Top 10 Sports News: India leads Oval Test, 4 gold medals at Tokyo Paralympics

By the third day of the fourth Test of the series against England, India had scored 270 for three. Star opener Rohit Sharma (127) scored a great century and Cheteshwar Pujara (61) supported him a lot. The third day’s play, however, ended early due to bad lighting. India now have a 171-run lead. At the stamp, captain Virat Kohli was playing 22 and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja 9 runs.

Rohit Sharma scored a century in the fourth Test of the series against England. This is the 8th century of his Test career and the first century on foreign soil. In England, Rohit has scored centuries in total, which is equal to the legendary Vivian Richards. Now Rohit is just behind Don Bradman who has scored 11 centuries in England. Rohit Sharma became the first foreign cricketer in the world to score a century in three formats in England. Although Rohit Sharma has scored his first century in Test format on English soil, he has scored centuries in England on British soil. He also scored a century against England in T20.

Indian shuttler Promod Bhagat won a gold medal in the badminton singles SL-3 in a historic performance at the Tokyo Paralympics. Thus India won the fourth gold medal in these games. Od year old Bhagat, a resident of Orissa, won the country’s first gold medal in badminton at the Paralympic Games. He became the first Indian shuttler to win gold at the Olympics. Manoj Sarkar won bronze by bringing 17 medals to India in the Tokyo Paralympics.

India’s Manish Narwal has made history by winning a gold medal in the mixed 50m pistol SH1 shooting event at the Tokyo Paralympics. At the same time, 39-year-old Singraj Singh Adana received the silver medal. The 19-year-old Narwal set a Paralympic record by scoring 218.2. At the same time, Adana won the silver medal with 216.7 points. Both are residents of Faridabad, Haryana. Sergei Malishev of the Russian Olympic Committee won the bronze medal with a score of 196.8.

Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has written and tweeted about the plight of Test cricket in a blog. In it, he expressed great concern about the future of Test cricket. “It’s very painful for me to tweet but I believe Test cricket is slowly coming to an end,” Peterson wrote. By 20226, that is, after the next 5 years, there will be only a few Test playing nations left. It will include England, India, Australia and possibly South Africa and Pakistan. Where 12 countries are currently playing Tests.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the phone with the medal winners of the Tokyo Paralympics and congratulated them. Prime Minister Modi congratulated everyone on social media and praised their performance. Prime Minister Modi further said that moments of pride are coming in the current Paralympic Games. Prime Minister Modi called Manish Narwal and congratulated Adana. Both the players praised the Prime Minister for his continued encouragement to the para-athletes and thanked them for their support. He telephoned Promod Bhagat and Manoj Sarkar to congratulate the Paralympics for winning the historic medal. He is happy that Indian athletes are excelling in various sports and their confidence is remarkable.

Virat Kohli, one of the best batsmen in the world, is also famous for his attacking style. Sourav Ganguly, one of the most successful captains of the Indian cricket team, also spoke of Virat’s aggressive attitude. Ganguly said it was not right to challenge him and that he could go as far as Oxford Street without a shirt. Ganguly said this in an episode of TV show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ (KBC 13). Ganguly took off his jersey after winning the NatWest Series final against England in 2002. Veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan also recalled what happened to Kaun Banega Crorepati, when Ganguly and Virender Sehwag were guests in front of him.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has honored weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. This time, he said, Chanu should not be satisfied with the silver medal and should aim to win the gold medal next time. After winning the Olympic medal, Mirabai Chanu was appointed Additional Superintendent of Police of Manipur. He was honored on the occasion of the 51st Raising Day of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR & D). Shah honored the 27-year-old player with a shawl and a memento.

India’s star tennis player Sania Mirza and her American partner Rajiv Ram have been eliminated from the US Open in the first round of the mixed doubles. The Indo-US pair lost in the first round to Diana Yastremska of Ukraine and Max Purcell of Australia. Unmatched Mirza and Ram lost -6–6, -3-, -10-10 in a match lasting 1 minute. With this, Sania’s campaign in the last Grand Slam of the season came to an end. She has already lost in the first round of the women’s doubles to Coco Vandevage of the United States.

A video of Yuzbendra Chahal and his wife Dhanshree Verma preparing for the second season of IPL-2021 is going viral on social media, which has caused fans to shake hands. Some fans even suggested Chahal to focus on his bowling for the T20 World Cup. Indian bowler Chahal shared a video on Instagram on Saturday showing Dhanshree wearing potatoes. Seeing the paratha, Chahal asks if there are any potatoes in it. After his question, Dhanashree stopped talking by questioning him. Dhanshree asked Chahal if Benares could be seen in Kashmiri Kashmiri Pulao or Benarsi sarees.