Nadal, a former seven-time champion in the Italian capital, had dominated the Austrian to win the Madrid Masters final last week.
Two-time winner Mumbai Indians will lock horns with Rising Pune Supergiants in the title clash in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Steel magnate Usmanov already had a previous bid for Arsenal rejected and has been critical of Kroenke`s passive ownership style in the past.
Regulars Marquinhos, Miranda, Marcelo and Dani Alves were also spared the trip Down Under.
"Because of my improved ranking after the first three tournaments of my return, I will also be playing the qualifying of Wimbledon in Roehampton, and will not be requesting a wildcard into the main draw," said Sharapova on her website.
Rohit however failed to finish off the chase, getting out after scoring 26 runs 24 balls in the 13th over.
Sent into bat, KKR were bowled out for 107 runs in 18.5 balls, and Mumbai chased down the target with 33 balls to spare at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Chairman of All India Minority United Council Syed Atif Ali Qadri on Friday said he would reward Rs. 20 lakh to the person who puts " Kulbhushan Jadhav's shoes around Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's neck and parades him across India."
Two suicide car bombers blew themselves up at checkpoints on a highway near oilfields in the southern Iraqi province of Basra on Friday, killing several people.
North Korea`s deputy U.N. envoy said on Friday that the United States needed to roll back its "hostile policy" toward the country before there could be talks between the pair.
But what stood out was his bowling figures, 3-1-7-3, with 14 off those 18 deliveries returning as dot balls.
Seven people have died and 19 fishermen are reported lost at sea after two days of heavy rain lashed Haiti, the interior ministry said on Friday.
At least 15,000 tourists are believed to have been stranded after a massive landslide occured near Vishnuprayag on Badrinath route in Uttarakhand on Friday.
Welcome to our live coverage of the second Qualifier of the IPL 2017, between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, being played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
Swedish prosecutors dropped an investigation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday over a rape allegation.
Asia-Pacific nations will try to rescue a massive trade deal scuppered by the United States pulling out pullout of the United States, a source involved in discussions told AFP Friday, as delegates meet in Hanoi for key talks this weekend.
There will be no planned announcement on Friday of US President Donald Trump`s nominee for FBI director.
Italy's cabinet approved a law on Friday obliging parents to vaccinate their children against infectious diseases as politicians spar over a spike in measles cases.
On the sidelines, a visibly stunned Ambani was left gasping, hands in her mouth.
North Korea's deputy UN envoy said on Friday "it is ridiculous" to link Pyongyang with the WannaCry "ransomware" cyber attack.
After a breather from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence case, India said on Friday that it is not aware of former naval officer 's location or health condition in Pakistan.
June 19 is the first formal day of talks between Britain and the European Union (EU) about its withdrawal from the bloc.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday stirred a hornet`s nest by making a controversial statement on deaths caused due to swine flu."This keeps happening.
At least 60 people were killed as rival Libyan forces clashed at a southern air base on Thursday.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday dismissed reports of the Income Tax department raids on 22 locations in Delhi and adjoining areas on charges of alleged 'benami' deals worth Rs 1,000 crore linked to him and his family members.
