India have named three of IPL 2020's top performers - batsman Suryakumar Yadav, wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan, and allrounder Rahul Tewatia in their squad for the five-match T20I series against England that begins from March 12. The squad also has the returning Rohit Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rishabh Pant and Varun Chakarvarthy, but the injured Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson, and Mayank Agarwal, who were all part of India's last T20I assignment in Australia late last year, have missed out on selection. Jasprit Bumrah is also not part of the squad.

These are maiden call-ups for Yadav, Tewatia and Kishan, who put on some of the most sparkling batting displays during last year's IPL which ended shortly before India flew to Australia. Thirty-year-old Yadav is the most experienced cricketer of the trio, while 22-year-old Kishan - who made 173 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy hours before the squad announcement - has long been seen as a potential India player since breaking through with the Under-19 team. The pair of them formed a deadly combination in Mumbai Indians' top three, particularly towards the end of their title-winning campaign in the UAE. Kishan takes the place of Samson, who was the second wicketkeeper in India's last few series.

The selection of 27-year-old Tewatia, in comparison, is another case of a player transcending limitations in other formats and finding a path to the national team via the IPL. Like T Natarajan, who was called in to replaced the injured Chakravarthy - himself a product of T20 leagues - in Australia, Tewatia made his abilities known with stellar performances in last year's edition, particularly an innings where he went from struggling on 5 off 13 to hit six sixes off his last eight balls to take Rajasthan Royals to victory against Punjab Kings. He played a few other key knocks of a similar flavour, while being Royals' only fixed domestic bowler throughout their campaign.

Of the players returning to the squad, Sharma, Bhuvneshwar and Chakravarthy all missed out during the Australia tour through injuries. Pant though had been overlooked for those T20Is with India opting to trial KL Rahul as wicketkeeper. That experiment now appears to be put on hold with the young left-hander winning the team management's faith with sublime performances in the Test series that followed.

Also coming back into the fray is Axar Patel, who made his Test debut as a replacement for Ravindra Jadeja last week, who continues to be in rehabilitation himself. Bhuvneshwar last played for India in December 2019, a T20I against the West Indies, and has been on the road back since missing a majority of IPL 2020 with a thigh injury and rehabilitating at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. He played four games for his state side, Uttar Pradesh, in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, and completed a 10-over spell for them on Saturday against Karnataka.

He will likely lead India's fast bowling contingent, which has Natarajan, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, and Shardul Thakur who make up a diverse and relatively experienced line-up. Mohammed Shami, who wasn't part of the T20Is in Australia and who picked up an injury to his hand later in the Tests, remains absent. Among the batsmen, both Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan retain their places, as does Shreyas Iyer. Tewatia, Axar, Washington Sundar, and Hardik Pandya make up the allrounders, although it is still uncertain whether Pandya is fit enough to play in a bowling role. Yuzvendra Chahal is the only other wristspinner.

The Bangladesh team will get a short turnaround from their New Zealand tour after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said that they are likely to travel to Sri Lanka for a two-match Test series any time between April 12 and 15. Bangladesh play their last match in New Zealand on April 1, after which those who will play the Tests would have to hop into another bio-secure bubble within two weeks.

"We have contacted the Sri Lanka board," BCB's chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said. "We have confirmed two Tests in the World Test Championships, both of which will be played in the same venue. We are hopeful that Bangladesh will tour Sri Lanka any time between April 12 and 15." The two boards seem to have agreed to reduce one Test from the original three-match Test series, that was postponed twice last year.

Chowdhury said that the Bangladesh team will follow England's quarantine protocols when they toured Sri Lanka earlier this year. "As far as we know, Sri Lanka's Covid situation has improved. England also toured Sri Lanka recently. We have been told that we will follow the same protocols as England did," he said.

Meanwhile, on Friday, BCB's cricket operations chairman Akram Khan said that Mustafizur Rahman, who was acquired by Rajasthan Royals for the 2021 IPL, will also be allowed time off from the Sri Lanka Test series next month.

"If he applies for the NOC, the BCB will give it to him, just like we gave it to Shakib. There's no need to deny it to anyone who is not interested to play in Tests," said Akram.

Karachi Kings 126 for 3 (Clarke 46, Nabi 30*, Hasnain 2-18) beat Quetta Gladiators 121 (Gayle 39, Iqbal 3-16, Maqsood 2-21) by seven wickets

Last year's win was no fluke, and this year's title defence is no surrender. That was the emphatic message Karachi Kings sent out not just to the hapless Quetta Gladiators, whom they thrashed by seven wickets in the inaugural PSL match of this season, but also to the rest of the teams. The Kings might have copped criticism for letting go of Mohammad Rizwan in the off season, but it was the new wicketkeeping recruit Joe Clarke who was the star of the show for Imad Wasim's side, taking four catches and blitzing 46 off 23 balls to tear the game away from the Gladiators.

The win was initially set up by the Kings bowlers - emerging player Arshad Iqbal chief among them - who punctured the Gladiators with regular wickets throughout the innings, and in the end, bowled them out for 121 in 18.2 overs.

After being put in, Quetta, somewhat curiously, opened the batting with captain Sarfaraz Ahmed alongside Tom Banton rather than the more obvious option of Chris Gayle. Banton's stay was ephemeral, falling to a low-percentage hoick in the first over. Once Gayle settled himself in, he looked the most serious outlet for a potentially match-winning total for Quetta Gladiators. However, no one kept him company, and the Jamaican himself managed more of a cameo before falling for 39 off 24. The next highest for the Gladiators was Azam Khan's 17.

Mohammad Hasnain did briefly threaten to make things interesting by removing Sharjeel Khan in a fiery first over, but a loose one from Qais Ahmed that Clarke spanked for 24, apart from three wides, removed any realistic chances of victory. Hasnain returned to remove Babar Azam midway through the innings, but by this time the Kings only needed to go through the motions to get their title defence off to a resounding start, and when the winning runs were scored, they had 37 balls to spare.

Star of the day
While the Gladiators pace unit got most of the attention, with Naseem Shah, Mohammad Hasnain and Usman Shinwari in its ranks, the Kings' emerging quick Iqbal ended up outshining the lot. Called in to bowl with Gayle having primed himself with 18 off Aamer Yamin, Iqbal held his nerve in the opening salvo, allowing just four in the seventh over. He wasn't called on again until Ben Cutting and Azam Khan threatened to cut loose; the pair had just taken 11 off a Wasim over.

What did Iqbal do? Bowl a wicket-maiden, naturally. He varied the pace beautifully as Cutting and Azam struggled to get a read on the young bowler's plans before Azam swatted him straight to Daniel Christian in frustration. In his next over, Iqbal sent Cutting's leg stump cartwheeling, and dismissed Hasnain in his final over, with figures of 4-1-16-3 not flattering him in the slightest.

Miss of the day
Erm, the Gladiators batsmen in general? More specifically, Banton. The Gladiators would have plumped for Banton at the auction assuming his miserable outing last year with Peshawar Zalmi was something of an anomaly. But with the young Englishman having skipped the Big Bash League this year, there's little recent data to gauge his form, and what was on offer today might worry Gladiators.

Perhaps too eager to impose himself, he smashed Wasim to cow corner off the second ball he faced, before attempting an ugly smear over midwicket to a ball he never came close to the pitch of. It went a mile up and back down to the wicketkeeper, continuing Banton's struggles in the PSL. Whether he shakes them off could be pivotal to the Gladiators' chances in the tournament.

Honourable mention
With that boyish innocent smile, the flowing wavy hair and the easy elegant, slender high-arm action, Hasnain can be the most marketable of Pakistan's fast bowlers once he really gets his career underway. He was at that luscious best today, even if in a losing cause, pace and swing both on offer first up that proved too hot for Sharjeel. He had Joe Clarke on toast off his first delivery, unlucky not to find either the outside edge of the bat or the stumps. Despite little support from the other end, he then dismissed Azam, too, and when he was done, he had leaked just 18 off his four overs. The Gladiators might have had a bad day, but they will have that positive to take out of it.

Michelle Wie West had strong words for Rudy Giuliani via Twitter after the former New York City mayor and attorney for former President Donald Trump discussed having joked with radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh several years ago about being able to see the golfer's underwear when she putted during a golf outing.

Appearing on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast Thursday and reminiscing about Limbaugh, who died that day, Giuliani asked if he could tell a story, which involved a round of golf with Limbaugh and Wie West.

Giuliani said that Limbaugh complained about all the "paparazzi" trailing the group, then blamed Giuliani for their presence. Giuliani, chuckling, said the cameramen were there to photograph Wie West and not them.

"On the green is Michele Wie, and she is getting ready to putt," Giuliani said, in part. "Now Michelle Wie is gorgeous. She's 6 feet. And she has a strange putting stance. She bends all the way over. And her panties show. And the press was going crazy. ... I said '[Rush], it's not me, it's not you.'"

Giuliani concluded his story by asking, "Is it OK to tell that joke?"

Wie West took to Twitter on Friday night, not noting Giuliani by name.

"What this person should have remembered from that day was the fact that I shot 64 and beat every male golfer in the field leading our team to victory," she wrote. "I shudder thinking he was smiling to my face and complimenting my game while objectifying me and referencing my 'panties' behind my back all day."

Wie West went on to express frustration over elite-level pro golfers being discussed in terms of their appearance instead of their game. The outing apparently took place in 2014, the same year Wie West won the U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst using a putting stance meant to improve her stats.

"NOT as an invitation to look up my skirt," Wie West wrote on Twitter on Friday.

When Giuliani ended the story by asking if it was OK to "tell that joke," Bannon awkwardly replied, "We already told it, so I don't know."

Wie West, 31, has won five times on the LPGA Tour but has been plagued by injuries in recent years. She has done some television commentary and is currently on hiatus from the game after the birth of her daughter in June.

The United States Golf Association replied to Wie West with a supportive post on Twitter on Saturday.

"Sexism has no place in golf or in life," the USGA post said. "We are always in your corner."

CLEVELAND -- Cy Young winner Shane Bieber has reported to training camp in Arizona with the Cleveland Indians after recovering from COVID-19.

Cleveland's ace recently tested positive with the virus. Bieber experienced only mild symptoms, but had to be isolated per MLB protocols before being medically cleared to join his teammates. The Indians' other pitchers and catchers reported earlier this week,

The right-hander took part in drills on Saturday, a day before the Indians hold their first full-squad workout in Goodyear, Arizona.

The 25-year-old Bieber was baseball's best pitcher during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. Bieber led the majors in wins, ERA and strikeouts, a rare Triple Crown for pitchers.

Bieber will be expected to carry the load again for the Indians this season. The club has one of the AL's best starting staffs, led by Bieber, who is 34-14 in three major league seasons.

European under-20 champion leaps 6.91m to match the Italian indoor record mark set by her mother, Fiona May

Larissa Iapichino soared out to a world under-20 indoor long jump record of 6.91m at the Italian Indoor Championships in Ancona on Saturday (February 20).

The mark also equals the senior Italian indoor record which was set by her mother, British-born Olympic and world medallist Fiona May, when she won the 1998 European indoor title.

After opening with a jump of 6.68m in the first round, Iapichino fouled her second attempt and improved to 6.75m in the third round, a distance which she matched in the fourth round.

Her record leap came in the fifth round before she passed her final attempt.

With her 6.91m leap, 18-year-old Iapichino adds three centimetres to the world under-20 indoor record mark set by Heike Drechsler in 1983, the year she won the senior world title, and it is also the best performance in the world so far this year as well as an Olympic qualifying mark.

Iapichino’s previous best was 6.75m, which she set at the Italian under-20 championships earlier this month, while her outdoor best is 6.80m, set last summer.

She won European under-20 gold in 2019 (pictured) with a leap of 6.58m to claim a title which her mother had won in 1987.

Sharing her delight on social media, May wrote: “My daughter has just equalled my Italian indoor record!!! 6.91!!!!!!!!!!”

Laura Strati finished second in Ancona with a jump of 6.66m.

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Chelsea were left frustrated after being held to a 1-1 draw at Southampton on Saturday.

Mason Mount's second-half penalty rescued a point for Chelsea after Liverpool loanee Takumi Minamino opened the scoring for Southampton.

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Chelsea remain unbeaten in the seven matches since new boss Thomas Tuchel replaced Frank Lampard but failed to open up a gap in the top four race.

Chelsea started the game well and almost opened the scoring after six minutes but Marcos Alonso's close-range volley went wide.

The visitors dominated possession in the early stages but failed to create many clear-cut chances.

Chelsea's lack of cutting edge was punished after 33 minutes after Nathan Redmond played through Minamino who skipped past Cesar Azpilicueta and Edouard Mendy to put Southampton ahead against the run of play.

Kurt Zouma went close to scoring an equaliser moments later but his header was brilliantly saved by goalkeeper Alex McCarthy.

Chelsea were awarded a penalty shortly after the break when Mount was brought down by Danny Ings and the 22-year-old was on hand to convert the spot kick.

Southampton almost went back in front after 70 minutes but Jannik Vestergaard's looping header hit the crossbar.

Chelsea had a great chance to score a late winner but Reece James blazed over from Mount's cross.

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said Sergino Dest switched off too many times in the 4-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in midweek and called on the USMNT international to be more aggressive.

Dest has been in and out of the Barca team with a thigh problem since the turn of the year but was picked ahead of Oscar Mingueza to deal with the threat posed by PSG forward Kylian Mbappe on the left.

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However, Dest struggled to get to grips with Mbappe, who scored a hat-trick, before the ex-Ajax right-back was replaced by Mingueza in the second half.

"Maybe because he has not been playing regularly and because he has had some injuries, that was an influence on his participation in the team," Koeman said in a news conference on Saturday.

"But now he is OK, he's physically OK. He is [20] years old but he needs to learn, he needs to be more aggressive, he needs to be more concentrated. He had too many periods in the game where he's not 100% focused. We spoke to him about this."

Dest joined Barca from Ajax for an initial fee of €20 million in October and has made 24 appearances in all competitions this season.

The USMNT right-back got off to a good start, impressing in the Clasico defeat to Real Madrid at the end of last year, but a thigh injury has disrupted his form in recent months.

Koeman, who pushed hard for the signing of Dest last summer, believes he can still become a key player for the Catalan side, but warned him playing for Barca is completely different from playing for Ajax.

"He's a young player, that's good, he can learn, but he needs to learn," the Dutch coach, who also played for Ajax and Barca, added.

"With all the positives he can bring to the team, he [also] needs to learn it is a big step to play for Barcelona than to play in Holland. He needs time, he needs advice, but it starts with the player himself."

Dest has been included in the Barca squad to face Cadiz at Camp Nou on Sunday in La Liga as they look to bounce back from Tuesday's Champions League round-of-16 first leg loss to PSG.

Barca's season has been written off since then, with comebacks needed to stay in Europe and the Copa del Rey, while they are nine points behind leaders Atletico Madrid in the league.

"The Champions League is very complicated from here but in the Copa, with better finishing and a bit of luck, I think we can turn it around [a 2-0 semifinal deficit against Sevilla]," Koeman said.

"Until the tie has been played, it is not over. I believe we can get through. And we are in good form in the league, even if we are depending on teams above us dropping points. I am not as negative as you suggest."

Barca are still without Sergi Roberto, Ronald Araujo, Philippe Coutinho and Ansu Fati through injury against Cadiz, although Gerard Pique could feature again after making an impressive recovery from knee ligament damage to start against PSG.

Four Tests into England's six-match subcontinental winter, it is fair to say things could have gone more smoothly for Zak Crawley. A difficult baptism to the prevailing conditions in Sri Lanka, where Crawley made scores of 9, 8, 5 and 13, was followed by a "freak" injury at the start of the India tour, when he slipped on his spikes outside the changing room in Chennai and the resultant wrist sprain ruled him out of contention.

Crawley is now back in training and looking to prove his fitness ahead of the third Test, a day-night match starting in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. And despite the difficulties he experienced against the left-arm spin of Sri Lanka's Lasith Embuldeniya - who dismissed him four times in four innings - he has vowed to "stick with what has got me here" rather than seek to make technical changes.

England's top three has been a moveable feast - if "feast" isn't too misleading a word - in Sri Lanka and India: Crawley opened alongside Dom Sibley for two Tests, with Jonny Bairstow at No. 3; Rory Burns then returned from paternity leave to partner Sibley, and with Bairstow rested and Crawley injured, Dan Lawrence was pushed up to first drop for the two games in Chennai.

Of the five, only Sibley has made a half-century - although Bairstow averaged 46.33 in Sri Lanka - and his success came after he opted to change his approach in response to three single-figure scores. Crawley, who finished the English summer by scoring a mammoth 267 against Pakistan, described the two Galle Tests as a "great learning curve" but intends to stick to his approach should he come up against India's Axar Patel, another left-arm spinner capable of bowling with the new ball.

"It's important not to change too much and I still back my game against spin," he said. "It's still a great learning curve for me that I need to be a bit sharper and work on a few things, doing things that I do best. There's room for improvement which is always positive.

"I'm not going to let a few dismissals change the way I play. I had a couple of good balls, I hit one rash shot. Well, I don't think it was a rash shot, I just mis-executed one shot. So for me there is no problem, I'm just going to continue playing the way I play. Axar Patel is a top-quality performer so I'm going to give him the respect he deserves. It's not a problem in my eyes, I'm just going to try to improve the way I play."

Crawley said that rather than making any tweaks, he had been paying attention to his team-mates in the nets and would focus on "using my height bit more, and getting out to the spinners and then right back" if he is picked for a recall in Ahmedabad.

"I've watched quite a few of the top players in our group," he said. "The top players keep it simple, that's what I'm going to try to do. I'm not going to over-complicate anything. Like I said before, a couple of dismissals aren't going to change the way I play too much. I'm just going to try to get better at the things I do.

"In Sri Lanka with the new ball, one went straight on, one spun. A couple spun and caught the edge, I didn't think there was much I could have done about those. And I mis-executed one shot and that was the way it went for me. I'll stick with what has got me here and try to get better at that.

"In this environment [of] Test cricket, there's a lot of scrutiny and it's very easy to change quickly. But I've played a game that's got me here so far, and a couple of Test matches in Sri Lanka aren't going to change that. If down the line it continued to be a problem, then that's something to look at that. There's obviously been a bit of talk about the way Embuldeniya got a few wickets early in Sri Lanka. But I think for me it's all about sticking with what I know, and my opinion and people's opinion who've been around me this whole time. For now I think it's about playing my game."

As for the wrist injury, Crawley has returned to batting in the nets and taking part in fielding drills, and was keen to put the incident behind him - albeit he admitted to being "slightly disappointed" that the solution to the problem, some carpet strategically placed on top of a marble floor, was already in place outside the India dressing room.

"I was one of the first players to go out on the field with my spikes on and basically my feet went out from underneath me, and to protect my head I stuck out my hand. It was one of those freak incidents where my arm took all the weight. A real shame to miss some Test cricket."

Crawley also echoed Mark Wood in suggesting that the pink ball might aid England's efforts to bounce back strongly after India levelled the series in Chennai.

"It seems to be swinging more than the red ball and doing a bit more for the seamers," Crawley said. "It seems to be a bit harder so the spinners are skidding it on a bit more as well. So it's going to play different than the red ball. I expect to see more seam in this game. The spinners are still going to have to play a big role. I'd be surprised if they produced an absolute green seamer. I think it will still spin quite a bit but the seamers are going to have a bit more of a chance than in the last couple."

Cheteshwar Pujara isn't ruling out the possibility of a short county stint this summer, as preparation for India's tour of England in August, while also insisting he's keen to prove himself in the shortest format after finding an IPL team in Chennai Super Kings after a gap of seven years. Pujara was picked up at his base price (INR 50 lakhs) at the IPL auction on Thursday, which means he'll once again play under his first India captain, MS Dhoni.

"First of all, I'm really glad to be part of the IPL. It's good to be back again and I'd like to thank CSK for picking me," he said after India's training session in Ahmedabad on Saturday. "At the same time, with regards to county cricket we still have enough time before we play the England Test series. Once the IPL will be over, there is a window where I can play a few county games. That call I'll take once the IPL is over or in-between [the tournament].

"There will be enough time to play some county games. We also have a couple of practice games [against India A] before the Test series. But yes, it's good to be back in the IPL. I haven't spoken to them [CSK management] yet but I always want to play the shorter formats. But for now, my focus once this series is over will be on the IPL and after that, I'll think about county cricket and the big series against England in August. Hopefully, we will play the World Test Championship final as well. I want to focus now on the next two Tests, both of them are important for us to qualify."

In a way, a return to Ahmedabad is a little like life coming full circle for Pujara. The last time he played here was way back in November 2012, when he was just setting out to make a mark at No. 3 in the post-Dravid era. On a turner, India utilised the toss to their advantage by setting up an imposing first-innings total, with Pujara making 205 against an England attack of James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and Samit Patel.

The surroundings and the surface, though, are starkly different this time around. The stadium has now been redeveloped to accommodate 110,000 spectators - although only half of those can be in attendance for the third Test - and the surface they'll encounter here could be much different to the one from 2012, because they'll be playing a day-night Test with the pink ball. The pandemic has meant Ahmedabad has only hosted a handful of T20 games - the Syed Mushtaq Ali knockouts - before this big match. Pujara was posed a question on the uncertainty of the challenges of playing on an untested surface, but it's not something he's too worried about.

"We have three-four days [for the Test] and a lot could change," Pujara said. "It looks a decent pitch but it's difficult to predict anything, considering we're playing with a pink ball. With the red ball, it'd be a different ball game, but with the pink ball, it's difficult to assess. You expect something, but it could turn out to be something else. I want to just try and keep things simple and not worry too much about the pitch."

The one thing India do expect is dew, which could potentially mean they'll play three seamers, even though Pujara steered away from any talks over team combination. "Yes, there maybe dew," he said. "Looking at the weather, there's a possibility of dew in the final session. The guys have played a lot of cricket with the white ball here, and the bowlers are used to it. As batters, we've played with the pink ball. It could [affect] in the third session, although how much we don't know yet. We will have a better idea [over the coming days] but we are expecting dew."

Pujara was also reminded about India's previous pink-ball Test - the infamous 36 all out in Adelaide two months ago. He swatted it away with a chuckle, insisting there's going to be no baggage from that game, and instead chose to draw positives from how well India batted in the first innings of that Test, where they even claimed a slender lead over Australia.

"I've played so many Tests but with the pink ball, even I don't have enough experience," he said. "I don't think it matters a lot when you play one-off pink-ball Tests, we will get used to it as we keep playing more. We'll have to just play normal cricket, have similar game plans like we had in the previous Test match, depending on the pitch. We'll just stick to that. In Adelaide, the ball was swinging around and we had one bad session of poor batting that led to that disaster, but overall if you look at the first innings, we were in a dominating position."

'Chennai pitch not dangerous at all'

Pujara was asked for his verdict on the Chepauk surface for the second Test, in which England folded cheaply in both innings. India's spinners ran amok, picking up 17 of the 20 wickets to fall, with none of the visiting batsmen going beyond the 43 Moeen Ali made in the dying moments of the match which India won by 317 runs on the fourth day.

"Sometimes, if you're playing on a turner, you find it difficult, but it wasn't a dangerous pitch at all," he said. "When the ball spins, people find it difficult to score runs. When we go overseas, we also play on seaming tracks where games finish in three or four days. We still have to play on pitches with grass and seam movement. When it comes to turning tracks, you can't define how much it should turn. There's a thin line, but I don't think it was a bad pitch. Yes, it always becomes difficult in the second innings, but even when we play in Australia on fourth or fifth-day tracks, balls can hit the cracks and take off. As a team, I don't think we had an issue, am sure England once they're used to it and play more matches, they'll also figure out a way."

It's not often Pujara goes through an entire press conference without questions about his batting. And while he's made key contributions right through the summer, the one thing he's looking to tick off is getting to three-figures, something he last did in Tests in Sydney in January 2019.

"I started well, got off to starts but got out unfortunately [in the second Test]," he said. Pujara was out to a pull shot that deflected off short leg to the midwicket fielder in the first innings. In the second, he was run out after his bat got stuck in the turf while trying to get back into the crease.

"The way I am batting, although the three-figures haven't come, I am hoping it wont' be too far away. As a batsman, what is in my control - my practice, preparation, process - it's been wonderful. I'm confident of getting a big score very soon."