Women’s World Cup: All-round Deepti, Sneh, Amanjot help India outsmart Sri Lanka in opener

IANS | September 30, 2025 11:57 PM

Guwahati, Sep 30 (IANS) All-round contributions by Deepti Sharma, who emerged as the first Indian bowler to score a fifty and take a three-fer in a World Cup match, Sneh Rana and Amanjot Kaur helped India recover from a tough situation to register a comprehensive 59-run victory (DLS method) against co-hosts Sri Lanka in the opening match of the ICC Women's ODI World Cup on Tuesday, helping the hosts make a spectacular winning start.

Asian Aquatics C'ships: Srihari Nataraj picks 100m freestyle bronze, takes his tally to five medals

IANS | September 30, 2025 9:20 PM

Ahmedabad, Sep 30 (IANS) Srihari Nataraj once again stood tall for India, clinching a bronze in the Men’s 100m Freestyle and extending his medal haul to five medals while Rohit Benedicton clinched a silver medal in the Men’s 50m Butterfly to bring India’s total up to nine on Day Three of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

Women’s World Cup: Amanjot and Deepti's fifties outshine Ranaweera’s 4-46 as India post 269/8 in opener

IANS | September 30, 2025 8:30 PM

Guwahati, Sep 30 (IANS) India started their ICC Women’s ODI World Cup campaign on a topsy-turvy note but finished their innings on a high as Amanjot Kaur (57) and Deepti Sharma (53) struck fifties while Sneh Rana propelled the score with a blazing cameo to overshadow Inoka Ranaweera’s four-wicket haul in the rain-shortened tournament opener against Sri Lanka at Guwahati’s Barsapara Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Jr World Cup Shooting: India claim air rifle mixed team gold and silver as Croatia, Czechia win trap gold

IANS | September 30, 2025 7:39 PM

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) India continued to make hay at the ISSF Junior World Cup shooting winning gold and silver in the air rifle mixed team event as Isha Anil Taksale and Himanshu staged a thrilling comeback to win the 10m air rifle mixed team gold against compatriots Shambhavi S. Kshirsagar and Naraen Pranav, here at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range here on Tuesday.

BCCI lodges strong objections against Mohsin Naqvi over the Asia Cup trophy fiasco

IANS | September 30, 2025 7:30 PM

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) raised strong objections at the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting over its decision not to hand over the winner's trophy to the Indian team and the drama created by ACC chairman Mohsin Naqvi during the post-match presentation ceremony, sources told IANS here on Tuesday.