Sheikha Hissa's Baaeed bids to make history at Ascot - in pictures
Baaeed bids to make history at Ascot on Saturday, when Europe's top-rated horse will seek an 11th successive win in his final race on British Champions Day.
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Scotland Eye Super 12 Repeat At T20 World Cup
Scotland must defy a lack of match action if they are to equal their achievements of last year at next week's Twenty20 World Cup in Australia. The Scots won all three matches in their group at the 2021 tournament in the UAE and Oman, including a victory against Test nation Bangladesh, before losing all five games in the second phase. Since then they have played just two T20 official internationals, suffering heavy defeats against New Zealand in July.
Wanted To Play Like Sachin Tendulkar But Realised His Style Was Different: MS Dhoni
In a video released by Chennai Super Kings on their Twitter account on Thursday, Mahendra Singh Dhoni confessed that Sachin Tendulkar was his cricketing idol and he wanted to play like the Master Blaster while growing up. India's World Cup-winning captain added in the video that he tried playing like Sachin but later realised that his style of play was different and he could not play like him. "Growing up when I was your age, I used to watch him play and always thought I wanted to play like him but couldn't. Inside in my heart I always wanted to play like him, he was a cricketing idol growing up," answered Dhoni.
More than 600 000 tickets sold for T20 World Cup
More than 600 000 tickets have been sold for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia, officials said on Friday, hailing big demand for a host of sell-out blockbuster games.
Watch: Rohit Sharma Goes All Guns Blazing In Practice Session Ahead Of T20 World Cup 2022 Warm-Up Matches
India captain Rohit Sharma gave the second practice match against Western Australia a miss on Thursday but continued to put more work under his belt in the a practice session. In a video that has been shared on social media, Rohit could be seen take an aggressive route and smashing the bowler. The Hitman hasn't been in the best of form in Team India's recent outings when it comes to T20Is but looks determined to gain some momentum ahead before the T20 World Cup 2022 begins.
"Three Spinners Is Too Many": Ex-India Bowling Coach Bharat Arun Wanted This Player In T20 WC Instead
India's 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup looks solid on paper but not all experts and former cricketers are convinced with the sort of combinations that the selectors have picked. There remain those who feel that India have picked far too many spinners for the showpiece event. Even India's former bowling coach Bharat Arun is of the opinion that three spinners are 'far too many' as only one of them will feature in the playing XI at a given point of time. Instead, Arun wanted the selectors to take express pacer Umran Malik to Australia.
More than 6,00,000 Tickets Sold For T20 World Cup
More than 600,000 tickets have been sold for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia, officials said Friday, hailing big demand for a host of sell-out blockbuster games. The global showpiece starts on Sunday at the preliminary stage, before the big guns join in from October 22. Seven Australian cities are hosting. Australia's opening match as defending champions against New Zealand, a repeat of last year's final, will be played before a capacity crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
"Don't Look To Survive": Gautam Gambhir To Team India On Facing Shaheen Afridi
India start their T20 World Cup 2022 campaign against Pakistan in Melbourne on October 23. While India have been dented with injuries to top players, Pakistan have been bolstered by the return of Shaheen Afridi, who was out for a lengthy duration due to injury and subsequent rehabilitation. The left-arm pacer has often proved quite a handful for the Indian top-order in the past. While his match fitness will be assessed in the coming days, if he gets fit in time for the India game, he might prove to be a tricky customer.