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Dec 27, 2019

Virat Kohli Named In Wisden Cricketers Of The Decade List

Indian skipper Virat Kohli has been named in the Cricketers of the decade list alongside four others by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanac. Apart from Kohli, South African duo of Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers, Australia's Steve Smith and women's all-rounder Ellyse Perry also found a place in the list of five cricketers of the decade.
Kohli, who has scored 5,775 more international runs than anyone else in the last 10 years, has arguably been the best batsman over the last decade.
The 31-year-old Indian was named captain of the Wisden Test team of the decade, while also featuring in the ODI Eleven.
In the past decade Kohli has hoarded 7,202 runs in Tests including 27 hundreds, while in the shorter formats the Indian skipper has amassed 11,125 runs in ODIs and 2,633 runs in T20s.
Kohli, who averages more than 50 in all formats, has already amassed 70 international hundreds and is only behind Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar. He is also third in the list of leading run-scorers of all time behind Ponting and Tendulkar.

Dec 26, 2019

Leander Paes to Retire in 2020

Indian tennis ace Leander Paes announced that 2020 will be his last year as a professional tennis player.
He will bid adieu to the sport after the next season. Leander announced that he will be picking and choosing tournaments next year to meet his fans all around the world.
Leander, who made his Olympic debut in 1992, will look for one final flourish at Tokyo Olympics next year. The Indian has made 7 appearances in a row at the Olympics making him the only tennis player ever to do so.
Paes has won eight doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam titles.

AIFF Invites Clubs for Futsal Club Championship

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) invited clubs from the Indian Super League, I-League and Second Division League to confirm their participation in the inaugural edition of AIFF Futsal Club Championship.
Futsal is also seen as a complementing sport with football for player development. There could be an opportunity for the champion club of this tournament to represent India for the subsequent AFC Futsal Club Championship.
The AIFF is planning to start the tournament in July/August next year. The players could be from the Senior, Reserve or Under 18 teams of your Club.
The decision comes after the AIFF Executive Committee meeting earlier this month, which decided to introduce a Futsal Club Championship in the calendar.

Simon Harmer Extends Contract with Essex

Former South African off-spinner Simon Harmer signed a one-year contract extension with English county side Essex that will keep him with the club until the conclusion of the 2022 season.

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.

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