CRICKET

India Clinch Series Against Zimbabwe
The Indian team was on a winning spree winning their previous two encounters and the third one turning into dead rubber. Winning the toss, Zimbabwe elected to bat first. They put up a mere 123 runs in 42.2 overs. In reply, the Indians scored 126 runs in just 21.5 overs, as the openers KL Rahul scored a 63 runs while Faiz Fazal notched up 55 runs. India won by 10 wickets and whitewashed Zimbabwe 3-0 to win the series.

India Creates New World Records
Zimbabwe, setting a number of World Records in the process:

• With India losing only 3 wickets through this series, we now hold the World Record for the fewest wickets lost in an ODI series.
• Dhoni is the first ODI Captain to lead India to a three series whitewash. He’s also the second most successful captain in the format with 107 wins.
• Jasprit Bumrah with 11 wickets, has the most scalps to his name, after playing just 4 ODIs..

Tennis

Leander Paes And Martina Hingis Win Mixed Doubles Title In French Open
The Indo- Swiss pair of Leander Paes and Martina Hingis are on a winning roll this season as they beat Sania Mirza and Iran Dodig 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 to clinch the mixed doubles title by winning the French Open final.

Rohan Bopanna And Nicolas Mahut Sail Into The Quarterfinals Of Ricoh Open
Rohan Bopanna and his partner Nicolas Mahut beat opponents Robin Hasse and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1, 6-4 in the Ricoh Open.

BASKETBALL

Cavaliers Beat Warriors In Game Five

Clevel and Cavaliers beat Golden State Warriors 112-97 to reduce the deficit to a 3-2 in the best of seven NBA finals.

FOOTBALL

Euro 2016 Results

In the opening clash on 10th June, France beat Romania 2-1. 11th June saw Switzerland defeat Albania 1-0, while Wales won 2-1 playing against Slovakia. On the other hand, England drew 1-1 with Russia. On 12th June, Poland won 1-0 V/s Northern Ireland while Germany clinched a 2-0 victory against Ukraine and Croatia won 1-0 against Turkey. Further, Spain outplayed Czech Republic 1-0, Republic of Ireland and Sweden had a draw 1-1, and Italy beat Belgium 2-0 on 13th June. Next, Hungary won 2-0 playing V/s Austria while Portugal and Iceland drew 1-1 on 14th June. Romania and Switzerland played out a draw 1-1, France played exceptionally beating Albania 2-0 and the Slovakians defeated the Russians 2-1.

 

BADMINTON

Saina Nehwal Clinches Australian Open

Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated Chinese player Sun Yu 11-21, 21-14, 21-19 in an exciting encounter, going on to win the Australian Open Super Series – Women’s Title, at The Sydney Sports Centre.

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GAMES TO WATCH OUT FOR IN THE UPCOMING WEEK

FOOTBALL

EURO 2016

•  19th June: Romania V/s Albania; France V/s Switzerland
• 20th June: Russia V/s Wales; Slovakia V/s England

CRICKET

INDIA’S TOUR OF ZIMBABWE

• 18th June – 1st T20;
• 20th June – 2nd T20;
• 22nd June – 3rd T20