The midfield will be spearheaded by Olympic bronze medal-winning former skipper Manpreet Singh, current vice-captain Hardik Singh and young Vivek Sagar Prasad, while India also boasts of a strong, attacking forwardline in Shamsher Singh, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek and Sukhjeet Singh.
Slogans of 'Shaheed Amar Rahe' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' rent the air as military vehicles carrying the mortal remains of the three soldiers reached their respective villages. Anti-Pakistan slogans were also raised.
Standout performances by the two batsmen helped the hosts register a thumping seven-wicket victory over Pune Warriors.
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja took 7/32 as Saurashtra thrashed Rajasthan by 218 runs.
Preity was in mandatory quarantine before this game and her presence surely gave her team the encouragement needed to cross the finish line.
India downed Pakistan in the final of the Men's Hockey5s Asia Cup.
DC has talented India bowlers like Mandeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, and Chetan Sakariya
Veteran midfielder Sardar Singh on Saturday returned to the national team as Hockey India named a strong 18-member squad under the captaincy of Manpreet Singh for the Asia Cup to be held in Dhaka from October 11-22.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Thursday.
Hockey team in search of a new path under coach Fulton
A summary of Ranji Trophy matches played on Thursday.
Images from India's match against Pakistan in the ongoing Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai on Wednesday.
India's other gold medals came in 1966 and 1998, both times in Bangkok.
Indians were relentless in their attacks and completely controlled the proceedings from start to finish.
While India were on the offensive, England were content on defending deep.
India will play South Africa in the ninth to 12th place match on Saturday.
Craig Fulton that he is not someone who likes giving instructions to players from the sidelines,
Harmanpreet Singh had also captained the side in the recent series against Australia, where the side fought hard before losing the five-match rubber 1-4.
India would look to address their attacking woes against a plucky New Zealand for a place in the last-eight stage of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi was the last councillor to cast her vote around 2.30 pm.
Pramod Bhagat secured two golds to lead the Indian badminton team's medal rush at the Bahrain Para Badminton International
Full list of players released, retained and traded by all ten teams in the IPL.
Mumbai sealed a five-wicket win over Vidarbha in the second semi-final clash at Eden Gardens
The batting as a whole has not clicked for Sunrisers and it is no surprise they find themselves in a desperate situation in the second half of the tournament.
North bowlers made optimum use of it to reduce North East to 58 for 3 at close. NE trail by 607 runs.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team comes into the match with two wins on the bounce and, like always, will be tough to beat at their 'den'.
India beat Malaysia 4-3 to win the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament
The 20-member squad also includes goal-keepers PR Sreejesh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak; defenders Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh and Jugraj.
Kolkata Knight Rogers and the Punjab Kings will do battle at the I S Bindra cricket stadium in Mohali on Saturday, April 1, afternoon.
India would look to put up a disciplined effort and avoid unnecessary cards, which cost them dearly against England.
India maintained their dominance in the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament with a nervy 3-2 victory over South Korea
A summary of Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches played on Wednesday.
The 19-year-old Panghal put up a dominant show in the 53kg category, winning all her bouts without much fuss.
Defending champions South Korea hold Pakistan to 1-1 draw
Rahul and Pant, both match-winners in their own rights even with the bat, will like to seize the initiative in these early rounds.
However, with the Asian Games now postponed to next year owing to the COVID-19 situation in China, HI decided to pick a strong team for the prestigious event, scheduled to begin from July 28.
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Pakistan and Japan gave it their all in the Asian Champions Trophy round-robin match before settling for a thrilling 3-3 draw in Chennai on Sunday.
Olympic bronze medallist India eked out a hardfought 3-2 win over South Africa to advance to the men's hockey final of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday.
