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India face certain defeat against England

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Skipper Joe Root’s brilliant hundred put England totally in command on the second day of the third cricket Test.

The hosts scored 423/8, taking a first-innings lead of 345 runs against India on Thursday.

Root once again led from the front with his 8th hundred against India, a splendid 121 off 165 balls studded with 14 boundaries.

He added 139 runs with Dawid Malan (70) before sharing a 52-run stand with Jonny Bairstow (29) to put England in a strong position with three days to go.

At the draw of stumps, Craig Overton (24) and Ollie Robinson (0) were at the crease.

At the start of the day, both Hameed and Burns looked solid at the start of the second day’s play.

But Burns was castled by a Shami delivery that came in and Hameed fell to Jadeja.

But any hopes India might have had of bagging some quick wickets soon disappeared as Joe Root started scoring at a fast clip.

Root frustrated the Indian bowlers with yet another century, his 23rd in Tests.

Root the record breaker

In the process, he equalled the England record for most Test centuries (six) in a calendar year.

Only Denis Compton (1947) and Michael Vaughan (2002) have previously scored six tons in a year.

This was Root’s third century in as many matches.

When Root clipped Ishant Sharma through midwicket for his 12th four, he reached his ton in just 124 balls.

He was eventually out for 121 when he was bowled by Jasprit Bumrah beauty.

With two more matches to come in the current series, and with three Ashes Tests scheduled before the end of 2021, Root could also break Mohammed Yousuf’s all-time record of nine Test hundreds in a calendar year, set in 2006.

After this innings, Root has 1398 Test runs for the year.

This is 688 runs more than the next-most prolific batter, Rohit Sharma.

Amazingly, 875 of those runs have come against India.

Malan delivers

Malan is known to be one of the best T20 batters in the world but delivered a superb performance in Test, when it mattered.

Malan grew in confidence as he hit 70 off 128 balls in his comeback Test innings.

His 139-run partnership with Root was the highest of the innings.

Haseeb Hameed and Rory Burns’ opening stand, which was worth 135 was the second best.

Root also shared a 52-run association with Jonny Bairstow.

Wickets fall in last session

Jos Buttler flicked one straight into the hands of square leg fielder Ishant Sharma.

He scored just 7 off 12.

Siraj bowled a short one and Sam Curran couldn’t resist going for the pull.

The ball soar towards the boundary where substitute fielder Mayank Agarwal pulled off a fine catch.

Curran scored 15 off 30 balls.

England lost wickets in quick succession in the final hour as India fought back strongly

Mohammed Shami was the best of India’s bowlers.

He nipped one back through the defences of Rory Burns early in the day, before having Bairstow caught at slip, and Jos Buttler out at catching midwicket after tea.

Jadeja picked up the wickets of Haseeb Hameed and Moeen Ali.

Although he was expensive, Mohammed Siraj took two wickets, while Bumrah claimed one. 

England 423 for 8 (Root 121, Hameed 68, Shami 3-87) lead India 78 (Anderson 3-6, Overton 3-14) by 345 runs

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Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry star in RCB women’s comeback win against UP Warriorz in WPL 2024

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RCB women overcame UP Warriorz by 23 runs to clinch their third win of the season. The home side outperformed Warriorz in all the facets of the game and emerged victorious. A collective team effort, particularly with the bat, helped RCB women to beat Warriorz for the second time in the season. They now have three wins in their five matches in the WPL 2024.

Alyssa Healy won the toss and opted to field first. Given how things have panned out in the league so far, it needed a great batting performance from RCB to challenge the chasing side. The home side did exactly that. They were full of intent which was lacking in the last few games. Right from the start, S Meghana and Smriti Mandhana smashed the bowlers.

It was the night of the RCB skipper. The Southpaw scored 80(50) in her stay. S Meghana perished after a valuable 28(21). Ellyse Perry batted well and registered her first fifty of the WPL 2024. She was aided well towards the end by Richa Ghosh whose 21(10) propelled RCB to a score of 198 on the board. It was the highest team total in the WPL 2024.

Alyssa Healy’s efforts go in vain

Chasing the daunting total, UP Warriorz were off to a flier. The opening duo of Healy and Kiran Navgire gave a fiery start to the visiting side. When the two were batting in the PP overs, it seemed like the Warriorz could pull off an insane chase. However, Sophie Devine brought RCB back into the game with crucial wickets. At Bengaluru, the home crowd was literally behind the RCB women.

It helped the home side to stay calm and do their job with ease. Sophie Molineux and Asha Sobhana were the pick of the bowlers, who claimed 2/29 each in their spell of four overs. While Healy scored a fifty and Deepti tried her best in the death overs, ten daunting targets could not be chased down. Despite the early hiccups, RCB managed to restrict UP Warriorz to a score of 175 and won by 23 runs.

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WATCH: Ellyse Perry in disbelief as her six breaks car’s window

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Ellyse Perry smashed a six in the match against UP Warriorz in the WPL 2024. It was an interesting six as the ball travelled towards the boundary ropes and fell exactly on the window of the car. As a result, the glass of the window was broken. The car is set to be provided as a reward for the player of the tournament.

It was the over of Deepti Sharma towards the last few moments of RCB’s innings. Before Perry struck, the home side was in a great position in the match, thanks to a great start provided by Smriti Mandhana. The star batter scored 80 (50) and shined in front of the home crowd. Her form helped RCB to have a good momentum towards the death overs.

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Perry, who was struggling till that point, opened up and smashed the bowlers for fun. She went hard against the spinners like Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Deepti Sharma who were asked to bowl at the death. The right-handed batter smashed back-to-back sixes in the over of Sharma. One of those travelled towards the mid-wicket region where the car was stationed. The video of her shot has gone viral on X.

RCB teammates laugh, Ellyse Perry in disbelief

As the ball fell on the car and damaged the window, the fans erupted. There was no end to the joy of the fans who started chanting “Perry.. Perry..” and lit the atmosphere of the stadium. However, Perry was in disbelief. As she saw the impact of the ball damaging the car’s window, the Australian batter could not believe her eyes and thought about what she had just done.

On the other hand, the RCB teammates of Perry were in awe of the shot. They looked at the replays and appreciated the shot of Perry. At the same time, players like Sophie Molineux and Sophie Devine had a laugh about the car’s window getting damaged. Ellyse scored a fifty and helped her team score 198 runs with her batting in front of the home crowd.

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Praveen Kumar addresses Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer’s negligence of taking part in Ranji Trophy

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Praveen Kumar has given his opinion on the preferences of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer in recent times. The duo did not take part in the Ranji Trophy matches for their respective teams despite being fit. It did not go well with the Indian Cricket Board which landed the duo without a ventral contract which was announced a few days back.

Praveen Kumar has reacted to the issue recently. The former India pacer claimed that he has been of an opinion on the issue for a long time. Praveen felt that one should definitely earn money but not at the cost of neglecting to play for domestic and national teams. The right-arm pacer felt that players today are having a certain mentality which is not good.

The former pacer claimed that the players have a mindset that they can rest for a month before taking part in the IPL, thereby bypassing playing for their national team or the domestic teams. Praveen felt that the players could not resist letting go of money which they could earn by taking part in the IPL and other T20 leagues (For foreign players).

‘Ye mentally hota hai, ki mai itne paise kaise chodun’ – Praveen Kumar

“This thing is now firmly in the mind of players. Mai ek mahine pehle rest kar lunga, fir IPL khel lunga. Ye mentally hota hai, ki mai itne paise kaise chodun,” said Praveen in the interview. He claimed that youngsters these days are spoilt and are behind money. The former RCB pacer felt that it is not fair on the part of the young players to neglect the country over the IPL.

Kumar felt that a player needs to maintain a balance between playing for the IPL team and for the country. He felt that money is an important factor, but not at the cost of playing for the national team. “But this is not fair at all. A player needs to balance things. Money is important, but this (giving franchise cricket the priority) is wrong,” said the former Indian bowler in the interview.

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