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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Murtagh’s sensational five­for rips England apart CoA refers Raman’s selection to Ombudsman Ireland takes a 122­run first innings lead on the opening day after bundling out the host for 85 Process followed in appointing coach LORD’S TEST SCOREBOARD of the women’s team under scrutiny IANS England — 1st innings: R. Burns G. Viswanath London c Wilson b Murtagh 6, J. Roy c Mumbai Stirling b Murtagh 5, J. Denly Ireland ended England’s lbw b Adair 23, J. Root lbw b The Committee of Adminis­ World Cup honeymoon in Adair 2, J. Bairstow b Murtagh 0, trators (CoA) has recently dramatic style on Wednes­ Moeen c Wilson b Murtagh 0, C. referred former India player day, bowling out the host na­ Woakes lbw b Murtagh 0, S. Cur­ W.V. Raman’s selection as tion for a derisory 85 on the ran c McCollum b Rankin 18, S. coach of the Indian wo­ first day at Lord’s as it eyed Broad c Wilson b Rankin 3, O. men’s team to the BCCI Om­ Stone b Adair 19, J. Leach (not one of the biggest shocks in budsman Justice (Retd.) out): 1; Extras (lb­5, nb­2, w­1): Test history. 8; Total (in 23.4 overs): 85. D.K. Jain. The CoA had re­ Tim Murtagh took a stun­ Fall of wickets: 1­8, 2­36, 3­36, solved to approach the Om­ ning five for 13 in nine overs 4­42, 5­42, 6­42, 7­43, 8­58, budsman after its meeting on a ground where he plays 9­67. in Delhi in April. for Middlesex. Ireland bowling: Murtagh 9­2­ The process followed for Ireland then consolidated 13­5, Adair 7.4­1­32­3, Thompson Raman’s selection last De­ its position by making 207 in 4­1­30­0, Rankin 3­1­5­2. cember divided the CoA reply for a first­innings lead Ireland — 1st innings: W. Porter­ members Vinod Rai and of 122 with Andy Balbirnie field c Leach b Curran 14, J. Mc­ Diana Edulji with the latter W.V. Raman. Collum b Curran 19, A. Balbirnie top­scoring with 55. calling it * PHOTO : K. PICHUMANI b Stone 55, P. Stirling lbw b Ten days after England Broad 36, K. O’Brien (not out) “unconstitutional”. won the World Cup at the 28, G. Wilson c Root b Stone 0, S. Diana had contended could have been asked to same ground against New Thompson b Broad 0, M. Adair b that when the Cricket Advi­ travel with the women’s Zealand and a week ahead of Curran 3, A. McBrine b Broad 11, sory Committee (CAC) com­ team to the West Indies and the Ashes, Ireland exposed T. Murtagh c Burns b Stone 16, B. prising Sachin Tendulkar, whether the three­member their batting fragility in bru­ Rankin b Moeen 7; Extras (b­10, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. ad­hoc committee attracted tal fashion. lb­6, w­2): 18; Total (in 58.2 Laxman was in place, there the conflict of interest rule, Just three England bat­ overs): 207. was no need to appoint an being part of the steering smen made it into double fi­ Fall of wickets: 1­32, 2­45, 3­ Ad­hoc Committee in Kapil committee for the forma­ gures — Joe Denly, who top­ 132, 4­138, 5­138, 6­141, 7­149, Dev, Aunshuman Gaekwad tion of the Indian Cricketers 8­174, 9­195. scored with 23, debutant Ol­ and Shantha Rangaswamy. Association. England bowling: Broad 19­5­ ly Stone and Sam Curran — in Wrecker­in­chief: Tim Murtagh exults after knocking back the stumps to dismiss Jonny Bairstow.* STU FORSTER/GETTY IMAGES 60­3, Woakes 10­2­34­0, Stone Representing the CAC, The CoA — which now has an innings that was over in­ 12­3­29­3, Curran 10­3­28­3, Laxman had told the CoA three members now with side 24 overs on a baking day demonstration of his skill af­ get on the honours board.... match, with bigger challeng­ Test wicket when Denly was Leach 3­0­26­0, Moeen that they needed time and the addition of Lt. Gen. in London. ter England captain Joe Root It’s a fantastic first session for es ahead. leg before wicket and he also 4.2­1­14­1. also their role to be put in (retd.) Ravi Thodge — would It was the fourth time in won the toss and batted on us.” Test debutant Jason Roy, captured the prize wicket of England — 2nd innings: J. Leach black and white. But Rai want Jain to give his opinion 34 Tests that England had an emerald green pitch pre­ England’s collapse fol­ fresh from his World Cup he­ Root, plumb lbw for two. (batting) 0, R. Burns (batting) 0; went ahead and constituted soon, because, it is keen to lost all 10 wickets in a session pared by Irish groundsman lowed its 77 all out against roics, fell for five when Mur­ When Jonny Bairstow was Total (for no loss in 1 over): 0. the Ad­hoc Committee. continue with the same pa­ — a worrying sign ahead of Karl McDermott. the West Indies in Barbados tagh, short of express pace bowled for a duck off an in­ Ireland bowling: Murtagh nel to choose the head the five­Test series against “I’m not quite sure what’s in January. but remorselessly attacking side edge by Murtagh, En­ 1­1­0­0. Queries raised coach and other support Toss: England. Australia. happened in the last two the top of off­stump, squared gland was 42 for five. The questions that were staff of the men’s team. hours,” an elated Murtagh Deep trouble him up, with first slip Paul asked then were: Whether It appears that the BCCI Classic demonstration said during the lunch inter­ The home side was soon in Stirling holding the ensuing On the honours board place on the honours board the CoA had the authority to GM, Operations, Saba Ka­ The 37­year­old seamer, who val. deep trouble despite Root’s edge. And when Murtagh had for all those who take five appoint an ad hoc commit­ rim, has already spoken to recently took his 800th First “It’s a dream just to play insistence that they did not Debutant Mark Adair Moeen Ali caught behind for wickets in a Test innings at tee, whether Raman, the the three former India Class wicket, gave a classic here in the first place. But to want to “sleepwalk” into this (three for 32) had his first a duck, the seamer had a Lord's. batting coach at the NCA players. ‘Disappointed not to get picked’ Bowlers put India­A ahead Rhodes applies for fielding coach Press Trust of India Shubman Gill vows to keep performing North Sound (Antigua) IANS worked with any national India­A seized momentum NEW DELHI team, he is eligible because Press Trust of India gin. Personally, I would have in the unofficial first Test Former South Africa cricke­ he has coached Mumbai In­ New Delhi liked to carry on and score at against the West Indies­A ter Jonty Rhodes has applied dians for nine seasons. He was expecting an India least a couple of hundreds in with pacer Mohammed Siraj for the position of India’s “Yes, Rhodes has applied recall after a stellar show in those fifties. But I will learn and spinner Shahbaz Na­ fielding coach after the BCCI and while it is true that he the ‘A’ series and even from this experience,” said deem reducing the host to invited application for the hasn’t coached any interna­ though Shubman Gill is dis­ Gill, who has played two 126 for five on the opening position of head coach and tional team, he has been in­ appointed by the snub for ODIs in New Zealand before day, here on Wednesday. support staff for the Indian volved with Mumbai Indians the West Indies tour, the the World Cup. After wining the ODI se­ team. for nine seasons and, as per youngster is not ready to Having spoken to Rahul ries 4­1, India­A extended its Speaking to IANS, a senior the eligibility criteria, you “spend time thinking over Dravid, the biggest takeaway domination of the hosts af­ BCCI functionary confirmed need to have worked with an it.” for Gill from the limited ov­ ter they opted to bat at Sir Vi­ that Rhodes has applied for IPL team for three seasons if Gill, along with Manish ers series has been playing vian Richards Stadium. the position of fielding not an international team,” Jonty Rhodes. Shahbaz Nadeem. Pandey and Shreyas Iyer, as per the demands of the Siraj sent back both the coach and while he hasn’t the functionary said. * FILE PHOTO: SUDHAKARA JAIN * FILE PHOTO: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM was tipped to make it to the conditions rather than de­ openers — Jeremy Solozano limited overs squad but des­ pending on his natural flair. (9) and Montcin Hodge (16) — Roston Chase (25), who was pite being adjudged ‘Player in a confident start for India caught by Saha, and then of the Series’ with 218 runs Biggest lesson while his pace colleague Shi­ clean bowled Jahmar Hamil­ Kulasekara calls it a day and three half­centuries, he Shubhman Gill. * FILE PHOTO: “The biggest lesson that I vam Dube saw the back of ton (16). Press Trust of India was the one to miss out. AKHILESH KUMAR have learned from my first rival skipper Shamarh took 66 wickets in 58 T20 West Indies­A was reeling “I was waiting for the In­ West Indies tour is to try to Brooks (12). COLOMBO matches in a career span­ at 97 for five at that time but dian senior team to be an­ tors,” Gill told ‘CricketNext’ curb my natural game de­ Brooks was caught by Sri Lankan seamer Nuwan ning over 15 years. He also Rahkeem Cornwall (15 bat­ nounced on Sunday and I ex­ website. pending on match condi­ wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Kulasekara has decided to played 21 Tests, taking 48 ting) and Jermaine Black­ pected to be selected for at The Punjab youngster is tion. Saha, who is playing his first call time on his internation­ wickets. wood (29 batting) took the least one of the squads. It pretty satisfied with his per­ “It’s important to block competitive match after a al career, finishing as the Kulasekara last represent­ side past the 100­run mark was disappointing not to get formance in the just­con­ the good balls as well and re­ long injury lay­off. third highest wicket­taker ed Sri Lanka in an ODI without further damage. picked but I am not going to cluded A series which India main at the crease for as Left­arm spinner Nadeem The scores: West Indies­A 126 among his country’s pace against Zimbabwe in Ham­ spend time thinking over it. won 4­1. long as possible. Person who then swung into action to for five in 40 overs. (J. Black­ bowlers after Chaminda bantota in July 2017 and I’ll keep scoring runs and “It was a fantastic series is set at the crease needs to further tilt it in India’s favour wood 29 batting, Roston Chase Vaas and Lasith Malinga. hasn’t played any competi­ performing to the best of my for me and team as well bat through the difficult pe­ as he dented the middle or­ 25, Mohd. Siraj two for 43, S. Nuwan Kulasekara. The 37­year­old had 199 tive match since March ability to impress the selec­ since we won with a 4­1 mar­ riod,” he said. der. Nadeem first dismissed Nadeem two for 37) vs India). * FILE PHOTO: AFP scalps in 184 ODIs while he 2018. Milak crushes Phelps’ 10­year­old record Bengal Warriors flattens UP Yoddha

WORLD SWIMMING PKL

Agence France-Presse Special Corresponent Gwangju (South Korea) HYDERABAD Chinese giant Sun Yang suf­ Bengal Warriors scored a fered defeat on Wednesday thumping, 48­17 win over UP after an emotional week in Yoddha in the league phase which he has clashed with of the Vivo ProKabaddi rival swimmers over doping League Season­7 at Gachi­ allegations, while Hungarian bowli Indoor Stadium here teenager Kristof Milak shat­ on Wednesday. tered Michael Phelps’s 200m It was a remarkable perfor­ butterfly world record. mance by PKL debutant Mo­ Triple Olympic champion hammad Nabibakhsh, who Sun had already retained his overcame a false start when 200 and 400m crown in he was ‘self­out’ with his first Gwangju but he finished a Elated: Kristof Milak, who was in elementary school when Michael Phelps set the 200m raid, to cap a Super­10 from 11 distant sixth in the 800m fi­ butterfly record, celebrates. * QUINN ROONEY/GETTY IMAGES raids. And, with captain Ma­ nal behind Italian Gregorio ninder Singh and K. Prapan­ Remarkable: Debutant Mohammad Nabibakhsh, who overcame a false start when he was Paltrinieri, who claimed gold the sample­smashing row at the weekend. stroke as he romped to gold jan joining the party, all the ‘self­out’ with his first raid, capped a Super­10 from 11 raids.* NAGARA GOPAL in seven minutes, 39.27 se­ rumbled on. And Sun, who has com­ in the one­lap final in 26.06. UP defence could do was conds from Norway’s Henrik “They should all be plained privately of being The results: Men: 800m frees­ watch hopelessly as the rivals ingh being exceptional, was ment of the UP camp. But on nowhere in the game. Christiansen. banned for life, the guys that shunned by other athletes in tyle: 1. Gregorio Paltrinieri (Ita) picked points at will, espe­ equal to the task backing the other hand, K. Prapanjan A brutal schedule looked have cheated,” he sniffed. Korea, went eyeball to eye­ 7:39.27s, 2. Henrik Christiansen cially in the second session. theeir raiders, though Jeeva of Bengal was good in raiding Dabang pips Titans to have taken its toll on Sun, “What Duncan did was ball with Scott after Tues­ (Nor) 7:41.28, 3. David Aubry For the losers, Monu Goyat Kumar’s over­enthusiastic to pick a couple of points to The Desai brothers — Sidd­ who has been involved in an­ fantastic.” day’s 200m medal (Fra) 7:42.08. was the main scorer with five tackles saw him concede a help Bengal lead 17­9 at the harth and Suraj, with the lat­ gry confrontations with Aus­ presentation. 200m butterfly: 1. Kristof Milak points from 14 raids. couple of points. break. ter scoring the highest points tralian Mack Horton and Bri­ Exhausted Meanwhile, Milak (Hun) 1:50.73 (WR, Old: 1:51.51, On resumption, Bengal (18) for a debutant in the PKL Michael Phelps, 2009), 2. Daiya tain’s Duncan Scott after “I was exhausted,” winced stormed to gold in the men’s Steady start First all-out went on the offensive, scor­ history — came good for Telu­ Seto (Jpn) 1:53.86, 3. Chad le they snubbed him at two dif­ the Chinese idol. “My legs 200m fly, clocking a blister­ Earlier, it was a slow and stea­ Just when it looked to be a ing 18 points in the first nine Clos (RSA) 1:54.15. gu Titans but it was not ferent medal ceremonies in and arms felt sore — the har­ ing 1:50.73 to obliterate dy start by Bengal outfit close contest with the scores minutes which included the enough as the team suffered 50m breaststroke: 1. Adam response to bombshell dest part is juggling a tight Phelps’s 10­year­old mark. which overcame an early def­ tied six­all at one stage in first­ second all­out and also a sup­ Peaty (GBr) 26.06, 2. Felipe Li­ it’s third straight defeat, los­ claims made in a FINA dop­ schedule but I’ll have to do ma (Bra) 26.66, 3. Joao Gomes icit with UP Yodha actually half, Bengal scored the first er raid by Nabibakhsh fetch­ ing to Delhi Dabang 33­34. ing panel report. that at the 2020 Tokyo Unprecendented (Bra) 26.69. leading 3­0 to start with. all­out of the game to widen ing three points. For the winner, raider Na­ The leaked document al­ Olympics.” Elsewhere, Italian Federica Women: 200m freestyle: 1. Fe­ Maninder, who was not as the lead to 11­7 and soon Ma­ With Bengal scoring the veen Kumar scored 14 points leged that Sun destroyed An 11­time world cham­ Pellegrini retained her 200m derica Pellegrini (Ita) 1:54.22, 2. flamboyant as the other big ninder scored two points in­ fourth all­out with Nabi­ from 20 raids. blood samples after he was pion, Sun accused Horton of freestyle title in 1:54.22, Ariarne Titmus (Aus) 1:54.66, 3. names in his raids, was effi­ cluding one bonus to further bakhsh being the star per­ The result: Bengal Warriors bt visited by testers last year. “disrespecting China” by re­ while Britain’s Adam Peaty Sarah Sjostrom (Swe) 1:54.78. cient with four points in the increase the lead to 13­8. former and defender Baldev UP Yoddha 48­17; Dabang Delhi After taking bronze be­ fusing to step onto the podi­ completed an unprecedent­ Mixed 4x100m medley relay:1. first half. It was then Shrikant Jha­ Singh finishing with seven bt Telugu Titans 34­33. hind Milak, South Africa’s um for the winner’s national ed hat­trick of world doubles Australia 3:39.08, 2. USA The Bengal defence, with dav’s turn to slip and concede points from eight tackles, in­ Thursday’s match: Dabang Del­ Chad le Clos weighed in as anthem after the 400m final in the 50 and 100m breast­ 3:39.10, 3. Great Britain 3:40.68. Rinku Narwal and Baldev Si­ a ‘self­out’ to the disappoint­ cluding a High­five, UP was hi vs Tamil Thalaivas, 7.30 p.m.

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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Bopanna & Evenly­matched teams promise close title­race Carreno Busta Dabang opens defence against Paltan; Focus remains firmly on home­grown talent in quarterfinals

Sports Bureau Hamburg Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain beat former World No.1 Ne­ nad Zimonjic of Sebria and Rudolf Molleker of Germa­ ny 6­3, 5­7, 10­3 in the dou­ bles first round of the €1,855, 490 ATP­500 tennis tournament here on Wednesday. The results: First round: €1,855,490 ATP­500, Ham­ burg, Germany: Pablo Carre­ no Busta (Esp) & Rohan Bo­ panna bt Rudolf Molleker (Ger) & Nenad Zimonjic (Srb) DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD For Kolkata­based RP­SG 6­3, 5­7, [10­3]. $777,385 ATP, Atlanta, USA: B Maverics, Manika Batra and Teams to vie for a prize­fund of ₹2 crore. The winner will Kwon Soonwoo (Kor) bt Praj­ Germany No. 5 Benedikt Du­ receive ₹75 lakh and the runner­up, ₹50 lakh nesh Gunneswaran 6­7(4), da hold the key. Left­hander B Number of matches have been reduced — from seven last 7­5, 6­0. Sanil Shetty, who had a good year to five this year. Two singles, one each for men and Doubles: Taylor Fritz (USA) & women, have been cut down 2017 UTT season, along with Cameron Norrie (GBr) bt Ma­ Sweden No. 1 woman player rius Copil (Rou) & Leander B Each tie comprises two women’s and two men’s singles and a Matilda Ekolm make the Paes 7­6(2), 6­4. mixed doubles. A player can feature in one singles and one team a serious title­aspirant. €586,140 ATP, Gstaad, Swit­ doubles. The mixed doubles combination should have one Debutant U Mumba boasts zerland: Jeevan Nedunchez­ Indian and one overseas player of top ranked Kazakh Kirill hiyan & Purav Raja bt Denys Molchanov (Ukr) & Igor Zele­ B The action will be limited to New Delhi. This is clearly to cut Gerassimenko and Hong out the travelling expenses and other related costs involved nay (Svk) 6­4, 6­2. Time for a selfie! A. Sharath Kamal, Bernadette Szocs, Alvaro Robles, Harmeet Desai, Benedikt Duda and Manav Thakkar during a Kong’s No. 1 woman player in taking the league to different cities $25,000 ITF men, Nonthabu­ * Doo Hoi Kem, besides Manav press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. SANDEEP SAXENA DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ri, Thailand: Alexander Thakkar and Sutirtha Crnokrak (Aus) bt Sidharth UTT LEAGUE Over the next 18 days, the hours, the number of match­ A player can feature in one Defending champion Da­ Taipei) and World No. 62 Mukherjee. Rawat 6­3, 6­2; Naoki Tajima teams vie for a prize­fund of es have been reduced — from singles and one doubles. The bang Smashers is now Da­ among women, Sabine Win­ (Jpn) bt Niki Poonacha 6­4, ₹2 crore. The winner on Au­ seven last year to five this mixed doubles combination bang Delhi. With spearhead ter (Germany), Paltan is cap­ ‘Dark horse’ 4­6, 6­1; Manish Sureshkumar Rakesh Rao gust 11 will receive ₹75 lakh year — by cutting down two should have one Indian and G. Sathiyan in fine form, Ro­ able of upsetting the calcula­ The proverbial ‘dark horse’ bt Kunal Anand 4­6, 6­3, 6­3; Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam NEW DELHI and the runner­up, ₹50 lakh. singles, one each for men one overseas player. Unlike mania’s top­ranked woman tions of other contenders. could well be Goa Challen­ bt Emilano Maggioli (Ita) 7­6 and women. Bernadette Szocs and Swe­ gers. Served by World No. 8 Rising cost and limited pay­ Unlike the previous two last year, this edition will fea­ (2), 6­3; Arjun Kadhe bt Kasi­ off seems to have led to the seasons, the action will be li­ In spite of all the pruning, ture singles involving two den’s No. 3 Jon Persson in its Formidable woman Cheng I­Ching (Chi­ dit Samrej (Tha) 6­3, 2­6, 6­4. formation of six refurbished mited to the Capital. the focus remains firmly on Indians. fold, Dabang faces new en­ Sharath Kamal­led Chennai nese Taipie) and Spain’s No. 1 Doubles: Timur Khabibulin franchisees — with lesser This is clearly to cut out the home­grown talent, with trant Puneri Paltan in the in­ Lions, too, looks formidable. Alvaro Robles, Goa can safely (Kaz) & Arjun Kadhe bt Soichi­ number of players — to battle the travelling expenses and each team comprising four Well balanced augural clash. Portugal No. 2 Tiago Apolo­ bank on A. Amalraj and Ar­ ro Moritani (Jpn) & Pol Watta­ it out in a shortened format other related costs involved Indians and two overseas Since there was no players’ Newly­crowned Common­ nia, Madhurika Patkar and chana Kamath. nakul (Tha) 6­2, 6­3; Billy of the cash­rich Ultimate Ta­ in taking the league to diffe­ players. auction and those in the fray wealth champions Harmeet Germany’s top­ranked wo­ Since most teams are Harris (GBr) & Vladyslav Or­ ble Tennis (UTT) league, be­ rent cities. Each tie comprises two were drafted into six teams, Desai and Ayhika Mukherjee, man Petrissa Solja can all evenly matched, the race to lov (Ukr) bt Dusty Boyer ginning at the Thyagaraj Sta­ To limit the duration of women’s singles, two men’s all teams appear well along with World No. 28 contribute to take the team the title promises to be close (USA) & Karunuday Singh 6­4, 6­4; Niki Poonacha & dium here on Wednesday. each tie to around two balanced. Chaung Chih Yuan (Chinese to the title. one. singles and a mixed doubles. Manish Sureshkumar bt KUnal Anand & Shahbaaz Khan 6­2, 6­3. $25,000 ITF women, Porto, All eyes on Malinga as Lanka meets Bangladesh Portugal: Gabriella Da Silva Cottrell ‘salutes’ Indian Fick (Aus) & Magali Kempen (Bel) bt Shrivalli Rashmikaa Improvement in ODI rankings at stake in the series beginning on Friday Bhamidipaty & Sathwika Sa­ ma 6­3, 6­1 blind cricket team CRICKET ed from the series, Bangla­ Press Trust of India desh batsmen Mushfiqur Ra­ Jamaica ANI him (19th) and Tamim Iqbal Lanka reduces West Indies pacer Sheldon Dubai (27th) will be leading the Cottrell paid rich tribute to After a downgrade perfor­ charge among batsmen, squad to 16 for the Indian blind cricket mance in recently conclud­ while Mustafizur Rahman team, the reigning world ed World Cup, both Sri Lan­ (15th) and Mehidy Hasan Mi­ Bangladesh champion, when the ka and Bangladesh will look raz (17th) would be looking cricketers visited him at his to improve their ODI rank­ to move towards the top 10 ODIs Army base camp in ings in the three­match bilat­ in the bowlers’ list. Jamaica. eral series beginning in Co­ Agence France-Presse It’s Indian blind team’s lombo on Friday. Eighth spot COLOMBO maiden visit to Jamaica, Seventh­placed Bangla­ Currently, Sri Lanka is at the Sri Lanka on Wednesday where it will lock horns desh can increase the lead eighth spot with 79 points reduced its original 22­ with the Jamaican blind over Sri Lanka when the whereas Bangladesh are at strong squad to 16 for the team in a series, featuring teams face off in a three­ One last time! Lasith Malinga will look to go out with a seventh place with eleven three­match ODI series three ODIs and two T20Is. match series. memorable performance to cap a 15­year ODI career. * AP points more than the Lan­ against Bangladesh here. Cottrell posted his pictures kan team. Lasith Malinga, who will re­ with the players. In the focus peak in terms of rankings, achieved against Pakistan in tire after the first ODI, will Bangladesh can increase “The Indian Blind Retiring fast bowler Lasith but the 35—year—old would Dubai. be replaced in the squad the lead over Sri Lanka from Cricket team have made an Malinga is in the focus as Sri like to go out with a memor­ Spinner Akila Dananjaya for the next two matches 11 to 16 points with a 3—0 win historic visit to Jamaica — I Lanka and Bangladesh able performance to cap a is the highest—ranked bow­ by Dasun Shanaka. while losing the series by the met them at my work place players prepare for their 15—year ODI career. ler from Sri Lanka in the 21st The squad: Dimuth Karuna­ same margin could see them — my army base Up Camp first series after the World The only bowler to have position, while Angelo Math­ rathna (Capt.), Kusal Perera, slip to ninth position, be­ Park. #salute to these men Cup. taken three ODI hat—tricks, ews and Niroshan Dickwella Avishka Fernando, Kusal Men­ hind the West Indies on de­ and their achievements,” Malinga, who will retire Malinga attained a career— are the leading batsmen for dis, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru cimal points. Thirimane, Shehan Jayasuri­ Cottrell tweeted. “You can from ODIs after the opening high points tally of 675 after the home side, in 35th and ya, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wa­ 42nd positions, respectively. follow the World match, is the second—high­ a memorable spell of three While if Sri Lanka clean­ nindu Hasaranga, Akila Da­ Champions here ­ est ranked bowler from his for 22 against Bangladesh in In the absence of World swept Bangladesh in the se­ nanjaya, Lasith Malinga, @blind_cricket ... ,” read Nice gesture: Cottrell had words of praise for the side in 35th position, with Colombo on July 2007. Cup star and world’s top— ries they will gain three Nuwan Pradeep, Lahiru Kum­ his his tweet. Indian blind cricket team. * COURTESY: COTTERELL/TWITTER 552 rating points. His highest ranking was ranked all—rounder Shakib points and finish with 82 ara, Thisara Perera, Isuru Uda­ He is nowhere near his seventh in November 2011, Al Hasan, who has been rest­ points at the same spot. na and Kasun Rajitha. Buffon denies Inter Besieged Bale scores Tokyo unveils 2020 Olympics medal designs Juve legend makes crucial saves in in comeback win They are made from recycled materials collected from old electronics shootout; Ronaldo scores free kick Agence France-Presse Zidane said at the wee­ Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse “It is about changing the Washington kend he thought it would be Tokyo Nanjing way of thinking and it is not Bale shrugged off uncertain­ “best for everyone” if Bale’s Tokyo Olympic organisers on Matthijs de Ligt scored an easy to happen in a short ty over his Real Madrid fu­ departure could be ar­ Wednesday unveiled medals own goal 10 minutes into his time.” ture on Tuesday as his se­ ranged quickly — comments designed to reflect the “ener­ first Juventus start before Sarri started the 19­year­ cond­half goal helped the La Bale’s agent branded “dis­ gy” of athletes as the city veteran goalkeeper Gianlui­ old in the “Derby d’Italia” Liga giant rally for a friendly respectful” of a player who marked a year to go until the gi Buffon inspired it to a 4­3 but the central defender got win over Arsenal. helped the side to a Spanish opening ceremony of the penalty shootout win over off to the worst possible be­ Madrid clawed back from league title and four Cham­ 2020 Summer Games. Inter Milan on Wednesday. ginning, directing the ball two goals down to finish 2­2 pions Leagues since arriving The medals, which will be It may only have been a past goalkeeper Wojciech and eventually prevail 3­2 in from Tottenham six years made from recycled materials friendly between the Italian Szczesny with his knee to the penalty shootout in the ago. collected from old electron­ arch rivals, but tempers give Inter the lead. International Champions Zidane insisted on Mon­ ics, are intended to “resemble threatened to boil over at De Ligt was largely un­ Cup exhibition tournament. day that he meant no disres­ rough stones that have been times, especially in a feisty troubled thereafter before Welsh star Bale didn’t pect, and Bale duly came in polished and which now second half in stifling being substituted at the play in Madrid’s 3­1 loss to at halftime on Tuesday and shine,” organisers said. The Nanjing. break. Bayern Munich in Houston made a statement. gold, silver and bronze The game ended 1­1 after on Saturday, manager Zina­ “He had a good game and awards each have a rough, al­ 90 minutes, with Cristiano Ronaldo roughly treated dine Zidane saying on Mon­ I’m happy for him,” Zidane most meringue like surface Ronaldo drawing Juventus It was only a pre­season day he declined to dress for said. “I do not know what’s on the outer ring, encircling a level with a deflected se­ friendly as part of the Inter­ the match as the club pur­ going to happen, for now smooth, shining centre. cond­half free­kick follow­ national Champions Cup, sued options for off­loading he’s with us. It did not “The medals collect and First Look: Fans, sponsors and politicians were all present at the event as organisers ing De Ligt’s own goal. but Antonio Conte’s Inter him. change anything.” reflect myriad patterns of showed the 2020 Olympics medals for the first time. * REUTERS Then the 41­year­old Buf­ dealt out some rough treat­ light, symbolising the energy fon — more than twice De ment to Ronaldo. of the athletes,” the organis­ “All the elements that event would be actually se­ ribbons that use traditional Ligt’s age — sprang to the Three times in the first ers said. make a truly outstanding lected,” designer Junichi Ka­ Japanese chequered patterns fore in the shootout, making half, in a match played in The medals were unveiled Olympic Games are in place,” wanishi said. and graphics that symbolises a triumphant return to the sweltering conditions in at a ceremony marking the he added, predicting “an “I hope the medals will be kimono layering techniques. Serie A champion after a eastern China, the Portu­ year­to­go countdown until amazing experience” for seen as paying tribute to the The medals, which will year with Paris Saint­Ger­ guese forward was sent the Tokyo 2020 Games, with athletes. athletes' efforts, reflecting weigh in at between 556 and main. sprawling to the turf. International Olympic Com­ The Olympic medals de­ their glory, and symbolising 450 grams each, are being New Juventus coach Mau­ There was a flashpoint in mittee chief Thomas Bach sign was chosen from more friendship.” manufactured from metal ex­ rizio Sarri said he could “ac­ the 51st minute when Juven­ praising the city's readiness. than 400 entries from profes­ Ryohei Miyata, who tracted from mobile phones cept mistakes” — for now. tus substitute Merih Demiral “I can truly say I have nev­ sional designers and design chaired the board that chose and other small electronics “The feeling is that we — who was to score the win­ er seen an Olympic city as students. Kawanishi’s design, said the donated by the Japanese pu­ can improve a lot, especially ning penalty — lashed out prepared as Tokyo, with one “I never dreamed that the medals showcased Japanese blic as part of a campaign to in the offensive part of the while waiting for his side to Reminding his worth! Gareth Bale was focal to Real’s year to go before the Olympic design I submitted only as a metal moulding techniques. make Tokyo 2020 eco­friend­ game,” he said. take a corner. comeback amid speculations of leaving the club. * AFP Games,” Bach said. memorial to this lifetime The medals will come on ly. CM A ND-NDE https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams