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RCB defeat DD, stay alive in IPL
Skipper Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers kept Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) alive in this year's VIVO IPL, as the two smashed 50 each to enable the RCB to beat Delhi Daredevils by five wickets at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Saturday.Chasing 182, posted by the DD, the RCB reached the target in the 19th over with a De Villiers' six.De Villiers and Kohli took control when their team did not get a desired start as Openers Moeen Ali and Parthiv Patel did not trouble the scorers much and departed early.With this win, the RCB is still at the seventh spot with eight points, but they are still alive in the tournament.However, from now on, they would have to win each of their remaining three games to book a spot in the play-offs.This was their fourth win in 11 games.For the Daredevils, they had already reached a dead-end in the tournament. Today, they suffered their ninth defeat in 12 games and with six points in hand, the DD is at the bottom of the points table..
Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Delhi Daredevils and Royal ...
Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore here tonight. Delhi Daredevils Innings: Prithvi Shaw b Chahal 2 Jason Roy b Chahal 12 Shreyas Iyer c Kohli b Siraj 32 Rishabh Pant c de Villiers b Ali 61 Vijay Shankar not out 21 Abhishek Sharma not 46 Extras: (LB-1, NB-1, W-5) 7 Total: (for 4 wickets in 20 overs) 181 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-16, 3-109, 4-120 Bowling: Chahal 4-0-28-2, Yadav 3-0-28-0, Southee 4-0-41-0, Ali 4-0-25-1, Siraj 4-0-46-1, De Grandhomme 1-0-12-0. Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings: Parthiv Patel lbw b Lamichhane 6 Moeen Ali c Shaw b Boult 1 Virat Kohli c Pant b Mishra 70 AB de Villiers not out 72 Mandeep Singh b Boult 13 Sarfaraz Khan c Shaw b Patel 11 Colin de Grandhomme not out 3 Extras: (B-4, W-7) 11 Total: (for 5 wickets in 19 overs) 187 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-18, 3-136, 4-153, 5-168 Bowling: Lamichhane 4-0-25-1, Boult 4-0-40-2, Dala 3-0-34-0, Patel 4-0-51-1, Mishra 4-0-33-1.
IPL: Kohli, de Villiers take RCB to victory
Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers produced a batting masterclass as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Delhi Daredevils by five wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here on Saturday.
Kohli, de Villiers keep RCB's hopes alive in IPL
Royal Challengers Bangalore lived to fight another day in the Indian Premier League as the star duo of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers shared a scintillating 118-run stand off 64 balls to script a five wicket win over Delhi Daredevils here tonight. Thanks to Kohli (70 off 40) and de Villiers (72 not out off 37), RCB raced to the 182-run target in 19 overs despite being reduced to two for 18 in the third over. Delhi had scored 181 for four, largely due to the efforts of Rishabh Pant (61 off 34) and debutant Abhishek Sharma (46 not out off 19). The much needed win tonight was RCB's fourth in 11 games, keeping them in contention for a play-off spot. The loss for the hosts meant their campaign got worse as they registered their ninth defeat in 12 matches. The RCB chase was reminiscent of Sunrisers Hyderabad's effort here on Thursday when they hunted down a 188-run target with ease. The dew factor also played out in the second half of the game, just like the other night. The batting ...
KKR beat KXIP by 31 runs to regain 4th spot
Indore's Holkar Stadium witnessed a run fest on Saturday as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) leapfrogged above Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) points table to fourth place by registering a 31-run win over third-placed Kings XI Punjab (KXIP).Having lost back-to-back matches against MI, with the last one being a nightmarish 102-run loss, and conceding the fourth and final playoff spot to the Mumbai outfit as a result, the win would have been put all their recent blues in the past, as their batters amassed the fourth highest total in IPL history.Winning the toss, KXIP captain, Ravichandran Ashwin, elected to bowl first. However, the depth of the KKR batting line-up proved too much for KXIP bowlers to deal with.The match started on a slow tempo, with just 20 runs coming off the first 20 deliveries, and opener Sunil Narine managing a meager 7 runs from 8 balls. However, he would soon start firing on all cylinders as he ended up smashing a 36-ball 75.Captain Dinesh Karthik
Sharmila, Vani make cut in Ladies Hong Kong Open
India's Sharmila Nicollet shot 73-72 in the first two rounds to make the cut at the Ladies Hong Kong Open golf tournament here. Sharmila is now lying tied 31st, improving on her first round position by six places. Sharmila, who has been dividing her time between Ladies Asian Tour, the Ladies European Tour and the China Tour, had four birdies in each round, but on the first day she also had three bogeys and a double. On the second day, she had four bogeys. Also making the cut was another Indian Vani Kapoor (76-71). She is tied 48th, improving from overnight tied 72nd. Four other Indians, Suchitra Ramesh (77-73), Amandeep Drall (78-76), Neha Tripathi 76-79), Smriti Mehra (78-82) and Ayesha Kapur (85-79), however, missed the cut.
Dwivedi lying fourth at Phuket Open golf
India's Samarth Dwivedi was lying fourth at the end of the second round at the USD 64,000 Singha Laguna Phuket Open golf tournament here on the Asian Development Tour. Dwivedi shot 65 in the first round and 68 in the second to be seven-under 133. He is 10 shots behind Thailand's Varanyu Rattanaphaibulkij who has shot a stunning 62-61 in the two rounds to 17-under. Dwivedi, who turned pro in 2016, has been playing on Indian domestic Tour, and making regular appearances on the ADT, where he is looking for his maiden win. Thailand's Nitithorn Thippong returned with a solid round of 66 after a first round 64 to be placed second, while Sweden's Oscar Zetterwall is lying third with 64-67. The halfway cut was set at one-over-par 141 with a total of 57 players qualifying for the final two rounds. The Singha Laguna Phuket Open is the eighth leg of the 2018 ADT schedule and the leading five players on the ADT Order of Merit at the end of the season will earn playing rights on the premier Asian .
Dharma best placed Indian at tied 4th in Bangladesh Open golf
M Dharma led a bunch of four Indians in the top-10 at the AB Bank Bangladesh Open after third round here today. Dharma, who shot a 66 in the first round but dipped to 71 in the second, bounced back with a 68 and was the best Indian placed Indian at tied 4th with at eight-under 213. Dharma is three shots behind the leader, England's Jack Harrison (66-69-67) at 11-under, while Sri Lanka's Mithun Perera, looking for his maiden Asian Tour win, was second with rounds of 70-67-66 at 10-under 203. One shot behind is Kiwi Ben Campbell of New Zealand who shot 68 after 70-66 in first two rounds. Among other Indians in the top-10, Divyanshu Bajaj (67-69-70) was tied 7th, while Honey Baisoya (71-67-70) was ninth. Rashid Khan, a two-time winner on Asian Tour, is tied 10th with rounds of 71-67-70. Of the other Indians, who made the cut, Sanjeev Kumar (69-67-77) is tied 28, Viraj Madappa (73-71-70) and Khalin Joshi (70-73-71) are tied 38, while Veer Ahlawat (71-71-74) is tied 56. Aman Raj, ...
Chawrasia makes cut, Sandhu misses in Sicily
Four-time winner on the European Tour SSP Chawrasia shot one-under 71 on a wild and windy day in the second round to make the cut at the one million Euro Rocco Forte Sicilian Open golf tournament here. Going through a lean patch in this calendar year, Chawrasia has made only three cuts in nine starts in 2018 and this one in Sicily with rounds of 72 and 71 would give him a lot of confidence. He is now lying tied 38 at one -under 143 at the Verdura Golf Club. However Ajeetesh Sandhu, who also got a spot in the event, missed the cut following rounds of 75-76. Lucas Bjerregaard and Julien Guerrier share the halfway lead. Dane Bjerregaard entered round two in a share of the lead but Frenchman Guerrier was the only player to stay bogey-free over two days as he carded a 65 to get to nine-under. Strong winds made it difficult for the afternoon starters but Bjerregaard produced some impressive golf after the turn to get to 10-under before a bogey on the 16th dropped him back into the share of .
Russia's Lasitskene clinches high jump title at Shanghai
Russian high jumper Maria Lasitskene on Saturday clinched the title at the Shanghai leg of the IAAF Diamond League, clearing 1.97 metres.
Vesnina-Makarova win Madrid Open women's doubles
Russian second seeds Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova won the Madrid Open women's doubles title, beating France's Timea Babos and Hungary's Kristina Mladenovic 2-6, 6-4, 10-8 in the final on Saturday.
IPL: Pant, Sharma help Delhi post challenging total
Delhi Daredevils rode some power packed batting by Rishabh Pant and talented teenager Abhishek Sharma to post a challenging total of 181/4 in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) here on Saturday.
Ex-Pakistan hockey team captain Mansoor passes away
Pakistans former star hockey goalkeeper and captain Mansoor Ahmed passed away at a city hospital due to heart failure on Saturday. He was 49.
F1: Hamilton clinches pole position for Spanish GP
Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton on Saturday won the pole position for the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix in one minute, 16.173 seconds.
Pant, debutant Sharma propel Delhi to 181/4
Rishabh Pant continued his destructive form with a 34-ball 61 before Abhishek Sharma impressed on his IPL debut to push Delhi Daredevils to 181 for four against Royal Challengers Bangalore here tonight. Sharma, who hammered an unbeaten 46 off 19 balls, was one of three IPL debutants for Delhi today along side Nepal leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane and South African pacer Junior Dala. Considering how easily Sunrisers Hyderabad chased down 188 in the previous game, Virat Kohli opted to put the opposition in. The RCB skipper started with spin and it got him instant breakthrough with Yuzvendra Chahal castling the talented Prithvi Shaw with a wrong one. A little later Chahal sent back Jason Roy in a similar fashion as the Englishman failed to read the wrong one off the Indian spinner's hands, leaving Delhi at two for 16 in the third over. The dangerous duo of Pant and skipper Shreyas Iyer (32 off 35) then got together to resurrect the innings. They shared a 93-run stand with Pant doing bulk .
China's Lyu renews meet record of women javelin at Shanghai Diamond League
Lyu Huihui of China broke her own meet record under heavy rain to win the women's javelin title at the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai meet on Saturday.
Iceland names 23-man squad for World Cup
FIFA World Cup debutant Iceland has announced its 23-man football squad for the quadrennial tournament to be held in Russia later in the summer.
India U-16 boys hold Serbia to a goalless draw
Indian U-16 football team held hosts Serbia to a goalless draw in a four-nation tournament here. The Indian colts started the match on a positive note yesterday and threatened Serbia's custodian as early as in the third minute when Rohit Danu's pressure set it up for Gibson but his shot went wide of the goal. Coming on the back of a 2-1 win over Jordan, the Indian U-16s team kept on piling pressure on the Serbian defence and in the 20th minute Vikram's shot was saved by the opposition custodian. The match consisted of two halves of 40 minutes each and Vikram was once again held into the fray when his shot from close range went inches wide of the goal in the 52nd minute. In the dying minutes of the match, India survived a scare when the custodian spilled a regular save in front of the Serbian attacking line but the backline came to the visitors' rescue. The India U-16s will next play Tajikistan tomorrow.
Kolkata register convincing 31-run win against Punjab
Kolkata Knight Riders outbatted Kings XI Punjab in a high-scoring affair, registering a 31-run victory here on Saturday to stay in the hunt for the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs.
IPL: Bangalore opt to field vs Delhi
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to field against Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier League (IPL) tie at the Feroz Shah Kotla here on Saturday.