1. Pujara, Rahane Notch 50s as India End Day One of 2nd Test at 239/7
India's vaunted batting line-up failed to recover from the early blows dealt by New Zealand's concerted bowling effort and wobbled to 239 for 7 on the opening day of the second Test at Kolkata on Friday.
Barring Cheteshwar Pujara (87) and Ajinkya Rahane (77), none of the batsmen came good after skipper Virat Kohli opted to bat on the relaid pitch of the historic Eden Gardens stadium, hosting India's 250th home Test.
Wriddhiman Saha and Ravindra Jadeja will resume batting on day two of the test against New Zealand.
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2. The Quint Caught Up With MS Dhoni’s First Coach
The Quint caught up with India’s limited-overs captain MS Dhoni’s first cricket coach Keshav Banerjee at his school – Jawahar Vidya Mandir in Ranchi. Banerjee was all praises about the Indian skipper. He said stardom hadn’t changed Dhoni, and he was still very down to earth.
3. Hockey: India Lift U-18 Asia Cup, Beat Bangladesh 5-4 in Final
A goal in the last twenty seconds sealed the win for India in the under-18 Asia Cup finals against Bangladesh at Dhaka. The men in blue won the close encounter 5-4 and lifted the trophy.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the ‘bright future of Indian hockey’ on their win.
India lifted the trophy for the second times after 2001 and Indian vice-captain Hardik Singh was named Man of the Match.
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4. BCCI’s Special General Meeting Held to Consider Lodha Reforms Adjourned Till Saturday
The under-fire BCCI, on Friday adjourned its crucial Special General Meeting until Saturday, officially missing their 30 September deadline to implement the Lodha panel recommendations. The meeting was called to consider the sweeping reforms suggested by the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee, on technical grounds.
It is learnt that the reason for adjournment of the SGM was that some of the BCCI's member units had not come to the meeting with letter of authorisation.
They have been told to get a proper letter of authorisation from their respective units.A source
The road ahead for the BCCI was expected to be charted out at the SGM after the Supreme Court warned the cricket board on Wednesday to either fall in line or face the music if it fails to implement the reforms suggested by the Lodha panel.
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5. Sania-Strycova Reach Wuhan Open Finals
Sania Mirza earned herself a shot at another WTA title by reaching the finals of the WTA Wuhan Open with Czech partner Barbora Strycova in Wuhan on Friday.
The third seeds beat second seed Taipei team of Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan 6-4 3-6 10-7 in the semifinals of the USD 2,589,000 tournament.
Sania and Strycova will play the finals against Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova on Saturday.
(Source: PTI)
6. Abhinav Bindra Submits NRAI Review Panel Report, Recommends It Be Made Public
Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, heading the five-member review committee to probe the shooters' Rio Games debacle, has submitted its report to the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) and recommended the apex body to "make it public in toto".
The air rifle ace, who had recused himself from questioning the shooters as he was himself a part of the team, said "I handed over the report of the NRAI review committee" to president Raninder Singh.
While the panel wants the observations to be made public, one of the conditions laid out by NRAI while forming the panel was that it would remain confidential.
(Source: PTI)
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