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TV PICKS Praggnanandhaa India vs West Indies: Kohli and Team India will be looking for an encore is the king Second T20I, Star Sports 1 & SS Select 1 (SD & HD), 6.45 p.m. West Indies, especially the bowlers, will have to come up with a better performance in the second T20I ISL: Star Sports 2 & 3 (SD & HD), 7.15 p.m. vananthapuram. K.L. Rahul, Sanju Samson finally returns Bundesliga: SS Select 1 (SD WI IN INDIA & HD), 10.10 p.m. the stylist from Bengaluru, to the blue shirt, more than Premier League: SS Select 2 P.K. Ajith Kumar must be pleased with his 40­ four years after he played his (SD & HD), 7.15 p.m. & 9.40 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ball 62 and his match­win­ only T20I. p.m. There is still a quietude ning second­wicket partner­ When it comes to explo­ Serie A: Sony Ten 1 & 2 (SD & about the Kerala capital that ship with Kohli. sive batting, few can rival the HD), 7.30 p.m. Sony Ten 2 is charming and old­worldly. His worries of the year Windies. Shimron Hetmyer, (SD & HD), 5 p.m. & 10.30 Sunday evening, though, past, on and off the ground, p.m. Evin Lewis and captain Kie­ NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), would be anything but quiet. seemed a distant memory as ron Pollard have already 6.30 a.m. Neither would there be he stroked attractively to shown that, and the likely re­ I­League: D Sport, 5 p.m. anything old­worldly about present his case for a spot at turn of Nicholas Pooran, af­ the cricket on display at the the top of the order, even ter serving his four­match IN BRIEF Greenfield Stadium, where when the injured Shikhar suspension for ball­tamper­ Praggnanandhaa. India takes on the West In­ Dhawan returns. ing, will boost the Caribbean * FILE PHOTO: K. PICHUMANI dies in the second T20I. The cricket­loving public team’s power­hitting further. The host had begun the of Thiruvananthapuram Sports Bureau The Windies bowlers also LONDON series as the odds­on favou­ would not mind an encore have to come up with a bet­ rite against a West Indies side from Rahul in Sunday’s ter effort. The spirited left­ India’s R. Praggnanandhaa that arrived in India without match in what is only the ci­ armer Sheldon Cottrell won the FIDE Open catego­ some of its globe­trotting ty’s second T20I. And they needs more support. ry of the London Chess T20 specialists. The first would also be hoping for a Classic on Friday with a tal­ Worryingly, late on Satur­ match at Hyderabad did little repeat of last year’s elegant ly of 7.5 from nine rounds. day afternoon, the city wit­ to change that status. knock from Rohit Sharma The 14­year­old finished nessed persistent rain, but It may not have been the against the same opposition. joint first with Anton Smir­ Pakistan recalls Fawad the forecast is only 10 per best of nights for India in the After his failure on Friday, nov of Australia, who also after 10 years cent of it for Sunday. ISLAMABAD field, but the team still the Mumbai player would scored 7.5 points. In the The teams (from): India: Virat Pakistan has recalled 34­ crossed the finish line with himself want to be back ninth and final round that Kohli (Capt.), Rohit Sharma, aplomb. amongst the runs. His Ranji stretched to the next day, year­old middle­order K.L. Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish batsman Fawad Alam for the The Men in Blue must Trophy teammate Shreyas Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Prag drew with compatriot first time in 10 years for the have felt good after posting Iyer would be just as keen to Dube, Washington Sundar, Ra­ Sahaj Grover. Test series against Sri Lanka, what was their seventh make a solid contribution in vindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Cha­ Earlier, in the eighth beginning at Rawalpindi next straight T20 win against the the middle order. hal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak round, Praggnanandhaa Wednesday. Karachi will host Windies. None among them Kohli’s genius may have Chahar, Mohammed Shami, drew with Arvindh Chith­ the second Test from might have felt better than made up for India’s listless Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Sanju ambaram (7 points), who December 19­23. the captain himself. display in the field, but the Samson. ended up in third place. The squad: Azhar Ali (Capt.), Virat Kohli not merely bowlers and fielders — as ma­ West Indies: Kieron Pollard “This is a great win for Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Babar made a career­best 94 not ny as five catches went abeg­ (Capt.), Lendl Simmons, Evin Prag. It has given him nice Azam, Fawad Alam, Haris Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, Bran­ Sohail, Imam­ul­Haq, Imran out (50b), but he did that ging — would be desperate visibility for all the Euro­ despite looking a bit out of for redemption. It exactly don King, Nicholas Pooran, Ja­ pean organisers. The victo­ Khan, Kashif Bhatti, Mohd. son Holder, Keemo Paul, Khary sorts in the beginning. His wasn’t a night to remember ry will give 15 rating Abbas, Mohd. Rizwan, Pierre, Denesh Ramdin, Sher­ Naseem Shah, Shaheen touch may desert him at for the likes of Washington fane Rutherford, Hayden Walsh points,” Praggnanandhaa’s Afridi, Shan Masood, Yasir times, but his will will not. Sundar, Deepak Chahar and Jr., Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cot­ coach R.B. Ramesh told Shah and Usman Shinwari. AP Bhuvneshwar Kumar. trell and Kesrick Williams. The Hindu on Saturday. Rahul’s ressurrection It would be interesting to Umpires: Anil Choudhury and “The wins over Mos­ The skipper wouldn’t be the see if India makes any chang­ O. Nandan; TV umpire: Nitin sard, the second seed and only one in India’s top­order es. The whole of Thiruvanan­ Menon; Fourth umpire: C. Arvinth anna, who was the who may have had a sound thapuram is desperately Shamsuddin; Match referee: top seed, were important,” night’s sleep ahead of the fol­ hoping it does: so that local David Boon. Roar of the lion: Skipper Virat Kohli on a roll is what every Indian fan loves to watch, and he said Praggnanandhaa, the lowing day’s flight to Thiru­ lad and explosive batsman Match starts at 7 p.m. rarely disappoints. * K.V.S. GIRI 14­year­old GM. India crosses the 200-mark Late birdies keep Woodland ahead England recalls Anderson, Bairstow SAG LONDON HERO CHALLENGE great read on the green, mas is grouped with Woods Patrick Reed got caught James Anderson was recalled PRESS TRUST OF INDIA choosing to follow the in the final round — a fact up in a rules controversy, by England on Saturday for KATHMANDU Ashwin Achal straight line to make the that could work in Thomas’ and was handed a two­ its upcoming tour of South India breached the 200­ Nassau putt. favour as he holds a great re­ stroke penalty for improving Africa after recovering from a mark in medal count, Gary Woodland held on to a With conditions favouring cord when playing alongside his lie on the waste bunker. calf injury, while his fellow backed by a century of gold, one­stroke lead at the end of low scores, Woods predicted Woods, outscoring his senior On the 11th hole, he pushed bowler Mark Wood and in the South Asian Games as the third round of the Hero an exciting finish. “I had a partner on 11 of 13 occasions. back sand on his two prac­ wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow the swimmers and wrestlers World Challenge at Albany good day, but I missed a few “It's always comfortable tice swings, attracting the at­ also returned to the squad. dominated the sixth day Golf Club here on Friday. His putts. In order to win, I have playing with people you tention of the officials. The squad: Joe Root (capt), here on Saturday. birdies on the last two holes to make my share,” he said. know. I didn’t have those ex­ James Anderson, Jofra With a whopping 49 me­ saw him edge ahead. Woods is tied third along­ act numbers, but be sure to Costly penalty Archer, Jonny Bairstow, dals, including 29 gold, on Henrik Stenson (12­under side fellow­American Justin tell Tiger the numbers The penalty cost Reed dear­ Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Sam Saturday, India’s tally stood Powering home: Srihari Nataraj, winner of the 204) is second while Tiger Thomas and Jon Rahm. Tho­ though,” Thomas said. ly, as he returned a two­over Curran, Joe Denly, Jack at 214 (110 gold, 69 silver, 35 100m backstroke. * FILE PHOTO: SUDHAKARA JAIN Woods (11­under 205) is 74 to slip from overnight lead Leach, Matthew Parkinson, bronze). Nepal was second breathing down the neck of to sixth spot. Ollie Pope, Dominic Sibley, with 142 (43 gold, 34 silver, wides for Maldives. mar (100m backstroke). the leaders. Reed violated the princi­ Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, 65 bronze). The medallists: Shooting: Wrestling: Gold: Men: Satya­ Stenson briefly joined ple of ‘play the course as you and Mark Wood. In squash, Sunayna Kuru­ Gold: Anish Bhanwala (men’s wart Kadian (97kg freestyle), Woodland at the top when find it’, which forbids villa and Tanvi Khanna will 25m rapid fire pistol); Team Sumit Malik (125kg); Women: he made a strong putt to bir­ players from removing or India beats New Zealand meet in the women’s final. event: India (Anish, Bhabesh & Gurshanpreet Kaur (76kg), Sar­ die on the par­4 13th. A bo­ pressing down sand or loose Adarsh); Air rifle mixed event: CANBERRA Harinder Pal Sandhu en­ ita Mor (57kg). gey on the 18th, however, soil (rule 8.1 a­4). Sharmila Devi struck twice as Mehuli Ghosh and Yas Vardhan. Weightlifting: Gold: Men: tered the men’s final. Swimming: Gold: Srihari Nata­ saw him slip. The Swede shot The scores: the Indian junior women’s Sharsti Singh (81kg); Women: a four­under 68 despite land­ hockey team secured a 4­1 raj (100m backstroke), Richa Anurudha (87kg). 203: Gary Woodland (66, 69, Eight all out ing on sprinkler heads on 68); 204: Henrik Stenson (69, win over New Zealand in its Mishra (800m freestyle), Siva Athletics: Silver: Men: Rashpal The Maldives women’s crick­ (400 IM), Maana Patel (100m consecutive holes. 67, 68); 205: Tiger Woods (72, third match of the 3­Nations Singh (marathon), Muhammad et team was bundled out for backstroke), Chahat Arora Woods recorded the day’s 66, 67), Justin Thomas (69, 69, Tournament on Saturday. Afsal (800m), Shivpal Singh (50m backstroke), Likith (50m 67), Jon Rahm (70, 66, 69); The result: India 4 (Sharmila eight by host Nepal, the se­ (javelin); 4x400m relay. best card (five­under 67). He breaststroke), Rujuta Bhatt 206: Patrick Reed (66, 66, 74). Devi 12, 43, Beauty cond lowest in T20I history Bronze: Men: Sher Singh (ma­ got into rhythm by saving (50m freestyle); Silver: A.V. Dungdung 27, Lalrindiki 48) after Mali’s six against Rwan­ rathon); Women: Jyoti Gawate par on the 10th — sinking a (The writer is in Nassau Jayaveena (50m breaststroke); bt New Zealand 1 (Olivia da in June this year. Seven of (marathon), Sharmila Kumari tough putt breaking to the on invitation from Hero Mo- Bronze: Ridhima Veerendraku­ Shannon 4). PTI the eight runs came off (javelin) and 4x400m relay. left. On the next, he made a Still in it: Woods carded the day’s best — a five­under 67. * AFP toCorp) Jyoti, Shashi cruise into final United prevails in Manchester derby ATK ends NEUFC’s EURO LEAGUES er the reigning champion. 48, Soldado 58­pen, Herrera Stan Rayan Earlier on Friday, Atletico 77) bt Alaves 0. unbeaten run KANNUR Agencies Madrid’s title hopes look to Serie A: Atalanta 3 (Malinovskiy Minutes after winning her Liverpool be all­but over after a goal­ 44, Muriel 64­pen, Djimsiti PRESS TRUST OF INDIA 90+4) were enough for Anto­ 90+3) bt Hellas Verona 2 (Di GUWAHATI semifinal comfortably, Jyoti Liverpool beat Bourne­ less draw away at Villarreal. nio Habas’ team to hand Carmine 23, 57); Udinese 1 (La­ Gulia was back ringside to mouth 3­0 to lock down the ATK reclaimed the top spot NorthEast its first defeat of Inter Milan was also held sagna 32) drew with Napoli 1 watch Haryana’s Ritu Grewal Christmas number one spot to a goalless draw by Roma (Zielinski 69). in the Indian Super League the season. Krishna took his fight Vanlal Duati in the oth­ as Jose Mourinho’s Totten­ at the San Siro in Serie A. Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund with an impressive 3­0 win tally to six, becoming the er 51kg bout of the fourth ham blitzed Burnley 5­0 to The results: Premier League: 5 (Reus 42, 70, Hazard 58, San­ over NorthEast United FC leading goal­scorer. Elite National women’s box­ climb to fifth. It was handed Everton 3 (Richarlison 5, Cal­ cho 63, Sancho 74) bt Fortuna here on Saturday. With its fourth win, ATK ing championship at the a further boost when tradi­ vert­Lewin 49, 84) bt Chelsea 1 Dusseldorf 0; RB Leipzig 3 An early strike from David has 14 points from seven Mundayad indoor stadium tional rival Manchester Unit­ (Kovacic 52); Bournemouth 0 (Werner 11, 52­pen, Sabitzer 83) Williams (11th) and a brace matches while NorthEast, here on Saturday evening. ed stunned Manchester City lost to Liverpool 3 (Oxlade­ bt Hoffenheim 1 (Biaki 89); Bo­ from Roy Krishna (35th and which has 10, is fourth. Ritu won 3­2 but her op­ with two first­half goals, ef­ Chamberlain 35, Keita 44, Salah russia M’gladbach 2 (Bensebaini ponent Vanlal was very un­ fectively keeping the defend­ 54); Tottenham 5 (Kane 4, 54, 60, Bensebaini 90+2­pen) bt happy with the verdict and ing champion 14 points off Moura 9, Son 32, Sissoko 74) bt Bayern Munich 1 (Perisic 49); Burnley 0; Watford 0 drew with Freiburg 1 (Schmid 85) bt loudly protested in the ring the pace. Crystal Palace 0; Manchester Wolfsburg 0; Augsburg 2 (Rich­ for a few minutes. In the Bundesliga, Bayern City 1 (Otamendi 85) lost to ter 41, Niederlechner 65­pen) That apart, Indian box­ Munich dropped to sixth af­ Manchester United 2 (Rashford bt Mainz 05 1 (Oztunali 15). ing’s bright young faces — ter Ramy Bensebaini’s injury 23­pen, Martial 29). Friday: La Liga: Villarreal 0

Jyoti, Sakshi Chaudhary, So­ Action­packed: Sonia fights it out against Ritu. * S.K. MOHAN time penalty fired Bundesli­ La Liga: Real Madrid 2 (Varane drew with Atletico Madrid 0. nia Chahal and Shashi Cho­ ga leader Borussia Mon­ 37, Benzema 79) bt Espanyol 0; Serie A: Inter Milan 0 drew with pra — all marched to the final but returned with some bt Poonam Kaithwas (Mah) chengladbach to a 2­1 win ov­ Granada 3 (Carlos Fernandez Roma 0. and for the first two, it was hard left jabs to rattle Rekha 5­0; Light welterweight their maiden senior Tewatia of Police. (64kg): Pwilao Basumatary (Rly) bt Lalbuatsaihi (Pol) 5­0; National. The results (semifinals): Light Ankushita Boro (Asm) bt Arad­ That also brought them flyweight (48kg): Monika (Rly) hana Patel (UP) RSC­2. berths for this month­end’s bt Minakshi (Pun) 5­0; K. Bina Welterweight (69kg): Lalita Devi (Pol) bt Anchu Sabu (Ker) trials for next year’s Olympic (Raj) bt Bhagyashree Purohit 3­2; Flyweight (51kg): Jyoti qualifiers in China and Ger­ (Mah) 5­0; Meena Rani (Rly) bt Gulia (Rly) bt Soimbam Rebika many which were given to Anjali (Del) 4­1. Devi (Man) 5­0; Ritu Grewal the two finalists. Middleweight (75kg): K.A. In­ (Har) bt Vanlal Duati (Pol) 3­2. The 57kg final between draja (Ker) bt Imroz Khan (UP) Railway’s 2017 World silver Bantamweight (54kg): Meena­ 4­1; Nupur (Har) bt Shalakha medallist Sonia Chahal and kumari Devi (Pol) bt Divya Pa­ Singh Sansawal (Del) 5­0. war (MP) 5­0; Meenakshi (Rly) Light heavyweight (81kg): Haryana’s Sakshi Chaud­ bt Darshana (Har) 3­2. hary, a winner of three Shaily Singh (UP) bt Parminder Featherweight (57kg): Sonia Kaur (Pun) 5­0; Bhagyabati Ka­ World titles in the junior and Chahal (Rly) bt Ritu (Chd) 5­0; chari (Rly) bt lalfakmawii Ralte youth categories, should be Sakshi Chaudhary (Har) bt (Pol) 5­0; Heavyweight (above the bout to watch for. Mandeep Kaur Sandhu (Pun) 81kg): Kavita Chahal (Pol) bt Haryana’s Shashi took an 4­0; Lightweight (60kg): Monika (HP) 3­2; Anupama eight count in the second Shashi Chopra (Har) bt Rekha (Har) bt P.M. Anaswara (Ker) round of her 60kg semifinal Tewatia (Pol) 5­0; Pavitra (Rly) 5­0. Slotting home: Marcus Rashford scores from the penalty spot. * GETTY IMAGES

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