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Nidahas Trophy: India win toss, opt to bowl first in final
India won the toss and chose to field first in the final of the Nidahas Trophy tri-nation T20 series at the R Premadasa Stadium here on Sunday.After the toss, stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma described the wicket as dry and said teams have won chasing down here.Meanwhile, he announced a change in the playing XI from the one fielded against Bangladesh in the semi-final of the series. Jaydev Unadkat has replaced Mohammed Siraj.Bangladesh will play the same team which won them the semi-final against Sri Lanka.After losing to Sri Lanka in the opener, India are favourites to lift the title as they have registered three consecutive wins here, including two against their final's opponent.Bangladesh, on the other hand, reached the final with a thrilling win over the hosts.While Bangladesh have relied on their senior batsmen to make it to the finals, India have banked on youth in the absence of their key players.Captain Sharma has hit form with the bat while Washington Sundar has been doing ...
Nidahas Trophy: India to field in final against Bangladesh
India won the toss and elected to field against Bangladesh in the final of the Nidahas Trophy T20 tri-series at the R. Premadasa Stadium here on Sunday.
Aussies beat Indian eves by 97 runs to clean sweep series
Wicketkeeper-batsman Alyssa Healy struck her maiden ODI century as Australia defeated India by 97 runs to whitewash the three-game series here on Sunday.Healy slammed a 115-ball 133 to help Australia post a mammoth 333-run target.The right-hand batswoman decorated her innings with 17 boundaries and two sixes.Coming to chase down the target, Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues gave India a solid start.In 13.4 overs, the two took their side over 100. Rodrigues was dismissed on 42 in only her second ODI while Mandhana completed her half-century.Ashleigh Gardner stood out with the ball, as she claimed both the crucial wickets.Skipper Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur kept India in the hunt. However, the tourists hit back to dispatch Kaur for 25. She was soon followed by her leader Raj after scoring 21 runs.Deepti Sharma then strcuk 36 runs while Sushma Verma contributed with 30.With quick fall of wickets India fell short of 97 runs with 5.2 overs to spare.
India win toss, opt to bowl in final
India won the toss and elected to bowl against Bangladesh in the final of Nidahas T20 Tri-Series here today. India have made one change, bringing in Jaydev Unadkat in place of Mohammed Siraj. Bangladesh are playing an unchanged XI at the R Premadasa Stadium. Teams: India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Mehidy Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Nazmul Islam.
Lahiri slips to T-74, Stenson keeps lead
Anirban Lahiri endured a roller-coaster back nine to card a two-over 74 and slipped down to T-74 after the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational here. Lahiri had two doubles, on the 8th and the 18th and it made for a rather rough day, as he also endured two other bogeys on 10th and 11th. He did have four birdies, first on fifth and then in a space of four holes from 12th to the 15th at Bay Hill. Meanwhile, Swede Henrik Stenson did just enough to stay one shot ahead. Stenson missed a short birdie putt and a 12-foot eagle attempt on the back nine Saturday. He even had his tee shot knocked down by a gust of wind that led to bogey and closed out a one-under 71 to go into the final round with another chance to win at Bay Hill. Among the rivals in focus will be Tiger Woods (69), who is five shots behind in Tied-10th. Bryson DeChambeau also missed his share of chances in a round of 72 and was second one shot behind Stenson. A number of players are still very much in range, and one of
It's time ICC took teams' misbehaviour seriously (Column: Just Sport)
Bangladesh skipper Shaikb Al Hasan did a Sunil Gavaskar on Friday night, waving his batsmen to walk out of their virtual semi-final against hosts Sri Lanka in the Nidahas Trophy tournament in Colombo.
Purva Barve clinches Israel Junior 2018 badminton tourney
Defending champion Purva Barve won the Womens Singles (Under-19) title at the Israel Junior 2018 held in Rishon LeZion, Israel. Seeded No. 4 in the event, Barve, a trainee at the Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy, won the long drawn battle against third seeded and top-ranked Russian Anastasiia Pustinskaia21-19, 19-21, 21-13 in a match that lasted 66 minutes, a media release said today. "To defend a title is tough, no doubt. The field this year was tougher than last year and very competitive. I am happy to land the title once again," Purva was quoted as saying in the release. The title is her first in 2018 and third overall. Earlier she won the Israel Junior 2017, Italian Junior International 2017 apart from a bronze at the Russian Junior White Nights 2017. Ranked No. 20 on BWF Junior Rankings charts, Purva, in her run to the title, got past three seeded players - Anastasiia (World No 18), Elena Andreu (Spain; 41) and Anastasiia Shapovalova (Russia) (Russia; 34). NKBA ...
Vidarbha wins Irani Trophy
Reigning Ranji Trophy champions Vidarbha completed a coveted double crown by winning the Irani Cup beating Rest of India by virtue of massive first innings lead. The hosts had made a mockery of the contest when they decided to post a recprd total of 800 in their first innings and then bowled out Rest of India for 390 on the final day of the match. Vidarbha won by virtue of huge 404-run first innings lead. With Rajneesh Gurbani (4/70) doing the primary job of dismissing the top-order, left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate (3/97) polished the lower-order despite Andhra batsman Hanuma Vihari's gutsy 183. Out-of-favour India all-rounder Jayant Yadav scored 96 as the duo added 216 runs for the seventh wicket showing that there were no demons on the pitch. Vidarbha coach Chandrakant Pandit's decision to bat on and on in order to tire out the ROI batsmen yielded results. None of the top-order were able to show desired footwork after spending 15 hours on the field. Pandit's tactic got his team the
Aditi Tied-50th at Founders Cup in LPGA
Aditi Ashok fired three birdies against one bogey in a third round card of two-under 70 to slip further to T-50 from overnight T-39 at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup. Aditi, playing her first event in the US in 2018, birdied third, 11th and 16th and her only bogey came on the ninth as she totalled four-under 212. Meanwhile, Inbee Park started birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie in round three and looked set for a 59. But she cooled off a bit with two birdies over her next 12 holes, she closed with a 15-foot birdie on 18 to lead at 14-under. Park turned in a season-best 9-under 63. It's her best round on the LPGA since the 2014 Fubon LPGA Taiwan when she posted a 62. Mariajo Uribe is in second place at 13-under while Ariya Jutanugarn is in third at 12-under. Lying in tied fourth place was Laura Davies along with Chella Choi (66) turned in a bogey-free 9-under 63 to move from a tie for 39th to the lead at one point before Inbee Park moved in front. Davies made seven birdies and an eagle ...
Vidarbha clinch Irani Cup title for 1st time
Ranji Trophy winners Vidarbha grabbed their second title in the domestic cricket season as they won the Irani Cup thanks to their huge first innings total against Rest of India here on Sunday.
I have an offer from Chinese club, increase my salary: Miku tells BFC
Bengaluru FC forward Miku has said he has an offer from a Chinese club and urged the ISL team to increase his salary if they want to keep him. "I have an offer from a China club," Miku told a sports channnel after Bengaluru were beaten by Chennaiyin FC in the final of the Indian Super League here last night. "If they (BFC) need to keep me, they need to do something to increase my budget," he went on to say. However, the thought is not playing on his mind for now as he is focused on finishing the season. "The clubs in China pay six or seven times more than in India," he added. Miku has been the most treasured member of Bengaluru this year and was the leading goal scorer in the ISL, striking 15 times, which helped his side storm into the final. He had expressed disappointment after Bengaluru lost to Chennaiyin in an enthralling final. Bengaluru had become the first Indian football club to earn a transfer fee from a foreign club after a Chinese Super League team, Zhejiang Lucheng, had ...
Australia women whitewash India in ODI series
Australia women shone with the bat and ball to defeat India in the final rubber by 97 runs and whitewash the hosts 3-0 in the One-Day International (ODI) series at the Reliance Stadium here on Sunday.
Bengaluru FC owner to lodge complaint with AIFF over referring
Bengaluru FC owner Parth Jindal today said he will write to the All India Football Federation for using Video Assistant Referees (VAR) in the next Indian Super League season to cut out "erroneous" calls by referees. "Just saw the highlights - @UdantaK goal was not offside at all - @nishukumar22 should have had a penalty - really tough to take this loss - will officially write to AIFF to use VAR next season in the @IndSuperLeague," Jindal said in a tweet. Jindal was referring to Udanta's goal which was disallowed by the referee, who had red-flagged him for an offside. He was also referring to Nishu Kumar, who could have had a penalty after he was brought down by Inigo Calderon inside the box. Replays suggested that the decision could have gone the other way. The remark comes in the wake of Chennaiyin FC handing out a 2-3 defeat to Bengaluru in yesterday's ISL final.
Santosh Trophy remains a big supply line: Shabbir Ali
The national football championship for the Santosh Trophy may have lost its sheen to the likes of I-League and Indian Super League, but two-time winning coach Shabbir Ali feels it remains a supply line of players at the national level. Ali was given the task to coach Bengal in 2009-10 when Kolkata last hosted the tournament, and guided the team to a second successive title. In 2011, he was bestowed with the coveted Dhyan Chand award. Fancied Bengal had not won the national football championships for 10 years and the former India captain was given the task to end the prolonged drought. Bengal not only reclaimed the trophy but players like Arnab Mondal, Robin Singh, Denson Devadas and Shankar Oraon established themselves at the national level. "I was missing two of my key players. Abhijit Mondal, who sustained an arm injury during training, while Lalkamal Bhowmick was also left out," Ali told PTI from Hyderabad, on the eve of the 72nd edition of the Santosh Trophy that's getting ...
Santosh Trophy giants Bengal wary of defending crown at home
Their preparation hampered due to unavailability of players, 32-time champions Bengal were faced with the onerous task of maintaining a terrific home record as they geared up to open their Santosh Trophy campaign against Manipur here tomorrow. The city has hosted the tournament on nine occasions and every time Bengal have won with flying colours. However, this time the defending champions are wary of "lack of preparation" as conceded by coach Ranjan Chowdhury. "I don't recall a time when Bengal were so short of preparation. I think I am facing this situation for the first time. We are almost without preparation," Chowdhury said. Bengal did not get to train with five of its players, including captain Jiten Murmu, as they were busy with I-League second division commitments. In such a scenario, heavyweights like Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Kerala will look to breach 'fort Kolkata'. Bengal have qualified with an all-win record defeating Chhattisgarh (2-0) and Jharkhand (2-0) in Patna. They ..
Hopeful South Africa name Rabada in Test squad
Kagiso Rabada has been named in South Africa's squad for the third Test against Australia - but two other fast bowlers have been added in case he loses his appeal against a ban. Rabada's appeal against a ban for the last two Tests of the series will be heard by New Zealand judicial commissioner Michael Heron by teleconference on Monday, with a verdict due to be announced within 48 hours. Meanwhile, Duanne Olivier and Chris Morris have been included in a 17-man squad for the test that starts at Newlands on Thursday. Rabada was man of the match in South Africa's series-levelling six-wicket victory in the second Test in Port Elizabeth. But he made contact with Steve Smith after dismissing the Australian captain and was penalised three demerit points, which took him to the eight-point threshold which triggers an automatic two-match ban. If Rabada is absent, the selectors may be tempted to pick not just a direct replacement but to consider a also adding a fast bowling all-rounder such as .
Neeraj Rathi finishes 4th in Asian 20km Race Walking C'ship
India's Neeraj Rathi and Karamjit Kaur finished fourth and eighth in the men's and women's events respectively at the Asian 20km Race Walking Championship here today. Rathi clocked 1 hour 25 minutes and 33 seconds, while Kaur had a timing of 1:58:22. Rathi had finished third with a timing of 1:21.39 in the men's 20km event in the National Championships last month while Karamjit had won a bronze in women's 20km competition with a timing of 1:34.08. The top two finishers in the National Championships have been named in the country's team for next month's Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
PyeongChang Paralympics to conclude today
The 2018 largest Winter Paralympics will close on Sunday in PyeongChang after running over ten days.The 12th Winter Paralympic Games opened on March 9 and saw over record 567 athletes participating from 49 countries.The athletes were in fray for 80 gold medals, also a record for the multi-winter sport event for the disabled, reports the Yonhap News Agency.The United States topped the medal tally with 13 gold, 15 silver and eight bronze medals.Athletes from Russia, who competed as individuals, due to a state-sponsored doping scandal, won 24 medals which include eight gold, 10 silver and six bronze medals.Canada finished third, with nine gold, four silver and 16 bronze medals..
I have become less selfish now, admits Messi
Admitting that he has now become less selfish with age, star FC Barcelona forward said he has evolved into more of a team player.
Fenerbahce, Galatasaray play goalless draw in Turkey's clasico
The Turkish football clasico between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray ended in a scoreless draw, a result that loosens the latter's hold on the top spot in the Super Lig standings.