The 21-year-old Shafali started the onslaught on the Proteas before Smriti matched her shot-for-shot as India raced to their first 50 in mere six overs, before the introduction of the spinners slowed the scoring rate.
Lovlina’s win on Wednesday came after three of her teammates — Amit Panghal (51 kg), Jaismine Lamboriya (57 kg) and Preeti Pawar (54 kg) — crashed out of the Paris Olympics, after losing their respective bouts.
The 22-year-old Manu has redeemed herself from the sourness of 2021 with two medals from the ongoing edition in Paris, as she turns her focus on her third event — the women’s 25m Pistol event.
The 25-year-old Arjun’s narrow miss in Paris has added another chapter to India’s history with fourth-place finishes at the Olympic Games.
Seven-time champions India lived up to their billing in the ongoing women’s Asia Cup by reaching a ninth-straight final where they will take on hosts Sri Lanka on Sunday.
Young batting gun and vice-captain in the white-ball formats, Shubman Gill will look to make the most of the opportunity to cement his place and others like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh and even Riyan Parag will look to do the same.
Wu Yu also holds the world championship title in the 52 kg category. However, Nikhat will have the advantage of already having fought a bout, while it will be Yu’s first.
Sri Lanka tour expected to provide clarity on composition of Indian white-ball sides.
The Assam Amateur Boxing Association on Tuesday organised a “Good Luck” signature campaign for Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain – the lone athlete from the state to represent India at the upcoming 2024 Paris Games.
“Why Surya was made the captain, because he is one of the deserving candidates. He’s been around the group over the last year, we get feedback from the dressing room a lot. (He has a) good cricket brain, and (is) one of the best T20 batters in the world,” Agarkar said.
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“The BCCI will continue to monitor player availability and participation in the upcoming domestic cricket season, 2024-25,” the release stated.
Suryakumar Yadav, who was among the top aspirants along with Hardik for the T20I captaincy, has been preferred to succeed Rohit, who announced his retirement after the T20I World Cup.
The Indian team has been a dominant force in the competition that initially started two decades back with India and Sri Lanka as the only participants before gradually expanding to an eight-team affair in the current version.
“Three years after Tokyo was a roller-coaster ride for me. I have seen tough times but I wanted to come back stronger. The experiences of Tokyo will surely be helpful (in Paris),” Moudgil said in a virtual media interaction.
