Chelsea vs Leicester
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 13: Leicester City's Riyad Mahrez in action during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Leicester City at Stamford Bridge on January 13, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Craig Mercer - CameraSport via Getty Images)

Here is Sportzwiki’s daily news round-up, featuring top sports news from around the world, on 14th January 2018. Here’s all the news from sporting events like cricket, football, WWE, Tennis and other sports took over the attention of all the sports enthusiasts.

South Africa vs India, 2nd Test, Centurion 

South Africa vs India 2018
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India dismissed the hosts on 335 just before lunch on day two after beginning the day on 269/6.

South Africa began the day with Faf Du Plessis and Keshav Maharaj at the crease. Mohammed Shami got India the breakthrough by dismissing Maharaj for 18. Du Plessis finished his 17th Test fifty in the process but was clean bowled on 63 by Ishant Sharma.

Ravichandran Ashwin picked up the last wicket of Morne Morkel to finish with four wickets in the innings. India played one over before the lunch break and were 4/0.

Australia vs England, 1st ODI, Melbourne Cricket Ground

England won the toss and chose to field first in the first ODI of the five-match ODI series against Australia. Andrew Tye made his ODI debut in the match for the Australian team.

Australia finished the first innings on 304/8 courtesy a 107-run knock by their opener Aaron Finch. All-rounder, Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis boosted the Australian innings in the end overs, as they scored 50 and 60 runs, respectively.

Liam Plunket picked up three wickets in his ten overs. England looked on course to an easy run chase, as they chased down the target with five wickets in hand. Opener Jason Roy registered a historic 180 runs for the visitors.

2018 ICC Under-19 World Cup, New Zealand

India vs Australia 

Prithvi Shaw
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India defeated Australia by 100 runs to pick up their first win in the ongoing under-19 World Cup in New Zealand.

India won the toss and chose to bat first. The men in blue scored 328/7 courtesy their openers, Prithvi Shaw and Manjot Kalra who scored 94 and 86, respectively. Shubman Gill also played well and scored 63.

Jack Edwards was the pick of the bowlers for the Aussies, as he picked up four wickets. Australia was bowled out for a mere 228 with Edwards shining with the bat as well scoring 73. Shivam Mavi and Nagarkoti picked up three wickets each. Shaw was adjudged the man of the match.

Other Results

Sri Lanka 208/3 defeated Ireland 207/8

South Africa 341/7 defeated Kenya 172/7

English Premier League, Match day 23, Results 

Chelsea vs Leicester
LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 13: Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez in action during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Leicester City at Stamford Bridge on January 13, 2018, in London, England. (Photo by Craig Mercer –
CameraSport via Getty Images)

Crystal Palace 1-0 Burnley

Huddersfield 1-4 West Ham United

Newcastle 1-1 Swansea City

West Brom 2-0 Brighton

Watford 2-2 Southampton

Chelsea 0-0 Leicester City

Tottenham 4-0 Everton

English Premier League, Match day 23, Fixtures

Bournemouth vs Arsenal 7 PM IST

Liverpool vs Manchester City 9:30 PM IST            

 

Prabhangad Singh

Ardent Sports lover, Cricket fanatic, Manchester United fan(GGMU), Roger Federer over Rafael Nadal

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