ODI Series to Bangladesh

For Second Time in 3 Days, India Done in by Mustafizur; Lose ODI Series to Bangladesh

 June 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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He began by harassing Indian batsman in first ODI and produced even better bowling display, three days later in the second ODI. Both matches were played at Shere Bangla Stadium at Mirpur. In the second ODI, India fumbled yet again against Mustafizur Rahman’s off-cutters and yielded six wickets to him. With their batting woes seeing […]

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bangladesh vs india 1st odi

Debutant Mustafizur Rahman Engineers India’s First ODI Debacle from Position of Strength

 June 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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Scoring and chasing 300-plus runs is no longer a novelty in ODIs these days. When Bangladesh set a 308-run target for India in the first ODI at Mirpur on Thursday, India responded forcefully in the chase with a 95-run opening stand between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. The two batsmen gave no indication of being […]

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Rafael Nadal

Nadal Breaks the Jinx at Stuttgart to Win on Grass after 5 years; Mahut & Giorgi Emerge as Topshelf Champions and Konjuh Wins at Nottingham

 June 16, 2015   R K Gupta

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It must have been a huge relief for Spain’s former world no.1 Rafael Nadal to get back to the circle of winners. In the Mercedes’s Cup at Stuttgart, he convincingly defeated Serbia’s Viktor Troicki in two sets to win a grass court title for the first time after his Wimbledon 2010 triumph against Czech Republic’s […]

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Kento Momota

Kashyap Squanders Chances to Give Way to Momota, Jorgensen Ready to defend His 2014 Title and Intanon Storms into Women’s Final at Indonesian Open

 June 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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Indian badminton star Parupalli Kashyap squandered a dominating position to crash out of the Indonesia Open as he lost to 8th seed Kento Momota of Japan in Saturday’s semifinal. Kashyap created a sensation by defeating world no.1 Chen Long in quarterfinal on Friday but against Momota, errors at crunch points, when the game was tilted in […]

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Indonesia Open Super-series

Kashyap Shocks Chen Long but Saina Loses to Old Foe Wang Shixian at Jakarta

 June 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold-medalist Parupalli Kashyap caused a stunning upset at the $800,000 Indonesia Open Super-series Premier by beating world no.1 and top seed Chen Long of China. The Chinese didn’t expect Kashyap’s brilliant turnaround after the Indian lost the first game. But the Indian fought hard in the second game and finished a […]

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Indonesia Open Superseries

Lin Dan Done in by Sugiarto but Saina and Kashyap Reach Quarterfinals of Indonesia Open Superseries Premier

 June 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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Local hero Tommy Sugiarto became a part of badminton history by becoming the only player to hand two first-round defeats to China’s Lin Dan. After New Delhi, Sugiarto repeated his feat at the BCA Indonesia Open Super-series badminton tournament. Egged on by the phenomenal crowd support at the famed Istora Senayan Badminton Arena of Jakarta, […]

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Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal, Li Xuerui Sent Packing Out of Star Australian Open

 May 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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Shixian Wang proved too strong for world no.1 Saina Nehwal in their quarterfinal match. In two easy games lasting about 40 minutes, Wang’s fluidity on the court prevented Saina from finding her bearings as the Indian’s dream of defending her title lay in shatters. In another major upset on a fateful Friday, women’s top seed […]

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Australian Open badminton

Saina Into Quarterfinals but Srikanth Jwala/Ashwini Bow Out of Australian Open

 May 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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Saina continued her march in the Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament. All matches in every category are tough because of the presence of all top stars in the prestigious tournament. For India’s ace shuttler and world no.1 Saina Nehwal, the second round match against Chinese Sun Yu was a hard grind. In a match […]

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Saina, Srikanth indian badminton

Saina, Srikanth Storm into Second Round of Star Australian Open Badminton

 May 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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World no.1 and second seeded Saina Nehwal of India had an easy passage to the second round of the Star Australian Open Superseries, when she brushed aside a challenge by world no.67 Cheah Lyddia Yi Yu of Malaysia. Saina’s compatriot and fourth men’s seed Kidambi Srikanth had a tough encounter with Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Vittinghus and […]

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Australian Open Badminton

With Star Australian Open Badminton Getting Underway, Race for Dubai’s 2015 World Super-series Finals Resumes

 May 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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Every big badminton star is in Sydney for the first day of real action at the Star Australian Open. After a break of nearly one month, the fifth event in the 12-tournament circuit of MetLife BWF World Super-series has begun. There is an added value to the event because the Star Australian Open is the […]

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