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Feb 15, 2019

Female Umpire Duo to Make History

Umpires Eloise Sheridan and Mary Waldron are on the verge of making history as they will be the first female duo to officiate in a men's first grade premier (club) cricket match.
Sheridan and Waldron will stand in a match between Tea Tree Gully and Northern Districts in Adelaide featuring Australia's Vice-captain Travis Head.
For Sheridan, officiating in a men's cricket match is not something new as she stood as an umpire in a South Australian Premier Cricket first grade game, 18 months ago.

Sportstar Aces Lifetime Achievement Award

Prakash Padukone was honoured for Lifetime Achievement while Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah shared the Sportsman of the Year (cricket) accolade at the Sportstar Aces Awards.
The chairman of the Awards jury is Sunil Gavaskar.

First NBA Games in Mumbai

In October this year, history will be made when Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings face off in two pre-season games in Mumbai.
This will mark the first NBA games to be played in India.

Feb 14, 2019

Pereira Named India Under-23 Coach

Derrick Pereira was named head coach of the India under-23 team for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualifiers slated to be held in Tashkent from March 22.
Besides India, the other teams in the group are Tajikistan and Pakistan.
Pereira, the technical director of ISL club FC Goa, will be in charge of the preparatory camp to be held in Goa from March 2.

Feb 13, 2019

Nehal Wadhera to Captain India "A" U-19 Cricket Team

Ludhiana cricketer Nehal Wadhera has been selected to captain the India "A" U-19 Indian squad for one-day matches in the upcoming series to be played against South Africa, Afghanistan and India "B".
This series would be starting from March 5, 2019 onwards from Thiruvananthapuram. Young top order left handed batsman also participated in the U-19 tour of Sri Lanka in July 2018, where he had stunned everyone by scoring two half centuries.
He started his international career by hitting a six. He was part of the U-19 team for Asia Cup held at Dhaka (Bangladesh) in September 2018.
It is believed that Nehal's performance in the Challengers Trophy matches played at Lucknow few months back helped him in donning the captain's hat for the upcoming series.
Otherwise known as a very cool and composed scorer, he played a pivotal role in India Green picking the Challenger's trophy at Lucknow.

New Australia Sports Super-watchdog

Australia unveiled a new national integrity body to tackle cheating and corruption in sport in the wake of a ball-tampering "sandpapergate" scandal that rocked cricket.
The new watchdog, Sport Integrity Australia, will combine the powers of three existing agencies, including the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA), to better investigate doping, match-fixing, illegal betting, organised crime and corruption.
In addition to ASADA, the new umbrella body will incorporate the National Integrity of Sport Unit and the integrity watchdog functions of the governmental Sport Australia agency.
The current agencies are set to receive a boost in funding before Sport Integrity Australia formally launches in two years.

Feb 12, 2019

Prajnesh Breaks Top-100 Barrier

Prajnesh Gunneswaran broke into men's singles top-100 for the first time in his career with a jump of six places that took him to 97.
Prajnesh is only third Indian player to break into the top-100 barrier in the past decade after Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri.
Prajnesh reached the semifinals of the ATP Chennai Challenger last week to ensure his entry into the coveted bracket.

Kuldeep Yadav Achieves Career-best T20I Ranking

Kuldeep Yadav moved up one place in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings to claim the second spot for the first time in his career.
Kuldeep, who has 728 points, achieved the feat after taking two wickets in the final T20I encounter between India and New Zealand in Hamilton.
Rashid Khan is still the top-ranked T20I bowler in the world with 793 points.

Feb 11, 2019

Dhoni Becomes First Indian to Play 300 T20 Matches

MS Dhoni added another accolade to his already illustrious career as the veteran wicket-keeper became the first India cricketer to play 300 T20 matches.
Dhoni joined the likes of Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik and Dwayne Bravo in an elite list of players with over 300 T20 appearances to their name.
The list is topped by West Indies all-rounder Kieran Pollard with 446 appearances.
Dhoni has represented India on 96 occasions and the rest came for the Indian Premier League (IPL) sides Rising Pune Supergiants and Chennai Super Kings.
The matches also include the Champions League T20.

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