Siddhartha Talukdar

I understand your concern of Cricket being long and boring. The purest form of Cricket which is Test Cricket is 5 days long and does seem boring at first. But for cricket purists its an ultimate battle of skills between bat and ball. However, the version of Cricket which is being considered for the Olympics is T20 which is only 3.5 hours long and is exciting and results are not known till the very last moment. Also the underdog can defeat the Goliath and it has happened even in World Cups. The 2024 T20 World Cup shall have 20 teams and will be hosted by West Indies and United States. Also T20 cricket for women was part of the 2022 Commonwealth Games and it involved 8 teams and spread over 10 days, with 2 groups of round robin and then knockouts. So even an 8 team tournament can fit in the 2 week window in the Olympics

Just adding my 2 cents to discussion of including Cricket into the Olympic programme. Personally I wouldn't want Cricket to be included even if India would be a genuine medal contender in both gender, as the sport is highly becoming uncompetitive. Even the shorter T20 version though highly exciting, rarely does the underdog defeat the better team. But with the Indian economy growing, IOC knows it has to be tap into the Indian market. IOC social media channels are targeting India with India specific news and content and even content in Hindi, India's most spoken language. During 2022 Commonwealth Games, IOC did country specific content only for India. Regarding broadcasting rights, the rights have been sold to Disney / Star Sports till 2027 for about $ 3 billion in India. However if Cricket is included in Olympics, there will be major repercussions. Currently, as India is a major force in Cricket the BCCI (Board of Cricket Control in India) controls ICC (International Cricket Council) and takes decisions which suit BCCI only and detrimental to spread of Cricket globally. BCCI itself is not a member of Indian Olympic Association but an NGO so no authority can intervene in BCCI's internal policies. BCCI knows this and thus ICC itself is not serious in bringing Cricket to Olympics

Archery World Championships will start next week on 31 July and will serve as the first direct qualification tournament to 2024 Olympics in 2023 relevant to India. Can anyone mention why there is inconsistency in squad members for the two tournaments. Didn't the Feb trials decide the squads for the key tournaments in 2023 https://sportstar.thehindu.com/archery/deepika-kumari-atanu-das-india-archery-asian-games-world-championships-squads/article66531967.ece

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Women's Epee July 25th 2023 Nathalie Moellhausen Any Chinese Athlete Nelli Differt Marie-Florence Candassamy x Alexandra Louis Marie Auriane Mallo-Breton Kong Mai Wai Vivian x Anna Kun Rossella Fiamingo Mara Navarria Any Other Italian Athlete Song Sera x Any Other South Korean Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's Sabre July 25th 2023 Bolade Apithy Maxime Pianfetti Matyas Szabo Sandro Bazadze x Andras Szatmari Aron Szilagyi x Ali Pakdaman Luigi Samele x Any Other Italian Athlete Iulian Teodosiu Oh Sanguk Any Other South Korean Athlete Any American Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's Epee July 26th 2023 Nessier Loyola Lan Minghao Alexandre Bardenet Romaine Cannone Mate Tamas Koch Gergely Siklosi x Davide Di Veroli x Federico Vismara Koki Kano x Kazuyasu Minobe Ruslan Kurbanov Igor Reizlin Ruben Limardo Gascon Any Other Athlete Women's Foil July 26th 2023 Jessica Zi Jia Guo Eleanor Harvey Shi Yue Pauline Ranvier Ysaora Thibus x Leonie Ebert Anne Sauer Martina Batini Martina Faveretto Francesca Palumbo Alice Volpi x Sara Azuma Yuka Ueno Lee Kiefer x Any Other Athlete Men's Foil July 27th 2023 Alexander Choupenitch Alaaeldin Abouelkassem Mohamed Hamza Enzo Lefort x Maxime Pauty Cheung Ka Long Daniel Dosa Alessio Foconi x Daniele Garozzo Filippo Macchi Tommaso Marini Alexander Massialas x Gerek Meinhardt Nick Itkin Any Other Athlete Women's Sabre July 27th 2023 Anna Bashta Manon Apithy-Brunet Sara Balzer x Caroline Queroli Despina Georgiadou Theodora Gkountoura x Anna Marton Martina Criscio Any Other Italian Athlete Misaki Emura x Any Spanish Athlete Olga Kharlan Any American Athlete Any Other Athlete Women's Team Epee July 28th 2023 China Estonia France x Hong Kong Hungary Italy x Poland South Korea x Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Men's Team Sabre July 28th 2023 Canada China Egypt France Germany Hungary x Iran Italy x Japan South Korea x Spain United States Any Other Nation Men's Team Epee July 29th 2023 China Czechia France x Hungary x Israel Italy x Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Spain Switzerland Venezuela Any Other Nation Women's Team Foil July 29th 2023 Canada China France x Germany Hungary Italy x Japan Poland South Korea Spain Ukraine United States x Any Other Nation Men's Team Foil July 30th 2023 Canada Egypt France x Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Italy x Japan Poland South Korea Ukraine United States x Any Other Nation Women's Team Sabre July 30th 2023 Azerbaijan Bulgaria France x Germany Greece Hungary Italy x Japan South Korea x Spain Ukraine United States Any Other Nation [/hide]

[hide] Group Stage July 20th - August 3rd, 2023 32 Nations, The 1st and 2nd-Placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16. Group A Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 20th 2023, h. 19:00 New Zealand 0 1 Norway July 21st 2023, h. 17:00 Philippines 0 3 Switzerland July 25th 2023, h. 17:30 New Zealand 3 0 Philippines July 25th 2023, h. 20:00 Switzerland 0 2 Norway July 30th 2023, h. 19:00 Switzerland 0 1 New Zealand July 30th 2023, h. 19:00 Norway 4 0 Philippines Group B Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 20th 2023, h. 20:00 Australia 2 0 Ireland July 21st 2023, h. 12:30 Nigeria 0 4 Canada July 26th 2023, h. 20:00 Canada 3 1 Ireland July 27th 2023, h.20:00 Australia 3 0 Nigeria July 31st 2023, h. 20:00 Canada 1 1 Australia July 31st 2023, h. 20:00 Ireland 2 0 Nigeria Group C Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 21st 2023, h. 19:30 Spain 3 0 Costa Rica July 22nd 2023, h. 19:00 Zambia 0 4 Japan July 26th 2023, h. 17:00 Japan 3 0 Costa Rica July 26th 2023, h. 19:30 Spain 5 0 Zambia July 31st 2023, h. 19:00 Japan 1 2 Spain July 31st 2023, h. 19:00 Costa Rica 2 0 Zambia Group D Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2023, h. 19:30 England 4 0 Haiti July 22nd 2023, h. 20:00 Denmark 1 1 China July 28th 2023, h. 18:30 England 2 0 Denmark July 28th 2023, h. 20:30 China 4 0 Haiti August 1st 2023, h. 20:30 China 1 2 England August 1st 2023, h. 19:00 Haiti 0 4 Denmark Group E Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2023, h. 13:00 United States 4 0 Vietnam July 23rd 2023, h. 19:30 Netherlands 2 0 Portugal July 27th 2023, h. 13:00 United States 2 1 Netherlands July 27th 2023, h. 19:30 Portugal 3 0 Vietnam August 1st 2023, h. 19:00 Portugal 1 2 United States August 1st 2023, h. 19:00 Vietnam 0 3 Netherlands Group F Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 23rd 2023, h. 20:00 France 3 0 Jamaica July 24th 2023, h. 20:30 Brazil 3 0 Panama July 29th 2023, h. 20:00 France 2 1 Brazil July 29th 2023, h. 20:30 Panama 0 1 Jamaica August 2nd 2023, h. 20:00 Panama 0 4 France August 2nd 2023, h. 20:00 Jamaica 0 3 Brazil Group G Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 23rd 2023, h. 17:00 Sweden 5 0 South Africa July 24th 2023, h. 18:00 Italy 2 1 Argentina July 28th 2023, h. 12:00 Argentina 2 0 South Africa July 29th 2023, h. 19:30 Sweden 1 1 Italy August 2nd 2023, h. 19:00 Argentina 0 2 Sweden August 2nd 2023, h. 19:00 South Africa 0 3 Italy Group H Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 24th 2023, h. 18:30 Germany 5 0 Morocco July 25th 2023, h. 12:00 Colombia 1 2 South Korea July 30th 2023, h. 14:00 South Korea 3 0 Morocco July 30th 2023, h. 19:30 Germany 2 0 Colombia August 3rd 2023, h. 20:00 South Korea 0 2 Germany August 3rd 2023, h. 18:00 Morocco 0 3 Colombia Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation United States England Sweden [/hide]

'Race to Paris' rankings for Badminton finally out https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/ranking.aspx?rid=448

India to make its debut in cricket in Asian Games. India will send second-string men's team and a strong women's team. In my opinion 2 more golds are assured now as Asian Games is sandwiched between Asia Cup and World Cup and other test nations may not send a strong team in men's event while India is by far the best Asian team in women's cricket https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/express-exclusive-bcci-to-field-men-and-women-cricket-teams-for-asian-games-8683323/

Do you know when BWF shall release the Olympic rankings

There was hardly any security in cantonments and generals' homes which might suggest Army wanted and expected people to arson and riot. This might give an excuse to impose Emergency and bring martial law. Also just few days back COAS Asim Munir was in China, perhaps he has the blessings of China

[ hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's -60kg Day 1 May 7 2023 Balabay Aghayev x Turan Bayramov Jorre Verstraeten Yang Yung Wei x Luka Mkheidze Giorgi Sardalashvili Naohisa Takato Magzhan Shamshadin Ariunbold Enkhtaivan Lee Harim x Francisco Garrigos Dilshot Khalmatov Dilshodbek Baratov Any Other Athlete Women's -48kg Day 1 May 7 2023 Shirine Boukli Blandine Pont x Katharina Menz Shira Rishony Francesca Milani Assunta Scutto Wakana Koga Natsumi Tsunoda Abiba Abuzhakynova x Narantsetseg Ganbaatar Catarina Costa Milica Nikolic x Any Other Athlete Men's -66kg Day 2 May 8 2023 Orkhan Safarov Willian Lima Walide Khyar Vazha Margvelashvili Baruch Shmailov x Hifumi Abe x Joshiro Maruyama Denis Vieru x Erkhembayar Battogtokh Baskhuu Yondonperenlei An Baul Bogdan Iadov Any Other Athlete Women's -52kg Day 2 May 8 2023 Larissa Pimenta Amandine Buchard Mascha Ballhaus Chelsie Giles x Reka Pupp Gefen Primo Odette Giuffrida Uta Abe Distria Krasniqi x Ana Perez Box Fabienne Kocher Diyora Keldiyorova x Any Other Athlete Men's -73kg Day 3 May 9 2023 Hidayat Heydarov x Daniel Cargnin x Arthur Margelidon Magdiel Estrada Lasha Shavdatuashvili Tohar Butbul Manuel Lombardo Soichi Hashimoto Tsogtbaatar Tsend-Ochir x Salvador Cases Roca Nils Stump Obidkhon Nomonov Murodjon Yuldoshev Any Other Athlete Women's -57kg Day 3 May 9 2023 Rafaela Silva x Christa Deguchi x Jessica Klimkait Sarah Leonie Cysique Eteri Liparteliani Timna Nelson Levy Haruka Funakubo x Nora Gjakova Enkhriilen Lkhagvatogoo Telma Monteiro Marica Perisic Huh Mimi Any Other Athlete Men's -81kg Day 4 May 10 2023 Shamil Borchashvili Saeid Mollaei x Matthias Casse x Guilherme Schimidt Francois Gauthier Drapeau Alpha Oumar Djalo Tato Grigalashvili x Attila Ungvari Takanori Nagase Frank de Wit Lee Joonhwan Vedat Albayrak Sharofiddin Boltaboev Any Other Athlete Women's -63kg Day 4 May 10 2023 Katharina Haecker Ketleyn Quadros Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard x Lucy Renshall x Gili Sharir Inbal Shemesh Megumi Horikawa x Miku Takaichi Laura Fazliu Angelika Szymanska Barbara Timo Andreja Leski Any Other Athlete Men's -90kg Day 5 May 11 2023 Mammadali Mehdiyev Rafael Macedo Ivan Felipe Silva Morales Lasha Bekauri Luka Maisuradze x Eduard Trippel Krisztian Toth Christian Parlati Sanshiro Murao x Noel van T'end Nemanja Majdov Davlat Bobonov x Any Other Athlete Women's -70kg Day 5 May 11 2023 Aoife Coughlan Michaela Polleres x Lara Cvjetko Barbara Matic x Eve Marie Gahie Miriam Butkereit Giovanna Scoccimarro Elisavet Teltsidou Saki Niizoe x Sanne van Dijke Ai Tsunoda Roustant Elvismar Rodriguez Any Other Athlete Men's -100kg Day 6 May 12 2023 Zelym Kotsoiev x Toma Nikiforov Shady Elnahas Kyle Reyes Varlam Liparteliani Ilia Sulamanidze x Peter Paltchik Kentaro Iida Simeon Catharina Michael Korrel x Jorge Fonseca Aleksandar Kukolj Muzaffarbek Turoboyev Any Other Athlete Women's -78kg Day 6 May 12 2023 Mayra Aguiar x Ma Zhenzhao x Audrey Tcheumeo Alina Boehm Anna-Maria Wagner Natalie Powell Inbar Lanir Alice Bellandi x Shori Hamada Guusje Steenhuis Beata Pacut-Kloczko Patricia Sampaio Any Other Athlete Men's +100kg Day 7 May 13 2023 Ushangi Kokauri Rafael Silva Andy Granda Lukas Krpalek Martti Puumalainen Guram Tushishvili Kokoro Kageura Tatsuru Saito x Tsentsentsengel Odkhuu Roy Meyer Temur Rakhimov x Alisher Yusupov x Any Other Athlete Women's +78kg Day 7 May 13 2023 Beatriz Souza Any Chinese Athlete Idalys Ortiz Romane Dicko x Julia Tolofua Raz Hershko x Akira Sone Adiyasuren Amarsaikhan Marit Kamps Milica Zabic Kim Hayun x Kyra Sayit Any Other Athlete [ /hide]

So apparently in a comedy of errors, wrestling team landed in Almaty and not in Astana where the Asian Championships was held. Unfortunately they couldn't fly back to Astana in time for the tournament https://www.geosuper.tv/latest/23917-pakistani-wrestlers-deported-from-kazakhstan

Yes Aman Sehrawat is the next big star in Indian wrestling. But there shall be trials for key tournaments like World Championships or Olympic qualifiers. India shall send two teams, one for World Championships and other for Asian Games because of the proximity of the two events. There were trials last year for Commonwealth Games and Ravi Dahiya had beaten Aman; Ravi later won gold in the Games

Can she represent the country?? Her parents are Indian origin I believe

Two racewalkers from Vikash SIngh and Paramjeet Bisht qualify in 20km walk https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-20km-race-walking-championships-2023-nomi-japan-india-results

Two racewalkers Akshdeep Singh and Priyanka Goswami qualify for 2024 Olympics and 2023 World Championships in Budapest https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-olympics-race-walk-qualify-india-priyanka-goswami-akshdeep-singh

[ hide] Knockout Round January 22nd - January 29th, 2023 Third-Place Match Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 29th 2023, h. 16:30 Australia 1 3 Netherlands Final Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 29th 2023, h. 19:00 Belgium 3 0 Germany [ /hide]

[ hide] Knockout Round January 22nd - January 29th, 2023 4 Nations, The Winners of each Semifinals will qualify for the Final. The Losers of Semifinals will play in the Third-Place-Match. Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 27th 2023, h. 16:30 Australia 3 1 Germany January 27th 2023, h. 19:00 Belgium 3 1 Netherlands [ /hide]

[ hide] Knockout Round January 22nd - January 29th, 2023 8 Nations, The Winners of each Quarterfinals will qualify for the Semfinals. Quarterfinals - Matches - Jan 25th Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 25th 2023, h. 16:30 Netherlands 4 0 South Korea January 25th 2023, h. 19:00 England 1 2 Germany [ /hide]

[ hide] Knockout Round January 22nd - January 29th, 2023 8 Nations, The Winners of each Quarterfinals will qualify for the Semfinals. Quarterfinals - Matches - Jan 24th Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 24th 2023, h. 16:30 Australia 4 0 Spain January 24th 2023, h. 19:00 Belgium 3 1 New Zealand [ /hide]

[ hide] Knockout Round January 22nd - January 29th, 2023 8 Nations, The Winners of each Crossover-matches will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Crossovers Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 22nd 2023, h. 16:30 Malaysia 1- 4 Spain January 22nd 2023, h. 19:00 India 3-1 New Zealand January 23rd 2023, h. 16:30 Argentina 4-0:KOR South Korea January 23rd 2023, h. 19:00 Germany 3-0 France [ /hide]

The matches are streamed live and free in Fancode app and website but only in India. Perhaps you would need VPN to watch it

India Archery - 2: Should easily 1 individual per gender and even in mixed team after qualification. Team performance is too inconsistent to predict whether team shall qualify, although both teams are within top 10 in current Archery rankings Athletics - 20 to 25: Men and women 4 x 400 m relay teams, male triple jumpers and jumpers, Tokyo gold medalist Neeraj Chopra + one javelin thrower, 2-3 race walkers both genders, hope to see National Record holder in 1500m Harmilian Bains in action Badminton - 7: Men's Singles - Hopefully two of Lakshya Sen, HS Pronnoy and Srikanth Kidambi can be consistent to be ranked in top 16 Women's Singles - Just PV Sindhu, all young and upcming singles' performances have been very underwhelming Men's Doubles - Satwik and Chirag pair Women's Doubles - Upcoming pair of Treesa Jolly-Gopichand can step up and good enough to qualify Mixed Doubles - No qualification likely, perhaps pair of Ishaan-Tanisha can do a miracle Basketball - 0 Boxing - 4 in women 5 in men: World and Commonwealth Champion Nikhat Zareen should qualify. Other prominent boxers are Amit Panghal, Shiva Thapa and Lovlina Borgohain Breaking - 0 Canoeing - 0 Cycling - 1: Hopeful about former Junior World no 1 Esow Elben who is just 21 now Equestrian - 1: Asian Games silver medalist Fouaad Mirza in eventing Fencing - 1: Bhavani Devi in women's sabre, dark horse is Taniksha Khatri in women's epee Field Hockey - 32: Both teams are good enough to be Asian Games champions Football - 0 Golf - 4: Currently two males and one female are in qualifying list, Tvesa Malik should pick up to qualify Gymnastics - 0 Handball - 0 Judo - 1: via continental quota Modern Pentathlon - 0 Rowing - 1: Indian rowers have always been medalists in Asian Games Rugby sevens - 0 Sailing - 3: Tokyo 2020 participants Nethra Kumanan in Laser and pair of Ganapathy-Thakkar in Men's 49er should qualify again Shooting - 14: 3 already qualified in World Championships, additional qualifications should come in rifle and pistol events for both genders. Any qualification in shotgun is a bonus Skateboarding - 0 Sport climbing - 0 Surfing - 0 Swimming - 2: One male swimmer ma qualify via timing and female swimmer to qualify via Universality quota Other Aquatics - 0 Table Tennis - 4: Two per gender should qualify with one quota per gender guaranteed as Asia allots one of its quota to South Asia. Historic qualification will be team qualification which both teams are capable of Taekwondo - 0 Tennis - 0 Triathlon - 0 Volleyball - 0 Weightlifting - 1: Tokyo silver medalist and former World Champion Mirabai Chanu's weight category 49kg was retained and she remains the best weightlifter after the Chinese. 2018 Youth Olympics gold medalist Jeremy Lalrinnunga's weight category 67kg got axed and has to move to 73kg, with reduced quotas he really needs to work hard to qualify Wrestling - 7: same crop of wrestlers like Ravi Dahiya, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat should qualify again. None in Grec-Roman Total: Should range between 110-115. India has hit a ceiling with respect to contingent size (117 in Rio, 126 in Tokyo).

https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2023_WTTC_Finals_Qualification_Pathway.pdf 32 players from World Ranking. But I had the confusion that the knockouts are related to World Championship qualification where 16 from Asia shall qualify or there is separate group stages shall be conducted to select the top 16

[ hide] Group Stage January 13th - January 20th, 2023 16 Nations, The 1st-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd and 3rd-Placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Cross-overs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 13th 2023, h. 13:00 Argentina 4 0 South Africa January 13th 2023, h. 15:00 Australia 3 1 France January 16th 2023, h. 17:00 France 2 0 South Africa January 16th 2023, h. 19:00 Argentina 2 2 Australia January 20th 2023, h. 13:00 Australia 4 0 South Africa January 20th 2023, h. 15:00 France 0 3 Argentina Group B Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2023, h. 17:00 Belgium 3 0 South Korea January 14th 2023, h. 19:00 Germany 3 1 Japan January 17th 2023, h. 17:00 South Korea 1 2 Japan January 17th 2023, h. 19:00 Germany 1 2 Belgium January 20th 2023, h. 17:00 Belgium 3 0 Japan January 20th 2023, h. 19:00 South Korea 1 3 Germany Group C Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2023, h. 13:00 New Zealand 4 0 Chile January 14th 2023, h. 15:00 Netherlands 4 1 Malaysia January 16th 2023, h. 13:00 Malaysia 2 0 Chile January 16th 2023, h. 15:00 New Zealand 1 4 Netherlands January 19th 2023, h. 13:00 Malaysia 1 2 New Zealand January 19th 2023, h. 15:00 Netherlands 6 0 Chile Group D Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 13th 2023, h. 17:00 England 5 0 Wales January 13th 2023, h. 19:00 India 3 1 Spain January 15th 2023, h. 17:00 Spain 4 0 Wales January 15th 2023, h. 19:00 England 1 1 India January 19th 2023, h. 17:00 Spain 1 2 England January 19th 2023, h. 19:00 India 6 0 Wales Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation Australia Belgium Germany [ /hide]

Sathiyan and Sanil Shetty lost in first round itself, does it mean they won't be able to participate in upcoming World Championships?