Windies opener Lewis pulls out of India tour

Guwahati

The struggling West Indies were dealt another blow today when opener Evin Lewis pulled out of the limited-overs leg of the India tour, citing personal reasons. Lewis had recently declined a central contract offered by Cricket West Indies, potentially making himself available for T20 leagues around the world. Kieran Powell will be Lewis’ replacement in the ODIs and Nicholas Pooran in the T20Is. 

New delhi

Prajnesh enters quarterfinals 

Prajnesh Gunneswaran, the lone Indian surviving in the singles competition, quelled a late challenge from Zhe Li to book a quarterfinal berth at the Ningbo Challenger today. The Chennai southpaw won 6-3 2-6 7-6(0) in the second round. Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal crashed out of the men’s doubles, while Saketh Myneni and N Sriram Balaji entered the quarterfinals.

Mumbai

Yuki suffers defeat on return 

Yuki Bhambri’s comeback to the ATP circuit after recovering from a knee injury didn’t go well as he suffered a first-round defeat at the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium. Bhambri lost 6-7(6) 7-5 1-6 to Italy’s Salvatore Caruso. Meanwhile, Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak beat Leander Paes and Miguel Angel Reyyes-Varela 7-5 6-4 to move to the doubles quarterfinals. 

Sonipat

PKL: Bulls beat Thalaivas 

Bengaluru Bulls earned the bragging rights in the southern derby, outplaying Tamil Thalaivas 44-35 in the Pro Kabaddi Season 6 here today. Pawan Sehrawat scored 16 points for Bengaluru. 

New Delhi

Maimouni scripts ATK win

Substitute Noussair El Maimouni found the net in the 84th minute to script ATK’s first win of the season as the visitors edged past Delhi Dynamos 2-1 in the Indian Super League here today. Balwant Singh (20th minute) gave ATK the lead before Pritam Kotal equalised nine minutes into the second half.  

Kandy

England win rain-hit third ODI

Captain Eoin Morgan smashed his second half-century in two games and Adil Rashid took four wickets to help England crush Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the rain-marred third ODI.

Brief scores: Sri Lanka: 150/9 in 21 overs (Dickwella 36; Rashid 4/36, T Curran 3/17); England: 153/3 in 18.3 overs (Morgan 58, Roy 41, Stokes 35). Agencies