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Electing to bat after winning the toss, India made a strong start to the match with Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara smashing half-centuries each. However, with the batsmen failing to convert their starts to big totals, the Indian batting fell away in the lunch and tea sessions as the New Zealand spin trio of Mitchell Santner, Mark Craig and Ish Sodhi picking up six wickets between them. With Jadeja still at the crease batting on 16 along with Umesh Yadav, India could add a sizeable amount of runs to their total, but according to Gavaskar, the former can prove a big threat for the home side along with Ashwin....

It has been a great battle purely in terms of the sport as well. Who can forget India’s famous wins in major World Cups including the semi-final in 2011? Or Pakistan’s breathtaking Test wins in Kolkata and Chennai? Or India’s triumphant tour of the neighboring nation in 2003-04? The see-saw battles in Sharjah where Pakistan had the upper hand? Javed Miandad’s last-ball six in Sharjah or Sachin Tendulkar’s heroism in Centurion remain unforgettable moments in the annals of the game....

India India were in sublime form in the first test, putting their heavy thrashing at the hands of England firmly behind them. Despite playing without their frontline batsmen, they are still looking like a great team against Windies and they will be coming into this match as the more confident side after being 1-0 up in the series. Batting: With one eye on the forthcoming tour of Australia, all three of Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal could be in line to start in Hyderabad as India look to give their batsmen time in the middle....

Two Indian boys and girls also booked quota places for the 2018 Youth Olympics. 15-year-old Haryana girl Himani Kumari defeated her Mongolian opponent Bayasgalan Badamjuani 7-1 in the recurve cadet bronze play-off to bag the quota. Earlier in an all-Indian cadet recurve final, 14-year-old Akash, who also belongs to Haryana, defeated Dhiraj Bommadevara of Andhra Pradesh 6-4 to bag the boys quota for the Youth Olympics in Argentina. This tournament also serves as the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires....

This was the inaugural Governor-General’s XI T20 match and was dedicated to Peter Cosgrove, who is the current Governor-General of Australia. Less than four overs were bowled when a drizzle started. All-rounder Jess Jonassen led a 12-member Governor-General’s XI side. Heavy rain forced the players off the field when Governor-General’s XI were batting at 19/1. Grace Harris was run out for seven. The first T20I match is on January 26....

In case you didn’t know A lot of players from Africa come to the City of Joy every year to give trials at different Kolkata clubs, including East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan SC. Some are selected while others return to their respected countries. The heart of the matter Ghanaians Richard Teyi Akumiha and Teti Philip Aadza with the help of an agent from their country first got in touch with an Indian agent named Subrata....

Leading the pack in the men’s full marathon category is Nitendra Singh Rawat, who made his mark at the recently held World Military games and qualifying for the Rio Olympics. His focus is his competition with his international contemporaries and is hoping to break the current course record set by Ram Singh Yadav in 2012, 2:16.59. On his preparation for SCMM 2016, Nitendra Singh Rawat said, “All athletes have been training together for the last 9 to 10 months in Ooty and Dharamshala....

Along with these apps, the list includes two popular Chinese games that will not be available to download from Google Playstore and Apple Store from now on. In this article, we will find out if Mobile Legends, a 5v5 MOBA game has been banned in India. Is Mobile Legends banned in India? Unfortunately, Mobile Legends has been banned in India. Mobile Legends had over 100 million downloads, with a rating of 4....

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat at the Harare Sports Club but their woeful form continued as they were bundled out for 123 in 42.2 overs. India made light work of their reply and blasted their way to their victory target from 21.5 overs as Rahul (63 from 70 balls) and Fazal (55 from 61 balls) pummelled the bowling. Zimbabwe sacked experienced coach Dav Whatmore on the eve of the series and have since been trounced by an under-strength Indian side, who have won their three matches by eight-, nine- and now 10 wickets....

Having taken a 1-0 lead after 2 matches, the first of which was washed out, Dhoni called correctly at the toss and chose to make the most of good bowling conditions. With Rohit Sharma ruled out of the series with an injured finger, as expected, Ajinkya Rahane was slotted in the opening position, with 28-year-old Ambati Rayudu finding a place in the playing XI. Rayudu has played 13 ODIs, with an average of 32....

On her way to winning gold in the 100m dash, the 25-year-old clocked 11.44 seconds to erase the previous record of 11.57 seconds. Dutee Chand’s personal best of 11.17 seconds in 100m was also a national record set last year. The national champion was satisfied with her performance in Bhubaneswar, saying it was a positive start to a packed 2022 calendar. She said over the phone from Bhubaneswar: With Tuesday’s performance, the Odisha sprinter has also qualified for the World University Games in June....

South Africa But things are not the same for South Africa. They are unsure about their playing XI combination and losing a rare home series against Pakistan have only made matters worse. Jacques Kallis’s return to 50 over cricket has complicated things as the team management was forced to leave out either Faf Du Plessis or Ryan Mclaren. In the latter’s case, he was the man of the series in UAE last month against Pakistan....

Indeed, India are one of the favourites to become champion being the No. 2 ranked ODI team in the world. However, there is one problem which is still haunting the team and may come in between them and their title ambitions- the middle muddle or the fragile middle order. With Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli as the top three, India is a formidable side. When the trio or any of them come out all guns blazing it is almost certain to put a tough challenge before the opponents....

If one goes by the team which has been selected for Australia and New Zealand tours then Dinesh Karthik. Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav seem to be the players who are candidates for the Indian middle-order as it seems too much of an ask for KL Rahul considering his present form. MS Dhoni’s struggles while batting seem to be never-ending. Gone are the days when he used to finish matches for India, lately, he has been struggling to score runs even at a strike rate in the ’80s....

Put into bat, comeback man Shikhar Dhawan punched his way to 35 adding 60 for the opening stand before Woakes coming in as second change bowler blew away the top three to put the pressure right back on India. From 60 for no loss, India lost three wickets for 22 runs to end the session at 82 for 3. Dhawan was once again gone trying to poke at an away going delivery while KL Rahul (23) was trapped leg before by an incutter....

The potential COVID-19 vaccine has been developed by a Hyderabad-based Biotech firm, Bharat Biotech. India’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been named COVAXIN and has been developed in collaboration with the Indian Council for Medical Research. COVAXINE – India’s first COVID-19 vaccine candidate As per the initial reports, COVAXIN is an inactivated vaccine. It has been created from a strain of the infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus. It has demonstrated effective immunity and extensive safety responses during the preclinical studies....

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS): India’s Under-16 football squad, presently preparing in Goa for the FIFA 2017 U-17 World Cup, will leave early on Tuesday for an extensive exposure tour to Germany for almost two months. The trip would be followed by the AFC U-16 Qualifiers in Tabriz City, Iran, from where the colts would proceed to Spain to compete in the AGS Cup in the third week of September....

Aniket, along with Mumbai-born Non-Resident Indian Namit Deshpande, are the only two players representing Maharashtra in the India squad. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje, a descendant of Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj of Kolhapur and Rajya Sabha Minister of Parliament, who helped Aniket secure an admission to Pune’s Krida Prabhodini school met Aniket’s parents at their residence at the fifth lane of Shahupuri, Kolhapur. Aniket’s parents, Anil and Kartiki were honoured by the Raje, who is the patron of Kolhapur Sports Association....

KUWAIT CITY: If you want to witness character on football field, come watch India’s U-16 boys. Down by two first-half goals, the grit, determination, the one-twos, all combined together with the fighting spirit was displayed to around 2,000 NRIs that Indian football is promising to storm into Continental Championships very soon. Krishna Pandit reduced the margin for India in the 64th minute as India went down fighting 1-2 in their last match of the U-16 AFC Qualifiers at the Sabah Al-Salem Stadium....

Batting first, India posted a total of 321 for the loss of five wickets in 50 overs. Akhil Herwadkar and Ricky Bhui scored half-centuries for the home team while Shreyas Iyer destroyed the Australian bowlers en-route to his 67-ball 109, a knock that included six sixes and ten boundaries. In reply, Australia were 156/3 by the end of 30 overs as rain intervened. The Kangaroos were off to a very good start but were pegged back by the introduction of slow bowlers, who applied brakes on the scoring rate....