best ever ranking for men’s tt team
New Delhi: The Indian men's table tennis team on Tuesday achieved its best ever ranking by moving up to the eighth spot in the latest ITTF rankings. The Indian team comprising World No 30 G Sathiyan and World No 36 Sharath Kamal, is tied with ninth placed Austria on 280 points but is ranked ahead of them. G Sathiyan is the highest ranked India at world No 30. Veteran Sharth Kamal jumped two spots to be placed at 36th while Harmeet Desai leapfrogged 19 places to break into top-100 and occupy 85th spot.
volleyball teams win gold in SAG
Kathmandu: India swept the volleyball Gold medals in the South Asian Games by winning both the men's and women's titles on Tuesday. India defeated Pakistan 20-25, 25-15, 25-17 and 29-27 in a hard-fought men's volleyball summit clash to defend the Gold they had won at home in the 2016 edition. In the women's final, the defending champions had to toil hard to beat hosts Nepal in a five-setter to clinch the gold. India won 25-17, 23-25, 21-25, 25-20 and 15-6.
Mehuli shoots 10m air rifle gold
Kathmandu: Indian shooters bagged nine medals, including four Golds in the 13th South Asian Games on Tuesday, with Mehuli Ghosh finishing on top of podium with a score better than the world record. The 19-year-old Mehuli clinched the Gold with a score of 253.3 in the final, which is 0.4 more than the current world record of 252.9 which is in the name of another Indian, Apurvu Chandela. Mehuli's effort will, however, not be considered as a world record, as the South Asian Games' results are not recognised by the international body (ISSF) for the purpose of records. India also won the team Gold in the 10m air rifle event. In the men's 50m 3P event, Chain Singh clinched the Gold medal. While, Yogesh Singh and Gurpreet Singh won the Gold and Silver medal in the 25m center fire pistol event respectively.
Bumrah trains under sivagnanam
New Delhi: Having recovered from a stress fracture of the back, star Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has started working out under IPL franchise Delhi Capitals' trainer Rajnikanth Sivagnanam at MCA. “He has been training at MCA. It's a personal arrangement,” an official source said. Although employed with Delhi IPL franchise Sivagnanam, it is learnt, he also works independently with players. “Sivagnanam is free to work with anyone when IPL is not on as he is primarily a consultant for the Delhi team. It is purely a personal arrangement between the two parties,” a Delhi Capitals source said.
India storm into Kho Kho finals
Kathmandu: Indian men's and women's kho kho team registered dominating wins over Sri Lankan teams in the semi-finals to enter the finals of the South Asian Games. The men's team, led by Balasahaeb Pokarde, put up an impressive performance in defence as well as in attack to win the match by an innings and 13 points with scores of 21-8. While the women's side displayed their superiority over Sri Lanka with the final score of 32-4. “We played really well today. We did not give the opposition any opportunity to get settled during our chase and we also managed to run well,” women's team captain, Nasreen said. The men's team will now face Bangladesh in the final, while the women's side will defend their title against Nepal.