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Mumbai has retained the same squad that travelled to Himachal Pradesh and earned its second consecutive bonus point at the start of its Ranji Trophy campaign for the next league match against Haryana, to be played from Monday at the Sharad Pawar academy ground.After Mumbai thrashed Himachal Pradesh by an innings and 97 runs, the selection committee chaired by Rajesh Pawar on Thursday decided to stick to the same set of 15 players that travelled to Bilaspur.The only talking point for the selectors was Shardul Thakur’s fitness status. The veteran allrounder is recovering after fracturing his right middle finger during…
Barnet can tighten their grip on the League Two promotion race as 11 matches get underway on Saturday, previewed by William Hill News, with three of lunchtime kick-offs setting the scene. Leaders Salford and fourth-placed Walsall sit out the Saturday card, with their meeting moved to Monday 26th. That gives the chasing pack a chance to close the gap over the weekend. Here is our analysis of each fixture, with score predictions to assist your football betting. Bristol Rovers vs Swindon – 12:20pm The sides are level on 15 points, with Rovers on five wins and seven defeats and Swindon…
Tony Incenzo previews the forthcoming SSE Airtricity League of Ireland action ahead of a packed schedule of games on Friday evening. Hurtling into the penultimate weekend of regular season endeavours, our League of Ireland Premier Division crown denouement boils down to a two horse race. Both of the leading protagonists are at home on Friday evening. Meanwhile, there is a huge fixture affecting the battle to avoid a relegation Play-Off. Accordingly, betting interest is reaching fever pitch levels. Here are the upcoming pairings alongside my considered score predictions to assist your football betting… Bohemians v Shelbourne Prediction Kick-off: 7.45pm Rankings:…
Leading bookmaker William Hill firmly believe Harry Kane will win next week’s Ballon d’Or, with the England forward as short as 1/3 to claim the award. The Bayern Munich striker is 1/3 to be the first English player to win the award since Michael Owen in 2001 – the lowest odds any player has traded in the market all year. Lamine Yamal has shared favouritism with Kane throughout 2026 but has drifted to 2/1 since the start of October. Kylian Mbappe (16/1) completes the top three, but the market suggests a two-horse race with a few days to go before the…
A 3-0 sweep in the T20Is means a high-on-confidence Indian side heads to Vadodara to, for all practical purposes, school Zimbabwe in the format in which it is the reigning world champion.India, master of endurance long before it became a promising apprentice of the power game, will host the Lady Chevrons for three ODIs in Vadodara, Gujarat’s cultural capital.The 2025 ODI World Cup-winning home side will hope to use this series as an extended audition for a few promising players in the squad ahead of two crucial assignments: a multi-format tour of South Africa in December and the inaugural Women’s…
There is a simplicity to Smriti Mandhana. She burst onto the cricketing scene as a shy, goofy, bespectacled girl who didn’t take the world any more seriously than she ought to, who knew how to laugh at herself and, perhaps most importantly, how to get back on her feet after a fall and keep moving. Leadership opportunities over the years, first as India’s vice-captain and then as skipper of Women’s Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru, have added layers of varnish to a spectacular cricketing phenomenon, turning her into a product the world can only marvel at.Murmurs of a baton…
Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada bowled South Africa to within sight of a series-levelling victory on the fourth day of the second Test at St George’s Park on Wednesday.Australia is 156 for four in its follow-on innings after being shot out for 99 earlier in the day. It is still 170 runs short of making South Africa bat again.Travis Head survived an early chance and was unbeaten on 87. Steve Smith did not come out to bat in the second innings after appearing to be struggling with a neck injury while making top score of 28 in Australia’s first innings.Jansen took five for 33 as Australia crashed to its fourth-lowest total against South Africa and Rabada made…
Saurashtra’s status as Karnataka’s bete noire remained unchanged as it walked away with three points in the drawn Ranji Trophy encounter at the Alur Grounds near here on Wednesday.The last seven fixtures between the sides has now seen Saurashtra win four times and take the first-innings lead thrice.Karnataka’s fate was more or less sealed on Tuesday when it allowed the last two Saurashtra batters to add 46 runs and secure a narrow seven-run first-innings lead. On the final day, the visitors ensured that Karnataka had no route back.Courtesy K.V. Aneesh’s second half-century of the match (79, 159b, 5×4, 1×6) and…
There is nothing quite like a potential title decider to bring the fiercest of spotlights to bear as doubtless Kimi Antonelli will discover when he attempts to seal his first championship at the United States Grand Prix this weekend.For the young Italian the goal is straightforward and the culmination of a childhood dream. However, for his Mercedes team there will be scrutiny over performance in Austin that has significant implications going into next season.The 20-year-old Antonelli holds a 102-point lead over his teammate George Russell and will become Formula One’s youngest world champion if he wins, Russell finishes ninth or…
Results so far1) Assam beats Tripura by nine wickets2) Tamil Nadu beats Uttarakhand by an innings and 66 runs3) Haryana beats Chandigarh by an innings and 24 runs4) Bengal beats Services by 60 runs5) Sikkim beats Arunachal Pradesh by an innings and 328 runs (Plate)6) Vidarbha beats Jammu & Kashmir by three wickets7) Uttar Pradesh beats Goa by 68 runs8) Baroda beats Bihar by 10 wicketsPlate groupMeghalaya vs Manipur – MEG 380 all out & 172 all out; MAN 277 all out; 11/0Nagaland vs Mizoram – MIZ 581/9D; NAG 324/3Elite groupAndhra vs Hyderabad – HYD 275 & 306/7D; AND 184…