The focus is firmly trained on teen sensation Manu Bhaker as the fancied Indian shooting team eyes a head start at the 21st Commonwealth Games
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Shahid Afridi has stepped down as captain of the Pakistan T20 squad.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead the Indian team for the limited overs tour of Zimbabwe starting June 11, while top stars like Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane have been rested.
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'... But India lacks solid backup to Bumrah, Shami, and Yadav. Bumrah is a fine paceman. He has very good durability. I think India needs to use him in such a way that he is as fresh as possible for each Test match.'
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Trained sniffer dogs such as the one used in Osama raid, German Shepherd and Labradors will be deployed.
PTI introduces the team, who is aiming for medals when India's campaign at the Tokyo Games commences on July 24.
Determined to put up a top-notch performance at the 2016 Olympic Games, the Indian men and women's hockey teams arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.
Indian women's ODI captain Mithali Raj stressed on the need to bring focus back on cricket after hogging the limelight for the wrong reasons following a controversial ending to their World T20 campaign.
The 44-year-old Pires was a member of the French side and teammate of current national manager Didier Deschamps that won the tournament for the first time at home in 1998.
Asian champions India have never won the Champions Trophy in its last 36 editions but will be hoping to claim the feat in the tournament's last edition.
For most part, Indian boxing had lots to celebrate and it started with the season-opening Strandja Memorial, one of Europe's oldest and most competitive tournaments.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli, on Monday, lauded ace sprinter Hima Das for winning five gold medals in a span of 20 days.
Cricketers from the team of the Emirald Isle are under suspicion following their dismal performance in the recently concluded New Zealand tour
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Pakistan's chief selector Haroon Rasheed has had a pep talk with the national team members and is confident that they can still qualify for the final in the ongoing Asia Cup.
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The India football captain said others players in the side are very much capable of outperforming him.
'In Maharashtra he didn't buckle under pressure.' 'We expect him to do the same as the CBI Director.'
England have recalled bowler Tim Bresnan for the final Test against Pakistan at Lord's after defeat at the Oval left the series hanging in the balance.
The touring Pakistan squad may undergo some big changes during the remaining part of their tour as pressure grows on PCB, national selectors and the team management for the string of defeats in England.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Upset over Pakistan's worst performance in a hockey World Cup, the national federation sacked its selection committee and team management while the entire 18-man squad resigned, owning moral responsibility for the shoddy show in the 12th edition of the tournament in Delhi.
After their below par showing in the World Cup, some senior Indian players are living on borrowed time.
Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden believes that David Warner has the potential to become his country's greatest ever opening batsman.
European champions Portugal spurned a two-goal lead against Tunisia, stumbling to a 2-2 draw, as France, one of the World Cup favourites, flexed their muscles with a comfortable 2-0 win over Ireland in warm-up friendlies on Monday.
National coach Harendra Singh virtually conceded on Thursday that the Indian hockey team is divided on the captaincy issue, but assured that the episode will not affect the team's performance in the World Cup, in Delhi later this month.
Miguel Herrera, Mexico's national soccer team coach, was fired on Tuesday, a day after he allegedly punched a reporter who had criticized his team's performance in the recent Copa America and Gold Cup tournaments.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will have captain written against his name one last time when the talismanic wicketkeeper-batsman leads out India 'A' against England in the first practice match, in Mumbai, on Tuesday.
One of India's most consistent rifle shooters in recent times, Ravi was down after failing to win an Olympic quota despite displaying good form in the last World Championship.
The disgruntled national hockey players on Monday continued their indefinite boycott of the World Cup preparatory camp to protest the non-payment of their dues and incentives.
Saurashtra, led by the inspirational Jaydev Unadkat, will back themselves to win an elusive Ranji Trophy title at home but a buoyant Bengal will be no pushovers in what promises to be an absorbing final beginning, in Rajkot, on Monday. Both the teams are desperate to go all the way with Saurashtra reaching their fourth final in eight seasons while Bengal has not tasted success in the premier domestic event since the 1989-90 triumph.
All-rounder Yusuf Pathan on Wednesday denied criticising the national selectors for omitting his brother Irfan from India's Champions Trophy squad, saying the reports are 'totally baseless and wrong'. 'I did not make any comment on selection matter or about Irfan's exclusion and the remarks attributed to me are totally baseless and wrong,' the towering right-hander said.
Mirabai made a strong comeback from a lower back injury that had kept her out of action for nearly nine months post the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
The Indian selectors reposed faith in Leander Paes as the 40-year-old veteran was on Saturday included in the Asian Games squad along with established stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna.
With just one win, Sri Lanka are currently at the sixth spot with four points and will have to win rest of their four matches to stay in contention for the semi-final.
'We need to see the bigger picture preparing for the World Cup.'
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