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'Today, the whole world will Pant is now world's best-ranked stand up and salute you' keeper-batsman in Tests NEW DELHI, JAN 20: said. Pujara) you will be known And finally, Shastri ap- NEW DELHI, JAN 20: India Head Coach Ravi 'It doesn't come as the ultimate warrior. plauded Thangarasu India's Rishabh Pant be- Shastri commended the overnight, but now that you And Rishabh (Pant), simply Natarajan, the net bowler came the top-ranked 'courage, resolve and spirit' have this self-belief, you outstanding. The way you who became a front-liner, -keeper batsman in of his wounded warriors in a can see where you have were , you gave and the duo of Washington the world after his sensa- stirring dressing room taken a game as a team. To- heart attacks to a few every Sundar and Shardul tional series-winning 89- speech after the conquest at day forget India, the whole moment but what you have Thakur, the men who made run knock in the Brisbane Gabba on Tuesday. world will stand up and done is magnificent,' he as much difference with the match pushed him to a ca- Injury-ravaged India salute you.' added. bat as with the ball. reer-best 13th spot in the chased down an imposing 'So remember what you Shastri acknowledged '...in this Test match, I ICC Test batting rankings, 328 in the final Test to hand guys have done today. You Ajinya Rahane's leadership. would not want to forget is issued on Wednesday. Australia their first loss in need to enjoy this moment, 'Jinx to lead the side from three debutants and their Pant, who won many ad- 32 years at 'Fortress Gabba' don't let it just go away, en- the position where we were performances in that first mirers for his fearless and to retain the Border- joy as much as you can,' he and to make them bounce innings. Nattu, Washi and mature batting, has 691 Gavaskar Trophy in style. advised the young team. back and control things in I say Shardul because he points in his kitty. South In a three-minute speech 'It started in Melbourne. the middle like the way you was injured in the first Test Africa's Quinton de Kock Shastri said: 'The courage, Sydney was fantastic, it al- have done is simply, simply, he played (in 2018).' (677) is the next best the resolve, the spirit, that lowed us to come here brilliant,' Shastri, who led 'For you to show that wicket-keeper batsman in you guys have shown is un- even-steven. And to pull off India in only one Test -- spirit, that's what broke the the list in the 15th position. real. Not for once you were something (like this) today against the West Indies in back of Australia, more Australia batsman Mar- down, injuries, 36 all out (in was simply outstanding,' 1987 and won that game in than anything else, that we nus Labuschagne's first-in- the first Test at Adelaide), Shastri said. style, by 255 runs as Naren- could come back and get nings century in Brisbane six in the match, in- Tim Southee to the fourth Galle. Leach's second in- you had the self-belief in 'Shubman (Gill) great, dra Hirwani took 16/136 -- 330 or 340 on this wicket took him past India skipper cluding a five-wicket haul in spot after grabbing six wick- nings' figures of five for 122 you,' an emotional Shastri great. Puji (Cheteshwara declared. after being 180/6,' he said. Virat Kohli (862 points) to the second innings. ets in the match, including a lifted him three places to third position with a career- Debutant Washington haul of five for 57 in the first 40th while Bess's five for 30 best 878 rating points. Sundar and Shardul Thakur innings. in the first innings took him Kohli missed the action as too gained in rankings fol- England's has re- from 67th to 50th position. Bhajji's IPL contract with CSK ends he was on paternity leave. lowing their useful contribu- turned to the top five with Jonny Bairstow (up five Young India opener tions with both bat and ball. his highest rating points places to 58th in batting) NEW DELHI, JAN 20: Shubman Gill continued his Washington entered the tally (738) in two years after and (up two Veteran Indian off-spinner upward trajectory, moving rankings in 82nd (batting) scoring a first-innings 228 to places to 39th in ) on up from 68th to 47th spot af- and 97th (bowling) posi- help his team win the first also climbed the charts. Wednesday said his con- ter a crucial 91 in the second tions, while Thakur re-en- Test against by For Sri Lanka, Lahiru tract with IPL franchise innings of the fourth Test, tered the batting list in 113th seven wickets in Galle. Thirimanne's second in- Super Kings has which India won by three position and bowling list in Root has advanced six nings century helped him ended, bringing to a conclu- wickets on Tuesday. 65th position. places, overtaking Pak- progress 12 places to 87th sion his "wonderful" two- Middle-order mainstay Australia Tim istan's Babar Azam and Pu- position while left-arm year stint with the side. moved Paine moved up three spots jara in the process. spinner Lasith Em- The 40-year-old spinner up one place to seventh after to 42nd after scores of 50 England spinners Jack buldeniya (up six places to revealed this ahead of next his dogged effort, while Mo- and 27 while fast bowler Leach and Dominic Bess 47th) and medium pacer month's IPL auction and hammad Siraj jumped 32 made notable progress after Asitha Fernando (up 11 hours before the list of re- places to 45th after taking leapfrogged 's their five-wicket hauls in places to 96th) also gained. tained players for the up- coming edition was an- nounced. "As my contract comes to Leicester go top of Premier an end with @ChennaiIPL, playing for this team was a great experience...beautiful League with win over Chelsea memories made &some great friends which I will re- NEW DELHI, JAN 20: aged in 16 matches against member fondly for years to Cup in 2016 and has fea- personal call to return from past and the time has come Leicester City beat Chelsea 2- Chelsea. come...Thank you @Chen- tured in 103 Tests, 236 UAE and the management to introduce young guns in 0 on Tuesday to go top of the "Sounds nice to say we're naiIPL, management, staff ODIs and 28 T20Is. was clear that his space the side. Premier League, for 24 hours top of the league - probably and fans for a wonderful The IPL trading window needed to be respected. We Mahendra Dhoni-led at least, thanks to goals from for about 24 hours but it's a 2years... All the best," Harb- for the franchises closes on expect him to fire on all CSK had a dismal outing in Wilfred Ndidi and James good one psychologically be- hajan tweeted. February 4. cylinders this time around. last year's IPL. The Chennai Maddison. cause we've worked really He was part of the CSK Later in the day, Chennai "As for Kedar, Piyush and based franchise finished at Leicester have 38 points hard it's a great achievement team that won the Indian Super Kings said that they Vijay, we will have to see. It the seventh position in the from 19 games but Manches- for us and I don't think you'll Premier League title in have retained is a touch and go situation points table. Chopra said ter United, on 37 points, can see a better team perfor- 2018. going into the mini-auction and a final call will be taken CSK need to change their return to the top with a vic- mance from us this season so Harbhajan was one of the ahead of the 14th edition of by the senior management strategy and must retain tory at Fulham on Wednes- far," said Maddison, who was two CSK players, along with the . before the final list is sub- last year's match-winners day. outstanding for City. Suresh Raina, who chose to But , Piyush mitted to the BCCI today," like Shardul Thakur and Chelsea's fifth defeat in "It had a bit of everything, skip the 13th edition of the Chawla and Murali Vijay's the source said. . eight matches dropped them bit of tactical nous, I thought IPL in the UAE last year, fate hangs in balance. For- Asked about any other big "As the deadline for the to eighth place, nine points whose shot flew in off the in- to being 2-0 down when we were brilliant today," he held in a bio-secure bubble eign stars like Dwayne name who could miss out, IPL Player Retention behind the leaders. side of the post. Chelsea's defence failed to said. amid the COVID-19 pan- Bravo and are the source said that the core process approaches, I feel While Chelsea had 65 per Chelsea were awarded a deal with a high ball from Lampard said his side had demic. Raina, though, had also set to be retained while would very much remain now would be the right time cent possession, it was the penalty in the 38th minute Marc Albrighton, which fell been beaten by the better to rush home after a tragedy Harbhajan Singh has been the same. "Harbhajan has for CSK to shed their 'Dad's home side, champions in when Jonny Evans brought to an unattended Maddison team on the night. in the family. released and been released as you are Army' tag and introduce 2016, who looked the more down Christian Pulisic, but whose composed finish gave "They looked like a team in In the 2019 season, Harb- has retired. aware and Watson has re- young talent in the team," dangerous throughout the after a VAR review, the chal- Edouard Mendy no chance. form, we looked like a team hajan picked up 16 wickets Speaking to ANI, sources tired. Apart from that, don't Chopra said on Star Sports game. lenge was ruled to have oc- Chelsea substitute Timo out of form," he said. from 11 games at an average in the CSK outfit said that see any big name missing show 'IPL: Retention Spe- Leicester took a sixth- curred just outside the area Werner had an effort ruled "They were sharper than us of 19.5. the management will take a out. Bravo and du Plessis cial'."Mahendra Singh minute lead when a short- and Mason Mount blasted out for a narrow offside in the and ran more than us. The In 160 IPL matches, final call on the likes of will be with us," the source Dhoni has relied heavily on corner, which caught the visi- the free kick over the bar. final stages but the Foxes bare minimum is to run and Harbhajan has 150 wickets Kedar and Chawla before pointed. senior players who have tors by surprise, was mis-hit Within three minutes were good value for their win sprint and cover ground and at an average of 26.44 and submitting the final list to With the mini-auction performed in the past, but by Harvey Barnes and fell to Frank Lampard's side went -- the first Leicester manager too many of our players didn't an economy rate of 7.05. the Board of Control for inching closer, franchises he along with the CSK Ndidi on the edge of the box, from the brink of an equaliser Brendan Rodgers had man- do it," he said. In the international Cricket in India (BCCI) at 5 looking to retain players think-tank need to change arena, he has to his credit pm on Wednesday. "Raina were asked to complete the their strategy. They would 417 Test wickets, 269 ODI will definitely be a part of process by Wednesday. certainly need to retain last scalps and 25 dismissals in the CSK family. He is an in- Former India batsman year's match-winners like Odisha FC fight back to hold Hyderabad FC T20Is. tegral member and there Aakash Chopra feels 'Dad's , Shardul NEW DELHI, JAN 20: nately came off the upright Harbhajan last played for was never any doubt on him Army' CSK has heavily re- Thakur and Ruturaj Gaik- Odisha FC displayed great before being cleared out. India during the T20 World being retained. It was his lied on senior players in the wad," he added. character in the second half Odisha drew level as they as they fought back to hold scored from a set-piece Hyderabad FC to a 1-1 draw against the run of play soon CA thanks BCCI for 'sacrifices in an after the break. Rakesh match at the Fatorda Sta- Pradhan found Diego dium in Margao on Tues- Mauricio from a throw-in, day. and he played the ball to- to make Aus tour a success' Halicharan Narzary (13th wards Alexander. The NEW DELHI, JAN cricket", the BCCI, ac- that the BCCI's coopera- "Despite the many pub- minute) put Hyderabad FC Odisha captain struck on 20: Cricket Australia on knowledging the role tion was crucial to making lic health and logistical ahead but Odisha cancelled the volley from outside the Wednesday saluted the played by the Sourav Gan- the tour a hit. The series challenges, the BCCI en- it out with a fine strike from box, as Kattimani stood Cole Alexander (51st). still, watching the ball head Indian team's "resilience, guly-led board in success- gave the financially strug- gaged with a spirit of co- It was one-way traffic in cross into the box which made a run in the box. The into the bottom corner. courage and skill" for its fully completing the tour gling CA a major boost operation befitting their the opening half with Hy- was spilled by Arshdeep, youngster it towards Stuart Baxter's side historic Test series win amid the COVID-19 pan- with an expected revenue status as one of interna- derabad all over Odisha. and fell straight into the Narzary, who notched his should have taken the lead over the hosts and ex- demic.A second-string In- of 300 million Australian tional sport's greatest am- Their dominance saw them path of Narzary. The for- fourth goal of the season late in the 74th minute but pressed gratitude to the dian team, led by Ajinkya dollars.The two teams bassadors." head into the break with a ward unleashed a shot but with an easy tap-in. Akash Mishra came to Hy- Jacob Tratt saved Odisha The Nizams had a golden BCCI for the "sacrifices" it Rahane, braved all odds to brushed aside some un- "We will never forget one-goal advantage after derabad's rescue. Mauricio creating numerous the blushes with a crucial opportunity to double their made his way into the box made to ensure a smooth defeat a full-strength Aus- savoury controversies like the sacrifices made by our block. tally in the first-half but conduct of the epic con- tralia by three wickets at the racist chants against friends at the BCCI that chances. after beating his marker be- The warning signs were However, just two min- were denied by the wood- fore flicking a shot over Kat- test. the Gabba in Brisbane to Mohammed Siraj and made all this possible." evident for Odisha as early utes later, Hyderabad work. Colaco was involved timani. The note, written by CA win the four-Test series 2- Jasprit Bumrah by the India's tour of Australia as in the 11th minute when a would go on to break the in the move again, playing However, his goal-bound interim CEO Nick Hock- 1 and retain the Border- crowd in the Sydney Test, started in November with mistake from keeper Ar- deadlock. After receiving a the ball to Aridane, who effort was cleared by ley and Chair Earl Ed- Gavaskar Trophy on Tues- to ensure that the focus three ODIs which the visi- shdeep Singh almost gifted long ball from keeper found Narzary on the left. Mishra, whose clearance dings, was addressed to day in Brisbane. remained firmly on tors lost 1-2 before pock- Hyderabad the lead. Laxmikant Kattimani, Ari- Narzary cut inside and struck the underside of the dane Santana flicked it on fired a shot towards the bot- "friends in Indian The CA officials said cricket. eting the T20 series 2-0. Asish Rai drilled a low bar before heading out. towards Liston Colaco, who tom corner, which unfortu-