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  It was a mixed day for the Indian shuttlers on the opening day of Super 500 Thailand Open played in Bangkok, Thailand on 30 May 2023. The men’s singles section saw Kidambi Srikanth lost to Weng Hong of China in three games. It was a disappointing performance by the Indian as he looked out of color during the first game losing by 8-21. Srikanth committed lot of unforced in the 2 nd game before making a strong comeback to level the scores at 9-9. At the mid-game break, Srikanth led 11-9. The Indian tried to hit smashes but did not go beyond net and won second set at 21-16. The Chinese dominated the deciding game with smashes that put pressure on the Indian. At the mid-game break, Weng had a commanding lead. After the break, Weng continued to dominate and won the third game by 21-14 to knock out Srikanth in the first round. Kiran George stunned All England Champion runners up Shi Y Q of China in two straight games. The Indian showed great fighting spirit in both games. Whenev...

  The 2023 Indian Premier League was a great finish with Chennai Super Kings defeating Gujarat Titans in the last ball finish played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 30 May 2023. The match was a sensational encounter that went right down the wire and kept full capacity crowd of Ahmedabad treat. CSK captain Dhoni won the toss and decided to field first. Thanks to brilliant contributions by Gill, Saha, Sudharsan and Hardik Pandya, Gujarat Titans posted 214 for 4 in 20 overs. Chasing revised target of 171 runs off 15 overs, Gaikwad and Conway put on 74 runs laying strong foundation. The match went right down the wire as Ravindra Jadeja hit a six and four off final 2 deliveries to give CSK thrilling 5 wicket win. It was an amazing season with many brilliant batting performances in the season as many youngsters including Jaiswal, Rinku Singh showing their might and staking a claim for national squad. There were many matches that went right down the wire. Gujarat Titans a...

  Chennai Super Kings defeated Gujarat Titans in a thrilling contest during rain curtailed match played at full house Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad that went on the midnight of 30 th May 2023. CSK captain MS Dhoni won the toss on the reserve day and elected to bowl first. Shubman Gill was given a reprieve as Deepak Chahar dropped a simple chance. Wriddhiman Saha looked in great touch putting pressure on the CSK bowlers. Gill showed intent against Desphande hitting him for big shots. Gill was severe against Theekshana keeping the momentum going. Deepak Chahar dropped another chance off Saha. At the end of first six overs, Gujarat openers raced away to 62 for 0. Ravindra Jadeja was bought into the attack and got rid of Gill with quickfire stumping by MS Dhoni. Gill and Saha added 67 runs for the opening wicket. Sai Sudharsan came to the crease and took a few balls to settle. Chennai Super Kings made 80 for 1 at end of first timeout. Saha showed his class with some lovely sh...

  HS Prannoy produced a spirited performance to win the Super 500 Malaysia Masters in a thrilling encounter against Weng Hongyang of China played at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 28 May 2023. The match began with the Chinese taking a decent lead in the initial stages of the first game before HS Prannoy made a strong comeback to level score at 9-9. Prannoy took a slender 11-10 lead at the mid-game interval. After the break, the match ebbed and flowed from one end to another before Indian held onto his nerves to win first game at 21-19. It was another closely fought affair in the second game also with both players fighting for each point. The Chinese played attacking badminton and put Prannoy under pressure. At the mid-game interval, Weng took 11-9 lead. After the break, the Chinese looked in complete control and made life tough for the Indian winning second game easily at 21-13 to force the game into the decider. Weng began the third and deciding game on a positive note with some ...

  HS Prannoy remained the only shuttler to qualify while PV Sindhu lost in the semi-finals of Super 500 Malaysia Masters played at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27 May 2023. PV Sindhu had a disappointing outing as she lost to Georgia Tungjung of Indonesia in straight games. The Indian began the first game on an aggressive note putting the Indonesian under pressure with some lovely shots. At the mid-game break, Sindhu led 11-9. Tungjung made strong comeback to level the scores and then played some aggressive badminton to win the first game easily at 21-14. The second game was another good display by Tungjung with some lovely shots and putting Sindhu under pressure. Both players took alternate points and played some long rallies . At the mid-game interval, the Indonesian led 11-9. After the break, Georgia showed her class with brilliant shots that Sindhu could not pick and won second game easily to win it by 21-17. This was Sindhu’s second successive loss after the finals of Madrid O...

  The defending Champions Gujarat Titans produced a dominating performance in the qualifier 2 of IPL 2023 against Mumbai Indians played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 26 May 2023. MI captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to field first. It was a cautious start by Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha initially before both openers put pressure on the MI bowlers. At the end of first six overs, Gujarat Titans made 50 for 0. Tim David dropped a chance to get rid of Gill. After the drop chance, Gill took the charge smashing Akash Madhwal for 3 sixes in an over to change momentum in favor of Gujarat Titans. Piyush Chawla dismissed Saha via stumping from a wide delivery. Saha and Gill added 54 runs for opening wicket. Sai Sudharsan came to the crease and gave strike to Gill. Gill looked in decent touch with brilliant shots keeping the scoreboard ticking and keeping pressure on against weak MI bowling. At the end of first timeout, GT made 80 for 1. After the timeout, Gil...

  It was a good for the Indian shuttlers as PV Sindhu moved and HS Prannoy moved into the semi-finals while Kidambi Srikanth could not cross quarterfinals stage of Super 500 Malaysia Masters played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 26 May 2023. Kidambi Srikanth lost to qualifier Christina Adianta of Indonesia in three games. It was an aggressive beginning by the Indian in the first game putting pressure on opponent with smashes and drop shots. At the mid-game interval, Srikanth had a good lead. After the break, the Indian continued his positive intent and won the first game easily by 21-16. The second game saw Adianta made a strong comeback with smashes as Srikanth committed unforced errors. At the mid-game interval, Indonesian player had 11-4 lead. After the break, it was one-way traffic as Adianta won the second game at 21-16 to force the game into decider. It was another dominating performance by Adianta in the third game as Srikanth looked out of color. At the mid-game interva...

  The top Indian shuttlers including PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy progressed into the second round of Super 500 Malaysia Masters to be played in Kuala Lumpur on 23 May 2023. Kidambi Srikanth won his opening round encounter against Tomas Junior Popov of France in straight games. It was a dominating performance by the Indian who looked in complete control with lovely shots and did not allow his opponent to comeback into the game. Srikanth won the match easily at 21-12, 21-16 to move into the second round. He will now face Vitisdarn of Thailand. HS Prannoy stunned Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in three thrilling games. It was an amazing performance by Prannoy showing his class after losing the first set. The Indian lost the first game at 16-21 before making a strong comeback to win next two games at 21-14, 21-13. He took his revenge for the Sudirman Cup loss suffered against same opponent. He will now face Li SF of China in second round. Lakshya Sen showed his c...

  Mumbai Indians showed their class with a resounding win over Lucknow Super Giants in the eliminator played at M Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 24 May 2023. MI captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan showed intent right from word go putting pressure on LSG bowlers. Naveen UL Haq got the breakthrough dismissing MI captain Rohit Sharma with a simple catch to Ayush Badoni. Rohit and Kishan added 30 runs for the opening wicket. Yash Thakur dismissed Ishan Kishan in his first over caught by Pooran. Cameron Green came to the crease and put Krunal Pandya under immense with flurry of boundaries. Suryakumar Yadav looked in great touch keeping the momentum going for MI. At the end of first six overs, Mumbai Indians raced away to 62 for 2. Surya and Green kept the scoreboard ticking, taking singles and hitting boundaries easily. Mumbai Indians made 70 for 2 at the end of first timeout. Both MI batters did not allow LSG bowlers to settl...

  The international Cricket Council announced its schedule for the upcoming ICC ODI World Cup qualifiers 2023 to be played in Zimbabwe from 18 June to 9 July. Zimbabwe, Ireland, West Indies, and Sri Lanka qualified for the tournament finishing outside the top 8 teams that would qualify directly via ICC ODI Super League series. Nepal, Oman and Scotland finished in the top 3 spots of League 2 tournament played between August 14 2019 to March 16 2023. UAE and USA made it into the qualifying round with top 2 spot in qualifying round between March 26 to 5 April 2023. Here we look at the schedule and Groups of ICC ODI World Cup qualifying round 2023. Group A Zimbabwe Netherlands Nepal USA West Indies Schedule 1.        Zimbabwe vs Nepal (Harare Sports Club, Harare)- 18 June 2.        USA vs West Indies ( Takshinga Cricket Club, Harare)- 18 June 3.        Zimbabwe vs Netherl...

  Chennai Super Kings made it into 2023 IPL finals with a comphrensive win over Gujarat Titans in the first qualifier played at M Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 23 May. Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to field first. It could have been an ideal start for GT as Darshan Nalkande dismissed Ruturaj Gaikwad, but it was called no-ball due to overstepping. Gaikwad took advantage of chance putting pressure on GT bowlers. Rashid Khan was brought into the attack early, but Gaikwad showed his class with some brilliant shots. On other hand, Devon Conway struggled with his timing. At the end of the first six overs, CSK scored 49 for 0. With that, the first timeout was called. After the field restrictions, Gaikwad and Conway kept the scoreboard ticking, taking singles and boundaries not allowing GT bowlers to settle. Gaikwad completed his fifty off 36 balls while Conway struggled on a slow pitch. Mohit Sharma got the breakthrough for GT by dismissing dangerous ...

  Virat Kohli came to the rescue with a brilliant century in a must win match against Sunrisers Hyderabad played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on 18 May 2023. RCB captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to field first. It was a disciplined start as Mohammed Siraj and Wayne Parnell did not allow Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi score runs easily initially. Sharma and Tripathi showed some intent against Parnell in his 2 nd over keeping the pressure on RCB bowlers. Michael Bracewell was bought into the attack and got two wickets in the same over dismissing Sharma with a simple catch to Lomror and then Rahul Tripathi at short fine leg. Heinrich Klassen came to the crease and looked in fine touch putting pressure on RCB bowlers. At the end of first six overs, SRH scored 49 for 2. After the field restrictions, Klassen looked in sublime touch hitting boundaries at regular intervals and kept SRH momentum going. On other hand, Markram kept the strike rota...

  The defending Champions Gujarat Titans registered a comphrensive win over Sunrisers Hyderabad played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 15 May 2023. Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Aiden Markram won the toss and decided to field first. It was a start as Bhuvneshwar Kumar grabbed an initial breakthrough in the very first ball dismissing Wriddhiman Saha with good catch by Marco Jansen. Sai Sudharsan came into playing XI and showed intent right from word go. Shubman Gill made the batting look easy smashing SRH bowlers hitting four boundaries in an over. At the end of the first six overs, GT raced away to 65 for 1. After the field restrictions, Gill maintained the pressure on SRH bowling with some lovely shots against Markande. Sudharsan also looked in fine touch keeping the scoreboard ticking. Gill completed his fifty off 22 deliveries. Gill and Sudharsan continued to build momentum by taking singles and hitting boundaries with ease. At the end of first timeout, GT made 89 for 1...

  The 2023 Sudirman Cup is about to start as 16 teams will take part in the prestigious tournament starting on 14 May. It promises to be an exciting tournament as the best players will fight for the ultimate prize. Each Group comprises of 4 teams and the top two teams in each group would qualify for quarterfinal stage. Sudirman Cup is a mixed team event comprising of men’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. During the league stage, every match would be conducted while from quarterfinals stage onwards, team that wins 3 matches would enter the next round and next two matches would not be needed. Here we look at the Groups and Schedule of tournament. Group A China Denmark Singapore Egypt Schedule Singapore vs Denmark-14 May China vs Egypt- 14 May China vs Singapore- 16 May Egypt vs Denmark- 16 May China vs Denmark- 18 May Singapore vs Egypt- 18 May   Group B Indonesia Thailand Germany Canada Sche...