SMRITI FIRST INDIAN IN ENGLISH WOMEN’S T20

LONDON : Smriti Mandhana will become the first Indian to feature in the Women’s Cricket Super League in England after signing up with defending champions Western Storm for the 2018 season. Mandhana has been India’s most consistent performer with the bat post World Cup 2017, aggregating 402 runs in 12 T20I innings, that included four half-centuries and a career-best 40-ball 76 against England. Srinath, Ravi retained in ICC elite panel of match officials DUBAI: Javagal Srinath was the lone Indian to feature in the match referees’ list, while Sundaram Ravi continued to be the country’s representative among the top umpires as the ICC announced an unchanged list of elite match officials.

Anil strikes gold as

Narang misses out

NEW DELHI: After topping the charts in the qualification round, London Olympics bronze medalist Gagan Narang missed out on a medal in the 10M Air Rifle category as Madhya Pradesh’s Anil Kumar annexed the gold on day two of the 18th KSS Memorial Shooting Championship here. Kazakh WGM Guliskhan takes lead

MUMBAI: Kazakhstan’s WGM Guliskhan Nakhbayeva (ELO 2323) registered her third consecutive win to grab the sole lead with three points at the SBI LIFE-AICF Women Grandmaster Chess Championship. Guliskhan, who had defeated WIM Vantika Agrawal (IND 2279) in the second round, maintained the winning momentum by scoring an easy win against Indian WIM Aakanksha Hagawane in round three. India women’s team draw second match on Spain tour MADRID: India women’s team played a 1-1 draw against hosts spain in their second game of the five match series at the Consejo Superior de Deportes Hockey Stadium. It was a match of two halves as hosts Spain dominated in the first two quarters but the Indian team made a comeback in the latter two quarters.