Posts tagged as: India

P. V. Sindhu beats Sapsiree Taerattanachai in Women’s Singles semi-final at Syed Modi International

India’s upcoming player P. V. Sindhu displayed her incredible skills and secured her berth in Women’s Singles final after crushing Thailand’s Sapsiree Taerattanachai in semi-final contest at Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold 2012 on Saturday, December 22, in Lucknow. The second seeded Sindhu, who remained impressive throughout the tournament, cheered her home fans […]

Pakistan’s cricket team leaves for India for bilateral series

After months of preparations, Pakistan’s cricket team finally left for New Delhi for its much-anticipated tour of India for the first bilateral series in five years.   With Mohammad Hafeez in charge of the Twenty20 squad and Misbah-ul-Haq holding the team’s ODI command, Pakistan would be looking to give their best on the brief tour […]

Syed Modi International: Shinta Mulia Sari and Lei Yao storm into Women’s Doubles quarter-final

Singapore’s top seeds Shinta Mulia Sari and Lei Yao showed a smashing performance in the arena and stormed into Women’s Doubles quarter-final at the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold 2012 in India, on Thursday, December 20. In the round-of-16, Singaporean shuttlers delivered smashing performance and outplayed India’s Yamini Sharma and Shraddha Srivastava while […]

Eoin Morgan terms failure to capitalise on good start as main reason behind T20 loss to India

England Twenty20 captain Eoin Morgan, who is shouldering the responsibility in absence of Stuart Broad, has said that his team failed to capitalise on the good start, and fell 10-15 runs short in the opening T20 international against India in Pune. After suffering 2-1 drubbing in the Test series, the Men in Blue redeemed some […]

Shahid Afridi might be reconsidered for India ODIs, says Misbah-ul-Haq

Pakistan ODI skipper Misbah-ul-Haq has said that Shahid Afridi, who was dropped initially, might be reconsidered for the 50-over series against India. As a result of his terrible show with both bat and ball recently, Afridi lost his place in the three-match ODI series against India. He was selected for a couple of T20s though. […]

Pakistan players get lucrative packages in Bangladesh Premier League

In what appeared to be a positive development for the sportsmen, Pakistani players received lucrative contracts to play in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).   During the auction, Pakistani players Shahid Afridi and Imran Nazir were included in the golden category which led to them receiving some of the highest paid contracts. Imran received a […]

Imran says he would defeat ‘fake leadership’

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has vowed to defeat the ‘fake leadership’ of Lahore, redeeming the hopes of those who had joined hands with him in bringing change in the country.   Speaking to a delegation headed by PTI leader Chaudhry Tariq Irshad Khan, he said that both PML-N and PPP had betrayed the […]

Syed Modi International: Nozomi Okuhara sends Mohita Sahdev packing in first round

Japan’s talented player Nozomi Okuhara displayed her incredible craft and outplayed the local shuttler Mohita Sahdev in Women’s Singles first round at Syed Modi International India GPG 2012 on Wednesday, December 19, in India. The in-form Nozomi, who is the sixth seed in Women’s Singles main draw of the championship, played with terrific precision against […]

Neeraj Vashist advance into Men’s Singles main round at Syed Modi International India GPG 2012

India’s impressive player Neeraj Vashist advanced into Men’s Singles main round after stunning his higher ranked team-mate Gaurav Venkat in qualifying round clash at Syed Modi International India GPG at Lucknow, on Tuesday, December 18. The lower ranked Neeraj showed his aggression in the arena by playing attacking badminton and easily thrashed his fourth seeded […]

Rahul Dravid sees no viable alternative to MS Dhoni

Many Indian cricket experts have demanded Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s removal from captaincy, but Rahul Dravid, the former skipper, believes that there is no viable alternative to the current captain. Dhoni is under heavy criticism following India’s 2-1 loss at the hands of England. In the four-match Test series, the Men in Blue started off the […]

Pakistan praises inclusion of its players in Hockey India League

Pakistan hailed the inclusion of its players in the Hockey India League (HIL) which is a good sign for re-establishing sports between the two uneasy neighbors.   As many as nine of the 15 players who came under the hammer at Sunday’s HIL auctions were eagerly grabbed by the five franchises for the league that […]

Sunil Gavaskar slams lazy Virender Sehwag, admires Virat Kohli

Former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar has criticised Virender Sehwag for his lazy efforts in the slip position. Sehwag dropped Kevin Pietersen at a crucial juncture in the fourth Test at Nagpur, and came under serious criticism because of that. On the other hand, Virat Kohli took Jonathan Trott’s catch, and earned Gavaskar’s praising words. When […]

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