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Tamil Nadu batter Sai Sudharsan said he has been “watching a lot of old videos” of India’s Tests in New Zealand to understand the conditions and how best to bat there.

✍️ S. Prasanna Venkatesan

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📸: Vijay Soneji

For Asian Games gold medallist Pranavi Urs, meeting her idol Rory McIlroy ahead of the DP World India Championship was a dream come true.

Six-time Major winner McIlroy was impressed by the Indian’s resilience in the continental showpiece in Japan.

✍️ Ashwin Achal

#DPWIC | Details: https://bit.ly/4zvtjyu

📸 Reuters, Pranavi Urs (Instagram)

Rain and bad light denied Madhya Pradesh a win after it put defending champion Jammu and Kashmir on the ropes, forcing a draw in their Ranji Trophy Group A fixture at the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar.

✍️ Shayan Acharya

Report: https://bit.ly/47f0V7V

📸 Imran Nissar, PTI

#JKvMP #RanjiTrophy

𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐬 𝐈𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝟐𝟎𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝.

India going unchanged.

Two changes for the visitors - Jewel Andrew and Romario Shepherd come in for Kamil Pooran and Quentin Sampson.

#INDvWI | 📸: K.R. Deepak

𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗶 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲-𝟮𝟳 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗶!

✍️ Y.B. Sarangi

#RanjiTrophy #BENvDEL | Details: https://bit.ly/4s6jR2c

📸 PTI

𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸-𝘁𝗼-𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗸𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗷 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗴 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆🤯

After a shock round of 32 loss at the Asian Games, the top Indian men's doubles duo also fails to clear the first hurdle at the Denmark Open Super 750 event in Odense as it goes down 21-12, 15-21, 19-21 to China's He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu.

#DenmarkOpen |📸 Getty Images

🚨𝐈𝐏𝐋 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞🚨

Left-arm pacer T. Natarajan returns to Sunrisers Hyderabad while Delhi Capitals adds leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari to its squad.

Natarajan joins SRH at a revised fee of INR 5 crore.
Ansari joins DC at his existing fee of INR 40 lakh.

#IPL2027 | 📸 Shiv Kumar Pushpakar, KVS Giri

Kusal Mendis’ unbeaten 87, ably supported by Kamindu Mendis’ 27-ball 40 helped Sri Lanka chase 169 against Pakistan to register an eight-wicket win in Rawalpindi.

The result gave the Lankans a consolation win with Pakistan sealing the T20I series 2-1.

#PAKvSL | Details: https://bit.ly/3VLBWGK

📸 AP

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐆𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐢, 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧, 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 - 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

The 31-year-old’s profile has risen considerably since his last visit to these shores. In May, Rai stunned the golfing world by winning the PGA Championship, becoming the first Englishman to lift the title since Jim Barnes in 1919.

Rai is one of the leading contenders at this week’s DP World India Championship.

✍️ Ashwin Achal

#DPWIC | Read: https://bit.ly/4ymXyHc

📸 Special Arrangement

𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐅𝐂 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔-𝟐𝟕!

The Red and Gold Brigade squandered a 2-1 lead against Iraq's Al Shorta in Kolkata.

Details: https://bit.ly/4hYcxkI

#ACLTwo | 📸 East Bengal FC

𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝟳𝟱𝟬 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀⬇️

🔹P V Sindhu lost to Yvonne Li🇩🇪 despite leading 19-15 in the 3rd game
🔹Tanvi Sharma outlasted Natsuki Nidaira🇯🇵
🔹Kidambi Srikanth took down Arnaud Merkle🇫🇷 in two tight games while Lakshya Sen lost in a decider to Chou Tien Chen🇹🇼

#DenmarkOpen2026 | 📸 (File pic): Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

Punjab’s Vihaan Malhotra (103) struck a century on First-Class debut, but it was not enough to dispel Assam’s stake at a first-innings lead on Day 3 at the New PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh.

✍️ Abhishek Saini

Read: https://bit.ly/3W6skq5

📸 - Rahul Bhardwaj/PCA

#PUNvASM #RanjiTrophy