THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU Q MONDAY Q MARCH 08, 2021 11 Indian Premier League 2021 to Harmanpreet Kaur becomes 5th start on April 9, final on May 30 Indian woman to play 100 ODIs LUCKNOW, MARCH NEW DELHI, noon matches and two 7: Ace Indian women’s Indian women lose first ODI by 8 wickets MARCH 7: The IPL 2021 teams will play two after- cricketer Harmanpreet will run from April 9 to May noon matches. Kaur on Sunday achieved 30 across six venues with no The afternoon games are another milestone of play- team getting to play at slated for a 3:30 PM start ing 100 ODI for the side. home, its Governing Council while the evening games She became the fifth player announced on Sunday. will have a 7:30 PM start. to do so, as she took the Despite COVID-19 surge, “The fixtures of the tour- field in the ongoing ODI Mumbai has been named as nament have been mapped match against South Africa one of the host cities and the in a way that every team will here in Lucknow. tournament will be held be- travel only three times dur- The Indian women's hind closed doors at least in ing the league stage, thus team vice-captain Mithali the initial phase of the tour- As on Sunday, the BCCI’s each while Ahmedabad and reducing commute and Raj (210), Jhulan Goswami nament. released schedule for the Delhi will host eight minimising risk. (183), Anjum Chopra (127) The other venues are first four weeks till May 6 matches each. “The VIVO IPL this year and Amita Sharma (116) in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, during which 33 matches “One of the highlights of at home will be played be- the elite list of players who Chennai, Delhi and will be played and not a sin- this edition of the VIVO IPL hind closed doors to begin have played 100 or more Kolkata. The Nardendra with and a call on allowing ODIs. gle game has been slotted in will be the fact that all LUCKNOW, MARCH produced fine knocks but Brief Scores: Modi Stadium in Ahmed- spectators will be taken at a Harmanpreet played a Kolkata during the phase as matches will be played at 7: Indian women suffered India never got the momen- India: 177 for 9 in 50 overs abad will host the final on later stage of the tourna- knock of 40 runs studded there will be eight-phase neutral venues, no team will an eight-wicket loss to tum it needed as they settled (M Raj 50, H Kaur 40, D May 30 as well as the play- ment,” the statement read with six fours. Before the state assembly elections in play at their home venue. South Africa in the first ODI for 177 for nine. Sharma 27; S Ismail 3/28, offs. further. match, she scored 2,372 Bengal. All teams will play at 4 out here on Sunday. In reply, Lizelle Lee (83) N Mlaba 2/41). Defending champions The previous edition was runs in the 50-over format Each team is set to play at of 6 venues during the Playing their first interna- and Laura Wolvaardt (80) South Africa: 178 for 2 in Mumbai Indians will face played in the UAE amid the till date at 34.88 with three four venues during the league stage,” read an IPL tional match in 12 months, guided South Africa home, 40.1 overs (L Lee 83, L Royal Challengers Banga- pandemic but since then hundreds and 11 half-cen- league stage. Out of the 56 statement. skipper Mithali Raj (50) and scoring 178 for two in 40.1 Wolvaardt 80; J Goswami lore in the tournament the COVID-19 situation has turies. league matches, Chennai, There will be a total of 11 Harmanpreet Kaur (40) overs. 2/38). opener in Chennai on April Mumbai, Kolkata and Ben- double headers where six improved drastically in In- 9. galuru will host 10 matches teams will play three after- dia. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat wins gold, New Zealand beat Australia by reclaims number one rank 7 wickets to win T20 series 3-2 ROME, MARCH 7: The Indian had entered Living up to the expecta- the event as world number WELLINGTON, MARCH 7: Ish Australia when New Zealand captain tions, star Indian wrestler three but is back to world Sodhi led a concerted attack by New Kane Williamson fell lbw to Meredith Vinesh Phogat won her sec- number one by jumping 14 Zealand’s spin bowlers before Martin first ball. ond gold medal in as many points. Guptill smashed a quickfire 71 runs to Guptill was out in the 15th over, hav- weeks with a dominant win The Canadian was set up a seven-wicket win over Aus- ing made 71 from 46 balls with seven in the Matteo Pellicone ranked as low as 40 before tralia in the fifth Twenty20 interna- boundaries and four sixes, and having Ranking Series event and the tournament but is now tional on Sunday and a 3-2 win in the set the foundation on which New reclaimed the top rank in just behind Vinesh at num- five-match series. Zealand’s win depended. the her category here. ber two. Leg spinner Sodhi came into the Phillips finished the job, hitting 34 The 26-year-old World Vinesh did not concede a match as the leading wicket-taker in from 15 balls with five fours and two ning by 64 runs, but in the fourth on a bronze medallist and the single point at this tourna- the series with 10 at an average of 18 sixes including a six for the winning only Indian woman ment, winning two of her and improved to 13 at 11.8, taking 3- pitch which had slowed considerably runs in the 16th over off Adam Zampa. and favored spin it defended a total of wrestler to have qualified three bouts by pinning her 24 as Australia was held 142-8 after “The other night we took a backward for the Tokyo Games, Vi- rivals while getting injury choosing to bat on winning the toss. just 156-6, winning by 50 runs. step and today we wanted to not back nesh blanked Canada’s Di- and held on to her lead in this performance would walkouts in the other two in New Zealand surpassed that total Until Sunday, each match in the se- down from the fight and we showed ana Mary Helen Weicker 4- the second to ensure a top- give her the belief that her the eight-woman field. with 27 balls to spare, steered by Gup- ries had been won by the team batting that with a good opening stand,” Gup- 0 in the 53kg title clash. of-the-podium finish. preparations for the Sarita Mor had won a sil- till and Devon Conway who put on 106 first. New Zealand won the first two by till said. “Today Devon (Conway) was Vinesh scored all her Vinesh had won a gold biggest sporting event are ver in the 57kg on Satur- for the first wicket in 11.5 overs. 53 runs and four runs but hadn’t previ- brilliant out there. points in the first period medal in Kiev last week and on the right track. day. Sodhi was supported during Aus- ously been able to put together a sub- “I wouldn’t say I went after them tralia’s innings by left-armer Mitchell stantial innings when chasing in from ball one. But it was just good to Santner who took the new ball and Wellington. spend a bit more time out there and bowled his four overs at a cost of only It needed a stronger foundation create a partnership with Devon. He from its openers: Guptill and Tim India’s Lalrinsanga Tlau clinches 21 runs. Having noted the influence of got off to a good start, I caught up and spin in the previous match in the se- Seifert put on only 20 in the third pushed on and the best part about it ries, New Zealand also used part-time match and 21 in the fourth as Australia was we got the win.” spinners Mark Chapman, who took 1- fought back to level the series. While Australia couldn’t contain WBC youth world title Conway was promoted to open with 9 from two overs, and Glen Phillips Guptill, New Zealand managed to NEW DELHI, Sulaiman, was conducted urday night. Pachuau) at R. Dength- Guptill on Sunday the new opening whose two overs cost 21 runs. mostly neutralize Australia’s big hit- MARCH 7: Indian boxer under the technical supervi- “I am extremely happy uama Multi-Purpose Sta- pair immediately struck gold, reach- The spinners shared 12 of New ters. Lalrinsanga Tlau defeated sion of the Indian Boxing and thankful to all those dium,. ing their century partnership in the Zealand’s 20 overs, more than in any of Australia also tried a new opening Ghana’s Eric Quarm to Council (IBC), which is who supported me in the Mizoram Sports Minister 12th over. the Black Caps’ previous T20 interna- combination, promoting Josh claim the vacant WBC headed by former national journey to this title,” the 21- Robert Romawia Royte Guptill posted his 17th T20 from 33 tionals. That followed Australia’s Philippe to join Aaron Finch but the youth world super feather- federation secretary gen- year-old champion said af- was among those who wit- balls and moved to second place be- record in the fourth match when As- move was unsuccessful and Philippe weight title in an eight- eral Brigadier PKM Raja.