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Asian Games: Manju Rani, Ram Baboo Win 35km Race Walk Mixed Team Bronze
Ram Baboo had clocked the men’s 35km race walk national record time of 2:29:56 in March.© AFP
(Asian Games 2023 Medal Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)
This was the first time the 35km race walk mixed team event was held in the Asian Games. The event will also debut in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In India also, the event was introduced a couple of years ago.
The 24-year-old Baboo clocked 2:42:11 to finish fourth in the men’s race while Rani also ended sixth with a time of 3:09:03.
Baboo had clocked the men’s 35km race walk national record time of 2:29:56 in March. He also clinched a gold medal in the National Games last year and won national championships in February. He competed in the Budapest World Championships in August and finished 27th.
The 24-year-old Manju Rani had clocked her national record time of 2:57:54 while winning the national race walk championships in February this year. She had also won gold in the National Inter-State Championships in June.
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Rishabh Pant Hit On Body, Virat Kohli Tested In Nets As India Train Behind Black Cloth
Star batter Virat Kohli began preparations ahead of the 1st Test between India and Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth, starting from November 22. Kohli was seen batting in the nets at the WACA Ground, the other venue in Perth. He was the first Indian player to reach Australia, along with his family. Kohli is aiming to recover from a lean patch, having scored just 93 runs in the recent 0-3 Test loss at home to New Zealand.
However, Kohli enjoys batting on Australian soil. He has played 13 Tests Down Under and scored 1352 runs at an average of 54.08. He has smashed six hundreds and four fifties during the same time, while his career-best score in Australia is 169, which he scored at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2014.
In a viral video, Kohli was all padded up to face the music on the bouncy practice tracks at WACA.
Virat Kohli during the Practice Session at WACA
– This video is for those who were saying that Virat is not practicing pic.twitter.com/wcWXntc3NE
— (@wrognxvirat) November 13, 2024
Virat Kohli has started his Test preparations. He’s in the nets along with India’s other senior players.
Kohli is looking sharp against some short of a length quick bowling pic.twitter.com/JcTTpza7Ga
— Tristan Lavalette (@trislavalette) November 13, 2024
Kohli was the main attraction of India’s training session on Wednesday. He was absent from the nets on Tuesday as the likes of Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal and a few others southpaw took on the local quicks.
Kohli was mostly tested by back-of-a-length, full deliveries and looked pretty sharp. Similarly, Pant and Jaiswal also batted aggressively on Tuesday.
However, according to a report in ESPNcricinfo, Pant copped a blow to his body. The report also claimed that the Indian team has been training behind a black cloth at the WACA in Perth.
With black cloth placed outside the nets to give more privacy to the Indian team, fans took turns to get a glimpse of the training through several vantage points on Tuesday.
However, those vantage points were covered with cloth, while security was tightened as Kohli and other senior players trained on Wednesday.
India’s squad for Border-Gavaskar Series: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Rishabh Pant (wk), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar
(With ANI Inputs)
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10 Overs, 0 Wickets: Mohammed Shami Makes Poor Return To Competitive Cricket In Ranji Trophy
India pacer Mohammed Shami returned wicket-less from his 10 overs in a subdued comeback to competitive cricket after 360 days as Bengal struggled in their Ranji Trophy Group C game against Madhya Pradesh in Indore on Wednesday. Electing to field first, MP were 103/1 at stumps after bowling out Bengal for 228 in their first innings. The visitors need an outright win to keep their slim quarterfinal hopes alive. Bengal’s attack is depleted by injuries to Ishan Porel and Rishav Vivek, while Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep are on national duty. All eyes are now on Shami to not only prove his fitness but also rejuvenate his state team’s campaign.
Bowling on the Holkar Stadium green-top, the 34-year-old Shami, who was sidelined with an Achilles tendon injury on his left leg for which he underwent a surgery, returned figures of 10-1-34-0.
Shami, who was last seen in action in India’s ODI World Cup final against Australia in Ahmedabad on November 19 last year, bowled four overs in the first spell, giving away 16 runs. He conceded three fours and bowled 17 dot balls in that spell.
His second spell was slightly better with figures of 6-1-18-0. Shami’s fitness will be closely monitored by the BCCI think-tank, with hopes that a strong performance would secure him a spot in the Indian squad for the high-profile Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, starting in Perth on November 22.
Shami was also seen for the first time playing with his younger brother Mohammed Kaif, who took the only wicket to fall in the MP innings, trapping opener Himanshu Mantri for 13.
But the other opener Shubhranshu Senapati showed resilience, and was batting on 44 from 103 balls at stumps, while India batter Rajat Patidar was 41 not out off 55 balls.
Earlier, Bengal’s top-order crumbled, with opener Shuvam Dey and No. 4 Rohit Kumar getting out for golden ducks, while Sudip Chatterjee (15), Sudip Gharami (10) also got out cheaply, leaving Bengal reeling at 42/4.
However, Shabaz Ahmed played a stellar knock, rescuing the team with a gritty fifty.
Bengal were 79/5 when Shahbaz joined skipper Anustup Majumdar to put together a crucial 96-run partnership.
After Anustup’s dismissal, Shahbaz (92) upped the ante and marched towards a second first-class century but fell short by eight runs, signalling the arrival of Shami who batted with his brother Kaif for the first time in a competitive match.
Aryan Pandey (4/47) was the pick of MP bowling, while left-arm pacer Kulwant Khejroliya bagged 4/84.
Koushik’s five in a row
Karnataka seamer Vasuki Koushik claimed a five-wicket haul for the second consecutive match as Uttar Pradesh were bowled out for just 89 at Ekana Stadium.
Koushik finished with 5/20, following his 5/38 against Bengal in their previous game, marking his fourth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Young pacer Vidyadhar Patil supported him well, taking 2/22, while debutant Yashovardhan Parantap chipped in with 1/19.
Together, the Karnataka pacers shared eight wickets as UP lasted just 40.3 overs.
In reply, Karnataka reached 127/5, led by a brisk 68 not out (77 balls) from wicketkeeper-batter Krishnan Shrijith.
Lomror, Sharma tons power Rajasthan to 362/4 against Uttarakhand
Middle-order batters Mahipal Lomror and Kartik Sharma struck unbeaten hundreds, punctuating their knocks with 11 sixes to power Rajasthan to 362 for four against hosts Uttarakhand on the first day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match in Dehradun on Wednesday.
Invited to bat, Rajasthan were off to a steady start but soon found themselves in trouble after sipping to 188 for four in the second session.
Having seen three batters walk back to the dressing room after getting their eye in, Lomror stitched an excellent partnership of 174 runs for the fifth wicket to steer the visiting side to a comfortable position.
Among the batters to have failed on the day was Rajasthan skipper Deepak Hooda (10 off 29 balls), who was caught behind off the bowling of Deepak Dhapola, signaling the arrival of Sharma into the crease.
Uttarakhand did not taste any success thereafter as Rajasthan completely dominated the final session of play with the duo of Lomror and Sharma in total control of the proceedings in the elite group game.
At the close of play, Lomror was batting on 141 off 189 balls while Sharma was going strong on 113 off 114 deliveries, having scored at almost run-a-ball.
During his stay in the middle, Lomror found the fence 14 times and cleared it on five occasions, while Sharma entertained those present at the ground by smashing 11 fours and six sixes.
Earlier in the day, Uttarakhand’s decision to field first did not bring them great returns as Rajasthan reached 100 for the loss of just one wicket in Abhijeet Tomar (20).
Ram Chouhan (29) fell with the score reading 106 but still the visitors did not have enough reasons to worry.
However, losing two more wickets, including that of their skipper, with the team score yet to cross 200, put Rajasthan in a spot of bother. In between, Zubair Ali made 26 in 40 balls, getting dismissed after settling down.
That’s when Sharma joined Lomror in the middle, and the two first steadied the ship and then placed their team ahead with their dominant batting display.
The big, undefeated partnership between Lomror and Sharma helped Rajasthan take honours on the first day.
For Uttarakhand, there was a wicket each for Dhapola, Abhay Negi, Avneesh Sudha and Swapnil Singh, as stumps were drawn with eight overs still to be bowled due to bad light.
Jharkhand crawl to 136 for 3 vs Delhi on a curtailed Day 1
Opener Sharandeep Singh scored a dogged unbeaten 64 as Jharkhand batters were painstakingly slow in their approach reaching 136 for 3 on a weather-curtailed opening day of the Ranji Trophy group D fixture against Delhi. Having lost to Chattisgarh in the last game, Delhi in their final home game of the season made wholesale changes under new skipper Ayush Badoni.
The three pacers — Money Grewal (1/43 in 14 overs), Simarjeet Singh (1/16 in 14 overs) and left-armer Siddhant Sharma (1/32 in 14 overs) — were primarily used by Badoni keeping the conditions in mind.
Sharandeep, who hit nine boundaries was ready to dead bat most deliveries and leave a lot during his undefeated 183-ball innings. He added 93 for the third wicket with southpaw Utkarsh Singh (46 off 86 balls) before Siddhant dismissed the latter towards late afternoon.
The match also saw Simarjeet making a comeback to the playing eleven after missing out on last three matches and he kept things tight at one end.
Jharkhand started on a cautious note adding 24 in almost an hour’s play before young Money had Nazim Siddique edge one to former skipper Himmat Singh in the slip cordon.
Simarjeet was rewarded when he breached Aryaman Sen’s defence but Sharandeep and Utkarsh showed good defensive technique during the day.
Few of the boundaries slammed off Simarjeet were streaky and came behind the square along with a few crisp on-drives.
The spinners got to bowl only 13 overs between them and they didn’t look very penetrative on the day.
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France, Italy And Portugal Target Nations League Quarter-Finals
France, Italy and Portugal lead the teams attempting to secure a place in the UEFA Nations League quarter-finals, while England’s promotion hopes have been hit by a series of withdrawals. With European champions Spain and Germany already qualified for the last eight, six spots are still to be filled going into the final two rounds of group matches over the next week. Unbeaten Italy and Portugal require just a point to advance, while France are well positioned too ahead of the visit of Israel on Thursday — a game that will be played surrounded by a large police presence.
The Paris fixture take places a week after clashes in Amsterdam around a match between Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dutch team Ajax.
Israel has urged fans to avoid the Nations League tie over fears they could be targeted amid a tide of rising anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim abuse since the start of Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“I can understand why people don’t want to come,” said France defender Dayot Upamecano.
“It’s their choice,” he added. “I’m just here to play.
“I like peace and I hope one day will have it again, in all countries.”
Kylian Mbappe is again missing from the France squad, with coach Didier Deschamps insisting the absence of the Real Madrid superstar “is for the best”.
The national team captain sat out last month’s double-header in order to recover from a minor thigh injury and instead travelled to Stockholm for a short break.
It was following that trip that Swedish media reported he was being investigated for an alleged rape. Mbappe himself said those reports were “fake news” while his lawyer said the player would take action for libel.
A Swedish prosecutor confirmed that an investigation had been opened, without naming Mbappe.
“I am not going to set out my argument, but I can say two things. The first is that Kylian wanted to come,” Deschamps said last week.
“The second is that it is not to do with the off-field problems because the presumption of innocence exists.”
After the Israel match, France head to Milan where they face Group A leaders Italy on Sunday.
Italy go to Belgium first knowing that anything but defeat guarantees Luciano Spalletti’s side a quarter-final berth.
Portugal host Poland and then travel to Croatia in Group A1, where Scotland are bottom of the pile with only a point from four outings.
The Netherlands and Hungary meet in a crucial A3 showdown with both countries level on five points, while Germany can wrap up top spot by beating Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Denmark and Serbia will battle it out for the other qualifying spot in Group A4 alongside Spain.
The Danes host Spain and Serbia go to Switzerland before a potentially decisive clash in Leskovac on November 18.
The two-legged quarter-finals are scheduled for March and the four-team finals will take place next June.
– England in must-win situation –
England must beat Greece in Athens to stay in contention for promotion back to the top tier.
Greece are the only nation with a perfect record in League B and won 2-1 at Wembley last month.
Lee Carsley will oversee his final two fixtures as interim England boss before handing the reins to Thomas Tuchel, but he will be without Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Cole Palmer, Phil Foden and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Georgia can become the first team to climb from League D to League A since the Nations League began in 2018, if they beat Ukraine and Czech Republic in Group B1.
San Marino, who earned their first-ever competitive win in September, would make the leap to League C for the 2026-27 edition by defeating Gibraltar on Friday.
Teams finishing third in League A, and second in League B, will face off in relegation/promotion play-offs, with identical play-offs between Leagues B and C.
There is an impact on World Cup qualifying too.
The 12 group winners in European qualifying will go to the World Cup, with another four places going to winners of play-offs featuring the 12 runners-up plus the four highest-ranked teams in the Nations League who have not otherwise made it.
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