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THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE India needs a win to seal semifinal spot Vijay Shankar has to return home Injures toe in the nets; ICC okays team management’s Bangladesh yearns for a victory to keep its almost improbable last­four hopes alive plea for Mayank as replacement K.C. Vijaya Kumar or during an Asia Cup en­ Birmingham counter at Dhaka in 2012. K.C. Vijaya Kumar Virat Kohli’s men had a The last­referred clash fea­ Birmingham smooth World Cup cam­ tured Sachin Tendulkar’s India’s list of the walking paign until they found their 100th international ton but wounded got one more addi­ first hurdle in England. In a Mushfiqur Rahim and com­ tion as allrounder Vijay game that the host dominat­ pany ruined the maestro’s Shankar was ruled out of the ed at Edgbaston here on Sun­ party. World Cup, following a toe day, India stumbled. But it is injury he suffered in the time to move on as Tuesday’s Shakib, the pivot lead­up to the England game match against Bangladesh Bangladesh has shown that it at Edgbaston on Sunday. awaits the Men in Blue. can punch above its weight On Monday morning, In­ The neighbours will clash and it did that against South dian team media manager on the same pitch that yield­ Africa and the West Indies. Moulin Parikh texted a mes­ ed a weekend run­fest of Shakib Al Hasan has been the sage to cricket correspon­ 643, a number further em­ pivot, crafting stupendous dents, which stated the na­ bellished by centuries from efforts, be it in batting or ture of the wound and Jonny Bairstow and Rohit while wheeling his left­arm added that the ICC’s permis­ Sharma. The venue with its spin. The all­rounder has ag­ sion was sought to seek short square boundaries can gregated 476 runs and 10 Mayank Agarwal as replace­ Vijay Shankar. * AFP Mayank Agarwal. * FILE PHOTO wickets so far in this World ment. Later in the after­ Cup. noon, cricket’s governing <> What you see him new ball and that's the rea­ With other seniors around body approved India's bowling in the son for his consistency. In him like Tamim Iqbal, Mush­ request. match, he bowls those 15 minutes you have to fiqur and Mortaza, Shakib exactly like that to make sure that you are on has lent hope to the denizens Fracture us in the nets. He top of your game otherwise back home. Perhaps he mir­ Parikh wrote: “Vijay Shan­ doesn’t care who is there can be trouble.” Back then, the spearhead rors the following line from kar sustained a non dis­ standing in front of Monica Ali’s book Brick Lane placed fracture of the left big too was asked about his him. that chronicled the Bangla­ toe, which will require a mi­ methods at training and deshi disapora’s angst in nimum of three weeks to — Kohli on Bumrah Bumrah replied: “We don't London: “If you are strong, heal. The injury rules him turing Pakistan, Afghanistan obviously want to injure the punish bowlers when they you withstand the storm.” out of the ongoing World and the West Indies, and batsman. But when we play err in their radars and the India needs a triumph to Cup. The Indian team man­ against whom he scored 15 in the nets, nobody tells the rival attacks will be wary of seal its semifinal berth while agement has requested the n.o., 29 and 14 respectively. batsman not to hit. He hits muscular batting like the Bangladesh yearns for a win ICC to consider Mayank He also got a crucial two for you as well. It's unfortunate kind England displayed. to keep its almost improba­ Agarwal as his 22 in the face­off involving that he got hit, but he is Despite an acutely slow ble last­four hopes alive. replacement.” Pakistan at Manchester’s Old okay.” start and a relative crawl in Time to say ‘game on’ and There was much specula­ Trafford. the slog against Eoin Mor­ this is far superior to the de­ tion at the toss on Sunday Shankar had stepped into Not so lucky gan’s men, India has a strong bates about which hilsa fish when Virat Kohli revealed the playing eleven after a Looks like, the second time set of willow­wielders. Rohit is tastier, the one you savour that Rishabh Pant would left­thumb fracture sidelined around, Shankar wasn’t so and Kohli are in sublime in Kolkata or the other you play and mentioned about Shikhar Dhawan. Subse­ lucky. He will get on the re­ form while K.L. Rahul suf­ relish at Dhaka! Shankar having a toe niggle. quently the opener was turn flight to Chennai while fered his lone failure during The teams (from): There was more clarity after ruled out and Pant was Karnataka player Agarwal Sunday’s joust. The middle­ India: Virat Kohli (Capt.), Rohit the match concluded with flown in. Now it is Shankar’s could become a back­up order of Rishabh Pant, Har­ Sharma, M.S. Dhoni, K.L. Rahul, England’s triumph as Rohit turn to be present in the or­ opener or whatever slot the dik Pandya, M.S. Dhoni and Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Sharma mentioned that the thopaedician’s consulting team­management pencils Kedar Jadhav needs to maxi­ Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Tamil Nadu player was room. him in. mise the fine work from the Dinesh Karthik, Bhuvneshwar High hopes: Hardik Pandya has the ability to swing games with his explosive batting.* AP Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Yuz­ struck on his toes by Jasprit Bumrah is known to test For now K.L. Rahul will men atop the batting tree. Bumrah at practice. batsmen at the nets and Koh­ partner Rohit atop the bat­ from the turf. The left­han­ The Indian attack had a lu­ hint of trouble. Batting coach vendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav and Rishabh Pant. Incidentally, Shankar had li had said: “What you see ting tree and Pant is bound Early days for Pant der showed he can hold his kewarm show in the skir­ Sanjay Bangar conceded that Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza sustained a similar injury him bowling in the match, to get more fixtures at num­ The quartet have had their own on the global stage. His mish involving England the bottom­half’s fragility (Capt.), Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al earlier in the tournament he bowls exactly like that to ber four. But there is a per­ stints in the middle but in all ability was never in doubt though Mohammed Shami has constricted the way the Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Abu but without the fracture, us in the nets. He doesn’t plexing issue as Ambati Ray­ the runs they collectively but Pant needs to reiterate scalped five and Jasprit Bum­ central­core performs. Jayed, Liton Das, Mahmudul­ and the perpetrator was care who is standing in front udu, who was in the original made ranging from veteran Still, for all these minor lah, Mehidy Hasan, Mohammad Bumrah. However, the nig­ of him. He will bounce, he list of standbys, continues to Dhoni to rookie Pant, who quibbles, India will step in as Mithun, Mohammad Saifuddin, gle did not affect Shankar, will try to get people bow­ be overlooked by the think­ just played a lone contest, it the favourite against Mash­ Mosaddek Hossain, Mustafizur who played the contests fea­ led, he will york with the tank. Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir is obvious that the trait of ex­ rafe Mortaza’s men, who in a Rahman and Soumya Sarkar. plosive batting largely vests classic case of sibling rivalry, with Pandya. May be Pant Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge would love to stun their big and Marais Erasmus; Third um­ could move into that zone brother. They have done that pire: Aleem Dar; Match referee: Dhoni is being wasted at No. 5 but these are still early days in the past, be it the 2007 Ranjan Madugalle. for him in cricket’s show­ World Cup in the West Indies Match starts at 3 p.m. IST. ohammed Shami picked bide time before upping the piece event. Mhis first five­wicket haul ante. The youngster was a bun­ in ODIs in the match against dle of nerves in his initial England, but he conceded Rahul has to step up stint against England, sprint­ quite a few runs at the death. Mayank Agarwal will replace ing for non­existent runs, that he has the temperament rah had a splendid economy He has been exceptional with Vijay Shankar who has been diving to save himself and to prosper when the fires rate of 4.40. However, spin­ the new ball and has got the ruled out with a toe injury, then emerging dishevelled rage around him. ners Yuzvendra Chahal and old one to reverse. but I don’t see him playing Kuldeep Yadav went for 160 But I would like to see him against Bangladesh. India runs in their combined 20 use more variations while op­ will stick to the same line­up. overs. Kohli might be tempt­ erating in the end overs. He's I would like K.L. Rahul to ed to drop one among them bowling fast and that’s the take some initiative initially, and either field Bhuvnesh­ addition India would love. An M.S. Dhoni is being wasted at just to take the pressure off war Kumar or Ravindra Jade­ excellent seam position No. 5. He’s at that stage of his Rohit Sharma during the Po­ ja. Both have adequate bat­ makes it hard to score runs career where instead of play­ werPlay. Rahul certainly has ting credentials and that is off him with the new ball. ing him at the position where got the ability. deemed a bonus as the cur­ There’s talk about India he used to be exceptional at (Tune in to Select Dugout rent Indian tail is the kind lacking punch in the middle­ one point, he should be on Star Sports Select 1 on In- that lizards shed at the first order. To be honest, I feel pushed to No. 4 where he can dia matchdays and Sundays) ‘We are happy with Dhoni’s intent’ It’s not going to be Lanka beats WI in high­scoring game Shayan Acharya Bangar says the veteran has delivered in five out of the seven games CHESTER-LE-STREET Special Correspondent easy, says Mortaza Two youngsters, two centu­ Birmingham ries and a close finish! That’s The Men in Blue’s final ‘Shakib has been our best performer’ how the inconsequential stretch in the World Cup’s league fixture panned out at league phase has raised quer­ Special Correspondent be, may be not, but let’s see. the picturesque Riverside on ies about their middle­order’s Birmingham Countering spin: If we Monday, with Sri Lanka’s 21­ lack of punch when it comes Mashrafe Mortaza harbours look at their stats in last few year­old Avishka Fernando to hastening the run­rate. hopes of a semifinal berth for years, both Indian spinners and West Indies’ 23­year­old Ahead of Tuesday’s game his men. The Bangladesh have done well. We just can’t Nicholas Pooran dishing out against Bangladesh, batting captain is aware that the cir­ think that what England did magnificent tons before the coach Sanjay Bangar said that cumstances are difficult es­ (hammering the spinners), Islanders won the high­scor­ the playing eleven’s composi­ pecially with a strong rival we will do the same and get ing thriller by 23 runs. tion is flexible keeping in like India lined up for Tues­ success. We will stick to our Put in, Sri Lanka posted a mind the nature of the oppo­ day’s World Cup game but is plans and our batting has mammoth 338 for six, riding On fire: Fernando flayed the West Indies bowlers. * AFP nent and the surface on offer. keen that his team plays been good through the tour­ on Fernando’s 104. In reply, Excerpts. hard. Mortaza spoke to re­ nament. We will play it our Pooran’s clinical 118 gave the Pooran put together two last bowled in December The neighbour’s chal­ On the job: India’s batting coach Sanjay Bangar gives porters at Edgbaston here on way. West Indies a fighting partnerships — 54 with Car­ 2017, dismissed Pooran who lenge: We are playing (Ban­ Monday afternoon. Ex- Shakib’s brilliance: Sha­ chance before it was restrict­ los Brathwaite and 83 with struck 11 boundaries and valuable tips to Kedar Jadhav. * AP gladesh) on the same track cerpts. kib (Al Hasan) has been doing ed to 315 for nine. Fabien Allen. four sixes. (that was used against En­ Sluggish climax: I don’t have a crucial role. The India game: If we can whatever he can do, be it bat­ After the team had slid to The team remained on Earlier, Fernando made gland) and we know the wick­ think so, because if you look Dhoni the finisher: Five manage to win, that will be ting, fielding or bowling. He 71 for three, Pooran revived course till the 47th over be­ 104 off 103 balls with nine et and the dimensions well. at the way England bowled out of seven games he has great. India is a very strong has been our best performer the innings. The aggressive fore Angelo Mathews, who fours and two sixes. We also have to assess from towards the end, the done the job. Against South side and it’s not going to be in this World Cup. We still the bowling perspective on (ground) dimensions were Africa he stitched a partner­ easy but we have to play have two matches left and SCOREBOARD SRI LANKA VS WEST INDIES how to improve. In the last used well. It created difficult ship with Rohit (Sharma). Af­ hard. hopefully he will keep doing six to seven overs, we gave angles for our batters to hit, ter that he did what was re­ Good thing is that we are whatever he has done so far S RI LANKA (Fernando, 47.2), 6­327 (Udana, (10b), Oshane Thomas lbw b plenty of runs, whether that’s especially with the type of quired of him against still in the tournament, may and finish on a good note. Dimuth Karunaratne c Hope 48.6). Malinga 1 (6b), Shannon Gab­ riel (not out) 3 (7b); Extras (b­3, an area where the game balls they were bowling — Australia. In Manchester, on a b Holder 32 (48b, 4x4), Kusal WEST INDIES BOWLING Perera run out 64 (51b, 8x4), Cottrell 10­0­69­1, Thomas lb­2, nb­2, w­20): 27; Total (for slipped, we need to look. We slower bouncers, into the difficult track (against the Avishka Fernando c Allen b Cot­ 10­1­58­1, Gabriel 5­0­46­0, nine wkts. in 50 overs): 315. will assess the things that wicket deliveries and slower West Indies) he got a vital 56. trell 104 (103b, 9x4, 2x6), Holder 10­0­59­2, Brathwaite FALL OF WICKETS went wrong and correct balls. In last few overs, the Here also he was striking the Kusal Mendis c&b Allen 39 7­0­53­0, Allen 8­0­44­1. 1­12 (Ambris, 2.2 overs), 2­ those. difference between runs re­ ball well (against England). I (41b, 4x4), Angelo Mathews b WEST INDIES 22 (Hope, 4.6), 3­71 (Gayle, Rishabh Pant’s role: The quired and balls left were too am surprised that this ques­ Holder 26 (20b, 2x4, 1x6), Chris Gayle c Vandersay b 15.2), 4­84 (Hetmyer, 17.5), 5­ team management felt the ab­ much. Had we tried bigger tion comes up but we are Lahiru Thirimanne (not out) 45 Rajitha 35 (48b, 1x4, 2x6), Sunil 145 (Holder, 28.2), 6­199 sence of a left­hander after shots earlier, we might have happy with his intent. (33b, 4x4), Isuru Udana c Ambris c K Perera b Malinga 5 (Brathwaite, 34.3), 7­282 (Al­ Shikhar (Dhawan) got in­ ended a few runs short. It al­ Extra seamer: We are open Holder b Thomas 3 (6b), (6b, 1x4), Shai Hope b Malinga len, 44.1), 8­308 (Pooran, 47.1), jured. It was a ploy to use the so helps the net run­rate a bit to all combinations where Dhananjaya de Silva (not out) 6 5 (11b, 1x4), Shimron Hetmyer 9­311 (Thomas, 48.3). right­left combination in the with the extra runs. three seamers can play with (3b, 1x4); Extras (b­4, lb­5, w­5, run out 29 (38b, 2x4), Nicholas SRI LANKA BOWLING nb­5): 19; Total (for six wkts. in Pooran c K Perera b Mathews Malinga 10­0­55­3, de Silva middle overs to upset En­ Spinners’ nightmare: It Hardik (Pandya). We are also 50 overs): 338. 118 (103b, 11x4, 4x6), Jason 10­0­49­0, Udana 10­0­67­0, gland’s bowling plans. Be­ was one of their off­days. But looking at (Ravindra) Jadeja FALL OF WICKETS Holder c sub b Vandersay 26 Rajitha 10­0­76­1, Vandersay 7­ cause of that Adil Rashid they have been doing really coming in. Bhuvneshwar (Ku­ 1­93 (Karunaratne, 15.2 (26b, 4x4), Carlos Brathwaite 0­50­1, Karunaratne 1­0­7­0, couldn’t bowl the number of well for us and we need to mar) is also available for se­ overs), 2­104 (Perera, 18.1), 3­ run out 8 (15b, 1x4), Fabian Al­ Mathews 2­0­6­1. overs he would have usually continue to back them. In the lection and everybody is in Vital cog: Bangladesh will hope Shakib Al Hasan’s form with 189 (Mendis, 31.5), 4­247 len run out 51 (32b, 6x4, 1x6), Toss: WI. MoM: Fernando. bowled. next few games, they will the mix. both bat and ball continues in the game against India. * AP (Mathews, 39.1), 5­314 Sheldon Cottrell (not out) 7 Sri Lanka won by 23 runs. 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TV PICKS ICC World Cup: Star Sports Gauff takes out her idol Venus; Osaka also ousted 1, 2 & Select 1 (SD & HD), 3 p.m. Wimbledon: SS Select 2 (SD Djokovic and Wawrinka begin with straight­set wins; Raonic too good for Prajnesh & HD), 5.30 p.m. IMPORTANT RESULTS FIFA Women’s World Cup: No.1 World ranking but it did Sony Ten 2 (SD & HD), 12.30 a.m. (Wednesday) not show against a talented Men: 1­Novak Djokovic (Seb) bt Dusan Lajovic (Srb) 6­3, 4­6, opponent on Centre Court. Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6­4, 6­4. 6­3, 7­5, 6­3; 19­Felix Auger­ Women: 8­Elina Svitolina (Ukr) IN BRIEF Goran’s help Aliassime (Can) bt Vasek Pospi­ bt Daria Gavrilova (Aus) 7­5, Defending champion Novak sil (Can) 5­7, 6­2, 6­4, 6­3; 10­ 6­0; 31­Maria Sakkari (Gre) bt Djokovic got his campaign for Karen Khachanov (Rus) bt Bernarda Pera (USA) 7­6(4), Soonwoo Kwon (Kor) 7­6(6), 6­3; 17­Madison Keys (USA) bt a fifth title off to a winning 6­4, 4­6, 7­5; 4­Kevin Ander­ start with newly­hired coach­ Luksika Kumkhum (Tha) 6­3, son (RSA) bt Pierre­Hugues 6­2; 27­Sofia Kenin (USA) bt ing team recruit, and 2001 Herbert (Fra) 6­3, 6­4, 6­2; 22­ Astra Sharma (Aus) 6­4, 6­2; Agence France-Presse winner, Goran Ivanisevic Stan Wawrinka (Sui) bt Ruben 24­Petra Martic (Cro) bt Jen­ LONDON helping steer the ship. Bemelmans (Bel) 6­3, 6­2, 6­2; nifer Brady (USA) 3­6, 6­3, Chasing a fifth title at the 23­Roberto Bautista Agut Cori Gauff, at 15, the youngest 6­4; 3­Karolina Pliskova (Cze) All England Club, the Serb (Esp) bt Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) ever qualifier for the Wimble­ bt Zhu Lin (Chn) 6­2, 7­6(4); Sania as an expert on saw off 35­year­old Philipp 6­3, 6­2, 6­3. 12­Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) don singles, pulled off a ma­ Star Sports and Hotstar Kohlschreiber of Germany bt Kristie Ahn (USA) 6­3, 6­4; jor shock on Monday, beating Jiri Vesely (Cze) bt 6­Alex­ HYDERABAD 6­3, 7­5, 6­3. But he had to re­ ander Zverev (Ger) 4­6, 6­3, 20­Anett Kontaveit (Est) bt one of her idols, five­time Six­time Grand Slam winner cover from early breaks in 6­2, 7­5; Thomas Fabbiano (Ita) Shelby Rogers (USA) 6­0, 3­6, champion Venus Williams Sania Mirza will be an expert both of the first two sets bt 6­StefanosTsitsipas (Gre) 6­4; 7­Simona Halep (Rom) bt 6­4, 6­4 in their first round Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) on Match Point for against a player who beat him 6­4, 3­6, 6­4, 6­7(8), 6­3; 15­ clash. 6­4, 7­5; Magdalena Rybariko­ Wimbledon tennis at Indian Wells this year, as Milos Raonic (Can) bt Prajnesh championships on Star Sports va (Svk) bt 10­Aryna Sabalenka The American — who was well as a nasty fall on the Gunneswaran (Ind) 7­6(1), 6­4, Select and Hotstar. “It feels 6­2; 11­Daniil Medvedev (Rus) (Blr) 6­2, 6­4. not even born when Venus Centre Court grass. good to be sharing my views had won her first two Wim­ bt Paolo Loenzi (Ita) 6­3, 7­6 Cori Gauff (USA) bt Venus with millions of tennis lovers If his victory was routine, (2), 7­6(2); Ugo Humbert (Fra) Williams (USA) 6­4, 6­4; Yulia bledon singles titles — showed there was nothing predicta­ about a game that has been not an ounce of fear on Court bt 16­Gael Monfils (Fra) 6­7(6), Putintseva of Kazakhstan (Kaz) ble about the Serb’s surprise 3­6, 6­4, 7­5, 3­0 retd.; 28­Be­ bt 2­Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 7­6(4), my life,” Sania said in a One, making light of the 24 statement here on Monday. decision to bring Ivanisevic noit Paire (Fra) bt Juan Ignacio 6­2; 14­Caroline Wozniacki years age difference. into his inner sanctum over Londero (Arg) 4­6. 6­4, 6­4, 7­ (Den) bt Sara Sorribes Tormo “I don't really know how to Vaibhav wins WBC Asia the weekend. Djokovic said 6(4); 21­David Goffin (Bel) bt (Esp) 5­4 retd.; 28­Hsieh Su­ feel,” said the 313­ranked welterweight title that he and Ivanisevic have Bradley Klahn (USA) 6­4, 6­4, wei (Tpe) bt Jeļena Ostapenko Gauff, who sunk into her 6­4; 30­Kyle Edmund (GBr) bt (Lat) 6­2, 6­2; Ajla Tomljanovic PATTAYA been long­time friends. chair and cried in the after­ Jaume Munar (Esp) 6­4, 6­4, (Aus) bt 29­Daria Kasatkina Indian pro boxer Vaibhav Prajnesh Gunneswaran’s * What a start! Cori Gauff is overcome with emotion after her incredible win. REUTERS 6­4; Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 32­ (Rus) 6­3, 6­1. Yadav became the WBC Asia math of her victory. “This was campaign was cut short in the silver welterweight champion definitely the first time I ever opening day itself as the In­ after defeating Fahpetch cried after a match, winning!” dian was taken out by 15th Outside of Roger Federer, third seed Karolina Pliskova out 10th seeded Aryna Saba­ Meanwhile, a long­stand­ the Wimbledon soundscape Singmanassak here, Vaibhav, Earlier, Naomi Osaka’s bid seed Milos Raonic, the Cana­ Rafael Nadal and Djokovic, made it through, beating Chi­ lenka of Belarus 6­2, 6­4 in ing tradition has been dis­ stretching back decades. a cousin of CWG gold­ to win a third Grand Slam title dian winning 7­6(1), 6­2, 6­2 Stan Wawrinka is the only na’s Zhu Lin 6­2, 7­6(4). just 70 minutes. pensed with at this year’s Prefixes will continue to be medallist Vikas Krishan, came to a premature end Fourth seed Kevin Ander­ other multiple Grand Slam Former French Open event. Umpires will no longer used for code violations, clinched a third­round when she lost to Kazakh Yulia son, runner­up to Djokovic in champion in the draw. The Sabalenka exits champion Simona Halep be using women’s marital sta­ medical announcements and knockout over the Thai in the Putintseva, 7­6(4), 6­2. 2018, eased into the second Swiss took out Belgian quali­ Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybari­ overcame an injury scare to tus at the end of each game player challenges. The wo­ bout conducted by the Asian The 21­year­old Japanese round beating Pierre­Hugues fier Ruben Bemelmans 6­3, kova, a semifinalist in 2017, make the second round with and match. “Game, Miss...” or men’s honours board is stay­ Boxing Council and approved said she had felt a weight lift­ Herbert of France 6­3, 6­4, 6­2, 6­2 in quick time. caused the first big upset of a 6­4, 7­5 win over Aliaksan­ “Game, set and match, Mrs...” ing the same. Prefixes do not by the World Boxing Council. ed from her after losing her 6­2. In the women’s event, the tournament when she put dra Sasnovich. have been a traditional part of appear on the scoreboard. PTI Semenya underlines her class Jayachandra holds top seed Aronyak Rahane scores Ravikumar. The top­board ta (Del, 2); J.J. Nawin (TN, 2.5) half­century Says will not defend the 800m World title if testosterone NATL. U-17 CHESS drew with Vatsal Singhania game in the girls’ section TAUNTON: Ajinkya Rahane (Jha, 2.5); Utsab Chatterjee rules affect her participation sPECIAL cORRESPONDENT between Delhi’s second­ scored a patient 55 off 112 KOCHI (WB, 3) bt M. Shyam Kumar seeded Shanya Mishra and balls and stitched together Tamil Nadu’s 12th­seeded Tamil Nadu’s B. Kiruthika, (TN, 2); R. Sibi Visal (TN, 3) bt ATHLETICS Hari R. Chandran (Ker, 2); M. a 101­run stand for the Jayachandra Srinivas forced the No. 15, also ended in a Mohamed Anees (TN, 3) bt Ay­ third wicket with Sam Aditi ends T­18 for her Reuters West Bengal’s top­seeded draw. ushh Ravikumar (TN, 2); Raksh­ Northeast as Hampshire best 2019 finish STANFORD Aronyak Ghosh to a draw in Meanwhile, Telangana’s ith Srinivasan (Kar, 2) lost to ROGERS (USA) reached 249 for five at tea Caster Semenya charged to the third round of the 30th Sneha Bharathakoti (26) and Avishkar Wankhede (Mah, 3). Aditi Ashok completed a on day two in reply to So­ the fastest 800m ever run in National under­17 open Tamil Nadu’s S. Srimozhi (19) bogey­free week with a final Girls: Shanya Mishra (Del, 2.5) merset’s massive 408 in chess championship here on created a ripple with wins round of three­under 68 to the United States at the Pre­ drew with B. Kiruthika (TN, the County Championship Monday. over higher­ranked Diya finish tied 18th, with 12­ fontaine Classic on Sunday 2.5); Garima Gaurav (Bih, 2) Division One. Hampshire as the South African conti­ Chowdhury (5) and Nitya lost to L. Jyothsna (TN, 3); Sne­ was struggling at 37 for two under 201, for her best finish Minor upset this season, at the Walmart nued to challenge new IAAF Laheri (6). ha Bharathakoti (Tel, 3) bt Diya when Rahane came in. He There was a minor upset NW Arkansas Championship testosterone rules that could The results (third round): Chowdhury (WB, 2); Nitya Lah­ was out, caught off left­arm with Tamil Nadu’s M. Mo­ here. She was six shots affect her career. Open: Jayachandra Srinivas eri (Guj, 2) lost to S. Srimozhi spinner Jack Leach after hammed Anees, seeded Vellanki (TN, 2.5) drew with (TN, 3); Saina Salonika (Odi, behind Korea’s Sung Hyun The double Olympic lunch. 20th, defeating seventh­ Aronyak Ghosh (WB, 2.5); Nee­ 2.5) bt S. Swara Lakshmi Nair Park, who won her second champion triumphantly fin­ R. Ashwin scalped Tom seeded State­mate Ayushh lash Saha (WB, 3) bt Arjun Gup­ (Kar, 2). LPGA Tour victory of the ished the two­lap race in one Westley (42) for Notting­ season and seventh overall. minute, 55.70 seconds on a hamshire in its match The win also made Park the sunny afternoon at Stanford against Kent. Notts was ear­ new No.1 PTI University. She held the pre­ Anand draws lier all out for 213. vious U.S. best of 1:55.92, set SJFI honour for Padukone last year in Eugene, Oregon. yet again Special Correspondent American record holder THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Ferrari not Ajee Wilson came second in Brooking no challenge: Caster Semenya cantered to victory in SPORTS BUREAU ZAGREB 1:58.36 as Semenya won her the 800m in the Prefontaine Classic on Sunday. * AFP The annual general meeting Viswanathan Anand was in­ to appeal 31st consecutive final at the of the Sports Journalists volved in his fourth succes­ distance. She last lost an 800 take a vacation, and then Norman (USA) 44.62; 110m Federation of India (SJFI) in come (back to competing) hurdles: Orlando Ortega (Esp) sive draw, this time a 43­ Agence France-Presse metres final in Berlin on Ahmedabad on Sunday de­ Spielberg 13.24; 400m hurdles: Benjamin move deadlock with Sept. 6, 2015. next year.” cided to confer its highest Rai (USA) 47.16; Shot put: Dar­ Frenchman Maxime Va­ honour — the SJFI Medal — Ferrari decided not to ap­ Sairaj Bahutule named Later, Semenya said on lan Romani (Bra) 22.61m; Pole Next three Olympics chier­Lagrave, in the fifth to badminton stalwart Pra­ peal the decision to uphold Gujarat coach Sunday she would not de­ vault: Armand Duplantis (Swe) But Semenya, who is chal­ round of the Croatia Grand kash Padukone. Max Verstappen as winner VADODARA fend her World title in Doha 5.93. Chess Tour on Sunday. of Sunday’s Austrian Grand Former India leg­spinner lenging International Asso­ next September if she could Women: 100m: Marie­Josee Ta Important results (fifth Padukone was chosen for Prix in the best interests of Sairaj Bahutule, 46, has been ciation of Athletics Federa­ not run in the 800m because Lou (CIV) 11.02s; 200m: Bless­ round): Viswanathan Anand the honour for his whole­ Formula One, said team roped in as the coach of the tions (IAAF) testosterone of new testosterone regula­ ing Okagbare 22.05; 800m: (2) drew with Maxime Vachier­ some contribution to sport Prakash Padukone. boss Mattia Binotto. Gujarat team for the rules that could affect her ca­ tions imposed by the sport’s Caster Semenya (RSA) 1:55.70; Lagrave (Fra, 2.5); Hikaru Na­ and for record­breaking * FILE PHOTO: SUDHAKARA JAIN forthcoming season, reer, is looking towards the Ferrari believed the de­ governing body. 1500m: 1. Faith Chepngetich Ki­ kamura (USA, 2) drew with Ian reign in the National and in­ cision to confirm Red Bull’s according to the Gujarat next three Olympics. pyegon (Ken) 3:59.04; 3000m: Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 4); Ser­ “If I am not running 800 ternational scene. Sportsperson of the Year victory, after examination Cricket Association (GCA) vice “I expect to be in Tokyo, Sifan Hassan (Ned) 8:18.49; gey Karjakin (Rus, 2.5) drew president Parimal Nathwani. metres, I’m not running in Paris and Los Angeles,” she 3000m steeplechase: Beatrice with Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 3); Besides, the meeting also 2019, Saurabh Choudhary of Verstappen’s wheel­ Mumbai­born Bahutule, who the World Championships,” said. Chepkoech Sitonik (Ken) Fabiano Caruana (USA, 2.5) decided to jointly award (shooting) as the Emerging banging passing move on played two Tests and 8 ODIs said the 28­year­old South The results (winners only): 8:55.58; High jump: Mariya Ku­ drew with Wesley So (USA, 3); Pankaj Advani (billiards and Talent of Year 2019 and the Charles Leclerc was wrong, for India, took 630 wickets in African. “No 1,500 (metres), Men: 100m: Christian Coleman china (Rus) 2.04m; Shot put: Anish Giri (Ned, 1.5) lost to snooker) and Bajrang Punia Vidarbha cricket team as the but they respected the ste­ 188 First Class games. PTI nothing. I am just going to (USA) 9.81s; 400m: Michael Gong Lijiao (Chn) 19.79. Ding Liren (Chn, 2.5. (wrestling) with the SJFI Team of the Year 2019. wards’ decision.

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15 Alienation of aliens in a movie 5 Supported by not company Among the Supreme One’s many avataras, the Varaha avat­ (12) voucher (4) ara is particularly important, said M.A. Venkatakrishnan in a discourse. Bhu Devi asks Varaha to suggest some easy way 18 To avoid issues at the 6 Glistening tents set up with for atmas to be liberated. Varaha says that a person must beginning, chill out in nature plants (8,7) think of Him when he is healthy in mind and body. If such a regularly (5,7) person is unable to think of Him when he is on his deathbed, 7 It makes you throw up — throw then that does not mean that the Lord will not grant him lib­ 21 Starts with annual vacation up the thing in church (6) eration. The Lord will think of the person’s devotion and and the aftermath — recent will grant him moksha. movie (6) 8 Herb's tense, standby (6) The Lord pointing to such an easy route for us is signifi­ cant. One can resort to one of the three yogas spoken of in 22 Business contract about casual the Bhagavad Gita. But there are many hurdles that we will labour evokes scorn (8) 11 Clue, goes in through Great Britain (7) have to surmount. One may resort to bhakti yoga, and may 24 Train in fact is sabotaged (8) focus on Him throughout one’s life. But the last thoughts of a 14 Foreign character will ignore person must be of the Lord for bhakti yoga to have its effect 25 Extremely formal examination China in short (7) of achieving liberation for the jivatma. If a person’s last of flowers (6) thoughts are not of Him, then an entire life spent in bhakti 16 Boat's tidy, guaranty from the will still not get him the desired result, namely moksha. This 26 Free to pick a bone, perhaps centre (8) difficulty is avoided if we surrender to Him when we are Solution to puzzle 12666 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku overconfident (8) strong and healthy. So, thinking of Him when the end is near ■ ACROSS 17 Left in the head, block this is not necessary. 27 Hire land for electronic coagulant (8) But then it may be argued that if this is the case, then it 1 Regular chit chat, deal with the bulletin board (6) goes against the Sastras which say that ‘thought’ is neces­ insect (6) 19 Open and stop the sary at the end of one’s life. That it is not so is explained by 4 Extremely courageous — visitor ■ investigators (6) Acharyas. They point out that the Lord in the Varaha avatara takes its place (8) DOWN promises that He will think of a person’s devotion to Him. So 9 Gets scared to criticize old 1 Face up to bully, pick­me­up 20 In December, Gazprom raised thought is not absent. The only difference is that instead of bureaucracy (6) (3,2,3) some capital... (6) the jivatma doing the thinking, it is the Paramatma who 10 Climber working in Oracle (8) does the thinking! It is because Varaha revealed such an easy 12 What Sam perhaps stole before 2 Figure assumed correct, not 23 ...still one keeps a look out for way to attain moksha that He is known krtAnta krt — the One comes to boil (8) even something real (8) this (4) who gave us a valuable krtAnta (siddhanta).

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