Gqeberha (South Africa), Dec 18 (PTI) Immensely gifted Rajat Patidar will be pitted against the flamboyant Rinku Singh for the lone available batting slot when a determined Indian team gears up for the final kill against a lacklustre South Africa in the second ODI here on Tuesday. After young pacers Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan produced a near flawless performance in the opening game that India won by eight wickets, KL Rahul wouldn’t like to take his foot off the pedal and aim to heal the scars of 0-3 defeat here under his leadership back in 2022. India will handover…
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सिडनी, 18 दिसंबर (भाषा) ऑस्ट्रेलिया के पूर्व विकेटकीपर इयान हीली का मानना है कि डेविड वार्नर पर्थ में पाकिस्तान के खिलाफ पहले टेस्ट में शतक जड़ने वाले प्रदर्शन को अगर जारी रखे तो वह एक और साल तक टेस्ट क्रिकेट खेल सकते हैं।
Mumbai, Dec 18 (PTI) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Monday announced his association with the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) as the owner of team Mumbai. The ISPL is India’s first tennis ball T10 cricket tournament that will be played inside a stadium, according to a press release. The inaugural edition is scheduled to be held from March 2 to March 9 in Mumbai. The tournament will feature 19 high-intensity matches, boasting a line-up of six teams – Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, and Srinagar. Bachchan said being part of the league marks a new beginning for him. “A new day…
Pune, Dec 17 (PTI) V Ajith Kumar produced a solid performance as Jaipur Pink Panthers pulled off a gripping 29-28 victory over Patna Pirates in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 here on Sunday. Raider Ajith was the star of the night with 14 raid points and two tackle points. Sachin effected a raid and Ankit carried out a tackle point as the Pirates inched ahead at 2-0 in the fifth minute. By the 10th minute, the Pirates took a 6-1 lead, which they extended after inflicting the first ‘all out’ of the match. Defender Sajin Chandrasekar upped his game…
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Before discovering his passion for badminton, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran loved his time in the pool, pursuing swimming as a kid. It was only after he turned 11 that he fell in love with badminton after watching his cousin Arun Kumar play the sport. Slowly it grew into a passion and within three years, he was pursuing it seriously. One man responsible for recognising his talent and polishing his skills is his coach Ajit Wijetilekk and Sathish acknowledged his long-time association with him after claiming his maiden BWF Super 100 title at Odisha Masters on Sunday.…
Johannesburg, Dec 17 (PTI) Indian left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh on Sunday revealed that he and pace-bowling partner Avesh Khan were actually planning on how to “restrict the brutal South Africa under 400”. But what unfolded was a dream show by the young Indian duo who conjured up magic and shared nine wickets between them as the Proteas folded up for 116, their lowest ODI total at home. “Axar (Patel), Avesh and I went for dinner last night and were discussing how brutal the Proteas can be when they wear pink jerseys, how they hit sixes,” Arshdeep recalled the conversation while…
Chennai, Dec 17 (PTI) Sourav Kothari of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) won his maiden Senior National 15-Red snooker title, beating Paras Gupta of Uttar Pradesh 6-2 in the final here on Sunday. Kothari beat Md Hussain Khan (RSPB) 5-0 in the semifinals and prevailed over Gupta 58-46, 72-34, 0-64, 59-25, 61-54, 21-57, 64-8, 64-25 in the final. He had defeated his PSPB colleague Advani in the round-of-32. Kothari is a former national billiards champion, and last month finished runner-up to Advani in the IBSF world billiards final in Doha. Source: PTI News
Panchkula, Dec 17 (PTI) West Bengal women entered the UTT Senior Nationals and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships quarterfinals defeating Haryana 3-1 despite a fighting performance from Suhana Saini here on Sunday. Playing the reverse singles in the women’s team event, Suhana, the U-19 paddler, fought hard in the crucial fourth rubber against Prapti Sen, before going down 2-3 to the Bengal player at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium here. Following the loss, the hosts’ hopes faded away, and Haryana ended on the losing side. Haryana’s Prathoki Charaborti squandered a 2-0 lead in the first rubber to let Prapti win 10-12,…
Chennai, Dec 17 (PTI) Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi outwitted Serbia’s Alexandr Predke in the third round of the Chennai Grand Masters Chess Championship here on Sunday to secure his maiden win in the tournament. It was the only decisive result in the third round with the other three games ending in draws. Teenaged Grandmaster and local star D Gukesh held Iran’s Parham Maghsoodloo in 30 moves with black pieces for his third straight draw. He has 1.5 points and is placed fifth in the standings. Erigaisi edged Predke in a 71-move game with white pieces to move up to 1.5…
Cuttack, Dec 17 (PTI) India’s Sathish Kumar Karunakaran secured his maiden BWF super 100 title after outwitting World junior bronze medallist Ayush Shetty in an all Indian men’s singles final at the Odisha Masters here on Sunday. The 22-year-old Sathish, who won men’s singles title at India International and had a runner-up finish at Maldives International this season, prevailed 21-18 19-21 21-14 over Ayush in an exciting final. “I am really happy to win this title. I had prepared well for the last three events in India and one of the targets was to win at home and I am…