Ball-by-ball: Rohit and Rinku set the Chinnaswamy on fire

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The fifth-wicket pair hammered 58 runs in the last two overs of India’s innings, a new record in T20Is

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Jan-202418.1: Azmatullah to Rinku Singh, 1 run
Full, outside off, single to deep cover18.2: Azmatullah to Rohit Sharma, SIX runs
RGS into the 90s. An on-pace ball right in his slot. Rohit clears the front leg, and slogs him effortlessly over midwicket. This is meat and drink for himRelated

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18.3: Azmatullah to Rohit Sharma, FOUR runs
One short of another hundred. Makes room early, Omarzai goes for the slower short ball, but Rohit manages to beat short fine with the pull. Rolls his wrists on it18.4: Azmatullah to Rohit Sharma, FOUR runs
There it is. A special hundred. A fifth in T20Is. That’s massive. Makes room again, Omarzai tries to slip one wide, but Rohit gets under it and clears the man at point. They came to see Kohli mainly, but Rohit has provided Chinnaswamy a bonus. Incidentally, Kohli also turned around his form with a century against Afghanistan in a dead rubber two years ago. Rohit is not out of form but his T20 numbers haven’t been great last few years. So hopefully this is the start of something special18.5: Azmatullah to Rohit Sharma, 1 run
Misses out on a thigh-high full toss, gets just the single to long-off18.6: Azmatullah to Rinku Singh, SIX runs
Now Rinku brings up his fifty. Omarzai misses the yorker again, and you just can’t bowl slot balls to these batters. Over long-off it goes19.1: Karim Janat to Rohit Sharma, FOUR runs
Rohit predicts a wide ball with the field given to him, shimmies across and laps a wide full toss over square leg for four more19.2: Karim Janat to Rohit Sharma, (no ball) SIX runs
Call the police. Rohit is stealing the show. Juicy full toss. And also a front-foot no-ball. Rohit has sent this into orbit. These balls he can hit eyes closed. especially when he is 108 not out19.2: Karim Janat to Rohit Sharma, SIX runs
Rohit’s highest T20I score now. Short of a length, slower ball, just what you should be doing on this pitch, but Rohit has deposited it over wide long-on for another six19.3: Karim Janat to Rohit Sharma, 1 run
Lands the yorker, Rohit opens the face, but can’t get it past short third19.4: Karim Janat to Rinku Singh, SIX runs
Slower ball, 111ks, but right in the slot. Rinku creates the power with his bat speed in the slog. Clears deep midwicket. Carnage19.5: Karim Janat to Rinku Singh, SIX runs
Absolute mayhem. Janat misses his length again. Another juicy full toss, and Rinku has flicked it ways into the stands. What power in his wrists19.6: Karim Janat to Rinku Singh, SIX runs
36 off the over including five sixes, a four and a no-ball. Rinku has ended it with 6, 6, 6. Janat goes short this time, but he is hitting everything clean now. Manages to clear deep square leg with the pull

Rohit feels India were not 'brave enough' in Hyderabad chase

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Rohit Sharma feels India were not “brave enough” in their second innings and they “overall failed as a team” as they went down by 28 runs in Hyderabad.”When you are put against a wall, you need to show character and you need to be brave enough, which I thought we weren’t,” Rohit said on the official broadcast after India went 1-0 down in the five-Test series. “We wanted to take some chances… we didn’t take chances with the bat. But that can happen.”With India taking a massive 190-run first-innings lead, the idea that England would finish on the winning side was more than a bit far-fetched. However, Ollie Pope produced an epic 196 off 278 balls to take England to 420 in their second dig and gave them a 230-run lead, which proved just enough.Related

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Rohit said that Pope’s knock was “probably the best” he had seen in Indian conditions by an overseas batter, but felt that the target was by no means ungettable on a surface not doing too much.”You got to take your hat off and say ‘well played’ to Ollie Pope. That was some serious knock,” Rohit said. “Having gotten the lead of 190, we thought we were very much in the game, but then… exceptional batting, probably the best that I have seen in Indian conditions by an overseas batter.”Ollie Pope played a brilliant knock. I definitely thought 230 was gettable, there wasn’t too much in the pitch, but we didn’t bat well enough to get to the score.”This is only the third time overall – and the first time at home – that India have lost a Test match after securing a first-innings lead in excess of 100 runs. Was India’s bowling to blame for the loss in Hyderabad then?”I went and checked where we bowled [after the third day], and I thought we bowled in the right areas,” Rohit said. “When you finish the day, you analyse: what went well, what didn’t go well, and things like that. We went back and saw things; we spoke about [them] and I thought the bowlers executed the plan really well.”Hard to look at one or two things. Overall we failed as a team. I thought after the first innings of their batting and our batting I thought we were very much in the game. We didn’t bat well enough to get to that score [in the second innings].”Rohit also had praise for India’s lower-order batters, who hung around to give them hope late on the fourth day. India were at 119 for 7 in the 41st over and a swift end was on the horizon. But KS Bharat and R Ashwin strung a 57-run stand off 130 balls for the eighth wicket. Even Jasprit Bumrah and No. 11 Mohammed Siraj hung around for 37 balls, adding 25 runs, but could not take the game into the final day with Siraj falling in the last over of an extended day to give Tom Hartley his seventh wicket of the innings and spark celebrations in the England camp.”I wanted them to take the game to the fifth day; 20-30 runs anything is possible,” Rohit said. “The lower order fought really well, and showed the top order that you need to fight it out. It is the first game of the series. I hope the guys can learn from that.”

La Liga under pressure to reschedule Real Madrid's opening La Liga game as players' union appeal to judge

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Real Madrid and Spain’s players' union want the season opener postponed as concerns mount over inadequate rest following the Club World Cup campaign.

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    According to , La Liga is under renewed pressure to postpone Madrid’s 2025-26 season opener against Osasuna after the AFE (Spanish Footballers' Association) and the club formally appealed to the Sole Competition Judge. Both parties argue that Madrid players are at risk due to insufficient rest and preparation time following their participation in the final phase of the Club World Cup. La Liga, however, opposes the delay, claiming that all legal vacation requirements have been met.

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    Madrid’s players will only receive the minimum three-week vacation period outlined in their collective agreement, without the standard three-week preseason. The AFE contends this violates Spain’s Workers' Statute and Sports Law regarding occupational safety. While La Liga maintains that no formal commitment was made to delay the match, both AFE and Real Madrid cite a lack of flexibility that could jeopardise player health after a star player cuts their holiday short. Osasuna, meanwhile, has shown no objection to a rescheduling.

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    AFE first raised this issue with La Liga in March 2025 and reiterated on May 16 that they would not sign the agreement unless there was a provision for preseason rest. The union argues that without at least three weeks of preseason, players are at risk of injury.

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    The decision now lies with the Sole Competition Judge, who will rule on whether the opening matchday should be postponed to allow Madrid’s squad more rest. If the appeal is upheld, La Liga may be forced to adjust its calendar before the 2025-26 campaign begins.

Desai triggers dramatic Karnataka collapse to lead Gujarat to narrow win

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Desai, the left-arm spinner, picked up seven wickets as Karnataka went from 50 for 0 to 103 all out

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Left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai helped Gujarat snatch six points from Karnataka in a thrilling morning in Ahmedabad, where his seven-for scripted a stunning six-wicket win by defending 109 in the fourth innings. Karnataka were cruising at 50 for 0 in under 10 overs before Desai took six wickets in a row that turned the game around.Karnataka soon slipped to 62 for 4, 77 for 7 and were bowled out for 103.On a pitch where the ball turned and bounced viciously, Desai troubled Karnataka by going around the wicket – wide of crease at times – and added to the pressure with close-in fielders. Karnataka started the final innings strongly, with Mayank Agarwal, the only centurion of the match, and Devdutt Padikkal scoring quickly. Desai had opened the bowling alongside medium-pacer Chintan Gaja, but the task looked beyond them as Agarwal and Padikkal raced away. Agarwal scored 19 in 29 balls, with four fours, and Padikkal was in a hurry, hitting 31 from 29 balls with four fours and a six.But Desai broke through with Agarwal’s wicket in the tenth over, and then got rid of Padikkal and Nikin Jose in his next over. Suddenly, Karnataka were 56 for 3. Time wasn’t the issue, and with the likes of Manish Pandey, R Samarth – who had opened in the first innings – and Shubhang Hegde to come, it wasn’t a worrying situation yet.

Desai was on a roll, though. Pandey fell for a duck to become Desai’s fourth victim, and he added Sujay Sateri and Vijaykumar Vyshak to his tally by the 18th over of the innings, leaving Karnataka tottering at 74 for 6.Gujarat captain Gaja had removed himself from the attack after bowling just two overs, bringing Rinkesh Vaghela, the offspinner, who got into the act by sending back Samarth and Hegde, who had scored 27 in 37 balls. Desai then got rid of Rohit Kumar – the third duck in the innings – to complete his haul, before Vaghela got his third, Prasidh Krishna, in the 27th over to finish off the game.The day had started well for Karnataka, as had most of the match till they got to 50 for no loss in their second innings. Gujarat, overnight on 171 for 7 – after having conceded a 110-run first-innings lead – were bowled out in 12.2 overs of action, adding 48 runs along the way. Those were critical in the end analysis.The win lifted Gujarat to the top of the Elite Group C table, with two wins in two games giving them 12 points.

وكيل فينيسيوس يثير التكهنات حول مستقبله مع ريال مدريد

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تستمر حالة الترقب بشأن مستقبل البرازيلي فينيسيوس جونيور، مهاجم فريق ريال مدريد الإسباني، ومسألة تجديد عقده، مع اقتراب انطلاقة الموسم الجديد.

ويفتتح ريال مدريد موسم 2025-2026 في الدوري الإسباني “الليجا” بمواجهة أوساسونا يوم الثلاثاء المقبل، في أولى مبارياته بالمسابقة.

وكان فينيسيوس قد شارك في مباراة ريال مدريد الودية أمس الثلاثاء أمام تيرول النمساوي، والتي انتهت بفوز النادي الملكي، برباعية دون رد.

ووفقًا لبرنامج “إل شيرينجيتو” الإسباني، شوهد وكيل أعمال فينسيوس في مكاتب النادي في فالديبيباس يوم الأربعاء، مما زاد من التكهنات حول مستقبله.

وتواصل مراسلو البرنامج مع وكيل فينيسيوس، للسؤال عن مستقبل البرازيلي ومحادثات تجديد العقد وآخر التطورات المتعلقة بها، لكنه رفض الإجابة على أي أسئلة.

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ويستمر عقد فينيسيوس الحالي مع ريال مدريد حتى يونيو 2027، لكن محادثات التمديد تبدو معقدة، بحسب ما ورد في تقارير الصحف الإسبانية.

ويرجع تعقد المفاوضات إلى رغبة فينيسيوس في تجديد العقد بشروط مالية محسنة، لا تتوافق مع ما يعرضه ريال مدريد.

وعلى الرغم من ذلك، يرغب الطرفان في التوصل لاتفاق، وستكون الأشهر المقبلة حاسمة في تحديد مصير فينيسيوس ومستقبله مع ريال مدريد.

كاراجر ينتقد أداء لاعب ليفربول أمام بورنموث: صادم.. ويجب على سلوت التدخل

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انتقد النجم السابق لفريق ليفربول، جيمي كاراجر، أداء أحد لاعبي كتيبة آرني سلوت خلال مباراة يوم الجمعة الماضي ضد بورنموث، في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

واستضاف ملعب “الأنفيلد” مباراة فريقي ليفربول وبورنموث في افتتاحية موسم الدوري الإنجليزي، 2025/26.

ونال إبراهيما كوناتي، مدافع فريق ليفربول، غضب النجم السابق للنادي جيمي كاراجر، حسب تصريحاته التي نشرتها شبكة “ليفربول إيكو” الإنجليزية.

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ولعب كوناتي دورًا في هدف بورنموث الثاني أمام ليفربول، الذي سجله أنطوان سيمينيو، حيث عاد الفرنسي إلى الخلف لإحباط محاولة لاعب الخصم، ولكنه لم يتمكن من فعل شيء.

وقال كاراجر: “ليفربول تحت ضغط حقيقي، تشعر وكأن هدف للخصم قادم، تمركز كوناتي غير جيد في كل مكان، ليس لديه أي فكرة عن مكان مهاجم بورنموث، لم يكن في المكان الصحيح منذ البداية”.

وواصل: “مرة أخرى، ماذا يفعل كوناتي؟ لقد كان أدائه صادمًا للغاية ضد بورنموث، إن ركض سيمينيو لتلك المسافة البعيدة وسجل هدفًا، فهو أمر مذهل، ولكن إلى أين يتجه كوناتي؟!”.

واسترسل: “كان أدائه سيئًا للغاية في قلب الدفاع، هناك بالتأكيد مشكلة يجب على سلوت حلها، يقول الناس أن ليفربول في حاجة إلى قلب دفاع، ولكن قلب الدفاع لا يحل تلك المشكلة، سيأخذ فقط مكان كوناتي”.

Michael Bracewell to lead New Zealand in Pakistan T20I series

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Allrounder Michael Bracewell will captain New Zealand on their T20I tour of Pakistan as he makes his return to international cricket after injury while uncapped batter Tim Robinson is in line for a debut.Fast bowler Will O’Rourke, who made his Test and ODI debuts earlier this season, has also been named.Bracewell hasn’t played for New Zealand since March last year after suffering a ruptured right Achillies playing for Worcestershire in the T20 Blast in June and then a broken finger. He recently took a career-best 8 for 41 in the Plunket Shield.He will lead a squad that is missing nine players who are on IPL duty as well as Will Young, who is taking up an overseas deal with Nottinghamshire, Tom Latham, awaiting the birth of his second child, and Tim Southee, who wasn’t considered for selection to give him an extended period of conditioning after the home season.The tour will play an important role in firming up the final spots in New Zealand’s T20 World Cup squad.”Michael has faced a long period on the sideline and it’s exciting to see him back playing cricket again,” selector Sam Wells said. “The fact he’s back playing at a high level after an Achilles rupture is testament to his hard work and application.”He’s a well-respected leader and has captaincy experience for Wellington along with New Zealand A and New Zealand XI teams, which we believe holds him in good stead to lead the group in Pakistan.”Uncapped 21-year-old Robinson has been included after he was the second-leading run-scorer in the Super Smash with 298 runs at 59.60 at a strike rate of 187.42, including 139 off 64 balls against Otago.”Tim is still very early in his domestic career but his natural ability and explosive power was on full display this season,” Wells said. “Combined with his outstanding fielding, we believe he has a skill-set that’s well suited to the format.”We’ve been delighted with Will’s early efforts in international cricket, in both the formats he’s played so far. This tour will be an excellent chance for him to test his skills in foreign conditions.”

New Zealand T20I squad vs Pakistan

Michael Bracewell (capt), Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Josh Clarkson, Jacob Duffy, Dean Foxcroft, Ben Lister, Cole McConchie, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Will O’Rourke, Tim Robinson, Ben Sears, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi

SLC to launch National Super League for women

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The tournament, similar to the Men’s NSL launched in 2022, will be a significant boon to women’s cricket in the country

Madushka Balasuriya05-Feb-2024A Women’s National Super League (NSL) for both white-ball formats will begin this month, Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed, with the 50-over contest set to begin on February 6, in Colombo, at the completion of which the T20 competition will take place.The tournament, similar to the Men’s NSL launched in 2022, will see the country’s top talent streamlined. In this case, into four teams – Colombo, Kandy, Dambulla and Galle – with 60 players taking part in total.”The 50 over tournament, which will start on February 6, is a major elevation for women’s cricket in the country, as they get to compete in the country’s elite domestic competition,” stated an SLC media release.”Competing and performing well in the Women’s National Super League will enable players to graduate to national recognition.”Both tournaments are set to be held back-to-back in Colombo with each side squaring off against the other once before the final. The 50-over final will take place on February 12 with the T20 tournament starting three days later on February 15. The T20 final is set for February 20.The move is a significant boon to the women’s game in Sri Lanka. Between March 2020 and November 2021, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka’s women’s side did not compete in a single international fixture.However 2022 and 2023 have since seen an uptick in competitive tours, with series against India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, New Zealand and England in the books, including a historic home ODI series win against New Zealand and a T20I series win against England.In 2023, captain Chamari Athapaththu also recorded the most successful year of her career, being named ICC’s ODI Player of the Year.

Raising cash for Isak? Liverpool set to bring in more transfer funds as Reds agree £15m fee with Lyon for young midfielder Tyler Morton

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Liverpool have agreed a £15 million ($20m) fee with Lyon for England Under-21 star Tyler Morton as the Reds continue their smart transfer business.

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Reported by Fabrizio Romano on X, negotiations are at their "final stages" between the Reds and Lyon over a transfer for 22-year-old Morton, who is set to move to Ligue 1 for £15m after making just 14 senior appearances for Liverpool.

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The sale of academy product Morton will represent pure profit for Liverpool, who continue to act smartly in raising money for further exploits in the transfer market. A record-breaking move for Alexander Isak remains a possibility, although there have been suggestions the Reds may walk away from negotiations after Newcastle United rejected their opening £120m ($158m) bid.

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Merseyside local Morton joined Liverpool aged seven and made his competitive debut for the club in September 2021. He has since enjoyed loan spells with Blackburn Rovers and Hull City before being reintegrated into the Reds' first-team squad last campaign. Morton made just five appearances in all competitions last season and none in the Premier League in his "toughest season mentally", but was an impactful member of Lee Carsley's victorious Under-21 Euros squad and assisted the winning goal in the final.

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If this move goes ahead, Morton will relish the chance of regular first-team football at a European heavyweight the size of Lyon. The seven-time French champions are currently in a difficult financial state but will hope to return to their place among Europe's elite in the coming years.

Liverpool may look to follow up the sale of Morton with further exits for players like Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott. The saga surrounding Isak may continue for the remainder of the summer.

How Man Utd can afford blockbuster transfer for a new striker WITHOUT needing to sell members of their 'bomb squad' – explained

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Manchester United have committed to £133.5 million worth of new signings but appear to be successfully navigating what had previously been thought to be PSR limitations.

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    A proposed deal for £70m ($93m)-rated RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko has been thought to be moving forward, although Newcastle have not given up amid claims in his native Slovenia that he will choose the Magpies. After bringing in Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo for big money earlier in the summer, it was expected that further United signings would hinge on offloading Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, Alejandro Garnacho, Antony and Tyrell Malacia to create room under Premier League PSR. But that may not actually be the case, which is helpful given a lack of progress.

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    According to the , there are a few things that play into the club's hands. Rashford is the only member of the so-called 'bomb squad' to leave, only on loan. But Barcelona are covering all of his burdensome salary, immediately taking £14m ($19m) off the books for this season. With Rashford and Antony similarly out on loan in the second half of last season, money was also saved then. United had a quiet January when Patrick Dorgu's £25m ($33m) arrival was the only incoming transfer and the hugely expensive 2022 signings of Casemiro and Antony were long enough ago that they aren't part of the new three-year PSR cycle. Payments for Cunha and Mbeumo are going to be spread over multiple years, and even the brutal mass redundancies among non-football staff are said to have helped raise the PSR ceiling because of the saving.

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    The report adds that United still intend to sell the remaining four 'bomb squad' players and expect movement closer to the transfer deadline on September 1. Chelsea remain linked with Garnacho, while Borussia Dortmund have emerged as a Sancho suitor after Juventus' interest was paused. Overall, the club still feel they must sell some senior players for the sake of the finances by next summer.

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    If United can push ahead with a Sesko approach and beat Newcastle to the punch, Ruben Amoorim could have a very different forward line this season, with Cunha and Mbeumo predicted to operate as split No.10s behind a central striker. Club officials have just shy of two weeks to complete a deal if they want Sesko to be involved from day one of the Premier League campaign.

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