Man Utd eye ambitious bid for PSG midfielder as Luis Enrique eager to keep star player with Al-Nassr ready to pounce

Fabian Ruiz is wanted by Manchester United and Al-Nassr, but Luis Enrique sees him as key to Paris Saint-Germain's plans and wants to keep him.

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  • Ruiz a transfer target for Man Utd and Al-Nassr
  • Key figure in PSG’s treble win
  • Spaniard under contract until June 2027
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  • WHAT HAPPENED?

    Ruiz is attracting interest from top clubs after a fantastic season with PSG. According to , United and Al-Nassr are among the clubs keen on signing the Spanish midfielder, but Les Parisiens are reluctant to part ways with the player Enrique considers essential.

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    The former Napoli midfielder enjoyed a standout 2024-25 season, winning four titles with PSG – Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Champions League and the Trophee des Champions. He played 58 matches in all competitions, 43 as a starter, and contributed six goals and 11 assists. His chemistry with team-mates Joao Neves and Vitinha made PSG’s midfield one of the strongest in Europe.

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    The 29-year-old was a finalist in the 2025 Nations League with Spain and had previously stood out as one of La Roja’s top performers alongside Rodri at Euro 2024. Despite past differences, Enrique now sees Ruiz as one of PSG’s most complete and reliable midfielders.

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    The report adds that the Ligue 1 giants intend to keep Ruiz and continue building around their midfield trio. The club may soon begin talks to extend his current deal, which runs until 2027. Any interested suitors including Man United and Al-Nassr will need to make a compelling case to convince both PSG and the player.

Cameron Steel's allround prowess leads Surrey to first one-day win of the campaign

Steel, along with Ben Foakes and Dan Moriaty, kept Nottinghamshire at bay in last-ball thriller

ECB Reporters Network13-Aug-2023In a match reduced to 40 overs-a-side, Surrey pulled off a thrilling last-ball Metro Bank One-Day Cup win over Nottinghamshire Outlaws at Welbeck, after the home side collapsed from 208 for four to 237 all out in the space of 33 balls, losing their last four wickets in the final eight balls of the contest as Surrey recorded their first win.On a green pitch, Surrey posted 244 from their 40 overs, with Ben Foakes hitting three sixes in a 64-ball 68 and Cameron Steel two in a 66-ball 67, the pair adding 121 for the fourth wicket. The two made the Outlaws pay heavily for two dropped catches, Foakes given a life on 14 and Steel on 31, the two mistakes effectively adding 90 runs to the Surrey total.Lyndon James (71) and Matt Montgomery (62) appeared to have put the Outlaws on course for a third win of the season, but Surrey’s spin bowlers had other ideas, Steel claiming three for 41 with his leg breaks and left-armer Dan Moriarty three for 55 in a dramatic finale.Although play began on time, only nine balls could be bowled before rain forced the players off. It was long enough for Brett Hutton to endorse Outlaws captain Hameed Haseeb’s decision to bat first as Dom Sibley edged his first ball to second slip.The hour-and-24-minutes stoppage forced the overs recalibration, after which an assertive Ryan Patel gave a strong lead to skipper Rory Burns by hitting both Toby Pettman and Tom Loten for leg-side sixes in a partnership of 65 off 75 balls that ended when Burns was caught at deep square leg.Patel followed shortly afterwards, well caught almost on the rope at midwicket by Ben Slater for 40, which left Surrey needing to rebuild, although in the event this double setback ushered in Steel to join Foakes in what proved to be the key phase of the innings as the fourth-wicket pair rattling along at 6.5 an over for more than 18 overs, albeit helped by the aforementioned sloppy fielding.Foakes, who eventually departed when Liam Patterson-White grabbed a sharp return catch to reward a fine spell, was put down on 14 by Montgomery on the midwicket boundary off James. Steel, meanwhile, had an escape on 31 when he reverse swept Calvin Harrison and Pettman spilled a straightforward chance at short third man.Pettman (two for 50) picked up his wickets when Ben Geddes and Luke Griffiths, a 17-year-old fast bowler making his senior debut, both holed out in the closing stages, with Steel finally falling to a catch at deep extra cover off Hutton (two for 45).Chasing a target three runs smaller than Surrey’s total – another DLS revised target that will have puzzled spectators – Outlaws were 34 for one at the end of an eventful opening powerful that saw the visitors lose one bowler as Matt Dunn walked off the field two balls into his third over and almost a fielder after Sibley copped a painful blow on the shin fielding at slip.Sibley required treatment on the field but continued. Not only that, he took two catches, the first leaving him in more pain as, still at slip, he dived to his left to hold the chance as Ben Martindale edged Conor McKerr, the second in somewhat more comfort at mid-off as Slater mistimed a drive to mid-off.Nottinghamshire were 99 for three at the halfway point of their pursuit, the advantage seemingly with Surrey after Hameed, struggling to break a run of low scores, departed for another as he top-edged left-arm spinner Dan Moriarty to midwicket, James having been shelled at mid-off on 26.The debutant Griffiths was the guilty party this time. As with the two key drops in the Surrey innings, it came at a cost as James advanced to his second half-century in the competition, although the teenager did atone for his error by making James his maiden senior wicket as the Outlaws batter heaved towards midwicket but miscued, wicketkeeper Foakes running halfway to the boundary to take the catch.That left the home side needing 75 from 61 balls, rapidly reduced when Patterson-White joined Montgomery to trim the requirement by 42 in 29 balls before he was caught at midwicket off McKerr.Montgomery’s dismissal leg before to Steel to a ball that kept low and Dane Schadendorf was brilliantly caught at backward point off the same bowler to take the contest into the last over with the Outlaws needing six off the last over, which came down to four off four, only to lose their last three wickets to Moriarty off those final four balls – Hutton holing out to long off, Harrison run out and then Loten stumped.

Ella McCaughan takes chance as depleted Vipers edge Thunder

20-year-old opener top-scores in run chase with Wyatt and Bouchier on England duty

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Ella McCaughan capitalised on Southern Vipers’ England exodus to score 42 to help her side to a four-wicket victory over Thunder in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.Batter McCaughan hadn’t featured in Vipers’ opening three matches but made the most of Maia Bouchier and Danni Wyatt’s England call-ups with five boundaries on her way to her highest T20 score for Vipers.Vipers’ chase of 111 – after a good bowling performance led by Linsey Smith’s 2 for 16 – never looked in much doubt, with Georgia Adams joining McCaughan in a 52-run stand in front of almost 3,500 fans.”It was nice to get an opportunity at the top of the order,” McCaughan said. “I’ve been working hard behind the scenes to be ready for the chance and I’m really pleased with the way I contributed.”We have a strong side and depth here so it is really hard to get into the team. I’ve been working hard to get in and it was nice to get out there today.”The bonus-point victory put Vipers in command of third place after their defeat of The Blaze, while Thunder remain fourth.Thunder chose to bat first with both sides shorn of their England contract players, with Lauren Bell, Wyatt, Charlie Dean, Bouchier, Kate Cross, Sophie Ecclestone, and Emma Lamb all called up for red-ball training ahead of the Ashes Test.Thunder’s batters collectively struggled to make the most of starts, with Liberty Heap, Deandra Dottin, Ellie Threlkeld and Danni Collins all scoring between 15 and 24 but none could turn them into innings-defining scores.They were throttled by accurate bowling from the experienced Vipers bowlers Anya Shrubsole, Smith, Adams and, on her birthday, Georgia Elwiss – none of which went for more than 6.25 runs per over.But Thunder self-sabotaged with four run-outs of varying degrees of barbecuing and mix-ups, which accounted for the wickets of Fi Morris, Seren Smale, Steph Butler and Olivia Bell.A used pitch made flowing shot-making difficult although they totted up 47 for 2 in the powerplay, aided by Heap’s quartet of boundaries.West Indian Dottin showed some flair with a vicious cut and flail over cover combo off Mary Taylor before slog-sweeping Adams for six.But the belt tightened, Elwiss went for 14 off her for overs while Shrubsole, Smith and Adams picked up two wickets each as the last seven wickets fell for just 30 runs.In reply, Vipers’ new-look opening pair of Nicole Faltum and McCaughan effortlessly put on 33 together before the Australian cut to point and Taylor joined the run out party.Left-arm all-rounder Naomi Dattani had pilfered the first wicket, and the first two overs with impeccable figures of 2-2-0-1.But Adams and McCaughan took control. Adams started slowly with 15 coming from her first 17 balls before tearing into former team-mate Tara Norris with three successive fours before bring up the fifty stand by carting Bell into the stands.She departed two balls later attempting another big shot before Freya Kemp and McCaughan were bowled by Bell.Nancy Harman became the sixth run out victim but Elwiss whacked a six back over Bell’s head to win it with 23 balls to spare.

Show do Iron Maiden no Morumbi faz Conmebol marcar semifinal da Sul-Americana para o dia 8

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A pressão da diretoria do São Paulo deu certo, e os dois jogos contra o Atlético-GO pela semifinal da Copa Sul-Americana serão disputados em duas quintas-feiras: 1 e 8 de setembro, ambos às 21h30 (de Brasília).

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+ Confira a avaliação das atuações no duelo entre Ceará e São Paulo pela Sul-Americana pela equipe do LANCE!

Conforme o LANCE! apurou, havia o temor interno no Tricolor de que principalmente o jogo de volta do duelo contra o Dragão fosse disputado na quarta-feira, 7 de setembro, o que poderia complicar as coisas.

Isso porque o Morumbi, casa são-paulina, recebe no domingo, 4 de setembro, o show da tradicional banda de heavy metal inglesa Iron Maiden. E com um dia a menos para preparar estádio e gramado, havia o risco de ter que transferir o local do duelo.

Ter cinco dias para desmontar a estrutura de um show é um conhecimento que o São Paulo já teve neste ano, quando um show da banda estadunidense Metallica fez a equipe jogar a volta do confronto com o Juventude pela Copa do Brasil na Arena Barueri.

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بعقد 6 سنوات.. برشلونة يتوصل لاتفاق كامل مع أبرز صفقات الصيف

كشف الصحفي الموثوق فابريزيو رومانو أن نادي برشلونة قد أنهى اتفاقه بشكل كامل مع جناح أتلتيك بلباو، نيكو ويليامز على الشروط الشخصية الخاصة بالعقد الجديد، في خطوة تقربه من حسم واحدة من أبرز صفقات الصيف.

وأوضح رومانو أن الاتفاق يقضي بتوقيع ويليامز على عقد يمتد لست سنوات، حتى يونيو 2031، مع راتب سنوي صافٍ يتراوح بين 7 إلى 8 ملايين يورو، ما يعكس ثقة النادي الكتالوني في اللاعب الشاب ومكانته في مشروع الفريق الجديد.

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وأشار الصحفي الإيطالي إلى أن الصفقة باتت في مراحلها النهائية، حيث تتبقى خطوة واحدة فقط لإعلانها رسميًا، وهي التوصل إلى اتفاق مالي نهائي بين برشلونة وأتلتيك بلباو، النادي الذي يملك عقد اللاعب حتى عام 2027.

ويملك ويليامز شرطًا جزائيًا في عقده بقيمة 60 مليون يورو، ويُنتظر أن يناقش الطرفان آلية دفع المبلغ أو التوصل إلى صيغة بديلة، تضمن إتمام الصفقة دون تعقيدات قانونية أو مالية.

وكان نيكو ويليامز قد تألق مع منتخب إسبانيا في يورو 2024، ما جعله محط أنظار عدة أندية أوروبية، إلا أن رغبة اللاعب في الانتقال إلى “كامب نو” حسمت موقفه لصالح برشلونة.

وتسعى إدارة النادي الكتالوني، بقيادة خوان لابورتا، إلى تدعيم صفوف الفريق بعناصر هجومية قوية تحت قيادة المدرب هانز فليك، ويُعد نيكو ويليامز من الركائز المنتظرة لبناء الجيل القادم في برشلونة.

الجدير بالذكر أن المفاوضات تسارعت خلال الساعات الماضية، بعد سفر ديكو، المدير الرياضي لنادي برشلونة، إلى إيبيزا، برفقة وفد من النادي، ما أكد جدية التحركات لحسم الصفقة مبكرًا.

Da brincadeira com Neymar e sonhos de Textor às reclamações de Castro: Botafogo vive diferentes realidades

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Pela tarde, John Textor fez uma brincadeira em uma rede social sobre a possibilidade de Neymar jogar no Botafogo. Horas depois, à noite, o Glorioso foi derrotado por 3 a 0 pelo América-MG, se complicou na Copa do Brasil e Luís Castro ressaltou a “necessidade de se reforçar”, trazendo à tona a qualidade da equipe que entrou em campo no Independência.

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É claro, vale ressaltar, que o resultado negativo em Belo Horizonte nada tem a ver com a postagem de Textor, mas expõe diferentes ‘realidades’ que o Botafogo vem encarando. Enquanto o norte-americano visa grandes astros do futebol mundial, Luís Castro questiona e reclama de questões mínimas na estrutura do clube.

Por exemplo, o português afirmou, na última sexta-feira, que o gramado do Espaço Lonier, CT do clube, é “bom para estacionar carros”. Um dia antes, John Textor afirmou, em entrevista ao LANCE!, que havia iniciado conversas com tentativa de contratar James Rodríguez, estrela colombiana.

São dois mundos que não se encontram – apesar de não terem relação direta. Ao mesmo tempo que John Textor vende uma ideia ao mundo de que quer uma estrela ao Botafogo, Luís Castro afirma que o clube não teria estrutura suficiente para recebê-la, caso tudo caminhasse para um acerto.

O treinador voltou a falar sobre questões estruturais após a derrota para o América-MG. Entre lesionados e questões burocráticas, o Alvinegro teve dez desfalques para a partida. O comandante clamou por contratações.

– Eu acho que todos nós estamos de acordo de que precisamos nos reforçar. Nem que seja com os jogadores que estão fora por lesão. Hoje jogamos com equipe do ano passado, da Série B, com Sampaio e Patrick de Paula. Claro que para uma Série A normalmente não se joga só com os atletas do campeonato anterior. Claro que reforços têm que vir. Se olharmos, também nos falta o Erison, o Lucas Fernandes, o Piazon, o Victor Cuesta, para sermos mais fortes – disse.

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James não foi o primeiro. John Textor já teve diferentes “sonho de consumo”: Edinson Cavani foi o primeiro, ainda na primeira janela, mas não andou. Eran Zahavi foi o mais duradouro, com uma negociação que durou mais de quatro meses.

A questão dos desfalques, importante ressaltar, não pode servir como um ‘trampolim’ para justificar completamente uma atuação de pouca imposição e criatividade do Botafogo. O Alvinegro foi dominado e poderia ter saído com um placar ainda mais elástico de Belo Horizonte.

A questão são o tom dos discursos que vêm dos diferentes locais. John Textor e Luís Castro não falam a mesma língua – pelo menos não publicamente.

دودو الجباس: لاعب بيراميدز أفضل من زيزو وإمام عاشور.. ولم نأخذ مكان الأهلي والزمالك

علق دودو الجباس لاعب فريق بيراميدز، على الفوز بدوري أبطال إفريقيا وتقديم أداء جيد خلال الموسم الحالي، موضحًا رأيه في احتراف إبراهيم عادل ومشاركة الأهلي في كأس العالم للأندية.

وقال دودو الجباس في تصريحات إذاعية عبر “ميجا إف إم”: “الحمد لله على الفوز، كان لدينا إصرار من أجل تحقيق البطولة، وبناء فريق بطل، يحتاج إلى وقت لتحقيق جودة اللاعبين والمدرب وتلافي الأخطاء الإدارية، وفي الموسم الحالي، تم ضبط كل هذه الأمور، وكان الجميع مستعدًا ويضع الفريق أولًا، وقد أعطى المدرب روحًا قوية للفريق”.

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وأكمل: “في الماضي، لم أكن أحب الجلوس على دكة البدلاء، ولكن الآن أعرف دوري، أحب الفوز والانتصارات، وهذا هو الشغف الذي يحركني لتقديم الأفضل، والجميع يعرف ذلك عني”.

واستطرد: “أجمل كلمة سمعتها منذ يومين هي أننا نستحق الفوز بدوري أبطال إفريقيا، والجمهور يقول لنا (والله إنتم تستاهلوا الفوز، خاصة في ظل الأداء الذي نقدمه)، نحن لم نأخذ مكان الأهلي أو الزمالك، ولكن أفضل شيء في كرة القدم هو المنافسة وتقديم أداء جيد واشتعال التنافس، وأتمنى الوصول لهذا الأمر”.

وعن رأيه في احتراف إبراهيم عادل زميله في بيراميدز، أجاب: “أرى أن هذا التوقيت هو المناسب لاحتراف إبراهيم عادل، وهو الآن في رأيي أفضل لاعب في مصر، أفضل من زيزو وإمام عاشور ولا يقارن بلاعب آخر، هو إنسان رائع وقد تطور وأصبح أكثر اتزانًا، وقد يكون الله قد أخّر هذه الخطوة لتكون أفضل له، أعتقد أن التوقيت الحالي هو الأنسب”.

واختتم: “بالطبع أتمنى أن يُشَرِّفَنا الأهلي في كأس العالم للأندية، وأتمنى أن يكون لدينا كل موسم فريق أو أكثر يمثل مصر”.

دون مقابل.. حلمي طولان يُعلن توليه تدريب منتخب مصر في كأس العرب

أعلن حلمي طولان، عضو اللجنة الفنية في الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم، توليه رسميًا منصب المدير الفني لمنتخب مصر في بطولة كأس العرب 2025، والمقرر إقامتها في قطر خلال الفترة من 1 إلى 18 ديسمبر المقبل.

وتُنظم قطر البطولة للمرة الثانية على التوالي، بعد نجاحها الكبير في نسخة 2021، التي شهدت حضورًا جماهيريًا ضخمًا وإشادة فنية واسعة، حيث تُوّج المنتخب الجزائري حينها باللقب بعد الفوز على تونس في النهائي.

وقال حلمي طولان في تصريحات عبر برنامج “الكلام المظبوط”، على إذاعة “أون سبورت إف إم”: “انتهينا من اجتماع اللجنة الفنية منذ قليل، وتم تكليفي بتولي مسؤولية تدريب منتخب مصر في بطولة كأس العرب، بدون مقابل”.

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وأضاف: “الترشيح كان من اللجنة الفنية، وقبول المهندس هاني أبو ريدة، فأنا قبلت نظرًا لظروف الاتحاد التي أعرفها، ونظرًا لضيق الوقت، وصعوبة إن يأتي جهاز فني ويتولى المسؤولية فترة بسيطة ثم يرحل”.

وواصل: “فلم يكن من المنطقي أن يتم تعيين جهاز فني لفترة قصيرة، وأيضًا هذا المنصب يحتاج لمدرب عنده خبرة كبيرة في المجال، لذلك رشحوني”.

وعلم بطولات، أن الجهاز الفني الذي سيتولى قيادة منتخب مصر خلال بطولة كأس العرب 2025 قد تم تشكيله بالكامل، حيث يتولى الكابتن أحمد حسن منصب مدير المنتخب، فيما يقود حلمي طولان المهمة الفنية كمدير فني للفريق، ويضم الجهاز أيضًا كلًا من ممدوح المحمدي في منصب المدرب العام، وعصام الحضري كمدرب لحراس المرمى.

وكان منتخب مصر قد شارك في النسخة الماضية من كأس العرب عام 2021، وودّع المسابقة من الدور ربع النهائي بعد الخسارة أمام تونس بهدف قاتل في اللحظات الأخيرة من اللقاء.

'He's doing it himself!' – Harry Kane receives special praise from Bayern Munich chief Max Eberl amid claim German giants 'owe him a first trophy'

Bayern Munich sporting director Max Eberl heaped praise on Harry Kane, saying he is 'doing everything' to bring the Bundesliga title back to the club.

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  • Eberl praises Kane
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  • WHAT HAPPENED?

    A 4-0 victory over Heidenheim helped Bayern inch one step closer to the Bundesliga title, and once again Kane's contribution was crucial, with the England captain scoring his 36th goal of the season. His 13th-minute opener broke yet another German top-flight record, with Kane becoming the first player to score 60 goals in his first 60 Bundesliga games.

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    Kane's goalscoring exploits have been outstanding ever since his arrival in Munich. He recently became the first Englishman to score 10 goals in a Champions League season, although it's his domestic form that has really caught the eye, with Kane's 24 league goals this campaign leaving the German giants on the brink of a title win. As everyone in the football world knows, this would finally end the former Spurs striker's agonising career-long wait for a major trophy.

  • WHAT EBERL SAID

    Asked whether he feels Bayern owe Kane a trophy given his incredible record, Eberl replied: "Harry is doing it himself. He's scoring the goals, getting involved and getting on well with his teammates. Harry is doing everything, we as a club are doing everything – and of course we want to bring the title back to Munich."

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    WHAT NEXT FOR KANE?

    As his team has closed in on that elusive trophy, Kane has remained composed and focused on the task ahead, and after the Heidenheim game, attention has quickly turned to next weekend's home fixture against Mainz. A win in that match will guarantee Bayern the Bundesliga trophy, although if challengers Bayer Leverkusen fail to beat St. Pauli on Sunday the title race will effectively be over, with Vincent Kompany's side having a far superior goal difference.

West Indies will want more than near misses as India flex their bench strength

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Big pictureThey lost the first ODI, and that result meant they had suffered seven successive defeats in the format, but West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran said after the match that it “definitely [felt] like a win” for his side.Watch live on ESPN+

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You could understand why. West Indies had not only lost their previous six games, but had lost the bulk of them comprehensively: by 120 runs and 53 runs against Pakistan, and then with 55 balls remaining and a whopping 176 balls remaining against Bangladesh. In five of those six matches, West Indies failed to bat out 50 overs.Against India on Friday, West Indies batted out their full 50 overs, and came within one hit of pulling off only their third successful chase of a 300-plus target in ODIs. There were positives with the ball too; at one stage, India had looked like they would get past 350 with ease, but West Indies pegged them back admirably, taking five wickets and conceding just 83 runs in the last 15 overs.Related

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As impressive as that performance was, though, West Indies were at close to full strength, and playing at home against an India side lacking the bulk of its first-choice players. For all the pride Pooran showed in his team’s performance on Friday, he and his team-mates will want desperately to put wins on the board. And they’ll be wary of false dawns. This run of defeats, after all, began with West Indies scoring 305 in a narrow loss in Multan.Form guide West Indies LLLLL (last five completed ODIs, most recent first)
India WWLWWIn the spotlightShai Hope has been among ODI cricket’s most consistent run-getters in his time, but, as his 7 off 18 balls in the first ODI showed, those runs can sometimes come at a pace that’s a throwback to an earlier age. Of the 16 highest run-getters in ODIs since his debut, Hope has the lowest strike rate (74.86), with only one other batter in that top 16 – Tamim Iqbal – striking at below 80. He plays an important role in this West Indies line-up, however, and they will hope he can make a crucial contribution when he plays his 100th ODI on Sunday.On Friday, Shreyas Iyer completed 1000 ODI runs for India in only 25 innings•Associated Press

Shardul Thakur has an ODI economy rate of 6.63. Of all the bowlers to have taken at least 20 wickets since his debut, only one – Oshane Thomas – has done worse on that front. Thakur brings other things to the table, though, and his display on Friday summed him up. He came to the crease with only nine balls left, and hit a last-ball boundary that turned out quite useful given India’s narrow margin of victory. And while he was India’s most expensive bowler in terms of economy rate, and only sent down eight overs, he also picked up two key wickets, both of which owed something to his gambler’s instinct of willing batters to go after him. It was, like many of his performances, imperfect but not without its merits. But can he do more? And might he need to do more to keep out other contenders for the No. 8 role, particularly with Deepak Chahar now well on the road to recovery from the back injury that ruled him out of IPL 2022?Team newsIt seems unlikely that West Indies will make any changes given how close they came to victory on Friday, with performances coming from numerous members of their XI. Jason Holder, of course, will remain unavailable having tested positive for Covid-19.West Indies (probable): 1 Shai Hope (wk), 2 Kyle Mayers, 3 Shamarh Brooks, 4 Brandon King, 5 Nicholas Pooran (capt), 6 Rovman Powell, 7 Akeal Hosein, 8 Romario Shepherd, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Jayden Seales, 11 Gudakesh Motie.Ravindra Jadeja sat out the first ODI with a knee injury, and the BCCI has confirmed that he will miss Sunday’s match as well. India don’t often make unforced changes when a series is still alive, so expect them to retain the same XI from the first ODI, though the fitness status of Axar Patel – who went off the field on Friday with what appeared to be a hamstring issue – is as yet unknown.India (probable): 1 Shikhar Dhawan (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Sanju Samson (wk), 6 Deepak Hooda, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Mohammed Siraj, 10 Yuzvendra Chahal, 11 Prasidh Krishna.Pitch and conditionsThe pitch for the first ODI was a curious beast: flat and exceedingly so for long periods, but there were also phases when run-scoring was a little trickier with the old ball stopping on the batters. It resulted in an interesting contest between bat and ball, and conditions should remain similar on Sunday. The weather is expected to be clear, with a maximum temperature of 31°C.Stats and trivia Of all West Indies bowlers with at least 50 ODI wickets, Alzarri Joseph (31.8) has the best strike rate. Among players from Full Member teams, Shamarh Brooks (578) is the highest ODI run-getter in 2022, and Akeal Hosein (23) is the highest wicket-taker. India have won 12 ODIs at Queen’s Park Oval. It is their second-most successful ODI venue outside Asia, behind Harare Sports Club, where they have won 16 matches.

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