Dhawan moves to Daredevils from srh
New Delhi: Sunrisers Hyderabad have traded an "unsettled" Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Daredevils in a move that will see the India opener play for the IPL franchise of his home city after 10 years. In exchange of Dhawan, Delhi have released all-rounder Vijay Shankar, spinner Shahbaz Nadeem and the young Abhishek Sharma to Sunrisers. Dhawan was bought back by Sunrisers in the auction earlier this year through Right to Match card for Rs 5.2 crore. The southpaw was unhappy about his price tag, leading to the move to Delhi where he played in the inaugural IPL in 2008. Dhawan was with Sunrisers since 2013, becoming their leading run-getter with 2768 runs from 91 innings.
Gambhir steps down as Delhi captain
New Delhi: Gautam Gambhir was on Monday replaced by Nitish Rana as Delhi's Ranji captain after the team's seniormost player decided to make way for someone younger at the top position. "Time to pass the captaincy baton to youngsters, hence have requested the DDCA selectors not to consider me for that role. I will be in the background helping the new leader to win games," Gambhir tweeted. The 24-year-old Rana is a middle-order batsman, who has an average of 46.29 in 24 first-class appearances so far. The 26-year-old Shorey has 21 first-class matches to his credit and is a top-order batsman.
Taijul’s 11 leads B'desh fightback
Sylhet: Taijul Islam claimed 11 wickets to lead Bangladesh's fightback in the first Test against Zimbabwe on Monday, but the hosts still need a record chase to win in Sylhet. Bangladesh dismissed Zimbabwe for 181 in their second innings with Taijul returning impressive bowling figures of 5-62. Taijul's effort boosted Bangladesh after they were bowled out cheaply for just 143 in response to the tourists' first innings haul of 282 runs. The hosts were 26-0 in their chase of 321 when bad light stopped play on day three at the Sylhet International Stadium. No team has ever had to chase so many runs to win a Test match in Bangladesh. Bangladesh's highest successful chase at home is 101 against Zimbabwe in 2014.
Pakistan whitewash NZ in t20s
Dubai: Babar Azam became the quickest batsman to reach 1,000 Twenty20 runs as Pakistan whitewashed New Zealand 3-0 with a comfortable 47-run win in the third and final match in Dubai on Sunday. The 24-year-old —ranked number one in Twenty20s — hit a punishing 58-ball 79 with seven boundaries and two sixes while Mohammad Hafeez hit a 34-ball 53 not out with two sixes and four boundaries to lift Pakistan to 166-3 at Dubai stadium. Pakistan spinners Shadab Khan (3-30) and Imad Wasim (2-28) then hastened New Zealand's demise to 119 all out in 16.5 overs as the Kiwis lost their last eight wickets for just 23 runs. This also becomes Pakistan's second series whitewash after romping past Australia 3-0 last Sunday.
Sindhu faces Evgeniya in China open
Fuzhou: Still searching for a title this year, India's top shuttler P V Sindhu opens her campaign in the China Open women's singles against Evgeniya Kosetskaya of Russia here on Tuesday. Olympic Silver medallist Sindhu, who has finished second best on five occasions this year, has been seeded third in this BWF World Tour Super 750 and she is unlikely to face much challenge from the unseeded world number 30 in the first round. World number three Sindhu has been clubbed along with Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in one half of the draw and both can meet in the semifinals if they reach that stage. Olympic and world champion Carolina Marin of Spain and world number 2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan have been clubbed in the other half of the draw.
Divyansh, Elavenil win medals
Kuwait City: India's junior shooters Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elavenil Valarivan won the Silver and Bronze medals in their respective air rifle events of the 11th Asian Shooting Championship here on Monday. Divyansh shot 251.4 in the final of 10m air rifle junior men's event to finish behind Gold medallist Wang Yuefeng of China, who shot a junior world and Asian record score of 252.3 to emerge triumphant. Elavenil shot 227.9 in the 10m air rifle junior women's event to claim a Bronze. The competition saw a 1-2 finish by Chinese shooters with Shi Mengyao winning Gold with an effort of 250.3 while compatriot Xu Hong won Silver with a final score of 249.3.
Subhankar wins SaarLorLux Open
Saarbrucken: India's Subhankar Dey upset fifth seed Rajeev Ouseph in straight games to win the SaarLorLux Open Badminton Championship Super 100 badminton tournament here, capping off a "dream" week for the 25-year-old. The unseeded Subhankar got the better of England's Ouseph 21-11, 21-14 in just 34 minutes in the final played on Sunday. "It is the biggest achievement of my life. I had expected to work really hard in the rallies but they turned out to be short. I am playing really well right now and I like it," Subhankar said. "I did a lot of homework and it paid off".
Romagnoli puts AC Milan ahead
Milan: Alessio Romagnoli scored the only goal after 97 minutes as AC Milan reclaimed fourth place in Serie A amid drama at 10-man Udinese ahead of Lazio who earlier crushed SPAL 4-1 with Ciro Immobile bagging a brace. Defender Romagnoli fired in the winner amid a scramble in front of goal to add to his midweek winner against Genoa, for a confidence-boost ahead of next weekend's visit by champions Juventus to the San Siro. AC Milan and Lazio both have 21 points from 11 games, with Gattuso's side occupying the final Champions League spot on goal difference.