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Men’s ODI WC: Ishan to open in place of ill Gill as Australia win toss, elect to bat first against India
As expected, India are playing a three-pronged spin attack in Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and local lad Ravichandran Ashwin on a pitch which is a little bit on the slower side and looks dry. Ishan had opened the innings for India on tour of West Indies in July and got three consecutive fifties, apart from a spectacular 210 against Bangladesh in Chattogram last year.
Men’s ODI WC: Ravichandran Ashwin all set for grand homecoming at Chepauk
There was an element of homecoming in that game when a young Ravichandran Ashwin took 2-41 in his ten overs at Chepauk. Cut to now, and 12 years later, a grand homecoming awaits veteran off-spinner Ashwin when India take on Australia in their 2023 World Cup opening match on Sunday afternoon, as Chennai is back to hosting a global tournament game featuring the hosts’.
Men’s ODI WC: Resurgent India face Australia challenge in quest to start campaign on a high
In what has been cool evenings in the city, opposite of its hot and humid nature, the stadium’s walls inside and outside have come alive due to the dedicated and diligent efforts of the artisans. They were being given finishing touches by the artists while hectic activity in and around the venue took centrestage to get every work done before the India and Australia blockbuster face-off begins from Sunday afternoon.
Siddharth, Rashmikaa crowned champions at National Tennis Championship
The third seed took his time to settle in the men’s singles final before unleashing his powerful shots and precise backhands that saw him securing the title for the second time in his career. Siddharth's first Fenesta National title came in 2018 and now he looks forward to an exciting run on the circuit.
BCCI set to release 14,000 tickets for India vs Pakistan match
The absence of spectators in the opening games of the 2023 World Cup drew speculation over crowd presence in the stadium. On Thursday there was little interest in the World Cup 2023 opening between the reigning champions England, and the winners of the 2019 tournament, New Zealand.
Asian Games: Rankireddy, Shetty claim historic gold as India end Hangzhou campaign with 107 medals
India finished the Asian Games with a bang, claiming a final-day haul of 12 medals, which took its tally to 107 ----- 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze medals -- a total that causes disbelief for all those who still remember that the country had left with just one gold medal from Kabaddi when China hosted their first Asian Games in 1990.
Men’s ODI World Cup: South Africa’s Markram scripts history, smashes fastest ODI World Cup century
The 29-year-old reached the three-figure mark off 49 deliveries against Sri Lanka in their ODI World Cup 2023 opener match. The previous record was held by Ireland's Kevin O'Brien (50 balls against England in the 2011 World Cup).
Asian Games: Satwik-Chirag make history, win first-ever gold for India in badminton
The badminton annals at the Asian Games have also never witnessed an Indian pair win the gold medals. On Saturday, the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made history by winning India's first-ever gold medal in badminton at the Asian Games.
Indian women’s hockey team beat Japan 2-1 to win Bronze medal at Asian Games
For their impressive performance and the podium finish, Hockey India announced a prize of R 3 Lakh to each player of the Indian Women's Hockey Team and R 1.50 Lakh to each support staff.
Men’s ODI WC: Stoinis is still touch and go; will take a call on his participation after how he goes today, says Cummins
Stoinis has not played a competitive match since the ODI series opener against India at Mohali last month due to a hamstring niggle. “We will announce our team tomorrow at the toss. Stoinis is still touch and go; he will have a run this afternoon. Probably he’s up against it; he's got to jump through a few hoops and we'll see how he does today and take a call,” said Cummins in the pre-match press conference.
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