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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Under pressure aim to Neeraj pulls out of JKCA seeks information from T20 World Cup from Oct 17: ICC Switzerland event DUBAI, June 29: the ICC stated. NEW DELHI, June 29: Clubs, District Associations The first round of the tourna- This year's T20 World Cup, ment, comprising the eight qualify- level series with fresh approach Excelsior Sports Correspondent ly basis and list of elected office Star Indian javelin thrower which has been moved to the UAE ing teams, will now be split TAUNTON, June 29: opportunities ahead of the World Test debut, can be the second spin bearers, details of the offices of Neeraj Chopra today pulled out and Oman from India due to the between Oman and UAE. Cup," Edulji said referring to the all-rounder alongside Deepti JAMMU, June 29: The the Clubs/Association to include India will have to shed their of a top-level competition in COVID-19 pandemic, will be Four of these teams will then trio of Mithali, Punam and Sharma. recently appointed three-mem- location, mailing address, emails outdated approach and play Switzerland, owing to fatigue. played from October 17 to progress to the Super 12s round . "I would want the team to stick bers Sub-committee of Jammu Id & to also include details of more freely to bounce back against Chopra was to compete in November 14, the where they'll "If you keep losing with the to its strength which is spin bowl- & Kashmir Association assets, fixtures and facilities, formidable hosts England in the International join the eight seniors, then you have to try out the ing. Two spinners must play," (JKCA) by the BCCI has sought details of funds received from second women's ODI here tomor- Cricket Council automatic qual- younger players who showed in the added Edulji. information from the affiliated JKCA including expenditure row. (ICC) announced ifiers. one off Test what they are capable India only have to look to their Clubs and District Associations details along with details of India consumed as many as 181 today. The upcom- of." opponents for inspiration. England including their disputes by July members who have incurred dis- dot balls on way to posting a below The ICC state- ing edition will India have only crossed 250 played a near perfect game of ODI 15. ability under Lodha panel report par 201 which England chased ment came a day after BCCI inti- be the first men's T20 World Cup thrice since the 2017 World Cup, cricket to outplay an out of sorts In a press release issued here have also been sought. down rather comfortably to take a mated the governing body that the played since 2016, when West something the team has to do on a team. today by JKCA, it has been The Clubs/Associations have 1-0 lead in the three-match series the Spitzen Leichtathletik event event can be moved out of India. Indies beat England in the final in consistent basis to compete with the Teams (from): revealed that the information also been asked to intimate on Sunday. in Lucerne, a World Athletics "The BCCI will remain the India. likes of England and Australia. India: (), sought from the Clubs with an details of any financial help Ahead of the World Cup in continental tour silver-level hosts of the event, which will now The eight teams competing in Though Mithali scored a 72 but , , aim for revival of cricketing received by any club member in New Zealand early next year, India competition where the likes of be held in Dubai International the preliminary stage are her strike rate needs drastic , Harmanpreet Kaur activities in the UTs of J&K and any capacity from JKCA. have got work to do in all depart- Olympics gold medal favourite Stadium, the Sheikh Zayed Bangladesh, , Ireland, improvement and T20 skipper (vc), , Ladakh. The Sub-committee mem- ments as pointed out by skipper Johannes Vetter of Germany Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the Sharjah Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia, Harmanpreet is desperately seeking (wk), , , The detail of information bers will also hold direct interac- Mithali Raj herself. and some other top javelin Stadium, and the Oman Cricket Oman and Papua New Guinea, some consistency. , Jemimah sought includes constitution, tions with the affiliated Clubs The game could see India mak- throwers are taking part. Academy Ground, from 17 before the play-off stage and the "Harman is not due for a big Rodrigues, Arundhati Reddy, Puja details of the team year wise, and District Associations soon, ing multiple changes in the playing Chopra had taken part in October to 14 November 2021," Final on November 14.(PTI) score, she is overdue," said Edulji. Vastrakar, , Radha details of elections held on year- the press release read as. eleven as the batters' inability to India went in with only one spe- Yadav, , Priya Punia, three events -- in Portugal, rotate strike is proving to be a big cialist spinner in Ekta Bisht at Indrani Roy (wk). Sweden and Finland -- since issue for the team. Bristol besides three pacers. England: Heather Knight (cap- June 10 and this competition in Former India captain Diana Pacer Shikha Pandey, who has tain), , Kate Lucerne would have been his Edulji said the the middle-order has made a comeback with the UK Cross, , , fourth in nearly three weeks. too many "anchors" which means tour, has looked far from troubling Lauren Winfield-Hill, Anya It is learnt that Chopra's Punam Raut can make way for the English batters and could be Shrubsole, , Sophie pull-out was a precautionary at number dropped for the second ODI. Ecclestone, (wk), Freya measure to give his body three. Mithali can bring in Arundhati Davis, Tash Farrant, , enough time to rest after a lot of "You can't afford to play 180 Reddy in her place or get another , , Sarah travel even though he had dot balls in modern-day cricket. specialist spinner. Glenn, Emily Arlott, Tash Farrant. entered his name for the top- That has to change. The seniors Sneh Rana, who did brilliantly Match starts 6.30 IST. (PTI) class competition.(PTI) need to step up and if they can't, with both the bat and ball on her then youngsters should be given the Messi breaks Argentina's record Malhotra meets Indian team for caps at Copa America win CUIBA (Brazil), June 29: in Group A, setting up a quarter- footballer Anirudh Thappa final against Ecuador on Excelsior Sports Correspondent officer at Dehradun Lionel Messi became Saturday. held a detailed discussion with Argentina's most capped inter- Messi made his Argentina JAMMU, June 29: Jammu the Indian's team dynamic foot- national player, marking the debut in 2005 in a 2-1 win in a based former Indian footballer baller Anirudh Thappa at occasion with two goals as he friendly against Hungary. He Arun Malhotra today interacted Dehradun. led his national team to a 4-1 was sent off during that match It is pertinent to mention win over Bolivia at the Copa after hitting a rival with his here that footballer Thappa is America. elbow. considered to be the backbone of The Barcelona striker, who Indian Football team and has holds the all-time Argentina been playing with the team since high of 75 goals, is also seeking long time. to break two South American During discussion, they dis- records: Pele's as the top goal cussed various issues related to scorer of a national team (77 for Indian football including a detail Brazil), and Chile's Sergio discussion on Euro Cup and Livingstone mark of 34 for most Jammu based Arun COPA America Football Copa America appearances Malhotra posing for photo- Tournament which is going on (Messi has 31). graph with footballer Anirudh with full swing, how to manage Diego Maradona scored 32 Thappa at Dehradun on coaching style as well as to goals in 87 matches for Tuesday. maintain fitness level during off Argentina, including the 1986 season and how to improve World Cup triumph. Messi, with Indian team footballer grassroots football. The 34-year-old Messi's despite his impressive individual Anirudh Thappa who recently They stressed upon the need 148th appearance for Argentina statistics, is yet to win a major came from Qatar after playing to play more international level beat the mark previously held by title for Argentina. World Cup Football qualifying matches to perform well at inter- retired defender Javier He was runner-up at the tournament. national arena during their dis- Mascherano. 2014 World Cup and at two edi- Malhotra who presently is cussion. His two goals and one assist tions of Copa America in 2015 working with ONGC as senior helped Argentina ensure top spot and in '16. (AP) AITA nominates Ankita, Prajnesh for Mithali back in top five Arjuna; Balram, Piperno for Dhyanchand of ICC ODI rankings NEW DELHI, Jun 29: achievement honour, DUBAI, June 29: er re-entering in Dhyanchand," an All Indian 97th place among batters and 88th Asian Games bronze medal- Tennis Association (AITA) official India captain Mithali Raj has lists Ankita Raina and Prajnesh among bowlers. today. returned to the top five of the latest Hard-hitting opener Shafali Gunneswaran have been nominat- The 28-year-old Ankita has ICC Women's ODI Rankings for ed for the prestigious Arjuna award Verma, the top-ranked T20I batter, been India's key player in the batswomen after top-scoring for has entered the ODI rankings at by the national tennis federation, Billie Jean King Cup team for the India with 72 in the series opener which has also sent names of 120th place after scoring a 14-ball last three years. 15 on debut.(PTI) Balram Singh and Enrico Piperno She was nominated for the for the Dhyanchand honour. 'Arjuna' last year also but Asian Games gold medallist Divij Sharan succeed- ed in bagging the award. Prajnesh is one of the most mature players in the current Indian against England in Bristol. generation. Had The 38-year-old, who has com- he not lost five pleted 22 years in international Ankita Raina Prajnesh Gunneswaran crucial years to cricket, rescued her side from a pre- knee stress frac- carious 27 for two but India's total of Ankita and Prajnesh both won tures, his career would have been 201 for eight was not challenging singles bronze medals at the 2018 an altogether different story. enough for England, who will be Asian Games held in Jakarta and The 31-year-old left-hander defending their World Cup title in Palembang. from Chennai, ranked 148 on the New Zealand next year. Ankita is now country's best- ATP charts, has played five Davis Mithali, who had led India to the ranked singles (182) and doubles Cup ties for the country. final of the last World Cup played at (95) player and is set to make his In the Lifetime achievement Lord's in 2017, has gained three slots Olympic debut at the Tokyo category, Balram Singh, who has a to reach fifth position after the Games next month. 50 year-long association with the Bristol knock. The former top- "This year we have nominated Indian tennis, will vie for the hon- ranked batter returns to the top five Ankita and Prajnesh for Arjuna our along with Piperno, who for the first time since October 2019. while the names of very respected coached the Davis Cup team There was not much else to Balram sir and Enrico Piperno between 1991-2001 for 27 consec- write home about for the Indian side have been sent for life time utive ties.(PTI) in terms of rankings, with all-round- Sawant-Rajput combo misses bronze OSIJEK, June 29: Tejaswini Sawant and Sanjeev Rajput ended fifth in the 50m rifle 3 positions mixed team event, missing the bronze medal match by a whisker as India endured a medal-less day at the ISSF shoot- ing World Cup here today. Sawant and Rajput combined for a score of 581 in qualification part two with 28 inner 10s, one less than fourth-placed Hungarian team of Eszter Meszaros and Istvan Peni, who made the cut for the bronze medal match. In part one of the qualification, from where the top eight advance to stage 2, another Indian pair of Anjum Moudgil and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar was eliminat- ed with a ninth-place finish behind Sawant and Rajput. Both the pairs shot an identical score of 873 but Sawant and Rajput advanced due to their high- er inner 10s count of 45 as against 43 by Moudgil and Tomar. On Monday, Rahi Sarnobat displayed sensational form to clinch the women's 25m pistol gold medal, which was India's first in the ongoing edition.(PTI)