Indian paddlers’ day out
Indian paddlers enjoyed an all-win day on Tuesday at the Asian Games as country's top doubles duo of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj reached the men's doubles third round. Amalraj and Kamal unexpectedly lost the first game before taming the Nepal's Purshottam Bajracharya and Amar lal Malla 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 12-10. The Indian pair took 22 minutes to defeat players from the Himalayan nation. Also booking a third round berth in the men's doubles was the pair of Harmeet Desai and Soumyajit Ghosh. men & women in kabaddi semis
Six-time champions India notched up their third win on the trot with a 23-11 victory over arch-rivals Pakistan to top their group and storm into the semifinals of the men's kabaddi competitions in the Asian Games here today. India, who have won the kabaddi gold since the sport was added
in the 1990 Asian Games, seemed to be heading towards a thrashing of the Pakistanis as they led 17-4 at the halftime. But Pakistan came back strongly in the 2nd session scoring 7 points India’s 6. But the fightback was late in the day.
Taekwondo player in quarters
India started their taekwondo campaign on a bright note as latika Bhandari made it to the quarter-finals of the women's 53 kg event by defeating Farzona Radzhabova of Tajikistan in a one-sided bout here on Tuesday. The 19-year-old latika won the bout 7-2 with a judicious blend of attack mixed with defence. greco-roman disappoint
After a fine performance by India in the freestyle category, the Greco-Roman grapplers did not have the kind of start they would have liked as all three wrestlers fighting on the day failed to finish on the podium in the Asian Games here on Tuesday. Krishankant Yadav had a great opportunity to finish third on the podium but he went down to Iran's Saeid Abdvali 0-3 in the bronze medal play-off round in men's 71kg Greco-Roman wrestling. PTI
Narine reported for chucking
Hyderabad: West Indies spinner Sunil Narine has been reported for suspect bowling during a ClT20 match between KKR and Dolphins. The organising committee confirmed that on-field umpires Anil Chaudhary and Chettihody Shamshuddin expressed suspicion about a quicker delivery bowled by Narine during Monday’s match. “Narine may request an official assessment from the BCCI Suspect Bowling Action Committee. He has been placed on the warning list,” a Press release said. However, if Narine is reported again for the same problem, he will be debarred from bowling in ClT20 although he can play as batsman. Narine has been KKR's primary weapon over the past four seasons.