#Tokyo2020

India’s only individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on how there is no RoI in sports and we need to be clear about what we want as a nation. An enlightening read.

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Gopichand, one of India’s most successful coaches, spoke about his vision for building a culture for sports and what India needs to do to produce more champions.

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Viren Rasquinha, the former India hockey skipper, on why we are still five steps behind the world.

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How does the sporting world view India? Former USOC chief of sport Steven Roush gave us the breakdown.

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22 Jul
#Tokyo2020

Ladies & gentlemen, after months and months of waiting, we are officially at the start of the Tokyo Olympics as 🇮🇳's campaign gets underway with #Archery🏹 qualification rounds.

Let the Games begin! 🌅

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#Tokyo2020 #Archery

A quick introduction to how archery qualification works. 🎯

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#Tokyo2020 #Archery

🇮🇳Deepika Kumari starts off with scores of X-10-10-9-9-8 for a total of 56 in her first set of six arrows.

Live: scroll.in/field/1000860/…
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21 Jul
#CountyXIvsIndia

KL Rahul made his case on day one in Durham, all eyes on Indian bowlers today in the warm-up match. India's innings is over at 311.

Watch live-stream here:
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#CountyXIvsIndia

A terrific session for India in Durham as the pacers pick up three wickets, including that of Washington Sundar, as lunch is taken on day 2.

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TEA, DAY 2: Haseeb Hameed is having a day to remember. Called up to the England squad for the Test series and playing an impressive innings in Durham as well. A tough session for India.

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20 Jul
#SLvIND

Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan are out in the middle. India need 276 runs to clinch the series win.

2nd ODI Live: scroll.in/field/1000644/…
#SLvIND

WICKET! Prithvi Shaw (13 off 11) is clean bowled! Sri Lanka introduce spin in the third over itself with Wanindu Hasaranga and that does the trick.

2nd ODI Live: scroll.in/field/1000644/…
#SLvIND

WICKET! Ishan Kishan's stumps are rattled too! Kasun Rajitha strikes for Sri Lanka. India have lost both their star performers from the previous game and are in a spot of bother now.

2nd ODI Live: scroll.in/field/1000644/…
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20 Jul
#ENGvIND

Live stream of the India XI’s warm-up match against County XI.

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Not the best of sessions for Indian batting line-up as Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara are dismissed.

India XI 80/3 at lunch.

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#CountyXIvIndia

India XI have reached 188/4 at tea, riding on an impressive 76* by KL Rahul at Chester-le-Street. He's making a case for himself here.

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20 Jul
#SLvIND

After a comprehensive win in the first ODI, Shikhar Dhawan and Co will look to close out the series in Colombo today.

Follow live updates of the second ODI between Sri Lanka and India here:

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#SLvIND

Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to bat first.

2nd ODI Live: scroll.in/field/1000644/…
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Playing XIs:

Sri Lanka: Fernando, Bhanuka, Rajapaksa, de Silva, Asalanka, Shanaka, Hasaranga, Karunaratne, Rajitha, Chameera, Jayaratne.

India: Shaw, Dhawan, Kishan, Pandey, Suryakumar, Hardik, Pandya, Deepak, Bhuvneshwar, Chahal, Kuldeep.

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7 Nov 19
#INDvBAN 2nd T20I:

Despite doubts over whether the match will take place, it looks like we are on track for a scheduled start in Rajkot for the 2nd T20I.

Here's the match 1 report as Bangladesh registered their 1st ever T20 win over India: scroll.in/field/942560/d…
#INDvBAN 2nd T20I:

There were plenty of talking points during the first T20I in Delhi, but the one aspect that stood out was Rahim's luck & Chahal's lack of.

It was a fascinating battle within a battle, wrote @vinayakkm

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#INDvBAN 2nd T20I:

Sunil Gavaskar reckons this pitch in Rajkot will live up to the reputation of being a batting paradise.
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