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CWG 2022: Bowlers, Mandhana help India thrash Pakistan by eight wickets; reach top of table
After bowling out Pakistan for just 99 in an 18-overs a side affair due to rain, opener Smriti Mandhana slammed an unbeaten 63 and played magnificent shots which oozed class and delight in equal measure to chase down the total with 38 balls remaining. The eight-wicket thrashing of Pakistan, after a three-wicket defeat to Australia in the opening match, means that India keeps their semi-final hopes alive and are on top of the table with their net run rate jumping from-0.56 to 1.17.
Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi hails Sindhu, Neeraj Chopra for recent performances
While addressing the nation during Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi said, "Friends, be it the classroom or the playground, today our youth, in every field, are making the country proud. This month, PV Sindhu has won her first title of the Singapore Open. "Neeraj Chopra also continued his excellent performance and won the silver medal for the country in the World Athletics Championship."
CWG 2022: Jeremy Lalrinnunga gets India second gold with Games record
The 19-year-old, hailing from Aizawl in Mizoram, managed a total lift of 300kg (140kg in snatch and 160kg in clean & jerk) to win India's second gold medal in the ongoing competition and in weightlifting after Mirabai Chanu won gold in women's 49kg category on Saturday. Samoa's Vaipava Nevo Loane took the silver medal with 293kg (127kg and 166kg) while Nigeria's Edidiong Joseph Umoafia clinched the bronze medal with an overall lift of 290kg (130kg and 160kg) as the 10kg gap made in snatch by Jeremy proved to be decisive.
West Indies fined 20 per cent of match fee for slow over-rate in T20I vs India
Chasing a massive 191 for victory, the hosts fell 68 runs short to lose the opener in the five-match series.
Richie Richardson of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after the West Indies were ruled to be one over short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
Shikhar to lead India in ODIs on Zimbabwe tour; Chahar, Sundar return, Tripathi called up
The 36-year old Dhawan, who had also led India recently and guided them to a 3-0 series whitewash in West Indies, will captain once again in absence of Rohit Sharma, who has been rested for Zimbabwe ODI's. Apart from Rohit, most of the regular ODI members -- Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya and Mohammad Shami -- have also been given rest.
India women's hockey team overcomes Wales 3-1, rises to the top of Pool A
Vandana Katariya (26th, 48th) starred with a brace, while Gurjit Kaur (28th) scored a goal for India. Xenna Hughes (45th) got on the score-sheet for Wales. Riding high on confidence, India started aggressively, earning a penalty corner in the first minute of the match on Saturday evening.
CWG 2022: Boxer Lovlina starts campaign with easy win
Opening her campaign against New Zealand's Ariane Nicholson, an amateur boxer who otherwise has a day job as a hairdresser, Lovlina emerged a 5-0 winner, getting a unanimous decision from all five judges at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) here.
CWG 2022: Weightlifter Bindyarani Devi wins silver, India's fourth medal in Birmingham
The 22-year-old Bindiyarani Devi from Manipur lifted a total weight of 202 kg with a superb attempt of 116 kg in her final turn in clean and jerk to leapfrog England's Fraer Morrow (198) and finished just 1kg adrift of Nigeria's Adijat Adenike Dlarindye, who ended with a total of 203 kg, a Games record.
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu clinches India's first gold medal at 2022 Commonwealth Games
Mirabai, who was the outright favourite to win her division, lived up to the billing with a total lift of 201kg (snatch - 88kg; clean and jerk - 113 kg). With her mark, she shattered the Commonwealth Games record in the category. The previous Games record, in fact, was held by Chanu herself courtesy a 191kg lift which brought her the 48kg gold medal at Gold Coast 2018. It was Chanu's third successive medal at the Commonwealth Games. She finished with silver at Glasgow 2014 and won gold at Gold Coast 2018
CWG 2022: Weightlifter Gururaja Poojary wins India's 2nd medal, clinches bronze in 61kg
Poojary successfully pulled off a combined lift of 269kg, (118kg in snatch and 151kg in clean and jerk) to claim a podium finish at Birmingham 2022. This was also his second straight CWG medal after he won the men's 56kg silver medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia. Malaysia's Aznil Bin Bidin Muhamad lifted a combined 285kg in both rounds to win the gold medal and create a new Commonwealth Games record in the category.
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