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’s Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza on Friday advanced to the second round of the mixed doubles competition SATURDAY, SILCHAR at Wimbledon here after beating compatriots Ramkumar 10 JULY 3, 2021 SportChronicle Ramanathan and Ankita Raina in an all-Indian match. Ranatunga’s ‘2nd-string team’ barb Wimbledon: Federer, Zverev on Dravid’s Day 1 with seniors advance; Nishikori, Dimitrov ousted AGENCIES COLOMBO: The first practice AGENCIES mitted only two double faults. session of the Indian limited Tennys Sandgren hit eight aces overs team here on Friday LONDON: Eight-time champion and committed as many as six started on a jarring note after Roger Federer advanced to double faults. former Sri Lankan Ar- the third round at Wimbledon The 24-year-old German, who juna Ranatunga termed them with ease, getting the better of is yet to win a Grand Slam title, second string and lashed out Richard Gasquet of France in converted five of the 10 break at for stag- straight sets on Thursday. points. ing such a side. Sixth seed Federer, who along The seventh seed Matteo The Shikhar Dhawan-led with Rafael Nadal has won 20 Berrettini scored a hard-fought team, which comprises some Grand Slam singles titles, the 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over Botic of India’s white-ball format reg- most in Open Era, was in great Van de Zandschulp to advance ulars, ended room quarantine too much into it (the Sri Lanka Only Shikhar Dhawan, form as he defeated his French to third round. on Thursday night and took the series). There might be the odd Krunal and Hardik Pandya, opponent, 7-6, 6-1, 6-4, spending The Italian fired 20 aces field on Friday morning to pre- spots and people might raise and nine minutes less than two against de Zandschulp’s seven. pare for the ODI series beginning their hands up and knock on Bhuvneshwar Kumar are hours at the Centre Court. He also won 83 per cent points on July 13. the doors,” Dravid had said established members of the The Swiss maestro sent down on first service. The Indian team is allowed to prior to departure. Ranatunga Indian limited-overs side and 10 aces, had no double fault, Although he could convert practice within quarantine from hit out at his country’s board can automatically walk into and won 84% points on his- only two of the seven break July 2 to 4 after which they will for lacking pride and accepting the playing XI of either the first serve. He also slammed 50 points, he was still better than be fully out of quarantine but a second-string Indian side. ODI or the T20I sides or both. winners as compared to 20 by the Dutch player who failed to remain in bio-bubble. He asked his country’s board Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav too Gasquet. Earlier on Thursday, the points on his first serve as com- He advanced after winning a convert even one of his nine Though the team coach to play second-string players. was a regular member of the Though the 39-year-old world Wimbledon campaign of unseed- pared to 81% by Thompson. nerve-jingling five-setter against break points. Rahul Dravid, who is on his first The top Indian Test players are side until recently but he is out No.8 Swiss had 26 unforced ed Japanese Kei Nishikori came Earlier in first round, he Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia The 17th seed Cristian Garin assignment with a senior Indian in England for the Test series of favour. Suryakumar Yadav errors, Gasquet could not capi- to an end with his defeat to had defeated Alexei Popyrin of -- coming through the bruising of Chile reached the third round national team, had said before against the host. (3 T20Is) and Ishan Kishan (2 talise on that as he himself com- Jordan Thompson of Australia. Australia 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. contest 6-3, 6-3, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3. at Wimbledon for the first time departure that they want to win “The Indian squad that came T20Is) made their T20I debut mitted 23 errors. Overall, it was Nishikori, a two-time quar- No.18 seed Grigor Dimitrov Earlier, World No. 6 in his career after he overcame the series, he had also added that to Sri Lanka is not their best; it is only recently. a clinical display by Federer, ter-finalist here in 2018 and 2019, of Bulgaria too was dumped the Alexander Zverev defeated Australian Marc Polmans 7-6(3), the series would have very little a second-level team. Didn’t our , Ruturaj who had finished runner-up lost to Thompson in four sets, wayside on Thursday. He was American Tennys Sandgren 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(5) in four sets. bearing on the selection of T20 sports minister or cricket admin- Gaikwad, Nitish Rana, here in 2019 and is hoping to 5-6, 4-6, 7-5, 3-6. shown the door by Alexander 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 in one hour and 45 Martinez surprised 13th World Cup squad. Dravid hinted istrators know this?” Ranatunga Krishnappa Gowtham, Varun claim his ninth title here. The seasoned Japanese Bublik of Kazakhstan, who won minutes to advance to the third seed Frenchman Monfils 6-3, that this tour was meant only to told Sri Lankan media. Chakravarthy, and Chetan Federer, who had undergone served five double faults and 6-4, 7-6, 7-6. The Kazakh slammed round. However, 13th seed Gael 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5) to advance to the give experience to Indian young- “Sri Lanka [cricket] may have Sakariya have not played any surgery twice on his trouble- made 49 unforced errors as 34 aces to four by Dimitrov. Monfils fell to Spanish Pedro third round. Though Monfils’s sters. “I am sure the selectors gone down, but as a cricketing international yet. some right knee in 2020, gave compared to 22 by his oppo- Spanish eighth seed Roberto Martinez in four sets. game was power-packed as he and management would have nation we have an identity, we Others like Prithvi Shaw, the Australian Open a miss nent. Though he put in a better Bautista Agut lost some steam Zverev, who lost in the fired 21 aces as against six from a fair idea by now as to what have dignity, we should not Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, and lost in the fourth round at first serve than his opponent, after winning the first two sets second round of Halle Open, Martinez and also won more on kind of squad they are looking be sending our best to play an have played only Roland Garros. Nishikori could win only 64% in his second round match. hammered 13 aces and com- first serve, he still failed. for T20 World Cup…Can’t read Indian B team.” a few games and aren’t regulars. SPORT NUGGETS CWG archery, shooting championships

Warholm breaks 3rd Women’s ODI: India to cancelled due to Covid-19 29-year old 400m hurdles fight for pride against England AGENCIES BIRMINGHAM: The 2022 Com- world record SQUADS monwealth archery and shoot- PREVIEW ing championships, which OSLO: Norwegian star England: Lauren Winfield were scheduled to take place Karsten Warholm clocked WORCESTER: The Indian wom- Hill, Tammy Beaumont, in Chandigarh in January 46.70 seconds in men’s 400 en’s team will look to fight Heather Knight (captain), next year, have been cancelled metres hurdles to smash for pride on Saturday in the Natalie Sciver, Amy Ellen due to the problems posed by Kevin Young’s long stand- third and final ODI against Jones (wicketkeeper), Covid-19 pandemic. ing world record of 46.78 secs England, who have already Sophia Dunkley, Katherine The decision, taken by the at the Bislett Games, which taken an unassailable 2-0 Brunt, Sarah Glenn, Sophie Commonwealth Games India and shooting championships November. is also the fourth Diamond lead in the series. India lost Ecclestone, Anya Shrubsole, (CGI) Executive Board “with the would have been held as sepa- The cost of the shooting League, here on late Thurs- by eight in the first Kate Cross, Fran Wilson, support” of the Commonwealth rate events from the ones at the event was to be borne by the day night. Young’s world game, which turned out to be a Natasha Farrant, Freya Games Federation (CGF), was main games in Birmingham. National Rifle Association of record was set at the 1992 one-sided affair. ’s Davies, Mady Villiers, Emily made “after careful considera- The medals from the events were India (NRAI). The expenses of Olympics in Barcelona. team though put up a fight Arlott. tion of several factors, includ- not to be added to the final CWG the archery event were to be “Your competitors are what while defending 221 in the sec- ing the continued uncertainty tally. The championships were taken care of by the Indian gov- really push you towards bigger ond match but the total proved India: , created by the ongoing global part of an agreement reached ernment. things. If it was only me run- too little. other opener Smriti Mandhana too have struggled to make reg- , Jemimah pandemic”. between the Indian Olympic Shooting has traditionally ning quick times, I wouldn’t India have struggled with the failed to click in both matches. ular breakthroughs. While they Rodrigues, Mithali Raj (cap- CGF president Dame Association (IOA) and the CGF. been India’s strongest sport in need to push it any further, but bat as well as with the ball in the The biggest concern for failed to make regular inroads tain), , Louise Martin said in a state- The IOA had threatened to the CWG. Although shooting is with people there running fast two matches. Indian women is the form in the first ODI, they were suc- , , ment on Friday that, “We are pull out of Birmingham CWG not a compulsory CWG sport, it times, I need to take a step up Apart from Mithali, who of Harmanpreet Kaur. The cessful in sending back half the (wicketkeep- disappointed that the 2022 2022 after shooting was dropped has always been present at the as well,” Warholm had said in scored half-centuries in both right-handed batter has aggre- England side early but got stuck er), , Jhulan Commonwealth Archery and from the list in 2019. Later in Games except the 1970 edition a pre-event press conference. the matches, no other batter has gated 20 in two innings and her into newcomer Sophia Dunkley. Goswami, , Shooting Championships will December, the IOA withdrew in Edinburgh, Scotland. Last week Rai Benjamin clicked. While Shafali Verma failure is one of the reasons why With there being not much , Priya Punia, no longer take place, however, its warning during the Annual Archery is one of the optional had run 46.83 secs at the US made a notable contribution the Indians haven’t gone on to help for spinners, the Indians Arundhati Reddy, Indrani this is the right decision to take General Body after a meeting sports of the quadrennial event Olympic Trials in Eugene. in the second ODI after failing post a big score. will have to rely on tight line and Roy, , Pooja in the current climate.” with Louise Martin and then- hosted only twice, in Brisbane Benjamin’s performance in the first, her debut ODI, the The Indian women bowlers length to get the job done. Vastrakar, The Commonwealth archery CEO David Grevemberg in 1982 and Delhi 2010. in Eugene had replaced Warholm’s previous best of 46.87 secs, set in Stockholm last August, as all-time second best Bravo bags 4 as WIndies level NZ skipper Kane Williamson withdraws from The Hundred behind Young’s 46.78 secs. Cheered by a home crowd LONDON: New Zealand skipper The Hundred even as the months -- which forced him ment in the Birmingham of 5000, the biggest gathering T20I series vs South Africa Kane Williamson has decided New Zealand team -- which to miss an ODI series against Phoenix, while the Black since the start of the pandemic to pull out of The Hundred defeated India in the World , the start of the IPL Caps skipper will be with in 2020, Warholm sailed over ST GEORGE’S (GRENADA): A ca- Quinton de Kock in their quest were put in to bat for the first time tournament -- where he was Test Championship final at and the second Test against the Edgbaston-based team the hurdles to etch his name reer-best haul of 4/19 by Dwayne to clinch the series on Thurs- in the series. Pollard smashed 25 contracted with Birmingham Southampton recently - had England - is reported to be the in a mentoring role, reports in record books. Bravo led the West Indies to a day. However, his dismissal runs off the penultimate over of Phoenix for 80,000 pounds -- returned home. reason for Williamson’s pull- ESPNcricinfo. Allen, who plays Running in lane seven with series-levelling 21-run victory to Bravo for a top score of 60 at the innings from South African due to an elbow injury. But the elbow injury the out of the tournament. for county side Lancashire, has Brazil’s Alison dos Santos to over South Africa in the fourth the start of the 18th over saw the pace bowler Kagiso Rabada to get Williamson had decided to Black Caps skipper has been Williamson’s compatriot, scored 215 runs in eight innings, his left and France’s Ludvy match of the T20I series here. Proteas’s challenge fizzle out. the hosts to a fighting total. stay back in England to play managing for the last six Finn Allen, will be his replace- averaging 30.71. Vaillant on his right, Warholm With two wins each, the win- The West Indies all-rounder Pollard won the Player-of-the- rocketed from the blocks and ner of the series will be decided added two more wickets in his Match award. “I was just happy had clearly closed the stagger in the fifth and final ODI to be fourth over as South Africa fin- to be there at the end to make an by the first barrier. played here on July 3. Set a tar- ished on 146/9 in their 20 overs. important contribution. I must get of 168 after skipper Kieron Earlier, Pollard’s match-win- commend Bravo’s effort with the Pollard smashed an unbeaten ning innings and an unbroken ball as well, especially as he has Hasan Ali makes 51 off 25 balls, with five sixes and seventh- partnership of faced a lot of unnecessary criti- two fours to lift the West Indies 66 with Fabien Allen (19 ) cism with people saying he is too big gain in Pak to 167/6, the Proteas relied heav- were critical in giving the home old now to be a productive mem- ily on their dependable batsman side a fighting chance after they ber of this team,” said Pollard. central contracts LAHORE: pace bowler Hasan Ali emerged Devised a system where we peak a big gainer in the 2021/22central contracts’ list, announced by the Pa- at the right time: Midfielder Nisha kistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday. BENGALURU: India women’s I am glad to be part of such a sys- the right exposure and oppor- Ali made his entry into hockey team midfielder Ni- tem where the entire coaching tunity to prove myself and I feel Category A, joining captain sha said on Friday that the staff is also pumped up to see that very fortunate that I was picked Babar Azam, vice-captain players and coaching staff had we peak at the right time,” said in the squad for Tokyo Olympics. Mohammad Rizwan and left- put in place a system to ensure Nisha, who made her interna- Very few people get to live this arm pacer Shaheen Afridi. the side peaks in time for the tional debut against Uruguay dream so early in their interna- Ali missed out on the con- Olympic Games, which com- in the 2019 FIH Women’s Series tional career.” tracts last year due to a back mence on July 23. Finals in Hiroshima. Nisha’s journey in hockey injury but made a comeback The 25-year-old from Haryana “There is a lot of excitement began in Sonipat, Haryana, to international cricket dur- will make her Olympic debut in within the team and all of us where her father works as a ing the home series against Tokyo and is among the eight are looking forward to our first tailor in a retail store. He was South Africa. Rizwan, pro- debutants in the Rani Rampal- match against world champions instrumental in Nisha pursu- moted from B to A category led 16-member side. Netherlands,” added Nisha. ing her dream to play hockey this February, retain his “With only weeks left before A relatively new addition to for India. place in the top bracket. we leave for Tokyo, we are the team, Nisha’s attitude on the “My father always dreamt A total of 20 players, one putting in all the hard work field has won her a place in the of seeing me play for India and less than last year, have been required and all of us in the Olympic-bound squad. even though he toiled day in and given 12-month contracts team are pushing each other to “Since my debut in day out to ensure three meals that will run from July 1, perform better in every session. Hiroshima, I have been getting a day for my family, he never 2021, to June 30, 2022. discouraged me from playing The contracts include hockey. He somehow managed “equalised match fee” across to keep aside a few hundred all formats. It means that rupees that would help me travel all players who represent for a tournament. Pakistan will receive the “The financial condition of same match fees irrespec- the family was not such that I tive of which category they could pursue a sport, but I was are in or whether they have a determined to face the odds and central contract or not. my father’s unconditional sup- The PCB has also port allowed me to play,” said increased the monthly retain- Nisha. er fee for all three categories “Now, through hockey I am by 25 per cent and the emerg- confident I will be able to support ing category by 15 per cent. my family financially and bring them out of poverty.”

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