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Sep 29, 2024 | 
espn.co.uk | Daya Sagar |Shamya Dasgupta |Vishal Dikshit
Jemimah Rodrigues, one of India's most-wanted women cricketers on the franchise circuit, spoke to ESPNcricinfo at a QUA brand shoot in Delhi recently about adaptability, similarities with Virat Kohli, the big World Cup dream, and more. On settling down in her new batting position at No. 5 I think for me the important thing is what the team needs from me and how I can contribute, be it batting at No. 3, opening, or lower down the order.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
espn.co.uk | Daya Sagar |Shamya Dasgupta |Shashank Kishore
There are the star batters. And then there are the spinners. The main sources of strength, and hope, for India at the T20 World Cup in the UAE next month.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Shamya Dasgupta
It was 1972 or 1973. Kumkum Banerjee was part of a group of five well-connected society ladies with an interest in sport who were tasked with finding young players to put together a Bengal women's cricket team for the launch of the three-day national women's first class championship. "But there were no players," Banerjee says with a laugh, 50 years on. "There was no structure. Some clubs let women play, some girls played in their neighbourhoods with the boys, but it wasn't serious.
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
espn.in | Anish Anand |Shamya Dasgupta
An unbeaten run to win a trophy has been rare for the Indian women's hockey team. But they did exactly that at the recently concluded Asian Champions Trophy in Ranchi. India won all their seven matches with senior players like Savita Punia and Vandana Katariya coming good in crunch situations while youngsters like Sangita Kumari and Baljeet Kaur proved their mettle in international hockey.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
espn.in | Anish Anand |Shamya Dasgupta
Over the course of the last 10 days, the Indian women's hockey team have been at their best in multiple aspects - scoring lots of goals, conceding very few, grinding out results when they had to and eventually lifting the Women's Asian Champions Trophy in Ranchi for the second time after beating Japan 4-0 in the final.
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Nov 4, 2023 | 
espn.in | Aaditya Narayan |Anish Anand |Shamya Dasgupta
India take on South Korea in the semifinal of the Jharkhand Women's Asian Champions Trophy on Saturday. Janneke Schopman's side have been on an excellent run at this tournament, having won all their five games in the league stage to top the table. In fact, India played their last game of the league phase against their semifinal opponents, and ran out comfortable 5-0 winners.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
espn.in | Anish Anand |Aaditya Narayan |Shamya Dasgupta
Five matches, five wins, 21 goals scored, three conceded and a top-of-the-table finish. The India women's hockey team has made it to the semifinal of the Jharkhand Women's Asian Champions Trophy in Ranchi with a perfect record. They scored seven past Thailand (7-1), five each against Malaysia (5-0) and South Korea (5-0) and secured close wins (2-1) over China and Japan.
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
espn.in | Anish Anand |Aaditya Narayan |Shamya Dasgupta
In their first assignment since winning the bronze medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Indian women's hockey team is all set to feature in the Asian Champions Trophy, which will take place at Ranchi's Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh AstroTurf Hockey Stadium. India will play the same teams that they encountered at the Asiad - China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. Japan are the defending champions with India winning their last title back in 2016.
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
espn.co.uk | Shamya Dasgupta |Anil Kumble
"Oh, Bishan Bedi died!"He was a good man, wasn't he?"Cricket's not my wife's thing, but she knows a bit about "Bishan ji". She and I don't talk cricket and cricketers usually. But Bishan ji wasn't just a cricketer. Yes, of course he was a giant of the sport, but he was much more. So after each phone call with him, I would give her a bit of a lowdown - the conversations were usually that interesting. Was he a good man? Where to begin? Editor's Picks'Bishan paaji showed a mirror.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
espn.in | Shamya Dasgupta |Zenia D'Cunha
Indian shooters will again look to impress by winning more medals at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Wednesday. There will be men's and women's team and individual events finals in the 50-skeet event. The likes of Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik and Sift Kaur Sarma will be in action in women's 50m rifle 3 positions event, which will include individual and team final.
