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Max Verstappen extended his lead at the top of the Formula 1 standings with his fifth victory of the 2022 season in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Ferrari and Charles Leclerc suffered yet another disastrous day.
Lakshya Sen will seek consistency as they lead the Indian charge at the Indonesia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament beginning here on Tuesday. Sindhu has managed to secure two Super 300 titles -- the Syed Modi International and the Swiss Open -- this year but she has looked vulnerable against top players, facing defeats at the hands of Thailand's Ratchanok Inthanon, China's Chen Yu Fei and Korea's An Se Young.
South Africa carried on with their winning momentum as they defeated India by four wickets in the second T20I in Cuttack to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. The Proteas chased down 149 with 10 balls to spare with Henrich Klaasen scoring 81 off 46 balls with the help of 7 fours and 5 sixes. During the Indian innings, Axar Patel was promoted ahead of Dinesh Karthik, a move which didn't really work and received flak from fans on Twitter. Speaking at a press conference after the game, batter Shreyas Iyer explained the decision, saying that the need of the hour was to rotate strike as compared to hitting fours and sixes.
Former India long-distance runner Hari Chand passed away on Monday morning aged 69. He was a two-time Olympian and also won two gold medals at the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games. He had finished first in the 5000m and 10000m races in Bangkok Asiad. He had also created a national record for the 25-lapper set in the 1976 Olympic Games and it had stood for 32 years. In the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, he had come eighth in the 2nd Heat in 10,000-metre race with a time of 28:48.72.
All-rounder Shadab Khan hit a fighting half century before taking four wickets to anchor Pakistan's 53-run win over the West Indies in the third and final day-night international in Multan which was interrupted by a dust storm.
The Indian cricket team had a forgettable outing in the second T20I against South Africa in Cuttack on Sunday. After the hosts' batters had put up 148/6 in 20 overs, the bowlers could not produce something magical as the Proteas reached the target in 18.2 overs. Only Bhuvneshwar Kumar played really well taking 4/13 in four overs but most of the other Indian bowlers were costly. Star India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was the costliest as he returned with figures of 4-0-49-1.
Axar Patel ahead of India's 'designated finisher' Dinesh Karthik in the second T20 against South Africa but top-order batter Shreyas Iyer defended the strategy, saying the need of the hour was to "rotate strike". India were struggling to get going and were 112/6 when Axar Patel got out in the 17th over, and it was mainly due to the veteran Karthik's cameo while batting at No. 7 that they could post a respectable 148/6. "It's something we had strategised earlier as well. We had seven overs left when Axar went in, and he's someone who can take the singles and keep rotating the strike," Shreyas said at the post-match media interaction on Sunday.
Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan has been in stunning form in this year's Ranji Trophy, keeping up his impressive record in India's domestic first class tournament. Sarfaraz had scores of 165, 63, 48 and 275 in the last three league matches in this year's Ranji Trophy and he followed it up with a 153 in Mumbai's quarterfinal win against Uttarakhand. Last season, he had scored 928 runs in the Ranji Trophy and he boasts of a First Class average of 80.42. He also has a stellar record of converting every First Class century into a score of 150 or more.