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Emboldened by back-to-back wins, a tenacious Sri Lanka will have to tide over the injury-enforced absence of lead pacer Lahiru Kumara when they face a spirited Afghanistan in a battle for survival

Dhinidhi Desinghu of Karnataka clinched top spot with a timing of 2:07.32s ahead of Sanjana Manguesh Prabhugaonker of Goa and Virtti who recorded timings of 2:08.89s and 2:09.42s respectively

In the final, Trishal cruised past Krish Saptarshi of Chirec International School with a scoreline of 3-0 (11-9,11-8,11-5) to win the title

The emphatic win would not have been possible without the special effort of skipper Rohit (87 off 101 balls), whose sublime knock stood out as most Indian batters fell by the wayside on a two-paced pitch

On the other end, Shami also stepped up and scalped the wickets of Bairstow and Ben Stokes, pushing England further back in the game.

SBI announced its collaboration with cricketing legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni, naming him as the bank's official brand ambassador

India enters the match with a five-game winning streak and a strong position in the race for the semi-finals.

Lavishing praise on Root, Kohli told Star Sports, "Joe, he is great all-round the way he plays reverse slap I would like to take that shot."

Former England World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan has raised concerns over Joss Buttler-led side's morale

FIBA's Basketball Champions League and the club collaboratively reached this decision in response to the ongoing security situation in Israel during the war, according to Xinhua.

Juventus, buoyed by a 1-0 victory over AC Milan, fielded Dusan Vlahovic in the starting lineup with Federico Chiesa beginning on the bench, reports Xinhua.

"Following her third and final Grandmaster norm at the recent Qatar Masters, Vaishali, sister of the renowned R Praggnanandhaa, demonstrated her readiness for greater challenges."

Medvedev only made 10 unforced errors and successfully defended all three break points he encountered.

Vaishnavi clinched top spot in under-11 to 14 girls division for floor exercise, table vault and rings categories.

He added that Aryan Dutt and van Beek kept things tight in the powerplay. Meekeren added that it was an all-round performance against Bangladesh.

Bengaluru driver Rahul Kanthraj and co-driver Vivek Bhatt stormed into the lead in the top INRC class with Younus Ilyas and Hyderabad’s co-driver Nitin Jacob in second.

While talking about his recovery session, he said that the difficult part would be wicket-keeping more than the batting.

Head was named the Player of the Match after playing a 109-run knock from 67 balls.

Zampa made his debut in 2016 and played 91 matches in which he has picked 158 wickets with an average of 28.04.

Pace bowler Van Meekeren's superb figures of 4 for 23 aided by Bas de Leede's equally potent bowling (2/25) decimated Bangladesh.

His impressive performance has prompted cricket fans to flood social media with his pictures and videos.

With six required off the last ball, And Mitchell Starc held his nerve to deny No.11 Lockie Ferguson as the Black Caps ended on 383/9 and Australia won a nailbiter by just five runs.

Riding on fine half-centuries from Gaurav Reddy (81), Nitish Reddy (65), K Himateja (57) and Rishiket Sisodia (50), Hyderabad under-23 men’s team defeated Jharkhand by 6 wickets

Ranga Reddy district’s Likith Sagar, Mahesh CC’s Sai Kumar and RJCC’s GS Mithul slammed centuries in their teams’ victories respectively in the HCA C Division one-day league matches in Hyderabad