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"Indian Team Really Misses Him": Dinesh Karthik On "Lieutenant To Jasprit Bumrah" Post 1st Test Loss

Veteran wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik feels India pacer Mohammed Shami's injury has proved to be a huge setback for the team in the ongoing first Test against South Africa in Centurion. Dean Elgar led South Africa's charge after India were bowled out for 245 in the first innings. Elgar scored 185 as the Indian pacers struggled to pick wickets at regular intervals, allowing South Africa to take a sizeable lead in the first innings. Shami was ruled out of the two-match series due to an ankle injury.

More Than 20 Sportspersons Fail Dope Tests In Goa National Games In One Of Country's Biggest Hauls

More than 20 athletes from various sports have returned positive for banned drugs in tests conducted during the National Games in Goa in October-November in one of the biggest heaps of doping cases in the country. Most of the 20-odd dope offenders have been handed provisional suspension by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), which had collected dope samples from the participants in the October 25 to November 9 multi-sport event. Many have won medals in the Games while there were a few international players. There were nine track and field athletes and seven weightlifters among the dope offenders, according to sources.

Sandeep Lamichhane, Ex-Nepal Captain And Former Delhi Capitals Star, Convicted Of Raping A Minor

Nepal's former national cricket team captain Sandeep Lamichhane was on Friday convicted by a court of raping a minor. In January, Nepal court released Lamichhane who was arrested after a 17-year-old girl alleged that he raped her in a hotel room in Kathmandu in August last year. Lamichhane, 23, is Nepal's most high-profile cricketer, and the first cricketer from Nepal to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) when he made his debut for the Delhi Capitals franchise in 2018. A single bench of Judge Shishir Raj Dhakal passed the order on Friday following the conclusion of the final hearings that started on Sunday, the Kathmandu Post reported. The Kathmandu District Court on Friday convicted Lamichhane of rape. The next hearing will determine the jail term for the senior member of the national team, the report said.

India Women vs Australia Women 2nd ODI: Fantasy XI Prediction, Top Captaincy And Vice-Captaincy Picks

India Women will face Australia Women in the second ODI of Australia Women's tour of India, 3 ODI Series 2023/24 on Saturday, December 30, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India. The match is scheduled to begin at 1:30 PM IST. India Women and Australia Women have played one match in the series, with Australia Women winning the encounter. In the first game of this series, Phoebe Litchfield was the Man of the Match and Pooja Vastrakar scored the highest fantasy points for India Women with 126 match fantasy points while Tahlia McGrath topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Australia Women with 107 match fantasy points.

Manchester United Legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer To Visit India For First Time In February

Football legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is all set for his maiden visit to India for a three-city tour, from February 9 to February 11. Manchester United fans in India will be treated with a lifetime opportunity to get live glimpses of their favourite star as Solskjaer will ignite football fervour across the country when he lands in Bengaluru -- the first city of his tour, on February 9. The passion and fever that will accompany the visit of the legendary icon Solskjaer will be nothing short of electrifying.

Final Line Will Be Drawn By Players' Strength Of Character: Igor Stimac On Asian Cup Squad

Lined up to face strong sides like Australia and Uzbekistan in the AFC Asian Cup football in Doha next month, India head coach Igor Stimac on Friday said "strength of character" will be the parameter to decide who will be included in the final squad. India are clubbed with formidable Australia, strong central Asian side Uzbekistan and tricky Syria -- all above Stimac's team in the FIFA rankings -- in the group stage of the Asian Cup from January 13 onwards. "All the boys in the (probable) list are similar in their football qualities. What we are looking for the final list of 26 is definitely experience, physical strength, and the final line will be drawn by the strength of their character," Stimac said on the All India Football Federation's social media handles.

Ajinkya Rahane's 3-Word Post Goes Viral. Internet Points At Its 'Timing'

Ajinkya Rahane uploaded a video on social media from his practice session. In the four-second clip, the right-handed batter could be seen playing a flick shot on a fuller delivery. "No rest days," was the caption of the video. It is interesting to note that the post from Rahane came after the Indian cricket team suffered an embarrassing loss to South Africa in the first Test match in Centurion. The Proteas put a stunning all-round display to hand India an innings and 32-run defeat.

"Intra-Squad Is A Joke": Sunil Gavaskar Rips Into Rohit Sharma-Led Indian Cricket Team

Team India's humiliating 3-day loss in the first Test against South Africa sent shockwaves across the cricketing spectrum. Multiple greats of the game and pundits questioned the team's preapredness for the tour, with the legendary Sunil Gavaskar highlighting the absence of practice matches as one of the biggest reasons behind the result embarrasing result. Gavaskar even called India's intra-squad matches a 'joke' as he lambasted Rohit Sharma and the team management's decision to not play First Class practice matches before the start of the 2-match series.

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"Indian Team Really Misses Him": Dinesh Karthik On "Lieutenant To Jasprit Bumrah" Post 1st Test Loss

More Than 20 Sportspersons Fail Dope Tests In Goa National Games In One Of Country's Biggest Hauls

Sandeep Lamichhane, Ex-Nepal Captain And Former Delhi Capitals Star, Convicted Of Raping A Minor

India Women vs Australia Women 2nd ODI: Fantasy XI Prediction, Top Captaincy And Vice-Captaincy Picks

Manchester United Legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer To Visit India For First Time In February

Final Line Will Be Drawn By Players' Strength Of Character: Igor Stimac On Asian Cup Squad

Ajinkya Rahane's 3-Word Post Goes Viral. Internet Points At Its 'Timing'

"Intra-Squad Is A Joke": Sunil Gavaskar Rips Into Rohit Sharma-Led Indian Cricket Team