Led by star drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh, the Indian team exited the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 in the pre-quarterfinal stage. The team will aim to regain their confidence by putting up an excellent show in the FIH Hockey Pro League 2022/23.
Chelsea will host Dortmund on 8th March at Stamford Bridge in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League. Chelsea lost the first leg by 1-0 against the German side. Graham Potter's side has to win the game by a two-goal deficit to secure their place in the quarterfinals.
The Padma Shri winner defeated Thailand's Mongkhon Bunsun in three sets to set up a clash with Japan's Daisuke Fujihara for a place in the final. Pramod Bhagat started slowly in the quarterfinals against Bunsun by losing the first set but came back strongly to take the next two.
This is going to be India's first-ever semis appearance in the tournament. In 2019, it was knocked out in group stages while it was defeated 3-2 by Thailand in the quarterfinals of the inaugural tournament back in 2017.
India has qualified for the QFs with wins over Kazakhstan and UAE as well. They have maintained a perfect record of three wins in three ties. In the quarterfinals on Friday, India will be playing Hong Kong, which finished at number two in Group D, as per Olympics.com
India batter Hanuma Vihari revived memories of his heroics and determination during the third Test of the 2020-21 Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia when he batted left-handed after sustaining a fracture on his left wrist during his side Andhra Pradesh's Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match
In Table Tennis West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh dominate men's while Maharashtra and Haryana dominate girls quarter-final lineups. In volleyball, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Haryana boys and Tamil Nadu and West Bengal girls make it through.
During that famous Sydney Test, he had batted with a torn hamstring to force a draw while chasing a target of 407 runs. He had played a knock of 23 runs in 161 deliveries and had collaborated with all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin to help India escape defeat and finish the match at 334/5.
In the first quarter, Spain tried to make immediate inroads into the Australian defence but were intercepted well by the Aussies before they could penetrate the scoring area