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Canada Open badminton: Srikanth Kidambi misses golden chance to end title drought, loses rollercoaster semifinal in three games
Srikanth Kidambi's semifinal at the Canada Open Super 300 in Ontario presented a golden opportunity to end the BWF World Tour title drought. With Kodai Naraoka losing the other semifinal, it was a big chance for Srikanth to go all the way… but, in the here and now, Kenta Nishimoto wasn't going to be easy to overcome. He is not the kind of player Srikanth – at least the more recent version – likes facing. The Indian led the Head-to-Head coming into the contest but hadn't faced Nishimoto, world No 12, since 2023. As it turned out, Srikanth lost a topsy-turvy contest 21-19, 14-21, 18-21 in 78 minutes, a match that he both controlled and struggled to control in various phases. A 24-shot rally in the early stages was an indication of the challenge that Srikanth would face against Nishimoto but also a good sign for the Indian as he was willing to stay in the point patiently. Both players struggled with their radar in the first half of the opening game, especially on the crosscourt shots. Srikanth did have success with a couple of half-smashes across the court and levelled things at 10-10 with one of those. Earlier in the tournament, he had Priyanshu Rajawat on coaching duties, a day after taking on and defeating the youngster who he trains with in Hyderabad. On Saturday, it was Sankar Subramanian – who had stretched Nishimoto in the quarterfinal a day before – on coaching duties for Srikanth, who trailed 10-11 at the mid-game interval of the opener. The Indian moved ahead into the lead after the interval but there was very little to separate them till 15-15. The rally at 15-15 saw Srikanth win the point with the rush and kill at the net that he employed to great effect at Malaysia Masters until his run to the final. He kept his nose ahead from there and Nishimoto was left standing with his hands on hips as Srikanth took the opening game with a little bit of help from the net cord. Top of the tape, the shuttle fell on the other side. 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Nishimoto needed just one game point to take the match into a decider as Srikanth's indecision in the backcourt – not for the first time in this sequence of points – cost him. Srikanth started the third game like he was hungover from the ending of the second, making bizarre mistakes on the sidelines and sliding to a 1-6 deficit. He started to pump himself up with the few points that he won, perhaps trying to will himself back into the match that he appeared to be in control of not that long ago. An inside-out crosscourt winner from Srikanth for 4-7 floored Nishimoto, who does tend to go down on the court needlessly at times to force a mopping break. He did it again at 6-8 as Srikanth's backhand clear appeared to wrong-foot him. 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But in the blink of an eye, Nishimoto had two match points as Srikanth's attempt hold-and-flick proved to be the wrong choice at the end of an otherwise good rally. And eventually, the match ended with an unforced error from Srikanth. It is how he has always played – pushing the lines, always tending towards the more attacking option, but he'd be ruing those errors at the start and end of Game 3. Vinayakk Mohanarangan is Senior Assistant Editor and is based in New Delhi. ... Read More
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Morkel lauds Siraj and Akash for shining in Bumrah's absence at Edgbaston: 'It is a pleasing sign'
Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep shared all 10 wickets between themselves to help India bowl England out for 407 and collect a huge first innings lead and were also among the wickets on Day 4 of the Edgbaston Test, restricting the Ben Stokes-led hosts to 72/3 in their chase of an improbable 608-run target. read more India's Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep have accounted for all 13 English wickets that have fallen so far in the second Test at Edgbaston. Reuters Morne Morkel heaped praise on the Indian bowlers, including and especially Mohammed Siraj, for standing tall against England in Jasprit Bumrah's absence and helping India collect a massive first innings lead. Siraj collected 6/70 in the first innings and received good support from pace colleague Akash Deep, who collected the remaining four wickets for 88 runs, as the Shubman Gill-led visitors bowled England out for 407 after posting a mammoth 587 on the board. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Siraj and Akash had reduced England to 84/5 at one stage and triggered another English collapse with the second new ball after a mammoth sixth-wicket partnership between Harry Brook (158) and Jamie Smith (184 not out) worth 303 runs had England staring at the prospect of cancelling out India's first innings total for the second game in a row. And on Day 4 of the second Test at Edgbaston, Akash – brought in as a replacement after Jasprit Bumrah was rested due to workload management – struck twice after Siraj drew first blood to reduce the Ben Stokes-led side to 72/3 at close of play in their chase of a improbable 608-run target. 'Very happy so far (with the performance of pacers). We had some good discussions after the last game. It is a pleasing sign (show in Bumrah's absence). Akash Deep is an attacking bowler, asking questions on the stumps. 'The England conditions suit him. He is running in at high pace and that is a good sign. The more confidence you give him the better he gets,' India bowling coach Morkel said during the press conference after close of play. 'Siraj he is a guy that I have lot of respect for' Morkel, who was part of an iconic South African pacer attack alongside Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander and all-rounder Jacques Kallis under Graeme Smith's leadership, further described Siraj as someone who wore his heart on his sleeve and did the 'dirty work for the team' more often than not. 'Siraj he is a guy that I have lot of respect for. He pushes his body to the limit. He can try too hard at times and that can make you inconsistent. But he really puts his heart on his sleeve. He does the dirty job for the team and that doesn't reflect in the wickets column at times,' Morkel added. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The 40-year-old also heaped praise on captain Shubman Gill, who continued rewriting records by smashing 161 at nearly run-a-ball after his majestic 269 in the first innings. And given the current match situation, he expects an 'exciting day of cricket' on Sunday. 'We are not really worried. If you score 500 plus you deserve to win. Wanted to get an hour of bowling today with day five round the corner 'It is going to be an exciting day of cricket. England have got success playing that style of cricket. If they are happy to take it on (so be it). 'Very happy for Shubman. As captain on a big tour, coming to England, he has handled the expectations very well so far,' Morkel added.
Indian Express
22 minutes ago
- Indian Express
IND vs ENG: After captaincy and runs, Shubman Gill gets aura, Virat Kohli calls him ‘star boy'
No batsman has scored a double hundred and a 150-plus score in the same Test match in the game's 150-year-long history. Shubman Gill did that at Edgbaston. He did one better than the Aussie great Alan Border who had two 150s. No Indian batsman had scored 430 runs in a single Test. Gill went past Sunil Gavaskar's run tally of 344 against West Indies in that storied Port of Spain Test in 1971. On Saturday, cricketing history and folktales were being re-written by Shubman's bat. So far in the series he had runs and the captaincy band, now he had an aura too. India's retired batting megastar Virat Kohli put out an Instagram post while Shubman was on field plotting and planning England's fourth innings collapse. 'Well played star boy. Rewriting history. Onwards and upwards from here. You deserve all of this.' By stumps on Day 4, aided by Shubman's run spree, England, chasing 608 to win, were 72 for 3. It seems just a matter of a day that the Indian captain's epic knocks get recorded in history as match-winning innings. Virat's 'star boy' was getting praise from the locals too. Former England captain Nasser Hussain said: 'A hundred in the first Test, a double hundred and a hundred in the second. The Indian captain is in the form of his life. Gill has been chanceless and elegant in both innings.' After the Indian captain was finally out, adding 161 to his 269 in the first innings, two young England cricketers, wicket-keeper Jamie Smith and frontline batsman Harry Brook, made it a point to acknowledge the batting greatness amidst them. Both in the 20s, they are Shubman's contemporaries and had scored blazing hundreds in the Test themselves. Smith took his gloves off, waited for Gill to pass him and gave him a warm handshake. So did Brook, who ran across from the field and touched the peak of his England cap while extending his arm. India had designated Shubman as the heir apparent long back — now the world was doing it. 𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠-𝙩𝙤-𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 🤩#ShubmanGill leads#TeamIndia brilliantly as captain, smashing another century in the 2nd innings, pure class in a high-stake battle! 🎯 Is another double ton loading from Gill? 🤔#ENGvIND 👉 2nd TEST, Day 4 | LIVE NOW on… — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) July 5, 2025 By single-handedly putting his team in winning position after the close defeat in the first Test, the new skipper had secured his position as leader in the dressing room. At Edgbaston, courtesy his two knocks that had gravitas of a Test match batting and chutzpah of T20 cricket, he had got the respect of his rivals and new fans abroad. Till the last Test, which India lost, the broadcaster would keep playing reruns of Kohli's innings after the game. During this Test, those old tapes have been moved to the archives since they have found a star capable of keeping the television set switched on even after the match hours. Shubman has the range of strokes to keep the connoisseur of the game, the Test match watchers, and even the casual watchers, there to fours and sixes, glued to their seats. 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 🥶#ShubmanGill delivers a captain's classic, cracking a fluent 150 and steering India with flair against England! 🤩#ENGvIND 👉 2nd TEST, Day 4 | LIVE NOW on JioHotstar ➡ — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) July 5, 2025 There was one stroke in the morning session that had even had the notoriously partisan Hollies stand letting out 'ohs' and 'ahs' and applauding. It was a full ball by Josh Tongue, the tall English speedster. Shubman knelt, like they do while proposing, and let his bat come down as smoothly as a waterfall and timed the ball perfectly. The ball crossed the cover boundary, but Shubman still retained his pose, giving enough time for the photographers to get that perfect frame. In the day's final session, he was again kneeling on left leg and hitting the spinners for sixes on the leg-side. Shoaib Bashir, the wily young off-spinner who foxed Rishabh Pant on Thursday, tempted the Indian captain by floating the ball. Confident about his batting, Shubman swung his bat and hit against the spin to send the ball in the stands. He hit 13 fours and 8 sixes in all. Unlike the previous Indian batting greats — Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli – Shubman caters to all tastes. Watching him is like being on a roller-coaster – Test one session, T20 the next. Shubman at Edgbaston was growing in stature on the field and in the dressing room on this tour. Coach Gautam Gambhir and selection committee chief Ajit Agarkar have empowered him to take the tough selection calls. In the second Test, every cricket pundit wanted him to play the wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav, but he went with all-rounder Washington Sundar. The ploy seems to have worked. Whatever Shubman touches these days turns gold. 𝘼 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙎𝙝𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙂𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚! 🔥 The Indian skipper shatters records with unmatchable skill and elegance! 🤩#ENGvIND 👉 2nd TEST, Day 4 | LIVE NOW on JioHotstar ➡ — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) July 5, 2025 But how has Shubman hit this purple patch after becoming the captain? Before this series his highest score in a Test was 128; here in England his four innings have scores 147, 269 and 161. The 25-year-old has said that before this series, he had been trying too hard to score runs but here on these scenic England grounds he has exhaled. 'A lot of people say that when you focus too much, you sometimes miss your peak time. So, in this series, I tried to go back to my basics. I tried to bat like I used to in my childhood,' he said after his double hundred here. By turning the clock back, Shubman has become the future of Indian cricket. The boy-to-man journey has happened by rekindling a boy's love for batting.
