Day: June 8, 2019

Former Australia captain Allan Border feels India, despite having some vulnerabilities in its squad for the ongoing World Cup, will prove to be a big stumbling block for Aaron Finch and boys when the two teams meet on Sunday at the Kensington Oval.

Skipper Manpreet Singh led from the front with a brace, guiding India to a hard-fought 3-1 win over Poland in the FIH Series Finals hockey tournament, here Friday.

India will travel to New Zealand early next year for a tour which will begin with a five-match Twenty20 series and conclude with a two-Test series. The T20I series will begin from January 24 and will be followed by a three-match ODI series.

The unfortunate washout against Sri Lanka will not disturb the momentum generated by their stunning win over tournament favourites England, Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has said.

Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib admits losing Mohammad Shahzad for the rest of the World Cup is a major blow to his side’s hopes of upsetting the odds in the tournament.

Skipper Eoin Morgan said England will not panic as it attempts to get its World Cup campaign back on track against Bangladesh.

They hunt in pairs but Kuldeep Yadav feels that he still needs to learn from his “senior partner” Yuzvendra Chahal on how to plan for a particular batsman.

Buzz is that for ‘Ponniyin Selvan’, he has roped in the likes of Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Anushka among others.

Director Atlee is busy giving final touches to hi movie with Vijay and Nayanthara which is still to be titled. A sports drama it also has Kathir, Yogi Babu, Daniel Balaji, Reba Monica John, Vivekh, Indhuja in supporting roles.

Anand, who lost to world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the Armageddon game in the first round, was out of sorts in the classical game against Mamedyarov wherein he held a decent position for a long time.