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World football witnessed the first major shock of the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 as Saudi Arabia pinned Argentina to register a 2-1 victory at the Lusail Iconic Stadium on Tuesday. The jubilant Argentine fans, who were buzzing after Lionel Messi calmly slotted penalty in the bottom-left corner in the ninth-minute mark, were left stunned with Saudi Arabia registering a historic result courtesy of two scintillating finishes by Saleh Al-Shehri and Salem Al-Dawsari. Though Argentina would be frustrated with two goals being disallowed by offside, credit to Al-Shehri for keeping his calm and squeezing a low shot in the 48th…

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– Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Who saw this coming? The wildest of dreamers? Not quite. Saudi Arabia pulled off probably the craziest of upsets in the history of World Cup football by beating Argentina 2-1 on an unbelievable Tuesday evening. There have been incorrigible results in this competition in the past. Argentina themselves losing to Cameroon in 1990 is an example, Germany succumbing to South Korea in 2018 being another one in a long list. Even then, what happened in Lusail Stadium on Tuesday was quite bizarre. Complete outsiders Saudi Arabia dominated against the title contenders led by Lionel Messi in some…

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India and New Zealand put on an absolutely cracking contest on a rain-filled evening in Mount Maunganui for the second T20I of their 3-match series. India won the game by 65 runs behind an inspirational performance from Suryakumar Yadav.  The first innings started with India batting after the BlackCaps won the toss and chose to field due to the conditions. India’s batting efforts were highlighted by Yadav’s masterful performance, as he made the Kiwi bowlers scratch their heads with his batting barrage. Despite a rain delay and a scintillating Tim Southee hat-trick in the final over, the Indians managed to…

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Here is the complete list of retained, released and traded players ahead of IPL 2023 mini auction: GUJARAT TITANS Released Players: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (traded), Lockie Ferguson (traded), Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron Remaining Purse: INR 19.25 crore Current Squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad RAJASTHAN ROYALS Released Players: Anunay Singh, Corbin Bosch, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen,…

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KKR on Tuesday announced that it had elevated James Foster as Assistant Coach, from his role as fielding coach and that he will work very closely with the Head Coach Chandrakant Pandit. Also Ryan Ten Doeschate has been appointed as fielding coach. Speaking of these announcements Venky Mysore, CEO of KKR said, “ We are delighted that James Foster has taken on more responsibility in his new role as Assistant Coach and he will be a great resource for the Head Coach, Chandu Pandit, along with Abhishek Nayar, Assistant Coach, Bharat Arun, bowling coach & Omkar Salvi assistant bowling coach.…

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