There are four or five match winners in prime form, so, from a batting perspective, I feel the Indian team is in a better position. If you look at the bowling part, they (Pakistan) have the speed, they always had that, but the Indian team has the skill.
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Suryakumar Yadav said that playing in Mumbai, which has fast and bouncy surfaces helped him adjust to conditions in Australia which has similar surfaces.
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'The position of the captain had been really unstable in the last few months'
India wasted as many as five penalty corners seconds from the final hooter to go down 1-2 against Netherlands but still sealed a quarter-final spot at Rio Olympics hockey competition in Rio de Janeiro, on Thursday.
Following the massive win, congratulations poured in for the champions from all quarters with Sachin Tendulkar leading the nation in wishing the players.
Donning a flowing white chola' and a navy blue turban and often escorted by armed supporters, radical preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh has been quite active in Punjab for some time.
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'What we ended up achieving as a team and the cultural change, for me that is always going to be a matter of pride because tournaments happen for a certain period of time but a culture happens over a long period of time, and for that you need consistency, for that you need more character than just winning a tournament.'
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"Suryakumar is on his first tour of Australia and the key factor for any player touring Australia for the first time is to get used to the pace and bounce of the wicket. I don't think he will face any difficulties in facing the spin bowlers or the pace bowlers.
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'At school, on August 15, the Indian flag was raised. There was no national anthem at that time and we sang Rise India Thy Millions Lead,' recalls military legend Major General Ian Cardozo (retd).
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'I have seen the talent these players have and there are plenty of superstars in that team'
Have to cope like professionals: Hardik Pandya
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that Indian missions in Canada are working round the clock after the blast.
Roy Krishna scored inside five minutes to give the Blues an early advantage but Prasanth Karuthadathkuni scored at the stroke of half-time to restore parity.
India's women archers won a team bronze in the recurve section to take their medal's tally to three at the World Cup Stage 2 in Gwangju, South Korea, on Thursday.
'It will be a good exposure for the young players to come and play in New Zealand'
'Imagine for a soldier -- first you conquer territory after fighting a fierce battle, suffer casualties and then you are ordered to come back to your side of the International Border in India.'
Suryakumar Yadav and captain Hardik Pandya held their nerves to guide India to a hard-fought six-wicket victory over New Zealand
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Rahul would like to make full use of the game time he gets as an opener during the three games against Zimbabwe
'I'm now living under threat, but life has to go on because as a soldier, you can't run away from it.'
BCCI is expected to hold a discussion on matters related to women's IPL at its annual general meeting in September this year. Much of the planning around the tournament will be around sale of its media rights.
Saville, whose parents live in Moscow, represented Russia in tennis until emigrating to Australia seven years ago.
The Army on Monday commemorated the 75th anniversary of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers by paying homage to the fallen soldiers at the National War Memorial in New Delhi.
India bowling coach Bharat Arun on Sunday said that the toss is playing a very big role in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup, and the team chasing is having an undue advantage as bowling with the wet ball is really tough in the second innings.
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The Gostra festival is an annual event where men run up a greased pole to snatch flags.
Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez completed Spain's domination of the race walks at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday.
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India skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday had said that having Dhoni as the mentor for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup will hold his side in good stead.
It was on this day, 14 years ago, when former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh scripted history in the shortest format as he smashed six sixes in an over against England in the first-ever T20I World Cup in 2007.
Australia are going to wear an Indigenous-themed kit for the first time.
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