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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE In a major blow, injured Rohit ruled out of New Zealand tour Mayank Agarwal likely to be replacement for the three ODIs and Shubman Gill for the two Tests IN NZ Press Trust of India New Delhi Limited­overs vice­ was on Mon­ day ruled out of the upcom­ ing One­Day International and Test series against New Zealand after sustaining a calf injury during the fifth T20 In­ ternational in Mount Maunganui. Rohit retired hurt on 60 off 41 balls after he pulled his calf muscle while going for a quick single during the match that India won on Sunday. the official announcement as Being assessed convenor of the selection “He is out of the tour. Right committee, secretary Jay India fined for slow now, it’s not looking good. Shah, is on his way to New The physio is assessing him. Zealand along with treasurer We will get to know how bad Arun Dhumal. over­rate in final T20I it is, but he is not taking any “Once the secretary’s ap­ further part in the series,” a proval comes, the replace­ Press Trust of India of the target after time top BCCI source told PTI. ments will be officially an­ DUBAI allowances were taken India is set to play three nounced. But the selectors The Indian team into consideration. Stand­ ODIs, starting Wednesday, have already sent the has been fined 20% of its in captain Rohit Sharma and two Tests after that. It is names,” the source added. match fee for maintaining pleaded guilty to the learnt that Mayank Agarwal Hors de combat: Rohit Sharma is attended to after he suffered a leg injury during the fifth T20I against New Zealand It has still not been ascer­ a slow over­rate against offence and accepted the will replace Rohit as the third at Mount Maunganui on Sunday. * GETTY IMAGES tained whether Rohit has en­ New Zealand in the fifth sanction. opener along with K.L. Rahul dured a calf muscle tear, but and final T20 On Saturday, the and . when was series at home (vs South Afri­ in a drawn first ‘A’ Test selected and only the official he looked in severe pain even International on Sunday. Indian team had been Mayank was the logical absent owing to knee injury. ca and Bangladesh), Gill was against New Zealand in announcement is due. after physio Nitin Patel at­ Match referee Chris docked 40% of its match choice in the white­ball for­ In the Test squad, Shub­ the back­up opener to Rohit Christchurch. The old selection commit­ tended to him. Despite that, Broad imposed the fee after falling short of mat since he was the reserve man Gill will join Rahul and and Mayank. His place was The Test squad is yet to be tee under M.S.K. Prasad he smacked a six off Ish Sodhi sanction after India was target by two overs in the opener during the home ODI Shaw as the third opener. sealed in the squad after officially announced, but it is picked the replacements but but had to be replaced after ruled to be one over short fourth T20I. series against the West Indies During India’s last two Test scores of 83 and 204 learnt that it has already been it might take some time for the pain became unbearable. Rahul jumps India takes on Pakistan for place in final Tendulkar’s WC win in shortlist to second LAUREUS AWARD end on February 16. team, Tendulkar made a lap Both teams are unbeaten in the tournament The moment, titled ‘Car­ of honour, shedding tears of place Press Trust of India ried On the Shoulders Of A joy after the victory was New Delhi Nation’, is a reference to the sealed in his home city of Press Trust of India U-19 WORLD CUP Sachin Tendulkar has been Indian cricket team’s 2011 Mumbai. DUBAI Press Trust of India shortlisted as one among ICC Cricket World Cup Earlier, Tendulkar was K.L. Rahul reaped the re­ Potchefstroom five contenders for the Lau­ triumph. one of the 20 contenders for ward for his stellar all­ Four­time champion India reus Sporting Moment In his sixth attempt, Ten­ the award. round show in India’s 5­0 will look to reach a third suc­ 2000­2020 Award. dulkar finally tasted success The winner will be an­ drubbing of New Zealand cessive final at the U­19 The winner will be select­ in 2011 as India beat Sri Lan­ nounced during the Laureus as he rose to a career­best World Cup when it faces Pa­ ed after the third and final ka by six . Carried on World Sports Awards Show second position in the ICC kistan in a last­four clash round of voting, which will the shoulders of the Indian on February 17 in Berlin. T20 rankings released on here on Tuesday. Monday. Both teams go into the Pakistan’s Babar Azam semifinal unbeaten. While maintained pole position India beat Australia in the Sindhu, Mary Kom among nominees while Rohit Sharma en­ quarterfinals, Pakistan out­ tered the top­10 of the played Afghanistan. rankings. re­ Pakistan captain Rohail Phogat, Dutee and Manasi are the others in the fray mains in ninth position. Nazir played down the hype Shreyas Iyer (up 63 plac­ surrounding the game but an ral BBC Indian Sportswoman The winner will be decid­ es to 55th) and Manish India­Pakistan contest is al­ Captain’s ace: has delivered whenever skipper Atharva Ankolekar. BBC AWARD of the Year award to be pre­ er following online voting. Pandey (up 12 places to ways high on pressure. Priyam Garg needed him to, even with the bat. * COURTESY: ICC * COURTESY: ICC Special Correspondent sented here on March 8. Those interested in voting 58th) advanced in the lat­ “It is a high­pressure game New Delhi The other three are Vi­ can log on to any one of the est rankings. and has a lot of buzz in the champion here, had have not done much to write comfortably. Shuttler P.V. Sindhu and box­ nesh Phogat (wrestling), Du­ various Indian language Among bowlers, Jasprit world. We will play it like a trounced Pakistan by 203 home about and if the lower­ Facing Pakistan fast bow­ er Mary Kom are among the tee Chand (athletics) and Ma­ websites of BBC. Voting clos­ Bumrah gained 26 places normal game and hope to do runs in the last edition in order had not rescued India lers Abbas Afridi, Moham­ five nominees for the inaugu­ nasi Joshi (para­badminton), es on Feb. 17 at 11.30 p.m. to reach 11th position, Yuz­ well,” said Pakistan opener 2018. in the quarterfinal, the out­ mad Amir Khan and Tahir vendra Chahal has ad­ Mohammad Huraira after However, history counts come of the game could have Hussain will be a challenge. vanced 10 places to 30th the win over Afghanistan. for little and the Priyam been different. Not to forget Opener Huraira made an im­ and Shardul Thakur’s eight Like at the highest level, Garg­led India will have to be the match­winning spell pressive debut in the last wickets in the series have the India juniors have had at its best to knock Pakistan from pacer Kartik Tyagi. game, scoring 64 to lead his lifted him 34 places to the upper hand over Pakis­ out. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal Atharva Ankolekar and in­ team to a comprehensive 57th. tan of late, having won the has been the backbone of the form leggie Ravi Bishnoi win over Afghanistan after (up 25 Asia Cup encounter last Sep­ Indian batting, scoring three shared a 61­run stand for the the bowlers had set up the places to 71st) and Ravin­ tember when they emerged half­centuries in four games, seventh to give their game. dra Jadeja (up 34 places to tournament winners. including against Australia. team a fighting chance. In Match starts at 1.30 p.m. 76th) have also moved up. India, the defending The rest of the batsmen the end, India won rather IST. Dutee Chand. Mary Kom. Vinesh Phogat. Sindhu. Manasi Joshi. Fati­Messi combo comes alive Rituparna and Kean Yew do it for Aces Manpreet at the helm The win over Warriors virtually assures them of a place in the last­four stage Press Trust of India was also solid at the net lists Chris Adcock and Ga­ consolation point for War­ NEW DELHI PBL against the former India brielle Adcock scored a riors. Manpreet Singh will lead V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM Open champion. fluent win over Ivan Sozonov The results: India in the upcoming FIH HYDERABAD and Christinna Pedersen to Pune 7 Aces bt Awadhe War­ Pro League matches Pune 7 Aces rode on the bril­ Special win give Aces a 2­0 advantage. riors 4­1 (Chirag Shetty & Hen­ against World No. 1 Belgi­ liance of Rituparna Das and “I am really happy with this dra Setiawan lost to Ko Sung um, for which a 24­mem­ Loh Kean Yew to score an win. I played it safe and en­ All over Hyun & Shin Baek Cheol 15­6, ber team was announced emphatic 4­1 win against sured that I didn’t make too With Loh Kean Yew winning 9­15, 12­15; Rituparna Das bt on Monday with a new­ Awadhe Warriors and vir­ many mistakes. And the the Trump for Pune against Beiwen Zhang (T) 15­13, 15­12; comer in Raj Kumar Pal. Chris Adcock & Gabrielle Ad­ tually assure itself of a place team supported me really Subhankar Dey, the contest cock bt Ivan Sozonov & Chris­ will in the last­four stage of the well. This is a very special was over as Aces took an un­ tinna Pedersen 15­6, 15­9; Loh be the vice­captain in the Premier Badminton League win for me,” said a delighted beatable 4­0 lead even be­ Kean Yew (T) bt Subhankar Dey matches to be held on Feb. at the Gachibowli Indoor Sta­ Rituparna. fore the final contest. 15­12, 15­14; Kazumasa Sakai 8 and 9 at the Kalinga Stadi­ dium here on Monday. Later, former World Ajay Jayaram overcame lost to Ajay Jayaram 15­6, 10­ um in Bhubaneswar. Championship silver medal­ Kazumasa Sakai to score a 15, 13­15). Raj Kumar Pal was im­ First loss pressive in his stint with On the prowl: Ansu Fati was on fire for Barcelona. * AP In the first match, former the India Colts team. World champions Ko Sung Chief coach Graham EURO LEAGUES nute, which really should who sit 18th and 13th respec­ Hyun and Shin Baek Cheol of Reid said, “The objective of have come sooner. tively, offered a relatively Warriors raised the bar in these matches of the FIH Agence France-Presse Barca reduce the gap at straight­forward route back the decider, handing a gal­ Hockey Pro League is to Madrid the top to three points be­ to winning ways too for Bar­ lant Chirag Shetty and Hen­ find the balance between Ansu Fati became the youn­ hind Real Madrid and begin celona, which was wobbling dra Setiawan their first de­ giving players opportuni­ gest player ever to score a to regain some rhythm un­ last weekend when it fol­ feat of the season. ties for Olympic selection, brace in La Liga by capitalis­ der new coach Quique Se­ lowed a last­gasp win over It was anybody’s game be­ working out our strongest ing on two brilliant Lionel tien after Thursday’s 5­0 Segunda side Ibiza with a fore Chirag faltered with his combinations and continu­ Messi assists to give Barcelo­ thumping of Leganes in the convincing defeat by net play and committed ing to demonstrate that we na a 2­1 victory over Levante Copa del Rey. Valencia. three unforced errors at the can compete with the best on Sunday. The results: Serie A: Lecce 4 crunch. teams in the world.” Fati, at 17 years and 94 Setien’s take (Deiola 11, Barak 19, Falco 64, The Warriors duo cashed The squad: P.R. Sreejesh, days old, broke the previous “We could have won 8­2 or Lapadula 78­pen) bt Torino 0; in on this to claw back and Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Har­ record held by Juanmi Jime­ 8­3,” said Setien. Udinese 0 lost to Inter Milan 2 clinch the issue. manpreet Singh, Gurinder nez, who scored twice for “We lost a little control in (Lukaku 64, 71­pen). Singh, , Surender Malaga against Real Zarago­ the second half and conced­ La Liga: Villarreal 3 (Paco Al­ Big blow Kumar, , za at 17 years and 115 days ed too much but it was a cacer 45+1, Pena 54, Cazorla Warriors suffered a huge Rupinder Pal Singh, Manpreet old in 2010. good job from the team.” 59­pen) bt Osasuna 1 (Aridane blow as World No. 14 Beiwen Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Hernandez Umpierrez 48); Se­ Yet Levante should have Zhang, playing the Trump Chinglensana Singh, Raj Ku­ villa 1 (Ocampos 77­pen) drew Weaving run converted more of a handful match, was beaten by World mar Pal, , Har­ with Alaves 1 (Joselu 70); Bar­ dik Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Messi teed up Fati’s quick­ of excellent chances in the No. 100 Rituparna Das. The celona 2 (Fati 30, 31) bt Le­ Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Man­ fire double with a defence­ second half, that suggested vante 1 (Rochina 90+2). two were meeting for the deep Singh, Shamsher Singh, splitting pass and then a tra­ Barcelona’s defensive pro­ Bundesliga: Paderborn 2 (Zo­ first time. Gursahibjit Singh, Kothajit demark weaving run before blems and fragility when in linski 22, Vasiliadis 72) lost to It was a stunning display Singh Kadangbam, Birendra Ruben Rochina scored Le­ the lead are far from solved. Wolfsburg 4 (Knoche 26, Ginc­ by Rituparna, who returned Lakra, , Gur­ vante’s goal in the 92nd mi­ Leganes and Levante, zek 40, 60, Arnold 76). most of the big smashes and Causing a flutter: Rituparna stunned Zhang as Aces fought back against Warriors. * NAGARA GOPAL jant Singh and S.V. Sunil.

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