Daily Sports Catch-Up: Pune out, Indians win in Baddy & Squash, Kohli responds

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In a thrilling match between two teams vying for the last semi-final spot, NorthEast United came out on top, 3-2, against FC Pune City. NorthEast have finished their campaign with 20 points from 14 points and their SF fate now rests in Chennaiyin FC hands; for NEU to qualify Chennai need to lose their last match. Pune are now out of contention.

Squash

Stars of the day: Dipika & Joshna moved into Rd2 of Hong Kong Open after defeating Habiba (Egypt) & Megan (NZ) respectively 

Badminton

Srikanth, Prannoy, GuruSaiDutt & Sindhu win in Rd 1 of Indonesian Masters. All had it easy except Sindhu, who took 3 sets to win.

Tennis

#IPTL2015 Indian Aces, consisting of Sania & Bopanna, came from behind to defeat Japan Warriors 25-24 after trailing 9-12 after the first two ties

#CTL2015 Punjab Marshalls defeated Raipur Rangers 20-18, became the first team to qualify for Finals

Quick-Bytes

• Ashwin and Shami, the only 2 Indians in ICC Test & ODI squad of the year #MakingIndiaProud
• Nicolas Anelka concedes that he wasn’t good enough to coach Mumbai City FC
• Virat Kohli says, "No articles written about Adelaide test finishing in two and half days"

Key matches today (Lots of action!)

• #Badminton Indonesian Open GPG – Sindhu, Prannoy, Gurusaidutt &  Srikanth in Rd 2 & Pre-QFs
• #Squash Hong Kong Open 2015 – S. Ghosal vs M. Elshorbagy, D. Pallikal vs C.Serme, J. Chinappa vs J. King
• #WHLFinals2015 India vs Great Britain in QFs
• #IndvsSA 4th Test Day 1
• #CTL – Nagpur Orangers vs V Chennai Warriors
• #IPTL2015 – Phillippine Mavericks v Singapore Slammers, UAE Royals vs Japan Warriors
• #HeroISL – Delhi Dynamos vs Kerala Blasters

Feature of the day!

Indian sports community prays for Chennai – Stay Strong Chennai!

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