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The Indian women’s team produced another dominating performance in their last league game against Sri Lanka played at Junction Oval, Melbourne on Saturday. Sri Lanka captain Chamari Atthapatu won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start for the Lankans as Deepti Sharma dismissed Thimashini for 2 runs. Chamari looked impressive with her stroke play and put some pressure on the Indian bowlers. At the end of six overs, Sri Lankan women were 35 for 1. After the power play overs, Rajeshwari Gayakwad dismissed Madavi. The Indian spinners were superb with their line and lengths which did not allow Sri Lanka to score runs easily. Radha Yadav took the big wicket of Sri Lankan captain for 33 from 24 balls. The women in Blue kept picking wickets at regular intervals which stem the run flow. Nilkashi de Silva and Dilhari added 24 runs for the 8 th wicket which helped Sri Lanka to cross the 100 runs mark. At the end of 20 overs, Sri Lankan women posted 113 for 9. C...

The Indian women’s team held their nerves to register a 4 runs win over New Zealand in their Group A match played at Junction Oval, Melbourne on Thursday. New Zealand captain Sophie Devine won the toss and decided to field first. Smriti Mandhana who missed the last match played some lovely strokes before being bowled by Tahuhu. Taniya Bhatia who was promoted to number 3 looked in decent touch. Shafali Verma continued her superb form with attacking stroke play and made life tough for White Ferns bowlers. At the end of six overs, India 49 for 1. After the power play overs, Verma was dropped by Maddy Green. Mair struck for White Ferns as she dismissed Bhatia. Bhatia and Verma added 51 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Verma was dropped the 2 nd time by Tahuhu. Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur went in quick succession. In attempt to hit another big shot, Verma was dismissed for 46 by Kerr. Veda Krishna Murthy was given not out by the umpire and on review the decision was overturned...

A rampant Australia showed their class as they defeated hosts South Africa by 97 runs in the third and deciding T20I match played at Newlands, Cape Town on Wednesday. South African captain Quinton de Kock won the toss and decided to field first. David Warner and Aaron Finch started off to a cautious start in first two overs. Finch and Warner took 17 runs from Rabada over and then 18 runs off Nortje over which put South African bowlers under pressure. The experienced duo was simply rampant with aggressive stroke play and good running between the wicket. At the end of six overs, Australia raced towards 75 for 0. After the power play overs, Warner and Finch continued their attacking stroke play which made life tough for South African bowlers. The Australian captain Finch reached his fifty off 27 balls while Warner hit a six to complete his half-century off 30 balls. Shamsi bowled some tight overs before Nortje got the breakthrough dismissing Warner for 57 with a running catch f...

The Indian women’s team registered their second successive win of the tournament defeating Bangladesh by 18 runs played at WACA Stadium, Perth on Monday. Bangladeshi captain Salma Khatun won the toss and decided to field first. Taniya Bhatia who came to open the innings replacing Smriti Mandhana looked edgy but Shafali Verma was in sensational form with big sixes in the first two overs which put pressure on Bangladesh bowlers. Bangladeshi Salma Khatun got the wicket of Bhatia. Jemimah Rodrigues came to the crease and looked busy with her stroke play. Verma kept the pressure on Bangladesh bowlers with superb hitting. In attempt to hit another big shot, Verma was caught by Shamima Sultana on the third attempt. Rodrigues and Verma added 37 runs for the 2 nd wicket.   At the end of six overs, India were 54 for 2. After the power play overs, Rodrigues looked in great touch rotating the strike and hitting occasional boundaries. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur struggled and wa...

A superb bowling effort by South African bowlers helped them to level the series in the 2 nd T20I match played at ST George Stadium, Port Elizabeth on Sunday. South African captain Quinton de Kock won the toss and decided to bat first. It was an ideal start for the hosts as de Kock looked in sensational form taking on Australian pacers in form of Richardson, Starc and Cummins. On the other hand, Reeza Hendricks struggled to time the ball. At the end of six overs, South Africa were 59 for 0. After the power play overs, Kane Richardson provided the breakthrough dismissing Hendricks for 14 off 17 balls. South African openers added 60 runs for opening wicket. Faf du Plessis came to the crease and rotated the strike along with de Kock. Cummins did the job by picking wicket of du Plessis to stem the run flow. Van der Dussen joined in with de Kock and showed his intent. De Kock reached his fifty off 31 balls. Both batsmen struggled but added 50 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Adam Zampa st...

Thanks to hat-trick by Ashton Agar, Australia handed South Africa a resounding 107 runs in the first T20I match played at Wanders Stadium, Johannesburg on Friday. South African captain Quinton de Kock won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for the hosts as Dale Steyn dismissed David Warner off the 2 nd ball. Aaron Finch and Steve Smith looked in sensational form with superb stroke play and taking on South African pacers. Kagiso Rabada who made a comeback after a ban was smashed by both experienced Australian batsmen. At the end of six overs, Australia raced to 70 for 1. After the power play overs, Shamsi was bought into the attack. Smith and Finch continued their positive intent taking the attack to South African bowlers. Shamsi struck to get rid of Finch for 42. Finch and Smith added 80 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Matthew Wade coming at number 4 looked edgy with his stroke play. After being smashed for a boundary, Steyn struck to get the wicket of Ma...

It was an amazing game of hockey as India went down fighting to Australia in the first leg of Pro Hockey League match played at Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar on Friday. The Indian started off an aggressive start with attacking moves which put pressure on Australian defence. Rupinder Pal Singh looped a loose ball which the Australian took advantage as Wootherspoon scored a field goal in the 6 th minute to give Australia 1-0 lead. Both teams played end to end hockey which entertained the crowd. In the 13 th minute, Australia got a chance to double the lead but could not do it. At the end of first quarter, the visitors led 1-0. The second quarter saw a brilliant start from Australia as Wickham scored a field goal to give the visitors a 2-0 lead. In the 22 nd minute, there was big a chance for India, but the Australian goalkeeper produced a stunning save. India earned their first penalty corner of the match but was blocked brilliantly by Harvey. The Indian attackers showed their...

It was a mixed day for Indian shuttlers as Saina Nehwal and Sameer Verma moved into the quarterfinals of the Super 300 Spain Masters played at Barcelona on Thursday. In all India second round match, Kidambi Srikanth lost to Ajay Jayaram in two straight sets by 6-21, 17-21 to be knocked out. Srikanth could not match and struggled right from word go and made lot of mistakes in the first game losing it by 6-21. In the second game, Srikanth fared much better but Jayaram showed his composure to win the match at 21-17. Ajay Jayaram will face T Rouxel of France in the quarterfinals. It is a massive dent for Srikanth chances to qualify for the Olympics. Saina Nehwal had no problems of defeating Ukraine M Ulitina in two straight sets by 21-10, 21-19 to move into the quarterfinals. The Indian played with aggression and never allowed her opponent a chance in the first game. In the second game, Ukraine opponent gave a stiff fight, but Saina held her nerves to win 2 nd game at 21-19. She ...

The Indian Women’s Cricket Team would look to showcase their talent with lots of youngsters in the team. They have a poor record in T20 World Cups as they qualified for the semi-finals stage thrice. In the 2018 edition held in West Indies, India reached the semi-finals in controversial thing where experienced Mithali Raj was dropped. India are clubbed with Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Group A. They will start their campaign against the defending Champions Australia on 21 st February at Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney. This team has a explosive top order and quality spinners. If the middle order can fire along with the top order, then Indian team can win the World T20 for the first time. Here we look at the 5 key players to watch out for in 2020 ICC Women’s World T20 1.        Smriti Mandhana Smriti Mandhana is an explosive left-handed opening batter who can play big shots right from word go and put the opposition b...

England defeated South Africa by 5 wickets in the third and deciding T20I match played at Super Sport Park, Centurion on Sunday. It was another match dominated by the batsmen who showed their domination and made sure that audience were entertained. South African captain Quinton de Kock won the toss and decided to bat first. Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma showed their positive right from ball one making sure that they keep the pressure on England bowlers. De Kock took on Chris Jordan and Mark Wood which put England bowlers on the backfoot. It was a great batting display by both South African openers as they raced to 64 for 0 at the end of six overs. After the power play overs, Bavuma and de Kock continued their aggressive approach against Adil Rashid which put pressure on England bowlers. Ben Stokes provided the much-needed breakthrough for England dismissing dangerous de Kock for 35. South African openers added 84 runs in 7.4 overs. Adil Rashid got the 2 nd wicket of Bavuma...

The Indian men’s team provided a gritty display of badminton against the two-time Champions Indonesia going down fighting 2-3 in the semi-finals of the Badminton Asia Team Championship played at Manilla on Saturday. In the first match of the day, Sai Praneeth lost to Anthony Gingting 6-21 before retiring hurt at the start for 2 nd game to give Indonesia a 1-0 lead. Praneeth looked out of sorts against Ginting. Lakshya Sen produced a stunning display to defeat the Asian Games gold medallists Jonathan Christie in a closely fought match by 21-18, 22-20 to level the scores at 1-1. It was a superb performance by Sen who showed great resilience and kept the Indonesian player on the backfoot. Sen won the first set easily at 21-18. Both players fought for each point in the 2 nd game before the Indian cruised past Christie. In the first men’s doubles Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun went down fighting to Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiwan in three gruelling games by 10-21, 21-14, 21-23. ...

It was an amazing game of cricket as England defeated South Africa in a high scoring thriller played at Kingsmead, Durban on Friday. South African captain Quinton de Kock won the toss and decided to field first. The explosive Jason Roy looked in sublime touch with aggressive strokes before Lungi Ngidi got the breakthrough dismissing Jos Buttler cheaply. Jonny Bairstow and Roy took on Ngidi putting pressure on South African team. Roy and Bairstow smashed Beuran Hendricks taking England to 55 for 1 at the end of six overs. After the power play overs, Bairstow took the liking to Phehlukawyo putting pressure on South African bowlers. After being smacked for 14 runs, Phehlukawyo got rid of Jonny Bairstow ending a dangerous 52 runs stand for the 2 nd wicket. England captain Eoin Morgan and struggled initially before taking on Shamsi. Shamsi provided the big breakthrough dismissing Jason Roy with a catch by David Miller at long on. Dwaine Pretorius bowled tight overs against Morgan ...

From being down 0-2, the Indian men’s badminton team achieved an almost impossible 3-2 victory over the experienced Thailand side in the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Team Championship played at Manilla, Philippines on Friday. It was not an ideal start for the Indian side as singles specialist Sai Praneeth lost to 12 th ranked Thai player Kantaphon Wangchareon in three sets by 14-21, 21-14, 12-21 to give Thailand a 1-0 lead in the tie. Sai looked out of sorts in the first game and the Thai player took advantage of it. In the second game, Sai came back strongly to level the score at 1-1. In the third and deciding game, the Thai player showed great control and won the match easily. Kidambi Srikanth lost to Junior Champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn in two straight sets by 20-22, 14-21 to give Thailand a 2-0 lead in the tie. It was a close fought game in the first set as both players fought for each point before the youngster won the set 22-20. In the 2 nd game, the Thailand pl...

Thanks to brilliance by Lungi Ngidi, South Africa held their nerves to win the first T20I match against England played at Buffalo Park, East London on Wednesday. England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided to field first. Quinton de Kock looked in sublime touch putting pressure on Tom Curran hitting. Temba Bavuma also impressed with his stroke making and rotating the strike. Moeen Ali provided the much-needed wicket dismissing de Kock for a quickfire 31 off 19 balls. South African openers added 48 runs in just 4.1 overs. Van der Dussen came to the crease and kept the momentum of the innings with attacking stroke play. At the end of six overs, South Africa raced to 68 for 1. After the power play overs, der Dussen and Bavuma continued South Africa scoring with aggressive strokes and rotating the strike. Adil Rashid bowled with control and never allowed both batsmen to score runs easily. As things looked out of control, Ben Stokes dismissed Van der Dussen for 31. Van...

Thanks to Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian women’s team kept their hopes alive of reaching the finals of the Tri-series with a record run chase in the 5 th match against Australia played at Junction Oval, Melbourne on Saturday. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to field first. The decision paid off as Deepti Sharma dismissed Alyssa Healy off the 3 rd ball of the innings. Ashleigh Gardner came to the crease and attacked the Indian bowlers right from word go. Beth Mooney on the other hand was struggling to score runs. At the end of six overs, Australian women were 49 for 1. After the power play overs, Harleen Deol who came into the playing XI got the wicket of Beth Mooney. Mooney and Gardner added 62 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Australian captain Meg Lanning came to the crease and played with positive intent. Gardner reached her fifty off just 33 balls. Both Australian batters were aggressive against the I...

Indian men’s hockey team stunned Champions Belgium in their second match of the Pro Hockey League 2020 played at Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar on Saturday. It was an ideal start for the Indian team as a brilliant deflection shot by Mandeep Singh in the 2 nd minute gave a 1-0 lead. After the goal, Belgium played attacking hockey putting the Indian defence under pressure with penalty corners. In the 8 th minute, Belgium earned 3 successive penalty corners. The 3 rd penalty corner was well saved by Krishnan Pathak. At the end of first quarter, India led 1-0. In the 2 nd quarter, Belgium attacked right from word go and put the pressure on the Indian defence. P Sreejesh was superb with gloves saving so many goals. In the 20 th minute, Ramandeep Singh missed a golden chance to score a goal which was well saved by Belgium goalkeeper. Sreejesh continued to be saving grace and made lot of saves. At the end of first half India were 1-0. Belgium missed a golden chance to score a go...

The Bangladesh Under 19 created history by reaching their maiden finals beating New Zealand by six wickets in the 2 nd Super League semi-finals played at JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom on Thursday. Bangladeshi captain Akbar Ali won the toss and decided to field on an overcast morning which assisted the bowlers. Shoriful Islam was brilliant with new ball with 2 consecutive maiden overs. Shamim Hossain got the breakthrough dismissing Rhys Mariu. Ollie White and Lellman struggled against the Bangladeshi bowlers. At the end of 10 overs, New Zealand were 26 for 1. After the power play overs, Ollie White tried to put pressure on the Bangladeshi bowlers. Rakibul Hasan dismissed White with a good catch by Akbar Ali. The Bangladeshi bowlers kept a tight lid not allowing Lellman and Lidstone to score runs easily. When Lellman tried to increase the scoring rate, a superb catch by Mahmudul Hasan Joy ended the innings of Lellman for 24. Hasan Murad got rid of Jesse Tashkoff to leave New Zeala...