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Russia and Belarus will compete at the women's world boxing championships with their flags and national symbols after their athletes carried the flags at the opening ceremony of the event in India on Wednesday.
Rafael Nadal is targeting a return to tennis at the Monte Carlo Masters, according to the tournament director of the event. Nadal has not played since losing in the second round of the Australian Open to Mackenzie McDonald, where he picked up a hip injury.
Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar said that he wants the Asia Cup 2023 tournament to be held in Sri Lanka if not in Pakistan. Akhtar who is currently playing in the Legends League Cricket Masters in Qatar, also wants that India and Pakistan play in the finals of the Asia Cup and World Cup. Apart from Asia Cup 2023, Pakistan also have the hosting rights for the 2025 Champions Trophy. "I want Asia Cup 2023 to be held in Pakistan if not Pakistan then Sri Lanka. I want to see India and pakistan play the final in Asia Cup and World Cup. Nothing else should happen in world cricket just India and Pakistan finals," Shoaib Akhtar told ANI.
Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on Tuesday revealed how "little technical changes" made while playing for Delhi Capitals helped Axar Patel develop into an effective batter for India. Ponting is hoping to "get a bit more out of him" when he turns up for Delhi Capitals in this IPL. Axar (264 runs) has impressed during the Border-Gavaskar Test series against Australia, slamming three half-centuries to emerge as the second highest scorer for India behind Virat Kohli (297 runs) from five innings. "I've known Axar for a long time and he was only a young boy in the squad at Mumbai when I first went there," Ponting told the ICC Review.
Just a couple of days after the conclusion of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Ravichandran Ashwin became a busy man again as he shared an insane tale of trolling from the series. Other than being India's chief orchestrator on the field, Ashwin also made a few videos during the Test series against Australia, one of which came after the second Test in New Delhi. As Ashwin explained 'how to play spin in India', the hosts lost the following match in Indore, with Steve Smith's men securing a 9-wicket win.
Dominic Thiem has given his verdict on Novak Djokovic’s chances of winning the Calendar Slam this year – and picked out which “four or five” players could stop him and Rafael Nadal from sweeping the Grand Slams. Djokovic came close to becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win all four majors in the same year when he won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon in 2021, but then lost to Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final.
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia concluded with Virat Kohli ending his Test century drought, scoring 186 runs in the 4th Test at Ahmedabad. Not long after the conclusion of the series, a video of Kohli went viral on social media where was spotted dancing while holding a cricket bat with the Norway dance group Quick Style in Mumbai. Sharing the video on their official Twitter account, Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals trolled their own cricketer Jos Buttler in a hilarious manner.
The Indian cricket team has a number of superstar players. The talent in the squad is such that the selection committee is picking format-specific players for different assignments. Former India opener Murali Vijay, who recently announced his retirement, was asked to name a few superstars in the Indian team during an interaction. While Vijay admitted that there remain many superstars in the Indian team team, skill-wise the likes of Shubman Gill and Prithvi Shaw have impressed him quite a bit. However, Vijay couldn't get his head across the fact that Shaw isn't in the Indian team at the moment.