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1. India Women vs Bangladesh Women 1st T20I Highlights:
(a) The Indian women’s cricket team beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series on Sunday.
(b) Bangladesh, batting first, scored 114/5 in their 20 overs
(c) Captain Harmanpreet Kaur 50 helps India win by 7 wickets.
Young Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh scored a memorable win over illustrious compatriot and idol Viswanathan Anand in the eighth round of the Rapid event of the 2023 SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz tournament, part of the Grand Chess Tour.
2. Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen entered into the Men’s Singles final of Canada Open Badminton tournament. Lakshya defeated Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto 21-17, 21-14 in the semi-final, in Calgary, Canada.
3. The International Tennis Federation has awarded Justine Henin its highest honour, the Philippe Chatrier Award. Henin won seven Grand Slam singles titles, an Olympic gold medal, and was part of Belgium’s team that won the Fed Cup — now called the Billie Jean King Cup — in 2001.
4. Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski got knocked out of Wimbledon’s mixed doubles event following a 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 4-6 loss in second round against Ivan Dodig and Latisha Chan.
Indian tennis players Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni were knocked out in men’s doubles’ first round following a 4-6, 6-4, 4-6 loss against Alejandro Fokina and Adrian Mannarino.
5. Ashes 2023 third Test, Day 4, ENG vs AUS: Brook, Woakes power England to three-wicket win vs Australia to make the series 2-1. England secured another memorable Ashes victory at Headingley after Harry Brook helped to set up a three-wicket win over Australia in the third test on Sunday to keep the five-match series alive.
Brook and Chris Woakes (32 not out) had shared a match-changing 59-run partnership for the seventh wicket on the fourth day before Brook was caught off Mitchell Starc to make it an increasingly tense finish. England was then at 230-7 with a target of 251.
England
237 (52.3) & 254/7 (50.0)
Australia
263 (60.4) & 224 (67.1)
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