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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...