‘Won’t let poor form affect me’
Hyderabad: Her confidence back after the India Grand Prix Gold triumph, ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal on Wednesday said the setbacks of an injury-marred last year are now firmly behind her. “I was a little disappointed. Obviously, everyone gets disappointed when you play at such high level and suddenly you see yourself not doing so well. I think there were a lot of factors. There was a toe fracture which I never expected would happen at such a time,” Saina said. “But, after the Super Series finals, I thought may be I should take a break and not really hurry up. Because, this year is going to be very tough with the Asian Games, CWG are coming up,” she added.
Viru, Yuvi in Rs 2 cr price bracket
New Delhi: Discarded veterans Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh have kept their base price in the highest bracket of Rs 2 crore for the upcoming auctions of the seventh edition of IPl. The base price for capped players are 50 lakh, 1 crore, 1.5 crore and 2 crore.
Some Prominent Indian players and their base prices:
(Rs 2 crore): Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Pragyan Ojha, Robin Uthappa, Amit Mishra, Murali Vijay, Manoj Tiwary.
(Rs 1.5 crore): Zaheer Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma. (Rs 1 crore): Parthiv Patel, Mohit Sharma, Ashoke Dinda, Wriddhiman Saha.
Jaya’s double floors Bangladesh
Dhaka: Mahela Jayawardene became Test cricket’s sixth-highest run-getter with a glorious unbeaten double-century as Sri lanka compounded Bangladesh’s misery in the first Test in Dhaka on Wednesday. The veteran right-hander made 203 not out, his seventh double-century in 33 three-figure knocks, as the tourists piled up 730-6 declared on the third day at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium.
Brief Scores: Bangladesh: 232 and 35/1 trail Sri lanka: 730/6 dec. (Mahela Jayawardene 203*, Kaushal Silva 139, Kithuruwan Vithanage 103* by 463 runs.
Mclaren, Parnell for Kallis
Johannesburg: Seam bowling all-rounders Ryan Mclaren and Wayne Parnell were both named today in a 15-man South African Test squad to play three matches against Australia next month. The pair are expected to contest the all-rounder berth left vacant by the retirement of Jacques Kallis,
Australia down England by 13 runs
Hobart: England lost the opening T20 international in Hobart on Wednesday after narrowly failing to chase down Australia’s massive 214-run target. The Australians were always in the box seats, with the tourists on 176 for nine with an over left.
Brief Scores: Aus: 213/4 (Cameron White 75) beat Eng: 200/9 (Ravi Bopara 65*) by 13 runs.
Olympian cyclist passes away
Kolkata: Olympian and former national champion cyclist Tarit Sett passed away at a south Kolkata nursing home this morning after a prolonged illness, according to the West Bengal Cyclists Association.