Rourkela, Jan 16 (PTI) Veteran PR Sreejesh feels that his fellow India goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak substituting him in alternate quarters in the ongoing hockey World Cup matches was a good strategy from the coach. Head coach Graham Reid used Sreejesh and Pathan in alternate quarters in the two Pool D matches played so far — against Spain and England. Sreejesh has manned the Indian goal in the first and third quarters while Pathak has done the same in the second and fourth quarters of a match. “We wanted to prepare together for the next stages of the World Cup.…
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New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) The BCCI on Monday announced that Viacom 18 have grabbed the media rights for the upcoming Women’s IPL for a whopping Rs 951 crore for five years after pipping other bidders, including Disney Star and Sony, in a closed-bid auction. The auction for the T20 league was conducted by the cricket board in Mumbai on Monday. The inaugural Women’s IPL is likely to begin in the first week of March. Five teams will compete and all the matches will be held in Mumbai. The global rights comprise three categories — linear (TV), digital and combined…
Benoni (South Africa), Jan 16 (PTI) Skipper Shafali Verma cracked a blistering 78 while opener Shweta Sehrawat sparkled with an unbeaten 74 as India outplayed UAE by 122 runs in the inaugural Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup here on Monday. Shafali (78 off 34 balls) was at her destructive best and joined forced with an equally belligerent Sehrawat (74 not out off 49 deliveries) before Richa Ghosh smacked a 29-ball 49 to help India post an imposing 219 for three at Willowmoore Park. The Indian bowlers then restricted UAE to 97 for five, the result showing the gulf between the…
Colombo, Jan 16 (PTI) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has given the manager of the team touring India five days to submit his report on the world record defeat at the hands of Rohit Sharma’s side in the third and final ODI at Thiruvananthapuram. India annihilated a clueless Sri Lanka by a record 317 runs to sweep the three-match series on Sunday. Shubman Gill scored a century to complement Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 166 as the duo helped the hosts to a massive 390 for 5 in 50 overs. Sri Lanka were then dismissed for 73 in 22 overs, with Mohammed Siraj…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) PV Sindhu’s comeback from a five-month injury layoff ended in a first-round defeat to nemesis Carolina Marin. Mindful of her long absence from the court, coach Park Tae-sang shared an emotional post after the loss. On Monday, the double Olympic medallist acknowledged the support she received from the foreign coach after the reverse in the Malaysia Open, saying making a comeback itself is difficult after an injury. “Returned after 5 months. And unfortunate results. Everyone, her lack (of success) is my fault as a coach. We will prepare for the Indian Open in Delhi next…
Riyadh, Jan 16 (PTI) Hero MotoSports Team Rally completed its Dakar 2023 campaign with a top-10 overall finish, including two stage wins and a stage podium, making it the team’s best performance in the gruelling rally. Sebastian Buhler, the youngest of the three team riders, completed the last special stage of 138km between Al Hofuf to Dammam in sixth place on Sunday. Buhler’s team-mates Franco Caimi and Ross Branch finished just four minutes behind him, making it to the 13th and 14th positions in the RallyGP class. For Branch, this was the first Dakar with the team. He suffered a…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 16 (PTI) Indian run-machine Virat Kohli has credited the team’s throwdown trio of D Raghvendra, Nuwan Seneviratne and Dayanand Garani for making a “big difference” to his batting. The throwdown specialists use a sidearm, a cricketing equipment in the shape of a long spoon, to hurl the ball at high speed (in the range of 140-150kmph) to test the batters at nets. “All three of them have given us world-class practice every time we play. They challenge us in the nets like any 145 or 150kmph pace bowlers. They always try to get us out and make sure…
Rourkela, Jan 16 (PTI) There’s a saying that ‘a brother is better than 1000 friends’ and that is reflected in the Cunill siblings in the Spanish team which is battling to remain in contention for a quarterfinal berth in the ongoing hockey World Cup here. Pau Cunill and Pepe Cunill are providing each other with emotional support after Spain slumped to 0-2 defeat to India in their opener last week. The same is the case of the siblings in the Wales team — Gareth Furlong and Rhodri Furlong, who lost their second match on Sunday to be virtually out of…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) Ajinkya Rahane is “trying” to be the batter he was in his younger days. Far from the arclights and perks of being an India Test captain, the Mumbai skipper has embarked on a journey of self discovery, without any specific destination. He feels it is working well for him as 532 runs in five Ranji games, with a top score of 204 and an average of 76, would suggest. “I was thinking about old times and when I first came into Ranji team (back in 2007). How I used to play, what was my thought…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) The BCCI on Monday announced that Viacom 18 have grabbed the media rights for the upcoming Women’s IPL for a whopping Rs 951 crore for five years after pipping other bidders, including Disney Star and Sony, in the closed-bid auction. The auction for the T20 league was conducted by the cricket board in Mumbai on Monday. The inaugural Women’s IPL is likely to begin in the first week of March. Five teams will compete and all the matches will be held in Mumbai. The global rights comprise three categories — linear (TV), digital and combined…