Lovlina’s win on Wednesday came after three of her teammates — Amit Panghal (51 kg), Jaismine Lamboriya (57 kg) and Preeti Pawar (54 kg) — crashed out of the Paris Olympics, after losing their respective bouts.
The 22-year-old Manu has redeemed herself from the sourness of 2021 with two medals from the ongoing edition in Paris, as she turns her focus on her third event — the women’s 25m Pistol event.
The 25-year-old Arjun’s narrow miss in Paris has added another chapter to India’s history with fourth-place finishes at the Olympic Games.
Seven-time champions India lived up to their billing in the ongoing women’s Asia Cup by reaching a ninth-straight final where they will take on hosts Sri Lanka on Sunday.
Young batting gun and vice-captain in the white-ball formats, Shubman Gill will look to make the most of the opportunity to cement his place and others like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh and even Riyan Parag will look to do the same.
“The BCCI will continue to monitor player availability and participation in the upcoming domestic cricket season, 2024-25,” the release stated.
Suryakumar Yadav, who was among the top aspirants along with Hardik for the T20I captaincy, has been preferred to succeed Rohit, who announced his retirement after the T20I World Cup.
The Indian team has been a dominant force in the competition that initially started two decades back with India and Sri Lanka as the only participants before gradually expanding to an eight-team affair in the current version.
“Three years after Tokyo was a roller-coaster ride for me. I have seen tough times but I wanted to come back stronger. The experiences of Tokyo will surely be helpful (in Paris),” Moudgil said in a virtual media interaction.
Thus the first name that could be a possible frontrunner for the post is Suryakumar Yadav, a regular in the side. He captained a second-string India squad to a 4-1 series win over Australia last November, followed by a 1-1 series scoreline in South Africa.
