JAMMU | THURSDAY | JANUARY 21, 2021 JB SPORTS JAMMU BULLETIN 9 ‘This Border-Gavaskar Test series will be talked about GABBA WIN: Cheteshwar Pujara’s defiant for generations to come’: CA’s open letter to BCCI stoicism sets up young India’s rampant charge , JAN 20: enthralling. We will never for- MUMBAI, JAN 20: may take time to get the sacrifices made by our When Cheteshwar Pujara recover from the 2-1 series friends at the BCCI that made had walked in to bat at the defeat to Ajinkya Rahane’s all this possible, CA added. Gabba on the final day of the India, a side stitched together “May we also take this 4th Test, India had just lost with debutants and net opportunity to thank everyone in the early bowlers. This was after the who played their part to deliv- stages of what had seemed home team ended up embar- er this memorable series – headed to be at best a grueling rassed after their vaunted governments, health officials, day and at worst a day of attack proved incapable of venues, broadcast and com- humiliation. Rain, forecast for mercial partners, asso- dismissing India twice in the day, seemed to be India’s Sydney and Brisbane, despite ciations, players, match offi- only hope. ample time to do so on fifth- cials, staff and their families. day pitches. However, at the On behalf of everyone at By the time he departed, end of it all, it was an exciting Cricket Australia, we congrat- felled only by umpire’s call, contest between two highly ulate Team India for the the impossible had been skilled teams. A day after all resilience, courage and skill achieved — India were in a the euphoria, CA chairman demonstrated in retaining the position to go for the kill. Earl Eddings and interim deliver a series that has the Indian and Australian international sport’s greatest Border-Gavaskar Trophy in a Australia, dazed by the CEO Nick Hockley penned an brought joy to many millions men’s teams completed out- ambassadors.” series that will be talked about resilience of Pujara and the he dropped his bat and hopped and dying by the sword, Pujara open letter to their Indian of people around the world at standing One-Day “From the sublime fast for generations to come.” counter-attack from the other in his crease. One that struck kept taking the blows. When counterpart, BCCI, after the a time they needed it most. International and Twenty20 bowling of Jasprit Bumrah On behalf of everyone at end, had 99 runs to defend in him on the chest. But he stood his half-century came, off 196 two teams completed a suc- The unique challenges of International series, followed and Pat Cummins, to the won- Cricket Australia, we congrat- more than an hour, and it was tall amidst the entire short ball balls, the slowest half-century cessful series amid difficult international touring during a by one of the greatest Border- derful of Ajinkya ulate Team India for the them who were praying for barrage. He kept dropping his of his career, the win was on times due to the ongoing pan- global pandemic are consider- Gavaskar Test series ever con- Rahane and Steve Smith, to resilience, courage and skill rain. wrists even as some jagged the horizon. The Sydney Test able and we thank India’s tested. Despite the many pub- the exciting debuts of demic. demonstrated in retaining the In the middle, there had been back into him. had witnessed Pujara score “Australian cricket will for- players, coaches and support lic health and logistical chal- Shubman Gilland Cameron Border-Gavaskar Trophy in a Even as at the other end, back-to-back 50s off 174 and staff for all they have given,” lenges, the BCCI engaged Green – and much, much blows. One to the helmet, ever be grateful to the BCCI series that will be talked about which sent Pujara’s helmet Shubman Gill (91 off 146) and 170 balls to help India keep the for their friendship, trust, and CA wrote in its letter. with a spirit of cooperation more – the past two months of for generations to come,” it visor flying. One that jammed (89 off 138 balls) series alive. Here, he did one commitment in helping to “Over the past nine weeks, befitting their status as one of cricket have been absolutely ended. his finger on the bat handle — pulled the short ones, living better. HS Prannoy upsets At 13th spot, Rishabh Pant is now CSK retain Christie in Thailand Open world’s best-ranked keeper in Tests for 2021 IPL season training only in the second second innings. MUMBAI, JAN 20: week of December but again Debutant Washington His shock departure had to go through the ordeal of Sundar and a false positive result ahead of from the too gained in rankings follow- Super Kings (CSK) in the Yonex Thailand Open last ing their useful contributions Dubai notwithstand- week. with both bat and ball. “I’m proud of my win today. Washington entered the ing, the franchise will I haven’t practised the last few rankings in 82nd (batting) and retain Suresh Raina days and my rib was hurting. 97th (bowling) positions, for the 2021 Indian Probably there’s a muscle while Thakur re-entered the Premier League inflammation because I was batting list in 113th position (IPL). A franchise coughing a lot when I had and bowling list in 65th posi- official confirmed that the left-hander would be part of the squad COVID,” said Prannoy, who tion. under MS Dhoni’s captaincy. will next take on Malaysia’s Australia Tim Paine “Yes, we will retain Raina and Dhoni will be the captain. Apart Daren Liew. DUBAI,JAN 20: past India skipper moved up three spots to 42nd from Harbhajan Singh, we might release a few more players,” the “Today I just wanted to stay India’s Rishabh Pant became (862 points) to third position after scores of 50 and 27 while CSK official told The Indian Express. in there as there were no the top-ranked -keeper with a career-best 878 rating fast bowler BANGKOK,JAN 20: four attempts. expectations. “I had a fall batsman in the world after his points. Kohli missed the action The list of retained players for the next IPL will be announced Indian shuttler H S Prannoy Prannoy, who had failed to leapfrogged New Zealand’s when he had match point and sensational series-winning 89- as he was on paternity leave. Tim Southee to the fourth spot in the evening today (Wednesday). showed nerves of steel to stun complete the job after doing all hurt my left shoulder. I felt it Raina had left the CSK bubble in the United Arab Emirates world number seven Jonatan the hard work against run knock in the Brisbane Young India opener Shubman after grabbing six in was dislocated but it went back (UAE) before the start of the last year’s IPL that moved out of Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia last match pushed him to a career- Gill continued his upward tra- the match, including a haul of Christie and enter the men’s into place. Right now it’s ok singles second round at the week, seemed determined to best 13th spot in the ICC Test jectory, moving up from 68th five for 57 in the first innings. India because of the pandemic. The nature of his departure had but it might start hurting again Toyota Thailand Open Super never give up. His stroke-play batting rankings, issued on to 47th spot after a crucial 91 England’s Joe Root has irked the franchise hierarchy, although CSK chief N Srinivasan after a while.” 1000 tournament on was a treat to watch. Wednesday. Pant, who won in the second innings of the returned to the top five with chose to be considerate. Wednesday. The 28-year-old from Kerala Prannoy and Sameer Verma many admirers for his fearless fourth Test, which India won his highest rating points tally “As far as Suresh Raina is concerned, he is a great player who will carry India’s charge in the A former top-10 player, had spent two weeks stressing and mature batting, has 691 by three wickets on Tuesday. (738) in two years after scor- has done so much for CSK. We have a lot of respect for him. [We men’s singles after the with- Prannoy recovered from a over his physical and mental points in his kitty. South Middle-order mainstay ing a first-innings 228 to help have] a lot of regard and affection for all that he has done. CSK drawal of fellow colleagues B Africa’s Quinton de Kock Cheteshwar Pujara moved up game down to outwit sixth health after being down with his team win the first Test will always stand by him,” Srinivasan told this paper last year. seed Christie 18-21 21-16 23- COVID-19 nearly two months Sai Praneeth and Kidambi (677) is the next best wicket- one place to seventh after his against Sri Lanka by seven Raina, 34, is CSK’s most successful batsman with 4,527 runs 21 in a thrilling contest that ago. Srikanth. keeper batsman in the list in dogged effort, while wickets in Galle. clocked an hour and 15 min- The infection left him with Praneeth and his roommate the 15th position. Australia Mohammad Siraj jumped 32 Root has advanced six from 164 matches for the franchise. He has retired from interna- utes. pain in his ribcage even though Srikanth were forced to pullout batsman Marnus places to 45th after taking six places, overtaking the likes of tional cricket, but the three-time IPL champions still consider him It is Prannoy’s first win everything looked normal in after the former tested positive Labuschagne’s first-innings wickets in the match, includ- Pakistan’s Babar Azam and an important cog in their wheel. Without Raina, CSK failed to against the Indonesian in last the tests. He could resume for COVID-19. century in Brisbane took him ing a five-wicket haul in the Pujara in the process. qualify for Playoffs last term, finishing seventh. Shocked could not com- B Sai Praneeth withdraws after testing positive for prehend how India’s ‘A team’ won series COVID-19, roommate Srikanth forced to pull out MUMBAI, JAN 20: between the two teams.” MUMBAI, JAN 20: antine,” BWF said. A “shocked” Ricky Ponting “They (India) have done it Indian shuttler B Sai “However, Kidambi tested is struggling to comprehend really well and they thorough- Praneeth, one of the frontrun- negative on Monday’s test and how India’s “A team” over- ly deserve to win the series … ners to represent the country at has returned negative results whelmed Australia in the Test because (of) how resilient the Tokyo Olympics, has since arriving in Thailand.” series in their own backyard. they’ve been.” pulled out of the ongoing All other Indian players have Hit by a spate injuries, India The legendary batsman, who Toyota Thailand Open Super tested negative following competed without many a key coached Delhi Capitals in the 1000 tournament after testing Monday’s mandatory round of players, yet downed Australia last IPL in the UAE, said all positive for COVID-19 here. PCR testing and were cleared the setbacks India had to deal by three wickets in the series- Former world number one to continue competing in the with showed the depth and the Kidambi Srikanth, who was tournament upon producing a deciding fourth Test at the talent the country has. negative test result each day. Gabba, a month after the “Washington Sundar looked sharing the room with debacle where they like he had played 50 Test Praneeth, was also forced to However, Thai health author- scored their lowest Test score matches through the course of withdraw as per protocols laid ities, Badminton Association of of 36. “I’m quite shocked that this game and never looked out down by the Badminton World Thailand (BAT) and BWF, Australia weren’t quite good of place,” Ponting said. Federation (BWF). restricted “the movement and “Badminton World schedule of the rest of the India enough to win this series. The (Australia) have been at full- only.” “Shardul Thakur was the “The player has been taken Thailand’s Sitthikom team as per tournament proto- cold hard facts of it are pretty strength, bar Davey (Warner) Ponting said India won all same in his second Test match, Federation (BWF) can confirm to hospital for further observa- Thammasin 21-11 21-11 on much that was the India A team missing early on, so it’s really the key moments throughout picked up seven wickets and India player Sai Praneeth B has col,” which will be in place for tion and testing, and is required Tuesday. The world number 14 that played this Test match and hard to comprehend. the series and that was the dif- scored 60-odd handy runs in tested positive for COVID-19 14 days till February 1. still won,” Ponting told crick- “It’s probably not even ference between the two the first innings. and has been withdrawn from to stay in hospital for a mini- had withdrawn from last Last week, Saina Nehwal et.com.au. (India’s) second-picked team sides.“They’ve played really “I’ve been around the IPL a the TOYOTA Thailand Open,” mum of 10 days.” week’s event ahead of his sec- and HS Prannoy had returned “Considering everything the because you think of good, tough, hard Test match long time so I know the talent the governing body said in a BWF said Praneeth had been ond round after pulling a calf positive for COVID-19 results Indian team has been through Bhuvneshwar Kumar and cricket day-in and day-out. that they do have in India, but statement on Tuesday night. “rooming with teammate muscle. initially but were later cleared in the last five or six weeks, Ishant Sharma and those guys India have won all the big when you’ve got to step up on “The player produced a posi- Kidambi Srikanth at the official “In line with BWF protocols, to compete in the Yonex with the captain leaving, all the who didn’t even make it out moments in every Test match a big stage in a Test match tive result to a mandatory PCR hotel” and so he too had to Kidambi has been withdrawn Thailand Open after they tested injuries they’ve had, they’ve here. Rohit Sharma turns up and Australia have fallen short. against Australia it’s a different test conducted on Monday. It is withdraw from the tournament. from the TOYOTA Thailand negative in a fresh round of been through 20 players, for the last two Test matches That’s been the difference story.” confirmed positive. Srikanth had defeated Open and is in strict self-quar- testing. ‘My contract with A billion get booster dose from Brisbane: World ends’, confirms Harbhajan Singh wakes up to watch Indian cricket’s big rising franchise where he spent three NEW DELHI,JAN 20: changes to their playing XI in this seasons. “As my contract Kapil Dev on the Lord’s balcony in series.India’s Brisbane bowling attack comes to an end with 1983, and V V S Laxman had just four Tests between them, the @ChennaiIPL, playing for this batting an entire day at in four Australian specialist bowlers had team was a great 2001, M S Dhoni sealing it with a six at 246. India ‘C’ beating Australia at a experience..beautiful memo- Wankhede in 2011 will remain Indian venue which has traumatised tourists ries made &some great friends cricket’s iconic moments — but they over the years and is referred to as the which I will remember fondly can still be re-enacted. India’s impossi- Gabbatoir is a miracle. To use sport as a for years to come..Thank you ble-to-forget Test win in Brisbane and metaphor for a nation’s identity is a lit- @ChennaiIPL, management, the coming-of-age series triumph in tle absurd but “fighting back” will now staff and fans for a wonderful Australia are unlikely to be overwritten be seen as an Indian thing. It’s a series 2years.. All the best,” in the pages of Indian cricket history. win that will force the world to look at Harbhajan wrote in a tweet. For the sheer improbability of events India with fresh eyes. This Australian Bhajji had joined the MS that unfolded at Gabba Tuesday and the tour showed Indian cricket isn’t just MUMBAI,JAN 20: able for the CSK in the upcom- Dhoni-led CSK in 2018 for Rs. impossibility of seeing something so about deep pockets; it’s also about a Spinner Harbhajan Singh ing 2 crore and he played a pivotal storied ever again, this is easily India’s deeper talent pool. When the good old has confirmed his ties with the (IPL) season in 2021. The 40- role in team’s journey to reach greatest Test win ever. What are the domestic circuit that’s spread across the Chennai Super Kings(CSK) year-old offie took to Twitter IPL 2019 final. He took 16 chances of another series in a bio-bub- going on paternity leave, a new low of Starting XI. Just two Indians country weds IPL’s new-age innova- have ended. The veteran crick- on Wednesday to show his wickets in 11 matches that ble amid a global pandemic which coin- 36 all out and about 11 regulars making Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane tions, it gives birth to a team that rede- eter said he would not be avail- gratitude to the fans and the year. cides with the team’s influential captain it to the injury list instead of the played all four Tests and India made 10 fines Test matches.