Budding all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been named in the 16-member Indian cricket squad for the three-Test series against Sri Lanka starting July 26. However, Karun Nair, who scored a triple century against England in December last year, and offspinner Jayant Yadav have been axed from the squad. India's regular opener Rohit Sharma, who last played a Test for India against New Zealand in October 2016, has replaced middle-order
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Valtteri Bottas roared to the second victory of his career on Sunday when he won the Austrian Grand Prix for Mercedes ahead of championship leader Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari. The Finn, in his first season with Mercedes after replacing 2016 champion Nico Rosberg, came home 0.658 seconds clear of Vettel who increased his lead ahead of Lewis Hamilton in the drivers championship to 20 points. Hamilton, in the second
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For Ricciardo, on his team’s 'home' Red Bull Ring circuit, it was a fifth consecutive podium finish and the 22nd of his career.
Vettel now leads the drivers championship with 171 points ahead of Hamilton on 151 and Bottas on 136, while in the constructors title race Mercedes lead with 287 ahead of Ferrari on 254.
air had gone off the boil after his triple century against England and could not even score a single half-century
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whose move comes the day after United announced they had agreed terms with Everton over buying their leading scorer Romelu Lukaku -- will hope the move also revives his international career which also stalled last season.
"It is some time since I said that the only Premier League club I would play for other than Manchester United was Everton, so I am delighted that the move has happened," he said in a statement to The Press Association.
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Koeman said in Rooney -- who in his time at United won among other trophies five Premier League titles and a Champions League -- he was buying a player with a surefire winner's mentality.
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Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav managed to retain his place as
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KL Rahul, who has completed his rehabilitation after an injury, will be playing his first international match since the fourth Test against Australia in March. He scored half centuries (60 and 51 not out) in both the innings in his last appearance.
Virat Kohli-led India are set to play 3 Tests, 5 ODIs and one T20I against Sri Lanka during the long series. The three Test matches will be played at Galle, Colombo and Kandy, respectively. This is the first time the two countries will be playing a full series (includes all three formats) in eight years.
India and Sri Lanka played their only full series
against each other - three Tests, five ODIs and two T20 matches - in India in 2009. India won the Test series 2-0, the ODI 3-1 and drew the T20 segment 1-1.
India's last tour of Sri Lanka was two years ago in August 2015 when they played a Test series which they won 2-1. India won their last ODI series 4-1 in 2012. In the same year, India also won a T20 series 1-0 against Sri Lanka.
