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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2019 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Selection meeting postponed but focus remains When Neesham hit six in WC Super Over, Sindhu enters Indonesia Open on Dhoni's future, Kohli’s availability his formative coach breathed his last AUCKLAND, July 18: she was quoted as saying by MUMBAI, July 18: many ODIs and two Tests in a for pacer Jasprit Bumrah. stuff.co.nz. quarters, Srikanth ousted full-fledged tour to the The MSK Prasad-led panel When New Zealand all- The national selection "He has a quirky sense of JAKARTA, July 18: Caribbean islands, starting would also work on restructur- rounder Jimmy Neesham was humour and he was a real char- panel's meeting to pick squads August 3. ing the middle-order as it was trying to get his team over the Top Indian shuttler P V for the West Indies tour has acter and he would have loved Considering next year's T20 one of the primary reasons for line in the Super Over of the the fact that he did that," said Sindhu fought hard to progress been pushed to Sunday amid World Cup to be held in India's exit from the World Cup World Cup final against to the women's singles quarterfi- intense focus on skipper Virat Leonie. Australia, the selectors might semi-final. Stabilising the num- England, his high school teacher Neesham paid tribute to his nals but it was curtains for Kohli's availability and veteran opt for the young Rishabh Pant, ber four spot is the need of the and formative coach David Kidambi Srikanth in the men's Mahendra Singh Dhoni's future. Auckland Grammar teacher and who is seen as heir apparent to hour going ahead. Gordon breathed his last back coach on social media. singles event of the Indonesia The meeting was scheduled Dhoni. It is expected that picking home. Open, here today. for tomorrow but was post- "Dave Gordon, my High Dhoni was dropped from the the middle-order could lead to Neesham and Martin Guptill School teacher, coach and Sindhu, seeded fifth, had to poned following Committee of T20 series against West Indies the biggest debate as the panel were in the thick of things at dig deep into her reservoir of Administrators' (CoA) directive friend. Your love of this game and Australia last October and has a few choices among Lord's on Sunday when Gordon was infectious, especially for experience as she slugged it out that the chairman of the panel, there is a strong chance that he Karnataka's Mayank Agarwal passed away due to a heart ail- for 62 minutes to beat unseeded instead of BCCI secretary, will those of us lucky enough to play won't be included this time and Manish Pandey and ment. under you. How appropriate you Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark 21- convene it. around too. Mumbai's Shreyas Iyer, who has Needing 16 to win the title in 14 17-21 21-11 in a second- "There are some legal held on until just after such a Pant was recently called up been knocking the doors after that super over, New Zealand match. Hope you were proud. round encounter. modalities that need to be fol- as replacement for an injured scoring heavily in domestic scored one less for a tie in the But later in the day, eight lowed due to the rule change Thanks for everything. RIP," he opener Shikhar Dhawan in the cricket. arguably the greatest World Cup tweeted on Thursday. seed Srikanth was stunned by and it took some time. Also the World Cup, from where India Pandey scored a match-win- final, missing out eventually on NG Ka Long Angus of Hong BCCI's cricket operations team Gordon's daughter felt it was were ousted in the semifinal ning 100 for India A against the boundary count. Kong 17-21 19-21 in a 39- third seeded Japanese Nozomi relied on her long reach and needs to apprise the chairman of a touching gesture from the stage. West Indies A in an unofficial Gordon's daughter Leonie minute second round contest. Okuhara in the last-eight round smashes to pocket the first game the availability of the captain Black Caps player. Another issue that would third ODI and after Ambati said that her father, who was Sindhu recorded her third of the BWF World Tour Super 21-14. for the meeting. The fitness "It was lovely, you know, surely be debated is the avail- Rayudu's sudden retirement and lying on a hospital bed, wanted win over the world no. 13 Dane 1000 tournament. The second game witnessed reports of the players will be he's kept in touch with Jimmy ability of Kohli, who has been Vijay Shankar's failure to nail to depart the way he did. this year. The Indian had earlier The start was far from a tough fight between the two available on Saturday evening," and he is friends with Jimmy's on the road for a while. the number four spot, the focus "One of the nurses came in defeated Blichfeldt in straight impressive for Sindhu as shuttlers but Blichfeldt made a a senior BCCI functionary said. father. He always had a soft spot There is a school of thought will be on the trio. for the final over, the super over, games in the Indian Open and Blichfeldt took a 6-3 lead before strong comeback to take a 9-5 The 38-year old Dhoni, for Jimmy Neesham, he was that the skipper could be rested Also, the selectors may con- and she said his breathing is the Singapore Open. the Indian got her act together to and then a 10-7 lead. whose finishing abilities with very proud of him. He would considering the long domestic sider the talented young Punjab changing. You know, I think Sindhu will next face the draw level. Sindhu then pocketed three the bat has been on the wane, definitely be following his season ahead, which begins in batsman Shubhman Gill and Jimmy Neesham had just hit that winner of the match between From that point, Sindhu straight points to level the scores would be the centre of discus- career," she said. (PTI) September, and in this scenario Mumbai's Prithvi Shaw. But six and he took his last breath," Malaysia's Soniia Cheh and- raised her game gradually and at 10-10. (PTI) sion amid speculation that the Rohit Sharma could be handed Shaw's hip injury could come in Jharkhand player is contemplat- captaincy for the shorter for- the way of him being consid- JU emerges as Group Winner at ing retirement even though he mats. ered. hasn't spoken about it till now. However, with the two Tests A determined Gill has been National Youth Parliament competition Dhoni's selection or omis- being part of the ICC Test among the runs in the West sion would be an indicator of Championship, Kohli could be Indies tour for India A. Gill and Excelsior Correspondent departments of the University, things to come in the future. including Oshin Bakshi, included in the Test squad. A Shreyas could make the cut. JAMMU, July 18: The India are set to play T20s, as similar approach could be taken (PTI) Sidharth Jamwal, Nitika Singh, Youth Parliament Team of Megha Rani, Shikha Jamwal, University of Jammu has once Romika Thakur ,Parul Sharma, again emerged as one of the 7 Arti Devi, Jatan Singh Gill, Niti teams in the country, which Salgotra, Aksdhay Kumar, shall participate in 15th National Sheikh Tanzeel Ilaahi, Level Youth Competition. Satwinder Singh, Shyam The University of Jammu Kumar, Ramneek Sharma, had stood first in its group con- Vishal Sardhalia, Sifia Habib, test, which was organized in the Taniya Razak,Ridha Zainab, month of October 2018. The Madeema Malik,Rajat Youth Parliament programme is Sharma,Raghav Chowdhary, Players of Bikram Club posing for a group photograph after scripting win on Thursday. organized under the aegis of Tavleen Kaur, Ankita Bhatt, Ministry of Parliamentary Shazia Bano, Farhaana Lateef, Trilok Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament Azharuddin to Affairs, Govt of India, to Kajal Pathania, Vishaali strengthen the roots of democra- Dhawan, Kamalpreet Singh, Bikram Club scripts contest for HCA cy, to inculcate the habit of dis- Dheeraj, Pranav Sharma, cipline and to enable the student president’s post Abhishek Chopra, Tauqeer HYDERABAD, July 18: community to understand the Haidar, Manik Bansotra, Anmol convincing victory Winners posing for a group photograph during JKCA District Poonch Cricket Tournament at Former India captain working of our Parliamentary Gupta, Misba Ateeq, Sports Stadium in Poonch. institution. Excelsior Sports Correspondent From Uplina Club, Kulbir Mohammad Azharuddin today Rameshwar Singh, Rahul Singh scored the goal in the said he would contest for the The students from various BARAMULLA, July 18: Aggarwal, Maanik Bhaedwaj, 16th minute. post of president of Hyderabad CCO Club crushes Mughal Club Bikram Club outplayed Poonam Langar, Raghav The match officiated by the Cricket Association (HCA) J&K Bank thrashes J&K Jandial, Mudit Mahajan, Sunny Uplina Sports Club by 2-1 to technical penal comprising whenever the elections are Singh Rajput, Arshwardhak by 10 wkts in low scoring match advance into the next round Popinder Singh, Manjeet held. Katoch, Krishan Dinkar Sharma, Excelsior Sports Correspondent In reply, CCO Club chased of the ongoing Ist Trilok Singh and Dharmvir Singh. "Yes. I will be contesting for Ashish Sharma, Rohit the target easily by scoring 49 Forests XI by 7-0 Singh Memorial Hockey In today’s match, Dr Anoop HCA president post," he said Charbathia, Vishal Sharma, POONCH, July 18: CCO runs without losing any wicket, Tournament of District here.