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BCCI announces four-team Women’s T20 Challenge; Jaipur to host the tournament during IPL 2020

• On Saturday, it was confirmed that four teams will be playing in the women’s tournament at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
• Harmanpreet’s side beat Mithali Raj’s Velocity by four wickets to clinch the championship.
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Hardik Pandya invites fresh controversy in his comeback match

• He batted impressively in the game in Mumbai by hitting 38 off 25 balls at No.4 with four sixes and then picked three wickets.
• Prasad was content with Hardik’s all-round show in Mumbai and said it was good to see him steaming in.
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South Africa rapper Sho Madjozi quashes rumours of intimacy with Kagiso Rabada

• Sho Madjozi, the popular South Africa rapper, actress and singer, has opened up on her relationship with Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada.
• Rabada recently was rested for the three-match T20I series against England that the hosts lost 1-2.
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Batting at No.3 in IPL gateway for India return, feels Manish Pandey

• Manish Pandey, who’s been in and out of the Indian team in recent times, is eyeing the Indian Premier League (IPL) as a platform to return to the national side.
• In the IPL, he has been plying his trade for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for the last three seasons.
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I’m not going to show the Indian guys all the tricks in IPL 2020: Tom Curran

• When he played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) the last time, England bowling all-rounder Tom Curran was not that successful.
• Curran, who has 50 international wickets from two Tests, 20 ODIs and 18 T20Is, said his focus during the IPL will be on self-improvement.
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‘Am I a thief?’ – Mashrafe Mortaza hits out at a journalist when asked if he was ‘ashamed’ of his bowling

• It will not be an aberration to say that fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza has been one of the stalwarts of Bangladesh.
• The fast bowler hasn’t played a game for Bangladesh since the 2019 World Cup in England.
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