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New Delhi, Dec 23 (PTI) Defender Harmanpreet Singh was on Friday named the captain of the 18-member Indian squad which will compete at the FIH men’s Hockey World Cup, commencing on January 13 in Odisha. Defender Amit Rohidas will serve as Harmanpreet’s deputy. Harmanpreet had also captained the side in the recent series against Australia, where the side fought hard before losing the five-match rubber 1-4. Mid-fielder Manpreet Singh had led the team at the Tokyo Olympics where India won a historic bronze medal but he will feature in the team as a player this time as coach Graham Reid…

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Mirpur, Dec 23 (PTI) Scoreboard at tea on the day two of the second Test between India and Bangladesh here on Friday. Bangladesh 1st Innings: 227 India 1st Innings: KL Rahul lbw b Taijul Islam 10 Shubman Gill lbw b Taijul Islam 20 Cheteshwar Pujarac Mominul b Taijul Islam 24 Virat Kohli c Nurul Hasan b Taskin Ahmed 24 Rishabh Pant batting 86 Shreyas Iyer batting 58 Extras: (NB-3, W-1) 4 Total: (For 4 wickets in 61 overs) 226 Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-38, 3-72, 4-94. Bowling: Taskin Ahmed 12-2-44-1, Shakib Al Hasan 9-2-46-0, Khaled Ahmed 8-1-31-0, Taijul Islam 18-3-55-3,…

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Melbourne, Dec 23 (PTI) “Refreshed and ready to play the game,” World Cup-winning skipper Meg Lanning is set to return from her break and lead Australia in the ODI series against Pakistan next month. The 30-year-old had taken time off from the game to focus on herself following Australia’s gold-medal finish at the Commonwealth Games in August. She missed the women’s Big Bash League and the recently-concluded tour of India due to her break, that lasted five months. “I can’t wait to be out on the field again with @auswomencricket against Pakistan. Sometimes you just have to hit pause, step…

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Mirpur, Dec 23 (PTI) Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer cracked unbeaten half-centuries to take India to 226 for four at tea on day two of the second Test against Bangladesh here on Friday. After the tourists lost three wickets in the opening session, Taskin Ahmed added to India’s woes claiming the prized scalp of Virat Kohli (24) soon after lunch. But Pant (86 batting) and Iyer (58 batting) combined forces and dominated proceedings. The two have added 132 runs for the unfinished fifth wicket and the team now trails Bangladesh by just one run. Brief Score: Bangladesh 1st Innings: 227…

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नयी दिल्ली, 23 दिसंबर (भाषा ) डिफेंडर हरमनप्रीत सिंह को 13 जनवरी से ओडिशा में होने वाले एफआईएच पुरूष हॉकी विश्व कप में 18 सदस्यीय भारतीय टीम का कप्तान चुना गया है ।

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मीरपुर, 23 दिसंबर ( भाषा ) बारह साल के इंतजार के बाद टेस्ट क्रिकेट में पहला विकेट लेने वाले जयदेव उनादकट ने 1000 से ज्यादा बार इसके बारे में सोचा था और आखिरकार जाकिर हसन के रूप में पहला विकेट लेकर वह काफी राहत और खुशी महसूस कर रहे हैं ।

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मीरपुर, 23 दिसंबर ( भाषा ) कप्तान के एल राहुल का खराब फॉर्म बदस्तूर जारी रहा और बांग्लादेश के बायें हाथ के स्पिनर तैजुल इस्लाम ने दूसरे क्रिकेट टेस्ट के दूसरे दिन लंच तक भारत के शुरूआती तीन विकेट 86 रन पर निकाल दिये ।

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Mirpur, Dec 23 (PTI) Scoreboard at lunch on the second day of the second Test between India and Bangladesh here on Thursday. Bangladesh 1st Innings: 227 India 1st Innings: KL Rahul lbw Taijul 10 Shubman Gill lbw Taijul 20 Cheteshwar Pujara c Mominul b Taijul 24 Virat Kohli batting 18 Rishabh Pant batting 12 Extras (NB-2) 2 Total (For 3 wickets in 36 Overs) 86 Fall of Wickets: 1-27, 2-38, 3-72 Bowling: Taskin Ahmed 5-2-13-0, Shakib Al Hasan 5-2-16-0, Khaled Ahmed 5-1-19-0, Taijul Islam 13-3-24-3, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 8-1-14-0. Source: PTI News

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Mirpur, Dec 23 (PTI) Scoreboard at lunch on the day two of the second Test between India and Bangladesh here on Friday. Bangladesh 1st Innings: 227 India 1st Innings: KL Rahul lbw b Taijul Islam 10 Shubman Gill lbw b Taijul Islam 20 Cheteshwar Pujarac Mominul b Taijul Islam 24 Virat Kohli batting 18 Rishabh Pant batting 12 Extras: (NB-2) 2 Total: (For 3 wickets in 36 overs) 86 Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-38, 3-72. Bowling: Taskin Ahmed 5-2-13-0, Shakib Al Hasan 5-2-16-0, Khaled Ahmed 5-1-19-0, Taijul Islam 13-3-24-3, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 8-1-14-0. Source: PTI News

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Mirpur, Dec 23 (PTI) He had manifested that moment in his mind by visualising it over a 1000 times and when it finally happened after 12 long years of wait, Jaydev Unadkat was both relieved and delighted after Zakir Hasan became his maiden Test wicket. Unadkat, who made his Test debut against South Africa at Centurion on December 16 in 2010, was named in the playing XI in the second Test against Bangladesh here on Thursday. On his Test debut, which happened a dozen of winters back, Unadkat had gone for more than 100 runs in 26 wicketless overs with…

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