World number one Nadal will meet Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday's showpiece when he will target a record-extending 11th title in Barcelona a week after claiming the Monte Carlo Masters for the 11th time.
The annual award is widely regarded as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in the field of food and agriculture.
'I want to use domestic tournaments for making a comeback into the national squad,' the former India captain said.
Sourav Ganguly's 72 was in vain as Bengal suffered a 47-run defeat in the Moin-Ud-Dowla Gold Cup.
Replying to Mumbai's first innings total of 286 for 7, Bengal finished at 191 for eight.
The Indian batsman reached the milestone in 359 matches and scored 39 ODI hundreds
Selectors also left out Mohammad Sami and included Moin Khan in a 17-member squad to be officially announced on Monday.
Pakistan retained under-fire skipper Misbah-ul Haq and out-of-form Muhammad Hafeez, but dropped tall left-arm pacer Muhammad Irfan from the 28-man probables' list for the two-Test series against South Africa.
Wicketkeeper Moin Khan was also included in the team but speedster Umar Gul was left out.
The 184 passengers on board the Air India Express plane from Dubai that crashed on Friday evening had waited a long time to get tickets on the repatriation flight, part of the Centre's Vande Bharat Mission to bring back Indians stranded abroad in the coronavirus pandemic. For some, the homecoming never happened. 18 people were killed, including the two pilots.
Asad Rauf deprived Moin Khan of the strike in the penultimate over when Pakistan were 10 runs short of victory.
We have all had heroes. We have all wanted to be someone else. But there was nobody I wanted to be more than I wanted to be Sunil Gavaskar, notes Harsha Bhogle.
Mohammed Moin Khan allegedly kidnapped the infant who was sleeping with her mother on the roadside at 0030 hrs, and later raped her. The 24-year-old then took the victim to his house.
The 2020 race marks Biden's third attempt at running for US president. He first tried in 1988 but dropped out after allegations of plagiarism. He ended his second attempt in 2008 after garnering less than one per cent in the crucial Iowa caucuses.
Experienced Pakistan batsman Younis Khan says it will be extremely tough for the cricketers to go ahead with Wednesday's fourth One-Day International against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi following the killing spree at a Peshawar school.
'There used to be an explicit anti-Pakistan aggressiveness in celebrating India's victory. Perhaps it will vanish \n\nentirely one day, this hatred ingrained in our hearts.'
'If they play united, as a team, then they will perform well,' says wicket-keeper Moin Khan.
Despite his fine century, Hyderabad were bowled out for 231 on the first day of the Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra.
India's ODI series victory over Pakistan was celebrated by the bursting of crackers and beating of drums in Mumbai and Kolkata.
The Congress MLA and others were produced before a local court which granted them bail, the official said.
Younis Khan produced a fine all-round performance to guide Pakistan to a battling three-wicket win over Zimbabwe.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Younis Khan was also left out from a 22-man provisional squad for the five-match ODI series against New Zealand.
Razzaq hit 89 from 40 balls, but Pakistan, chasing 308, fell short by four runs in the fifth and final ODI.\n\n
Rajendra Nagar, a planned colony built after Independence, is the worst-affected area in the Bihar capital, seeing an unprecedented flooding which residents said has "exposed the under-preparedness of the corporation".
IPS officers Arvind Kumar and Samant Kumar Goel to head IB and RAW respectively.
Aditya Singh, playing his first season on the Royal Challenge Indian Golf Tour, fired a one-over 71 to tie with Manav Das.
The judge said that permission for prior sanction to prosecute Asthana was not required considering the facts of the case.
Pakistan suffered another setback in their ongoing 'home' Test series against New Zealand in the UAE with in-form opener Ahmed Shehzad being ruled out of the remaining two matches due to a cheek bone fracture.
Rediff.com's Uttam Ghosh looks on the lighter side of things surrounding the rivalry between India and Pakistan ahead of their World Cup clash in Adelaide.
The PCB in a surprise move has awarded a two-year contract to the national team's bowling coach Mohammad Akram.
Banned off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has been included in Pakistan's provisional World Cup squad of 30 players but it is subject to him clearing the informal biomechanics test in the United Kingdom.
