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KXIP out to prove themselves in IPL 2019
Having never won the Indian Premier League (IPL) title, Kings XI Punjab will aim to claim the title for the first time in the 2019 edition of the lucrative Twenty20 tournament.
Bengaluru FC sign Alex Barrera on short-term deal
Bengaluru FC have signed midfielder Alejandro 'lex' Barrera Garca, the Indian Super League club announced on Saturday. The 27-year-old midfielder joins on short-term deal till the end of the season replacing Australian Erik Paartalu who has been ruled out of action since picking up an injury against Chennaiyin FC on February 9. "Losing Erik Paartalu ahead of games that will decide the season for us has been a big blow. He was crucial in our midfield and his winning character helps us in the tough games. But we have to accept the circumstances and move on. "In Alex we have a temporary replacement who brings with him experience and physicality in the middle of the pitch. We are sure he will help us as we enter the home stretch," said Blues' head coach Carles Cuadrat. The midfielder, who will be plying his trade outside Spain for the first time, said he was upbeat about the opportunity to take the field for the Blues. "Since I was playing regularly before coming to India, I am fit and ...
Teenaged Dagar lone Indian to make cut in Canberra, lies 23rd
India's Diksha Dagar displayed her consistency with a second straight round of one-under 70 to make the cut at the ACTWEAGL Canberra Classic on Saturday. With rounds of 70-70, Diksha was two-under at 140, tied 23rd and nine shots behind the leaders, Slovenia's Katja Pogacar (64) and Dutch Anne Van Damm (63), at the Royal Canberra. The leaders were 11-under and breathing down their neck was Carly Booth of Scotland who shot six-under 65 to be third. The 18-year-old Haryana golfer, Dagar, starting from the tenth got her first birdie on the 11th and parred the next 10 till the fourth, which she bogeyed. Birdies on fifth and seventh brought her to two-under par, but a late bogey on eighth, her penultimate hole of the day, saw her finish at one-under 70. India's other players Vani Kapoor (72-75), Tvesa Malik (76-74), Amandeep Drall (73-78) and Astha Madan (77-76) missed the cut, which fell at one-over and 58 players including one amateur made the cut. Dagar played at the Asian Games as an ..
Hyderabad ODI: India to bowl first against Aussies
Australia won the toss and asked India to bowl first in the first ODI of the ongoing five-match ODI series here at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Saturday.Following the toss, Indian skipper Virat Kohli said he was looking to bowl first, considering the pitch conditions.Talking about the team combinations, Kohli informed that Ambati Rayudu, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma and Kedhar Jadhav make their way back into the ODI team."We would have bowled first. Chasing has been our strength. The groundsmen say the ball comes to the bat better under lights. Just continue what we did in New Zealand and Australia in the ODIs. That's exactly what we need to do. I feel we are pretty balanced as a squad. We are playing Jadeja and Kuldeep. Two fast bowlers, Vijay Shankar, and that gives us depth in the batting," Kohli said.Australian captain Aaron Finch, on the other hand, made two changes in the team from the second T20I."It does look quite dry, hopefully, we can post a ...
India unveils new jersey for World Cup 2019
Indian Cricket team has unveiled their new jersey for the upcoming World Cup.Virat Kohli, captain of the Indian cricket team, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni and Prithvi Shaw were present from the Men's team to mark the launch of the new jersey, while from the women's team Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues took part in the event.The men's team will sport the jersey for the first time during the five ODI's against Australia, beginning today.As a special feature, the jersey sports the dates of India's past World Cup triumphs- the ODI World Cups in 1983 and 2011, and the T20 World Cup win in 2007 behind the back collar."This is our new jersey, which we will be sporting during the ODI series. It helps to be agile on the field, one interesting fact is, along with all the colours, the dates when we won the first World Cup, the T20 World Cup, and our second 50-over World Cup winning date in Mumbai," Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI), quoted Rohit Sharma as saying.
One step away from 100th title, Federer feels it is 'still far'
Twenty times Grand Slam champion Roger Federer, who is currently participating in Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, is just one win away from clinching 100th tour-level title of his career but the tennis ace believes that the achievement is "still far". Federer's final hurdle in the tournament is Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece who had showed him the door during the 2019 Australian Open and the Swiss player is well aware of how dangerous Stefanos could prove to be in the deciding match."[Stefanos] showed me at the Australian Open, how hard he is [to play. I hope I'm going to play well... We're still far from [reaching 100 titles], it seems. I'm just going to try to focus and play good tennis," ATP quoted Federer, as saying.The Swiss player had registered a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 victory over Borna Coric and was quite satisfied with his game on the day."I was really happy with my play today. In terms of feeling, [this match] was definitely by far the best one [this week], so that was ..
1st ODI: Australia win toss, opt to bat first
Australia captain Aaron Finch won the toss and opted to bat first in the first One-Day International (ODI) against India here on Saturday.
Real Madrid coach praises Vinicius despite lack of goals
Real Madrid's Argentine head coach Santiago Solari has defended Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior against criticism over the player's lack of goal scoring.
Kapur shoots 67, in line for a good finish in NZ Open golf
India's Shiv Kapur shot a fine five-under 67 to make an upward move that put him in line for a good finish at the 100th New Zealand Open golf tournament here. Kapur, who won three times in 2017, has brought along his family to the event. And the relaxed feeling showed as he shot six birdies against one bogey that took him to nine-under to jump to tied 17th from tied 26th overnight. Among others, S Chikkarangappa (68) moved one place up to tied 25th after being tied with Kapur overnight. The third Indian in fray, Ajeetesh Sandhu shot two-under 70 and is now placed tied 42th. Australian Zach Murray (70), who began the second day with a five-shot lead, is now 17-under, just a shot ahead of Kiwi Josh Geary (63) at 16-under. Kapur birdied the first, third and ninth to turn in three-under and added a fourth on 12th to make it four-under. A bogey on 13th set him back before back-to-back gains on 15th and 16th saw him close the day at five-under and put him in with a chance of a good ...
Ramos will be sorry if we win: Ajax's De Jong
The illegal efforts to force a second yellow card by Real Madrid's captain and defender Sergio Ramos were ill-advised and should Dutch team Ajax prevail in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 he will rue his actions, midfielder Frenkie de Jong has said.
Australia win toss, opt to bat against India in 1st ODI
Australia captain Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to bat against India in the first ODI of the five-match series here on Saturday. India included Ravindra Jadeja in the playing XI in place of Yuzvendra Chahal, who has been rested. Teams: India: Virat Kohli(capt), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah. Australia: Aaron Finch(capt), Usman Khawaja, Marcus Stoinis, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Ashton Turner, Alex Carey, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Jason Behrendorff.
Confident about my death bowling skills, says Adil Rashid
England's leg-spinner Adil Rashid has found a new role in the English Cricket team as he has been entrusted with bowling the death overs in the ongoing series against Windies."I have got my game plans and confidence knowing that if I do bowl at the death, I look at it as a chance to get three or four wickets rather than getting hit, if I get thrown the ball now, I am definitely confident about it," International Cricket Council(ICC) quoted Rashid as saying."There may be days when you get smashed for sixes but it is about having the confidence and belief that it only takes a miscue for you to get them out and it can start rolling from there. My mindset is definitely to try to create chances and get wickets. If there is a risk of going for six, six, six and then wicket, that is the job I have to do," he said.Adil Rashid was the game changer for England in the fourth ODI of the five-match series against Windies as he was able to pick up four wickets in five balls in the 48th over to ...
I have learnt a lot from Chahal, says Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal have developed a sensational spinning duo among themselves enabling the Indian team to be consistent in the middle overs, picking up wickets at regular intervals and drying up the runs for the opponents."When you play together regularly, you learn from your partner. So I have learnt a lot from him. Whenever we play together, we try and improve together,"ESPN Cricinfo quoted Kuldeep as saying."Also in general, since my younger days, my coach made me bowl from the centre wicket and challenged the batsmen to hit sixes, so the fear disappeared right from the early stages of my career. You cannot become a good spinner if you do not overcome that fear and just think wickets. That is what Chahal and I have done. The middle overs are important in ODIs - if you do not attack, teams will get 320, so the focus is on picking up wickets in the middle overs," Kuldeep was quoted as saying.Kuldeep who is slowly adapting to the change of playing in both white-ball ...
New Zealand record their highest test score
New Zealand have posted their highest Test match score in the ongoing Test match between New Zealand and Bangladesh.The Kiwis posted 715 runs on the board for the loss of six wickets on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh.Kane Williamson, the captain of New Zealand completed his second double century and now he has nearly 900 runs in the eight Tests New Zealand have played in the past year.Colin de Grandhomme, the all-rounder played an unbeaten knock of 76 runs from 53 deliveries which included five sixes.New Zealand surpassed their previous highest Test score of 690, which was achieved against Pakistan in Sharjah in the year 2014.In this record-breaking score posted by New Zealand, Tom Latham made 161 runs and Jeet Raval played a knock of 132 runs putting on a record 254 run opening partnership.The Kiwis now lead Bangladesh by 481 runs as the tourists were bundled out for 234 runs in the first innings.
Markram, Behardien create List-A partnership record
Aiden Markram and Farhaan Behardien created a List-A partnership record for the sixth wicket as the duo put on 272 runs for the Titans in a match played against Cape Cobras at Cape Town.Both the batsman stitched together a partnership when the team was in trouble. The Titans were reduced to thirty-one for five. The partnership between the two enabled the team to put on 320 runs on the board for the loss of six wickets.This partnership helped the Titans register a comfortable win over Cape Cobras by 83 runs.The duo came together in the last ball of the 13th over and were separated in the final over. The previous record was held by Luke Ronchi and Grant Elliot, who put on 267 runs for New Zealand against Sri Lanka in Dunedin in January 2015.Markram who came to bat at number 5 position played a knock of 169 runs off 129 deliveries and later on, he was able to pick up two wickets as well.Behardien scored 111 runs of 100 deliveries.Titans take on Warriors next on March 3 while Cape Cobras .
Lahiri shoots par, lies three behind leaders in Florida
Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri fired an even-par round of 70, but dropped a few places to tied 13th at the midway stage of the Honda Classic at the PGA National here. Lahiri, whose best finish this season has been tied 10th at the Mayakoba Classic in early November, has missed his last two cuts at the Desert Classic and the Genesis Open. So, to find his putting form and make the cut in a decent position here Friday, was indeed a good beginning before the upcoming weekend. Lahiri is three-under and tied 13th alongside first round leader, Jhonattan Vegas (64-73), wile Korean Sungjae Im and American Keith Mitchell are tied for the lead at six-under. Lucas Glover, who won the US Open exactly 10 years ago in 2009 at Bethpage, is third at five-under and a big crowd that includes Brooks Koepka are fourth at four-under. The bunch includes Freddie Jacobson, Kyoung-Hoon Lee, Adam Svensson, Sung Kang, Adam Schenk, Ryan Armour, Wyndham Clark, and Danny Lee. In his second round at the Honda Classic,
Augsburg beat Dortmund in Bundesliga tie
German Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund succumbed 1-2 against Augsburg here, suffering only their second league defeat this season.
Global Poker League India (Season 1) set to Premiere on Colors Infinity and Colors Infinity HD on March 9
/ -- The Global Poker League (GPL) India today announces that the first season of GPL India - the region's first long-run poker league - will air on Colors Infinity HD. Starting March 9, Colors Infinity will be airing two episodes of GPL India Season 1 every Saturday from 7-8 PM over a five-week period. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/714016/GPL_India_Logo.jpg ) GPL India was filmed over a four-month period, and documents the thrills and spills of the poker league that was hosted in association with PokerStars India. The league saw over 7,500 amateur poker players attempt to qualify for 12 available spots across 6 city-tied teams in the first ever season of GPL India. Together with India's poker elite, winning qualifiers then competed across 4 weeks and 6 unique games for the chance to win the GPL India Season 1 crown and 5 passes to the prestigious 2019 PokerStars Players Championship in the Bahamas - a grand prize worth over ?1 Crore. Each GPL India team is comprised of ...
India's doubles badminton coach Tan Kim Her resigns
Malaysia's Tan Kim Her has stepped down from his post as India's doubles badminton coach, citing personal reasons. The 47-year-old, who was appointed as the national team's doubles coach put down his papers, one-and-a-half years before his contract with the Badminton Association of India (BAI) was to end after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. "Yes, Tan Kim Her has resigned as doubles coach. He had put down his papers about a month back. He had some family problems, so he left India during the Senior Nationals," BAI secretary (events) Omar Rashid told PTI. Tan Kim Her has earlier coached England, South Korea and Malaysia and there are speculations that he might have received some lucrative offer from another country. Asked about it, Rashid said: "No there is no truth in such speculations. There was no problem, he left purely due to personal reasons." Under Tan Kim Her, India saw the rise of men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, who won the silver medal at the ...
Kane at the double in NZ's record 715-6 against Bangladesh
Kane Williamson's double ton headlined a record performance by New Zealand as they declared their first innings at 715 for six in the first Test against Bangladesh on Saturday. Williamson was 200 not out as New Zealand posted a colossal 481-run lead when they called the innings off midway through day three in Hamilton. At tea, on a pitch that offered no assistance to the bowlers, Bangladesh were 56 without loss with Tamim Iqbal on 35 and Shadman Islam on 21. Big-hitting Colin de Grandhomme took New Zealand past their previous record score --- 690 against Pakistan in 2014 -- with a huge six, one of five in his whirlwind innings of 76 not out. In a session and a half on day three, New Zealand smacked 264 off 45 overs with Williamson becoming the first New Zealander to post 20 centuries. It was his second highest score behind an unbeaten 242 against Sri Lanka in 2015. In his 71st Test, the New Zealand skipper also completed 6,000 runs, the fourth and fastest New Zealander to do so and ...