Arshdeep’s day out with ‘diva’ Samreen in Japan

India pacer Arshdeep Singh is making the most of his downtime in Japan as the Men in Blue eye a gold medal at the Asian Games.

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Instagramming a recent picture of his sight-seeing trip with partner Samreen Kaur to his 5.9 million followers, he wrote: “Konnichiwa — she’s my diva.”

The couple reportedly began dating during April this year.

Potchefstroom [South Africa], September 29 (ANI): Australia suffered a double injury blow ahead of the third and final ODI against South Africa, with fast bowler Nathan Ellis ruled out with a side strain and left-arm spinner Joel Davies set to return home after sustaining a hamstring injury.

Ellis, who has been Australia’s standout bowler on the tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa, suffered the left side strain after bowling four overs during the second ODI in Johannesburg. He did not return to complete his spell as South Africa went on to post 365 and seal the three-match series 2-0, according to Cricinfo.

The pacer will return to Australia for further assessment and rehabilitation, with the hope of recovering in time for the home ODI series against England, beginning on November 13.

Ellis is the second Australian fast bowler to suffer a side strain on the tour after Billy Stanlake was sidelined during the second ODI in Zimbabwe.

Australia will have only four fit specialist fast bowlers available for the final ODI in Potchefstroom on Wednesday. Pat Cummins is expected to return after missing the opening two matches, while Mitchell Starc is also likely to feature after being rested for the second ODI.

Josh Hazlewood could be rested after playing both matches, with Xavier Bartlett expected to retain his place.

Davies, meanwhile, picked up a hamstring strain while fielding as a substitute during the second ODI in Johannesburg. The spinner did not feature in any match on the tour after travelling as Australia’s second specialist spinner and will now return home for rehabilitation before resuming domestic cricket with New South Wales.

Australia have not named replacements for either Ellis or Davies for the final ODI.

There is also no decision yet on whether Josh Inglis will return for the Test series against South Africa, beginning October 9, after the wicketkeeper-batter broke his finger during the opening ODI in Durban.

Meanwhile, changes have also been made to the Australia A squad currently touring India. Brendan Doggett, Fergus O’Neill and Campbell Kellaway will return home to join their states for the start of the Sheffield Shield season.

Sam Harper, Jhye Richardson and Liam Hatcher are set to feature in the second unofficial Test against India A in Puducherry, beginning Tuesday.

Riley Meredith and Will Sutherland have also been added to the Australia A one-day squad for three matches beginning next Tuesday. They replace Jack Edwards and Aaron Hardie, with Edwards currently in South Africa as cover for Cameron Green after playing the first two ODIs.

Hardie has been ruled out of the one-day series with a minor knee injury. (ANI)

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New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Managing Saikhom Mirabai Chanu’s training load to keep her injury-free while ensuring she peaked at the Asian Games was the primary focus of the chief coach of the Indian national weightlifting team, Vijay Sharma, who said the approach ultimately helped the Indian weightlifter secure the silver medal that had eluded her at the continental showpiece.

Mirabai returned to India on Tuesday morning after winning silver in the women’s 49kg category at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, completing her medal collection at the major international events.

Talking to ANI in New Delhi, Sharma said the training programme was specifically designed to prevent injury after Chanu’s previous Asian Games campaign had ended in disappointment.

“We had been eagerly awaiting this medal; luckily, thanks to Mira’s hard work, she secured it, bringing immense joy to both the country and me. Her efforts truly paid off. We had a single aim because we had missed the Asian Games previously due to injury; in the last competition, too, an injury had left us finishing fourth," he told ANI.

“My goal was simply to design a training program that would keep Mira injury-free, and we succeeded in that. We managed the training load to ensure peak performance without risking injury; luckily, we succeeded, and the result was winning the medal," the Dronacharya Awardee coach added.

The 32-year-old Chanu lifted a combined 198kg to win silver, completing all three of her snatch attempts at 83kg, 85kg and 87kg before lifting 107kg and 111kg in her first two clean and jerk attempts.

North Korea’s Ri Song Gum won gold with a total of 215kg, while Wijayana claimed bronze.

The medal marked a significant moment in Chanu’s career as the 32-year-old finally added an Asian Games medal to a collection that already includes an Olympic silver, three Commonwealth Games gold medals, a World Championships gold and medals at the Asian Championships.

Chanu had missed out on the podium at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023 after an injury forced her to withdraw from her final clean and jerk attempt, leaving her fourth.

Three years later, she returned to the Asian Games and secured the silver that had been missing from her medal cabinet.

Chanu had entered the Asian Games on the back of a gold medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026, her third Commonwealth Games title after victories at the 2018 Gold Coast and 2022 Birmingham editions.

With her Asian Games silver, Chanu also became the second Indian weightlifter after Karnam Malleshwari to win medals at the Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championships, Asian Championships and Commonwealth Championships. (ANI)

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NEP Vs SL Match Prediction: For the past few editions of the Asian Games, cricket has been a part of the proceedings, with the bigger Asian sides competing for the gold along with some less prominent teams.

We are currently in the quarter-final stage of the Asian Games 2026 Men’s Cricket competition. The winner will go on to face India in the semis.

The Nepalese Cricket Team impressed fans with some of their performances in the 2026 T20 World Cup, such as losing to England by just four runs. However, the issue with this side has always been consistency. While they regularly punch above their weight and perform well against bigger sides, they then go on to lose against teams they should otherwise defeat, like the 10-wicket loss to Italy right after that England match.

Most of their matches since have been in the ICC CWC League 2, where Nepal is an above-average team.

As for the Sri Lankan Cricket Team, they made it to the Super Eight stage of the 2026 T20 World Cup, but were knocked out before the knockouts.

After the IPL, they toured the West Indies, where the Lankan Lions beat the hosts 1-0 in a three-game ODI series but lost the subsequent Test series. Most recently, they faced India in two home Tests, losing the first and drawing the second. Most recently, they were whitewashed by England in ODIs and T20Is.

Now this Sri Lanka side, filled with regular team reserves and some newer faces, will look to win a medal in men’s cricket in Asian Games 2026, similar to what the women did with their silver medal finish.

NEP Vs SL Match Prediction Date and Time:

• Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
• Time: 05:30 AM onwards (IST); 09:00 AM (local time)
• Venue: Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin

NEP Vs SL Live Streaming: How To Watch

The Nepal Vs Sri Lanka Asian Games 2026 Cricket Quarter-Final 3 will be broadcast live on the Sony Sports Network on TV in India. It will be live-streamed on the SonyLiv app and website on mobiles, laptops, and other streaming devices.

NEP Vs SL Team; Full Squads:

Nepal Full Squad:

Dipendra Singh Airee (C), Aarif Sheikh, Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Sundeep Jora, Lokesh Bam, Kushal Malla, Rohit Paudel, Karan KC, Gulsan Jha, Sompal Kami, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbhanshi, Sher Malla, Nandan Yadav

Sri Lanka Full Squad:

Sahan Arachchige (C), Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Sohan de Livera (wk), Lasith Croospulle, Sineth Jayawardena, Ashen Bandara, Nuwanidu Fernando, Dushan Hemantha, Wanuja Sahan, Chamika Karunaratne, Tharindu Rathnayake, Vijaykanth Viyaskanth, Garuka Sanketh, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara

Nepal Vs Sri Lanka Prediction T20Is: Head-to-Head

• Matches Played: 00
• Nepal Won: 00
• Sri Lanka Won: 00
• No Result: 00
• First Played: Nil
• Last Played: Nil

NEP Vs SL Toss Update

*To be updated after the toss*

NEP Vs SL Team; Predicted XIs:

Nepal Predicted XI:

Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Sundeep Jora, Kushal Malla, Gulsan Jha, Lokesh Bam, Dipendra Singh Airee (C), Rohit Paudel, Sompal Kami, Lalit Rajbhanshi, Sandeep Lamichhane

Sri Lanka Predicted XI:

Lasith Croospulle, Nuwanidu Fernando, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Sahan Arachchige (C), Dushan Hemantha, Ashen Bandara, Tharindu Rathnayake, Chamika Karunaratne, Nuwan Thushara, Binura Fernando, Vijaykanth Viyaskanth

NEP Vs SL Asian Games Cricket Quarter-Final 2026 Korogi Sports Park Pitch Report

The ground at the Korogi Sports Park is traditionally a baseball pitch, which was converted to accommodate cricket earlier this year, specifically for the 2026 Asian Games cricket competition. The stadium, in the limited T20 cricket that has been played here. While only non-Test nations have played on this ground before the Asian Games, the pitches here are very typical for T20S, which means they are conducive to batting. On a fresh surface, the ball travels nicely to the bat, making run-scoring easier. The spinners do make things a little more interesting in the second innings. So, in the games where teams of equal quality face off, after winning the toss, a team would usually decide to bat first and put up a decent total.

NEP Vs SL Asian Games Cricket Quarter-Final Weather Forecast

It is expected to be a rainy morning on matchday. The match itself might be affected by some rainfall, and the chances are decent, while the cloud cover will be quite dense. The temperatures on this autumn morning will hover just over the 20 degrees Celsius mark. The winds will be strong, and the humidity will be high.

NEP Vs SL 2026 Asian Games Cricket Quarter-Final Match Sri Lanka Prediction: 3 Players To Watch Out For

The 3 players to watch out for in the NEP Vs SL 2026 Asian Games Cricket Quarter-Final are:

• Sri Lanka wicketkeeper/batter Niroshan Dickwella
• Nepal bowler Sandeep Lamichhane
• Sri Lanka bowler Nuwan Thushara

Nepal Vs Sri Lanka Prediction: Who Will Win Today’s Asian Games Cricket Quarter-Final?

For the NEP Vs SL 2026 Asian Games Cricket Quarter-Final Prediction, Sri Lanka will defeat Nepal in the 2026 Asian Games Cricket Quarter-Final 3.

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આઈચી-નાગોયા એશિયન ગેમ્સના 11મા દિવસે ભારતે શાનદાર શરૂઆત કરી છે. મહિલા ટ્રેપ ટીમ ઈવેન્ટમાં નીરુ ધાંડા, મનીષા કીર અને આશિમા અહલાવતની ટીમે સિલ્વર મેડલ જીત્યો. બીજી તરફ રેકર્વ તીરંદાજ નીરજ ચૌહાણે ઓલિમ્પિક અને વર્લ્ડ ચેમ્પિયનશિપમાં અનેક મેડલ જીતી ચૂકેલા રિપબ્લિક ઓફ કોરિયાના કિમ જે ડેઓકને હરાવીને ભારતની ગોલ્ડ મેડલની આશા વધારી છે. મહિલા સ્ક્વોશ ટીમે પણ ગ્રુપ સ્ટેજમાં ઈરાનને 3-0થી હરાવ્યું.

એથ્લેટિક્સ કાર્યક્રમનો આજે અંતિમ દિવસ છે અને કુલ 9 ફાઈનલમાં ભારતીય ખેલાડીઓ અથવા ટીમો ભાગ લેશે. પોલ વોલ્ટમાં દેવ કુમાર મીણા અને કુલદીપ કુમાર, મહિલા હાઈ જમ્પમાં પૂજા અને સુપ્રિયા બાસવરાજુ મેદાનમાં ઉતરશે. બે મેડલ જીતી ચૂકેલા ગુલવીર સિંહ અને અવિનાશ સાબલે પુરુષોની 5000 મીટરની ફાઈનલમાં ભાગ લેશે. હેમર થ્રોમાં અનુષ્કા યાદવ અને તાન્યા ચૌધરી પણ મેડલ માટે ઉતરશે. આ ઉપરાંત પુરુષો અને મહિલાઓની 800 મીટર, 4x400 અને 4x100 મિક્સ્ડ રિલેની ફાઈનલ પણ યોજાશે.