India Score

India Score an Overwhelming Victory Against Zimbabwe in the First T-20 Game at Harare

 July 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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Indian cricketers faced no problem in scoring a straightforward 54-run win against host Zimbabwe at Harare in the first T-20 game of their tour. The script was familiar; pile up a good total and spin the opposition out. Apart from the big victory margin, the match was highlighted by a sumptuous spattering of first-time players […]

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Indian Super League Player Auction

Indian Super League Tastes the Thrill of Player Auction Before the 2015 Edition

 July 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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In keeping with traditions in Europe and elsewhere in the world, the one-year old Indian Super League, ISL also had players being traded. Instead of calling such event as transfer, the ISL termed it as domestic player auctions. The auction of 10 of Indian football’s finest players was held at Mumbai on July 10, 2015 […]

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Indian Women Hockey Team

Indian Women Hockey Team Sitting on Razor’s Edge for Rio Olympic Qualification

 July 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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While Indian men’s hockey team has already qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics by virtue of their victory in the 2014 Asian Games; their women counterparts are still waiting for the results of several ongoing and upcoming events for their chances. If these external factors work India’s way, the Indian National Women’s Team could take […]

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Chinese-Taipei 2015 Kidambi Srikanth

Poor Show by Indians at 2015 Chinese-Taipei Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament

 July 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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Indian badminton stars Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma and PV Sindhu lost their second round matches at the $200,000 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold tournament at Taipei on Thursday. The Taiwanese GPG tournament has a rich field in men, women single’s and other categories with most top players participating. While India’s Saina Nehwal opted to […]

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T-20 Game

Indian Women Beat New Zealand in Last T-20 Game to Earn a Consolation Victory

 July 16, 2015   R K Gupta

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On their June-July 2015 India tour, New Zealand women proved themselves as a better team on performance despite losing the 5-match ODI series. In the ensuing 3-match T-20 series, which concluded in Bangalore on Wednesday July 15, India managed to eke out a consolation victory after being soundly trounced in the first two matches. Interestingly, […]

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Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League Seen Swimming in Muck-Waters After Lodha Panel Report

 July 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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The vastly popular Indian Premier League has been castigated. Behind-the-scene betting and match-fixing scandals have tarnished the image of cricket in general and IPL in particular. Betting and gambling in India is a punishable offence even if government-run lotteries are legal. This looks like a dichotomy. Because, encouraging people to buy lottery tickets is very […]

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Third ODI India

After Fluctuating Fortunes in Third ODI India Complete 3-0 Zimbabwe Whitewash at Harare

 July 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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Batting and bowling inconsistencies on either side made the last match of the ODI series between India and Zimbabwe an intriguing affair. First the Indian top order collapsed and by the 22nd over, the scoreboard read 82/4. Two new batsmen, whose choices were dictated by their IPL performance, enacted a rescue act with a fifth-wicket […]

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Women Cricketers

Indian Women Cricketers Lose T-20 Series to New Zealand at Bangalore on Monday

 July 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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If it was Sophie Devine in the first T20, another New Zealander Rachel Priest came to forefront in the second T20. Priest’s 34-ball 60 did the trick in sealing the series win for the visiting side as India couldn’t put up a winning total. Barring the 4th and 5th ODI games, India’s batting had been […]

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India Win ODI Series

India Win ODI Series From Zimbabwe on Better Batting and Fine Bowling By Bhuvneshwar

 July 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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The script in second ODI between India and Zimbabwe at Harare was nearly similar to the one in the first ODI. Elton Chigumbura won the toss and just as he had done in the first ODI, two days ago, asked India to bat first. India didn’t do anything spectacular but the 112-run first wicket stand […]

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Indian Tennis as Leander Paes Sania Mirza and Sumit Nagal Win Three Wimbledon Titles

Great Day for Indian Tennis as Leander Paes Sania Mirza and Sumit Nagal Win Three Wimbledon Titles in Last Two Days

 July 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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In an unprecedented achievement, three Indian tennis players brought laurels to the nation with title victories in mixed doubles, women’s doubles and boys’ doubles. After Sania’s title victory in women’s doubles on Saturday, Leander Paes combined with Sania’s partner to score a crushing victory in mixed doubles and Sumit Nagal added the icing to the […]

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