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Rishabh Pant scored 270 runs in the four-match Test series against England.© BCCI England skipper Joe Root feels the 113-run partnership between Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar turned out to be the reason behind the visitors’ loss in the fourth and final Test against India at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday. After bundling England out for 205, India found themselves in trouble when they were reduced to 146/6. But Pant and Washington Sundar stitched a century stand for the side and rebuilt the hosts’ innings. The swashbuckling wicket-keeper batsman single-handedly put India in command on the second day before Washington scored an unbeaten 96 on Saturday. Root was in awe of Pant’s brave batting, who reversed swept James AndersonContinue Reading

Vinesh Phogat had to wrestle only twice as she got walkovers in the other two on Saturday.© Twitter Star wrestler Vinesh Phogat put herself in contention for a second consecutive gold by reaching the 53kg final in a jiffy while Sarita Mor settled for a silver medal at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series event. In her four bouts, Vinesh had to wrestle only twice as she got walkovers in the other two on Saturday. And the two bouts that she fought, Vinesh won those by pinning her rivals — first her compatriot Nandini Bajirao Saolkhe in the first round and then Canadian Samantha Leigh Stewart in the semifinal, which lasted a mere 42 seconds. She did not have to moveContinue Reading

Ravichandran Ashwin’s wife Prithi posted an adorable message for her husband.© Instagram Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin played a key role as India defeated England in the fourth Test and clinched the series 3-1. Ashwin’s wife Prithi took to Twitter to make an adorable request to her husband after India’s thumping series victory. Sharing a picture of Ashwin receiving the Player of the series award, Prithi used a read heart emoji and requested the off-spinner to break the bio-bubble and come back home. “Now break the bubbbubble and come home already. @ashwinravi99,” Prithi wrote on the micro-blogging site. now break the bubbbubble and come home already. @ashwinravi99 pic.twitter.com/Lb09OOLOSe — Prithi Ashwin (@prithinarayanan) March 6, 2021 Ashwin finished the match by picking up England’sContinue Reading

Sarita Mor went down to 2-4 to to Giullia Penalber of Bulgaria in the title bout.© Twitter India’s Sarita Mor won a silver medal, while Kuldeep Malik bagged a bronze in their respective events at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series wrestling event in Rome. Indian grapplers secured three medals in the Greco-Roman category on Friday, taking the country’s tally to five medals. Asian champion Sarita beat Kazakhstan’s Altynay Satylgan 4-1 in the women’s 57kg quarter-finals and then defeated Emma Tissina by a fall in the semi-finals to assure herself of a silver. Later, Sarita went down to 2-4 to to Giullia Penalber of Bulgaria in the title bout to settle for the silver. The other Indian in the same weightContinue Reading

IND vs ENG Live: Washington Sundar plays a shot during Day 2 of the 4th Test match.© BCCI India will be aiming to register a strong first innings lead against England on Day 3 of the fourth Test match, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Currently seven wickets down, Washington Sundar and Axar Patel are batting for India. The duo are trying to build a steady partnership. Sundar has already registered a half-century and will be aiming to add more runs to the scoreboard. India wrapped up Day 2 with a lead of 89 runs, scoring 294 for seven in response to England’s first innings total of 205. Despite losing quick wickets on Day 2, a century by RishabhContinue Reading

Neeraj Chopra shattered his own national record at the Indian Grand Prix on Friday.© World Athletics/Twitter Olympic-bound star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra smashed his own national record with a throw of 88.07m, which is also the best of the year so far, in a sensational return to action during the third Indian Grand Prix meet in Patiala on Friday. Competing for the first time in more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the whole of 2020 calendar, Chopra hurled the spear to a distance of 88.07m in his fifth attempt to obliterate his earlier national record of 88.06m, sealed during the gold-winning effort at the 2018 Asian Games. In his first competitive event in more than aContinue Reading

Satwiksairaj Ranikreddy and Ashwini Ponappa crashed out of Swiss Open on Friday.© AFP Indian mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa’s fine run in the ongoing Swiss Open came to a disappointing end after a defeat in the quarter-finals on Friday. Satwiksairaj and Ashwini showed top-notch fighting spirit before going down to World No 13 and No 5 pair Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing of Malaysia in three games 17-21, 21-16, 18-21. Satwiksairaj and Ashwini had staged a comeback after losing the first set but the Malaysian duo diffused the Indian attack to seal a place in the semi-finals. In the singles match, Ajay Jayaram’s fine run at the Swiss Open Super 300 came to an endContinue Reading

NZ vs AUS: Tim Southee was reprimanded for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision.© AFP New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee has been reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third T20I against Australia in Wellington. Southee was found to have breached Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Player and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “showing dissent at an Umpire’s decision during an International Match.” In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to the disciplinary record of Southee, for whom it was the first offence in a 24-month period. The incident occurred in the first over of the match on Wednesday, when Southee shouted at the umpireContinue Reading

IND vs ENG Live: Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara looked solid in the last hour on Day 1.© BCCI India have put in a steady start against England on Day 2 of the fourth and final Test match, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The hosts currently have Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara batting, and the duo are building a decent partnership. Earlier on Day 1, India scored 24 for one in response to England’s first innings score of 205. The hosts lost the wicket of Shubman Gill, who fell to a delivery by James Anderson. Before the Indian innings, England batsmen were subjected to another trial by spin and they couldn’t quite find their way out of theContinue Reading

National selection trials were held on Wednesday where Pragati Choudhary secured the third spot.© AFP Pragati Choudhary, a 16-year-old Indian archer, has booked a place in the Indian women’s compound team after suffering a brain stroke in May last year. Pragati secured the third position in the national selection trials held Wednesday to select teams for three Archery World Cups. Pragati was hospitalised and operated on after her stroke and it took her two months to start walking again. The next World Cup is scheduled to be held in Guatemala in April this year.  “I had to go for physiotherapy to start walking again,” she told The Tribune. “In two months, the doctors gave me the go-ahead to start trainingContinue Reading