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It was an amazing start to the home season as Australian women started the T20I series with a comfortable 41 run win over Sri Lanka played at North Oval, Sydney on Sunday. Australian captain Meg Lanning won the toss and decided to bat first. Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy got the team off to a flying start putting on Sri Lankan bowlers right from word go. At the end of 6 overs, both openers took them to 64 for 0. After the power play overs, Ranasinghe got the breakthrough dismissing Healy for 43 off 21 balls. Australian openers added 72 runs in 6.3 overs. Ranasinghe struck again by getting the big wicket of Meg Lanning cheaply for 1. Gardner came to the crease and took the attack to Sri Lankan bowlers. Beth Mooney continued her aggressive intent to reach her fifty off 33 balls. After reaching her fifty, Gardner and Mooney smashed the Sri Lankan bowling attack. The left-handed Mooney was simply unstoppable and made the batting look easy to reach her 2 nd T20I century off 54 ball...

The Indian challenge ended as Parupalli Kashyap lost to World number 1 Kento Momota in the semi-finals of Super 500 Korea Open played at Incheon, South Korea on Saturday. Momota produced a dominating display against Kashyap and won the match easily. In the first game, the Indian played some lovely shots but could match the speed of the Japanese. Kento Momota led 11-7 at the interval. After the break, the World number 1 Momota continued his domination over Kashyap and showed his class with a variety of strokes. The Japanese won the first game at 21-13. The second game saw Kashyap started off to a slow start as Momota took advantage of the mistakes that the Indian made. At the interval, the Japanese led 11-7. After the interval, Kashyap made a mini recovery to take points in succession to level the scores at 12-12. The Japanese showed his class and took 5 points in succession to take a comfortable lead. Momota won the 2 nd set easily at 21-15 to move into the finals. It was a...

Parupalli Kashyap progressed into the semi-finals of the Super 500 Korea Open with an easy win over Denmark Jan O Jorgensen in straight sets at 24-22, 21-8 played at Incheon, South Korea on Friday. In the first game, both players started on even keel taking alternate points till 4-4. Jan Jorgensen stepped up his game with aggressive strokes and mistakes from Kashyap. At the interval, the Denmark player-led 11-8. After the interval, Kashyap equaled the score at 11-11. Both players fought for each point until 22-22. The Indian took 2 points in succession to take the first game at 24-22. The second game saw Kashyap play aggressive badminton right from word go and never allowed his opponent to play his natural game. At the interval, the Indian led 11-7. After the break, Kashyap never let the match slip and won the second game easily at 21-8 to move into the semi-finals of the tournament. He will take on Kento Momota in the semi-finals to be played tomorrow. It was a dominating...

He made his first-class debut for Gujarat against Vidarbha in October during the 2013-14 season. In that season, Bumrah took 38 wickets from 8 matches and created havoc among opposition batsmen. Before entering the Test arena, Bumrah made his T20I and ODI debut during the 2016 tour of Australia. He was impressive with his pace and accuracy. It has been a remarkable journey for Jasprit Bumrah who has created havoc among the opposition batsmen in Test matches. He made his Test debut for Team India in the first Test match at Cape Town on the South African tour played from 5 th January 2018. He picked only 1 wicket in South Africa’s first innings giving away 73 runs in 19 overs. In the 2 nd innings, Bumrah improved his bowling by picking up 3 wickets for 39 runs and bought India back into the match. Despite his performance, India lost the match by 72 runs. India was set a modest total of 208 runs to win but was bowled out for 135. Jasprit Bumrah performed brilliantly in ...

Parupalli Kashyap defeated Darren Liew of Malaysia to enter the quarterfinals of the Super 500 Korea Open played at Incheon on Thursday. Kashyap won the match in three sets by 21-17, 11-21, 21-12 last for 56 minutes. Kashyap had a great start to the first game playing aggressive badminton and not allowing the Malaysian opponent to play his natural game. The Indian won the first game easily at 21-17. In the 2 nd  the game, Darren Liew came back strongly to produce a dominating display and won the 2 nd game easily at 21-11 to force the match into a decider. In the deciding game, it was a dominating display by the Indian who showed his class and won the game and match easily to progress into the quarterfinals. He is the only left in the tournament after PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Sai Praneeth were crashed out in the first round. PV Sindhu lost to Biewen Zhang of USA in three sets by 21-7, 22-24, 15-21 to be knocked out in the first round. Saina Nehwal was also knocked out...

It was a disappointing day for the Indian contingent as PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, and Sai Praneeth crashed out in the first round of the Super 500 tournament played at Incheon, South Korea on Wednesday. In the women’s singles, PV Sindhu lost to Zheng Biewen of The USA in three sets by 21-7, 22-24, 15-21 to be knocked out in the first round. The World Championship showed aggression in the first game and won it easily by 21-7. In the second set, both players fought for each point. Sindhu had a match point but Zheng did not give up and won the 2 nd set by 24-22. In the third and deciding game, the Indian lost the plot and was knocked out in the first round. Saina Nehwal also lost to Kim Ga Eun of South Korea in three sets by 21-19, 18-21, 1-8 retired. The first game was a close-fought game as Saina held her nerves to win the first set at 21-19. In the 2 nd game, the Korean made a strong fightback and did not allow the Indian to play her natural game winning the 2 nd set. In the t...

The Indian eves started the home season with a thrilling 11 run win in the first T20I played at Lalbhai Contractor Stadium, Surat on Tuesday. South Africa women captain Sunne Luus won the toss and decided to field first. The decision paid off as Shabnam Ismail got the early wicket dismissing Shafali Verma on the fourth ball of the innings. Smriti Mandhana played some lovely shots putting pressure on South Africa bowlers. To hit the third successive boundary, Mandhana was dismissed by Shangase for 21. At the end of 6 overs, Indian eves were 34 for 2. Jemimah Rodrigues struggled to score runs while Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur looked aggressive with her intent. Sekhukhune got the wicket of Jemimah Rodrigues for 19. Kaur and Rodrigues added 30 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Deepti Sharma came to the crease to give support to Kaur. Indian captain Kaur took on South African bowlers adding 46 runs for the 4 th wicket. Klerk got wickets of Deepti Sharma and Kaur to stall India’s prog...

It was an amazing day on the badminton court as 4 matches went right down the wire in the finals of the Super 1000 China Open 2019 played at Changzhou on 22nd September.  Mixed doubles In all Chinese affair, World number 1 Zheng Siewei and Huang Yaqiong defeated the world number 2 pair of Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping in three sets by 21-17, 13-21, 21-16. It was an amazing performance by World number 1 who played with aggression and showed their dominance in the 1 st set winning it 21-17. In the 2 nd set, Wang and Dongping came back strongly to win it easily 21-13 to force the match into the decider. In the deciding game, the world number 1 made attacking moves and put pressure on the other pair. Zheng and Huang won the 3 rd set at 21-16 to win a grand slam of Super 1000 events in 2019. Women’s Singles Carolina Marin returned back strongly after a career threatening injury beating Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in three sets by 14-21, 21-17, 21-18. The first set ...

South Africa produced a dominating performance to level the T20I series with a convincing 9 wicket in the third and final match played at M Chinnamy Stadium, Bangalore on Sunday. Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first. Shikhar Dhawan made an aggressive start to the innings putting pressure on South African bowlers. Kagiso Rabada got the breakthrough dismissing Rohit Sharma cheaply for 9. Indian openers added 22 runs in 2.2 overs. Dhawan took the attack to South African bowlers. At the end of 6 overs, India were 54 for 1. As things were looking good for India, Shamsi got the breakthrough dismissing Dhawan for 36. Dhawan and Kohli added 41 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Virat Kohli struggled for timing and was dismissed for 9. Pant played a few lovely shots before playing another bad shot. The Indian batsmen struggled to score runs. From 63 for 2, India could only score 134 for 9 in 20 overs. Kagiso Rabada was impressive with figures of 3 for 39, Beuran H...

Bangladesh tasted success against Afghanistan winning the last league game of the tournament by 4 wickets at Zahur Chaudhary Ahmed Stadium, Chattgroam on Saturday. Bangladesh captain Shakib AL Hasan won the toss and decided to bowl first. Afghanistan openers Hazaratullah Zazai and Gurbaz struggled in the first 3 overs. Zazai took on the Bangladeshi bowlers and put them under pressure with aggressive stroke play. At the end of 6 overs, Afghanistan was 42 for 0. After the power play, overs both Afghan openers continued their charge and made the batting look easy. As things were looking dangerous for Bangladesh, Afif got the breakthrough dismissing Zazai for 47. Afghan openers added 75 runs. The part spinner took Asghar Afghan in the same over to put Afghanistan under pressure. The Bangladeshi bowlers kept a lid on the Afghanistan batting line up and picked wickets at regular intervals to restrict them to 138 for 7. Shafiqullah scored a quickfire 23 of 17 balls. Chasing down th...

The Indian challenge ended as Sai Praneeth went down fighting to Anthony Gingting of Indonesia in the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 China Open played at Changzhou on Friday. It was a great start for Sai who started the 1 st game on an aggressive note-taking a 3-0 lead and continued to build on the lead. At the interval, the Indian led 11-3. After the interval, Ginting reduced the gap to 11-14 but Sai took 1 st game at 21-16. Ginting bounced back strongly in the 2 nd game taking a 9-4 lead. At the interval, the Indonesian took an 11-4 lead at the interval. After the interval, it was a dominating performance by Ginting who never gave chance to Sai and won 2 nd set easily at 21-6. The Indonesian had a perfect start to the deciding game as he took a 6-2 lead. Sai Praneeth made a strong comeback with aggressive smashes and drop shots to have 11-7 lead at the interval. After the interval, Ginting proved his worth taking 6 points into the lead at 13-12. Sai committed a lot ...

It was a disappointing day for the Indian contingent as the World Championship PV Sindhu crashed out in the 2 nd round of Super 1000 China Open played at Changzhou on Thursday. Sai Praneeth was the only to move into the quarterfinals. In the men’s singles, Sai Praneeth defeated Lu Gz of China in two straight games at 21-19, 21-19. It was a decent performance by bronze medallists from 2019 World Championship. The Indian showed great fighting spirit and proved his worth with aggressive stroke play not allowing the Chinese to play his natural game. He will take on Anthony Ginting of Indonesia. Parupali Kashyap lost to Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting in two straight sets by 21-23, 21-15, 12-21 to be knocked out. The 1 st game was closely fought game but Ginting held his nerves to win the 1 st set. Kashyap produced a dominating display to win the 2 nd set and force the match into the decider. In deciding game, Ginting raised his game and won deciding game. The World Championsh...

It was a mixed day for the Indian contingent as PV Sindhu and Sai Praneeth moved into the 2 nd round Super 1000 China Open played at Changzhou, China on Tuesday PV Sindhu defeated former World number 1 Li Xuerui in two straights by 21-18, 21-12. It was a great start by the World Championship, Sindhu who took a 6-1 lead. From 3-8 down, the Chinese took 5 points in succession to level the scores at 8-8. The Indian played with aggression and took an 11-9 lead at the interval. After the interval, the Indian continued her domination over Li and had 20-14 lead. Li took 4 points in succession to reduce the gap, but Sindhu held her nerves to win the 1 st set by 21-18. The second game saw a better start from Li Xuerui taking an early 6-2 lead. Sindhu showed her aggression and leveled the scores at 6-6. The Indian continued to play attacking strokes and put her opponent under immense pressure. At the interval, Sindhu led 11-8. After the interval, there was no stopping the World Champions...

After a thrilling 2-2 drawn 2019 Ashes Test series, both England and Australia have earned 56 points each. Australia won the 1 st Test by a massive 251 runs margin. The 2 nd Test match played at Lords was an exciting draw. Thanks to Ben Stokes special 135* in the 4 th innings at Headingly, England leveled the series winning the match by just 1 wicket. Australia came back strongly in the 4 th Test match at Old Trafford, Manchester by 185 runs to retain the Ashes. England produced a dominating display to win the 5 th and final Test match by 135 runs. Here we look at the latest ICC Test championship points table 1.        India India leads the points table in the ICC Test Championship points table. They earned 60 points by winning the Test series by 2-0 against West Indies. Their next Test series will be against South Africa at home in October. 2.        New Zealand New Zealand occupies the 2 nd spot with 60...

England defeated Australia by 135 runs to level the series on the 4 th day of 5 th Test match played at Kennington Oval, London on Sunday. Both England and Australia have earned 56 points in the Test series that is a part of the ICC Test Championship. Starting on the overnight score of 313 for 8, England were bowled out for 326 with Archer being dismissed by Pat Cummins while Nathan Lyon took the wicket of Leach. The hosts set the target of 399 runs to win. Marcus Harris and David Warner struggled against the England bowlers. Stuart Broad got the breakthrough dismissing Australian openers cheaply again. Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith continued their brilliant form before Jack Leach dismissed Labuschagne with a superb stumping by Jonny Bairstow. Steve Smith continued to bat well in the 1 st session and Matthew Wade looked positive with his intent. Australia went into lunch break at 68 for 3.   England got off to a perfect start in the 2 nd session as Stuart Br...

Thanks to Manish Pandey captains knock and Shivam Dube quickfire knock, India A sealed the series with a 4 wicket win in a rain curtailed 3 rd unofficial One day international played at Greenfield  Stadium, Thirvunthrpuram on Monday. South Africa A captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and elected to bat first. The match was reduced to 30 overs aside. Janneman Malan and Reeza Hendricks got to a flying start adding 28 runs for the opening wicket. Deepak Chahar got the wicket of Hendricks with a brilliant diving catch from Ishan Kishan. At the end of 6 overs, South Africa A were 29 for 1. After the power play overs, Janneman Malan played with positive intent along with Breetzke. Both South Africa A batsmen took on India Bowlers. Krunal Pandya dismissed Malan for 37. Malan and Breetzke added 34 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Breetzke showed his potentials with the bat taking on the India A spinners. It was a brilliant piece of fielding by Shardul Thakur to run out Breetzke for 36....