THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2017 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Iyer’s IPL best seals narrow Manohar set to complete his full Djokovic surives scare to start new era MADRID, May 10: champion as despite losing his However, the 14-time Grand term as ICC Chairman service in the opening game, he Slam champion has a difficult Novak Djokovic staved off a broke straight back to start a six- route to that potential matchup as win for Daredevils NEW DELHI, May 10: very recently he has had a huge upset in his first match game streak to romp through the he faces Fabio Fognini later on KANPUR, May 10: missal for Pant, who was Earlier, Finch got good sup- change of heart. since splitting with his long-time first set. Wednesday and potentially Nick already in pain after being hit port from Karthik after Lions The uncertainty looming The Nagpur lawyer now has coaching team to beat Nicolas Almagro had taken just one Kyrgios in the third round. Shreyas Iyer scripted a sen- on the thumb while collecting were reduced to 56 for three in large over Shashank Manohar's a strong ground after both the Almagro 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 in the sec- set from four previous meetings Controversial Australian sational two-wicket win for a throw from the deep in Lions the seventh over. tenure as ICC chairman ended proposed new revenue and gov- ond round of the Madrid Masters with Djokovic, but willed on by a Kyrgios cruised past American Delhi Daredevils with a classy innings. Finch was the stand out the after the former BCCI president ernance models received over- today. partisan home crowd, he held on Ryan Harrison 6-3, 6-3. 96 against Gujarat Lions, The southpaw was run out batsman for the Lions who made it clear that he will com- whelming support. After a blistering start, to his serve despite more pressure Kyrgios and Nadal have only breathing life into what other- after the ball ricocheted from were put in to bat by plete his term which runs till The only obstruction came Djokovic had to battle back from from the Serb in the first game of met twice with the Australian wise was a dead rubber of the his pads to Suresh Raina at slip Daredevils in the first of the June 2018. from the BCCI, who have lost 3-0 down in the deciding set to the second set. making his breakthrough with a Indian Premier League. and the opposition captain was two matches to played at the Last March, Manohar had support in the global cricket book his place in the last 16 on The Spaniard had to save two four-set win over the 14-time Aaron Finch (69 off 39) quick to pounce on the oppor- Green Park stadium. decided to step down from body. The BCCI brass believes Thursday against Feliciano break points to hold for 4-3 and Grand Slam champion at stitched a 92-run stand with tunity, seeing Pant out of his The Australian, who batted chairman's post citing "personal that it is because of Manohar, Lopez or Gilles Simon. then took his chance to break Wimbledon in 2014. Dinesh Karthik (40 off 28) to crease. in the middle order and not his reasons" only to be persuaded by the richest cricket body has Djokovic is without a coach with Djokovic serving to stay in Nadal, though, edged their lead Lions to 195 for five. Though the batsman was usual opening slot, got going the ICC directors -- both Full missed out a significant portion in the Spanish capital after bring- the set. only previous meeting on clay at Daredevils looked down distracted by the loud lbw with two consecutive sixes off Members and Associates -- to of the revenue pie. ing to an end a 10-year relation- The world number 75, who the Rome Masters last year. and out at 121 for six, needing appeal, he should have shown Mishra in the ninth over. stay. According to BCCI's ship with Marian Vajda in an dipped down to the challenger Fifth seed Milos Raonic is another 75 off 36, before Iyer According to a report in Committee of Administrators attempt to reverse his dramatic tour after losing in the first round also into the last 16 as he got the came up with a dazzling dis- TODAY’S FIXTURE ESPN Cricinfo, Manohar has (COA), the governance model is slump in form over the past year. of the Australian Open earlier better of a battle between two big play of strokeplay to stage a Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab (8 PM) Mumbai once again been persuaded by a bigger cause of concern rather The early signs were positive this year, then looked set for a servers 6-4, 6-4 over Gilles dramatic turnaround for similarly overwhelming support than revenue model. for the 12-time Grand Slam monumental upset as he raced Muller. Daredevils. more alertness. He went on to hit two more from a collection of Full As per the website, Manohar into a 3-0 lead in the decider. Raonic will face Belgium's He reached his highest IPL At that point, it seemed sixes with last one bringing up Members, who were keen for completing his full term also Harpreet wins bronze medal However, a mixture of David Goffin next. score but was unlucky to miss Daredevils would go down his second half century of the him to finish the process of puts paid to the hopes ECB pres- at Asian Wrestling C'ship Almagro nerves and Djokovic Kei Nishikori recovered from out on a well deserved hun- without a fight again, just like season. Finch also hammered reforms he has begun. ident Giles Clarke, who was also upping his intensity saw the a dreadful start to beat Argentine dred. Overall, Iyer hammered they had done by folding up four boundaries in his enter- Initially, Manohar wanted to eyeing the independent chair- NEW DELHI, May 10: world number two react immedi- Diego Schwartzman 1-6, 6-0, 6- 15 fours and two sixes in his for 66 against Mumbai Indians taining knock. stay only till ICC Annual man's post. (PTI) Harpreet Singh was the lone ately to level at 3-3. 4. 57-ball knock. on Saturday. Karthik was scoring freely Conference in June this year but bright spot for India on the open- More Almagro errors flowed The world number eight has Amit Mishra struck consec- However Karun Nair and at the other end, allowing ing day of the Asian Wrestling to give Djokovic another break made at least the semi-finals in utive fours after his team need- Iyer resorted to counter attack Finch to play at the other end. Championship as he bagged a for 6-5 and he served out for the each of the last three years in ed nine off the last over with some clean hitting. The wicket-keeper batsman Yuki reaches quarters of Karshi bronze medal in Greco- Roman match. Madrid and will face David bowled by Basil Thampi. Their 57-run stand off 34 missed out on his third half 80kg category, even as other Djokovic could meet Rafael Ferrer in round three. (PTI) It was an inconsequential balls pushed Daredevils to 71 century this season after being Challenger, Balaji ousted Indians failed to put an impressive Nadal in the semi-finals. game with both teams out of for two in seven overs. caught at long-on off Carlos KARSHI, May 10: ond round of the USD 75000 show here today. the play-off race before Iyer's Lions needed a wicket to Brathwaite. hard court event. Harpreet bagged his second special knock made it a match arrest the flow of runs and they Finch was dismissed in the Yuki Bhambri knocked out The Indian saved five of the successive bronze medal at the to remember. got one through Faulkner, who penultimate over of the seventh seed Aldin Setkic in seven breakpoints he faced and Asian Championship after defeat- Daredevils started the chase removed the dangerous Nair. innings, missing a fuller one straight sets to move to the sin- broke his rival four times in the ing Junjie Na of China 3-2. badly, losing the talented Sanju What followed was brilliant from Mohammed Shami to be gles quarterfinals of the ATP match which lasted one hour and After the first round, the scores Samson and Rishabh Pant in work in the field by Ravindra bowled. Karshi Challenger but it was all 58 minutes. were tied at 1-1 but the Indian the second over. Samson Jadeja, who effected run outs James Faulkner and over for his compatriot N Sriram Only Indian left in the far, came back strongly in the second played on to his stumps while of Marlon Samuels and Corey Ravindra Jadeja struck a few Balaji. Yuki next faces top seeded round by taking down his oppo- attempting to smash a short Anderson with direct hits, lusty blows to take their team Unseeded Yuki battled past Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky, nent to earn two points to lead 3-1. ball off Pradeep Sangwan. leaving Daredevils at 104 for closer to 200. (PTI) his opponent from Bosnia and who faced stiff resistance from Although the Chinese got one It was a rather bizarre dis- five. Herzegovina 7-5 7-5 in the sec- Karim-Mohammed Maamoun point due to the Indian's passivity, before prevailing 6-4 7-6(5). in the dying minutes of the bout, Ankush Abrol inaugurates Friendship Cricket Cup Meanwhile, Balaji lost 3-6 4- Harpreet applied 'bagaldo' tech- 6 to Egor Gerasimov from nique to have the last laugh.