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Super Simmons stars for T&T

October 3, 2013

Super_SimmonsNew Delhi, Oct 3: Trinidad and Tobago rained on Chennai Super Kings’s parade with a commanding eight-wicket victory to waltz into the semifinals of Champions League Twenty20 with flair at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Wednesday.

The Caribbean side needed a win or had to keep the margin of loss within five runs to pip the Titans for a place in the last four. They executed it to perfection, in presence of legendary Brian Lara, by first restricting the Super Kings to 118 in 19.4 overs and then handing the two-time IPL champions their first loss in the tournament by pursuing the target with 29 balls remaining.

With the victory, they also replaced Super Kings at the top of Group A. As a result, T&T?will now play Mumbai Indians here on Saturday while Super Kings will fly to Jaipur to take on Rajathan Royals for the first semifinals.

The superb 79-run opening stand between Lendl Simmons (63, 41b, 4x5, 4x6) and Evin Lewis (38, 35b, 4x6) laid the basis of T&T chase. Lewis thwacked Albie Morkel for three boundaries in the fourth over before meting out a similar treatment to a jaded Ravindra Jadeja, dispatching him through the cover for two consecutive boundaries in his first over. Simmons further spoiled Jadeja’s return in 10th over with couple of lusty hits over mid-wicket and long on and followed it with another four.

It was then Suresh Raina, who broke the opening stand, by trapping Lewis leg before but Simmons continued undeterred. R Ashwin sent him back when T&T needed three runs to victory, leaving Dwayne Bravo to finish the formalities.

Earlier, it was a below-par performance by the Super Kings. Ravi Rampaul set the ball rolling by sending the off stump of in-form Michael Hussey cartwheeling in his very first over. Raina (29b, 3x4, 1x6) and Murali Vijay provided brief reprieve but Simmons ended their 55-run stand by bowling Vijay, an inside edge rocking his off-stump. It sparked a collapse with Super Kings losing their top five wickets, under the score of 100.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni tried accelerate the innings but ended up mistiming Rayad Emrits to a running Simmons at the long on, leaving Super Kings struggling at 102 for six. The Super Kings’s lower order too put up a clumsy show, paving way for a T&T victory.

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July 23,2020

New Delhi, Jul 23: With one year to go for the Olympic Games to begin in Tokyo on July 23, 2021, Indian women's hockey team skipper Rani Rampal on Thursday said the side has performed well against top teams in recent times and can do the same at the Olympics.

The Indian team has competed well against top teams in the recent past and has registered memorable victories at the FIH Series Finals and the FIH Olympic Qualifiers last year.

"We have competed against top teams in the recent past and we have shown that our team has the capability of winning a medal and making our country proud at the Olympics. We have a good group of experienced players, who are guiding the junior players very well. Our team has been getting better with each tournament we have played and we will definitely improve our game even further in the next one year," said the 25-year-old said in a statement.

Speaking about her participation at the Olympics, Rani said that the experience will help her make better decisions at the Tokyo Olympics.

"It was great to be a part of the Olympics in Rio. We made history by qualifying for the tournament after 36 years. It was a great feeling to be playing at the biggest of stages. Even though we didn't register the best of results, I have certainly learned a lot by playing the Olympic Games matches in 2016. I am sure all the players, who played in the 2016 Olympics, will make much better decisions on the pitch at the Tokyo Olympics, based on their experience in Rio," she said.

The Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021, while the Paralympics will take place from August 24 to September 5, 2021.  

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August 3,2020

Silverstone, Aug 2: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton on Sunday won his seventh British Grand Prix title after a dramatic last-lap at the Silverstone Circuit.

Hamilton and teammate Valtteri Bottas were at the first and second spot respectively until tyre drama struck.

Second-placed man Bottas was the first to suffer as his tyre deflated on lap 50, resulting in 11th place finish. Hamilton also suffered a similar issue before the final few seconds of the race.

However, with Max Verstappen having opted to pit a few laps from the end to try and claim the fastest lap, Hamilton had enough time in hand to just cross the line first, five seconds ahead of Verstappen and the third-placed Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.

McLaren's Carlos Sainz had been set to finish fourth, but his own last lap tyre issue saw him eventually come home P13, allowing Renault's Daniel Ricciardo to claim fourth, following a late pass on the sister McLaren of Lando Norris.

Renault's Esteban Ocon finished sixth, having enjoyed a race-long battle with Lance Stroll's Racing Point, with Pierre Gasly having enjoyed a fine race to finish seventh for AlphaTauri.

Alex Albon finished eighth for Red Bull, having recovered from a lap 1 tussle with the Haas of Kevin Magnussen that saw him fall to last, while Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel rounded out the top 10, Vettel holding off a late charge form the recovering Mercedes of Bottas.

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January 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 19: Opening batsman Rohit Sharma on Sunday became the third-fastest batsman to register 9,000 runs in the 50-over format.

He achieved the feat in the ongoing third ODI against Australia here at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Only Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers have achieved the feat faster than Rohit.

Sharma brought up the milestone in the first over of the Indian innings as he clipped Mitchell Starc away for a single.

With this, the right-handed batsman has become just the sixth Indian to achieve the milestone.

Apart from Sharma, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, and Sachin Tendulkar have more than 9,000 runs in the 50-over format.

Overall, 20 batsmen have more than 9,000 ODI runs to their name.

In the match between India and Australia, the former won the toss and elected to bat first.

Steve Smith played a knock of 131 runs to propel Australia to 286/9 in the allotted fifty overs.

 

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