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Mandeep Singh (17) and Harmanpreet Singh (34) scored one each from India, while Ashley Jackson (35) found the mark once for Great Britain. India also have to thank their goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh who stood like a rock before the British attackers. The match got delayed for about 20 minutes due to rain. But from the outset it was the hosts who were on the attack. Sreejesh had to make two vital stops in a matter of a few minutes but then India slowly crawled their way back into the contest....

India will be targeting the top spot in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test rankings when they host the Kiwis in the first match of the three-Test series at the Green Park Stadium here from Thursday. It will also be the 500th Test for India, who made their debut as a Test cricket playing nation against England in 1932. “More often than not, if you are fearless, the results will fall your way because you are willing to take extra risks in the course of the game....

India goes into the continental quadrennial show-piece as favourites and will be looking to clinch their eighth gold medal in the Games to be hosted by Indonesia from August 18 to September 2. “Yes, 100 per cent. We want to continue the tradition and our aim is to bag the gold medal. We cannot think anything other than that,” Goyat told PTI during an interaction. Goyat said the Indian team has the benefit of having many raiders and their defence is also up to the mark even in the face of some strong opposition from the likes of Korea, Iran, Pakistan and Bangladesh....

Rijiju made the comments during the opening ceremony of the third edition of the Ultimate Table Tennis season today. Rijiju lauded the efforts of TTFI and UTT for conceptualizing the league and conceded that India has a lot of potential in TT.“In recent times, we have seen that table tennis is on the rise and they have been winning medals at many international tournaments. The sport has immense potential and I hope someday we will win an Olympic medal in table tennis,” Rijiju said during the opening ceremony....

”We should play against a team with higher rank before playing Iran. Playing Nepal is not enough,” the winger was quoted saying. India, who lost their first two game against Oman and Guam in the qualifiers, both by identical scores of 2-1 will now face the toughest task in the group in the shape of Iran in Bengaluru on the 8th of September. Fernandes, however, feels there is still some hope for the team heading into the business end of the qualifiers so they have to try to do their best....

In limited-overs cricket, India’s top-order and bowling department have been highly consistent in the last few years. The one area of concern for the team was that they struggled to get their middle-order combination right. Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant played a couple of useful innings in the recent past and showed some promise in the middle-order role. Virat Kohli and co. will be anticipating that these players will continue their good form during the upcoming series and cement their spots in the playing XI....

The second-seeded Senthilkumar produced a stunning show of guts and resilience to come back from two games down and beat the fourth seed Mohammad Al-Sarraj of Jordan 12-14, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7. The marathon battle lasted 56 minutes. The Chennai boy was not the only medal winner from India. The contingent of 31 players added two more medals – a silver in the boys’ U-17 category and a bronze in the boys’ U-15 section....

Team India’ record with the DRS in the current England series In the current England series, aside of Umpire’s call, India had used the DRS on 12 occasions while on the field bowling. Out of the 12 occasions that they had challenged the umpire’s decision, only once against Adil Rashid in the first Test, were they precise as their review was upheld. On all the remaining 11 occasions, their reviews were struck down....

Kolkata, Nov 18 (PTI) The BCCI will squeeze in a camp for the Indian cricket team ahead of its gruelling South Africa tour, the Board’s acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary said today. The BCCI’s upcoming SGM may discuss the contentious issue of including Pakistan in the FTP, Chaudhary added. It is learnt that the SGM has now been rescheduled to Devember 9 from previously slotted December 1. “There will be a camp ahead of the South Africa tour....

Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and decided to bat first. Jasprit Bumrah got the Indian team off to a great start by dismissing Aaron Finch for 0. Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis found it hard to time the ball on a tough wicket. Both took Australia to 38 for 1 at the end of 10 overs. Usman Khawaja reached his fifty off 74 balls. Kedar Jadhav got the important wicket of Stoinis for 37 as the duo added 87 runs for the second wicket....

This is a sublime chance for the Indian bowling unit to bowl with vigor and help Team India record their first series win Down Under, as the Australian batting unit is among the weakest to play against India. The hosts have lost two of their best players in Steve Smith and David Warner to ball-tampering bans, creating a very big talent gap that India bowling unit should definitely look to take advantage of....

With 858 runs under his belt, Agarwal is closing in on a unique record. The 28-year-old needs just 142 runs to breach the 1000-run barrier in Tests and if he manages to achieve the feat in his next innings - in the upcoming Eden Gardens Test - he would become the fastest Indian to the milestone, surpassing Vinod Kambli, who needed 14 innings to notch up his 1000th Test run....

With Indian team being low on confidence and already being 2-0 down in the five-match series, there is absolutely no room for any error. With the third Test match between India and England starting from 18th August 2018, there are certain things that need to change for India before the third Test match actually starts. So, let’s have a look at the three things that need to change if India are to win the third Test match against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham:-...

England 1st innings 283/10 India 1st innings : Murali Vijay c Bairstow b Stokes 12 Parthiv Patel lbw b Rashid 42 Cheteshwar Pujara c Woakes b Rashid 51 Virat Kohli c Bairstow b Stokes 62 Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Rashid 0 Karun Nair run out (Buttler) 4 Ravichandran Ashwin c Buttler b Stokes 72 Ravindra Jadeja c Woakes b Rashid 90 Jayant Yadav c Ali b Stokes 55 Umesh Yadav c Bairstow b Stokes 12...

1 - Virat Kohli is the first Indian cap to score a century and a duck in the same Test. He is also the 18th batsman overall. 2 - Virat Kohli stands second on the list of most fifty-plus scores in a calendar year by an Indian captain. Here are the top-3: 4 - Kohli became the fourth captain to score nine international centuries in a calendar year. The others are:...

The Indian motorcycle and scooter manufacturer had also decided to sponsor the I-League, the country’s premier division league and the Federation Cup which is a knockout-based tournament. Good samaritans Ashutosh Mehta & Jayesh Rane rush to the aid of suffering Mizoram people “Yes, they (Hero MotoCorp) have come onboard for the Indian senior national team and the other age group sides as well,” informed Kushal Das, the general secretary of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), to Goal....

The defender played an integral part in Akbar Nawas’ setup and went to make 23 appearances in the I-League and Super Cup. He scored twice on the final day of the I-League season against Minerva Punjab - proving to be the separating point between the Champions and runners up East Bengal. The centre-back formed a terrific partnership with Spaniard Roberto Eslava at the back. Bora is a very good reader of the game and likes to command his team from the back....