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India's Vijender Singh as he notched up his fourth successive knockout professional win by pummelling Hungary’s Alexander Horvath in under three rounds.

Fighting from blue corner, Vijender dominated his 20-year-old opponent, who was reportedly drinking snake's blood to enhance his endurance levels, from the start, despite a series of punches coming from the Hungarian in the first round.But the real difference came when the Indian landed couple of one-twos before the first gong.

It was not the cleanest of the bouts but the Indian managed to show his class, in all aspects. The Hungarian somehow managed to survived the second round, despite Vijender landing numerous punches.  

"It's a good start for me beginning 2016 on a winning note. I am happy for registering knockout win. I think this is a great start for me looking ahead my fight in India in June this year. My target is to win Asia title in front of my homecrowd and looking forward to register two more knockout wins in April before i play in India. I would like to thank Indian fans in Liverpool and all supporting me on digital media," Vijender said after the bout.

For Vijender however, who has been on a "desi-ghee" diet ahead of the fight, it's all about displaying his acumen inside the ring on the fight night. "I will hit him [Horvath] so much that all the snake blood will come out," the Indian pugilist told The Times of India.

"Yes, I am hearing that he is taking snake-blood diet. Probably it's his way to prepare and think that he can beat me, but I feel my normal diet containing 'desi ghee' is enough to generate power in my punches and beat him badly," Vijender told IBN Live.

"I know there is a lot of hype around him and he’s a bit of a celebrity back in India but none of that will help him once he steps in the ring with me. I’m heading over to England to teach him a lesson in boxing and there’s only going to be one winner. On the night I will be too strong and too quick for him," Alexander Horvath said before the bout.
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Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers, Quinton de Kock and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (with the ball) struck centuries as South Africa plundered 438 for four in their 50 overs in the fifth One-Day International (ODI) match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. The Paytm Freedom series is currently tied at 2-2. You can  here. 

Earlier in the day, South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. They came in with two changes to the side that lost by 35 runs in Chennai. Kyle Abbott and Dean Elgar were brought in for Aaron Phangiso and Chris Morris. India, on the other hand, came into the match without any changes.  

 Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis put on a century stand off just 90 balls. They scored at a good rate. De Kock brought up his ninth ODI century and fifth against India. Soon after his dismissal, AB de Villiers took the centre-stage and plundered the Indian bowlers all over the park. However, it was Faf du Plessis, who battled through severe cramps to anchor South Africa’s innings. This was the most expensive bowling

Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock(w), Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers(c), David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Chris Morris, Aaron Phangiso, Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir, Kyle Abbott, Dean Elgar, Khaya Zondo, Morne Morkel

Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (w/c), Axar Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Stuart Binny, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sreenath Aravind

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Virat Kohli scored his first ODI century against South Africa and first in 14 innings since the World Cup to anchor an authoritative Indian batting performance. Although they did not reach 300, this was their highest score of the series so far, and their spinners made sure it was enough.

On a slow surface which took turn, the slow men burrowed their way into South Africa's middle order, taking 32 for 3 between the 10th and 20th over, to blunt the challenge even with AB de Villiers still at the crease. The captain did his bit with a heroic hundred and a share in the highest stand of South African innings, 56 for the fifth-wicket alongside Farhaan Behardien, but by then it was too late.

What South Africa lacked was big partnerships, which India had a double dose of. Kohli put on 104 with Ajinkya Rahane and 127 with Suresh Raina, who scored a much-needed half-century after back-to-back ducks, to set India up for a substantial score despite a squeeze at the end of their innings.

South Africa's seamers bookended the Kohli assault with incision, restricting India to 35 for 2 in the first eight overs and claiming 4 for 29 in the final five but it was what happened inbetween that separated the sides. Kohli was in sublime touch, timed the ball well and paced his innings sensibly.

He took advantage of a six-man attack that was found strategically wanting, overusing the short ball and obviously missed Morne Morkel, who was out with an quad injury and could have generated awkward bounce. Morkel's replacement, Chris Morris, ended up being the most expensive of the South African seamers but did not concede as much as Imran Tahir, who led an ineffective slower-bowling section that could not find the same control India's did.

It did not always look as though South Africa would toil that hard. They asked questions of both Rohit Sharma (caught at midwicket) and Shikhar Dhawan's (caught behind off an attempted pull) shot selection and seemed to be extracting some early lift but that quickly disappeared. Aaron Phangiso and Tahir struggled to maintain the tone Kagiso Rabada set, especially against an enterprising Kohli.

Together with Rahane, Kohli showed energy at the crease and urgency running between the wicket, found gaps and the boundary, and had raced to a 51-ball fifty. In searching for a wicket, de Villiers brought his seamers back but Kohli was in control and it was only when Steyn returned for a third spell, in the 27th over, that South Africa broke through. Rahane flashed at a wide one without moving his feet. The ball kept low and took the bottom edge on its way through to de Kock, who took it low down with both hands.

MS Dhoni did not promote himself above the under-fire Raina, who had the situation and the space to play himself back into form. He took his time sussing out conditions and the scoring rate slowed. There was only one boundary in the next seven overs but for South Africa's attack the respite was only temporary.

With the last ten overs approaching, Kohli's slow-burn was ready to burst into flames. He brought up his century with a six off Phangiso, smacking the ball over Steyn's head at long-on and putting a total in excess of 300 in India's sights. Raina saw that as his cue to accelerate as well. After taking 12 runs off 16 balls, he scored his next 38 runs off 34 balls and reached his half-century off 48. He was particularly severe on the full ball, while Kohli punished the spin.

India were headed for a score in excess of 300 but South Africa dragged them back in the final five overs. Kohli was struggling with cramp, and battled to get Rabada away at the end and was caught behind. Both Rabada and Steyn took two in two but the damage was already done.



Quinton de Kock threatened to undo that damage, providing a speedy start. He survived the early loss of Hashim Amla (who has scored the same number of runs in this series as Dhawan) and owned the area outside off stump, but then spin struck. Harbhajan ended de Kock's dictatorship when he tossed one up - de Kock drove and the edge carried to second slip.

De Kock's wicket came three overs into the spin squeeze as India began to run rings around the South Africans. Faf du Plessis was caught behind off a sharply turning delivery from Axar Patel and showed his displeasure at the dismissal, and David Miller was trapped lbw by a Harbhajan delivery that pitched on off and hit him in front of middle. At 88 or 4, with only one recognised batting pair left, South Africa were finished, but de Villiers showed remarkable fight.

He seemed to be batting on a different surface and did not struggle against the spinners. He was harsh on Amit Mishra, who he charged to turn a delivery into a low full toss, swept and reverse-swept, and attacked Harbhajan. Momentarily, it looked like he may win the match single-handedly. But the bubble burst when Bhuvneshwar had him caught behind off a short ball. The series now hangs in the balance ahead of Sunday's decider. 
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No bowler in history won India more Test matches than Anil Kumble, and there probably hasn't been a harder trier either. Like the great tall wristspinners Bill O'Reilly and his own idol BS Chandrasekhar, Kumble traded the legspinner's proverbial yo-yo for a spear, as the ball hacked through the air rather than hanging in it and came off the pitch with a kick rather than a kink. The method provided him stunning success, particularly on Indian soil, where his deliveries burst like packets of water upon the feeblest hint of a crack, and more than one modern-day batsman remarked that there was no more difficult challenge in cricket than handling Kumble on a wearing surface.
Kumble's prodigious capacity to bear pain was proved in Antigua in 2002 when he bandaged his fractured jaw to deliver a stirring spell, and that to continuously learn in the mid-2000s when, after a decade of middling away performances, he influenced memorable wins in Headingley, Adelaide, Multan and Kingston, using an improved googly, bigger sidespin and more variation in flight and on the crease.
In a brilliant though always downplayed career Kumble claimed virtually every Indian record. In 1999 in Delhi he swallowed all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan. In December 2001, on home turf in Bangalore, he became the India's first spinner to take 300 Test wickets. A year later, almost to the day, he became the first to do so in one-dayers. In August 2007 at The Oval he went past Glenn McGrath's 563 wickets and in January 2008 he broke the 600 barrier, to stand behind only Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, emphasising his contribution to spin's golden era. And at The Oval he chalked up what, judging by the pure ecstasy of his reaction and the dressing room's, was perhaps his most cherished feat of all - a Test century that had been 17 years and 118 matches in the coming.
Less than a month after his 37th birthday, he received the ultimate honour when he was named India's Test captain for the home series against Pakistan. He went on to win the series, the first home triumph against Pakistan in 27 years, before playing a big role in holding the side together during the controversial series in Australia. He was also India's leading wicket-taker with 20 in the four Tests.
His form, however, slipped during the tour of Sri Lanka and there were calls for him to quit after a wicketless performance in the Bangalore Test against Australia. A shoulder injury added fuel to the fire and an upset Kumble reacted sharply, saying that he had it in him to continue for a while longer. However, he changed his mind during the Delhi Test and announced his retirement, fittingly at his favourite venue. He finished his career as the third-highest Test wicket-taker (619), behind Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne. He continued playing competitively, in the IPL, and his leadership of the Royal Challengers Bangalore was instrumental in getting them to the final in 2009 after a disappointing first season
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      Zaheer Khan, India's left-arm pacer, announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday (October 15). Zaheer, 37, one of India's leading pacemen, said in a statement: "As I was training for the upcoming season, it dawned on me that my shoulder may not last the rigours of bowling nearly 18 overs a day and that's when I knew it was time."
India's premier quick bowler said he will continue playing domestic cricket for one season before calling it quits from all forms at the end of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016."I look forward to signing off my last season in domestic cricket at the conclusion of IPL season 9."
Zaheer ended his career with 311 wickets in 92 Tests at an average of 32.94 after making his debut in November 2000 against Bangladesh. However, he has not featured in a match since the final Test of the two-match series against New Zealand in Wellington in February 2014. Having no success in the first innings, Zaheer returned figures of 5 for 170 in the second, which turned out to be his final international outing for India.
Zaheer made his One-Day International debut against Kenya in October 2000 and had just as much success in the format. In 200 ODIs, he scalped 282 wickets at an average of 29.43 with an economy rate of 4.93.Zaheer's records in both Tests and ODIs are overall, the fourth-best for India.
He has also played 17 Twenty20 Internationals where he will end with just as many wickets. Zaheer will, however, continue to feature in the Indian Premier League.
Among Zaheer's many accolades, the one that stands out is of him leading India's pace attack during the World Cup 2011. He ended up as the highest wicket-taker alongside Shahid Afridi in the tournament with 21 scalps at an average of 18.76 with an economy rate of 4.83.
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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee named former India skipper Sourav Ganguly as the new chief of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) as the successor to Jagmohan Dalmiya, who passed away on September 20th. Ganguly, who is currently the joint secretary of the Bengal association since 2014, will be the first Test player to head CAB. Abhishek, late Jagmohan Dalmiya's son, is in line to become the joint secretary of the association.

"We'll have to call for a meeting with all the members. I have to be thankful to all the members for this opportunity. If all the 117 members agree, then I'm ready to take up the responsibility. It will be a challenge, we have to keep working everyday. We will all work together," Ganguly told the press.

"It's not CM's sole decision. She has spoken to everyone. I'm very happy that she wanted Abhishek (Dalmiya) in. Whatever time they want me to go, I'll go. It's an emotional time for him and I will support him," Ganguly added.

Ganguly's new role as the head of an East zone state association gives him the power to play a crucial role in the upcoming BCCI's presidential elections.
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Bengaluru Bulls staved off a late fight back from their southern rivals Telugu Titans from Hyderabad to chalk out an exciting 39-38 victory and enter the final of the Pro Kabaddi League at the NSCI Stadium here on Friday.

Putting on a very impressive show in both attack and defense, the Bulls simply blew away their rivals after the first five minutes and were racing away to a thumping victory.

But the Titans made a late surge to cut the Bulls' commanding 16-point lead to just one point when the winning team's captain Manjeet Bullar made a successful raid and made it 39-37 with the last few seconds remaining.

The Titans got one more point through Rahul Chaudhari's successful last-gasp effort to go down to the Bulls for the third time this season.
When the Titans caught up with their rivals 4-4 after the fifth minute and then at 8-all it looked as if a good fight would ensue.

A foot injury to his rival counterpart, Meraj Sheykh of Iran early in the game was a big blow for the Titans and by the time he came back in the second half the Bulls had taken firm control of the game.
Then the Bulls simply pulled away to lead 16-10 at half time and then did not take their foot off the pedal in the second half to take a commanding 31-15 lead with eight minutes remaining on the clock.
The Titans slowly and surely narrowed the deficit with some super tackling before losing the contest narrowly. The two all outs they suffered proved very costly in the end.

Captain Manjeet Chillar led from the front for the Bulls by tallying 8 points and he was very well supported by his deputy Ajay Thakur (8) in attack and some excellent tackling by Dharmaraj Cheralathan (9 points, including 6 in tackling).

For the Titans, Sandeep came back strongly in the second half to garner ten points, including six in defence, while Chaudhari secured 9 raid points. Deepak Hudda did his bit in attack and defence to garner 6 points.

Substitutes Rupesh Tomar, Prashant Rai and Rohit Baliyan helped the Titans make a fight back with some valuable points. "We got overconfident but we also knew we would win," said Bulls? skipper Chillar after the game.

Bangalore Bulls WON the MATCH.... Telugu Titans WON people HEARTS !!!

 

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