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BIRMINGHAM, England :England captain Ben Stokes butchered the West Indies bowling attack after Mark Wood had taken five wickets to lead England to a crushing 10-wicket win before tea on the third day of the final test at Edgbaston on Sunday.
Ben Stokes hit the fastest Test fifty by an England batsman as the hosts hammered the West Indies by 10 wickets to win the third Test at Edgbaston on Sunday. Set 82 to win, England finished on 87-0 in a mere 7.2 overs as they completed a 3-0 series whitewash of the West Indies in spectacular style and with more than two days to spare. England captain Stokes, opening in place of the injured Zak Crawley, needed just 24 balls to go to a fifty featuring nine fours and a six. He bettered the previous record quickest Test-match fifty by an England batsman of 28 balls set by Ian Botham against India at Delhi back in 1981.
PARIS : Indian Nikhat Zareen, bidding to become her country's first Olympic boxing gold medallist in the sport, is enjoying competing at the Paris Games after a long struggle to get there.
Manu Bhaker Bronze: PM Narendra Modi spoke to Olympian Manu Bhaker about winning a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol at the Paris Olympics 2024. Manu Bhaker made history by clinching India's first medal of the Paris Olympics.
An elite athlete gets to bite an Olympic medal after years of blood and sweat and it was no different for 22-year-old Manu Bhaker, who relied on the teachings of Bhagwat Gita to fulfil a long-cherished dream. The first Indian woman to win a shooting medal at the Summer Games, the Jhajjar-born was rated highly ever since she burst on the scene with the gold in the 10m air pistol at the 2018 Youth Olympics. Umpteen medals followed on the international stage but the ultimate prize eluded her. After the heartbreak of her first Olympics in Tokyo, where she ended up in tears, Bhaker finally realised her dream with a bronze in the 10m air pistol event here on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called up Manu Bhaker after her historic bronze medal at the Paris Olympics and extended greetings for winning India's first medal at the 2024 games. Haryana-based Manu Bhaker made the nation proud on Sunday as she clinched the bronze medal in women's 10 m air pistol at the Paris Olympics 2024. PM Modi told Manu that the entire nation was proud of her.
A distraught India captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted that there is room for a lot of improvement before the upcoming T20 World Cup and her team won't easily forget the eight-wicket humbling at the hands of Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final here on Sunday. India scored a decent 165 for 6 but rival skipper Chamari Athapaththu (62) and Harshitha Samarawickrama (69 not out) were severe on the visiting bowlers, finishing the match in 18.4 overs. The women's T20 World Cup will be held in Bangladesh later this October.
Suryakumar Yadav-led India won the toss and decided to field against Charith Asalanka's Sri Lanka in the second T20I match of the series at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Team India are coming into this match after beating Sri Lanka by 43 runs in the first T20I match of the series. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka will be looking forward to bouncing back in the series. Both teams are coming into this series with new head coaches. All-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya has been named the interim head coach for the Lankan Lions, it will also be the first assignment for former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir as the head coach, succeeding T20 World Cup-winning coach Rahul Dravid.