Rajasthan stuns K’taka; Punjab lose to j’khand
kolkata: Rajasthan medium pacer Deepak Chahar produced a career-best five-for in a stunning win over Karnataka on a day of upsets as Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Padesh succumbed to their first defeats in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Trophy, here on Tuesday. The biggest upset came under lights at Eden Gardens, when Jharkhand snapped Punjab's two-match winning run with a dramatic four-wicket win with four balls to spare. Wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan overcame cramps to set up Jharkhand's chase with a quickfire 29-ball 54 . It was a forgettable day for Yuvraj Singh, who played a miserable innings of 17 from 33 balls and was slow on the field as Punjab were severely let down by the senior pro to post a mediocre 149 for seven.
Shakib inspires B’desh to crushing win over Zim
dhaka: Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan smashed a half-century and claimed three wickets as Bangladesh thrashed Zimbabwe by 91 runs in a tri-nation one-day international tournament today.
Chasing 217 for victory, Zimbabwe were bundled out for 125 off 36.3 overs after Shakib took 3-34 with his left-arm spin for the hosts. Shakib and opener Tamim Iqbal, who top-scored with 76, set up the win as they shared 106 runs for the second wicket after Bangladesh elected to bat first. Zimbabwe skipper Graeme Cremer claimed four wickets to restrict Bangladesh to a modest 216-9 despite a strong start provided by Tamim. The left-handed Tamim registered his third half-century in as many matches, becoming the first Bangladeshi to amass 6,000 ODI runs in the process.
Dismal start for India at Indonesia Masters
jakarta: India witnessed a dismal start at the Indonesia Masters as none of the shuttlers could cross the qualifying stage at the USD 350,00 World Tour Super 500 tournament, here on Wednesday. While Abhishek Yelegar lost 20-22, 14-21 to Vega Vio Nirwanda of Indonesia, Subhankar Dey suffered a 9-21, 21-23 loss against another local player Panji Ahmad Maulana in the men's singles qualifiers. In women's singles qualifiers, Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli went down 7-21 9-21 to Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia. Men's doubles pair of Kapil Chaudhary and Brijesh Yadav too lost 12-21, 8-21 to Indonesian combo of Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Frengky Wijaya Putra. With Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy pulling out at the last moment, Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap has been promoted to the main draw.
DlF Golf Club bags ‘Best Course in India' Award
gurugram: DlF Golf and Country Club bagged the prestigious 'Best Course in India' award for the sixth time at the Asian Golf Awards organized by Asia Pacific Golf Group. The award ceremony took place in Vietnam. The prestigious and much sought- after Asian Golf Awards are devoted to recognizing and honoring the best in the Asia Pacific Golf industry and are widely regarded as the "Oscars" of golf awards in Asian golf industry. The inaugural edition of Asia Pacific Golf Summit held at Singapore in 2007. Since then, it has grown to become Asia Pacific's top knowledge body of the golf industry.