‘Dhoni should bat at No 3’
Lyon extended its European dominance by beating Wolfsburg 3-1 to win its fifth straight women's Champions League title.
Eugénie Le Sommer, Saki Kumagai and Sara Bjork Gunnarsdóttir scored for Lyon as it clinched a recordextending seventh Champions League trophy on Sunday.
Wolfsburg, seeking its third title after back-to-back triumphs in 2013 and 2014, got on the board with Alex Popp after its French rival had opened a two-goal lead in the first half.
Wolfsburg also lost the final to Lyon in 2016 and 2018.
Le Sommer opened the scoring in the 25th minute before Kumagai added to the lead shortly before halftime.
Gunnarsdóttir sealed the victory in the 88th after
Popp had got Wolfsburg on the board in the 58th.
It was the fourth final between the two clubs, and their third in the last five years. Wolfsburg's only triumph over Lyon came in the first final between the teams in 2013.
It was Wolfsburg's first loss in 41 games, since a 4-2 home defeat in the Champions League quarterfinals against Lyon in March 2019. Lyon still hasn't lost a competitive match since the French Cup final against Paris Saint-Germain in May 2018.
In the semifinals of the final-eight mini tournament played without fans in northern Spain, Lyon beat PSG and Wolfsburg defeated Barcelona.
The final was played at Real Sociedad's Anoeta Stadium in the Basque city of San Sebastián. Athletic Bilbao's San Mamés stadium also hosted games.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni should be batting at number three for Chennai Super Kings now that Suresh Raina has pulled out of the Indian Premier League, feels former India opener Gautam Gambhir.
Raina pulled out of the IPL due to "personal reasons" and Gambhir thinks that Dhoni, who has been away from the game for over a year, should try and play as many balls possible.
"It will be a good opportunity for MS Dhoni to come and bat at No. 3," Gambhir said on Star Sports' show 'Cricket Connected'.
"And he has been away from the game for the last one year, so he would end up getting a lot more balls to face and then he can actually play the anchor innings as well which he has been doing for India for the last couple of years," the two-time IPL-winning skipper said.