The Indian team are heading into the match after a 13-run loss to Pakistan while Sri Lanka registered a previous 72-run win over Malaysia. The Indian team is at the top of the table with six points while Sri Lanka is at third place with six points.
Atanu Das, who had lost to Japan's Takaharu Furukawa of Japan in Tokyo, hasn't been able to make it to the Indian squad since then and was also dropped from the Target Olympic Podium scheme. The West Bengal archer's tribulations came to an end as he won the Men's Individual Recurve gold.
Women's Doubles specialist Ashwini Ponnappa was embarking on a new journey as a Mixed Doubles player. Her first partner: her own Karnataka statemate K Sai Prateek in the 36th National Games.
Harmanpreet became just the fourth player to win the Player of the Year award (men's category) in consecutive years joining an exclusive club that includes Teun De Nooijer (Netherlands), Jamie Dwyer (Australia) and Arthur van Doren (Belgium).
At the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay (PDDU) Indoor Stadium, B Sai Praneeth of Telangana defeated Mithun Manjunath of Karnataka 21-11, 12-21, 21-16 in 63 minutes, and Aakarshi Kashyap of Chattisgarh defeated Malvika Bansod of Maharashtra 21-8, 22-20 in 45 minutes.
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Safe Water Network, the well-known international NGO, received the 'Green NGO of the Year' at the National Awards for Leadership and Excellence hosted by ET Ascent during an event in Bangaluru. The award was granted for promoting excellence in soc
Olympian Sajan Prakash, representing Kerala, clocked 1:59.56 in the final to win the gold, beating his own National Games record set at the previous edition in Kerala.
The youngster from Gogamba district, who was picked during a Sports Authority of Gujarat's talent identification scheme eight years ago, lost the individual gold medal match against Manipur's Okram Naobi Chanu in a shoot-off after both the players were tied at 5-5.
The Bob Willis Trophy, named after the former England fast bowler and commentator is awarded to England's player of the year, a man or a woman, following a vote by the CWC's membership.
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI/PRNewswire): Tejas Networks (BSE: 540595) (NSE: TEJASNET) today announced that the company has won the "Best Made in India Telecom Innovation" award at IMC yesterday.
India with two series wins ahead of ICC T20 World Cup 2022 will go with a lot of confidence but they are aware of their weaknesses in the bowling department and will have to sort it out ahead of the prestigious event.