R K Gupta, Author at Kridangan Sports

New Zealand Shock Sri Lanka with one of Test-Cricket’s Biggest Turnarounds

January 7, 2015 R K Gupta

At the end of the second day, Sri Lanka led New Zealand by 135 runs on the first innings and on the third day morning, New Zealand began their second innings at 22/0 and lost five wickets at 159. With only 5 second innings wickets in hand, they had only a slender 24 run-lead over […]

South Africa Beat West Indies by Eight Wickets to Win Series, Rein at Top in Tests

January 7, 2015 R K Gupta

Cricket, South African cricket, Test Cricket, West Indies Cricket

West Indies literally lost the match on the fourth day itself, when Marlon Samuels’ impatience got the better of him. He became too wary of being kept quiet for long and Harmer benefitted from his sudden desire to hit a six. After that the slide had come in a rush. Until that point, West Indies […]

India Toil All Day as Australia Refuse to Succumb to Sub-Standard Bowling Attack

January 7, 2015 R K Gupta

Cricket, Cricket Australia, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, Test Cricket

It was just like the first day of the Adelaide test. David Warner scored his first century of year 2015 and the new Australian captain is on the verge of another century of the series as he is still unbeaten on 82. Keeping him company is Shane Watson, also not out on 61. Unfortunately for […]

Canada Beat Russia to Win 2015 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Title on Monday

January 6, 2015 R K Gupta

Canada, Ice Hockey, IIHF, Russia

It has been six years since Canada last won the U-20 World Junior Championship. That happened in 2009 at Ottawa and it was the fifth consecutive championship victory for the Canadian boys. Since then, their only medal had been a bronze in the 2012 edition of the tournament. On January 5, 2015, Canada reversed the […]

Dramatic West Indian Collapse Gives South Africa a Decisive Edge in Third Test

January 6, 2015 R K Gupta

Cricket, South African cricket, Test Cricket, West Indies Cricket

At one time on the fourth day, it looked as if the West Indies were moving towards something great as Samuels and Chanderpaul continued to build the innings. Chanderpaul played very watchfully and dealt with every ball on its merit. Samuels, on the other hand went on punishing Harmer. West Indies progressed easily and still […]

Murray Leads Britain in Beating France and USA Defeat Italy in Hopman Cup

January 6, 2015 R K Gupta

Andy Murray, ATP, Hopman Cup, Tennis

On second day of the Hopman Cup at Perth, Team USA defeated Italy by winning all their matches, although their 3-0 victory cannot be termed easy. In the other match played at night, Great Britain had a fighting encounter with the defending champions France, where Andy Murray needed to dig out all his reserves, especially […]

South Africa Sitting Pretty at the End of Third Day’s Play After de Villiers’ Hundred

January 5, 2015 R K Gupta

Cricket, South African cricket, West Indies Cricket

Resuming from the overnight score of 227/3, South Africa added 194 on the third day and the 92-run first innings lead pushed the West Indies into a cautionary mode. The icings on the cake were the two wickets that South Africans took by the end of the day. Thus, when the West Indies begin proceedings […]

Hopman Cup: Czech Republic, Poland Make Winnings Starts in the Perth Summer

January 5, 2015 R K Gupta

ATP, Hopman Cup, Radwanska, Tennis, WTA

Among other tennis actions in Australia, the annual Hopman Cup also got underway in the West Australian city of Perth on Sunday, January 4, 2015. The tournament carries the legacy of one of Australia’s greatest tennis player; Harry Hopman, in whose memory the event is staged every year. Hopman played for nearly 30 years and […]

Tale of Two Cities: Cricket Crawls in Cape Town; Sangakkara Lights up Wellington

January 4, 2015 R K Gupta

Cricket, Sangakkara, South African cricket, Sri Lanka, West Indies Cricket

On the second day of the Cape Town test, West Indies managed to post a reasonable score but they could have done better. South Africa began well but after losing a couple of wickets; they slowed down to some restrictive bowling by the West Indians. It wasn’t the short of batting pace that the Newlands […]

West Indies Stutter On First Day of Cape Town Test Even As Dale Steyn Becomes South Africa’s Top Wicket Taker

January 3, 2015 R K Gupta

Cricket, Dale Steyn, South African cricket, West Indies Cricket

West Indies went into the second test against South Africa, determined to do well in their last outing after a wash out at Port Elizabeth and hopeless loss in the first test at Centurion. Despite losing an early wicket, the Caribbean side tried hard to recover but couldn’t prevent a middle order rout. Regardless, they […]

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