India National Thread

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Malaysia Open Badminton

 

Ajay Jayaram came back from loosing the first set to beat 4th seeded Viktor Axelsen 9-21 21-14 21-19 to reach quarter final

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FIFA ranking

 

India climbed to 101Among Asia it is 11

 

The Indian National football team has done it. After 18 years, India has accomplished it's highest ever position, after climbing to 101st place in the recently published FIFA Rankings of March, 2017.

The Blue Tigers have accumulated a total of 331 points. The last month's total saw them net just 233 points. The team from the subcontinent has risen 31 places on the ladder, second only to the Republic of Macedonia.

The near historic rise in rankings has seen the team leapfrog the Democratic Peoples Republic (DPR) of Korea, Thailand, Latvia, Jordan and Iraq to name a few. In fact, India is tied on points with Estonia, Lithuania and Nicaragua.

Edited April 6, 2017 by Prakash

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Davis Cup Group 1 - Asia/Oceania

• Leander Paes has been dropped
• Rohan Bopanna will partner Sriram Balaji in the clash against Farrukh Dustov and Sanjar Fayziev in Doubles
• Ramkumar Ramanathan will face Temur Ismailov in the first singles rubber
• Prajnesh Gunneswaran will take on Fayziev in the second singles match.
• In the reverse singles on Sunday, Ramanathan will face Fayziev and Gunneswaran will play the final rubber against Ismai.

Edited April 6, 2017 by Prakash

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30 minutes ago, Prakash said:

FIFA ranking

 

India climbed to 101Among Asia it is 11

 

The Indian National football team has done it. After 18 years, India has accomplished it's highest ever position, after climbing to 101st place in the recently published FIFA Rankings of March, 2017.

The Blue Tigers have accumulated a total of 331 points. The last month's total saw them net just 233 points. The team from the subcontinent has risen 31 places on the ladder, second only to the Republic of Macedonia.

The near historic rise in rankings has seen the team leapfrog the Democratic Peoples Republic (DPR) of Korea, Thailand, Latvia, Jordan and Iraq to name a few. In fact, India is tied on points with Estonia, Lithuania and Nicaragua.

Take these rankings with a bucket of salt. I doubt if we can even draw games against North Korea, Thailand, Jordan or Iraq. We will get a good idea of where we are at Asian level only in Asian Cup 2019 (we should have not much trouble in qualifying). 

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6 minutes ago, Prakash said:

Davis Cup Group 1 - Asia/Oceania

• Leander Paes has been dropped
• Rohan Bopanna will partner Sriram Balaji in the clash against Farrukh Dustov and Sanjar Fayziev in Doubles
• Ramkumar Ramanathan will face Temur Ismailov in the first singles rubber
• Prajnesh Gunneswaran will take on Fayziev in the second singles match.
• In the reverse singles on Sunday, Ramanathan will face Fayziev and Gunneswaran will play the final rubber against Ismai.

Leander was bound to be dropped with Bhupathi becoming non-playing captain. IMHO, either both Paes/Bopanna should be retired keeping future in mind or both should be played for their experience. But, as long as Bhupathi/Paes/Bopanna are even remotely involved with Indian tennis, they will ensure that team is always divided in camps. 

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Indian's in Action Today

 

BWF Malaysia Open 2017

Men's Singles:- Ajay move into QF

 

 

WTA Volvo Car Open 2017

Women's Doubles :- Sania/ Andrea play in QF

 

ITF Tennis

Indonesia :- Haadin lost in Rd 16

Greece      :- Thandi moves in QF

Tunisia      :- Snehadevi/ Jelena lost in QF

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BWF Ranking

Men's Singles     :- Ajay        - 20

                                  Prannoy    - 26

                                  Sameer    - 27

                                  Srikanth  - 28

                                       Praneeth  - 32

                                  Sourabh   - 41

Women's Singles  :- Sindhu     - 2

                                   Saina        - 9

                                   Rituparna  -52

                                   Tanvi        - 57

Men's Doubles    :- Manu /Sumeeth  - 25

                                  Satwik/Chirag     - 45

                                  Arjun/ Shlok       - 48

Women's Doubles  :- Meghana/ Poorvisha -33

                                   Sanjana/Arathi        -37

                                   Ashwini/Sikki           -41                           

Mixed Doubles    :-  Pranaav / Sikki         - 14

 

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Indian's in Action Tomorrow

 

BWF Malaysia Open 2017

Men's Singles:- Ajay move into QF

 

Orascom Development PSA Women's World Championship 2017

Dipika  play in Rd 1

 

WTA Volvo Car Open 2017

Women's Doubles :- Sania/ Andrea 

 

El Gouna International Squash Open 2017

 

 

ITF Tennis

Greece      :- Thandi play in QF

Edited April 6, 2017 by Prashanth

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Malaysia Open Badminton

 

Ajay Jayaram lost in quarter final

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Hockey world League Round 2

 

Semifinal on 08th April

 

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