Asha means hope. 🤞🏽

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things... as 33-year-old Asha Sobhana realises her dream of representing India. 🇮🇳🧢

My piece:
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The sports pages are the last bastion of hopeful news stories these days and perhaps nothing exemplifies that sentiment more than this lovely story from Vinayakk about a cricketer whose career arc 100% prespiration AND 100% inspiration. indianexpress.com/article/sports…

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Asha Sobhana’s journey of hope reaches a pinnacle as she makes international debut at 33

✍️ Vinayakk

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#AshaSobhana ’s journey of hope reaches a pinnacle as she makes international debut at 33

By Vinayakk
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I'm sure that defeat was because of the off side at Arsenal

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Father’s passion, Pullela Gopichand’s support to the fore as Jyothika helps India book 4x400m Olympics berth.

By Andrew & Vidhatri
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When Andrew writes athletics, you read.

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Not knowing what to do after retiring as a footballer, Petr Kratky moved from Czech Republic to Australia. He washed dishes, and then when his English got better, he even did bartending shifts. Today he's an ISL-title-winning coach with Mumbai City.

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With two months to go for the Paris Olympics, #ManikaBatra pulled a stunning win out of the hat, at the Saudi Smash. She beat Chinese World No 2 Wang Manyu 3-1 for the first time ever in her career.

By Shivani Naik
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A huge win for Manika Batra, and a fine piece by Shivani Naik to match it. With inputs from Neha Aggarwal Sharma OLY

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Pat Cummins beat SKY with three absolute rippers at the start.

SKY finishes Pat Cummins' spell with three tremendous shots for 4-4-6.

Mad guy. 🙏🏾

The emotions of beating the world No 2 from China.

What a win for Manika Batra 🔥

What's the procedure to have Travis Head's luck in life?

PS: This is the good version of Thala Vidhi I suppose.

Hard work pays off 💪🏼

Defeated World #2 in WTT Saudi Smash.

Thank you all for your support!

Let's get some more !

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A nice interview with Asha Sobhana in the end: 'Age is just a number, of course, never give up'

Throughout that chat her teammates were closeby and cheering on, and she thanks them, barely able to get words out through all the smiling.

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Not bad for a first international wicket!

Asha Sobhana's straighter one beats Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty, that looked quite plumb. Nigar played for the spin, beat her on the inside edge.

Lovely moment for Asha on debut.

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Asha Sobhana into the attack on her debut.

What a moment for her.

India have been without a premier leg-spinner for a while now. A spot waiting to be filled.

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