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Best budget gaming PC build under Rs.20,000

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Need a gaming PC? Low on budget? Make your gaming PC within the budget of just Rs.20,000

In 2019, gaming has become quite common in India, people are now more into esports and other triple-A titles. Those who cannot manage to have a great gaming PC with high-end graphics card generally rely on their iGPU for gaming.

Well, thanks to AMD who has pioneered the form of gaming on iGPU. Their Ryzen APUs are very strong and perfect for budget gamers.

The recently announced Ryzen 3 3200G is a masterpiece considering its price to performance ratio. You can play esports titles and other games at low to medium settings achieving over 60fps or a healthy 30-40fps.

These APUs blindly rely on the amount of VRAM you are giving to the iGPU. These APUs use the DDR4 memory to fetch graphics to your games. Faster the RAM, faster is your graphics.

Nowadays, RAM prices have fallen considerably and so getting an 8GB RAM is not that costly at all. So to make this budget PC build we will be using 8 gigs of RAM.

Without further delay let’s start our custom PC build:

AMD Ryzen 3 3200G APU

Price: ₹8,800

New AMD Ryzen 3 3200G & Ryzen 5 3400G APUs launched

The next-gen APU is here! The improved AMD Ryzen 3 3200G APU with inbuilt Radeon RX Vega 8 Graphics based on 12nm architecture is the perfect one for both work and gaming.

  • 4 Cores/ 4 Threads
  • Base Clock: 3.6GHz
  • Max Boost Clock: 4GHz
  • Thermal solution: Wraith Stealth
  • TDP: 65W
  • Built-In Radeon RX Vega 8 Graphics

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ASRock A320M-HDV Motherboard

Price: ₹3,649

Best budget gaming PC build under Rs.20,000

This is the cheapest motherboard that you can get and it supports the Ryzen 3 APUs but you cannot overclock with this motherboard, better for basic work and gaming purposes.

  • Supports AMD Socket AM4 A-Series APUs (Bristol Ridge) and Ryzen Series CPUs
  • Supports DDR4 3200+ (OC) (Ryzen CPU)/2400 (A-series APU)
  • 1 PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 PCIe 2.0 x1
  • 6 USB 3.0 (2 Front, 4 Rear)
  • 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC887 Audio Codec), ELNA Audio Caps
  • BIOS Update might be needed for Ryzen 3 3200G

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Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 3000Mhz High-Speed RAM

Price: ₹3,000

The affordable & powerful Ryzen gaming build under Rs.30,000

This is the best DDR4 RAM that is clocked at 3000MHz to get an enhanced performance especially Ryzen powered PC.

  • Designed For High-Performance Overclocking
  • Support AMD Ryzen Series Motherboard,
  • Capacity 8GB
  • Aluminum Heat Spreader, Compatibility Tested
  • XMP 2.0 Support, Tested Latency: 15-17-17-35
  • Compatible With Intel 100 Series, Intel 200 Series, Intel 300 Series, Intel X299 & Ryzen Series

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WD Green 120GB Internal Solid State Drive 

Price: ₹1,648

The affordable & powerful Ryzen gaming build under Rs.30,000

An SSD these days is a must that will power up your OS and other heavy applications.

  • Improved performance for everyday computing
  • An easy upgrade for your PC
  • Solid-state reliability
  • Less power, more play
  • Free WD SSD dashboard
  • 3-year limited warranty

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BBC 1602BB Gaming Cabinet

Price: ₹1,999

Best budget gaming PC build under Rs.20,000

This cabinet is RGB one with one LED fan and you can mount more RGB fans anytime. With a side transparent panel, this PC looks stunning and with a lot of compartments, this cabinet provides you with the ability to customize your PC anytime in future.

  • Side Transparent Panel
  • On 33 red led fan in front with vents to add
  • One DVDRW slot, 2 SSD slot and 2 normal HDD 3.5-inch slot
  • One USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0

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Zebronics ZEB-N450W (DSATA) 450 Watts Power Supply

Price: ₹560

Best budget gaming PC build under Rs.20,000

A basic yet good power supply for those who want to make a PC and do not want to include any graphics card. 

  • Zebronics 450 Watt Economy Power Supply / SMPS for PC
  • AC 230V 50Hz 3.5A input
  • 80mm exhaust fan
  • 3 pin power cable included Connectors
  • 24 (20+4) pin connector X1 ATX 12v 4 Pin connector X1 Peripheral 4 pin connector X2 SATA 15 pin connector

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So, here was our complete build that is roughly around Rs.20k. As the prices of the processors have increased a bit, the build has become a bit costlier these days.

The total cost excludes the price of the hard disk which you can buy from here:

Western Digital Blue 1TB SATA HDD

Price: ₹2,749

Best budget gaming PC build under Rs.20,000

Boost your PC storage with WD Blue drives, the brand designed just for desktop and all-in-one PCs with a variety of storage capacities.

  • Capacity: 1 TB
  • Interface: SATA
  • Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
  • Cache Size: 64 MB
  • Disk Speed (RPM): 7200RPM

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This PC will just work fine for those who want a solid PC powered by Ryzen and want to game keeping the budget on the mind. This PC is totally future-proof and if you feel low on performance after years you can add an extra RAM stick or feel low on graphics? Just add any of your favourite graphics cards at any moment.

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Fifth seeded PV Sindhu eyes the China Open starting from September

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PV Sindhu the World Champion, currently the Fifth seeded will face the 2012 Olympic champion Li Xuerui in a blockbuster opening round.

sindhu Fifth seeded PV Sindhu eyes the China Open starting from September

PV Sindhu will play her first tournament after the World Championship triumph at the $1 million China Open, to be held in Changzhou from September 17-22.

“Sindhu will be flying out on September 14 for China,” her father PV Ramana said from Hyderabad after their short visit to Tirupati.

The China Open is one of the three Super 1000 (highest tier) tournaments on the BWF World Tour which Sindhu won in 2016.

Saina Nehwal Fifth seeded PV Sindhu eyes the China Open starting from September

London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal, who also won the event in 2014, has been seeded eighth and will play her opener against Thai Busanan Ongbamrungphan. Saina has been seeded No 1 for the $500,000 Chinese Taipei Open (September 3-8) and faces South Korean An Se Young in the first round.

Meanwhile, India’s brightest talents in men’s singles—Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth—will go head-to-head in the first round of China Open. While Srikanth won the event in 2014, Sai on Sunday became only the second Indian man to claim a medal (bronze) at the Worlds after Prakash Padukone.

The first round will also see another Indian exiting as 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap will face HS Prannoy while Sameer Verma will take on Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus.

Injury struck Carolin Martin during the Indonesia Masters final in January when, while leading 10-4 against Saina, the three-time world champion retired. Marin soon found out that she had ruptured her ACL.

The four-time European champion also expressed delight at Sindhu’s recent success. “She deserves it. She won silver medals in a lot of tournaments and right when I am not there is when she does it (wins gold). So we will see what happens at the upcoming tournaments,” said Marin.


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Roger Federer crushes Daniel Evans in US Open 2019 to enter the fourth round

Roger Federer was starting slow in the last two matches of US Open. But this time his game was more agreesive, on Friday with a stress-free 6-2 6-2 6-1 win over Briton Daniel Evans to reach the round of 16 in New York.

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Roger Federer slammed Dan Evans 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 in under 90 minutes at the US Open on Friday.

Federer has had limited court time since his epic defeat to Novak Djokovic at the Wimbledon final in July but appeared to shake off any remaining rust with the win.

“I really enjoyed myself today. Beautiful sky and you guys out here also helped,” he said in an on-court interview in front of an adoring crowd.

Next up for third seeded Federer is a meeting with either Pablo Carreno Busta or David Goffin, and Federer said he would not underestimate either opponent.

“They are both really quality baseliners,” he said, adding that he expected the 15th seed Goffin to come out on top in his tie with the Spaniard.

Evans and Lucas Pouille — both practice partners of Federer’s in the past — were forced to contest their second-round match Thursday instead of Wednesday due to rain while the 20-time grand slam champion was one of the few who benefited from playing under the roof two days ago.

Evans is one of the game’s brightest, if flawed, talents. For years he admittedly failed to put in the hard work, partied too much for a professional tennis player and in 2017 was banned for a year after testing positive for cocaine.But he can indeed play, one of the reasons why Federer invited the 29-year-old to train in the Swiss mountains in April ahead of the clay swing.And when they met on the hard courts of the Australian Open in January, Federer won in a tight three-setter, 7-6(5), 7-6(3), 6-3.

Federer, who is seeking his sixth U.S. Open title, rifled 48 winners and 10 aces to see off the overmatched Evans, who is now 0-3 lifetime against the 38-year-old.

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Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube shine in India A’s win over South Africa A

Young Shivam Dube smashed an unbeaten 79 off 60 balls that included a half a dozen of sixes and three boundaries which took India’s score to 327 for 6 in 47 overs.

Ruturaj Gaikwad 1 Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube shine in India A's win over South Africa A

Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dube’s big-hitting prowess was well complemented by senior international Yuzvendra Chahal’s five-wicket haul as India A comfortably beat South Africa A by 69 runs in the first unofficial One Day encounter of the five-match series here on Thursday.

The muscular Dube smashed an unbeaten 79 off 60 balls that included a half a dozen of sixes and three boundaries which took India’s score to 327 for 6 in 47 overs. His whirlwind seventh partnership of 121 off 71 balls with Axar Patel (60 no off 36 balls) gave Indian total an imposing look.

Chahal got 5 wickets for 47 runs in his ten overs quota. South Africa were all-out for 258 in 45 overs despite Reeza Hendricks’ century. 

Hendricks’s scored 110 runs off 108 balls. His fighting went in vain as the Proteas weren’t exactly comfortable with the slow nature of the tracks. 

Wicketkeeper-batsmen Heinrich Klaasen (58, 43 balls, 4 fours, 3 sixes) and Khaya Zondo (30) were the only other batsmen to make notable contributions as Chahal kept the SA ‘A’ batsmen in check.

Earlier in the day, most of the Indian batsmen got starts but couldn’t convert into big scores.

The highly-rated Subhman Gill stated the batting well but could not convert it into big score. Gill scored 46 runs of 47 balls,with 7 fours. Captain Manish Pandey scored 39runs of 41 balls,with 4 fours was set but failed to score big.

Dube reached 50 in 46 deliveries, his first in List-A career, blasting some big sixers. After a quiet start, all-rounder Patel raced to his 50 in just 34 balls as he effortlessly smote a few sixes.

The South Africans didn’t get off to a great start, losing opener Janneman Malan (18), who survived after being caught off Deepak Chahar’s but it was adjudged no-ball.

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Rahkeem Cornwall the heaviest Test cricketer ever made his debut

West Indies all-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall surpassed former Australia captain Warwick Armstrong to become the heaviest Test cricketer ever during 2nd Test vs India.

Rahkeem Cornwall 825 AFP Rahkeem Cornwall the heaviest Test cricketer ever made his debut

Rahkeem Cornwall, who weighs around 140 kilograms, became the heaviest Test cricketer ever.Rahkeem surpassed former Australia captain Warwick Armstrong, who weighed 133-139 kg.Despite being a hugely talented cricketer, Rahkeem’s weight had delayed his call-up to the senior national team.

Rahkeem Cornwall, the 26-year-old all-rounder from Antigua weighing around 140 kilograms, became the heaviest Test cricketer ever when he was inducted in West Indies’ playing XI for the second Test against India. Rahkeem surpassed former Australia captain Warwick Armstrong, who weighed 133-139 kg, to achieve this feat.

Rahkeem Cornwall, who can hit big sixes at will and get some sharp bounce and turn with his off-spin, has been among the most consistent cricketers in the domestic circuit in the recent past. In West Indies Championships 2018-19, Cornwall picked up 54 wickets at a staggering average of 17.68 runs.

Representing Leeward Islands, Rahkeem has scored 2224 runs in 55 matches and picked up 260 wickets in his first-class career at 23.90. Rahkeem shot to limelight when he shone with his all-round skills in a tour game for West Indies Cricket Board XI vs India in 2016.

Apart from top-scoring with 41 in the 1st innings, Rahkeem Cornwall picked up the wickets of Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane and went on to finish with a 5-wicket haul.

For the same team in 2017, he faced the touring England team and scored an important 59 runs in a partnership of 123, helping his team recover from 55-5 to 233. Cornwall once again played for the Cricket Board President’s XI against Pakistan in a warm-up game during their 2017 tour.

Cornwall came in for medium-pacer Miguel Cummins while wicketkeeper-batsman Jahmar Hamilton became the first cricketer from the US Virgin Islands to play at senior level for the West Indies.

West Indies skipper Jason Holder won the toss and opted to bowl against an unchanged India in the 2nd Test at Sabina Park. West Indies had two debutants in the form of Rahkeem Cornwall and Jahmar Hamilton.

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Manasi Joshi won her first gold at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships

Indian para-badminton star Manasi Joshi clinched her first gold at the BWF Para World Championships in Basel, Switzerland on 25th August.

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu created history by winning the gold medal in BWF World Championships on Sunday. She was in the limelight for all the right reasons. She deserved every bit of praise as she has made the whole nation proud.

But, very few of us know that a day before PV Sindhu won gold, another Indian shuttler Manasi Joshi also won gold for India. It may be in the BWF para-badminton World Championships but it doesn’t matter. She too deserves all the limelight and accolades for her incredible achievement.

Manasi Joshi won her first gold on Saturday. She defeated three-time SL3 (SL3 is a para-badminton category in which players are impaired in one or both lower limbs and have poor walking or running balance) world champion Parul Parmer with a score of 21-12, 21-7, although she opened slow with 2-7.
Joshi had faced Parmer three times this year, and each time, she’d lost. Naturally, the odds weren’t in her favour. Nevertheless, Joshi kept her calm and unleashed a few fast strokes to emerge victorious in what can only be described as a nail-biting finish.

Manasi said to the Paralympic Committee of India: “I have trained extremely hard, training three sessions a day. The focus was on my fitness, so I also lost some weight and gained more muscle. I spent more time in the gym, working six sessions a week. I also put a lot of effort to improve my strokes and played practice matches every day at the Academy. I believe the improvements are already showing.
I’ve been playing para-badminton since 2015. Winning medal at the worlds is always a dream come true.”

Manasi Joshi completed her graduation in Electronics Engineering from K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, University of Mumbai in 2010.
In 2011, Manasi Joshi lost her left leg in an accident when she was hit by a truck at a busy junction. She also broke her arms and sustained multiple other injuries. After the operation, she ended up with an amputated left leg due to gangrene.
Manasi further added that she now has a new walking prosthesis socket. She said: “The old one which I was using for the last five years was making me slow during workouts.”

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In September 2015, she won silver in mixed doubles at the Para-Badminton World Championship held in Stoke Mandeville, England. In October 2018, Manasi won a bronze medal at the Asian Para Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

She looked up to German tennis legend Steffi Graf while growing up. And now she wants to “play more singles matches at other events.” She said: “I hope our event is included as para-sports in the next edition of Paralympic Games.”

Manasi Joshi also congratulated PV Sindhu on her win. She is the epitome of sportsmanship.

Not just Joshi, India claimed a total of 12 medals in the Para-Badminton World Championships this year. But there hasn’t been many hues and cries about it! Isn’t it? But why is it so?

Indian para-badminton player, Sukant Kadam finished with bronze at the championship. He was very disappointed with the current state of the players like him. He has gone to the extent of tweeting to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had earlier posted photos with PV Sindhu to congratulate her.

Let’s hope that all these players who are making India proud and holding the Indian flag high above the others, get their due share of respect. They also deserve the same limelight like the Dhoni’s, Kohli’s, Chhetri’s, Sindhu’s and Das’s.

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Ronaldo believes Messi made him a better player

Football is all about respect and Messi and Ronaldo have once again proved that they are only rivals and not enemies.

Cristiano Ronaldo admitted that his long-time rivalry with Lionel Messi has made him “a better player” and that he enjoys a “healthy” rivalry with the Argentine great.

Ronaldo told Portuguese channel TVI: “I really admire the career he has had and from his side, he has already talked of the disappointment when I left Spain because it was a rivalry that he appreciates.
It is a good rivalry that exists in football, but this is no exception. Michael Jordan had rivals in basketball, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost were great rivals in Formula 1, the only common point between all the big rivalries in the sport is that they are healthy.
Messi makes me a better player and vice versa.”

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Ronaldo further added: “I have an excellent professional relationship with Messi because we have been sharing the same moments for 15 years. I have never been to dinner with him but why not in the future? I would have no problem with doing that.”

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were both present in the UEFA awards ceremony on Thursday. They had made the Ballon d’Or their individual prize for a decade, winning five times apiece before Luka Modric broke their stranglehold last year.

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Messi and Ronaldo finished second and third respectively for the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award for 2018/19, which was won by Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk.

Ronaldo swapped Real Madrid for Juventus in 2018 and Messi recently confessed he has missed having the Portugal international in LaLiga.

Speaking at UEFA’s award ceremony ahead of Thursday’s Champions League draw, Ronaldo thanked Messi for helping him to raise his game and vowed to maintain his high-performance levels. He said : “We have shared the stage [for] 15 years. I don’t know if that’s happened before – the same two guys, all the time. We had that battle in Spain, I pushed him, and he pushed me. So, it’s good to be part of the history of football.
Of course, we have a good relationship. We haven’t had dinner together yet, but maybe in the future! Leo is two years younger than me but I look good for my age. I hope to be here next year and in two or three. People who don’t like me will continue to see me here.”

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Messi finished ahead of Ronaldo in the voting to be named as the Forward of the Season for the 2018-19 Champions League. He said: “With Cristiano, it was a beautiful rivalry.
It’s nice to score goals. The goal is always to try to do things to win, before scoring. But if you can win and score, then [it’s] better.”

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UEFA Champions League positional awards winners for 2018/19

UEFA have announced the winners of the 2018/19 Champions League positional awards winners during Thursday’s Champions League group stage draw.

Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season 2018/19

Liverpool’s Alisson Becker has won the Goalkeeper of the Season award for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League campaign. In his first season with the Reds after a move from Roma, Alisson wore the No. 13 shirt. He made some key saves in the tight final in Madrid as Liverpool won the UEFA Champions League. The 26-year-old Brazilian also kept 21 Premier League clean sheets, landing the Premier League’s Golden Glove award.

Top Ten Goalkeeper of the Season:

*Only nine goalkeepers were voted for

1 Alisson Becker (Liverpool)  – 334 points
2 Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona) – 136 points
3 Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) – 105 points
4
 Jan Oblak (Atletico) – 36 points
5 Andre Onana (Ajax) – 28 points
6 Ederson (Manchester City) – 20 points
7 Samir Handanovic (Inter) – 3 points
8= Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus) – 2 points
8= David de Gea (Manchester United) – 2 points

Alisson’s season in numbers:

Honours: UEFA Champions League, Premier League runner-up

Individual accolades: UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season, Premier League Golden Glove

UEFA Champions League
Appearances: 13
Minutes: 1170
Clean sheets: 6
Goals conceded: 12

Premier League
Appearances: 38
Clean sheets: 21

Champions League Defender of the Season 2018/19

Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk has won the Defender of the Season award for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League campaign. The 28-year-old Dutchman was a colossus as the Reds won their sixth European Cup, and was named man of the match following his imperious performance in the decider in Madrid.
Van Dijk was also named as the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year 2018/19.

Top Ten Defender of the Season:

1 Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – 349 points
2 Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax, now Juventus) – 205 points
3 Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) – 29 points
4 Andy Robertson (Liverpool) – 16 points
5 Gerard Pique (Barcelona) – 14 points
6 Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham) – 12 points 
7 Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) – 8 points
8= Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham) – 5 points
8= Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) – 5 points
8= Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) – 5 points

Van Dijk’s season in numbers:

Honours:
UEFA Champions League
Premier League runner-up
UEFA Nations’ League runner-up

Individual accolades:
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season
PFA Players’ Player of the Season
Liverpool Players’ and Fans’ Player of the Season

UEFA Champions League
Appearances: 12
Minutes: 1080
Clean sheets: 5
Goals conceded: 12
Goals: 2
Assists: 2

Premier league
Appearances: 38
Goals: 4

Champions League Midfielder of the Season 2018/19

Frenkie de Jong has won the Midfielder of the Season award for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League campaign following his impressive performances for Ajax. The 22-year-old became one of the hottest properties in European football as Ajax surprised all the top clubs including Real Madrid and Juventus to battle their way through to the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. But eventually, they bowed out to Tottenham in the semi-final.
Frenkie De Jong’s inspired Champions League performances has earned him a move to Barcelona this season.

Top Ten Midfielder of the Season:

1 Frenkie de Jong (Ajax, now Barcelona)  – 222 points
2 Christian Eriksen (Tottenham) – 60 points
3 Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) – 59 points
4
 Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) – 52 points
5 Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) – 48 points
6 Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham) – 22 points
7 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) – 21 points
8= Dusan Tadic (Ajax) – 20 points
8= Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) – 20 points
10= Donny van de Beek (Ajax) – 19 points
10= Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) – 19 points

De Jong’s season in numbers:

Honours:
Eredivisie winner
Dutch Cup winner
UEFA Nations League runner-up

Individual accolades:
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season
Eredivisie Player of the Season
UEFA Nations League Young Player of the Tournament

UEFA Champions League
Appearances: 11
Minutes: 986
Goals: 0
Assists: 0

Eredivisie
Appearances: 31
Goals: 3

Champions League Forward of the Season 2018/19

Lionel Messi has won the Forward of the Season award for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League campaign. The 32-year-old Argentinian had another dazzling season in Europe’s top club competition, finishing as the UEFA Champions League’s top scorer with 12 goals even though Barcelona were eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual winners Liverpool.

Top Ten Forward of the Season:

1 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 285 points
2 Sadio Mane (Liverpool) – 109 points
3
 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) – 91 points
4
 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 83 points
5 Dusan Tadic (Ajax) – 35 points
6 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) – 15 points
7 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern) – 10 points
8= Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) – 9 points
8= Harry Kane (Tottenham) – 9 points
10 Leroy Sane (Manchester City) – 6 points

Messi’s season in numbers:

Honours:
Spanish Liga winner

Individual accolades:
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season
UEFA Champions League top scorer
ESM Golden Shoe winner
LaLiga top scorer and assist provider

UEFA Champions League
Appearances: 10
Minutes: 837
Goals: 12
Assists: 3

LaLiga
Appearances: 34
Goals: 36

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Ms Dhoni not included in the squad for the upcoming t20 series against South Africa

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni was unavailable for selection in the series, confirms MSK Prasad.

Dhoni had a taken a two month leave from the BCCI which ends on september 20. As the t20 series starts from 15th of september the selectors have not included him.

MS Dhoni will not feature in the 3-match T20I series vs South Africa. His replacement for the series is Rishabh Pant. He is given a chance despite of his off form in the ongoing West Indies tour.

Former captain MS Dhoni is the big name missing from India’s fifteen-member T20 squad to compete against South Africa next month. Chief selector MSK Prasad confirmed that Dhoni had made himself unavailable for the series.

Prasad also said that BCCI is trying to create a healthy bench strength going into the 2020 T20 World Cup.

The clarification confirms what a member close to the Indian cricket legend had told India Today a day earlier that Dhoni, currently in the USA, would not be making himself available.

But both parties – members in Dhoni camp as well as selectors refuse to dwell on what lies ahead for the great man. If Dhoni wants to have another crack at T20 World Cup and whether he is willing to prove his form and fitness in order to make it.

Other notable omissions from the T20 squad are spin twins – Kuldeep Yadav and Yajuvendra Chahal who were not picked in the T20 squad against West Indies as well.

India will play South Africa in Dharamsala (Sept. 15), Mohali (Sept. 18) and Bengaluru (Sept. 22).

India’s squad for 3 T20Is against South Africa: Virat Kohli(Capt), Rohit Sharma(vc), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini

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UEFA Player of the Year award winners for 2018/19

UEFA have announced the winners of the 2018/19 Player of the Year awards during Thursday’s Champions League group stage draw.

UEFA Men’s Player of the Year 2018/19

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has been named UEFA Men’s Player of the Year for 2018/19. The Dutch international beat off competition from three-time UEFA Men’s Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo and two-time winner Lionel Messi. The 28-year-old centre-back received the trophy on stage in Monaco during the UEFA Champions League group stage draw on Thursday.

The top ten list for the Men’s Player of the Year 2018/19:

1 Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool & Netherlands) – 305 points
2 Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) – 207 points
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus & Portugal) – 74 points
5 Sadio Mané (Liverpool & Senegal) – 51 points
6 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool & Egypt) – 49 points
7 Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Real Madrid & Belgium) – 38 points
8= Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax/Juventus & Netherlands) – 27 points
8= Frenkie de Jong (Ajax/Barcelona & Netherlands) – 27 points
10 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City & England) – 12 points

Virgil Van Dijk played a very important role in Liverpool’s path of European success. He was named man of the match as his side edged out Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid in the Champions League 2018/19 final. Van Dijk arrived at Liverpool from Southampton in January 2018. Since then he has always played fearless football and has kept more clean sheets than any other defender in Europe’s top five leagues in 2018/19. While Liverpool fell narrowly short in the Premier League, his solid presence (and occasional goalscoring efforts) provided the platform for their sixth European Cup.

Van Dijk’s season in numbers:

Honours:
UEFA Champions League winner
UEFA Nations League runner-up
English Premier League runner-up

Individual accolades:
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season
PFA Players’ Player of the Season
Liverpool Players’ and Fans’ Player of the Season

UEFA Champions League
Appearances: 12
Goals: 2
Assists: 2

Premier league
Appearances: 38
Goals: 4
Assists: 2

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Roll of honour

*Known as the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award from 2010/11 to 2015/16 inclusive

2018/19 – Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool & Netherlands)
2017/18
 ─ Luka Modric (Real Madrid & Croatia)
2016/17 ─ Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid & Portugal)
2015/16 ─ Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid & Portugal)
2014/15 ─ Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina)
2013/14 ─ Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid & Portugal)
2012/13 ─ Franck Ribery (Bayern & France)
2011/12 ─ Andres Iniesta (Barcelona & Spain)
2010/11 ─ Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina)

UEFA Women’s Player of the Year 2018/19

Lyon and England right-back Lucy Bronze has won the 2018/19 UEFA Women’s Player of the Year award. Bronze, the seventh different winner of the prize in its seven-year history and the first defender, finished ahead of fellow nominees and Lyon team-mates Ada Hegerberg and Amandine Henry. She was one of five players from the UEFA Women’s Champions League winners in the top ten, with 2017/18 Player of the Year, Wolfsburg’s Pernille Harder at fifth position.

The top ten list for the Women’s Player of the Year 2018/19:

1 Lucy Bronze (Lyon & England) – 88 points
Ada Hegerberg (Lyon) – 56 points
3
 Amandine Henry (Lyon & France) – 44 points
4 Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal & Netherlands) – 31 points
5 Ellen White (Birmingham City, now Manchester City & England) – 22 points
6 Pernille Harder (Wolfsburg & Denmark) – 21 points
7 Dzsenifer Marozsan (Lyon & Germany) – 12 points
8 Caroline Graham Hansen (Wolfsburg, now Barcelona & Norway) – 10 points
9= Lieke Martens (Barcelona & Netherlands) – 9 points
9= Wendie Renard (Lyon & France) – 9 points

Lucy Bronze’s season awards:

Honours:
EFA Women’s Champions League winner
French League winner
French Cup winner

Individual accolades:
UEFA Women’s Champions League Squad of the Season

England
FIFA Women’s World Cup semi-final
FIFA Women’s World Cup Silver BallSheBelieves Cup winner

Previous award finishes: 5th (2018), 8th (2017)

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Roll of honour

2018/19 ─ Lucy Bronze (Lyon & England)
2017/18
 ─ Pernille Harder (Wolfsburg & Denmark)
2016/17 
─ Lieke Martens (Rosengard/Barcelona & Netherlands)
2015/16
 ─ Ada Hegerberg (Lyon & Norway)
2014/15 
─ Celia Sasic (FFC Frankfurt & Germany)
2013/14
 ─ Nadine Kessler (Wolfsburg & Germany)
2012/13
 ─ Nadine Angerer (FFC Frankfurt & Germany)

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