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INDIAN WELLS, California :Two-time Indian Wells champion Iga Swiatek avenged her shock Paris Olympics loss to Zheng Qinwen with a 6-3 6-3 win over the Chinese eighth seed on Thursday, setting up a semi-final against 17-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva in the California desert.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 captaincy line-up is officially completed after Delhi Capitals became the 10th franchise to confirm the name of its skipper. DC, who were tasked with the responsibility of replacing Rishabh Pant, announced the appointment of Axar Patel as the franchise's new skipper ahead of the IPL 2025 season. KL Rahul was another name that the franchise had reportedly targeted for the leadership role but the wicket-keeper batter is said to have turned down the offer. Rahul's refusal left DC with no other option but the replace Rishabh Pant with Axar Patel.
Did India really have an advantage by playing all of their games in Dubai over the course of the ICC Champions Trophy? Opinions on the topic are divided, with different schools of thoughts fighting against each other. While there's no denying that India's campaign was the easiest from the logistical point of view, Dubai still wasn't the team's home ground, offering challenges that Rohit Sharma's men weren't used to. Sharing his opinion on the topic, Australia pacer Mitchell Starc, who wasn't a part of his team's Champions Trophy squad, feels India did get obvious benefit of playing all their games there (Dubai)." But, there's a lot more to it than what meets the eye.
Former Pakistan cricket team star Basit Ali included six Indian cricketers in his 'Team of the Tournament' for Champions Trophy 2025 with Rohit Sharma being his captain. India did not lose a single game as they clinched the title with a comprehensive win over New Zealand in the final. Basit picked Rohit and Rachin Ravindra as his openers with Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer forming the top order of his side. He went with KL Rahul as his wicket-keeper batter with Glenn Phillips at No.6 and Afghanistan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai at No, 7 to complete his middle order.
INDIAN WELLS, California: Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz blew past Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-1 on Wednesday to reach the Indian Wells quarterfinals, keeping his bid for a rare three-peat on course.
A funny interaction between former Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni and wife Sakshi during Rishabh Pant's sister Sakshi's wedding has gone viral on social media. A lot of videos have emerged from the ceremony that was attended a number of present and former India cricketers. In the video, Sakshi said that she believes that Dhoni was more lucky than her in their relationship. Pant, who was standing in the group with both of them, was quick to come up with a hilarious reply as he said, "All girls think like that". The comment left the group in splits with Dhoni smiling at the comment.
Attempts to include Anurag Thakur in the electoral college for the upcoming Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections were quashed after the former sports minister's name was not included in the final list approved by the returning officer on Thursday. A 60-member electoral college, issued by president Ajay Singh, on Wednesday said Thakur was "ineligible" for the federation's poll process as his nomination was in violation of the notice dated 07.03.2025 as well as the National Sports Code.
Pakistan cricket is currently under intense scrutiny. Their tea, got knocked out of the Champions Trophy in the group stage and even had one of the worst run-rates in the tournament that they were hosting. The Champions Trophy is the latest in a series of set back for the Pakistan cricket team. They went out of the round robin stage in the ODI World Cup and then exited from the group stage in the 2024 T20 World CUp. Former Pakistan player Kamran Akmal was furious with the results.