Needing 28 runs from the final over, CSK only managed 20 runs against rookie leggie Abdul Samad as they succumbed to a 7-run loss. MS Dhoni (47 not out off 36 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja (50 off 35 balls) tried hard, but CSK's top-order problems cost them in the end.
His side falling short yet again despite having him at the crease, Chennai Super Kings' skipper MS Dhoni said he was trying to hit the ball too hard when timing the ball was a better option against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League match on Friday.
Francis will journey to Assisi, the birthplace of his namesake saint, where he will sign his new encyclical -- a document laying out the pope's views on key issues -- called "Fratelli tutti", on the importance of fraternity, particularly in these Covid-19 times.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United have the squad depth to compete this season despite a lack of new arrivals in the transfer market.
Spin legend and Rajasthan Royals mentor Shane Warne on Friday proposed longer boundaries and five overs each bowler to improve the shortest format of the game, while further suggesting use of a fourth-day Test match pitch for a T20 game, which will benefit the bowlers.
Japan's Honda Motor will end its participation as an engine supplier in the FIA Formula One World Championship at the end of the 2021 season to focus on zero-emission technology, it said on Friday.
Liverpool are only three games into their Premier League title defence but their stuttering rivals must get their acts together if they are going to prevent an Anfield procession.
Hardik Pandya talked about how he felt when he saw Gowtham being handed the last over. "It was very intense, it was more like mouth-watering that an off-spinner bowling the 20th over. Me and Pollard, whoever misses has to stand at the non-striker's end and just watch, and that was me today. I missed two balls but Pollard made up most of it," he said.
Rafael Nadal anticipates a stiffer challenge at the French Open on Friday after strolling through the first two rounds while top seed Simona Halep faces a rematch with Amanda Anisimova, the American teenager who knocked her out of last year's tournament.
On the eve of the Indian Premier League clash between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad, former Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar feels that MS Dhoni must lead from the front to bring his side back to winning ways.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected recovery efforts in a flooded village, his latest visit to areas damaged by recent typhoons, while his sister reappeared in public for the first time in about two months, state media said on Friday.
A British zoo has had to separate five foul-mouthed parrots who keepers say were encouraging each other to swear. "We are quite used to parrots swearing, but we've never had five at the same time,'' said the zoo's chief executive, Steve Nichols. "Most parrots clam up outside, but for some reason, these five relish it.''