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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2014 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Sushil, Amit, Vinesh clinch wrestling England in control as India tottering at 323/8 after Day 3 SOUTHAMPTON, July 29: missal proved costly in the wicket. gold; shooters win 5 more medals broader context of the Indian This time it was the big one India still needed 47 runs to GLASGOW, July 29: style 48 kg category led 6-2 at the third on the podium, as India fin- tions at the Barry Buddon respectively. innings. of Kohli, who had until then, avoid the embarrrassment of a Even Virat Kohli (39) looked fought hard with patience and end of first period, looked com- ished with an impressive tally of Shooting Center at Dundee near Harpreet survived two rounds follow-on after pathetic shot It is raining gold for Indian posed in her final match. She 17 medals (4 9 4) from the Games. here. of nerve-wrecking shoot-off and like hitting some form before he determination before Anderson wrestlers as three of the country's selection by some of the top- nibbled at an awaygoing deliv- accounted for Kohli. looked stronger and aggressive as Narang, the biggest name in Rajput and Narang were trail- brushed aside a penalty point order batsmen, which allowed top pugilists - Sushil Kumar, Amit she extended the lead to 8-6 in the the fray, failed to defend his gold ing at third and fifth after the docked on him to claim silver in Kumar and Vinesh - clinched the England to tighten their grip on second period of the match. She in the men's 50m rifle 3 position three rounds of kneeling compe- the men's 25m rapid fire pistol the third cricket Test here today. yellow medal in different cate- completely impressed with her on the concluding day of the tition, each round having five event. gories, and Rajiv Tomar bagged At stumps, India were pre- cariously placed at 313 for eight, with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni waging a lone battle with a gritty half-century. Almost all the Indian bats- men got starts but failed to con- vert into a big score which is required while chasing a mam- moth first innings score. India are still 246 runs behind England's first innings score of 569 for seven. At stumps Dhoni (50 bat- ting) and Mohammed Shami (4 Virat Kohli rolls on the ground after avoiding a ball bowled batting) were at the crease bat- by Chris Woakes during the third cricket test match at the Rose tling to keep India in this Test Bowl cricket ground, Southampton. India’s Sushil Kumar (L) keeping his country’s flag high, while Harpreet Singh (C) alongwith other shooters and Amit Kumar (R) lifts South Africa’s Bokang match with two full days to go. Masunyane during the Men’s 57 kg Freestyle Wrestling quarter-finals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. ery from his nemesis Jimmy Rohit then walked to the James Anderson (3/52) and Anderson to be caught by crease, getting his first chance in Stuart Broad (3/65) hunted in silver while shooters beg 5 more approach. shooting events. shots. They were fourth and sixth The 33-year-old Harpreet Alastair Cook at first slip. this series. He started well, medals at the Commonwealth pair while Moeen Ali (2/62) was Skipper Dhoni curbed his rotating the strike with Rahane, Yana did good to make a The 31-year-old Narang, who respectively after the completion from Haryana saved India from a beneficiary of poor shotmak- Games here today. comeback with 8-6 but Vinesh also had won a bronze in the 2012 of three rounds of prone compe- disaster by bagging the silver natural instincts to play a sub- as Moeen Ali (1-37) was While Sushil pinned Qamar ing by a couple of Indian play- dued game and added 58 runs deployed from one end. Rohit got point lead to 11-8. This is sec- after Olympic silver medallist ers. Abbas of Pakistan in 107 secs to ond gold medal in a row after Medal Tally Vijay failed to qualify for the for the seventh wicket with used his feet well against the own the gold medal in men's 74kg, It was terible shot selection Ravindra Jadeja (31), who was part-time spinner while Rahane Amit Kumar took the gold medal. Name Gold Silver Bronze Rank final round after finishing sev- that brought about the downfall Amit beat Nigeria's E Welson 6-2 With the trio's scintillating show, enth in the qualification. Only the dominant partner. was watchful yet scoring at a and Vinesh beat England's Yana Australia 32 26 34 1 of Rohit Sharma (28) and Jadeja, as usual, batted in his decent pace. the Indian wrestlers have won 3 the top six in the qualification Ajinkya Rahane (54), both of Rattingan 11-8 in Women's 48kg out 3 matches played on Day 6 tak- England 31 26 27 2 round qualify for the final. flowing self, hitting six They got the scoreboard final to clinch the gold. whom looked set for long haul. oundaries in the process before ticking again and soon celebrat- ing the Indian tally to 34 with 10 Scotland 13 10 12 3 Harpreet, who topped the Rohit after a 74-run stand Sushil, a two time Olympics gold, 14 silver and 10 bronze. qualification round, hit 21 times the second new ball did the ed their 50-run partnership, the medalist had no trouble against his Canada 13 5 14 4 with Rahane was guilty of trick. Anderson got one to swing mark coming off only 78 balls in Indian shooters continued to on the target in the six-shooter charging down to part-time off- Pakistani counterpart and once dominate the Barry Buddon India 10 15 10 5 final which had eight rounds of back into the left-hander trap- the 61st over of the innings. again proved his mettle in the ring. spinner Ali failing to clear Stuart ping him plumb in-front. Two overs later Rahane cele- Centre with the unassuming New Zealand 9 9 11 6 five shots each. Broad at mid-off. Meanwhile, Amit bagged the Sanjeev Rajput and Harpreet South Africa 9 7 8 7 Manavjit bagged a bronze Twice Dhoni took risk dur- brated his half-century, another eight gold for the country as he Rahane, who scored a gutsy ing his 103 ball knock. Once sterling effort after the hundred Singh clinching a silver medal Singapore 4 1 1 8 medal in the men's trap event. half-century after a fine spell defeated Ebikweminomo Welson each but there was heartbreak for Manavjit finished third in the when he dispatched Moeen Ali's at Lord's. of Nigeria. Leading 4-0 in the first Wales 3 9 12 9 from Broad in the pre-lunch ses- long hop over mid-wicket for a He reached there off 92 Olympic silver winner Vijay semi-finals after hitting 13 of the sion, mishit a half-tracker from round of 57 kg freestyle category, Kumar in the 20th Commonwealth Nigeria 3 5 6 10 maximum 15 targets. He then six and the other time while hit- balls, with five fours. The 200- Amit was at his sensational best Ali to be caught by substitute ting Broad over extra cover to run mark for India also came up Games here today. beat renowned shooter Michael fielder Sean Terry at mid-on. against his staggering opponent. Star marksman Gagan Narang London Olympics in 10m air tition. Diamond of Australia in the complete his 31st Test half cen- in the same over. This is first of the four medals won Rahane hit five boundaries in tury. But then, Rohit played a had to be contend with a bronze rifle event, shot 423.3 while But both made a remarkable bronze medal match. (PTI) his 113 ball knock and his dis- by Indian wrestler on Day 6. while Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Rajput aggregated 436.8 in the recovery in the standing position Bhuvneshwar Kumar (19) careless stroke in a bid to keep Vinesh, who faced Yana in the gold Lajja Gauswami, too, finished final held under windy condi- to bag the silver and bronze got his first below-20 score in on attacking Ali, throwing cau- medal match of women's free Jadhav, Samson guide the tournament and it was left to tion to the wind as tea-time Dhoni to carry on the battle of approached, and holed out to Ravi Singh Charak Memorial T20 Tournament U Mumba edge out Patna avoiding follow-on. Broad at mid-off. India A to win over NPS The post-lunch session start- Earlier, Broad bowled a bril- DARWIN, July 29: NPS and managed to get a decent ed with Kohli and Rahane look- liant spell in the morning ses- Satish powers RCC Pirates for third win total on board courtesy half cen- Kedar Jadhav rescued India A ing to build a partnership. But sion to reduce the visitors to MUMBAI, July 29: Playing their first game in the turies by Jordan Silk (67) and they could only go as far as 48 88/3 at one stage. (PTI) tournament, Patna took some time after a top-order collapse to guide Ashton Turner (73). Lower down U Mumba notched up their runs before India lost another to settle down against the well- them to a three-wicket triumph the order, Sean Abott also con- Srinagar to big win third win in four games when they grooved home team and quickly over Australia's National tributed valuable 41 runs to help his Excelsior Sports Correspondent ulous touch and took just 39 balls edged out Patna Pirates 36-33 in the trailed 5-12 after being all out to Performance Squad (NPS) in their side's cause.