Markram continued his impressive start to his Proteas career, striking 15 boundaries in a well-crafted 94 and Amla made 82, having been dropped by wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel on 30, but India hit back after tea at Centurion. Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 3-90 and Hardik Pandya produced a moment of brilliance to run out Amla as South Africa, handing a debut to paceman Lungi Ngidi, slipped from 246-3 to 269-6 at stumps....
Los Angeles, July 24 (IANS) India would have their hopes pinned on the 242 differently-abled individuals who will be competing at the Special Olympics World Summer Games starting here on Friday. In the last Special Olympics World Winter Games at Pyeong Chang, South Korea, India bagged 46 medals - 13 gold, 17 silver and 16 bronze - from among 2,200 athletes from over 120 nations. So the success has prompted athletes to train harder and hope they can outdo their performance in 2013....
India’s emphasis on team defensive drills under Coach Scott Flemming came to its rescue in yesterday’s match against Afghanistan. This was a do-or-die encounter for both teams, as the third side in the tournament, Nepal, had already been knocked out after losing both its games. Afghanistan and India share an entertaining basketball rivalry as the two best South Asian Basketball nations. This match was expected to go right down to the wire and was a lot closer than the score line suggested....
The women’s hockey team continued its poor show in its first Olympic appearance in 36 years, suffering a 1-6 thrashing against third-ranked Australia in the pool phase. Bombayla advanced into the 1/8 Eliminations round, beating Taipei’s Shih-Chia Lin 108-101 at the Rio Olympics here on Wednesday. Bombayla won 108-101 via 27-24, 27-24, 26-27, 28-26 at the Sambodromo. Earlier, she defeated Austria’s Laurence Baldauff 105-98 in the 1/32 eliminations in the women’s individual round match....
Team India is proving their mettle in each of the departments. The team looks to be in a great composure and space. This team contains a well graded mixture of crafty, quality and experienced players. Yet there are some points on which the team needs to ponder upon as these are serious threats looming over their future probability to win the tournament. The concern of No.4 slot is well documented and is a major point of discussion....
Indian fans have started raising hopes after they saw their batsmen hit 400 at Sydney. A total reached with some amount of labour, with four batsmen crossing 60 (Ashwin being second highest scorer for India in series, so far, should be considered a batsman!) and three more reaching double figures. This was the first time in 22 overseas innings that India managed this score – yes not even at West Indies could we manage 400....
The tournament starts on 14 February, with co-hosts Australia and New Zealand taking on England and Sri Lanka respectively, while the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) will host the final on 29 March. “I’m delighted to be part of this historic occasion as today we officially start the countdown to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, an event that, over the past 40 years, has become a truly global event,” said ICC President Alan Isaac said....
The Blue colts head into the tournament after an intense training camp in Bhubaneshwar, and will look to build on their successful run in Vanuatu last month, where they finished in first place. Floyd felt all the players are in the right frame of mind to carry forward the “winning momentum.” “After the good showing in Vanuatu the mood camp is very positive. All the boys are focused and determined to take the winning momentum into the SAFF Championship....
The first game of this 3-match series will begin at 1:30 PM IST at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The team combination of India will be the centre of attention as skipper Virat Kohli had disclosed that he does not mind batting at the number 4 position in order to include all the three in-form openers Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul. In this scenario, either Shreyas Iyer or Rishabh Pant may miss out on a spot because Iyer is the team’s regular number 4 batsman and if he comes down the order then there is no place for Pant....
The Australian captain Aaron Finch asked India to bat first after winning the toss. The top order consisting of Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, and Ambati Rayudu went back early. India promoted Vijay Shankar ahead of MS Dhoni. It paid rich dividends for India as he responded with an eye-catching innings. The Tamil Nadu all-rounder made 46 runs before he got run out at the non-striker’s end. Virat Kohli’s 40th ODI century ensured that India posted a fighting 250 runs on the board....
Rohit Sharma is always in the lethal form when it comes to limited overs cricket, ever since he was asked to open the innings. He is the only cricketer to score three double centuries in ODI cricket and four centuries in T20 Internationals. One of the major reasons for his big scores is the six-hitting skills he possesses. He has broken the record of scoring most International sixes in a calendar year in 2017....
Starting the day on 152/1, New Zealand got off to the worst possible start to the day as they first lost Tom Latham and then Kane Williamson in quick succession. In between, the player with the most Test runs in this side was also dismissed for a duck. Although they did well to get to lunch having lost just one further wicket, their chances of taking a lead had reduced dramatically....
The schedule for the series is as follows: 1st T20I: 24th January 2020 in Eden Park, Auckland 2nd T20I: 26th January 2020 in Eden Park, Auckland 3rd T20I: 29th January 2020 in Seddon Park, Hamilton 4th T20I: 31st January 2020 in Westpac Stadium, Wellington 5th T20I: 2nd February 2020 in Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui India is fielding their full strength team in this series, with the only exception of Shikhar Dhawan, who has been ruled out because of injury....
With the Test series just around the corner, avid fans of the game must have been pondering over the stats game between the two sides. When going over the Test stats between the two supreme cricketing nations, one interesting stat to study is the number of 10-wicket hauls, simply because only a handful of men have ever claimed 10 wickets in a match. Taking 10-wickets in a match is no easy task simply because it demands sheer focus, grit and consistency to be able to bowl at the highest level across a 5-day Test match....
By all means, this was a complete match for India as several of the players who were making a comeback into the playing eleven stood out for the hosts. We rank the different players from the Indian team in this slider. (out of 10) Murali Vijay: 8.5 The Tamil Nadu man was making a comeback of sorts after his position at the top of the order was taken away by Shikhar Dhawan....
Though he missed out in Eden Gardens, Rohit was at his attacking best today and scored a match winning 111 not out. Shikhar Dhawan gave great support during the opening stand, though the slowness of his innings was a major reason India didn’t reach 200. The Windies bowlers looked out of sorts on a slow and sluggish wicket which was difficult to bat on. There was hardly any innovation seen as the visitors just tried to bowl wide outside off....
The Blues have a total of 1404 points, while they had 1412 points when the last ranking was released. The last match India played was on 4th January 2017, in a friendly encounter where they won 3-1 against Bangladesh in Siliguri.Chelsea kid to ditch England for Nigeria The lack of inactivity for more than two months was the prime reason for the drop in places. The team is in action early next month in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifiers in Pyongyang....
But it wasn’t easy by any means, as they had to claw their way back from two sets down and steal the 24-21 victory from the grasp of the UAE Royals. Unfortunately for them, they next face a team who are riding ridiculously high on confidence. The defending champions Indian Aces have just hammered the Philippine Mavericks 30-12 – the biggest winning margin at this IPTL. With the arrival of WTA Finals champion, Agnieszka Radwanska, the Rafael Nadal-led Aces juggernaut looks set to crush everything in its path....
In an Instagram Live session with David Warner, Indian cricket team batsman Rohit Sharma opened up on that incident and also chatted about how Shikhar Dhawan is ‘irritating’ to bat with. A post shared by David Warner (@davidwarner31) on May 8, 2020 at 4:42am PDT However, Rohit Sharma was also quick to point out the qualities Shikhar Dhawan brings to the fore, mentioning that it allowed the former the requisite time to settle himself before going after the bowlers....
