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MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2020 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Real Kashmir host East Bengal as race Fit-again Hardik, Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar for I-League second spot heats up back in Indian ODI team SRINAGAR, Mar 8: and in our game. We will have to make sure we move the ball fast AHMEDABAD, Mar 8: Real Kashmir FC would look and catch them off-guard when- to ride on their impressive form ever possible," he added. Bruised and battered in New at home when they host East The Red-and-Gold outfit Zealand, India's ODI squad today Bengal here tomorrow as the from Kolkata will have similar got a major boost as a fit-again race for second spot heats up in aspirations as they sit fifth on Hardik Pandya returned for the the I-League. the table with 20 points from 15 three-match series against South Real Kashmir FC are cur- games. A win against Real Africa, having successfully recu- rently placed third with 22 Kashmir away from home will perated from a back surgery. points from 14 games and a win be a major boost for the side in Along with Pandya, opener on Monday at the TRC Ground their bid to finish as high as pos- Shikhar Dhawan and seamer can take them to second spot. sible by the end of the league. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will also They were coming into the East Bengal midfielder add depth to the 15-member match after beating Neroca FC Jaime Santos Colado was happy squad, selected under the chair- Austrialian Women team celebrating victory in T20 World Cup final against India in by a solitary goal. with the way the team has made manship of Sunil Joshi. Melbourne. The Snow Leopards, who a comeback in the league. However, it could be curtains have excelled in counter-attack- "The team is regaining confi- for veteran Kedar Jadhav as ing football and converting set- dence and playing good games. Shubman Gill's return in the Australia outclass India in pieces to win games, will be We must continue on the same white-ball fold is a good enough Zealand as Pandya and be-35 Jadhav, who has literally looking another strong show at path in the remaining matches," indictor. Bhuvneshwar rightfully got their stopped bowling in ODIs and is home. They had lost just once in he said. Vice-captain Rohit Sharma is places back. also not doing well batting at the Women’s T20 World Cup final their six previous matches at "Real Kashmir is a great yet to fully recuperate from his Dhawan had dislocated his No 6 slot, has been finally MELBOURNE, Mar 8: sion, their onslaught fired smashed for 52 runs in her four home. team -- both home and away. In calf muscle injury and is expect- shoulder during the final ODI dropped from the side. Australia to a formidable 184 for overs. Speaking on the eve of the the first game, they made things ed to return to action during the against Australia at home and With the next 50-over World India saved their worst for the four in the stipulated 20 overs. Half the battle was won there match, Real Kashmir FC's very difficult for us and we Indian Premier League later this missed the New Zealand series. Cup in 2023 when Jadhav will be last as a brutal Australian side Overwhelmed by the occa- for the formidable Australians, Mason Robertson said, "It is an know their strengths while play- month. Thus, Prithvi Shaw Bhuvneshwar, on the other 38, it is highly unlikely that he outclassed them by 85 runs for an sion, India crumbled to 99 all out who, in stark contrast to the important match for us. They ing at home. It will be a difficult retained his place in the ODI hand, had a sports hernia surgery will add to his 73 ODIs. unprecedented fifth T20 World in front of a turnout of 86174 at India, saved their best for the last. have not lost a match in the last yet entertaining game." squad, while Mayank Agarwal, but has successfully completed Shardul, who did improve as Cup triumph in a final that prom- the iconic Melbourne Cricket The manner and magnitude five encounters and are looking The previous encounter after a dismal New Zealand tour, his rehabilitation at the National a batsman, leaked runs during the ised much but delivered very lit- Ground, a record in women's of the defeat, including a few sub like a much stronger side than between the two teams in the had to make way for Dhawan. Cricket Academy. T20s as well as ODIs. tle here today. cricket history. plots, were reminiscent of the before." league had ended in a pulsating The Mumbai duo of Shardul But the biggest news was Bhuvneshwar's experience as a Batting first after the coin What worked in the home 2003 men's World Cup final "We have the home advan- 1-1 draw in Kalyani. (PTI) Thakur and Shivam Dube paid Hardik's comeback, which, swing and seam bowler was sore- landed in Meg Lanning's favour, team's favour was that their open- when Ricky Ponting's Australia tage and we believe in our team for their shoddy showing in New though, was on predictable lines. ly missed in New Zealand condi- Australia came out in scintillat- ers easily neutralised the threat thrashed Sourav Ganguly's India Pandya's last ODI was tions. With Mohammed Shami ing fashion with their openers posed by the in-form spinner in an anti-climactic title clash. against New Zealand in the rested for this series, Alyssa Healy (75 off 39 balls) Poonam Yadav (1/30 in 4 overs) Like Zaheer Khan in his World Cup semi-final in Bhuvneshwar's presence will and Beth Mooney (78 off 54 with percentage game while tak- opening over at the Wanderers Manchester and the last interna- also be a bit of respite for Jasprit balls) laying the foundation with ing the likes of medium-pacer against Adam Gilchrist and tional game was a T20 against Bumrah, who himself is going a 115-run partnership in double Shikha Pandey and Deepti Matthew Hayden, Deepti Sharma the Proteas in Bengaluru in through a rough patch. quick time. Sharma to the cleaners. was all nerves when up against September. The three ODIs will be Stirred up by the grand occa- On the day, Pandey was Mooney and Healy, who blasted massive sixes as the beaming His absence affected the bal- played in Dharamsala (March husband Mitchell Starc watched ance of the ODI side as Dube's 12), Lucknow (March 15) and from the stands. underwhelming show in the 14 Kolkata (March 18). The match was as good as chances he got showed that he is India's ODI squad: Shikhar over when India were 18/3 in the still not cut out for international Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Virat fourth over, which became four cricket. Kohli (C), KL Rahul, Manish for 4/30 when skipper Pandya's performances at the Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Harmanpreet Kaur departed and DY Patil Corporate Cup was not Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra 58/5 when Veda Krishnamurthy about the 150 odd he scored or Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, was taking the long walk back. the wickets he took but was about Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit From India's point of view, ShowShoe athletes being flagged off on day-2 of Khelo India Winter Games in Gulmarg. how fit he looked out there in the Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, the final outing was a far cry middle. Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill. from their campaign opener Khelo India Winter Games At the same time, the soon-to- (PTI) when the same team humbled the Children in colourful attires posing along with chief guest hosts. and other dignitaries during Annual Day celebration at Indo- "The first game was very Bad weather fails to stop Suhail, Ayan Harika loses to Kosteniuk; American Montessori Pre School in Jammu. good, it gave us a lot of confi- dence. We spent a lot of time together, unfortunate for us not to from scripting victory in SnowShoe slips to third spot Indo-American Montessori Pre win today," Harmanpreet said Excelsior Sports Correspondent Haadi finished third with the tim- He congratulated players and after the game. ing of 24.50. All the podium posi- officials for the effort and said that LAUSANNE, Mar 8: It was the first loss for "Sometimes, we are not able GULMARG, Mar 8: Game was tions in the SnowShoe event were J&K State Sports Council and Harika in the tournament after School celebrates 1st Annual Day to give our best." the winner on day-2 of the ongoing grabbed by J&K players. other organizations involved are Indian Grandmaster two wins and three draws. On Triumphant captain Lanning Khelo India Winter Games-2020 as In the following days of making sure that event turns out Dronavalli Harika went down to the other hand, the win was *Vibodh pitches for promotion of art in schools said, "To put this kind of per- SnowShoe athletes, vying for the Winter Games, athletes from as success and players get all the former world champion change in fortunes for formance on the biggest day is top honours, braved chill and hos- Lakshadweep would be joining support. Alexandra Kosteniuk in the Kosteniuk, who had struggled Excelsior Correspondent started with 'Saraswati Vandana', outstanding and something that tile weather conditions when the SnowShoe events in sprint cate- The Khelo India Winter sixth round of the FIDE thus far and had lost three which was followed by different I'm really proud of." long distance SnowShoe run was Women's Grand Prix chess tour- JAMMU, Mar 8: Indo- cultural items including dance gories.