Hyderabad, Jan 18 (PTI) Scoreboard of the first ODI between India and New Zealand here on Wednesday.India Rohit Sharma c Mitchell b Tickner 34 Shubman Gill c Phillips b Shipley 208 Virat Kohli b Santner 8 Ishan Kishan c Latham b Ferguson 5 Suryakumar Yadav c Santner b Mitchell 31 Hardik Pandya b Mitchell 28 Washington Sundar lbw Shipley 12 Shardul Thakur run out 3 Kuldeep Yadav not out 5 Mohammed Shami not out 2 Extras: (w-13) 13 Total: (For Eight Wickets in 50 overs) 349 Fall of Wickets: 1-60, 2-88, 3-110, 4-175, 5-249, 6-292, 7-302, 8-345 Bowling: Henry Shipley…
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Hyderabad, Jan 18 (PTI) Shubman Gill continued his fine form and slammed his maiden double century in the format, to power India to an imposing 349 for eight against New Zealand in the first ODI of the three-match series here on Wednesday. Opting to bat, Gill blazed his way to 208 off 149 balls with the help of 19 boundaries and nine sixes to ensure India post a big total. Along with skipper Rohit Sharma (34), Gill shared 60 runs for the opening wicket before going ballistic. Daryl Mitchell (2/30) and Henry Shipley (2/74) picked up two wickets each for…
Dubai, Jan 18 (PTI) Former England Test skipper Joe Root feels the experience of playing in India will be helpful when his team starts its campaign to defend the 50-over World Cup in October-November this year. England won the World Cup on home soil in 2019 and Root believes their success in Indian conditions will depend on how well they play spin. “It’s (World Cup) a great opportunity, great chance, we have not experienced it before. To defend our world title is going be a great chance for us,” Root told Source: PTI News
Dubai, Jan 18 (PTI) Back at his vintage best, former India skipper Virat Kohli, who scored two centuries and scored 283 runs in three matches against Sri Lanka, jumped two places to break into top-five in the latest ICC ODI rankings released on Wednesday. Kohli now has 750 points and has second-placed Rassie van der Dussen (766) and third-placed Quinton de Kock (759) in his sights, while Pakistan skipper Babar Azam remains way out in front with 887 points. Kohli has the opportunity to close the gap further in the ongoing three-match ODI series against New Zealand. Kohli’s team-mates Shubman…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI) For a long time, Chinese shuttlers traversing across the globe to compete in the international circuit had to depend on interpreters to put their thoughts across. However, things are changing as many top shuttlers from China are slowly breaking the language barrier, making concerted efforts to learn English to share their opinions while speaking to the media. Zheng Siwei, one-half of the Olympic silver medal-winning mixed doubles pair, received a round of applause from the audience after he answered in English following his Denmark Open title win along with partner Huang Yaqiong in October. World…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 18 (PTI) The International Hockey Federation (FIH) might be considering rule changes in penalty corner drag-flicks in view of safety issues, but India’s first rusher Amit Rohidas is not concerned about the risk involved, saying he has no fear of being hit by the ball. FIH president Tayyab Ikram said a few days ago in Rourkela — the World Cup co-host city — that the world body was doing a study on tweaking the rules related to penalty corner hits to provide more safety to defending players as the high speed ball travels in a crowded area. Ikram…
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (PTI) Shubman Gill on Wednesday became the fastest Indian to complete 1000 runs in ODIs as he reached the mark in 19 innings, surpassing the likes of Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan. Gill, who made his ODI debut in January 2019, also became the joint second-fastest to 1000 runs in terms of innings alongside Imam Ul Haq of Pakistan. Fakhar Zaman had crossed 1000 runs in 18 innings. Gill’s India teammates Kohli and Dhawan, who he has replaced in the team, had completed 1000 runs in 24 innings. The 23-year-old achieved the feat in the first ODI…
Vadodara, Jan 18 (PTI) West Bengal’s Punit Biswas and Subhankrita Datta of the National Centre for Excellence (NCOE), Kolkata claimed the under-15 boys and girls titles at the UTT National Ranking Championships here on Wednesday. Punit beat Umesh Kumar of Tamil Nadu 4-2, while Subhankrita blanked out Sayanika Maji from Delhi 4-0. Punit began badly and trailed 1-2, but Umesh could not sustain the momentum he gained in the first and third games and lost the fourth. The match swung in favour of Punit, who capitalised on the negative points his opponent from Chennai offered aplenty. In the fifth and…
Doha, Jan 18 (PTI) Indian mixed doubles pair of G Sathiyan and Manika Batra advanced to the quarterfinals of the WTT Contender with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Tin-Tin Ho and Samuel Walker here on Wednesday. Manika and Sathiyan toiled hard for 40 minutes before eking out a 6-11 11-8 8-11 11-7 11-8 win over the English pair in their first round match. The Indian duo, which had won a silver at the WTT Contender Nova Gorica in Slovenia last November, will take on the Spanish pair of Maria Xiao and Alvaro Robles next. In the men’s singles, veteran Achanta…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI) From a child prodigy to being one of the current top stars, Kunlavut Vitidsarn’s rapid ascendancy in international badminton has fuelled Thailand’s Olympic medal hopes ahead of next year’s Paris Games. The only player to win a hat-trick of boys’ singles titles at the World Junior Championships, Vitidsarn has emerged as world number 8 player after a series of a consistent run in the world tour events. He reached the summit clash at the World Tour Finals in 2021, before winning the German Open Super 300 last year but his big moment came when he…