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'Will be dangerous to cut him off at the moment', Gilchrist wants India to have Kohli for T20 World Cup
Virat Kohli has not scored a century since November 2019, struggled for runs during this year's IPL and even failed to contribute much with the bat during the recently-concluded tour of England. There have been calls to drop him from the national team and also to not pick for the World Cup if he continues to struggle in the next few series. One of the best wicketkeeper-batsmen ever, Gilchrist mentioned that Rishabh Pant's talent excites him but he avoided an inference if Indian cricket is right in fast-tracking him into leadership roles.
Women's hockey team player Sangita Kumari brave all odds to represent India in CWG 2022
Due to a frail financial condition of her family, she does even have a television set at her house till date. She originally hails from Karangagudi village in Jharkhand's Simdega district. After the Hockey Jharkhand President Bholanath Singh came to know about Sangita's financial condition, he sent a new LED TV from Ranchi on Thursday at her house in Jharkhand so that Sangita's family and the people in her village can see her play live on television at the CWG 2022.
Shakespeare, vintage cars, Duran Duran light up opening ceremony of Birmingham Commonwealth Games
The two-hour programme during which the organisers put up a carnival-like display that boasted Birmingham's impressive inventions, buttons, car horns, celluloid film and printing press, paid tributes to the working class at the Alexander Stadium through a raging bull, 10 metres high and built over five months, pulled in by female chain makers who would work long hours in hot and cramped outhouses to make small chains back in the 19th century.
'We are champions': Shikhar leads India's celebration in dressing room after 3-0 clean sweep over West Indies
The 36-year old Dhawan, who was named captain of India for three ODIs against West Indies as regular captain Rohit Sharma was rested and vice-captain KL Rahul was not fully fit, led the team to 3-0 whitewash in the Caribbean islands. After the commendable victory in the third game, head coach Rahul Dravid lauded the youngsters to perform under pressure and shine in the absence of some of the big players who were rested from the ODI leg of this series.
44th Chess Olympiad begins: Team US top seed, India second
The event was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Governor RN Ravi also attended the opening ceremony along with Union Sports minister Anurag Thakur. The star-studded US team-led by World Championship challenger Fabiano Caruana is numbers ahead in terms of average rating with Elo 2771 while India seeded second with Elo 2696.
International Boxing Day to celebrate courage, fairness, diversity of boxing
As it is currently the 'Year of Africa', the central celebration will take place on the continent on August 27. National Federations all around the world are encouraged to organise their celebrations on-site with various activities, including training and master classes, communication between young boxers and champions as well as social initiatives.
Still figuring out how to play ODI cricket: Nicholas Pooran after 3-0 series loss
Skipper Nicholas Pooran admitted that the side is still trying to figure out their gameplan in ODI cricket. "It was a tough one for us. We did a lot of right things in the first two games. I think we tried our best, the boys performed well. But there were a lot of games in a short span of time."
CWG 2022: Redemption time for Indian women's hockey team to recapture the gold medal
India defeated hosts England 3-2 in extra time to win the gold medal -- coming back to score the winner in the final moments of extra time. The two teams are on the path to collision in Birmingham too as they are in the same Pool A with Canada, Wales and Ghana as the other teams and will face off in their preliminary round match on August 2. Winning that match and topping the group could be crucial so as to avoid strong Australia in the semifinals.
CWG 2022: All eyes on Sindhu and Srikanth as India look to dominate badminton competitions
India, who emerged as the most successful team in Gold Coast with six medals -- the same as England who had a silver medal less, are the defending champion in the Mixed Team competition having won the title four years back in Gold Coast ahead of Malaysia. They have in their ranks stars like former World No 1 and ex-World Champion PV Sindhu, the two-time Olympic medallist, Kidambi Srikanth, silver medallist in the World Championship in December 2021.
India cruise to ODI series sweep over West Indies
There were plenty of delays during India's innings, with the visitors forced to hit out late after a weather break saw the match initially reduced to 40 overs per side. Another rain delay at the end of the 36th over saw India's innings completed even earlier, with the visitors posting a decent total of 225/3 from their allotted overs.
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