𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁🚨

India and West Indies shared the spoils in their five-match T20I series after persistent showers forced a washout in the series decider at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru 🌧️

It was an outcome that seemed likely for most of the day, with inclement weather forcing a reduced match of nine overs per side. India managed to add 118 for the loss of five wickets in 7.4 overs before another bout of rain proved terminal.

Click for more details 👉 http://shorturl.at/69Bcb

📸: K. Murali Kumar

Punjab’s batting reinforcements will be the headline acts as it hopes to secure a victory against Chhattisgarh in the second round of Ranji Trophy 2026-27, starting on October 18, at the New PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh.

India captain Shubman Gill was the lone Test regular to opt out of the opening round but returns for the second fixture, hoping to hit his strides before departing for New Zealand. Prabhsimran Singh is through with his international commitment and adds to Punjab’s batting riches 🏏

✍️: Abhishek Saini

Click here to read the full preview 👉shorturl.at/Etvbs

📸: Vijay Soneji

𝗦𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗹’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗶 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗯 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗖𝗔 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗵 🫣

Gill walked in to bat at number four but could only last five balls and score one run before he was cleaned up by left-arm spinner Ajay Mandal 🏏

For more details 👉 shorturl.at/RZgwr

📸: Vijay Soneji

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘀’ 𝘄𝗶𝗻? 🤔
𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠-𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠-𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠!

Mighty Marathas clinched the Archery Premier League title, defeating Kakatiya Knights 6-2 in the season 2 final at People’s Plaza in Hyderabad 🏆🏹

Led by a sensational performance by Dhiraj Bommadevara, who finished the final off with an arrow into the inner X-ring, Marathas bounced back from a defeat earlier in the day against Knights in the first qualifier.

✍️: Anirudh Velamuri

🔗: shorturl.at/hZZLI | 📸: Siddhant Thakur

India’s archery sensation Sheetal Devi produced a phenomenal performance in the women’s compound qualification round, equalling the world record with 704 points out of a possible 720 and setting a new Asian record at the Asian Para Games 🏹💪

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝟲𝟵𝟴 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

🔗: shorturl.at/fU2Eb

📸: Vijay Soneji

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟱𝟬.𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝟭𝟬𝗺 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗛𝟭 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 🥇👏

She bettered the previous mark of 249.6 set by compatriot Avani Lekhara at the previous edition of the Games in Hangzhou 2023.

Avani registered an identical score to take home the silver 🥈

🔗: shorturl.at/99Jqc | 📸: Getty Images

𝗨𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝟭𝟬 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗶 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱-𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 😮‍💨

His Shere-e-Punjab performance with Bathinda Royals has made him a crowd favourite and in his first Ranji Trophy season, Saharan was Punjab’s highest accumulator, scoring 6️⃣5️⃣4️⃣ runs.

In Saharan, Punjab has the catalyst to rebuild its brand in the Ranji Trophy. He’s still young and there are other contributors as well, but Punjab’s relentless pursuit of a late victory against Assam had Saharan’s imprints all over it 🫡🏏

✍️: Abhishek Saini

🔗: shorturl.at/XOKsW | 📸: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟰 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶-𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘆𝗮 👏

Bhavina Patel, Sonalben Patel, Baby Sahana Ravi, and Prachi Pandey won a bronze medal each after falling short in their semifinals 🥉🏓

🔗: shorturl.at/gEC6d

📸: PTI, Getty Images, Baby Sahana Ravi/Instagram, and Prachi Pandey/X

𝗛𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🎟️

All league-stage matches from October 27 to November 2 will be played in Jalandhar, while the semifinals and medal matches will be played in Mohali on November 4 and 5 🗓️

Click here for more details 👉 shorturl.at/s7Mig

📸: Screenshot via Hockey India/website

𝗥. 𝗦𝗮𝗶 𝗞𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘁-𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝘂 𝘃𝘀 𝗨𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗶 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠.𝗔 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘁-𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 🥳

Sai Kishore accounted for the wickets of Lakshya Raichandani, Saurabh Rawat, and Aditya Rawat to complete his hat-trick.

🔗: shorturl.at/bExzs | 📸: PTI

𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲’𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗨𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗩. 𝗬𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲.

R. Sai Kishore’s men seem to have taken those words seriously, producing a dominant display led by the skipper himself that culminated in a thumping innings and 66-run win over Uttarakhand in under three days at the MAC Stadium, Chennai 💪

✍️: S. Dipak Ragav

Click here to read the match report 👉 shorturl.at/xw1Y7

📸: B. Jothi Ramalingam

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘃 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝟭-𝟮 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗙𝟱𝟭/𝟱𝟮/𝟱𝟯 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶-𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘆𝗮 🥇🥈

Pranav recorded an Asian Record throw of 11.66 to finish at the top of the standings, beating his previous record of 11.43 recorded in Paris in 2023. He managed to record the mark in his third attempt.

Ram Ratan threw a best distance of 10.35 in the same F51 category to finish second. Their respective Raza points were 932 and 809👏

🔗: shorturl.at/k8MlN | 📸: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗵𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗺𝘂 & 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗶 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗶-𝗞𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿.

Chasing 79, Vidarbha was reduced to 26 for six before Harsh Dubey and Mandar Mahale revived the ship to win the game with three wickets in hand 🏏

🔗: shorturl.at/WFqZR | 📸: Imran Nissar

𝗧𝘄𝗼-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿-𝟭𝟵 𝗧𝟮𝟬 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗽 🏆

India is in Group A alongside Ireland, West Indies, Nepal 🇮🇳

Click here for more details 👉 http://bit.ly/4sgQ9HH

📸: BCCI/X

𝐀𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲!

Indian squash player Anahat Singh stunned Egyptian eight-time world champion Nour El Sherbini in straight games to move into the quarterfinals of the Silicon Valley Open squash in Redwood City on Thursday

More details: https://shorturl.at/PDG6J

📷 R. V. Moorthy

𝐀 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬!

India’s Suvarna Raj won the gold medal in the women’s F54 discus throw event at the Asian Para Games with a best effort of 15.66m on Thursday.

Details: https://shorturl.at/jJR5v

📷 Suvarna Raj/Instagram

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬!

Indian archers Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar won gold in the compound mixed team event at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Nagoya on Thursday.


The pair beat Indonesia’s Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly and Ken Swagumilang 151-148 in a one-sided final.

Details: https://shorturl.at/tzFRN

📷 SAI, PCI

𝐀 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲!

India’s Swati Chaudhary suffered a 4-6 loss to China’s Cen Mengkan in the final to settle for silver in the women’s W1 individual recurve archery event at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya on Thursday.


The top seeded Indian squandered a 4-2 lead to lose 4-6 to Mengkan.

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📷 SAI, PCI

𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲!

India's Sheetal Devi clinched her second gold medal at the Asian Para Games 2026 after winning the women's individual compound final.

The Indian beat Singapore's Alim Nur Syahidah 142-139 in the gold-medal match.

With this, Sheetal ends her Asian Para Games in style with two gold and a silver, equalling her Hangzou 2022 performance.

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📷 PTI

A 3-0 sweep in the T20Is means a high-on-confidence Indian side heads to Vadodara to, for all practical purposes, school Zimbabwe in the format in which it is the reigning world champion.

India, master of endurance long before it became a promising apprentice of the power game, will host the Lady Chevrons for three ODIs in Vadodara, Gujarat’s cultural capital.

Lavanya Lakshmi Narayanan brings you some of the talking points to look at for this series.

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📷 BCCI Women/X, AP, PTI