New Delhi, May 20 : Former Australia World Cup winning all-rounder Andy Bichel on Monday said that India has an excellent chance to win the upcoming World cup considering the variety in their bowling attack.
While speaking at the launch of ‘Power Sportz TV’s ICC World Cup 2019 Programming Extravaganza’, Bichel said, ”India has a good mix of bowling which is capable of taking full advantages of English conditions, making India one of the favourites for the World Cup.
”Bhuvi, Bumrah and Shami are three world-class bowlers especially Bumrah. Bhuvi is priceless in English conditions and can swing the ball both ways. Shami is someone who has really surprised me with his ability to keep going, bowling at 140kphs. Bumrah is also is in sensational form,” he added.
The former Australian also mentioned that India will have to keep them together and ensure that they are fit enough till July 14.
The former fast bowler picked India, England and Australia as his three favourites for the World Cup.
Talking about the India’s number four batting conundrum, the former fast bowler said, that “MS Dhoni is best suited for the slot as he has the experience and the ability to change the course of the game from any situation.” India will begin their campaign against South Africa at Southampton on June 5.

New Delhi, May 14 : Hockey India on Tuesday named the 18-member Indian Junior Men’s Team for the 8 Nation under-21 tournament in Spain which begins on 10 June 2019.

The teams in fray for top honours include the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, hosts Spain and India.

The Indian Junior Men’s Team will be Captained by Mandeep Mor and Vice Captained by Suman Beck.

The goalkeepers named for this Tournament are Prashant Kumar Chauhan and Pawan while defenders named are Mandeep Mor, Pratap Lakra, Sanjay, Akashdeep Singh Junior, Suman Beck and Parampreet Singh.

Midfielders Yashdeep Siwach, Vishnu Kant Singh, Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem, Maninder Singh, Vishal Antil have been named in the squad while the forwardline will feature Amandeep Singh, Rahul Kumar Rajbhar, Shivam Anand, Sudeep Chirmako.

Speaking about the team selection, David John, Director, High Performance said, “Some of the players have had good international exposure and I am hopeful that the 8 Nations U-21 tournament will further their experience of playing quality teams at high intensity. This will be quite a challenging tournament given the teams participating in it and I believe the tournament will give us an understanding of where we stand in terms of our preparations for the Junior World Cup in 2021.”

Goalkeepers: Prashant Kumar Chauhan and Pawan
Defenders: Mandeep Mor (Captain), Pratap Lakra, Sanjay, Akashdeep Singh Junior, Suman Beck (Vice-Captain) and Parampreet Singh
Midfielders: Yashdeep Siwach, Vishnu Kant Singh, Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem, Maninder Singh and Vishal Antil
Forwards: Amandeep Singh, Rahul Kumar Rajbhar, Shivam Anand, Sudeep Chirmako and Prabhjot Singh

Sachin Tendulkar credited fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah for Mumbai Indians’ success.

Jasprit Bumrah was adjudged the player of the match for impressive figures of 2/14

Mumbai Indians won an unprecedented fourth Indian Premier League (IPL) title with a thrilling one-run victory over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL 2019 final in Hyderabad on Sunday. Sachin Tendulkar, who is serving as Mumbai Indians ‘Icon’ since his retirement, said he was at the “top of the world” after the Rohit Sharma-led team clinched the IPL trophy. The former India batsman credited fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah for Mumbai Indians’ success, adding that he hopes for an even better showing from the 25-year-old pacer in the upcoming ICC World Cup 2019.

“Bumrah was fantastic,” Tendulkar told Yuvraj Singh in a video interview shared by the IPL on Twitter.

‘Bumrah, world’s best’ – Sachin and Yuvi@sachin_rt and @YUVSTRONG12 were unanimous in their opinion of @Jaspritbumrah93 , while weighing in on @mipaltan‘s 3rd #VIVOIPL final win over their arch-rivals. #MIvCSK By @28anand & @RajalArora

Watch the – https://www.iplt20.com/video/191789 3,7013:29 AM – May 13, 2019652 people are talking about thisTwitter Ads info and privacy

Tendulkar asked Yuvraj, who was bought by Mumbai Indians in the last stage of the auction ahead of IPL 2019, “What makes him such a special bowler?”.

Yuvraj replied: “I think his action is a bit awkward. It’s tough to understand what pace is coming. He’s bowling the best I’ve seen in his career.”

Tendulkar agreed to the left-handed batsman and said: “Bumrah is the best bowler in the world. And the best is yet to come, hopefully.”

India will now prepare for the World Cup 2019, starting on May 30 in the UK.

Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, India will start their campaign against South Africa at The Rose Bowl, Southampton, on June 5.

Ahead of the World Cup, India will play two warm-up matches against New Zealand and Bangladesh on May 25 and May 28 respectively.

India have won the World Cup twice in 1983 and 2011.

Perth, May 10 (UNI) The Indian men’s hockey team thrashed Australia ‘A’ 3-0 in their on-going Australia tour here on Friday.

Senior drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh scored the first goal of the match in 6th minute, while young striker Sumit Kumar Junior (12?, 13?) hit the Australia’s team goal post twice.

Manpreet Singh-led India showed their aggression throughout the match. The visitors dominated the first quarter with ball possession and constantly looked to break into the striking circle. The tactic worked as three goals were scored in the very first quarter putting the home team on the back-foot.

Match’s first goal came in the 6th minute when the team won their first penalty corner (PC) of the match.

Experienced drag-flicker Rupinder, who is making a comeback after nearly eight-months of layoff due to injury, showed good nick, as he timed the flick well with good power and speed to send it past the Australia ‘A’ goalkeeper.

Defender Harmanpreet Singh helped India to score their second goal as his skillful tackling saw Australia ‘A’ lose ball possession which led to India’s second goal. It was a fine assist by Skipper Singh to Sumit Kumar who converted a superb field goal in the 12th minute.

The visitors wreaked havoc in the first quarter, leaving the home side stunned.

India converted their third goal in the 13th minute when striker Akashdeep Singh set-up the goal scored by Sumit.

India, who dominated the opposition in the first 15-minutes, displayed their defecive skills, keeping the home side’s attackers at bay.

Harmanpreet Singh remained the cynosure of Indian defence as he dispossession Australian ball-carrier on several occasions that broke their rhythm.

The Aussie team had the lone goal-scoring opportunity in the second quarter when they created a PC but India goalkeeper Krishan Pathak denied them the goal. The following two quarter saw India defended their score-line with solid defence that ensured they secured a second successive win on the tour.

Indian men’s team Chief Coach Graham Reid expressed his satisfaction over the team performance.
“It was a very good first quarter with the basics right. We needed that first game (against Western Australia Thundersticks) to get used to the pitch. After a 3-0 lead, it was important we stayed focused on the process,” he said.

“The second and third quarter was tighter. I was happy with the things we have been working on, we created a lot of opportunities and I believe we can still do better in our finishing,” the coach added.

In their first assignment under new coach Reid, this is India’s second straight win in Australia.

Now, India will play their next game on May 13. The Australia had seven national team players.

New Delhi, May 10 : Hockey India on Friday named the 18-member Indian Women’s Hockey Team to be led by skipper Rani Rampal for the S Korea Tour scheduled to begin on May 20 at the Jinchun National Athletic Center.
The Indian team will be playing a bilateral series of three Test Matches against the Korean Women’s Hockey team under Chief Coach Sjoerd Marijne, and will be Captained by Forward Rani and Vice-Captained by Goalkeeper Savita.

The matches will help the Indian team in preparing for the FIH Women’s Series Finals Hiroshima 2019, which is scheduled to be held from June 15th – 23rd in Hiroshima, Japan.

New Delhi, May 10 : Indian tennis player Ankita Raina came back strongly after first set defeat against much lower-ranked Hong Kong’s Eudice Wong inching to the semi-finals in the women’s singles of the the ITF tournament in Luan, China on Friday.

After losing first set, the 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist came back strongly beating her opponent 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 a game that lasted for two hours of the quarter-final.
Ankita ranked 175 scored 88 points while 497 ranked Eudice fell two points short.
They broke each other seven times in the match.
Ankita next faces seventh seed Duan Yingying of China in the semi-final on Saturday and would like to settle for her third final of the season.
She had won a USD 25k event in Singapore and ended runner-up at a USD 60k tournament in Istanbul.
Earlier on Thursday Ankita edged out China’s Yue Yuan in straight sets 6-2 6-3 in the round of 16.

New Delhi, May 9 : India’s no 1 tennis player Ankita Raina moved to quarter-finals in the women’s singles of the ITF tournament in Luan, China on Thursday.
Ranked 175, the Indian player won in straight sets 6-2 6-3 over her Chinese rival Yue Yuan in the round of 16.
Ankita was on a high after she beat three-time Grand Slam champion Samantha Stosur at the USD 125k tournament in Anning and also made the final of a 60k event in Istanbul.
She next plays Hong Kong’s Eudice Chong, who is ranked as low as 497.
She reached a ranking of world no 181 becoming the fifth Indian national in April 2018 to crack to the top-200 ladies singles rankings, following Nirupama Sanjeev, Sania Mirza, Shikha Uberoi, and Sunitha Rao.
In August 2018, Ankita won the bronze medal in the Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia in singles event. Raina and Sania Mirza are the only players representing India to have won a singles medal at the Asian Games.
She also peaked at world no 159 in the doubles rankings on August 28, 2017. Raina has also won gold medals in the women’s singles and mixed-doubles events at the 2016 South Asian Games.

Visakhapatnam, May 9 (UNI) Coming from a win in the IPL Eliminator, Delhi Capitals will look to win and seal their place on May 12 final and as they face Defending champions Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 2 of IPL 2019 at the ACA-VDCA Stadium on Friday.
Delhi Capitals will enter this match after a great win against SRH in the eliminator whereas CSK lost the first qualifier match against MI.
Delhi will create history if they win against CSK as they are the only side to have never played an IPL final.
DC’s young batting unit have done a remarkable job in this year’s IPL and somehow managed to score the runs whenever the team needed them.
In the last match against SRH, Pant played a superb knock of 49 runs in 21 balls in a high-pressure situation and helped DC in getting over the line. Another young batsman Prithvi Shaw too played an important innings of 56 and gave signals of returning in form.
India opener Shikhar Dhawan is also in great form and has scored runs freely at the top in the powerplay overs.
Apart from Shikhar, Skipper Shreyas Iyer too has played a couple of match-winning knocks and has led from the front.
In bowling, DC fast bowler including Trent Boult and Ishant Sharma, did a good job in the absence of Kagiso Rabada and were well supported by Keemo Paul, who picked up three wickets. Veteran spinner Amit Mishra and Axar Patel also did well against SRH.
On the other hand, Defending champions Chennai Super Kings had a bad loss against MI in the Qualifier 1 and will look to bounce back in this match. CSK also have the experience of playing the big matches, having won three titles besides being runners-up four times.
CSK captain Dhoni who is good form will expect a better performance from his batsmen after the disappointment against Mumbai Indians.
CSK’s top-order has been their concern as they haven’t fired consistently. Opener Shane Watson has not been among the run scorer ever since smashing a 53-ball 96 against Sunrisers on April 23. The likes of Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis Ambati Rayudu will be also the key factor in this match.
Bowling has been CSK’s strong point so far this season. The responsibility will be again on the young pacer Deepak Chahar to pick up early wickets and Imran Tahir the second highest-wicket taker this season after Kagiso Rabada will look to carry forward his great form.
Veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja and DJ Bravo will be raring to continue their magic with the ball.
The winner of the Qualifier 2 will face Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2019 final in Hyderabad on Sunday.

New Delhi, May 8 : Former cricket captain Kapil Dev, who led India to the maiden World Cup trophy in 1983, on Wednesday said under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, history will repeat itself in the upcoming World Cup in England.

While speaking at the ‘Britannia Khao World Cup Jao’ campaign winners’ felicitation ceremony, Kapil Dev said, ”The present Indian team has a great combination of youth and experience and the right balance which is necessary to win World Cup.We should have faith in them and in my view, India will definitely feature in the top four ”.

Asked about the teams which can make it to the semi-finals, Kapil said, ”The top three teams in the league stage will be India, England and Australia. However, there could a tough fight between New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa for the fourth spot”.
On the number four batting slot in the present Indian team, the ‘Haryana Hurricane’ said cricket has changed a lot in the past ten years and that no place is permanent today. There should be a resilience in batting order depending on the situation, he added.

Ludhiana, May 8 : Gokulam Kerala FC striker Manisha, who has been turning heads with her performances in the ongoing season of the Hero India Women’s League believes that India hosting the 2020 U-17 FIFA Women’s World Cup would “help young girls from Punjab take up the sport.”
“It feels great that the IWL is being held in Punjab. This will help raise awareness about women’s football in the state. The young girls in Punjab can watch the matches and learn more about the game,” said Manisha.
Manisha may be banging in the goals from the front, but she was not always a striker. Back in the days when she played in the India U-17 team, she used to play as a left winger.

In the AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers, she played as an attacking midfielder, while Senior National Team coach Maymol Rocky promoted her to the position of a striker in recent times.

“When I’m on the left, I always try to go back and help my win back, and then run forward to attack once we get the ball,” she said. “When I play in the midfield, I always need to keep the position of the opposition midfielders in mind. Especially when we don’t have the ball, I have to keep tracking them.”