Sports Roundup – 26th May 2018
CRICKET
CSK To Play Its 7th IPL Final!: A sensational batting knock from Faf du Plessis (67 off 42) with contributions from Suresh Raina (22 off 13) and Shardul Thakur (15 off 5) helped Chennai Super Kings seal their place, by two wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad, in the finals. Batting first in qualifier one, SRH scored 139-7 in 20 overs. Reeling at 36-3 in 4.2 overs, SRH’s Carlos Brathwaite pelted 43 off 29 balls. For CSK, Dwayne Bravo snapped up 2-25 in four overs while Ravindra Jadeja provided an economical 1-13 in four overs. In reply, after CSK lost Shane Watson for a duck, Faf stood like a rock for them. Shardul’s great effort in the penultimate over, stealing boundaries cost SRH the game. Man of the Match du Plessis finished off the game in style with a six as
CSK notched up 140-8 in 19.1 overs.
Injured Virat Kohli Won’t Play For Surrey: The ICC twitter handle confirmed that Virat Kohli will not play for the English County team Surrey after suffering a neck injury while playing for RCB. He will undertake a fitness Test on 15th June and is expected to be fit for India’s tours of Ireland and England.
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TENNIS
Rafael Nadal Clinches ‘Rome Masters’: Tennis star Rafael Nadal stunned defending champion Alexander Zverev 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 to win the Rome Masters for the eighth time.
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BASKETBALL
LeBron James Breaks Record: LeBron James scored a massive 44 points in the Cleveland Cavaliers 111-102 victory against Boston Celtics as they tied the best of seven Eastern Conference final at 2-2. This is James’ sixth 40 plus point game of 2018 play-offs as he registered his 2,357th field goal to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record.
Sevenoaks Suns Retain Play-Offs Title: Catherine Carr hit 19 points while Chantelle Pressley added 12 points as Sevenoaks Suns retained their WBBL play-off title, beating opponent Leicester Riders 69-44.
