Here is Sportzwiki’s daily news round-up, featuring top sports news from around the world, on 21st October 2017. We bring you the news from sporting events like cricket, hockey, WWE and badminton which took over the attention of all the sports enthusiasts.
Pakistan thrash Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in fourth ODI:
Sri Lanka’s horror run in One-Day Internationals continues as Pakistan battered the Islanders by seven wickets in the penultimate game of the series to go 4-0 up in the five-match series. Batting first, the Islanders failed to come up with a good batting performance once again and were all out for paltry 173 in the 44th over.
In reply, the hosts were in a spot of bother after being reduced to 58 for 3 but an unbeaten 119-run stand between the in-form Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik guided them home with utmost ease in the end. Azam played a patient knock of 69 off 101 balls while Malik remained unbeaten on the same score off 81 balls.
India start favourites against New Zealand:
Yet to lost a series this year in addition to make it to the final of the Champions Trophy, high-flying India will start overwhelming favourites when they take on the tricky New Zealand in a three-match ODI series, starting in Mumbai on Sunday (October 22).
The next two games of the series will be played on October 25 and October 29 in Pune and Kanpur respectively.
Denmark open: Srikanth stuns Viktor Axelsen, Saina Nehwal crashes out:
It was a mixed Friday (October 20) for Indians in the Denmark Open as Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the semifinals with a stunning come-from-behind win against local hero and World champion Viktor Axelsen in men’s singles quarterfinals while another medal prospect Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy.
Srikanth came from one set down to beat the reigning World No.1 14-21 22-20 21-7. On the other hand, Saina lost 10-21 13-21 against World no 5 Akane Yamaguchi while Prannoy, who had stunned three-times Olympics silver medalist Lee Chong Wei, suffered a 13-21 18-21 loss to World No. 2 Korean Son Wan Ho.
Red-hot India take on Pakistan in Asia Cup:
Buoyed by the 4 wins in 5 games including an impressive 6-2 win over Malaysia in the last game, India will start as the firm favourites when they take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their third and final Super 4 match of the 10th men’s Asia Cup on Saturday.
Barring the 1-1 draw against South Korea, India have looked totally unstoppable in the tournament and are all but sure of a place in the final, Pakistan need a big win and other results to go their way to make it to the summit clash.
Shield reunion delayed as Kurt Angle gears up for return to wrestling ring:
The fans will have to wait a bit longer to see the Shield reunion as Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt will be not be a part of WWE’s Tables Ladders and Chairs (TLC) event scheduled for Sunday. Reigns and Wyatt will be unable to compete due to an unspecified viral infection and as a result, WWE Hall of Famer and current RAW GM Kurt Angle will make his first in-ring appearance for WWE in more than 11 years.
Angle will now join two other members of the Shield- Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose in their 3-on-5 handicapped match against The Miz, Sheamus, Cesaro, Braun Strowman and Kane. On the other hand, AJ Styles will replace Wyatt to make a one-night-only appearance on RAW to fight Finn Balor.