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TV PICKS RANJI SCORES, FINAL ROUND, DAY 1 NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), 6 Dalal’s blistering century drives Delhi GROUP A 4/81) vs Assam. Toss: Assam. a.m. At New Delhi: Delhi 389/6 in Cuttack: Odisha 205/4 in 89 : Sports 2 89 overs ( 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 fluent 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 first 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 ­keeper. ting, Yash Thakur 4/44) vs Vid- 43, 7/98) vs Put in, Delhi finished 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 ’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 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, 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 benefited from the bat­ 122, Suryakumar Ya- : 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 fire 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: 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 first 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 fluent 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 fifth­wicket 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 ( 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 run­flow. 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. PARIS SF1000 car for the 2020 For­ 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 first 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 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 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 fixture 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 five 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 finds itself struggling Rivera knows that his side weeks before but where 15. new racing car outside of its ing to reach the figure of lam, which not only the second time in less than a at the 10th spot among 11 faces a difficult 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. son’s SF90, with a deeper veiling it instead amid of sea something incredible.” fered at home last month, With its investor Quess only once in the last 10 out­ red colouring the body, Fer­ of red on stage at the Teatro Both Vettel and Charles and cough. “Banerjee is “The FIA and @F1 conti­ but also ended a three­ Corp going through the mo­ ings and is placed second in rari is pinning its hopes on Romolo­Valli in the nearby Leclerc said they were impa­ showing improvement and nue to work closely with match losing streak to the tions after reiterating its de­ the table. “We are here with the SF1000 car earning city of Reggio Emilia. tient to try out the new car, responding well to the the teams, promoter, Chennai men. ongoing treatment,” said the cision to divest its stake by an eye on the championship them drivers and construc­ “This is a very important which will be on track next CAMF and local authorities There was indeed little statement. PTI the end of the season, East and will be looking to return tors titles that have eluded place for our country,” chair­ week for the pre­season test­ to monitor the situation,” that separated the two. Bengal finds itself in a finan­ to our rhythm quickly,” said them for 12 and 11 years man of the Ferrari group ing in Barcelona. FIA said in relation to the They both were on 14 cial bind. Just when things Yan Law, the Punjab coach. respectively. John Elkann explained. “I felt emotional when I Shanghai postponement. points from 10 matches. were not working out for the After remaining unbea­ “I like it very much,” said “It was in this city that the saw it,” said Monaco’s Le­ team, Spanish head coach ten in nine matches, Punjab “The global situation re­ German driver Sebastian tricolour flag, which became clerc. “Now I can’t wait to be The victory has taken Alejandro Menendez put in suffered its only defeat garding this virus will con­ Vettel. that of Italy, was created. out on track and try it and to Gokulam to the third spot, his papers, deepening the against current leader Mo­ tinue to be monitored by “It’s much narrower at And Ferrari is proud of Italy show all the work that has with 17 points, behind Mo­ crisis. Now, there are talks hun Bagan in the previous the FIA with regard to oth­ the back than last year and it and of representing Italy.” been done on this car. hun Bagan (26) and Punjab about some of the foreign outing at the same venue. er motor sport events.” is also redder, it’s even bet­ “This is a very special “It’s going to be a great FC (17). players looking to move out. The visitors will thus be eag­ Mercedes team princi­ ter. I’m impatient to drive it, year,” continued Ferrari challenge. I’m ready to learn Chennai has dropped a Vettel is Ferrari’s Menendez’s assistant Ma­ er to turn things around, pal Toto Wolff, speaking in that will be even more fasci­ Team Manager Mattia Binot­ from my mistakes to become place down to sixth. first choice: Binotto rio Rivera, who is currently taking on a seemingly weak­ London on Monday, said nating than looking at it.” to. “It’s 70 years of Formula an even better driver. What The result: Chennai City FC 0 REGGIO EMILIA (ITALY) in charge of the team, shot er opposition in East Ben­ not going to Shanghai The Scuderia broke with One, we have been there all of us want at Ferrari is to lost to Gokulam Kerala FC 1 Ferrari team manager Mattia down the speculation, say­ gal. would be a “shame”. tradition and presented its from the start and we are go­ be world champions.” (Marcus Joseph 78). Binotto insisted on Tuesday that Sebastian Vettel remained the team’s “first Anurag rallies choice” for the future despite Casillas to run for Bopanna & Shapovalov Bengaluru FC reports that Lewis Hamilton to beat Qamar could join the Italian stable Special Correspondent next season. “Seb is our first RFEF presidency? in quarterfinals steamrollers Paro FC GURUGRAM choice, our preference. We’re Anurag Nenwani battled talking with Seb and we’ll The results: First round: N. Sudarshan nesday. take the time needed. We are FOOTBALL INDIANS ABROAD €2,155,295 ATP­500, Rotter­ BENGALURU hard to beat Faisal Qamar focused on the car and the dam, the Netherlands: Denis BFC will meet Maldives’s 4­6, 6­3, 7­5 in the pre­quar­ Agence France-Presse Sports Bureau Semboi Haokip and Desh­ tests. There will be a time for Shapovalov (Can) & Rohan Bo- Maziya RC in the final quali­ terfinals of the ₹100,000 Madrid Rotterdam orn Brown scored their first the rest,” Binotto said. AFP panna bt John Peers (Aus) & fying round, the first leg of AITA men’s ranking tennis Former Spain goalkeeper Ik­ Rohan Bopanna and Cana­ hat­tricks for Bengaluru FC Michael Venus (Nzl) 7-6(0), 6- which will be played away tournament at the The er Casillas plans to run for da’s Denis Shapovalov beat as the 2016 AFC Cup finalist 7(5), [10-8]. next Wednesday (February Tennis Project, Baliawas, FC Goa eases the presidency of the Span­ John Peers and Michael Ve­ handed Bhutanese club Pa­ $275,000 WTA, Hua Hin, Thai­ 19). on Wednesday. ish Football Federation nus 7­6(0), 6­7(5), [10­8] in ro FC a 9­1 thrashing (10­1 ag­ land: Rosalie van der Hoek The result: Bengaluru FC 9 The winner of the sin­ past Mumbai (RFEF), Spanish media re­ the doubles first round of (Ned) & Ankita Raina bt Desi- gregate win), in the second (Semboi 6, 26, 66, 85, Juanan gles and doubles events ported on Wednesday. the €2,155,295 ATP tennis rae Krawczyk (USA) & You leg of the continental com­ 14, Brown 29, 54, 64, Perdomo will get a wildcard entry in­ PRESS TRUST OF Casillas told the national tournament here. Xiaodi (Chn) 6-4, 6-4. petition’s preliminary 78) bt Paro FC 1 (Chencho 16) to the $15,000 ITF men’s MARGAO sports council (CSD) of his In the $275,000 WTA $15,000 ITF men, Monastir, round 2 match here on Wed­ [Aggregate 10-1]. Futures tournament to be FC Goa beat Mumbai City intention to run in the up­ event in Hua Hin, Ankita Tunisia: Filip Cristian Jianu (Rou) bt Ajay Pruthvi Nemakal staged at the same venue. FC 5­2 in a high­scoring coming RFEF elections, re­ Raina partnered Rosalie van 6-0, 6-0. The results: match to go three points ported the Cadena Ser radio Iker Casillas. * AFP der Hoek of the Netherlands $15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Bharat packs off Vansh Pre­quarterfinals: Kunal clear at the top of the ISL station early Wednesday. to beat Desirae Krawczyk of Sheikh, Egypt: Simon Yitbarek Anand bt Tushar Madan 3-6, table here on Wednesday. According to this media, Last April he suffered a the US and You Xiaodi of (Swe) bt Aryan Goveas 6-1, Raghav Harsh 6-3, 6-3; Sam- 6-2, 6-3; Lakshay Gupta bt (18th) Casillas “has made the deci­ heart attack during training China 6­4, 6­4 in the dou­ 4-6, 6-1; Marek Gengel (Cze) TENNIS prit Sharma bt Jason David 7-6 Neeraj Yashpaul 7-6(5), 4-6, handed Mumbai the lead sion to run” for the elections and has not played since. bles quarterfinals. bt Sahil Gaware 6-3, 6-1. SPORTS BUREAU (6), 2-6, 6-2; Vitin Rathee bt 6-0; Anurag Nenwani bt Fai- before Ferran Corominas and has informed Irene Lo­ The Catalan newspaper GURUGRAM Kandhavel Mahalingam 6-1, sal Qamar 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; (20th), zano who, as secretary of Mundo Deportivo said that Bharat Phulwaria knocked 6-1; Manan Nath bt Cahir Warik Raghav Jaisinghani bt Yugank 6-2, 7-6(2); Jigyashman Haza- Bhardwaj 6-2, 6-1; Chirag Du- (38th) and Jackichand state for sport, is president “it was Casillas who request­ out fourth seed Vansh Nan­ Singh (39th) swung the of the CSD. ed the meeting” with rika bt Tejas Ahuja 6-2, 6-1; han bt Shivam Dalmia 6-4, Arun Kumar quits as dal 6­3, 7­5 in the boys’ pre­ Bharat Phulwaria bt Vansh 6-2; Gourav Gulia bt Yugal contest Goa’s way. Contacted by AFP, the Lozano. quarterfinals of the Asian Nandal 6-3, 7-5; Krish Tyagi bt Bnasal 4-6, 6-2, 2-1 (concd.); Though CSD made no comment. Current RFEF president under­14 tennis tournament Vishal Prakash 6-1, 3-6, 6-1; Akash Nandwal bt Chandril (57th) pulled a goal back for The date of the election has Luis Rubiales is in perpetual Pondicherry coach at the Yellow Balls Tennis Rethin Pranav Senthilkumar bt Sood 7-6(8), 6-4; Bikamjeet Mumbai, Coro (80th) not been decided. conflict with Javier Tebas, Academy in Baliawas. Mayank Sharma 7-5, 2-6, Singh Chawla bt Jatin Dahiya struck again before Mo­ The AS newspaper, citing the president of the Spanish Shayan Acharya Puducherry officials In another exciting con­ 7-6(4). 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-1. MUMBAI hammed Rafique scored an CSD sources, said Casillas league. claimed that Arun Kumar test, second seed Rethin Doubles (quarterfinals): Jason Doubles (quarterfinals): Har- own goal in the 87th minute met Lozano and expressed According to the rules, Pondicherry head coach J. had quit due to “health rea­ Pranav Senthilkumar pre­ David & Rushil Khosla bt Vansh shit Yadav & Kshitij Kamal bt to seal the win for FC Goa. an interest in running. the elections should be held Arun Kumar has stepped sons.” With its chances of vailed over Mayank Sharma Nandal & Vitin Rathee 7-6(4), Jatin Dahiya & Kunal Anand 6-4; Raghav Harsh & Cahir Wa- 6-1, 7-6(5); Aaditya Tewari & The victory saw FC Goa Casillas, 38, played 167 in the second half of the down in the middle of the qualifying for the quarterfi­ 7­5, 2­6, 7­6(4). In the boys’ remain on course to clinch times for Spain, winning year after the Tokyo Olym­ Ranji Trophy 2019­20 nals still alive C.S. Suresh rik bt Jash Shah & Pranay Ankit Chopra bt Pallav Kumar doubles quarterfinals, Jason Vadhera 6-2, 5-2 retd.; Harsh Rousha & Anuj Malik 6-4, 6-3; the top spot in the league two Euros and one World pics. However, Rubiales has campaign. Kumar has taken over. David and Rushil Khosla Fogaat & Dhruv Kumar bt Smit Vilasier Khate & Anurag Nen- while Mumbai remained Cup, and more than 700 asked the CSD to bring the He confirmed the deve­ Arun Kumar had joined combined well to stun the Patel & Bharat Phulwaria 5-7, wani bt Chirag Duhan & San- four points ahead of fifth­ games for Real Madrid, with date forward to the first half lopment to Sportstar on Pondicherry last year after top seeds Vansh Nandal and 7-6(0), [10-7]; Rethin Pranav ket Tomar 7-5, 2-6, [11-9]; placed Chennaiyin FC which he won the Cham­ of the year before Euro Wednesday, but refused to helping Siechem Madurai Vitin Rathee 7­6(4), 6­4. Senthilkumar & Samprit Shar- Lakshit Sood & Chandril Sood which has played two pions League three times. 2020, which will run from 12 reveal the reason behind it. Panthers triumph in the The results: Boys (pre­quar­ ma bt Vraj Gohil & Krish Tyagi bt Rishiraj Shekhawat & Chin- games less. He joined Porto in 2015. June to 12 July. The Association of TNPL in 2018. terfinals): Rushil Khosla bt 4-6, 6-1, [10-7]. may Bakshi 6-4, 6-4.

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