Armed by the knowledge stemming from his over-decade long association with Chennai Super Kings, Ravindra Jadeja said he stuck to a stump-to-stump line against Australia on the Chepauk pitch that was a typical “Test match strip” during their World Cup opener here on Sunday.Jadeja took 3 for 28 in 10 overs and his dismissals of […]
American Simone Biles won the balance beam and floor events on the final day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Sunday as she wrapped up her first international competition in two years with a haul of five medals – four golds and a silver.The 26-year-old increased her record world and Olympics medals tally to […]
The Indian team’s worries ahead of its opening World Cup game against Australia has been compounded by in-form Shubman Gill’s health issues and the batter is a doubtful starter for Sunday’s match. Ishan Kishan could be in line to open in case Gill is ruled out.Gill, India’s most prolific batter in ODIs in recent times, […]
Title favourites India confirmed a medal in men’s cricket competition with a crushing nine-wicket win over Bangladesh to storm into the final of the Asian Games here on Friday.India skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad’s decision to field first after winning the toss was vindicated by his bowlers, who produced a disciplined effort to restrict Bangladesh to a […]
After a stellar opening day of the Cricket World Cup 2023, the focus now shifts to match number 2 of the tournament between Pakistan and Netherlands. The high voltage clash will take place at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday (October 6). Injury took a toll from Pakistan’s cricket team as pacer […]
The Indian women’s recurve archery team, consisting of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, and Simranjeet Kaur, made a remarkable comeback after a semi-final loss to Korea earlier in the day, to defeat Vietnam to win the bronze medal on Friday, October 6.The trio defeated Vietnam 6-2 to add to India’s medal rush in archery, where they […]
India have been assured of one gold and two silver medals in Archery at the Asian Games 2023 as both Abhishek Verma and Ojas Deotale qualified for the men’s compound individual final. The Indian duo will now compete against each other and thus assure India’s first and second finish on the podium.Abhishek Verma defeated top […]
India started their Asian Games campaign with a comprehensive win against Nepal by 23 runs in the quarterfinal with the help of Yashavi Jaiswal’s blistering century followed by combined bowling effort from the bowlers on Tuesday.They advanced to the semi-final by restricting Nepal to 179/9. Avesh Khan took three wickets for 32 while Ravi Bishnoi […]
Two teenaged dreamy-eyed shooters, Palak Gulia and Esha Singh, set ablaze the shooting range by powering to a gold-silver finish in 10m air pistol event for India at the Asian Games here on Friday.In one of the most trailblazing efforts seen by Indian shooters, the duo challenged each other for the top podium finish until […]
The Indian women’s squash team settled for bronze after suffering a 1-2 loss to Hong Kong in the team semi-finals at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou.Tanvi Khanna lost to Sin Yuk Chan 6-11, 7-11, 3-11 in straight games in a match that lasted only 22 minutes in the first match, but Joshna Chinappa restored […]