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India vs China Asian Champions Trophy 2023 Hockey: Harmanpreet, Varun grab braces to gift IND 7-2 win vs CHN
India sealed a one-sided 7-2 win against China in their Asian Champions Trophy 2023 opener, at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Thursday. India took a early 2-0 lead in the first quarter after a quick brace from captain Harmanpreet Singh, who converted back-to-back penalty corners. Meanwhile, Sukhjeet made it 3-0 to end the first quarter. Akashdeep scored early in the second quarter to make it 4-0, but Wenhui took advantage of a defensive lapse as China staged a comeback to make it 1-4. But Varun had other plans and converted a penalty corner to make it 5-1 for India. China found another goal through Jiesheng Gao to make it 5-2 in the second quarter. Varun scored once again in the end of the second quarter to make it 6-2 for the home side. In the third quarter, Mandeep deflected a dragflick and India took a 7-2 lead. India had few more chances in the final quarter but some good saves by China’s goalkeeper saw the match end with a 7-2 scoreline.
1. INDIA VS WEST INDIES : first T20 cricket match at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba.
West Indies vs India, 1st T20I
West Indies won by 4 runs
WI – 149/6 (20)
IND – 145/9 (20)
CRR: 7.25
Player of the Match
Jason Holder
Highlights: Powered by Nicholas Pooran (41) and Rovman Powell (48), the West Indies posted 149/6 against India in the first T20I.
2. In 7th Men’s Hockey Asian Champions Trophy, South Korea defeated Japan 2-1 while Malaysia beat Pakistan 3-1 in Chennai on the opening day of the tournament.
3. Top Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, and PV Sindhu eased into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Badminton 2023 in Sydney.
4. Asia’s oldest football tournament Durand Cup will began yesterday, August 3. A total of 43 matches will be played across four venues in Assam and West Bengal, which include Guwahati, Kokrajhar and Kolkata.
5. A controversy erupted after a video went viral showing 20-year-old Somali sprinter Nasra Abukar taking 21.81 seconds to complete 100-metre race at World University Games. She took almost twice as long to finish as the winner.
Somali Sports Minister Mohamed Bare Mohamud suspended Somali Athletics Federation Chairwomen Khadijo Dahir for “abuse of power, nepotism, and defaming name of the nation”.
6. India’s 17-year-old Grandmaster Gukesh D has become India’s number one chess player. He has overtaken Viswanathan Anand. Gukesh’s current live rating in Classic chess is 2755.9, while Anand’s is 2754.0. This comes after Gukesh D qualified for the third round of FIDE World Cup by defeating Azerbaijani Grandmaster Misratdin Iskandarov.
7. Tamim Iqbal has stepped down as Bangladesh’s ODI captain after being ruled out of the Asia Cup with a back injury.
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