Pandya out, Jadeja in for Australia series

New Delhi

Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I and ODI series against Australia due to lower back stiffness with Ravindra Jadeja replacing him in the 50-overs squad. The T20I squad will now consist of 14 members. Ravindra Jadeja has been named replacement for Hardik Pandya for the five ODIs. 

Dehradun

Nabi guides Afghanistan to 5-wicket win over Ireland

Mohammad Nabi shone with both bat and ball to guide Afghanistan to a six-wicket win over Ireland in the first T20I at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.

Brief scores:  Ireland: 132/6 (Dockrell 34*, Poynter 31*; Nabi 2/16, Rashid 2/21); Afghanistan: 136/5 (Nabi 49*, Najubullah 40*; Rankin 2/39) 

Thiruvananthapuram

Saxena’s 122 puts India U-19s in command vs SA

Opener Diyansh Saxena’s knock of 122 runs put India U-19 team in a commanding position against South Africa on the second day of the first Youth Test. 

Brief scores: SA U-19: 197 (Bryce Parsons 58, Matthew Montgomery 57; Hrithik Shokeen 4/50) and 34/3; Ind U-19: 330 all out in 92.3 overs (Divyansh Saxena 122, Suraj Ahuja 57; Bryce Parsons 6/77). 

Bengaluru

Bengaluru FC stun Goa 3-0 to seal top spot in ISL 

Bengaluru FC sealed their place at the top of the table with a stunning 3-0 win over FC Goa in their Indian Super League match. Down to 10 men, Bengaluru produced a brilliant second-half performance to pick up all three points as Juanan (50th min), Udanta Singh (58th min) and Miku (69th min) wrote their names on the scoresheet. 

Raipur

Nine more overage athletes out from Youth C’ships

Nine more athletes were disqualified after being found overage in the medical examination conducted by the national federation during the 16th National Youth Championships. Thursday’s nine cases took the total number of overage athletes from the championships, which serves as selection trial for next month’s Asian Youth Championships at Hong Kong, to 50. As many as 41 athletes, including Delhi sprinter Nisar Ahmed, were found overage. — Agencies