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Saurashtra emerged as the new Champion of 2019/20 Ranji Trophy as they defeated Bengal on the first innings basis played at SCA Stadium, Rajkot that finished on 13 th March 2019. It was their maiden title in the prestigious tournament after reaching the fourth finals in 8 years. Jaydev Unadkat led side started their campaign on a winning note defeating Himachal Pradesh by 5 wickets at HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala from 9 th December. Himachal Pradesh captain Ankit Kalsi won the toss and decided to bat first. It was a brilliant bowling performance by Saurashtra who bowled out Himachal Pradesh for just 120 runs. Jaydev Unadkat, Chirag Jani and Prekerk Mankad took 3 wickets each. In reply, Saurashtra could not post a big total as they were bowled out for just 141 runs. Dharmendra Singh Jadeja was the top scorer with 47 runs while Snell Patel scored 42. Thanks to a brilliant bowling spell by Saurashtra captain Jaydev Unadkat taking 6 for 51 helped bowled out Himachal for 182. Chasin...

The Indian challenge ended as World Championship PV Sindhu crashed out in the quarterfinals to Nozomi Okuhara the All England Badminton Championships played at Arena, Birmingham on Friday. It was a dominating start by Sindhu who looked in complete control with smashes and drop shots not allowing Okuhara to play her natural game. At the interval, the Indian had a commanding 11-6 lead. After the interval, Sindhu made the life tough for the Japanese with smashes and created pressure to win the first set easily at 21-12. In the second game, Okuhara made a strong comeback into the game playing long rallies and creating panic among Sindhu. Both players took 2 points each before the Japanese proved her worth and made life tough for the Indian. Sindhu was forced to commit mistakes. At the interval, Okuhara had a 11-7 lead. After the interval, the Japanese played with aggression and did not allow the Japanese to comeback into the game. It was a dominating display by Japanese who won ...

The young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen lost out to Denmark Victor Axselen in two straight games at 17-21, 18-21 in the 2 nd round of the prestigious All England Badminton Championships played at Arena, Birmingham on Thursday.   It was a hard-fought match between Lakshya and the experienced Danish player. Victor engaged Sen in long rallies, but the Indian stayed well enough to stayed which put the opponents under pressure.  The young Indian mixed defence with aggression as he emerged right on a long 50 plus rallies. Axselen held his nerves to stay ahead on a three-point lead on a couple of occasion. Every time, the Danish player looked to dominate, the Indian came back strongly to comeback into the match. Eventually Victor won the first game easily at 21-17. In the second game, Axselen opened a 6-2 lead in the early stages. Lakshya showed great fighting spirit to come back into the game and had put pressure on Axselen taking charge on couple of occasions. The Dan...

It was a great start for PV Sindhu who defeated Zhang Bei Wan of United States of America in two straight sets by 21-14, 21-17 to move into the 2 nd round of the All England Badminton Championships played at Arena, Birmingham on Wednesday. The World Champion started off to an aggressive note taking an early 2-0 lead. Sindhu played with aggression and put the USA player under pressure with smashes. Zhang came back strongly to level the things at 6-6. Both players took alternate points till 9-9. The Indian took 2 points in succession to have a 11-9 lead at the interval. After the interval, Zhang tried her best to come back into the game, but the Indian showed her domination to win the first set easily at 21-14 in just 17 minutes. In the second game, Sindhu again played with aggression initially before committing a lot of mistakes either hitting in the net or hitting out wide. Zhang created pressure with great smashes and left the Indian wanting. At the interval, USA player had ...

It was a dominant performance by the West Indies team as they cruised to an easy 7 wicket win over Sri Lanka in the 2 nd and final T20I match played at Palleke International Stadium, Kandy on Friday. West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for the visitors as Oshane Thomas got rid off Avishka Fernando in the 3 rd over. Thomas bowled with quick pace and did not allow Sri Lankan openers to settle. Shehan Jayasuriya and Kusal Perera tried to put pressure on West Indies bowlers. At the end of six overs, Sri Lanka were 44 for 1. After the power play overs, Fabien Allen was bought into the attack and dismissed Shehan Jayasuriya and Kusal Perera in the same over. Jayasuriya and Perera added 32 runs for the 2 nd wicket. The experienced Angelo Mathews and Kusal Mendis provided some resistance adding 33 runs for the 4 th wicket. Dwayne Bravo struck to get the wicket of Mendis. Fabien Allen ran out Mathews to leave Sri Lanka...

The Indian Women’s Cricket reached their maiden T20 World finals after the first semi-finals against England was abandoned due to rain played at Sydney Cricket Ground, SCG on Thursday. Harmanpreet Kaur led side finished top of Pool A winning all their matches. It is a great achievement for the Indian women’s team as they performed brilliantly in the league stages. India started the group stunning the defending Champions Australia by 17 runs in the opening match played at Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney on 21 st February. After their win against Australia, they defeated Bangladesh by 18 runs on 24 th at WACA Stadium, Perth. It was a superb performance by India as they held their nerves to beat New Zealand by 3 runs in their 3 rd match played at Junction Oval, Melbourne on 27 th February. In their final league match, India cruised to a 7 wicket over Sri Lanka to finish top of Pool A and qualify for the last 4 stage. There were consistent rains today and India were rewarded...

It was a dominating performance by West Indies as they defeated hosts Sri Lanka by 25 runs in the first T20I match played at Palleke International Ground, Kandy on Wednesday. West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and decided to bat first. Lendl Simmons and Brandon King got off to a cautious start before Simmons smashed 20 runs off Isuru Udana over. At the end of six overs, West Indies were 58 for 0. After the power play overs, Simmons and King continued to milk the Sri Lankan bowlers. As things looked dangerous for Sri Lanka, Sandkan struck to get rid of King for 33. West Indies openers added 74 runs. Simmons showed his class with his attacking stroke play while Pooran also played some lovely strokes. Hasaranga struck for Sri Lanka to dismiss Pooran for 14. The hard-hitting Andre Russell came to the crease and just hammered the Sri Lankan spinners for big hits. Lasith Malinga bought himself into attack to dismiss Russell with a brilliant yorker. Russell scored 35 o...

Ahead of the semi-finals clash against England to be played on 5 th March, the 16-year-old Shafali Verma has taken world by storm as she jumps 19 places up to number 1 in the latest ICC T20I batting rankings announced on Thursday. Playing her first international tournament on the big stage, Verma has shown her hitting abilities and created fear among opposition bowlers. In the opening match against Australia played at Sydney Show ground, Sydney 21 st February, Verma was superb with her stroke play and hit a quickfire 29 off 15 balls with 5 fours and 1 six. She provided a flying start along with Smriti Mandhana adding 41 runs in 4.1 overs. In the second match played against Bangladesh on 24 th February at WACA Stadium, Perth, Verma was simply sensational with her power-hitting scoring 39 off just 17 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes. For her brilliant knock, Verma was awarded the player of the match. Shafali Verma again showed great hitting abilities in the third Group A ...

After the final group B match between South Africa and West Indies was abandoned due to persistent rain at the Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney on Tuesday, South Africa finished top of Pool B with 7 points from 4 games. The semi-finalists line up for the 2020 ICC Women’s World T20 has been decided to be played on 5 th March. India will face England in the repeat of 2018 World T20 played in West Indies. The Indian women had a great run in Group stage winning all their matches. Harmanpreet Kaur led side started the tournament stunning the defending Champions by 17 runs thanks to Poonam Yadav sensational 4 wicket spell. In the second group match, India cruised to 18 run win over Bangladesh thanks to Shafali Verma brilliance played at WACA Stadium, Perth on 24 th  February. It was a close fought match in their Group A match against New Zealand at Junction Oval, Melbourne on 27 th February. Despite Verma 46 off 34 balls, India posted 133 for 8 in 20 overs. Amelia Kerr almost...

The defending Champions Australia register a close 4 run win against New Zealand in a virtual quarterfinal played at Junction Oval, Melbourne on Monday. New Zealand captain Sophie Devine won the toss and decided to field first. Beth Mooney looked in fine touch playing with positive intent. Jensen got the breakthrough dismissing Healy for just 9. The pitch had good bounce and carry. At the end of six overs, Australia were 38 for 1. After the power play overs, Australian captain Meg Lanning showed her class with positive strokes while Mooney played New Zealand spinners coming down the track. After hitting 2 successive boundaries, Peterson dismissed Meg Lanning for 21. Lanning and Mooney added 32 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Mooney made the batting look easy taking singles and hitting boundaries at will. Ashleigh Gardner impressed with her stroke play to score run ball 20. Kasperek struck to get rid of dangerous Gardner for 20. Gardner and Mooney added 52 runs for the 3 rd wicke...

The Indian men’s team achieved their highest ever rankings of number 4 after impressive performances in debut Pro League season since its inception since 2003. It comes at the expense of 2016 Rio Olympics champions Argentina. Manpreet Singh led side had a great outing in first three rounds defeating Netherlands twice, Belgium and Australia once. In the matches they lost, Indian team gave a good fight and created pressure on the opponent teams with aggressive play. India started their Pro League campaign with 6-2 win over Netherlands in the first match played at Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar on 18 th . In the second leg, India were trailing 1-3 but came back strongly in the fourth quarter to level the scores at 3-3. In the penalty shootout, India won the match by 3-1. In the 2 nd match against Belgium played on 8 th February at Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar, India stunned runners up of Rio Olympics Belgium 2-1. India went down fighting against Belgium in 2 nd leg with a 2-3 ma...