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Rodrigues, Mandhana advance in T20I rankings; Dottin becomes top-ranked all-rounder

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February 12, 2019

Feb 12: The India pair of Jemimah Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana have made impressive gains among batters in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings despite their side’s 3-0 series loss to New Zealand, while Windies all-rounder Deandra Dottin has grabbed the top spot among all-rounders in the latest update carried out on Tuesday.

Rodrigues’s 132 runs in the three-match series against New Zealand have lifted her four places to second position while Smriti Mandhana, who grabbed the top spot in ODIs last week, has gained four spots to reach sixth position after finishing as the leading run-getter in the series with an aggregate of 180. The stylish left-hander smashed two half-centuries including a fluent 86 in the last match in Hamilton that India lost by two runs.

Spinners Radha Yadav, up 18 places to 10th after taking four wickets in the series, and Deepti Sharma, up five places to 14th, are the India players to move up among bowlers.

For New Zealand, Sophie Devine has moved from 11th to eighth position among batters after scoring 153 runs in the series including a match-winning 72 in the last match, while captain Amy Satterthwaite’s 87 runs have lifted her from 23rd to 17th position. Among bowlers, Lea Tahuhu has moved up five slots to 11th position.

For the Windies, Dottin has been the standout performer in a 2-1 series win in Pakistan. Dottin has moved up two places to third among batters after scoring 158 runs in the series while her three wickets have lifted her two slots to 29th among bowlers. The net result has been a promotion to No.1 in the list of all-rounders.

Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof has gained three slots to tie with compatriot Javeria Khan in 15th position among batters while Sana Mir, who is top ranked in the ODI format, has moved up six places to take 28th position among T20I bowlers after taking three wickets in the series.

South Africa completed a 3-0 win over Sri Lanka in a home series ahead of their ICC Women’s Championship series. The gains for them include captain Dane van Niekerk moving up three slots to reach a career-best 12th among batters, up six places to 20th among bowlers and up two berths among all-rounders to third. The pace pair of Shabnim Ismail (up four places to seventh) and Marizanne Kappe (up seven places to 22nd) are other notable gainers. For Sri Lanka, Shashikala Siriwardene has benefited by four places to reach 30th position.

Other players to advance include Esha Oza of the United Arab Emirates (up 44 places to 46th) among batters and the Thailand pair of Chanida Sutthiruang (up 15 places to 38th) and Nattaya Boochatham (40th) among bowlers.

In the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Team Rankings, New Zealand have overtaken England to take second place. ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2018 champions Australia continue to lead the table while the Windies and India, semifinalists at the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean, are fourth and fifth, respectively.

MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings (as of 12 February 2019)

Batters (Top 20)

Rank      (+/-)      Player                   Team     Pts          Avge      S/R         Highest Rating

1              ( - )         Suzie Bates         NZ          765         30.69     112         767 v Pak at Guyana 2018

2              (+4)        J. Rodrigues        Ind         737         34.88     129         742 v NZ at Auckland 2019

3              (+2)        Deandra Dottin Win        727         26.6        127         731 v Eng at Bridgetown 2013

4              ( - )         Meg Lanning      Aus        695         34.04     117         783 v Win at Melbourne 2014

5              (-3)         Stafanie Taylor  Win        694         35.68     105         817 v NZ at St Lucia 2010

6              (+4)        S. Mandhana     Ind         693!       25.02     118         693 v NZ at Hamilton 2019

7              (-4)         H. Kaur              Ind            687         28.08     105         715 v Aus at Guyana 2018

8              (+3)        Sophie Devine   NZ          669!       27.92     125         669 v Ind at Hamilton 2019

9              (-2)         Beth Mooney    Aus        663         31.69     120         747 v Ind at Mumbai 2018

10           (-1)         Alyssa Healy       Aus        639!       22.8        122         639 v Eng at Antigua 2018

11           (-3)         Mithali Raj           Ind         623         37.81     101         813 v Win at Ahmedabad 2011

12           (+3)        D. van Niekerk  SA           622!       29.8        95           622 v SL at Centurion 2019

13           (-1)         Natalie Sciver     Eng         610         23.72     110         622 v Ind at Antigua 2018

14           (-1)         Elyse Villani         Aus        598         28.52     118         664 v Ire at Dublin 2015

15=         (+3)        Bismah Maroof Pak         571         25.19     89           647 v Ban at Karachi 2015

                (-1)         Javeria Khan       Pak         571         21.41     92           576 v NZ at Guyana 2018

17           (+6)        A.Satterthwaite                NZ          540         21.19     95           556 v Win at Bridgetown 2013

18           (+2)        Sarah Taylor       Eng         537         29           111         781 v Aus at Chelmsford 2013

19=         (-4)         H. Matthews      Win        536         19.54     110         593 v SL at St Lucia 2018

                (+2)        Danielle Wyatt  Eng         536         18.18     124         537 v SA at Taunton 2018 

 

Bowlers (top 20)

Rank      (+/-)      Player                   Team     Pts          Avge      Eco         Highest Rating

1              ( - )         Megan Schutt    Aus        796         15.45     5.76        804 v Pak at Guyana 2018

2              ( - )         Poonam Yadav  Ind         707         14.41     5.73        735 v Ire at Guyana 2018

3              (+1)        S. Ecclestone      Eng         703!       19.91     6.6          703 v Aus at Antigua 2018

4              (+1)        Ellyse Perry         Aus        700         19.19     5.9          752 v NZ at Nelson 2010

5              (+1)        Anya Shrubsole                Eng         695         13.7        5.53        754 v Win at Dharamsala 2016

6              (-3)         Leigh Kasperek NZ          694         12.93     6.17        715 v Ire at Dublin 2018

7              (+4)        Shabnim Ismail  SA           681         19.1        5.93        701 v Aus at Nagpur 2016

8=           ( - )         D. Kimmince       Aus        666!       18.96     6.53        666 v Eng at Antigua 2018

                (-1)         Amelia Kerr        NZ          666         22.52     5.96        679 v Ind at Wellington 2019

10           (+18)     Radha Yadav      Ind         659*!     18.57     6.62        659 v NZ at Hamilton 2019

11=         (+5)        Lea Tahuhu         NZ          643         20.86     5.9          664 v Pak at Sharjah 2017

                (-1)         Nashra Sandhu Pak         643         19.6        5.38        670 v Win at Karachi 2019

13           (-4)         Nida Dar               Pak         639         17.54     5.1          695 v SA at Doha 2014

14           (+5)        Deepti Sharma  Ind         638!       21.61     6.02        638 v NZ at Hamilton 2019

15=         (-3)         R. Ahmed            Ban        636         19.34     5.37        676 v Win at Guyana 2018

                (-3)         S. Molineux        Aus        636*!     20.06     5.84        636 v Eng at Antigua 2018

17           ( - )         S.Siriwardene    SL            635         19.94     5.53        687 v Eng at Sylhet 2014

18           (-4)         Salma Khatun    Ban        633         18.08     4.88        717 v Ire at Sylhet 2014

19           (+2)        Anam Amin        Pak         621         19.84     5.14        717 v Ban at Delhi 2016

20=         (+4)        Afy Fletcher       Win        620         20.57     5.82        639 v Ban at Guyana 2018

                (+6)        D. van Niekerk  SA           620         20.63     5.46        642 v Eng at Paarl 2016

 

All-rounders (top five)

Rank      (+/-)     Player   Team     Pts          Highest Rating

1              (+1)        Deandra Dottin Win        424!       424 v Pak at Karachi 2019

2              (-1)         Stafanie Taylor  Win        387         519 v SL at Bridgetown 2012

3              (+2)        D. van Niekerk  SA           385         388 v SL at Johannesburg 2019

4              (+1)        Sophie Devine   NZ          378!       378 v Ind at Hamilton 2019

5              (-2)         Ellyse Perry         Aus        369         382 v NZ at Nagpur 2016

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March 27,2020

New Delhi, Mar 27: India skipper Virat Kohli on Friday made a heartfelt appeal to the citizens of the country, asking them to follow social distancing as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus pandemic.
He also went on to say that over the past few days, he has seen some people still taking to the streets, and added that if people still continue to venture out, then they are not being honest with the country.
Kohli released a small video clip on Twitter, making the public appeal and captioned the post as: "Please wake up to the reality and seriousness of the situation and take responsibility. The nation needs our support and honesty"
"Today, I am talking to you as a citizen of the country. Whatever I have seen over the past few days, I have seen people not following the lockdown, it has made me feel that some people are taking the battle against COVID-19 very lightly. I request you all to please follow social distancing, whatever the government is asking you to do, please follow it," Kohli said in the video released on Twitter.
"Think about what can happen to your family members because of your negligence. Our medical experts are fighting this battle day in and day out. If you are still going out to the streets, then I don't think you are being honest to your country," he added.
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January 23,2020

Melbourne, Jan 23: Sania Mirza's return to her first Grand Slam after a two-year break was cut short on Thursday when the former world number one was forced to retire midway through her first round match in women's doubles at the Australian Open due to a calf injury.

India's Mirza, who won six Grand Slam doubles titles, took a break from the game after the China Open in October 2017 and gave birth to her son a year later.

The 33-year-old made a winning return to the WTA Tour at this month's Hobart International with Ukrainian Nadiia Kichenok, picking up her 42nd WTA doubles title and the first since winning the women's doubles in Brisbane in 2017.

Mirza said she strained her calf muscle in her right leg during the Hobart final.

"It just got worse in the match. It was bit of a bad strain, but I had a few days off," she told reporters. "So I obviously had to try to do whatever I could to try to get on the court.

"It felt okay when I went on the court, but it was tough to move right. I just felt like I'm gonna tear it or something pretty bad."

Mirza won her first Grand Slam in mixed doubles at the Australian Open in 2009 and also bagged the women's doubles in 2016.

Mirza always believed there was tennis left in her which inspired her comeback, she told Reuters on Sunday.

She had already pulled out of the Australian Open mixed doubles, where she was to partner compatriot Rohan Bopanna.

Mirza and Kichenok were trailing the Chinese pair of Xinyun Han and Lin Zhu 6-2 1-0 on Thursday when the Indian had to call it quits due to the injury.

"As a tennis player you want to compete, it is the Grand Slam. If it's any other tournament, you would probably take a call and be like 'I don't want to risk it'," she said.

Mirza, who is married to former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik, said she would take two weeks to recover and was hoping to play at next month's Dubai championships.

"When you play a professional sport, injuries are really part of it. And it's something that you have to accept," she said. "Sometimes the timing is really not ideal, it's tough that it happened in a Grand Slam, or just before a Grand Slam."

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January 10,2020

New Delhi, Jan 10: Injured Assam archer Shivangini Gohain underwent a critical surgery at the AIIMS. Dr. Deepak Gupta, professor of Pediatric neurosurgery at AIIMS, revealed about the delicate nature of the procedure and said there was no room for error.

"It was touching vertebral artery which supplies blood to the brain stem. The arrow was 0.5 cm in front of the spinal cord and the child could have become quadriplegic if someone tried to pull it out," Gupta said.

According to doctors, the arrow accidentally went inside the body damaging the shoulder bone, part of the neck, spinal cord and left lung.

Dr Gupta said, "Now the patient is fine. We had planned the surgery in a very unique way. Last whole night, our team was doing the planning and plotting to conduct this complex surgery. About 15 cm part of the arrow was inside the body which has entered through shoulder bone and affected neck, spinal cord and left lung".

"We started the surgery in the morning at 6 am which lasted for three and a half hours. We have successfully removed the arrow. The patient is stable now and shifted to ICU for observation," he added

Shivangini Gohain, the 12-year-old Assam archer who was impaled by an arrow shot accidentally at the SAI centre in Dibrugarh, was training unsupervised and the mishap was a result of negligence by the local coach and officials, the state's archery association has said.

The child was training at the Dakha Devi Rasiwasia College at Chabua, which serves as an extension centre under the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Regional Centre in Guwahati when the incident took place on Wednesday.

She was airlifted to Delhi on Thursday night and admitted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre. Pulin Das, a joint secretary of Assam Archery Association and executive member of the state Olympic association said the injury to the school girl from the Deodhai village, which is 3km from Chabua, happened as the trainees were practising without any coach and other officials.

“There is a SAI contractual coach Marcy and he has left for the Khelo India Games in Guwahati. He didn't instruct the trainees to stop the camp for some time nor did the college principal, who acted as administrator of the extension centre, looked after the practice,” Das said on Friday.

The extension centre has 11 trainees, six boys and five girls, and they were training under SAI contractual coach A C Marcy from Nagaland, who is in Guwahati for the Khelo India Youth Games.

“The training ground itself is in very bad shape, it was not even a dedicated ground for archery training, some play football, cricket and other sports on that ground. But the worst part is that the SAI coach did not give instructions to stop the camp for a while and the archers were training without any supervision,” he added Das said Gohain was struck by an arrow shot by boys doing practice for compound event. The arrow remained stuck for more more than a day before she was airlifted to New Delhi on Thursday night.

“There was nobody to look after the archers, they were training on their own though their parents were outside the ground. An arrow shot by a boy trainee who was doing compound event practice hit her on the shoulder,” the official said.

Gohain's father Brinchi Gohain was outside the practice area and with no official of the college and SAI coming for help, she was taken to Assam Medical College in Dibrugarh, 33km from Chabua.

“She could reach the AMC in Dribugarh only on Thursday morning. There, the doctors told her parents to take her to a more reputed hospital like AIIMS in Delhi. With help from people close to the local Member of Parliament and Assam CM himself, she was taken by air ambulance to Delhi.

“I was told that she had a very tough time as the arrow remained stuck for more than a day. She is a strong-willed girl and she fought. Her father must be a daily wage labourer and he was distraught also.”

The SAI said that it will bear all the expenses of her treatment. The Assam Archery Association has contributed Rs 20,000 towards her treatment.

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