SPORTS ROUNDUP CRICKET Shubman Gill In Maiden Test: BCCI recently announced youngster Shubman Gill a spot in India’s 15-man squad for the three match Test Series against South Africa. The first Test of the Gandhi-Mandela Trophy will be played in Visakhapatnam from 2nd October, 2019. KL Rahul will […]
CRICKET India Whitewash Windies With 2-0 Test Victory: India’s great performance across three departments of the game, ensured a massive 2-0 victory in the Test matches V/s West Indies, winning the series in style and the last Test by a margin of 257 runs. During the second Test Match, batting in their first innings, India […]
Panthaki Baug’s dynamic darlings – Jouyan Panthaki, Pearlyn Siganporia and Gianna Mistry – represented their school in Karate and Judo Championships and won medals in their respective age categories at the Yudansha Kobujitsu Karate Doh Federation – India (YKFF) Championship 2019, held at the Dadar Athornan Institute, on 11th August, 2019, under Shihan Jehangir Shroff […]
Jehan Daruvala earned his sixth podium of the season at Spa, Belgium, moving up into a clear second position, in the FIA Formula 3 championship in Round 6. Jehan’s sensational pole position earlier, his first in the series, is a support event to the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix. Jehan started well from pole and […]
Parsee Gymkhana Brings Home ‘The 1886 Trophy’ (UK Tour, 2019) The comparative experience of the original 1886 tour between the English and the Parsis was simply outstanding, in keeping with the fact that our Parsi team had never played international cricket, while England had played seven series against Australia by the time they had arrived […]
Last week, Parsi Times was delighted to inform readers that our very own 69-yar-old Merzban Patel, Mumbai’s foremost youth hockey coach, fondly known as ‘Bawa’ in the circuit, had been recommended by the Selection Committee for the National Sports Awards (2019), to be felicitated with India’s most prestigious award in the field of Sport – […]
The first team of cricketers who travelled from the Indian shores to England in 1886 comprised an all-Parsi unit. It is here that the Parsis played 28 matches, lost 19, drew 8 and won 1 game! This team, which consisted of 15 players back then, was led by Dr. Dhunjeeshaw Patel. It laid, in turn, […]
The Parsee Gymkhana cricket team (PG) will face Surrey County Cricket Club’s Charles Alcock X1, in the United Kingdom, for the prestigious tournament – the third edition of the ‘1886 Trophy’, to be played on 23rd August, 2019, at ‘The Oval’, in London. Team PG, which comprises only Zoroastrians, will travel to the UK from […]
CRICKET India Whitewash West Indies To Win T20 Series: Exceptional bowling from Deepak Chahar (3-4), Navdeep Saini (2-34) coupled with great batting knocks from Indian skipper Virat Kohli (59) and Rishabh Pant (65*), helped India win the third T20 in style by seven wickets at Providence Stadium in Guyana. With this victory India grabs a […]
CRICKET Lankan Lions Whitewash Bangladesh: Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 122 runs in the third and final ODI to grab the three match series with a 3-0 win, at R Premadasa Stadium, in Colombo. During the third ODI, batting first, Sri Lanka notched up 294-8 in their 50 overs. Angelo Mathews top scored with 87 […]
Parsee Gymkhana (PG), the top-class team in Mumbai’s Club Cricket arena, held its Annual Pre-Season Function on 29th July, 2019. Vice President and Cricket Secretary, Khodadad Yazdegardi left no stone unturned, as always, year after year ensuring the best from the industry are available to share their thoughts, views, ideas and impart knowledge to Team […]