China Women record lowest T20I total ever, bowled out for just 14!
Thailand, Jan 14: The China women’s cricket team faced embarrassment on Sunday after they bowled out for paltry 14 runs against UAE in Thailand Women’s T20 Smash tournament.
On the other hand UAE women's team accomplished a new record by winning the match with 189 runs, the highest margin of victory in women's T20Is ever.
Earlier, the record was held by Lesotho that had defeated Namibia by 179 runs in August 2018.
The China women show lasted only for just 48 minutes with six batswomen failing to even register a single score. The highest score of China's innings was four.
UAE chose to bat first and registered a whopping 203 for 3 in the Group B game. Openers Esha Oza and Chaya Mughal laid strong foundation with the partnership of 121 runs.
While Oza scored her personnel best of 82 off 62 balls Mughal scored 33 runs in 38 balls.
Kavisha Kumari and Namita D’Souza scored a brisk 51 runs for the third wicket off 18 balls.
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Dhyan Chand lifetime award to be replaced by Arjuna lifetime
New Delhi, Oct 24: The sports ministry on Thursday announced the discontinuation of the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement from this year onwards and the introduction of the Arjuna Award Lifetime in its place in a bid to "rationalise" the various sporting honours of the country.
Instituted in 2002, the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Award, named after hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand, is given to individuals in disciplines that are part of the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, among others.
In 2023, the award was given to former shuttler Manjusha Kanwar, ex-hockey exponent Vineet Kumar and kabaddi player Kavitha Selvaraj.
"The various schemes for sports awards have been rationalised wherein Arjuna Award (Lifetime) has been introduced in place of Dhyan Chand Award. To recognise the efforts of coaches at grassroots/development level, they are now eligible for the Dronacharya Award," said a ministry statement.
"The Arjuna Award (Lifetime) has been introduced and will be given for life time contribution to sports development.
"Further, to recognize the Khelo India scheme, the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy will be given to the University for Overall Top Performance in Khelo India University Games," it added.
The last date for applying for the national sports awards for 2024 is November 14.
