After Bhajan Kaur advanced to the pre-quarters and Ankita Bhakat was eliminated in the Women's Individual Competition, Bommadevara's victory sustained India's medal hopes despite the disappointing Team Competition performance.
He could not compete in the recently concluded Khelo India Championships at Chennai despite being the only archer to be selected from the State as the Khelo India dates coincided with his JEE Main.
Despite being considered underdogs in the continental event, the women's trio, seeded fifth, faced a tough challenge from their Vietnamese opponents Do Thi Anh Nguyet, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhi, and Hoang Phuong Thao.
The Indian archer misfired three 7s in a row after drilling in as many 10s in succession to snuff out any chance of a comeback after being 0-2 down in the opening set
The third-seed Korean started the match with a decent 8-9-9 and Das replied with 8-8-9, giving Jinhyek two points in the first set. Das came strongly in the second set with three 9s, Oh missed the chance to take the two points after hitting an 8 in the last arrow.
India's ace archer Deepika Kumari completed her hat-trick of gold medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris on Sunday as she won the Recurve individual event by 6-0.
Archer had declared himself fit for the Test series against New Zealand, starting June 2 in London, but the pain in his elbow scuttled his and ECB's plan.
Chennai: Premier all-rounder Ben Stokes, pacer Jofra Archer and reserve opener Rory Burns on Saturday had their first training session at the Chepauk after successfully completing six days of hard quarantine, while other members of the squad cleared their second Covid-19 test. The trio were not a part of the Sri Lanka Test series with […]
Chennai: Tearaway fast bowler Jofra Archer believes England have enough options in the spin department and therefore India won’t be able to “out-spin” his side when the two teams face each other in the upcoming four-match series. “I’ve played lots of Indian Premier League here but nothing in terms of first-class cricket, so the challenges […]
