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Shami brutally trolls Pant, calls him 'overweight'
Shami, who is in England for the five-Test series, celebrated his birthday with Indian spectators at The Oval. Pant, who is known for his fun presence on the field, came up with a hilarious tweet pointed towards Shami. The wicketkeeper-batsman tweeted, "@MdShami11 bhai, ball aur umar dono tezi se nikli jaa rahi hai. Happy birthday!" It loosely translates to, 'you are ageing as fast as your pacey deliveries'.
Feel very fortunate getting a medal at the Paralympics: Krishna Nagar
"Getting a medal in Tokyo, in the Paralympics is a very big thing for me. We had already committed that we will get five-six medals from the Paralympics. We got four medals. But we will cover that in the upcoming tournaments. I feel very fortunate getting a medal at the Paralympics, especially when badminton has been added for the first time. There is no bigger achievement than getting a medal here," said Nagar
Deepa Malik compares India's 19 medals to a youngster emerging from teens
On Sunday, India ended the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with 19 medals -- five gold, eight silver and six bronze -- a dramatic and historic rise for the country that had collected only 12 medals while participating in 11 editions of the Games from 1968 till 2016. Deepak Malik, who won the shot put F53 silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics and is the top office-bearer of the PCI now, tweeted, "Indian para-sports were in infancy till Rio2016.
4th Test: KL Rahul fined 15% of match fees for showing dissent
"Rahul was found to have breached Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, relating to 'showing dissent at an umpire's decision during an International Match'. One demerit point will also be added to Rahul's disciplinary record as it was his first offence in a 24-month period," said a release by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday.
Paralympics: Nagar, Yathiraj help India end Tokyo 2020 campaign with 19 medals
On Sunday, the final day of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, India claimed two medals -- a gold and a silver in badminton -- and finished 24th among 162 nations in the overall medal tally on the basis of gold medal count, while it is placed 20th based on the number of medals (19) it won. Krishna Nagar in Men's Singles SH6 class, won India's lone gold medal on Sunday.
Tokyo gold medallist Pramod Bhagat once had no money to buy racket
Bhagat, a native of Bihar's Hajipur town in Vaishali district had natural talent in sports. "He used to beat any person in the city during his childhood. When he was just five years old, he became a polio victim. As our financial state was not good and my sister Kishuni Devi and her husband Kailash Bhagat did not have a child, they adopted Pramod and took him to Bhubaneswar," said Rama Bhagat.
Ravi Shastri, India support staff put under isolation
"The BCCI Medical Team has isolated Mr Ravi Shastri, Head Coach, Mr B. Arun, Bowling Coach, Mr R. Sridhar, Fielding Coach, and Mr Nitin Patel, Physiotherapist as a precautionary measure after Mr Shastri's lateral flow test returned positive last evening," he said in a statement.
US Open: Swiatek overcomes Kontaveit; Sakkari, Pliskova advance
The 2020 French Open champion Swiatek, who came back from 3-6, 6-6 down to scrape past Fiona Ferro of France in the previous round, needed two hours and 17 minutes to overcome a surging Kontaveit. Kontaveit had won their first two meetings, including a tough fourth round of the Australian Open last year. But Swiatek beat Kontaveit during her attempted title defence at the French Open earlier this season, and she made it two in a row in New York, levelling their head-to-head.
Rohit's intentions were clear, adapted his game according to India's need: Zaheer
A dominant India took control of the fourth Test on Saturday, extending their lead to 171 at stumps on day three, as Rohit struck his first Test hundred away from home and eighth overall. The visitors were on 270/3 when bad light brought a premature end to proceedings. The 34-year-old Rohit made batting look extremely easy in overcast conditions during his stay at the crease and also completed 3000 Test runs in the process.
Paralympics: Krishna Nagar wins India's fifth gold in Tokyo
After Suhas Yathiraj claimed silver in SL 4 in the morning, India's hopes for another gold medal from the badminton courts at the Yoyogi National Stadium depended on Nagar, the world No. 2 in his class, and the 22-year-old from Jaipur did not disappoint as he played a superb aggressive game to prevail over Chu 2-1 in 43 minutes.
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