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Pro Kabaddi: 21 players retained by 9 franchises
After five highly successful seasons, the Kabaddi League, India's biggest domestic sporting league, gears up for yet another season of thrilling action, with the announcement of the "Elite Retained Players".The League today announced the name of the players who would continue their association with their respective franchises for the sixth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, beginning October 19, 2018.Ahead of the sixth season of the IPL, a total of 21 players from the fifth season of the league were retained by their respective franchises.Meraj Sheykh, Pardeep Narwal, Ajay Thakur and Sandeep Narwal are among the elite players who have been retained by the nine franchises.Anupam Goswami, League Commissioner, Pro Kabaddi said, "The League is strongly in favour of team stability and instituting it at a policy level to enable strong team structures. The player retention framework has been strengthened to encourage continuity and a longer term association between player and franchise, to ..
CSK's Kedar Jadhav ruled out of IPL
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Kedar Jadhav has been ruled out of the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), owing to a grade-2 hamstring tear.Jadhav sustained the injury during the team's tournament opener against the Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.Jadhav batted at the number four spot in CSK's chase but retired hurt, as he felt some discomfort, only to return at the fall of the ninth wicket when his team required seven runs to win from the last over.He then struck a six and a four against Mustafizur Rahman to clinch a thrilling one-wicket win."Him being ruled out is a big loss for us. He was a very key player for us in the middle order," ESPNcricinfo quoted Michael Hussey, batting coach, Chennai Super Kings as saying.Jadhav was among Super Kings' most expensive picks at Rs. 7.8 crores at the IPL auction, earlier in January.CSK will play their next match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday.
Pune Open Golf Championship to tees off on Thursday
A galaxy of Indian stars including Asian Tour regulars Chiragh Kumar and Rahil Gangjee, will vie for honours when the Pune Open Golf Championship tees off at the Poona Club Golf Course on Thursday. The tournament which is the sixth event of the PGTI's 2018 season, will see the participation of Ajeetesh Sandhu (a winner on the Asian Tour last year), Khalin Joshi, Rashid Khan, S Chikkarangappa, Himmat Singh Rai and Viraj Madappa. The other prominent Indian names in the field are Shamim Khan (2017 PGTI Order of Merit champion), Udayan Mane, Harendra Gupta (2016 champion), Mukesh Kumar and Shankar Das. The foreign challenge will be led by defending champion Anura Rohana of Sri Lanka as well as his compatriots N Thangaraja (2018 PGTI Order of Merit leader) and K Prabagaran, Bangladesh's Md Zamal Hossain Mollah, Australia's Kunal Bhasin and South African Damian Naicker. The host city of Pune will be represented by professionals Gurki Shergill (winner of 8th TATA Open 2009), Pravin Pathare, .
PCB officials get visas for ICC meet in India
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi and Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmad have been issued visas to attend the International Cricket Council (ICC) meetings in Kolkata from April 22nd. Although they were apprehensions that the PCB officials might face difficulties in getting the Indian visas for the ICC meet, apparently behind the doors contacts between the ICC and BCCI have resulted in the visas being issued by the Islamabad based Indian High Commission. Sethi and Subhan will be flying to Kolkata on April 21st for the meetings at which Pakistan's security arrangements and organization of the PSL matches and T20 series against the West Indies in Lahore and Karachi will be discussed, a source in the PCB said. Giles Clarke, the head of the ICC's special task force on Pakistan cricket is also due to submit a report on the return of international matches to Pakistan. Sethi will be using the meetings to meet with other board officials to convince them to send their teams to
India women's team lose to England by eight wickets
The Indian women's team produced a listless performance with the bat to suffer a crushing eight-wicket defeat against England in the second one-dayer of the three-match ODI series here today. English bowling duo of Danielle Hazell (4/32) and Sophie Ecclestone (4/14) returned with four wickets each to dismiss India for a paltry 113 in 37.2 overs after the hosts won the toss and elected to bat. Smriti Mandhana (42) and Deepti Sharma (26) were the top scorers for India as five batswomen scored in single digits while two of them were out for naught. Chasing 114 for a win, England never looked like in trouble as Danielle Wyatt (47) and Tammy Beaumont (39) shared a 73-run opening stand to take the game away from India. Wyatt scored five boundaries and two sixes in her 43-ball innings, while Beaumont hit three fours during her patient knock. After left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht dismissed Wyatt and first-down Amy Jones (0), Heather Knight then took the team home with an unbeaten 26 off 42 balls .
Sindhu fit for CWG singles: Gopichand
Forced out of the gold medal winning mixed team campaign due to an ankle injury, top shuttler P V Sindhu has recovered to be fit for the singles event of the ongoing Commonwealth Games, national coach Pullela Gopichand said today. "She is fine now and will compete in the singles competition," Gopichand said when asked about Sindhu's fitness status after India upstaged three-time defending champions Malaysia in the finals today. "She had an ankle injury, which was not major but we did not want to risk her when Saina was giving us the results we wanted. Now she has recovered and will be there from April 11," he added. Sindhu, who was to captain the side, had sustained the injury during a practice session in Hyderabad before arriving here for Games. She was, however, present on the sidelines during all the matches India played, vociferously cheering the team.
India stun three-time defending champs Malaysia to claim CWG badminton team gold
The legendary but on the wane Lee Chong Wei was one of the casualties as a rampaging Indian mixed badminton team claimed its maiden Commonwealth Games gold medal, thrashing three-time defending champions Malaysia in the final here today. The pair of Satwik Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa claimed the mixed doubles match against Peng Soon Chan and Liu Yong Goh 21-14 15-21 21-15, before Kidambi Srikanth stunned three-time Olympic silver medallist Lee 21-17 21-14 in straight games, his first victory over the Malaysian giant. "Perhaps Lee was not at his best but then you can never be too sure against a player like him. You always have to be on your guard, which I was. And I also gave my best. I was not expecting it to be this easy," Srikanth told PTI after one of the biggest wins of his career. "Pressure was there on him but Srikanth enjoys pressure and that got him the result," added chief national coach Pullela Gopichand. The Games debutant men's doubles pair of Rankireddy and Chirag ...
CWG: Mixed day for India on day 6 (Athletics Roundup)
It was a mixed day for India in the athletics events as high jumper Tejaswin Shankar and sprinter Muhammed Anas entered the finals, while Hima Das advanced to the semi-finals. There were disappointments too, with Suriya Loganathan and shotputter Tejinder Pal Singh failing to make their mark at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Monday.
CWG: Mehuli still has room for improvement: Coach Karmakar
Though lauding 17-year-old shooter Mehuli Ghosh for her silver medal-winning performance in the 10 metre Air Rifle event at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG), coach and former Olympian shooter Joydeep Karmakar said he is not over the moon just yet.
Axar to play for Durham in County C'ship
Left-arm spinner Axar Patel is the latest Indian cricketer to join the English county cricket bandwagon as he is set to play six Championship (first class) matches for Durham in August. Axar thus becomes the fourth India player after skipper Virat Kohli (Surrey), Cheteshwar Pujara (Yorkshire) and Ishant Sharma (Sussex) to decide to play county cricket. Even out of favour fast bowler Varun Aaron will turn up for Leicestershire for a few games. India's limited overs specialist will play at a time when the national team will engage in a Test series, starting August 1. Axar is unlikely to be in contention for a berth in Test squad unless Ravindra Jadeja is ruled out. According to Durham club's official website, Axar will make his County debut on August 19 against Glamorgan in an away game at SWALEC ground in Swansea. This will be followed by matches against Northamptonshire, Sussex, Middlesex, Leicestershire and Warwickshire. "Thanks a lot @DurhamCricket for the welcome. Look forward to ..
India's mixed badminton team clinches maiden CWG gold
India's mixed badminton team put up a commanding show to clinch its maiden gold medal, defeating three-time defending champions Malaysia 3-1 in the final of the event at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Monday.
Kedar Jadhav ruled out of entire IPL due to injury
Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Kedar Jadhav was today ruled out of the rest of the Indian Premier League (IPL), due to a hamstring injury which he suffered in the season-opener against Mumbai Indians on Saturday. Jadhav has suffered a grade two tear, coach Michael Hussey informed. Unfortunately for us, Kedar Jadhav has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament. His hamstring scan didn't come back so good. I believe it is a grade two tear. He is going to be out for some time. We haven't picked a replacement yet, We will go through that process," Hussey said ahead of clash against Kolkata Knight Riders. "It is a big loss for us. He is a very good player for us, a key player for us in the middle-order," Hussey said. Jadhav returned from the dugout for a final over flourish to seal the game in favour of CSK after Dwayne Bravo set up the win.
Playing 400 T20 games itself a milestone: Pollard
Kieron Pollard, who has become the first player to play 400 Twenty20 matches, today said he celebrated the milestone by wearing the Mumbai Indians jersey with that number in the IPL lung opener on Saturday. Pollard has so far played 414 T20 games, in which he has scored 8,048 runs, with highest being 89 not out and has also taken 251 wickets. Pollard's fellow-West Indian all rounder Dwayne Bravo also donned the Chennai Super Kings jersey with no 400 on it in the IPL lung-opener to celebrate his own landmark of 400 wickets in T20 games. "It is just something that Bravo and I came up with. He is the first bowler in T20 cricket to take 400 wickets, and I am the only player so far to play 400 matches. At the young age of 30, being able to play 400 matches, I think that in itself is a milestone in a format (in which) none of us thought how much we would end up playing when we started our career in cricket. That was the reason (to wear those jerseys)," Pollard told reporters here. Pollard ..
Ankita breaks top-200 barrier, only third female from India to do so
Ankita Raina today became only the third Indian woman tennis player to breach the top-200 rankings in singles as she jumped 15 places to reach a career-best 197 in the WTA chart. The 25-year-old Ankita, who trains with Hemant Bendrey when she is in the country, is the first player to achieve the feat since Sania Mirza put India on the singles map with her remarkable achievements over the years. Ankita is the only third player after Sania and Nirupama Vaidyanathan to made it to top-200. While Sania, winner of six Grand Slam titles in doubles, touched a career-high of 27 in singles in 2007, Nirupama's best rank was 134 in 1997. "I have done so much hard work and has remained patient to get this point. I was between 200 and 250 bracket for some time and it takes time to break the barrier. It's tough out there," Ankita told PTI from Japan, where she is competing on ITF circuit. "I went up and down in my career but my coach and my parents kept belief in me. My brother has also supported me
Suriya runs personal best but finishes 13th in 10,000m
Suriya Loganathan ran her personal best but that was good enough for a 13th place finish in 10,000m race while shot putter Tejinder Pal Singh Toor took the eighth spot with a below-par show on the second day of athletics competition in the Commonwealth Games here today. Suriya fractionally ran better than her earlier personal best of 32:23.96 as she clocked 32 minute and 23.56 seconds to finish 13th in a field of 19 at the Carrara Stadium tracks. Stella Chessang of Uganda won the gold in 31:45.30 while Stacy Ndiwa (31:46.36) and Mercyline Chelangat (31:48.41) took the silver and bronze respectively. In men's shot put, Toor could only come up with an effort of 19.42m, nearly one meter outside his personal best of 20.40m to end his campaign in disappointment. Four of his six attempts were sub-19m while he fouled the fifth one. His best throw of 19.42m came in the third attempt. Quartermiler Muhammed Anas qualified for the finals after winning his semifinal heat in 45.44 seconds. Anas ...
CWG: Lifter Gurdeep finishes fourth in +105kg event
India's lifter Gurdeep Singh finished fourth in the Men's +105 kg event at the Commonwealth Games here on Monday.
Hardik looking good, will be fine: Rohit
Hardik Pandya had twisted his ankle during Mumbai Indians opening game against Chennai Super Kings and skipper Rohit Sharma said the Baroda all-rounder looks fine and hoped he would be in good shape when they take on Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday. The freak injury had happened off the final delivery of the Mumbai Indians innings bowled by Dwayne Bravo. Pandya wanted to go for a second run but twisted his ankle. "He's looking good for now. He twisted his ankle but he came (back on the field) and bowled four overs. We still have three days (for the next match, against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 12). I think he will be fine," Sharma told reporters here today. The MI captain was speaking after launching 'AlphaBounce Beyond', a running footwear by adidas, in presence of his teammate Kieron Pollard. MI were defeated by CSK by a wicket and a ball to spare in a thriller courtesy a whirlwind 30-ball 68 by West Indian Dwayne Bravo and some late hitting by Kedar Jadhav. Sharma said his side .
CWG: Anas enters 400m final
India's Muhammed Anas entered the final of the men's 400 metre event at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Monday.
CWG' 18: Indian men's table tennis team strike gold
A day after the Indian women's table tennis team recorded a major upset in the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games by beating defending champions Singapore for gold, the men's team emulated them by scooping up the gold medal with a 3-0 win over Nigeria in the finals here on Monday.India put themselves ahead with the help of Sharath Achanta's 11-5, 11-4, 11-9 win over Bode Abiodun of Nigeria in the men's singles event.Sathiyan Gnanasekaran then doubled his side's lead by bouncing back from the game down to eventually clinch a 10-12, 11-3, 11-3, 11-4 win over Segun Toriola.In the third match, the Indian pair of Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran swept aside the Nigerian team of Olajide Omotayo and Bode Abiodun 11-8, 11-5, 11-3 to seal the deal for India.Earlier, India got the better of Singapore after they came back twice from behind to win the contest 3-2 in the semi-finals.The win for the table tennis men's team came just a day after the Indian women bagged their first-ever gold in .
India's results on Day 5 at CWG
Indian contingent's results on Day 5 of the 21st Commonwealth Games here. ATHLETICS Men's High Jump: Tejaswin Shankar finished fifth. Women's 400m heats : Poovamma Raju Machettira finished fifth; Hima Das finished third. Men's 400m: Muhammed Anas qualified for final. Men's Shot Put Final: Tejinder Singh finished eighth. Women's 10,000m Final: Loganathan Suriya finished 13th. BADMINTON Mixed Team Event final: India beat Malaysia 3-1(GOLD) BOXING Men (60 kg round of 16): Manish Kaushik beat Michael Alexander 4-0. Men ( 52kg Round of 16): Gaurav Solanki beat Akimos Annang Ampiah 5-0. LAWN BOWL Women's pair - India beat Wales 20-16 Women's Triples Sectional Play- Fiji beat India 23-15 Men's Singles Sectional Play : Krishna Xalxo beat Cephas Kimwaki Kimani 21-12. SHOOTING Men's 10m air pistol: Jitu Rai (GOLD); Om Mitharval (BRONZE) Women's 10m Air Rifle- Mehuli Ghosh (SILVER); Apurvi Chandela (BRONZE) Men's Skeet: Smit Singh finished sixth; Sheeraz Sheikh failed to qualify for ...