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Parupalli Kashyap and Tanisha Crasto suffered narrow defeats in the quarterfinals of the singles and doubles competitions respectively on Friday. Third seed Kashyap's impressive run ended with a 12-21 21-12 17-21 loss to Soong Joo Ven of Malaysia in a 55-minute match of the Super 300 tournament.
The organisers had initially rejected Shankar's late entry but the IOA has now got confirmation from the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and Birmingham CWG organisers about acceptance of his entry after a Delegate Registration Meeting (DRM). "Mr Tejaswin Shankar's entry has been approved by the CGF and accordingly accepted by the Sports Entry Department of Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022 during the DRM," a communication from the IOA to AFI, said.
The Board Of Control For Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday confirmed that all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out of the first two ODIs against West Indies due to an injury to his right knee. The Medical Team is monitoring him and the call on his availability for the third and final ODI will be taken accordingly. Earlier, India captain Shikhar Dhawan on Thursday said that Jadeja has a niggle.
Six members of the Indian women's cricket contingent are yet to get visa, less than 48 hours before their departure for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Women's cricket is making its debut at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian squad is currently training in Bengaluru and is scheduled to leave for Birmingham on Sunday. The BCCI is in touch with the Indian Olympic Association on the issue.
Indian high jumper Tejaswin Shankar was on Friday cleared to compete at the upcoming Commonwealth Games after the organisers accepted his entry on the request of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), ending a month-long drama surrounding his participation. The organisers had initially rejected Shankar's late entry but the IOA has now got confirmation from the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and Birmingham CWG organisers about acceptance of his entry after a Delegate Registration Meeting (DRM).
India vs West Indies, 1st ODI Live Score Updates: West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran has won the toss and opted to bowl against India in the first ODI of the three-match series at Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad. The Shikhar Dhawan-led side would look to start the series against the hosts on a high. India recently defeated England 2-1, while West Indies lost to Bangladesh.
ICC Elite Panel member Nitin Menon is among 10 officials grouped in the newly introduced A category of BCCI umpires. The others in the A+ category include four international umpires -- Anil Chaudhary, Madangopal Jayaraman, Virender Kumar Sharma and K N Ananthapadmabhanan. Rohan Pandit, Nikhil Patwardhan, Sadashiv Iyer, Ulhas Gandhe and Navdeep Singh Sidhu are also part of the A category. Twenty umpires including C Shamshuddin form the A group, 60 are in Group B, 46 in Group C and 11 in Group D which falls in the 60-65 age bracket.
BCCI’s official jersey sponsor Byju’s owes the cricket board a pending amount of Rs 86.21 crore. Exactly three years ago, in September 2019, Byju’s had replaced Oppo on the Team India jersey and that contract is now awaiting a renewal. Both BCCI and Byju’s have been in discussion to extend the contract and only a “formal signing of the agreement” is awaited.