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He is now on 899 points, 38 behind    H22  )     stability are his strengths and he top-ranked Steve Smith.   -  *0 <   plays fearlessly just like his Among the bowlers, off-spinner 6         favourite, Virender Sehwag,” Star Ravichandran Ashwin has made a come-  .       *      ,  Sports expert Laxman comment- back to the top 10 after his match haul of <               ed on Agarwal’s performance on eight , which included figures of               !      .            'Cricket Live'. seven for 145 in the first innings.           Harbhajan on his part felt that The formerly top-ranked bowler has     years of grind in domestic circuit moved up four places from 14th position Shakib Al Hasan to take second position has paid dividends as Mayank is and also into the top five among all- among all-rounders. INDIA WIN BRONZE AT BRIDGE WORLDS aware of what is expected of him. rounders. For South Africa, centurions Quinton New Delhi: .  O         “Mayank uses his feet well Fast bowler Mohammad Shami has de Kock and Dean Elgar have progressed.  2&   $   when he comes forward and hits reached a career-best 710 points that took De Kock is back into the top 10 after gain-     >>       $  and also executes the reverse him from 18th to 16th, two below his ing four places and moving to seventh          sweep shots. He has a lot in store career-best 14th rank, while Ravindra while Elgar has moved five places and is $ 3  .  >>   $  and plays them when and where Jadeja has leap-frogged Bangladesh's in 14th position.             needed. He is a hardworking  .           player; the players who come  2& *4     *   2 * from domestic cricket background '       *      have learned a lot,” opined  "  ) #  2    *   $  *    Harbhajan.      “They come in late but have so much knowledge and experi-   $0. the fifth position. lead over England from 10 to MEIRABA LEADS INDIA'S FINE SHOW ence of the game that they value Australia’s consistent per- 14 points in the T20I Player Kazan: (   (  *  !  2   and understand every opportuni- ndia not only maintained formances have ensured their rankings, a table that has   &   '  "          ty that the game brings to them,” Itheir second position but tight grasp on the top spots in increased from 46 to 55 teams       .      said Harbhajan. also increased the points lead both the women’s ODI and over the past year.      9C    Harbhajan also feels that over third-placed England T20I rankings tables, intro- Among other teams, $ 3  4  (  Mayank did well because he was in the latest ICC women’s duced in October last year. Thailand have moved to (    2    '  O sure about his role in the team. ODI rankings. In ODI rankings, the within four points of 10th   9CH>*9CH?  2  C@ “Once a player is confident The Indian women’s West Indies have lost five placed Ireland after a remark-               about his role and place in the team (125), led by Mithali points and are now just two able run saw them win a    A>     !  2   game, he only needs to focus on Raj, has widened the gap over points ahead of Pakistan in world record 17 consecutive           his performance. Rohit was trying England (122) from one to seventh place.Australia, who matches earlier this year,    9CHA* 9CH@  &   '  (to play) a different game but three points. won the ICC Women's T20 breaking the previous record  0 O0 <   9CHCB*9CHA Mayank Agarwal stuck to his In the T20 International World Cup in the West Indies of 16 successive wins by  H   % D   !            !      game.” ranking, India are placed at last year, have increased their Australia. SRI LANKA SEAL T20I SERIES lahore: ) $ 2  ' =  2    ,#*#"# 7    H   )  &              H       ;*    - 2  & 2 ?@       9B        &# )# - ( ' =  2 O;;>D   0)" 0.  O 4   -     O    - 2      CD9HAK matches taking place this year.  H       He took Djokovic to four sets   0) .'6E(.-0)F         enis Shapovalov defeated in the third round of the environment. We handled the ball, with ing back to the newly-named 9B     0    & 2  DFrances Tiafoe 6-4, 6-2 at the Australian Open, but only won deserved to win.” Lautaro drilling past Gewiss Stadium with a 3-1 win * &      >H9@  H Shanghai Masters on Monday, four games in the second round onzalo Higuain scored Sarri Wojciech Szczesny. over promoted Lecce that keeps      2 ?H?D K    setting up a second-round at the Rome Masters. the winner as Juventus started with Dybala The hosts were hit with the Bergamo side third on 16 2       =     K  encounter with defending cham- “He’s beaten me twice so Ginflicted a first Serie A and Federico Bernardeschi Stefano Sensi going off points. & 2   C>;C: pion Novak Djokovic. there’s not much for me to lose, defeat of the season on Inter up front alongside injured with Sarri making a But Serie A runners-up F>(%> The first game of the match so I’ll just go out there and enjoy Milan with a 2-1 victory which Cristiano Ronaldo. double substitution after an Napoli are now six points behind stretched to 15 minutes before myself,” Shapovalov said. “I’ll go sent the defending champions Higuain — who also hour bringing on in-form Juventus in fourth following a Tiafoe held serve, but Shapovalov out there and give it all I have. top on Sunday. scored in Juventus’s 3-0 Higuain and Rodrigo Bentacur. goalless draw at Torino. eventually took control with “It’s going to be a tough one, Substitute Higuain slotted Champions League win over Ronaldo and Bentancur “We want to fight for the a break in the first set and but I have a great game and I home on 80 minutes after fellow Bayer Leverkusen dur- combined to send Higuain Scudetto, but our ranking makes two more in the second. think I have a chance to beat Argentine Paulo Dybala had ing the week — began through for the winner, with us cry a little,” said Napoli coach “The start of the him.” opened the scoring in the fourth on the bench. Szczesny doing well to deny Carlo Ancelotti. match was really important Fellow Canadian Vasek minute at the San Siro. The champions got Matias Vecino as Inter desper- Roma are fifth, a point and I was trying to step up Pospisil upset 14th-seeded Another Argentine forward off to a blistering start ately pushed forward for an behind Napoli, with their match from the first game,” Diego Schwartzman of Lautaro Martinez pulled Inter with Miralem Pjanic equaliser. against Cagliari at the Stadio Shapovalov said. Argentina 7-6 (2), Milan level from the spot on 18 setting up Dybala who “Juve showed their Olimpico finishing 1-1 after “I think the first 6-2 in another minutes, but coach Antonio took Inter goal- heavy artillery,” said Conte, Nikola Kalinic’s last-gasp goal for game helped me first-round Conte lost in his first meeting keeper Samir who coached the Turin giants the hosts was disallowed. find a rhythm on match. against his former club since Handanovic by to the first three of their They stay a point ahead of his serve.” The 10th- leaving Juve to take over the Italy surprise. current run of eight con- city rivals Lazio, who drew 2-2 at The 36th- seeded Fabio national team in 2014. Ronaldo rat- secutive titles. Bologna with Serie A top scorer ranked Fognini of Italy Juventus moved one point tled the crossbar “Congratulations to Ciro Immobile getting both goals Shapovalov faced little ahead of Inter after seven games and then had a them, we’ll roll up our for the visitors, to bring his tally played the top- resistance from as they target a ninth consecutive goal ruled out sleeves now,” added Conte to seven goals in as many games. ranked Djokovic American Sam title, and first under Maurizo when Dybala was whose side lost their mid- In Tuscany, Nikola on two previous Querrey in a 6-4, Sarri. in an offside posi- week Champions Milenkovic nodded in the only occasions, with both 6-2 victory. “Overtaking at the top is tion. League game to goal after 72 minutes to give insignificant right now,” said But Inter got Barcelona 2-1. Fiorentina their third consecutive     !< (   former Chelsea boss Sarri. back on level Gian Piero win as Udinese fell to their  &  “The important things is terms when Gasperini’s fourth defeat in seven games. that we showed a performance of Juventus Atalanta Fiorentina are eighth with      ::  character and personality against defender celebrat- Udinese a point above the rele- a strong team in a high-tension Matthijs de Ligt ed mov- gation zone. < :    -6)6)   -0)H, ormer world number one   >!   ndia’s Manju Rani (48kg) on Monday FAndy Murray climbed Iadvanced to the quarterfinals of the World over 200 places in the new Women's Boxing Championships after a com- ATP rankings released on   -6)6) "  ++22! (! Root and white-ball captain Eoin prehensive victory in the last-16 stage here. Monday while Novak  "   Morgan that will help us develop our The sixth-seeded Indian prevailed 5-0 over Djokovic extended his lead ngland cricket chiefs have plans for the next few years.” Venezuela’s Rojas Tayonis Cedeno to stand just over Rafael Nadal at the top. only Roger Federer (310) and Pete Enamed Chris Silverwood 2 ! “Ultimately, his highest quality is one win away from securing a medal in her Scotsman Murray, who is Sampras (286). Thiem’s victory as their new head coach to $  = 'DD3 that he is a winner and that will be an debut at the big event. on the comeback trail after over Stefanos Tsitsipas in Beijing replace Trevor Bayliss, who  *))*A   important part of the job as we look to However, next up for her is a tough one career-saving hip surgery, sees the Austrian close to just 50 stepped down last      strive to become the most respected in last edition’s Bronze-medallist and top seed reached the quarter-finals of the points behind the Russian Daniil month at the end of  ( ( !  team in the world across all formats,” he Kim Hyang Mi of South Korea. The two will China Open where he lost to Medvedev. his contract. *)' =$ :   added. clash on October 10. eventual winner Dominic The 44-year- ! 2(& The 44-year-old played six Tests and Clean punches were few and far in Rani's Thiem. NAGAL AT 129 old, who has spent seven one-day internationals for clash against Cedeno but the Indian was the The run lifted the 32-year-      Indian tennis player the past two years England between 1996 and 2002, one fetching most of them. Both the boxers old 214 places from 503 in the Sumit Nagal achieved a career-best serving as fast Africa coach Gary Kirsten and Surrey’s coached Essex to the County stuck to a defensive approach but Rani was the world to 289. He can climb into ranking of 129 after jumping six bowling coach director of cricket Alec Stewart emerged Championship title in 2017 before more accurate of the two. the top 250 if he beats Juan places. The 22-year-old Nagal, under Bayliss, will as contenders to succeed Australian joining the England set-up. Rani is a Silver-medallist from the pres- Ignacio Londero in the first who has been in good form of late, take charge for Bayliss, managing director of England He is just the second Englishman tigious Strandja Memorial boxing tournament round of the Shanghai Masters reaped the benefit of a semi-final the tour of New men’s cricket Ashley Giles described to take sole charge of the national side in Bulgaria earlier this year. where Murray is a three-time finish at the ATP Challenger Zealand, which Silverwood as the “standout candidate”. since 1999, said there is plenty of talent In the second and last Indian bout of the champion. Campinas in Brazil last week. includes a five- “I believe he is what we need to take coming through the ranks. day, Manju Bamboriya (64kg) was up against Djokovic’s win in Tokyo at Nagal had attainted his career- match Twenty20 our international teams forward,” he said “I am thrilled and honoured to be fourth-seeded Italian Angela Carini. She put the weekend means the Serb is best ranking of 135 after jumping series, starting on on Monday. appointed England head coach,” he said. up a spirited fight but the European at number one for the 271st 26 spots, riding on a title finish at November 1, and “He is somebody we know well, but “I aim to continue the great work Championships silver-medallist was just too week of his career, one more the Buenos Aires ATP Challenger two Tests. it is his intimate understanding of our that has been done over the past five strong for her. than Ivan Lendl and trailing clay event in Argentina last month. While former structures and systems and his close years and build on our future, especial- The Indian went down 1-4 in a split India and South relationships with Test captain Joe ly in the Test arena.” decision.