Wood scores twice as Forest defeats Leicester City
Chris Wood struck twice in Nottingham Forest’s 3-1 win at Leicester as the New Zealand striker condemned Foxes boss Steve Cooper to defeat against his former club on Friday.
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Chris Wood Brace Fires Nottingham Forest As Leicester Boss Steve Cooper Loses Reunion
Chris Wood struck twice in Nottingham Forest's 3-1 win at Leicester as the New Zealand striker condemned Foxes boss Steve Cooper to defeat against his former club on Friday. Ryan Yates put Forest ahead in the East Midlands derby at the King Power Stadium before Jamie Vardy levelled for Leicester. The in-form Wood restored Forest's lead and netted again with his seventh goal in nine matches this season. Forest' second successive victory lifted them into fifth place in the Premier League.
India vs New Zealand LIVE, 2nd Test, Day 3: Jasprit Bumrah In Focus As India Eye Wickets vs Dominating New Zealand
India vs New Zealand LIVE, 2nd Test, Day 3: A crucial day for India! Whether the Rohit Sharma-led side becomes the first Indian cricket team since 2012 to lose a Test series at home may very well be decided today. With a 300-plus lead in the second Test with two days left, it is New Zealand's match to lose from here on.
Watch: India Bowler Causes Sensational Surprise Run Out vs New Zealand
The Indian women's cricket team defeated recently-crowned Women's T20 World Cup champions New Zealand by 59 runs. One of the standout highlights during India's bowling effort was a clever run-out inflicted after some brilliant presence of mind by India spinner Deepti Sharma. As New Zealand captain Sophie Devine stepped out to block a delivery by Deepti, the bowler noticed a chance. With Devine still out of her crease and not attentive of the situation, Deepti threw the ball back to wicket-keeper Yastika Bhatia who dislodged the bails before Devine could return to her crease.
Gautam Gambhir "Pushing His Case...": Inside Details Of Surprising Selection Calls In India Squad vs Australia
Delhi speedster Harshit Rana and Andhra seam bowling all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy have earned their maiden call-up in the 18-member Indian team led by Rohit Sharma for the upcoming five-Test series against Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Delhi speedster Harshit is only nine First-Class matches old in which he has taken 36 wickets. But with a stellar IPL 2024 season under Gautam Gambhir at Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), where he took 19 wickets, Rana has come quickly into the national reckoning and has been part of the squads in all formats, although he is yet to make his debut. A BCCI source revealed that Rana has been purely Gambhir's choice
Watch: Virat Kohli In Disarray After Bizarre Dismissal, Swings His Bat In Frustration
India's talismanic batter Virat Kohli squandered another opportunity to return to form, after being clean bowled by Mitchell Santner for just 1 run. Kohli came out to bat in the morning session of the second Test in Pune after Shubman Gill was dismissed LBW for 30 runs. Playing his 9th ball of the innings, Kohli misjudged the trajectory of the ball and saw him shatter his stumps. After failing to fire in the first innings of the Bengaluru Test against the Kiwis, Kohli once again disappointed with the bat in the first innings of the second Test.
Tsunoda to test for Red Bull at end of F1 season
MEXICO CITY : Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda will have a test with reigning Formula One champions Red Bull after the end of the season, team boss Christian Horner said on Friday.
Sarfaraz Khan To Travel For Australia Tests? Ex-India Star Says "No Reason..."
On the back of his maiden Test century, India batter Sarfaraz Khan retained his place in the team for the second Test against New Zealand in Pune. With Shubman Gill making a return after recovering from a stiff neck, India backed Sarfaraz to retain his place, with the team management instead dropping out-of-form batter KL Rahul. Sarafarz hit 150 in the second innings of the 1st Test in Bengaluru, which India lost by eight wickets to the Kiwis last week.