 68 balls. Both batsmen looked at ease Vandersay produced a brilliant delivery stumped by Dickwell...

 The fifth and deciding T20I match held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru ended in a no result due to a heavy downpour. South African stand-in captain Keshav Maharaj won the toss and decided to field first. The match was reduced to 19 overs a side. It was an aggressive start by Ishan Kishan putting enough pressure on the South African bowlers. Soon after, Lungi Ngidi got rid of Kishan shattering the timber. Ruturaj Gaikwad was deceived by the slower ball by Ngidi caught by Pretorius at mid-on. With the scoreboard reading 28 for 2 in 3.3 overs, the rain arrived again once again. The match did not begin due to heavy rains as the umpires called off play. It was a disappointing day for the fans at Bengaluru who did not see a full match. It was an impressive performance by both teams as South Africa started the series with 2 wins in the first two matches. Chasing down 212 runs to win, David Miller and Dussen's heroics helped South Africa chase down massive target. After the firs...

 The Indian men’s hockey ended the FIH Pro Hockey League journey with a narrow loss to the Netherlands in the 2 nd leg played at Rotterdam on Sunday. It was an ideal start for the Indian team as Abhishek broke through the Dutch defense and put into a goal in the 1 st minute itself. The Netherlands came back strongly with a brilliant drag-flick goal by Jansen in the 7 th minute to level the match. The Netherlands put enough pressure on the Indian defense. P Sreejesh was simply sensational producing brilliant saves. It was an amazing game by both teams as the first quarter ended at 1-1. The second quarter saw P Sreejesh did not take part as a goalkeeper. India was awarded a penalty stroke as Harmanpreet Singh’s shot was weak enough the Netherlands goalkeeper saved the shot. The Netherlands showed great attacking skills as the Indian defense conceded lots of penalty corners. Pawan made some brilliant saves to deny the Netherlands the lead. The Indian team had 4 shots on goal du...

  The Indian women’s team could not replicate their heroics as they lost to Argentina in the 2nd leg of the FIH Pro Hockey league match played at Rotterdam on Sunday. Argentina began the first quarter on an aggressive note as they earned their first penalty corner of the match but Savita Punia saved the shot. After a few good attacking moves, India also got their first PC but Argentina's goalkeeper denied them a goal. At the end of the first quarter, the scores remained at 0-0. It was an aggressive start for Argentina in the 2nd quarter with a penalty corner, but Savita produced a sensational save. Salima Tete scored a superb field goal inside the D during the 23rd minute to give India a 1-0 lead. Indian goalkeeper Savita produced another superb save. At the end of the first quarter, India led 1-0. During the first half, India was given 1 green card and 1 yellow card while Argentina's player was awarded a green card. Argentina had 15 circle penetrations as compared to 7 by Ind...