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Team India's cricketer Suryakumar Yadav enjoys family time in England
India’s T20 World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav is making the most of his time away from cricket, enjoying a family holiday in England with wife Devisha and their newborn daughter, Riddhima.
Devisha shared a picture of the couple on Instagram, with the caption: “Clear skies, peaceful days, and family time. Perfect English summer.” Suryakumar, 35, who was dropped from India’s T20I squad, has not played a competitive match since this year’s Indian Premier League. betsport24.es
IND vs SL 2nd Test: Dhruv Jurel shines for Team India with impressive ton on Day
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The two specialist wicketkeepers in the Indian ranks matched each other for impact, if not numerical returns, as the visitors took charge of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Monday.
The maverick Rishabh Pant and the orthodox Dhruv Jurel aren’t mirror images only when it comes to being left- and right-handed respectively. They embrace entirely contrasting methods at the crease, and were in perfect sync on the second day at the SSC ground to drive India into the ascendancy.
Rishabh Pant during his 63 vs SL on Monday
Pant, who resumed his innings on three after retiring hurt the previous evening, was dismissed immediately after lunch for 63, typically entertaining and full of drama, while Jurel unhurriedly kept his tryst with a second century, spending 12 deliveries on 99 and scrambling a near-suicidal single — a direct hit would have resulted in a run out — to get to his hundred.
Shubman Gill waited until India crossed the 500-mark before applying the closure at 503-9. In the 18 minutes and three overs of play possible either side of a brief stoppage for rain, Sri Lanka were rocked by Prasidh Krishna and Manav Suthar and stumbled to 8-2 when bad light came to their rescue.
Having recovered sufficiently from a blow to his left wrist inflicted by Lahiru Kumara, Pant took guard in the second over of the morning when Saransh Jain was well caught by Kamil Mishara off pacer Asitha Fernando, Sri Lanka’s best bowler. Untroubled by the pesky injury, Pant batted with customary chutzpah, dictating terms when he was not copping blows to different parts of his body.
Jurel, on the other hand, was a picture of correctness and conventional, driving with aplomb and quick to seize on anything short. Without trying too hard, they scored rapidly and added 112 when Pant fell to the first ball after lunch, tonking Keshara Nuwantha down long-off’s throat.
Suthar helped Jurel add 39; Jurel was on 79 when the former was dismissed, triggering concerns that he could be stranded, but Mohammed Siraj displayed admirable restraint as his partner moved through the gears without attempting anything outrageous. Siraj celebrated with greater gusto than the protagonist himself when Jurel reached his hundred, after which he launched two sixes in celebration.
Sri Lanka came up short in the tricky passage to stumps, losing Lahiru Udara and nightwatchman Prabath Jayasuriya. They have a long road ahead of them — 495 behind, three days to go.
Brief scores
India 503-9d (D Padikkal 117, D Jurel 115*, R Pant 63; A Fernando 4-106, P Jayasuriya 2-132, K Nuwantha 2-154) vs Sri Lanka 8-2 (K Mishara 5*; P Krishna 1-1, M Suthar 1-6)
World Championships: Treesa-Gayatri's medal, Ayush's shock - a tournament to remember
On the court, the week belonged unreservedly to Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, whose stirring campaign culminated in a historic women’s doubles bronze medal. Ranked world No. 39 and unseeded, the duo ended a 15-year medal drought in the discipline — dating back to Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa’s bronze in London in 2011 — while keeping intact India’s proud streak of securing at least one podium finish at every World Championships since 2011.Duleep Trophy: North bowl out West for 181 to take 1st inns lead of 64
Left-arm spinner Abid Mushtaq (5-39) and the seasoned Arshdeep Singh (3-53) bowled beautifully to give North Zone a first-innings lead of 64 against West Zone on the second day of the Duleep Trophy quarter-final here on Monday.
Starting the day at 31-2 after North had scored 251 in its first essay, West Zone batters were bowled out for 181. Shams Mulani (52 off 94) was the lone half-centurion for West. However, North finished at 107-4 with Mumbai spinners Mulani and Tanush Kotian sharing the spoils equally.
Meanwhile, Shahbaz Ahmed hit a career best first-class score of 167 and then got three wickets with his left-arm spin as East Zone enforced follow-on on North East Zone. East scored 467 and then bowled out North East for 111.
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