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Noor Ahmad, the left-hander Rashid Khan is getting it right at IPL

Gujarat Titans’ Noor Ahmad bowls during the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans in Jaipur on May 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP One Rashid Khan could be a handful for a batting line-up. Imagine having to face a left-handed Rashid from the other end.Rajasthan Royals found out that wasn’t a particularly pleasant experience at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Friday night. Noor Ahmad, the 18-year-old left-arm wrist-spinner from Afghanistan, is turning out to be one of the emerging stars of the IPL this season.He took two wickets for Gujarat Titans in its crushing victory against Royals, and proved a perfect foil for his more famous fellow-countryman. From six matches so far, he has taken 10 wickets. Noor’s first game was against Royals at Ah...
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IPL 2023: Sandeep no-ball, Samad last-ball six seal thrilling win for Sunrisers over Rajasthan

Rajasthan Royals had the match won several times before a no-ball at the death allowed Sunrisers Hyderabad to stay in contention with a last-ball six by Abdul Samad. The hosts believed they had the game in the bag when Samad was caught on the boundary off the sixth ball of the 20th over, with Sunrisers needing five for a win. As it turned out, the often-reliable Sandeep Sharma had overstepped and Samad smashed the free hit out of the ground to seal a four-wicket win and get his team off the foot of the points table as the Rajasthan Royals players were left shell-shocked. Drama at the end SRH needed 17 runs off the final over bowled by Sandeep Sharma with Samad and Marco Jansen at the crease. Samad hit a six off the second ball to leave the equation to five runs from the last delivery. T...
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That’s a great question… I don’t know: Sanju Samson’s straight faced response to Nick Knight’s query if RR should’ve scored more vs SRG

Sanju Samson and Co were witness to one of the most topsy turvy finishes in the 2023 Indian Premier League. With five runs to win off the last ball, Abdul Samad would find the fielder at long off as Sandeep Sharma managed to pull off another death overs gig with the ball. Or so it seemed as the umpire signalled a front foot no ball followed by a straight six that sealed a four-wicket win for Sunrisers Hyderabad. It was cricket at its cruel best. A sixth defeat for Rajasthan Royals in 11 games and a dent in their hopes of trimming down the gap between them and the top seated teams in the points table. Following the match, RR skipper Sanju Samson would display the softest sign of frustration as former England international and broadcaster Nick Knight enquired if the 214 put on the board i...
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Arsenal win 2-0 at Newcastle to stay in title hunt

Arsenal showed no sign of raising the white flag in the Premier League title race with a 2-0 victory at Newcastle United on Sunday to close the gap on leaders Manchester City to one point. Defeat would have left Arsenal’s hopes of a first title since 2004 hanging by a thread but Martin Odegaard’s brilliant strike and a Fabian Schar own goal sealed a vital victory. Newcastle, bidding to cement third place and take a big step towards a top-four finish, dominated early on but Odegaard’s sweet strike after 14 minutes gave the visitors the lead. Schar then inadvertently turned in Gabriel Martinelli’s cross with 20 minutes remaining. City, who have won 10 straight games to catch and then overhaul Arsenal, have 82 points from 34 games with the Gunners on 81 having played a game more. Newcastle...
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Gujarat Titans had mindset of defending 180-190, says Rashid Khan

Gujarat Titans might have amassed a commanding 227 for 2 against Lucknow Super Giants but vice-captain Rashid Khan said his side took the field with the mindset of defending 180-190 as no total is safe due to the introduction of the impact player rule. Rashid’s comments post GT’s 56-run hammering of LSG had a mention of the defeat that the IPL table-toppers suffered against Kolkata Knight Riders when Rinku Singh had hit five sixes in the last over to chase down a total of 204 earlier this season. “It was a great win for us but you never know, sometimes in T20s, totals of 230-240 become very less. You have to be fully focussed in giving the 100 per cent effort and that was the discussion we had while coming on to bowling,” Rashid said in the post-match press conference here on Sunday. “A...
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It is cricket, anything is possible, says Rashid Khan | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The current Indian Premier League season has already seen maximum 200 plus scores in the tournament's history. And scoring 200 by batting first also does not give you an edge in this edition as the chasing teams ended up on the winning side on numerous occasions.Gujarat Titans vice-captain Rashid Khan also sounded a warning that the teams should not get complacent after posting big scores as no total is safe due to the introduction of the impact player rule.GT might have posted a commanding 227 for 2 against Lucknow Super Giants but Rashid said his side took the field with the mindset of defending 180-190.Gujarat already bore the brunt of conceding 200 in the second innings when KKR's Rinku Singh had hit five sixes in the last over to chase down a total of 204 earlier this se...
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I always keep working on my skills, says Shubman Gill | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans opening batter Shubman Gill said that he always keeps working on his skills, which is why he is able to hit sixes against Lucknow Super Giants at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.Gill did not hit any maximums in the last few games, but smacked as many as seven sixes during his stunning unbeaten 51-ball 94 knock on Sunday. Gill also added that he is keen to learn from his senior opening partner Wriddhiman Saha's vast experience in the ongoing IPL, with the veteran wicketkeeper enjoying a rich vein of form in this edition.Saha has been in scintillating form for GT as he hit a 43-ball 81 and together with Gill (94 off 51) shared 142 runs in quick time for the opening wicket to hand the defending champions a comfortable 56-run win.Both Gill looked set to rais...
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Kidambi Srikanth, Ashmita Chaliha top BAI’s selection trials, make it to individual events of Asian Games

Kidambi Srikanth and Ashmita Chaliha on Sunday topped the men’s and women’s singles selection trials respectively to assure themselves a place in the individual event of the Asian Games. Srikanth, the 2021 World Championship silver medallist, and Chaliha remained unbeaten in their six matches during the four-day long trials at the Jwala Gutta Badminton Academy here to join PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy for the individual competitions as the selectors named a 19-member squad for the continental event. Srikanth, who had topped group A with three wins, beat Siddhanth Gupta 21-13 21-16 before notching up a 21-15 21-14 win over Lakshya Sen in stage 2 of the trials on Sunday. The former world number one had defeated national champion Mithun Manjunath 22-24 21-13 21-14 on Saturday. 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 📢 Pre...
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Jitesh Sharma is almost ready to play for Team India: Wasim Jaffer | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings' batting coach Wasim Jaffer is quite impressed with the improvement made by Jitesh Sharma and believes that the wicket-keeper batter is almost ready to play for the Indian team.The 29-year-old Vidarbha 'keeper-batter, who was signed up for just Rs 20 lakh in IPL 2022 auction, has grabbed the opportunity in absence of an injured Jonny Bairstow this season with some eye-catching knocks."Of course, last year too he had a decent performance. I think he has become even better, his batting has improved, he's already a good wicketkeeper," Jaffer said on the eve of their match against Kolkata Knight Riders here. "I know him from Vidarbha days -- I played alongside him."Sharma, who was promoted to No. 5 against Mumbai Indians, played a key role in getting PBKS past the 20...
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Vinesh Phogat: ‘Big call will be taken if…’: Vinesh Phogat’s big statement on wrestlers’ protest | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The wrestlers' protest has been gaining momentum from across the country with Khap panchayats and farmer unions joining the agitation and lending their support.The 31-member committee that has been formed to advise the protesting wrestlers has come up with an ultimatum, saying if WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is not arrested by May 21, it will take a "significant decision".Live Blog: Wrestlers ProtestVinesh Phogat, one of the prominent faces of the protest, also made it clear that their issue has not been hijacked by farmers and even fires a salvo by saying it may become bigger if their demands are not met."We can take a big call if a resolution does not come by May 21. No one has hijacked our protest, it's just that people have joined us in our fight against injustice....
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IPL 2023 | RR win toss, opt to bat against SRH

Rajasthan Royals batter Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot. File | Photo Credit: PTI Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL match here on Sunday. RR handed England batter Joe Root his IPL debut while Devdutt Padikkal, Trent Boult and Riyan Parag missed out. The hosts also included Murugan Ashwin and Kuldip Yadav in the XI. For SRH, Glenn Phillips came in for Harry Brook, while Vivrant Sharma was handed his IPL debut. Mayank Agarwal and Kartik Tyagi were left out. Teams: Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(wk/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldip Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Mar...
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Retire batter out if can’t hit boundaries as much as he could: Simon Doull’s controversial take on Shubman Gill’s innings vs LSG

Simon Doull had a controversial take on Shubman Gill’s 94-run innings against Lucknow Super Kings saying that if a batter is struggling to play the big shots, teams should opt to retire him. He also pointed out that a player like Rahul Tewatia could have been introduced then in order to bolster GT’s score even further. “Shubman was getting tired. He wasn’t able to hit the boundaries as much as he could. And it can happen. Listen…it might be controversial, but I am waiting for the day when a bloke gets 75 or 80 off 45 balls and is cooked after the afternoon heat which is 45 degrees and hence quite can’t get there so he says ‘Okay Tewatia, you are out there.’ Retire him out,” Doull said, talking to Cricbuzz. “I am saying time and time again, milestones don’t matter in this game. I know pe...
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WATCH: Rashid Khan grabs an outstanding diving catch to dismiss Kyle Mayers | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans (GT) leg-spinner Rashid Khan has been the cynosure of all eyes whenever he is the middle and on Sunday it was no different when he grabbed everyone's attention by taking a stunning catch in the outfield to get rid of dangerous Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) opener Kyle Mayers in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.The incident occurred in the ninth over of the innings when Mayer went for a hook shot off paceman Mohit Sharma's slower short ball but it got the top edge and went towards deep square leg. But an alert Rashid was quick to run across his right and dived to perfection to complete a stunning catch.Mayers, who hit a quickfire 32-ball 48 with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes, was going great guns at that time. But the...
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World Boxing Championships: Deepak stuns Tokyo bronze medallist, Hussamuddin enters last-eight | Boxing News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Indian boxer Deepak (51kg) caused one of the biggest upsets at the World Boxing Championships as he stunned Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist and 2021 World Champion Saken Bibossinov on Sunday to reach the pre-quarterfinals.Hussamuddin (57kg) continued his good run registering another commanding victory to advance to the quarter-finals and now stands just one win away from securing the medal.Deepak started the bout slowly and took some time to get into the rhythm of the game but Bibossinov used it to his advantage and landed some punches. The Indian boxer ended the first round strongly and hit his opponent with a flurry of punches but lost by 2-3. After the second round, Deepak was trailing before mounting a great comeback in the final round. He picked up the pace and moved aro...
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IPL 2023 | Gujarat Titans beats LSG by 56 runs

Gujarat Titans Shubman Gill in action during the IPL 2023 Cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Gujarat Titans defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 56 runs in their Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.Sent in to bat, GT posted an imposing 227 for two. The hosts then stopped LSG at 171 for seven in the stipulated 20 overs.For LSG, Quinton de Kock was the top scorer with a 41-ball 70, while Kyle Mayers made 48 off 32 deliveries.Mohit Sharma finished with excellent figures of 4/29 in four overs for GT.Earlier, defending champions GT were off to a blistering start with both Wriddhiman Saha (81 off 43 balls) and Shubman Gill (94 not out off 51) going after the bowling from the word go, h...
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Chithravel sets national record in triple jump; Sable, Parul shatter NR in men’s and women’s 5000m | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Indian athletes made their presence felt in the international events with triple jumper Praveen Chithravel shattering the national record and breached the 2023 World Athletics Championships qualifying standard in Cuba.Avinash Sable and Parul Chaudhary also produced record-breaking performances as they set men's and women's 5000m national marks in a track event in the USA.Chithravel jumped 17.37m to finish on top of podium at the V Prueba de Confrontacion 2023 competition on Saturday in Havana, Cuba, a World Athletics category F event, to better the earlier national record of 17.30m set by Renjith Maheswary in 2016.The 21-year-old Chithravel also breached the 2023 Budapest World Athletics Championships qualifying standard of 17.20m. His earlier personal best was 17.18m which h...
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Chithravel sets national record in triple jump; Sable, Parul shatter NR in men’s and women’s 5000m

Triple jumper Praveen Chithravel shattered the national record and breached the 2023 World Athletics Championships qualifying standard in Cuba while Avinash Sable and Parul Chaudhary set men’s and women’s 5000m national marks in a track event in USA. Chithravel jumped 17.37m to finish on top of podium at the V Prueba de Confrontacion 2023 competition on Saturday in Havana, Cuba, a World Athletics category F event, to better the earlier national record of 17.30m set by Renjith Maheswary in 2016. The 21-year-old Chithravel also breached the 2023 Budapest World Athletics Championships qualifying standard of 17.20m. His earlier personal best was 17.18m which he had achieved while winning gold during the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Chennai last year. His 17.37m effort als...
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WATCH: Krunal Pandya takes a fine catch to dismiss brother Hardik | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper Krunal Pandya took a fine catch to send rival Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper and his younger brother Hardik back in the dugout in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.Hardik and Krunal made history on Sunday by becoming the first brothers to lead the two opposing sides in an IPL match. The occasion was also special since the two brothers were playing in their home state Gujarat.The incident happened on the last ball of the 16 over of the innings when Hardik smashed Mohsin Khan's widish full delivery outside off quite hard but it went straight to Krunal at extra-cover who made no mistake to grab it. The impact of the shot was so hard that Krunal was seen wringing his hand after completing the catch.We ha...
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​IPL 2023: Focus on Sunil Narine’s place as KKR face PBKS at home

​PBKS bowlers need to fight backBoasting a sound bowling attack with Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran and Arshdeep Singh, Punjab Kings failed to defend 214/3 as MI cantered home with seven balls to spare. Ellis gave away 2/34 with just four dot balls, while Arshdeep went for 1/66 from his 3.5 overs with four dot balls. Curran (0/41) leaked the most runs, as KKR must find a similar approach against the trio. Source link
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