Opn Cricket

Sir Frank Williams, the founder and former team principal of Williams Racing, has died. He was 79. Williams took his motor racing team from an empty carpet warehouse to the summit of Formula One, overseeing 114 victories, a combined 16 drivers' and constructors' world championships, while becoming the longest-serving team boss in the sport's history. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3HUrEZz via IFTTT

Lionel Messi had three assists in a 3-1 win over 10-man Saint-Etienne on Sunday to help Paris Saint-Germain extend its lead atop the French league standings to 14 points but the victory was marred by a Neymar injury. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3rhzS8c via IFTTT

India batting coach Vikram Rathour on Sunday backed senior batters Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane to bounce back from a lean run of form. He also refused to give many hints on whether Shreyas Iyer's century and a half-century in the respective innings of his debut Test have done enough to push either Pujara or Rahane out of the playing eleven for the second Test in Mumbai. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3rl351V via IFTTT

Six Sri Lanka women cricketers who took part in a World Cup qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe have tested positive for COVID-19, the Sri Lanka cricket board (SLC) said on Sunday. However, it's not yet clear whether the players have contracted the new variant of the virus or not. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3xE9Gpu via IFTTT

New Zealand fielding coach Luke Ronchi on Sunday said that the record target set by India to win the first Test here was chaseable and asked his players to take a leaf out of the home side's batting approach. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3E0KZ8R via IFTTT

Pakistan's fast bowlers reduced Bangladesh to 39-4 in its second innings at the end of day three on Sunday to leave the first cricket test evenly poised. Bangladesh had secured a 44-run lead after bowling out Pakistan for 286, thanks largely to left-arm spinner Taijul Islam, who returned figures of 7-116. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3E43GZn via IFTTT

The declaration may have come a tad too late owing to the team management's assessment of the Green Park pitch as unresponsive but debutant Shreyas Iyer backed his spinners to secure an Indian victory on the final day of the opening Test. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3I07CwH via IFTTT