NNFLFL | Page 5 GOLF | Page 6 Brees outduels Ortiz holds off Brady as Johnson for Saints crush fi rst US PGA Buccaneers Tour title Tuesday, November 10, 2020 CRICKET Rabia I 24, 1442 AH Champions Mumbai GULF TIMES out to shatter Delhi’s maiden IPL dream SPORT Page 7 OOREDOO CUP Khalfan brace leads Arabi to win over Kharaitiyat By Sports Reporter His left-footed drive smashed into the Doha net with keeper Mustafa Abdulkardeen in no position to stop the ball. Three minutes later, it was Khalfan l Arabi defeated Al Kharaiti- again, straddling into the Al Kharaiti- yat 2-1 in a Group B fi fth yat box, but the goalkeeper stopped his round match of the Ooredoo low powerful shot. Mensah unleashed Cup at the Al Arabi Stadium a powerful swinging shot from the Ayesterday. Fahad Khalfan scored two edge of Arabi box in the 69th minute, goals in the 45th and 52nd minute for but his shot bounced off the goalpost. Arabi, whereas Evans Mensah net- However, Menshah was not to be de- ted Kharaitiyat’s goal in stoppage time nied deep into the game as he found (90+4). the target with a spectacular free-kick It was Al Arabi’s third win from fi ve to reduce Kharaitiyat’s defi cit. matches. Coached by Heimir Hall- In another Group B match, Al Rayy- grimsson, The Dream Team fi nished an beat Umm Salal 2-1 with goals from their group matches with a tally of 11 Yohan Boli (58th minute) and Ali Fary- points, while Al Kharaitiyat remained doon (79th). Rayyan fi nished third on six points. In the 39th minute, Has- in the group with seven points, while san Kamal of Kharaitiyat nearly pulled ended up fi fth with four points. off a long-range stunner when his vol- Meanwhile, table-toppers Al Ghara- ley from outside the Arabi box went fa sailed past Al Ahli at the Al Khor sta- agonisingly close to the left of keeper dium. Gharafa’s goals were scored by Sataa al-Abbasi. Saeed Alhaj, Othman Alawi and Suf- Arabi opened the scoring with a ian Hanni. Gharafa fi nished the group slick goal. Khalfan, lurking inside the stages with 13 points, while Ahli re- Kharaitiyat box unmarked, latched on mained bottom of the table with one to a loopy cross from the edge of the point. box, lunged forward and tapped the Action from the Ooredoo Cup match between Al Rayyan and Umm Salal at the Al Arabi Stadium yesterday. ball into the net even as Oumar Sako DUHAIL FACE AL KHOR tried to kill the move near his own IN A MUST-WIN TIE would not guarantee them a quarter- ya 5-1, but they suff ered a 1-2 defeat Qatar SC are placed fi fth in the group with Sadd behind them by one point. goalmouth. Meanwhile, Al Duhail take on Al Khor fi nal spot as their goal diff erence of -6. at the hands of Al Wakrah in Round 2. with four points, one point less than The Blue Wave beat Al Khor 2-1 Overall, Kharaitiyat remained in in a must-win match today. The reign- For Al Khor, who are placed third with However, The Knights bounced back fourth-placed Al Sailiya. and Al Duhail 3-1, while they drew 1-1 control of the fi rst half, enjoying 65 per ing QNB Stars League champions are six pointsbehind Al Wakrah and Al with a 2-0 win over Qatar SC in Round The third match of the day will pit with Qatar SC and 2-2 with Al Sailiya cent of possession. Arabi doubled their bottom of Group A with just three Sadd, a draw should be enough to book 3, only to lose 0-1 to reigning champi- table-toppers Al Wakrah against sec- in the last round. Reigning champi- lead after Fahad Khalfan, who received points and were handed a 0-3 drubbing a place in the last eight. ons Al Sadd. ond-placed Al Sadd at the Qatar SC ons Al Sadd are on a high after beating a well-timed slip pass, launched a mis- by Al Sadd last week. Al Khor had started off their cam- In another match, Qatar SC will host stadium. Wakrah have eight points defending Duhail and a win today will sile from outside the Kharaitiyat box. Even a win today against Al Khor paign in grand style by beating Al Saili- Al Sailiya and hope to eke out a victory. with two victories and as many defeats, ensured them a top spot in the group. CRICKET GOLF Garcia Dad-to-be Kohli to miss catches Covid-19, to miss three Tests vs Australia Masters Rahane to take over captaincy after first Test as Kohli gets ‘paternity leave’ from the Indian board Agencies New Delhi ndia captain VIRAT KOHLI will return home from Australia after the opening Test in Adelaide Inext month to attend the birth of his child, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday. Kohli’s deputy Ajinkya Rahane will lead India in the fi nal three Tests of the tour which begins in AFP Sydney on Nov 27 with fi rst of the Augusta, United States six short-form internationals. At the Oct 26 selection com- mittee meeting, Kohli informed ergio Garcia, the 2017 the BCCI of his plans to return Masters champion, home after the day-night Test in withdrew from the 84th Adelaide from Dec 17, board sec- SMasters yesterday after retary Jay Shah said in a state- announcing he has tested posi- ment. “The BCCI has granted tive for Covid-19. Garcia, who paternity leave to the Indian took his only major title at Au- captain. He will return after the Rohit Sharma has been named in the revised Test squad after being gusta National three years ago by fi rst Test against Australia in controversially excluded from the initial tour party. defeating England’s Justin Rose Adelaide,” Shah said. in a playoff , tested positive on Kohli’s actress wife Anushka paternity leave was not thought Gill, K L Rahul (vice-captain & Sunday after missing the cut at Sharma is pregnant with their of. Cricketers nowadays play so wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, the US PGA Houston Open. fi rst child. Under Kohli, India much cricket that breaks, es- Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, “On Saturday night after registered their maiden Test se- pecially for such occasions, are Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra driving back from the Houston ries victory in Australia last year. needed. “I think this is a very Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Open, I started feeling a bit of a The BCCI announced sev- injured both his hamstrings in led to controversy and left the wanted to be with the spouse at positive move from the board,” Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, sore throat and a cough,” Garcia eral changes to the touring party the IPL and a call on his availa- BCCI red-faced, as the day the a crucial stage like this. “I can’t More said. Mohammed Shami, Navdeep tweeted. “The symptoms stayed after several players sustained bility will be taken later. Rishabh board president Sourav Gan- recall this happening before but Saini, Shardul Thakur, Sanju with me on Sunday morning so injuries in the ongoing Indian Pant is the other wicket-keeper guly said he was injured, Sharma there is nothing wrong in this. I REVISED INDIAN SQUADS Samson (wicket-keeper) I decided to get tested for Cov- Premier League (IPL). Opener in India’s Test squad. Sanju turned up for his Indian Premier think it depends on the player if T20Is: Virat Kohli (Captain), id-19 and so did my wife Angela. Rohit Sharma has been added to Samson has joined the one-day League franchise Mumbai Indi- he wants to play or not. I think Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agar- Tests: Virat Kohli (Captain), Thankfully she tested negative, the Test squad for the Border- team as an additional wicket- ans to play the last league match BCCI has done well to allow him wal, K L Rahul (vice-captain and Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agar- but I didn’t.” Gavaskar Trophy after initially keeper, while quick T Natarajan against Sunrisers Hyderabad. this break,” former BCCI vice- wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, wal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, The 40-year-old Spaniard being left out of the touring par- replaced spinner Varun Chakra- Former administrators and president Niranjan Shah said. Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Ra- won his fi rst US PGA title since ty because of a hamstring nig- varthy, who sustained a shoul- selectors who IANS spoke to re- Former chief selector Kiran Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), hane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vi- the Masters last month at the gle. Quick Ishant Sharma, who der injury, in the Twenty20 side. garding this said that they had More said that Kohli was well Ravindra Jadeja, Washington hari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Sanderson Farms Championship was also omitted initially be- The BCCI also announced the never come across an instance within his rights to ask for a Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jas- Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh in Jackson, Mississippi. cause of a muscle tear, would be inclusion of Rohit Sharma in the where the player has taken pa- leave and the BCCI has done the prit Bumrah, Mohamed Shami, Pant (wicket-keeper), Jasprit “Our hearts and prayers go out added to the Test squad should Test side. He will, however, be ternity leave. They, however, right thing to agree to it. “Back Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, to Sergio and his family,” Augus- he recover in time.