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Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma were on Monday named captains of the three teams for the Women's T20 Challenge to be played in Pune from May 23. The BCCI announced 16-member squads for each of three teams -- Harmanpreet-led Supernovas, Mandhana-led Trailblazers and Deepti-led Velocity. Trailblazers had won the previous edition held in 2020.
NEW DELHI: India's historic first Thomas Cup crown was splashed across front pages Monday (May 16) with some people saying it can be a turning point for badminton much like the country's maiden cricket World Cup title in 1983.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday announced the squads for the upcoming Women's T20 Challenge. Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma have been named as the captains of Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity, respectively. The three teams will compete in the upcoming Women's T20 Challenge to be played from May 23-28 at Pune's MCA stadium.
Former Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds was killed in a car crash late Saturday evening and the cricket fraternity is still reeling from this news. Symonds, known as a team man, bailed Australia out on many occasions and went on to play 26 Tests, 14 T20Is and 198 ODIs. The right-handed batter could change the complexion of the game with the bat, ball or in the field. Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh paid a heartfelt tribute to the Australian before the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans.
Thomas Cup crown was splashed across front pages Monday with some people saying it can be a turning point for badminton much like the country's maiden cricket World Cup title in 1983. Coming in as underdogs against 14-time champions Indonesia, a ruthless India won the final of the men's team championship on Sunday in Bangkok to propel badminton to a rare place on centre stage in the cricket-crazy nation. World number 11 Kidambi Srikanth defeated higher-ranked Jonatan Christie to wrap up a 3-0 victory and trigger wild celebrations in the Indian camp as their players stormed the court with the national flag.
Wriddhiman Saha was told by Team India coach Rahul Dravid that his international career might be over, the senior wicketkeeper-batsman was hurt. But instead of sulking over it, the Bengal player did his best to channelize it in a direction that would go a long way in helping Gujarat Titans clinch a top-two berth in the IPL table.