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PV Sindhu defeated Nozomi Okuhara in two straight sets by 21-7, 21-7 to become the 1 st Indian shuttler to win a gold medal at the World Championships played at Basel, Switzerland played on Sunday. After losing 2 successive finals in 2017 and 2018, Sindhu looked in good shape. With the help of foreign coach Kim Jyun-Hung, the gold medallists improved her stroke play and did a lot of strength training which helped her in winning long rallies. The Indian started the tournament on a confident note beating Pai Yu Po in straight games by 21-14, 21-15. It was a dominating performance by Sindhu who played with aggression and just dominated the Chinese Taipei opponent.  PV Sindhu cruised to an easy 21-14, 21-6 over Biewen Zhang of the USA in two straight games. It was another dominating display by the Indian who played showed her class and never allowed a chance for her opponent to come back into the game. Sindhu faced the toughest opponent of Tai Tzu Ying in the quarterfin...

It was a mixed day for Indian shuttlers as PV Sindhu made into her 3 rd successive finals while Sai Praneeth created history by securing bronze medal at the BWF World Championships 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on Saturday. PV Sindhu crush 3 rd ranked Chen Yufei of China in two straight games at 21-7, 21-14 to move into her 3 rd successive finals. It was a dominating performance by Sindhu who looked in control right from word go and never allowed her opponent to play her natural game. The Indian had a dominating 11-3 lead at the interval. After the interval, Sindhu continued her domination and won the 1 st set easily. In the 2 nd game also, Sindhu dominated her opponent and created pressure on Chen Yufei. The Indian showed her attacking game which made life tough for the Chinese. At the interval, World number 5 led 11-7. After the interval, Sindhu continued her domination and won 2 nd set easily to move into her 3 rd successive finals. In the last two occasions, the...

The top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, and Kidambi Srikanth moved into the round of 16 of BWF World Championships 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on Wednesday. The 2-time World Championship silver medalists PV Sindhu had no problems of defeating Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei in two straight sets by 21-14, 21-15 to move into the round of 16. Sindhu who took time to settle played with aggressive intent and put pressure on Pai Yu Po. The Indian then took control and won the first set at 21-14. In the 2 nd game, Sindhu started on an aggressive note-taking a 6-1 lead. The Indian made mistakes which helped Pai equal the scores at 10-10 and went into 11-10 lead at the interval. After the break, Sindhu showed his class and stream rolled his opponent to win the 2 nd set at 21-15. She will take on Biewen Zhang of USA in the pre-quarters on Thursday. After some injury problems, Saina Nehwal defeated the Netherlands Soraya De Visch in two straight sets by 21-10, 21-11 to ...

After the Indian men's team cruised to an easy victory over New Zealand by 5-0, it was the turn for the Indian women's team as won a closely fought match against Japan by 2-1 in the summit clash at Olympic Test event at Tokoyo on Wednesday.  In the 1 st quarter, the Indian team dominated the first 10 minutes. Navneet Kaur gave India the lead with a fine finish in front of the goal. Japan levelled the score in the next minute with a brilliant field goal by Shimizu. At the end of the 1 st quarter, the scores were level at 1-1. The second quarter the Indian team having few chances in the first few minutes with the likes of Vandana Kataria and Navjot but could not produce goals. Japan also tried to score a goal as Shimizu created a chance as Indian team defence remained solid. The scores at half time were 1-1. It was an attacking start for the Indian team in the 3 rd quarter, earning a penalty corner in the 33 rd minute but was well saved by Japanese goalkeeper. T...

The Indian men’s and women’s team defeated their opponents to win the Olympic Test event played at Tokyo on Wednesday. It was a dominating performance from the Indian men’s hockey who took revenge from the league stage crushing New Zealand 5-0. Both teams were cautious at the start of the match India earned a penalty corner in the 7 th minute. Harmanpreet Singh could not convert the shot into a goal but did not miss on a re-awarded penalty corner with a powerful drag-flick shot to give India 1-0 lead. The Indian continued to attack the New Zealand defense. India ended the first quarter with a 1-0 lead. In the 2 nd quarter, Shamsher scored a goal from the penalty corner in the 18 th minute to give India a 2-0 lead. India made it 3-0 for India with a brilliant field goal from Nilkanata.  Gurshabjit scored the 4 th  the goal for the Indian team with a brilliant assist from Vivek Sagar. Mandeep Singh converted penalty corner into a goal to give India a commanding 5-0 l...

It was a good day for the Indian shuttler’s as Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy moved into the 3 rd round of the BWF World Championship 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on Tuesday. HS Prannoy stunned former World Champion Lin Dan in three games by 21-11, 13-21, 21-7 to move into the 3 rd round. It was a dominating display by the Indian who never allowed Lin Dan to play his natural game and led 11-5 at the interval. The Indian continued to dominate the Chinese and won the 1 st set at 21-11. In the 2 nd game, both players took alternate points before the Chinese legend showed his class and made life tough for the Indian. Lin Dan won the 2 nd game easily to force the match into the decider. It was one-way traffic for HS Prannoy in the third set and took an 11-4 lead. After the interval, the Indian lifted his game and won it easily. He will Kento Momota in the third round. Sai Praneeth also had an easy outing getting the better of Lee Deun K of South Korea in two straight g...

It was a great start for the Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth, Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy moved into the 2 nd round of the BWF World Championship 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on Monday. Sai Praneeth defeated Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada in two straight games 21-17, 21-16 to move into the 2 nd round. Both players took alternate points till 5-5 before Sai Praneeth played aggressive badminton to take an 11-7 lead at the interval. After the break, the young Canadian player showed his talent and took 5 points in succession to reduce the gap only to 2 points. Sai showed experience and won 1 st set at 21-17. In the 2 nd game also, Sai Praneeth committed errors which the opponent took advantage of. Sai led 11-9 at the interval. The Indian dominated after the break and won 2 nd set at 21-16. HS Prannoy defeated Eetu Heino of Finland in three games by 17-21, 21-10, 21-11 to move into the 2 nd round. The Indian struggled in the 1 st game and trailed 9-11 at the inte...

The 2 nd Ashes Test match played between England and Australia ends in a thrilling draw on the fifth and final day at Lords, London on Sunday. Starting on the overnight score of 96 for 4, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler played with caution in the early stages against Pat Cummins, Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon. Marcus Labuschange becomes 1 st ever concussion substitute in international cricket after Steve Smith was ruled out. Stokes reached his half-century off 106 balls. Jos Buttler also played some lovely strokes which made life tough for Australians. England went into lunch at score 157 for 4. After the lunch break, Jos Buttler was dismissed by Pat Cummins for 31. Stokes and Buttler added 90 runs for the 5 th wicket. Jonny Bairstow came to the crease and played with positive intent. Stokes took on the Australian bowlers and continued his brilliant form in English summer so far-reaching his century off 160 balls. Stokes and Bairstow added unbeaten 97 runs for the 6 th wicket. Engl...

The Sri Lanka Cricket Team beat New Zealand by 6 wickets to register a famous win on the 5 th and final of the first Test match played at Galle International Stadium, Galle on Sunday. By winning this match, Sri Lanka earned 60 points in the World Test Championships. Starting on the overnight score of 133 for 0, Dimuth Karunaratne and Thirimanne started on a positive note putting pressure on New Zealand bowlers. William Somerville got the breakthrough dismissing Thirimanne for 64. The Sri Lankan openers laid a strong foundation adding 161 runs. Kusal Mendis came to the crease and hit 10 runs in 6 balls. Mendis played a bad shot as he was dismissed by Ajaz Patel. On the other hand, Dimuth Karunatne continued to play with solid technique and reached his century off 216 balls. The Sri Lankan captain showed his class to be finally dismissed for 122 by Tim Southee. Kusal Perera came to the crease and hit a quickfire 23 off 19 balls. Angelo Mathews and Dhananjay de Silva took Sri ...

The Sri Lankan Cricket Team are inching towards a win at the end of 4 th day of the first Test match against New Zealand at Galle International Stadium, Galle on Saturday. Starting on the overnight score of 195 for 7, BJ Watling and Somerville started the innings on a positive note taking singles and hitting occasional boundaries making Sri Lankan bowlers frustrate. Lahiru Kumara got the breakthrough dismissing BJ Watling for 77. Somerville and Watling added 47 runs for the 8 th wicket. Trent Boult joined Somerville and played with positive intent making life tough for Sri Lankan bowlers. Boult and Somerville added 36 runs for the 9 th wicket. Boult scored 26 off 25 balls. Ajaz Patel made a valuable contribution putting on 25 runs for the last wicket. Dhananjaya de Silva got the final wicket dismissing Patel for 14. New Zealand were bowled out at the score of 285 with a lead of 267 runs and the players went into the lunch break. Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne star...

The 2 nd day’s play of the first Test match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand hangs in the balance with Sri Lanka just 22 runs behind at Galle International Stadium, Galle on Thursday. Starting on the overnight score of 203 for 5, New Zealand were dealt a major blow as Ross Taylor was dismissed off the very first ball by Lakmal. Lakmal produced the magic again dismissing Mitchell Santer. Tim Southee was run out in a misunderstanding. Trent Boult and William Somerville frustrated the Sri Lankan bowlers adding 27 runs for the 9 th wicket. Lakmal got the breakthrough dismissing Boult and Ajaz Patel to bowl out New Zealand for 249. In reply, Lahiru Thirimanne and captain Dimuth Karunaratne started on a steady start adding 27 runs for the opening wicket. Ajaz Patel got the breakthrough getting Thirimmane. Sri Lanka went into lunch at 34 for 1. After the lunch break, Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis played with positive intent putting pressure on New Zealand spinners. Ajaz Patel dis...

The Indian Cricket Team produced another match-winning knock during the 3 rd One day international in a rain-curtailed match against West Indies played at Port of Spain, Trinidad on Wednesday. It was an amazing performance by Virat Kohli who scored back to back centuries in this 3 match ODI series. In the 3 rd ODI match, West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and decided to bat first. Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis got the team off to a flying start as both added 115 runs in just 10.5 overs. Chris Gayle was simply sensational scoring 72 off 41 balls with 8 fours and 5 sixes. When the score was 158 for 2 in 22 overs rain arrived. After the rain break, the match was curtailed to 35 overs side. West Indies scored 240 for 7 in 35 overs. Chasing a revised target of 256 runs, India lost an early wicket of Rohit Sharma for 10 runs. Shikhar Dhawan and Indian captain Kohli played with positive intent putting pressure on West Indies bowlers. Dhawan was dismissed scoring 36 off 36 b...

It was an exciting day of cricket between Sri Lanka and New Zealand on the first day of 1 st Test match played at Galle International Stadium, Galle on Wednesday. After electing to bat first, Jeet Raval and Tom Latham got the visitors to a steady start adding 64 runs. Akila Danajaya struck thrice to reduce Kiwis at 71 for 3. Ross Taylor was the star of the show for New Zealand while Danajaya picked all 5 wickets for Sri Lanka. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bat first. Jeet Raval and Tom Latham played with caution taking singles and hitting occasional boundaries. In the first hour, both openers took them to 21 for 0. After the drinks, Latham and Raval took on Sri Lankan bowlers with aggressive stroke play. Akila Danajaya got the breakthrough dismissing Tom Latham for 33. Latham and Raval added 64 runs. The spinner struck again dismissing New Zealand captain Kane Williamson in the same over for 0. Danajaya got his third wicket by getting the wicke...

The match between Telegu Titans and Bengal Warriors ends in a 29-29 thrilling tie in the first match of the day played at Trans Arena Stadium, Ahmedabad on Monday. Siddarth Desai got Telegu Titans off to a good start with a touchpoint dismissing Rinku Narwal. Mohammad Nabibakhash leveled the scores for Bengal Warriors. Titans defense and raiders did not allow Bengal Warriors to play their attacking game and took a 4-2 lead. Bengal Warriors made a strong comeback to level the scores at 7-7. Both teams fought for each point. In the last few minutes of the first half, Siddarth Desai was tackled by Nabibaksh to level the things for Bengal at 9-9. Siddarth Desai all out Bengal Warriors. Telegu Titans led 13-11 at the end of the first half. Bengal Warriors made a strong start as K Prapjanan earned the first point of the 2 nd half with a touch point. Suraj Desai dismissed Baldev Singh to all-out Bengal Warriors to give Telegu Titans 17-12 lead. Bengal Warriors showed great fightin...

Thanks to Virat Kohli record-breaking 42 nd century, Shreyas Iyer 71 and good bowling display, the Indian Cricket Team defeated West Indies by 59 runs via DL method in the 2 nd One day international played at Port of Spain, Trinidad on Sunday. Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first. Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed off the third ball of innings with beauty from Sheldon Cottrell. Virat Kohli came to the crease and looked positive right from word go while on the other hand, Rohit Sharma struggled to score runs. At the end of 10 overs, India were 55 for 1. After the power play overs, Roston Chase dismissed Rohit Sharma for 18. Rohit and Kohli added 74 runs for 2 nd wicket. Indian captain Virat reached his fifty off 57 balls. Coming at number 4, Rishabh Pant scored 20 runs and was dismissed by Carlos Braithwaite. Shreyas Iyer playing his first match after a long time looking in good touch taking singles and hitting occasional boundaries. Kohli reached his ...

Telegu Titans defeated Gujarat Fortune giants by 30-24 to register their first win of Pro Kabaddi League 2019 played at Trans Arena Stadium, Ahmadabad in the 2 nd match on Sunday. Titans got off to a good start as Siddarth Desai with a touchpoint dismissing Sumit. Suraj Desai made it 2-0 in favor of Gujarat getting Sunil Kumar. In the first few minutes, Gujarat all out Telegu Titans to give them a commanding 9-4 lead. It was a dominating performance by Telegu Titans defense and attack who put pressure on Gujrat team. Telegu Titans had 17-13 at the end of the first half. The second half also began on a positive note for Telegu Titans as More was tackled by Vishal Bhardwaj. Siddarth Desai made life tough for Gujarat side with successful raids Suraj Desai also provided the flip for Telegu Titans with successful raids. Despite Gujarat trying their best in the dying minutes, Titans defeated Gujarat by 30-24 to register their first win of Pro Kabaddi League 2019. Parvesh Bhaniswa...

Haryana Steelers defeated Bengaluru Bulls by 33-31 in the first match of the day at Trans Arena Stadium, Ahmedabad on Sunday. The first half began with Bengaluru Bulls captain Rohit Kumar earning the first point of the match with a touchpoint. Vikas Kandola made it 1-1 in favour of Haryana Steelers. Bulls raiders put pressure on Haryana team with raid points and Défense. In the first few minutes, Bulls all out Haryana to give them a 12-6 lead. Haryana made a strong comeback to all-out Bengaluru reducing the gap to 16-17 in favour of defending champions Bulls. At the end of the first half, Bulls had a slender lead of 17-16. Vikas Kandola got Haryana off to a perfect start in the 2 nd half with a touchpoint to level the scores at 17-17. Rohit Kumar was tackled by Kuldeep Singh to give Haryana the lead. Pawan Sherawat levelled the score catching Naveen. Bulls remained in the lead with brilliant touchpoints and raid. Haryana Steelers made it 21-21 catching Pawan Sherawat which ma...

It was a mixed day for Indian shuttler’s as Sourabh Verma won the men’s singles title and the women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy settles for silver at the Super 100 tournament played at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday. Sourabh Verma defeated Loh Kean Yeaw of Singapore in three grueling sets by 21-13, 14-21, 21-16 to win the men’s singles title. In the first game, Sourabh played with aggression producing smashes and drop shots to lead 11-4 at the interval. After the interval, the Indian continued his domination to win first set easily at 21-13. The second game also started on an aggressive for the Indian taking a commanding 10-4 lead. Loh came back strongly taking 6 successive points to level the scores at 10-10. Sourabh made a lot of unforced errors. At the interval, the Indian had a slender lead of 11-10. After the break, the Singapore player showed his aggression and did not allow the Indian to play an attacking game. Loh won the second set...

Dabang Delhi defeated Puneri Paltans in a thrilling contest at the Trans Stadium Arena, Ahmedabad on Saturday. It was a perfect start as Delhi raider Chandran Ranjit earned 2 points in the first raid getting Girish Maruti Ernak and Manjeet. Nitin Tomar gave Puneri Paltans the 1 st point with a touchpoint. Surjeet Singh tackled Ranjit to level the things for Pune at 2-2. Amit Kumar gave Pune the 3 rd point. Delhi raiders made life tough for Pune franchise. Naveen Kumar got Girish Maruti Ernak to all-out Pune giving them a commanding 11-5 lead. Delhi defense and raiders continued their impressive run to take a 19-11 lead at the end of the first half. The second half began well for Puneri Paltans as Nitin Tomar earned a touchpoint. Pune came back from a tough situation and gave Delhi a shock. In the last few minutes, Girish Maruti Ernak tackled Chandran Ranjit to reduce the margin at 24-28. With 32 seconds left on the clock, Girish Maruti Ernak tackled Ranjit again as Pune made...

SouIt was a good day for Indian shuttler’s as Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy, Sourabh Verma made it into the finals of Super 100 Hyderabad Open 2019 played at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad on Saturday. Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy defeated Hong Kong Fan Ka Yan and Wu Ti Ying in two straight games by 21-12, 21-12 to move into the finals. It was a dominating performance by the women’s doubles pair who have been struggling for form in recent times. The Indian pair dominated the Hong Kong pair right from word go and made life tough for the opposition. They will take on Baek Ha-na and Jung Kyu of South Korea in the final’s tomorrow. Sourabh Verma had to fight it out before winning his match against Malaysian Iskander Zainuddin in two straight games at 23-21, 21-16 to move into the finals. The first game saw both players fighting for each point from word go with long rallies. At the interval, Sourabh had a slender 11-10 lead. After the interval, both players fought fo...

The number 1 batsman in T20I cricket, Babar Azam continued his impressive run in the Natwest T20 Blast 2019 with a brilliant 102* off 55 for Somerset against Hampshire at County Ground, Southampton on Friday. It was a match in the South Group. Hampshire captain James Vince won the toss and decided to field first. Somerset lost 2 early wickets of Tom Banton and James Hildreth at the score of 37. Opening the innings, Babar Azam took on the attack against Hampshire bowlers with attacking stroke play. It was an amazing batting display by young Pakistani batsman who performed brilliantly in the recently concluded World Cup 2019. Babar reached his half-century off 32 balls and made the batting look easy after reaching his fifty. He and Somerset captain Tom Abell added 113 runs for 3 rd wicket. The young batsman from Pakistan then took on the charge and completed his century with a six off the last ball. He remained not out on 102 off 55 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes. His knock hel...

Bengal Warriors came back from behind to defeat U Mumba at the Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna on Friday. It was a perfect start for U Mumba as Surinder Singh tackled Mahinder Singh. Arjun Deshwal got a raid point in the next raid to give U Mumba a 2-0 lead. K Prapjan got Bengal Warriors off the mark with a successful raid point. It was a dominating performance by U Mumba raiders and defence who did not allow Bengal Warriors to attack. In the 10 th minute, Rakesh Narwal was tackled by Fazal to give U Mumba a commanding 12-5 lead. Bengal Warriors made a comeback into the game with successful raids and defence. U Mumba led 16-11 at the end of the first half. At the start of the 2 nd half, Bengal Warriors raider K Prapjan earned a Super raid by getting Fazel, Surinder Singh and Young Chang Ho to reduce the gap to 14-16. U Mumba raider, Arjun Deshwal got 2 raid points as he dismissed Jeeva Kumar and Rinku Narwal to level the scores at 19-19.   From 19-19 all, it was a clo...

It was a day of record as Leicestershire’s part-time spinner Colin Ackerman recorded the best figures in T20 format during yesterday’s Natwest T20 Blast match against Birmingham Bears at Grace Road, Leicester on Wednesday. Leicestershire captain Colin Ackermann won the toss and decided to bat first.   Harry Swindells 63, Lewis Hill quickfire 58 off 28 balls helped the hosts to post 189 for 6 in 20 overs. Captain decided to bowl in the 3 rd over and took the wicket of Dearden.   Colin bought himself in the 15 th over and took wickets of Rhodes, Liam Banks and Alex Thomson in his first over to put Birmingham under pressure. In his 4 th over he took wickets of Hain, Brookes, and Jeetan Patel. He finished with amazing figures of 7/18 in 4 overs. Leicestershire won the match by a massive 55 run margin. He was the star of the show who was simply sensational and helped his side win the match with ease. During 2010 Under 19 World, Ackermann was the vice-captain of the So...

The Defending Champions Bengaluru Bulls registered an empathic 47-26 win over Telegu Titans at Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna on Thursday. It was a dominating performance by Bengaluru Bulls side right from word go. Rohit Kumar got the first 2 points for Bulls side with a brilliant raid. Siddarth Desai got Telegu Titans off the mark getting Mahender Singh out. Pawan Sherawat made it 3-1 in favor of Bulls with a brilliant raid. Telegu Titans equaled the scores at 3-3 as Siddarth got a raid point and then Rohit Kumar was tackled by Amit Kumar. Siddarth Desai made it 5-3 in favor of Telegu getting 2 points getting Amit Sheron and Saurbh Nandal. Desai was tackled by Pawan to give Bengaluru a 6-5 lead. Bulls dominated the game with successful raids by Pawan. Telegu Titans got 2 points as Vishal Bhardwaj tackled Pawan. Bulls continued to dominate the game with raid points and brilliant defense. Bulls had a commanding 21-14 lead at the half-time. After the half time also, Bulls co...

Haryana Steelers defeated Patna Pirates by 35-26 in the 2 nd match of the day played at Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna on Wednesday. Patna Pirates took the first point of the match with a raid point from Pardeep Narwal. It was a dominating performance by Haryana Steelers team who raided well and tackled Patna Pirates. In the first few minutes, Haryana Steelers all out Patna with a two-pointer raid by Vikas Kandola. Patna Pirates tried their best to comeback into the match with a three-pointer raid from Vinay in do or die and then Super raid from Pardeep Narwal. At half time, Haryana Steelers led 17-9. In the second half, Haryana Steelers continued their impressive performance with a two-point raid from Vikas Kandola to make it 23-10. Pardeep Narwal becomes the first raider in PKL history to score 900 raid points. Pardeep Narwal was tackled by Haryana Steelers defense and made matters worst for Patna Pirates. After taking a time out, Pardeep Narwal completed Super 10 in the ...

The match between Tamil Thailvas and UP Yodhas ended in a 28-28 thrilling tie played at Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna on Wednesday. In the first half, the start was not great as both of raids were empty. Tamil started the match on a great note as they earned a tackle and raid point.   Rishank Devadiga got the first point for UP with a touchpoint and then with a tackle point to level the scores at 2-2.   with a touchpoint. UP were aggressive with raid points and their defense was strong enough. In the last few minutes, Shabeer Bapu was tackled by Sumit and Tamil were all out. At the end of the first half, UP Yodhas led 16-11. It was a very close fought match in the 2 nd half as Ajay Thakur dismissed Nitesh Kumar to make it 12-16. Rishank Devidga was tackled by Manjeet Chillar. Ajay Thakur provided the spark for Tamil taking 2 points to make it 15-16 in favor of UP Yodhas. UP Yodhas took the lead to 3 points as Amit got Mohit Chillar and Shabber Bapu to make it 18-15....

The fast-rising young Indian pair of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty climbed up to number 9 th in the latest BWF men’s doubles rankings. Before the tournament started, the young Indian was placed 16 th . Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty reached the quarterfinals of Japan Open 2019. It was an amazing performance by the young Indian pair who played with aggression in the entire Super 500 Thailand Open 2019. In the first round of Thailand Open 2019, RankiReddy and Chirag defeated their compatriot Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy in three gruelling sets by 21-11, 24-26, 21-11 to move into the 2 nd round.   The young Indian pair won the first and third set with ease. Both pairs fought for each point before Manu and Sumeeth won the 2 nd set. Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty stunned sixth seed Alfian and Ardianto of Indonesia in the 2 nd round in two straight games at 21-17, 21-19 to move into the quarterfinals. The young pair proved their worth wi...

Australia registered a remarkable 251 runs in the fifth and the final day of the first Test match played at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Monday. Starting on the overnight score of 13 for 0, it was not a perfect start for England as they lost an early wicket of Rory Burns for 11. Jason Roy and Joe Root survived anxious moments before playing some lovely strokes. It was a poor display of stroke play by Jason Roy who played a bad stroke against Nathan Lyon and was dismissed for 28. Root and Roy added 41 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Lyon was superb with his line and length to trouble the England batsmen. He took wickets of Joe Denly and England captain Joe Root to leave hosts in tatters at 85 for 4. It was a brilliant bowling display by the Australian bowlers who did not allow England batsmen to score runs with ease. The hosts went into lunch in big trouble at 85 for 4. In the first over after lunch, Pat Cummins bowled Jos Buttler cheaply for 1. Cummins and Lyon created so much pressu...