Indian Sports Highlights, December 23: Australia leading by 46 runs with 5 wickets in hand at Stumps day-3

Tea Day-3: India Vs Australia women - Australia putting up a fight-back, lead reduced to 31

Australia puts up a fightback in the post-lunch session and reduced the lead to 31 runs with a 84 run partnership between Ellyse Perry and Tahlia McGrath for third wicket.

Perry departed in the later half of the session after scoring a crucial 45 runs innings. Sneh Rana takes her wicket on a caught-behind dismissal.

India will come in the final session of the day with the aim to bowl out australia within 300 which will help India to chase down the maximum 100-120 total in last innings.

Score: Aus - 156-3 in 50 overs

Key players:- Ellyse Perry 45(91), Tahlia McGrath (46*)111, Sneh Rana (2-44)

Rajasthan Warriors announce Captain and Vice-Captain for Ultimate Kho Kho Season 2

After a long wait, the second season of the Ultimate Kho-Kho League is finally here and kicking off on December 24, 2023, with the final having been scheduled for 13 January 2024.

The tournament, which promises to be bigger and better this time around, will see the Rajasthan Warriors commence their season against the Gujarat Giants on December 25.

Taking the reins as the captain for the Rajasthan Warriors — owned by Capri Sports — will be Majahar Jamadar, who hails from Kolhapur in Maharashtra.

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AIFF appoints Shukla Dutta as head coach of Indian women's U19 team

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Saturday appointed Shukla Dutta as the head coach of the Indian U19 women's team for the SAFF Championship in February.

Dutta, a former India international of repute, has previously coached the Indian U17 women's team and led Rising Student Club to the 2017-18 Indian Women's League title.

Meanwhile, former India international Shradhanjali Samantaray has been appointed Dutta's assistant, while Lourembam Ronibala Chanu will be the team's goalkeeper coach.

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Salima Tete excited to play FIH Olympic Qualifiers in Ranchi

Ace Indian midfielder, Salima Tete, known for her fierce gameplay, is excited to be back in Ranchi for the FIH Olympic Qualifiers as the team braces for exhilarating matches on familiar ground. Hailing from the very heart of Jharkhand, Tete carries with her not only an immense passion for the sport but also the aspirations of a nation rooting for its heroes.

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Mohammedan Sporting to visit South Africa for a friendly in January

I-League club Mohammedan Sporting will visit the South African city of Durban to play a friendly against nine-time South African Premier Division champion Orlando Pirates on January 27. The matches will be played in January as leagues in both countries witness a break in the first month of the year.

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Lunch Day-3: India Vs Australia women - India still leading by 124 runs, AUS 63-2

India added 30 more runs into the last days' total and put up a mammoth total of 406 with a first innings lead of 187 runs. Deepti Sharma was the star of the first innings who missed out on century but scored crucial 78 runs.

Pooja Vastrakar partnered Deepti and helps to take the lead past 180 runs after a 122 runs partnership for the 8th wicket.

Australia started on a positive note in the second innings with opening partnership of 49 runs but later lost 2 crucial wickets just few overs before lunch.

India will come in next session with the aim to take a innings victory or restrict Australia to a smaller total.

Live Score:- AUS - 63 for 2 in 17 overs (Ellyse Perry (7)*, Tahlia McGrath (1)*, Sneh Rana (1-25))

1st innings:- Aus - 219, India 406-10

Key players - Deepti Sharma(78), Smriti Mandhana(74)

Billiards Nationals: Dhruv Sitwala wins maiden title, stunned Pankaj Advani

51-year-old Dhruv Sitwala claimed his maiden senior National billiards title on Friday with a brilliant 5-3 win over his Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) colleague Sourav Kothari in the final.

Earlier in the day, Sitwala entered the final after shocking world champion Pankaj Advani by an identical margin in the last-four stage earlier in the day.

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What happened on December 22?

Full highlights

Harmeet Desai won his second men's singles title while Poymantee Baisya bagged her maiden women's singles crown at the 85th UTT Senior Nationals and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships in Panchkula - REPORT

Star shuttler PV Sindhu has made it to the Forbes list of World's highest-paid female athletes in 2023. Sindhu was ranked in joint 16th position along with superstar gymnast Simone Biles of the USA in the elite list - REPORT

Both top seeds in men's singles and women's singles, Lakshya Sen and Aakarshi Kashyap were knocked out in the quarterfinals of the ongoing National Badminton Championships - REPORT