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Harmanpreet received the award for her memorable showing in the ODI series in England. The Indian skipper beat her deputy Smriti Mandhana and Bangladesh counterpart Nigar Sultana, who also came up with some stunning displays. "It was great to be nominated for the award, and to win it is an amazing feeling.
India have made one change with Meghana Singh coming in for pacer Reunka Singh.
Saudi Arabia in their final qualification match here. Talal Haji (22nd, 58th) scored a brace to hand Saudi Arabia a 2-0 lead before India scored a consolation goal through Thanglalsoun Gangte (90+5) in the stoppage time at the Prince Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Stadium on Sunday night. Despite the defeat, the Blue Colts qualified for the AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023 by virtue of being one of the six best second-placed teams across the 10 groups of the qualifying tournament.
mental health' of sportspersons amid choc-a-bloc event calendars, mounting expectations and time away from families. The conversation around mental health is slowly taking on a mature hue in India, as more and more people accept the fact that it is very important to talk about things that are pulling you down mentally and to seek help to rectify that. Around the world, more and more athletes are openly talking about their mental health, taking mental health breaks and actively talking about how the rigours of modern-day sport, which has so many more facets now than just on-field play, adds immense mental pressure. Mental health is a very very important subject, not just for athletes, but for every single one of us. It wasn't a big surprise then to see many, many fans react angrily to comments made by India's 1983 cricket World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev at an event recently. In a video that has gone viral, Kapil can be seen talking about "pressure" and "depression" in what many feel is a derogatory way, calling them "American words". "I hear a lot of times on TV these days, there's a lot of pressure, (we) play the IPL, so there's so much pressure. Then I only say one thing - don't play. What is pressure? If a player has passion, there will be no pressure. I can't understand these American words like pressure, depression. I don't understand these. I'm a farmer and we played to enjoy, and there can't be any pressure in enjoyment," Kapil said at the 'Chat with Champions' event.
Before scoring the two goals in India's 5-4 win over Germany in the bronze-medal playoff, it was again Simranjeet who had helped India pick up the pieces in the pool stage after being thrashed by Australia 7-1. A late inclusion to the Tokyo Olympics squad as an 'Alternate Player' (standby), Simran watched the first two games from the stands of the Oi Hockey Stadium and received urgent summons, after the Aussie hammering, to be ready for the game against Spain. He scored the opening goal; but his versatility, dynamic movement with the ball and peripheral vision had a bigger impact.
Kishan was at his attacking best on Sunday, slamming 93 off 84 balls with the help of four boundaries and five hits over the fence at his home ground. Together with Iyer (113 not out), he shared 161 runs for the third wicket to guide India to seven wicket win and level the three-match series.
World Cup, scheduled to be held in India, Shubman Gill will in all probability be one of the first-choice picks. The 23-year-old's game is modelled perfectly for ODIs and Tests and it is very good to see him not being pushed into T20Is, despite him being a regular in the IPL. He is yet to play a T20I match. The tournament that someone like Shubman will be eyeing the most right now is of course the next edition of the ODI World Cup next year.
Pakistan twice in five months to play two Test matches, eight one-day internationals and five Twenty20 internationals, the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Monday. The two Test matches, which will be part of the World Test Championship, will be played at Karachi from December 27-31 and Multan from January 4-8. Karachi will also host the three ODIs from January 11-15 as part of ICC World Cup Super League. New Zealand will return to Pakistan in April and will play four Twenty20s at Karachi from April 13-19. Lahore will host the fifth T20 and two ODIs from April 23-28 and the remaining three ODIs will be played at Rawalpindi from May 1-7. New Zealand aborted its tour to Pakistan last year just hours before the first ODI in Rawalpindi because of an undisclosed security concern. Ramiz Raja, the PCB chairman, said at the time it was "frustrating" to see the Black Caps walking out of the tour by taking a unilateral approach and not sharing the security threat with Pakistan.