In the ongoing Indian Cricket League 20s Indian Championship, Chennai Superstars on Tuesday defeated Hyderabad Heroes by 18 runs at Sardar Patel Stadium. Chasing a victory target of 161 runs in the allotted 20 overs, Hero’s led by Chris Harris could score only 142 runs for the loss of 9 wickets.
It was a proud moment for Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles, when they had a straight-set win over Swede-Zimbabwean pair of Jonas Bjorkman and Kevin Ullyett in Madrid, and thus made in the finals of ATP Madrid Masters.
It took little more than an hour for the fourth seeded Indo-Bahamian pair to beat the fifth seeded Swede-Zimbabwean pair by 6-2 6-4 to make it into the finals.
Now Bhupahti and Knowles will compted with seventh seeds Marcin Matkoswki and Mariusz Fyrstenberg of Poland.
A moment of glory flew in the air for Royal Bengal Tigers, when in the Indian Cricket League match held at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday; they defeated Mumbai Champs with 12 runs.
Skipper Craig McMillan from Bengal Tiger, won the toss and the team opted to bat first. Following this they had a great start as Hamish Marshall and Deep Dasgupta shared an 84-run partnership in 9.5 overs.
Lahore Badshahs won the first tie match in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) Twenty20 Championship by 31 runs. The team has already lost two consecutive matches to the Ahmedabad Rockets at the Sardar Vallabbhai Patel stadium.
Ahmedabad Rockets faced Badshahs in the absence of Inzamam Ul Haq and Azhar Mahmood. The team set a target of 136 for nine wickets in allotted 20 over.
The Indian-Bahamian duo of Mahesh and Mark Knowles entered into the quarter finals of Madrid Masters tennis Tournament after Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moya paved their way through by withdrawing from the second round match.
Bhupathi and Knowles were expected to encounter Nadal and Moya on Wednesday afternoon but could not as Nadal was reported to be suffering from intense pain in the lower back. The former duo however are yet to play a match in the tournament as they were given a bye in the first round.