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Shikhar Dhawan picked up a deep cut on his left knee and had to go to the hospital for the treatment. The BCCI release stated: Sanju Samson was selected in the T20I series between India and Bangladesh but didn’t feature in the playing XI. He got dropped from the T20I series earlier when the selection committee led by MSK Prasad announced the squads a week ago. Also, Wriddhiman Saha injured his ring finger during the day/night Test match between India and Bangladesh....

The tournament was the first international event that Indian boxers were a part of since the lockdown enforced earlier this year in March. Amit Panghal, silver medalist at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the 52 kg-weight category, overcame the challenge from American boxer Rene Abraham. Panghal defeated Abraham in a dominating show of technical skills, winning the gold medal bout with a 3-0 scoreline. Former India Open gold medal winner Sanjeet was up against France’s Soheb Bouafia in the 91 kg final bout and produced a clinical performance to win the top honors....

Virat Kohli and the Indian cricket team were judged to be one over short of the target, even after considering time allowances. Match Referee David Boon imposed those sanctions on the Indian cricket team. The charges were leveled by on-field umpires Rod Tucker, Gerard Abood, TV umpire Paul Wilson, and fourth umpire Sam Nogajsk. Virat Kohli accepted the sanction as he pleaded guilty. According to Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, players are fined 20% of their match fee for every over their team fails to bowl in an allotted time....

The state associations have to nominate the list of clubs who would participate in the said competition by October 4. One of the criterions is that the club should have plied their trade in the local league and got good results. It is also reliably learnt that the Indian Super League (ISL) clubs who shall field a reserve team for the Second Division I-League wouldn’t be allowed to participate in the final round which will be conducted in a knockout format....

Nelson, 31, has been part of the Chennaiyin FC setup for the last two years and even lifted the ISL trophy with them last season. Nelson joined Chennaiyin from Bahraini club Al Muharraq. The Dutchman has represented Netherlands in the U-17, U-18 and U-19 levels. Nelson had his contract running until the end of May but he’s not part of Chennaiyin FC’s AFC Cup squad. He had a memorable first season with Chennaiyin but the club finished bottom of the table this ISL....

After losing all their matches, hosts India made a group stage exit, but Cooper said the Luis Norton de Matos-coached side deserved kudos. “I know the results have not gone their way but they must be very proud of their performances. Congratulations to the coach. He has created a real good identity. They should be very proud of what India have done,” Cooper said. “We made real point for the players to certainly watch the opening game....

India had bowled out the West Indies in the first session of the day. The hosts are trailing by three runs with Rishabh Pant (85) and Ajinkya Rahane (75) at the crease. Brief Scores: West Indies 1st innings: 311 all out in 101.4 overs (Roston Chase 106, Jason Holder 52; Umesh Yadav 6/88) India 1st innings: 308/4 in 81 overs (R Pant 85 batting, A Rahane 75 batting, Prithvi Shaw 70, Virat Kohli 45; Jason Holder 2/85)...

Football has the uncanny ability to make even strangers bond over a 90-minute game. The Germans are already aware of the contribution that Bhaichung Bhutia has made single-handedly to Indian football. At an interaction here after training, Bayern captain Philipp Lahm said, “At FC Bayern, we would like to contribute to the growth of Indian football. It is a great idea to play in Delhi.” French international and star winger in the Bayern outfit, Franck Ribery is looking forward to his maiden trip to India....

“We are giving tough competition to other countries at various international sports championships. In the recently held Asian Games, our stars bagged a number of gold and silver medals,” Singh said at the ninth Champions Run 2018 event here. India is not behind any other nation when it comes to sports, he added. India bagged 15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze medals in the Asian Games 2018 held in Indonesia....

The defeat now means that the team is now out of contention for a berth in Sunday’s final. “No, I am not happy with the performance. I am especially not happy with the way we started.” “Our performance in the first two quarters was very poor. Our scoring rate is very low. We had a lot of field chances today. Against New Zealand as well there were a lot of chances....

India began the fourth day on 151/3 with Pujara and Rahane at the crease. Both of them looked in attacking mindset putting pressure on Australian bowling line up. Pujara reached his 2nd half-century of the tour off 140 balls. Rahane played attacking strokes and got to his half-century off 111 balls. Pujara was dismissed by Nathan Lyon for 71 but not before he and Rahane added 87 runs for the fourth wicket....

Bangladesh eked out a thrilling two-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a nail-biting virtual semifinal last night to book a place in the final. “India are a very good side but we have the momentum, so hopefully we can continue the performance,” said Shakib. Talking about the semifinal, Shakib said: “You can’t expect more than that in a T20 game. There was everything. Emotions, drama, everything. We are lucky to be on the winning side....

Deepak Ahlawat scored six times out of 10 shots while Adithya Nagaraj scored four out of six for India. Karamjeet Singh scored five out of seven times and Harender Singh four out od seven times. At the Kopki indoor stadium, India scored 11 in the first period and 14 in the second, while Bahrain had 18 and 14 in the two periods respectively. India had lost to Chinese Taipei 18-28 in their opening preliminary encounter....

Defending champion Saina lost the first game 19-21 before making it 1-1 with spectacular and dominating shuttle play. She registered 21-14 and 21-19 in the final two games of the match that lasted an hour and 23 minutes. With this win, world No.6 Saina improved her head-to-head record against the No.8 South Korean to 6-1. However, Saina’s title defence will face a great Chinese wall when she will face Olympic champion and world No....

Just a couple of days away from the start of the Hawke’s Bay Cup, Indian women’s hockey team captain Ritu Rani has said that their pool match against Australia will be an important one. India have been placed in Pool A with China, the United States and Australia in the April 11-19 tournament. India will meet China (April 11) on the opening day before taking on the US (April 12) and Australia (April 14)....

At the end of the 2nd Test, all hopes seem to be gone, with former players and fans alike heavily criticising India’s batting display in the series with former England skipper Nasser Hussain claiming it to be “Men Against Boys”. Apart from batting one major area of criticism for India was their team selection for the 2nd Test. Here is India’s predictable XI for the third Test to show its MEN Against MEN and NOT BOYS....

Openers Haseeb Hameed (25) and skipper Alastair Cook (54) were the batsman to be dismissed close to the end of play. Cook’s dismissal ended the day’s action. Joe Root was unbeaten on 5 at stumps at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. India’s Ravichandran Ashwin claimed Hameed’s wicket (1/28) while Ravindra Jadeja (1/25) accounted for Cook. England now need 318 runs to win the match to take the lead in the five-match Test series while India need eight wickets to clinch the encounter....

Bangladesh sit pretty with a 3-0 victory over Sri Lanka in the opening encounter of the group, and India U-19 Head Coach Floyd Pinto is quite aware of the threats the Bangladesh team possess. “We watched them in their first match against Sri Lanka. Their physical presence and strength is remarkable. They are also really good on set pieces,” Pinto told www.the-aiff.com. “All of that means that we need to be on the top of our game....

The bowlers played their part in restricting Australia to 118/8 by the 19th over before rain played spoilsport. Subsequently, the batsmen made no fuss of an easy target of 48 in six overs and helped the team gain a 1-0 advantage in the series. Going into the match, skipper Virat Kohli and the team management wouldn’t want to make wholesale changes to a side which dominated the visitors in the last match....

Captain: MS Dhoni Coach: Duncan Fletcher Squad: MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, R Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Umesh Yadav, Zaheer Khan ICC Test Ranking: 4 Captain: Michael Clarke Coach: Mickey Arthur Squad (for 1st test): Michael Clarke, David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Mike Hussey, Brad Haddin, Dan Christian, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus, Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Nathan Lyon...