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Day: April 28, 2023

28Apr By source belowNo Comments
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Vinesh outrage prompts stars to lend their voice: Pained, hope for justice

A DAY after World Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat questioned the lack of support from other sportspersons, Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and several other top sportspersons on Friday lent their support to the wrestlers protesting against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The country’s first-ever track and field Olympic gold medalist, Chopra said he was hurt to see athletes having to demand justice by protesting on the streets. “They have worked hard to represent our great nation and make us proud. As a nation, we are responsible for safeguarding the integrity and dignity of every individual, athlete or not,” he tweeted. Vinesh, who is at the forefront  of the protests, had told The Indian Express during an Idea Exchange programme that she expect...
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WATCH: Bajrang Punia accuses Delhi Police of cutting electricity at Jantar Mantar, wrestlers asked to end protest following 2 FIRs filed against WFI chief

In an Instagram video, Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Bajrang Punia has accused the Delhi Police of cutting electricity and ration supplies at the wrestlers protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. Speaking to his followers, Punia claimed that the Delhi Police have cut off electricity, barricaded the protest site and isn’t allowing food and water and have asked the wrestlers to end their protest after Delhi Police registered two FIRs against Wrestling Federation of India president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation by seven women wrestlers. “I’ve spoken to the ACP, he said, ‘Do whatever you can, we won’t let water or food in’,” Bajrang said. “You can see the pressure that is being put on us. When the entire country is in...
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IPL: A Supergiant show: Lucknow’s aggressive batting floors Punjab Kings

Synopsis: Lucknow’s supergiants-size show of aggression leaves Punjab Kings powerless on home turf, despite Taide’s surge Once Lucknow Supergiants ransacked 257 for 5—the second-highest score ever in the league—it required the greatest chase in the history of the league for Punjab Kings to grab points. They fought and clung on, but a miracle inevitably eluded them, as they fell 56 runs adrift on a day bowlers from both sides would loathe revisiting (only twice has more runs been scored in a single game in the IPL). Aggression, supergiants-size Only once has a team in the league surpassed 250 in an innings before Supergiants did—a magic shore of sorts. That was when Chris Gayle peeled off 175 off merely 66 balls. No Supergiants batsman scored half as many runs, but the collective destruc...
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PBKS vs LSG, IPL 2023, Highlights: Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers sizzle in Lucknow Super Giants’ big win over Punjab Kings | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Marcus Stoinis and Kyle Mayers scored brutal fifties, while medium pacer Yash Thakur claimed four wickets as Lucknow Super Giants crushed Punjab Kings by 56 runs in a high-scoring contest at PCA Stadium in Mohali on Friday. It was LSG's fifth win in eight matches while Punjab Kings suffered their fourth loss in eight games.HIGHLIGHTS | POINTS TABLEPut in to bat, Mayers (54 off 24) and Stoinis (72 off 40) fired Lucknow Super Giants to 257 for 5 against Punjab Kings. This was the second highest total in IPL history. RCB hold the record of scoring highest IPL total when they scored 263/5 in 20 overs against Pune Warriors India in 2013.Besides being the second highest total in IPL history, it was also the highest of the season.Needing almost 13 runs per over to pull off an improb...
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Mai jee raha hu, marr raha hu, tune mujhe ek baar nahi poocha: What Ishant Sharma said to Axar Patel having recovered from fever during IPL 2023

It took more than 700 days for Ishant Sharma to feature in his next IPL game since 2021, but the 34-year-old has made an instant impact for Delhi Capitals in the 2023 Indian Premier League. Having lost their first five games this season, Delhi now have back-to-back wins and Ishant has nabbed three wickets in the same. Not that long ago though, the Indian pacer was dealt another blow on his way to making a comeback. Upon landing in Bangalore for DC’s fifth game against RCB, Ishant was down with fever for three days. In a recent Delhi Capitals video, the 34-year-old shared the story behind the same to his teammate, Axar Patel. “When I got the energy to stand a little bit, I picked the food tray and came to your room and said, ‘Tereko sharam toh aati nahi, ek baar bhi phone nahi kiya. Mai ...
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Badminton Asia Championships: Satwik-Chirag pair ensures men’s doubles medal after 52 years | Badminton News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India's top men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty scripted history by assuring a men's doubles medal at the Badminton Asia Championships after 52 years.The Indian pair got the better of Indonesia's experienced duo Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight games 21-11, 21-12 in the quarterfinals in Dubai on Friday.Rankireddy and Shetty now face Chinese Taipei's Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin in the last four encounter.Earlier, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu squandered a game lead to go down against second seed An Se Young of Korea in the women's singles quarterfinals.Sindhu, seeded eighth, pocketed the first game 21-18 but looked completely off colour in the next two games which she lost 5-21 9-21 to hand Young a place in the semifinals.The other I...
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Satwik-Chirag pair ensures men’s doubles medal after 52 years as PV Sindhu loses in quarter-finals

India’s top men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty assured a men’s doubles medal at the Badminton Asia Championships after 52 years after outplaying Indonesia’s experienced duo Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the quarterfinals here Friday. The Indian pair won by 21-11 21-12. Rankireddy and Shetty now face Chinese Taipei’s Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin in the last four encounter. Earlier, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu squandered a game lead to go down against second seed An Se Young of Korea in the women’s singles quarterfinals. Sindhu, seeded eighth, pocketed the first game 21-18 but looked completely off colour in the next two games which she lost 5-21 9-21 to hand Young a place in the semifinals. The other Indian hope, eight seed HS Prannoy, too bowed ou...
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Lot of top-order players in other teams are batting better than Prithvi Shaw: Ricky Ponting | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Prithvi Shaw's pre-tournament net sessions had convinced Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting that a breakthrough IPL season awaited him but he now has to admit that a lot of openers in other IPL teams are performing better than the colourful Mumbai batter.Shaw has been dropped after playing six games and it is unlikely that DC will go back to him anytime soon."I think it's 13 games (considering IPL 2022 as well) since Prithvi has made a 50 opening the batting for the Delhi capitals. There are a lot of other players at the top of the order with other teams that are playing a whole lot better than Prithvi," Ponting said ahead of the team's match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday.Shaw scored just 47 runs in six games in this IPL."Prithvi at his absolute best we know he...
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Prithvi Shaw has failed to give us spark at the top: Ricky Ponting

At the start of the season, Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting had high hopes for Prithvi Shaw and even said that this will be opener’s biggest season in the IPL. However, seven games into the season, Shaw has been dropped after a string of poor scores. Cut to the present, Ponting made it clear that Shaw has failed to provide that spark at the top of the order, and he is currently not in the scheme of things anymore. “It was six games this season, I think six or seven games in the back end of the last season. I think it is 13 games (12) since Prithvi has made a fifty while opening the batting,” Ponting told the reporters here. “We needed to find that spark at the top of the order, and Prithvi has failed to give us that start. Prithvi, we know, is a match-winner and was one of the r...
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PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy make quarterfinals exits from Badminton Asia Championships | Badminton News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy crashed out of the Badminton Asia Championships after losing their respective quarterfinals in Dubai on Friday.Sindhu won the first game but failed to capitalise on the advantage before going down against second seed An Se Young of Korea. Prannoy left his match midway against Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan due to injury.Sindhu, seeded eighth, pocked the first game 21-18 but looked completely off colour in the next two games which she lost 5-21, 9-21 to hand Young a place in the semifinals.Prannoy was trailing 11-21, 9-13 when he retired due to an injury.Earlier in the day, qualifiers Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy battled hard before losing a tough three-game mixed doubles contest against Dejan Ferdinansyah and Gloria Emanuelle Wi...
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Happy for Varun, Markande comebacks: Kumble | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: A striking, and rather refreshing feature of this year's IPL, now at the mid-way stage, has been the massive success that the leg-spinners have enjoyed. If veterans Piyush Chawla (11 wickets in 7 games@17.45 for Mumbai Indians) and Amit Mishra (4 wickets in 4 games@16.25 for Lucknow Super Giants) have reminded us about their class, Varun Chakravarthy (13 wickets in 8 games @18.38 for Kolkata Knight Riders) and Mayank Markande (8 wickets in 5 games @16.75 for Sunrisers Hyderabad) have staged superb comebacks, and someone like a young Suyash Sharma (9 wickets in 6 games@21.66 for KKR) has made an immediate impact in his first IPL. In between all this, Yuzuvendra Chahal (12 wickets in 8 games@20.58 for Rajasthan Royals) and Ravi Bishnoi (8 wickets in 7 games@25.75 for LSG) have bee...
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IPL 2023: PBKS vs LSG | Punjab wins toss, opts to bowl against Lucknow

Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan is back in the squad after missing three games due to shoulder injury in the Indian Premier League 2023 match against Lucknow Super Giants. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Kings opted to bowl against Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL in Mohali on April 28.Shikhar Dhawan is back leading Punjab after missing three games due to a shoulder injury.Sikandar Raza replaced Matthew Short in the Punjab playing eleven and Gurnoor Brar will be making his IPL debut. LSG named an unchanged team.TeamsPunjab Kings: Atharva Taide, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Sikandar Raza, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (w), Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh.Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis,...
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We’ll continue to play fearless cricket: KKR assistant coach | Cricket News – Times of India

KOLKATA: Kolkata Knight Riders will continue to play fearless cricket despite a topsy-turvy season that saw them slip to seventh spot in the standings, assistant coach James Foster said on Friday.KKR managed to return to winning ways with a win over Royal Challengers Bangalore. They still have to win at least five from their remaining six matches to seal a playoff berth."In terms of batting unit, the message that has gone across is play fearless cricket. It's about taking the game on. It's something that we have discussed," Foster said on the eve of their match against Gujarat Titans here."At times it does not always go according to plan, but it actually takes the pressure off. There isn't any pressure on the guys."Foster further said that they have gone on to reach the final from a sim...
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Ryan Mason says positive energy back at Tottenham after Harry Kane reveals Daniel Levy meeting

Tottenham Hotspur’s players held a ‘clear the air’ meeting with chairman Daniel Levy after the 6-1 hammering at Newcastle United last weekend, according to striker Harry Kane. The debacle at Newcastle, which more or less put paid to Tottenham’s top-four hopes, resulted in the players reimbursing fans’ costs for the trip to Tyneside. It also cost stand-in manager Cristian Stellini his job, with former midfielder Ryan Mason taking charge of Thursday’s battling 2-2 home draw against Manchester United. After the United game, Kane said talks were held with the under-fire Levy, who many Tottenham fans blame for the club not winning any silverware since 2008. “The chairman asked for a meeting,” Kane, the club’s record scorer said. “Obviously I won’t go into what was said but I think it was imp...
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​IPL 2023: Top players who have been ruled out with injuries

​Kyle Jamieson (CSK)Tall Kiwi pacer Kyle Jamieson was snapped up by CSK for Rs 1 Cr. But due to a recurrence of a back stress fracture, he had to undergo surgery and was sidelined for 3-4 months. He is currently ruled out of IPL 2023 and might target New Zealand's tour of England in August for a possible comeback. Previously, Jamieson played for RCB. Source link
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Ajinkya Rahane: People think Ajinkya Rahane made it to Test team because of three IPL knocks: Ravi Shastri | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the IPL 2023, Ajinkya Rahane must not have been in the scheme of things of national selectors and it seemed that the batter had hit the dead end.But Rahane reinvented himself in the ongoing season of IPL and emerged as one of the success stories of the tournament with his breathtaking knocks and scored 224 runs at an astonishing strike rate of 189.83.Rahane now forced his way into the Indian squad for the World Test Championship final against Australia with a series of outstanding performances this season.Former head coach Ravi Shastri feels that Rahane was a certainty to make the Indian squad for the WTC final once Shreyas Iyer was ruled out due to lower-back stress fracture.The WTC final will be played at the Oval in London from June 7-11.Shastri, who coached the I...
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I always tried to give a good start and give the team momentum, says Saha

Gujarat Titans’ Wriddhiman Saha during a practice session on the eve of the IPL 2023 cricket match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Friday, April 28, 2023. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak The shock defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders at Ahmedabad is not troubling Gujarat Titans as the two sides are all set to meet again at the Eden Gardens on Saturday.Rinku Singh’s heroics — hitting five consecutive sixes off Yash Dayal in the last over — helped KKR record an unbelievable win over GT in the away match.According to local boy and GT wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha, his team has left that loss behind and boosted Yash to recover from the shock of getting thrashed.“Rinku played well and batted to his strength. Yash didn’t get his yorkers…It was Rinku’s day, not Yash’s. It ha...
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