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Nov 27, 2019

Gambhir Finally Has Stand Named after Him

Gautam Gambhir finally saw a stand named after him at the Feroz Shah Kotla but the felicitation became more of a sideshow with the former India opener lamenting the current mess in DDCA and even questioning president Rajat Sharma.
Gambhir, who played all his domestic cricket for Delhi and was also captain for a long time, rued the state of affairs in DDCA. He also questioned president Sharma for the delay in naming the North Stand after him.
Current India captain Virat Kohli also has a stand named after him at the Kotla, alongside greats such as Mohinder Amarnath and Bishan Singh Bedi. Virender Sehwag has a gate named after him and so has former India women's team captain Anjum Chopra.

FIFA Inspection Team Arrives in India

An eight-member FIFA delegation started the inspection process to determine venues for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, which will be held in India from November 2 to 21 next year.
Beginning with Kolkata, which hosted the under-17 men's World Cup final in 2017, the FIFA delegation will inspect Guwahati (on November 28), Bhubaneswar (Nov. 29), Ahmedabad (Nov. 30) and Navi Mumbai (Dec. 1).
World Cup project leader Oliver Vogt said that besides the infrastructure and training sites, we are interested in plans the different venues have for further development of women's football in the country.
As per Oliver Vogt, a final decision on the venues will be taken in the first quarter of 2020.

India's Pace Battery Storms into History

Holding, Garner, Marshall and Walsh, or Bumrah, Sharma, Yadav and Shami?
India's fast bowlers, who have rapidly changed the rules of engagement between their teams and others at home or away, bounced to a new high in 2019 by collectively averaging an astonishing 15.16 runs per wicket in eight Tests this calendar year—the lowest in the 142-year history of Test cricket.
This year, the leader of the Indian quartet, Jasprit Bumrah, missing five home Tests due to back injury didn't seem to matter as Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav were relentless even without him on pitches that were far from seam-friendly. The three shared 19 wickets Indian bowlers took in Kolkata in the pink-ball Test against Bangladesh last week—the first time the spinners didn't take any in a home match that saw a result. In all, the Indian pacemen took 95 wickets between them in 2019—Bumrah 14 at 13.14, Sharma 25 at 15.56, Shami 33 at 16.67 and Yadav 23 at 13.65.
The World No 1 team is now way ahead atop the World Test Championship table after extending their world record for consecutive series wins at home to 12. The seventh Test win in a row is also India's best, with the Kolkata Test wrapped up in 161.2 overs making it the shortest finished game in India.

Nov 26, 2019

Sharon Maria and Kunal Kaushik Set Meet Records

Sharon Maria (Nilgiris) and Kunal Kaushik (Dadri) set new meet records in the girls' under-16 200m and boys' under-16 shot put events, respectively on the final day of the 17th Milo National inter-district junior athletics meet at Tarakarama Stadium (SV University).
The 15-year-old Sharon was third behind Soumita Paul (Chandranagore) and Simran Kaur (Chandigarh) at the top on the bend but was able to sustain her pace till the finish.
Shot putters Kunal Kaushik, Jaidev Dekka (North West Delhi) and Maurya Ganapathi (Mysuru) each went past the existing meet mark of 16.91m set by Mankirat Singh (Ropar) in Haridwar in 2014 as the trio logged throws past the 17m mark.
However, Kunal Kaushik was a clear winner with a best effort of 17.91m, improving on the 16.76m that fetched him bronze in Guntur.

Saurabh, Divyansh, Elavenil to Get ISSF's Golden Target Award

Three Indians have finished as No.1 in the year-end World rankings and will receive the International Shooting Sports Federation's (ISSF) 'The Golden Target' award.
From this year, ISSF has started the Golden Target award for the top ranked athletes. The awards will be given to top shooters from 12 categories on December 7, 2019 in Munich.
Divyansh Singh Panwar and young Elavenil Valarivan have topped the men's and women's 10m air rifle categories, respectively, while pistol ace Saurabh Chaudhary has ended the year as No. 1 in men's 10m air pistol event.
Out of the 12 Olympic categories (individual), India has maximum No. 1s, followed by China and USA (2 each).

Nov 25, 2019

Junior Grapplers win 4 more Golds

Sagar Jaglan erased a massive 1-6 deficit to grab a gold in the freestyle 68kg category as India concluded its campaign at the Under-15 Asian Wrestling Championships with 28 medals, including 13 gold, in Taichung. Led by 2019 Cadet World Championships bronze medallist Deepak Chahal, the freestyle grapplers continued their heroics to capture four gold medals on the final day of the competition.
While Chahal won the gold in 75kg, Haryana's Vishal (62kg), Sagar Jaglan (68kg), and Madhya Pradesh's Jatin (85kg) were the others who finished on the top podium. Most impressive of the lot was Sagar. He was down 1-6 against Bexultanov Yerkhan of Kazakhstan, he made a remarkable turnaround in the last 20 seconds to win 7-6.

Chelsea Win Battle Of The Ball

Pep Guardiola has built his decade of football success on creating teams that dominate possession but for the first time in his career — one of his teams had less of the ball than the opposition.
From Barcelona to Bayern Munich and on to Manchester City, the 'Pep way' has been built around an obsessive attention to keeping hold of the ball.
But something strange happened — his City side beat Chelsea in the Premier League without having a majority of the possession.
The possession stat of 46.74 during City's 2-1 win was the lowest recorded by a side managed by Guardiola in any of his 381 top-flight matches in charge at his three clubs.

Kipchoge, Dalilah World Athletes of Year

Kenya's marathon sub-two hour man Eliud Kipchoge and American 400m hurdles world record holder Dalilah Muhammad were named World Athletics athletes of the year.
Their titles were announced at the annual awards ceremony of the sport's governing body in Monaco.
Kipchoge retained the award thanks to his barrier-busting marathon in Vienna in October 2019.
The Kenyan Olympic champion clocked one hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds over the 42.2km distance, though the record is unofficial because he used rotating pacemakers.

Australia Thrash Pakistan by an Innings & 5 Runs

Australia duly wrapped up victory over Pakistan by an innings and five runs in the first test in Brisbane but they were forced to wait until late on day four by a magnificent rearguard action from Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. The hosts needed only seven wickets to ensure they would take a 1-0 lead to Adelaide Oval for the second and final match of the series but Azam's second test century and 95 from Rizwan stalled their march to victory. The pair were finally dislodged after a 132-run partnership and the Australian quicks finished the job with the second new ball, dismissing the last four batsmen for 30 runs to maintain Australia's 31-year unbeaten run at the Gabba.

Croatia to Face India or Pakistan in Davis Cup Qualifier

Croatia will play either India or Pakistan to qualify for next year's Davis Cup, after the draw for the qualification stage was made on 24 November 2019. The 2018 champions crashed out in the group stage of this week's tournament in Madrid, with the final pitting Rafael Nadal's Spain against Canada.
Spain, Canada and the two losing semi-finalists, Great Britain and Russia, automatically qualify for the competition in 2020, as well as Serbia and France, who have been granted the two wild card slots. It leaves 12 places for the winners of the qualifiers, which will be contested on the weekend of March 6 and 7, 2020.
Ties will consist of four singles matches and one doubles, with all rubbers played over the best-of-three tie-break sets.
Other stand-out fixtures include Colombia facing 2016 champions Argentina, and 28-time winners Australia taking on Brazil. Germany, who lost to Britain in this year's quarter-finals, will be up against Belarus.
Croatia, Colombia, Australia and Germany will all be at home.

New Zealand Beat England by Innings in First Test

New Zealand wrapped up an impressive innings and 65-run victory over England shortly after tea on the fifth day of the first test at Bay Oval on November 25, 2019 with Neil Wagner running through the lower order.
Wagner took three wickets in 17 balls for just one run as England collapsed from 132-5 to 138-8 before tea, then broke a 59-run ninth-wicket partnership between Jofra Archer and Sam Curran after they had threatened to thwart the hosts.
The left armer then trapped Stuart Broad in front for a first ball duck to end England's resistance at 197 and end with figures of 5-44 from 19.2 overs.

Nov 24, 2019

ISSF World Cup Final: Manu Bhaker, Elavenil Valarivan, Divyansh Panwar Win Gold

Shooting sensations Manu Bhaker, Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar, bagged their maiden ISSF World Cup Final gold medals in women's 10m Air Pistol , 10m Air Rifle and men's 10m Air Rifle respectively, at the Chinese Shooting and Archery Administration Center in Putian, China.
Elavenil bettered her Qualification ranking to finish at the top of the leaderboard with 250.8 points, pipping Chinese Taipei's Lin Ying-Shin by 0.1 points. Romania's Laura-Georgeta Coman won bronze.
The 20-year-old Cuddalore born shooter remained at the top throughout the Elimination round, only to give the onlookers a scare, after she scored a 9.4 in her penultimate shot. However, the initial gap proved to be too much for Ying-Shin to overcome, even though she shot a 10.6 and a 10.8 off her last two chances.
India's Mehuli Ghosh, participating in the same event, went down fighting, to settle for the sixth place.

Madhya Pradesh Govt To Give 5% Reservation To Sportspersons In Jobs

Sportspersons in Madhya Pradesh will now get a 5 per cent reservation state government jobs.
Madhya Pradesh Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Jitu Patwari announced it while inaugurating the Regional Olympic Games in Gwalior.
Jitu Patwari said that sportsperson who have won medals on national and international levels often remain without jobs
and providing the 5 per cent reservation will benefit these players.
Jitu Patwari also announced that under-16 zonal Olympics will be held in Madhya Pradesh to facilitate talented children.

Lakshya Sen Wins Scottish Open Title

In badminton, India's Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish Open men's single title, defeating Brazilian Ygor Coelho to seal his fourth title in three months.
Entering the tournament as the top seed, the world number 41 registered an 18-21, 21-18, 21-19 win in 56 minutes to claim the title in Glasgow.
The 18-year-old Indian started his year with a silver medal at the Polish Open International Challenge in March. After a series of disappointing exits, Sen went on to win the Belgian International in September, his first title of the year.
Within a month, Lakshya won his first BWF Super 100 title at the Dutch Open, with the second one coming soon after, at the SaarLorLux Open in Germany. He will be next seen in action in the Syed Modi International Championship, starting tomorrow in Lucknow.

Equestrian Fouaad Mirza Secures India's First Olympic Quota In Sport

Double Asian Games medallist equestrian Fouaad Mirza secured an Olympic quota after finishing as the top-ranked rider in his group in the qualifiers, ending a wait spanning nearly two decades.
The 27-year-old was the highest-ranked rider in Group G for the South East Asia, Oceania in the individual eventing category after the end of the Europe.
File image of Fouaad Mirza. AFP
However, the official confirmation will be announced by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) on 20 February, 2019.

India Bag 28 Medals Including 13 Gold In U-15 Asian Wrestling c'Ships

In wrestling, India concluded its campaign at the Under-15 Asian Championships with 28 medals, including 13 gold, 14 silver and a bronze. The superb show by Indian grapplers continued as they won 5 gold on the last day at Taichung, China. Led by 2019 Cadet World Championships bronze medallist Deepak Chahal, the freestyle grapplers captured four gold while one gold came in the Greco-Roman category.
While Chahal won the gold in 75kg, Vishal in 62kg, Sagar Jaglan in 68kg and Jatin in 85kg were the others who finished on the top podium. Most impressive of the lot was Sagar. He was down 1-6 against Bexultanov Yerkhan of Kazakhstan before making a remarkable turnaround in the last 20 seconds to win the bout 7-6. Harsh remained unbeatable in 44 kg category of Greco Roman.
For the first time, India finished on top of the team rankings in freestyle category with 225 points as all 10 wrestlers finished on the podium. Kazakhstan finished second while Japan was third.

Vijender Singh Claims 12th Successive Professional Win

Indian boxing star Vijender Singh demolished Ghana's former Commonwealth champion Charles Adamu to claim his 12th successive win and ensure that his four-year unbeaten streak in the professional circuit remained intact.
The 34-year-old former Olympic bronze-medallist prevailed unanimously in an eight-round super middleweight contest against the 42-year-old.
The Indian's right hand was just too precise and powerful to handle for Adamu, who looked intimidated and was thrown off-balance more than once.

Nov 23, 2019

Wriddhiman Saha Became the Fifth Indian Wicket-keeper to Cross 100 Dismissals in Tests

Wriddhiman Saha became the fifth Indian wicket-keeper to affect 100 dismissals in the longest format of the game.
He achieved the feat in the ongoing day-night Test between India and Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens.
The 35-year-old Saha affected two dismissals in Bangladesh's first innings. He affected his 100th dismissal when Umesh Yadav had Shadman Islam (29) caught at the hands of the wicket-keeper.
Former skipper MS Dhoni has affected the most dismissals for an Indian keeper in the longest format of the game. He has 294 dismissals to his name.
Apart from Dhoni and Saha, Syed Kirmani, Kiran More and Nayan Mongia are the other wicket-keepers to have affected 100 dismissals in Tests.

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