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Virat Kohli signs for English county Surrey, will miss Test against Afghanistan
Indian skipper Virat Kohli has signed a deal with top English county side Surrey ahead of England Test tour later this summer, meaning he will miss his country's inaugural Test match against Afghanistan, starting in Bengaluru on 14 June.Surrey County Cricket Club officially announced their deal with Kohli on Thursday on their website www.kiaoval.com."Surrey County Cricket Club are delighted to announce the signing of India captain Virat Kohli for the month of June," the club announced on their website www.kiaoval.com."It has long been an ambition of mine to play county cricket and I am thankful to Alec Stewart and Surrey for allowing me the opportunity to join them during their 2018 season," said Kohli. "I can't wait to get to The Oval [Surrey's home ground]," the ICC website quoted the 29-year-old, as saying.Virat Kohli will play English domestic cricket in the lead-up to India's five-Test series.The 29-year-old averaged 13.40 across 10 innings on his only previous Test tour of ...
IPL: Gill, Karthik guide KKR to six-wicket win over CSK; move to third spot
Top-order batsman Shubman Gill cracked an unbeaten 36-ball 57 while skipper Dinesh Karthik bludgeoned a 18-ball 45 not out to guide Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to a six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday.
Young Gill powers KKR to comfortable win over CSK
Promising Shubman Gill smashed his maiden IPL half-century while Sunil Narine produced an all-round performance to guide Kolkata Knight Riders to a comfortable six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings here today. Nitish Rana's lower back spasm gave Gill a chance to bat at the no. 4 position and the Under-19 World Cup winning batsman grabbed the opportunity with both hands, scoring a top-class unbeaten 57 off 36 balls (6x4s, 2x6s) to power KKR home. Gill shared an unbroken fifth wicket partnership of 83 runs from 36 balls with skipper Dinesh Karthik (45 not out off 18; 2x4s) as the duo sealed the chase with 14 balls to spare to take KKR (10 points from nine matches) to the third spot ahead of Kings XI Punjab on net run rate. Earlier, KKR spinners impressed with Narine leading from the front before Mahendra Singh Dhoni's unbeaten 43 propped CSK's total to 177/5 after Karthik opted to chase. Narine returned with impressive figures of 2 for 20, while Piyush Chawla grabbed 2 for 35 as the ..
Scoreboard of the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders here ...
Scoreboard of the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders here today. Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson c Shivam Mavi b Narine 36 F du Plessis b Chawla 27 Suresh Raina c Johnson b Kuldeep Yadav 31 Ambati Rayudu b Narine 21 MS Dhoni not out 43 Ravindra Jadeja c Karthik b Chawla 12 Karn Sharma not out 0 Extras: (B-4, W-3) 7 Total: (for 5 wickets in 20 0vers) 177 Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-91, 3-101, 4-119, 5-173 Bowling: Johnson 4-0-51-0, Chawla 4-0-35-2, Mavi 3-0-21-0, Narine 4-0-20-2, Russell 1-0-12-0, Yadav 4-0-34-1. Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn c Watson b Ngidi 12 Sunil Narine c Bravo b Jadeja 32 Robin Uthappa c Bravo b Asif 6 Shubman Gill not out 57 Rinku Singh b Harbhajan Singh 16 Dinesh Karthik not out 45 Extras: (LB-1, W-11) 12 Total (for 4 wickets in 17.4 Overs) 180 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-40, 3-64, 4-97 Bowling: Ngidi 3-0-36-1, Asif 3-0-32-1, Watson 2-0-19-0, Jadeja 4-0-39-1, Harbhajan 3-0-20-1, Bravo 1.4-0-22-0, Sharma 1-0-11-0.
KKR beat CSK by 6 wickets
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in an Indian Premier League match here today. Brief Scores: Chennai Super Kings: 177 for five in 20 overs (Mahendra Singh Dhoni 43 not out, Shane Watson 36; Sunil Narine 2/21). Kolkata Knight Riders: 180 for four in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 57 not out, Dinesh Karthik 45 not out; Harbhajan Singh 1/20).
IPL: Dhoni's unbeaten 43 help CSK post 177/5 vs KKR
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (43 not out in 25 balls) continued his good form with the bat to help Chennai Super Kings (CSK) post a challenging 177/5 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday.
Iniesta trains for his last Clasico ahead of leaving Barcelona
Barcelona's captain and Spanish football star Andres Iniesta trained on Thursday for the 38th Clasico of his career with the Catalan club, and possibly his last after his recent announcement that he would be leaving at the end of the season.
Dhoni unbeaten 43 pushes CSK to 177/5
Kolkata Knight Riders spinners impressed with Sunil Narine leading from the front before Chennai Super Kings' inspirational captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's late flourish guided his side to 177 for five in an Indian Premier League match here today. It was skipper Dhoni who once again propped up the total with an unbeaten 43 from 25 balls that included four sixes and one four. Narine returned with impressive figures of 2 for 20, while Piyush Chawla grabbed 2 for 35 as the duo bowled 22 dot balls in the middle overs to keep CSK's batting in check after the Chennai outfit had crossed 200-plus totals four times this season. Young pacer Shivam Mavi also impressed with his pace and bounce during but went wicketless giving away 21 runs from three overs as CSK scored bulk of their runs against veteran Australian left-arm pacer Mitchell Johnson who leaked 51 runs from his four overs. Against the batting firepower of CSK, it was a tidy KKR bowling that was on display after Dinesh Karthik opted to
Air chief Dhanoa felicitates air warriors for outstanding performance in sports
Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa today felicitated six air warriors for their outstanding performance in the recently held Commonwealth Games and the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup. Junior Warrant Officer (JWO) Vikas Thakur and Sgt Gururaja won a bronze (94 Kg weight class) and a silver medal (56 Kg weight class) respectively, in the weightlifting event at CWG 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia. JWO Ravi Kumar won a bronze medal in the 10 metre Air Rifle event, both at the CWG and at the ISSF World Cup Mexico, 2018. He is presently ranked third in the ISSF Rankings. Sgt Shahzar Rizvi won the coveted gold medal and set a world record in the 10 metre Air Pistol event at the 2018 ISSF World Cup in Mexico. Rizvi is the current world number 1 in ISSF Rankings. Sgt Deepak Kumar won a bronze medal in the 10 metre Air Rifle mixed team event at the ISSF World Cup in Mexico 2018. He is currently ranked No. 9 in the ISSF Rankings and No. 3 in Asia. Aircraftsmen (AC) Gaurav Rana won a ...
Team selection on May 8 for Afghanistan Test, UK limited overs squad
The national selection committee are set to announce multiple Indian squads on May 8 for the upcoming one-off Test match against Afghanistan next month along with the team for the limited overs leg of the tour of UK starting June 27 in Dublin. "There will be three squads that will be selected on May 8. The Afghanistan Test is from June 14-18, followed by UK tour that starts with two-match ODI series against Ireland in Dublin. The selectors will also name the India A squad that will tour England in June," a senior BCCI official told PTI on condition on anonymity. The decision to announce the squad in advance is to ascertain who all are available for the Afghanistan Test with likes of Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma set to miss the historic Test against Afghanistan due to their county commitments. Also, procuring UK visa is another issue for a few players, which has prompted the board to ask the selectors to quickly announce the squad. COA Vinod Rai has already said ...
North and South Korea combine teams at table tennis worlds
Ping pong diplomacy is bringing North and South Korea together at the table tennis world championships. The women's teams from the two countries, originally competing separately at the competition in Sweden, decided today to combine their teams rather than play each other in the quarterfinals. "When I informed the board of directors about this development, the unified team received a standing ovation from the delegates who showed their sign of support to this historic move," ITTF president Thomas Weikert said. The move follows intense recent cross-border diplomacy by state leaders at home. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed last week to work toward the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula. The combined Korean team at the table tennis tournament will next play Japan in the semifinals tomorrow. "(It's) an important statement to promote peace between our countries through table tennis," the South Korean team said. In March, North ..
FIFA boss says Russia 'absolutely ready' for World Cup
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino today said Russia was "absolutely ready" to host the World Cup and thanked President Vladimir Putin for his commitment to the football showpiece. Infantino met Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi as Russia races against the clock to put the finishing touches on preparations for the June 14-July 15 final. The first World Cup staged in eastern Europe will be the most expensive ever and comes in the heat of flaring tensions between Russia and the West. It has also been shadowed by stadium construction delays and fears ranging from hooliganism to racist chants at matches. But Infantino lavished praise on Russia's preparations and said the tournament was shaping up to be the best one yet. "You are working to make this World Cup the best World Cup ever," Infantino told Putin during a nationally televised meeting. "The feedback from all our experts at FIFA are extremely positive. "And this shows that Russia is absolutely ready to host the world to celebrate a ...
South Africa to fight testosterone rule
South Africa's athletics federation today said it would challenge new rules governing female athletes' testosterone levels, which affect the nation's Olympic champion Caster Semenya. Athletics South Africa (ASA) said it would "challenge the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on these new regulations as we have found them to be skewed". The new policy targets women who naturally produce unusually high levels of testosterone. Athletes classified as "hyper-androginous" will have to chemically lower their testosterone levels to 5 nanomoles per litre of blood to be eligible to run any international race of 400 metres up to the mile. The ASA said that, after consultation with South Africa's sports minister, it would take the IAAF to Lausanne's Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) if it did not rethink the rule. The IAAF has defended the rule change as scientifically sound arguing that "hyper-androginous" women with heightened testosterone levels enjoy an unfair ...
Barca vs Real Madrid highlight of La Liga final stage
The 'Clasico' between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou Stadium stands out above all of the others in Spain's La Liga Santander, as the Spanish football season goes into its final three matches.
STAIRS appoints Pande as technical committee head
Society for Transformation, Inclusion and Recognition through Sports (STAIRS), Indias premier not-for-profit organisation in broad basing of sports, on Thursday announced the appointment of Mayank Pande as the head of its technical committee.
Serena pulls out of Madrid with fever
Serena Williams has pulled out of the Madrid WTA tournament due to a high fever, organisers said today. "Unfortunately I have had to pull out of Madrid because I have had a fever and I don't feel 100 percent," the official Mutua Madrid Open site quoted Williams as saying. The 36-year-old 23-time Grand Slam winner made the decision shortly before the main draw. The tennis superstar made her comeback from childbirth in March at Indian Wells and Miami but has admitted struggling to get fully fit. Serena could make a return at Rome May 13-20 ahead of the French Open in Paris May 27-June 10. Astonishingly, Serena won the Australian Open while pregnant and returned in February alongside her sister Venus in a US Fed Cup first-round tie. She lost to Venus in the third round at Indian Wells and to Japan's Naomi Osaka at Miami.
New Zealand weighing first Pakistan tour since 2003
New Zealand say they are considering their first cricket tour to Pakistan since 2003 but Australia today shut the door on an appearance in the insurgency-wracked country. New Zealand Cricket is carrying out "due diligence" after a request to play a Twenty20 game in Pakistan, where the team hotel in Karachi was hit by a deadly suicide blast in 2002. "At the moment NZC is doing due diligence on the request and consulting with security providers, the government, and the players," a spokesman told Radio New Zealand. "We will respond to the PCB when this process has been completed." Pakistan will host tours by Australia and New Zealand in October and November, with the matches due to be played in the United Arab Emirates. But the Pakistan Cricket Board has asked both teams to play the tours' Twenty20 games in Pakistan, where international cricket is only now creeping back after a long hiatus. International tours to Pakistan stopped in 2009 when gunmen attacked the touring Sri Lankan team's
Zidane begins preparations for el Clasico
Real Madrid's French coach Zinedine Zidane on Thursday began preparations for the upcoming el Clasico match against Barcelona.
America thrash Pumas in Mexican league quarters
Mateus Uribe and Jeremy Menez struck twice each as Club America thrashed Pumas UNAM 4-1 in the quarter-finals of the 2018 Mexican football league's Clausura tournament.
Kohli officially signs for Surrey, set to miss Afghanistan Test
India captain Virat Kohli today officially inked his deal with top English county side Surrey in his bid to prepare for the tour of England, starting in July. While Kohli joining the London-based team was an open secret, the county officially announced the deal today on their official website. "Surrey County Cricket Club are delighted to announce the signing of India captain Virat Kohli for the month of June," the club announced on their website www.kiaoval.com. Speaking after signing for the club, Kohli said: It has long been an ambition of mine to play county cricket and I am thankful to Alec Stewart and Surrey for allowing me the opportunity to join them during their 2018 season. I can't wait to get to the Kia Oval. Alec Stewart, Surrey's Director of Cricket, added: We are thrilled to have signed the biggest name in world cricket for the month of June. Playing and training alongside Virat will be a massive benefit for our players who will have the opportunity to learn so much from