SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Used to natural grass, but no advantage for 1st T20 Int'l: Bumrah boost spices up Real FC due to artificial turf: Mohun Bagan Indo-Lanka contest in T20 World Cup year Sanju Samson, Excelsior Sports Correspondent difficult to play. But we are budding football players in the GUWAHATI, Jan 4: Rishabh Pant ready to face any challenge and valley, he said they should focus Comeback man Jasprit SRINAGAR, Jan 4: A day bag the points,"Antonio told during practice sessions and (wk), Shivam ahead Real Kashmir FC and Bumrah will be cynosure of all Dube, Yuzvendra reporters. study tactics adopted by top eyes during India's first T20 Mohun Bagan are set to clash in Answering a question players of the world. Chahal, Kuldeep the summer capital Srinagar dur- international against Sri Lanka Yadav, Ravindra whether Real Kashmir FC has Antonio further said that all UT Ladakh team players posing for photograph with in the year 2020 where its name- ing a high voltage I-League an advantage over them due to the players are excited to play. Jadeja, Jasprit match, the coach from the Chairman/Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC, Leh Gyal P sake global meet will gain Bumrah, Shardul different pitch and weather con- On if the team will start with Wangyal. precedence over everything for Kolkata giants on Saturday said ditions, the Kolkata giants coach Baba Demora in Sunday's game, Thakur, Navdeep the 'Men In Blue'. Saini and he said, "Football is a famous 3rd Khelo India Games Out for four months with a sport and we don't think of indi- Washington back stress fracture, the 26-year- Sundar. vidual performances and play- UT Ladakh team to participate old Bumrah is that precious dia- ers. But, Baba is an important Sri Lanka: mond in this Indian set-up, Lasith Malinga and experienced player. He has which had been wrapped in cot- skipper Virat Kohli to set the played in top 11 in different in Archery, Boxing sports events (captain), Danushka ton wool during the rehabilita- ball rolling in this current series. Gunathilaka, Avishka Fernando, teams around the world." Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Farhan Ailyas will partici- tion period. It all starts here at the Angelo Mathews, Dasun The coach said that the team pate in different weight cate- So much so that he was even Barsapara Stadium on Sunday as LEH, Jan 4: A 12 member Shanaka, Kusal Perera, has some injury problem, but he gories of boxing. exempted from playing domes- the biggest city in Assam is team representing UT Ladakh Niroshan Dickwella, is not worried about it. The participating team head- tic first-class cricket for Gujarat slowly getting back to normalcy will participate in Archery and Dhananjaya de Silva, Isuru Mohun Bagan arrived here ed by District Youth Services after intervention from BCCI after protests against the Boxing sports events in upcom- Udana, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, on Thursday for its upcoming and Sports Officer, Leh president Sourav Ganguly, keep- Citizenship Amendment Act ing 3rd Khelo India Games at Oshada Fernando, Wanindu high voltage I-League match TseringTashi and Zonal Physical ing in mind the workload he will (CAA). Guwahati Assam from January Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara, against host Real Kashmir FC. Officer Leh Abid Ali today met have to take post international Squads 10 to 22. Kusal Mendis, Lakshan Mohun Bagan held its practice Chairman/Chief Executive comeback. India: Virat Kohli (captain), Headed by Tsering Tashi, Sandakan and Kasun Rajitha. session on Friday at Synthetic Councillor, LAHDC, Leh Gyal If 2019 was all about Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Nodal Officer-cum-Manager Match starts: 7pm IST. (PTI) Turf Stadium TRC, where the P Wangyal. focussing on 50-over format, the Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Officials of Mohun Bagan and Real Kashmir during a press including Kalida Bano Coach two teams will lock horns on Wishing success to the team, current year will witness the conference at Srinagar. -Excelsior/Shakeel Archery, Ghulam Mustafa Sunday. CEC Wangyal expressed hope Indian team playing close to 15 that they have to adapt their Coach Boxing, Rinchen Dolma said that Mohun Bagan is a pro- This is the second time in that the team would excel in the games before their T20 World game as playing on artificial turf Supporting Staff Boxing, fessional team and can't give two years that Mohun Bagan has tournament and will bring laurel Cup campaign starts against is very different from natural Kunzang Dolma, Chef De excuses. "The quality of the come to Srinagar to play an I- to UT Ladakh. Motivating the South Africa in Perth in October. grass, which they are used to. Mission, Yaseen Batool and field doesn't matter? We are a League match against the host. players CEC said, "Winning and There are slots to be locked However, Mohun Bagan Nusrat Rehman will participate professional team and we are Last year, the Kolkata giants losing is part of a game but more and till Indian Premier League coach Joie Antonio during a in Archery while as Nilza expected to adapt to different defeated Real Kashmir in important is the team work and ends, a clearer picture is unlike- press conference here on Angmo, Hajira Tabassum, weather and pitches in every Srinagar though tasted defeat in discipline that you learn during ly to emerge. But that won't stop Saturday said Real Kashmir FC Stanzin Deachen, Saqlin Sharif competition. Real Kashmir FC Kolkata. such sporting events." head coach Ravi Shastri and has no advantage over them due doesn't have an advantage over to artificial turf and they are us and we are ready face them," ready to face any challenge and he added. Broad, Anderson give England bag the points. He said playing in diverse "The pitch is not easy. We weather conditions and pitches crucial edge in second Test Marnus Labuschagne punches the air as he reaches his dou- are used to playing on natural help a team to be the best as they ble century. grass. Playing on artificial turf at get used to play in different situ- CAPE TOWN, Jan 4: rately from the northern end while TRC ground is very different as England captain Joe Root rotated ations. Stuart Broad and James New Zealand on chase after the bounce varies and makes it When asked for his tips for his faster bowlers from the more Anderson led a relentless bowling helpful end. performance as England gained Bess had spells of nine and 14 Labuschagne's double ton in Sydney what could prove a crucial advan- overs and finished the day with SYDNEY, Jan 4: of 185 against Pakistan in Irfan Pathan retires from tage on the second day of the sec- one for 62 off 27 overs. Brisbane last November. ond Test against South Africa at Bess made a vital break- New Zealand made a secure "They batted really well to Newlands today. through when Elgar lost patience start after a Marnus finish the day off. I thought we all forms of cricket Former Chairman JMC Satish Sharma during re-starting of South Africa were 215 for and sliced the ball to Labuschagne double century bowled really well," MUMBAI, Jan 4: ing for since Kapil left the construction work of stadium at Bandu Rakh, Jammu. Root, running back lifted Australia to a massive 454 Labuschagne said. scene. first innings total in the third All-rounder Irfan Pathan on from mid-off. "The wicket looks like it's Pathan, who last played for Elgar and Van der Test today. going to go a little up and down Saturday announced his retire- India in Work of stadium in Bandu The rock-solid number three ment from all forms of cricket, Dussen rescued South and spin a bit but we stuck to our October reached his highest Test score of ending an injury-ridden career Africa from a precari- guns there and hopefully the 2012, fea- 215 in Sydney with the that prevented him from realis- ous 40 for three. rewards will come tomorrow. tured in 29 Rakh re-started Broad took the first Australians dismissed just "It's always a privilege to ing his true potential. before tea on the second day. Tests (1105 Excelsior Sports Correspondent raised the issue prominently to two wickets in a hostile play for Australia and it was nice The 35-year-old's retirement In reply, the Blackcaps gritti- runs and get the stadium work started six-over opening spell to get some runs today and when was on expected lines, consider- ly batted through the final ses- 100 wick- JAMMU, Jan 4: The work of again with the authorities during before Anderson was you're batting well it's nice if ing he last played a competitive sion without losing a wicket, ets), 120 the stadium on 32 kanals land at first phase of Back to Village pro- given a turn from the you can make them count." game in February 2019 during eight the close, still 54 runs behind leaving skipper Tom Latham on ODIs (1544 Bandu Rakh has re-started by the gram", Sharma said, adding that Wynberg end and dismissed Labuschagne's prodigious the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy for England's first innings total of 269 26 and Melbourne Test centuri- runs and 173 wickets) and 24 Department of Youth Services former Minister Raman Bhalla South African captain Faf du form has notched him a total of Jammu and Kashmir. on a dry pitch which is likely to on Tom Blundell at 34 in their T20 Internationals (172 runs and Sports.