Skipper Virat Kohli won a crucial toss and hence had the luxury of avoiding to bat last on a surface which was expected to deteriorate as the overs trickled by. Despite a solid start to the innings, the question marks surrounding their batting lineup’s ability to pile on formidable totals remained as India could only manage 318. Having gotten themselves to 159/1, the Kiwis let slip the momentum by collapsing in a heap to spin....
However, a win doesn’t guarantee that everything went according to plan. So, here are the biggest positives and some negatives for India from this series. Positive #1: The resurgence of Mohammed Shami When Mohammed Shami first burst onto the international scene, he caught everyone’s eye due to his ability to take wickets with the new ball and at the death in limited-overs cricket. He was quite rightly the leader of the Indian pace attack for the 2015 World Cup....
The number 1 team in the world were put under pressure at different times of the first Test match, but they managed to gain the ascendancy as the match scuttled along on the fifth day while Sri Lanka somehow managed to stay afloat by the skin of their teeth to salvage a draw. However, two key components to India’s dominant display in Kolkata, Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been released from the squad and this translates into a new-look Indian team for the second Test....
Statistical Highlights of this Match # India and West Indies were meeting for the first time in England after almost 3 decades. The last time they met in England in 1983 World Cup Final. This was 107th match between both the teams. Though West Indies had won more matches against India overall, India has been dominating WI for half a decade now. India and West Indies were playing their 4th match in ICC Champions Trophy....
“Playing the No.1 Test team at home will be tough. But the Indian players have experience against the South African pace attack from playing against them in the Indian Premier League (IPL),” Rhodes told IANS via an email. The 44-year-old, who has played 52 Tests and 245 One-Day Internationals for South Africa from 1992 to 2003, however said that the Indian pace attack has variety to do what is required of it....
Wynnerrr, a popular Youtube channel for Football Manager enthusiasts tried to answer this question. With the help of a mod on Football Manager 15, he gave all Indian clubs across all three leagues the best of facilities for scouting and training young talent, such as state-of-the-art training facilities, top youth academies, exceptional junior coaching and extensive youth recruitment. After making these modifications, he proceeded to simulate the gameplay 25 years and assessed the result in between....
The pressure is on India to deliver without their regular skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. Having lost the ODI series, England has a golden opportunity to end this tour on a high. The Indian team lost the opening T20I by 41 runs while chasing 161 runs on the board. Having won the toss, the hosts elected to field first, but the decision backfired soon enough as England got off to a flying start....
With his age crossing 46 and a disappointing run of form, there were even calls for the five-time classical champion to bring an end to his career. However Anand, like so many times before, overcame the odds and criticism to show that he is far from done. Talking about age-defying feats by Indian chess stars, another name that springs to mind is a certain Nihal Sarin. At just 13 years of age, International Master Sarin has taken the chess world by storm and is already touted as a future Top 10 player....
Argentina-born Swede Nieva said his expectation also includes a gold and anything less than that will be a below-par result for the hosts. “I expect at least three medals, including a gold. We will not be satisfied if we can’t achieve that. Everything more than 3 medals will be a bonus and great result for us,” Nieva said ahead of the elite International Boxing Association (AIBA) event which will be held here for the first time from November 15 to 24....
Located in a state of the art campus in the heart of India’s business capital, Mumbai, the Global Institute of Sports Business has been created as an industry-driven approach to sports management education focused on furthering individual growth, fostering student employability and generating sector impact. The Institute was established to address the growing demand for professionals with relevant educational background and training to join the $700 Billion USD global sports industry....
This is the third time the country has qualified for the continental showpiece. India have qualified for the AFC Asian Cup finals only twice in the past 37 years. The last time it happened was in 2011 and their only appearance before that was way back in 1984. Rowllin Borges opened the scoring for India with a fine right-footed volley in the 28th minute, skipper Sunil Chhetri restored the lead, after the hosts conceded one, with a strike in the 60th minute, while Macau conceded an own goal in the 70th minute to dig their own grave at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium....
In their quarterfinal encounter, Spain took an early lead through Xantal Gine when she converted a penalty corner in the seventh minute. India came back and levelled the score three minutes later through Monika. Spain skipper Bonastre Berta put them ahead again (30th) but India retaliated and levelled terms just at the stroke of half time with Navneet Kaur scoring in the 34th minute. The second half belonged to India as they breezed to a 4-2 lead by the 48th minute with goals from Vandana Kataria and Rani, securing a last-four berth for the first time....
India are currently one of the favourites to lift the Cup after having fallen short in the semifinals last time around to Australia. They won the World Cup in 2011 back in India, defeating Sri Lanka in the final of the tournament. The 2007 tournament was a one to forget for the Men in Blue as they were knocked out in the group stages. India are currently the no. 2 side in ODIs, behind England, who recently defeated India in the ODIs and Tests held in England....
NEW DELHI — Thousands of Indian Muslim men packed into Delhi’s largest mosque, Jama Masjid, for Friday afternoon prayers. After prayers, Indian flags appeared. And so began their protest for a pluralistic nation that opposes their prime minister’s Hindu nationalist agenda. With the mosque’s red sandstone minarets behind them, the demonstrators waved the tri-color orange, green and white national flags along with copies of the Indian constitution, shouting “Azaadi,” Urdu for freedom....
The 24-year-old Indian hurled the spear to a distance of 89.30m in his second attempt, to improve his own national record of 88.07m, set last year at a domestic meet in Patiala, Punjab. The Indian superstar finished second, but failed to break the 90m barrier in the competition. The Turku competition was Chopra’s first competition of 2022. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games held last year in Japan, the Indian thrower won gold with a distance of 87....
“We have been meeting at regular intervals. And, besides 2020, of course the discussions are also being held for 2024 and 2028. We debated several issues and brought to the table ideas that can eventually be implemented to bring in greater synergy among all the stakeholders and supplement the efforts being made by different segments.” Panel member Abhinav Bindra, India’s lone individual Olympic gold medalist, said: “The task is not easy, but we have worked hard and made recommendations that we feel are necessary to deliver some tangible results in the short-term....
Even the England openers, Keaton Jennings & Alastair Cook looked highly uncomfortable apart from the last game when Cook scored a match-winning ton to sign off with a win. A lot of credit here has to go to the Indian fast bowlers for bowling exceptionally well and not giving the England openers too many loose balls. All three of them showed that on current form, they would have got most batsmen in the world out....
As we move towards the third Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham starting tomorrow (Saturday, 18th August), here is a look back on how India has fared at the same venue over the years. In the span of 59 years, India has played six Tests at Trent Bridge and the following pages chronicle the efforts of the visitors. #1. India on tour of England in 1959, First Test Result: India lost by innings and 59 runs...
The hosts made a good start as after the end 27 overs, India were 134 for the loss of 1 wicket. KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan had stitched together a 121-run partnership before the Karnataka batsman was dismissed for 47 runs from 61 balls. Virat Kohli came out at number four and that’s when everything went downhill for India. The hosts lost both Dhawan (74 runs off 91 balls) and Kohli (16 runs off 14 balls) quickly and India could never recover after that....
