Category: TOP 10 in ASIA

** Ind vs SL 3rd T20I | No escape from Shreyas for Sri Lanka as India completes sweep – February 27th, 2022

The No. 3 batter’s unbeaten 45-ball 73 takes the home team to yet another win with plenty to spare; visiting captain Shanaka’s quickfire knock of 74 goes in vain

There’s no stopping Shreyas Iyer. After hammering back-to-back half-centuries in the first two T20Is against Sri Lanka, the 27-year-old remained unbeaten on 73 off 45 deliveries as India completed a clean sweep, defeating the touring side by six wickets in the third T20I.

Chasing the target of 147 at the HPCA Stadium on Sunday, India captain Rohit Sharma opened the innings with Sanju Samson as Ishan Kishan was ruled out of the fixture after being hit on the helmet in the previous game.

** Aces’ Sportsman of the year nominees

Neeraj, Ravi and Pramod make it to the Sportstar Awards shortlist


Neeraj Chopra (javelin): Neeraj won India’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in athletics. He also became only the second Indian to win an Olympic individual gold, after Abhinav Bindra.

In 2021: Won gold in the men’s javelin in Tokyo

Pramod Bhagat: Pramod justified his status as the favourite in the SL3 class when he took top honours in the Paralympics

In 2021: Won gold in the men’s singles badminton SL3 class in Tokyo

Ravi Dahiya: A product of the famed Chhatrasal stadium in Delhi, Ravi Kumar Dahiya did the country proud as he matched Sushil Kumar’s 2012 London Olympics feat in Tokyo

In 2021: Won silver in the men’s 57kg wrestling in Tokyo

The Sportstar Aces awards are presented by Byju’s Classes with IDFC First Bank as the associate partner. Odisha is the Sports Destination Partner and Union Bank of India the banking partner.

ONGC is the associate partner. Nippon Paint is the Colour Partner and Life Insurance Corporation of India the Insurance Partner.

To vote, visit aces.sportstar.thehindu.com

** WORLD RECORD : Bihar’s Sakibul Gani Creates World Record With Triple Century On First-Class Debut

Bihar’s 22-year-old batter Sakibul Gani etched his name on the history books by breaking the record for the highest individual score by a cricketer on first-class debut.

Becoming the first batter to score a triple hundred on first-class debut, Gani amassed 341 runs off just 405 balls with the help of 56 fours and 2 sixes in a Ranji Trophy Plate Group match against Mizoram at Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground in Kolkata on Friday. He maintained a strike rate of 84.20.

** Mithali Raj stays at number 2 spot in ICC ODI women’s rankings

Raj made 59 off 73 balls in India’s 62-run defeat in the first ODI of the five-match series in Queenstown.

India skipper Mithali Raj maintained her second spot in the ICC Women’s ODI player rankings even as New Zealand batter Amy Satterthwaite moved up to number three after a splendid show in the series-opener against India.

** Junior World No 1 Tasnim Mir wins Iran Fajr International Challenge

The 16-year-old from Gujarat, who became the first Indian woman shuttler to claim the world no. 1 status in u-19 singles, beat second seed Susato 21-11, 11-21, 21-7 in 51 minutes.

 Junior World No 1 Indian shuttler Tasnim Mir on Friday notched a three-game win over Yulia Yosephine Susanto of Indonesia in the final to claim the women’s singles title at the Iran Fajr International Challenge here.

** Winners Of World Online Karate Championship

The Karatekas of IKA Karate Academy, Mysuru and Kali Warriors Academy, Karnataka, under Pekiti Tirsia Kali India, have bagged various medals in the World Online Karate Championship-2022 organised by Dynamic Shotokan Karate Do Association, World Union of Martial Arts Federations, World Karate Alliance and Evolution of Karate between Jan. 20 and Jan. 25, 2022.

** RIP Lata Mangeshkar: 12 lesser-known facts about the Melody Queen, from running into a Beatle to her refuted world record

She was named Hema at birth and was later renamed Lata, after a character in her father’s play ‘BhaawBandhan’ called Latika. Her family name Mangeshkar was derived from the Mangeshi village in Goa.

Lata Mangeshkar was the first female singer who demanded better pay and royalties in Bollywood.

In 1979, she was the first Indian to perform with the Wren Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

** Vridhi Kumari punching her way to success

Chennai’s Vridhi Kumari is the only Indian woman to win a medal at the recently concluded IMMAF 2021, in Abu Dhabi

In the cage, as she braced for the fight, Vridhi Kumari could only think of her mother’s words ‘Don’t give up.’

The 21-year-old from Chennai threw her best punches and kicks to win a bronze medal in the Atomweight Category (Seniors) at the recently concluded IMMAF (International Mixed Martial Art Federation) World Championship 2021 at Palms Sports Arena, Abu Dhabi. With this, she became the first Indian woman to win a medal for the country in this category at IMMAF.

** Alishan Sharafu feeling ‘blessed’ ahead of UAE’s U19 World Cup campaign

UAE captain Alishan Sharafu in action against Pakistan during the Under 19 Asian Cup at the ICC Academy, Dubai, in December. Chris Whiteoak/ The National

The Covid-enforced dearth of international cricket in 2021 was keenly felt by all of UAE’s leading players, but none more so than CP Rizwan.

The Kerala-born batsman must have thought he had finally cracked international cricket when he scored an uplifting century in a one-day international against Ireland a year ago.

Kerala / UAE