Daily Sports Catch-Up: Indian bowlers shine, Srikanth into semis, Saina inspires

12/05/2015

29th issue of our exciting, informative & concise (300 word) newsletter on Indian sports is here.

#Cricket

An all-round bowling performance by the Indian bowlers, led by Jadeja (Star of the day) who got a fifer, bundled SA out for 121 on Day 2. A low score for SA again! Bad Pitch? Definitely not! Simple, South Africa's batting simply hasn’t fired in this series.

ABD, as usual, stood out for SA with an attacking 42. Earlier, Ajinkya Rahane (127) & Ashwin (56) came up with a superb rear-guard effort to help India post 334 in their 1st innings. As we write, India are at 51/2 at lunch on Day 3 today.

#LetsFootball

Sony Norde’s dramatic late winner gave Mumbai its first away win in ISL history as they ended ISL 2015 with 16 points from 14 games. FT Score: Mumbai City FC 3-2 Atletico de Kolkata.

Atletico, with the loss, finish the league stage with 23 points from 14 games; they have a chance of finishing atop if FC Goa & Delhi play out a draw on Sunday.

#Badminton

#IndonesiaGPG No. 1 seed Srikanth made it to the semis after an easy 21-10, 21-5 victory over Teck Soo of Malaysia. However, women’s No. 1 seed Sindhu exited the tournament in a very un-Sindhu manner losing to unseeded He Bingjao of China.

Quick Bytes

Saina nominated by BWF for ‘Woman Player of the Year’; She also donates 2 Lakhs to Chennai flood victims #MakingIndiaProud
#IPTL2015 Defending champions Indian Aces made it two in a row beating Singapore Slammers 27-22 and move into 2nd position behind UAE Royals
#CTL2015 Hyderabad Aces stun Nagpur Orangers to make it to the CTL final

Key matches today