Daily Sports Catch Up: India ahead in Cricket, into semis of Hockey, into quarters of badminton

#IndvsSA

India piled up a healthy 326/8 at lunch on Day 2 after having been reduced to 139-6 at tea-time. Star of the day: Ajinkya Rahane who notched up his first Test century at home. Ashwin chipped in with a valuable fifty, while newcomer Piedt starred for SA with 4 wickets.

Also, BCCI took the opportunity of a Delhi test to felicitate Virender Sehwag. But DDCA messed up as usual by offering dust-filled seats to Sehwag!

Hockey

A different team from the one that finished bottom of Pool B, India played highly entertaining hockey full of fast breaks and wonderful dribbling against Great Britain. In the end, India beat GB after 35 years to reach the Hockey World League semis #MakingIndiaProud

#LetsFootball

In a dead rubber, Kerala and Delhi played out an entertaining 3-3 draw. Delhi came back after trailing Kerala 1-3 at 39’. Kerala end their campaign with 13 points from 14 games - a very disappointing season for last year runners-up!

Stat of the day: 7 of Delhi's 16 goals have been after 80’ and they have played multiple boring draws – Is Delhi ISL’s ManUnited?

Quick Bytes

• #Badminton #IndonesiaGPG - Mixed day for India as Srikanth, Sindhu moved into QFs while Prannoy, Gurusaidutt bowed out.
• #IPTL2015 - Kohli's UAE Royals establish big lead at top with a lop-sided 30-15 win over Japan Warriors
• #CTL2015 - V Chennai Warriors beat Nagpur Orangers 22-18, Verdasco stars with consecutive wins
• #Squash - Saurav, Dipika & Joshna bowed out in Rd 2 of #HongKongOpen2015

Key matches today

• #Badminton Indonesian Open GPG – Sindhu & Srikanth in QFs
• #Cricket #IndvsSA 4th Test Day 2
• #CTL – Nagpur Orangers vs Hyderabad Aces
• #IPTL2015 –Indian Aces vs Singapore Slammers, Philippine Mavericks vs Japan Warriors
• #HeroISL – Atletico de Kolkata vs Mumbai City FC

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