Rahul will play a few practice games and maybe take a fitness test on August 18, after which the selectors and team management will make a final decision regarding whether or not to include him in the Asia Cup. These games are crucial to determining the No. 4 berth.
With only 54 days till the World Cup and India starting to second-guess their squad selection, it is known that KL Rahul and Shreyas Ayer’s prospects of reaching the World Cup roster would be minimal if they failed to qualify for the Asia Cup. The two top middle-order batsmen’s game time and form are both causing concern.
With only the Asia Cup and three One-Day Internationals against Australia remaining until the World Cup, the hosts are looking to end their ICC title drought.
India hasn’t been able to field its full roster since the beginning of the year since four of their top players, Rahul, Ayer, Jaspreet Umrah, and Prasad Krishna, are out injured and have all just had surgery.
Harry Kane, 30, becomes the first England captain since David Beckham in 2003 to pursue his career while still donning the armband.
Harry Kane’s affiliation with Tottenham Hotspur came to an end when the club eventually gave him permission to travel to Germany and sign with Bayern Munich after a protracted legal battle that would make any Hollywood movie blush.
“If one player leaves, I’ll produce the next”: Academies run by the illustrious shutters have established structures that are ensuring the success of Indian badminton’s present and future.
Pallela Gopichand is confident in his ability to launch careers into space. He replies, “We know how to get them up there, but if they fall off from there, that’s in their hands.”
Pray ancho Rajat, 21, who is known as the “mini-Srikanth Kiambu” due to his strength and quick spring in his feet, is the most recent product of the Pallela Gopichand Badminton Academy (PGBA) to hit the high notes.
While Srikanth is stronger in the net areas, Rajat competed well and beat the senior in Australia last week thanks to his superior back court strength, which comes from his arm and foot as opposed to Srikanth’s. Along with winning the Orleans title in April, he also came very close to defeating several other Top Ten competitors, including Lakeshia Sen, Anthony Genting, and Kyodai Nagaoka.
Without the past’s magic and lunacy, fire and fury, artistry and finesse, India and Pakistan’s match in the Asian Champions Trophy felt and appeared like just another league game in a competition.
At the Asian Champions Trophy for hockey in Chennai, where India was facing Pakistan, DD Sports was preoccupied with the live telecast of the recently established arm-wrestling league. In contrast to the 1995 SAF Games match between the bitter rivals at the same venue, the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium was packed, but there wasn’t a crowd of close to 5,000 people waiting outside the jam-packed house. The game on Wednesday did display the deft subcontinental talent, but it lacked the majesty of the match in 1995 when Shahbaz Ahmed flowed into the other end like a river in flood while Dhanraj Pillay moved forward like a furious storm, carrying the entire crowd with him.
The lopsided game, which featured three penalty corner strikes and a few missed field goals, served as a sobering reminder that India vs. Pakistan is no more a tantalizing rivalry that always promises exciting action. India’s 4-0 victory lacked significance; rather, it had the appearance and atmosphere of “just another league game” in a continental competition.
This Indo-Pak sporting event, for once, didn’t demand an emotional commitment. There was no trepidation to flutter the fingers or murmur a silent prayer. It lacked the drama, intensity, and most crucially, the world-class skills that previous hockey games between nations with similar hockey DNA and shared histories in Chennai have.
