After clinching the One-Day International series 3-0, it was expected to be a cakewalk for the Indians in the T20Is as well. But the hosts did well with both the bat and ball and the young Indian side was tested for the first time on the tour on Saturday. Batting first, Zimbabwe posted a challenging 170/6 in their 20 overs. India kept on losing wickets at key moments, but somehow were able to cope with the required run-rate....
In case you didn’t know… Abneet Bharti is the only Indian footballer to be playing for a European Club at the moment. He is currently plying his trade in Portuguese third division (Campeonato de Portugal) side SU Sintrense as a central defender. Bharti started his youth career with Singapore Premier League side Geylang International FC. He also played for Balestier Khalsa in the Singapore Youth League. The 19-year-old made history when he was offered a contract by Spanish Side Real Valladolid in 2014 as a youth player....
ATHLETICS: Men’s 20 km walk: Irfan Thodi, Manish Singh Rawat (02:30 IST) Women’s 20 km walk: Khusbir Kaur, Soumya Baby (04:45 IST) Men’s 400m (Heat 1): Muhammed Anas Time (11:15 IST) Men’s Shot Put Qualifying Round Group A: Tejinder Singh (12.05 IST) WEIGHTLIFTING: Women’s 69kg: Punam Yadav (05:00 IST) Men’s 94kg: Vikas Thakur (09:30 IST) Women’s 75kg: Seema (02:00 IST) HOCKEY: Women’s Pool A India vs England (05:00 IST)...
Kaur was found to have breached the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “Showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during an International Match.” The charge was brought by on-field umpires Billy Taylor and David Millns. The batter admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by ICC Match Referee David Jukes. As such, there was no need for a formal hearing. All Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand and a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s match fee....
Adelaide Oval has always been a happy hunting ground for the Indians. They have always looked to compete at this venue and have not meekly surrendered to the Aussies on previous occasions. Let us now reminisce the top 4 moments of the Indian cricket team at this venue. While the first encapsulates the individual brilliance of Virat Kohli and is worth mentioning, the rest of the three moments highlights India’s memorable victories at this venue....
It was the team’s final preparation game before next month’s FIFA U17 World Cup where India are set to play USA, Ghana and Colombia in Group A. As expected, the Portuguese coach used the opportunity to try out all his players, putting out two different teams in each half and expressed his satisfaction at the scoreline. “This match was very important for us as it was the last international before the World Cup....
Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bowl first in Ranchi. India went unchanged from last game while Australia had Jhye Richardson coming in for Nathan Coulter-Nile. Australian openers started on a great note. After surviving a few close calls, out of form Aaron Finch got in his groove as well. Khawaja and Finch rotated the strike consistently and hit a lot of boundaries. Just when it looked like Australia will easily get to 350, India fought back in the middle overs....
It didn’t stop there as the war of words continued between both Wade and Jadeja. It seems that Jadeja might have used unparliamentary language against Wade, which prompted a hilarious reaction from the Australian. Footage of the argument has gone viral on the internet in which the Victorian asked the Saurashtra all-rounder “What does M*******d mean?” You can find the video of the conversation between Wade and Jadeja here (from 1:55:31 to 1:55:50)....
The Indian side suffered an demoralizing 10-wicket loss in the first ODI but they left the scars of that match behind and made an emphatic comeback. Now, both the teams will face off in the finale this Sunday at Bengaluru. Generally, the pitch at the Chinnaswamy stadium has been batsman-friendly, so we can expect a run-fest on Sunday. This is the same venue where Rohit Sharma recorded his first ODI 200 in 2013, against Australia....
India Test captain Virat Kohli said the team generally bats in order of match day batting line-up on the eve of a Test match. “We basically do that segregation according to who’s had batting practice on the previous day. Generally, on the day before the match, we stick to the batting order,” Kohli told reporters at a media meet here. “Sometimes it does happen that a player wants a throw-in and doesn’t prefer batting at that point....
1st T20I - January 5 (Sunday) | Venue - Guwahati | Start time - 7:00 PM (IST) 2ndT20I - January 7 (Tuesday) | Venue - Indore | Start time - 7:00 PM (IST) 3rd T20I - January 10 (Friday) | Venue - Pune | Start time - 7:00 PM (IST) Also see – ICC Under 19 world cup winners list During the upcoming series, Shikhar Dhawan and Jasprit Bumrah will be making their comeback into the playing XI after missing out the previous series due to injury issues....
The Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vizag has hosted 4 ODI till now, with India winning each of them. West Indies has played one game at this venue only to come out second best in the contest. The pitch normally is a slow turner but Andhra Pradesh has been hit by a cyclone and Vishakapatnam has received incessant rainfall in the last couple of days. If the weather holds up, the seamers will definitely come into action with the dampness prevalent in the atmosphere....
After their humiliating 4-1 series defeat in England, the Indian team will be desperate to redeem themselves, in this series. Nothing less than a 2-0 series victory, against this mediocre West Indies team, will make the Indian team happy. Moreover, this series will provide India, a chance to get their batting line-up settled, before their all-important Australia tour, in November. It was because of batting failure, that India lost two close test matches in England and hence lost the series 4-1....
#5 Windies down but not out There is no doubt that the Windies has been abject throughout the tour. But, with a few moments of brilliance in the Test and ODIs, they were just rolled over as India dictate terms. A lot more was expected in the T20Is, the format where they are the current world champions. However, their record this year is anything but the opposite of that. They have played 11 T20I matches this year and has only managed to win 2 out of those....
India play a three-match T20 series against the visiting West Indies this month, and that would be an opportunity to evaluate the performance of the players who haven’t yet confirmed their place in the squad. Here’s a look at 3 players who would be under particular scrutiny: 3. Kuldeep Yadav Once an indispensable part of the Indian limited-overs set-up, Kuldeep Yadav finds himself fighting for a place in the team in the shortest format....
Speaking to Bangalore Mirror, Vinod Rai said: “I can’t comment on rumours. Why should the BCCI pull out of the Champions Trophy? Why? Doesn’t the Indian public want us to participate in the tournament? Everybody says we can withdraw from the Champions Trophy. Is it feasible? Will there not be a huge backlash? Gone are the days when we could threaten and get away.” Extra Cover: ICC set to enforce radical changes to all three cricket formats...
The team, consisting of 14 boys and five girls and led by chief coach Wazir Singh, are hoping to qualify for the Youth Olympics to be held at Nanjing in August. In the previous 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics, the Indian athletes won two silver medals via 400 metres hurdler Durgesh Kumar Pal and discus thrower Arjun Kumar. The current team is upbeat after their week-long camp and Wazir is confident that everyone will try to better their Personal Bests which can ensure an impressive haul of medals....
However, the British-Cypriot coach is taking nothing for granted and wants to ensure the best pool of players are selected to represent the national team, especially with the looming Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Asian Cup 2019 qualification group stages. “A quick look back at 2016 saw our Indian National Team make significant steps forward both in the FIFA rankings and on the pitch,” began Constantine, on his personal blog. He continued, “We started the new year ranked 129th our highest position for 10 years, and won 9 from the last 11 games....
