India's stalwart batter Virat Kohli on Wednesday rose in the latest ICC Men's Player Rankings after he scored his 51st ODI century in a superb display of batting against Pakistan at the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai.
India's batting maestro Virat Kohli opened up on his match-winning 82nd international hundred against Pakistan and said how his favourite cover drive shot presents a 'catch 22' situation for him, as it has been his weakness lately but he has also scored a lot of runs with that.
With this feat, Kohli also became the third batter to reach 14,000 ODI runs, joining the elite company of Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara. In 299 ODIs, Kohli has scored 14,085 runs at an average of 58.20, with 51 centuries and 73 fifties.
As Team India aims to avenge the loss to the Men in Green in the 2017 ICC CT final at The Oval, the role of Axar at number five will be important as he will be maintaining a left-right hand batting combination and can combat spinners really well. So far in his outings at number five, Axar ha
Rickelton won the 'Player of the Match' award for his century. The wicketkeeper-batter scored 103 in 106 balls, with seven fours and a six. His runs came at a strike rate of 97.16.
Captain Marta Segu (49') scored the only goal of the night for Spain. With this, Spain is on a four-game winning streak in the tournament, as per a press release from Hockey India.
India men's team won their second match in the FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-25 season on Wednesday after beating World Champions Germany 1-0 at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar. Gurjant Singh scored the only goal of the match as India climbed to seventh in the standings.
While Sukhjeet was the lone scorer for India, Borja Lacalle (28'), Ignacio Cobos (38') and Bruno Avila (56') scored for the Spanish side to begin their India leg on a high, as per a press release from Hockey India.
Vice Captain Navneet Kaur sealed the victory with a decisive late winner. Vaishnavi Vitthal Phallke (6'), Deepika (25'), and Navneet Kaur (59') found the net for India, while Darcy Bourne (12') and Fiona Crackles (58') scored for England, as per a press release from Hockey India.
ECB issued a statement, stating that the batter sustained an injury while fielding during the third and final ODI against India at Ahmedabad on Wednesday. During the series, he top-scored for England with 131 runs in three matches at an average of 43.66 and a strike rate of 122.42, with the