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India’s Priyanka Goswami wins silver in race walk, shatters national record

Birmingham: India's Priyanka Goswami shattered a three-year-old national record to clinch the silver medal in the women's 10,000m race walk at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at the Alexander Stadium, here Saturday. Tokyo Olympian Priyanka clocked 43:38.82, a new Indian national record, to claim her podium...

Finisher role is one that it is very hard to be consistent: Dinesh Karthik

4 years ago

Lauderhill (Florida): Undoubtedly, wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik is having a rollicking year so far. After churning out consistent performances as a finisher for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL 2022, Karthik made a comeback into India's T20I squad since the series against South Africa in June....

Pawan Sehrawat crosses Rs 2 cr mark, headlines Day 1 of PKL auctions

4 years ago

Mumbai: India's Pawan Kumar Sehrawat emerged as the most expensive buy on Day 1 of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 9 Player Auctions held in Mumbai Friday. He was bought by Tamil Thalaivas for a whopping sum of INR 2.26 crore. Meanwhile, Guman Singh...

Premier Badminton League Season 6 to begin December 17

4 years ago

New Delhi: Premier Badminton League (PBL) is set for a comeback with Season 6 scheduled to commence December 17. The event organised by SportzLive under the aegis of the Badminton Association of India (BAI) will bring world-class badminton action after a gap of two years,...

India win toss, elect to bat first against England in first semi-final

4 years ago

Birmingham: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has won the toss and elected to bat first against England in the first semi-final of women's T20 cricket event in the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston. Whoever wins Saturday will progress towards the gold medal match while the losing...

Zimbabwe achieve historic win against Bangladesh in first ODI

4 years ago

Harare: Aided by brilliant centuries from Innocent Kaia and Sikanda Raza, Zimbabwe registered one of the most memorable victories in their cricketing history defeating Bangladesh by five wickets in a high-scoring first One-day International at the Harare Sports Club. This was Zimbabwe's first ODI win...

CWG 2022: Sakshi Malik wins gold medal in women’s freestyle 62kg category

4 years ago

Birmingham: Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik turned back the clock to register a dominant victory to bag gold medal in the women's freestyle 65kg bout, beating Canada's Ana Godinez Gonzalez by fall in the Commonwealth Games here Friday. Sakshi, who seemed to have gone...

Hima fails to qualify for women’s 200m final

4 years ago

Birmingham: Star Indian sprinter Hima Das failed to qualify for the final of the women's 200m at the Commonwealth Games here Friday. The 22-year-old from Assam finished third in semifinal 2 with a timing of 23.42 seconds. Namibia's Christine Mboma and Australia's Ella Connolly qualified...

Target clean sweep: India unlikely to tinker much with batting line-up against West Indies Port of Spain: A ruthless Indian team is unlikely to take its foot off the pedal as it aims to top up a world-record winning feat with another clean sweep against the West Indies Wednesday. India created a world record Sunday by sealing their 12th consecutive series win in the ODI format against the West Indies -- the most against a team. In this backdrop, head coach Rahul Dravid might be tempted to try out some of his reserve players but he will have to maintain a fine balance between keeping the momentum and testing his bench strength. In the batting department, it is unlikely that Ruturaj Gaikwad would be preferred over Shubman Gill, who after two innings of 64 and 43 would not like to sit out. Gaikwad had got a full South Africa series where he looked distinctly uncomfortable against quality pace. While his IPL credentials have kept him in the mix, chances of Indian cricket establishment investing in him on short term basis look dim. Shreyas Iyer and Sanju Samson have also hit the straps with fifties in last game and Suryakumar Yadav is not expected to cool his heels at the expense of Ishan Kishan despite his twin failures in the first two games. Kishan is seen as a timer of the ball who can use the Powerplay overs well by hitting over the in-field. He isn't a power hitter who can force the pace after 35th over and hence Samson is a better option despite him being a left hander. Ravindra Jadeja as the designated vice captain was the first choice all-rounder in this series before he was ruled out of the first two games due to a knee niggle. It is still not certain whether Jadeja will be available for the final game as Axar Patel after his match-winning knock of 64 in the second game could feel hard done by. However if Dhawan wants two play two left-arm spinners, then Yuzvendra Chahal could be asked to rest but that will be at the cost of sacrificing variety in bowling attack. Arshdeep Singh had a groin issue during the England ODIs but since he is a left arm seam bowler, he could be tried out in place of Avesh Khan, who was a tad expensive in the second ODI. He leaked 54 runs in his six wicket-less overs. Avesh and Prasidh Krishna have a similar type of hit the deck bowling style, getting deliveries to rear up from back of length or good length. It only warrants that one among the two should start in the eleven. As far as West Indies is concerned, they have capable players but as a unit, they have failed to fire. They depend too much on individual brilliance of Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell or Romario Shepherd. More importantly, the team hasn't shown resilience to win important moments that can impact the outcome of the match. West Indies could do well to use the experience of Jason Holder in the final game of the series. The hosts would aim to put an end to their losing streak in ODIs, which has now stretched to eight matches, including a 0-3 loss to Bangladesh in the preceding rubber. Teams (from): West Indies: Nicholas Pooran (captain), Shai Hope (vice-captain), Shamarh Brooks, Keacy Carty, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Keemo Paul, Rovman Powell and Jayden Seales, Hayden Walsh. India: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh. Match starts: 7pm IST. PTI India, West Indies, ODI, cricket

4th T20I match preview: Iyer, Hooda to fight for Asia Cup berth as India look for series win

4 years ago

Fort Lauderhill (Florida): Shreyas Iyer's performance will be under intense scrutiny as India gear up for the back-to-back T20I games against West Indies, starting here Saturday, with the twin objective of winning the series and also firming up squad for T20 World Cup. India are...

Five-star India emerge SAFF U20 champions

4 years ago

Bhubaneswar: Striker Gurkirat Singh scored four goals as India beat Bangladesh 5-2 in extra time in the final to lift the SAFF U-20 Championship trophy here Friday. Both teams were locked 1-1 at the interval, and 2-2 after completion of regulation time. Gurkirat scored in...

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A Systems Fix

August 1, 2026

Dilip Cherian Governments, especially those with strong political instincts, usually respond to crises with tougher laws, tighter enforcement and louder...

July 29, 2026

A debate is spreading across India. The Cockroach students movement recently succeeded within a few days at forcing change that...

July 28, 2026

Better late than never. Two days after the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the Supreme Court has stated...

July 27, 2026

A quote from Milan Kundera goes thus: The final stage of a cultural movement is satire. When the people laugh...

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