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India’s middle-order can definitely improve, says Mandhana

7:51 pm February 15, 2020

Dubai: In-form opener Smriti Mandhana believes India’s top four need to bat long to protect the inconsistent middle-order during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup beginning in Australia on February 21. India’s middle-order has been unpredictable and its repeated failures have hurt them. In the 2017 World Cup final, India had lost seven wickets for […]

Focus on fitness going into Olympics: Marijne

7:47 pm February 15, 2020

New Delhi: The Indian women’s hockey team chief coach Sjoerd Marijne has earmarked “fitness” as a key area going into the Tokyo Olympics and said the upcoming training camp will focus on fine-tuning the side’s grey areas. Hockey India on Saturday named a 25-member core probables list for the upcoming senior women national camp, beginning […]

Ankita wins Nonthaburi ITF doubles title again

10:15 pm February 8, 2020

Nonthaburi (Thailand): Ankita Raina won her third title in two weeks when she triumphed in the final of the USD 25000 ITF women’s doubles event with partner Bibiane Schoofs on Saturday. The top seeded Indo-Dutch team fought off the challenge of Miyabi Inoue and Jia-Qi Kang 6-2 3-6 10-7 in the summit clash. Ankita had […]

One day cricket in this calendar year is not as relevant as T20s and Tests: Kohli

9:58 pm February 8, 2020

Auckland: The high-flying Indians have been brought down by the Kiwis in the ODIs but an unperturbed Virat Kohli says this format is not much relevant this year, referring to the fast-approaching T20 World Cup and the engrossing fight for World Test championship. After the high of T20 series whitewash, the Indians lost the ODI […]

Middle-order flops as India lose ODI series to New Zealand

9:53 pm February 8, 2020

Auckland: New Zealand exorcised the ghost of a nightmarish T20 whitewash with a series-clinching 22-run victory against India in the second ODI on Saturday as the visitors paid the price for poor shot selection. Revenge as they say is a dish best served cold and on a chilly Auckland night, New Zealand defended a total […]