Former captain and all-rounder of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Team, Rishi Dhawan has announced his retirement from the limited format of the game. Following his state team’s final match in the Vijay Hazare Trophy league stages, he took it to social media and called it a day from the shorter format.

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Past regrets are inevitable parts of life, but intense competition can often bring them to the forefront. This was evident in the first session of the third day where Virat Kohli subtly took a dig at the crowd, gesturing towards his empty pockets as a reference to the 2018 sandpaper gate scandal.

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Ahead of IPL 2022 final against Rajasthan Royals on Sunday, Gujarat Titans vice-captain Rashid Khan has said that he always believes he can score around 20-25 runs at the end. Rashid has been batting at No. 7 for Gujarat Titans this year, which is a higher position than he batted before.

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Hardik Pandya was brimming with confidence after a decisive performance in the Asia Cup opener against Pakistan, revealing he believed the bowler was under greater pressure when defending the score. He went on to discuss his bowling strategy as well as how he approached the batting in the game.

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After scoring a ton on the first day of the one-off Test against England, Rishabh Pant has stated that he tried to play to the merit of the ball in red-ball cricket. Pant scored 146 runs from 111 balls and helped the team recover after they lost half of the side before crossing the 100-run mark.

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The Indian national football team has arrived in Maldives, on Tuesday, ahead of the 2021 SAFF Championships, which begins on October 1. The Blue Tigers will kick-start their campaign against Bangladesh on October 4, followed by their matches against Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives.

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Matt Henry has become the third New Zealand fast bowler to be ruled out of this month’s ODI series in Pakistan and India due to injury. Henry joins Adam Milne and Kyle Jamieson on the sideline after bowling through an abdominal strain on the final day of the drawn second Test in Karachi.

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Harmanpreet Kaur’s Supernovas have defeated Velocity by four runs in the final of the Women’s T20 Challenge 2022 at MCA Stadium in Pune. They rode on Deandra Dottin’s 44-ball 62 to post 165/7 after being asked to bat, and then restricted Velocity to 161/8, courtesy of an excellent bowling show.

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Former India cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin has said that Umran Malik deserves a place in the red-ball team after his performances in IPL 2022 on social media. Azharuddin further added that managing the workload of the bowler will be very critical and he should 'avoid succumbing to injuries'.

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Deepak Hooda is in fine form and asserted that he likes batting in an aggressive manner after scoring a hundred against Ireland in the second and final T20I of the series. The right-handed batter was in terrific form during the game as he smashed the Ireland bowlers all around the ground.

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Indian Super League side Hyderabad FC thrashed regimental side Assam Rifles 5-0 in their Durand Cup fixture at the Mohun Bagan ground, on Sunday evening to kick-start their campaign on a high. The Nizams were already leading 4-0 by the 27th minute, netting the fifth in the 87th minute.

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BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has backed India's head coach Rahul Dravid, saying it is 'not ideal' to work with seven different captains in a short period of time. Ganguly's comments came after India's heartbreaking seven-wicket defeat at Edgbaston during their recent Test versus England.

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India head coach Rahul Dravid had opined that the batting unit should seize key moments and that they were 60-70 runs short in the first innings of the Johannesburg Test after losing the fixture. South Africa won the second Test by seven wickets and the third Test will be a series decider.

https://sportscafe.in/cricket/articles/2022/jan/07/ind-vs-sa-batting-unit-key-moments-rahul-dravid-johannesburg-test?utm_medium=rss

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Australia have suffered a major blow ahead of the second Test against West Indies as skipper Pat Cummins will not play in the second Test as he is yet to recover from a thigh strain sustained during the first game. Steve Smith will captain the side while Scott Boland will replace him in the lineup.

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The cricketing world was left shocked when the news of Shane Warne's demise broke out on March 4, 2022, as players from around the world mourned the demise of the Australian great. Many cricketers shared their memories of the legendary bowler and Dinesh Karthik too shared one such incident.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated KL Rahul's Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2022 comfortably by 18 runs to go to the second spot on the points table. Lucknow skipper KL Rahul admitted that his team gave away 15-20 extra runs which proved to be costly in the end resulting in their loss.

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Indian fast bowler Avesh Khan credited team India's head coach Rahul Dravid for his performance in the fourth T20I against South Africa at Rajkot. The fast bowler who did not have any wickets in the series went on to take four wickets in the game and helped the team level the series.

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Rajasthan Royals has paid a heartfelt tribute to their ‘first Royal’ Shane Warne’ saying he was a leader who turned everything he touched into gold. Shane Warne led the Rajasthan Royals in the inaugural season of IPL in 2008 and won the title with a mix of experience and youth in the squad.

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RCB director of cricket and head coach Mike Hesson has said that Virat Kohli's decision to step down as team' captain after the IPL 2021 did not affect the performance of players versus KKR on Monday. Electing to bat first, RCB were bundled out for 92 losing the match by 9 wickets in Abu Dhabi .

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Australia have suffered a blow ahead of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as their key pacer Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the fixture with a heel injury. The pacer got injured due to damp run-ups a the Sydney Cricket Ground last month during a Test against South Africa.

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After suffering their eighth defeat in IPL 2022, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has admitted that they haven’t batted well enough in the tournament. MI suffered a 36-run defeat in their last game against LSG as their batting unit suffered a collapse and the team ended up short of the target.

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Mumbai Indians young batter Dewald Brevis has revealed that having AB de Villiers as a mentor has benefitted him in numerous ways in the IPL 2022. Brevis impressed one and all with his performance this season and has scored 161 runs in seven matches at 23 with a strike rate of 142.48.

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