TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Lyon’s six appeal overpowers Experiments on India’s mind, England in Ashes opener Windies look to avoid whitewash BIRMINGHAM, Aug 5: Championship. "I thought we were certainly GUYANA, Aug 5: games gives the cushion," Kohli For hosts, putting up a coher- Victory gave Australia their up against it at that stage (122-8) said after Sunday's win. ent performance remains a chal- Nathan Lyon took six wick- first win at Edgbaston in any but we had the best player in the The series pocketed, India It will not be a surprise if KL lenge. Considered a force in the ets as Australia thrashed format since 2001-- the last time world at the crease," Paine said. are likely to experiment with Rahul is drafted into the playing shortest format, they have not England by 251 runs at their they won an Ashes series in "We're running out of things their line-up in pursuit of a XI, replacing the struggling lived up to their reputation. Winners of National Chess Championship and dignitaries Edgbaston 'fortress' to win the England -- and ended England's to say about Smithy. He's proba- whitewash when they take on an Rishabh Pant. The young Delhi The likes of Kieron Pollard posing for group photograph at Jammu on Monday. bly the best Test batsman we've embattled West Indies in the batsman managed scores of 4 and skipper Carlos Brathwaite ever seen." third and final T20 International and 0 in the first two matches. are due a big knock. Paine added: "Nathan Kumar S of Tamil Nadu wins here tomorrow. Skipper Kohli has backed Pant If they can manage to walk bowled superbly but our three India concluded the two- to the hilt and it will be interesting away with a win on Tuesday, it will quicks took a lot of pressure off National Chess C'ship match US leg of the series by to see if the 21-year-old rising star be a confidence-booster for the him at the other end as well." taking an unassailable 2-0 lead gets another chance. side ahead of the ODIs and Tests. Smith, David Warner and *20 players from J&K participated after notching up a 22-run win in Neither Rohit Sharma nor Squads: Cameron Bancroft were all Excelsior Sports Correspondent organized by Crown Trust under the the second game on Sunday. Shikhar Dhawan are likely to be India: Virat Kohli (captain), returning to Test cricket follow- banner of All J&K Chess Their performance wasn't the rested. Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, ing ball-tampering bans and the JAMMU, Aug 5: Kumar S of Association and J&K State Sports most fluent in the first match but For Dhawan, it's his first KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish trio were repeatedly jeered by Tamil Nadu won National U-25 Council. The event was played under Virat Kohli and his men were series after missing the World Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Krunal spectators at Edgbaston. Chess Championship at IDPS FIDE Laws of chess under Swiss back to being a dominant force Cup due to a thumb fracture and Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, "We know every Test we School, Bathindi here. System in which total 7 rounds were in the second match, though, the since he has not scored many Washington Sundar, Rahul first Ashes Test today. run of 11 successive wins at the play in England, the crowd will Due to Section 144 imposed played. Local J&K players were outcome was decided by the runs in the first two matches, he Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, England, set a daunting 398 Birmingham ground. be against us. I thought the guys by the Government it was decided very excited for this event being Duckworth-Lewis method after will be eager to get some before Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak for victory, lost four wickets for Australia were in dire straits handled themselves really well to declare the winner on basis of organized at their home State. thunderstorm and consequent the ODIs and Tests. Chahar, Navdeep Saini. 12 runs either side of lunch on at 122-8 in their first innings but and we've come out on top," said performance in seven rounds. The event was allotted by rain did not allow the game to There is a strong possibility West Indies: John Campbell, the last day as they slumped to were rescued by man-of-the- Paine. Despite lot of difficulties due AICF to J&K on the request of continue. that leg-break bowler Rahul Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, 97-7. match Steve Smith's 144, which No England batsman made to circumstances arises due to Atul Kumar Gupta President All While the batting line-up Chahar may make the cut in Nicolas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, They were eventually dis- lifted them to 284. more than No. 9 Chris Woakes's imposition of Section 144, team J&K Chess Association. Raj may not change much, India place of young paceman Rovman Powell, Carlos missed for 146 in their second The star batsman then made 37 in their second innings and AJKCA done a wonderful job and Kumar DySP Prosecution was the may try a new combination in Navdeep Saini. Brathwaite (c), Keemo Paul, innings, with off-spinner Lyon 142 in the second innings of his captain Joe Root admitted: "It is made the arrangements for drop- organizing secretary of this event. bowling. Deepak Chahar, cousin of Sunil Narine, Sheldon Cottrell, taking 6-49 -- a haul that comeback Test following a ban bitterly disappointing. ping all the players to airport, rail- Among others present were "...sealing the series gives Rahul, may also find a place in Oshane Thomas, Anthony included his 350th Test wicket for his role in a ball-tampering "Credit to Australia. They way stations etc viz helping them Baldev Raj, Taranvir Singh the chance to bring few guys in. the playing XI and Ravindra Bramble, Jason Mohammed, -- and fast bowler Pat Cummins scandal, with Australia captain fought hard to get back in it. in purchasing tickets. Gujral, Kuljeet Singh Jamwal, Idea is always going to be to win Jadeja could be the one who is Khary Pierre. 4-32 in the first match of the Tim Paine declaring on 487-7 (Smith played) two brilliant Mohit Kumar Soni of Bihar Vikas Nanda, Dr AS Bhatia, first. But winning the first two rested. Match starts 8pm IST. (PTI) new ICC World Test late on Sunday. innings." (AGENCIES) got first runner-up trophy while Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Madhu Saypuri Srithan of Telengana got Abrol and others. Suminder Singh South African quick Dale Steyn All top players named for Pakistan tie, third position. All the three play- MD IDPS personally monitored ers scored equal 6 points and the all the arrangements. winner was declared on the basis Nitin Shenvi, Pranesh Yadav, retires from Test cricket Nagal's unavailability raises eyebrows of Buckloz tie breaker rules. Anil Kotwal and Bindu Pathania A total of cash prizes of Rs1 worked as Arbiters in these JOHANNESBURG, Aug 5: NEW DELHI, Aug 5: self unavailable, citing an injury, Group Play-offs, losing in lakh were distributed among the events. Technical support was the five-member committee straight sets with Bopanna to winners of top 25 positions. provided by Vivek Bharti, Ajit South African Dale Steyn, All the top players, led by chose to retain Myneni, who can Nikola Milojevic and Danilo "20 players from J&K State Singh, Ravi Sharma and Sunil one of the great fast bowlers of Prajnesh Gunneswaran, were play both singles and doubles, as Petrovic. participated in this event which Sharma. the modern era, today today named in the Indian Davis the next best player on ranking Myneni, 31, won the doubles gave lot of exposure to the local Later, Atul Kumar Gupta announced his retirement from Cup squad that will travel to charts. title at the Chengdu Challenger players", said Atul Kumar Gupta President AJKCA distributed the Test cricket in a bid to extend Pakistan but the AITA selection Young and talented Sasi last week with compatriot Arjun President AJKCA. prizes among the winners along his longevity in the shorter committee chairman Rohit Rajpal Kumar Mukund was selected as Kadhe but has not got the best of 109 players from 22 States par- with DySP Raj Kumar and Vikas forms of the game. said they will look into the a reserve member. singles results this season with ticipated in this event. The event was Nanda. Steyn, who made his interna- 'unavailability' of Sumit Nagal. While Rajpal and Balram just one semifinal appearance tional debut against England in There was no scope for sur- Singh sat in the meeting, (Jerusalem) in 14 tournaments 2004 and last played a Test in prises with top singles and dou- Zeeshan Ali, Nandan Bal and on the Challenger Tour. Narzary gets call-up as Stimac names February against Sri Lanka, is bles players being automatic Ankita Bhambri attended it via "It was straight forward still contracted in the white-ball selection. tele conference. selection this time. We needed probables for World Cup Qualifiers form of the game for the 2019/20 emotionally. It's terrible to con- hailed Steyn as "undoubtedly Gunneswaran and Myneni was named in India's an all-rounder, so Myneni was season and therefore remains sider never playing another Test one of the all-time greats of Ramkumar Ramanathan will last tie, when the country hosted picked. He has a big serve and NEW DELHI, Aug 5 : (Jr) and Amarjit Singh also available for South Africa in again but what's more terrifying cricket".