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Apr 21, 2019

Rafael Nadal out of Monte Carlo Masters

Rafael Nadal crashed out to Fabio Fognini in the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals with the Spanish star admitting his loss was his worst clay court match in 14 years.
The shock result leaves Italian 13th seed Fognini facing unseeded Serb Dusan Lajovic in the unscripted final.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran Defeats Kamil Majchrzak

Defending champion and second seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran overcame third-seeded Kamil Majchrzak of Poland in the semifinals of the $162,480 Challenger tennis tournament.
It was the second win for the 80th-ranked Prajnesh over the 130th-ranked Majchrzak.
In the final, Prajnesh will play the 211th-ranked Jay Clarke of Great Britain, whom he had beaten in straight sets in the second round of the qualifying event in Miami.

Apr 20, 2019

7 Indians to Play County Cricket

Seven of India's Test specialists may play a few games for various English county sides to prepare for the inaugural World Test Championship series in July and August.
The players that BCCI have zeroed in are Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma.
Pujara has a three-year contract with Yorkshire. Rahane is likely to sign with Hampshire.

Apr 19, 2019

Two New Teams for Mumbai T20

Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has invited bids for two new teams for the T20 Mumbai League's second edition, to be played from May 14 to 26 at Wankhede Stadium.
The addition of two new will mean eight teams will compete in the tournament.

Apr 18, 2019

Rayudu and Pant Named Stand-bys

Ambati Rayudu (batsman) and Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper) have been named as standbys for the Indian team at the World Cup.
Ishant Sharma will be the first choice replacement for an injured fast bowler while the replacement for a spinner will be left-armer Axar Patel.
Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan will travel as net bowlers.

TCS World 10K Ambassador

Four-time Grand Slam singles champion and former World No.1 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario was announced as the International Event Ambassador of the TCS World 10K to be held on May 19.
Sanchez Vicario, who won the French Open in 1989, 1994 and 1998, and the US Open in 1994, is the second women's tennis star to be named the Event Ambassador after Mary Pierce in 2018.

Apr 16, 2019

Smith and Warner in WC Squad

Steve Smith and David Warner completed their remarkable comeback from the ball-tampering scandal that rocked cricket when they were selected in defending champion Australia's World Cup squad.
Australia's World Cup Squad: Aaron Finch (Capt.), Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Steve Smith, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jhye Richardson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon and Adam Zampa.

Asian Championship

Amit Panghal, who won gold in the 49 kg category at 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, will be making his competitive debut in the new weight class of 52 kg at the Asian Championship to be held in Bangkok, starting April 19.
Panghal decided to shift to the new category after 49 kg was dropped from the Olympic programme in March by AIBA, amateur boxing's world governing body.

ICC World Cup 2019 Team India Squad

Picking specialists is an extension of Virat Kohli's Test selection policy but this time it has produced a World Cup squad that looks really thin on batting.
Going by the primary role of the players, the 15-member India squad has five bowlers — Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav – four all-rounders — Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Vijay Shankar and Ravindra Jadeja — two wicket-keepers – MS Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik -- and only four specialist batsmen — Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul.

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