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Virat Kohli and his men have not only dismantled the hosts but have created such a vacuum that it has forced several former players to question the very intention of decisions taken during the course of the limited overs series. After having annihilated the hosts in the six-match ODI series, the visitors have nailed home the point by outclassing the hosts in the first T20 at the Wanderers. Such was the gulf in class between the two teams, that if a whitewash is not achieved by the visitors, it might well be an aberration....

You try out several ingredients, rake through various flavour combinations voraciously, bring in the best of culinary experts to guide you, compel yourself to peruse through your trials and errors consistently, and exhaust yourself like clockwork for constant enhancement of its taste. Then, when the time comes, you end up relying on your eleventh-hour instinct, thrusting all that preparation down the drain. Difficult to imagine, isn’t it? This is exactly what the Indian Cricket Team resorted to in their first match of a long overseas haul, right at the commencement of a season that would test them in the most gruelling and belligerent manner....

Resuming from their overnight score, du Plessis struck a half-century while Bavuma hung around for a little bit before he gave away yet another useful start. de Kock, however, showed little signs of injury as he appeared positive in a brilliant 90 that took South Africa to 314. Latham, for once, looked solid and Jeet Raval played with confidence as the pitch eased out late in the day. Keshav Maharaj bowled some deliveries that fizzed off the surface to suggest that spin might play a huge role as the game goes on....

Head-to-Head Overall: Both nations have gone head-to-head in 11 T20I fixtures, with the Proteas heading the head-to-head scoreline at 6-5. Head-to-Head in South Africa: In case of fixtures being hosted by the Proteas, the honours are shared at 2-2. They faced just once at the Newlands back in November 2013, with the visitors edging out the hosts by six runs to seal the game and series 2-1. Pakistan After an ordinary performance in ODI, the visitors will aim to end their poor run in the Africa tour in the preferred format....

So, without further ado, let us have a look at the results of SAG 2019’s Day 1 - Kho-Kho Defending champions India kicked off their campaign with a huge win against Sri Lanka. They defeated the islanders 32-4 in the women’s match while the men’s team defeated the Lankan team by the scoreline of 21-8. Hosts Nepal edged Bangladesh by two points in both the matches. The women’s team defeated Bangladesh by 11-9 while Nepal men’s team overcame the challenge from their rivals with the score of 21-19....

The final day of action in the martial arts events - Taekwondo and Wushu saw the Indian athletes impress for the second running. The Wushu martial artists from India won 13 medals on the day whereas the Taekwondo fighters won six medals including three gold medals. Weightlifting saw its first day of action in Nepal as India stamped authority over their competition with four gold medals in its kitty. Swimming was another sport that saw Indian athletes dominate the field as they grabbed a massive haul of eleven medals in total....

One of the sports that has been a part of the South Asian Games event over the decades is football. Pakistan has been the most successful men’s team with four gold medals whereas the Indian team has won three gold medals. The Indian women’s football team has been the most successful team at the South Asian Games winning both the gold medals since the women’s game was introduced at the 2010 Dhaka South Asian Games....

However, this past weekend, the state reported more than 10,000 new cases of COVID-19 on back-to-back days — an unseen increase even during the winter and summer 2021 peaks. But the governor and health officials said the increase in cases isn’t leading to a rise in hospitalizations since vaccines appear to prevent more severe outcomes with the new omicron variant. “We’re not in a situation now where anyone needs to panic....

On fourth-and-inches with 1:26 remaining, South Carolina led Georgia and needed to get a fourth down conversion in order to prevent the Bulldogs from taking back the ball with the opportunity to tie or win the game. After calling timeout with both teams lined up, Gamecocks QB Dylan Thompson ran a sneak to the left side of his line needing just a few inches. When the dust settled, both teams were indicating that they had possession of the ball....

The unlockables contain a few significant spoilers in the descriptions, so those who are aiming to be surprised by everything that South Park: The Fractured But Whole has to offer should look no further. Notable achievements include obtaining all the collectables that will be coming in the form of Yaoi or ‘Boy Love’ art pieces. Creating a dark-skinned character in-game will also allow players to unlock ‘The Token Experience’ and the title will make the gameplay more difficult in a satirical reflection on race....

“When looking at the daily ledgers from 2014 and 2015 in the two weeks before the Super Bowl, we’re actually close to our numbers from last year through the same amount of days,“ said veteran South Point sports book director Bert Osborne. “I don’t know if we can break it, but we’re closer to our number than I initially thought a few days ago. We had a big push in the final Saturday and Sunday last year where we did a lot of maneuvering (on the money-line and point spread) that generated more action, and I don’t foresee us doing that this year, but we’re on the same pace....

The Senegal international joined Maurizio Sarri’s side in the summer of 2014 for around £6.5 million and has gone on to make 132 appearances and scoring five goals for the Stadio San Paolo giants. Napoli 10/11 to win Serie A These performances at the heart of the Napoli’s defence has won him many admirers across Europe including the top flight of English football but his agent has revealed Mauricio Pellegrino’s side were the first to table an offer to the Italian top flight club....

Southgate had been working as England Under-21s manager when Roy Hodgson departed after a dreadful European Championship campaign, but he opted not to take up the senior role, which instead went to Sam Allardyce. Allardyce’s subsequent sacking amid off-field controversy thrust Southgate into the spotlight as he impressed in an interim role, going on to secure the job full-time before guiding England to the World Cup and now the last 16....

Kane was named skipper for Thursday’s crucial World Cup qualifying triumph over Slovenia - a victory that confirmed England’s place at Russia 2018 - and again for Sunday’s trip to Lithuania, the Tottenham striker scoring the winning goal in both games. Southgate is yet to appoint a permanent captain following Wayne Rooney’s retirement from international football, with Kane and Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson thought to be the favourites. And although Southgate refused to confirm whether Kane will lead England out at next year’s World Cup, he did point out that the 24-year-old had not done his chances any harm....

Marks and Spencer, official tailors to the England team, declared last Saturday #NationalWaistcoatDay in honour of Southgate and his team. The Sun newspaper has urged fans to wear one on “Waistcoat Wednesday” for the semi-final clash against Croatia in Moscow. Museum bosses said the waistcoats were helping to bring the three-piece suit back into fashion. “The Museum of London have… announced their plans to acquire one of Gareth Southgate’s suits as part of their permanent collection,” it said in a statement....

Sony is offering $50 price cuts on most of its models, including the 11.6-inch screen Vaio E Series with AMD dual-core processor, 4 GB RAM and 750 GB HDD. The cheaper E Series 14 and 15 have been announced with a $30 price cut. But if it’s the Ultrabook you’re lusting after, Sony’s offering $100 off on the Vaio T Series device, which is powered by Intel Core i3 processor, 4 GB RAM and comes with 32 GB SSD and a 13....

Bluepoint Games has accomplished quite a lot in a decently short timeframe. Since the release of its very first title Blast Factor, the studio has been responsible for porting and remastering older games on newer hardware. Outside of Demon’s Souls, Bluepoint also remastered Shadow of the Colossus, Gravity Rush, and many other titles, most of which have been received favorably by the gaming community. It also seems that the studio’s success has been noticed by Sony...

The patent provides a very basic description of Sony’s chatbot’s functionality. It’s able to listen for a person’s query, create a response, prompt the user for further queries, and so on. It’s also able to be set up to respond to scheduled tasks or events, presumably like an alarm or notification. The patent shows the chatbot will be able to connect to the cloud in order to acquire the necessary information required for its responses....