Dehradun, Dec 28 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh’s top and middle-order batted with purpose to bail them out from a hopeless situation as they were just 10 runs away from wiping out a massive deficit against Uttarakhand at stumps on day two of their Ranji Trophy Group A match here on Wednesday. Uttarakhand seamer Deepak Dhapola, who was unplayable on Tuesday and returned with enviable figures of 8 for 35 to dismiss Himachal for just 49 runs in the first innings, could not recreate the same magic on Wednesday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. At stumps, Himachal were 277 for four,…
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Pune, Dec 28 (PTI) India No. 1 Mukund Sasikumar was on Wednesday handed a wild card entry for the fifth edition of the ATP Tata Open Maharashtra, scheduled at the Balewadi Stadium here from December 31 to January 7. The 25-year-old Chennai-born player will be the first wildcard entrant this year as the tough singles field consists of 17 top-100 players, including the former Grand Slam champion Marin Cilic and last year’s runner-up Emil Ruusuvuori. In September, Mukund won the ITF Future event in Portugal — his first title in five years, and also finished runner-up at an ITF 15…
New Tehri (Uttarakhand), Dec 28 (PTI) Union Minister R K Singh on Wednesday kick-started a kayaking and canoeing competition on the Tehri lake here and announced that a world-class training centre of the sport will be opened nearby. Inaugurating the event, the Union minister for power and new and renewable energy said THDC Limited will adopt the game and offer all help to the Uttarakhand government to establish the training centre. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the lake is fast emerging as an adventure tourism destination in the state. A survey is being done to build a tunnel from…
नयी दिल्ली, 28 दिसंबर (भाषा) दिल्ली ने युवा ऑलराउंडर प्रांशु विजयारन की उम्दा बल्लेबाजी के बाद तेज गेंदबाज हर्षित राणा की गेंदबाजी से बुधवार को यहां रणजी ट्रॉफी ग्रुप बी मैच में तमिलनाडु के खिलाफ वापसी की।
Karachi, Dec 28 (PTI) The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday threatened to take legal action against Ramiz Raja after a war of words broke out between the Board’s new management committee and the former chairman following his unceremonious exit. Last Thursday, Raja was removed as PCB chairman by the country’s government, which appointed a 14-member committee, headed by Najam Sethi, to run the affairs of the game for the next four months. Following his sacking, Raja alleged that he was not allowed to even take his belongings from the board office after the government suspended the constitution. “Najam Sethi tweets…
Colombo, Dec 28 (PTI) Top-order batter Avishka Fernando on Wednesday earned a recall to Sri Lanka’s limited overs squad for the away series against India beginning January 3 in Mumbai. Fernando last played for Sri Lanka in February, after which he was sidelined due to an injury. He comes back into the team following an impressive run in the recently held Lanka Premier League. The 24-year-old is part of both the squads. Sri Lanka Cricket picked a 20-member squad for three T20s and as many ODIs. Another LPL performer Sadeera Samarawickrama has been picked in the team at the expense…
देहरादून, 28 दिसंबर (भाषा) पहली पारी में सस्ते पर आउट होने के बाद हिमाचल प्रदेश के बल्लेबाजों ने उत्तराखंड के खिलाफ रणजी ट्रॉफी ग्रुप ए मैच में बुधवार को यहां अच्छी बल्लेबाजी की और अब वह पारी की हार से बचने से केवल 10 रन दूर है।
पुणे, 28 दिसंबर (भाषा) भारत के नंबर एक टेनिस खिलाड़ी मुकुंद शशिकुमार को बुधवार को एटीपी टाटा ओपन महाराष्ट्र के पांचवें टूर्नामेंट के लिए वाइल्ड कार्ड से प्रवेश दिया गया।
Dubai, Dec 28 (PTI) India left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh was on Wednesday nominated for the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year honour alongside Marco Jansen, Finn Allen and Ibrahim Zadran. Voting for the award will begin in January, said the ICC in a release. In the women’s category, pace bowler Renuka Singh and batter Yastika Bhatia were nominated for the award alongside Australia’s Darcie Brown and England’s Alice Capsey. Arshdeep has made the short-list less than six months after making his international debut. In 21 T20 Internationals, the lanky pacer took 33 wickets at an average of 18.12, providing breakthroughs…
Puducherry, Dec 28 (PTI) Manav Suthar completed a match haul of 11 wickets to compliment his unbeaten 96 as Rajasthan romped to a 101-run win over Puducherry in a Ranji Trophy match here on Wednesday. A day after the 20-year-old propped their first innings total to 335 with a 97-run last wicket partnership, Suthar returned to grab the limelight with his left-arm spin in a match haul of 11/62 as Rajasthan bowled out Puducherry twice in the day — 104 and 130 while following-on — to seal a seven-point victory. Suthar was on a song in the first innings en…