Pandya's inclusion obviously adds firepower to batting and he can also open the bowling if necessary.
Badminton star P V Sindhu attended the FIT India celebrations near Hyderabad on Tuesday, December 13, 2022.
India had a mixed day at the Madrid Spain Masters with PV Sindhu marching into the semis and Kidambi Srikanth's campaign coming to an end.
India's campaign at the Sudirman Cup came to an end as they went down to Malaysia in the second Group C match.
The third seeded Indian will face the winner of the other semi-final, between Japan's Aya Ohori and China's Wang Zhi Yi, on Sunday.
It is Sindhu's first final since winning the gold and the Commonwealth Games last year.
After a string of disappointing results, PV Sindhu parted ways with coach Park Tae Sang
Sindhu squandered a game lead to lose 13-21, 21-15, 21-13 to the second seed Tai Tzu
Stalwarts of Indian sports paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday, describing him as a visionary, who had quiet strength and humility.
'If you really love your work and are good at it, it does not matter what is work and life.'
PV Sindhu eked out a three-game win over world number 1 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan
Star India shuttler P V Sindhu made an exit from Thailand Open after going down in straight games to Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei in the semi-finals in Bangkok on Saturday.
HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu marched into the pre-quarterfinals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament in Basel.
The Indian Olympic Association's athletes commission chairperson and boxing legend M C Mary Kom on Tuesday denied reports that she has resigned from her position.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded P V Sindhu as 'champion of champions' after she won the gold medal in the women's badminton singles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Monday.
Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will look to arrest their slump in form when they begin their campaign at the Australia Open badminton tournament in Sydney on Tuesday.
Karun Nair has smashed 664 runs with five centuries in eight matches at an astonishing average of 664 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Indian badminton stalwarts P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal suffered contrasting fortunes at the Malaysia Open Super 750 tournament, the former progressing to the second round and the latter bowing out after losing her opener in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday.
P V Sindhu has made early exits in as many as seven of the 12 BWF World Tour events this year.
'Your attitude and spirit to win every game is something that inspires everyone'
The former world number one duo had been sidelined from competitive action post the Paris Olympics due to Satwik's shoulder injury.
Sindhu made short work of the world number 32, Yi Man 21-12, 21-10
Ace Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth sailed into the pre-quarterfinals of their respective singles events after scoring comfortable victories at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Thursday.
The world No. 6 Indian duo will next face Danish pair of Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede later on Friday.
Sindhu made short work of fifth seed Michelle Li of Canada 21-10, 21-19 in 36 minutes
"She will need to be at her best for next year which will have Asian Games and also the 2024 Paris Olympics qualification, playing about 22 tournaments will be tough, so she is taking extra care,"
India's men's singles campaign suffered a setback as none of the players could make it past the opening round on Day 2 of the India Open in New Delhi on Wednesday.
On paper, the squad may not create too much optimism among fans but it still has a balanced look with a good mix of young players and experienced international names.
Sindhu celebrated her 26th birthday and her nephew Aaryan's 3rd birthday.
Prannoy and Sen played five times in 2022 with Sen coming into the match with a slender 3-2 advantage.
Swiss Open champion Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty strengthened their world number six position, while women's doubles pairing of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand was static at the 18th position.
Against the unseeded Tunjung, Sindhu started on a bright note and played aggressively to surge to a 10-5 lead. She used her experience and reach to engage her opponents in long rallies initially.
The Indian ace has previously won a silver medal in the 2016 Rio Games and a bronze in the Tokyo edition.
Earlier in the day, the mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanshia Crasto squandered an early lead to go down 21-18, 15-21, 19-21 against Malaysia's Pang Ron Hoo and Su Yin Cheng in the second round.
Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila outclassed Adnan Maulana and Indah Cahya Sari Jamil in straight games in the first round match.
'Few people have a knack for teaching or pushing a player better than he does.
'We wouldn't have had to face all this had our national leaders taken care to select a place for Sindhis and sent us there, instead of sending us all over to settle in places where the locals didn't want us.' 'They could have partitioned Sindh and given us a Sindhi state from its two Hindu-majority districts.' 'Wasn't that the logic of Partition?'
Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra is among only three track and field athletes retained in the sports ministry's revamped TOPS core group.
Sindhu now leads 3-0 against the Chinese on head-to-head.
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