In PKL history, Jaipur Pink Panthers and Puneri Paltan have played each other 23 times. The Jaipur Pink Panthers lead the head to head record, winning 12 times while the Puneri Paltan have returned with a victory on 9 occasions. 2 matches ended in a tie. The previous contest between Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Puneri … Read more
Balanced aggression and unmatched precision. These are the most glaring characteristics of teenage table tennis sensation Ankur Bhattacharjee. It was these two attributes that stood out in Ankur’s demolition job of Lilian Bardet at the fifth season of Ultimate Table Tennis on Friday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. Puneri Paltan was up … Read more
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has backed the statement of outgoing India head coach Ravi Shastri that playing regularly in bio-bubbles has not been easy for the players. Ahead of India’s final T20 World Cup against Namibia, Shastri had said that his players were mentally and physically exhausted after six months of bubble life and a … Read more
PKL season 11: Follow the highlights and commentary from the Pro Kabaddi League 2024 Noida leg fixtures.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai bore a sorry look yet again on Saturday with the Ultimate Table Tennis finding it increasingly onerous to scour for takers for the empty seats strewn across the main hall. You know the struggle is real when even the sound of cool air gushing in from centralised vents … Read more
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson believes England will be a formidable opponent even without Tymal Mills and Jason Roy in Wednesday’s semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup in Abu Dhabi. Paceman Mills has been ruled out of the tournament with a thigh strain, while opener Roy has been thrown out of action by a calf … Read more
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson believes England will be a formidable opponent even without Tymal Mills and Jason Roy in Wednesday’s semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup in Abu Dhabi. Paceman Mills has been ruled out of the tournament with a thigh strain, while opener Roy has been thrown out of action by a calf … Read more
Two indigenous, extremely physical contact sports that rely on brute strength and speed — and yet they are worlds apart, literally. Kabaddi and Aussie rules football enthral fans similarly but have some stark differences. The former, popular in India, is played on a small rectangular mat (13m x 10m dimensions) and the players’ bodies are … Read more
The probability of a tournament’s defending champion succumbing to a crushing defeat against a newly introduced team is quite low. Ultimate Table Tennis witnessed one such episode as Ahmedabad SG Pipers steamrollered Goa Challengers 10-5 on Saturday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. However, the Pipers’ foray into the tournament was a rocky affair. The … Read more
Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Tuesday backed struggling batter Fakhar Zaman and pacer Hasan Ali to come good in the knock out stage of the ongoing T20 World Cup, saying they are big match players. In a virtual media interaction, Babar said he expects both Fakhar and Hasan to return to form in the semifinal … Read more