Harsh Dubey was given a chance ahead of the more seasoned Kuldeep Yadav, and he returned with three wickets from five wickets, conceding 47 runs.

The Indian squads for three equestrian disciplines were announced in New Delhi on Tuesday by the ad-hot committee for the governance of the Equestrian Federation of India, ahead of the Asian Games.

For the past six years, the various selection committees of Uttar Pradesh never found him good enough to add to his five Ranji Trophy caps.

Richa Ghosh's 17-ball 34 was pivotal in taking India to a competitive 170, and to a thumping 64-run win over Pakistan last Sunday at Birmingham.

Stung by two consecutive defeats in a tournament they were expected to dominate, an India A side filled with IPL specialists, will look to get their act together and return to winning ways.

Olympian C A Bhavani Devi was on Tuesday named in India's 24-member squad for the Senior Asian Fencing Championship, to be held in New Delhi from June 19-24.

India's Rounak Chouhan secured a place in the men's singles main draw of the Macau Open Super 300 badminton tournament after his opponent, Myanmar's Hein Htut, retired in a qualification match in Macau on Tuesday.

Born in Auckland to Punjabi parents, the 27-year-old Sarpreet made his World Cup debut in the politically-charged match and had a few attempts at the Iranian goal.

India will aim to put an improved performance with the bat when they face Netherlands in their second group game of the Women's T20 World Cup in Leeds on Wednesday.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (21 off 14) once again got out after a flying start but spin bowling all-rounders Suryansh Shedge 72 off 66 and Vipraj Nigam (51 off 49) hit timely fifties to take the visitors to 265

India's top-ranked singles players Sumit Nagal and Sahaja Yamalapalli will spearhead the country's tennis campaign at the 20th Asian Games in Japan.

Shreyanka Patil has revealed that she struggled with depression and even considered quitting cricket during a challenging injury layoff that kept her out of action for more than a year.

Fit-again Indian javelin throw superstar Neeraj Chopra will return to competitive action at the Doha Diamond League on June 19.

Two years ago, Dhiraj Bommadevara walked away from Paris heartbroken after narrowly missing what would have been India's first Olympic archery medal.

Veteran midfielder Manpreet Singh equalled former skipper Dilip Tirkey's record of 412 international appearances for India but the team lost 2-3 to the Netherlands in the FIH Men's Pro League game in Rotterdam on Sunday.

Just hours after winning the recurve mixed team title with Kumkum Mohod, Dhiraj Bommadevara completed a memorable golden double in Antalya to clinch his maiden individual Archery World Cup gold.

Maintaining the unwritten policy of the BCCI, the Indian women's cricket team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur did not shake hands with her Pakistan counterpart Fatima Sana at the toss.

Gurnoor Brar picked up three wickets on his India debut in the first ODI against Afghanistan on Saturday.

Displaying maturity beyond her age, the 17-year-old Kumkum Mohod said she focused on the process rather than the opposition.

India may still have two ODIs remaining against Afghanistan, but conversations about the future are never far away when it comes to Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.