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| MS Dhoni is our batting template for death bowling: Eric Simmons | | | | Agencies
MUMBAI, Apr 15: Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the "batting template" for Chennai Super Kings' death bowling, their bowling consultant Eric Simmons has revealed, saying that strategies that succeed against him in training sessions tend to work out fine in match situations as well.
Dhoni came out for the final four balls of CSK's innings and smacked the first three for sixes to help the team collect 26 runs off the last over from Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya on Sunday night.
His late blitz proved to be the difference as CSK pipped MI by 20 runs to take the third position in the IPL points table.
"They're looking at restricting us to under 200 and then they're suddenly facing 20 | |
| | | | Dominant Radhika reaches women 68 kg final | | | | Agencies
KYRGYZSTAN, Apr 15: Radhika was the lone Indian woman wrestler who assured herself of a medal, her second at the senior Asian Championships, by reaching the 68kg final here on Saturday.
Radhika, who won a silver at the U23 Asian Championships last year and also finished second at the senior Asian Championships in 2022, put up a dominant show in her weight category. She won the first bout by technical superiority against Kazakhstan's Albina Kairgeldinova and then pinned Kyrgyzstan's Gulnura Tashtanbekova.
She will now face Japan's Nonoka Ozaki in the gold medal bout.
Shivani Pawar (50kg) lost her quarterfinal 'by fall' to Ziqi Feng but made it to the bronze medal round after the | |
| | | | Absolutely ordinary bowling, ordinary captaincy: Gavaskar slams Hardik | | | | Agencies
MUMBAI, Apr 15: Star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya faced scathing criticism from prominent former players after Mumbai Indians' fourth loss in the ongoing IPL with the great Sunil Gavaskar slamming him for his "absolutely ordinary bowling and ordinary captaincy" so far.
Booed and heckled by fans ever since he took over MI's captaincy, Pandya found himself in the line of fire of the legendary Gavaskar and former England captain Kevin Pietersen after his team slumped to yet another defeat, this time to Chennai Super Kings, here on Sunday night.
It was the 26 runs that Pandya conceded in the final over with Mahendra Singh Dhoni going hammer and tongs, which proved to be decisive | |
| | | | Gukesh beats Vidit Gujrathi to regain joint lead | | | | Agencies
TORONTO, Apr 15: India's D Gukesh bounced back with a finely crafted game to outwit compatriot Vidit Gujrathi and regain his joint lead with Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia after the eighth round of the Candidates chess tournament here.
"On a day when R Praggnanandhaa played out a draw with Firouza Alireza of France, Hikaru Nakamura sealed his supremacy in the all-American duel against Fabiano Caruana to come back in to reckoning for top honours.
"Overnight sole leader Nepomniachtchi faltered in the early stages to allow tail ender Nijat Abasov to get away with an easy draw in the other game of the eight-player double round-robin event.
"With six rounds still to come, Gukesh and N | |
| | | | Naomi, Iga and Emma earn wins in Billie Jean King Cup | | | | Agencies
LONDON, Apr 15: Grand Slam title winners Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek and Emma Raducanu all won in Billie Jean King Cup qualifying. Osaka hit 15 aces and put Japan a step away from reaching the BJK Cup Finals with a 6-2 7-6(5) win over Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva on Friday. It was the four-time Grand Slam champion's first match in the team competition since February 2020.
Osaka, back on tour after becoming a mother last July, saved all three break points she faced and compiled a 31-16 edge in winners. Her win on an indoor hard court in Tokyo followed Nao Hibino's 6-1, 6-0 victory over Anna Danilina and gave Japan a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five-match qualifying round.
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| | | | Akshay slips at end of Round three but Scheffler moves into sole lead | | | |
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KYRGYZSTAN, Apr 15: Railways wrestler Anju, who had outclassed Vinesh Phogat in the recent selection trials, and Harshita put up a dominant show to reach the gold medal bouts in their respective categories at the Asian Championships, but Sarita Mor was eliminated after a shock defeat in her opening round here Sunday.
"Competing in a highly competitive 53kg weight class category, Anju logged back-to-back wins by technical superiority against Philippines' Aliah Rose Gavalez and Sri Lanka's Nethmi Ahinsa Fernando.
"She faced some resistance from China's Chun Lei before prevailing 9-6 in the semifinal.
"In the final, Anju will face Korea's Ji Hyang Kim.
"Harshita conceded just t | |
| | | | Amit returns to Indian squad for last boxing Olympic qualifiers | | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Apr 15: World Championships silver medallist Amit Panghal has returned to the Indian squad, which saw wholesale changes for the final Olympic qualifying event, set to to be held in Bangkok from May 25 to June 2.
After Indian boxers' horrid run at the Olympic qualifiers in Italy last month, when not even one boxer could secure a quota, as many as five pugilists have lost their spot in the team for the second World Qualification Tournament.
The dismal show also led India's High Performanc Director Bernard Dunne to step down from his post.
In the latest assessment, 2023 World Championships bronze medallist duo of Deepak Bhoria (51kg) and Mohammad Hussamudin (57kg), the | |
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