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Cricket World Cup: Coming up in Oct-Nov, India vs Pak at Ahmedabad’s Modi Stadium

The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad has emerged as the front-runner to host the high-profile India vs Pakistan match in the ICC 50-over World Cup scheduled for October-November, the first match between the two arch-rivals on Indian soil since 2016. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to host the high-voltage match at the Ahmedabad stadium in anticipation of a large number of fans who are expected to travel to India from abroad for the fixture, it is learnt. With a seating capacity of 1 lakh, the Narendra Modi Stadium is the country’s largest. The BCCI will be announcing the World Cup schedule at a grand launch once the Indian Premier League, currently underway, is over, it is learnt. If everything goes as per schedule, the 50-over World Cup will kick off from...

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IPL 2023: A Knight to forget for Hyderabad

SYNOPSIS: It was yet another game where Sunrisers Hyderabad lost the plot with the bat and gifted Kolkata Knight Riders a crucial win An inspired bowling performance from Varun Chakravarthy helped Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by five runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday. Defending nine runs in the final over, the mystery spinner conceded only three runs and took the wicket of Abdul Samad as Kolkata posted their fourth win of the season to stay alive in the tournament. Chasing 173 for win, Hyderabad never really looked in control of the chase as they kept gifting wickets away and Varun’s spell — where he bowled three of his four overs at the death, and conceded only 12 runs swung the game in Kolkata’s favour. With the equation down to 20 off 12 ba...

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My heartbeat was touching 200 in the last over: Varun Chakravarthy after heroics vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

Kolkata Knight Riders’ spinner Varun Chakravarthy had the tall task of defending just 9 runs off the last over against Sunrisers Hyderabad and came through with flying colours as KKR defeated SRH by 5 runs. “My heartbeat was touching 200 in the last over, but I wanted them to make hit to the longer part of the ground. The ball was slipping a lot and my best bet was longer side and that was my only hope. My first over I went for 12 runs, Markram hit me for 2 fours and that’s how the game goes,” Chakravarthy, who was adjudged the Player of the Match, said in the presentation ceremony. Talking about what the difference between this year’s bowling and last year’s, he said, “Last year I was bowling around 85kmph, I was trying out many things and I realized that I needed to work on my revolu...

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RR owner Manoj Badale says Test cricket ‘could work’ if played in same short window each year

Will Test cricket have to be reduced to just short windows like the Wimbledon in tennis to make it a more viable product? Rajasthan Royals owner Manoj Badale thinks so. Talking to the Tailenders podcast, Badale said: “We can make Test cricket work if we make it more of an event. We should have it at the same time every year, played between a small set of nations that can actually afford it and Lord’s becomes like a Wimbledon, an event that is the diary.” The overladen annual calendar has forced many cricketers to call time on one or more format of the sport. England Test captain Ben Stokes, for example, retired from ODIs last July claiming that “there is too much cricket” and players “are not cars that can be refilled and go back out there”. Badale said that the solution to this was th...

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Rajasthan Royals will look to take over the top spot from Gujarat Titans

Fingers crossed: The host needs Sanju and Buttler, who is going through a rough patch, to regain their magical touch. Two sides that have played some sparkling cricket this IPL season come face to face on Friday. The reverse fixture featuring Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium should be fascinating.Titans, the defending champion, is sitting atop the table, but Royals, the winner of the inaugural edition, could take that place if it wins. Both sides should want to put the defeat in their last matches behind them. Yashasvi Jaiswal’s brilliant two-run-a-ball 124 would have been enough to win most T20 matches, but Mumbai Indians chased down a big total at the Wankhede Stadium. The elegant left-hander is going through a breakthrough season. Royals mus...

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Wrestlers ready to explore legal options to ensure proper probe; want victims’ statements to be recorded before magistrate | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: They had hoped for a favourable ruling from the Supreme Court, but the protesting wrestlers, already incensed over alleged police high-handedness on Wednesday night, suffered another roadblock in their fight for justice against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh as the apex court decided to close proceedings on the plea of sexual harassment allegations against the sidelined WFI chief, a BJP-strongman and six-time Lok Sabha MP.None of the protesting wrestlers had anticipated this outcome on Thursday morning, expressing their faith in the judiciary during several media interactions after the government-appointed oversight committee refused to make public the findings of the report against Singh and the Delhi police delayed filing of FIR despite one of the seven complainants being a mino...

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Earthquake bamboo bars and weighted jackets: Inside weightlifter Mirabai Chanu’s backbreaking workout routine

For a few fleeting seconds in December last year, as Mirabai Chanu hoisted an 87kg bar over her head and attempted to stand up to complete her final snatch attempt at the World Weightlifting Championships, her right leg seemed trapped under the combined weight of her body and the barbell. Her face gave away the strain her body was under. It felt imminent that she would drop the bar. Then, almost out of nowhere, her left leg shot ahead and stabilised her. In the next few seconds, Mirabai managed to salvage the lift, a feat that got even the technical officials to applaud. Mira went on to claim silver at the World Championships in Bogota, that 87kg final snatch attempt aiding her in putting a total of 200kg (113kg in clean and jerk). Had she dropped the third lift, she would have taken ho...

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Messi receives offer from Saudi club Al-Hilal: Source | Football News – Times of India

BUENOS AIRES: Lionel Messi has received a formal offer to join Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal next season, a source close to Argentina's World Cup-winning captain told Reuters on Thursday.The offer from the Saudi club is the only one Messi has received so far, the source added. Argentine media have reported that the offer is worth around $400 million a year.Al-Hilal did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside of normal business hours.The 35-year-old Messi has also been linked in the media with a move back to boyhood club Barcelona, with the United States' Major League Soccer club Inter Miami also being touted as a possible destination.He was suspended by his current club Paris St Germain at the start of the week after making an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia, French spo...

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‘Mohammed Shami sticks to his strengths’: RP Singh on Gujarat Titans pacer’s success in IPL 2023 | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans and India pacer Mohammed Shami is having a terrific Indian Premier League so far, and is the leading wicket-taker of the season with 17 scalps from nine games. Former India bowler Rudra Pratap Singh on Thursday heaped praise on the veteran pacer and attributed his success to his ability to stick to his strength in all situations. "The most special part is that Shami sticks to his strengths; his job is to bowl slightly outside the off-stump and let the ball do the rest. He introduces his skills first then looks for the batter's weaknesses," said Singh in an interaction organised by Jio Cinema. Singh also said that with experience Shami is able to formulate plans against a batter by just looking at his backlift."When you are an experienced bowler, you know how th...

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WATCH: Marco Jansen strikes twice in one over to dismiss KKR’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Venkatesh Iyer | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Lanky South African Marco Jansen is on fire as the young Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) paceman struck twice in one over to dismiss Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Venkatesh Iyer in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Hyderabad on Thursday.Jansen gave two denting blows to KKR as early in the second over of the innings as he claimed wickets on the first and last ball of the over.Jansen first got rid of in-form Afghanistan player Gurbaz (0) who jumped down the track and then looked to swing it over mid-wicket but the ball hit high on his bat producing a top edge that swirled over mid-on where Harry Brook easily settled under it before completing a simple catch. Jansen banged in a short one to Iyer (7) and the southpaw was undone by the pace as he was clearly ...

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‘Umpire told me it’s his discretion’: Ashwin explains what happened with the controversial wide call against Glenn Maxwell

In Rajasthan Royals’s game against RCB, Ashwin was involved in a heated moment when his delivery was called wide by the umpire Michael Gough. The incident took place during the 13th over of Bangalore’s innings when Maxwell backed away moments before Ashwin’s delivery release, returning to his original stance once the ball was airborne. The Aussie batter attempted a lap shot with the ball narrowly evading his pads down the leg side, and umpire Gough promptly called a wide. In his YouTube channel on Thursday, Ashwin commented on the episode. “Maxi had both his legs on the wide line outside leg . As soon as I bowled, he came into the stumps and it was called wide. And when I asked Michael Gough the umpire, he told me “its my discretion”. “When I started to run in, he [Maxwell] went outside...

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IPL 2023 | KKR opt to bat against SRH

KKR’s Jason Roy plays a shot. File image for representation. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Kolkata Knight Riders opted to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League match here on Thursday.Jason Roy replaced David Wiese in the KKR playing eleven while SRH brought back a fit again Kartik Tyagi into the mix. Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (w), Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan. Source link

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World Boxing Championships: Narender enters quarters; Govind and Deepak in pre-quarters | Boxing News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Narender Berwal posted a stellar victory to move into the quarter-finals of the Men’s World Boxing Championships while Govind Sahani and Deepak Kumar entered the pre-quarters as India dominated the proceedings in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday.Last edition's quarter-finalist, Narender (+92kg) started his quest for a World Championships medal by defeating Muhammad Abroridinov of Tajikistan 4-1 in a keenly contested encounter. Both pugilists who won bronze at the 2022 Asian Championships went all out in the neck-and-neck bout from the word go.Narender landed powerful punches and dodged his opponent’s attacks from close range to have the upper hand in the first round. In spite of a stern fight put up by Abroridinov, the Hisar-born pugilist continued to attack on the front foot...

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It is important for me to stay true to myself: Jos Buttler | Cricket News – Times of India

JAIPUR: The last few outings have been tough for star Rajasthan Royals’ batter Jos Buttler, but he is not panicky about it and will continue to ‘stick to what he knows best’. In the last five games, the Royals opener’s score reads - 18, 27, 0, 40, 0.Talking about the slump in his form with the tournament reaching a crucial stage, the England batter said during a pre-match press conference on Thursday, “Yes, it is a crucial time in the tournament and that’s very exciting. This is the best way to look at it. Whether runs are coming or not, it is important for me to stick to what I know and believe in, and play my brand of cricket. I started the tournament doing that pretty well, but haven’t scored as many runs as I would have liked to score off late. But it is important for me to stay tru...

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‘Absolutely surprised, but a pleasant one’: Kedar Jadhav on his unexpected return to RCB | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Kedar Jadhav called his unexpected return to the Royal Challengers Bangalore set-up a pleasant surprise, while revealing that keeping himself in shape helped in the development.Jadhav, who was on commentating duty in the Indian Premier League 2023, was included in the RCB squad midway into the season.Jadhav got a surprise call from Sanjay Bangar to play for RCB in the remainder of the season.The former India batter recalled his chat with Bangar which led to his unexpected inclusion."Absolutely surprised, but a pleasant one. I was doing commentary and Sanjay Bhai called me asking what I was doing. I told him I was commentating. He inquired whether I was still practising and I replied in the affirmative - twice a week," he said in a team statement."Bangar then asked me about my...

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Mirabai, Indian lifters aim at improving Olympic qualification ranking at Asian Championships | More sports News – Times of India

JINJU (Korea): Tokyo Olympics silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will once again spearhead the Indian challenge at the Asian Championships but she is unlikely to attempt the much-awaited 90kg snatch lift here on Friday.The two-time Commonwealth Games champion had won silver in her last outing at the World Championship in December with an overall effort of 200kg (87kg +113kg).It was far from her personal best of 207kg (88kg+119kg) and this time too, the former world champion 49kg lifter is not expected to test her limits."Mira only has to participate here. We will take it easy," head coach Vijay Sharma told PTI."She will just participate and lift 85kg (snatch)...110kg (clean and jerk), totals that she can easily get," Sharma added.This means the wait for the coveted 90kg snatch ...

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SC verdict not a setback, protest will continue: Wrestlers

Claiming that the Supreme Court’s decision to close proceedings on the plea of sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is not a setback, the wrestlers on Thursday said they will continue their protest. The wrestlers have been sitting on protest since April 23, demanding the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan alleging that he has sexually harassed seven female grapplers, including one minor. However, the top court on Thursday closed the proceedings on a plea by three women wrestlers, who have levelled sexual harassment allegations against Brij Bhushan, noting that FIRs have been registered and the seven complainants have been provided adequate security. “We respect the Supreme Court order, protest will continue,” Rio Oly...

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Top cricketers who have played only a single IPL match

Mashrafe MortazaOne of the prominent leaders of Bangladesh cricket, Mortaza played a major role in revamping his country’’s dynamic approach to the game. During his captaincy, Mortaza took Bangladesh to new heights as for the first time they played a knockout game in the ICC tournament which happened in the 2017 Champions Trophy where they played against India. Source link

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Supreme Court verdict is not a setback, protest will continue: Wrestlers | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: After the Supreme Court on Thursday closed the proceedings on a plea by three women wrestlers, who have levelled sexual harassment allegations against Brij Bhushan, the wrestlers said that they will continue the protest.The wrestlers also claimed that the top court's decision is not a setback and they will decide the future course of action after consulting their seniors.Wrestlers' Protest: Live Updates"We respect the Supreme Court order, protest will continue," Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik said. "The Supreme Court order is not a setback, it did what it could in this matter," she added."We have all options open, and will decide after consulting seniors," Vinesh Phogat said.The wrestlers have been sitting on protest since April 23, demanding the arrest of Wrestli...