JAMMU | MONDAY | JULY 26, 2021 JB SPORTS JAMMU BULLETIN 9 We will try out new guys but will experiment only Australia captain Aaron Finch after ensuring series win: Shikhar Dhawan likely to have right knee surgery be heading home,” Finch COLOMBO,JUL 25: Lankan team has shown a marked India captain Shikhar Dhawan said improvement through the ODI series. said. the team management will try out new “I think the competition will be “This was considered the faces but only if they fit into the best good. You saw the Sri Lankan team best course of action rather playing XI during the upcoming three- improve a lot in the last two matches. than traveling to match T20 International series against They played really well and they are a Bangladesh, not being able Sri Lanka, starting here on Sunday. good team, with a lot of youngsters. to play and losing that Like India blooded as many as five “So I think it will make for a good recovery time. I will have newcomers in the final ODI, Dhawan contest between the two teams. We the surgery if required and indicated on Saturday that he is not have both already played three match- start the recovery process averse to experimenting with new men es now, so both teams know each oth- ahead of the World Cup.” like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Varun ers’ strengths and weaknesses. That’s Finch sustained the Chakravarthy and Devdutt Padikkal in a good thing, and it will add to the injury during practice the coming games, but series win will challenge (of the series).” On a per- leading into the T20 Series remain a priority. sonal note, Dhawan knows that even against the West Indies in “New guys definitely have the he is auditioning for a place in the T20 St Lucia, which he further opportunity to play. We have to win World Cup side. “It is very important. aggravated in the final the series. In the last ODI, there was a Of course, any international match has game of that series which good opportunity to give some young- West Indies won 4-1. sters a chance and give them a taste of its own impact, and whenever you international cricket, because we had perform internationally it makes a Wicketkeeper Alex Carey huge impact. “So, on a personal note, SYDNEY,JUL 25: likely to undergo surgery. will continue to captain already won the series,” Dhawan told that’s why they are here. As you saw, per the situation. I am really looking forward to perform Australia captain Aaron A Cricket Australia state- Australia for the final ODI mediapersons ahead of the first game. youngsters have performed so well in “It’s going to be decided according match on Monday in “Now it’s a new series, so we will of the ODI series, so they’ll be taking to the situation. As I said, if we win over here and make my place more Finch has been ruled out of ment Sunday said selectors Barbados, with the series course go in with our best XI first. We that confidence ahead in the T20I two matches, then we have options to stronger for the World Cup. Then the remainder of the tours and the CA medical team will try to win the first two matches, series. You will see them perform real- play any combination we want to. we’ll see how it goes in the future.” of the West Indies and are optimistic Finch will level at 1-1. and then according to the situation, we ly well. “As a team, we have created Otherwise, our main goal is to play the The skipper said that the team’s strat- Bangladesh due to a right recover in time for the ICC Selectors will decide on a can experiment in the last game if an amazing environment over here. best XI to win the series. egy will be prepared keeping both knee injury. Twenty20 World Cup in T20 captain ahead of the needed,” Dhawan said. However, he Really looking forward to do well as a “That’s our first priority. After that, Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav Finch will return to the United Arab Emirates five-game series against agreed that the IPL has made these team. Not just the youngsters, even the if we can seal it like we did in the in mind as they haven’t received any Australia from the West and Oman, which starts in Bangladesh in Dhaka youngsters ready for international senior players are looking forward to ODIs, we can think of experiment- formal intimation from the BCCI Indies to complete 14 days mid-October.“I’m which will be held from cricket. “Of course they are ready, it.” The changes in the team will be as ing.” He also feels that the current Sri about their leaving the team. quarantine and is then extremely disappointed to Aug. 3-9. 2016 Olympics proved to be a learning curve, says Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Manish Kaushik China's Yang takes first gold weightlifter Mirabai Chanu after winning medal at Tokyo crashes out after losing to McCormack at uneasy Tokyo Olympics 2 years that I have not gone TOKYO,JUL 25: TOKYO,JUL 25: home and spent some time India boxer Hardly half a day passed with my family. There is no Manish before politics, the pandemic plan as such, but I'll party Kaushik (63kg) and blistering heat impacted today (laughs)," she added. on Sunday events across the Tokyo When asked whether she bowed out of thought she could go for gold, Olympics. the men's light- China's Yang Qian, at least, Chanu said: "I tried my best weight (57-63 stayed right on target. to win the gold medal, I was kg) category not able to win the gold, but I event after los- Yang overtook Anastasiia really tried. When I did the ing to Great Galashina of Russia to win second lift, I understood I'll Britain's Luke the first gold medal of the bring a medal along with me." McCormack in Tokyo Games in the women's Chanu lifted a total of 202 the round of 32 here at the Tokyo Olympics. McCormack 10-meter air rifle Saturday. kg (87kg in snatch and 115kg defeated Kaushik 4-1 in the round of 32 match. Her last shot was her worst of in clean and jerk) during her By the end of Round 1, McCormack managed to take a the finals but still rallied her four successful attempts lead as three out of five judges adjudged that he had won past Galashina with an across the competition. the round while two said that it was Kaushik who won the Olympic-record score of TOKYO,JUL 25: entire country was watching China's Zhihui Hou bagged first round. However, McCormack won the round 3-2. 251.8. Switzerland’s Nina qualified sixth of the eight because a Czech player tested After winning a silver me and they had their expec- gold with a total of 210kg and Kaushik won Round 2, 3-2, and hence by the end of it, Christen took bronze. medal competitors, missed positive for COVID-19. tations, I was a little nervous medal at the Tokyo Olympics created a new Olympic the scoreline was level and the match went down to the “It’s unbelievable that I can the innermost circle on her Markéta Sluková, who tested on Saturday, India but I was determined to give Record while Indonesia's wire, and it was the final round that had to decide the fate be here,” Yang said through final shot, a 9.8 that she fig- positive earlier this week, and weightlifter Mirabai Chanu my best. In 2016, I did not Windy Cantika Aisah grabbed of the boxers. However, McCormack managed to hold his an interpreter. “I was really ured would cost her gold. said she was determined to have a good show but it partner Barbora Hermannova bronze with a total of 194kg. own in the final round and in the end, he ended up win- nervous. The competition was She looked up to see were eliminated from the give her best and also proved as a learning curve for ning the match. With this monumental sil- really tight, but I’m so happy Galashina missed the two tournament. revealed how the 2016 Rio me and I got to know where I Earlier on Sunday, Mary Kom (51kg) stormed into the ver medal, Chanu has become center rings. The Russian’s Olympics was a learning need to improve. I worked Round of 16 of women's flyweight (48-51 kg) category that I could win.” Already empty because of a the second Indian weightlifter 8.9 meant IOC President curve for her. really hard for this," Chanu after defeating Miguelina Garcia of the Dominican Galashina led Yang by 0.2 ban on fans, the venue at to win an Olympic medal Mirabai Chanu opened told reporters at the Mixed Republic in the round of 32. Mary Kom defeated points when they fired almost Thomas Bach would present Shiokaze Park was eerily still after Karnam Malleswari India's medals tally as she Zone after winning the silver Miguelina 4-1. On Saturday, 29-year-old Vikas Krishnan simultaneously on their last Yang the gold medal on a tray when the match was sup- bagged bronze in the 69kg bagged a silver in the medal. lost his round of 32 match in the men's welterweight box- shots. The limited crowd at — per pandemic protocols — posed to start at 9 a.m. on Women's 49kg category at "When I reach India, I will category at the 2000 Sydney ing event here in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics and as a Asaka Shooting Range let out instead of Galashina. Saturday, the only sound Tokyo International Forum. go straight to my home, it has Games when the weightlift- result, he has bowed out of the mega event. gasps as the scores posted a The first event of the coming from the incredibly "I am very happy that I been a long time that I have ing arena was opened to Japan's Mensah Okazawa defeated Krishnan 5-0 in the split second later. Olympic beach volleyball loud cicadas in the nearby have won the medal. The not been home. It has been 1- women for the first time. round of 32 match at the Kokugikan arena. Yang, a 21-year-old who tournament was canceled trees. Abtaha Maqsood: Scotland leg-spinner Varun Chakravarthy set for debut as India makes waves on debut in The Hundred start favourites versus Lanka in T20I series MUMBAI, JUL 25: bearer at the Commonwealth COLOMBO,JUL 25: The other debut could be Abtaha Maqsood, the Games in Glasgow in 2014 Mystery spinner Varun one among Devdutt Padikkal daughter of Pakistani immi- and has been interviewed by Chakravarthy could well be and Ruturaj Gaikwad, both grants in Scotland, stole the BBC and Sky Sports in the in line for international debut of whom had been proven as a formidable India, with a headlines on Friday when she past. IPL performers. With Prithvi galaxy of powerhouse IPL Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav made her debut in The Maqsood started her crick- performers, start as over- set to leave for England, the eting story as an eleven-year- Women’s Hundred for whelming favourites against team management might not Birmingham Phoenix in their old at Pollock Cricket Club in Sri Lanka in the opening T20 risk playing both the players. opener against London Spirit Glasgow, before which she International here on Sunday. Padikkal’s elegance is at Edgbaston, Birmingham. used to train with her brother. Having lost a game in the much anticipated in the inter- The 22-year-old leg-spin- After making her U17 ODI series, Shikhar national arena and he will get Dhawan’s men would look to ner, who boasts a T20I aver- debut at the age of 12, she a good guide in skipper go one better against Sri Dhawan, who has picked up age with the ball of just 10.84, broke into the senior Scotland Lanka with a team that is his T20 game in the last two was a last-minute registration side at the tender age of 14. ahead in almost all depart- due to poor fitness and injury through some great showing editions of IPL. for the competition. Over the years, she has estab- ments. Coach Rahul Dravid related issues, the 29-year- in the competitive Tamil After Birmingham Phoenix lished herself as a top bowl- will, however, want to check old Chakravarthy will like Nadu Premier League It is expected that both Ishan Kishan and Sanju posted a total of 128/6 in their ing option, picking up 19 out Chakravarthy, who can his fairytale story to continue (TNPL), which got him his Samson will be included in wickets in 14 T20I innings bowl off-breaks, carrom ball even as the Indian team is maiden IPL contract. allotted 100 balls, Maqsood the playing XI from which played her part with the ball with a best of 3/8. and also take the deliveries looking at one spinner for the His is a beautiful story and away from right-handers, T20 World Cup in the UAE. if he could make it to the Manish Pandey, after an in the second innings, bowl- the target with four balls left for other Muslim women who She used to be teammates having proved his prowess in Chakravarthy, a qualified World T20 squad, it will be indifferent T20 series, is set ing five balls and conceding to spare. want to take up the sport as with England leg-spinner the Indian Premier League. architect, was more of a ten- nothing short of spectacular, to be dropped. The Pandya seven runs. London Spirit Despite her team’s loss, their profession. Maqsood, Kirstie Gordon when she used Having missed out on an nis ball player, who took to given the fact that he is not a brothers — Hardik and eventually won the contest by Maqsood was hailed on social who has a black belt in to play for Scotland between away series in Australia and serious cricket much later in product of a structured crick- Krunal — are automatic three wickets, chasing down media for setting an example Taekwondo, was also a flag- 2012 and 2017. home series versus England his life and earned his stripes et system. choices in this format. Tokyo 2020: Listless India take 1-7 ham- Sri Lanka is getting better but need Tokyo Olympics: 'Simone Biles mering from Australia in men's hockey depth in batting, says coach Mickey Arthur show' off to a bumpy start through Daniel Beale (10th pre-match press conference TOKYO,JUL 25: minute), Joshua Beltz (26th), ahead of the first T20. The Simone Biles show got underway at the Tokyo Games on Andrew Flynn Ogilvie Sunday, but it did not live up to advance billing as the (23rd), Jeremy Hayward "For numerous reasons we American's Olympics campaign experienced a rocky start. (21st), Blake Govers (40th, never seem to put our best Biles was expected to launch an all-out assault on the podium 42nd) and Tim Brand (51st) batting line up out there. It is and record books in Tokyo but might not even match her five- to secure the easy win. being about creating depth for medal effort at the 2016 Rio Olympics, with the 24-year-old in India's lone goal came from me, but also trying to be con- danger of missing out on the finals of two individual apparatus, the stick of Dilpreet Singh in sistent. Giving guys clear the beam and asymmetric bars. By simple accounting alone, Biles is already one of the all-time greats as she owns a com- the 34th minute. roles but then allowing them India had earlier defeated bined 30 Olympic and world championship medals. However, New Zealand 3-2 in their to go out and playing with she was expected to cement her status with a gold medal opening fixture on Saturday. freedom. We saw a really bonanza in Tokyo. She could still strike it rich with gold in the The Manpreet Singh-led side good example of that in team, all-around and on the vault and floor exercise, but could will next play Spain on Charith (Asalanka) the other also miss out on spots in the two other individual apparatus Tuesday The eight-time for- where she sits sixth (beam) and eighth (asymmetric bars) with MUMBAI,JUL 25: the first quarter and scored night," added the South two of five groups still to compete. Only the top eight on each The Indian men's hockey goals at will to comfortably mer champions looked com- African. apparatus qualify for finals. With no spectators allowed inside team was pummelled 1-7 by secure their second consecu- pletely off colour from the COLOMBO,JUL 25: series 1-2 to India but the win "The growth I have seen in the Ariake Gymnastics Centre due to COVID-19 restrictions, it world number one Australia tive win in the competition. first whistle and the team's Sri Lanka head coach in the final ODI gave confi- these players has been fantas- was very much a business-like effort by Biles and her American backline was put under in their second pool A match For India, it was their Mickey Arthur on Saturday dence to Arthur. tic and the growth comes teammates. However, it was far from business as usual with a of the Olympic Games here biggest loss since Australian relentless pressure by the said his team is improving "We are creating depths resurgent Russian team firing a warning shot. Russia, compet- Australians. In the first quar- from giving them confidence on Sunday, a morale-shatter- Graham Reid took charge of fast but needs to have depth in across all the departments ing in Tokyo as representatives of the Russian Olympic ing loss that exposed every the team as coach in April ter, the Indians put up a sem- and giving them that consis- Committee (ROC) because the country was stripped of its flag possible chink in the side's 2019. blance of fight but in the batting as they gear up for the now. We just have to get that tency that they are going to and anthem for doping offences, have not won the women's armour. The mighty Australia looked dominant next 15 minutes, it was all Twenty20 series against little bit of consistency and play. We will see the rewards team title since the United Team at the 1992 Barcelona Kookaburras simply toyed and were in complete control Kookaburras, pumping goals India. that same depth into our bat- of that in the future for sure," Olympics but leads with a mark of 171.629, more than a full with the Indian defence after from the onset, scoring goals at will. Sri Lanka lost the ODI ting," Arthur said at a virtual the 53-year-old noted. point clear of the U.S. with 170.562.