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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Rohit concedes Bangladesh played better This victory frees us up to play ‘When you’re defending such a small target, you need to keep taking wickets’ fearless cricket: Mushfiqur CRICKET ‘The last two or three weeks have been the toughest’ Rakesh Rao Special Correspondent occasion for the Bangladeshi Reflecting on the team’s NEW DELHI New Delhi cricket­lovers since the nine­ core strategy, the seasoned­ “They were better than us to­ Mushfiqur Rahim has script­ wicket triumph ended an campaigner said: “One of day and we accept that we ed many a triumphant tale eight­game losing streak to the top­four batsmen must didn’t play well.” for Bangladesh. But the role India. be there till the end, regard­ Long before Rohit Sharma he played in taking his team “It is a great moment in less of whether you are bat­ signed off the post­match to a historic first victory over Bangladesh cricket. We have ting first or second. It was press conference with this India in a T20 match is going beaten them for the first our plan. It is important that candid admission following to be one of the recall points time in T20Is. We had two of whoever shows good form, India’s nine­wicket drubbing once this wicketkeeper­bat­ our key players missing in must carry it over to the next at the hands of Bangladesh sman is done with the game. our line­up but it was out­ couple of games.” on Sunday, the stand­in skip­ With an international ca­ standing the way the young Adjudged man­of­the­ per sounded confused when reer spanning over 14 years, players stuck together and match for his unbeaten 60, it came to describing the tar­ the 32­year­old former cap­ bowled on this track. It set Mushfiqur said, “the last two get of 149. tain is the highest run­getter up the game. or three weeks have been in Tests for his country. “It wasn’t an easy wicket the toughest situation that I ‘Winning score’ Though his T20 track­re­ to bat against couple of qual­ have faced in my 15­year He started by looking at it as cord could look a lot better, ity spinners. Our guys cricketing career. I told jour­ a “winning score”. Soon, he Mushfiqur is happy as long showed their character. We nalists before I left Bangla­ changed it to “a good, fight­ as he play a match­winning had nothing to lose coming desh that we can come back ing total”. Before long, it was role, much like he did here into this game, and the on the right track with a cou­ “a small target”. Eventually, on Sunday. whole series. It has given us ple of wins in India. It will he called it “only 140­plus”. a great cushion, and frees us bring back smiles and calm­ In short, the target was seen Momentous occasion up to play fearless cricket,” ness to the team, and the na­ differently by Rohit in res­ It was indeed a momentous said Mushfiqur. tion.” ponse to different questions. Consider these: “We de­ cided, if we bat first, we have to look to get somewhere around 140­150. We had seen that before as well, when we’ve played on pitches like that, a winning score be­ comes somewhere around Need to strike: The Indian team, which reached Rajkot on Monday, will have to bring its ‘A’ game in the second T20I.* PTI 140­150.” Minutes later, Rohit came they (Khaleel Ahmad and On the unsuccessful re­ nation of a ’keeper and a <> We want to win and up with this: “We didn’t get Deepak Chahar) still need to view, Rohit said, “you’ve got bowler that influence those we can do that only enough runs on the board. understand, when they are to trust your bowler or your decisions when the captain by executing our Whatever we got was a good, defending smaller targets, ’keeper — what they say. is not in the right position to skills. That’s what we fighting total, where we can they need to bowl according Based on that we always try make one.” failed to do today fight, and get the game to­ to the plan. They will learn and make that decision. Of wards us but when you’re from playing games like this course, Rishabh Pant is still Guarded In cricket, we all are students defending such a small tar­ where you’re defending only very young. He will need Finally, looking at this young of the game, and we under­ get, you need to keep taking 140­plus.” time to understand those Bangladesh combination, stand every game is a new wickets.” To his credit, the stand­in kind of things. Rohit sounded guarded. game. We want to win and Further, while defending captain was forthcoming in “It’s too soon to judge “A lot of new guys are we can do that only by exe­ the fast bowlers’ perfor­ admitting, “we lacked in whether he can make those here, and there’s no way that cuting our skills. That’s what Getting it right: Mushfiqur Rahim is happy with the way the young players bowled and set up mances, Rohit said, “I feel, terms of decision making.” decisions or not. It’s a combi­ we can take this team lightly. we failed to do today.” Bangladesh’s victory. * SANDEEP SAXENA Indian women draw level Parshant Singh soars to a new high in pole vault NATL. JR. ATHLETICS Roy (girls under­20 100m jith, Akhil Babu, T.K. Sayooj and ya Sunny, Anjali P.D. Dileesh, Press Trust of India hurdles) , Delhi’s Chanda C.R. Abdul Razak) 1:55.96, 2. Aparna Roy and Mrudula Maria NORTH SOUND Special Correspondent (girls under­20 3km), Harya­ Maharashtra 1:56.50, 3. Tamil Babu) 47.18s (NMR, OMR 47.28, Punam Raut (77) starred Guntur na’s Anisha Dahiya (girls un­ Nadu 1:56.89. Kerala, Chennai, 2005), 2. Kar­ with the bat before the spin­ Haryana’s Parshant Singh der­20 hammer throw), Te­ Under­16: 100m hurdles: 1. nataka 47.72; 3. TN 48.74s. ners put up a fine perfor­ Kanhaiya broke a 33­year­old jas Ashok Shirse and Delhi’s R.K. Viswajith (Ker) 13.67s, 2. Under­18: 100m hurdles: 1. mance to set up India’s com­ National under­20 pole vault Harshita Sherawat (girls un­ Ruturaj Dattatray Nale (Maha) P.M. Thabitha (TN) 13.70s 13.76s, 3. V. Vishnukumar (TN) (NMR, OMR 13.76s, Aparna Roy, fortable 53­run win over record with an effort of der­18 hammer throw) today. 13.88s. 5km: 1. Amit (Har) Ranchi, 2018), 2. Agasara Nan­ West Indies in the second 5.05m in 35th National ju­ The results: Finals: Boys: Un­ 20:27.82 ( NNR & MR , OR dini (TS) 14.47, 3. Ann Rose To­ ICC Women’s Championship nior athletics championship der­20: 10m hurdles: 1. Abhish­ 21:17.63, Amit, Ranchi, 2019), 2. my (Ker) 14.48s. Javelin: 1. Jyo­ ODI here. India defended a at Acharya Nagarjuna Un­ ek Vinay Ubhe (Maha) 13.84s, 2. Anshul Dhoundiyal (Utk) ti (Har) 48.01m, 2. Dhanmati modest 191, by bowling out iversity campus here on L.Yashwanth Kumar (AP) 21:16.71, 2. Rohit Kumar Yadav Xess (Odi) 40.62m, 3. Amisha West Indies for 138, to level Monday. 14.00s, 3. S. Veeraraghavendra (Guj) 21:51.23. 1000m medley Devendrabhai Solanki (Guj) the three­match series 1­1 Parshant, the defending (TN) 14.01. 5km: 1. Sunil Dawar relay: 1. Haryana (Kapil, Dush­ 39.92m. Hammer throw: 1. Har­ here on Sunday night. Left­ champion, came up with the (MP) 14:30.93, 2. Bahadur Patel yant, Ankit and Sanjit Balhara) shita Sherawat (Del) 59.35m arm orthodox Rajeshwari third best jump by an Indian (MP) 14:34.71, Gurpreet (Har) 1:59.90, 2. Maharashtra (NMR, OMR 58.23m, Poonam Gayakwad, leg­break spe­ pole vaulter this year behind 14:34.78. Long jump: 1. Lokesh 2:00.18, 3. Telangana 2:00.56. Jakhar, Mangalagiri, 2017), 2. L. Sathyanathan (Kar) 7.79m Kessia Mariam Benny (Ker) cialist Poonam Yadav and Siva Subramaniam (5.16m) Parshant Singh Kanhaiya. Under­14: Shotput: 1. Moham­ (NMR ­ OMR 7.72m, M Sreesh­ mad Sahib Salmani (UP) 13.51m, 55.27m; 3. Ritu (Har) 51.03m. off­spinner Deepti Sharma Standing firm: Punam Raut anchored the Indian innings with a and K.G. Jessan (5.10m). * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ankar, Manglagiri, 2017), 2. 2. Hansdeep Singh (Har) 1000m medley relay: 1. Karna­ did the trick for the visitors. responsible half­century. * FILE PHOTO: PRASHANT NAKWE The Haryana athlete, who Rishabh Rishiwar (UP) 7.29m, 3. 13.16m, 3. Yash Verma (Del) taka (D. Aanchal Rajesh, V. Var­ lay: 1. Kerala (Anukool Joseph, was pushed hard by Maha­ Sunny Kumar (Bih) 7.14m. 12.12m. sha, Jyothika and Priya Hab­ SCOREBOARD rashtra’s Rakesh Gond and Anith John, K. Bijith and C. Ab­ bathanahally) 2:11.44 ( NMR, Pole vault: 1. Parshant Singh Girls: Under­20: 100m hurdles: who came up with his perso­ hinav) 41.28s ( NMR, OMR OMR 2:11.90, Kerala, Ranchi, INDIA Alleyne 10­2­38­2, King 7­1­ Fletcher b Deepti 14, Anisa Mo­ Kanhiya (Har) 5.05m ( NNR & 1. Aparna Roy (Ker) 14.00s 41.37s, Kerala, Chennai, 2005), 2015), 2. Kerala 2:12.78; 3. Ha­ Priya Punia c Campbelle b Gajn­ 22­0, Gajnabi 5­0­23­1, hammed (not out) 3; Extras nal best of 4.90m, eclipsed MR ­ ONR 5.00m, Vijay Pal (NMR, OMR 14.09s, Sapna Ku­ the previous record of Vijay 2. Tamil Nadu 42.73s, 3. Maha­ ryana 2:14.51. abi 5, Jemimah Rodrigues c Fletcher 10­0­32­2, Anisa 7­1­ (b­3, lb­1, w­7): 11; Total (in Singh, Athens, 1986, OMR rashtra 42.92s. mari, Mangalagiri, 2017), 2. Taylor b Alleyne 0, Punam Raut 31­0, Grimmond 4­0­22­1, 47.2 overs): 138. Pal Singh’s (5.00m) set in the 4.85m, S Siva, Ranchi, 2015), 2. Pratibha Kumari (Jhar) 14.75s, Under­16: 100m hurdles: 1. Na­ c Alleyne b Fletcher 77, Mithali Taylor 7­0­23­0. FALL OF WICKETS World junior athletics cham­ Rakesh Gond (Mah) 4.90m, 3. Under­18:110m hurdles: 1. Te­ 3. Rishika Rajesh Nepali (Maha) mayi Ruchita (Kar) 14.57s, 2. Raj c Fletcher b Grimmond 40, WEST INDIES 1­10, 2­78, 3­90, 4­96, 5­97, 6­ pionships in Athens in July Shekhar Kumar Pandey (Del) jas Ashok Shirse (Mah) 13.59s 14.89s. 3km: 1. Chanda (Del) Nayana Jose (Ker) 14.70s, 3. Harmanpreet Kaur b Alleyne Natasha McLean retd. hurt 15, 100, 7­105, 8­128, 9­138. 1986. 4.90m. High jump: 1. Mahfurur (NRM, OMR 13.76s, Santhosh 9:42.71 ( NMR, OMR 9:44.62, Vyasali Ganesan (TN) 15.00s. 46, Deepti Sharma st. Camp­ Stacy Ann­King b Shikha 6, INDIA BOWLING There were other National Rahman (Bangladesh) 2.10m, 2. Kumar, Ranchi, 2015). High Sanjivani Jadhav, Ranchi, 2015), 1000m medley relay: 1. Maha­ rashtra (Sakshi Champalal Cha­ belle b Fletcher 5, Taniya Bhatia Shermaine Campbelle c Punam Jhulan 7.2­2­24­1, Shikha 7­1­ records for Tamil Nadu’s Rohit (Har) 2.06m, 3. Abhay jump: 1. Uchchaal Kumar Roy 2. Seema (HP) 9:51.20, 3. Poo­ van, Saniya Mahendra Sawant, (not out) 9, Jhulan Goswami b Rajeshwari 39, Stefanie Taylor 19­1, Rajeshwari 10­3­27­2, P.M. Thabitha (girls under­18 Bhatu Gurav (Mah) 2.04m. Dis­ (WB) 2.08m, 2. Kaushik Rajen­ nam Dinkar Sonune (Maha) (not out) 1; Extras (w­8) 8; lbw b Poonam 20, Chedean Na­ Poonam 10­1­26­2, Deepti 8­0­ cus: 1. Ikram Ali Khan (MP) dra Jadhav (Guj) 2.01m, 3. Ro­ 9:54.44. Hammer throw: 1. An­ Diya Deepak Sumerpur and Riya 100m hurdles) and Harya­ Total (for six wkts. in 50 overs): tion c Deepti b Poonam 6, Kys­ 25­2, Harmanpreet 5­1­13­0. 53.34m, 2. Aniket (Utk) bindeep Singh (Pjb) 1.99m. 10 isha Dahiya (Har) 50.74m Nitin Patil) 2:16.10, 2. Kerala 191. hona Knight c Taniya b Deepti 1, Toss: India na’s Amit (boys under­16 50.62m, 3. Abhay Gupta (Har) km: 1. Paramdeep Mor (Har) (NMR, OMR 50.71m, Nidhi, 2:16.81, 3. Tamil Nadu 2:20.05. FALL OF WICKETS Sheneta Grimmond st. Taniya b Player­of­the­match: Punam 5km) on the third day of 50.30m. Hammer throw: 1. Jai 43:07.24, 2. Paramjeet Bisht Ranchi, 2015), 2. Sneha Surya­ Under­14: Shotput: 1.V. Madhu­ 1­5, 2­17, 3­83, 4­176, 5­178, Rajeshwari 0, Shabika Gajnabi Raut competitions. Chand (Raj) 63.54m, 2. Alim (Utk) 43:51.36, 3. Bajrang Praja­ kant Jadhav (Maha) 49.98m, 3. mitha (TN) 12.68m, 2. Tamanna 6­190. run out 7, Aaliyah Alleyne c India won by 53 runs to level Meet records were also re­ Uddin (UP) 62.39m, 3. Ashu De­ pati (MP) 44:03.31. 1000m me­ Aishwrya (Har) 48.98m. (Har) 12.20m, 3. Harleen Pure­ WEST INDIES BOWLING Mithali b Jhulan 16, Afy the three-match series 1-1. written by Kerala’s Aparna va (Har) 61.58m. 4x100m re­ dley relay: 1. Kerala (R.K. Surya­ 4x100m relay: 1. Kerala (Sophi­ wal (Chandigarh) 11.58m. Substitution Hamilton one adrift of Schumacher in IPL? Clinches sixth drivers’ title; Bottas makes it 1­2 for Mercedes Press Trust of India New Delhi US GRAND PRIX chael Schumacher on seven. lap, 11. Sergio Perez (Racing The concept of players’ Hamilton added the 2019 Point) +1 lap, 12. Kimi Raikkonen substitutions during an IPL Agence France-Presse title to previous victories in (Alfa Romeo Racing) +1 lap, 13. match could be floated Austin 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017 and Lance Stroll (Racing Point) + 1 during Wednesday’s go­ Lewis Hamilton clinched his 2018. lap, 14. Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo Racing) +1 lap, 15. Ro­ verning council meeting in sixth drivers’ world cham­ “I can’t believe it, thanks a main Grosjean (Haas) +1 lap, 16. Mumbai but the final call pionship, but not in the style lot,” Hamilton said over the Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) +1 lap, rests with BCCI president he hoped for on Sunday team radio as he moved out 17. George Russell (Williams) +2 Sourav Ganguly. when he finished second be­ of a tie for five titles he held laps, 18. Kevin Magnussen It has been learnt that a hind his triumphant Mer­ with Argentina’s Juan­Ma­ (Haas) +4 laps. senior executive of the IPL cedes teammate Valtteri Bot­ nuel Fangio. Best lap: Charles Leclerc (Ferra­ operations team prepared tas in an eventful United “My dad told me when I ri) 1:36.169 (44th lap). a note few months ago with States Grand Prix. was like six or seven never to Did not finish: Sebastian Vettel an intention to do away The 34­year­old Briton give up and that’s kind of the (Ferrari), Robert Kubica (Wil­ with traditional playing XI. fought with ferocious deter­ family motto.” liams), Kevin Magnussen According to the note, a mination to win from fifth on It was Bottas’s fourth win (Haas). ‘Power Player’ concept the grid, but was unable to of the season and the se­ Drivers’ standings: 1. Hamilton could be used, allowing a resist the Finn, who started venth of his career. 381 points (champion), 2. Bot­ player, who is not a part of from pole and, with a two­ Verstappen finished third tas 314, 3. Leclerc 249, 4. Ver­ playing XI, to come in at stop strategy, had fresher ahead of Charles Leclerc of stappen 235, 5. Vettel 230, 6. the fall of a wicket or re­ tyres in the critical final laps. Ferrari. Albon 84, 7. Sainz Jr. 80, 8. place a bowler at any given The results: 1. Valtteri Bottas Gasly 77, 9. Ricciardo 46, 10. point of time. 150th podium finish (Mercedes) 1h 33:55.653, 2. Le­ Perez 43, 11. Norris 41, 12. Hul­ “The final call will rest After leading twice, Hamil­ wis Hamilton (Mercedes) kenberg 37, 13. Kvyat 35, 14. Raikkonen 31, 15. Stroll 21, 16. with the BCCI president. ton was passed by Bottas +4.148, 3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +5.002, 4. Charles Leclerc Magnussen 20, 17. Grosjean 8, He will certainly discuss with three laps remaining (Ferrari) +52.239, 5. Alexander 18. Giovinazzi 4, 19. Kubica 1. with the IPL GC including and then resisted Red Bull’s Albon (Red Bull) +1:18.038, 6. Constructors: 1. Mercedes 695 chairman Brijesh Patel and Max Verstappen to take his Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) points (champion), 2. Ferrari other office bearers but a 150th podium finish and his +1:30.366, 7. Lando Norris 479, 3. Red Bull 366, 4. McLa­ lot of factors needs to be ta­ 31st successive finish in the (McLaren) +1:30.764, 8. Carlos ren 121, 5. Renault 83, 6. Toro ken into account,” a senior points. Sainz Jr (McLaren) +1 lap, 9. Ni­ Rosso 65, 7. Racing Point 64, 8. BCCI functionary told PTI On the right track: Valtteri Bottas finished first for his fourth It sealed his sixth title, co Hulkenberg (Renault) +1 lap, Alfa Romeo Racing 35, 9. Haas on condition of anonymity. win of the season and the seventh of his career.* AFP leaving him one adrift of Mi­ 10. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) +1 28, 10. Williams 1. 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TV PICKS ITF shifts India­Pakistan New Zealand v England: All-round show gives India-B the title 3rd T20I, SS Select 1 (SD & HD), 6.30 a.m. tie to neutral venue NBA: Sony Six (SD & HD), 9 Kedar Jadhav and Shahbaz Nadeem’s exploits highlight the facile win over India­C a.m. AITA names Rohit Rajpal as Australia v Pakistan: 2nd DEODHAR TROPHY Porel b Axar 54 (79b, 5x4, 1x6), T20I, Sony Six (SD & HD), B. Aparajith lbw b Jalaj 13 (30b, non­playing captain 1.30 p.m. Y.B. Sarangi 1x4), Kedar Jadhav c Shubman b UEFA Champions League: Porel 86 (94b, 4x4, 4x6), Nitish Earlier in the day, the All RANCHI DAVIS CUP Sony Ten 2 & ESPN (SD & HD), Rana c Karthik b Porel 20 (28b, India Tennis Association 11.30 p.m.; Sony Ten1,2,3, Six Kedar Jadhav’s responsible 1x4), Vijay Shankar c Axar b Po- (AITA), at its executive com­ & ESPN (SD & HD), 1.30 a.m. 86 and Shahbaz Nadeem’s rel 45 (33b, 4x4, 2x6), K. Gow- Press Trust of India mittee meeting in Chandi­ (Wednesday) crucial four­wicket haul were tham (not out) 35 (10b, 3x4, NEW DELHI garh, named former India significant contributions in 3x6), Rush Kalaria (not out) 0 player and chairman of its IN BRIEF the well­rounded perfor­ (1b); Extras (b-4, lb-3, nb-1, The International Tennis selection panel Rohit Rajpal mance of India­B, which beat w-8): 16; Total (for seven wkts. Federation on Monday de­ as the non­playing captain in 50 overs): 283. India­C by 51 runs to win the cided to shift India’s Asia/ following pullouts by top Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-28, 3-73, Deodhar Trophy at the JSCA 4-92, 5-171, 6-145, 7-276. Oceania Group I Davis Cup players and captain Mahesh Stadium here on Monday. India-C bowling: Porel 10-0- tie against Pakistan from Is­ Bhupathi. Opting to bat in the final, 43-5, Pathania 10-0-79-0, Jalaj lamabad to a neutral venue, “Rohit will stay as captain India­B overcame a slow 10-0-42-1, Axar 10-0-33-1, hours after Rohit Rajpal was of the side. He will talk to start to post 283 for seven Markande 10-0-79-0. named captain for the up­ the top players if they are and then restricted India­C India-C: Mayank Agarwal c coming matches. available. (31b, for 232 for nine. Gowtham b Nadeem 28 The November 29­30 “We were ready to send Luka Doncic logs in Champion: The triumphant India-B team with the Deodhar Trophy * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT 3x4), Shubman Gill c Jaiswal b contest had already been another triple-double team to Pakistan too but it’s Porel strikes Siraj 1 (7b), Priyam Garg b Siraj rescheduled from Septem­ CLEVELAND Jaiswal (54, 79b, 5x4, 1x6) lent judgement to rotate the India­C faltered in its rep­ an excellent decision. We On a pitch offering good 74 (77b, 8x4, 1x6), Virat Singh ber owing to security con­ Luka Doncic recorded his flourished to play some de­ strike, Jadhav played some ly, losing captain Shubman welcome it,” said AITA pre­ bounce and movement, me­ run out 6 (7b, 1x4), Suryakumar cerns raised by India due to second consecutive triple- lectable shots to get his se­ good­looking strokes, predo­ Gill to Mohammed Siraj in Yadav b Nadeem 3 (7b), Dinesh sident Praveen Mahajan. dium pacer Ishan Porel bow­ the prevailing diplomatic double as the Dallas cond half­century. He per­ minantly off Mayank Mar­ the second over. Ten overs Karthik lbw b Nadeem 3 (10b), AITA sources added that Mavericks defeated the led beautifully to hand In­ ished due to his rush of kande on the leg side, in his later, Nadeem removed a Axar Patel run out 38 (49b,3x4, tensions between the two dia­C an early advantage. He nations after the revocation Bhupathi, whose term had Cleveland Cavaliers 131-111 at blood, hoisting Axar Patel to 94­ball knock containing well­set Mayank Agarwal 1x6), Jalaj Saxena (not out) 37 ended in December 2018, had Ruturaj Gaikwad with a (65b, 1x4) of Article 370. the Quicken Loans Arena on Porel at deep midwicket. four fours and as many sixes. (28). , Mayank Markande c may not be considered for Monday. The 20-year old is perfect outswinger and the Siraj b Nadeem 27 (35b, 3x4), As Vijay and Gowtham Soon, Virat Singh was run the job, for he refused Na­ the youngest player in NBA rival skipper Parthiv Patel, Diwesh Pathania b Kalaria 6 ‘Safety first’ Good stands out and Suryakumar Yadav tional duty. history to have back to back who had promoted himself switched gear in the death, (10b), Ishan Porel (not out) 5 “The ITF and Davis Cup At 92 for four in the 25th ov­ Jadhav provided support un­ and Dinesh Karthik fell to Na­ (2b, 1x4); Extras (lb-2,w-2): 4; “It’s a huge responsibility 25-point triple doubles and it and had escaped on three, deem’s disciplined bowling Committee’s first priority was the 11th triple double of er, India­B was in the danger til the final over. Gowtham Total (for nine wkts. in 50 ov- and I am thankful to AITA with a delivery that found as India­C reeled at 77 for has always been the safety his burgeoning career. of losing its grip. However, was severe on Pathania, who ers): 232. for choosing me for such an the southpaw’s outside edge. five. The efforts of Priyam of athletes, officials and The results: Pacers bt Bulls India­B was struggling at 28 Jadhav stood firm in three spilled two catches off his Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-56, 3-64, spectators and the decision important tie. Garg (74), Axar (38), Saxena 4-71, 5-77, 6-140, 7-165, 8-212, 108-95, Knicks lost to Kings for two in nine overs. important partnerships — own bowling and conceded was made on this basis,” “The onus is on ITF and 92-113, Heat bt Rockets worth 79, 74 and 31 with Nit­ 31 in his last over, during his (37) and Markande (27) were 9-223. Yashasvi Jaiswal, re­ in vain. India-B bowling: Kalaria 10-0- said an ITF statement. Pakistan government to en­ 129-100, Spurs lost to Lakers prieved on 10, stitched to­ ish Rana (20), Vijay Shankar blitzkrieg which gave his side According to Davis Cup sure Indian contingent’s se­ 96-103, Cabaliers lost to (45) and K. Gowtham (35 a distinct advantage. The scores: 56-1, Siraj 10-1-43-2, Rana 10- gether 45 runs with B. Apara­ 0-45-0, Nadeem 10-1-32-4, regulations, the Pakistan curity,” Rajpal told PTI. “I Mavericks 111-131, Clippers bt n.o.) respectively — to turn India-B: Ruturaj Gaikwad c Su- Jazz 105-94. jith (13) before the latter was Porel scalped Rana, Vijay ryakumar b Porel 0 (6b), Par- Gowtham 10-0-54-0. Tennis Federation (PTF) am going to approach all the trapped in front by Jalaj Sax­ the script around. and Jadhav for his second fif­ thiv Patel c Karthik b Porel 14 Toss: India-B. now has the choice to nomi­ players who have made ena. Even while using his excel­ er (five for 43). (20b, 1x4), Yashasvi Jaiswal c India-B won by 51 runs. nate a neutral venue and themselves unavailable and has five working days to con­ request them to reconsider firm their proposed venue. their decision,” he added. ‘Able to handle situations better than before’ Harsimran selected Documentary on Real Off­season preparations have helped Aparajith perform consistently this season for Australia Y.B. Sarangi working on my batting…This Deodhar Trophy on Monday. sistency forward in all for­ Kashmir wins award RANCHI year I wanted to get better in Aparajith — who has 3660 mats. If I keep doing well, NBA camp Special Correspondent Bayern Munich sacks the technical part. der Sandeep Chattoo said, Shaking off two forgettable runs at 39.35 in 70 first class one day that (India selection) New Delhi coach Niko Kovac seasons, B. Aparajith is back “I wanted to be a well­ Special Correspondent “Our dream, which started BERLIN matches and 2887 runs at will happen. BBC documentary Real as a small team of Kashmiri among runs in the domestic rounded batsman, have NEW DELHI Bayern Munich on Sunday 43.74 in 77 List­A matches ““For me it is important to Kashmir F.C. has won the one­dayers and looks for­ (more) organised batting. youth, playing football as a sacked coach Niko Kovac, a apart from taking 42 and 43 perform in every match — Harsimran Kaur has been ‘Single Documentary’ cate­ ward to continue his good “That was my goal. From hobby, soon became one of day after the German wickets respectively with his batting, bowling or fielding, selected for the NBA Global gory at the British Academy touch. last year I wanted to be 15­20 the biggest and the most champion suffered a historic off­breaks — said he needed contribute in every match.” Academy basketball camp Film and Television Arts successful dream runs by Aparajith, among the top per cent better.” 5-1 loss against Eintracht to keep doing the good work. The 25­year­old Tamil Na­ to be conducted from No­ (BAFTA) Awards Scotland. any team. Aparajith was thankful to Frankfurt — its worst run­getters in the Vijay Ha­ du batsman said the chal­ vember 7 to 24, in Canberra, The work documents the his twin Indrajith, who has “We won the 2nd division Bundesliga defeat in a zare Trophy (598 in 12 Keep at it lenges he faced in his eight­ Australia. The 16­year­old journey of former Rangers also played for the State. on debut and finished 3rd in decade. Assistant coach matches) and the highest “Nothing will come easy, so I year­old career made him a was adjudged the MVP in ace David Robertson as the the 1st division I­League. Hansi Flick will take charge of scorer in Deodhar Trophy have to keep performing and mature cricketer. “We exchange ideas. Not the third NBA Academies head coach of Real Kashmir the team “until further (167 in three), said prepara­ many people have that be in the process. It is impor­ “With experience, you women’s program held in FC and its success story in “This award is a tribute to notice”, said a statement. AFP tions in the off­season bene­ advantage.” tant for me to score a lot of keep evolving as a player. Mumbai from October 2 to the I­League 2nd division in each and every person who fited him. runs — not only in one tour­ From where I started, I am About his targets in the 5. 2017­18. has contributed to making “I prepared really well in nament, but in T20s and able to handle situations and forthcoming Syed Mushtaq Harsimran has been a Real Kashmir FC co­foun­ this club what it is today.” the off season as regards fit­ Ranji Trophy as well. challenges better than Ali Trophy and Ranji Trophy, regular in the national team, ness and skill. That aspect is “The last two seasons before.” Aparajith said, “I am going and was one of the four girls helping me now. I even were not great, but now I match­by­match. who attended the Next Gen­ worked on my bowling,” said have performed well in con­ Constant improvement “I need to be in the pre­ eration program at the BFC’s Cuadrat appeals Aparajith, who was part of secutive matches. Aparajith’s goal is to get bet­ sent and concentrate on NCAA women’s final in Tam­ the India­B side that won the “I should carry that con­ ter every year. “I have been what I am doing.” pa, US, in April this year. She had also participated in for improved refereeing the Basketball Without Bor­ ders Asia in Tokyo. Special Correspondent by my club on the kind of Todd wins in Bermuda JAMSHEDPUR work I do with the team and with birdie blitz Lot of expectations on Indian team Harsimran, who will practise with top Australian Raising the standard of the in the same way the players LOS ANGELES Asian shooting champion­ In men’s air rifle, India can events and thus it should be players and coaches alone are banished to the bench if Brendon Todd fired a nine- ASIAN SHOOTING prospects under the gui­ ships begins here on Tues­ win one more Olympic quo­ interesting to see how well cannot help Indian football, they do not perform well, under-par final round of 62 dance of coaches from the Sports Bureau to win the PGA Tour’s day. ta. There will also be mixed the shooters place them­ NBA Academy and Basket­ the level of the referees has the referees should also be Doha inaugural Bermuda Air rifle finals for men and trap junior event on the first selves on the first day to stay ball Australia’s Centre of Ex­ improve in equal measure made accountable about Championship on Sunday. There will be a lot of expec­ women will be conducted on day. The preliminary rounds in the race for final berths. cellence, said “the oppor­ to ensure the development their decisions,” Cuadrat The 34-year-old reeled off tations on the strong Indian the opening day, apart from will be shot in men’s and wo­ Having topped the medals tunity to train at the NBA of the game, said Carles said. “What shocks me is seven consecutive birdies team to add to the nine women’s air pistol finals. men’s trap, apart from the table in all the four World Global Academy will not on­ Cuadrat, the coach of the that I have not seen much of during a remarkable display Olympic quota places won India has won the maxi­ first stage in men’s 25m ra­ Cups this season in rifle and ly identify and address the reigning ISL champion Ben­ improvement in the stan­ on the front nine to finish so far as it will be the chance mum possible share of two pid fire pistol. India has been pistol, the Indians will be areas I need to work on, but galuru FC. dard of referring in the four ahead of overnight leader to book berths for the 2020 Olympic quota each in wo­ anxiously seeking to secure keen to close the season a also serve as a platform to “My premise is pretty years that I have been here Harry Higgs. AFP Tokyo Games when the men’s air rifle and air pistol. Olympic quota in these three bright note. showcase my skills.’’ simple. Like I am assessed in the country.” Have worked on my power & reach: Panghal BOXING Anant Kaur NEW DELHI Amit Panghal is diminutive in stature but big in strength and power. Recently­pro­ moted to the rank of Sub­ edar, the army man believes Amit Panghal * ANANT KAUR the silver medal at the World Championship in my coaching staff make the September motivates him to strategy accordingly and dream big for the forthcom­ play on those lines. I wait for ing Asia Oceania Olympic my opponent to play his qualifiers in Wuhan, China game,” said the 2018 Asian in February. “I have worked Games gold medallist in 49 on a lot of punches in my kg. game,” Pangal told The Hin- On his training in recent du. times, Pangal said, “I have “I have definitely im­ added multiple punches to proved a lot in my weight my game because points (52 kg) category. In the final can be earned by attacking bout (against Uzbekistan’s continuously. I have been Shakhobidin Zoirov, the sparring with tall boxers reigning Olympic cham­ one weight category higher pion) I lacked power and to test my reach and power,” since then I have worked on Panghal added. my power and reach. Earlier The 24­year­old praised my attack was only of one or all his coaches and especial­ two punches. My game was ly the training regimen of about defence first and then the foreign coach Santiago counter, more of single Nieva. Panghal claimed his punches,” said Panghal. regimen was unique. Panghal always studies “Earlier we used to work his opponent’s game and on one thing once in a week then decides on the course and on the contrary now we to adopt. “In the first round repeat that one single tech­ I always observe my oppo­ nique the whole week in ev­ nents’ playing style. Me and ery training session.” CM YK DELHI THE HINDU 20 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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