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Belgrade: Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic announced on Wednesday that he is set to miss the rest of the season due to an injury to his right elbow. In a Facebook Live broadcast, the former world no. 1 said that all the doctors he had consulted had informed him that recovering from this injury requires time, reports Efe . "All the doctors I've consulted, and all the specialists I have visited, in Serbia and all over the world, have agreed that this injury requires rest," 12-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic said. The 30-year-old was forced to withdraw from the 2017 Wimbledon quarter-finals against Czech Tomas Berdych because of this injury, just as things seemed to be getting better. Djokovic arrived at the All England Club with the Eastbourne Open title in his pocket and put on a good show in the first rounds at Wimbledon, dispelling doubts about his poor performance before injury stopped, not just his run at the third Grand Slam of the year, but also put an end ...

Gabbar is back. Twirling his mustache and rekindling memories of his superb 187 on debut, Shikhar Dhawan went on a rampage against a toothless Sri Lanka attack on Day one of the first Test at Galle. For the second time in his career, Dhawan scored a century in a session and made a blazing 190 off just 168 deliveries. His innings, studded with 31 boundaries saw the southpaw register his highest Test score as India at stumps were 399 for the loss of three wickets. Oh boy! The red ball just sped across the turf at Galle and the Sri Lankan fielders at one point didn't even bother running. After the early departure of Abhinav Mukund, Dhawan along with Cheteshwar Pujara forged a mammoth 253-run stand with the former adopting an attacking style of play right from ball one. Ever since the advent of ODIs in 1971 and T20Is in 2005, scoring rates have skyrocketed in Test cricket. Despite that, it is still a herculean effort to score more than 100 runs in a session as opposition captains...

Although Team India lost their chance of winning their maiden ICC Women's World Cup title by a whisker, skipper Mithali Raj believes that it is the beginning of good times for women's cricket in the country. India @ Women's World Cup 2017 The Indian team got a rousing reception upon their arrival at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Wednesday following their memorable campaign in the prestigious 50-over tournament in England. The Women in Blue performed exceedingly well throughout the tournament before ending up as runner-ups by going down by nine runs at the hands of England in the summit showdown at Lord's on July 23. Reflecting on their reception, Mithali said it is the first of its kind for the entire team before admitting that coming under the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had made a huge difference to the women's cricket. "Obviously, it is quite overwhelming to see such kind of reception. It is first of its kind for all...

Galle: India opener Shikhar Dhawan smashed a career-best 190 on his test return and combined with Cheteshwar Pujara to lay the foundation for a big first innings total on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Full Scorecard The duo added 253 runs for the second wicket to help India overcome the early loss of opener Abhinav Mukund and reach 282 for two at the tea break, scoring at a brisk rate of over five runs an over. Dhawan, dropped on 31 by Asela Gunaratne at slip, hit 31 boundaries in his 168-ball blitz before throwing his wicket away in the final over before the tea break. Pujara was batting on 75 with skipper Virat Kohli on one after a free-scoring second session in which the tourists went nearly run-a-ball. Compounding Sri Lanka's problems, middle-order batsman Gunaratne fractured his thumb which makes him doubtful for the rest of the match, if not the series, at Galle International Stadium. With regular openers Murali Vijay and Lokesh Rah...

India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat in the first of the three-test series against hosts Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium on Wednesday. All-rounder Hardik Pandya was handed a test debut by the tourists, who are determined to begin the series well at a ground where Sri Lanka prevailed over them in 2015. "This time around we are starting off with a more solid combination, trusting our four strike bowlers to do the job and with Hardik Pandya stepping in," Kohli said at the toss. "He is a wicket-taker, he can make those breakthroughs for us," the India captain said of the 23-year-old. "That gives us good balance in the side. We surely want to start well in this series which we could not do last time." With regular opener Lokesh Rahul down with flu, Shikhar Dhawan and Abhinav Mukund will open the Indian innings. "It looks like a pretty hard surface with good grass cover on it, should hold up nicely. Putting runs on the...

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