WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU 3rd T20I: Kohli, Pant excel as Players from Ladakh can represent Thiem keen to break Canadian duck J&K for now in Ranji: Vinod Rai MONTREAL, Aug 6: Wells in March and a win in something like 70 percent first NEW , Aug 6: that there has been no discussion Barcelona -- where he beat serve -- he's really tough to read complete clean sweep on the matter as of now. Montreal Masters second Nadal in the semi-finals. and to return. PROVIDENCE (GUYANA), extra cover of both ways as he removed pinch- Cricketers emerging from the "Nothing of that sort has seed Dominic Thiem remained "It was such an emotional “It was difficult, but I knew Aug 6: teammate Paul's . He hitter (2), Evin newly-created Union Territory of been discussed as of now. The confident that he is in position to week, four matches in front of a it would be like this against Young finally repeated the same shot off the Lewis (10) and Shimron Ladakh will represent Jammu arrangement remains the same win a first ATP match in Canada sold-out Austrian crowd with Milos.” came good under the guidance of same bowler and got the same Hetmyer (1). and Kashmir in the domestic cir- like it is for Chandigarh which is after five career defeats. my first title on home soil," Raonic will face another skipper as India com- . However Pollard counter- cuit for the time being, Indian also a Union territory. Their "Oh-and-five is a shocking Thiem said of his Kitzbuehel Canadian in the second round, fortably beat West Indies by 7 Pant's second half- in attacked with great gusto hitting cricket's Committee of players either play for Punjab or stat," acknowl- either Vasek Pospisil or Felix in the third T20 T20 Internationals came when he as many as half a dozen sixes in Administrators (COA) chief Haryana in domestic competi- edged the Auger-Aliassime. International to complete a 3-0 flicked for a his 45-ball-58 -- his first half- Vinod Rai said today. tions," Rai said. Austrian of his “With six of us on tour, six of whitewash here today. century for the West The government on Monday On the situation in Kashmir record of futility us being in the main draw, it was Chasing target of 147 on a Indies in seven bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir after the government decided to in Canada. bound to happen," Raonic said slowish deck, skipper Kohli years. to create two union territories of revoke provisions of Article And Thiem, philosophically. It's unfortunate anchored the innings to perfec- Along with Ladakh and Jammu and 370, which gave special status to winner of the it played out that way at home." tion with 59 off 45 balls while Kashmir but the BCCI won't Jammu and Kashmir, Rai said claycourt title in In other first-round action Pant was brilliant during his (17), who played the have any separate state body for the BCCI has nothing to worry Kitzbuehel on Monday, three-time Grand Slam unbeaten 65 off 42 balls. The tar- second fiddle, the newest UT for the time and cricket is expected to con- Saturday, will champion Stan Wawrinka rained get was achieved in 19.1 overs. Pollard added 67 for being. tinue in the valley as usual. face a tough sec- down a dozen aces to hand A lot of credit should also go the fourth as "We are not thinking of hav- "We are confident that J&K ond-round open- Grigor Dimitrov a 14th loss this to seamer Deepak Chahar, who the Caribbeans ing a separate state body for will play their home games in er against season, 6-4, 6-4. bowled a magnificent opening looked to have Ladakh as of now. The players Srinagar just like last year. There Canadian Denis “It was a good first match,” spell and ended with fures of 3 recovered from their from that region will continue to has been no discussion on hav- Shapovalov, who powered past run. said Wawrinka, who was com- for 4 in 3 overs which went a initial slump. qualify to represent Jammu and ing an alternate home venue as France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert "It was not the biggest title of peting for the first time since a long way in restricting the West However Kashmir in all BCCI domestic of now. So nothing changes on 6-3, 7-5 in 90 minutes. my career, but probably the most Wimbledon second-round exit Indies to a manageable 146 for 6. came competitions," Rai told PTI on that front," Rai said. Shapovalov, who shocked beautiful one. and earned his 150th win at the For the home team, it is their back for his second Tuesday. Recently, all the age-group Rafael Nadal in the third round "I couldn't come here with Masters 1000 level. worst streak in T20 Internationals spell to first dismiss The J&K Ranji team is not as well as senior team camps in two years ago on the way to a more confidence," Thiem added. “I'm quite happy with my having lost six straight games. left-hander Pooran known to have featured a player Srinagar were indefinitely post- precocious semi-final appear- "It's not going to be easy form, I served well from the start Kohli's 21st half-century in with an off-cutter from Ladakh till date. The poned after a state government ance, reveled in his return to the with the switch from clay to and kept it up. I kept him under T20 Internationals had six fours. (leg-cutter for the upcoming season advisory with regards to a terror scene of that victory. hard court in only three days and pressure. The shot to remember would cer- batsman) which was is scheduled to start in threat on Amarnath Yatris. "It's amazing to be taking with a very tough first opponent. "I had a few nervous games, tainly be a whipping flick off edged to Rishabh December later this year. The Jammu and Kashmir this all in," Shapovalov said on "I really like the way I'm but I came through well," added Keemo Paul to widish long-on Pant behind the Asked if Ladakh will team's mentor along with 100 Monday. playing right now, so we'll see." Wawrinka, who next faces sixth- and a couple exquisite cover stumps. become a voting member of the aspirants left the valley due to "I knew this would be a Canada's Milos Raonic seeded Russian Karen drives off . Saini (2/34 in 4 BCCI like Puducherry, which is the prevailing security situation. tricky match, but I was confident joined compatriot Shapovalov in Khachanov. Pant and Kohli then came overs), who had Virat Kohli playing a shot during his also a Union Territory, Rai said (PTI) coming onto court. the second round with a 6-4, 6-4 France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, together at 27 for 2 and slowly trapped Pollard leg- knock of 59 runs against West Indies. “I have great memories from victory over France's Lucas still returning to form after knee build the innings during a stand before with a dip- Smith jumps a rung to 3rd in ICC here, I've always wanted to Pouille -- who beat Raonic in the surgery last season, fell 6-2, 6-2 that yielded 106 runs in 12.5 boundary. ping full-toss in the first game come back and I was pumped." quarter-finals of the Australian to Germany's Jan-Lennard overs. Once he had reached his half- then bowled a slower In Thiem he'll be facing Open before falling in the semis. Struff. But Kohli's bigger achieve- century, he got on one knee and that pegged back the middle rankings overtaking Pujara another player full of confi- Raonic fired 16 aces com- Adrian Mannarino earned a ment was being able to instil a hit for his third stump breaching through his bat DUBAI, Aug 6: have lifted him six spots to the dence. pared to two for Pouille. French win as he beat Mikhail certain sense of game awareness six. He also hit four boundaries. and pad. West Indies were once 13th position among bowlers. The Austrian's victory on "In these kind of matches, it's Kukushkin 6-4, 6-4 and France's in the youngster. The fourth and final six from again reeling at 105 for 5 before Australian batsman Steve Pacer has con- home soil in Kitzbuehel was his only about return and serve," Richard Gasquet made it Having lost his wicket due to Pant got India the winning runs. Deepak's younger cousin Rahul Smith today overtook India's solidated his top position with a third title of the season after his Pouille said. through -- at the expense of impetuosity in the previous Earlier, Deepak's incisive (1/27 in 3 overs) got his maiden to grab the seven-wicket match haul that hardcourt triumph at Indian “When he's serving like this, compatriot Benoit Paire. (PTI) games, the burly left-hander was swing bowling was countered by wicket in the form rival skipper No.3 spot in the ICC rankings after helped him reach a career-best 898 discreet in his shot selection. In ' attacking half- Carlos Brathwaite. consecutive hundreds in the open- rating points, the third-best for an company of skipper Kohli, he century and Rovman Powell's However Powell smashed his ing Ashes Test in Edgbaston. Australia bowler in the past 50 Langer rates Smith at par with was ready to play himself in on a cameo as West Indies put up a par way to an unbeaten 32 off 20 Smith, playing his first Test years after Glenn McGrath and track that was two paced and out- score of 146 for 6 after being put balls to prop up the Windies total. series after returning from a one- . field which was slow. into bat. India Virat Kohli year ban for ball-tampering, For , Ben Foakes and Virat as world’s best batsman However till their 50-run The Rajasthan seamer (3-1-4- gave the final over to Saini gained a rung to reach the third are in 69th and 70th BIRMINGHAM, Aug 6: ban for the infamous ball-tam- "You throw to him in the stand, the duo didn't go hammer 3) made full use of his only instead of Deepak who had an position in the latest list for bats- positions in the list for batsmen pering episode in South Africa, nets and you literally feel like and tongs at the Windies attack. opportunity in this tour taking over left. But the ploy didn't work men, which continues to be led by after gaining one and 11 points, Australia coach Justin Smith struck twin centuries -- you can't get him out and there's It was the 13th over when three wickets his first two overs too well as Powell stuck into him India captain Virat Kohli. Pujara is respectively. Opener Rory Burns' Langer feels is at 144 in first innings and 142 in no batsman like that and you Pant finally gave the charge, get- to leaving West Indies tottering at with two sixes that damaged his placed fourth in the fresh stand- knock of 133 in the first innings par with Indian captain Virat second -- to help his side regis- just end up throwing a million ting his first six -- a flat hit over 14 for 3. He got the ball to swing final figures. (PTI) ings. has helped him move up 25 places Kohli as the world's best bats- ter a thumping 251-run win balls and you are just lost for Smith's knocks of 144 and 142 to a career-best 81st position. man after the answers," Langer said. won him the Man of the Match Fast bowler , who comeback-man "I guess you would have to Valley situation: Worried about families but award and the formerly top-ranked completed 100 Test wickets struck consecutive ask England how they feel about batsman is back above the 900- against Australia during the match, hundreds in the that and they had some interest- point mark along with Kohli (922) has gained two places to be 16th. opening Ashes Test ing tactics for him. They had the Real Kashmir players focus on Durand opener and New Zealand captain Kane Woakes has advanced four against England. really short point which I had KALYANI (), ballers. Your mind has to be day, first session of the new sea- Williamson (913). He started the places to take the 29th slot after Langer said it's never seen before, they obvious- Aug 6: ready for the match. I'm just son. Test, which Australia won by 251 grabbing four wickets in the credit to Smith that ly had a tactic they prepared and Cut-off from families and rel- being positive," Danish, who The side has numerous foreign runs, in fourth place and with 857 match. Woakes has also he began his career " has seen a lot of atives back home after a lock- trained hard despite a stomach staff with Scot Dave Robertson as points. leapfrogged compatriot as a spinner and Steve Smith since he was a kid. down in Jammu and Kashmir, it bug, added. the team's coach and Brit Jimmy Australian spinner Nathan to reach ninth among all-rounders. later transformed into the best against England on Monday. They would have studied him was business as usual for Real "It won't affect our perform- Lindsay his deputy. Lyon's nine wickets in the match (PTI) batsman in the world. Langer said Smith's knocks closely but he just has a knack, Kashmir players as they trained ance on the pitch. We are just con- Robertson's son Mason has "Let's face it; when he at Edgbaston showed his mental well, he is the best problem- hard amid a thick security cover centrating on tomorrow's match. been the side's key player with his India enters quarterfinals of (Smith) first came in, leg-spin- toughness and traits of a great solver in the game," he added. on the eve of their Durand Cup This is just one day practice and ability to play both as the centre ner, unorthodox... (everyone player. Langer also praised off- opener against Chennai City. we are preparing hard. We are try- half and a striker, while Scottish thought) 'I'm not sure this kid's "You have in different spinner , who The Government on Monday ing our best to gel on the pitch as winger Kallum Higginbotham has U-23 Asian Volleyball C'ship going to make it'. Then he goes teams, different eras, great claimed 6 for 49 in the second had decided to revoke provisions fast as we can. Being the first also signed for them this season. NEW DELHI, Aug 6: to deliver the knockout punch away (and decides) 'I don't want players but for someone like innings to seal the win for of Article 370, which gave special match of the season, we will give On the current crisis in and eventually ended up conced- to be a leg-spinner; I want to be Smudge (Smith), who is aver- Australia. status to Jammu and Kashmir. our best. Let's just hope to start off Kashmir, Robertson said he never India entered the quarterfi- ing the final set 13-15. the best batsman in the world'. aging over 60 and the way he “Like a few of our players, As a result, telephone net- with a win tomorrow," said faced any issue in his stint span- nals of the men's under-23 Asian However, by avoiding a "Then he transforms himself played in this innings with all like Steve Smith, I didn't realise works internet were cut off in the Danish. ning two and half years. Volleyball Championship in defeat in straight sets, they and he is the best batsman in the the pressure and everything that how good Nathan Lyon was Valley with imposition of section The team's only Bengali "Real Kashmir is all about Mynamar despite going down 2- sealed a spot in the final eight. world with Virat. It's a great is on him, it was not only great until I took over coaching the 144 of the Code of Criminal recruit, mid-fielder Ritwik Das is being against the odds and coming 3 to Thailand. “They played brilliantly credit to him," Langer said. skill but enormous character, cricket team," he said. Procedure with thousands of worried about he mental state of up trumps. I have been saying The Indian team topped their against China and New Zealand. "I said during the summer enormous courage, very brave, “You see him on telly, yeah troops patrolling the streets to his team members but added that this. I have been here for two and group which helped it secure a China plays the fast game so we that Virat Kohli is the best play- unbelievable concentration, Nathan Lyon, off-spin bowler, maintain law and order. it has not affected their training. half years and I never had an berth in the final eight of the slowed things down against er I have ever seen but that unbelievable physical stamina, but the last 12 months or so I The Real Kashmir players "Did their body language issue. I am from Scotland and I tournament. The Amit Gulia-led them. Meanwhile, we also adapt- (Smith's knocks) is just another unbelievable mental stamina, just can't believe how good a arrived in three batches on suggest that they were mentally don't need to be here, but I have side had registered wins over ed to New Zealand's style of play level," the coach said. all traits of great players," he bowler he is. He's a brilliant Monday evening and it was only affected? I don;t think so. It was also got my son here. If I had any China and New Zealand. which is similar to the European Kohli currently leads the said. bowler, such good control: he after landing did they realise that a full intensity training. Yes, it concern, I would not be here." This will be India's maiden style," India coach Pritam Singh ICC Test rankings, while Smith The former left-handed spins, he gets some bounce, they couldn't contact their fami- feels sad to see that my friends They will face I-League appearance in the last eight of Chauhan, said. has moved up to third with his opener termed Smith a prob- great fielder, really good in the lies. are not being able to contact their champions CCFC, a team they the tournament. China was the “However, Thailand's game latest performance. lem-solver of his team, some- team, he's the song master, so "I've not spoken to my family families back home. I really feel had beaten twice in their fairytale other team from the group to is very similar to ours and we Returning to international one who just loves for that tells you something about since I left home. Yes I'm worried sorry them but all our focus on last season. progress to the top eight. could have possibly done slight- cricket after serving one-year long hours. his character." (PTI) about my family because there has the pitch tomorrow," Das said. The Scot however said he's In Monday's match against ly better in the blocking depart- been no communication since For the Snow Leopards, who not expecting too much as they Thailand, India won the first set ment. But it was a very close landing here," their star player narrowly missed the I-League would play their first match of the with ease 25-15. match and a much needed wake- With no live coverage till finals, Danish Farooq said in an interac- title last season, finishing third season with fresh legs, having Thailand raised their game in up call for the boys before the tion at their practice venue here. behind Chennai and East Bengal trained this season for the first the second set and won 25-23. knockouts," he added. "But we are professional foot- in their debut, this was their first time here on Tuesday. (PTI) The next set also followed a sim- India will now play two Duleep back to red ball format ilar script with Thailand winning matches -- against Kazakhstan NEW DELHI, Aug 6: final from September 5-9, formed, most of the current Thailand Open winners Rankireddy-Shetty jump despite India running them close. and Japan -- in the classification which will be telecast live on India A players along with per- The fourth set was won by round to determine first to eighth The season-opening Duleep Star Sports, all the other match- formers from Vidarbha and India to take the tie to the places before their quarterfinal Trophy, which has been India's es will be traditional red-ball other Ranji teams have got a seven spots to 9th in badminton rankings decider. The Indian team failed fixture. (PTI) only day-night first-class tour- games like the old times. chance. nament with pink ball for the "We have floodlights at the The likes of Abhimanyu NEW DELHI, Aug 6: in last three seasons, is set to go Chinnaswamy but we are not Easwaran, , back to the day format with red playing with pink ball under , Shreyas Indian men's doubles pair of ball due to lack of TV coverage. lights as there is no live cover- Gopal, , Axar Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and squad for ‘Vizzy’ trophy The blue-riband tourna- age. Only the final match will Patel, all of whom have played Chirag Shetty today jumped MUMBAI, Aug 6: has played in the T20 Mumbai League after he was picked up for ment, which will feature India's be a day/night affair as that's at least one format for India A seven places to enter the top 10 top domestic stars, will be the only match to be aired live" in the West Indies A tour, are of the latest badminton world Arjun Tendulkar, son of crick- Rs 5 lakh. et icon , has The Mumbaikar has also played from August 17 to Karim told PTI on Tuesday. there. rankings, courtesy their historic September 9 at Bengaluru's Asked if this will be a road- India discards like Karun win at last week's Thailand been named in the 15-member bowled to the Indian team in the Mumbai squad for the upcoming nets. Chinnaswamy Stadium. block in moving towards pink Nair and Varun Aaron are also Open. India's next superstar in ball Tests in future, Karim dis- in the mix just like last season's Rankireddy and Shetty, who Vizzy Trophy scheduled to be Squad: Hardik Tamore held in Andra Pradesh from (Captain), Srujan Athawale, making , India A agreed. highest run-scorer Milind created history on Sunday by regular Priyank Panchal and "I don't think so. If everyone Kumar of Sikkim or talented becoming the first Indian men's August 22. Rudra Dhanday, Chinmay Sutar, Arjun is a left-arm fast bowler Ashay Sardesai, Sairaj Patil, Vidarbha Ranji champion skip- associated with Indian cricket is left-arm seamer from Rajasthan doubles pair to win a BWF per Faiz Fazal will lead Blue, on the same page, may be we Tanveer ul Haq. Super 500 tournament, are and his name figures in the squad Onkar Jadhav, Satyalaksha Jain, announced for the 50-over 'open' Minad Manjrekar, Arjun Red and Green teams respec- can think of having India A first The Squads: placed ninth in the men's dou- tively. class games with pink balls. I India Blue: Shubman Gill bles rankings issued on Tuesday. tournament by the Mumbai Tendulkar, Aman Sheron, gles rankings. doubles rankings. However, the BCCI's GM am not saying anything is con- (captain), Ruturaj Gailwad, Rankireddy and Shetty Cricket Association on its website Atharva Poojary, Maxwell In the women's doubles, While the pair of Pranaav (Cricket Operations) Saba firmed but you never know if Rajat Patidar, Anmolpreet stunned reigning world champi- on Tuesday. Swaminathan, Prashant Solanki Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy Karim confirmed that save the everyone comes on same page," Singh, Ricky Bhui, Ankeet ons Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen In the past, 19-year-old Arjun and Vighnesh Solanki. (PTI) Reddy moved up a place to dropped a place to 23rd, the duo Karim said. Bawne, Snell Patel (wk), of China 21-19 18-21 21-18 in 23rd. of Ponnappa and Rankireddy However, a senior BCCI , Saurabh Kumar, the Thailand Open final to 10-member team to represent India at 24 But Indians witnessed a slipped four spots to be placed official said the decision to , Tushar achieve the feat. downward move in the mixed 27th. (PTI) scrap pink balls save the final Deshpande, Basil Thampi, The other Indian men's dou- Hour World Championships has been done keeping bigger Diwesh Pathania, Aniket bles duo of Manu Attri and B Dravid gets Conflict of Interest notice NEW DELHI, Aug 6: of the application) were consid- al level is improving. More Indian picture in mind. Choudhary, Ashutosh Amar. Sumeeth Reddy remained on ered, the AFI said in a statement. runners are involved in the sport "The Indian team is not India Green: Faiz Fazal 25th spot. A 10-member athletics team In addition athletes meeting of ultra and trail running which playing any pink ball cricket in (captain), Akshath Reddy, In the men's singles, there from BCCI Ethics Officer will represent India at the 2019 the qualification standards were has encouraged AFI and NEB near future. All our Test Dhruv Shorey, Priyam Garg, were no significant changes for NEW DELHI, Aug 6: IAU 24 Hour World also expected to have run an ultra Sports to bid for hosting the 2020 engagements are a part of Siddesh Lad, , Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Championships to be held at Albi, race as a proof of fitness between IAU 24 Hour and 2021 IAU 100 World Test Championship. And , Dharmendra Srikanth (10th), Sameer Verma Former India captain , who is currently the head France on October 26 and 27. January 26, 2019 to July 31, km Asia & Oceania we are not playing any Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Ankit (13), B Sai Praneeth (19), H S of National Cricket Academy's Cricket Operations, is the latest The Athletics Federation of 2019. Championships in India, AFI Day/Night games in World Test Rajpoot, , Tanveer ul Prannoy (31) and Sourav Verma big name to get notice from BCCI's Ethics India has picked up six men and At the 2018 IAU 24 Hour Asia president Adille Sumariwalla said. Championship," the senior offi- Haq, Akshay Wadkar (wk), (44) are all static at the respec- Officer on specific Conflict of Interest allega- four women ultra runners for the & Oceania Championship in Team: cial, who is privy to Indian Rajesh Mohanty, Milind Kumar. tive positions. tions levelled against him. competition. Taipei, the Indian team had won Women: Apoorva Chaudhary team management's selection India Red: Priyank Panchal Parupalli Kashyap moved up BCCI's Ombudsman-cum-Ethics Officer AFI had set standards, which its first medal both in individual (176km), Hemlata (172km), Priy- policies said on condition of (captain), Abhimanyu three places to 32nd spot, while Justice (Retd) DK Jain has sent a notice after required the athlete to have run a and team events in ultra running. anka Bhatt (170km), Shyamala anonymity. Easwaran, , Karun Subhankar Dey climbed two receiving a complaint from Madhya Pradesh minimum of 205km (men) and Ullas Narayana had covered a Sathyanarayana (167km). "So what's the logic of our Nair, (wk), places to 39th. Cricket Association (MPCA) life member 165km (women)in a 24-hour race, distance of 250km to win a bronze Men: Ullas Narayana supply line of players playing a Harpreet Bhatia, Aditya Meanwhile, Olympic medal- Sanjeev Gupta. in a period of 18 months before medal in a world class field in the (250km), Binay Sah (222km), tournament with pink ball when Sarwate, , lists P V Sindhu and Saina According to Gupta's complaint, Dravid is the date of the Championship. championships in Taipei in Sunil Sharma (215km), Pranaya they are in any case going to , Varun Aaron, Nehwal managed to hold on to allegedly conflicted as he is the NCA Director and also employed Races completed during the December last year. Mohanty (211km), Kanan Jain play red ball cricket if selected Ronit More, , their fifth and eighth spots as vice-president of India Cements group, which owns IPL fran- period of April 26, 2018 to July "The performance of Indian (207km), Chanderkant (205km). for India," he said. Sandeep Warrier, Ankit Kalsi. respectively in the women's sin- chise . (PTI) 31, 2019 (last day for submission ultra and trail runners on the glob- (PTI) On the three Duleep squads (PTI)