The Hindu (Delhi)

Shreyas to return as KKR captain for IPL 2024

- Sports Bureau

na netted a stoppageti­me winner.

Manchester City became just the second English club to win all six Champions League group stage games with a 32 victory at Red Star Belgrade.

Atletico sealed first place in Group E as Antoine Griezmann and Samuel Lino struck in a 20 victory over Lazio.

The results: Group E: Atletico Madrid 2 (Griezmann 6, Lino 51) bt Lazio 0; Celtic 2 (Palma 33-pen, Lagerbielk­e 90+1) bt Feyenoord 1 (Minteh 82).

Group F: Borussia Dortmund 1 (Adeyemi 51) drew with PSG 1 (Zaire-Emery 56); Newcastle 1 (Joelinton 33) lost to AC Milan 2 (Pulisic 59, Chukwueze 84). Group G: Red Star Belgrade 2 (Hwang 76, Katai 90+1) lost to Manchester City 3 (Hamilton 19, Bobb 62, Phillips 85-pen); RB Leipzig 2 (Sesko 51, Forsberg 56) bt Young Boys 1 (Colley 53).

Group H: Porto 5 (Galeno 9, 43, Taremi 62, Pepe 75, Conceicao

82) bt Shakhtar Donetsk 3 (Sikan 29, Eustaquio 72-og, Eguinaldo 88); Royal Antwerp 3 (Vermeeren 2, Janssen 56, Ilenikhena 90+2) bt Barcelona 2 (Torres 35, Guiu 90+1).

Shreyas Iyer will return to the Kolkata Knight Riders side as its captain for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League, the franchise announced on Thursday.

“It was indeed unfortunat­e that Shreyas missed IPL 2023 due to injury. We are delighted that he’s back and at the helm as captain. The way he has worked hard to recover from his injury and the form he has displayed is a testament to his character," said KKR CEO Venky Mysore.

Nitish Rana, who led the side in Shreyas’ absence, will be the vicecaptai­n.

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Lifeline goal: Zaire-Emery, jersey no. 33, saves PSG’s blushes with this leveller.

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