Daily Sports Catch Up: 16-11-15

Badminton

Saina Nehwal went down to Li Xuerei 21-12, 21-15 in the China Open final. Saina briefly dominated the 2 game till 12-7, but Xuerui took 15 of the next 18 points to wrap up the game, match and title. 3 loss in four major finals for Saina this year!

Also, Siril Varma settled for silver at World Junior Champs losing 21-17, 10-21 & 7-21 to Lu Chia Hung. 3rd Indian, after Saina and Aparna Popat, to make it to World Juniors Finals.

#LetsFootball

26 seconds! The time Chris Dagnall and Kerala Blasters took to open the scoring and seal the fate of their match against North East, final score 4–1. Dagnall’s opener was also the fastest ever scored in ISL, 2 seconds faster than Mohammad Rafi’s (of Kerala again) goal earlier this season.

Credit must go to Blasters manager, Terry Phelan, who rested Rafi, Kerala’s leading scorer, and brought in Cavin Lobo. Lobo vindicated the decision with an assist and a goal to bag the Man of the Match award!

Cricket

IndvsSA: Drizzle. Super Sopper. Heavy Rain. Lunch. Drizzle. Rain. Day abandoned. End of match report.

In a quick response, BCCI tweeted to announce refunds to all the spectators. Kudos!

All-stars cricket: Sachin’s blasters finally showed their batting prowess to post 219, they were 130 at the 10 over mark! However, a Kallis/Sanga inspired run-chase helped Warne’s Warriors win the game and take the series 3-0.

Play of the day: Sehwag hums a tune and launches Pollock for a six!

Hockey: Asia Juniors Cup

In a nerve wracking game, India managed to hold on to win 5-4 against hosts Malaysia. Harmanpreet and Mandeep starred scoring a brace each. India play China next on Tuesday.

Tennis

Bopanna-Mergea won 6-4, 6-3 against top seeded Bryan brothers in their opening match of the ATP tour finals in London. Great win! They play next on Tuesday.

P.S: Only the Rain Gods could have pushed out cricket to the 3 position on a sports newsletter in India!

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