Bindyarani Devi won India its fourth medal on a successful day in the weightlifting field of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, securing a silver medal in the women’s 55 kg weight category. The 22-year-old from Manipur lifted a total of 202kg in her final turn in the clean and jerk with a scintillating effort of 116kg, surpassing England’s Fryer Morrow (198) and just 1kg ahead of Nigeria’s Adijat Edenique Dalrinde . Finished with a total of 203 kg, a sports record.
Saturday, July 30, 2022
india: India announce ODI squad for Zimbabwe tour, Chahar, Kuldeep return
MUMBAI: India on Saturday announced their squad for the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe to be played in Harare from August 18.
Originally published at Pen 18
Most regular ODI members –
Rohit Sharma, Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya and others have been rested and Shikhar Dhawan will lead the side after India’s recent 3-0 win in West Indies.
Fast bowler Deepak Chahar, who has been out for a long time due to injury, has returned to the team.
Indian team for 3 ODIs: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Pranand Krishna, Mohammad Siraj , Deepak Chahar.
Recent developments clearly indicate a shift in cricket ecosystem frominternational-dominated to league-friendly
More recently, without much fanfare or publicity, young South African batsman Dewald Brevis, known as Baby AB, was knocked out in a match against an English county second XI.
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He was not with the South African A team, he was not part of the South African unit preparing for a full series in England, rather, he was playing for Mumbai Indians’ development XI. If you thought players were loyal to their franchise for the duration of the Indian Premier League, and then went back to live their regular lives where they came from, think again. On paper, there exists a window of two months, and now two and a half months for the IPL.
When the IPL plans to increase from its current 10 teams to 12, this window will have to be extended to three months. This meant that no other international cricket would be played in that period. While there was opposition to this – and recently the Pakistan Cricket Board took issue with the extension – there is also an understanding that literally no player in the world is going to choose anything over the IPL. The club versus country debate, of being loyal to the system that gave you the chance to grow, is now at length.
If anything, the IPL underestimates the size of the animal. India has been able to defend its international game for a number of reasons. First, the IPL is the leading Twenty20 league in the world, and the richest by any means. Secondly, playing for India still pays exceptionally well even if you cannot secure an IPL contract, although this situation is rare.
However, the most important thing is that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) does not allow its players to participate in any other league. This means that India’s players are accountable to the BCCI at all times except in the IPL, to which they are primarily contracted. When that changes, and there are indications that the BCCI is allowing non-contracted Indian players time to play in other leagues, the end of bilateral cricket will be closer than anticipated.
You can be sure that the six IPL franchises that have bought teams in South Africa’s latest T20 league will be lobbying the BCCI to allow some participation of Indian players. It may be too soon for India’s international or centrally contracted players, but there are many Indians in the IPL who have not been signed by the BCCI or state associations. Perhaps these players will be given time to venture abroad? When this happens, the power between the National Board and the suffrage will change decisively.
Effectively, a player can be signed by Mumbai Indians or Chennai Super Kings for several months in a year in different windows. While the South African T20 league may not necessarily be an attempt to hold a second IPL in the year – the beneficiaries are entirely different – it is a decisive movement towards the system of football. The time is not far off when the player will be primarily contracted with a company or organization that owns teams in several T20 leagues around the world, and will only be released to play for his country when it is part of the parent organization. would be favorable.
The most obvious sign of the innings was South Africa’s withdrawal from the three ODI series against Australia to be played in January 2023. This jeopardized South Africa’s direct qualification for next year’s 50-over World Cup, but the problem was that the dates clashed with their own T20I match. You might think that Cricket South Africa was greedy, but, in reality, it was more need based. Cricket South Africa has faced bankruptcy more than once in the last few years and this T20 league is probably their last attempt to secure the future of cricket in the country.
What kind of future it will hold, where the World Cup is no longer the first priority and a format is in danger of extinction, is another matter entirely. Cricket also thinks that some problems exist in other parts of the world. When West Indies players openly quit playing to become T20 franchise specialists for their team, they were initially referred to as mercenaries.
Today cricketers around the world are leaving one format or the other to do so. Quinton de Kock left Test cricket, will no longer play Ben Stokes How long before an Indian player takes a decision by dodging the BCCI? Then the flood gates open.
Record-breaking Mirabai Chanu claims India’s first gold at CWG
Mirabai Chanu dominated the 49kg field to defend her Commonwealth Games title and clinch India’s first gold medal of the Birmingham edition here on Saturday.
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The Olympic silver medalist put on a total of 201 kg (88 kg + 113 kg) to stamp her right in the competition and achieve a Commonwealth Games record in the process.
The silver went to Mauritius’s Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa (172kg) and the bronze to Canada’s Hannah Kaminski (171kg).
In a remarkable performance, Chanu broke Commonwealth (Commonwealth Championship and Commonwealth) and Games records in the snatch. He broke sports records in clean and jerk as well as total lift.
A huge favorite in her weight category, the 27-year-old Chanu dropped her starting weight at 84kg before converting her first attempts to 80kg in the snatch and 105 in the clean and jerk. Going into the competition, his personal bests were 88kg and 119kg, world records in clean and jerk, totaling 207kg.
Her nearest rival in the field, Nigeria’s Stella Kingsley, came into the competition with a personal best of 168 kg (72 kg + 96 kg), bridging the gap between her and the rest.
The atmosphere at the NEC arena was electrifying, prompting the athletes to give their best with music while keeping the fans entertained.
As MC also pointed out, with Chanu going head and shoulders, the outing was more about competing with himself than his opponents.
The first attempt in the snatch was smooth before Chanu lifted 88kg in the second before dropping 90kg for the third and final attempt. She was not able to record a new personal best, but still went into the clean and jerk with a 12kg advantage over Ranivosoa.
The clean and jerk began in a dramatic fashion when Marija Akhtar of Bangladesh fell to the floor after a failed 70kg attempt.
With her closest rivals trying 15kg less than Chanu, the result was already a foregone conclusion.
The silver and bronze battle went to the wire with Kingsley, Kaminski and Ranivosa.
It was a heartbreaking end for Nigerian weightlifter Kingsley, whose 98kg effort was declared a no lift after a premature celebration.
Chanu lifted 109 kg comfortably in her first attempt and 113 kg in her second.
She didn’t risk equaling her world record of 119kg and went for 115kg in her final lift, but missed.
germany: England and Germany set for historic Euro 2022 final
England against Germany at Wembley Stadium. A final that underscores the growing stature of women’s football in Europe and echoes decades of history.
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When host nation England take on Germany in the European Championships final on Sunday, it will have a tournament-record crowd of around 90,000. Overall Euro 2022 will easily be the best attended one so far. It surpassed the previous mark of 240,000 part-way through the group stage.
“It’s going to be a big festival of football,” German coach Martina Vos-Tecklenburg said on Wednesday. “It’s a classic in soccer, England-Germany.”
England are aiming to win their first major women’s tournament title at the site where the English men’s national team defeated West Germany to win their only major title, the 1966 World Cup.
Germany has won all eight European finals it has played – and defeated England 6-2 in the 2009 final – but its momentum seemed to be slowing in recent years as other countries invested heavily in the women’s league.
What does it mean
England have scored a tournament-leading 20 goals on their way to the final, more than halfway in two stormy victories over former European champions, 8–0 against Norway in the group stage and 4–0 against Sweden in the semi-finals. Is.
Beating eight-time winners Germany would be the perfect way for England to write history.
England showed it was possible in February, winning 3–1 at Wolverhampton for their first win against Germany on home soil.
Germany fans are accustomed to winning their team’s title, even if it is not a once-winning dynasty. Since Germany won Olympic gold in 2016, Euro 2022 has gone past the quarterfinals of a tournament for the first time.
Key Players
Forwards Alexandra Pope and Alessia Rousseau have made very different contributions. Captain Pope has scored in each of Germany’s five matches – a new record – and started all but the opening game against Denmark. Rousseau hasn’t started anything but the final impact option.
Having missed the 2013 and 2017 European Championships with injuries, Pope is making up for lost time as joint top scorer with Beth Mead of England on six goals. Pope has his club mate, one of five Wolfsburg players in the starting lineup for a 2–1 win over France, when he scored twice.
Pope started out as a full back at the now-defunct FCR Duisburg and won his first European club title at the age of 18. She attended a sports-focused high school, which had special permission for her to take football classes as the only girl with boys. The men’s club Schalke also has an academy, and a fully qualified zookeeper.
Russia’s explosive influence from the bench has been significant. The Manchester United forward, who plays college football at the University of North Carolina, has scored four goals as a substitute at Euro 2022, including a backheel through the goalkeeper’s legs against Sweden in the semi-finals. Equally valuable was his assist to Ella Toon’s goal to send the quarterfinals against Spain into extra time.
“I think you play your best when you’re enjoying your football. Maybe[the backhill against Sweden]shows a little bit of confidence – but I just love playing football,” Russo said.
coach
England’s Sarina Wigman and Germany’s Voss-Tecklenburg have already made history as players and coaches.
Vos-Tecklenburg has been a driving force in German football for decades – winning 125 games and four European titles for the national team, a UEFA Women’s Cup (now the Champions League) title in 2009, even five years as coach. Editing of Women’s Football magazine till .
He noted England’s slow start against Sweden in the semi-final, when the hosts were on the defensive. “The first 30 minutes against Sweden showed you can hurt (England), and that will be our job,” he said.
Wegmann played 99 times for the Netherlands and coached the Dutch to the 2017 European title before joining England, and is still unbeaten in 11 games as coach in the championship.
“We said that before the tournament and we still say it every time we want to inspire the nation.” “I think that’s what we’re doing and we want to make a difference, and we hope we all get so excited and proud of us that more girls and boys start playing football.”
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