THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India suffer 8-wicket loss to World Record: Mithali scales Shastri says India can produce Indian eves beat Chile ‘Mt 6000’ in One-Day Cricket by 1-0 to enter quarters its best Test team soon JOHANNESBURG, Australia in ICC Women’s WC BRISTOL, July 12: tional cricket, Mithali has been July 12: NEW DELHI, July 12: paigners Mahendra Singh Dhoni an inspiration for a generation of BRISTOL, July 12: Indian captain Mithali Raj and Yuvraj Singh's future, Shastri women cricketers, who have Newly-appointed coach Ravi Preetti Dubey scored the all- today created a world record by said, "2019 (World Cup) is a long taken up the game solely Shastri today said the current important winner as a gritty India's semifinal hopes suf- becoming the first player to way to go. They are both champi- inspired by her heady achieve- Indian cricket India beat Chile 1-0 to enter the fered a major jolt after Australia cross 6000 runs in the on cricketers. ments. team, with a bat- quarter-finals of the FIH notched up a comfortable eight- history of women's We will deal The Hyderabad tery of pacers at Women's Hockey World League wicket win, riding on a superb ODI during the ICC with it when the girl and Goswami its disposal, can (HWL) Semi-Final, here today. show by their top-order World Cup match time arrives. I are the only two go on to become Preeti's 38th minute goal batswomen in the ICC Women's against Australia here am just getting surviving players the country's best- ensured India earned their first World Cup here today. today. into the dressing in the squad of 15, ever Test outfit in win in the tournament after a Put into bat, opener Punam The Indian team room again, so I who have made the coming years. goalless draw against South Raut's fighting century and a 69 now have two current need to spend their debut before Shastri was Africa and 1-4 loss to mighty from record-breaking skipper world record holders time with the the 2003 World yesterday appo- USA in their previous matches. Mithali Raj enabled India to post with pacer Jhulan captain (Kohli) Cup. inted coach, fill- Both the teams traded penal- a decent 226 for seven in their Goswami being the and take things Mithali first ing in the void left ty corners in the first quarter sixth group league encounter. leading wicket-taker forward." shot into promi- by Anil Kumble's with Chile winning the first in However, Australia over- in 50-over cricket. Shastri said nence when she resignation last the fourth minute of the match hauled the target with 29 balls to Against Australia, Mithali he was looking Meg Lanning flicks the ball during her innings of 76 runs scored 214 -- still the highest month. while India earned their first spare, scoring 227 for two, cour- surpassed former England cap- forward to the against India at Bristol. score by an Indian in women's The 55-year- short corner in the 12th minute tesy some fantastic batting dis- tain Charlotte Edwards's 5992 challenge of coaching India. Test match against England at old former skipper sounded but nothing came off from the play by skipper Meg Lanning party with a clean strike over 11 boundaries, played confi- runs when she reached 34, there- "I have always relished a chal- Taunton back in 2002. upbeat about the times ahead. opportunities. (76 not out) and Ellyse Perry (60 Yadav's head and then hitting dently against the spinners -- by becoming the highest scorer lenge and I am looking forward to BCCI acting president CK "It can be a better Test team Though it seemed like India not out). one over mid-off as Australia off-spinner Ashleigh Gardner in ODIs. my stint with India. When you are reached 82 for one. (1/48 in 10 overs) and leg-spin- Khanna congratulated the skip- than any Indian team we have had scored off the rebound Beth Mooney (45) and The world record run came asked to open the batting in over- when they earned another The duo brought up the hun- ner Kirsten Beans (0/43 in 9 per on her achievement. had. This is a team you can travel Nicole Bolton (36) laid the foun- when she pushed an Ellyse Perry cast conditions, it is a challenge. I penalty corner in the 12th dred in the 23rd over, but overs). "I on behalf of BCCI con- with (anywhere). There is a bat- dation with a 62-run opening ball towards cover boundary for am used to challenges, bring on minute through a successful Mooney was run-out with Mithali, however, was very gratulate Mithali Raj Indian tery of pacers which can do well partnership in 15.4 overs. a single. another one," Shastri said. video referral, the goal was Deepti producing a brilliant slow off the blocks even though Women Team Captain on her in all conditions and take 20 Once they were dismissed, The 6000-run milestone was Asked about his frosty rela- denied as it came off the body fielding at short extra-cover, as her innings had four boundaries spectacular achievement. wickets. Their age is such that Lanning and Perry completed achieved with a huge six off leg- tionship with Sourav Ganguly, a and not the stick. Australia slipped to 103-2. and a six. Mithali Raj showed her class in they are playing at the right time," the task with consummate ease. break bowler Kirsten Beams as member of the Cricket Advisory In the second quarter, Chile Perry then joined Lanning She simply couldn't find the her early days of International Shastri told 'India Today' from After this loss, India are now she received a standing ovation Committee (CAC) that appointed managed to create some but that and the duo resurrected the gaps as the dot balls kept on pil- career by scoring century in One London. placed at the fourth spot with from the Indian bench. the coach, Shastri played down didn't stop India from creating innings by taking the ones and ing. The only time she tried Day International debut in He said skipper Virat Kohli eight points. Mithali's team will She was finally out for a the bitter spat. scoring opportunities. One such twos and occasional boundaries chancing her arms was when 1999.Mithali Raj has a record was yet to reach his peak and that have to win its next and final sedate 69 off 114 balls. Mithali "We are both former captains chance came in the 19th minute league match against New to keep the scoreboard ticking. she lofted Beans for a six to for most consecutive fifties by the next few years will define him now has 6028 runs from 183 and there will be arguments, but when Anupa Barla brilliantly Zealand to make the knockout The duo brought up the 150 complete 6000 runs. an international women crick- in the true sense. games. we need to look at the bigger pic- stole the ball from a Chilean stage. when Perry bisected the deep Once Mithali was out, eter," Khanna said. "Kohli is a champion crick- Set to turn 35, Mithali ture. He (Ganguly) asked some player, setting up a counter Mooney and Bolton made a mid-wicket and long-on with a Harmanpreet Kaur (23, 22 balls) In terms of achievements, eter, he has not yet reached his achieved the landmark in her very good questions during my attack, to find Rani in the strik- watchful start to their innings as boundary in the 32nd over. tried to get to move on but after Mithali is miles ahead of past peak. The next five or six years 183rd game. She is by far the interview. We need to move on. ing circle but the striker missed Indian pacers Jhulan Goswami In the first ball of the 35th she was dismissed, the Indians greats such as Diana Edulji, will define the real Virat Kohli," greatest ever woman cricketer to Individuals don't matter, and we the post by inches. and Deepti Sharma bowled over, Lanning picked up a sin- couldn't accelerate in the final Shanta Rangaswami and Anjum Shastri said. have emerged from India. should all work in the best interest After a barren first half, maiden overs first up. gle off Goswami to complete overs. (PTI) Chopra. (PTI) Asked about seasoned cam- India finally made a break- Into her 15th year in interna- of Indian cricket. It should take Mooney opened the scoring her fifty. The duo continued to through when Rani and Preeti the centre- stage." (PTI) for Australia with a four at the rotate the strike and crossed the worked in tandem.(PTI) midwicket area and Bolton fol- 200-mark in the 41st over. Chandimal, Tharanga Kashyap, Prannoy & three others lowed with successive bound- Perry, who completed her aries in the next over off 22nd ODI fifty, cracked a in 2nd round of Canada Open Sharma. straight drive off Goswami to to captain Sri Lanka The opening duo continued bring up the winning runs. COLOMBO, July 12: not want to let the team down at CALAGRY (CANADA), Scotland's Kieran Merrilees. to play cautiously to take Earlier, Raut (106, 136 balls) that time because there were no July 12: Among others, Lakhanee and Mithali (69, 114 balls) Sri Lanka appointed two Sarang eked out a 21-9 17-21 Australia to 34 for no loss in 10 replacements as such," he told Commonwealth Games added 157 runs for the second new captains today to replace 21-7 win over local shuttler overs.