India stun Australia 4-3 in third hockey Test to keep five-match series alive. Source: PTI News
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Christchurch, Nov 30 (PTI) India may have lost the rain-marred ODI series in New Zealand but former coach Ravi Shastri feels the visitors can still take a lot of positives from the three outings in Shubman Gill’s batting and Umran Malik’s bowling. New Zealand won the series 1-0 after the third and final ODI was washed out here on Wednesday. The second game, in Hamilton, was also called off owing to rain. However, whenever the rains stayed away the likes of Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar and Umran shone, catching Shastri’s attention. “I think a lot of positives came from…
Christchurch, Nov 30 (PTI) India’s stand-in skipper Shikhar Dhawan on Wednesday said Rishabh Pant is a proven “match-winner” and deserves full backing from the team management while he endures a difficult phase. Dhawan also asked Sanju Samson to wait for his chances. Known for his flamboyance, the left-handed Pant once again failed after miscuing a rising delivery to get out for a 16-ball 10 as India folded for 219 in the third and final ODI against New Zealand here on Wednesday. “Overall you have to see the larger picture and who is your match winner. You analyse and your decisions…
New Delhi, Nov 30 (PTI) Table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal was on Wednesday bestowed with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, the country’s highest sporting honour, by President Droupadi Murmu in a glittering National Sports Awards ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Wednesday. While Sharath is the lone Khel Ratna award recipient, 25 sportspersons, including shuttlers Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, woman boxer Nikhat Zareen, track and field athletes Eldhose Paul and Avinash Sable, were conferred with the Arjuna Award. The creme de la creme of Indian sports were recognised for their achievements in the past few years at…
Ahmedabad, Nov 30 (PTI) Veteran left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat produced a sensational four-wicket haul, while Prerak Mankad put on an allround show as Saurashtra thrashed Karnataka by five wickets to sail into the Vijay Hazare Trophy final here on Wednesday. Unadkat rocked Karnataka’s top-order, dismissing skipper Mayank Agarwal (1) and keeper-batter BR Sharath (3) cheaply before Mankad reduced Karnataka to 47 for 4 inside 19 overs with wickets of Nikin Jose (12) and Manish Pandey (0) in the space of four balls. Such was their misery that seven Karnataka batters failed to get to double digits as their innings folded…
Christchurch, Nov 30 (PTI) The upcoming white-ball rubber against Bangladesh will be “a more practical journey” towards next year’s World Cup in India, stand-in captain Shikhar Dhawan said after his team’s series defeat to New Zealand here on Wednesday. India lost the three-match ODI series 0-1 after rain washed out the third and final game. The visitors could have lost the series by a bigger margin as chasing 220, New Zealand were cruising at 104/1 in 18 overs, 50 runs ahead of the Duckworth-Lewis par score, when rain interrupted the game yet again in the white-ball rubber. “In Bangladesh, all…
Dubai, Nov 30 (PTI) Indian batters Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill were rewarded for their superb show in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand in the latest ICC player rankings issued on Wednesday. Iyer and Gill jumped six and three places to climb to No.27 and No.34 spot, respectively, after scoring half-centuries in the series, which India lost 0-1 after the second and third games were washed out. Shikhar Dhawan, however, slipped two places, despite scoring a half century in the opening game. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who were rested for the series, slipped one place each to…
Adelaide, Nov 30 (PTI) A fighting India scored a last minute goal to stun world number one side Australia 4-3 in the third hockey Test and notch up their first win in 13 matches here on Wednesday. It was a rare win for India against Australia, who had thrashed them 7-0 in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games final earlier this year. The famous win also kept the five-match series alive with Australia leading 2-1. India had lost 4-5 and 4-7 in the first two Tests. The fourth match will be played here on Saturday and the final one on Sunday. Skipper…
New Zealand Innings: Finn Allen c Suryakumar Yadav b Umran Malik 57 Devon Conway not out 38 Kane Williamson not out 0 Extras: (LB-6, W-3) 9 Total: (1 wkts, 18 Overs) 104 Fall of Wickets: 97-1 Bowler: Deepak Chahar 5-0-30-0, Arshdeep Singh 5-1-21-0, Umran Malik 5-0-31-1, Washington Sundar 3-0-16-0. Source: PTI News
Christchurch, Nov 30 (PTI) A sloppy India lost the three-match ODI series against New Zealand 0-1 after rain washed out the third and final game here on Wednesday. Chasing 220, New Zealand were cruising at 104/1 in 18 overs, 50 runs ahead of the Duckworth-Lewis par score, when rain interrupted the game yet again in the white-ball series. Kane Williamson and Co, needing just 116 runs from as many as 32 overs, though had to be content with a ‘no result’ as the game was two overs short to be technically called complete. Having won the first ODI in Auckland…