Andrew Ellis

Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas notched up their second title of the year, clinching the Bitburger Open by beating Chris Adcock and Andrew Ellis.

It was curtains for India at the Scottish Open after men's singles player Anand Pawar and men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy bowed out of the 50,000 Grand Prix badminton tournament

Parupalli Kashyap went down fighting to Taufik Hidayat in the first round of the men's singles event in what turned out to be a mixed day for the Indians.

Unmukt Chand will like to make amends as he leads India A against New Zealand A in the opening encounter of three-match one-day series on Sunday.

After notching up a convincing win in the opening game, India A will look to seal the 3-match unofficial ODI series against New Zealand A on Tuesday.

The second leg of the India 'A' - New Zealand 'A' series will kick off with the two teams playing the first one-dayer at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium here on Sunday.

Tillakaratne Dilshan hit 53 as Sri Lanka scored 211-8 from 33 overs in the rain-interrupted third one-day international against New Zealand in Dambulla.

India A made heavy weather of a small chase before beating New Zealand A by three wickets in the first unofficial ODI cricket match on Wednesday.

Rupesh-Sanave put themselves in contention for a 2nd doubles title this year after defeating Juergen Koch and Peter Zauner in to enter Bitburger Open final.

In a bizarre turn of events, Jeet Raval managed to send a ball over the boundary for a six even after the ball hit the bowler's head. The incident occurred during New Zealand's domestic 50-over competition Ford Trophy on Wednesday.

Saina Nehwal started her title defence with a thrashing straight-game victory over Tsz Ka Chan to advance to the second round of Hong Kong Open Super Series.

Continuing his giant-killing spree, Ajay Jayaram stunned world No. 6 Sho Sasaki of Japan in the first round of the Hong Kong Open Super Series.

A superb all-round show by Ashok Menaria who took 5/38 and hit an unbeaten 37 with the bat guided India 'A' to a six-wicket win over New Zealand 'A' in the second one-dayer at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium on Tuesday.

Parupalli Kashyap stunned world number 10 Jan Jorgensen of Denmark in an-edge-of-seat three setter to advance to the men's singles second round in Hong Kong Super Series.

Anand Pawar and the pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy kept the Indian flag flying high by entering the Scottish Open Grand Prix at Glasgow on Friday.

A superb allround show by Ashok Menaria who took 5/38 and hit an unbeaten 37 with the bat guided India 'A' to a six-wicket win over NZ 'A'.

After skipping the China Open because of a knee problem, shuttler Saina Nehwal will now be back in action at Hong Kong Open which begins Wednesday.

Led by Unmukt Chand, India 'A' have produced a dominating show in the series so far as they thrashed the visitors by six wickets in the first two games.

Menaria returned with a five-wicket haul before Unmukt and Mandeep cracked half-centuries to guide India A to a convincing six-wicket win over New Zealand A.

Chris Gayle and Dwayne Smith struck boundary-studded fifties to spur West Indies to a 9-wicket victory over New Zealand in a rain-shortened first ODI.