Name: Rohit Sharma blessed with a baby girl, to miss 4th Test
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Description: Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma and wife Ritika have been blessed with a baby girl. News of the delivery came when Rohit had already boarded a flight back home to be with his wife during this special moment. The middle order batsman who looked in nice touch after his return to the longest format after almost 11 months, will now miss the 4th and final Test vs Australia in Sydney.

Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma and wife Ritika have been blessed with a baby girl. News of the delivery came when Rohit had already boarded a flight back home to be with his wife during this special moment. The middle order batsman who looked in nice touch after his return to the longest format after almost 11 months, will now miss the 4th and final Test vs Australia in Sydney.

In a&nbsp;decisive battle to conquer the 4th spot in the IPL&nbsp;Points Table, a formidable Kings XI Punjab will take on a reviving Kolkata&nbsp;Knight Riders on Monday at Sharjah. Coming from straight 4 consecutive wins, KL Rahul's&nbsp;men who are oozing confidence will look to overthrow Kolkata&nbsp;that is currently placed on the 4th spot. After their 59-run victory over Delhi Capitals, the resurgent&nbsp;Kolkata&nbsp;Knight Riders just like their last meet&nbsp;will make sure to overpower Punjab once more. But&nbsp;KKR's&nbsp;inconsistency might come to haunt them again if Eoin Morgan does not address&nbsp;his side's&nbsp;batting issues. While the match between both teams is expected to be nailbiting, the side that secures the match will definitely strengthen its position to qualify for the&nbsp;playoffs this season. Out of the 26 matches that both&nbsp;the teams have played so far in IPL's&nbsp;history, KKR&nbsp;has defeated Punjab in 18 of them.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Evidently, Sunday was not a day for the table leaders, after RCB&nbsp;lost its match to CSK, table leaders Mumbai Indians too faltered at the hands of bottom-dwelling Rajasthan&nbsp;Royals in Abu&nbsp;Dhabhi. While&nbsp;Kieron Pollard won the toss and decided to bat first, it did not seem like a favourable start for Mumbai&nbsp;after&nbsp;Quinton de Kock&nbsp;was knocked out in the first over&nbsp;itself. But&nbsp;Suryakumar Yadav and Saurabh Tiwary racking up 40 runs in 26 balls and 34 of 25 balls, respectively, quickly stabilised the game for their side. It was, however, Hardik Pandya who stole the show for Mumbai Indians. His blazing 21 balls 60* featuring 7 sixes and 2 fours helped his side post an above-par target of 196. As the 2nd inning started it seemed like it was&nbsp;Mumbai's&nbsp;day yet again, but the course of the game swiftly changed&nbsp;with Ben Stokes finally delivering a power-packed performance for his side. Stokes who fired an unbeaten 107 off 60 smashed 14 fours and 6 sixes. Alongside him was Sanju Samson who scored 54 not out from 31 balls, hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes. Both players together turned the fortune for a sinking Rajasthan&nbsp;as they disrupted the points table setting. While Mumbai still leads the IPL points table comfortably, Royals' 5th win in 12 games pushed them to the sixth position in the league.&nbsp;
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After successively&nbsp;losing 3 matches, Chennai Super Kings roared back to register its first win against Bangalore&nbsp;in what could be called a one-sided match on Sunday at Dubai International Stadium. Asked to bowl first, Dhoni's&nbsp;men who put up a brilliant show in the first half restricted&nbsp;RCB&nbsp;to a paltry 145. With 50 off 43 balls,&nbsp;Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;scored the maximum for his side, followed by AB de Villiers' 39 in 36 balls. Sam Curran and Deepak&nbsp;Chahar&nbsp;bowled exceptionally&nbsp;well towards the end as they together grabbed 5 wickets for their side&nbsp;in the last 3&nbsp;overs. While Curran knocked out Aaron Finch, Moeen&nbsp;Ali,&nbsp;and Virat&nbsp;Kohli, Chahar&nbsp;took the crucial wicket&nbsp;of ABD&nbsp;and then Chris Morris in the final over. Chennai who dominated through the first innings, made sure to not let the game slip in the second too. Rituraj&nbsp;Gaikwad&nbsp;who ended the game with a sparkling 6, shined through the innings as he powered his side to a win with 65* of 51 balls. Apart from the young batsman,&nbsp;Faf&nbsp;du Plessis&nbsp;contributed 25 of 13, Ambati Rayudu&nbsp;scored 39 of 27, and the CSK's skipper MS Dhoni too chipped in 19* of 21 balls. With this win,&nbsp;CSK&nbsp;moved on 7th position and&nbsp;RCB&nbsp;who lost its 4th match this season managed to retain its third spot in the IPL&nbsp;standings.&nbsp;

Cheteshwar&nbsp;Pujara, Hanuma&nbsp;Vihari,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the support staff of Team India&nbsp;is expected to leave for Dubai next Sunday to join the rest of the squad for the upcoming&nbsp;Australia tour, reported ESPNcricinfo.&nbsp;Alongside the 2 Test specialists, Indian batting coach Vikram Rathore, Bowling coach Bharat&nbsp;Arun and Fielding coach R Sridhar&nbsp;will also fly to Dubai. The report further stated that the Indian team head coach, Ravi&nbsp;Shastri will also leave on Monday to join the squad. The group will undergo a 6-day quarantine and will not be a part of the IPL&nbsp;bubble. Team India is set to play 3 T20s, 3 ODIs, and 3 Tests in Australia.&nbsp;

Indian legend Kapil&nbsp;Dev who was admitted for 2 days in a Delhi hospital was discharged on Sunday after successful angioplasty, confirmed the hospital. The former World Cup-winning skipper underwent the surgery after he suffered a heart attack on Friday. The hospital management also said that&nbsp;the 62-year-old can resume his daily activities soon. His former teammate&nbsp;Chetan&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;who informed the&nbsp;netizens&nbsp;of Kapil&nbsp;Dev's&nbsp;good health also shared a picture of Kapil&nbsp;Dev while he was being discharged.&nbsp;

Sunrisers&nbsp;Hyderabad skipper David Warner expressed his disappointment&nbsp;after his team lost the Saturday evening match to Kings XI Punjab by 12 runs. Ruing the performance of the Hyderabad batting squad&nbsp;Warner&nbsp;accepted that the batsmen were a bit complacent&nbsp;in the game. SRH&nbsp;who completely lost the track of the match after losing 5 wickets to KXIP&nbsp;in the last two overs were chasing a below-par total of mere 127 runs. Motivating his team ahead of his 3 games with the table leaders, Delhi Capitals, RCB,&nbsp;and Mumbai&nbsp;Indians, Warner said that if SRH&nbsp;wants to win the tournament, they will have to beat the top 3 teams and that he believes&nbsp;that SRH&nbsp;can definitely do that.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

After registering his 4th consecutive win against Sunrisers&nbsp;Hyderabad Saturday, a delighted Kings XI Punjab skipper KL Rahul&nbsp;lauded his side and went on to say that KXIP&nbsp;was making winning a habit. The skipper who is past the resentment of KXIP's&nbsp;poor start in the tournament said, 'you can't change much in a player in 2 months but you can always make them mentally better and that's what coach Anil&nbsp;Kumble&nbsp;did.' Talking about his game, Rahul&nbsp;accepted that soon after being sent in to bat, he realised that it was going to be a low-scoring tie.&nbsp;However, the 28-year-old said that he knew his team will pull back the game in the second half.&nbsp;

As the unexpected IPL&nbsp;season for Chennai Super Kings nears a wrap, CSK&nbsp;skipper MS Dhoni has a heartwarming&nbsp;message for his fans. The veteran wicketkeeper highlighted that the Chennai&nbsp;fans were different as they are amongst the fans that really understand their cricket.&nbsp;Being thankful for the&nbsp;undying fans' support, Dhoni said that when the team is going through a rough patch, the fans that stick to the team are the real fans. The 3-time IPL&nbsp;champions who are experiencing their worst IPL&nbsp;journey are&nbsp;lurking at the bottom of the IPL&nbsp;table with just 3 victories out of the 11 games played so far.&nbsp;

CricBait IPL Diaries: Can Kings XI Punjab make it to the playoffs after a low scoring win over Sunrisers Hyderabad? Yash Chawla chats with senior cricket journalist Indranil Basu, Shriya Roy and Khyati Patel

Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 in El Clasico&nbsp;at Camp Nou&nbsp;on Saturday. Federico Valverde&nbsp;put Real in lead after just 5 minutes with a brilliant assist from Karim&nbsp;Benzema. 17-year-old&nbsp;Ansu&nbsp;Fati&nbsp;equalised 3 minutes later becoming the youngest goalscorer&nbsp;in El Clasico&nbsp;history. But that would be the only goal scored by the Catalan giants in the match. Real Madrid was awarded a penalty in the second half for a foul on Sergio Ramos, who made the most of the opportunity to put his club in the lead. Luka&nbsp;Modric&nbsp;added to the tally by finding the back of the net in the dying minutes of the game. Real Madrid now lead the La Liga&nbsp;table with 13 points from 6 matches while Barcelona are struggling at the 12th position with just 7 points from 5 matches.&nbsp;

It was a battle of the bowlers in Dubai as King XI Punjab beat Sunrisers&nbsp;Hyderabad by 12 runs in low scoring match to register their 4th win in a row. The combined efforts of Rashid&nbsp;Khan, Sandeep&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;and Jason Holder, who took 2 wickets each, restricted Punjab to just 126/7 with captain KL Rahul&nbsp;being their highest scorer with 27 runs. Till the 18th over of the 2nd&nbsp;innings&nbsp;the match was slightly tilted in Hyderabad's favour inspite of them losing 3 wickets in back to back overs&nbsp;right after the powerplay&nbsp;ended as Vijay&nbsp;Shankar&nbsp;and Manish&nbsp;Pandey&nbsp;steadied the chase. But after the duo got out, the Sunrisers&nbsp;completely messed up their winning chances, losing 5 wickets in the last 2 overs&nbsp;and ended up being bowled out for 114 runs. Chris Jordan and Arshdeep&nbsp;Singh&nbsp;took 3 wickets each for Punjab.&nbsp;KXIP&nbsp;are now 5th on the table with 10 points and SRH&nbsp;6th with 8 points.

The 45th match of the Indian Premier League will see an under-confident&nbsp;Rajasthan&nbsp;Royals facing the top-placed Mumbai&nbsp;Indians&nbsp;at Sheikh Zayed&nbsp;Stadium in the second match of super Sunday. The road ahead seems tough for&nbsp;Rajasthan who are coming from 4 consecutive defeats and are at the 7th position in the IPL&nbsp;points table with just 4 victories out of their 11 games. Whereas, defending champions Mumbai&nbsp;Indians who are in their best shape have lost just 3 games out of the 10 games the team has played so far. With Rohit Sharma's&nbsp;presence being doubtful for his side, the Royals will not only try to turn their fortunes they will also look to even out their 57-run defeat in their last match.&nbsp;

A feeble Chennai Super Kings will continue to fight a lost battle as they take on a confident Royal Challengers Bangalore&nbsp;in the first match of super Sunday&nbsp;at Dubai International stadium. Coming from a hurtful defeat at the hands of Mumbai&nbsp;Indians, the 3-time IPL&nbsp;champions, Chennai will now look to save their&nbsp;honour.&nbsp;Bangalore on the other hand, who have won their last 2 matches will aim towards further strengthening their position in the IPL&nbsp;points table.&nbsp;While Chennai is lurking at the bottom, with 7 wins out of 10 games&nbsp;Kohli's men have made it to the 3rd position in the IPL points table. Although&nbsp;the fate of the worried Chennai Super Kings' IPL&nbsp;campaign is already decided, Dhoni's men can find their motivation in the 16:9 head to head lead that they possess against Bangalore. However, in their last outing together,&nbsp;RCB&nbsp;who won by 37 runs,&nbsp;registered their biggest win ever against CSK.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;

The Pandya&nbsp;brothers had an evening to remember. Not only did their&nbsp;team Mumbai&nbsp;Indians register their 7th win of the season by beating Chennai by 10 wickets,&nbsp;Hardik&nbsp;Pandya&nbsp;and&nbsp;Krunal&nbsp;Pandya also&nbsp;got to keep CSK&nbsp;skipper MS Dhoni's&nbsp;jersey after the match. IPL&nbsp;posted a picture of&nbsp;Pandya&nbsp;brothers posing with the number 7 jersey&nbsp;on Twitter.&nbsp;A friendly banter started soon after&nbsp;Mumbai&nbsp;Indians&nbsp;reposted&nbsp;the picture asking 'whose wardrobe is this getting into?'

The 3-match T20I series between Pakistan and Zimbabwe will now take place in Rawalpindi&nbsp;instead of Lahore, announced the Pakistan Cricket Board on Saturday. The matches that were scheduled to take place at Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore from November 7 to 10th have been shifted due to the deteriorating air quality in Lahore. Wasim&nbsp;Khan, PCB&nbsp;CEO&nbsp;said that the early onset of hazardous pollution and subsequent poor air quality meant that the risk to keep matches in Lahore at this stage was too great.&nbsp;

Tokyo Aquatic Centre, the new swimming and diving venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics&nbsp;was inaugurated by Tokyo Governor Yuriko&nbsp;Koike on Saturday. The newly build permanent venue was completely constructed in February itself, but its opening was delayed due to the pandemic. Japanese swimming star Rikako&nbsp;Ikee&nbsp;who is making a competitive comeback&nbsp;after being diagnosed with leukaemia last year took the ceremonial first plunge into the pool. The venue will host artistic swimming, diving and swimming for the Tokyo Summer Games that are scheduled to begin from 23 July 2021 to 8th August 2021.

English Test skipper Joe Root has heaped praise on Indian skipper Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;as he called him the most complete player across all formats. Commending his ability to chase down in limited-overs&nbsp;format, Root said that he's got a very good all-round game but you wouldn't say he is weaker against spin or pace. Along with Kohli&nbsp;the 29-year-old also lauded Kane Williamson and Steve Smith as he called them the 3 greatest players the game has seen. Praising his teammate&nbsp;Jos&nbsp;Buttler, Joe Root hailed him as the most complete white-ball batsman, England has ever had.&nbsp;

CricBait IPL Diaries: As we go into the business end of the tournament, Yash&nbsp;Chawla looks back at the worst and best performances this season so far along cricket podcasters&nbsp;Pie Chuckers &amp; Khyati Patel

A disappointed&nbsp;Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni&nbsp;accepted the shortcomings of his side, as the 3-time IPL&nbsp;champions suffered a defeat at the hands of Mumbai&nbsp;Indians on Friday evening. Dhoni&nbsp;who believes that 2020 has not been CSK's year admitted that the team failed to perform from the second game itself. He acknowledged his team's batting and bowling failure this season. However, he went on to say that one can't always think that the result will go in their favour.

Kolkata&nbsp;Knight Riders will look to wash away the stains of a humiliating last game and would be eager to strengthen their grip in the top 4 when they take on a strong Delhi Capitals in first game of a super Saturday. The Knights have had an inconsistent&nbsp;run so far and have managed 5 wins from their 10 outings. Though Delhi are a much stronger unit on paper but have had a rough patch lately, having lost 2 of their last 4 games. But Shikhar&nbsp;Dhawan&nbsp;striking explosive form with 2 consecutive tons will give the Capitals a much-needed boost. Moreover, teams in the bottom half will have their fingers crossed for a Delhi win as&nbsp;it will make the race to the playoffs very interesting. While a win here will confirm Shreyas Iyer's&nbsp;men a berth in the playoffs, a loss for KKR&nbsp;would make their remaining 3 games a must win affair.&nbsp;

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