Sports Round-Up

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Sunrisers Hyderabad Win IPL 2016
Electing to bat first, SRH put up a mammoth total of 208 runs on the board with skipper David Warner scoring a magnificent 69 runs. Ben Cutting too played well, scoring 39 runs in 15 balls. In reply, RCB got off to a flying start as Chris Gayle scored 76 runs and Virat Kohli made 54 runs. But SRH was the better team of the day, winning the thrilling match by 8 runs. Ben Cutting was awarded ‘Man of the Match’.
Virat Kohli won ‘Man of the Series’. Bhuvneshwar Kumar clinched ‘Purple Cap Award’ for his 23 wickets and Virat Kohli yet again grabbed the ‘Orange Cap Award’ for his 973 runs, including 4 hundreds.

India Tour West Indies
India is set to play 4-Test Matches in the Caribbean, starting 21st July, 2016. India will also play a couple of warm up games in their 49 day tour of the West Indies.

 

TENNIS

Novak Djokovic And Serena Williams Reach The Semis Of French Open
Top Tennis star Novak Djokovic defeated Tomas Berdych 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 and advanced to the semi finals in the French Open. On the other hand, Serena Williams won 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 against Kazakhstans Yulia Putintseva and has moved into the semis too.

‘Leander Paes-Martina Hingis’ to take on ‘Sania Mirza-Ivan Dodig’ in the Mixed Doubles Finals In French Open
Indian tennis stars Leander Paes and Sania Mirza will face off each other for the mixed doubles final at the French Open.

 

HOCKEY

Indian Women’s Hockey Team Draw Against Japan
India drew 1-1 playing Vs Japan in their second match of the four nation women’s hockey tournament in Darwin.

 

BADMINTON

Indian Shuttlers Do Well In Indonesia Open Super Series
Women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa and the men’s duo comprising Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy moved to the second round of the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier Badminton Tournament.

 

FOOTBALL

More Misery For Brazil
34 year old Brazil’s Kaka is ruled out of the Copa America with a muscle injury and will be replaced by Paulo Henrique Ganso.

 

GAMES TO WATCH OUT FOR IN THE UPCOMING WEEK

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  • 5 June, 2016 – West Indies Vs. Australia
  • 7 June, 2016 – Australia Vs. South Africa

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