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The Men's Selection Committee named Akash Deep as replacement for Shivam Mavi in the Indian squad for the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022. Mavi is suffering from a back injury and is ruled out of the tournament. The men's cricket competition will take place from 28th September to 8th October in a T20 format.
Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka praised his team for reaching in Asia Cup 2023 final, scheduled to be played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday. Defending champions Sri Lanka will face India in the Asia Cup 2023 final here at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday. Shanaka emphasised that Sri Lanka have only lost to India in the ongoing tournament. The all-rounder credited the defending champions for fighting spirit in the match against India, where Dunith Wellalage's five-wicket haul and Charith Asalanka's four-wicket haul helped them bundle out the visitors for 213. Youngster Wellalage achieved a remarkable feat as he secured his maiden 5-wicket haul, single-handedly dismantling a formidable Indian batting lineup and bagging the wicket of top batters like Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya.
The India vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2023 final will pit two of the most consistent sides against each other in the continental extravaganza. These two are two most successful teams in Asia Cup too. While India have won seven Asia Cup title across formats, Sri Lanka have won six. Sri Lanka gave India a tough fight in their Super 4 encounter before losing in a low-scoring thriller. So, the final is expected to be a nail-biter. Both teams have big and consistent stars who have flair as well as grit to bring home the trophy.
Mexico's ultimately successful move toward independence from Spain in the early part of the 19th century is tied to the beginnings of the country's sports history. However, many of the disciplines that survive to this day didn't take shape until much later in the century, under the presidency of Porfirio Diaz.
Rohit Sharma on Friday equalled Virat Kohli in the list of an unwanted record. The India captain scored a duck off two balls in the side's last match of Super 4 in Asia Cup 2023. It was Rohit's 15th duck in his 249-match ODI career. Interestingly, the number of times Rohit has been dismissed without scoring a run in ODI cricket is exactly same to that of Virat Kohli. While the list of most ducks in an ODI career is topped by Sri Lanka legend Sanath Jayasuriya (34), batting great Sachin Tendulkar with 20 such dismissals is at the helm when it comes to Indian players.
Virender Sehwag was one power-packed batter for the Indian cricket team, He changed the way Indian openers were looked at with his clean hitting and his non-chalant attitude. So, when he praises someone's batting as the "best hitting" he has seen in a 'long, long time' pne ought ti take note. Heinrich Klaasen slammed 174 off 83 balls to lead South Africa to a 164-run win in the fourth one-day international against Australia at SuperSport Park on Friday.
Ravindra Jadeja joined 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev to become the second ever Indian cricket team player to score 2000 runs and take 200 wickets in ODI cricket. Jadeja achieved the feat during the Asia Cup 2023 Super 4 clash against Bangladesh on Friday as he took the wicket of Shamim Hossain - his 200th in the format. The all-rounder has taken 200 wickets in 175 ODI innings at an average of 36.92 and an economy rate of 4.90. Kapil Dev achieved this record in 166 ODI innings in 1978.
WOLVERHAMPTON, England: Liverpool scored two late goals on Saturday to secure a come from behind 3-1 win against Wolverhampton in the Premier League.Trailing 1-0 at half time to a Hwang Hee-Chan goal at Molineux, the Merseyside team fired back through Cody Gakpo and Andy Robertson before an own goal by Hugo Bueno in time added on.Liverpool are unbeaten after five games this season and moved to the top of the table above Manchester City, which play later in the day.It has been an impressive start for Jurgen Klopp’s team, which missed out on qualification to the Champions League last season for the first time since 2016.It was Liverpool’s fourth win in a row after drawing with Chelsea in their opening game of the campaign.But the game didn’t go to plan from the start with Hwang opening the scoring in the seventh minute to give the home side a lead they kept until the break.Gakpo evened the score 10 minutes into the second half for his first Liverpool goal of the season.Robertson fired Liverpool in front in the 85th and Bueno’s own goal ended all hope of a Wolverhampton comeback in the 91st.