Clinical Wizards beat Rhinos 2-0 in HIL

Lucknow, Jan 20:
Uttar Pradesh Wizards struck twice in the second half to score a 2-0 victory over Ranchi Rhinos in a round-robin league match of the Hockey India League here today.
A superb reverse hit by Jeroen Hertzberger and a penalty corner conversion by skipper VR Raghunath was good enough to earn Uttar Pradesh Wizards full points from the home game.
The win took Wizards to 12 points, same as Delhi Waveriders, but they are on top of the points table due to a better goal difference.
The first half saw a battle between two sides that were trying to stamp their supremacy on the match.
In the opening period, both the teams were solid at the back and in the mid-field, and as a result, good moves were few and far between.
Mandeep Singh constantly tried to break the Wizards’ defence, his first good move being blocked well by Harbir Singh.
Mandeep was at his best once again, with the half-time whistle just a couple of minutes away. Beating a couple of defenders, Mandeep got really close to the Wizards’ post, eventually earning a penalty corner but to no avail. (PTI)
Australia-Sri Lanka
ODI called off
Sydney, Jan 20:
The fourth one-day international between Australia and Sri Lanka was abandoned after rain halted play on Sunday with the tourists chasing 223 runs to take the series.
Sri Lanka needed 209 more runs off 46.4 overs with all their wickets in tact when the umpires took the players off the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Skipper Mahela Jayawardene was on four and Tillakaratne Dilshan nine.
Australia scored 222 for nine off their 50 overs after winning the toss. (PTI)

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