Boca Juniors e Fortaleza se enfrentaram nesta quarta-feira (15), pela quinta rodada da fase de grupos da Sul-Americana. Após sair perdendo, o Leão achou, com Kervin Andrade, o gol de empate na partida. Depois de boa jogada de Marinho, a bola sobrou para o jovem, que empatou a partida já nos minutos finais. Nas redes sociais, os torcedores do Fortaleza enlouqueceram após o gol! Confira as reações!
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✅ FICHA TÉCNICA BOCA JUNIORS X FORTALEZA SUL-AMERICANA – GRUPO D – 5ª RODADA
🗓️ Data e horário: quarta-feira, 15 de maio de 2024, às 21h (de Brasília); 📍 Local: Estádio de La Bombonera, em Buenos Aires (ARG) 📺 Onde assistir: ESPN4 e Star+ 🟨 Árbitro: Jesús Valenzuela (VEN) 🚩 Assistentes: Jorge Urrego (VEN) e Tulio Moreno (VEN) 📺 VAR: Juan Soto (VEN)
⚽ PROVÁVEIS ESCALAÇÕES:
BOCA JUNIORS (Técnico: Diego Hernán Martínez) Sergio Romero; Luis Advíncula, Cristian Lema, Nicolás Figal e Lautaro Blanco; Pol Fernández; Cristian Medina, Ezequiel Fernández e Kevin Zenón; Miguel Merentiel e Edinson Cavani.
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FORTALEZA (Técnico: Juan Pablo Vojvoda) João Ricardo; Emanuel Brítez, Pedro Augusto, Titi e Bruno Pacheco; Yago Pikachu, Zé Welison, Matheus Rossetto e Emmanuel Martínez; Juan Martín Lucero e Imanol Machuca.
أثار محمد صلاح نجم ليفربول، ضجة كبيرة في النادي، بتصريحاته الحماسية التي أطلقها بعد التعادل مع ليدز يونايتد، بثلاثة أهداف لكل فريق في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.
وتعرف جماهير ليفربول جيدًا ما قدمه النجم المصري للنادي، منذ انضمامه عام 2016، وقد أجرت شبكة “بي بي سي” البريطانية حوارات معهم، للتعليق على تصريحاته بعد مباراة ليدز يونايتد.
وكانت جماهير ليفربول في مثل هذا الوقت من العام الماضي، قد أظهرت لافتة تحمل صورة صلاح، وعبارة: “نادي ليفربول، إنه يطلق سهمه، والآن اعطوا مو ماله!”.
وقد احتفل محمد صلاح في أبريل الماضي بعقده الجديد وبعد أسبوعين قاد ليفربول لتحقيق لقب الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، ووجد صاحب الـ33 عاماً نفسه بعد ثمانية أشهر خارج التشكيل الأساسي ودخل في صراع داخلي مع النادي وآرني سلوت.
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وكان هذا الصراع بين محمد صلاح وليفربول وسلوت قد أصبح محل اهتمام جماهير النادي، حيث ذكر المشجع ستيف هيوز صاحب الـ48 عاماً: “آمل أن يكون هذا توقيت مناسب ولكن إن لم يكن كذلك فهو خارج الخدمة”.
وأضاف: “لا يمكن القول إن هذا هو مكاني نظرًا لما قدمته للنادي، إنه أمر محزن لأننا نحبه بشدة”.
وواصل: “كان سيخلد اسمه كواحد من أعظم اللاعبين الذين لعبوا لهذا النادي على الإطلاق إلى جانب أمثال كيني دالجليش وإيان راش”.
وذكر مشجع آخر: “على الرغم من عظمته كلاعب، لا يمكن قول ما قاله أبداً، عليك أن تكسب حقك في اللعب في هذا المركز في كل مباراة، من الواضح أن هناك خلافًا بينه وبين سلوت، لذا أعتقد أن أحدهما يجب أن يرحل”.
ودافع عدد قليل عن صلاح لتعبيره عن أرائه وألقوا اللوم على سلوت، حيث ذكر أحد المشجعين: “لقد جعلوه كبش فداء، لا أتخيله يلعب لليفربول مرة أخرى”.
وقال مشجع آخر: “إنه بالتأكيد في دوامة هبوط، لكنني أفضل صلاح على سلوت”.
Liverpool have now reportedly set their sights on hiring a Premier League manager, who Pep Guardiola called “incredible”, in a fresh concern for Arne Slot.
Carragher delivers "honest" Liverpool verdict after PSV defeat
Before the international break, Liverpool could at least fall back on the excuse that much of their bad form came on the road. Anfield, for the most part, remained a fortress. Just weeks later, however, and that fortress has been set ablaze by humiliating defeats at the hands of Nottingham Forest and PSV Eindhoven.
Not everyone is ready to call time on Slot’s time at the club, however, and Anfield legend Jamie Carragher sent a timely reminder on punditry duty that Liverpool aren’t a sacking club, historically speaking.
He said: “Liverpool is not a sacking club, Liverpool, I think, are different from almost every club in European football where the manager is the king, you know, the managers get time.
“Liverpool have never sacked a manager who’s won the league, never in the history. They’ve all, you know, after a few years they’ve gone, they’ve resigned.
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“I couldn’t believe over the weekend that people were talking about the manager’s job when I spoke to Liverpool supporters after losing at home to Nottingham Forest.
“It’s only going to amplify now and I’ve always been in the camp of you stick with the manager because I’m angry with the players if I’m being totally honest, I’m really angry with the players but it does get to a stage with any manager at any club where I always use this word untenable, where it almost feels like it can’t go on any longer.”
Whether Liverpool chiefs share that view is the big question. Recent reports linking them to the likes of Andoni Iraola certainly suggests that they’re at least preparing for life without Slot.
Liverpool eyeing Andoni Iraola move
According to reports in Spain, Liverpool are now eyeing a move to hire Iraola from Bournemouth if they decide to sack Slot. The Cherries boss is someone that Richard Hughes knows well, given that the sporting director hired the Spaniard during his time on the South Coast, and could now turn to him for a second time.
Iraola is one of the most well-respected managers in the Premier League these days. He’s taken Bournemouth to new heights and transformed the likes of Antoine Semenyo, who’s attracting interest from Liverpool ahead of the January transfer window.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has been one of the many figures around English football to hand the Bournemouth boss praise, telling reporters earlier this season: “Andoni is an incredible, well-respected manager in Spain and did an incredible job in Rayo Vallecano.”
It doesn’t get much better than praise from the Man City boss, and Iraola could yet get the chance to become one of his biggest rivals if Liverpool make their move.
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Australia’s batting order for the first Test is still some way from being confirmed, but Labuschagne is currently the favourite to go in at the top
AAP31-Oct-2025
Marnus Labuschagne has been in terrific form this season•Getty Images
Marnus Labuschagne says he would have no issue opening for Australia in the Ashes, confident he is now much clearer in his own game than in recent summers.Labuschagne was denied another chance to bat in Queensland’s Sheffield Shield match with New South Wales on Friday, with the match ending in an early draw.Related
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After rain washed out the opening day, Jack Clayton’s 113 ensured Queensland would not have to follow on.Sam Konstas was then more patient with the bat, before attacking later in the innings and being caught charging Sam Skelly on 41, before a draw was called soon after.Konstas won’t be there come the first Test in Perth next month, with the 20-year-old almost certain to be given time in the Sheffield Shield to find his game.Labuschagne is favourite to take Konstas’s spot at the top, in a move that would allow allrounders Cameron Green and Beau Webster to both stay in the team.Labuschagne has said throughout this summer his preferred position is No.3, while insisting he would be willing to open to get back into the team. He has done so just twice at Test level, out for 17 and 22 in this year’s World Test Championship final against South Africa before being dropped from the side.But on Friday he declared he would more than welcome the challenge to open in Perth in three weeks’ time.”I’d say ‘great’,” Labuschagne responded when quizzed on what he would say if asked to open. “It honestly doesn’t concern me, I just want to be playing cricket at my best.Sam Konstas whips through the on side•Getty Images
“This year I’ve been in in the first few overs a few times. You’re used to it batting No. 3, and I’ve batted there probably 95 per cent of my career in both formats.”So I’m very used to being in early. If I have to open, great. If I bat three, great. Wherever there’s a spot for me I’ll take it and we’ll go from there.”Forced to watch on from the sidelines in the Caribbean last winter, Labuschagne has since adopted a less-is-more approach to his batting. The renowned cricket nuffie no longer bats in the nets on match days, admitting he was getting in his own head and thinking too much about his technique.Small changes have been made to his grip and stance, while he has also put pressure back on the bowlers in his four centuries for Queensland to start the summer.”Mentally I’m a lot clearer on my game and not getting too much deep thought into certain dismissals or methods,” Labuschagne said. “It’s not the actual training in the nets, I absolutely love that, I can do that all day.”But at times I feel like my technique gets in a space where I go home and I’m like ‘maybe I want to do this or maybe I want to go and try that’. Now I’m trying to stay out of my own way really and go out there and trust my skills when I get to the middle.”
Fortaleza e Vasco se enfrentam nesta quarta-feira (1), pelo jogo de ida da terceira fase da Copa do Brasil. A bola vai rolar a partir das 19h (de Brasília), na Arena Castelão, com transmissão de SporTV e Premiere (pay-per-view).
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✅ FICHA TÉCNICA FORTALEZA X VASCO COPA DO BRASIL – TERCEIRA FASE – IDA
🗓️ Data e horário: quarta-feira, 1 de maio de 2024, às 19h (de Brasília); 📍 Local: Arena Castelão, em Fortaleza (CE) 📺 Onde assistir: SporTV e Premiere; 🟨 Árbitro: Matheus Delgado Candançan (SP) 🚩 Assistentes: Alex Ang Ribeiro (FIFA/SP) e Daniel Paulo Ziolli (SP) 🖥️ VAR: Daniel Nobre Bins (VAR-FIFA/RS)
⚽ PROVÁVEIS ESCALAÇÕES FORTALEZA (Técnico: Juan Pablo Vojvoda) João Ricardo, Tinga, Britez, Titi, Bruno Pacheco; Zé Welison, Hércules, Pochettino; Pikachu, Machuca e Lucero.
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VASCO (Técnico: Rafael Paiva) Léo Jardim, Paulo Henrique, Rojas, Maicon, Léo, Lucas Piton, Sforza, Hugo Moura, Mateus Cocão, David e Vegetti.
شهد الوسط الرياضي المصري حالة من الحزن والاستنفار بعد وفاة اللاعب الناشئ يوسف محمد، سبّاح نادي الزهور، أثناء مشاركته في منافسات بطولة الجمهورية للسباحة.
وفتحت وزارة الشباب والرياضة برئاسة الدكتور أشرف صبحي تحقيقًا عاجلًا للوقوف على ملابسات الوفاة، بعدما تعرّض اللاعب لحالة إغماء مفاجئة داخل مجمع حمامات السباحة بإستاد القاهرة الدولي، خلال سباقات بطولة الجمهورية تحت 12 سنة، ورغم نقله سريعًا إلى أحد المستشفيات القريبة، إلا أن محاولات إنعاشه لم تُكلل بالنجاح.
مجلس إدارة الاتحاد المصري للسباحة برئاسة المهندس ياسر إدريس نعى اللاعب، معربًا عن بالغ حزنه لرحيل أحد عناصر البطولة الواعدين، ومؤكدًا أن الواقعة جاءت رغم تطبيق المعايير الطبية المعتادة خلال المنافسات.
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وكشف مصدر خاص لـ بطولات أن الوزارة خاطبت اتحاد السباحة رسميًا، مطالبةً بتقرير تفصيلي يوضح الظروف الكاملة للحادث، والإجراءات التي اتُّخذت أثناء إسعاف اللاعب، وما إذا كانت هناك أي تقصيرات أو عوامل محتملة أثرت في سرعة إنقاذه.
ومن جانبه، أعلن الاتحاد المصري للسباحة الحداد لمدة 3 أيام على روح اللاعب الراحل، مع تقديم التعازي لأسرته وناديه.
وتنتظر الأوساط الرياضية نتائج التحقيقات الرسمية لمعرفة حقيقة ما حدث، وضمان اتخاذ الإجراءات اللازمة لمنع تكرار مثل هذه الحوادث، خصوصًا في البطولات التي تضم لاعبين صغار السن.
Rahul Dravid parted ways as head coach after IPL 2025, having chosen not to take up broader position at RR
Nagraj Gollapudi25-Sep-2025
Kumar Sangakkara had joined Rajasthan Royals as Director of Cricket in 2021•Getty Images
Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara will return to Rajasthan Royals (RR) in a lead role to helm the coaching staff after the exit of Rahul Dravid as head coach recently. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Sangakkara, who has been RR’s Director of Cricket since 2021, is firming up the position with the franchise, even as he has already informally started planning for the 2026 season.Since he joined RR in 2021, Sangakkara doubled up as the head coach, and, under his watch, the Sanju Samson-led franchise made the playoffs twice in four seasons. In 2022, RR reached the final for the first time since they won the IPL in the inaugural season in 2008, but lost to Gujarat Titans. After finishing fifth in 2023, RR reached the playoffs the following season, when they lost in Qualifier 2. Dravid, who was RR’s captain in 2012 and 2013, and then mentor in 2014 and 2015, was hired as head coach by the franchise immediately after he won the 2024 T20 World Cup as India’s head coach.Although Dravid had signed a multi-year contract, his stint was short-lived, as he parted ways with RR recently. In a media statement issued in August, RR said that based on a structural review of the franchise post the 2025 season, where they secured just four wins in 14 matches, Dravid was “offered a broader position” but he had “chosen not to take”.Related
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The biggest priority for Sangakkara will be sorting RR’s captaincy after Samson asked the franchise to release him after the 2025 season. It is understood Samson, 30, told the franchise that he wanted a change and hence be released. Suffering a side strain early during the 2025 season, Samson played only nine matches, and had to endure the disappointment of watching RR end ninth on the points table despite being in the winning position several times.Samson, who is the most experienced player in RR’s ranks, was among the six players retained ahead of the 2025 mega auction at a price tag of INR 18 crore (USD 2.14 million approx.).While RR did cast the net with several franchises offering Samson as a trade in player swap, they have not been successful. Officially, RR have not made any comment on releasing Samson. The IPL retention deadline normally is end of November, but franchises are still waiting for a firm date.It is also learned RR will retain former India batter Vikram Rathour as the assistant coach, and that former New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond is likely to continue as the bowling coach. While Bond moved to RR from Mumbai Indians in 2024, Rathour, who had been assistant coach with India under Ravi Shastri and Dravid, joined ahead of 2025. It is understood that the pair of Trevor Penney and Siddhartha Lahiri, who were part of Sangakkara’s support staff at RR previously, is also set to return.
It remains difficult to piece together just where the blame lies for Celtic’s current slump – is it the board, is it Brendan Rodgers, or is it a period of dismal recruitment?
Of course, it is likely a mixture of all of those factors, with the latter point particularly key. Indeed, of those signed amid Rodgers’ return in the summer of 2023, only Paulo Bernardo and Yang Hyun-jun remain part of the current first-team squad.
Far too many deals have backfired over the past two years, although that’s not to say that the departed coach is himself free of criticism, having not exactly got the best out of those at his disposal.
You only have to look at the case of Callum Osmand, a player largely ignored by the Northern Irishman, to see where Rodgers was misguided. While now cruelly struck down by injury, the Wales youth international was the hero at Hampden, before winning a penalty during his lively, albeit brief cameo at FC Midtjylland.
Although Rodgers’ return did see two further Premiership titles secured, prior to him walking away for the second time, the magic of his first spell in charge didn’t appear to be there.
The Hoops, hopefully, will be targeting a figure who can replicate that first version of the former Liverpool boss at Parkhead.
Celtic's ongoing manager search
A clear frontrunner has yet to truly emerge with regard to Celtic’s managerial vacancy, with a romantic return for Ange Postecoglou having been deemed ‘very unlikely’, despite the Greek-Aussie now out of work following his dismissal from Nottingham Forest.
Interim boss Martin O’Neill does remain an option to see out the season, alongside Shaun Maloney, although such a decision would likely be a last resort considering the 73-year-old last took on a top job back in 2019, following his own brief stint at the City Ground.
The nature and timing of Rodgers’ shock resignation has no doubt complicated matters, although with the international break now to come, it presents the perfect time to finally nail down a preferred pick.
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According to Football Insider, one of the current frontrunners is Ipswich Town boss, Kieran McKenna, with the 39-year-old deemed to be the “number-one target”, albeit with a potential obstacle likely to be his “big compensation package”.
As the report notes, it is believed that it would take a fee of around £5m to prise McKenna from Portman Road, with it yet to be seen whether the Glasgow side would be willing to fork out such a figure to get their man.
McKenna, for what it’s worth, did not wholly shut down talk of the move when quizzed on the speculation in recent weeks, having described Celtic as a “really big club”, amid suggestions that he is a rumoured Hoops supporter.
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An exciting young Northern Irish coach with a potential affinity to the Scottish champions – that certainly sounds familiar?
Yes, there are certainly real similarities between McKenna and his compatriot Rodgers, with Celtic no doubt hoping that the in-demand Ipswich coach can replicate the success that the latter man enjoyed following his first move to Parkhead in 2016.
While the ex-Swansea City, Liverpool, Watford and Reading boss had garnered far more experience at the time of his move north of the border, he had made the first major stride of his coaching career in the youth ranks at Chelsea, having been given the backing of Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge.
McKenna – who initially worked in the youth ranks at Tottenham Hotspur – was also something of a favourite of Mourinho at Manchester United, having eventually become an assistant to the Portuguese coach in 2018.
Like Rodgers, the rising star had seen his own playing career cut short by injury, with the pair seemingly following in Mourinho’s footsteps by trying to make up for that on-field disappointment by shining in the dugout – as McKenna himself has admitted:
While Rodgers first truly made a name for himself by steering Swansea into the Premier League, the 4-2-3-1 coach has enjoyed similar success in the EFL with his current club, having claimed back-to-back promotions in what is his first managerial role.
McKenna’s record at Ipswich
Stat
Record
Days in charge
1419
Games
187
Wins
87
Draws
50
Losses
50
Points per game
1.66
Players used
81
Promotions
2
Relegations
1
Stats via Transfermarkt
Although the Tractor Boys’ stay in the top-flight was short-lived, that hasn’t stopped interest mounting in this “incredible” coach – as hailed by Ipswich’s Wes Burns – with former club Man United believed to have been considering him in the summer of 2024.
That would’ve been like Rodgers’ own Anfield switch, although perhaps McKenna can skip a step and head straight to Celtic instead, with the Glasgow outfit no doubt in need of an exciting, young and fresh voice to try and reinvigorate the current first-team crop.
For all the frustration over his decision to twice leave his post at Celtic Park, it’s worth remembering the glittering success that Rodgers has achieved when at the helm, namely overseeing that invincible domestic season in 2016/17.
With a raft of promising young talents, and with an attractive, front-foot style of play, the now 52-year-old was just what was needed to breathe new life into the club, amid the mixed stint of Ronny Deila.
Now, again, Celtic need to be revitalised. Can the next bright young manager, McKenna, be the man to do just that?
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Hosts UAE eliminated after a sloppy display in the field, and eventually fell well short in a chase of 172
Danyal Rasool04-Sep-2025
Fakhar Zaman scored 77 not out off 44 balls•Emirates Cricket Board
Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Nawaz punished an error-strewn display in the field from the UAE, helping Pakistan recover from a jittery 80 for 5 and seal a 31-run win. Having set UAE 172 to win, Abrar Ahmed, playing his first game this series, helped run through the top and middle order, removing each of Muhammad Waseem, Asif Khan, Rahul Chopra and Harshit Kaushik. UAE would end up folding with limited resistance, and the result guarantees Pakistan and Afghanistan passage through to the final on Sunday, with the hosts eliminated.Pakistan soon ran into trouble after winning the toss and opting to bat. Sahibzada Farhan made a brisk start once more but couldn’t find staying power, holing out to the short onside boundary. It is the fourth game in a row he has been unable to convert a start, and Saim Ayub fell soon after.Related
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UAE dragged Pakistan back post-powerplay, but sloppiness in the field was a harbinger of what was to follow. After Zaman and Nawaz were each put down off an excellent Haider Ali over, Pakistan found their opportunity to cut loose, flaying the UAE for 69 in the final four overs to post 171.The hosts’ response never truly got going, as if they were unsure how to pace the chase. Waseem was circumspect for once, and Alishan Sharafu wasn’t as belligerent at the top as he would be later on during his half-century, and the asking rate only climbed. Abrar was superb through his spell, and ran through the top order, getting rid of each of Waseem, Asif Khan and Rahul Chopra. Sharafu attempted to reignite a flagging chase with a sublime display of power-hitting at the backend, and while it did plenty to burnish his reputation, UAE’s fate in this tournament had already been sealed.Drops lose matchesDespite a vastly improved bowling showing, the first innings was littered with errors in the field for the UAE, who made their bowlers’ jobs much harder than they already were. It all came to a head in the 16th over.Left-arm spinner Haider Ali had conceded just six runs in his first three overs, getting rid of Mohammad Haris and Hasan Nawaz in the process. His final over represented a chance to break the burgeoning sixth-wicket stand between Fakhar and Nawaz, with the possibility of running through the tail afterwards. Having nearly yorked Fakhar first ball, he drew Nawaz into a miscue off the penultimate delivery, only for midwicket to grass it. So he made sure the catch Fakhar offered up the next ball was as easy as it could be, arrowing straight down to long-on. That, too, would somehow be dropped by Sharafu, to howls of anguish from the bowler. That frustration would become even more acute by what followed. The wheels come offBy the end of the 16th over, Pakistan were stuttering at 108 for 5, with the UAE dragging them below seven per over. They had had multiple chances to get rid of the Fakhar-Nawaz pairing, but so far, the damage was manageable. But it was now, the first delivery after those two dropped chances, that the momentum swung on a dime.Fakhar clipped Junaid Siddique for six over long-off, and though he got out of that over, the boundaries soon began to rain down. Fakhar smashed Muhammad Jawadullah for a pair of boundaries to bring up his half-century, but the real carnage came in the final two overs. Nawaz, who had found his innings a struggle until then, lashed Siddique for two fours and two sixes off the final four balls of the 19th, before Fakhar plundered five boundaries on the trot to finish the innings off. The final two overs had gone for 42, and the final five for 74. UAE were never to recover.UAE had no answer to Abrar Ahmed’s wiles•Emirates Cricket Board
Abrar’s career-bestAbrar had lost his place to Sufiyan Muqeem in the starting eleven, but spent that time honing more than just a flashy new haircut. Given his first opportunity, the 26-year-old wasted no time making a statement. In a dazzling display of modern legspin bowling, all of his variations were on display in the shop window, and on a spinning surface, the UAE could not muster a response. A brave over in the powerplay, where he packed the offside and challenged Waseem to beat it, yielded just two, and he snared his man off the first ball of the second sliced wildly towards point.Taken out of the attack, he returned for the 13th over, and his impact was instant once more. He had the courage once again to float one to big hitting Asif Khan, whose eyes lit up as he succumbed to temptation, leathering it high into the Sharjah sky. Shaheen Afridi and Nawaz orbited around it before narrowly avoiding a collision as Afridi held on, and while Rahul Chopra was unfortunate to be adjudged lbw off a googly two balls later, Abrar had earned his luck. He would sign off his spell with the scalp of Kaushik, and ensuring he finished with his best-ever T20 figures, 4-0-9-4 a true reflection of his artistry.