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The second Test match between India and Bangladesh was a historic game as it was the first time India hosted a Pink ball Test. With Sourav Ganguly at the helm of things as the president of the BCCI, he left no stone unturned to ensure success. The overall efficiency and conviction with which the match was converted into a visual experience was extremely heartening to see. Well ahead of other teams in the ICC World Test championship, team India now shift focus to attaining glory in the ICC World T20 to be played in Australia next year....

In front of a smattering of spectators at Trent Bridge, India quickly took the one wicket it needed on the final day of the third test to clinch a 203-run victory. England leads the series 2-1 with two tests left, the next match starting in Southampton on Aug. 30. India captain Virat Kohli dedicated the win — just the country’s seventh in tests on English soil — to those affected by the floods in the Indian state of Kerala that have left more than 200 people dead and sent more than 800,000 fleeing for dry land....

On Monday, the recurve B team bagged a silver medal after loosing a shoot-off to Korea while the mixed team of A ensured a bronze after defeating the Mexican pairing. Atanu Das, Thupuvoyi and Sanjay Boro, a literal ‘B team’ in the men’s recurve, performed brilliantly as they came back from going 0-4 behind to the Koreans in the final match to complete a great comeback to level the scores and force a shoot-off....

India won the T20 series quite convincingly only to be outplayed by the hosts in the ODI series. “You have to score 400 runs in an innings in Test cricket in order to be competitive. If they get 400 runs in the first innings, they will win,” Ganguly told reporters at Eden Gardens today. The fifth-ranked Test side England have failed to win any of their last three series with just one match won as top-ranked India would fancy their chances...

Times of India states that the boy was identified as 13-year-old Adira Gagaranga of the Pandraguda village. India TV News reports that Adira was attending a missionary school in the city of Cuttack, but was studying from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to multiple reports, Adira’s village didn’t have cell service, so he regularly climbed a nearby hilltop in search of a network so that he could attend his classes....

The context The 37-year-old climber had returned from a previous expedition to the Everest only on the 16th of May for the fourth time in six years. After a short period of rest, she set out to repeat the 8,848 metre (29,028 feet) climb again. Jamsenpa started her fifth ascent on the 19th of May, after receiving blessings from the Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, and climbed almost without any break from the Everest Base Camp at 17,500 feet....

Scheduled to be flagged off from the iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the event will see participation from Indian athletes and Amateur riders who will be competing for a prize money fund of INR 10 lakhs. Up to 10 lucky participants in the Green Ride will stand a chance to win bicycles on event day. Commenting on the launch of the event, Manorama Devi said, “This is a great initiative by PCRA, Cycling Federation of India and DO IT Sports Management....

After impressing in a very short two-day stint in February, Lallianzuala Chhangte was called up for yet another trial recently. In fact a week ago, the 22-year-old travelled to Norway for the one-week trial with Viking FK and the outcome seems to be a positive one. Chhangte is expected to complete his medical before signing for the club. The deal couldn’t be completed during the previous trial in February as a couple of hurdles came in the way for both the player and also Viking FK....

Earlier, we reported that Xisco had rejected an offer from Spanish third-division side Real Balompedica Linense and the ISL champions offered him an extension. However, it seems that negotiations have broken down and the 29-year-old is heading North. Before signing for Bengaluru, Xisco played for the likes of Elche, Puertollano, RCD Mallorca, Lleida Esportiu, Atletico Baleares, CF Reus, and Gimnastic de Tarragona, in various divisions of Spanish football. Xisco is a product of the RCD Mallorca youth academy and played for their B team alongside the aforementioned clubs in the Segunda Division B - Spain’s third Division....

After West Indies bowled India out for 367 to concede a 56-run lead, the home team bowlers rattled the Caribbean top-order for the fourth successive time. Effectively, the West Indies are 20 for six with a late third day finish looking imminent. The West Indies second innings started with Umesh Yadav on (split) hat-trick but Kraigg Brathwaite (0) survived one delivery before gliding another drifting down leg-side into Rishabh Pant’s gloves....

(Eds: updating with more details) Palembang, Aug 19 (PTI) India opened its account in the 18th Asian Games with a bronze medal after Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar cracked under pressure to finish third in the rifle mixed team shooting event here today. The Indians aggregated 429.9 after 42 shots in the 48-shot final and were in second spot for major part of the 48-shot finals before China overtook them to take the silver....

If the bowlers were special to start with from the beginning of the tournament, the batting too came to the party in the semi-final. Yash Dhull, the captain and Shaik Rasheed, vice captain, look two of the best batsmen on view in the tournament. So is it fair to say that Indian cricket’s supply like looks real good. I asked Deep Dasgupta who was hugely excited after the semi-final win and spoke about the team’s terrific show -...

This is India’s Dream Team because, in every playing position, India has an immensely talented player. Manjeet Chhillar is a giant of the sport and perhaps the world’s best defender. Anup Kumar is unparalleled whether as a raider or as a captain with an uncanny knack of assessing match situations and turning it in the team’s favour. On the other hand, there are dynamic young players like Rahul Chaudhari and Pardeep Narwal who can single-handedly win matches with their performances....

A stand-off between the government and an 81-year-old archery administrator is threatening to pierce India’s hopes of a swift return to the ranks of the International Olympic Committee. The Indian Olympic Association’s membership of the IOC was suspended in December after Lalit Bhanot, who is facing corruption charges over the scandal-tainted 2010 Commonwealth Games, was elected its secretary general. Indian government and sports officials have been invited to two days of talks from Monday at the IOC’s Swiss headquarters with all sides apparently keen to bring India back into the fold....

“A phase three is inevitable, given the higher levels of circulating virus but it is not clear on what time scale this phase three will occur. We should prepare for new waves,” K VijayRaghavan, the Indian government’s principal scientific adviser, said at a press conference Wednesday. He added: “Scientists of India and all over the world are working to anticipate these kinds of variants and act against them rapidly by early warning and developing modified tools....

Virat Kohli’s team, who lost the final game at The Oval by 118 runs, stayed at the No.1 spot with 115 rating points. England, however, managed to edge past New Zealand (102 points) and climb to the No.4 spot. The Indian took a drop of 10 rating points, having had started the series with 125 points in their kitty. Led by Joe Root, the England side defeated India in comprehensive fashion in the Test series, losing only one of the five Tests, and now are just one point behind South Africa and Australia, who have 106 points each....

Day one of the third Test between India and England saw some exhilarating action, with the hosts ending the day with an upper hand having taken England’s eight wickets and England putting 268 runs on the board. Here are all the stats from day one of the third Test: 6 – The number of batsmen tried at number 4 by England in Tests this year. It is the most by any team in 2016....

After David Warner and Aaron Finch decimated the Indian bowling in the opening one-dayer at Mumbai, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul combined to help India draw level at Rajkot. Rohit Sharma then joined the party with a century in the decider at Bengaluru as India triumphed by seven wickets. For Australia, Steve Smith excelled with 98 and 131. However, lack of support from the rest, barring Marnus Labuschagne, hurt the visitors in a big way....

This is an age old adage that we keep hearing time and again. And, if there is one place where this is true in the sporting world today, then it has to be the current state of the Indian cricket team. Only two batsmen can open an innings, and India have three of them in the side. There is Rohit Sharma, who is the vice-captain of the side. He had a stellar 2019 with the bat, dismantling bowling attacks across the world with disdain....

All the anticipations of a close contest came to a halt when visitors were bowled out for 107 in the first innings. English batsmen added further to their woes by putting a solid total and ended up taking a lead of 289 before declaring. Nothing changed for India in the second innings as they bundled out for 130 this time. England won the match by an innings and 159 runs, thus taking a 2-0 lead in the series....