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Kalyan Chaubey on Friday was elected as the new president of All India Football Federation (AIFF). Former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia was also in contention for the president's post but he ended up losing the election to Chaubey. Bhutia received just one vote whereas Chaubey received 33 votes. As a result of this victory, Chaubey has also become the first player-president of India's governing body for football.
What is expected of the international community – not just the UN, which has launched a funding drive and the IMF, which has agreed to debt relief? And should Islamabad should put aside its rivalry with India on this one. Droughts and floods are a peril so great that some suggest a rethink of the way Pakistan is run.
Given the recent form of Hong Kong, it will not be a walk in the park for the Pakistani team. Hong Kong have recently been in a rich vein of form, winning the qualifying tournament and remaining unbeaten. They ran India close in the previous edition of the tournament, and the last thing Pakistan would want to do is write them off.
Ask Virat Kohli. Once the best batsman in the world, now without a century for almost 3 years. The unbeaten 59 off 44 balls on Wednesday at the Asia Cup would have been very welcome runs for Kohli, even though they came against Hong Kong, who are ranked 20th in the ICC T20I team rankings. Runs under the belt always gives a batter confidence and prepares him or her for harder battles ahead. This was Kohli’s 31st T20I fifty overall - he has the maximum number of half centuries in T20I cricket overall - and though his last fifty in the shortest format was scored only 4 games ago (for him), it was over 6 months ago - on February 18, 2022.
Legends League Cricket franchise teams completed their captain roster by naming the skippers of the last two teams on Friday. The 2011 50-over World Cup winning squad member, Harbhajan Singh will be spinning webs for the LNJ Bhilwara Group's Bhilwara Kings team while Irfan Pathan, the former India allrounder will helm the affairs for Manipal Group owned Manipal Tigers.
Former India batter Wasim Jaffer expressed concerns over the lack of fluency in Virat Kohli's batting in the ongoing Asia Cup. The former India skipper scored 35 off 34 balls against Pakistan, before hitting an unbeaten 59 off 44 balls against Hong Kong. Jaffer also questioned Kohli's intent in the middle overs, saying that if it wasn't for Suryakumar Yadav's quickfire knock, India would've ended up with a below-par score. Jaffer also said that India needs someone who can score runs freely in the middle order.
HS Prannoy went down fighting in the men's singles quarterfinals against world championships bronze medallist Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei, bringing down the curtains on India's campaign at the Japan Open on Friday. The 30-year-old Indian played out of his skin and saved three match points, only to endure the agony of losing it in the end, as Chou emerged victorious 21-17 15-21 22-20 in a pulsating contest that lasted an hour and 20 minutes.
Team India have already sealed their qualification for the Super 4s stage of the ongoing Asia Cup and hence the team have earned some off days. India will next square off against either Pakistan or Hong Kong on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium in their first match of the Super 4s stage. Ahead of the match, Team India enjoyed an off day where the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravi Bishnoi were seen surfing.