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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2016 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Malik, Akmal bail out Sindhu, Srikanth lead Indian Injury worries increase as challenge at German Open Pakistan with fighting fifties MULHEIM AN DER and guided the men's team to a India gear up for Lanka test RUHR (GERMANY), Feb 29: historic bronze medal in the MIRPUR, Feb 29: Pakistan suffered triple jolt Barring Mohammed Amir, MIRPUR, Feb 29: "I don't know if Lasith will If Dhawan's injury wasn't Badminton Asia Championship. early in their chase by rival cap- who again did the star turn with With Saina Nehwal missing be available in the next two enough, the latest blow has Pakistan survived a top- The sixth seed Indian will tain Javed, who struck thrice Figures of 4-1-6-2, Pakistan another event due to fitness Injuries to key players such games as it is a fitness related been Rohit Sharma getting hit order collapse before complet- have a tricky customer in Japan's reducing the former World T20 bowling attack lacked the issues, P V Sindhu and Kidambi as skipper Mahendra Singh issue. His injury has again on the left toe by a crushing ing a seven-wicket win over Takuma Ueda in the first round. champions to 17 for three. intensity shown during the Srikanth will spearhead the Dhoni and Rohit Sharma is giv- flared up," stand-in captain yorker from Mohammed Amir United Arab Emirates in their Among other Indians, young Sharjeel Khan (4) was adjudged India match. Indian challenge at the USD ing them the jitters but India Angelo Mathews said after in the game against Pakistan. second round robin league Sameer Verma will meet Ukraine leg before while Khurram The likes of Mohamed Sami 120,000 German Grand Prix would still be firm favourites their loss against Bangladesh. Squads: match of the Asia Cup T20 tour- Dmytro Zavadsky, 11th seed Manzoor nicked one to Swapnil (1/28 in 4 overs), Mohammed Gold starting with the qualifiers when they take on a depleted More than the challenge India: Mahendra Singh nament, here today. Parupalli Kashyap, making a Patil behind the stumps. Irfan (2/30 in 4 overs) and here tomorrow. and struggling Sri Lanka in posed by defending World T20 Dhoni (captain), Shikhar An unbroken 114-run stand comeback after recovering from Mohammed Hafeez (11) looked debutant left-arm spinner World No 2 Saina, who had their penultimate league champions, the Indian team Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat for the fourth wicket between multiple injuries, will face scratchy before offering a catch Mohammed Nawaz (0/26 in 3 injured her ankle last year, is yet encounter of the Asia Cup will like to set their house in Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Shoaib Malik (63 no) and Umar Ukraine's Artem Pochtarev in his to short cover. overs) were inconsistent giving to play an international tourna- Twenty20 cricket tournament, order as far injuries are con- Singh, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Akmal (50 no) sealed the issue campaign-opener. Akmal and under-fire veter- away too many boundary balls ment this year as she is trying to here tomorrow. cerned. Bumrah, Ravichandran for Shahid Afridi's men, who Ajay Jayaram, B Sai Praneeth an Malik then took charge but towards the back end of the achieve full fitness ahead of the Despite injuries, India have Skipper Dhoni is playing Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, chased down the victory target and H S Prannoy have, however, they never dominated the bowl- innings. prestigious All England champi- the edge against the island through pain due to the back Ashish Nehra, Ajinkya Rahane, of 130 in 18.4 overs. ing despite the final few overs As many as half a dozen of onship. withdrawn from the event. Opting to bat, UAE man- nation, whom they beat 2-1 in a spasms, which has prevented Harbhajan Singh, Pawan Negi, during which they hit a flurry sixes were hit by the UAE bats- In her absence, onus will be In men's doubles, Manu Attri aged to score 129 for six, recent home series. The reason him from taking part in most of Parthiv Patel, Bhuvneshwar of fours and sixes. men apart from 13 boundaries. on Sindhu to lead India's cam- and B Sumeeth Reddy will look despite a top-order collapse being a possible injury to the training sessions. Kumar. In all, Malik hit seven fours However Pakistan made a paign in women's singles. to have a good outing as the which saw them tottering at 12 Lankan captain and primary If that wasn't enough, Sri Lanka: Lasith Malinga and three sixes in 49 balls while good start with Sami getting Sindhu, who clinched the World No. 20 pair is racing for three after just four overs. strike bowler Lasith Malinga, Shikhar Dhawan was ruled (captain), TM Dilshan, Dinesh Akmal helped himself to cou- left-hander Rohan Mustafa (1) Malaysia Masters early in the against time to qualify for the Rio Shaiman Anwar was the top- whose knee problem has again unfit before the last game Chandimal, Shehan Jayasuriya, ple of boundaries apart from early with a short ball. year, has been going through a Olympics. They will take on the scorer with 46 off 42 balls that flared up and has put his further against Pakistan, reportedly Angelo Mathews, Chamara three over boundaries in 46 Muhammad Kaleem (1) was rough patch lately as she lost to English combo of Marcus Ellis was studded with five bound- participation in the tournament with a niggle in his left ankle. Kapugedara, Nuwan Kulasek- balls. fooled by Amir, who came young compatriot Ruthvika and Chris Langridge in the first aries and two sixes. Skipper in doubt. There is speculation that ara, Dasun Chanaka, Dushm- Malik was dropped on 41 in round the wicket and foxed him Shivani Gadde in the South round. (PTI) Amjad Javed also threw his bat considering Dhawan's ques- antha Chameera, Milinda the deep off Mohammed with a change of pace as the Asian Games, before suffering around to contribute a valuable tionable technique in condi- Siriwardana, Rangana Herath, Shahzad's bowling and that delivery came in to knock his losses to Japan's Nozomi Salute & Tribute to Siachen Martyrs Cricket Tourney unbeaten 27 off 18 balls with tions where the ball bounces as Niroshan Dickwella, Thisara proved to be too costly for the stumps. Okuhara and Korea's Ji Hyun three fours and two sixes. well as there is seam and swing, Perera, Jeffrey Vandersay, inexperienced side. The 7 feet tall Mohammed Sung in the Badminton Asia Malik proved his detractors Nagrota Cricket Club crushes the team management found Sachithra Senanayeke. Malik hit couple of hefty Irfan used his height to get Championship. wrong with a responsible Ajinkya Rahane more reliable Match starts 7PM (IST). blows in part-time spinner Mohammed Shahzad (5) with a The 20-year-old from innings as he found an able ally at the top of the order. (PTI) Rohan Mustafa's next over to delivery that grew big on the Hyderabad, who had also bowed Laxman CC by 104 runs in Akmal. effectively finish the match. right hander as he only man- out in the second round of Syed Excelsior Sports Correspondent Badal chipped in with 14 runs aged to glove it to Sarfraz Modi GPG after losing to each. For LCC, Sachin took 3 Ahmed behind stumps. Nitchaon Jindapol, will look to JAMMU, Feb 29: Nagrota wickets, while Bunty and Ritik At 12/3 it was Shaiman, who turn around things when she Cricket Club (NCC) crushed bagged 2 wickets each and took it on himself to counter- faces USA's Rong Schafer in the Laxman Cricket Club (LCC) Raghu claimed one. attack. He had a brief 29 runs opening round of the German by a big margin of 104 runs in In reply, LCC bundled out the ongoing T20 Cricket stand with Usman Mushtaq (9) Open. for a paltry total of 57 runs in Tournament 'Salute and Tribute before Afridi got rid of him but On the other hand, Srikanth, 12 overs, thus lost the match by then a steady Mohammed to Siachen Martyrs', being who clinched the Syed Modi a big margin of 104 runs. Usman (21) joined him for a 31- organized by Parade Sports Grand Prix Gold in Lucknow last Ishaan and Badal were the only run stand. (PTI) month, has been in good form Association at Parade Cricket ground, here. two batsmen who crossed dou- Pushpinder Bharti, CEO, Iron Rush and other dignitaries ble figure mark, scoring 16 and J&K State Tennis Ball team posing for a group photograph Maruti Suzuki Nagrota Premier League Tournament Earlier, winning the toss alongwith Screening Committee members of J&K State Sports while addressing media persons in Jammu on Monday. 12 runs respectively. For NCC, and batting first, NCC scored a Council in Jammu on Monday. Sidhra Waliabad, Chak decent total of 161 runs in the Kaka was the pick of the Open Body building stipulated 20 overs. Irshad bowlers, who scalped 4 impor- Ahmed was the top scorer with tant wickets, while Riaz, State Tennis Ball Cricket Rakwala Leopards log wins 61 runs, studded with 6 fours Surinder and Rajinder claimed Championship on Apr 3 Excelsior Sports Correspondent between Chak Rakwala and 4 sixes, while Rahul and 2 wickets each. Kaka of NCC was declared as man of the team selected Excelsior Sports Correspondent Anil Kumar, Branch Head of Leopards and Sandhi Stars. Imran contributed 22 and BAJALTA, Feb 29: Sidhra match for his superb bowling J&K said that it is for the first Winning the toss Chak unbeaten 19 runs to the total Excelsior Sports Correspondent The team was screened by Waliabad today defeated Marh display.