THE HINDU SUNDAY,EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AUGUST 4, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Saini sizzles on debut as draws first blood in T20I series After restricting the Caribbean side to 95, the Men in Blue make heavy weather of the small target before scampering home in the 18th over INDIA IN WI off the second ball when up for wicketkeeper Rishab John Campbell slapped Pant to take an easy catch. straight to at Shimron Hetmyer (zero) PRESS TRUST OF INDIA LAUDERHILL (USA) deep midwicket. then dragged the next ball The other opener, Evin onto the stump for Saini’s se­ Debutant pacer Navdeep Sai­ Lewis, fell in the second over cond . ni claimed three in as Bhuvneshwar Kumar (two an impressive spell as India for 19) beat him with a knuck­ Falling apart restricted the West Indies to le ball and rattled his timber. The West Indies procession a paltry 95 for nine and in Both the openers failed to continued with Rovman Po­ reply, kept losing wickets at open their account as the well (four) falling to Khaleel regular intervals before West Indies was reduced to Ahmed (one for eight) in the crossing the finish line in the eight for two. next over and it was reduced 18th over, in the first T20I to 33 for five at the end of here on Saturday. Aggressive approach Powerplay. After losing Shikhar Dha­ Despite this, West Indies Pollard and Brathwaite wan cheaply, continued to be aggressive in curbed their attacking in­ and skipper Virat Kohli ad­ its approach and Saini ex­ stincts for a while and played ded 28 before the vice­cap­ ploited the situation by some sensible , ad­ tain fell to Sunil Narine. Rish­ claiming two wickets off two ding 34 runs. abh Pant was out off the next balls in the fifth over. Brathwaite and Sunil Na­ , going for a big hit. Pooran, who was looking rine were dismissed in the However, Kohli (19), Man­ dangerous after hitting two 15th and 16th overs as West ish Pandey (19) and Krunal sixes, went for another big Indies could not even reach Pandey (12) chipped in be­ shot but the ball ballooned 100 despite Pollard’s 49. fore (10 ) Washington Sundar SCOREBOARD (eight not out) took the team WEST INDIES VS INDIA, 1ST T20I home. Washington finished WEST INDIES INDIA the match in style with a six John Campbell c Krunal b Rohit Sharma c Pollard b Nar­ off Paul. Washington 0 (2b), b ine 24 (25b, 2x4, 2x6), Shikhar Bhuvneshwar 0 (4b), Nicholas Dhawan lbw b Cottrell 1 (7b), Bowlers to the fore Pooran c Pant b Saini 20 (16b, Virat Kohli c Pollard b Cottrell Opting to field, all the six In­ 1x4, 2x6), lbw b 19 (29b, 1x4), Rishabh Pant c dian bowlers got at least a Saini 49 (49b, 2x4, 4x6), Shim­ Cottrell 0 (1b), Manish Pandey b wicket, with Saini returning ron Hetmyer b Saini 0 (1b), Rov­ Paul 19 (14b, 2x4), Krunal figures of three for 17 on his man Powell c Pant b Khaleel 4 Pandya b Paul 12 (14b, 1x4), debut. India was also helped (5b, 1x4), Carlos Brathwaite c & Ravindra Jadeja (not out) 10 b Krunal 9 (24b), Sunil Narine c (9b), Washington Sundar (not by the reckless approach of Khaleel b Jadeja 2 (4b), Keemo out) 8 (5b, 1x6); Extras (w­5): 5; the West Indies batsmen. Paul c Kohli b Bhuvneshwar 3 Total (for six wkts. in 17.2 overs): There was no substantial (11b), Sheldon Cottrell (not out) 98. partnership in the West In­ 0 (1b), Oshane Thomas (not out) FALL OF WICKETS dies innings, the highest be­ 0 (3b); Extras (w­8): 8; Total 1­4 (Dhawan, 1.6), 2­32 (Ro­ ing 34 between captain Car­ (for nine wkts. in 20 overs): 95. hit, 6.3), 3­32 (Pant, 6.4), 4­64 los Brathwaite (nine) and FALL OF WICKETS (Pandey, 11.4), 5­69 (Kohli, top­scorer Kieron Pollard 1­0 (Campbell, 0.2 overs), 13.5), 6­88 (Krunal, 15.6). (49) for the sixth wicket. Ni­ 2­8 (Lewis, 1.6), 3­28 (Pooran, WEST INDIES cholas Pooran (20) was the 4.4), 4­28 (Hetmyer, 4.5), 5­33 Thomas 4­0­29­0, Cottrell only other West Indian to (Powell, 5.6), 6­67 (Brathwaite, 4­0­20­2, Narine 4­0­14­2, 14.2), 7­70 (Narine, 15.1), 8­88 Paul 3.2­0­23­2, Brathwaite 2­ touch double digits. (Paul, 18.1), 9­95 (Pollard, 19.3). 0­12­0. INDIA BOWLING Toss: India. Miserable start Washington 2­0­18­1, Man­of­the­Match: Saini. India opened the bowling Bhuvneshwar 4­0­19­2, Saini 4­ India won by four wickets with off­spinner Washington 1­17­3, Khaleel 2­0­8­1, Krunal with 16 balls to spare and leads Jump of joy: Navdeep Saini is on cloud nine after breaching the defence of Shimron Hetmyer. (one for 18) and got a wicket 4­1­20­1, Jadeja 4­1­13­1. three-match series 1-0. * AP Australia on the backfoot at Edgbaston India­A makes it 2­0 with seven­wkt. win Looks to Smith to bail it out again; Woakes-Broad stand frustrates the visitors Mayank, Panchal, Abhimanyu and Anmolpreet come up with good knocks THE ASHES Press Trust of India liveries to set up the victory Singh contributed an unde­ nappa Gowtham took five Port of Spain on the final day of the four­ feated 51 as India­A reached wickets as West Indies­A was Openers Mayank Agarwal day match. 281 for three in 79.1 overs to bowled out for 149. Agence France-Presse The scores: Birmingham and Priyank Panchal struck win the match and take a 2­0 fine half­centuries as India­A Opening stand lead in the series. West Indies­A 318 & 149 in Australia was left hoping for registered a comfortable se­ Mayank and Panchal shared India­A didn’t lose any 39.5 overs (S. Ambris 71, San­ deep Warrier three for 43, another major innings from ven­wicket win over West In­ 150 runs for the opening wicket in the first session Krishnappa Gowtham five for Steve Smith as England took dies­A in the second ‘Test’ wicket to set the platform for and was just 33 shy of victory 17) lost to India­A 190 & 281 for charge of the first Ashes Test here on Saturday. India­A’s chase. at lunch. three in 50 overs (Mayank at Edgbaston on Saturday. Chasing 278, Mayank al­ India­A resumed the final Agarwal 81, Priyank Panchal When bad light cut short made 81 off 134 balls while so chipped in with an unbea­ day at 185 for three. 68, Abhimanyu Easwaran 62 the third day’s play, Australia Panchal scored 68 off 121 de­ ten 62 while Anmolpreet Earlier, off­spinner Krish­ n.o., Anmolpreet Singh 51 n.o.). was 124 for three in its se­ cond innings — a lead of just 34. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Former captain Smith, Tyagi, Jaiswal who had made a superb 144 No way out in the first innings, was bat­ star for colts ting on 46 along with Travis Head (21), their stand worth PRESS TRUST OF INDIA 49. CHELMSFORD Australia, looking to win The India under­19 team its first series away to En­ edged out England un­ gland in 18 years, was strug­ Big boost: Woakes and Broad’s ninth­wicket stand gave England a 90­run lead.* ACTION IMAGES der­19 by one wicket in gling at 27 for two after open­ their tri­series match here ers David Warner and for four runs to slump to 300 on Saturday. SCOREBOARD AUSTRALIA VS ENGLAND Cameron Bancroft both fell for eight — a lead of just 16. Put in to bat, England cheaply. But a ninth­wicket part­ Australia — 1st innings: 284. Australia bowling: Cummins was all out for 204 in 49.5 Smith, on 41, was struck nership of 65 between Chris England — 1st innings: Rory 33­9­84­3, Pattinson 27­3­ overs with pacer Purnank on the side of the head after Woakes, who made 37 not Burns c Paine b Lyon 133, Jason 82­2, Siddle 27­8­52­2, Lyon Tyagi producing a fine missing a pull off a Stokes out on his Warwickshire Roy c Smith b Pattinson 10, Joe 43.5­8­112­3, Wade 1­0­7­0, spell (five for 33). Head 2­1­7­0, Smith 2­0­9­0. bouncer, but was passed fit home ground, and Broad Root c & b Siddle 57, India chased down the lbw b Pattinson 18, Jos Buttler to bat on by the Australia (29) boosted England’s total. Australia — 2nd innings: C. target with 13.3 overs to c Bancroft b Cummins 5, Ben team doctor. Woakes hoisted Lyon for Bancroft c Buttler b Moeen 7, D. spare as opener Yashasvi Stokes c Paine b Cummins 50, Warner c Bairstow b Broad 8, U. six and the pair accumulated Jaiswal top­scored with 78 Jonny Bairstow c Warner b Khawaja c Bairstow b Stokes The slump runs steadily before Broad, off 82 deliveries. Hamidul­ Earlier, England opener Ro­ who batted for nearly two Siddle 8, b Lyon 0, 40, S. Smith () 46, T. Chris Woakes (not out) 37, Stu­ lah Qadri took five for 61 ry Burns batted for nearly hours, turned fast bowler Head (batting) 21; Extras (b­1, art Broad c Pattinson b Cum­ for England. eight hours for 133 ­­ his mai­ Cummins straight to long nb­1): 2; Total (for three wkts. mins 29, James Anderson c in 31 overs): 124. The scores: England under­19 den Test hundred ­­ in an in­ leg. Cummins b Lyon 3, Extras (b­10, 204 in 49.5 overs (George Hill Fall of wickets: 1­13, 2­27, 3­75. nings of 374 featuring half­ Cummins took three for lb­11, nb­1, w­2): 24; Total (in 46, Purnank Tyagi five for 33) centuries from captain Joe 84 in 33 overs on a placid but 135.5 overs) 374. England bowling: Broad 6­0­ lost to India under­19 205 for Overwhelmed: Jang Kun Lee of Patna Pirates is swamped by Jaipur Pink Panthers defenders. Root (57) and vice­captain wearing pitch and off­spin­ Fall of wickets: 1­22, 2­154, 3­ 26­1; Woakes 6­1­20­0; Moeen nine in 36.3 overs (Yashasvi Panthers posted a 34­21 win in the first match of the Patna leg of ProKabaddi League Stokes (50). ner Nathan Lyon three for 189, 4­194, 5­282, 6­296, 7­ 9­0­47­1; Root 3­0­12­0; Jaiswal 78, Hamidullah Qadri Season­7. In the second match, Bengaluru Bulls pipped Bengal Warriors 43­42.* RANJEET KUMAR England lost three wickets 112 in 43.5 overs. 300, 8­300, 9­365. Stokes 7­2­18­1. five for 61). CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC U Mumba books semifinal berth, pushes Paltan to the brink UTT players made the decisive four singles 2­1 and lost the lost the first two games. Doo, despite a minor hic­ difference. mixed doubles by an identi­ In mixed doubles, Chuang cup on ‘golden point’ in the In the last two singles, the cal margin. showed his class and played second game, was always in Rakesh Rao 39th­ranked Kirill Gerassin­ From the outset, it was the key role in Paltan’s win. control against Sabine and menko surprised the 36th­ evident that the pressure of If Paltan expected Chuang to provided a fitting finale to U Mumba became the first ranked Chuang Chih­Yuan scoring a big win to stay in recreate the magic against her team. team to ensure a place in the 2­1 and the 11th­ranked Doo contention for a place in the Gerassimenko, it was not to The results: semifinals with a 9­6 defeat Hoi Kem expectedly proved semifinals was pulling Paltan be. U Mumba bt Puneri Paltan 9­6 of a struggling Puneri Paltan superior to Sabine Winter, down. And this suited The Kazakh proved a (Surtitha Mukherjee bt Ayhika in the Ultimate Table Tennis ranked 58th, by a similar Mumba. shade better, coming up Mukherjee 11­7, 6­11, 11­5; Ma­ league here on Saturday. scoreline to make Mumba’s with some splendid respons­ nav Thakkar bt Harmeet Desai After four matches, Mum­ victory look convincing. Too much pressure es and winning the big 11­6, 11­8, 8­11; Thakkar & Doo ba tops the table with 33 Even in the first two sin­ Sutirtha Mukherjee started points. Hoi Kem lost to Chuang Chih­ Yuan & Ayhika 5­11, 6­11, 11­6; points, while Paltan, which gles, Mumba proved stron­ well and came out stronger “I had lost to him in the Kirill Gerassimenko bt Chuang upstaged defending cham­ ger and Paltan was left to rue against Ayhika. But a bigger last Asia Cup, so I was keen Chih­Yuan 11­7, 6­11, 11­8; Doo pion Dabang Delhi in the the successive defeats of the blow awaited Paltan when to beat him today. It was a Hoi Kem bt Sabine Winter 11­5, opener, has 23 and is almost recently crowned Common­ Harmeet found the pressure tough match and I must say I 10­11, 11­3). certain to be confined to the wealth singles champions of a must­win situation too got a bit lucky in the final Sunday’s fixture: Dabang Delhi The propeller: Kirill Gerassimenko caused a flutter when he stunned Chuang Chih­Yuan. cellar. Harmeet Desai and Ayhika much to handle against an game. But it was a close v RP­SG Mavericks (), 7 * COURTESY UTT For a change, the overseas Mukherjee. Mumba won all upbeat Manav Thakkar and match,” said Gerassimenko. p.m.

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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Satwiksairj and Chirag create history Equestrian Federation fails to First Indian duo in final of Super 500 meet compliance deadline THAILAND OPEN Indians lifted their game The body has sought an exemption but could be and drew parity at 13 apiece Press Trust of India before surging ahead 20­18. de­recognised by the Sports Ministry Bangkok But Hyun and Cheol state associations with 50% In what is being seen in pocketed two consecutive EQUESTRIAN Satwiksairaj Rankireddy of district associations affi­ the sport’s circles as conti­ points to draw level at and Chirag Shetty on Satur­ liated to them [as stipulated nued defiance, the EFI consi­ 20­20. RAKESH RAO day became the first Indian NEW DELHI in the Sports Code]. dered membership applica­ The Indians kept their team to enter the summit With the passing of the Au­ tions of six new clubs and 26 clash of a BWF Super 500 composure and earned two Club­based sport individuals during its recent crucial points to take the gust 3 deadline, the Eques­ tournament with a 22­20, “Unlike other disciplines, executive committee meet­ first game. trian Federation of India 22­24, 21­9 win over Ko Sung (EFI) could join the Indian equestrian is a club­based ing in New Delhi. It is learnt Hyun and Shin Baek Cheolin It was the other way Golf Union (IGU) as the se­ sport. We have 15 state asso­ that the EFI has over 1,250 in­ in the Thailand Open semifi­ round in the second game as cond army­dominated sports ciations most of them inac­ dividual members in addi­ nals here on Saturday. the Indians took a 3­0 lead. body, in five weeks, to be de­ tive besides over 300 clubs tion to more than 325 clubs — The World No. 16 Indian recognised by the Ministry of and army units as affiliates of significantly, all part of the team prevailed over the Smart play Youth Affairs and Sports. EFI, with two votes each. EFI’s electoral college. 19th­ranked Koreans after The Koreans, however, In February, the Ministry “Without the army’s sup­ Questioning the EFI’s battling for 63 minutes. fought back with some made it clear that “renewal port and structure, the sport functioning, former National It is the first final of the smart play at the net and of recognition to Equestrian will die. Private stakeholders champion Lt. Col. Sandeep 2019 season for Satwiksairaj overhead smashes to lead Federation of India is subject can hold dressage and show­ Diwan (retd) said, “The fed­ and Chirag, men’s doubles 11­9 at the break, which they to their compliance of Sports jumping. But eventing is so­ eration, completely dominat­ silver medallists at the 2018 later extended to 19­12. Code within the time frame mething only the army is ed and run by the army, fol­ Commonwealth Games. But the Indians looked in allotted to them i.e. latest by capable of hosting,” declared lows a completely The unseeded Indian no mood to surrender as 03.08.2019, failing which Swain. undemocratic system for the combination will face third they clawed back to make it their recognition status will election of its officials. To re­ seeds Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu 20­all. be reviewed and action taken Difficult guidelines tain majority votes, the army Chen of China in the summit The pairs fought tooth as per extant guidelines.” Reinforcing its stand, in the has made a large number of clash on Sunday. and nail before the Koreans letter to the Ministry, the EFI its own units members who eventually pocketed the se­ Peculiar nature has mentioned that disci­ have nothing to do with the Slow start cond game 24­22. The EFI had written to the plines like rowing, yachting sport such as Mechanised Transport Battalions, Supply Satwiksairaj and Chirag In the final game, it was a Ministry on June 24 and and winter sports could find Companies, FOL Depots, were slow off the blocks, but cakewalk for the Indians as sought an exemption from it difficult to follow the guide­ Dog units, to name a few.” kept pace at 11­10 at the their Korean rivals failed to Keeping the flag flying: Chirag Shetty, left, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will hope to become complying with the Sports lines of the Sports Code. In the past, the EFI had break. After the break, the sustain the tempo. the first Indian combination to win a Super 500 title. * FILE PHOTO Code, citing the “peculiar” “How can you have winter nature of the sport. sports in Rajasthan or Mad­ convinced the Ministry of its Explaining the EFI’s stand hya Pradesh? Is it possible?” efforts to fall in line and man­ to The Hindu, its secretary­ asked Swain and continued, aged two extensions of six general Col. R. K. Swain said, “The Ministry guidelines months each, ending 2017. Verstappen clinches maiden career pole “Equestrian cannot be eq­ seek facilities for yachting As things stand, the EFI uated with other sports, and and rowing in all states. could go the IGU way. The Bottas second and Hamilton third; Leclerc hits barriers but will still start fourth hence the parameters ap­ That’s not possible. There­ IOA could set up an ad hoc Equestrian Governance HUNGARIAN GP really happy for him,” said plied to other National fore, till the Sports Code is Hamilton, who won in Hun­ Sports Federations cannot be appropriately revised, the Committee, much like the five­member Golf Gover­ Reuters gary last year from pole. applied to EFI.” EFI’s recognition should nance Committee until fresh Budapest Swain elaborated, “Since continue.” the sport includes an equine elections, under revised Red Bull’s Max Verstappen Damages However, given the EFI athlete [horse] and a human statute. celebrated a long­overdue Charles Leclerc was the constitution that allows indi­ [rider], it is not possible to “We have presented our first Formula One pole posi­ quicker of the two Ferrari vidual members to vote in find them in every district or case and now it is up to the tion at the Hungarian Grand drivers in fourth place, des­ contravention of the Interna­ state. Ministry,” said Swain. Prix on Saturday, with cham­ pite smashing backwards in­ tional Olympic Committee pionship leader Lewis Ha­ to the tyre wall during the “In view of the non­availa­ charter, the Indian Olympic “If the Ministry thinks oth­ milton qualifying third for first phase and damaging his bility of horses and riders, Association (IOA) has already erwise, it could prove to be a Mercedes. car’s rear wing, forcing a the EFI has not been able to downgraded it to associate death knell for equestrian in form the minimum of 24 member status. the country.” Instead of Hamilton taking quick change. a record­equalling seventh Teammate Sebastian Vet­ pole in Hungary, and 88th of tel will line up fifth, with Red his career, the Dutch 21­year­ Bull’s Pierre Gasly sixth and old wrote his name in the re­ McLaren’s Lando Norris the Three in a row for Rajiv Sethu cord books as the sport’s best of the rest in seventh. 100th driver to secure a pole. Rahil holds nerve to win the Pro­Stock 301­400cc category “This feels good, this feels one and a great one for the STARTING GRID MOTORSPORTS really good,” he shouted over team.” the team radio after a roar The youngster has already Front row: Max Verstappen and Sports Reporter had gone up from his massed savoured seven career victo­ Valtteri Bottas; Second: Lewis supporters. ries, including two in the last Hamilton and Charles Leclerc; International rider Rajiv Third: Sebastian Vettel and Finland’s Valtteri Bottas, three races, and the pole Sethu (Idemitsu Honda came on his 93rd attempt. Pierre Gasly; Fourth: Lando 41 points behind Hamilton Norris and Carlos Sainz; Fifth: Ten10 Racing) notched up after 11 of the races, qualified Already the only Dutch Romain Grosjean and Kimi his third win in a row in the alongside Verstappen on the driver ever to win a cham­ Raikkone. Pro­Stock 165cc class, while front row of the grid. pionship Grand Prix, he be­ Hyderabad’s Rahil Shetty Sixth: Nico Hulkenberg and Al­ came the first to take a pole — exander Albon; Seventh: Daniil (Sparks Racing) held his ‘Incredible’ which was also a first for a Kvyat and Antonio Giovinazzi; nerve to pull off a brilliant After stepping out of the car, Honda­powered car since Eighth: Kevin Magnussen and victory in the premier Pro­ Verstappen said: “It’s incred­ Australia 2006 with Britain’s George Russell. Stock 301­400cc category in ible. This one was still mis­ now­retired Jenson Button. Ninth: Sergio Perez and Daniel the third round of the MRF Raging bull: Verstappen’s success sparked celebrations among sing. For me, today was an “It’s an incredible feeling Ricciardo; 10th: Lance Stroll MMSC FMSCI Indian Nation­ Hat­trick: Rajiv Sethu won the Pro­Stock 165cc class to move his large following of Dutch fans in the grandstands. * AFP important one, a very nice to get your first pole so I’m and Robert Kubica. al motorcycle racing cham­ pionship at the MMRT here to third spot in the leaderboard. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT on Saturday. Deepak Ravikumar (TVS Rac­ (Chennai) 11:04.391; 2. Varoon ing) 11:41.990; 3. K.Y. Ahamed Sadasivam (Chennai) 11:12.581; It’s Exclusivenorthwind vs That’s My Class Impressive wins (TVS Racing) 11:42.201. 3. Kritik Vasant Habib (Gadag) Also scoring impressive wins Pro­Stock 201­300cc: Race­1: 11:13.432. were Bengaluru­based Anish 1. Anish Shetty (Idemitsu Hon­ CBR 150 (Novice): Race­1: 1. Lal HYDERABAD: Exclusivenorthwind 5. Stepper (3) S.G. Prasad 56, 6. Durango (10) Suraj Narredu 59, 3. (4) Rohit Kumar 54.5. shay Kumar 54, 9. Dunkirk (3) da Ten10 Racing) 12:11.667; 2. and That’s My Class may fight out Shetty, who led a podium Nunsanga (Aizawl) 13:16.118; 2. Unstoppable (5) Kiran Naidu 56, Sea Castle (3) Aneel 58.5, 4. Me­ 1. LINEWILER, 2. SHIVALIK VAL- Afroz Khan 53.5 and 10. Exclusive Abhishek Vasudev (Idemitsu the finish in the Air Command 7. Carmella (1) Kuldeep Singh ka’s (6) Afroz Khan 57, 5. News O’ LEY, 3. SAFRA. Striker (2) Abhay Singh 53.5. sweep for Idemitsu Honda Samuel Martin (Bengaluru) Cup (1,400m), the main event of 54.5, 8. Lesley (2) Ajeeth Kumar Star (5) R.N.Darshan 57, 6. 1. SUPER DART, 2. THE SPECIAL Honda Ten10 Racing) 13:16.240; 3. S. Deepak Kumar AIR COMMAND CUP (1,400m), Ten10 Racing in the Pro­ the races to be held here on 54.5, 9. Light Music (8) Nakhat Nayadeep (1) Ashhad Asbar 55.5, ONE, 3. DUNKIRK 12:20.100; 3. Aravind Balak­ 3­y­o & over, rated 75 & above . Stock 201­300cc, and Venka­ (Chennai) 13:16.528. Sunday (August 4). Singh 54.5 and 10. Shooter (10) 7. Solar Heights (9) Rafique Sk. 6 rishnan (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 A.A. Vikrant 54.5. 54, 8. Lockhart (8) Ajeeth Kumar (Cat. I), 3­45: 1. Highly Acclaimed NIZAM SAGAR PLATE tesan, who topped the Nov­ TVS Open (RR 310): Race­1: 1. VIKARABAD PLATE (1,600m), (4) Surya Prakash 60, 2. Exclusive Racing) 12:20.245. 1. UNSTOPPABLE, 2. PREMIER AC- 53.5, 9. Euro Zone (7) C.P. 8 (2,000m), 3­y­o & over, rated ice (Stock 165cc) race. S. Kannan (Chennai) 11:54.079; 1 4­y­o & over, rated upto 25 Wind (1) Santosh Raj 58, 3. Exclus­ 20 to 45 (Cat. III), 4­45: 1. Wings Pro­Stock 165cc: Race­1: 1. Ra­ (Cat. III), 1­10 p.m.: 1. N R I Flame TION, 3. EXPLOSIVE. Bopanna 52.5 and 10. Satin Sym­ 2. P.M. Soorya (Chennai) phony (2) Santosh Raj 50. ivenorthwind (2) Koushik 57.5, 4. Of Eagles (5) B.R. Kumar 60.5, 2. Sethu, who missed the jiv Sethu (Idemitsu Honda (6) Kuldeep Singh 60, 2. Brave TANASHA PLATE (1,600m), 3­ That’s My Class (5) Akshay Kumar 12:02.607; 3. R. Aravind Ga­ Ashwa Arjun (9) Gaurav Singh 58, first round due to interna­ Ten10 Racing) 12:01.973; 2. Ja­ Warrior (5) Rohit Kumar 59.5, 3. 3 y­o & over, rated 20 to 45 (Cat. 1. DURANGO, 2. NAYADEEP, 3. 57, 5. Moondancer (6) Rohit Ku­ 3. Alta Vita (7) Afroz Khan 56.5, 4. nesh (Chennai) 12:02.680. Limousine (1) Afroz Khan 59.5, 4. III), (No whips), 2­10: 1. Gusty MEKA’S. mar 56 and 6. Chase Your Dreams Lancashire (3) P. Sai Kumar 55.5, tional commitments, is play­ gan Kumar (TVS Racing) Shivalik Sand (3) Deepak Singh Look (7) Suraj Narredu 61, 2. Cin­ (3) Gopal Singh 54. 5. Royal Style (4) R.N. Darshan 12:02.073; 3. Sarath Kumar Novice (RTR 200): Race­1: 1. I. SILVERADO PLATE (Div. I), ing catch up as his hat­trick 59.5, 5. Mossad (2) Ajeeth Kumar cia Azzurra (4) Akshay Kumar 60, 1. EXCLUSIVENORTHWIND, 2. 55.5, 6. Mr. Shanghai (8) Kuldeep Venkatesan (Chennai) (1,200m), maiden 3­y­o only of wins has now taken him to (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing) 59, 6. Adamant And Rising (4) G. 3. Et Voici (1) Ajeeth Kumar 60, 4. 5 THAT’S MY CLASS. Singh 55, 7. Call Of The Blue (2) (Cat. II), (Terms), 3­15: 1. Born 12:02.833. 13:24.694; 2. Lakshmipathy Naresh 52 and 7. Turf Emperor (7) Buttonwood (2) Abhay Singh 59.5, Akshay Kumar 53.5, 7. Ajmal Birju the third position (75 points) Greek (8) R.N. Darshan 56, 2. WANAPARTHY CUP (Div. I), Balaji (Vellore) 13:25.047; 3. Ul­ Umesh 51.5. 5. Soul Empress (3) R.S. Jodha 57, (6) Gopal Singh 53 and 9. Royal Novice (Stock 165cc): Race­1: 1. Linewiler (1) Umesh 56, 3. No (1,400m), 4­y­o & over, rated on the leaderboard, behind 1. N R I FLAME, 2. BRAVE WAR- 6. Moka (6) Jitendra Singh 53.5 7 Avenger (1) Ajit Singh 52.5. I. Venkatesan (Motomaniacz las Santrupt Nanda (Bengaluru) Compromise (9) Deep Shanker 40 to 65 (Cat. II), 4­15: 1. Ashwa TVS Racing’s Jagan Kumar RIOR, 3. MOSSAD. and 7. Honourable Guest (5) Afroz 1. WINGS OF EAGLE, 2. CALL OF Racing) 13:06.397; 2. P. Mohan 13:25.380. Khan 50. 56, 4. O’Brien (11) Kuldeep Singh Raftar (6) Kunal Bunde 62, 2. Su­ (94) and teammate Sarath SILVERADO PLATE (Div. II), 56, 5. Sheldon (2) P. Sai Kumar per Dart (9) Suraj Narredu 61.5, 3. THE BLUE, 3. AJMAL BIRJU. Babu (Rockers Racing) Girls (RTR 200, 5 laps): 1. Ni­ 1. SOUL EMPRESS, 2. GUSTY LOOK, (1,200m), maiden 3­y­o only 56, 6. Turbulence (6) S.G. Prasad Shaquille (7) Kiran Naidu 59, 4. Day’s best: UNSTOPPABLE. Kumar (78). 2 3. CINCIA AZZURRA. 13:06.447; 3. Abhimanyu Gau­ vetha Jessica (Chennai) (Cat. II), (Terms), 1­40: 1. Explos­ 56, 7. Big League (5) B.R. Kumar Star Gazer (5) C.P. Bopanna 58.5, Double: DURANGO — SUPER The results (provisional): tam (Sparks Racing) 13:06.628. 11:30.986; 2. Lani Zena Fernan­ ive (7) R. Ajinkya 56, 2. My Jour­ WANAPARTHY CUP (Div. II), 54.5, 8. Green Turf (7) Akshay Ku­ 5. King Maker (4) Surya Prakash DART. National c'ship: Pro­Stock 301­ One­Make c’ship: Idemitsu dez (Puducherry) 11:31.075; 3. ney (9) Ashhad Asbar 56, 3. 4 (1,400m), 4­y­o & over, rated mar 54.5, 9. Moskova (3) Suraj 57, 6. Platinum (1) G. Naresh 56.5, Jkt: 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8; Mini Jkt: 5, 6, 7 & Premier Action (6) Umesh 56, 4. 40 to 65 (Cat. II), 2­45: 1. Southern Narredu 54.5, 10. Safra (10) N. 7. Desert Moon (8) Rohit Kumar 8; Tr (i): 1, 2 & 3; (ii): 3, 4 & 5; (iii): 400cc: Race­1: 1. Rahil Shetty Honda India Talent Cup–NSF Lakiya Lee Charles (Chennai) Secret Command (4) N. Rawal 56, Crown (4) Surya Prakash 62, 2. Rawal 54.5 and 11. Shivalik Valley 54.5, 8. The Special One (10) Ak­ 6, 7 & 8; Tla: all races. (Sparks Racing) 11:41.443s; 2. 250R: Race­1: 1. Md. Mikail 11:32.354. Santos, Bidyashagar net for East Bengal Lovlina and Neeraj clinch gold in Russia DURAND CUP noos, who rushed out of the tion but the woodwork came box to commit the foul. Sha­ in the way twice to deny San­ Solanki gets silver; Indians fetch six medals Amitabha Das Sharma noos received marching or­ tos and Boithang, who made BOXING India Open gold medallist KOLKATA ders as East Bengal’s Spanish the attempts in the 23rd and champion Neeraj (57kg), who Taking the field as a late se­ striker Jaime Santos stepped 29th minutes respectively. Press Trust of India had caused a big upset in the cond­half substitute, Khan­ up to score from the resul­ The change of ends did New Delhi semifinals by stunning form­ gembam Bidyashagar Singh tant free­kick. Bidyashagar not improve the situation for Lovlina Borgohain and Nee­ er world champion Alessia created one and finished one put his name on the scoresh­ East Bengal, which found raj clinched gold medals Mesiano 3­2, continued her to help East Bengal down a eet in the first minute of inju­ the armymen too good in de­ while Gaurav Solanki bagged impeccable form in the sum­ 10­man Army Red 2­0 in a ry time when he tapped fence. Santos had another a silver as Indian boxers end­ mit clash against Russia’s Ma­ group A league match of the home a cross from right­ chance in the 71st minute but ed their campaign with a lika Shakhidova. 129th Durand Cup, here at its back Samad Ali Mallick. he failed to keep his header rich haul at the Magomed Sa­ With two of the judges’ home ground on Saturday. Making its first outing of on target. East Bengal coach lam Umakhanov Memorial points being drawn at 28­28, The quicksilver forward, the season, East Bengal Alejandro Menendez International boxing tourna­ the Strandja Cup bronze me­ introduced in the 78th mi­ looked rusty at the start and brought in Bidyashagar as ment in Kaspiysk, Russia. dallist Neeraj went on to re­ nute, made the difference as struggled to find cohesion Take that! Lovlina was on guard throughout but never shied gister a commanding 3­0 vic­ his final replacement and The Indian boxers fetched East Bengal tried desperate­ against the tough­playing Ar­ away from raining a flurry of punches. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Neeraj * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT tory over the Russian. the decision worked well for six medals at the tourna­ ly to break the deadlock with my side. The initial quarter Gaurav Solanki suc­ the home side, which got ment, including two golds, a draw appearing imminent. saw Army Red calling the vourite Anna Anfinogenova semifinal losses. While Go­ Lovlina (69kg) was on cumbed to a 0­5 defeat to Uz­ two goals in the final six mi­ one silver and three bronze. The goal route opened in shots, but it failed to convert nutes. in the middleweight (75kg) vind lost to Russia’s Kurban guard throughout the bout bekistan’s Abdulkhay Sha­ the 85th minute after Bi­ the chances in absence of a The result: East Bengal 2 Reigning Asian Cham­ semifinals. Bayranbekov 1­4, Jony went and never shied away from rakhmatov. He was unable to dyashagar was unfairly good finisher. East Bengal (Jaime Santos 85, Khangem­ pionships gold medallist Govind Sahani (49Kg) and down to Russia’s Natalya raining down Assunta Canfo­ judge his opponent’s pace brought down by the Army began to find rhythm the in bam Bidyashagar Singh 90+1) Pooja Rani suffered a narrow Jony (60Kg) also grabbed Shadrina by a similar ra’s flurry of punches to grab and power and could never goalkeeper Muhammed Sha­ the second quarter of the ac­ bt Army Red 0. 3­2 defeat against home fa­ bronze medals after their scoreline. a narrow 3­2 win. recover from early blows. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU DELHI SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 2019 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TV PICKS Looking forward to World Test Championship: Rahane Messi handed Badminton: Thailand Open: Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), 11.30 three-month a.m. The Ashes: 1st Test, Sony Six CAB’s Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Arun Lal ban (SD & HD), 3.30 p.m. Formula One: Hungarian GP: Special Correspondent tick Bose Lifetime Achieve­ Agence France-Presse Star Sports Select 2 (SD & KOLKATA Asuncion HD), 6.30 p.m. ment Award, said it was an TNPL: Star Sports 3, 7.15 p.m. India Test team vice­captain emotional moment for him. Argentina star Lionel Messi UTT: Star Sports 1 & Star Ajinkya Rahane made the “The only thing that was banned from playing Sports Select 1 (SD & HD), most of a short gap between comes to mind is gratitude. for his national team for 7.30 p.m. his stint for Hampshire and As an outsider, I was em­ three months and fined PKL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), the country’s two­match Test braced immediately. I have $50,000 on Friday by CON­ 7.30 p.m. series in the West Indies by MEBOL after he heavily crit­ FA Community Shield: Sony got more than I bargained for Ten 2 (SD & HD), 7.30 p.m. training at the National Crick­ and more than I deserved,” icised the South American West Indies vs India : 2nd et Academy (NCA) in he said. football governing body T20I, Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), 8 Bengaluru. CAB president Sourav during the Copa America. p.m. Rahane, who played his Ganguly said Arun Lal, who The 32­year­old Barcelona Global T20 : Star Sports 2 last county match for Hamp­ played for the Bengal Ranji forward had accused CON­ (SD & HD), 10 p.m. shire between July 13 and 16, Trophy­winning side in 1989­ MEBOL of “corruption” af­ moved to Bengaluru to train 90, was an inspiration for ev­ ter he was sent off against IN BRIEF under the guidance of his ery cricketer. Chile during the third­place idol Rahul Dravid and pre­ “Under you (as coach), I play­off during the tourna­ pare for the West Indies Test hope Bengal can win the Ran­ ment in Brazil, which end­ series, starting on August 22. ji Trophy again,” said ed last month. “I was doing my fitness. Ganguly. Messi was angered by The reason for going to Ben­ The State women’s team two incidents during the galuru was because it was and women’s under­23 and June­July Copa hosted by raining heavily in . I under­19 sides — which won bitter rivals Brazil. trained under Rahul Dravid, National championships — Argentina was denied Diksha misses cut at he has been one of my role were also felicitated. two penalty claims in its 2­0 British Open models,” said Rahane, who Other award winners: Cricke­ semifinal defeat to the host, WOBURN was the chief guest at the ter­of­the­Year: Abhimanyu after which Messi claimed Young Indian golfer Diksha Cricket Association of Bengal Easwaran. Brazil was “managing a lot Dagar missed the cut at the (CAB) annual awards func­ Fast bowler: Mukesh Kumar; in CONMEBOL these days.” AIG Women’s British Open tion here on Saturday. Under­23 cricketer: Ritwik Roy And when he was dismis­ after carding a disappointing Rahane said India could Chowdhury. sed in the next game, which seven-over 79 in the second Under­19 cricketer: Karan Lal; not take the Caribbeans light­ round, here on Saturday. Reward: Ajinkya Rahane presenting a ceremonial jacket of the Lifetime Achievement Award to former Bengal captain Arun Lal as Best woman cricketer: Deepti Argentina went on to win While she was dejected at ly. “We all know they are an Sourav Ganguly and CAB joint secretary Abhishek Dalmia look on. * RAJEEV BHATT Sharma; Best women’s un­ 2­1, he couldn’t contain his missing out on weekend unpredictable team. It is im­ der­23 cricketers: Deepti Shar- anger. “Corruption and the action, Diskha said she was portant to respect them and The middle­order bat­ “This is something we all are is special and the best thing and day out,” he said. ma and Tanushree Sarkar, Best referees are preventing pe­ richer in experience after play our game. I am looking sman was excited about the looking forward to. Every about is you have International Arun Lal, women’s under­19 cricketer: ople from enjoying the foot­ playing two Majors in three forward to giving my best.” World Test championship. Test match and every series to follow your routine day in who was presented the Kar­ Mouli Mondal. ball,” Messi said. weeks. She will tee up at the Scottish Open next. Interestingly, also missing the cut at 12-over was former Divij & Erlich crash out; Kadhe-Myneni win title World No. 1 Lydia Ko. Semenya’s human rights Ashleigh Buhai of South Sports Bureau & Divij Sharan 6-2, 3-6, [10-3]. Los Cabox (Mexico) Africa was on top at 12-under $135,400 Challenger, Cheng­ 132. PTI should come before science Divij Sharan and Jonathan du, China: Final: Arjun Kadhe & Erlich of Israel lost 6­2, 3­6, Saketh Myneni bt Nam Ji Sung & It is not an accident that the IAAF refers [only] to unlawful [10­3] to Dominic Inglot and Song Min-Kyu (Kor) 6-3, 0-6, Austin Krajicek in the dou­ [10-6]. $25,000 ITF women, discrimination: Schwab bles semifinals of the Chinese Taipei: Final: Ramu Ue- da (Jpn) & Riya Bhatia bt I-Hsuan $858,565 ATP tennis tourna­ Cho & Yi Tsen Cho (Tpe) 7-5, 6-2. N. Sudarshan ment here. $25,000 ITF women, Woking, BENGALURU Arjun Kadhe and Saketh For two­time Olympic cham­ England: Final: Sarah Beth Grey Myneni won the doubles title & Eden Silva (GBr) bt Naiktha Learn to deal with pion Caster Semenya, the in the $135,400 Challenger in scrutiny: Klopp Bains (GBr) & Ankita Raina 6-2, European Court of Human Chengdu, China, with a 6­2, 7-5. Semifinals: Naiktha Bains & LIVERPOOL Rights may well be the last 3­6, [10­3] win over Koreans Ankita Raina bt Vivian Heisen Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool court of appeal to overturn Nam Ji Sungha and Song (Ger) & Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) must learn to deal with its the restrictions placed on Min­Kyu. 7-5, 4-6, [10-8]. standing as European her by the IAAF to compete champion as it kicks off its The results: $858,565 ATP, Los $15,000 ITF women, Tabarka, as a woman. Cabos, Mexico: Semifinals: Do- Tunisia: Semifinals: Sowjanya & campaign against Premier The case may come to rest minic Inglot (GBr) & Austin Kraji- Sravya bt Adelina Baravi & Victoria Winners: Arjun Kadhe and Saketh Myneni were champions in League winner Manchester on whether the IAAF’s stric­ cek (USA) bt Jonathan Erlich (Isr) Mikhaylova (Rus) 7-5, 3-6, [10-6]. the $135,400 Challenger in Chengdu. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT City in Sunday’s Community ture that the South African Shield at Wembley. “I want to be completely focused on a should medically reduce her Call for unity: Craig Foster and Brendan Schwab feel that new season. It’s very testosterone levels to conti­ fellow athletes should come forward to support Semenya’s important and we will learn nue competing in select rac­ cause. * N. SUDARSHAN it. But no one gives you a es is a human rights book ‘How To Deal With a violation. posed to Semenya would be ball, I am sure there would Champions League win’. You upheld. The World Medical have been a very different have to do it by yourself and Starting point Association said afterwards outcome, irrespective of the we will do that,” he said. AFP But what’s gaining ground is that it was unethical to pre­ science. Because the inquiry the view that athletes’ hu­ scribe that treatment. That will be broad enough that man rights should be the should have been picked up even if some athletes were to starting point and not the before the regulations were be excluded, we could be last resort. It found support passed.” confident that it would be at the GoSports Foundation The fact that the IAAF human rights compatible.” Sports Law & Policy Sympo­ said it was not subject to any According to Foster it is sium on Saturday through universal declaration of hu­ that legal human rights fra­ Brendan Schwab, Executive man rights as it was a “priv­ mework embedded in a Newcastle signs Director of World Players As­ ate body” hasn’t gone down small number of sports, in­ Maximin and Willems sociation and a leading hu­ well. cluding football, that helped LONDON man rights lawyer, and Craig “The CAS can just decide secure Hakeem’s release. Newcastle swooped for Foster, a former Australian cases with reference to the “Hakeem had the entire promising Nice forward Allan footballer, whose stellar role rules that are there before international system of law (in pic) Saint-Maximin and helped free Hakeem al­Arai­ them. But rules are deliber­ on his side,” explained Fos­ also signed Eintracht bi, an Australian citizen of ately narrow,” said Schwab. ter. Frankfurt defender Jetro Bahraini descent who was “It is not an accident that “In the IAAF case with Se­ Willems on loan on Friday. on the verge of being extra­ the IAAF refers [only] to un­ menya, the notion that a Saint-Maximin, a French Under-21 international, dited to Bahrain by Thailand lawful discrimination, be­ sport can say that it feels no moved to the Premier League on the basis of dodgy crimi­ cause discrimination is not obligation to respect the hu­ club on a six-year contract for nal charges. an absolute right. That's man right of an individual is a fee reported to be £20 “There should be a policy their level of commitment. staggering.” million. Newcastle has the commitment to internation­ The term human right does “We were successful with option of signing Willems on ally recognised human not appear in their constitu­ Hakeem because we united a permanent basis at the end rights,” said Schwab. tion and that is not a fans and players and they of the upcoming season. AFP accident.” forced the authorities to act. Unethical “We need constitutional In Semenya’s case where are “The rights against cruel and commitments that respect her fellow athletes, the inhumane treatment are ab­ human rights. FIFA has done brethren, male or female? If solute. If you apply that test, that, Commonwealth Feder­ they say ‘if you breach her I don't possibly see how the ation will soon do. If this rights, you breach ours,’ it regulations that were pro­ case had been heard in foot­ would be very different.”

Rashid withdraws from A gold medal is not everything: Bindra Yorkshire squad YORKSHIRE You need to find the right balance, says the ace shoooter England spinner Adil Rashid on Friday withdrew his name Ashwin Achal tor, The Live Love Laugh the right balance, you can de­ from Yorkshire’s Vitality Blast Bengaluru Foundation. The session was liver to the best of your due to a shoulder injury. Rashid trained at Emerald Winning the men’s 10­metre moderated by sports journal­ ability.” Headingley on Thursday and air rifle gold medal at the ist Sharda Ugra. Anisha, daughter of bad­ declared himself unfit for a 2008 Beijing Olympics was minton legend Prakash Padu­ game against Worcestershire the crowning glory of Abhi­ Mental toll kone, spoke about handling on Friday, due to the nav Bindra’s illustrious ca­ On the mental toll it took to failure in the face of high ex­ worsening of the condition of reer, but it came at a cost. achieve the gold medal pectations. “I grew up in a his shoulder. ANI The shooter believes that he dream, Bindra said, “I defi­ sporting family. Even though sacrificed his mental peace nitely would not do it over it was not explicitly stated, Brathwaite to lead to achieve this success, and again, and I would not re­ being exceptional was an in­ St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots that “a gold medal is not eve­ commend my way to anybo­ built, underlying emotion — BASSETERRE (SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS) rything in life”. dy else. I was very passionate right from performing me­ West Indies T20 skipper Bindra spoke at a discus­ about my sport, but I abused nial tasks all the way to our Carlos Brathwaite will lead St. sion titled ‘Athletes and men­ my passion. I had a single­ professional careers. One of Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the minded focus, and while this the challenges for me was to upcoming season of the tal health’, at the ‘The Sports Caribbean Premier League. Law & Policy Symposium’, approach got me success, it is accept that it was okay to Brathwaite will captain the organised by LawNK and not the right way to do it. A fail,” Anisha said. team after former skipper GoSports Foundation here gold medal is not everything Anisha explained that the Chris Gayle moved to Jamaica on Saturday. in life. I tell athletes that you The Live Love Laugh Founda­ Tallawahs. “I’m very excited! Bindra was joined on the can abuse talent and passion tion, founded by her sister This year is about trying to panel by Sanjeev Jain, NIM­ by not giving it anything, and and actor Deepika Padu­ continue that same thought HANS professor, and Anisha you can also abuse it by giv­ kone, aims to help de­stigma­ process,” Brathwaite said. ANI Padukone, golfer and Direc­ ing too much. If you can find tise mental illness. CM A ND-NDE YK