New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI) The Government of India on Tuesday gave Esports a major boost by integrating it with mainline sports disciplines in the country. The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, in exercise of the powers “conferred by clause (3) of article 77 of the Constitution” amended the rules governing Esports and asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Sports Ministry to include “e-Sports as part of multi-sports events”. There had been a growing demand for Esports to be included in the curriculum of multi-discipline events after it was included in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games…
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New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI) The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), comprising Ashok Malhotra, Sulakshana Naik and Jatin Paranjpe, is likely to meet in Mumbai on December 29 to interview the prospective candidates for the new national selection panel. It is understood that BCCI are in the process of shortlisting the names for interview and last committee’s chairman Chetan Sharma has a bright chance of being in the pruned list along with his central zone colleague Harvinder Singh. “If all goes well, on December 29, the CAC is supposed to meet physically in Mumbai and interview the shortlisted names,” a BCCI…
Almaty, Dec 27 (PTI) Teenaged Indian player B Savitha Shri came up with a fine performance to jump into the joint lead with Zhongyi Tan (China) and Aleksandra Goryachkina with 6.5 points after the eighth round in the women’s event of the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships here on Tuesday. The 15-year old Savitha Shri who was on 2.5 points (two wins, a draw and a loss) was the star of the day, posting four consecutive wins to join Tan and Goryachkina at the top. The Indian player began the day with a win over lower-rated Zarina Nurgaliyeva (Kazakhstan) before…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI) Premier all-rounder Hardik Pandya was on Tuesday named as India’s T20I captain for the upcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka with Rohit Sharma retaining the ODI leadership role in what seems to be a start of transition in Indian cricket. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul are also not part of the shortest format and there is an indication that the duo along with Rohit might not be picked again keeping 2024 T20 World Cup in mind. Pandya’s elevation is a significant one as he has also been appointed as Rohit’s deputy for the Sri Lanka…
Pretoria (South Africa), Dec 27 (PTI) The Indian U-19 women’s cricket team produced an all-round effort to beat South Africa by 54 runs in the first T20I of the five-match series here on Tuesday. The series serves as preparation for both teams ahead of the ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup to be held in South Africa from January 14 to 29. Opener Shewata Sehrawat and Soumya Tiwari scored 40 each off 39 and 46 balls respectively to guide India to 137 for five after being asked to bat. But the start was far from rosy for the Indians as…
नयी दिल्ली, 27 दिसंबर ( भाषा ) बारह बरस में पहली बार भारत के लिये टेस्ट खेल रहे जयदेव उनादकट ने शानदार प्रदर्शन करके अपना ‘वादा’ निभाया ।
New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI) Jaydev Unadkat did get his much-awaited chance with the red ball and he kept his “promise” with a spirited effort in his first Test for India after 12 years. His love for the longer version of the game became apparent more than ever in January when he typed a tweet that went viral. “Dear red ball, please give me one more chance.. I’ll make you proud, promise!” the left-arm pacer had posted. “Everyone thought that I was referring to a national comeback. I was just missing red ball cricket in general as Ranji Trophy was…
केपटाउन, 27 दिसंबर (भाषा) दक्षिण अफ्रीका के सीमित ओवरों के विशेषज्ञ और पूर्व टी20 अंतरराष्ट्रीय कप्तान फरहान बेहरडीन ने मंगलवार को पेशेवर क्रिकेट से संन्यास लेने की घोषणा की।
Cape Town, Dec 27 (PTI) South African white-ball specialist and former T20I skipper Farhaan Behardien announced his retirement from professional cricket on Tuesday. The 39-year-old, who played 59 ODIs and 38 T20Is and captained the Proteas in a three-match T20 series against Sri Lankan in 2017, took to social media to announce his decision to retire. The all-rounder said the decision to quit professional cricket after playing for more than 18 years was tough, and the last couple of weeks were especially tough for him. Predominantly a batter, he made 1074 ODI runs and 518 T20I runs, though it was…
दुबई, 27 दिसंबर (भाषा) ऑस्ट्रेलिया महिला क्रिकेट टीम की हरफनमौला एशले गार्डनर ने वेस्टइंडीज की कप्तान हेली मैथ्यूज, भारत की दीप्ति शर्मा और न्यूजीलैंड की कप्तान सोफी डिवाइन को पछाड़कर मंगलवार को जारी आईसीसी (अंतरराष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट परिषद) महिला टी20 अंतरराष्ट्रीय रैंकिंग में ऑलराउंडरों की सूची में करियर की सर्वश्रेष्ठ नंबर एक रैंकिंग हासिल की।