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India vs South Africa, 4th T20I: Dinesh Karthik blitz sets up India's series-levelling win over South Africa

Dinesh Karthik smashed a maiden fifty in Twenty20 internationals to help set up the hosts' massive 82-run victory over South Africa at Rajkot on Friday and send the five-match series into a decider. As it happened | ScorecardThe 37-year-old Karthik, who played the team's first T20 international against the same opponents in 2006, smashed 55 from 27 deliveries to produce late fireworks as India posted 169-6 in their 20 overs. (ANI Photo) South Africa, who won the opening two matches of the series, got off to a horrible start in their chase when captain and opener Temba Bavuma retired hurt after suffering blows to his hand and body. Batting mainstay Quinton de Kock, who returned to the side after missing the last two matches with injury, departed soon after when he was run out -- leaving South Africa a mountain too steep to climb.

Ranji Trophy 2021-22 Semi-final: Bengal Stay In Hunt But Madhya Pradesh Firm Favourites

Skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran's unbeaten 52 after Shahbaz Ahmed's superb all-round show gave Bengal a glimmer of hope even as Madhya Pradesh firmly held the upper-hand on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy semi-final in Alur on Friday. On a difficult fourth day pitch, the India A batter looked flawless and milked the field at ease, slamming six fours in his 104-ball knock as Bengal were precariously placed at 96 for 4, needing another 254 runs to reach the stiff winning target of 350.

HS Prannoy sails into Indonesia Open semi-finals

A little over a month after his heroic win over Gemke in the decisive fifth rubber against Denmark which ensured India's entry into the Thomas Cup final, Prannoy produced yet another finely-crafted performance to outwit the Danish world number 13 21-14 21-12 in a 40-minute quarter-final clash. It is the second semifinal appearance for world number 23 Prannoy at the Indonesia event. He had reached the last four in the 2017 edition during which he had stunned former Olympic gold medallist Chen Long and Malaysian great Lee Chong Wei on way to the semifinals.

England Post Highest Team Total In ODI History: How The World Reacted

England on Friday bettered their own record for the highest team score in ODI history. In the first match of the three-match series against Netherlands, the Three Lions went all guns blazing to post a mammoth total of 498/4 in their quota of 50 overs. While Philip Salt, Dawid Malan and Jos Buttler all scored centuries, Liam Livingstone too had his share of fun with a 17-ball fifty that saw him equalling the record for the second-fastest ODI half-century.

ICC To Sell Men's And Women's Cricket Rights Separately From 2024

For the first time ever, men's and women's cricket rights will be sold separately for the Indian market by International Cricket Council (ICC). The prospective partners of the apex cricketing body can bid for 16 Men's events (over 8 years) and six Women's events (over 4 years), totalling 362 and 103 matches respectively. These total matches mentioned will account for ICC senior event matches only. Men's and Women's Under 19 Cricket World Cup/T20 World Cup matches will form a part of the tender but are in addition to these figures.

1st ODI: England hit world record score to crush Netherlands

Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan and Phil Salt notched up centuries while Liam Livingstone walked into bat in the 45th over and scored England's fastest ODI fifty as they eclipsed their previous record of 481 against Australia in 2018.

For Two Tests In A Row, Bangladesh Equal Unwanted Record

Bangladesh were bowled out for just 103 in the first innings of the first Test against West Indies in North Sound Antigua on Thursday. In the process they equalled a most unwanted record as six batters failed to get off the mark. The six ducks is the joint highest number of ducks in an innings in Test cricket. Co-incidentally, the last time a team got six ducks in an innings was Bangladesh in their last Test match, which was against Sri Lanka. In that game too, the six ducks came in Bangladesh's first innings.

Longer season will help a lot in Asian Cup preparation, says Ashique Kuruniyan

“The longer season will help a lot because we need games. When you hear you have Durand Cup and Super Cup apart from Indian Super League, you get around 30 matches to play in the season which will only be beneficial for players,” said the Bengaluru FC winger. The domestic club season starts in August with three major competitions for players to take part in.

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India vs South Africa, 4th T20I: Dinesh Karthik blitz sets up India's series-levelling win over South Africa

Ranji Trophy 2021-22 Semi-final: Bengal Stay In Hunt But Madhya Pradesh Firm Favourites

HS Prannoy sails into Indonesia Open semi-finals

England Post Highest Team Total In ODI History: How The World Reacted

ICC To Sell Men's And Women's Cricket Rights Separately From 2024

1st ODI: England hit world record score to crush Netherlands

For Two Tests In A Row, Bangladesh Equal Unwanted Record

Longer season will help a lot in Asian Cup preparation, says Ashique Kuruniyan