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We haven’t been at our best: Rohit Sharma

India captain Rohit Sharma on Monday admitted that his side has not played its best cricket in the Asia Cup so far and needs improvement in the Super 4 stage of the tournament. India’s first game against arch-rivals Pakistan was washed out and they beat minnows Nepal by 10 wickets on Monday under the Duckworth/Lewis method in a rain-interrupted match to make it to the Super 4. “We haven’t been at our best, but a few guys are coming out after months out of the game. Once we move ahead in the Super Fours, there’s no room for complacency,” Rohit said at the post-match presentation. “First game, under pressure, Hardik and Ishan got us into a good position. Today our bowling was okay, but fielding was below-par.” Rohit and Shubman Gillremained not out on 74 and 67 respectively while chasing ...

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Spilled catches and bowling that lacked sting, temper India’s 10 wkt win over Nepal in Asia Cup

For a second successive match in the space of three days, with exactly one month to go for the World Cup, India showed they are still a fair distance away from being a well-oiled machine. Facing Nepal in their second Group B match of the Asia Cup in Pallekele, where the Sri Lanka leg continues to be battered by rain, India’s bowling lacked the bite and finesse and their fielding was so error-prone, they allowed Nepal to put 230 runs on board, taking 48.3 overs to bowl them out. Not even a 10-wicket win could hide their below-par performance with the ball. The exasperated face of captain Rohit Sharma in the end told a thousand stories. Not even a good batting effort, where India chased down the revised target of 145 in 23 overs (DLS method) with 17 balls to spare and 10 wickets in hand, ...

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Asia Cup 2023 | India breezes past Nepal on rainy day, joins Pakistan in the Super 4s

A heavy downpour in the lead-up to the game rendered the outfield at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium sluggish. The pitch was on the slower side, too. But India’s fielding and catching was sloppier than the conditions as Nepal tallied a respectable 230 before being bowled out in the penultimate over in a must-win Asia Cup clash for both teams. But when it came to a rain-curtailed chase, India’s openers were far from sloppy. Captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill dominated Nepal’s bowling attack as the Men in Blue overhauled the revised target of 145 in 23 overs with 17 balls to spare. Had it not been for the groundstaff’s stupendous effort, India’s reply would not have been possible after two heavy showers. Once the openers resumed at 17 for no loss in 2.1 overs, they were uns...

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Asia Cup: How India sealed Super 4s berth with Nepal drubbing in a rain-marred game | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: An ordinary show from the bowlers was superbly compensated by openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill as India thrashed Nepal by 10 wickets (DLS) in the rain-marred Asia Cup Group A game in Pallekele on Monday. Nepal, playing their first ever international game against giants India put up a strong fight with the bat to post 230 before bundling out. However they fell way short with the ball as Rohit and Gill completely bossed them, chasing the revised target of 145 (23 overs) with 17 balls to spare. With the victory, India qualified for the Super Four stage of the tournament, joining Pakistan from the group. The defeat meant Nepal's campaign came to an end.Two rain breaks that lasted 1 and 2 hours each, forced the match to be curtailed. After the rain finally stopped India's tar...

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IND vs NEP Asia Cup 2023 report card: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill star as India down game Nepal by 10 wickets

India vs Nepal Asia Cup 2023 report card: India qualified for the Super 4 stages of the Asia Cup when they defeated Nepal by 10 wickets in a rain curtailed match on Saturday. The match, which was interrupted again and again due to incessant rain, had India chase down a revised total of 145 in 23 overs due to the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method after Nepal had initially made 230 runs in the first innings. India will now go again on Sunday where they will take on arch-rivals Pakistan for the second time in the tournament after their first tie was washed out on September 2 Rohit Sharma After a shaky start in the first over by Karan KC, Rohit would soon find his feet in the rain-affected match and score an unbeaten 74 runs. Shubman Gill After a disappointing start to the tournament when he was...

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Kane Williamson set to captain NZ in World Cup after progress in injury recovery

Kane Williamson will captain New Zealand at next month’s World Cup after making “sufficient progress” in his recovery from a knee injury, the country’s cricket board said on Monday. Williamson underwent surgery after suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the Indian Premier League in early April, which had cast doubt over his participation in the tournament. The 33-year-old had been given two weeks to prove his fitness for the Oct. 5- Nov. 19 50-overs World Cup in India. “Williamson has made sufficient progress in his recovery to allow him to be included in the squad for the tournament starting in October,” NZC said in a statement. New Zealand coach Gary Stead praised Williamson’s “phenomenal dedication”, adding: “He’s left no stone unturned in trying to get back play...

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KL Rahul boost for Team India ahead of ODI World Cup | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: In an encouraging piece of news for Team India, ‘keeper-bat KL Rahul, who was suffering from a minor groin injury, on Monday cleared his fitness test and will join the side for the rest of the Asia Cup campaign.“Rahul cleared his fitness test at the National Cricket Academy (in Bangalore) today. He’ll join the team on Tuesday,” a source in the BCCI confirmed to TOI. This will also be a big relief to India’s selectors, who will pick the Indian team for the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, on Tuesday. With BCCI secretary Jay Shah and chief selector Ajit Agarkar in Sri Lanka, the team will be picked via videoconferencing.India’s squad for the 2023 ODI World Cup will be announced on Tuesday in Kandy.!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { ...

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Thailand’s Nattaya Boochatham becomes first bowler from Associate Nations to claim 100 wickets in women’s T20Is | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Thailand spinner Nattaya Boochatham achieved a historic milestone on Monday by becoming the first bowler from an Associate Nation to claim 100 wickets in T20 International (T20I) cricket.Boochatham achieved this feat during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Region Qualifier match against Kuwait in Bangi, Malaysia. She secured a three-wicket haul in the game, finishing with impressive figures of 3/3, which propelled her to the landmark of 100 wickets in T20Is.This remarkable achievement solidifies her status as the first player, regardless of gender, from an Associate nation to reach this significant milestone in T20I cricket.The Thailand off-spinner has been in exceptional form during the Asia Region Qualifier, delivering outstanding performances with figures of 5/5, 2/2, an...

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India set to announce WC squad, Prasidh, Tilak and Samson likely to miss out

India’s chief cricket selector Ajit Agarkar and captain Rohit Sharma during a press conference in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV Prasidh Krishna and Tilak Varma — the two additional members of India’s 17-member squad along with Sanju Samson, the travelling reserve — are set to miss out on India’s squad for the men’s Cricket World Cup. The 15-member squad is set to be announced on Tuesday, the last day of the deadline to submit the squad. Barring the trio, all the other 15 squad members of the Asia Cup, are set to lead India’s quest for repeating the heroics of 2011, when Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men lifted the ODI World Cup on home soil. It is highly unlikely that either R. Ashwin, the veteran off-spinner, or Washington Sundar, the off-spinning-all-rounder, will be able to make a ...

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Ravindra Jadeja becomes joint-highest Indian wicket-taker in Asia Cup ODIs | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has joined compatriot and pacer Irfan Pathan as the Indian bowler with the joint-highest number of wickets in ODI Asia Cup history.Left-arm spinner Jadeja achieved this milestone during an Asia Cup group stage match against Nepal in Kandy on Monday.Jadeja emerged as India's standout bowler, claiming 3/40 in his 10 overs. He dismissed Bhim Sharki (7), Rohit Paudel (5), and Kushal Malla (2).In a total of 16 ODI Asia Cup matches, Jadeja has taken 22 wickets at an average of 24.77, with his best bowling figures being 4/29.Irfan, on the other hand, has secured 22 wickets in 12 ODI Asia Cup matches, maintaining an average of 27.50. His best bowling figures in the tournament stand at 4/32.The highest wicket-taker in the history of the ODI Asia Cup is...

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Watch – ‘It was my natural reaction’: Gautam Gambhir on his viral video of obscene gesture | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Gautam Gambhir and controversy are not new to each other with the former India batter landing himself in trouble after a video of him during the India-Pakistan match emerged on social media on Monday.In a video that went viral on social media in no time, Gambhir showed an obscene gesture to the section of crowd chanting 'Kohli Kohli' while he was making his way out of the field.But the two-time World Cup winning player Gambhir clarified that what appeared in the video was not correct and his reaction came in the wake of anti-India slogans raised by some Pakistanis.Gambhir also stressed on the fact that what is shown on social media has no truth."What is shown on social media has no truth in it because people show whatever they want to show. The truth about the video that went...

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R Praggnanandhaa: ‘My mother can tell just by looking at my face & body language if I have a good position on board’

Over the past month, as R Praggnanandhaa has charted his way to national spotlight, thanks to making it to the final of the FIDE World Cup, his mother, Nagalakshmi, has become a celebrity too. Visuals of her standing quietly next to him watching on as he blazed his way to the final have gone viral. Even though Nagalakshmi has said she doesn’t follow the sport of chequered squares, Pragg says she has an intuitive understanding of how he is playing, simply by looking at him during games. “My mother can tell if I have a good position or a bad one on the board just by looking at my face or body language,” Praggnanandhaa told journalists during a freewheeling interaction on Monday ahead of the start of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament. “Having her at my events has been a very huge suppo...

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Sprinter Amlan Borgohain will be in Indian team for Asian Games: AFI chief | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India's top sprinter Amlan Borgohain has been included in the Indian squad for the Asian Games after his initial omission from the participant list issued by the sports ministry. This decision was confirmed by the president of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Adille Sumariwalla on Monday.Borgohain's name was conspicuously absent from the 65-member athletics team initially announced by the sports ministry for the Hangzhou Games. However, Sumariwalla clarified that Borgohain was not included due to his inability to meet the qualifying time criteria set by the AFI for the Asian Games.Borgohain won gold in the men's 200m race during the National Inter-State Championships in Bhubaneswar in June which served as the selection event for the Asian Games. But his performance of ...

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‘Tilak Varma over Suryakumar Yadav’: Wasim Jaffer’s picks for India’s World Cup ODI squad | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer has unveiled his ODI World Cup squad, which includes some unexpected selections. Jaffer's squad appears to draw heavily from the Asia Cup squad, but it does feature some notable omissions from the major tournament.One of the surprising inclusions in Jaffer's squad is Tilak Varma, who has not yet made his ODI debut.His selection ahead of established players likeSuryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson has raised eyebrows and adds an element of surprise to the squad.The former opening batter took to X, formerly known as Twitter to reveal his picks for the India squad.In his squad selection, Wasim Jaffer opted for KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer, who recently made comebacks from their respective injuries, over Samson and Suryakumar. The decision to stick ...

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Virat Kohli becomes second Indian player after Azharuddin for this record | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli may have had a bad start to the Asia Cup match against Nepal as a fielder on Monday but he quickly made amends for his mistake by taking a one-handed stunner.With this take, Kohli also became only the second Indian player after Mohammad Azharuddin to complete 100 catches as a non keeper in multi-nation tournaments.Kohli, who dropped opener Aasif Sheikh in the second over on the bowling of Mohammed Siraj, came up with a brilliant effort as he jumped over his head and grabbed a one-handed catch at short cover to dismiss the same batter and so was the bowler.Sheikh played a patient knock of 58 off 97 balls with the help of 8 fours.Moreover, Kohli is on the fourth position in the all-time list of most catches in ODIs with an impressive tally of 143 catches. He holds t...

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Bangladesh’s Litton Das declared fit for Asia Cup | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh's Asia Cup campaign received a significant boost on Monday as batter Litton Das was declared fit to join the squad, according to the chief selector.Litton had been sidelined from Bangladesh's initial group matches due to a fever, leading to his temporary replacement by Anamul Haque.Despite facing an initial setback with a loss to Sri Lanka in their opening match, where they were defeated by five wickets, Bangladesh made a remarkable comeback on Sunday, securing an impressive victory over Afghanistan by a margin of 89 runs."Litton is fit now, he will travel to Pakistan tonight to join the squad," Minhajul Abedin told AFP.Following their convincing victory against Afghanistan, Bangladesh's improved run rate secured their spot in the Super Four stage of the tournament...

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Watch: Ravindra Jadeja’s three quick wickets and Rohit Sharma’s sharp catch | Cricket News – Times of India

The TOI Sports Desk excels in a myriad of roles that capture the essence of live sporting events and deliver compelling content to readers worldwide. From running live blogs for India and non-India cricket matches to global spectacles featuring Indian talents, like the Chess World Cup final featuring Praggnanandhaa and the Badminton World Championships semifinal featuring HS Prannoy, our live coverage extends to all mega sporting events. We extensively cover events like the Olympics, Asian Games, Cricket World Cups, FIFA World Cups, and more. The desk is also adept at writing comprehensive match reports and insightful post-match commentary, complemented by stats-based articles that provide an in-depth analysis of player performances and team dynamics. We track news wires for key stories...

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AFG vs SL Live Streaming, Asia Cup 2023: When and where to watch match live?

Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2023 Live Streaming: Afghanistan will need to up their game with the ball when they face a skillful Sri Lanka in the battle of a Super4 spot in the Asia Cup on Tuesday. Afghanistan not only find themselves in a must-win situation after the loss to Bangladesh but they also need a victory with a massive margin to finish in the top two of Group B. Their run-rate is in the negative following the defeat here on Sunday night while Sri Lanka, who beat Bangladesh in their opening game, are in the positive with a NRR of 0.951. Having put 300 plus against Afghanistan, Bangladesh have a much superior run rate and are all but through to the next stage. Below is all you need to know about the telecast and live streaming details. When is Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka Asi...

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‘I have started seeing some light in the dark tunnel’: Rishabh Pant shares high-intensity workout video | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, who is currently in the process of recovering from a deadly car accident, is actively engaged in his rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.Pant had suffered injuries in a car accident on the Delhi-Dehradun highway near Roorkee in December 2022. The incident resulted in multiple injuries, encompassing a fractured wrist, ankle, toe, back, and a head injury.Pant, who has been consistently sharing updates regarding his progress with his fans, shared yet another video of his high-intensity workout on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.Thanking god, Pant captioned the video post: "Thankful to god at least I have started seeing some light in the dark tunnel."Pant, who has displayed commendable adv...

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Watch: Butter fingers! India drop three catches against Nepal | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India came up with their one of the worst fielding efforts in the recent past by putting down three regulation catches during the Asia Cup match against Nepal in Pallekele on Monday.The Indian fielders spoiled their skipper Rohit Sharma's decision to bowl first as Shreyas Iyer dropped Nepal opener Kushal Bhurtel at first slip on the last delivery of the first over bowled by Mohammed Shami.Bhurtel got a thick outside edge off short of a good length delivery but the ball popped out of Iyer's hands in the slip cordon.In no time it became two drops in two balls with another Nepal opener Aasif Sheikh getting a life on the first ball of the second over. Virat Kohli dropped a sitter at short cover off Mohammed SirajKohli swiftly bound to his left, got into an awkward position and fu...