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Dec 25, 2019

Kohli and Dhoni Named Captains of Test, ODI Teams of Decade

Virat Kohli was named captain of the Test XI of the decade by Cricket Australia's official news website, while Mahendra Singh Dhoni was chosen as the leader of its ODI team of the decade.
It is not a surprise that Kohli finds himself in both the Test and ODI teams. The 31-year-old has arguably been the best batsman over the last decade. He has already amassed 70 international hundreds and is only behind Ricky Ponting (71) and Sachin Tendulkar (100).
Kohli, who averages more than 50 in all formats, is also third in the list of leading run-scorers of all time with 21,444 runs, behind Ponting (27,483) and Tendulkar (34,357).
The India skipper has scored runs all around the world but Australia has been a special place for him, having scored nine hundreds (six in Tests, three in ODIs) Down Under.
Kohli is primed to shatter more records, having ended 2019 as the leading run-getter.
The others in the Test XI of the decade include Alastair Cook, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Steve Smith, AB de Villiers, Ben Stokes, Dale Steyn, Stuart Broad, Nathan Lyon and James Anderson, cricket.com.au posted.

Sania Returns to Fed Cup

India's most successful female tennis star, Sania Mirza will represent the nation at the upcoming edition of Fed Cup. The five-member squad also features Ankita Raina, Riya Bhatia, Rutuja Bhosle and Karman Kaur Thandi.
Sania Mirza had taken some time off the tennis court to start a family. She played her last match in 2017 and, she is gearing up to make her return at Hobart International with Ukraine's Nadiia Kichenok. The doubles specialist's last Fed Cup appearance for India came in the year 2016. In that tournament, the Indian team had blanked Kazakhstan 3-0 in the Asia/Oceania Group I playoff match at Hua Hin.

Dec 24, 2019

Best Paid Sports Team in the World

Barcelona have retained their position as the world's best paid professional sports team while NBA sides took seven out of the top 10 places this year, a study by research body Sporting Intelligence has revealed. Data from the annual Global Sports Salary Survey shows the average basic pay at the Spanish giants this season is 9.8 million pounds, dipping slightly from last year's 10.5 million pounds. Barcelona holding onto top spot is largely down to Argentina forward Lionel Messi's gross basic annual pay of more than 50 million pounds including guaranteed image rights fees. Real Madrid are second on the list with an average basic pay of around 8.9 million pounds while Serie A champions Juventus—who signed Messi's great rival Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018—are third.

Bumrah Back, Rohit and Shami Take Breaks

A fit again Jasprit Bumrah will headline India's pace attack in the limited overs series against Sri Lanka (T20) and Australia (ODIs) in January while vice-captain Rohit Sharma was rested from the series versus the islanders.
Senior opener Shikhar Dhawan is also back in both the squads while pacer Mohammed Shami got a break from the T20 series.
India will take on Sri Lanka in three T20Is from January 5 followed by three ODIs against Australia from January 14.

Dhoni Completes 15 Years in International Cricket

Two-time World Cup-winning former India captain M.S. Dhoni completed 15 years in international cricket, a milestone that has come at a time when he is on a sabbatical from the game.
The dasher from Ranchi, who made his debut against Bangladesh under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy in 2004, has been one of country's most impactful cricketers with 17,266 runs across all formats for India.
The wicket-keeper turned up for the country in 350 ODIs, 90 Tests and 98 T20 Internationals while affecting a staggering 829 dismissals behind the stumps.
His career is studded with several milestones including leading India to victory in the 2011 World Cup where finished the match with a six to help the 'Men in Blue' lift the coveted trophy.
Under Dhoni India transformed into one of the most successful limited-overs sides in world cricket and he is the only Indian captain to have won all the three major ICC trophies―the World Cup in 2011, the T20 World Cup in 2007, the Champions Trophy in 2013. He also led Team India to the number one spot in ICC Rankings in Test and ODIs.

Dec 23, 2019

India Beats West Indies by 4 wickets in Decider

India won the toss and decided to bowl against the West Indies who scored 315 – 5 in their 50 Overs with Shai Hope 42, Nicholas Pooran 89 and Kieron Pollard 74* doing the business with the bat; Navdeep Saini 2-58 was the pick of the bowlers for India.
In reply, India got home with 8 balls to spare, to take the ODI series 2-1, in another thrilling encounter. Scoring 316 – 6 in 48.4 overs India maintained their record in the run chase with Rohit Sharma 63, K. L. Rahul 77 and Virat Kohli 85 top scoring and Keemo Paul 3-59 the top wicket taker for the West Indies.

Rohit Sharma breaks Sanath Jayasuriya's 22-year-old record

Rohit Sharma broke the record for the most number of runs scored by an opening batsman in a calendar year in international cricket.The 32-year-old managed to achieve the feat during India's 3rd and final ODI against West Indies in Cuttack.
Rohit overtook Sri Lanka's legendary Sanath Jayasuriya to became the batsman with most runs in a calendar year across three formats of the game.
Jayasuriya back in 1997 scored 2387 runs and held the record for 22 long years.

Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Hana Ramadan Win Titles in Squash Event

HCL-SRFI India Tour, a five-day squash tournament held at Willingdon Sports Club, Mumbai. The five-day tournament saw participation from about 50 players from 10 countries. Harinder Pal Singh from India won the Championship in the men's category of USD 20,000; while Hana Ramadan from Egypt won the women's event of USD 12,000. The winners were felicitated by former cricketer and chief guest Amol Mazumdar.
The finale match in the men's category was fought between Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu from India and Tomotaka Endo from Japan where Harinder won the title with a score of 3-0 in a match that lasted for 30 minutes. In the women's category, Hana Ramadan from Egypt beat Lucy Turmel from England with a 3-1 score in a match lasting 51 minutes.

Dec 22, 2019

Liverpool Clinched First Club World Cup

Roberto Firmino clinched Liverpool's first Club World Cup title, scoring in extra time to seal a 1-0 victory in the final over Flamengo to assert Europe's footballing dominance over South America.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson's defence-splitting pass picked out Sadio Mane who squared for Firmino to net in the 99th minute and become Liverpool's saviour again in the Qatari capital for the second time in three days.

Jeremy Smashed National Record

Youth Olympic gold medallist weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga went on a record-breaking spree, claiming three world marks in a remarkable performance, on the way to a silver in the men's 67kg category at the 6th Qatar International Cup.
In a power-packed performance, the 17-year-old smashed his own Youth World and Asian record in snatch, clean and jerk and total lift with an effort of 306kg (140kg+166kg) to win the silver medal.
Jeremy broke 27 records in total all under his name, combining national and international marks.
He smashed 12 international records — three youth world, three youth Asian and six Commonwealth records — and 15 national records — five youth national, five junior national and five senior national.
The teenager from Mizoram started the year by winning a silver medal in the EGAT Cup, lifting 131 kg in snatch and 157 kg in clean and jerk.

Dec 21, 2019

Arsenal Appoints Former Captain Mikel Arteta as Head Coach

Arsenal appointed Mikel Arteta as the new head coach on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
Arteta leaves his role as Manchester City assistant manager and replaces Freddie Ljungberg, who took over as interim head coach following Unai Emery's sacking at the end of November, 2019.
Arteta had been working as a coach under Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, joining the club in 2016 after retiring as a player.

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