Dipankar Lahiri

Retired close-in fielder in office cricket circuit. Stints at Indian Express, NDTV, Times of India, Sportskeeda, Bridge.

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

Dhoni, Kohli and Rohit's strike rates across IPL seasons.

The 3 lines tell 3 different stories, but also interesting to note the post-2023 bull runs for all 3, coinciding with the Impact Player rule.

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

All the #INDvsPAK theatre aside, why isn't it ever on a pace-friendly pitch? Most contrived matches I remember in recent years have had 10 spinners. Would have loved to see Bumrah on a spicy pitch dishing back the Shoaib Akhtar rib cage attack.

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

Neeraj Chopra calling over bronze medallist Japan's Genki Dean for a group photo after the Asian Games final last year.

Neither Genki nor silver medalist Kishore Jena have made it through to the #Olympics final, but hope Neeraj re-enacts this later tonight. #Paris2024

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

@stfukarran Higuchi is gold medal favourite. Has 15-1 win loss record over last two years. Aman will have to give the fight of his life, but his form gives hope.

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

I think this #Olympics has fried India's brains.

#NeerajChopraWinsGold ??

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Have this old BTS video of Mirabai Chanu getting her family to pose for a photo.

That cupboard in the background will have just the one #Olympics medal. #Paris2024

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

Wrestler Pappu Yadav on his failed weigh-in at the 1996 #Olympics : "The weigh in was 70 km from the Games village and all Indian officials were at the opening ceremony."

The only positive I take from the Vinesh Phogat tragedy is the level of outrage it has caused. #Paris2024

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

Vinesh Phogat the greatest ever story in Indian sports?

Any other contenders?

#Paris2024 #wrestling

[Abhijit Nair @Abhiee0312]

#Wrestling #Paris2024

VINESH PHOGAT, FIRST INDIAN WOMAN IN AN OLYMPIC FINAL❤️

She blanks Cuba 5-0 in the semi-finals to assure India a medal. Vinesh in tears, coach Woller Akos in tears, India in tears😭

https://t.co/8NYy27eDqX

[JioHotstar Reality @HotstarReality]

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE VINESH!!!

Vinesh Phogat has defeated the Tokyo Olympics GOLD medalist

https://t.co/IPYAM2ifqx

#OlympicsonJioCinema #OlympicsonSports18 #JioCinemaSports #Wrestling #Olympics

[Rambo @monster_zero123]

Tough to be an Indian Sports Fan.

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

@VAAChandran Hahaha.
Incidentally, our judo campaign this time lasted around 10 seconds.

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

@VAAChandran Thankfully our only loss in fencing at the Olympics was a pretty convincing one.

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

Top 8 finishes by Indians in #Athletics at the #Olympics in last 40 years:

2004: Anju Bobby George (5th), Women's 4x400 relay team (7th)
2012: Krishna Poonia (6th), Vikas Gowda (8th)
2020: Neeraj Chopra (1st), Kamalpreet Kaur (6th)

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

@sidin As did Belize.

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Taiwan win #Badminton men's doubles gold against China, their 1st gold of #Paris2024.

-There are rising concerns in Taiwan of an imminent military blockade by China.
-Taiwan's new President is said to be separatist.
- Lee and Wang are proudly Taiwanese, thus disliked in China.

[Wen-Yee Lee 李玟儀 @Wenyee_Lee]

#Taiwan’s Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin have made history by winning the gold medal in men’s doubles badminton at the Paris 2024 Olympics, defeating #China. This achievement also makes them the first Taiwanese duo to win gold at two consecutive Olympics!

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

A snake shot from Moregard 1 point away from facing gold medal point. #Paris2024

[Dobardman @SwynnLol]

Mais ce point de Truls Moregard contre Fan Zhen Dong en finale des JO je refuse d'y croire

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

Bengal trying to claim Lakshya Sen after #Olympics heroics.

Lakshya earlier on his Bengali-sounding surname: 'Lot of people ask me about it, but my family is from Uttarakhand's Kumaon. Have never heard of a Bengali connection'.

[Gautam Bhattacharya @gbsaltlake]

Axelsen post match behaved as if he had won the Finals .As Lakshya Sen almost took him to jail .Pressure got to d the Bengali boy but few years down the line he will learn and win such big matches !! #ParisOlympics

[Dipankar Lahiri @soiledshoes]

Sift Kaur Samra's scores in qualification over the last year:

2023 World Championships - 589
Asian Games - 594
Munich World Cup 2024 - 593
Trial 1 - 583
Trial 2 - 587
Trial 3 - 589
Trial 4 - 593

Sift's score today at #Paris2024 - 575 (31st of 32)