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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.