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4 PAGE, SCHOOL IS COOL SPECIAL PAGES SPORTLIGHT WEB EDITION Coming up 6 DAYS A WEEK: TOI Student will be Special sports cov- this Saturday TOI Student now presents a four-page online facilitating schools of erage on every day The Weekend Launching newspaper through weekdays. Watch this each city to highlight of the week. From Newspaper: Read more RIP DEAN JONES ■ space for Life skills such as leadership, their special initia- IPL to other events, about feature-packed TODAY career planning etc. ■ Scientific thinking FORMER CRICKETER DEAN JONES, 59, tives and activities... if it’s sports; IT’S issue ON PAGE 2 through science, tech, exploria pages. HERE! TODAY! PASSES AWAY AFTER CARDIAC ARREST ■ Logical reasoning and language building. Cool, isn’t it? Former Australian batsman and well- known commen- IN TODAY’S ON PAGE 2: Environment books ON PAGE 3: Educators and students ON PAGE 4: Has MSD disappointed his tator Dean Jones by experts on the topic. For you and from across India suggest ways to make fans for not 'showing intent'? Plus: Take passed away on your parents. Plus: How to make ragi ladoos the most of online education our Landforms vocabulary Quiz! Thursday after- EDITION noon after a car- diac arrest. Jones was in Mumbai as part of the Indian Premier At the 75th United Nations General League (IPL) broadcast set-up, and was learnt to be absolutely Telling COVID's story: At UN, Assembly, world leaders came up with fine before he suffered a sudden solutions ‘virtually’ to combat Covid-19; collapse. Jones was 59. His family, back UN retorted, “go-it-alone approach in Australia, has been informed. TNN leaders spin virus storylines won’t help, collaborations would.” THE SUBJECT: CORONAVIRUS. THE STATUS: URGENT. THE SOLUTIONS: AS DIVERSE AS THE NATIONS THEY LEAD. PRIME MINISTER NAREN- ‘WE ARE SENDING DRA MODI: We cannot fight ith the 75th an- to depict the pandemic from today’s challenges with NATURAL WORLD nual UN Gener- the vantage points of their outdated structures. With- al Assembly re- nations and themselves — out comprehensive re- INTO A DECLINE’ W duced to record- and present their visions of forms, the UN faces a “cri- ed speeches because of the efforts to fight the virus and sis of confidence”. pandemic, leaders are using advocate what they believe remarks on Kashmir dur- this week as an opportunity must be done. INDIA: India slammed ing the UNGA session, Turkish President Recep calling it “completely un- A SMATTERING OF MYRIAD IDEAS Tayyip Erdogan for his acceptable”. FROM SPEECHES ON THE FIRST DAY FOUR TAKEAWAYS OF THE GENERAL DEBATE: Heads of state were presenting their own efforts in favourable light while sometimes SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT his country is developing. 1 CYRIL RAMAPHOSA called for harshly criticising other countries or taking jabs. a suspension of interest pay- SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT This year's theme — “reaffirming our collective ments on African nations’ PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN said 2commitment to multilateralism'' — comes at a Sir David Attenborough has urged coun- debt and renewed focus on that like a tsunami that fol- time of extreme physical isolation, adding urgency eradicating global poverty. lows earthquakes, economic tries to set aside "national interests" to aftershocks are sweeping to the search for solutions. beat climate change. CHILEAN PRESIDENT SEBAST- nations. At the virtual meet, the UN made a plea not to New film A Life On Our Planet follows IAN PINERA called on power- 3indulge in the ‘great fracture’— largest the 94-year-old broadcaster as he ful nations to work together economies splitting the globe, leading to Cold War. and stop generating “a wor- reflects on "the devastating changes he risome lack of leadership.” CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING said a handful of vaccines Despite this year’s theme, speeches by has seen" during his career. A trailer were in phase 3 of clinical trials and that Beijing would give 4world's most-powerful nations were peppered for the Netflix film includes black-and- PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT RO- millions to a UN fund to combat the virus. with initiatives that sounded more go-it-alone DRIGO DUTERTE echoed a call white clips from Attenborough's early from many leaders when he US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP said America had “waged a than collaborative, though all gave nods to career as well as shots of ice caps melt- said that once an effective vac- fight against a great enemy, the China virus,” and called on working together. ing and forests being felled. David cine is developed, it must be the UN to hold China accountable for it. Xi responded: “politi- Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet pre- made available to all nations. cising or stigmatising should be avoided, that “major coun- If you were to participate in the UN debate, mieres in cinemas on September 28, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR tries should act like major countries” and no solutions could Qwhat would have been your views as a leader? featuring an exclusive conversation PUTIN went so far as to offer be found by burying “one's head in the sand like an ostrich.” Write to [email protected]; Visit toistudent.com with Sir David and Sir Michael Palin. UN personnel a Covid vaccine It launches on Netflix on October 4.

CLICK DECODING: JAMMU AND KASHMIR NEWS HERE FOR BRIEF MORE AMAZON ON A GREEN DRIVE Ayushmann Khurrana OFFICIAL LANGUAGES BILL IN mazon, the In the news for: Rajya Sabha passes Jammu and Kashmir world's biggest TECH BUZZ A online retailer, on TIME’s list of 100 Official Languages Bill, 2020 announced the launch of a climate-friendly pro- he Jammu and APPLE IPHONE 12 SERIES IN OCT? gramme to help cus- Most-Influential People Kashmir Official pple that tomers shop for sustain- T Languages Bill 2020 launched able products, as part of Other Indians include PM Modi, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, was passed by a voice vote A new Watch its commitment to be net in the Rajya Sabha on Series 6, Watch SE carbon neutral by 2040. Customers will now see more UK-based Dr Ravindra Gupta and activist Bilkis Dadi Wednesday. The Bill gives as well as new iPad than 25,000 products ranging from grocery, household to official language status to Air at a special electronics with a 'Climate Pledge Friendly' label. Kashmiri, Dogri, Hin- 'Time Flies’ event is di, English, and From 1954 there were reportedly gearing BEZOS ACADEMY IS NEXT Urdu in the Union up to hold a special Territory. two official languages event on October 13 Making its mark on the educa- in J&K, Urdu and "The Bill fulfills to launch the much- tion sector, Amazon chief Jeff the decades-long wishes English, which were used awaited iPhone 12 of the people of the re- for official work. In the series. Bezos opened a preschool in the gion. It is a big step which 2011 Census, the number of Eddy Cue, Ap- US. Bezos posted a photo of the will give official language ple's senior vice classroom on Instagram, say- status to Kashmiri, Do- Urdu speakers in the UT president, was seen gri, Hindi, English, and was a little above 19,000 speaking at presen- ing the first Bezos Academy is set Urdu," said Minister of which is 0.16 per cent of tations for a UK carrier about the upcoming iPhone to open on October 19. ational Award-winning actor Ayushmann Khurrana is State (MoS) Home Affairs the population. and its 5G capabilities, reports AppleInsider. among the five Indians who have made it to the presti- G Kishan Reddy. gious TIME’s list of Influential Indians in 2020. Others N include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, London-based ABOUT ONE IN 10 OF ALL THE Indian-origin doctor Ravindra Gupta, who DID YOU worked to find a cure for AIDS, and Bilkis Dadi, PEOPLE IN THE WORLD COULD BE who was at the forefront of Shaheen Bagh Get Booked With Iconic Judge RBG protests in Delhi against the Citizenship KNOW IN DANGER FROM ERUPTIONS Amendment Act (CAA). Ayushmann has been listed in the ‘artistes category’. For the millennials, US YOUNG READERS ust imagine how many people are in danger from eruptions. However, Supreme Court Justice WHEN RUTH BADER GINSBURG CHEWED 100 STICKS people living near volcanoes can ben- OF GUM BY MARK ANDREW WEAKLAND AND DANIELA efit from them—heat from volcanoes Ruth Bader Ginsburg—who VOLPARI: J Focuses on Ruth's childhood, the can be turned into electricity and the soil passed away recently—is strong role models and encouragement she is good for farming. 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‘WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CLIMATE DON’T MISS WEEKEND NEWSPAPER CHANGE’, THIS by Kerry Emanuel SATURDAY Read about the Newspaper in An MIT climatologist and a conser- Education vative, Emanuel sounds the alarm in a measured and scientific way, If every Sunday night, making clear what we know and you are left Better days what we don’t. There is little panic feeling: “did I do are coming. in this slender book, which was up- Photo: GETTY IMAGES They are called dated in 2018, but there is a lot of enough”, Times NiE troubling information. Emanuel future of the Weekender is here with Saturday and specifically thought of his book as ways to fill in your days Sunday. a way of offering ammunition to those trying to convince family mem- with perspectives, bers or friends who are skeptical or don’t understand the science. productivity with a side “Young adults who are disputing this problem with their own par- order of popular trends. ents or an uncle or something — they can hand the book to them and say, ‘Will you at least read this?’” planet ‘THE WATER WILL ‘THE SIXTH EXTINCTION,’ COME,’ by Elizabeth Kolbert by Jeff Goodell Reporting from the Andes, the Amazon rainfor- est, the Great Barrier Reef and her own back- “Sea-level rise is one of the yard, Kolbert registers the impact of central facts of our time, as climate change on the life of our real as gravity,” Goodell planet. What emerges, in her writes at the start of his 2014 book, is a picture of the book, published in 2017. “It sixth mass extinction. All the will reshape our world in warnings are here, in Kolbert’s ways most of us can only elegant, accessible prose: sea lev- els rising, deforestation, the dis- persion of disease-carrying species. But she also digs deep, offering an intellectual history of “extinction” and placing in context the catastrophes ahead by grap- pling with how life on Earth ended and was re- GRAB THE GRUB generated in the distant past. Get to know the latest in food, health and nutrition in the new normal. Learn everything from new ‘THE STORY OF immunity foods to brain-boosting diets, – a new way to ‘eat this and not that’. Add to this, new MORE,’ foods on the horizon with Food Spotting, Epicurious by Hope Jahren to know about new cuisines, brushing up on your table manners or simply knowing the best chefs in Jahren, the author of the acclaimed memoir “Lab Girl,” turns her atten- ‘THE END OF NATURE,’ the business. dimly imagine.” This tion to climate change and specifically the responsibility we each bear book takes us there: Goodell for contributing to the problem. The book, published in March, isn’t by Bill McKibben travels the world to cities scolding — Jahren approaches the problem from the perspective of her WATCH, READ OR LISTEN like Lagos, Nigeria; Rotter- youth in the Midwest and her decision to McKibben wrote this book in 1989 when glob- Enjoy the motion pictures with a side of emotions dam, the Netherlands; and move to Oslo, Norway, in 2016 because of al warming was still referred to with the Venice, Italy, that are at risk the state of scientific research in Ameri- more innocuous-sounding phrase “the green- as we give you a weekend watch list and notes on of vanishing if the rise in ca. She looks at the way our decisions house effect.” It was an abstract worry in the how to appreciate the nuances of a movie. It’s a water levels follows current about what we eat affect the planet. What future even for environmentalists, who were film appreciation 101. Get ready for weekend reads projections. Maybe the most concerns her is the divide between those still reeling from the fight to save the ozone interesting element he ex- who consume and waste more and those layer. For McKibben the crises were connect- and music from lists and themes, and not to men- plores is people’s inability who live on much less. By looking at the ed and spoke to a bigger problem: a disregard tion author/artist interactions. to see the rising tide. Talk- global disparities, she comes to stark con- for nature and how humans were capable of ing to an influential devel- clusions about who is the cause of the harming it. His book is a lament that nature TECH IT AWAY oper in Miami, Goodell asks problem and what could be a solution. As has lost its independence. Even if everything if he’s worried about the fu- she puts it, “What was only a faint drum- could be done to stave off warming, McKibben If there’s anything the year 2020 has taught us, it’s ture when the beat as I began to research this book now writes, it would have to come from human inge- that technology rules. From apps that help you to ocean takes rings in my head like a mantra: Use Less nuity and depend on our intervention into natural over. He isn’t, and Share More.” processes. This is another sign that we have encroached too far — that nature new courses for you or simply a product review – he says. itself is over, as McKibben puts it. The only solution, he says, is “to go no far- the latest from technology is here. ther down the path we’ve been following.” Activities WHAT’S THE SCORE Run for the best in sports for the week, what tour- nament to watch, sidelights and more in a weekly QUIZ TIME (CURRENT AFFAIRS) sports section. SKILL IT Q.1) Nirmala Q.2) Exercise B. 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STUDENTS' VIEWS SPREAD THE LIGHT OF Although online education has MAKING THE MOST OF thrown multiple challenges, technical HOPE AND GOOD CHEER or otherwise, it has also given a stu- While the pandemic is casting its gloom across the world, dent an opportunity to build self-disci- pline. Using apps like Google calendar educators are doing their best to spread the sunshine of hope…. for planning out your day, Evernote ONLINE EDUCATION and Notebook to make virtual notes and numerous HELP CHILDREN UNLEASH THEIR other apps to improve productivity, to-do lists and POTENTIAL The new normal in education has made it amply clear that the online mode is here to stay. So why self-monitoring. Khyaati Tapadia, class XII, DCIS, Ahmedabad Life is a pursuit where each one of us takes up not make the most of it. Educators and students from across India suggest ways to do so… the journey to explore different avenues and in One of the other more settling the process, self-revelation happens. Let children HELPS IN DEVELOPING YOUR resources is YouTube. It is a rather EFFECTIVE ONLINE STUDIES their comfort zones. "It's easy to take traditional and diverse set of opinions indulge in what they are most passionate about. SKILLS advantage of such a situation to be Open the doors to the vast horizon. Their passion  Figure out how you learn best which will broaden horizons and help Gouthami Chandrasekar, teacher, Bethel more productive as our routines are out spread the expanse of knowledge will ensure that they will make wonders happen MHSS, Chennai, says "Online education  Join a Study Team more flexible than usual," observes Os- received. Setting a proper schedule, and emerge successful. The uniqueness of each presents many platforms to acquire ba-  Keep eyes at a comfortable distance hin Pia Cutinho, class XII, Schoenstatt following the same and eliminating distractions will one of us makes this world a beautiful place. sic technical skills, communication skills, from screen St. Mary's PU College, Bengaluru. reading and writing skills." Suggests Khyaati Tapadia, class XII, help in reaping the entire benefits of online Comparisons stymie children's talents. Allow  Limit Social Media Students get access to expertise, ed- DCIS, Ahmedabad, "Use apps like education. children to gather knowledge as they please and  Ask questions, use the opportunity to ucational apps, YouTube videos from Google calendar for planning out your D. Purnima, class X, SBOA Matriculation Higher they will begin to enjoy whatever they do and even study Cambridge University, Let's talk, Dr. Ren- connect effectively day, Evernote and Notebook to make Secondary School, Coimbatore with satisfaction and joy. garajan's Infinite Thoughts and British  Keep work-station neat and clutter virtual notes and numerous other apps Council offer unique benefits to learners to improve productivity, to-do lists and Free from teachers’ watchful eyes Suma Paul, Principal, Assisi Vidyaniketan Public School, Ernakulam free, well lit with high degree of flexibility and con- self-monitoring." and inhibitions, with home comfort you Keep yourself hydrated venience. "Students also have started  DEVELOPS DISCIPLINE can enhance your learning through INDIVIDUALITY MAKES US UNIQUE making YouTube videos, inventing new  Be regular and do not procrastinate supporting sites during intervals. The apps and software, and making short Says D. Purnima, class X, SBOA Comparison as a tool to mark excellence not Ishita Basu, senior teacher, La Martiniere time saved on commuting to school films," adds Gouthami Chandrasekar. Matriculation Higher Secondary only fails miserably, but also backfires badly, Girls College, Lucknow can be used for hobbies or learning something new. School, Coimbatore, “One of the when applied to human beings. Yet, we often MAKES IN-DEPTH LEARNING Nandana S, class X, Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, ways to make the most of online ed- see it being put to use. Siblings, classmates, POSSIBLE ucation is to browse the available Thiruvananthapuram Observes Vivekanand Thallam, ed- plethora of resources on the inter- colleagues, neighbours all fall prey to unfair ucator, Atkinson Sr Sec School, Vi- net and select the best ones. Sources Understanding online learning, prac- comparison. We need to stop subjecting young jayawada, “The more time students like Khan Academy and Toppr are tices, expectations, with a dedicated minds to this juxtaposition. Let us instead spend on the content, the more they good." Apart from providing topi- study place, reliable internet connec- encourage children to be themselves, to revel learn. This gives them opportuni- cal videos, badges, energy points tivity, well-planned study schedule and in their uniqueness. If God wanted comparison, ty to engage with the content.” and avatars further motivate the pre-identified learning objectives and He would have made clones. His job would have SAVES TIME, LESS learners to maintain their learn- goals can help us make it successful. ing streak. “One of the other more Jyotirmoy Chatterjee, class XII, Central Modern been so much easier. But He has made us like STRESSFUL settling resources is YouTube,” she School, Kolkata snowflakes, each with a unique design. According to Jyotirmoy Chat- adds. Comparison deprives us of the joy of being our- terjee,student of class XII, Cen- To sum up, 'Pain that hurts the tral Modern School, Kolkata, most, teaches a lot.' This pandem- With the online classes on full swing selves. There is only one ME, that's reason "Going through the usual 'get- ic has taught teachers to accept new due to Covid outbreak, one tends to enough to celebrate. Though comparison with ting-ready-for-school' proce- e-challenges by exploring new tech- procrastinate while studying. Plan the self is encouraged, that too can be detri- dure, which may otherwise niques required for online teach- your day beforehand and follow a dis- mental at times. You are not the same person you were, you keep evolving, seem silly, helps in setting in ing. "It has changed the face of ed- ciplined routine. Hold yourself the serious study mode. ucation and has made us more changing. Remember your life is a unique story, you are the author. Let your accountable for revising the topics script be original, there are enough duplicates already. Personality flourishes Online studies is less adaptable to the changing trends," which have been taught by the teacher. It's easy to stressful and refreshing than the reiterates Padma Kumar, principal, when comparison ends. You are not me and I am not you, I am happy for you, get distracted by social media when one goes online, stereotypical classes as students are in SGVP, Ahmedabad. but keep reminding yourself the importance of time. just as you are for me. Hunar, class XII, Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh Padmaja Limaye, teacher, Fr Agnel Multipurpose School, Vashi, Navi Mumbai The more There is always Children are Online education time the a challenge in engaged in offers access to Students enjoy every moment of EVERY ADVERSITY IS AN OPPORTUNITY online classes. Though we are away students a physical productive expertise via 'Sweet are the uses of adver- from our friends, with a single click we spend on the classroom, learning and educational apps, are among our friends, learning chat- sity,' wrote Shakespeare. content, the with each online YouTube videos ting and interacting with each other. Indeed, students must use more they learn. Online student learning activities conducted by from Cambridge University, Moreover, to keep ourselves healthy fit this difficult time to upgrade education gives plenty at a different pace. But the school. Since Let's talk, Dr. Rengarajan's and energetic we have bonanza of energizers which their knowledge and skills. of opportunities to the that's actually an everything is available Infinite thoughts and British are fun filled too and we start each class with exer- They may inculcate the habit student to engage with advantage of online online, accessing class Council which offer unique cises and fun activities. of self-learning. Remember the content. A teacher learning. Teachers should materials, and submitting benefits to learners. On the Ananya Pareek, class IX, Podar World School, there is no 'lockdown' on can ensure that the identify techniques for work, is convenient. It optimistic side, students too Ajmer Road, Jaipur imagination, creativity or coursework caters to all engaging the students has changed the face of have started making Online education is important for innovation. It is only in such learning types. online through interactive education and made us YouTube videos, are students in terms of acquiring knowl- solitude that one can discover ~ Vivekanand Thallam, activities. adaptable to the inventing new apps and edge continuously, avoiding the waste one's hidden potential. This is Educator, Atkinson Sr ~ Padmapriya S, Teacher, changing trends. software, and making short of time, maintaining harmony between the time students must embark on developing their skills in whatever they are Sec School, Vijayawada SBOA Matriculation ~ Padma Kumar, films. students and teachers. I feel that the good at. And many have done that. This is also an opportunity to spend time Higher Secondary School, principal, SGVP, ~ Gouthami Chandrasekar, education arena was continued only with family members. Whether we do anything or not, time will pass. Days will Coimbatore Ahmedabad Teacher, Bethel MHSS, due to online classes. turn into months and months to years. So, let us not waste any time. Let us TEACHERS' VIEWS TEACHERS' Chennai V Hrudaya Akshitha, class X, Atkinson SSS, Vijayawada accept the situation now and learn lessons of working and waiting. Radhika Iyer, Director, Udgam School for Children, Ahmedabad 'Believe in yourself and success will be all yours' WISE SCIENTIST  Vidhi Chheda, Class X, Sister Nivedita School, Dombivli (East) LOVE THYSELF BECAUSE YOU'RE WORTH IT You are wise and intelligent, You do a lot of research to find many Understand, don't eing bullied is, at to leave my hair open. I start- following the chemically-treated rote-learn times, really hard to ed straightening my hair reg- trend. When I stopped burning medicines. SCORE CARD B handle. I have been ularly, used expensive strong my hair with electric straighten- To keep us safe and healthy and to help Read the textbooks thor- bullied for many things in serums and shampoos and in ers and started loving my natu- us live peacefully oughly and highlight impor- Sanskrit 99 my life, such as for being fact this damaged my hair ral hair texture, I felt the attitude I will never forget the time and hours tant points. Prepare flow weak in Maths, for being thin more and made it of people around me change. charts and abbreviations for Marathi 95 to the extent of being called skele- look dull. Also, once They stopped criticising that you have spent for us long answers. Focus on text- English 91 ton or bamboo stick, but mostly I out of anger, I cut and even if some do, I You have inspired me to be wise today, books and not reference Science 98 have been bullied for my hair. Just my hair short but have stopped caring as tomorrow and forever books. because the texture is not like the soon afterwards I to what others think. I want to thank all of you Social Science 97 desired silky straight type as most realised that my I love myself the Maintain consistency Maths 95 of the girls have, many people hair is something way I am, and For your sincere help during this tumul- and stay motivated used to make fun of my hair call- which actually that is what tuous time Total 485 + 15 marks ing it a bird's nest, spider's web makes me really mat- Thank you for working hard during this for Kathak exams = Revise every day and take etc. I've even had someone say to unique. Even ters. quarantine. breaks when needed. Vidhi Chheda 500 me, "Your hair is blocking my people on so- BHAVYA For motivation, I Percentage: 100 view. I can't see what's behind cial media GULATI, class MAHIMANITA, class X, Michael always found tions. Set daily targets you". My hair used to become a have been pro- XII, Bhavan strength in my past and try to achieve them. topic of discussion every time at moting natural Job Matriculation Higher victories and learnt There is no substitute for parties, school and even functions. looking hair in Vidyalaya, Secondary School, Coimbatore lessons from my fail- Prioritise hardwork. Work hard and At one point of time I hesitated comparison to those Panchkula ures. you'll reap the sweet fruits of Prioritise between success. Don't be stressed by Learn to work under tasks. Balance extracurric- your problems. Instead, be pressure ular activities with academ- led by your dreams. ics. Learn to manage time Interview by Tejashree Avoid thinking of Board effectively. exams as a burden. 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Photo: PTI Don’t judge Cummins just after one Is Dhoni showing game, says KKR skipper Karthik olkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh is looking forward to this competition and he is Karthik finds it extremely “unfair” that shaping up well and that’s a good sign for KKR,” his premier pacer Pat Cummins is being he added. While someone like Andre Russell once ‘lack of intent’? K criticised after just one bad performance, again batted down the order at No 6, Karthik de- that too when he played straight after completing fended the decision, saying that it was more to do ormer Indian opener middle in the 14th over when CSK (It) makes no sense to his quarantine. The KKR skipper termed Cum- with keeping a left-right combination going. “I be- needed 103 off 38 balls.Faf du me. In fact, you should mins as a champion bowler who will eventually think it is a strategy because it is done universal- lieves MS Dhoni should Plessis at the other end was strug- be leading from the come good. “Just the fact that he is a world cham- ly only simply because it is not easy for a bowler have batted at the top gling at that point. , front. And this is not of the order during Ruturaj Gaikwad and Kedar Jad- what you call leading from Pat Cummins ’ hav were sent ahead of Dhoni, who the front. at number o: ANI F t 16-run loss to in himself came in at number seven. seven when you’re chasing

their (IPL) ‘‘I was a bit surprised, to be hon- what 217? The game was over.Faf Pho 2020 clash. Chasing 217 for the est. MS Dhoni batting at number was probably the lone warrior,” All eyes were on Cummins, this edition’s highest total chased in IPL histo- seven? And sending Gaikwad be- ESPNcricinfo quoted Gambhir as highest paid overseas recruit and he ry, Dhoni on Tuesday came to the fore him, Sam Curran before him. saying. IANS was taken apart by Mumbai Indians It is MS Dhoni - probably (that’s) why people don’t talk about it. skipper Rohit Sharma as he went When you don't have , you’re making people believe for 49 runs in 3 overs during KKR’s that Sam Curran is better than you. You’re making people believe 49-run IPL defeat. that Ruturaj Gaikwad, Curran, , , M Vijay, all these guys are better than you. Gautam Gambhir, former Indian opener

The three sixes that MS Dhoni hit in the last over made it feel like CSK came close to the target, but the reality was something different. In the middle, it looked like Dhoni wasn’t even trying to chase the target, considering the number of dot balls he played. Virender Sehwag, former India pion bowler, from to bowl consistently to a left-hander It’s not about experiments, saying ‘oh it’s early on in the tournament’. whatever I have and a right-hander (and) even if they heard and seen get their line a little wrong, it could Let me tell you, T20 can bite you very, very quickly. You can he is one of the go for runs. Because we have the ad- end up losing five games on the go very quickly and then you can end best going vantage of doing that, sometimes Photo: PTI up thinking ‘oh my goodness, are we actually going to get into the around in the we tend to do that,” he said. PTI world. I trust finals?’. I am not buying into this nonsense. him and I’m It is very unfair to judge him Kevin Pietersen, former England batsman sure, he will come (Cummins) right now. He is just off MS Dhoni good,” said Karthik. Karthik quarantine, (it is) at 3.30/4.00 pm when also had a word of he got permission to come and play the Photo: ANI praise for young Shiv- Dinesh Karthik match itself. We are just happy to have am Mavi, who returned him and I don’t think this is a game Relaxed Simona Halep heads into with figures of 2/32, with of Rohit and Quinton de where we need to judge him at all. French Open as clear favourite Kock. “Upfront he (Mavi) was very good. The poor Dinesh Karthik, KKR skipper guy missed out due to an injury last year and he Photo: AP n Former champion Simona Halep a arrives at the rescheduled French Open as the player to beat in a women’s draw missing title holder andy I wish I had a go at bro: Tom Ashleigh Barty and recent US Open winner Naomi Osaka, two of Photo: GETTY IMAGES om Curran got his 2020 IPL the world’s top three. adventure off to a flier, but Serena Williams can never be dis- bitterly regrets failing to or MI: P counted as she launches another T smash brother Sam’s bowl- ing out of the ground. Normally bid for a record-equalling 24th s f team-mates, the Surrey and Eng- Grand Slam singles crown, but land duo became the first of sib- Roland Garros is her least suc- lings from these shores to face cessful major despite her wins in each other in the biggest T20 tour- nament in the world. Tom is turn- 2002, 2013 and 2015. ing out for Rajasthan Royals, while

n Garbine Muguruza is another 00 game Sam has joined the three-time contender while former world num- champions Chennai Super Kings

ber one Victoria Azarenka is relying y 2 for a tournament being played in on her US Open final momentum. It was a strange feel- Last year’s runner-up Marketa ing facing up against Vondrousova will again target a him. We've always just played Simona Halep deep run in Paris. L-R: Sam Curran and Tom Curran together. The last ball I faced, he tried to bounce me, the UAE due to coronavirus.Tom, ball I faced, he tried to bounce me, I think she’s going to be the (top) favourite in the women’s tour- the older of the two by three years, which was surprising. I wish I’d which was surprising. nament, because I think also the way she played, she already came out on top in a 16-run win. stood still because that was I reck- Tom Curran “It was a strange feeling facing up on my chance to put him into the played (won) Prague on clay. She won this tournament. So I feel like against him,” said Tom, 25. “We’ve stands. I'd have liked to put him she’s confident. For sure she’s going to be dangerous. always played together.The last into the stands.” DAILY MIRROR Karolina Pliskova, Czech tennis player er who might pla et will miss one Tiger Woods commits Luis Suarez joins Atletico to defend title at more game at worst: CSK CEO Zozo Championship hennai Super recovering well and ormer world number one Madrid from Barcelona Kings (CSK) will miss probably golfer Tiger Woods will tletico Madrid have signed strik- d only crick skipper MS one more game. Sp- defend his title at the Photo: REUTERS C F er Luis Suarez from Barcelona, the Dhoni badly missed eaking to ANI, CSK Zozo Championship scheduled A Spanish clubs said, bringing to an the star player Am- CEO Kasi Viswana- from October 22-25 at the Sher- end his six-year stint at the Camp Nou. ollar bati Rayudu during than said that there wood Country Club in Thou-

Barca’s statement said Atletico will pay P their second game was no reason to sand Oaks, California. Earli- the Catalans six million euros ($7 mil- against Rajasthan worry as the bats- er this month, PGA Tour and lion) in bonus payments to sign the 33- Royals at the Sharjah man is recovering Zozo Inc. officials announced year-old. The Uruguay striker, who is Cricket Stadium due well and will need that the championship would Barca’s third all-time top scorer with to the latter’s ham- just one more game not be played in Japan due to 198 goals in all competitions, had a year string injury. But the to be back in the logistical issues caused by the left on his contract with the club. batsman has been playing XI. Covid-19 pandemic.

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