Sports Round Up January 21, 2021: Match Results, Reports, Highlights and Look Back at Top Stories of the Day

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21 Jan, 22:37 (IST)

Rajasthan Royals have traded Robin Uthappa to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) a day after retaining him for the next season. Uthappa, who was picked by the Royals, failed to cement a place in the side and had a poor IPL 2020.

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21 Jan, 21:48 (IST)

David Williams rose from the bench to power in a header that gave ATK Mohun Bagan their first win in three games. The win helped Mohun Bagan shorten the five-point gap with table leaders Mumbai City FC to two. Chennaiyin FC lost yet another match after conceding from a set-piece. They remained sixth in the table and have now only one game in their last seven.

21 Jan, 20:20 (IST)

Suresh Raina has shared a picture with his son Rio and have a cute caption to the picture. "Full of love, full of life" Raina captioned the image.

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21 Jan, 19:21 (IST)

England have announced a 16-member squad for the first two Test matches against India. Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes, who were rested for the Sri Lanka Test series, are set to make their return against India. England have also named six reserve players for the Test matches.

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21 Jan, 17:46 (IST)

Umpires told us that you can walk off the field and leave the game then Rahane bhai told the umpire that we won't leave, we respect the game: Cricketer Mohammed Siraj on racial slurs hurled at Indian cricketers in Sydney, Australia.

21 Jan, 16:59 (IST)

Michael Neser took a sensational one-handed catch to end Brisbane Heat's innings and lead his side Adelaide Strikers to a 82-run win in Big Bash League (BBL) 2020-21 on Thursday. Take a look at Neser stunning one-handed catch.

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21 Jan, 15:46 (IST)

Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored a century on debut while Rashid Khan provided the end flourish with a 30-ball 55 runs knock to take Afghanistan to 287/9 in the first ODI match.

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21 Jan, 14:43 (IST)

Rahmanullah Gurbaz has impressed everyone by scoring a century on his ODI debut. ICC shared the tweet about the same on their social media account.

21 Jan, 14:36 (IST)

Veteran Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who had fractured his thumb in the third Test of the series in Sydney, was expected to be fit in time for the England Tests but has reportedly been ruled out.

21 Jan, 10:17 (IST)

Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane and other Team India players returned home after Test series triumph over Australia.

21 Jan, 08:12 (IST)

Juventus beat Napoli to win the Supercoppa Italia finals. Cristiano Ronaldo chipped in with the first goal and the second was netted by Alvaro Morata.

21 Jan, 08:04 (IST)

Former Indian wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel took a dig at Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 retention event. Notably, Patel announced his retirement from all forms of cricket last year.


Glenn Maxwell was among the biggest names released by IPL franchises after all eight reams released their full list of retained and released players ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 players auctions. Maxwell was among the nine players released by Kings XI Punjab, who incidentally retained their head coach for the first time in five IPL seasons. Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB) also released, as usual, released the most number of players. RCB released 10 players and retained only 12 from their 22-man squad. Among them were Dale Steyn, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Umesh Yadav and Shivam Dube.ย IPL 2021: Full List of Players Released and Retained Ahead of Indian Premier League Season 14 Auction.

Chennai Super Kings retained Suresh Raina for the next season but released Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav and Piyush Chawla. Defending IPL champions Mumbai Indians released most of their overseas pace recruit with Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, Mitchell McClenaghan and Lasith Malinga all released from the contract. Malinga has since announced his retirement from franchise cricket.ย ICC Give Funny Twist to Rishabh Pantโ€™s Spider-Man Song in Hindi During IND vs AUS 4th Test at The Gabba (See Post).

Most of Indiaโ€™s stars part of the victorious Test team, which scripted a wonderful Test series win in Australia, jumped up the rankings with Rishabh Pant making the most progress after jumping from 26th to 13th in the batting charts. Pant is now the highest-ranked wicketkeeper-batsman in the ICC Test rankings and also achieved the highest ever ranking by an Indian wicket-keeper in Test matches.

In the Indian Super League, Kerala Blasters needed an injury-time strike from Rahul KP to beat Bengaluru FC 2-1 and climb to ninth in the points table.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 21, 2021 08:00 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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