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"Try Something More Outrageous": Ravi Shastri Recalls Chat With Rishabh Pant

As Rishabh Pant played his blitzkrieg innings on Day 1 of the rescheduled fifth Test against England, former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri recalled an old chat with Rishabh Pant and how he had suggested the reverse-sweep to the swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batter. Pant displayed an array of attacking strokeplay as he smashed 146 off 111 deliveries at Edgbaston on Friday. Shastri, who is on commentary duty during the Test, said he had suggested that Pant try "something more outrageous" when he was getting out in a similar fashion on more than one occasion.

Neeraj Chopra to spearhead Indian challenge at World Championships

AFI) on Thursday named a 22-member squad that included Maharashtra quarter-miler Aishwarya Mishra, subject to her clearing the 400m trials with electronic time ahead of the event. Mishra, who turned out at the national inter-state senior championships in Chennai earlier this month, after evading dope testing agencies since her impressive 51.18s show at the Federation Cup in Kozhikode in April, will also have to undergo dope tests before boarding the flight to the US. "Aishwarya Mishra's case is simple.

Neeraj Chopra To Lead India's 37-Member Athletics Team At Commonwealth Games

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Thursday named a 37-member Indian athletics team, to be led by Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, with the selection committee picking the athletes on expected lines with no major surprises. Out the of the 37 picked by the selection committee of the AFI, 18 are women, with the likes of star sprinters Hima Das and Dutee Chand getting their berths through the women's 4x100m relay team.

BCCI is a 'shop' engages in commercial activity thus attracts ESI Act: Bombay HC

BCCI). In a setback to the Board, the HC said, it has "no hesitancy to hold that the nature of activities conducted by the Board are commercial in nature and hence, covered under the term 'shop' for the purpose of ESI Act." The judgment by Justice Bharati Dangre pronounced on June 24 came in an appeal filed by the BCCI against an order passed by the Employees Insurance Court at Bombay (ESI Court) which sought sought quantification of the contribution from the Board as employer's contribution.

Chennai to host India’s first WTA 250 event

The tournament, with a total prize money of $250,000, will be held from September 10 to 18 at the SDAT stadium in Nungambakkam. The qualifying rounds are scheduled for September 10 and 11 while the main draw commences from September 12.

CSK Star Compares Eoin Morgan's Captaincy To MS Dhoni

Tributes have poured in from all corners after Eoin Morgan announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday. Morgan, who led England to the 2019 World Cup title, hung his boots after a torrid run of form. England all-rounder Moeen Ali was all praise for Morgan, labelling the latter as the country's "greatest white-ball captain ever". Moeen, who has played under the captaincy of Morgan and former India captain MS Dhoni, compared the leadership style of both players, saying that there isn't much difference in terms of their approach.

"Career Turning Point," Says Ex-Pakistan Pacer On Dismissing Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Gets Trolled

Pakistan has regularly produced terrific fast bowlers. Many among them fizzled out after showing initial promise. Left-arm pacer Junaid Khan was one such player. He played 22 Tests and 76 ODIs taking 71 and 110 wickets respectively. He also played in nine T20Is for Pakistan, scalping eight batters. However, he could never rise to greater heights to be counted among the top fast bowlers that Pakistan produced. Now, in a recent tweet, he commented on how dismissing Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj in an ODI in Chennai in 2012 changed his career.

Race Walker Bhawna Jat withdraws from World Championships, question mark on Seema Punia's participation

The qualification deadline ended on Sunday and World Athletics will publish the list of participants for the July 15-24 event on Wednesday. Bhawna, who was named in the Commonwealth Games team for 20km race walk "subject to health condition", has informed the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) that she wanted to focus on the CWG as she had started training just 10 days back.

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"Try Something More Outrageous": Ravi Shastri Recalls Chat With Rishabh Pant

Neeraj Chopra to spearhead Indian challenge at World Championships

Neeraj Chopra To Lead India's 37-Member Athletics Team At Commonwealth Games

BCCI is a 'shop' engages in commercial activity thus attracts ESI Act: Bombay HC

Chennai to host India’s first WTA 250 event

CSK Star Compares Eoin Morgan's Captaincy To MS Dhoni

"Career Turning Point," Says Ex-Pakistan Pacer On Dismissing Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Gets Trolled

Race Walker Bhawna Jat withdraws from World Championships, question mark on Seema Punia's participation