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Babar Azam was in fine touch against Islamabad United scoring an unbeaten century in the presence of his mother who was watching his son bat from the stands for the first time.

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden, who won the Australian Open last month, took one hour and 41 minutes to get the better of Mansouri and Qureshi 7-6(4), 7-6(5) in the round of 16 on Tuesday night.

Jacintha Kalyan has worked for the Karnataka State Cricket Association for over three decades before being called up to oversee pitch curation in the second season of the WPL.

The VCA Stadium in Nagpur and the BKC Ground in Mumbai will host the last four stage matches of the premier domestic tournament.

Former India captian Anil Kumble said wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel has all the credentials to achieve what Dhoni did in his career.

With the advent of IPL, the club vs country debate has been raging for years now and Rohit Sharma's stern statement came at a time when a few established names ignored a BCCI diktat to play Ranji Trophy quarterfinals.

Shreyas Iyer was reportedly suffering from back spasms but has recovered now and will be available for the Ranji Trophy semi-final next month.

Suresh Raina said that Rohit Sharma is the next MS Dhoni, in terms of giving chances to youngsters in the team.

In doing so, Tanush Kotian and Tushar Deshpande also recorded the second-highest partnership in the tournament's history

Hardik Pandya made notable contributions with the bat and ball on his return to competitive cricket action at the DY Patil T20 tournament.

Murray, who clinched his 500th win on hard courts, told the BBC last December that 2024 could be his final year on the ATP Tour.

Pietersen, Yuvraj Singh, Shahid Afridi, and Chris Gayle are set to grace the World Championship of Legends with cricketing brilliance sure to roll back the ages.

Besides sealing the RCA office, the Rajasthan Sports Council had also written to the concerned bank to freeze the state cricket body's accounts over non-payment of dues of over Rs 40 crore.

Under Pochettino's guidance, three teams have played 388 matches altogether in English club football but could not claim a single domestic title.

Left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate (3/50) and pacer Yash Thakur (3/48) shared six wickets among them as Karnataka were bundled out for 286.

Kuldeep Yadav dropped anchor on a pitch that was assisting the bowlers as India fought back after top-order collapse and then played a prominent role with the ball as well.