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As usual, the spotlight ahead of the world badminton championships in Huelva, Spain was on womens singles. Will PV Sindhu retain her title was the big question. Though Sindhu lost in the quarters, mens singles shone brightly for India. India s Kidambi Srikanth PTI Medal expectations from the prestigious event has invariably been on Saina Nehwal and then Sindhu, who had ensured Indias podium finish in every edition since 2013, when she won bronze as an 18-year-old. That was the first singles medal by an Indian since Prakash Padukones bronze in 1983. It took 36 years before an
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Indian male shuttler won a medal, with B Sai Praneeths bronze in 2019. This time, India have won two medals
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in mens singles in a single edition. Former world No 1 Kidambi Srikanths silver, in his sixth attempt at winning a medal, is the best show by an Indian male player. Lakshya Sen, 20, took bronze in his first big-ticket event after the semi-final loss to Srikanth. HS Prannoy, a last-minute entrant, rallied to stun world No. 9 Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong in the first round and beat 10th-ranked Rasmus Gemke of Denmark before losing to Singapores eventual champion Loh Kean Yew in the quarters. Three Indians entering the quarters reflected the depth of the mens game in the country, says former chief national coach, U Vimal Kumar. Ive all along been saying that we have good depth in mens singles. There is someone like Lakshya emerging from the younger lot, while Srikanth is sho
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The young India spinners showed they have the patience and the ability to capitalise on small mistakes by batsmen but appeared to run out of ideas when confronted with the tight technique of Shivnarine Chanderpaul on Day 1 of the first Test against West Indies here on Sunday. HT Image It finally took a smart stumping by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to send back opener Kraigg Brathwaite off the bowling of left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha and end his 108-run fourt
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h-wicket partnership with Chanderpaul. Debutant off-spinner R Ashwin followed it up with the wicket of Marlon Samuels but Chanderpaul s unbeaten century helped West Indies close on 256 for five after electing to bat. It was Chanderpaul s 24th Test hundred, and seventh against India. As expected, there wasn t a great deal of turn on the first day and th
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e slowness of the track allowed the batsmen time to adjust their strokes. India still got three wickets fairly early through their spinners, but then struggled. Hard toilBrathwaite refused to drive, forcing Ashwin to bowl at the stumps with a packed leg-side field that included, at times, a leg-slip, a short leg, a short mid-wicket and a deep mid-on. At the other end, Chanderpaul was scoring freely without using the sweep. After Ashwin and Ojha had failed to break the partnership for nearly 15 overs, Dhoni turned, successively, to part-timers Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh as tea approached. He got no
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reward. The pacers too looked unlikely to get a wicket. Is