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Top Sports News of the day - 10 Feb 2021

Domestic Indian  Cricket | Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-21

• After the successful completion of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (where Tamil Nadu won over Baroda in the finals), Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-21 is all set to kick-off
• It is a 50-over tournament and will be played between 20 February 2021 and 14 March 2021
• Karnataka is the defending champion and Tamil Nadu were the runner-ups
• 38 teams will participate, which will be divided into 6 groups
• League matches will be played from 20 February 2021 till 01 March 2021
• Knockout stage from 07 March 2021 onwards - Pre-quarterfinal on 07 March; Quarterfinals on 08 March and 09 March; Semifinals on 11 March; and the final will be played on 14 March 2021

Cricket | South Africa tour of Pakistan

• First T20 between Pakistan and South Africa will be played on Thursday, 11 February 2021
• This will be a 3-T20 match series
• The match will be played in Lahore
• Heinrich Klaasen will lead the South Africa team in the T20 series
• Out of 14 matches played between Pakistan and South Africa, Pakistan has won 6, South Africa 8
• Fantasy Cricket players, do pick all-rounders - Faheem Ashraf and Dwaine Pretorius in your team
• Pakistan earlier whitewashed South Africa by 2-0 in the test series

Cricket | England Tour of India

• England might give a rest to the 38-year old bowler James Anderson who took 5 wickets in the first Test
• India vs England - The second test will be played on 13 February 2021

Cricket | West Indies Tour of Bangladesh

• Bangladesh vs West Indies; Second Test will be played on Thursday, 11 February 2021
• West Indies leads the two-tests series by 1-0
• Star all-rounder Shakib al Hasan will be skipping the second test due to injury

Sports | Other sports News

• Virat Kohli and team complained to BCCI about the inferior quality of balls being used in the first test against England and BCCI has raised the issue to the manufacturers Sanspareils Greenlands (SG)....यहाँ पे भी मिलावट!
• Shreyas Iyer will lead the Mumbai team in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-21
• For the upcoming IPL season, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has picked Sanjay Bagar as their batting consultant

Sports | Question of the day

• Do you know which is the first Indian Cricket Club? Options are - Oriental Cricket Club, Bombay Gymkhana, Cricket Club of India, or Kolkata Cricket Club? Do reply to this post!
• Yesterday's quiz was - which of these trophies is NOT related to football? Options are - Colombo Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Merdeka Cup, or Holkar Trophy  ? and the correct answer is - Holkar Trophy

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