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Toss: Assam. a.m. At New Delhi: Delhi 389/6 in Cuttack: Odisha 205/4 in 89 Ranji Trophy: Star Sports 2 89 overs (Anuj Rawat 45, Hiten overs (Anurag Sarangi 65, De- (SD & HD), 9.30 a.m. Jonty Sidhu and Himmat Singh also send Rajasthan on a leather hunt ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), Dalal 102, Jonty Sidhu 92, basish Samantray 67 batting) 7.30 p.m. Himmat Singh 90) vs Ra- vs Jharkhand. Toss: Jharkhand. Rakesh Rao Himmat, whose 128­ball jasthan. Toss: Rajasthan. Raipur: Chhattisgarh 179 in NEW DELHI knock included 18 boundar­ Nadiad: Andhra 177 in 84.2 52.1 overs (Amandeep Khare IN BRIEF Delhi’s target of scoring ies and a six, was fluent on overs (Karan Shinde 49, B. 97, Raushan Raj 4/53) vs Ser- around 400 runs in a day was both sides of the pitch. He Sumanth 40, Arzan Nag- vices 81/3 in 25.3 overs. Toss: almost achieved against an tended to attempt to run the waswalla 4/18) vs Gujarat 2/0 Services. inconsistent Rajasthan attack ball down to third man far in 4 overs. Toss: Andhra. Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir 340 on the first day of their Ranji too often and eventually of­ Hyderabad: Hyderabad 239/7 in 87 overs (Shubham Khajuria in 86 overs (B. Rahul 52, T. Ravi 62, Shubham Singh Pundir 84, Trophy match here on fered a regulation catch to Teja 44, Prateek Reddy 76 bat- Parvez Rasool 49, Ram Dayal Wednesday. the wicket­keeper. ting, Yash Thakur 4/44) vs Vid- 43, Rahul Tewatia 7/98) vs Put in, Delhi finished the Sidhu, who hit two huge arbha. Toss: Vidarbha. Haryana 2/1 in 1.4 overs. Toss: day at 389 for six, riding sixes and eight boundaries, Patiala: Bengal 138 in 49 overs J&K. mainly on Hiten Dalal’s pre­ too, missed his century. The (Manoj Tiwary 73 n.o., Vinay Baramati: Maharashtra 207 in lunch 102, Jonty Sidhu’s 92 left­hander was bowled, Choudhary 6/54) vs Punjab 49.4 overs (Naushad Shaikh 47, Simmons powers 76ers and Himmat Singh’s 90. round his legs, by skipper 93/3 in 38.2 overs (Rohan Mar- Vishant More 59, Ashay Palkar over Clippers With 52 boundaries and Ashok Menaria’s friendly waha 48). Toss: Bengal. 60) vs Uttarakhand 112/3 in 38 LOS ANGELES six sixes coming in 89 overs, spin. GROUP B overs (Kamal Singh 51 batting). Australia’s Ben Simmons Rajasthan could do very little Bengaluru: Baroda 85 in 33.5 Toss: Uttarakhand. Among the Rajasthan me­ overs (Ahmadnoor PLATE delivered his sixth triple as Delhi went about its task in dium pacers, Aniket Choud­ Pathan 45) vs Dibrugarh: double of the season as the a business­like manner, rea­ Philadelphia 76ers won their hary looked most disci­ Karnataka 165/7 in Meghalaya 387/4 in dy to trade wickets for quick plined. Spin­options Rahul 52 overs (Karun Nair 90 overs (D.B. Ravi 25th home game with a runs. 110-103 victory over the Los Chahar, Mahipal Lomror and 47). Toss: Karnataka. Teja 130, Punit Bisht Mumbai: Mumbai 163 batting) vs Ar- Angeles Clippers on Tuesday. Maneria gained a wicket 352/4 in 85 overs unachal Pradesh. The results: 76ers bt 110 Setting the pace each. Here, Lomror and Ma­ (Aakarshit Gomel Toss: Meghalaya. Clippers 103; Wizards 126 bt The 142­run opening stand neria benefited from the bat­ 122, Suryakumar Ya- Kolkata: Goa 490/4 Bulls 114; Pelicans 138 bt came off just 25.3 overs and smen’s urgency to add quick dav 43, Sarfaraz in 77.5 overs decl. Trail Blazers 117; Spurs 114 bt set the pace of Delhi’s in­ runs. Khan 169 batting) vs (Smit Patel 236, Thunder 106; Rockets 116 bt nings. Dalal was on fire as he The scores: Madhya Pradesh. Amit Verma 148, Celtics 105. AGENCIES smashed a six and 18 hits to Delhi — 1st innings: Anuj Rawat Toss: Mumbai. Snehal Kauthankar the fence before his dismissal c (sub) b Choudhary 45, Hiten Rajkot: Tamil Nadu 40 n.o.) vs Mizoram Barca’s Dembele out of signalled an early lunch. Euro 2020 Dalal lbw b Chahar 102, Dhruv 250/7 in 90 overs (Abhinav 15/1 in 7 overs. Toss: Mizoram. Before Dalal, who domi­ Shorey lbw b Haq 1, Nitish Rana MADRID Mukund 86, N. Jagadeesan 61 Kolkata: Chandigarh 352/5 in nated the first session with c Choudhary b Haq 24, Jonty Ousmane Dembele will miss batting) vs Saurashtra. Toss: 90 overs (Raman Bishnoi 53, Sidhu b Menaria 92, Himmat TN. Uday Kaul 145 batting, Bipul Euro 2020 after Barcelona some fluent stroke­play dur­ Singh c Manender Singh b Lom- Lucknow: Himachal 220 in Sharma 119 batting, Sheit- announced on Tuesday that ing his 93­ball blitzkrieg, ror 90, Kshitiz Sharma (batting) 70.2 overs (Akash Vashisht 44, eendra Singh 4/44) vs Manipur. the France international will Anuj Rawat (45, 5x4, 2x6) 11, Kunwar Bidhuri (batting) 12; Nikhil Gangta 49, Ankush Bains Toss: Manipur. be out for around six months and skipper Dhruv Shorey (1) Extras (lb-11, nb-1): 12; Total 47 n.o., Aqib Khan 5/42) vs Ut- Cuttack: Bihar 286/8 in 90 following surgery on his right departed in quick succes­ (for six wkts. in 89 overs): 389. sion. tar Pradesh 23/1 in 11 overs. overs (Shasheem Rathour 103, hamstring. Dembele’s absence Fall of wickets: 1-142, 2-147, 3- Toss: UP. Vikash Ranjan 95, Iqbal Ab- also means he will miss the Besides Rawat, Delhi owed 158, 4-189, 5-336, 6-372. GROUP C dulla 4/59) vs Sikkim. Toss: rest of this season for Barca. much to Himmat and Sidhu. Rajasthan bowling: Choudhary Guwahati: Tripura 387/7 in 89 Sikkim. The 22-year-old has suffered The 147­run fifth­wicket stand 22-6-62-1, Haq 17-2-78-2, Ritu- overs (Arkaprabha Sinha 90, Puducherry: Nagaland 176 in a number of hamstring involving Himmat and Sidhu raj 14-2-77-0, Chahar 16-0- Pratyush Singh 63, Milind 53, 62.3 overs (Stuart Binny 59) vs problems since joining from truly foiled Rajasthan’s hopes 87-1, Lomror 13-1-59-1, Maneria On the pedal: Delhi’s Hiten Dalal took the attack to the Rajasthan bowlers to notch up a Subham Ghosh 48, M.B. Mura Pondicherry 92/2 in 27 overs Borussia Dortmund in August of curtailing Delhi’s run­flow. 7-0-15-1. century in quick time. * FILE PHOTO: R.V. MOORTHY Singh 82 batting, Ranjeet Mali (S. Karthik 41). Toss: Nagaland. 2017 in a deal worth up to €147 million. AFP Can East Bengal Chinese GP Ferrari unveils car for 2020 Joseph stars postponed Agence France-Presse for Gokulam Reggio Emilia (Italy) stage a revival? AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Ferrari unveiled its new P.K. Ajith Kumar PARIS SF1000 car for the 2020 For­ COIMBATORE Faces the tough Punjab test next The Chinese Grand Prix mula One season, which In an I­League match that scheduled for April 19 has they hope will deliver a first produced some exhilarat­ Banerjee’s health Amitabha Das Sharma ing all the players were been postponed because world drivers’ title since ing end­to­end football, improving: hospital KOLKATA available for selection. “We of the “continued spread” 2007, during a glitzy cere­ Gokulam Kerala FC scored KOLKATA Deserted by both form and are trying to work hard and of the deadly Coronavirus, mony on Tuesday. a much needed 1­0 win Legendary Indian footballer fortune, a beleaguered East improve on our shortcom­ now named COVID­19, mo­ The single­seater’s name against the defending P.K. Banerjee, who was Bengal will look to stop the ings that have cost us the torsport’s governing body acknowledges the fact that champion Chennai City admitted to a city hospital slide when it takes on Pun­ last few matches. We are FIA announced Wednes­ the Italian team will start its FC. The winner was netted with chest infection, is jab FC in an I­League fixture looking to focus on each day. 1,000th world champion­ by Gokulam’s inspirational showing improvement in his at the Kalyani Stadium on match and not think too ship race during the coming captain Marcus Joseph. health conditions, a The postponement also Thursday. ahead of ourselves,” he said. campaign, which begins statement from the medical throws into doubt the in­ The Trinidadian striker Having lost five matches with the Australian Grand Ferrari’s SF1000... new car, new hopes. * AFP facility said on Wednesday. augural race in Vietnam, will not forget that goal in a The 83-year-old was in the last six outings, East Tough ask which takes place two Prix in Melbourne on March hurry. Neither will Goku­ admitted to the hospital for Bengal finds itself struggling Rivera knows that his side weeks before but where 15. new racing car outside of its ing to reach the figure of lam, which not only the second time in less than a at the 10th spot among 11 faces a difficult task against there have also been cases Narrower than last sea­ stronghold of Maranello, un­ 1,000 Grands Prix, which is avenged the 2­3 defeat suf­ month with a history of fever teams. Punjab, a team that has lost of COVID­19.