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We will try our best to win maiden CWG gold: Hockey captain Manpreet Singh
The team faces a Herculean task as India have never won gold in Commonwealth Games men's hockey since the sport made its debut in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur. Indian men had finished fourth in Gold Coast in 2018. India are in Pool B with England, Canada, Wales and Ghana. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Scotland comprise the tougher Pool A in the 10-team competition.
Ben Stokes rested from England's T20I series against South Africa, The Hundred
England's Test skipper Stokes missed the T20I series against India to rest after captaining England to four consecutive Test victories against New Zealand and India at the start of the summer. With three more against South Africa beginning in the middle of August, Stokes has been given rest, which also means missing the second edition of the Hundred for Northern Superchargers.
FIBA Asia Cup: India suffer defeat against the Philippines in second group match
Muin Bek Hafeez was India's standout player with 14 points followed by Pranav Prince with 11. William Navarro, with 18 points, and Thirdy Ravena, 17, did the damage for the Philippines. This was India's second loss in a row in the FIBA Asia Cup after a 100-47 thrashing against world No. 27 New Zealand in the opener. India are currently third in Group D with two points, just above Lebanon who have the same tally but have played a game less.
Singapore Open: Sindhu reaches semifinal; Saina, Prannoy crash out
World No 7 Sindhu came from behind to beat world No 19 Han Yue 17-21, 21-11, 21-19 in the quarterfinals, which lasted for one hour and 2 minutes. With the win, she set up a semifinal clash against Japan's Saena Kawakami, who upset Thai shuttler Pornpawee Chochuwong in her final eight clash. The Indian shuttler made a slow start and trailed her Chinese opponent 14-11 before scoring four back-to-back points to take the lead.
I'm just happy to have played my part, says Reece Topley on match-winning 6/24
"It was a terrific team performance to bounce back from the other day and I'm just happy to have played my part. It means a lot and makes it all worthwhile, to be honest. It was just over the stand where I had surgery three years ago (due to stress fracture in the back at the Wellington Hospital), so it's come full circle, which is crazy," said Topley after the match.
Babar Azam reveals his tweet for Virat Kohli was to give him 'just some support'
On Thursday, shortly after Kohli was dismissed for 16 in the second ODI against England at Lord's, Babar put out a tweet with a picture of him and Kohli from the ICC Men's T20 World Cup last year, with the caption reading as "this too shall pass. Stay strong #viratkohli."
Rohit Sharma wants India's batters to change mindset, be extra positive in run chases
With England finding some nip off the pitch, tall left-arm quick Reece Topley was straight into his act, taking out Sharma for a 10-ball duck by getting one to come in and hit the back pad, burning a review in the process. Topley then had Dhawan strangled down leg and gave a catch behind to Buttler.
Will try our level best to win hockey gold in Commonwealth Games: Harmanpreet
With a little over two weeks to go for India's first match at the Commonwealth Games, the national team's preparations for the prestigious tournament are going on in full swing at the Sports Authority of India's centre here.
Hussain believes Topley justified importance in England's white-ball side after 6-24
In defence of 246, Topley made use of seam movement, variable bounce and varied his pace to pick up 6-24, the best-ever figures by any England bowler in ODI history as India crashed to 146 all out in 38.5 overs, giving the hosts a 100-run victory.
Poor batting and dropped catches not helping matters, indicates Rohit Sharma
India were guilty of inept batting on Thursday with the top order, comprising Rohit Sharma (0), Shikhar Dhawan (9), Virat Kohli (16) and Rishabh pant (0), perishing in no time as tall England left-arm quick Reece Topley claimed his career-best figures of 6/24 in ODI cricket to decimate the tourists' batting.
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