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TV PICKS NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), Warner and Finch hammer into submission 6.30 a.m. & 9 a.m. Khelo India Youth Games : Star Sports 2 (SD & HD) & Star Their unbeaten centuries take Australia to a 10- win after Starc and Cummins restrict the hosts to 255 Sports 3, 9.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. Big Bash League : Sony Six on, they managed to keep well caught by leg­spinner (SD & HD), 12.30 p.m. & Sony AUS IN INDIA Zampa off his own . Ten 3 (SD & HD), 3.30 p.m. the scoreboard ticking. AO Rally for Relief: Sony After edged Ten 2 (SD & HD), 1.30 p.m. Amol Karhadkar The slide begins Starc to wicketkeeper Alex ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), Just when Dhawan and Rahul Carey, and Ra­ 7.30 p.m. The three­match ODI series were looking to accelerate, vindra Jadeja put the Thursday between India and Australia the latter chipped the first back on the rails with a 49­ NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), 9 was billed as a contest bet­ run stand for the sixth wick­ a.m. ball of left­armer Agar’s new Khelo India Youth Games : ween the heavyweights. spell straight to et. Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), 9.30 On Tuesday, however, it at cover. However, once Jadeja a.m.; Star Sports 1 (SD & HD) seemed as if only one team Rahul’s dismissal trig­ nicked to & Star Sports 3, 6 p.m. turned up as a near­perfect gered a mini­collapse as the Carey and Pant was dismis­ Big Bash League : Sony Six performance saw Australia hosts lost four for 29 sed by Cummins, it took a (SD & HD), 1.30 p.m. steamroller India at the runs off 35 balls. late­order flourish from Sha­ South Africa vs England : Wankhede Stadium. 3rd Test, Sony ESPN (SD & Dhawan was caught by mi and to HD), 1.30 p.m. If Aaron Finch’s bowling Agar sprinting to his right at push the hosts past 250. ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), unit put up a clinical perfor­ mid­off after top­edging That total was never going 7.30 p.m. mance to bowl out India for Cummins while Kohli’s full­ to be enough, as Warner and 255, the skipper joined forc­ blooded straight drive was Finch proved. IN BRIEF es with to tear apart the Indian attack. SCOREBOARD Such was the dominance of the two, ’s men INDIA (Kuldeep, 48.6). couldn’t take a single wicket. c Warner b AUSTRALIA BOWLING Warner and Finch smashed Starc 10 (15b, 2x4), Shikhar Starc 10-0-56-3, Cummins unbeaten hundreds and also Dhawan c Agar b Cummins 74 10-1-44-2, Richardson 9.1-0- were involved in the highest (91b, 9x4, 1x6), K.L. Rahul c 43-2, Zampa 10-0-53-1, Agar opening partnership against Smith b Agar 47 (61b, 4x4), 10-1-56-1. Setien to replace India — 258 — as the visitors Virat Kohli c & b Zampa 16 (14b, AUSTRALIA Valverde at Barcelona won with 74 deliveries re­ 1x6), Shreyas Iyer c Carey b David Warner () 128 (9b) (112b, 17x4, 3x6) MADRID maining and took a 1­0 lead. Starc 4 , Rishabh Pant c , Aaron Finch Turner b Cummins 28 (33b, 2x4, (not out) 110 (114b, 13x4, 2x6); Barcelona has sacked its India needed early break­ coach Ernesto Valverde and 1x6), c Carey b Extras (b-4, lb-7, w-9): 20; throughs if they had to be Packing a punch: David Warner celebrates his in characteristic style. * VIVEK BENDRE appointed Quique Setien as Richardson 25 (32b, 2x4, 1x6), Total (for no loss in 37.4 overs): competitive. his replacement, the club b Starc 13 (10b, 258. Warner soon joined the vein in the Mumbai seamer’s 112b, 17x4, 3x6) and Finch two majestic boundaries off announced on Monday. The 2x4), c Carey INDIA BOWLING (15b, 1x4) decision to remove Valverde Erring in length party. After being cautious next over, a rasping cover­ (110 not out, 114b, 13x4, 2x6) ’s opening ov­ b Richardson 10 , Shami 7.4-0-58-0, Bumrah Kuldeep Yadav 17 (15b, 7-0-50-0, Thakur 5-0-43-0, was confirmed following a However, the pace trio of Jas­ initially, the left­hander drive and a cut taking Austra­ completed the formalities in er, fell to the left­arm speed­ 2x4), (not out) Kuldeep 10-0-55-0, Jadeja board meeting on Monday prit Bumrah, Mohammed changed gears in the eighth lia to 84 in the PowerPlay the 38th over. ster in the fifth over, mistim­ 0 (0b); Extras (lb-3, w-8): 11; 8-0-41-0. afternoon.“ Barcelona and Shami and Shardul Thakur over as Shardul faced the fu­ overs. The only phase during ing a drive that went straight Total (in 49.1 overs): 255. Toss: Australia. Quique Setien have reached erred in their length, allow­ ry of Warner’s bat. A lofted With dew starting to play a which India was in control to Warner at mid­off. FALL OF WICKETS Man­of­the­Match: Warner. ing the Australian pair to cover­drive and a flick were role, the Australian openers was during the 121­run part­ Dhawan and Rahul then an agreement for the latter 1-13 (Rohit, 4.3 overs), 2-134 Australia won by 10 wickets to become first team coach break free. both mistimed, but still proved unstoppable. nership for the second wick­ saw off a threatening spell by (Rahul, 27.1), 3-140 (Dhawan, with 74 deliveries to spare and until 30 June 2022,” the club Finch, in particular, hit crossed the boundary. A While the hosts were un­ et between and Starc. 28.5), 4-156 (Kohli, 31.2), 5-164 take a 1-0 lead in three-match said. AFP boundaries at will against swat over midwicket then lucky with a review, the visi­ and K.L. Rahul. Though the two couldn’t (Shreyas, 32.5), 6-213 (Jadeja, series. Ghosal loses to Rosner anything that was sailed into the stands. War­ tors were saved thrice by After being asked to bat, really go after spinners Adam 42.1), 7-217 (Pant, 43.2), 8-229 Second ODI: January 17 (Fri- (Shardul, 44.5), 9-255 day), Rajkot, 1.30 p.m. NEW YORK full­pitched. ner continued in the same DRS. Warner (128 not out, Rohit Sharma, who stroked Zampa and Ashton Agar later Saurav Ghosal bowed out of Tournament of Champions, a PSA World Tour platinum squash event, losing to German sixth seed Simon Rahul’s dismissal the turning point: Dhawan Pant suffers concussion, Rosner 11-8, 11-2, 11-9 in the pre-quarterfinals on Monday. Shayan Acharya mentum. We were targeting MUMBAI 300 and with the loss of wick­ being monitored Ummer Koya passes away It may not have been the start ets, we ended up scoring less KOZHIKODE India wanted, but Shikhar runs than what we need on Rahul dons the big gloves P.T. Ummer Koya, the former Dhawan termed the 10­wicket that wicket. In bowling too, FIDE vice-president, passed loss against Australia in the we could not take early wick­ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT will be given accordingly,” away here on Tuesday. He was MUMBAI first ODI a “bad day in office”. ets. They outplayed us,” said said a team spokesperson. 69. Koya also served as the “We played well against the India opener, heaping India wicketkeeper­ A short ball from Pat secretary of the All India Chess Federation for a long the West Indies where all the praise on Pat Cummins. batsman Rishabh Pant, Cummins hurried on to period. Koya was recogonised batsmen performed. As Warner, playing an ODI af­ who suffered a concussion Pant and the left­hander’s as an active sports players, we don’t focus too ter nearly six months, was at the time of his pull took the top­edge, administrator who played a much on things that are not happy to strike form. “For us, dismissal, couldn’t take rammed into the helmet significant role in bringing happening. As a team, we it was about coming over the field for Australia’s and lobbed to Ashton major international need to back each other and here and trying to make our chase. Turner at point. tournaments — including the don’t focus too much on a mark from where we left off “Pant is under With the team World championship — to loss,” Dhawan said. in the World Cup,” said War­ observation at the management confirming India. He felt that Rahul’s dismis­ ner. “It’s our first ODI this moment. the concussion at the start sal was the turning point. summer and it’s away. For us, “His progress will be of the second innings, K.L. “At the time KL got out, we it’s about trying to put on tracked overnight. A Rahul donned the big had planned to accelerate. clinical performances each specialist has been gloves and Manish Pandey Those four wickets we lost, time we go out there. We consulted and an update fielded as a substitute. that’s where we lost the mo­ have a great bunch of guys.” Another century, another list — Ganguly non-committal on Pacers extend 76ers’ woes D-N Test down under LOS ANGELES the intelligent fan’s guide Shayan Acharya ICC’s four­day Tests propo­ T.J. Warren scored 21 points MUMBAI and produced a big block with firms that its author, Rahul Bhatta­ in India is a lovingly constructed history sal, a four­nation Super Se­ 29 seconds left on Monday as charya is one of the finest wri­ by Karunya Keshav and the late Sidhan­ Virat Kohli, ahead of the ODI ries and day­night Tests. Indiana Pacers extended the ters anywhere. ta Patnaik. Bodyline Autopsy by David series against Australia, had At the Aces Awards, Gan­ Philadelphia 76ers’ road woes Among efforts by players, there is Aa­ Frith might well be the final word on made it clear that his team guly was happy to see so ma­ with a 101-95 NBA victory. kash Chopra’s debut Beyond The Blues the subject, it is that comprehensive. was ready to play a day­night ny young achievers being re­ The results: Pelicans 117 bt and its companion, Out of the Blue. The Test in Australia later this warded for their excellence. Pistons 110 (OT); Pacers 101 diary of a season, and then the story of A study of cricket suicides year. “It’s a great award. I was bt 76ers 95; Celtics 113 bt BETWEEN WICKETS Rajasthan’s maiden tri­ Frith also wrote Silence of The Heart, a BCCI president Sourav the Sportstar’s sportsperson Bulls 101; Oklahoma 117 bt suresh menon umph are narrated with an empathy study of cricket suicides. It tries to Ganguly, however, revealed of the year in 2000. It’s great Timberwolves 104; Trail few players bring to their writing. answer the question: Are cricketers at that the Board is yet to take a to see so many wonderful Blazers 115 bt Hornets 112; n the last century, cricket writer A A The final choice is James Astill’s The greater risk of suicide, and if so why? call on the matter. “He (Vi­ athletes,” Ganguly said. Hornets 114 bt Kings 112; Thomson gave this advice to a friend Great Tamasha, a story of Indian cricket The conclusion may not be scientific, rat) is a tremendous ambas­ “This is what you play for. Lakers 128 bt Cavaliers 99. I AGENCIES who asked which ten books he should with all its chaos and mismanagement. but the research and the narration — sador of the game and that’s Indian sports has got better start a cricket collection with: “Any “There’s great passion for cricket in this two Frith specialties — are impressive. why he is such a great player. and better.”

eight by Cardus.” What about this cen­ country,” the late Tiger Pataudi told As­ Mike Brearley, who wrote the foreword (As far as day­night Test is . * R. RAGU The BCCI is likely to put MCC bats for tury? I shall borrow from Thomson and till, “but little knowledge.” to that book, examines with his usual concerned), let’s see what out advertisements soon to start by saying, “Anything by Gideon combination of authority and profundi­ happens,” Ganguly told The of Cricket South Africa and fill the slots for India’s wo­ five­day Tests Haigh…” Opening up ty the question of form in cricket in On Hindu on the sidelines of the the England and Wales men’s selection committee. Three personal favourites are Stroke Knowledge comes through in Michael Form. There is width as well as depth Sportstar Aces Awards on Cricket Board. With the Hemlata Kala­led Press Trust of India of Genius: Victor Trumper and the Shot Atherton’s Opening Up, by a sportsman here. Monday. Though Ganguly termed five­member committee fin­ That Changed Cricket, about a player, a with the rare quality of self­awareness. Malcolm Knox’s Never a Gentleman’s The top brass from the the meetings ‘meet and ishing its term, the Board is MCC, the custodian of single stroke, a history of the game and Perhaps there is something about open­ Game is a reminder that the game has BCCI and greet’ sessions, it is under­ planning to invite applica­ cricket laws, on Tuesday what it means to people, identity and ing batsmen — Chopra was one — for my seldom been pure. Most of the maladies met here over the last couple stood that a range of issues tions from former cricketers said Tests should continue more. Mystery Spinner is the story of next choice is Marcus Trescothick’s afflicting the game today have a long of days, along with members were discussed, including to form a new panel. to be a five­day affair Jack Iverson while Silent Revolutions is a moving, candid story of his depression history, and this book is recommended though it sees “some bene­ delightful collection of Haigh’s journal­ in Coming Back to Me, which brought to those who think match­fixing began fits” of ICC’s proposal to ism. Haigh’s secret has been known for mental issues out in the open. at the turn of the century. To be read trim the longest format to some time. He brings to his journalistic When Jack Fingleton first met Don with Simon Rae’s story of “skulldug­ Sania makes a winning return four days. pieces the same discipline, controlled Bradman, the latter corrected his pro­ gery, sharp practice and downright “Cricket committee and intensity and authority that he displays nunciation. The relationship never im­ cheating in the noble game”, It’s Not INDIANS ABROAD Miyu Kato (Jpn) 2-6, 7-6(3), MCC World Cricket com­ in his books. proved. The story is told in George Cricket. 10-3. mittee have recently dis­ For the remaining titles, I have divid­ Growden’s The Man Who Stood Up to The century’s most original book $54,160 Challenger, Bangkok: cussed the issue and alth­ ed the books into five broad categories: Bradman. The famous Bill Woodfull qu­ analyses its most original format, the Sports Bureau Second round: Santiago Giral- ough they can see some Concerning India, biographies and au­ ote in the dressing room during Body­ T20. Cricket 2.0 by Tim Wigmore and Hobart do (Col) bt Sidharth Rawat 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4. Doubles (pre­ benefits that four­day Test tobiographies, history, issues of the line (“there are two teams out there; Freddie Wilde takes us where cover Six­time Grand Slam cham­ quarters): Sriram Balaji & Jee- cricket could bring, both game and anthologies. one is trying to play cricket, the other is drives and vicious pulls are not as im­ pion Sania Mirza made a suc­ van Nedunchezhiyan bt Gonca- committees believe that Ramachandra Guha’s A Corner of a not”) was leaked to the press. Fingleton portant as the data they give rise to. The cessful return to the profes­ lo Oliveira (Por) & Tsung-Hua should conti­ Foreign Field brought Indian cricket was responsible, according to Brad­ IPL is no longer “cricketainment” but a sional circuit after two years. Sania Mirza. * GETTY IMAGES Yang (Tpe) 6-3, 6-3. nue to be played over five writing into the 21st century, weaving man. No, it was Bradman himself who business venture where the computer is Sania and Nadiia Kiche­ $54,160 Challenger, Bendigo, days,” said the MCC. together many threads — historical, bio­ leaked it, Fingleton always insisted and king and the number­cruncher is nok of Ukraine posted a 2­6, To have my parents and my Australia: Second round: Sasi- The ICC is set to discuss graphical, personal, political, cultural, provided the clues. coach. A fascinating look at a format we 7­6(3), 10­3 win over Oksana little baby boy with me in my kumar Mukund bt Yoshihito the proposal during its philosophical — in a vibrant, original Cricket: The Game of Life by Scyld are still coming to grips with. Kalashnikova and Miyu Kato first match after so long... Nishioka (Jpn) 5-2 (retd.). Dou­ cricket committee meeting pattern. Prashanth Kidambi’s recent Berry, ex­editor of Wisden and the Finally, the anthologies. Frith, Ather­ in the pre­quarterfinals of And we won our first round. bles (pre­quarters): Sun Fajing in March. However, the Cricket Country, the well­researched doyen of journalists is a paean to the ton, Richie Benaud, Brearley have all the $275,000 WTA tourna­ Feel very grateful for the (Chn) & Sasikumar Mukund bt feedback so far has been story of an Indian team’s first tour of En­ game by someone close to it in every had their journalism put together in ment on Tuesday. love I am receiving,” Sania Luca Margaroli (Sui) & Andrea Vavassori (Ita) 6-3, 6-4. largely critical with top gland in 1911 sits comfortably alongside sense. books. Picador Book of Cricket by Rama­ The fifth­seeded Sania tweeted. $15,000 ITF men, Cairo: Dou­ current and former players it, another fine example of a scholar The history of Pakistan cricket, The chandra Guha stands out here. The and Nadiia will next play Va­ The results: bles (pre­quarterfinals): Duje such as Virat Kohli, Sachin turning his attention to cricket. Unquiet Ones by Osman Samiuddin is an Meaning of Cricket by Jon Hotten is a de­ nia King and Christina $275,000 WTA, Hobart: Dou­ Kekez (Cro) & Gergely Mada- Tendulkar, , Pundits From Pakistan, written a de­ account by an insider who had the ad­ light. The subtitle — How to Waste Your Mchale of the USA. bles (pre­quarterfinals): Nadiia rasz (Hun) bt Nathan Seateun Ian Botham and Virender cade and a half ago on the Indian team’s vantage of distance, while The Fire Life on on Inconsequential Sport — says it “Today was one of the Kichenok (Ukr) & Sania Mirza bt (Fra) & S.D. Prajwal Dev 6-0, Shewag ridiculing the plan. tour of Pakistan remains fresh and reaf­ Burns Blue, the story of women’s cricket all. most special days of my life. Oksana Kalashnikova (Geo) & 6-2. CM A ND-NDE YK