TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Sri Lanka clinches series with 2nd test win over Bangladesh COVID bursts IPL bubble: KKR-RCB match PALLEKELE, May 3: innings effort of 6-92. ners Jayawickrama and Ramesh ly well. He played like a bowler Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Mendis as "fantastic." who had more than his 10 first- Praveen Jayawickrama took a Karunaratne, who was voted "At a time when we didn't class matches. match haul of 11 wickets on debut player of the series after scoring have anyone experienced, they "It's a great sign for the future postponed; CSK non-playing staff also caught up to help Sri Lanka clinch a series 428 runs including a double-cen- came and bowled like experi- of our test cricket. The seniors NEW DELHI, May 3: which features the biggest names team especially playing members contacts of the two positive cases win over Bangladesh today with a just gave them confidence. Some in international cricket, said in a have tested negative," he added. during the 48 hours prior to col- 209-run victory in the second test. players can panic at times when A COVID-19 outbreak left the press release. CSK, currently based in Delhi, lection of the sample that returned Sri Lanka needed five wickets they come into the test arena star-sprinkled IPL on tenterhooks Apart from this, Chennai suspended their training for the the positive test results," it added. for victory on the final day and (but) Praveen absorbed pressure as Kolkata Knight Riders' Varun Super Kings CEO Kasi day and are scheduled to face KKR last played on April 29 Jayawickrama accounted for really well." Chakravarthy and Sandeep Viswanathan, bowling coach L Rajasthan Royals on May 5. The against Delhi Capitals in three of them to finish with com- Bangladesh lost its last three Warrier tested positive for the Balaji and a bus cleaner with the team had been hit by COVID Ahmedabad and the development bined figures of 11-178. wickets within eight balls with dreaded virus, forcing postpone- contingent tested positive on cases even in the 2020 edition is bound to trigger anxiety in the It was the 10th-best return by the total on 227. ment of their game against Royal Sunday. A top BCCI official, after which was held in the UAE. league, which had been going a test bowler on debut and the Off-spinner Ramesh Mendis Challengers Bangalore, while declaring all three cases to be There was cause of concern in along smoothly so far in a bio- best by a Sri Lankan, improving finished with four wickets, com- cases also came to light in the "false positives", later clarified Delhi too as a few groundsmen at secure bubble in front of empty on Akila Dananjaya's 8-44 plementing the orthodox spin of Chennai Super Kings camp. that Balaji along with the the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, stands. against Bangladesh three years Jayawickrama, who flighted the The match, which was to be unnamed cleaner had come out which is due to host Mumbai "Now, the DC players (cur- ago. He was voted player of the ball, found drift and lot of assis- held in Ahmedabad this evening, positive even in the repeat test. Indians vs SunRisers Hyderabad rently in Ahmedabad) will also match. tance from a crumbling wicket. will be rescheduled some time "Three members of CSK con- on Tuesday, have also tested posi- have to be tested and every mem- After trapping Liton Das for The two front-line spinners later during the tournament, tingent, CEO Kasi, bowling coach tive for the virus. ber of the team contingents that 17 in his second over of the morn- shared the bulk of the bowling, which will conclude on May 30. L Balaji and a bus driver had test- However, Delhi and Districts came in contact with ing with an arm ball, the 22-year- Sri Lanka players celebrating victory over Bangladesh at sending down 60 overs in the "Varun Chakravarthy and ed positive in the morning fol- Cricket Association (DDCA) Chakravarthy and Warrier will old left-arm spinner claimed the Pallekele on Monday. second innings and claiming Sandeep Warrier were found to be lowed by negative Rapid Antigen chief Rohan Jaitley asserted that also be contact traced through the last two Bangladeshi wickets in nine wickets between them. positive in the third round of test- test report," the source said. "none of the groundsmen on duty" app watch that has been given to the space of three deliveries to tury, century and a half-century in enced players, and performed Jayawickrama said the test ing in the last four days. All other "However second RT-PCR are among them. everyone," a BCCI source said. finish with 5-85 in the second three innings, described the per- their roles as they should," he call up came as a surprise. team members have tested nega- report found Balaji and bus driver The BCCI continued to insist According to IPL's Standard innings to back up his first- formance of inexperienced spin- said. "Praveen did his job perfect- (Agencies) tive for COVID-19," the league, positive again. The others in the that the league will go on but Operating Procedure for COVID- Monday's developments have def- 19 management, any close con- initely cast a shadow on how the tact of an infected person has to COVD-19 threat would be man- isolate for six days and return aged for an event being staged three negative tests on days 1, 3 across six venues -- two at one and 6. time. It is learnt that KKR's pace Leg-spinner Chakravarthy and spearhead Pat Cummins revealed pacer Warrier, both 30, have been the latest development to all the isolated and the rest of the KKR Australian players in the IPL after contingent has returned negative Chakravarthy, while undergoing reports for now. Of the two, some shoulder scans for a niggle Warrier has not yet made the play- after Thursday's game, tested pos- ing XI in any of the seven match- itive for the virus. es KKR have played. Chakravarthy has appeared in "The Medical Team is in con- all of KKR's matches so far and tinuous touch with the duo and are been one of their most successful monitoring their health. players with seven wickets under Meanwhile, the Kolkata Knight his belt. Riders have now moved towards a KKR and CSK had clashed on daily testing routine to identify April 21 in Mumbai. any other possible cases and treat IPL had dealt with positive them at the earliest," the IPL stat- cases before the tournament start- ed. ed, including some high-profile "The Medical Team is also names like Axar Patel and determining the close and casual Devdutt Padikkal. (PTI) Indian para shuttlers to miss Spanish international NEW DELHI, May 3: Top para shuttlers Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam's preparation for the Paralympics suffered a blow as the Indian team will not be able to compete at the Spanish International due to the new quarantine rules imposed in wake of the COVID-19 pan- demic. The tournament is scheduled Bhagat and Kadam were part to be held from May 11 to May 16 of the Indian contingent which but with Spain announcing a 10- had bagged four gold, six silver day mandatory quarantine period and seven bronze medals at the on travellers from India, it will Dubai Para-Badminton not be possible for the players to International last month. compete in the event. World No.1 Bhagat had "After a great performance in defeated his compatriot Kumar Dubai Para badminton tourna- Nitesh in the SL3 men's singles ment, I was eagerly looking for- final to claim the gold medal. He ward for the Spanish tournament also won the gold in the men's as this was the last tournament doubles SL3 - SL4 event with before Paralympics," Bhagat said. partner Manoj Sarkar. "I wanted to use this as an Kadam, who had grabbed a opportunity to prepare for the 1st silver in SL4 men's singles, said, ever Paralympics in Tokyo. But I "Yes, this will hamper our prepa- understand these are difficult rations a little bit as we wanted to times. I request everyone to play more competitive tourna- please follow covid protocols and ments before the Paralympics." be safe." (PTI) RPO releases first edition of Hindi Magazine ‘Tavisha’ Excelsior Correspondent in compiling and accomplishing the first edition of the Hindi JAMMU, May 3: Regional Magazine themselves. Passport Office (RPO) Jammu He said that prime objective of the magazine is to pro- mote the use of Hindi in offi- cial and private work, besides display of literary creative work of staff and their families. Shil said that focus is also on to brief readers regarding basic passport application procedures. He lauded the hard work by co-ordinators-Gaurav and Diwakar for the successful compilation and accom- plishment of the publishing Regional Passport Offices, N K job. Shil and Rashmi Ranjan Swain, DGP Shil said that he would (CID) releases first edition of annual keep his effort to continue Hindi Magazine ‘Tavisha’. this special supplement in today released the first edition of future in order to enrich staff aes- annual Hindi Magazine 'Tavisha'. thetic value. Rashmi Ranjan Swain, Rashmi Ranjan Swain, DGP Director General of Police (CID) CID lauded the efforts of passport J&K released the maiden edition officials for their artistic work and of the magazine following valuable passport making mes- Corona protocol. sages depicted in the magazine.