Kolkata, Jan 27 (PTI) Odisha created a big upset, defeating Bengal by seven wickets on the final day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match on Friday, with pace bowler Sunil Roul wrecking the hosts’ batting lineup by taking six wickets. Though Bengal had secured a quarter-final berth in the previous round itself, the loss on Friday at the Eden Gardens ahead of the knockout round would have dampened their spirits somewhat. Uttarakhand became the second team behind Bengal (32 points) to move into the quarter-finals after their match against Haryana ended in a draw. Uttarakhand earned three points, owing…
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New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting has called India middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav a trailblazer, who could inspire a new breed of players to emulate his style of play and take T20 cricket to “another level” globally. Suryakumar, 32, was recently named the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year after he became only the second batter in the world to score 1000-plus runs in a calendar year in the shortest format of the game. Surya scored two centuries and nine half-tons on way to amassing 1,164 runs in 2022, only second behind Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan…
Potchefstroom (South Africa), Jan 27 (PTI) Opener Shweta Sherawat smashed an unbeaten fifty after Parshavi Chopra’s triple strike as India notched up a comprehensive eight-wicket win over New Zealand to storm into the final of the inaugural Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup here on Friday. India restricted New Zealand to 107 for nine with Parshavi (3/20) leading a disciplined bowling effort after skipper Shafali Verma won the toss and elected to bowl in the first semifinals. The 16-year-old leg-spinner broke the backbone of the Kiwi batting line-up with three successive wickets to leave them at 74 for 5 in 13th…
नयी दिल्ली, 27 जनवरी (भाषा) पद्म श्री से सम्मानित अनुभवी क्रिकेट कोच गुरचरण सिंह ने कहा कि कई कोच खिलाड़ियों की सफलता का श्रेय इसलिये लेते हैं क्योंकि वे उनकी अकादमी में ट्रेनिंग करते थे जो सही नहीं है।
जकार्ता, 27 जनवरी (भाषा) भारत के लक्ष्य सेन का शुक्रवार को यहां क्वार्टर फाइनल में एशियाई खेलों के चैंपियन जॉनाथन क्रिस्टी के हाथों हार के साथ ही इंडोनेशिया मास्टर्स सुपर 500 बैडमिंटन टूर्नामेंट में प्रभावशाली अभियान समाप्त हो गया।
New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) “We are a few weeks out and there is a lot of work to do but we will overcome the obstacles,” Formula E CEO Jamie Reigle said about the Hyderabad round of the all-electric racing series on February 11. Speaking to Source: PTI News
Bhubaneswar, Jan 27 (PTI) Hockey remains one the cleanest sport in the world with just eight players being suspended for dope-related offences in the last five years, and the international hockey federation (FIH) wants to keep it that way by remaining vigilant. Since January 2017, only 14 dope violations (adverse analytical findings) have been reported, of which eight have been sanctioned. Almost all the cases related to recreational drugs and not performance-enhancing substances. According to FIH, there was just one “potential anti-doping rule violation (ADRV)” in 2021 but no sanction was imposed. “In line with the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA)…
दुबई, 27 जनवरी (भाषा) अंतरराष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट परिषद (आईसीसी) ने दक्षिण अफ्रीका में होने वाले आगामी महिला टी20 विश्व कप के लिए सभी महिला मैच अधिकारियों के पैनल (समिति) की शुक्रवार को घोषणा की जिसमें भारत की जीएस लक्ष्मी, वृंदा राठी और जननी नारायणन की तिकड़ी भी शामिल है। यह पहली बार है जब आईसीसी ने किसी विश्व कप के लिए सभी महिला मैच अधिकारियों के पैनल की घोषणा की।
New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Padma Shri awardee Gurcharan Singh has said many coaches taking credit for the success of athletes only because they trained at their academies is a wrong practice. The 87-year-old veteran cricket coach, who has produced more than a dozen internationally-acclaimed players including Kirti Azad, Ajay Jadeja and Maninder Singh among others, added that Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are “once in a generation” players. The octogenarian was conferred the Padma Shri this year for his contribution to Indian cricket and became only the second cricket coach after Desh Prem Azad to…
Jakarta, Jan 27 (PTI) Lakshya Sen’s impressive run in the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament ended with a quarterfinal loss to Asian Games champion Jonatan Christie here on Friday.World number 12 Sen squandered an opening game advantage to go down 21-15 10-21 13-21 to home favourite Christie, ranked 3rd, in a 62-minute men’s singles match.Coming into the match with a 1-0 head-to-head record, Commonwealth Games champion Sen showed his prowess as he opened up a 8-5 lead and maintained it at the break.Christie knocked off the three-point deficit after resumption and made it 15-15 before the Indian reeled off…