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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India steamroll Sri Lanka in Tendulkar's big no to 4-dayers, Serena powers past Giorgi says don't tinker with Tests second T20 to go 1-0 up NEW DELHI, Jan 7: days to go. That changes the for ‘solid’ start to 2020 thinking and dynamics of the INDORE, Jan 7: backward point and mid-off who got off the blocks with a The iconic Sachin game," said the only man to AUCKLAND, Jan 7: time Grand Slam winner eyes firmly on a record- region. His cover drives seemed delightful cover drive off a juicy Tendulkar has vehemently have played 200 international Svetlana Kuznetsova before the equalling 24th Grand Slam title. K L Rahul maintained his as effortless the backfoot punch- half-volley from Bumrah. It was opposed the International games in the longest format. Serena Williams found her Russian pulled out due to a virus, While Williams is the undis- upper hand over Shikhar es. the first legitimate ball Bumrah Cricket Council's proposed The other worrying aspect power game after a sluggish start said her preparation had been puted face of American tennis, Dhawan in the race for the open- Both Dhawan and Rahul are bowled in his comeback game "four-day Test", urging the gov- could be spinners being ren- as she overcame qualifier Camila helped by playing doubles with she has been joined in Auckland er's slot with a classy knock as competing for the second open- after starting with a wide. erning body to refrain from dered ineffective with a day less Giorgi to open her 2020 season Caroline Wozniacki the previous by the new wave of US tennis India outplayed Sri Lanka by er's slot. Bumrah, playing his first with a straight-sets victory at the evening which allowed her to stars, headed by the tournament seven wickets in the second T20 After the fall of the openers, game in more than three months, "tinkering" with a format in in hand. Auckland WTA Classic today. adapt to the blustery Auckland third seed Amanda Anisimova International here today. Kohli and Iyer enthralled the bowled his two overs in the which the spinners come into "Taking away the fifth day With an eye on the Australian weather. who did not disappoint. The convincing win gave the Indore crowd with some clean Powerplay from different ends, play on the final day. track from a spinner is like tak- Open later in the month, the 38- "I knew it was going to be The 18-year-old, who cap- hosts an unassailable 1-0 lead in hitting. giving away 16 runs. He The ICC wants to change ing away the first day track the three-match series. Earlier, a disciplined Indian removed Dasun Shanaka with a the 143-year old five-day for- from a fast bowler. There is no year-old worked her way into a really tough but I think the dou- tured world attention reaching After reducing an inexperi- bowling attack proved too good slower ball in his third over mat to four days with more fast bowler in the world who the semi-finals of the French before conceding 12 runs in the emphasis on limited-overs wouldn't want to bowl on a fifth Open last year where she lost in 20th. cricket for the next cycle but it day track. three sets to eventual champion Opener Fernando looked all has met with stiff resistance "On the final session of a Ashleigh Barty, needed 78 min- class in the middle until he threw across the globe from leading fifth day, any spinner would utes to dispose of Kateryna it away. stars including Virat Kohli, like to bowl. The ball doesn't Kozlova of the Ukraine 6-3, 6-4. Danushka Gunathilaka (20 Ricky Ponting, Justin Langer turn from the first day or the Unlike Williams, Anisimova off 21), too, looked good at the and Nathan Lyon to name a few. first session. The wicket takes said she felt quite at home in the other end, but just like Fernando, "From a purist's point of time for wear and tear. The fifth Auckland wind. he also departed after getting set. view and being an admirer of day brings with it, turn, bounce "I've been training in Miami Fernando was caught at mid- Test cricket, I don't think it and the unevenness of the sur- and it's really the same," she off in Washington Sundar's first should be tinkered with. The face. It doesn't happen on the said. over before Saini cleaned up format has to be played in the first two days," he explained. The top five seeds were all in left-hander Gunathilaka with a way it has been played for so Tendulkar fully understands action on Tuesday and along fast yorker, something the Delhi many years," Tendulkar told that there's a commercial aspect with Williams and Anisimova, pacer has been doing really well. PTI in an exclusive interview. and audience interest attached blistering performance that bles really helped. I got to come Petra Martic, defending champi- Kuldeep, too, struck in his A day less, according to the to the game but he wants one proved too much for the 1.7 out here and play a little bit in on Julia Goerges and Caroline opening after Oshada Fernando world's highest run-getter format to remain the true Test metre (5ft 6in) Italian. these conditions and get used to Wozniacki also progressed to (10 off 9) failed to pick his goo- across two formats, will lead to of batsmanship. She described her first match them." the second round. Virat Kohli hitting Lasit Malinga for a six during his knock gly, leaving Sri Lanka at 82 for batsmen thinking of Tests as an "We first need to understand since losing the US Open final in After more than three Second seed Martic from of 30 runs against Sri Lanka in Indore on Tuesday. three in the 12th over. extended version of limited- why do they want it and what September as "solid" rather than months off court, Williams took Croatia had trouble at the start Kuldee got rid of the danger- overs cricket. are the reasons for that. That's spectacular. time to settle and was forced to against 21-year-old American enced Sri Lanka to 142 for nine, for the struggling Sri Lankans, ous Perera in his next over. After "The batsmen will start one side of it and obviously it's "Spent a long time off from save an early break point with Usue Arconada and dropped the Rahul (45 off 32) provided a per- reducing the visitors to a below- reverse sweeping the left-spin- thinking that it is a longer ver- got to do with the commercial tournament play, match play, so the first six games all going first set before prevailing 5-7, 6- fect start, taking India to 54 for par total. ner for a six, Perera tried to clear sion of limited overs match side as well," he said. solid is pretty good. It's a great with serve. 4, 6-4. no loss in six overs. On a good batting surface, the straight boundary but was because the moment you bat till "Audience-friendly, yes, it start to build on," she said after But at 3-3 in the first set, Wozniacki cruised against Eventually, Virat Kohli (30 the inexperienced Sri Lanka caught by Dhawan at long-on. the second day lunch, you know is important. But for that, from sealing her 6-3, 6-2 victory with Williams found her range and New Zealander Paige Hourigan not out off 17) and Shreyas Iyer batsmen squandered promising (PTI) that there's only two and half Tests, we have moved to ODIs her eighth ace against the 99th- from there on the result was with a 6-1, 6-0 victory in 53 (34 off 26), who batted ahead of starts. Their job was made hard- and T20s and now we even ranked Giorgi. never in doubt. minutes while Germany's the skipper at number three, fired er by Navdeep Saini (2/18), have T10s. So there should be “It's really good that I still Auckland is an important Goerges came from 2-5 down in India home in 17.3 overs. Shardul Thakur (3/23) and IGP Jammu honours something for the purists and have some power left in my arms tournament for the veteran as the second set to beat Greet Iyer fell just before India Kuldeep Yadav (2/38), who that's Test cricket," the maestro and my legs.” Williams, she prepares for the Australian Minnen of Belgium 6-1, 7-6 crossed the finishing line as shared seven wickets among added. (PTI) originally drawn to play two- Open later in the month with her (7/4). Kohli finished things with a themselves. Insp Rajesh Anand spectacular six over deep fine Coming from a three-month Lakshya out in qualifiers, Rankireddy-Shetty leg. injury lay-off, lead pacer Jasprit Excelsior Sports Correspondent Asian Championship held at The third and final game of Bumrah did not look at his best, China in 1989, South Korea the series will be played in Pune ending with figures of 32 for one JAMMU, Jan 7: Inspector (1997), Korea (2010), China & duo loses in 1st round of Malaysia Masters on Friday. in four overs, the most expensive General of Police Jammu Zone, Taiwan (2010) under his captain- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7: Kashyap will open his cam- Dhawan (32 off 29), return- after Kuldeep.