Iyer, was recently dropped from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Central Contract List for 2023-24 following his recent non-participation in domestic red-ball cricket, could manage just three runs in eight balls before he was clean-bowled by pacer Sandeep Warrier.
With a victory over No 1 seed Anhelina Kalinina, Wang Xiyu set up an all-Chinese battle in the Austin Open against country women Yuan Yue, who also earned a straight-sets semifinal win.
Tamil Nadu qualified for the semifinal of the Ranji Trophy following a superb all-round show by skipper and India international Sai Kishore, helping them beat Saurashtra in the quarterfinal at Coimbatore on Sunday.
The Indian women's badminton team on Saturday reached the final of the Badminton Asia Championships for the first time in the history of the competition, defeating Japan 3-2 in a thrilling semifinal.
Reigning World Champion Nikhat Zareen and Arundhati Choudhary secured comfortable wins and moved to the semifinals of the 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
In the second Test against West Indies at home last year, Keshav sustained a serious Achilles injury which saw him get stretchered off the field. His participation in the ICC Cricket World Cup in India was under doubt but the Proteas spin spearhead recovered and made it to the marquee cricke
Australia Under-19 skipper Hugh Weibgen won the toss and opted to field against Pakistan in the semi-final of the U-19 World Cup on Thursday at Willowmoore Park.
Proteas pacer Kwena Maphaka re-wrote the history books after South Africa's U-19 World Cup campaign concluded following their defeat in the semi-final against India.
India skipper Uday Saharan disclosed his thoughts that were revolving around his mind when he saw his side fall to 32/4 while chasing 245 against South Africa in the semi-final of the Under-19 World Cup.