MotoGP bosses reveal 2023 provisional calendar
MotoGP bosses have unveiled next year’s calendar which features two new tracks among 21 races in 18 countries.
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"Noticing From Last Couple Of Games...": Harmanpreet Kaur On Deepti Sharma's Run-Out vs England
The third and final ODI between India women and England women caused quite a stir after Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean at the non-striker's end after she ventured too far ahead out of the crease even when the ball was not delivered by Deepti. The 'spirit of cricket' debate once again erupted after that, and fans and pundits are still debating on this particular mode of dismissal. After reaching India, Deepti revealed that Team India gave Dean warnings, but upon noticing that she was still going out of her crease, the team decided to run her out.
T20 World Cup winning team to get USD 1.6 million as prize money: ICC
The ICC said in a statement that the runner-up side will get half the amount of the winning team's prize purse. At the end of the 16-team tournament that runs for nearly a month, the losing semi-finalists will each get USD 400,000 from the USD 5.6 million total prize pool.
Djokovic, Swiatek among stars to compete in Dubai’s World Tennis League
DUBAI: Some of the world’s top stars, including Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek, are heading to Dubai for the inaugural World Tennis League set to take place at the Coca Cola Arena from Dec. 19 to 24.
It's official: MotoGP announces it will race in India next year
MotoGP on Friday confirmed that it will race in India from 2023, marking the return of a big ticket motorsport event in the country after Formula 1's departure nine years ago. The world's premier two-wheel racing championship will be held at the Buddh International Circuit, which staged Formula 1 from 2011 to 2013. Though MotoGP did not give a date in its official statement on 'Grand Prix of Bharat', PTI has learnt that is likely to be held in September or October.
Losing Jasprit Bumrah for T20 World Cup will be a massive blow, but Mohammed Shami can always step up: Saba Karim
Since Thursday, there have been reports of Bumrah likely to miss out on playing the T20 World Cup due to a back injury. On Friday, he was replaced by fellow pacer Mohammed Siraj for the remainder of the T20I series against South Africa, which further raised doubts over Bumrah's availability for the mega event. Shami, included as a travelling reserve for the T20 World Cup, hadn't featured in T20Is against Australia and currently against South Africa due to a positive Covid-19 test, which has since then returned a negative result on re-testing after a period of 10 days.
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T20 World Cup: Who will lead India's pace attack in Jasprit Bumrah's absence?
After all, Bumrah is not the Indian pace spearhead for nothing. He is dangerous with the new ball and lethal with the old one. An expert in bowling yorkers at will. But his injury has forced the Indian team management to look at other pace options available for the marquee event and the biggest question right now is who will lead the Indian pace attack in the absence of Bumrah? Mohammad Shami and Deepak Chahar are the two bowlers who were named as standbys when the BCCI announced the India squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia. TimesofIndia.com here looks at the pacers named in the India squad for the World Cup and their strengths and weaknesses: Bhuvneshwar Kumar: Things change quickly in international cricket. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the best bet to partner Bumrah with the new ball but things are different now.