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Top Bantamweights Tariq Ismail and Nkosi Ndebele crush England inside to clash at BRAVE CF 48 two days of third Test England made their lowest Test score in India on the way to a ten- defeat

Axar Patel takes 11 • in match as India go 2-1 up in series

England’s WTC hopes• dashed

AFP | Ahmedabad

ndia crushed England by 10 wickets yesterday in a rare Itwo day Test triumph that winning said had been “bizarre”. Spinner Axar Patel took 11 wickets over two innings as In- dia outplayed their rivals in all departments in the day-night game to take a 2-1 lead in the four match series. India’s Axar Patel celebrates bowling Jonny Bairstow hit a six to see first Test so convincingly. balls is my strength,” said the India to their meagre second in- “We will use the hurt from new spin hero. TDT | Manama can Mixed Martial Arts: Nkosi nings target of 49 without losing this week as motivation going Patel was brilliantly support- “King” Ndebele. a wicket in the world’s biggest into that last game. We will ed by clash of two fan-favorite Ndebele boasts a pro record stadium in Ahmedabad. come back stronger for it,” he who took seven wickets in the Bantamweights is the lat- of three wins and one loss, on “I have never been part of a insisted. 400 match and went past 400 Test A Test wickets have been est addition to BRAVE CF 48: top of an amateur record of 12 Test match where things have Spinners ruled the contest scalps when he trapped Jofra taken by Ravichandran Arabian Nights, scheduled for wins and three losses, which moved so quickly,” said Kohli. claiming 28 of the 30 wickets Ashwin to become the Archer lbw for nought. March 18, in the Kingdom of includes IMMAF- compe- “It was bizarre that out of the that fell on the viciously turning fourth Indian bowler to He is the fourth Indian bowl- Bahrain, also known as “The tition and African titles. 30 wickets, 21 were off straight track. achieve the feat er after Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Kombat Kingdom”, as Ku - “King” is currently on a balls,” he said praising his spin It was only the second Test Dev (434) and Harbhajan Singh wait-Canadian Tariq Ismail two-win streak at BRAVE bowlers but hitting out at the in India’s cricket history to end (417) to pass 400 wickets. takes on South Africa’s Nkosi Combat Federation, after a batsmen on both sides. in two days. The last was their Patel struck with the first ball Ndebele. dominant decision victory “The result went our way thrashing of Afghanistan on Ashwin 400 of the innings to send back Zak Tariq Ismail holds a pro - over Ian Cleary and a first- but the quality of batting was their Test debut in Bangalore Crawley and got Jonny Bairstow fessional record of 6 wins round knockout over Zia not at all up to standard from in 2018 and there have been less England were skittled out for for his second straight zero on and a single loss, suffered Mashwani. both teams to be very honest,” than 25 in Test history. 112 and 81 and Patel has now the third . on his last professional ap - BRAVE CF 48 will be head- said Kohli, who has now beat- England’s last two-day Test taken at least five wickets in Root, who took five wickets pearance, against Bernardo lined by the Lightweight bout en M.S. Dhoni’s Indian record was when they beat West Indies three of the last four innings of earlier, put on 31 runs for the Sopai, at BRAVE CF 38, back in between Ylies Djiroun and Ab- of 21 Test wins at home as at Headingly in 2000. the series. India scored 145 in fourth wicket with Ben Stokes October. dul-Rakhman Makhazhievthe captain. The result rules England out their first innings. who top-scored with 25. Eager to bounce back after and is second of four consecu- England captain , of contention for the World Test Patel said he thrives on the Ashwin trapped Stokes lbw to experiencing the bitter taste tive events scheduled by the who won the toss, chose to bat Championship final. India need mind games with opposing bats- end the stand and Patel claimed for the first time ever, the “De- truly global promotion, start- and then saw two dramatic col- a win or draw in the fourth and men. Root for 19. sert Storm” will face fierce ing on March 11 and culminat- lapses, was shocked by the de- final Test to book their meeting “Strangle their runs and then Earlier India were bowled out competition in one of the most ing in the historic BRAVE CF 50, feat but insisted it would not with New Zealand at Lord’s in get them to make mistakes. for 145 in their first innings after prominent young stars in Afri- on April 1st. “define” his side that won the June. Bowling more and more dot resuming the day on 99-3.

Team Philippines braces for tough regional competitions Mueller, Gnabry return to TDT | Manila Bayern Munich training ilipino athletes are gearing Fup for two major regional AFP | Munich a fortnight ago. multi- events: the 31st After being examined by Southeast in Vi- homas Mueller trained their head of fitness, doctor etnam later this year and the KNOW WHAT Twith Bayern Munich yes- Holger Broich, Mueller trained in , terday for the first time since individually yesterday at Bay- . testing positive for Covid-19, ern’s training complex, the In the Sea Games set for Nov. In 2019, the Phil- while Serge Gnabry returned club said. 21 to Dec. 2, the Philippines is ippines fielded a from a thigh injury. Meanwhile Gnabry, 25, planning to send 560 athletes Mueller, 31, had been in iso- trained with the team for the competing in 520 events in 38 delegation of 1,115 lation since testing positive first time since tearing a thigh of the 40 sports. athletes en route to just before Bayern won the muscle in the Club Philippine Olympic Commit- the country winning Club World Cup final in Qatar final win over Mexico’s Tigres. tee (POC) president Abraham the Sea Games overall “Bambol” Tolentino, however, championship after 14 said the number could still be years reduced as they are basically The Filipino athletes will have their hands full against tough rivals entries by numbers culled from discussions with the various na- It is a feat that Team Philip- the 61 sports calendared for the Completing the list are sail- tional sports associations (NSAs) pines hopes to duplicate come event. ing, sepak takraw, shooting, last week. the Games in Hanoi. The POC submitted the list to sports climbing, squash, taek- “The basis of selection pri- The Vietnam organizers set a organizers last week. wondo, tennis, triathlon, men’s marily hinged on those athletes March 21 deadline for the sub- Filipino athletes will be com- and women’s volleyball, men’s who won medals of any color mission of entries by numbers. peting in aquatics, archery, ath- and women’s beach volleyball, in the 2019 SEA Games that we The deadline for the entries by letics, baseball, softball, men’s weightlifting, and hosted,” Tolentino said. names is in August. basketball, men’s 3×3 basketball, wushu. “We also looked at events At the Asian Games set for boxing, canoe-kayak and cycling In 2018 in , the Phil- where the potential of winning Sept. 10 to 25 next year, the Phil- MTB and BMX. ippines brought home 21 medals the gold medal is very high, as ippines is set to compete in 46 Also on the Philippines’ list — four gold, two silver and 15 justified by an athlete or ath- sports events. are dancesports’ breaking, men’s bronze medals. letes performance in 2019.” Following consultations and dragon boat, equestrian, fenc- Gold medals were care of In 2019, the Philippines field- driven by the mission to im - ing, men’s football, golf, artistic weightlifting (Hidilyn Diaz), ed a delegation of 1,115 athletes prove on the country’s perfor- and rhythmic gymnastics, judo, women’s individual golf (Yuka en route to the country winning mance in the last edition of the jiu-jitsu, , karate, bridge, Saso), women’s team golf (Saso, the overall championship in the quadrennial sporting meet, the , , xiangqi, modern Bianca Pagdanganan and Lois biennial sporting meet after 14 POC said it came up with the pentathlon, skateboarding, row- Kaye Go) and skateboarding years. number of disciplines out of ing and men’s rugby. (Margielyn Didal).