DAILY SUARGAM | JAMMU SPORTS THURSDAY | JUNE 10, 2021 11 IPL anxious to tie-up foreign Would've played for India at a younger age if I had modern-day facilities: Virender Sehwag NEW DELHI: Former help them correct the ing the launch of the 1992 World Cup and by players for UAE leg India opener Virender faults in their game. Circuru App. looking on television, I Sehwag played interna- "Today, there are videos The former dashing tried to learn the straight tional roughly for available on the internet opener, who represented drive of Sachin NEW DELHI: When IPL pended in April, the lead- of these guys a break at over the availability of Faf 14 years. During that peri- about all things cricket to India in 104 Tests, 251 Tendulkar," he said. was suspended on May 4, ing -takers of four some point. But the inten- du Plessis, and RR over od, he successfully com- After being promoted as , in search of teams were all overseas tion of giving guys a break Chris Morris; both would pleted the journey from a an opener thanks to an their first title, were in players—Chris Morris for, say, Bangladesh be playing in the middle order batsman to inspired move by then unchartered territory—on from (series), wouldn't be for Caribbean Premier become one of India’s India Sourav top of the leaderboard (who is also the most them to go and play crick- League. BCCI officials are most feared openers in all Ganguly, Sehwag started with a 75 % victory record. expensive player in the et elsewhere,” Ashley said to be in talks with formats of the game. A India’s innings alongside Rishabh Pant and Ricky history of the league), Giles, ECB’s director of CPL to advance their tour- good six-seven years after Tendulkar in ODI cricket Ponting had marshalled Rashid Khan (Sunrisers cricket, told ESPN recent- nament by a few days his retirement from inter- for a number of years. ly. “We have to manage from its September 19 the team to within a cou- Hyderabad), Sam Curran national cricket, Sehwag Such was Sehwag's impact ple of wins from making () our schedule now, so we close to help IPL out. Two said he perhaps would that Tendulkar and the playoffs. Languishing and Pat Cummins get our guys arriving in IPL franchises, KKR and have played for India at a Ganugly decided that it at the bottom of the points (Kolkata Knight Riders). the best shape possible for Punjab Kings own teams younger age had he got the was better for them to table were Kolkata Knight Four foreigners—Faf Du the T20 World Cup and in CPL too. “We remain support of modern tech- rotate as openers than Riders and Sunrisers Plessis (CSK), the Ashes.” hopeful that some solu- nologies like the internet. bring the Delhi cricketer to Hyderabad with 4 and 2 (RR), Jonny Bairstow From KKR’s point of tion would be found. But Sehwag, who made his learn for the younger peo- ODIs and 19 T20Is, added No.3. points respectively. But, as (SRH) and Glenn Maxwell view, playing without we haven’t heard from India debut in 1999 when ple. Maybe if I had those that he learned to play the The right-hander is the any IPL regular would (RCB) were topping the skipper Eoin Morgan and any of the leagues,” said he was 21 and got regular facilities in my day, I straight after watching the first Indian to score a triple know, freakish reversals one related franchise offi- in the side after a success- would have learned things legendary Sachin century in and of fortune are always cial. ful South Africa tour in faster and possibly had Tendulkar play it in the till date the only to get to around the corner in the However, making that 2001, said the youngsters played for the Indian team 1992 World Cup. the triple century twice. league. late change is not easy for currently have technology at a younger age," Sehwag "I started seeing cricket Sehwag also has six dou- When IPL action is Cricket West Indies with planned to resume on their final home Test at their disposal which can said while speaking dur- on television during the ble hundreds to his name. September 19, expect more against Pakistan ending uncertainties. First, teams on August 24 and CPL will have to contend with scheduled to start on Aug 'The best bowling line-up to travel to all conditions': Former playing on livelier tracks 28. Nine West Indies play- in the UAE instead of the ers play in IPL. Mumbai slower Indian . Indians captain Kieron More crucially, teams will Pollard, KKR’s Sunil NZ captain lauds India's bowling ahead of WTC final have to figure out whether Narine and Andre Russel, NEW DELHI: The final ing to witness an epic battle Both teams would pit but I think in the last 20 their overseas stars will be respective team’s scoring Cummins could be a body PK’s Chris Gayle and chapter of the ICC World for the ultimate title. their strongest playing XI years would have to be able to play at all. charts. blow to their hopes of Nicolas Pooran, CSK’s Test Championship is While the Indian players against each other. Since the close to their best seam- At BCCI’s special meet- Despite the attraction of making a late surge in the Dwayne Bravo and ing last month, it was dis- IPL riches for the players, race to playoffs. Delhi’s Shimron about to unveil in which are about to begin their encounter will take place in bowling line-up. And then cussed that there would be some overseas boards In fact, because English Hetmeyer will be in St. two heavyweights – Virat training for the summit England, the focus will spinners Ravindra Jadeja talks with all overseas have been publicly unwill- players have such a Kitts, playing CPL. In highly be on the pacers. and R Ashwin as well. I cricket boards for interna- ing to release their players. prominent presence in 2020, a bubble-to-bubble India boast a strong pace think, it's probably the tional player availability. The reason is the T20 IPL, many other franchises transfer was allowed for battery which, according to most-rounded bowling Those talks are still in World Cup, also slated to will also be affected. For the entire CPL contingent. former New Zealand cap- line-up and is probably the progress and a number of move from India to the RR, their English trio Pakistan is in talks to tain Brendon McCullum, best bowling line-up to leading franchise execu- UAE and scheduled tenta- Buttler, and finalize its World Cup makes them one of the probably travel to all condi- tives said they are yet to tively to start a couple of (currently preparations that include strongest Test teams. tions,” McCullum told get any confirmation from weeks after IPL. unfit) play all games. To away matches against While speaking with sports today. the BCCI over their inter- Australian media has find able backups for play- Afghanistan, followed by Sports Today, McCullum The WTC final ends on national participants. A already reported that ers of that class in a team home matches against said the current bowling June 22 after which the leading BCCI official said Cummins won't play the which is light on capped New Zealand and attack is India’s most- Indian squad will stay back talks are positive and IPL to preserve himself for Indian players may be England in September- rounded in Test cricket, in England and practice for would result in “maxi- the World Cup and the impossible. For CSK, October. BCCI officials given the firepower in the the five-match Test series mum participation”. Ashes. whose ageing squad however are confident Although rules permit ENGLAND PLAYERS strung together many vic- they would be in a posi- Kohli’s India and Kane clash following their quar- pace battery and the bril- against England which is only four overseas players UNAVAILABLE tories earlier, English duo tion to ensure Williamson’s New Zealand antine in Hilton Hotel, New liance of the spinners. scheduled to be played in in the eleven and nine in England’s cricket board Sam Curran and Moeen Afghanistan and New – will square off against Zealand are preparing for “I can only really talk August. In the meantime, the squad, these players has been the first to make Ali played crucial roles. Zealand players’ presence each other. The much- the second and the final about the time I was around another Indian team will be often have an oversized it clear that its players CLASH OF DATES in IPL. New Zealand skip- awaited finale begins from Test against the hosts after the international game. travelling to Sri Lanka to impact on the tournament. won’t play IPL. “We are WITH CPL per Kane Williamson June 18 in Southampton the first game ended in a India have had the likes of play three ODIs and three When the league was sus- going to have to give some CSK will also be fretting leads SRH. and fans are eagerly wait- draw at Lord’s. Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath T20Is. ICC Test Rankings: Conway, Southee achieve If he performs as he did in his country, personal bests, Indians stay steady DUBAI: The recently debut Test. innings and is also New India will be in strong position: Panesar released ICC Player Conway, who is cur- Zealand's most success- rankings for Men in Test rently ranked fourth in ful bowler in the World predicts 'match-winner' of WTC final cricket has seen two New T20Is and 121st in ODIs, Test Championship. Zealand players achieve has bettered the New His Lord's performance NEW DELHI: All eyes are the kind of cricket New Panesar pointed out the Panesar went ahead with match-winner in this final. personal bests. Opener has pushed him to a on the final of the World Zealand are playing, and two players who could be premier spinner R Ashwin, The difference is going to be Devon Conway, who career-best third position Test Championships, where expects them to give a fight the key to their team's and feels that if the off-spin- Ashwin, I think Tim made a blistering debut while achieving the third India and New Zealand will to Virat Kohli's India. chances in the WTC final. ner can repeat his India Southee is bowling well, he at Lord's against best rating points by a face each other to determine "I think New Zealand is Coming off a splendid five- exploits, India can very well could be the difference for England has entered the New Zealand bowler. He the winner. The Ageas Bowl quite a good team and New Zealand," Panesar rankings in the 77th spot has gone up to 838 in Southampton plays host Conway had a great game added. after his knocks of 200 points, with only to the all-important line-up against England. They have "If Ashwin can get the and 23 in the drawn first Richard Hadlee (909) and both teams are up and got few left-handers in there left-handers out cheaply, I Test. and Neil Wagner (859) running as far as prepara- so I am sure Ashwin will think New Zealand would Conway has 447 rating having achieved higher tion for it are underway. probably be the first-choice be in trouble, if Ashwin points, the highest for a bowling points. The Indian team has hit the spinner," Panesar told ANI. can't then it would put New Zealand batsman India skipper Virat ground running after their "New Zealand looks a bet- more and more pressure on arrival in the UK whereas ter team than I think a lot of seamers. If he performs as on debut and the third- Zealand mark of 440 rat- Kohli, wicketkeeper- New Zealand are getting people thought in England he did in his country, they highest ever on debut. ing points on Test debut batsman Rishabh Pant, some solid match-practice and they are kind of playing will be in a stronger posi- The 29-year-old left-han- by Lou Vincent against and opener Rohit by playing England in a like a number one team in tion. We have a heatwave der entered the list at Australia at Perth in Sharma have held on to couple of Tests. the world. I think it is going here and the weather is fan- two points less than RE 2001. their fifth and sixth posi- Ahead of the WTC final, to be a great Test match wicket haul in the Lord's walk away with the advan- tastic, I think the wicket will Foster of England and The other big mover tion respectively in the former England spinner between the two sides and Test, Tim Southee will pose tage. turn and India might go one less than Kyle was Kiwi paceman Tim batting rankings. Pant Monty Panesar weighed in it's not going to be easy for a serious threat to India's "With the weather around with two spinners. Also, Mayers of the West Southee, who rattled and Rohit are the joint- on the chances of both India." batsmen, reckons Panesar. and so many left-handers in Virat Kohli wants to get Indies, among those with England with a six-wick- holders of the sixth spot teams. The former left-arm With both teams are As far as India's biggest the New Zealand squad, Ravindra Jadeja in the the best rating after their et burst in the first in the batting rankings. spinner is impressed with evenly matched-up, weapon is concerned, Ashwin could be the team." Brazil squad agrees to play in Copa America despite concerns MADRID: Brazil's said. their criticism to the America, but we will are scheduled to open whether or not the tour- supporter of the tourna- ence Tuesday that the national soccer squad “For multiple reasons, president of the never say no to the the Copa America at the nament can proceed. ment being held in text published by players has agreed to play in the humanitarian or of pro- Brazilian soccer confed- Brazilian national team.” Mané Garrincha stadium On Friday, after Brazil. The far-right also includes the opinion Copa America despite fessional nature, we are eration, Rogerio Organizers did not on Sunday evening in Brazil's 2-0 home win leader has defied social of the coaching staff. expressing concerns over unsatisfied with the Caboclo, for deciding to against Ecuador in a distancing policies, Tite insisted since last the late decision to stage leading of Copa America move the tournament World Cup qualifying claiming shutdown week his priority was the the continental tourna- by CONMEBOL, no mat- without consulting them. game, coach Tite said he measures kill more than two rounds of World ment in its home coun- ter if it were hosted Caboclo was suspend- and his players would the virus. Cup qualifiers that Brazil try. belatedly in Chile or in ed from his office on delay an announcement Many Bolsonaro sup- played and won. He Players used social Brazil.” Sunday following a sex- on whether they would porters have criticized promised to discuss the media to publish a mes- “All the recent facts ual harassment case. He participate in the tourna- Tite since Friday, sug- decisions around Copa sage saying they are make us believe it was denies any wrong-doing. ment, in a decision that gesting the coach was America after the match “unsatisfied" with South an inadequate process," The 30-day forced mixes views on pandem- leading a boycott against against Paraguay, but American soccer's gov- the players' post added. absence may be extend- ic control and internal the tournament for an fell short when he had erning body, CON- Brazil has alarming ed by the ethics commit- politics. alleged opposition to the the chance. MEBOL, which decided COVID-19 figures, with tee of the Brazilian soc- The announcement president. The coach “I am not a hypocrite. I to move the tournament more than 475,000 deaths cer confederation. came after Tuesday's never said his players am not aloof and I know to Brazil after Colombia attributed to the coron- “We are workers, pro- match against Paraguay should skip Copa what is happening," he and Argentina were avirus. Players did not fessional footballers. We in World Cup qualifiers. America, but local said. dropped as co-hosts. address the pandemic have a mission to take Brazil won 2-0, with reports said team cap- “But I know what the They said they don't directly in their text. with the historic green goals by Neymar and tains discussed that pos- priority is. The priority want to make the organi- Local media reported and yellow shirt that Lucas Paquetá. The sibility over the last is my work and the dig- zation of Copa America a over the last week that won the World Cup five Brazilians lead the table week. nity of my work.” political debate, though. many Brazilian players times," the players' mes- immediately respond the the capital Brasilia. But with six wins in six Juninho Paulista, the Tite is expected to “We are a cohesive weren't necessarily wor- sage said. criticism of Brazil play- the country's top court matches. coordinator of Brazil's announce Brazil's squad group, but with different ried about the virus, but "We are against the ers. could stop it when it President Jair national team, said in the for Copa America on ideas,” the players' post felt they had to voice organization of Copa Brazil and Venezuela votes Thursday on Bolsonaro is a staunch post-match news confer- Wednesday.