Sports Round Up December 18, 2020: Match Results, Reports, Highlights and Look Back at Top Stories of the Day

Jamshedpur FC went on to beat NorthEast United in 1-0 in the ISL 2020-21. Aniket Jadhav was the one who scored a goal at the 53rd minute of the match.

Robert Lewandowski's vote for FIFA Men's Best Player of the Year revealed. He voted for Neymar Jr, Thiago and Kevin de Bruyne. 

New Zealand defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the first T20I. Set a target of 154, the hosts reached it in 18.5 overs. With this win, New Zealand take 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

As India's national capital Delhi was jolted with an 4.2 magnitude earthquake late on Thursday evening, former Indian opener Virender Sehwag reacted in his own trademark style, leaving the netizens in splits. "Sab hil gaya bhai," he tweeted.

Robert Lewandowski crowned as the best player of the 2019-20 football season by FIFA during the Best FIFA Football Awards. The Polish striker broke the dominance of Messi and Ronaldo, who have won the award on several previous occasions. Here is who the Barcelona skipper and Juventus star voted for at the gala event.

Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo

After a dismal show from Pakistan's top order in the first T20I against New Zealand, skipper Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim are trying to steady the ship. The Men in Green have already lost five wickets and a dismissal here will expose the tail.

Former Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore has been named head coach of Nepal’s national team. “Dav is extremely keen to take on this new challenge, as he strongly believes Nepal has great talent and a very bright future in international cricket,” the Cricket Association of Nepal said in a statement on Thursday.

New Zealand pacer Jacob Duffy makes a dream  debut by ripping apart Pakistan's top order in the first T20I. The youngster dismissed Mohammad Rizwan, Abdullah Shafique and Mohammad Hafeez inside two overs as the visitors reduced to 20/3 in Auckland.

Following his father's footsteps, Wayne Rooney’s son Kai has signed for Manchester United. Rooney took to Twitter and shared a picture of his 11-year-old son signing a contract to join the Premier League club’s youth academy.

While David Warner is missing the India vs Australia Day-Night Test due to hamstring injury, he continues to entertain the fans on social media. Taking to Instagram, the southpaw shared a morphed video in which his face is swapped with Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan. Yuvraj Singh also reacted to the video by commenting: "David Roshan."

Pakistan have won the toss and have opted to bat first.

Pakistan Playing XI: Mohammad Rizwan(w), Abdullah Shafique, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan(c), Khushdil Shah, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf.

New Zealand Playing XI: Martin Guptill, Tim Seifert(w), Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner(c), Mark Chapman, Scott Kuggeleijn, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Blair Tickner.

Check out Pakistan vs New Zealand 1st T20I live streaming online details here.

While Indian skipper Virat Kohli - who scored 74 - batted brilliantly in the Pink-Ball Test at the Adelaide Oval, he got a reprieve as Australia didn't opt a review after Kohli edged the ball to Matthew Wade at short leg. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon - who was suppose to get the wicket - said that Kohli claimed he didn't feel anything in the bat. Read More. 

While India are Australia are battling out in the Pink-Ball Test at the Adelaide Oval, Rohit Sharma - who'll be available for the third and fourth Test - has landed in Australia. The Hitman recently shared a selfie for the Day 1 of quarantine on Instagram. Read More.

Players and coaches bagged big honours at the Best FIFA Football Awards 2020 which took place at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich on December 17. Poland and Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski piped Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to get the Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year – the highest honour in the ceremony. See Full List of Winners.