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TV PICKS CoA extends date for State Badminton: Chinese Taipei Sanju stars in India-A’s win Open: Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), 9.30 a.m. Duleep Trophy: (final), Star The visitors come up with a timid show in a truncated contest associations’ election Sports 2 (SD & HD), 9.30 a.m. Special Correspondent ment on Aug. 9, 2018) for ap­ 3. All State associations Bangladesh vs Afgh­ MUMBAI anistan: Only Test, Star proval to the CoA, which which have not already sub­ Sports Select 1 (SD & HD), The Committee of Adminis­ met at the BCCI headquar­ mitted amended constitu­ 9.30 a.m. trations (CoA) extended the ters here. tions for approval to the The Ashes : Fourth Test, date from Sept. 14 to 28 for The directions issued: COA; and/or appointed elec­ Sony Six (SD & HD), 3.30 p.m. State cricket associations to 1. The date for election re­ toral officer for conducting PKL: Star Sports 1 & 2 (SD & conduct own elections, as mains unaltered and will the elections; and/or issued HD), 7.30 p.m. per a media release from the take place on October 22. the notice for conduct of US Open: Star Sports Select 1 (SD & HD), 9.30 p.m. BCCI. The Board elections 2019. elections, are required to Euro 2020 Qualifiers: Sony will be held as scheduled on 2. Deadline for comple­ complete all of the aforesaid Ten 2 (SD & HD), 9.30 p.m. & Oct. 22. The extension of tion of State associations’ on or before Sept. 12. 12.30 a.m. (Sunday) date is in response to re­ elections is extended from The CoA will neither take quests from State units. Sept. 14 to 28 and no further cognisance of any request IN BRIEF The CoA further asked the extensions will be feasible, for extension of time from State associations to prepare since the notice of the AGM State associations or their a list of representatives for for BCCI elections has to be electoral officers who do not the BCCI elections and com­ issued 21 days prior (to Oct. complete all the three condi­ municate the same on Sept. 22), which is Sept. 30. The tions before the Sept. 12 dea­ 28. Further, the State asso­ State associations are re­ dline, nor entertain any re­ ciations have been directed quired to send the names of quest to vet the constitution to submit amended constitu­ their representatives to the or amended versions there­ tions (in compliance with Board for the BCCI election of submitted beyond the Dustin Johnson the Supreme Court judge­ on Sept. 28. said deadline. undergoes knee surgery LOS ANGELES True champion: The India­A team which clinched the series 4­1 against South Africa­A. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT World number three Dustin Nabi to quit Johnson underwent knee SA-A IN INDIA taking but Sanju holed out to ers were incisive at the death Shivam Dube (not out) 0; Ex­ Navy is the team to beat surgery on Thursday but is Janneman Malan at sweeper and brought a swift end to tras (b­4, lb­2, w­7, nb­1): 14; expected to make a full M.R. Praveen Chandran cover off George Linde. the innings. Total (for four wkts. in 20 ov­ Test cricket mething special to overcome recovery and will return to Thiruvananthapuram Shikhar Dhawan (51) was ers): 204. MURUGAPPA HOCKEY IOC. golf later this year, his Sanju Samson made atone­ circumspect after taking a Sanju relieved Fall of wickets: 1­2, 2­137, 3­ IANS K. Keerthivasan management team said. A ment in front of his home hit on the neck as he tried to 160, 4­202. Chittagong Sanju Samson was a relieved CHENNAI Under the radar statement from Johnson’s crowd and his splendid play the ramp shot off Beu­ man after his match­winning South Africa­A bowling: Beu­ Afghanistan all­rounder Punjab National Bank (PNB) management said the former knock of 91 set up India­A’s ran Hendricks. ‘However, he knock of 91. ran Hendricks 4­0­29­2, Lutho Mohammad Nabi will bring A star­studded Indian Oil world number one had Sipamla 4­0­36­0, Marco Jan­ was under the radar in its fourth win against South slowly found his rhythm to “I have been working hard curtains down to his Test Corporation (IOC) hasn’t undergone a procedure in Africa­A in the fifth unofficial reach his second consecu­ sen 4­0­48­0, George Linde 4­ career after the ongoing played very well, even the first two matches. It lost bad­ on my game in the last four 0­43­2, Junior Dala 4­0­42­0. Fort Lauderdale, Florida to one­day match here on tive fifty. He fell soon after, one­off match against Ban­ team management admitted ly to Bengaluru HA, but repair cartilage damage in his months and it was one of South Africa­A: Janneman Ma­ slowly got into the groove Thursday. charging at spinner Linde. those days when everything gladesh being played at the it as much. A few of its left knee. AFP lan c Shreyas b Shardul 16, Ree­ with a win over Air Force. Heavy rain in the morning But his 137­run stand with Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury players fell ill on arrival, a fell in place. za Hendricks c Shreyas b Chahar Against Indian Army, it and wet outfield turned the Sanju for the second wicket Stadium. few have injuries. As a team Payas Jain in final “I should thank the team 59, Temba Bavuma c Sanju b played to a wonderful struc­ 50­overs contest into a T20 flattened the visitors. Cap­ Porel 6, Kyle Verreynne c Shar­ “Yes, he (Nabi) will re­ that adjusts to the situation ULAANBAATAR (MONGOLIA): management for promoting ture, defending well and at­ affair. tain Shreyas Iyer cameo’s en­ dul b Washington 44, Heinrich and plays well within its lim­ Seventh­seed Payas Jain me. It was an important tire after the ongoing Test tacking in waves. Chasing a stiff target of abled the hosts set the visi­ Klaasen c Shreyas b Deshpande itations, IOC has done that stormed into the cadet boys’ knock for me and I am a little match,” Afghanistan team 205 off 20 overs, the visitors tors a daunting target. 14, Sinethemba Qeshile c (sub) reasonably well. Mandeep Mor showed singles final of the 25th Asian disappointed that I couldn't manager Nazim Jar Abdur­ again put up a timid show to b Shardul 16, George Linde c When it takes on Central why he is rated so high with junior and cadet table tennis score a hundred,” he said. rahimzai confirmed. make 168 to give India­A vic­ Early wickets Gill b Dube 1, Marco Jansen b Secretariat (CST) in the sem­ a wonderful drag flick championships, when he Sanju said batting with It is understood that Na­ tory by 36 runs The South Africa­A chase Shardul 0, Beuran Hendricks ifinals of the MCC­Murugap­ against IOC in their last defeated South Korean Lin Shikhar Dhawan eased his bi has taken this decision Sanju walked in after was scuppered by the fall of run out 1, Junior Dala c Gill b pa Gold Cup All­India hock­ group match for a 3­3 draw, a Yunoh 4­3 (15­13, 11­9, 9­11, nerves. Washington 1, Lutho Sipamla in a bid to prolong his opener Prashant Chopra (2) early wickets. However, Kyle ey tournament here on goal that ensured it reached 3­11, 7­11, 11­9, 11­6) here on “He put me at ease when I (not out) 2; Extras (lb­3, w­3, white­ball career. fell in the first over. He got in­ Verreynne and Reeza Hen­ Saturday, it will hope its star the knock­out. Friday. This will be the second walked to the crease. He en­ nb­2): 8; Total (in 20 overs): to his groove early and dricks took on the Indian Including the ongoing players — all internationals PNB’s head coach Ro­ medal for the Indians at the couraged me to go for my 168. championships after the slammed Lutho Sipamla ov­ spinners to raise hopes. Test, the 34­year­old has including Deepak Thakur, mesh Pathania will hope his shots and told me which Fall of wickets: 1­19, 2­26, 3­ junior boys had clinched a er midwicket for his first Kyle (44) played a few au­ featured in only three red­ V.R. Raghunath, S.K. Uthap­ team puts up a strong show bowlers I should attack. I 95, 4­143, 5­148, 6­162, 7­162, silver medal. Jain will take on boundary. dacious strokes before Wash­ ball matches. pa, Affan Yousuf, Gurjinder against Indian Navy, which really enjoyed batting with 8­164, 9­164. top­seed and world No. 1 ington Sundar had him A right­handed batsman Singh and Roshan Minz — has been the best team, him.” India­A bowling: Shardul Tha­ Yuanyu Chen in the final on Dhawan’s support role caught at deep to end the and a handy off­spinner, rise to the occasion and without a doubt. The scores: kur 3­0­9­3, Ishan Porel 3­0­ Saturday. Shikhar Dhawan played the threatening third­wicket 26­1, Tushar Deshpande 3­0­ Nabi’s game in white­ball make it count. Possessing only a junior India­A: Prashant Chopra c supporting role as Sanju tore stand. Reeza Hendricks 28­1, Rahul Chahar 4­0­38­1, cricket, especially in T20s, After a moderate perfor­ International in Sunny Ma­ Klaasen b Beuran Hendricks 2, Washington Sundar 4­0­39­2, mance, CST upped the ante lik, Navy has been excep­ into the attack. Both Junior played well for his half­cen­ Shikhar Dhawan c Verrenne b remains in good stead and Shivam Dube 3­0­25­1. Dala and Marco Jansen bore tury but didnt get enough Linde 51, Sanju Samson c Malan he will be a key component in a must­win match against tional. If the performance in the brunt of Sanjus attack as support from his teammates. b Linde 91, Shreyas Iyer c Reeza MoM: Sanju Samson. of the Afghanistan team in Punjab and Sind Bank, with the group stages is any indi­ he raced to his fifty off 27 ‘ Hendricks b Beuran Hendricks India­A won by 36 runs to next year’s T20 World Cup a thumping show. But it will cation, Navy will be the team balls. A century was for his The Indian medium­pac­ 36, Shubman Gill (not out) 10, clinch five­match series 4­1. scheduled in Australia. have to come up with so­ to beat.

Afghanistan SCOREBOARD

on top Afghanistan — 1st innings: 0­9­0, Mosaddek 1­0­1­0. Joshua making changes Ibrahim Zadran c Mahmudullah Bangladesh — 1st innings: for Ruiz rematch Agence France-Presse b Taijul 21, Ihsanullah Janat b Shadman Islam c Zazai b Ah­ Chittagong Taijul 9, Rahmat Shah c Soumya NEW YORK madzai 0, Soumya Sarkar lbw b b Nayeem 102, Hashmatullah Anthony Joshua says he has Spin sensation Rashid Khan Nabi 17, Liton Das b Rashid 33, Shahidi c Soumya b Mahmudul­ been forced to make “drastic Mominul Haque c Asghar b starred with bat and ball on lah 14, Asghar Afghan c Mush­ changes” to his lifestyle in a Nabi 52, Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Friday as Afghanistan took fiqur b Taijul 92, Mohammad bid to win back the command in the one­off Test Rashid 11, Mushfiqur Rahim c Nabi b Nayeem 0, Afsar Zazai b Zadran b Rashid 0, Mahmudul­ heavyweight titles he lost to against Bangladesh here. Taijul 41, Rashid Khan c & b Me­ Andy Ruiz earlier this year. lah b Rashid 7, Mosaddek Rashid hit 51 off 61 balls to hidy 51, Qais Ahmad c Mominul Hossain (batting) 44, Mehidy “There will be no aftershock take Afghanistan to 342 in its b Shakib 9, Yamin Ahmadzai c after the first fight. I will be Hasan b Qais 11, Taijul Islam first innings and then Soumya b Shakib 0, Zahir Khan (batting) 14; Extras (b­4, lb­1): smarter. Getting knocked claimed four for 47 to leave (not out) 0; Extras (lb­1, nb­2): 5; Total (for eight wkts. in 67 down was good. If I am Bangladesh struggling at 194 3; Total (in 117 overs): 342. overs): 194. smarter, I know I can pull it for eight at stumps on the se­ Fall of wickets: 1­19, 2­48, 3­ off. I don’t want to say it will 77, 4­197, 5­197, 6­278, 7­299, Fall of wickets: 1­0, 2­38, 3­54, cond day. be ‘Joshua 2.0 ­ I know what I 8­322, 9­327. 4­88, 5­88, 6­104, 7­130, 8­ was doing before was Mominul Haque scored Bangladesh bowling: Taijul 41­ 146. working, I just have to tweak the only half­century for 5­116­4, Shakib 22­1­64­2, Me­ Afghanistan bowling: Ah­ little things and I will be Bangladesh, 52 off 71 balls, hidy 28­5­73­1, Nayeem 13­0­ madzai 10­2­21­1, Nabi 22­6­ perfect,” he said. AFP while Mosaddek Hossain re­ 43­2, Mahmudullah 4­0­9­1, 53­2, Zahir 9­1­46­0, Rashid mained unbeaten on 44. Soumya 4­0­26­0, Mominul 4­ 18­3­47­4, Qais 8­2­22­1. Haryana and TN advance Hat-trick of wins for BKSP

Sports Bureau SUBROTO CUP Cuttack Anant Kaur Haryana, Tamil Nadu, NEW DELHI Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Defending champion Ban­ Punjab and Maharashtra gladesh Krida Shiksha Proth­ moved into the quarterfi­ ishtan (BKSP) thrashed Nil­ nals in the boys section in mani English School, the National Sub­junior Manipur 4­0 in the Diamond basketball championships jubilee edition of Subroto here on Thursday. Cup girls (under­17) final and The results (league): achieved a hat­trick of cham­ Boys: Haryana 76 (Kapil 20, pionship wins at the Ambed­ Sandeep 18, Himanshu Hooda kar Stadium. 10) bt Uttar Pradesh 25, Mah­ Bangladesh dominated arastra 71 (Shaik Taufiq 21,Amit Yadav 14) bt Punjab from the start and Aklima Champions: Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Prothisthan won the 61 (Rupanash Garg 16, Gur­ Akter, the top scorer of the junior girls (U­17) Subroto Cup tournament * SANDEEP SAXENA maninder Sandu 12), Rajas­ tournament with 11 goals than 88 (Dhannjay Jhakhar from six matches, netted in said, “I told my team you py with my execution today 13, Ajay Kumar 12, Krithivar­ the 19th minute. Shirina Ak­ have to take every match like and wanted to make an im­ dan Singh Rathore 12) bt Bi­ ter made it 2­0 just before it is your final match of the pression in the match. har 38 Tamil Nadu 61 (Harish the first half for BKSP. tournament and you have to “I wanted to keep the mo­ Aravind 19,Abhimanyu 11) bt The second half, started win this tournament. You Chhattisgarh 49 (Sanju 23), mentum going. I dream of with Nilmani English School, suffer for only one hour and playing in my national team West Bengal 67 (Shadman Manipur trying to take the lead the rest of your life as Maleave 16,Savd Wakeed 12) someday.” game to BKSP but it didn’t champions.” bt Goa 28 (Micam Pinto 15). have much success. The result: Bangladesh Krida Girls: Maharashtra 70 (N. Pra­ Shiksha Prothishtan 4 (Aklima Bangladesh held its Lack of communication gati 16, Anaya 14, M. Gunjan Akter 2, Shirina Akter, Sapna 11) bt Kerala 47 (Akshara10), ground and defended the Manipur captain L Rejiya re­ Rani) bt Nilmani English Himachal Pradesh 39 (Milab goal by maintaining a very flected on the loss, “It was School, Manipur 0 17, Sapna 11) bt Manipur 5, strong formation at the lack of communication in The individual awards: Chandigarh bt Goa 19­8, Ut­ back. the final today and we were tar Pradesh 68 (Aanavi Vid­ In the 55th minute Sapna not well aquainted with the Best goalkeeper: Surudhani hya Anand 16, Chavi Tomar 15, Rani gave Bangladeshi a 3­0 playing conditions here but I Kisku, BKSP, Bangladesh; Best Deepikka 11) bt Chattisgarh lead. Two minutes before told my team don’t lose Player: Afeida Khandaker, 45 (Ishika15, Tanisha 11) , Del­ BKSP, Bangladesh; Best Coach: the final whistle Aklima hope, just keep playing.” hi 60 (Sahara Balwan 15, Har­ Jaya Chakma, BKSP, Bangla­ shita 14) bt Uttar Pradesh 45 scored her second goal of The top scorer striker, Ak­ desh; Most Contributing (Deepikka Choudary 11, Kerala the match. lima, maintained her perfor­ School for Football: Nilmani 65 (Meiza Luis 21,Tiyonna Ann The winning coach, Jaya mance throughout the tour­ English School, Manipur; Fair Philip 16) bt Punjab 60 (Ta­ Chakma was happy with the nament. play Award – Dhirubhai Ambani rushi Bati 16). team’s performance and She said, “I was very hap­ International School, Mumbai.

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