New Delhi: Two more Indian shooters have tested positive for Covid-19, taking the number of athletes contracting the highly contagious virus to six in the ongoing ISSF World Cup in the national capital. As per the guidelines, the shooters have been sent into isolation. These two, whose test reports came late on Saturday night, are […]
Ahmedabad: Pacer Shardul Thakur took his second consecutive three-wicket haul while Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a miserly spell, taking two wickets, after captain Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 80, to help India beat England in the fifth and final T20 International by 36 runs, and win the series 3-2 here on Saturday. Rohit Sharma, who smashed 64 off […]
New Delhi: India’s Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Deepak Kumar and Pankaj Kumar combined to win the silver medal in the men’s team air rifle event on the third competition day of the ISSF World Cup here on Sunday. The Indian trio shot a total of 14 in the gold medal round to finish behind the […]
New Delhi: A dominant India claimed both the gold medals on offer by some distance in the men’s and women’s 10m air pistol team events on the third competition day of the ISSF World Cup here on Sunday. First, the terrific trio of Yashaswini Singh Deswal, Manu Bhaker and Shri Nivetha won the top prize […]
New Delhi: India’s Ganemat Sekhon won a bronze medal in the women’s skeet event while Gurjoat Khangura finished sixth in the men’s category in the World Cup at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges on Sunday. Ganemat, 20, shot 40 points out of 60 shots in the final to finish third, behind Kazakhstan’s Zoya Kravchenko who […]
New Delhi: India’s Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elavenil Valarivan produced some excellent shooting to comfortably claim the gold medal in the 10m mixed air rifle event of the ISSF World Cup here on Monday. The India duo shot a combined total of 16 in the gold medal match to finish ahead of Hungarian world number […]
New Delhi: India’s Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary defended their mixed team 10m air pistol title in the ISSF World Cup here on Monday, with a 16-12 win over Iran’s Golnoush Sebghatollahi and Javad Foroughi in the final. Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma, meanwhile, bagged the bronze medal with a 17-13 victory over Sevval Illayda […]
Pune: England have chosen to bowl after winning the toss in the first ODI against India at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here. Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna and all-rounder Krunal Pandya will be making their ODI debut while spinner Kuldeep Yadav has been included in the Indian squad for the first time since December 2020. […]
New Delhi: In a first of its kind initiative, the BCCI has conducted two Fast Track Level 2 courses for cricketers who have played over 75 first-class games, including India internationals L Balaji, Robin Uthappa and current selector Debashish Mohanty. Phase 1 of the course was delivered online over four days considering the COVID-19 situation, […]
Pune: India beat England by 66 runs runs in the first One-day International with debutants all-rounder Krunal Pandya (58 not out off 31 balls) and speedster M. Prasidh Krishna (4/54) playing key roles with bat and ball here on Tuesday. India made 317/5 wickets in their allotted 50 overs while England were bowled out for […]
New Delhi: Young Indian shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar claimed the gold medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event, consolidating the host nation’s top standing in the ISSF World Cup here on Wednesday. The 20-year-old from Bhopal shot 462.5 to win the top prize ahead of Hungary’s star rifleman Istvan Peni (461.6) and […]
New Delhi: Chinky Yadav upstaged the experienced Rahi Sarnobat and the fancied Manu Bhaker to win gold as India swept the women’s 25m pistol event of the ISSF shooting World Cup here on Wednesday, highlighting the country’s depth of talent in the sport. The 23-year-old Yadav prevailed over Sarnobat, 30, 4-3 in a shoot-off after […]
Pune: India batsman Shreyas Iyer was on Wednesday ruled out of the ongoing ODI series against England as well as the entire IPL starting next month after dislocating his left shoulder in the opening game here. Sources in the BCCI told PTI that Iyer is set to undergo surgery on his left shoulder as he […]
New Delhi: Sanjeev Rajput and Tejaswini Sawant won gold in the 50m rifle 3 positions mixed team event at the shooting World Cup here on Friday. Rajput and Tejaswini beat Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish and Anna Ilina 31-29 in the final to clinch the title. This is India’s 11th gold medal at the World Cup. Many […]
Pune:England won the toss and chose to bowl in the second ODI against India at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Friday. The hosts have brought in Rishabh Pant as replacement for the injured Shreyas Iyer. India captain Virat Kohli, however, did not confirm if Pant will also take KL Rahul’s place behind the […]