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1. India beat New Zealand by four wickets in the second T20I at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, to lead the five-match series 2-0. Chasing 181, India got home in 19.5 overs, with Tilak Varma scoring an unbeaten 51 off 26 balls; New Zealand made 180/5, led by Glenn Phillips (70) and Bevon Jacobs (58).
2. Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh (2/33) became India’s highest wicket-taker in T20Is in a calendar year, with 38 wickets in 2026, passing Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s 37. He is two wickets away from becoming the first Indian to 150 T20I wickets.
3. P.V. Sindhu beat Japan’s Hina Akechi 21-10, 20-22, 21-16 in 73 minutes to reach the French Open final in Paris, her second Super 750 final of the season after her Japan Open title in July. She meets world No. 1 An Se Young of South Korea today.
4. Aditya became the first Indian male boxer to assure a medal at the World Boxing U-19 Championships in Budva, Montenegro, beating Italy’s Tommaso Orlando 5-0 to reach the 55 kg semi-finals. Megha Sheokand (80 kg) and Prachi Tokas (57 kg) have also assured medals.
5. Mumbai Indians named former West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard as head coach for IPL 2027, succeeding Mahela Jayawardene. Pollard, the team’s batting coach for the past few seasons, scored 3,412 runs and took 69 wickets in 189 IPL matches for MI.
6. Vani Kapoor shot a second straight 69 to lead the $500,000 Women’s Indian Open by one shot at 211 after three rounds at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram, ahead of defending champion Shannon Tan and Pornanong Phatlum; Pranavi Urs is a stroke further back.
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