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  • Asian Games 2023 Live Updates: India to bat first towards Malaysia, Playing XI’s named for each groups

    Asian Games, ladies’s cricket: India should thoughts the hole in quest for gold, set to start marketing campaign towards Malaysia

    India will start their marketing campaign on Thursday with a quarterfinal towards a yet-to-be-decided opponent. (BCCI/Twitter)

    While India’s squad choice as soon as once more raised eyebrows, the expertise of their ranks is plain.

    But Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Co have to be cautious of the hole closing between them and their closest rivals in Asia. More so within the T20 format, says former India captain Mithali Raj.

    “I have been following the progress of the Sri Lankan and Pakistan teams. Both have won against very good sides like England, New Zealand and South Africa,” Mithali informed The Indian Express. “They are coming into the Asian Games on a high after good series. Bangladesh too have done very well against India. We are favourites, but I look at this Asian Games as being very competitive.” [Read more]

     

     

  • Women’s T20 World Cup: The BCCI is giving the ladies’s cricket crew all the things they might probably want… They must carry out now, says Diana Edulji

    I used to be very dissatisfied with the efficiency of the Indian ladies’s crew on the T20 World Cup in South Africa. This was a superb opportunity to win one other world title after the Under-19 crew gained the junior World Cup not too long ago. Unfortunately, the senior crew didn’t appear like robust contenders throughout their matches.

    We have been fortunate that the Ireland recreation (India gained by 5 runs; DLS methodology) bought washed out, in any other case, we wouldn’t have reached the semifinals.

    That stated, we didn’t give up as we did within the 2020 World Cup. We tried to battle however evident errors all through the event value us a spot within the ultimate. First was the fielding after which the bowling.

    Spinners ineffective

    It was shocking that our spinners, who’ve been our power, have gone underneath the radar. The spinners have utterly misplaced type. They have been as soon as our trump card.

    Deepti Sharma. (BCCI)

    Left-arm spinners are bowling with out a short-fine leg and deep sq.. All overseas gamers like to play sweep photographs. We have to alter in accordance with the scenario. These gamers at the moment are professionals. There is not any excuse now. BCCI’s motto needs to be carry out or perish. Don’t go by simply huge names anymore. Our fielding was not on top of things in all of the video games and the catching was very poor.

    The two openers Shafali (Verma) and Smriti (Mandhana) are simply not performing. Smriti could have gotten two fifties however these knocks have been inconsequential. She has to take duty. It is a 20-over recreation and if we expect No. 7 and eight to do the job, then it’s unlucky. We have 4 batters within the crew, who’re all world-class. Now, it’s a excessive time we present the mirror to Shafali. She is younger, however simply because she is a youngster it doesn’t imply she will get away after batting poorly. She has performed within the senior crew for the previous 4 years. Shafali has simply thrown her wicket away.

    Smriti Mandhana. (BCCI)

    It is excessive time the BCCI takes robust calls. The BCCI is giving them all the things they might probably want. They have given them equal pay and the identical amenities. They must carry out now. In my period, we didn’t win a lot however we had self-discipline.

    The batters additionally must work on their shot choice. For instance, there was no want for Jemimah Rodrigues to play that shot (try and play the ramp shot over the keeper) at that cut-off date. After all, she was the well-set batter at that time.

    I agree with Naseer (Hussain) that Harman’s (Harmanpreet Kaur’s) effort was a schoolgirl’s effort. The bat was within the incorrect hand. She ought to have held her bat in her proper hand. Harman was jogging and the bat was in her left hand and it bought caught. Harman ought to have been in full stretch. Her wicket turned the sport. Also, they don’t know this tip-and-run recreation. Our batters solely imagine in hitting fours and sixes. But the variety of dot balls in between makes a giant distinction.

    Stop musical chairs

    Also relating to the help workers, the BCCI should cease the musical chairs that are happening and appoint individuals who will likely be accountable for the efficiency of the ladies’s crew.

    The BCCI has spent quite a bit on the crew, so they need to be able to additionally pay the teaching workers and get good high quality coaches — a head coach, a fielding coach, a coach and others. A coach should set the parameters for normal Yo-Yo exams like the boys’s crew has achieved over time. The seniors within the crew should take duty for this semifinal exit as a result of this Australian crew appeared beatable.

    Edulji is a former India captain. She spoke to Devendra Pandey

  • India U-19 ladies’s group has functionality to face out: Sachin Tendulkar

    Batting icon Sachin Tendulkar believes the Indian Women’s U-19 squad may emerge as one of many standout sides of the inaugural the ICC U-19 T20 World Cup.

    Senior gamers Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh are a part of the 15-member Indian group which can compete within the ICC occasion beginning in South Africa on Saturday.

    “I would say that the women’s team has the capability to be one of the standout sides this time,” Tendulkar wrote in a column for the ICC.

    “The team has a good balance of few experienced players as well as young talented prospects both in the batting as well as bowling department.” As many as 16 groups will compete within the event, which can comprise 41 matches and Tendulkar feels the ICC occasion may have an enormous influence on the panorama of girls’s cricket.

    “The Under-19 event is a first-time event and one that holds a lot of promise. I think this can transform the landscape, since a global platform will ensure great learning and experience to young women cricketers,” the 49-year-old wrote.

    “Though ladies’s cricket has made enormous strides, there are areas nonetheless to be tapped. What is required proper now’s a extra sturdy grassroots system internationally. The bigger we unfold the bottom, the extra expertise we are going to unearth and that may have a direct bearing on the standard of the sport.

    “I feel the inaugural tournament will ensure that happens. Going beyond showcasing the best junior talent of the world, it will ensure more investment in junior cricket in different countries, resulting in a consistent feeder line for future U19 World Cups as well as senior cricket.”

  • Pay fairness for India ladies cricketers is just not a vacation spot, it’s only a journey: Anjum Chopra

    Former India captain Anjum Chopra feels that the BCCI’s choice to pay centrally-contracted feminine cricketers the identical match charges as their male counterparts is a large improvement, but in addition simply “momentary.”

    “Equal pay parity is a brilliant decision taken by the BCCI. It’s not a new dawn. These things are momentary. They are rewards that players are receiving because of their consistent performances over the years,” Anjum advised The Indian Express.

    “These rewards are not the destination, it is just a journey. As a player, you love all the accolades. This is a recognition of their hard work. Players now know that if they keep producing good results, more rewards will follow,” she stated.

    Now the Indian ladies cricketers will obtain Rs 15 lakh per Test, Rs 6 lakh per ODI, and Rs 3 lakh per T20I, the identical as their male counterparts. Earlier, the ladies gamers obtained Rs 1 lakh every for ODIs and T20Is whereas the match charge for a Test match was Rs 4 lakh.

    However, the hole between BCCI’s annual retainers for women and men gamers is huge. India’s Grade A+ male cricketers earn Rs 7 crore, whereas these within the highest retainer bracket in ladies’s cricket take house Rs 50 lakh.

    “The impact I see in the long run or the immediate future of the players is like a young kid who wants to take the sport as a career,” she added.

    It has been fairly a exceptional few months for the Indian ladies’s cricket workforce. They triumphed within the Asia Cup in Bangladesh, beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets within the last. Earlier, that they had additionally received the nation’s first-ever silver medal in cricket on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In the final Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the BCCI, the board had additionally introduced that the first-ever ladies’s Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to happen subsequent 12 months.

    “It has been an excellent few months for women’s cricket. As I said, it is just the beginning. In the long run, this move will make a big impact on the current Under-15 age-group. In the future, things will improve, and the current match fee will also increase,” Anjum stated.

    “Now, the girls don’t have to worry about buying costly bats and kits. There won’t be any struggle. Hopefully, more good results by the senior team in the future will improve women’s cricket,” she added.

  • India reclaim Women’s Asia Cup crown after hammering Sri Lanka in last in Sylhet

    India gained their seventh Women’s Asia Cup title, asserting its dominance within the continental competitors. Smriti Mandhana’s speedy fifty was the spotlight of a one-sided last in Sylhet on Saturday, October 15.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 15, 2022 15:39 IST

    Smriti Mandhana, Renuka Singh fireplace India to seventh Asia Cup crown (Courtesy: Asian Cricket Counil)

    By India Today Web Desk: India got here up with a dominant efficiency within the Women’s Asia Cup 2022 last towards Sri Lanka, hammering the islanders by 8 wickets in a one-sided match in Sylhet on Saturday, October 15. India gained their seventh Women’s Asia Cup crown, proving that the 2018 last defeat to Bangladesh was solely a blip of their continental success story.

    Smriti Mandhana was the star of the present on a dry pitch in Sylhet because the vice-captain showcased some beautiful stroke-making abilities. Smriti hit 51 off simply 25 balls and sealed India’s win with a six.

    Women’s Asia Cup Final 2022: Highlights

    Sri Lanka weren’t capable of repeat the heroics of the boys’s group which gained the Asia Cup crown, beating Pakistan earlier in September within the UAE.

    It was a dominant present from India, who bounced again from their solely defeat within the Women’s Asia Cup 2022 to Pakistan as they registered a dominant win over Thailand within the semi-final earlier than outclassing Sri Lanka within the last.

    The win for India was arrange by right-arm pacer Renuka Singh, who decimated the Sri Lankan top-order. Chamari Athapaththu’s facet, who have been enjoying their first last in 14 years, obtained off to a horror begin as they misplaced their captain for six as early because the third over to a run-out. Panic set in early as Sri Lanka additionally misplaced fellow opener Anushka Sanjeewani to a run-out.

    Renuka’s 3-wicket haul within the powerplay meant Sri Lanka have been cut back to 16 for five on the finish of the powerplay. Sri Lanka, at one stage, seemed like they’d get bowled out earlier than reaching 50 however spinner Inoka Ranaweera hit 18 runs from 22 balls to take Sri Lanka to 65 for 9 in 20 overs.

    “Very happy because the last few games I didn’t bowl well. I practiced with my coach and the staff and they really helped me get back my rhythm. Just focussed on my basics and got success,” Player of the Match, Renuka mentioned.

    SMRITI HITS 25-BALL FIFTY

    In reply, India obtained off to a surprising begin with Smriti placing the stress straightaway on Sri Lanka bowlers. However, opener Shafali Verma and in-form Jemimah Rodrigues threw away their wickets whereas attempting to assault the Sri Lankan spinners.

    Smriti, nevertheless, didn’t take the foot off the fuel as she continued her onslaught and helped India gun down 66 in simply 8.2 overs.

    India had totally different heroes stepping up in numerous matches as they gained 7 out of their 8 matches in Women’s Asia Cup 2022.

    Jemimah Rodrigues completed because the top-scorer within the match with 217 runs in 8 matches. Shafali hit 166 runs in simply 6 matches whereas Smriti Mandhana took her tally previous 100 within the last (134) with the blistering fifty.

    Deepti Sharma and Inoka Ranaweera shared the highest spot on the bowling charts with 13 wickets every.

  • Women’s Asia Cup: India trip on Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma heroics to beat Thailand and seal ultimate berth

    Women’s Asia Cup 2022; India efficiently defended a 148-run whole in opposition to Thailand within the semi-final in Sylhet on Thursday. Deepti Sharma led a dominant bowling present, selecting up 3 wickets in her 4-over spelll.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 13, 2022 11:37 IST

    Deepti Sharma picked up a 3-wicket haul within the semi-final in opposition to Thailand (AFP Photo)

    By India Today Web Desk: India rode on a quickfire 42 and a 3-wicket haul from Deepti Sharma to outclass Thailand and attain the Women’s Asia Cup ultimate for the eighth successive time within the historical past of the match. India defeated Thailand by 74 runs, efficiently defending a 148-run whole in Sylhet on Thursday, October 13.

    India will face the winner of the second semi-final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka within the ultimate in Sylhet on Saturday.

    India have reached the ultimate of the Women’s Asia Cup in all 8 editions of the match, successful 7 titles. The Asian giants misplaced to Bangladesh within the earlier version in 2018 however avenged the defeat with a complete win over Bangladesh within the group stage.

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  • CAB planning to call stand at Eden Gardens after Jhulan Goswami

    The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) is planning to call a stand on the Eden Gardens after legendary India seamer Jhulan Goswami, in recognition of her glorious providers to the sport.

    Hailing from West Bengal’s Chakdaha city in Nadia district, the 39-year-old Jhulan introduced the curtains down on her wonderful, two-decade profession with the third and remaining ODI in opposition to England at Lord’s on Saturday.

    “We are planning to name a stand after Jhulan Goswami at Eden Gardens. She is a special cricketer and deserves to be with the legends. We will approach the army for the necessary permission. We are also planning a special felicitation for her on the annual day,” CAB President Avishek Dalmiya stated.

    “At CAB we give equal importance to women’s cricket and hence we see so many talented cricketers. They are of course inspired by Jhulan’s achievements. Though she has retired from international cricket we would love her to play in the woman’s IPL,” he added.

    Women’s cricket’s highest wicket-taker, Jhulan, fondly referred to as ‘Chakdah Express’, bids adieu to worldwide cricket with over 350 wickets, a feat no bowler has achieved to date.

    The state cricket physique additionally organised the telecast of her final sport at a metropolis theatre.

  • Women’s Asia Cup 2022: Harmanpreet Kaur to guide India as BCCI declares 15-member squad

    The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday, September 21 introduced the squad for Women’s Asia Cup 2022, beginning October 1. Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the 15-member squad on the continental match which might be held in Bangladesh.

    India haven’t made any modifications to the T20I squad which performed in England earlier in September. Wicketkeeper Taniya bhatia and and bowler Simran Bahadur have been added to the standby group. The two gamers had been a part of the squad for the 3-match sequence in England.

    India’s squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Sneh Rana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Radha Yadav, Okay.P. Navgire

    Standby gamers: Taniyaa Sapna Bhatia, Simran Dil Bahadur.

    Harmanpreet Kaur will lead India on the Asia Cup as India will look to reaffirm their standing as the perfect Asian nation. Smriti Mandhana, who has been in positive kind within the ongoing tour of England, will proceed to be India’s vice-captain.

    India can have Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Thakur, Meghana Singh main the tempo assault whereas Radha Yadav, Sneh Raha and Rajeshwari Gayakwad might be in-charge of spin division for the sub-continent situations in Bangladesh.

    India have additionally retained KP Navgire and Dayalan Hemalatha within the squad whie Richa Ghosh has been named the primary alternative wicketkeeper.

    As many as 6 groups are a part of the Women’s Asia Cup which might be performed from October 1 to fifteen in Sylhet.

    India begin the marketing campaign on the opening day towards Sri Lanka. India subsequent play Malaysia (October 3) and UAE (October 4) on successive days earlier than taking over Pakistan on October 7.

    India, Pakistan, hosts Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, UAE, Thailand and Malaysia will play one another not less than as soon as within the group-stages. The high 4 groups on the finish of the round-robin stage will qualify for semi-finals.

    — ENDS —

  • 1st WODI: Elegant Smriti wins it for India as Jhulan rolls again time

    The swish Smriti Mandhana as soon as once more enhanced her popularity as one in every of India’s largest match winners with a lovely 91 that actually decimated England by seven wickets within the opening WODI, right here on Sunday.

    Harmanpreet Kaur received a great toss and veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami was accuracy personified with 42 dot balls in one in every of of her final worldwide video games as England managed a sub-par 227 for seven, largely as a consequence of efforts from the decrease middle-order.

    India have been by no means in bother in the course of the chase as Mandhana (91 off 99 balls) actually drove and pulled her approach earlier than lacking out on a deserving sixth WODI hundred by 9 runs.

    But by the point she was dismissed, Mandhana ensured a forty fifth over end for the Women In Blue, who now go 1-0 up in three-match sequence.

    Smriti Mandhana baggage the Player of the Match award for her splendid 9⃣1⃣-run knock 👏👏

    A medical run-chase from #WorkforceIndia to beat England by 7⃣ wickets and go 1-0 up within the sequence 👌

    Full scorecard right here 👉 https://t.co/x1UIAVe2e6#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/7Fixwa4Ut2

    — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) September 18, 2022

    Yastika Bhatia (50 off 47 balls), who hasn’t finished justice to her huge expertise, additionally notched up her third half-century and scored at greater than run-a-ball strike-rate.

    Yastika-Mandhana second wicket stand of 96 in simply 16.1 overs set the inspiration after which Harmanpreet (74 not out in 94 balls) eased her technique to a one other fifty as she added 99 runs together with her deputy after which completed it off in model with a slog sweep six.

    Mandhana’s innings had 10 fours and a stunning six over long-on off seamer Issy-Wong.

    Innings Break!

    A wonderful bowling efficiency from #WorkforceIndia as England end at 227/7 👊

    Over to our batters now to chase down the goal 👍

    Follow the sport right here 👉 https://t.co/x1UIAVe2e6#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/Ob3F2lbyB0

    — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) September 18, 2022

    While each Yastika and Mandhana drove majestically via the covers in the course of the Powerplay, the Indian vice-captain additionally performed lots of pull-shots with English bowlers drifting down the leg-side.

    It have to be mentioned that Harmanpreet learn the situations on the County Ground in Hove approach higher than her England counterpart Amy Jones.

    While Indian spinners Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Deepti Sharma diverse tempo of their deliveries to make strokeplay tough, England’s seamers Kate Cross (2/43 in 10 overs), Alice Davidson-Jones (0/48 in 7.2 overs), Wong(0/35 in 5 overs) together with off-spinner Charlie Dean (1/45 in 10 overs) allowed the visiting group batters to make use of the tempo of their deliveries to attain runs behind the sq..

    In the primary 15 overs, India hit 13 fours and a six (by Yastika) and it was throughout for England. Earlier, Goswami, the 39-year-old legend, was parsimonious, making a gift of solely 20 runs in 10 overs with as many as 42 dot balls.

    Captain @ImHarmanpreet brings up a wonderful half century within the run-chase #WorkforceIndia 205/3 in 41 overs – want 23 from 54 balls#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/BAeM4jUCEr

    — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) September 18, 2022

    She didn’t concede a single boundary or six and in addition bowled a wonderful off-cutter to do away with the seasoned Tammy Beaumont (7).

    On a observe the place ball wasn’t all the time coming onto the bat, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur did the proper factor by opting to discipline.

    After seamer Meghna Singh (1/42 in 8 overs) hurried the opposite opener Emma Lamb (12) with a brief ball, Goswami and the 2 spinners Deepti (2/33 in 10 overs) and Gayakwad (1/40 in 10 overs) choked the run stream persistently.

    However, Sneh Rana (1/45 in 6 overs) and Pooja Vastrakar (0/20 in 2 overs) together with Meghna did leak just a few runs as the house group did put up a 220 plus rating in the long run.

    Dani Wyatt (43 off 50 balls), Alice Davidson-Richards (50 not out off 61 balls) and Sophie Ecclestone (31) have been the notable contributors for England.
    Even Charlie Dean performed a pleasant cameo (24 no off 21 balls) in the direction of the tip to beef up the goal.

    Harmanpreet can be a contact disillusioned that regardless of getting England on the mat at 128 for six by the thirty fourth over, England’s Nos. 7, 8 and 9 added greater than 100 runs to offer the entire some respectability.

  • No music in dressing room for India’s T20 sport at Hove as England mourns Queen’s passing away

    The India-England girls’s T20 at Hove as we speak, the uncommon sporting occasion in Britain that hasn’t been impacted by the passing away of Queen Elizabeth II, is predicted to be a low-key affair.

    It is learnt that the visiting Indian crew has been requested to keep away from enjoying music within the dressing room since England is mourning the demise of its longest-serving monarch. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) flag on the venue may also be at half-mast.

    Those within the know say that there can be no business exercise allowed contained in the stadium, nonetheless, there was no restriction on how the gamers have fun their success on the sphere.

    While the ladies’s sport was going forward as per itinerary, the England and Wales Cricket Board had paused the continued England-South Africa Test involving the boys’s crew. Thursday’s first day in London was washed out with no ball bowled. The sport will now resume on Saturday.

    Other sporting occasions too took a break to pay their respect to Queen Elizabeth II, The English Premier League’s weekend video games have been additionally postponed and so was the European Tour golf and Tour of Britain biking.

    The Indian girls’s crew are on a two week tour to England the place they are going to be enjoying three T20I’s and three ODI’s.

    After Saturday’s sport, there can be two extra T20 video games at Derby (September 13) and Bristol (September 15). The ODIs are scheduled at Hove (September 18), Canetrbury (September 21) and the Lord’s (September 24).

    Last month, the Indian girls’s crew performed the Commonwealth Games T20 remaining the place they misplaced to Australia.

    Before the sport Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur had said that the crew was engaged on methods to complete video games.

    “We are working on that. I know for a long time these things are troubling us. We need to show some patience and after a while we will start getting the results also.”

    Further including, “That is why this time we have added two more batters Dayalan Hemalatha and KP Navgire in the side who can finish the game for us. They have done really well in domestic cricket, scoring a good amount of runs.”