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Indian GM Gukesh wins title at La Roda International tourney

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh emerged victorious in the 48th La Roda International Open Chess tournament here, scoring eight points from nine rounds. The 15-year old GM from Chennai, who remained unbeaten through the nine rounds, defeated Israel's Victor Mikhalevski in the final round late on Sunday to emerge clear winner ahead of Haik M Martirosyan of Armenia, who secured 7.5 points. Gukesh's compatriot - R Praggnanandhaa, another teenaged GM, took the third spot.

IPL 2022: It Is Nice To Play Every Game, Says Gujarat Titans Batter David Miller

David Miller, who was not a sure starter in the playing eleven for his previous two IPL teams, is loving being "100 percent backed" by Gujarat Titans. Miller smashed a 51-ball 94 to help Gujarat Titans pull off an incredible come-from-behind three-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings on Sunday night. The South African played a game-changing knock in the IPL after a long time. The last two-three-four years I have been playing really nice cricket, feeling positive and I have been scoring nice personally, back at home, overseas, and so on, unfortunately the last four-five years, I haven't really played as much IPL cricket as I would have liked to," he said at the post-match media interaction.

IPL 2022: Gujarat Titans' Rashid Khan savours 'dream' IPL captaincy experience

Rashid Khan proved leadership comes easy to him after the Afghanistan spinner led Gujarat Titans to a thrilling victory against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). With regular skipper Hardik Pandya sitting out with a groin injury on Sunday, Rashid was put in charge of the IPL debutants, who restricted holders Chennai to 169-5 in Pune. Gujarat then found themselves in all sorts of trouble at 16-3 in the fourth over before David Miller conjured an unbeaten 94 and Rashid smashed 40 off 21 balls to seal a three-wicket victory with a ball to spare.

IPL 2022: Former Team India Cricketer Picks Two Franchises That Have "Lit Up" The Tournament

Gujarat Titians (GT), led by charismatic all-rounder Hardik Pandya, have taken the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 by storm. In their debut season, GT are at the top of the IPL 2022 Points Table with five wins from six games. Their impressive start has already got everyone's eyes on them as the franchise has got all the boxes ticking so far in the season. With former multiple IPL champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) struggling to find their footing, teams like GT and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have cruised along quite nicely in the initial phase of the competition.

Cricket-Gujarat's Rashid savours 'dream' IPL captaincy experience

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Rashid Khan proved leadership comes easy to him after the Afghanistan spinner led Gujarat Titans to a thrilling victory against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Rashid Khan savours 'dream' IPL captaincy after leading Gujarat to victory over Chennai

Rashid Khan said it was a "dream" to captain the Gujarat Titans after the Afghanistan spinner led his team to victory against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Gujarat's Rashid savours 'dream' IPL captaincy experience

MUMBAI : Rashid Khan proved leadership comes easy to him after the Afghanistan spinner led Gujarat Titans to a thrilling victory against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

CSK's Ambati Rayudu becomes 10th Indian player to cross 4,000 runs in the IPL

Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) player Ambati Rayudu's 46-run knock against the Gujarat Titans might have gone in vain at the MCA Stadium here on Sunday night, but the right-handed batter managed to cross the figure of 4,000 IPL runs. The 36-year-old Rayudu became the 10th Indian batter overall to achieve the feat in the IPL. Rayudu, who has played 55 ODIs and averages a commendable 47.05, was first picked up by CSK in 2018. At the 2022 IPL auction, the franchise bought him again. Rayudu has scored 1,628 runs for CSK at a strike rate of 127.88. On Sunday, he scored his 46 off 31 balls in a losing cause. Two other CSK batters who have managed the feat are Suresh Raina (5529 runs) and former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (4838 runs).

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Indian GM Gukesh wins title at La Roda International tourney

IPL 2022: It Is Nice To Play Every Game, Says Gujarat Titans Batter David Miller

IPL 2022: Gujarat Titans' Rashid Khan savours 'dream' IPL captaincy experience

IPL 2022: Former Team India Cricketer Picks Two Franchises That Have "Lit Up" The Tournament

Cricket-Gujarat's Rashid savours 'dream' IPL captaincy experience

Rashid Khan savours 'dream' IPL captaincy after leading Gujarat to victory over Chennai

Gujarat's Rashid savours 'dream' IPL captaincy experience

CSK's Ambati Rayudu becomes 10th Indian player to cross 4,000 runs in the IPL