Indian spinners complete comfortable win; Murray finishes year as number one

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November 21, 2016 04:53 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 06:09 am IST

India scripted a resounding 246-run win over England in the second cricket Test riding on a superlative effort from the spin troika of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Jayant Yadav.

India scripted a resounding 246-run win over England in the second cricket Test riding on a superlative effort from the spin troika of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Jayant Yadav.

BASKETBALL

Pacers edge Thunder 115-111

Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook had a triple double under his name, but it wasn’t enough to avoid defeat against Indiana Pacers. Jeff Teague scored 30 points for the Pacers in the 115-111 overtime victory.

CRICKET

India take 1-0 series lead

With five wickets in the morning session and the three remaining just after lunch, India wrapped up a dominant 246-run win in the second Test against England to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Virat Kohli was declared Man of the match for his batting efforts of 167 and 81.

FOOTBALL

Nice top Ligue 1; Milan derby ends 2-2

Mario Balotelli’s absence didn’t hurt Nice as Valentin Eysseric scored the only goal of their game against Saint-Etienne to take them back to the summit of Ligue 1.

Ivan Perisic scored a late equaliser for Inter in their 2-2 draw against AC Milan in the Serie A.

TENNIS

Murray wins ATP World Tour Finals

Andy Murray finished 2016 with a bang, defeating Novak Djokovic, from whom he took the world no. 1 ranking, in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals 6-3, 6-4, making sure that he will finish the year at the top.

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