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Viraj Madappa came up with the goods to book his spot in the Indian team for the Asian Games with a gritty five-under 67 on the final day of the golf selection trials at the KGA on Saturday. Madappa finished with a best four-round total of 18-under 270, two ahead of Rashid Khan (71). Both Madappa and Rashid will join direct qualifiers Anirban Lahiri and Shubhankar Sharma for the Hangzhou (China) extravaganza from September 10-25.
Hardik Pandya has been a revelation in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Despite not having any prior experience of leading a team, Pandya took on the role as Gujarat Titans (GT) captain with much success. His team is currently the league-toppers in the 10-team IPL 2022. Individually, Pandya has scored 308 runs in eight matches to be his team's top-scorer in the IPL so far. He has also been batting in a new position. While earlier he was used in the lower order, Pandya has been batting in the top order for GT in IPL 2022.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Saturday relinquished the captaincy of Chennai Super Kings and now, MS Dhoni will lead the side once again in the remaining matches of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season. An official statement of CSK stated that Jadeja wants to focus on his own game and in the larger interest, Dhoni has agreed to lead the side. Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has said that he feels for Jadeja and hopes that all this does not affect him in a negative way.
PV Sindhu went down to Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the semi-final of the Badminton Asia Championships in three games on Saturday and had to be satisfied with a bronze medal. The 26-year-old Indian Olympic medallist started the match on a strong footing but couldn't maintain the momentum as she lost 21-13, 19-21, 16-21 to the top seed and world No. 2 Yamaguchi in a match that lasted one hour and six minutes.
Rohit Sharma would any day take a Mumbai Indians' (MI) victory as a birthday present and more so when the team finally performed to its potential after eight straight defeats. MI recorded their first win of the season beating Rajasthan Royals by five wickets as they put up their best show of the current edition on a Saturday night. "I'd definitely take it," Rohit said when asked if he ever thought this could be his birthday present.
Suryakumar Yadav defied the high-flying bowling battery of Rajasthan Royals to help Mumbai Indians score a five-wicket victory at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday night. Yadav played a crucial innings of 51 off 39 balls while his teammate Tilak Verma churned out 35 off 30. Things looked tight after the duo were dismissed in the 16th over as Royals bowlers dragged it to the last over where pacer Kuldeep Sen had to defend four runs. Royals’ hopes were raised after the youngster dismissed Kieron Pollard on the first delivery, but Daniel Sams sealed the match with a six over deep mid-wicket.
Mumbai Indians' (MI) batting hero Suryakumar Yadav said that his side's first win of this Indian Premier League (IPL) season will lift the team spirit. MI beat Rajasthan Royals by five wickets on Saturday. Chasing 159 to win, Mumbai relied on an 81-run third-wicket stand between Suryakumar (51) and Tilak Varma (35) to achieve their target of 159 with four balls to spare at the DY Patil Stadium here.
Viraj Madappa and Rashid Khan kept their nerves and held their rivals at bay to earn the coveted Asian Games berths in golf after a gruelling five-round affair, on Saturday. From the women's section, amateur Avani Prashanth booked her ticket to the Games. Avani continued her impressive march as she shot a steady final round of 1-under 71 and finished ahead of Jahanvi Bakshi, who, after four identical cards of 69, shot 70 on the final day.