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TV PICKS MUSHTAQ ALI TROPHY SCORES New Zealand vs England: Tejaswini books Group A: Baroda 196/4 in 20 Singh 3/26). ( 75 n.o., Bipul Singh 52). Fifth T20I, Star Sports Select overs ( 52, Tamil Nadu 155/5 in 20 overs Sharma 36 n.o.). Haryana 153/5 in 20 overs 1 & HD, 6.30 a.m. 32, Swapnil NBA: Sony Ten 1 & 3 (SD & (M. Vijay 35, N. Jagadeesan 34, Hyderabad 183/3 in 20 overs (Shivam Chauhan 28, Harshal Singh 36, 35 HD), 6.30 a.m. Dinesh Karthik 48) bt Rajasthan ( 77, B. Sandeep Patel 33, Chaitanya Bishnoi 27, Tokyo ticket n.o.) bt 182/9 in 20 China Open badminton: 116/8 in 20 overs (Mahipal 74 n.o.) lost to Railways 184/6 29 n.o.) lost to Star Sports 2 (SD & HD) & 3, overs (Rohan Kadam 57, Luvnith Lomror 32, R. Sai Kishore 3/19). in 20 overs (Pratham Singh 35, Mumbai 154/2 in 15.4 overs 10.30 a.m. Sisodia 38, 47, Luk­ Uttar Pradesh 60 in 14.4 Mohammed Ahmed 40 n.o., (Aditya Tare 39, Suryakumar Ya­ India vs Bangladesh: Third Indian shooters’ Olympic quota climbs to 12 man Meriwala 5/21). overs (Darshan Nalkande 5/18) Karn Sharma 26, T. Pradeep 35 dav 81 n.o.). T20I, Star Sports 1 (SD & HD) Goa 202/4 in 20 overs lost to Vidarbha 62/1 in 7.5 n.o., Mehdi Hasan 3/29). Group E: Saurashtra 169/3 in 20 and SS Select 1 (SD & HD), ASIAN SHOOTING (Aditya Kaushik 53, Rajasekhar overs (Faiz Fazal 25, Akshay Group D: Assam 101/8 in 20 overs (Kishan Parmar 54, 6.45 p.m. Harikant 26, Snehal Kauthankar Kolhar 29 n.o.). overs (Pallavkumar Das 33, Samarth Vyas 33, Sheldon Jack­ ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), SPORTS BUREAU 55, Amit Verma 42) bt Bihar Group C: Arunachal Pradesh Wasiqur Rahman 26 n.o., son 41 n.o., Arpit Vasavada 25 7.30 p.m. 173/8 in 20 overs (MD Rah­ 44/7 in 8 overs (Baltej Singh 3/ Saransh Jain 3/13) lost to Mad­ n.o.) lost to Jharkhand 170/4 in Premier League: DOHA Star Sports matullah 38, Rajesh Singh 64, 11) lost to Punjab 50/0 in 4 hya Pradesh 102/5 in 16.3 overs 19.4 overs (Ishan Kishan 29, Select 2 (SD & HD), 7.10 p.m. Tejaswini Sawant won the Asfan Khan 29 n.o., Heramb overs. (Parth Sahani 27, Venkatesh Virat Singh 67 n.o., Saurabh & 9.45 p.m. Olympic quota in the wo­ Parab 3/21). Iyer 26, Abhilash Gogoi 3/24). Tiwary 39). Serie A: Sony Ten 1 & 2 (SD & Himachal 123/8 in 20 overs men’s rifle 3­position event Uttarakhand 134/8 in 20 Pondicherry 126/6 in 20 Sikkim 122/5 in 20 overs HD), 7.30 p.m. (Nitin Sharma 35 n.o., Puneet (Yashpal Singh 41, Iqbal Abdulla ATP Finals: Sony ESPN (SD & by qualifying for the final overs (Harshit Bisht 28, Tanmay Datey 3/23, Ajay Mandal 3/18) overs (K.B. Arun Karthik 73, 30) lost to Nagaland 124/3 in HD), 7.30 p.m. & 1.30 a.m. with an impressive score of Srivastava 67) lost to Services lost to Chhattisgarh 124/2 in Kilco Marak 3/25, Amiangshu 17.3 overs (Stuart Binny 42 n.o., (Monday) 1171 in the Asian shooting 137/4 in 18.5 overs (Ravi 18.1 overs (Ashutosh Singh 61 Sen 3/20) bt Meghalaya 107/6 championship on Saturday. Chauhan 67, Rajat Paliwal 31 n.o., Amandeep Khare 26 n.o.). in 20 overs (Dwaraka Ravi Teja Shrikant Mundhe 33 n.o.). n.o.). 51, Sanjay Yadav 31). Delhi v Odisha, Gujarat v It was the 12th Olympic Maharashtra 162/8 in 20 Group B: Jammu & Kashmir. Matches IN BRIEF quota for Indian shooters for Manipur 93/8 in 20 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 34, Mizoram 79/4 in 20 overs overs lost to Tripura 97/5 in 15.1 Nikhil Naik 50 n.o.) lost to (K.B. Pawan 35 n.o.) lost to abandoned. Tokyo 2020, and the third in overs (Udiyan Bose 29, Rex Chandigarh 163/3 in 17.5 overs Bengal 82/1 in 10 overs (Vivek Sunday is a rest day. the ongoing championship after Deepak Kumar (men’s rifle 3­position) and Chinki Yadav (women’s 25­metre Odisha FC to sports pistol). Kuruniyan — enjoying the moment The 39­year­old Tejaswini play three finished fourth, narrowly Anant Kaur the other positions also. missing a medal following a matches at Pune NEW DELHI There is no problem in Siakam revels as Raptors score of 8.8. Ashique Kuruniyan, the ta­ which ever side the coach tear into Pelicans In men’s skeet, Asian SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT lented Bengaluru FC winger, wants us to play, we are rea­ KOLKATA dy for it. If we play in a new LOS ANGELES champion Angad Vir Singh was once a 100m sprinter. Pascal Siakam equalled his Bajwa was well placed with a Football happened by position we will learn so­ On target: Tejaswini Sawant clinched the Olympic quota in Odisha FC will not have the career best with 44 points as total of 74 out of 75 after chance when his school mething new from it. I am the women’s rifle 3­position event by qualifying for the final. home advantage for three Toronto Raptors dominated three rounds. He was a point games as the upgradation wanted someone to play as a happy to play in any position * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT New Orleans Pelicans in a behind Abdullah Alrashidi of work at the Kalinga Stadi­ left winger. From dreaming and learn from the expe­ 122­104 win on Friday. Kuwait. Olympian Mairaj Ah­ India clinched nine me­ nidhi Chauhan 1164; Team: 1. um in Bhubaneswar is yet of playing for his district riences,” said the The results: LA Lakers 95 bt mad Khan (73) and Smit dals on the fifth day of com­ China 3520 AR; 2. Iran 3505; 3. to be completed. team to now playing for the native. Miami Heat 80; Dallas Singh (72) were also among petition, taking its tally to 44. India 3503. national team, Kuruniyan Mavericks 102 lost to New the top shooters, keeping The results: Men: 25m centre Junior men: 25m sports pistol: The franchise will now has come a long way. Strengths York Knicks 106; Atlanta themselves in the race for fire pistol: 1. Nikita Chiryukin (Kaz) 587; 2. play its matches against The 22­year­old is part of Kuruniyan represented In­ Hawks 109 lost to 1. Han Daeyoon (Kor) Cao Jiahao (Chn) 582; 3. Youn ATK, Bengaluru FC and dia (under­20) in the 2017­ Sacramento Kings 121; the final, with two rounds to 588; 2. Gurpreet Singh 586; 3. the 26­member squad for Jaeyeon (Kor) 581; 4. Dilshaan Hyderabad FC, scheduled 2018 season. Portland Trail Blazers 115 lost go on Sunday. Kim Junhong (Kor) 586; 8. Yo­ the upcoming World Cup Kelley 580; 5. Rajkanwar Singh for November 24, Decem­ to Brooklyn Nets 119; Denver Olympian Gurpreet Singh gesh Singh 574; 9. Adarsh Singh Qualifiers against Afghanis­ He stressed that speed Team: Sandhu 579; 9. Miteshkumar Go­ ber 4 and 11, at the Shree Nuggets 100 bt Philadelphia bagged the men’s standard 570; 1. China 1743; 2. Ko­ tan and Oman and sounded and toughness was his hil 571; Team: 1. Korea 1736; 2. 76ers 97; Utah Jazz 103 bt pistol silver with 586, two rea 1743; 3. India 1730. Shiv Chhatrapati Sports elated. “I am enjoying this strength. To avoid injuries, Women: 50m rifle 3­position: India 1730; 3. China 1726. Complex, Pune, according Milwaukee Bucks 100; points behind Han Daeyoon moment. It’s the best feeling Ashique Kuruniyan. which are unavoidable at the Minnesota Timberwolves 125 1. Shi Mengyao (Chn) 457.9 10m air pistol: Aadhya Tayal to a release from the team. of Korea. to play in my country’s jer­ * FILE PHOTO: K MURALI KUMAR higher level of football or bt Golden State Warriors 119; (1178); 2. Yesugen Oyunbat 238.9 (567); 2. Shikha Narwal sey. I am very happy and any sport, he credited Luka The juniors continued to (Mgl) 457.0 (1169); 3. Shiori Hi­ 237.8 (567); 3. Gong Xinyuan The other six games New Orleans Pelicans 104 confident. Since Afghanistan for his work with them. “In­ excel, as Jasmeen Kaur and rata (Jpn) 445.9 (1169); 4. Tejas­ (Chn) 216.9 (564); 8. Rhythm will, however, go ahead as come even better. Physical­ lost to Toronto Raptors 122; is a strong team, we have to juries are less now because Indiana Pacers 112 bt Detroit Aadhya Tayal claimed the wini Sawant 435.8 (1171); 13. Ka­ Sangwan 112.6 (562); Team: 1. planned, added the release ly, Luka Radman, the Luka is working well on Pistons 106; Orlando Magic youth women’s rifle and pis­ jal Saini 1167; 16. Gaayathri India 1696; 2. China 1691; 3. Ko­ quoting Odisha FC owner win to get the points and I strength and conditioning 118 bt Memphis Grizzlies 86; tol gold medals. Nithyanandam 1165. MQS: Su­ rea 1682. Rohan Sharma. will play with confidence to coach, is working really well this.” Washington Wizards 100 lost win.” on us, we are enjoying it and Having signed a four­year to Cleveland Cavaliers 113. AFP Working and training un­ our fitness levels have defi­ deal with Bengaluru FC, Ku­ der the national coach Igor nitely improved,” said runiyan acknowledged he The Great Gatsby poised for a hat-trick Stimac, Kuruniyan felt as a Kuruniyan. was in the process of gaining team, the players have dis­ knowledge about the game. HYDERABAD: The Great Gatsby, 1 EME CENTRE ROLLING shay Kumar 60, 3. City Of Blossom Singh 53.5 and 9. Crackershow (9) played significant improve­ Kuruniyan plays on both “The coaches keep on ad­ who is in fine nick, is poised to (1) Nakhat Singh 59, 3. Wah Ms 4 TROPHY (Div. I), (1,600m), 3­ Khurshad Alam 53. complete a hat­trick in the first di­ Zara (7) T.S. Jodha 58.5, 5. Batur y­o & over, rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II), 1. TOP SAGA, 2. GIETHORN, 3. ment, physically and men­ the wings and would like to ding new things. Slowly I will vision of the 1 EME Centre Rolling (5) Aneel 58, 6. Flamingo Fame (2) 3­35: 1. Ashwa Yashobali (5) Ash­ SOVET PRIDE. tally. “Our game has really experiment with other posi­ learn more and it will take Trophy (1,600m), the feature had Asbar 60, 2. Gusty Look (2) N. Rawal 57.5, 7. Tough Lady (4) RECOMMENDER PLATE improved under Stimac and tions as well. “I play as a win­ time to improve my finish­ event of the races to be held here Ajeeth Kumar 55, 8. Acadian Angel Akshay Kumar 56, 3. Paso Robles 6 (1,100m), 4­y­o & over, rated on Sunday (Nov. 10). (10) Santosh Raj 53, 9. Dazzling (3) Suraj Narredu 54.5, 4. The 20 to 45 (Cat. III), (No whip), 4­45: in some more time it will be­ ger. I would like to play on ing.” HIDDEN BLOOM PLATE King (9) Ajit Singh 51 and 10. Fri­ Great Gatsby (6) Robbie Downey 1. Man Apart (5) Gaurav Singh 60, 54.5, 5. Sporting Smile (4) Nakhat (1,200m), 5­y­o & over, rated day Fury (6) C.P. Bopanna 50.5. 2. Southern State (6) A.A. Vikrant 1 Singh 53.5, 6. Librate (9) Surya Froome takes another step upto 25 (Cat. III) 1­50 p.m.: 1. 1. RENO STAR, 2. WAH MS ZARA, 3. 59.5, 3. Magic Street (11) Afroz Prakash 53, 7. The Special One (1) in road to recovery Negress Princess (3) B.R. Kumar FLAMINGO FAME. Khan 57, 4. Darshish (10) G. Naresh Abhay Singh 53, 8. Artistryy (7) Brace by Shariq 60, 2. Semira (4) Aneel 60, 3. Snow 56.5, 5. Loch Stella (4) C.P. LONDON 1 EME CENTRE ROLLING T.S. Jodha 52 and 9. City Of Wis­ Castle (1) Akshay Kumar 60, 4. Bopanna 56, 6. Takisha (3) San­ TROPHY (Div. II), (1,600m), 3­ dom (8) Ajeeth Kumar 52. Four­time Tour de France Withrosemakeup (6) Gaurav Singh 3 tosh Raj 56, 7. Soul Empress (9) Special Correspondent Central Secretariat will (Abhishek Singh, Inderpal y­o & over, rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II), 1. THE GREAT GATSBY, 2. PASO Kiran Naidu 55.5, 8. Secretary (1) winner Chris Froome said 60, 5. Cowboys Delight (9) Jitendra 3­00: 1. Semper Fidelis (4) Kuldeep KOLKATA Singh, Gagandeep Singh, San­ Singh 56.5, 6. Seven Hills (2) ROBLES, 3. GUTSY LOOK. Surya Prakash 53.5, 9. Invasion (8) meet Indian Oil, while In­ surgery to remove a metal Singh 60, 2. Raajneeti (3) Kiran jay, Sumit Toppo) bt Eastern Ajeeth Kumar 56, 7. Royal Dancer Uday Kiran 51.5, 10. Story Teller (2) Shariq Mohammed’s brace dian Navy will take on Pun­ plaque and six screws from Naidu 56, 3. No Compromise (8) ADOLFITO PLATE (Div. II), Jitendra Singh 51.5 and 11. South­ Railway Sports Association 2 (5) T.S. Jodha 54, 8. New Hope (7) Robbie Downey 55.5, 4. Havelock jab National Bank in the his hip went perfectly as his Ajit Singh 50.5 and 9. Golden 5 (1,200m), 3­y­o & over, rated ern Meteor (7) B.R. Kumar 51. helped Central Secretariat (Abhishek Pratap Singh, Aijub Cruise (9) Akshay Kumar 54.5, 5. 20 to 45 (Cat. III), 4­10: 1. Giethorn 1. MAGIC STREET, 2. MAN APART, 3. beat Bhubaneswar Sports semifinals on Monday. bid to regain full fitness Adara (8) Afroz Khan 50. Explosive (1) T.S. Jodha 53, 6. N R I Ekka). 1. NEGRESS PRINCESS, 2. SNOW (3) Kiran Naidu 60, 2. Top Saga (5) SOUTHERN STATE. Hostel 2­1 in Pool D and en­ The results: overcame another hurdle on Heights (2) Koushik 53, 7. Somerset Akshay Kumar 59.5, 3. Safra (8) N. Day's best: THE GREAT GATSBY. CASTLE, 3. NEW HOPE. (5) Kunal Bunde 53, 8. Ruleth­ Pool B: Friday. Froome's hip and Rawal 59, 4. Sovet Pride (7) Double: RENO STAR — NO ter the last­four stage of the Indian Navy 1 (Ajinkya Pool D: Central Secretariat 2 ADOLFITO PLATE (Div. I), eworld (7) Ajeeth Kumar 52.5 and Koushik 58, 5. Monte Rei (4) Gad­ COMPROMISE. Jadhav) drew with Canara Bank thigh bones had healed but 9. Sea Castle (6) Rafique Sk. 50.5. 123rd Beighton Cup hockey (Shariq Mohammed 2) bt Bhu­ 2 (1,200m), 3­y­o & over, rated dam 57.5, 6. Spice Up (2) Nakhat Jkt: 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6; Mini Jkt: 3, 4, 5 & 1 (Nikkin Chandana). he was suffering discomfort 20 to 45 (Cat. III), 2­25: 1. Bayrd (8) 1. NO COMPROMISE, 2. HAVELOCK Singh 57, 7. Wind Power (6) San­ 6; Tr (i): 1, 2 & 3; (ii); 4, tournament here on baneswar Sports Hostel 1 (Ni­ in his 'soft tissue'. AFP Rafique Sk. 60, 2. Reno Star (3) Ak­ CRUISE, 3. RULETHEWORLD. tosh Raj 54.5, 8. Royal Tiger (1) Ajit 5 & 6; Tla: all races. Saturday. Pool C: Punjab National Bank 5 lam Xess).

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Aradhya and Srishti Saudi Arabia Adil loses in CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC\ REGIONAL ROUND-UP \ doubles final Hansraj College School, Sector­62, on enters the Saturday. are champions swamps India Sports Bureau Ashish will play Vinit in Meshref (Kuwait) knockout phase NEW DELHI: Hansraj College the final. NATL. JR. CHESS year student of Kirori Mal Mukherjee and third seed AFC U-19 C’SHIPS Alghamdi. Adil Kalyanpur and Kai beat Lady Shri Ram The men’s final will be College faced rivals from Aakanksha Hagawane, like As India head coach Wehnelt of Germany were College 3­1 in the second contested between Amir SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Bengal in the last four seven others, tallied eight Press Trust of India Floyd Pinto’s side pushed beaten 6­4, 6­1 by fourth­ round of the Delhi and Kashif, while the GURUGRAM rounds, including fourth points to follow Srishti. Al Khobar (Saudi Arabia) forward to reduce the defi­ seeded David Pichler and University inter­college women’s final will pit seed Rajdeep Sarkar (2362) cit, Albassas scored his se­ Vitaliy Sachko in the dou­ Delhi’s Aradhya Garg Final standings: Open: 1­2. India bowed out of the race women’s table tennis Paridhi against Yashika. and second seed Mitrabha cond of the game in the 18th bles final of the $15,000 capped a dream run with a Aradhya Garg (Del), Mitrabha for the 2020 AFC U­19 championship at the The results (semifinals): Guha (2443). minute. He completed his ITF men’s Futures tennis sixth straight victory and be­ Guha (Ben) (9 points each); Championships qualifica­ Delhi University Sports Men: Amir bt Prashant Garg started his campaign hat­trick in the 28th minute, tournament here on came the National junior 3­5. Koustav Chatterjee (Ben), tion after a 0­4 defeat to Sau­ Complex on Saturday. 16­8, 9­16, 16­12. with a win but drew four once again converting a low Saturday. chess champion here on Aaryan Varshney (Del) and Srijit di Arabia here at the Prince Shaheed Rajguru College Kashif bt Piyush 16­8, times in succession to fall be­ Paul (Ben) (8.5). cross from the left flank as Saturday. Saud bin Jalawi Stadium on In the Challenger in for Applied Science, Shri 16­11. hind in the title race. But a Saudi Arabia broke forward Aurobindo College, Women: Paridhi bt Chavi 6­11. Jeet Jain (Guj), Sau­ Friday. Kobe, Purav Raja and Ram­ The girls’ title went to stunning wave of victories in numbers on the break. Rathi 16­10, 16­14. rabh Anand (Bih), Soham Ka­ kumar Ramanathan will Ramjas College, Daulat Maharashtra’s Srishti Pan­ swept aside other title The home side opened Yashika bt Seema 17­5, motra (J&K), Anuj Shrivatri Ninthoinganba Meetei play the final against se­ Ram College, Kirori Mal dey who emerged worthy the scoring in the second 16­4. contenders. (MP), G.B. Harshavardhan (TN) posed problems for the cond seeds Andre Gorans­ College, Bharti College champion with a one­point minute as forward Moham­ Guha matched Garg’s tally and B. Selvamurugan (TN) (8). hosts throughout the first son of Sweden and Chris­ were the other teams Boys: Under­18: Vinit bt margin, with nine players mad Khalil Marran latched but was placed second on in­ half down the wing with his topher Rungkat of which progressed to the Aditya 16­10, 16­7. tied for second. Girls: 1. Srishti Pandey (Mah) on to a loose ball and put it ferior tie­break count. pace and guile, earning mul­ Indonesia on Sunday. knockout draw. Ashish Choudhary bt Garg was seeded a distant (9); 2­10. Arpita Mukherjee past Indian custodian Shameem 16­14, 14­16, Chatterjee topped a three­ tiple free­kicks from attack­ The results: Ashish rallies 20th and Srishti sixth. way tie for the third place. (Ben), Aakanksha Hagawane Prabhsukhan Singh Gill. ing positions. 16­14. (Mah), B. Mounika Akshaya $15,000 ITF men, Meshref past Shameem In the final round, Garg Among the girls, the top Saudi Arabia made it 2­0 In its final group stage Under­14: Jashandeep bt (AP), Sakshi Chitlange (Mah), (Kuwait): Doubles: Final: Da­ to enter the final Prateek 16­10, 15­17, 16­13. defeated overnight leader four boards ended in draws in the 10th minute when match, which has been ren­ NOIDA: Ashish Chaudhary Saina Salonika (Odi), Nityata vid Pichler (Aut) & Vitaliy Tushar bt Yug 16­4, 16­8. and top seed Koustav Chat­ and that saw Srishti main­ midfielder Ahmad Albassas dered inconsequential, In­ fought his way past Jain (MP), Bhagyashree Patil Sachko (Ukr) bt Kai Wehnelt Girls: Under­18: Yashika bt terjee with black. tain her overnight one­point got on the end of a cross dia will face Afghanistan at (Mah), K. Priyanka (TN) and P. (Ger) & Adil Kalyanpur 6­4, Shameem of Mauritius Akriti 16­12, 16­6. As it turned out, this first­ lead. Second seed Arpita Supreetha (AP) (8 each). from the left flank by Hazzaa the same venue on Sunday. 6­1. 16­14, 14­16, 16­14 in the Paridhi bt Ruqaiya 16­11, under­18 boys’ semifinals 16­2. of the Indian Open Under­14: Maryam Masood international series bt Tannzil Jindal 16­3, It will be Prithvi 2.0: Shaw crossminton 16­12. championship at the Akriti bt Prachi 16­10, Indus Valley Public 16­10. Press Trust of India dy started training for the Mumbai Mushtaq Ali Trophy where Talented India opener Prith­ he would play for Mumbai. vi Shaw has promised to On the occasion of his start afresh as he gears up 20th birthday, Shaw took to for his comeback to compet­ social media to share a video itive after serving an of himself practising in the eight­month doping suspen­ nets. sion handed by the Board of “I turn 20 today. I assure it Control for Cricket in India will be Prithvi Shaw 2.0 go­ (BCCI). Prithvi Shaw. * FILE PHOTO ing forward. Thank u for all Shaw was banned from all the good wishes & support. forms of cricket by BCCI for 20­year­old had “inadver­ Will be back in action soon. a (retrospective) period of tently ingested a prohibited #motivation #hardwork #be­ eight months in July after substance, which can be lieve,” he tweeted. failing a dope test during the commonly found in cough Shaw, who has represent­ Mushtaq Ali Trophy in syrups”. ed India in two Test match­ Reason to smile: Srishti Pandey and Aradhya Garg after winning the National junior chess titles March. Shaw’s ban ends on No­ es, last played in the IPL in on Saturday. * RAKESH RAO According to BCCI, the vember 15 and he has alrea­ May. CM YK