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Pumped up Proteas continue resurgence in NZ as Rabada, Jansen fire on 2nd day

South Africa had the cat among the pigeons at the end of the second day of the second Test against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch, leaving the hosts on 157/5.

FIH Pro League: Manpreet & Co eye improved show against Spain

Graham Reid took over the reins of the Indian men's hockey team, they have grown leaps and bounds with their biggest achievement being the Olympics bronze in Tokyo. Post the Olympics though the results haven't been upto the high expectations and controversy broke out when recently the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra, who is also the FIH president, shot off a letter to Hockey India (HI) president asking him to explain the team's 'unacceptable' performance. What followed were rumours that maybe Reid's time was finally up.

Rabada double-strike puts South Africa in command at tea

Paceman Kagiso Rabada grabbed two early wickets as New Zealand struggled to 30 for two at tea on day two of the second test in reply to South Africa's first innings total of 364 in Christchurch on Saturday.

Rohit Sharma bats for Ravindra Jadeja's elevation in batting order

Ravindra Jadeja was not amused when an online poll conducted by his IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings suggested his best batting position was No. 8. "No. 8 too early for me! Put me at 11," was Jadeja's peeved reply. Over the years, the southpaw has been assigned the role of a designated finisher. But the Rajkot allrounder's batting has improved by leaps and bounds in the past 12 months, something which could have tempted India skipper Rohit Sharma to promote the left-hander to No. 4 in the first T20I against Sri Lanka.