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New Delhi, March 16 : Uttar Pradesh's long distance runner Sunil Vishwakarma's bid of making it to this year's Tokyo Olympic Games seems to be crumbling after he tested positive for banned substance, said a national level coach.
The 'A' sample of the 23-year-old athlete has tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO), a performance enhancing drug banned by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).
A NADA team had collected 10 urine samples during the eighth National Race Walking Championship held last month in Ranchi.
Of these, one athlete has failed the dope test.
This is Vishwakarma's first offence. His 'B' sample, however, is yet to be tested.
Athletes could face a four-year ban for the first doping offence if proven guilty during NADA's anti-doping disciplinary panel hearing.
Each sample taken is kept in two separate bottles - 'A' and 'B'. If the A sample turns positive, athletes have the right to have their 'B' samples tested.
The samples were tested at Belgium's WADA accredited lab. Since Vishwakarma's 'A' sample is positive, he has provisionally been suspended from competing in all national or international events.
Vishwakarma finished first in 20km race in men's Group B consisting of 18 athletes. He clocked 1 hour 28 minutes 09 seconds, which was far off the Tokyo Olympic qualification time of 1 hour 21 minutes.
In men's Group A, Haryana's Sandeep Kumar and Rahul Kumar had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics while in the women's Group A 20km race, Priyanka Goswami from UP was successful in earning an Olympics quota.
According to Ashok Ahuja, sports medicine expert, EPO is commonly used by endurance athletes to improve performance.
"It is a blood booster. It increases the presence of red blood cells in the body that aid the oxygen carrying capacity of an individual and props up performance in distance events," Ahuja told IANS.
Ahuja said that this banned drug is also used to treat patients having chronic kidney disease.
"It is easily available over the counter, without a doctor's prescription. One vial would cost between Rs 2,000 and Rs 2,500," he said.
During the Indian Grand Prix series and national race walking competition held in February NADA had collected as many as 40 samples.
Till date two athletes have failed dope tests. Besides Vishwakarma, a top 400 metres female athlete has also tested positive for banned drugs. But their names have not been official disclosed.
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The 'A' sample of the 23-year-old athlete has tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO), a performance enhancing drug banned by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).
A NADA team had collected 10 urine samples during the eighth National Race Walking Championship held last month in Ranchi.
Of these, one athlete has failed the dope test.
This is Vishwakarma's first offence. His 'B' sample, however, is yet to be tested.
Athletes could face a four-year ban for the first doping offence if proven guilty during NADA's anti-doping disciplinary panel hearing.
Each sample taken is kept in two separate bottles - 'A' and 'B'. If the A sample turns positive, athletes have the right to have their 'B' samples tested.
The samples were tested at Belgium's WADA accredited lab. Since Vishwakarma's 'A' sample is positive, he has provisionally been suspended from competing in all national or international events.
Vishwakarma finished first in 20km race in men's Group B consisting of 18 athletes. He clocked 1 hour 28 minutes 09 seconds, which was far off the Tokyo Olympic qualification time of 1 hour 21 minutes.
In men's Group A, Haryana's Sandeep Kumar and Rahul Kumar had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics while in the women's Group A 20km race, Priyanka Goswami from UP was successful in earning an Olympics quota.
According to Ashok Ahuja, sports medicine expert, EPO is commonly used by endurance athletes to improve performance.
"It is a blood booster. It increases the presence of red blood cells in the body that aid the oxygen carrying capacity of an individual and props up performance in distance events," Ahuja told IANS.
Ahuja said that this banned drug is also used to treat patients having chronic kidney disease.
"It is easily available over the counter, without a doctor's prescription. One vial would cost between Rs 2,000 and Rs 2,500," he said.
During the Indian Grand Prix series and national race walking competition held in February NADA had collected as many as 40 samples.
Till date two athletes have failed dope tests. Besides Vishwakarma, a top 400 metres female athlete has also tested positive for banned drugs. But their names have not been official disclosed.
--IANS
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Lucknow, March 16 : India women will face South Africa in the inconsequential fifth and final ODI here at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
With the Proteas women sealing the series after winning the fourth ODI on Sunday and taking an unassailable 3-1 lead, the final game will be played by India for pride.
The Proteas batters have managed to chase challenging targets in the last two matches and have made the Indian bowling attack look pretty ordinary.
Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav pointed out India's weakness in spin bowling.
"We beat South Africa in South Africa and also when they came here, we beat them here. But our spin attack hasn't been that successful now. In practice sessions we talk about how to improve our bowling especially on wickets that don't assist us," Yadav said while speaking to the media ahead of the fifth ODI.
Yadav added that the Indian team is trying to sort out issues during practice sessions.
"We need to bowl in partnerships. We need to control runs from one end, then only we get wickets from the other end. You need to contain to get wickets. These wickets help batting so we need to contain," added Yadav.
South Africa have banked on Lizelle Lee's batting. Opener Lee has scored 288 runs in four matches with one century and two half-centuries. She has hit 38 boundaries. Laura Woolvardt has also hit two half-centuries in four games.
While seasoned pace bowler Jhulan Goswami has been brilliant, taking eight wickets in three matches and conceding runs at just 3.44 an over, the South Africa women have ensured runs against the other Indian bowlers.
Pace bowler Shabnim Ismail has been the pick of the visiting bowlers. However, the rest of the South Africans haven't been able to do much.
Yadav is hopeful the team will be able to put up a better performance in the T20 Internationals.
"In T20Is, we will try to do better.
Maybe we weren't able to implement our plans in ODIs. But we are working on it and will improve in the matches ahead," she said.
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With the Proteas women sealing the series after winning the fourth ODI on Sunday and taking an unassailable 3-1 lead, the final game will be played by India for pride.
The Proteas batters have managed to chase challenging targets in the last two matches and have made the Indian bowling attack look pretty ordinary.
Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav pointed out India's weakness in spin bowling.
"We beat South Africa in South Africa and also when they came here, we beat them here. But our spin attack hasn't been that successful now. In practice sessions we talk about how to improve our bowling especially on wickets that don't assist us," Yadav said while speaking to the media ahead of the fifth ODI.
Yadav added that the Indian team is trying to sort out issues during practice sessions.
"We need to bowl in partnerships. We need to control runs from one end, then only we get wickets from the other end. You need to contain to get wickets. These wickets help batting so we need to contain," added Yadav.
South Africa have banked on Lizelle Lee's batting. Opener Lee has scored 288 runs in four matches with one century and two half-centuries. She has hit 38 boundaries. Laura Woolvardt has also hit two half-centuries in four games.
While seasoned pace bowler Jhulan Goswami has been brilliant, taking eight wickets in three matches and conceding runs at just 3.44 an over, the South Africa women have ensured runs against the other Indian bowlers.
Pace bowler Shabnim Ismail has been the pick of the visiting bowlers. However, the rest of the South Africans haven't been able to do much.
Yadav is hopeful the team will be able to put up a better performance in the T20 Internationals.
"In T20Is, we will try to do better.
Maybe we weren't able to implement our plans in ODIs. But we are working on it and will improve in the matches ahead," she said.
--IANS
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Ahmedabad, March 16 : England captain Eoin Morgan on Tuesday became the first male player from his country to play 100 T20 international matches.
Morgan walked out for his 100th T20I at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Tuesday as England play India in the third T20I.
Morgan, 34, is the fourth player overall to reach 100 appearances in T20 internationals.
Pakistan's Shoaib Malik holds the record for most appearances in T20Is with 116 after whom comes India's Rohit Sharma, who plays his 109th match on Tuesday.
New Zealand's Ross Taylor is above Morgan with 102 appearances.
Morgan has scored 2,306 T20I runs at an average of 30.34 with 14 half-centuries. He could add to his career tally in the third T20I, in which England are looking to take a 2-1 lead after losing the second match by seven wickets on Sunday.
England had earlier won the first match by eight wickets.
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Morgan walked out for his 100th T20I at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Tuesday as England play India in the third T20I.
Morgan, 34, is the fourth player overall to reach 100 appearances in T20 internationals.
Pakistan's Shoaib Malik holds the record for most appearances in T20Is with 116 after whom comes India's Rohit Sharma, who plays his 109th match on Tuesday.
New Zealand's Ross Taylor is above Morgan with 102 appearances.
Morgan has scored 2,306 T20I runs at an average of 30.34 with 14 half-centuries. He could add to his career tally in the third T20I, in which England are looking to take a 2-1 lead after losing the second match by seven wickets on Sunday.
England had earlier won the first match by eight wickets.
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New Delhi, March 16 : National 74kg freestyle champion Sandeep Singh on Tuesday ended former world bronze medallist Narsingh Yadav's dream of competing at next month's Asian Olympic Games qualifiers with a second-round win at the trials here.
In a star-studded field, the 21-year-old Punjab wrestler defeated Asian medallists Amit Dhankar 2-1 in the final during the national selection trials held Tuesday at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Sports Complex, and booked a berth for the Asian Olympic qualifiers, to be held next month in Almaty.
In the first round Singh outplayed Pritam while his victim in the second round was Yadav.
"It was tough three rounds in the selection trials, but I managed to stay focused to win a place in the national team for the continental competition," Singh told IANS.
With this win on Tuesday, Singh has cemented his place in the tough 74kg weight category that has India's top wrestlers, like Asian medallist Jitender Kumar, who lost to Dhankar in the second semi-final of the national selection trials.
In January, Singh was a surprise winner in the 74kg category of the National Championship held in NOIDA in Uttar Pradesh.
In the 97kg freestyle event, Satyawart Kaidan was the winner while Sumit Malik was selected in the 125kg freestyle.
In the Greco Roman category, six wrestlers have been selected for the Asian Olympic qualifiers.
They are Gyanender (60kg), Ashu (67), Gurpreet Singh (77kg), Sumit Kumar (87kg), Ravi (97kg) and Naveen Kumar (130kg).
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In a star-studded field, the 21-year-old Punjab wrestler defeated Asian medallists Amit Dhankar 2-1 in the final during the national selection trials held Tuesday at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Sports Complex, and booked a berth for the Asian Olympic qualifiers, to be held next month in Almaty.
In the first round Singh outplayed Pritam while his victim in the second round was Yadav.
"It was tough three rounds in the selection trials, but I managed to stay focused to win a place in the national team for the continental competition," Singh told IANS.
With this win on Tuesday, Singh has cemented his place in the tough 74kg weight category that has India's top wrestlers, like Asian medallist Jitender Kumar, who lost to Dhankar in the second semi-final of the national selection trials.
In January, Singh was a surprise winner in the 74kg category of the National Championship held in NOIDA in Uttar Pradesh.
In the 97kg freestyle event, Satyawart Kaidan was the winner while Sumit Malik was selected in the 125kg freestyle.
In the Greco Roman category, six wrestlers have been selected for the Asian Olympic qualifiers.
They are Gyanender (60kg), Ashu (67), Gurpreet Singh (77kg), Sumit Kumar (87kg), Ravi (97kg) and Naveen Kumar (130kg).
--IANS
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New Delhi, March 14 : India's international sabre fencer Bhavani Devi has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics starting July 23 by virtue of improving her world ranking to 42, confirmed the Fencing Association of India.
The 27-year-old from Chennai is the first Indian fencer ever to make the cut for the Olympics.
She qualified for the Games at the Budapest World Cup, an Olympic qualifying competition, on Sunday.
"There were two Olympics quota places in the Asia Oceania group. A Japanese fencer was the first while Bhavani was second," Bashir Ahmed Khan, secretary general of Fencing Association of India, told IANS.
The Indian fencer was training in Italy since November to prepare for the first major global competition in Budapest, said Khan.
"She had reached Budapest on March 9 and had to follow strict quarantine rules.
Due to Covid-19, the Hungarian border was closed. The athletes were allowed to travel for the World Cup, but had to follow strict protocol to avoid the spread of the virus," he added.
In the 2019 World Championship, Bhavani had advanced to the quarter-finals which improved her world ranking of 44 points.
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The 27-year-old from Chennai is the first Indian fencer ever to make the cut for the Olympics.
She qualified for the Games at the Budapest World Cup, an Olympic qualifying competition, on Sunday.
"There were two Olympics quota places in the Asia Oceania group. A Japanese fencer was the first while Bhavani was second," Bashir Ahmed Khan, secretary general of Fencing Association of India, told IANS.
The Indian fencer was training in Italy since November to prepare for the first major global competition in Budapest, said Khan.
"She had reached Budapest on March 9 and had to follow strict quarantine rules.
Due to Covid-19, the Hungarian border was closed. The athletes were allowed to travel for the World Cup, but had to follow strict protocol to avoid the spread of the virus," he added.
In the 2019 World Championship, Bhavani had advanced to the quarter-finals which improved her world ranking of 44 points.
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Ahmedabad, March 13 : England leg-spinner Adil Rashid wasn't sure if he would get the new ball although the team management had given him a hint by asking him to practice at the nets bowling to Jason Roy.
Rashid bowled the first over and the third over of the match and picked the wicket of India skipper Virat Kohli in his initial spell.
"This is something new for myself. I have been working [on it] for the past couple of days. There were just talks around it, maybe with their opening batters, [I was told] that I might bowl with the new ball.
So [they said] you might just practice with it in case you are required to do it," Rashid told the media on Saturday.
Rashid picked the prized wicket of Kohli who was caught at the edge of the inner circle.
"You have to be more focussed [bowling with new ball] because you have got only two fielders out and the batsmen come a lot more harder at you.
There are a lot more scoring options," said Rashid and added that he is willing to bowl any time his captain Eoin Morgan would want him to.
Rashid talked about the stint he had with opening batsman Roy at the nets with the new ball.
He said it helped both players.
"It was a good practice for both of us, him batting up and I bowling with new ball setting the field and we both communicating and helping each other.
For myself, it was bowling with new ball and him getting experience. It was good."
Rashid said that it was always great to dismiss the best batsman in the opposition side like Kohli.
He had dismissed Kohli in an ODI in England a couple of years ago as well.
"It is always nice to get a world class player out; always nice to come in get him a couple of times.
Some days they get hold of you, hit fours and sixes. Some days you get them out early. That is how the game works. It is just part and parcel of the game. Obviously, nice to get world class players."
Rashid though didn't want to write India off from the series and the World T20 despite the crushing loss they suffered on Friday.
"With T20, it is a funny game.
Any team can win on the day. It all depends on the day, how bowlers come off and how batters come off. India is a strong side. We will stick to our strengths, keep developing. Then we are in with a chance to win T20 World Cup."
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Rashid bowled the first over and the third over of the match and picked the wicket of India skipper Virat Kohli in his initial spell.
"This is something new for myself. I have been working [on it] for the past couple of days. There were just talks around it, maybe with their opening batters, [I was told] that I might bowl with the new ball.
So [they said] you might just practice with it in case you are required to do it," Rashid told the media on Saturday.
Rashid picked the prized wicket of Kohli who was caught at the edge of the inner circle.
"You have to be more focussed [bowling with new ball] because you have got only two fielders out and the batsmen come a lot more harder at you.
There are a lot more scoring options," said Rashid and added that he is willing to bowl any time his captain Eoin Morgan would want him to.
Rashid talked about the stint he had with opening batsman Roy at the nets with the new ball.
He said it helped both players.
"It was a good practice for both of us, him batting up and I bowling with new ball setting the field and we both communicating and helping each other.
For myself, it was bowling with new ball and him getting experience. It was good."
Rashid said that it was always great to dismiss the best batsman in the opposition side like Kohli.
He had dismissed Kohli in an ODI in England a couple of years ago as well.
"It is always nice to get a world class player out; always nice to come in get him a couple of times.
Some days they get hold of you, hit fours and sixes. Some days you get them out early. That is how the game works. It is just part and parcel of the game. Obviously, nice to get world class players."
Rashid though didn't want to write India off from the series and the World T20 despite the crushing loss they suffered on Friday.
"With T20, it is a funny game.
Any team can win on the day. It all depends on the day, how bowlers come off and how batters come off. India is a strong side. We will stick to our strengths, keep developing. Then we are in with a chance to win T20 World Cup."
--IANS
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New Delhi, March 13 : Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that Yoga is the soft power and has given India a unique recognition before the international fraternity.
Launching 100 days' countdown to 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY) at Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) here, Rijiju said that Yoga has vast potential of employment opportunity, especially after the declaration of Yogasana as a competitive sport.
Rijiju has been temporarily assigned the charge of the Ministry of AYUSH since Shripad Yesso Naik has been undergoing treatment following an accident.
The Minister has appealed to all the young students present during the function and those who are watching online to practice Yoga and take part in Yogasans spot.
He also added that due to untiring efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the acceptability of Yoga has been enhanced to the extent that it has been accepted as a 'way of life'.
Rijiju also released the first edition of Yoga Vijnana a Bi-annual research journal of MDNIY.
The journal contains very useful scientific research articles and traditional knowledge about Yoga Shastra, being published for the benefit of Yoga professionals.
The Minister also launched Yoga Re-orientation training programme for Yoga Instructors of Leh-Ladakh undertaken by MDNIY.
He appreciated the efforts of MDNIY and said that Yoga will go a long way under flagship of MDNIY.
United Nation General Assembly declared 21st June as International Day of Yoga, UNESCO recognized Yoga as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity and Yogasana declared as a competitive sport.
These initiatives resulted in exponential growth in Yoga promotion since 2014.
Additional Secretary P.K.
Pathak said that Yoga has played an important role in enhancing the immunity of the human body and hence useful in management of Covid-19.
He also said that the ministry of AYUSH in association with the various stakeholders are coming with many activities for the celebration of IDY-2021.
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Source: IANS
Launching 100 days' countdown to 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY) at Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) here, Rijiju said that Yoga has vast potential of employment opportunity, especially after the declaration of Yogasana as a competitive sport.
Rijiju has been temporarily assigned the charge of the Ministry of AYUSH since Shripad Yesso Naik has been undergoing treatment following an accident.
The Minister has appealed to all the young students present during the function and those who are watching online to practice Yoga and take part in Yogasans spot.
He also added that due to untiring efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the acceptability of Yoga has been enhanced to the extent that it has been accepted as a 'way of life'.
Rijiju also released the first edition of Yoga Vijnana a Bi-annual research journal of MDNIY.
The journal contains very useful scientific research articles and traditional knowledge about Yoga Shastra, being published for the benefit of Yoga professionals.
The Minister also launched Yoga Re-orientation training programme for Yoga Instructors of Leh-Ladakh undertaken by MDNIY.
He appreciated the efforts of MDNIY and said that Yoga will go a long way under flagship of MDNIY.
United Nation General Assembly declared 21st June as International Day of Yoga, UNESCO recognized Yoga as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity and Yogasana declared as a competitive sport.
These initiatives resulted in exponential growth in Yoga promotion since 2014.
Additional Secretary P.K.
Pathak said that Yoga has played an important role in enhancing the immunity of the human body and hence useful in management of Covid-19.
He also said that the ministry of AYUSH in association with the various stakeholders are coming with many activities for the celebration of IDY-2021.
--IANS
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Source: IANS
Chennai, March 13 : Karnataka defeated Delhi by four wickets in a group stage match of the Women's Senior One-day Trophy on Saturday.
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Chandu's three for 35 helped Karnataka restrict Delhi to 184/5 wickets in 50 overs. Shweta Sehrawat top-scored for Delhi with 57. Karnataka then chased the target in 47.3 overs with good contributions from G. Divya (40), S. Shubha (36) and K. Rakshitha (35 not out).
In other games, Tamil Nadu beat Himachal Pradesh by 94 runs while Vidarbha thrashed Meghalaya by 146 runs.
In Indore, Baroda beat Kerala by two wickets while Mumbai defeated Madhya Pradesh by three wickets.
In Bengaluru, Puducherry beat Manipur by six wickets, Jammu (and) Kashmir defeated Sikkim by six wickets, and Mizoram got the better of Arunachal Pradesh by seven wickets.
While hosting the limited-overs tournaments for men, the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the Indian cricket board is also hosting the women's one-day trophy across six venues -- Surat, Rajkot, Jaipur, Indore, Chennai and Bengaluru.
The women's matches began on March 11.
The teams had assembled at their respective venues by March 4 and underwent three Covid-19 tests, on March 4, 6 and 8, before entering the bio-bubbles.
The teams are divided into five Elite groups and the group toppers will enter the quarter-finals.
The three next best finishers will also qualify for the last-eight stage.
Brief scores:
Delhi 184 all out in 50 overs (S Sehrawat 57, V Chandu 3/23) lost to Karnataka 186/6 in 47.3 overs (G Divya 40, S Shubha 36, K Rakshitha 35 not out, L Sharma 3/25)
Manipur 162/6 in 50 overs (S Rebika 47, L Rajkumari 45 not out, T Reena 2/26) lost to Puducherry 163/4 in 43.1 overs (K Jain 45 not out, Yuvashri 41)
Madhya Pradesh 136 all out in 48.2 overs (S Dangore 41) lost to Mumbai 137/7 in 47.4 overs (E Oza 43, M Dakshini 39 not out)
Sikkim 188/9 in 50 overs (S Koli 112 not out, B Hassan 3/30) lost to J (and) K 189/4 in 38 overs (R Syed 102 not out)
Kerala 194 all out in 47.3 overs (S Sajana 32, T Pathan 3/41, Kesha 3/41) lost to Baroda 195/8 in 49.4 overs (A Joseph 54)
Tamil Nadu 196/3 in 50 overs (A Choudhary 70, N Nagarajan 52 not out) beat Himachal Pradesh 102 all out in 34 overs (SM Singh 29)
Vidarbha 196 all out in 47.1 overs (BS Fulmali 72,V Khandkar 54, Daiaka 2/24, L Tamang 2/39) beat Meghalaya 50 all out in 19.1 overs
Arunachal Pradesh 83 all out in 42.5 overs (N Yapu 31, A Bhardwaj 2/4) lost to Mizoram 85/3 in 23.4 overs (Julie 34 not out)
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Chandu's three for 35 helped Karnataka restrict Delhi to 184/5 wickets in 50 overs. Shweta Sehrawat top-scored for Delhi with 57. Karnataka then chased the target in 47.3 overs with good contributions from G. Divya (40), S. Shubha (36) and K. Rakshitha (35 not out).
In other games, Tamil Nadu beat Himachal Pradesh by 94 runs while Vidarbha thrashed Meghalaya by 146 runs.
In Indore, Baroda beat Kerala by two wickets while Mumbai defeated Madhya Pradesh by three wickets.
In Bengaluru, Puducherry beat Manipur by six wickets, Jammu (and) Kashmir defeated Sikkim by six wickets, and Mizoram got the better of Arunachal Pradesh by seven wickets.
While hosting the limited-overs tournaments for men, the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the Indian cricket board is also hosting the women's one-day trophy across six venues -- Surat, Rajkot, Jaipur, Indore, Chennai and Bengaluru.
The women's matches began on March 11.
The teams had assembled at their respective venues by March 4 and underwent three Covid-19 tests, on March 4, 6 and 8, before entering the bio-bubbles.
The teams are divided into five Elite groups and the group toppers will enter the quarter-finals.
The three next best finishers will also qualify for the last-eight stage.
Brief scores:
Delhi 184 all out in 50 overs (S Sehrawat 57, V Chandu 3/23) lost to Karnataka 186/6 in 47.3 overs (G Divya 40, S Shubha 36, K Rakshitha 35 not out, L Sharma 3/25)
Manipur 162/6 in 50 overs (S Rebika 47, L Rajkumari 45 not out, T Reena 2/26) lost to Puducherry 163/4 in 43.1 overs (K Jain 45 not out, Yuvashri 41)
Madhya Pradesh 136 all out in 48.2 overs (S Dangore 41) lost to Mumbai 137/7 in 47.4 overs (E Oza 43, M Dakshini 39 not out)
Sikkim 188/9 in 50 overs (S Koli 112 not out, B Hassan 3/30) lost to J (and) K 189/4 in 38 overs (R Syed 102 not out)
Kerala 194 all out in 47.3 overs (S Sajana 32, T Pathan 3/41, Kesha 3/41) lost to Baroda 195/8 in 49.4 overs (A Joseph 54)
Tamil Nadu 196/3 in 50 overs (A Choudhary 70, N Nagarajan 52 not out) beat Himachal Pradesh 102 all out in 34 overs (SM Singh 29)
Vidarbha 196 all out in 47.1 overs (BS Fulmali 72,V Khandkar 54, Daiaka 2/24, L Tamang 2/39) beat Meghalaya 50 all out in 19.1 overs
Arunachal Pradesh 83 all out in 42.5 overs (N Yapu 31, A Bhardwaj 2/4) lost to Mizoram 85/3 in 23.4 overs (Julie 34 not out)
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Lucknow, March 12 : Punam Raut's 77 pushed India women's score to 248 runs for the loss of five wickets after batting first in their third ODI against South Africa on Friday.
This is Punam's second consecutive half century of the series.
Fast bowler Shabnim Ismail took two wickets for the visitors while Marizanne Kapp, Tumi Sekhukhune and Anne Bosch got a wicket each at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.
Shabnim struck with the second ball of the match as opener Jemimah Rodrigues edged an away swinging delivery to wicketkeeper Sinalo Jafta.
But India managed to get partnerships after that with Smriti Mandhana (25) and Punam first putting up 64 for the second wicket.
Punam and captain Mithali Raj then put up 77 for the third wicket. Mithali scored 36 off 50 and became the first Indian woman to cross 10,000 runs in international cricket with a four Bosch in the 28th over.
However, she was dismissed off the very next ball, becoming Bosch's maiden ODI wicket, as Mithali flicked a low full toss straight down the throat of the fielder at midwicket.
Punam was next to be dismissed as she mishit a shot over extra cover. Bosch ended up taking a good catch after taking a couple of steps towards mid-off.
Harmanpreet Kaur (36) was India's last wicket to fall with Sekhukhune taking a brilliant catch to end her stay.
Deepti Sharma (36) and Sushma Verma (14) then saw India through to the end of their innings.
Brief scores: India 248/5 in 50 overs (Punam Raut 77, Harmanpreet Kaur 36; Shabnim Ismail 2/46) vs South Africa
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This is Punam's second consecutive half century of the series.
Fast bowler Shabnim Ismail took two wickets for the visitors while Marizanne Kapp, Tumi Sekhukhune and Anne Bosch got a wicket each at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.
Shabnim struck with the second ball of the match as opener Jemimah Rodrigues edged an away swinging delivery to wicketkeeper Sinalo Jafta.
But India managed to get partnerships after that with Smriti Mandhana (25) and Punam first putting up 64 for the second wicket.
Punam and captain Mithali Raj then put up 77 for the third wicket. Mithali scored 36 off 50 and became the first Indian woman to cross 10,000 runs in international cricket with a four Bosch in the 28th over.
However, she was dismissed off the very next ball, becoming Bosch's maiden ODI wicket, as Mithali flicked a low full toss straight down the throat of the fielder at midwicket.
Punam was next to be dismissed as she mishit a shot over extra cover. Bosch ended up taking a good catch after taking a couple of steps towards mid-off.
Harmanpreet Kaur (36) was India's last wicket to fall with Sekhukhune taking a brilliant catch to end her stay.
Deepti Sharma (36) and Sushma Verma (14) then saw India through to the end of their innings.
Brief scores: India 248/5 in 50 overs (Punam Raut 77, Harmanpreet Kaur 36; Shabnim Ismail 2/46) vs South Africa
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New Delhi, March 9 : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the national capital will bid to get an opportunity to host the Olympics in 2048.
Kejriwal announced this while addressing a press conference, stating that the vision for Olympics was incorporated in Delhi's annual budget of 2021-22 presented on Tuesday.
Kejriwal said, "We will talk to the Centre in this regard but before that we have prepared for it so that Delhi can be considered one of the venues for Olympics in 2048.
To grab this opportunity, we need to develop world-class stadiums, sports clubs, infrastructure regarding sports and also develop Delhi as world-class city to get the attention of the Olympics committee."
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister also appreciated the AAP government's annual budget for 2021-22 of worth Rs 69000 crore which is more than 6% against the previous annual budget which was Rs 65000 crore.
Kejriwal praised Sisodia for maintaining the surplus budget of Delhi government despite facing tough phases during Covid-19 pandemic.
"During the Covid-19 pandemic, revenue resources of Delhi government went down whereas expenses increased.
However, the AAP government maintained the surplus in the annual budget. I congratulate the Finance Minister and everybody who worked hard for making Delhi's budget an example for others."
Through the annual budget for 2021-22, the Delhi government has set up a vision for increasing the per capita income of people of Delhi, claimed Kejriwal.
"The budget will set a vision for making Delhi's per capita income equivalent to Singapore's per capita income by 2047.
A growth of 16% in the income would be required to successfully achieve this goal. It will be difficult but we will work towards making it a success."
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Kejriwal announced this while addressing a press conference, stating that the vision for Olympics was incorporated in Delhi's annual budget of 2021-22 presented on Tuesday.
Kejriwal said, "We will talk to the Centre in this regard but before that we have prepared for it so that Delhi can be considered one of the venues for Olympics in 2048.
To grab this opportunity, we need to develop world-class stadiums, sports clubs, infrastructure regarding sports and also develop Delhi as world-class city to get the attention of the Olympics committee."
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister also appreciated the AAP government's annual budget for 2021-22 of worth Rs 69000 crore which is more than 6% against the previous annual budget which was Rs 65000 crore.
Kejriwal praised Sisodia for maintaining the surplus budget of Delhi government despite facing tough phases during Covid-19 pandemic.
"During the Covid-19 pandemic, revenue resources of Delhi government went down whereas expenses increased.
However, the AAP government maintained the surplus in the annual budget. I congratulate the Finance Minister and everybody who worked hard for making Delhi's budget an example for others."
Through the annual budget for 2021-22, the Delhi government has set up a vision for increasing the per capita income of people of Delhi, claimed Kejriwal.
"The budget will set a vision for making Delhi's per capita income equivalent to Singapore's per capita income by 2047.
A growth of 16% in the income would be required to successfully achieve this goal. It will be difficult but we will work towards making it a success."
--IANS
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Source: IANS