Malinga hints at retirement
Mirpur: Sri lanka’s T20 captain and strike bowler lasith Malinga has hinted that he might call time on his international career after the ICC World T20 in India as he is finding it difficult to manage a grave knee injury. At the post-match media conference, Malinga was asked if he would like to quit after the upcoming edition of World T20, just like Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara did after winning the last edition, he replied: “Might be”. The lankan slinger elaborated that his current injury is so bad that complete recuperation might take close to two years, which effectively ends his career now that he is nearly 33.
Indian eves continue winning run
Stellenbosch: The Indian women’s hockey team continued its winning streak on its tour to South Africa by routing Scotland national team 5-0 here. The breakthrough came in the 37th minutewhen Rani scored from a penalty corner. Rani soon made it 2-0 for India with another penalty corner conversion in the 42nd minute before Deepika made it 3-0 on the 45th minute through a field strike. India continued in the same vein and scored their fourth goal which came from the sticks of Anuradha Devi Thokchom in the 54th minute. Gurjit Kaur rounded off the tally for India when she scored the fifth goal from a penalty corner in the penultimate minute of the match.
National Race walk C’ships from today
Jaipur: A host of Olympics bound athletes will vie for honours in the two-day National Race Walk Championships beginning on Saturday as the domestic athletics calendar kick-starts with the event. Seven Indians who have qualified for race walk event in Rio Games — Gurmeeth Singh, Sandeep Singh, Manish Singh Rawat, Baljinder Singh and Chandan Singh in men’s and Khushbir Kaur and Sapna in women’s section — will take part in the championships, besides other top athletes who are seeking for the Olympics ticket. Besides being an Olympics qualifying event, the championships will also serve as selection trial for Asian 20km Race Walking Championships to be held in Nomi, Japan next month (March 20). Forty-six athletes will compete in the men’s 20km race walk event while 15 will take in part in women’s 20km event, both of which will be held on Saturday. There will be 32 competitors in men’s 50km race walk event to be held on Sunday.
Ojha to lead Rest of India team
Pune: Madhya Pradesh wicket-keeper batsman Naman Ojha will lead the Rest of India team when they clash with Mumbai during the Irani Cup at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai from March 6th to 10th. Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy for a record 41st time on Friday with a comprehensive innings and 21 run victory over Saurashtra on day three of the five-day final. Rest of India (RoI) Team: Naman Ojha (Captain), KS Bharat, Faiz Fazal, Karun Nair, Sheldon Jackson, Stuart Binny, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jayant Yadav, Nathu Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Barinder Sran, Krishna Das, Sudeep Chatterjee, Ian Dev Singh, Akshay Wakhare.