Avesh's four wickets help Lucknow beat Hyderabad in IPL
Fast bowler Avesh Khan returned figures of 4-24 as newcomers Lucknow Super Giants beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 12 runs to register their second successive win in the IPL on Monday.
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IPL 2022, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants Highlights: Avesh Khan stars as Lucknow beat SRH by 12 runs
Lucknow Super Giants paid 25 times more than his base price of Rs 20 lakh to get Avesh Khan's services in IPL 15. The move was worth it as his excellent bowling acted as the catalyst for his team's 12-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday. Heading into the lucrative T20 league as the most expensive uncapped Indian player, Avesh picked up four big wickets for only 24 runs and bowled a brilliant 18th over to turn the match decisively in LSG's favour. As it happened | Scorecard | Points TableAsked to bat first, skipper KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda struck useful half-centuries to lift Lucknow Super Giants to 169 for seven after a disastrous start. Chasing 170, Kane Williamson's (16) innovation brought him two fours and a six but he paid the price for going overboard, his ramp shot off Avesh finding a sliding Andrew Tye at short fine leg in the fourth over with SRH score reading 25 for one. Avesh brought about Abhishek Sharma's downfall with a change in pace as the batter failed to read it while trying to loft him.
We couldn't prepare spin-friendly tracks: Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq
Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq lauded the Australian batters for their commendable show but at the same time conceded that the hosts were not able to produce spin-friendly tracks, leading to their 0-1 series defeat. "There was spin in the tests but not like you would find in India or Sri Lanka," the champion spinner of yesteryears told mediapersons.
Super Bowl should not feel bigger than Champions League final, says PSG president Al-Khelaifi
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has become one of the most powerful figures in football and is determined to help broaden the game’s already mass appeal by making events such as the Champions League final more of a spectacle, similar to the show put on for American audiences in the Super Bowl.
Al Khelaïfi propone una ceremonia inaugural en la Champions
Nasser Al Khelaïfi, presidente del PSG y de la Asociación europea de clubs (ECA), ha concedido una entrevista a The Athletic en la que ha comparado la final de la Champions con la final de la Superbowl y ha propuesto una reforma de la Copa de Europa en la que el partido inaugural sea una ceremonia entre el campeón y un gran equipo.
Emotional farewell for Ross Taylor as New Zealand crush Netherlands in third ODI
New Zealand gave veteran batsman Ross Taylor the perfect farewell by overpowering the Netherlands by 115 runs in the final ODI to complete a 3-0 series clean-sweep in Hamilton on Monday.
PSG chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi sets out plan to make UCL 'bigger than Super Bowl'
Paris Saint-Germain supremo Nasser Al-Khelafi has dropped a hint over extravagant plans to jazz up the Champions League - including a plot to make the showpiece event's final 'bigger than the Super Bowl '.
Bangladesh bowled out for 53 in first Test defeat against South Africa
Bangladesh crashed to 53 all out on the fifth day of the first Test against South Africa in Durban after spinner Keshav Maharaj picked up seven wickets to seal a 220-run win at Kingsmead on Monday.