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TV PICKS SECOND ROUND SCHEDULE Karnataka, NBA: Sony Six (SD & HD), aims for a win against Bengal Group A 7.30 a.m. Andhra v Delhi (Ongole), Delhi and : Star Sports 2 Kerala v Bengal (Thiruvanan- (SD & HD), 9 a.m. The host will once again relay on spin-friendly conditions thapuram), Punjab v Hydera- Maharashtra Vijay Merchant Trophy: bad (Patiala), Vidarbha v Ra- Star Sports 3, 9.15 a.m. M.R. Praveen Chandran hi. We are happy with three jasthan (Nagpur). post wins Big Bash League: Sony Six Thiruvananthapuram points against a good side. Group B (SD & HD), 1.40 p.m. Karna- SPORTS BUREAU Big Bout League: Star After failing to seize full Bengal has always been a good team. They will be here taka v Ut- NEW DELHI Sports 1 (SD & HD), 7 p.m. points against Delhi in the tar Pra- Bundesliga: SS Select 1 (SD in full strength and it will be season opener, host Kerala desh Delhi registered a nine­ & HD), 11 p.m. onwards & SS a tough match for us. We will will be looking to maximize (Hubballi), victory over West Select 2 (SD & HD), 1 a.m. the home advantage when it play to our strength and I ex­ Madhya Bengal in the opening (Wed) meets Bengal in the Elite pect my spinners to win the Pradesh v match of the Samarthanam IN BRIEF Group A & B match at the match for us,’’ said Sachin Baroda women’s National T20 KCA­St.Xavier’s College Baby. (Indore), tournament for the blind ground on Tuesday. Bengal under Abhimanyu Railways v on Monday. Taming Bengal in its own Easwaran will be keen to Saurashtra Karnataka, too, opened (Visakha- den at Eden Gardens last start its campaign on a posi­ its campaign in style, re­ patnam), Tamil Nadu v Hima- tive note after an indifferent year was the high point of chal (Natham). cording a seven­wicket win Kerala’s campaign last sea­ show last season. The side Group C over Jharkhand. son. If it was pace which has the wherewithal to face Assam v Jharkhand (Ran- In the other match of the brought the downfall of Ben­ the challenge posed by Kera­ chi), Chhattisgarh v Uttarak- day, Maharashtra defeated

gal last year, this match Big boost: The return of will bolster the Kerala team. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT la spinners. Captain Abhima­ hand (Raipur), Haryana v Trip- Kerala by eight . could turn out be a different nyu Easwaran, Wriddhiman ura (Lahli), Maharashtra v The scores: Seventh straight win challenge for the visiting bat­ Bengal and will rely on its cards close to his chest and the responsibility in the spin Saha, and Jammu & Kashmir (Pune), 32 in 10.5 ov- for LA Lakers smen with Kerala opting for spinners again to deliver the said the final call would be department. will be the key Odisha v Services (Cuttack). ers (Namita 2/3, Raksha 2/8) Plate lost to Delhi 34/1 in 5.2 overs; LOS ANGELES red soil wickets for all its goods. The host will be bol­ made in the morning. Ho­ players in the line­up. Kerala 92/7 in 20 overs LeBron James scored 32 home matches. However, the stered by the return of Sanju wever, Sanju’s return may Baby happy Arunachal Pradesh v Mizo- Ashoke Dinda and Ishan ram (Puducherry), Chandi- lost to Maharashtra 93/2 in points as the Los Angeles host failed to bowl out Delhi Samson and it will present mean either Mohammed Az­ Sachin Baby was happy with Porel may not find the pitch garh v Bihar (Chandigarh), 10.4 overs; Lakers won its seventh twice on a slow turning track some headache for captain haruddeen or the way he batted against to their liking but spinners Goa v Meghalaya (Porvorim), Jharkhand 156/6 in 20 ov- straight game with a 101-96 last week. Sachin Baby to pick up the fi­ will face the axe. Spinners Ja­ Delhi and backed his side to Shahbaz Ahmed and Sudip Manipur v Nagaland (Kolka- ers (Geeta Mahto 50) lost to victory over the Atlanta Kerala will not change its nal eleven. laj Saxena, K. Monish and Si­ pull off a win against Bengal. Chatterjee will have to play a ta), Pondicherry v Sikkim (Pu- Karnataka 157/3 in 16.4 overs Hawks on Sunday. James gameplan too much against Sachin Baby kept the jomon Joseph will shoulder “We played well against Del­ pro­active role in the match. ducherry). (Varsha 32 n.o.). made 12 of 21 from the field, and added 13 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks to help the Lakers MOCA retains extend their road winning It’s Liverpool vs Atletico Gonzalez’s brace seals it for Mohun Bagan streak to 14 games. The 4x4 Fury Lakers also got 27 points and Agence France-Presse ing champions,” said Atleti­ I-LEAGUE 13 rebounds from Anthony Nyon co director Clemente crown Davis, who picked up his 12th Holder Liverpool will return Villaverde. Y.B. Sarangi double-double. to the scene of last season’s PRESS TRUST OF INDIA KALYANI The results: Pelicans 119 lost “They are the champions, to Magic 130, Pacers 107 bt Champions League triumph they have all the assets to be DAMBUK (ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Fran Gonzalez’s second con­ Hornets 85, Hawks 96 lost to after it was drawn against At­ called the best team in Eu­ Manabhum Off­Roaders secutive brace propelled Mo­ Lakers 101, Nets 109 bt 76ers letico Madrid in the last 16 of rope. Club of Arunachal (MOCA) hun Bagan to a 2­1 win over the competition on Monday. Gokulam Kerala FC in a 89, Nuggets 111 bt Knicks “We will have to use all showed great tactical acu­ 105, Warriors 79 lost to Kings closely­fought I­League Jurgen Klopp’s side will our hard work and our expe­ men and driving skills to 100. AFP match at the Kalyani Stadi­ travel to the Wanda Metro­ rience. We know they are successfully defend its JK um here on Monday. politano, where Liverpool not going to make it easy.” Tyre Orange 4x4 Fury title lifted the trophy in June, for here on Sunday. Bagan’s second successive Pep Guardiola’s Manches­ victory, the first ever over the first leg of its tie against Kerala’s 4x4 Beats and ter City, which is trying to the Kerala side, took it from three­time runner­up Delhi’s NIOC finished se­ win a first Champions fifth to second place. Atletico. League crown, will meet re­ cond and third while fa­ In the eventful match — Hero: Fran Gonzalez’s second consecutive brace propelled Mohun Bagan to a win over “The task is going to be cord 13­time European vourite Bengaluru’s BODA which recorded plenty of * took the fourth spot. Gokulam Kerala. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT difficult because we have an champion Real Madrid for a bookings including home opponent that are the reign­ place in the quarterfinals. The MOCA team, which captain Gurjinder Singh’s nalty. Gonzalez converted it persistence paid off when Ju­ few instances of scuffle, Gok­ was led by drivers Aditya red card in closing moments to put the host ahead. lien Collinas tripped left win­ ulam pressed hard to create Mei and Chow Ujjal Nam­ because of two yellows — Ba­ As Gokulam intensified at­ ger Malemnnganba Meitei a few fine chances but could Stokes is BBC Sports shum, and guided by co­ gan showed better coordina­ tack, the match saw tussles inside the area and Marcus not find the much­needed Personality of the Year drivers Chow Sujeewan tion to sustain pressure early between players of both Joseph rolled it in off the pe­ equalizer. The best of them LONDON All-rounder Ben Choutang and Chow Ing­ on the visiting defenders. sides. Naocha Singh earned nalty at the stroke of came from Marcus, whose Stokes has been named BBC pemg Mein, finished with Gokulam goalkeeper a yellow card following his half­time. kick was brilliantly palmed Sports Personality of the a total time of 6h 47m 50s Ubaid C.K. stayed busy and duel with defender Ashutosh Bagan regained lead soon away by a jumping Sankar Year. Stokes became the first to win for the second time his team was lucky not to yards away from the Bagan after resumption. Gonzalez’s Roy. Luckily, the ball didn’t cricketer since Andrew on home turf. Flintoff in 2005 to win the concede a penalty in the 21st post. Another tussle saw electric header off Joseba enter the Bagan post. prize. Stokes was presented The 4x4 Beats, powered minute when V.P. Suhair was Ashutosh receiving a yellow Beitia’s corner kick spread by Athul Thomas (co­driv­ The results: Mohun Bagan 2 with his award by the felled inside the box. at the opposite end. cheers among 14,000­odd (Gonzalez 22, 48) bt Gokulam Princess Royal and former er Siraj) and Muhammed However, Ubaid’s foul on Gokulam unleashed some fans. Kerala 1 (Marcus 45+3). At Lud- Manchester United and Shefin (Kalam Kutty), also Ashutosh Mehta in the next aerial balls to penetrate the In the hotly­contested se­ hiana: Punjab FC 1 (Dipand Scotland footballer Denis came out all guns blazing, minute fetched Bagan a pe­ Bagan defence. The visitors’ cond half, which witnessed a Dicka, 80) bt Indian Arrows 0. Law. In a public vote, but eventually had to set­ Formula One driver Lewis tle for the runner­up spot Hamilton finished second in 7:30.12. while sprinter Dina Asher- The NIOC 1 team of Pra­ PSV dismisses Smith was third. IANS Double for Himanshu and Lalita deep Kumar and Harinder Singh, co­driven by Gajen­ van Bommel DDCA der Singh and Harman­ BADMINTON Amit Sharma & Siddarth Nandal Lalita Dahiya 21-18, 21-19. preet Singh Gill, battled 18-21, 21-16, 21-19; Third place: Veterans doubles: Final: Ra- Agence France-Presse appoints their way to the third posi­ sports bureau Keshav Sharma & Amarjeet bt jeev Sharma & Pankaj Pandey the hague tion in a time of 8:25.26. new delhi HM Ningappa & Arvind Rawat bt Amarjeet & S.C. Tewari 21-12, PSV Eindhoven axed form­ Himanshu Saroha (Delhi Au­ 21-15, 21-15. 21-15; Third place: Ravi Kumar er Dutch international three­member Women: Final: Lalita Dahiya bt & P. Subramanian w.o. A.K. Jain dit) and Lalita Dahiya (Minis­ Mark van Bommel as man­ Seshadri Sanyal 21-16, 21-19; & Dr. N.K. Gupta. CAC try of Finance) won a double Third place: Swati Sharma bt Veteran women: Final: Madhu ager on Monday following Vijays Singham pulls off spectacular win each in the inter­Ministry a string of disappointing IANS Sheetal Kargeti 21-19, 20-22, Gyanchandani w.o. Priya Nal- badminton tournament, or­ 21-18. gundwar; Third place: Pratibha results. NEW DELHI HYDERABAD: Laxman Singh trained­Vijays Singham (Srinath ganised by the Central Civil Doubles: Final: Lalita & Sesha- Shukla w.o. Sarita Kumari. The move comes after The Delhi & Districts Crick­ astride) won the Golconda 2000 Services Cultural and Sports dri bt Sheetal Kargeti & Swati Doubles: Final: Priya & Madhu the southern Dutch club et Association (DDCA) on Guineas, the second Classic of the Board, at the AIIMS Gymk­ Sharma 14-21, 21-14, 21-14; bt Pratibha & Versha 21-18, 21- won just two of its last 12 season held here on Monday Third place: Ruchika Patwal & 19; Third place: Meenakshi Monday appointed Robin (Dec. 16). The winner is owned by hana. The two were also ad­ games and with PSV 10 Singh Jr, Parwinder Awana M/s. Vijay Rac. & Farms P. L. rep. judged the best players of Madhu Gyanchandani bt Pra- Dutt & Neeraj w.o. Sarita Kuma- points adrift of Ajax and AZ and Sumil Narwal in a new by M/s. Vijay Kumar Gupta & the tournament. tibha & Versha Kohli 21-15, ri & Renuka. Alkmaar in the Eredivisie Susheel Kumar Gupta & M/s 21-18. Mixed veteran doubles: Final: Cricket Advisory Commit­ title race. Poonawalla Rac. Brdg. P. Ltd. rep. The results: Men: Final: Hi- Mixed doubles: Final: Tushar Gulshan Sharma & Madhu tee (CAC) for the 2019­20 by Mr. Z.S. Poonawalla & Mrs. manshu Saroha bt Sachin Ra- Sharma & Sheetal Kargeti bt Gyanchandani bt Ravi Kumar & “PSV’s board decided season. Behroze Z. Poonawalla. this morning to end its The son of Leitir Mor­Zarandja, wat 21-18, retd.; Third place: Amit Sharma & Swati Sharma Meenakshi Dutt 21-18, 21-16; “We are happy to an­ who was racing last till the final Amit Sharma bt Keshav Sharma 18-21, 21-16, 22-20; Third Third place: Amarjeet & Versha cooperation with chief nounce the constitution of turn, improved gradually and 21-18, 21-15. Doubles: Final: Hi- place: Keshav Sharma & Sesha- Kohli bt Rupinder Kumar & Re- coach Mark van Bommel,” the Cricket Advisory Com­ came with a terrific turn of foot manshu & Tushar Sharma bt dri Sanyal bt Siddarth Nandal & nuka 21-18, 21-14. the club said. and collared his rival Consigliori mittee (CAC) for the dom­ in the last 30m to register his first estic season 2019­20,” the Classic win. DDCA said in a statement. PALAMPET PLATE (1,400m), maiden 2­y­o only (Cat. II), The committee will be 1 COASTAL CRUISE (Terms): Rewarding success: HRC chairman R. Surender Reddy, left, Rohana keen to defend crown responsible for picking va­ (Dashrath Singh) 1, Lightning rious selection panels as Power (Akshay Kumar) 2, Mark with Mukesh Pitti of Vijay Racing & Farms Private Limited, well as the coaching staff of My Day (Nakhat Singh) 3 and Just trainer Laxman Singh and jockey Y.S. Srinath after awarding Incredible (B.R. Kumar) 4. 1­1/2, the prizes for the Golconda 2000 Guineas won by Vijays Veer Ahlawat could be among the leading contenders the State teams. 1/2 and 3­3/4. 1m, 28.54s. ₹8 (w), * K.V.S. GIRI 5, 5 and 19 (p), SHP: 10, FP: 14, Q: Singham. BENGALURU OPEN GOLF Merit, away on the Asian 9, Tla: 98. Favourite: Coastal Tour, there seem to be no BFC­NEUFC Cruise. Owners: M/s. P. Ranga hammed Rasheed Ali Khan, Aziz Favourite: My Journey. Owners: Raju, Eswarachandra Raja Gopal Ahmed Khan, K. Mallikarjuna M/s. Vijay Rac. & Farms P. L. rep. Special Correspondent overwhelming favourites for Tripuraneni & G. Raghunandan Rao & Mirza Ayub Baig. Trainer: by M/s. Vijay Kumar Gupta & Bengaluru the title. Veer Ahlawat, who match to be Faisal Hassan. Susheel Kumar Gupta & M/s Chary. Trainer: D. Netto. Anura Rohana has a special won the Indian Oil Servo R.W.I.T.C PLATE (1,400m), 3­ TARAMATI CUP (1,600m), 4­ Poonawalla Rac. Brdg. P. Ltd. rep. by Mr. Z.S. Poonawalla & Mrs. place in his heart for the Kar­ Masters in Digboi last played behind 2 y­o & over rated 20 to 45 (Cat. 5 y­o & over, rated 40 to 65 (Cat. III): CITY OF BLOSSOM (Rohit Ku­ II): EGYPTIAN PRINCE (Ajeeth Ku­ Behroze Z. Poonawalla. Trainer: nataka Golf Association month, could be among the Laxman Singh. mar) 1, Red Snaper (Jitendra mar) 1, Guiding Force (Akshay Ku­ course. The Sri Lankan has leading contenders, as could closed doors Singh) 2, Green Turf (Akshay Ku­ mar) 2, Lockhart (Ashhad Asbar) TELANGANA AND ANDHRA 3 and N R I Heights (Abhay Singh) won two titles here, and re­ Mukesh Kumar and home­ mar) 3 and Jo Malone (Abhay SUB AREA CUP (1,100m), 3­y­o 4. 3, hd and 6­1/2. 1m, 38.61s. ₹28 8 ISL Singh) 4. 3­3/4, 1 and 6­1/2. 1m, & over, rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II): turns to the venue this week town hopeful Dharma. 26s. ₹9 (w), 6, 9 and 6 (p), SHP: (w), 8, 8 and 15 (p), SHP: 19, FP: HER LEGACY (David Allan) 1, hoping for an upturn in for­ Special Correspondent 29, FP: 51, Q: 37, Tla: 106. Favour­ 119, Q: 58, Tla: 832. Favourite: Yours Forever (Surya Prakash) 2, ite: City Of Blossom. Owners: Destined Dynamite. Owner: Mr. tunes as the Bengaluru Open Tricky lines Bengaluru Celeritas (Afroz Khan) 3 and M/s. K. Thribhuvan Reddy & K. Ahmed Alam Khan. Trainer: Strategist (Akshay Kumar) 4. Nk, 1 golf championship, the pe­ Rahil Gangjee, who also calls Wednesday’s ISL clash Vivek Reddy. Trainer: Deshmukh. and 3/4. 1m, 5.44s. ₹10 (w), 6, 9 nultimate event of the 2019 this city home now, felt read­ Satyanarayana. between Bengaluru FC BAKRANANGAL PLATE and 17 (p), SHP: 26, FP: 41, Q: 29, PGTI season, gets under way ing the greens would not be SILKY BABY PLATE (DIV. I), 6 (1,600m), 4­y­o & over, rated Tla: 452. Favourite: Her Legacy. and Northeast United in 3 (1,100m), 3­y­o & over, rated 20 to 45 (Cat. III): STORMY (Afroz Owners: M/s. Sanjay R. Goyani & here on Tuesday. easy this week. “You’ve got Guwahati will be played 20 to 45 (Cat. III): INCREDULOUS Khan) 1, Vashishta (B.R. Kumar) S. Prasad Raju. Trainer: Prasad “My friends M. Dharma to figure out your lines. You (Akshay Kumar) 1, Troubadour 2, Solo Winner (Nakhat Singh) 3 Raju. and C. Muniyappa (both think it’s easy but it’s not. behind closed doors, the (Dashrath Singh) 2, Bedazzled and Tiger Of The Sea (Surya league has announced. (Kuldeep Singh) 3 and Monte Rei Prakash) 4. Hd, 3/4 and 3/4. 1m, SILKY BABY PLATE (DIV. II), players’ home course is the The lines are tricky. They’ve The decision comes after (A. Imran) 4. 2­1/2, 3­1/4 and 3/4. 40.50s. ₹163 (w), 28, 21 and 11 (p), 9 (1,100m), 3­y­o & over, rated KGA) were joking that I was cut the greens and so the 1m, 6.49s. ₹10 (w), 6, 8 and 17 (p), SHP: 48, FP: 2,643, Q: 1,390, Tla: 20 to 45 (Cat. III): MYSTERY days of protests and un­ SHP: 18, FP: 39, Q: 31, Tla: 616. Fa­ 46,427. Favourite: Tiger Of he (David Allan) 1, Aristocrats Charm coming back to my home lines have changed. The rest in the region. vourite: Incredulous. Owners: Sea. Owner: Col. S.B. Nair. (Surya Prakash) 2, Bar Et Law (Ak­ course. I like it here. I made Who’ll take it? Rahil Gangjee, left, and Anura Rohana pose home advantage has been “The decision has been M/s. C. Nanda Kumar, Rahul Trainer: M.F. Alikhan. shay Kumar) 3 and Sea Castle (An­ seven birdies in my practice with the winner’s trophy ahead of the Bengaluru Open golf reduced a little,” he said. Rachupalli, Madharapu Sudhir & eel) 4. 2­3/4, nk and 3/4. 1m, taken by Football Sports GOLCONDA 2000 GUINEAS round today. I hope I can do championship. * SHREEDUTTA CHIDANANDA Rohana agreed with that Raoof Ali Khan. Trainer: D. Netto. (1,600M), 3-Y-O ONLY (TERMS): 5.85s. ₹10 (w), 6, 10 and 8 (p), Development Limited af­ POCHARAM PLATE V7IJAYS SINGHAM (LEITIR MOR-ZA- SHP: 26, FP: 47, Q: 36, Tla: 103. well this week,” he said here assessment. “The ball is roll­ (1,200m), Favourite: Mystery. Owners: M/s. ter due consultation and RANDJA) SRINATH 1, CON­ on Monday. the cut on five occasions. A era won last week (at the ing nicely on the greens but 4 5­y­o & over, rated 20 to 45 Niraj Tyagi & Vikas Sachdeva. GOLDEN HOPE (Akshay SIGLIORI (Air Support­Caprese) guidance from the city (Cat. III): Trainer: Prasad Raju. return to the Bengaluru RCGC Open in Kolkata). I it’s very difficult to find the Kumar) 1, Human Touch (Srinath) David Allan 2, VICTORY PARADE authorities,” an ISL state­ 2, Patron Saint (Jitendra Singh) 3 (Top Class­Harmonica) A. Imran 3 Jkt (i): ₹1,705 (92 tkts.), Runner­ Difficult season Open, where he is the de­ want to try and win this right line,” he said. The 46­ ment read. “The League and Tammana (Dashrath Singh) and MAJESTIC WARRIOR (Leitir up: 76 (877 tkts.); Jkt (ii): 1,16,271 Rohana has endured a diffi­ fending champion, could week.” year­old will hope he can holds safety of fans, 4. 1­1/4, nk and 1­1/2. 1m, 13.76s. Mor­One Magic Moment) (eight tkts.), Runner­up: 20,981 cult season, failing to make spark a turnaround. “I’m With Rashid Khan and S. adapt quickly when he tees ₹27 (w), 12, 10 and 12 (p), SHP: 20, Dashrath Singh 4. Nk, 3­1/4 and 1. (19 tkts.), Mini Jkt: 1,076 (38 tkts.); players and staff of para­ FP: 91, Q: 40, Tla: 468. Favourite: 1m, 37.54s. ₹38 (w), 14 and 6 (p), Tr (i): 45 (571 tkts.), (ii): 43,872 the top 10 in any of his 13 getting old now,” he laughed. Chikkarangappa, one and off on Tuesday. mount importance.” Human Touch. Owners: M/s. Mo­ SHP: 13, FP: 110, Q: 53, Tla: 639. (one tkt.), (iii): 302 (518 tkts.). tournaments, and missing “(Compatriot) Mithun Per­ two on the PGTI Order of CM A ND-NDE YK