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TV PICKS Bagan too good for TRAU NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), Jalaj sends Delhi into a spin 6.30 a.m. rus kept the rival at bay even BWF World Tour Finals: I-LEAGUE as Ashutosh Mehta took up Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), 8.30 The offie’s six­for effort forces the visitors to follow­on Y.B. Sarangi multiple roles on the field. a.m. & 3.30 p.m. KOLKATA The host came close to Ranji Trophy: Star Sports 2 A. Vinod moving the former. Chande­ Mohun Bagan rode on Fran scoring on quite a few occa­ (SD & HD), 9.30 a.m. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Pakistan v Sri Lanka: 1st la was batting on 51 along Gonzalez’s brace to beat a sions. In the 19th minute, Ju­ Test, Sony ESPN (SD & HD), He has been Kerala’s bowling with Shorey (2) when stumps below par TRAU FC 4­0 and lien Colinas missed a sitter 10 a.m. trump card for sometime were drawn. record its first win of the after getting a pass from Australia v New Zealand: now. And, Jalaj Saxena did The scores: season in the I­League at the Nongdamba Norem inside 1st Test, Sony Six (SD & HD), not disappoint as his six­ Kerala — 1st innings: 529/9 Kalyani Stadium on the area. 10.30 a.m. wicket haul forced Delhi to decl. Wednesday. In the 38th minute, Bagan Hero I­League: DSport, 2 surrender a huge 383­run Delhi — 1st innings: Anuj Rawat Bagan’s victory helped it p.m. doubled the lead when Ash­ ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), first innings lead on the third b Jalaj 15, Kunal Chandela c Az­ jump from ninth to fourth, utosh, who received a sup­ 7.30 p.m. day of the Ranji Trophy haruddeen b Warrier 1, Dhruv providing relief to coach Ki­ erb long ball, crossed to Su­ Europa League: Sony Ten match, at the St. Xavier’s Sta­ Shorey c Uthappa b Jalaj 19, bu Vicuna. Bagan applied hair who made no mistake. Nitish Rana c Uthappa b Monish 1,2, 3, Six & ESPN (SD & HD), dium, Thumba, on pressure from the beginning Minutes after resump­ 25, Jonty Sidhu c Asif b Jalaj 3, 11.30 p.m. Wednesday. and found the target as early tion, Gonzalez scored again, With a day left, Delhi Lalit Yadav lbw b Jalaj 5, Shivam Sharma c Vinod b Joseph 11, as the fifth minute when his right­footer catching the IN BRIEF might have loosened the Pradeep Sangwan c Asif b Jalaj Gonzalez slotted home off a TRAU defence napping. stranglehold enjoyed by the 17, Vikas Mishra c Vinod b Jalaj goalmouth melee from a Jo­ Subha Ghosh completed the host a wee bit thanks to a 13, Navdeep Saini c Uthappa b seba Beitia corner from the tally in the 90th minute. fightback shaped by its open­ Joseph 25, Tejas Baroka (not left. TRAU hardly threatened ers in the final session of out) 1; Extras (lb­2, pen­5): 7. the opponent in the first half play, but still will have to bat Total (in 62.4 overs): 142. Energetic Suhair and missed two golden op­ through all the three ses­ Fall of wickets: 1­15, 2­17, 3­59, Bagan came up with some portunities in the second. sions on Thursday to stop 4­67, 5­73, 6­75, 7­101, 8­103, fine moves, thanks to the The result: Mohun Bagan 4 Kerala from registering a 9­140. energetic V.P. Suhair. Gur­ (Gonzalez 5 & 46, Suhair 38, win, if not by an innings. Wrecker­in­chief: Jalaj Saxena exploited the conditions to send the Delhi batsmen to their Kerala bowling: Warrier 10­3­ jinder Kumar and Daniel Cy­ Subha 90) bt TRAU FC 0. The visitors, following­on doom. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT 26­1, Asif 9­5­16­0, Jalaj 24­4­ Win keep Heat consequent to being shot out 63­6, Monish 14­4­23­1, Joseph perfect at home for 142, were at an identical the tie could well have an in­ Their exit marked a vir­ of six for 63, while Sijimon 5.4­3­7­2. LOS ANGELES score in their second essay teresting end. tual procession back to the Joseph had a haul of two for Delhi — 2nd innings: Anuj Ra­ Miami Heat rallied late to wat c Rahul b Baby 87, Kunal NEUFC­CFC match with nine wickets intact. The help from the slow­ pavilion as Jalaj scalped wick­ 7. Chandela (batting) 51, Dhruv beat the Atlanta Hawks turner was enough for Jalaj ets in quick succession. Forced to bat again, the 135­121 on Tuesday and Shorey (batting) 2; Extras 241 in arrears to put a seed of doubt in the The spinner completed sagging morale of the Delhi remain unbeaten at home (nb­2): 2; Total (for one wkt. in under a cloud To make Kerala bat again or minds of the rival batsmen his five­for well before lunch team was given a lift by open­ this NBA season. 38 overs): 142. force a draw, Delhi will be re­ after Delhi resumed at 23 for (taken at 107 for eight) before ers Anuj Rawat and Kunal a win by Jamshedpur FC in The results: Philadelphia 97 Fall of wicket: 1­130. ISL bt Denver 92; Miami 135 bt quired to wipe out the ar­ two. Dhruv Shorey, the Delhi returning to end the partner­ Chandela, who shared a 130­ Kerala bowling: Warrier 5­1­ the previous match — the Amitabha Das Sharma Atlanta 121 (OT); Portland 115 rears of 241 runs on a wicket captain, and his deputy Nit­ ship that developed between run stand, before the Kerala 10­0, Asif 3­0­22­0, Jalaj 16­0­ host had forced a 1­1 draw bt New York 87; Charlotte 114 which offered a bit more of ish Rana did their best to Vikas Mishra and Navdeep skipper Sachin Baby, trying 35­0, Monish 8­0­44­0, Uth­ GUWAHATI with an 89th­minute equal­ bt Washington 107. AFP spin on the third day than in plough back their side but in Saini. his luck with the ball, struck appa 2­0­10­0, Joseph 2­0­ The rising political violence iser — Chennaiyin FC will be the first two. If it gets worse, vain. Jalaj finished with figures with his third delivery by re­ 18­0, Baby 2­0­3­1. in the region has put the ISL searching for its first away It’s Formidables contest, scheduled between win of the season. vs Maharaja NorthEast United FC and NEUFC will miss the ser­ KOLKATA RANJI TROPHY SCORES, ROUND 1, DAY 3 Chennaiyin FC here on vices of Ghanaian World Former champion Thursday, under a cloud. Cupper Asamoah Gyan, Formidables from Delhi and GROUP A Singh 122, Anmol Malhotra 76, 0. garh 0. Bihar 0. The unrest saw the pre­ who aggravated an injury in city­based Maharaja on Andhra 211 & 100/2 in 37 Shubham Sharma 4/82). Karnataka 336 & 89/5 in 40 Haryana 401 vs Maharashtra Arunachal Pradesh 147 & 183 match media conference on the match against ATK. The Wednesday entered the final overs (C.R. Gnanesh­ GROUP B overs vs Tamil Nadu 307 in 247 in 96 overs (Naushad in 54.3 overs (Rahul Dalal 81, Wednesday afternoon get­ of the team event in the war 42 batting) vs Vid­ Mumbai 431 & 109.3 overs (Abhinav Mukund Shaikh 60, Harshal Patel 4/70) former Sunderland forward Gurinder Singh 6/50) lost to ting cancelled. Winter National bridge arbha 441 in 147.3 409/4 decl. in 66.2 47, Dinesh Karthik 113, K. & 61/5 in 19 overs. has reportedly left the coun­ Chandigarh 503/2 decl. Chand­ overs (Ganesh Satish overs (Prithvi Shaw Gowtham 6/110). Tripura 289 vs Jharkhand The ISL management has try for treatment. championships here. igarh 7, Arunachal Pradesh 0. The results (semifinals): 237, Mohit Kale 82, 202, Jay Bista 68, Railways 253 & 270 in 76.5 136 & 358/5 in 98 overs (Nazim preferred to watch the situa­ Chennaiyin, looking to Formidables bt Railways ‘A’ C.V. Stephen 5/110). Suryakumar Yadav overs (Dinesh Mor 102, Amit Siddiqui 40, Saurabh Tiwary 103 Sikkim 136 & 331/8 in 98 tion and wait for updates make a comeback under the 118­100; Maharaja bt Hyderabad 233 & 102 n.o.) vs Baroda Mishra 43 n.o., Yash Dayal 4/73, batting, Ishank Jaggi 105 retd. overs (Yashpal Singh 84, Iqbal from the local organiser be­ stewardship of new Scottish Rampage 163­107. 239/6 in 83 overs (Tan­ 307 in 70.1 overs Shivam Mavi 4/19) vs Uttar Pra­ hurt). Abdulla 99 batting) vs Goa fore deciding on the fate of coach Owen Coyle, will look may Agarwal 96, Ak­ (Kedar Devdhar 160 desh 175 & 23/0 in 4.4 overs. Jammu & Kashmir 182 & 304 436/6 decl. the match. to cash in on Gyan’s ab­ shath Reddy 45, B. n.o., Vishnu Solanki GROUP C bt Uttarakhand 84 & 149 in 46 Mizoram 65 & 290 lost to The host practised in the sence. The visitors will also Sandeep 41) vs Gujarat 48, Shams Mulani Services 124 & 279 in 94.1 overs (Dikshanshu Negi 55 n.o., For Panghal, Manipur 289 & 69/4 in 17.5 morning much before the 313 in 88 overs (Man­ 6/99) & 74/3 in 16.4 overs (Rajat Paliwal 89, Vikas Ram Dayal 5/58). J&K 6, Ut­ be keen to take a cue from overs. Manipur 6, Mizoram 0. trouble started while the vis­ prit Juneja 94, Rujul overs (Viraj Bhosale Hathwala 51, Arup Das 5/44) vs tarakhand 0. the way ATK exploited the ‘Big Bout’ a itors trained in the after­ Bhatt 65, Mehdi Has­ 41). Assam 162 & 74/5 in 31 overs. PLATE Meghalaya 285 & 142 in 48.1 chinks in NEUFC’s armour build­up san 4/78). Himachal 120 & Chhattisgarh 134 & 78 in Bihar 173 & 196 in 71.4 overs overs (Imliwati Lemtur 6/54) bt noon under a security cover during its 3­0 win recently. Rajasthan 257 & 157/8 in 70 182 lost to Saurashtra 141 & 36.4 overs (Ashutosh Singh 43, (Vikash Ranjan 85 n.o., Vinay Nagaland 136 & 181 in 62 overs and also returned to the Wednesday’s result: At Pune: overs (Mahipal Lomror 43) vs 165/5 in 45.5 overs (Harvik De­ Rajesh Mohanty 4/19, Kumar 4/57) lost to Pondicherry (Aosashi Longchar 44, Sanjay team hotel without any Odisha 3 (Delgado 27, Hernan­ for Olympic Punjab 358 in 98.5 overs (Gur­ sai 46, Prerak Mankad 47 n.o.). Suryakant Pradhan 4/34) lost to 300 & 70/0 in 11.2 overs (Paras Yadav 4/60). Meghalaya 6, hassle. dez 41, Guedes 71) bt Hydera­ qualifier keerat Mann 68, Mandeep Points: Saurashtra 6, Himachal Odisha 215. Odisha 7, Chhattis­ Dogra 42 n.o.). Pondicherry 7, Nagaland 0. After having been denied bad FC 2 (Bobo 65, Rohit 89).

Y.B. Sarangi KOLKATA Pro League second edition in January World championships sil­ ver medallist Amit Panghal Indian men’s team to participate this time is using the inaugural Big Bout Indian Boxing League HOCKEY team will actually participate as a preparatory event for in the Pro League,” Weil said. the Asian Olympic qualifier UTHRA GANESAN Pakistan is a prime exam­ to be held in Wuhan, Chi­ NEW DELHI ple, with the team commit­ na, in February. The second edition of the ting to the inaugural edition Even while donning the FIH Pro League will kick off only to pull out citing finan­ Gujarat Giants colours in in January. cial issues. Big Bout in Delhi, Panghal At an interaction with se­ Weil insisted that all parti­ is focused on the bigger lect Indian mediapersons cipating nations had commit­ task at hand. here on Tuesday, FIH CEO ted to continuing in the Pro “The main aim was to Thierry Weil admitted there League beyond 2020, but the treat this (Big Bout) as a had been teething problems, actual scenario would be training exposure and but insisted things would on­ Thierry Weil. * FILE PHOTO known only later. open up for the bigger ly get better. Asked if the Pro League, competition (Olympic Hockey India had pulled now tried to change the sche­ where the top nine teams qualifier). I am getting dif­ out of the 2019 edition but dule for 2020 and cut the tra­ play each other twice a year ferent types of opponents, the men’s team will partici­ vel in half,” Weil said. between January and June, including a few from over­ pate in 2020. In addition, the FIH has would be able to draw seas. This kind of expe­ “The first season was a dropped the Grand Finale in crowds, Weil said: “The Pro rience is going to be very success not only measured 2020. “This is to give teams League is like a quarterfinal helpful in my preparations by FIH but by the players as six to eight weeks to prepare or semifinal of a major event for the Olympic qualifiers,” well. The main feedback we for the Olympics. But we like the World Cup every Panghal told The Hindu. received was how great it have not planned to bring it weekend. It’s now our res­ Asked if he would like to was to play against the best back in 2021. National asso­ ponsibility to make people turn professional at a later teams in the world at home ciations agree it is not realis­ understand that these are stage of his career, Panghal but also how tiring all that tic to commit (to hosting the not just friendly games,” he said, “Right now I have not travel had been. We have finale) not knowing if their said. thought about that. I will continue as an amateur boxer till the Olympics. Af­ ter that, if I feel it's good, I The Hindu’s Kamesh is best sports scribe may switch to professional boxing.” Panghal said he had been working on improv­ ing his game ahead of the Wuhan test. “I need to work on my game a little bit, especially on speed and reach (to tackle taller boxers). I focused on these areas before coming here. I have to be more than 100 per cent prepared for the Olympic qualifier. After the Big Bout, I will go back to training to fine tune these areas.” The Military World Games in Wuhan earlier this year was a rare event Kamesh Srinivasan, of The Hindu, receives the Best Sports Journalist award on Wednesday. * from where Panghal re­ SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT turned empty handed. However, he looked at Sports Bureau (Retd) Mukul Mudgal. Special recognition break­ the brighter side. “I can’t New Delhi The awardees: Best National through sports person: Esow say much about the depart­ Kamesh Srinivasan of The Sports Federation: National Ri­ Alben (cycling). mental games. These box­ Hindu was bestowed the fle Association of India. Coach or support staff: ers (like the one who beat Best Sports Journalist award Sports person (female): Rani Satyanarayana. me) don’t know much at the FCCI India Sports Rampal (hockey). Lifetime achievement (admi­ Sports person (male): Saurabh nistrator): Govindaraj about technique. The op­ Awards 2019 here on Wed­ Chaudhary (shooting) Kempareddy. ponent was not a difficult nesday. The awards acknow­ Para­athlete: Sandeep Chaud­ Lifetime achievement: Pankaj one to handle. I beat him ledge and recognize the con­ hary (javelin). Advani (cue sport). 5­0 on an earlier occasion. tribution of sports persons Special recognition para­ath­ Best State promoting sports: I will think about it because and various stakeholders for lete: Manasi Joshi (badminton). Odisha. I may meet him again in fu­ the year. The jury for the Breakthrough sports person: Best sports journalist: Kamesh ture.” awards included Justice Amit Panghal. Srinivasan. CM YK