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Rahul justifies the faith reposed in him... and how! BCCI raises banner issue Except for the blip against England, India has had someone delivering at critical moments throughout the tournament with ICC had a problem when Shikhar has now settled down into Dhawan left with a fractured consistent yields. He had an PRESS TRUST OF INDIA left­thumb. erratic stint in the blue shade LEEDS In Rahul, the management too. Just when he was reso­ Aircraft flying over the had a readymade solution — lutely clinging to his Test Headingley Stadium albeit from the longer for­ whites came the intense with anti­India banners mat, and he wasn’t a left­ scrutiny following the mis­ is “unacceptable”, a hander like his injured pre­ ogynistic remarks linked to miffed BCCI has said decessor. Additionally, he him and Hardik Pandya in a while raising concerns needed to strike a chemistry Koffee with Karan episode. over the safety of its with Rohit. players with the ICC. In the face­off involving Back to the basics Minutes after the K.C. Vijaya Kumar Manchester Pakistan, there was an initial An apologetic Rahul got back India­Sri Lanka match issue of running between the to the drawing­board of so­ began, a plane Strong teams seize the tip­ wickets but Rohit and Rahul cial etiquette. Slowly he carrying the message ping­point moments and al­ got their ‘yes’ and ‘no’ in or­ winged back and the recent ‘Justice for Kashmir’ ways have a player who deliv­ der and shared a 136­run Indian Premier League flew above the ground. ers a critical performance. partnership. Rahul scored a helped him lure the right at­ After half­an­hour, India did that all through the 57 and subsequently etched tention. He amassed 593 for another aircraft flew World Cup, though there was 30, 48, 0, 77 and 111. He also Kings XI Punjab and was over the stadium with a blip against England. The built two massive alliances placed second below David a banner ‘India Stop triumph over Sri Lanka at with Rohit: 180 against Ban­ Warner of Sunrisers Genocide, Free Headingley in Leeds on Sa­ gladesh and 189 in the joust Hyderabad. Kashmir.’ turday falls into the template featuring Sri Lanka. Promptly, Rahul gained Midway into India’s of unerring dominance. While Rohit seemingly the selectors’ nod for the run chase, a third The cricketers from scores hundreds for fun, Ra­ World Cup while the wheels aircraft was seen with a beyond the Palk Strait re­ hul had to wrestle with a of fortune unravelled for Am­ banner ‘Help End Mob vived themselves through a string of soft dismissals after bati Rayudu, who retired Lynching.’ ton from Angelo Mathews, laying the base. “I am not go­ with a sense of unspoken “This is completely but Virat Kohli’s men never ing to break my head over it,” hurt. Cricketing fates run on unacceptable. We have slackened. And when it was the Karnataka player said, slender threads and Rahul is written to the ICC time to chase, openers Rohit but he was conscious of the aware of his fresh lease. expressing our Sharma and K.L. Rahul aberration, be it a tame shot concern. If this kind of struck centuries and sealed to covers or a cute reverse The flaws incident is repeated in the contest. sweep that found the fielder The lanky player has an array the semifinals, it will at short fine­leg! of strokes and even tried a be really unfortunate. Indelible imprint mini­helicopter shot on Sa­ The safety and security The ability to leave an indeli­ Sterner tests turday. But he has a tenden­ of our players is ble imprint starts from the Finally, he maximised on a cy to get carried away and paramount,” said a very top. While Rohit has foundation and his ton Fighting back: Rahul has wrestled with a string of soft dismissals after laying the base.* REUTERS can be tentative around the BCCI official. gleaned all the attention, it is against Sri Lanka augurs well off­stump. Once these flaws “We are incredibly important to acknowledge for India as it gears up for the Tuesday. Rahul. Unlike his famous na­ But he did the hard yards at trees yawned. are rectified, Rahul should disappointed this has Rahul’s contribution. A suc­ sterner tests starting with the Ever since he burst mesake the reticent Rahul the National Cricket Acade­ A nervous Test debut fol­ become a permanent entity happened again,” the cessful opening pair is diffi­ semifinal against New Zea­ through the ranks in Benga­ Dravid, the Mangaluru­bred my’s gym and nets till the lowed by an extreme mix of in India’s ODI playing eleven ICC had said in a cult to replicate and India land at Old Trafford here on luru, it hasn’t been easy for lad had an extrovert­streak. next­door Cubbon Park’s poor scores and big knocks even after Dhawan returns. statement. Rohit has a template: Bangar ‘I don’t take praise or criticism seriously’ Match officials for semifinals Special Correspondent On some pitches, slower balls work, on some they don’t: Bumrah Leeds PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Sanjay Bangar stressed that Special Correspondent Five­bowler strategy: Eve­ LEEDS India is in a good space and Leeds rybody is taking a lot of res­ The English duo of Richard primed to perform in the After strangling batsmen ponsibility and that’s a good Illingworth and Richard World Cup semifinal. He during India’s last league sign for us. In most of the Kettleborough will officiate praised Rohit Sharma’s con­ game involving Sri Lanka in games, only five bowlers in the first semifinal bet­ sistency and also backed the the World Cup clash at Hea­ have bowled and it’s been ween India and New Zea­ middle­order. India’s batting dingley here on Saturday, going like this throughout land at Manchester on coach spoke at Headingley speedster Jasprit Bumrah, the campaign. Tuesday. here on Saturday after Virat self­effacing as ever, down­ Variations in play: It de­ Australian Rod Tucker Kohli’s men defeated Sri played his achievements pends on the size of the will be the third umpire, Lanka by seven wickets. while speaking in the ICC boundary and what end you Englishman Nigel Llong Excerpts. mixed media zone. are bowling from. Some­ the fourth official and Rohit the class act:The se­ Excerpts. times you have a longer former Australian player cret behind his great pro­ Team before self: I don’t boundary on one side, so­ David Boon the match refe­ gress in ODIs is that he un­ Making his presence felt: Hardik Pandya has played some take praise or criticism se­ metimes you don’t. So you ree. derstands his game and has good knocks in the middle­order. * REUTERS riously. My focus is on prep­ analyse that. On some pitch­ The second semifinal a template which he follows aration, execution and what es, slower balls work, on between Australia and En­ and it has given him success. Rahul and giving him the Hardik (Pandya), Mahi (M.S. I can do for the team. As far some they don’t and you gland at Edgbaston on On a tour, based on the con­ space that is required. From Dhoni) and Rishabh (Pant) as the bowling unit is con­ bowl length balls. Thursday will be officiated ditions and the country we the team’s point of view, have got some knocks under cerned, we are happy that Hardik Pandya’s value: by Sri Lanka’s Kumar Dhar­ are playing, we interact as to these contributions are very their belt. So they are in everybody has contributed He has been bowling well. masena and Marais Eras­ what tweaks could be ad­ critical. good nick. and taken wickets, be it Har­ Even in the IPL he worked a mus of South Africa. ded. But all credit to him be­ Middle­order blues? I New Zealand in the se­ dik (Pandya) or (Mo­ lot on his bowling. He is still New Zealand’s Chris Gaf­ cause he has worked hard don’t think so because mis: We played in New Zea­ hammed) Shami. I have also Cool customer: Jasprit Bumrah has bowled exceptionally well adding new things and is faney will be the third um­ and for any batsman to get whoever has got to bat, ob­ land and played five games taken wickets. at the death. * REUTERS open to new ideas and pire and Pakistan’s Aleem five hundreds (in the World viously they haven't got to against them. So we know Bhuvneshwar’s off­day: changes. He contributes in Dar the fourth official. Cup) is very special. It is not bat for longer periods of what they are capable of and Some days some bowlers team. He was clear in his ex­ the pitches are getting slow­ the field and also with the Ranjan Madugalle of Sri just about his personal suc­ time except for the Afghanis­ what their strengths are and can go for runs. We bowl a ecution just that some days er but today (Saturday) it bat. Overall as a package, it’s Lanka will be the match re­ cess; he is also helping K.L. tan game. Apart from that, we will keep an eye on that. lot of difficult overs for the batsmen play well. Overall, was not that bad. a positive sign. feree. Go with both wrist-spinners: Kumble Warner, Carey heroics not enough for Australia AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE David Warner marked his Shreedutta Chidananda The one against South Africa MANCHESTER first match against South No regrets: Duminy Bengaluru was exceptional. It was In­ Australia will play England Africa since his ban with his India should field both its dia’s first match, he was in the World Cup semifinals third hundred of the World Shayan Acharya wrist­spinners in Tuesday’s coming in with not many after the holder suffered a Cup, but it was not enough Manchester semifinal clash against New runs behind him in the IPL, dramatic 10­run defeat to prevent Australia from Jean­Paul Duminy looked Zealand, believes Anil Kum­ and people were talking against South Africa at Old suffering its second loss of emotional as he walked into ble. Yuzvendra Chahal was about his lack of form. Even Trafford on Saturday. the league stage. the mixed media zone post rested from India’s meeting in the practice game against his last international assign­ with Sri Lanka while Kul­ New Zealand, he hadn’t got SCOREBOARD SOUTH AFRICA VS AUSTRALIA ment after South Africa’s deep Yadav was left out of runs. He’s been the stand­ SOUTH AFRICA Phehlukwayo 3 (3b); Extras win over Australia on the side that faced Bangla­ out performer. The top three 325 for six in 50 overs. (lb­4, w­3): 7; Total (in 49.5 Saturday. desh. Kumble, though, is in have all been brilliant.” “It is fitting to say that it AUSTRALIA overs): 315. favour of deploying both The former India leg­spin­ David Warner c Morris b Pre­ FALL OF WICKETS was my last international against the Kiwis. “If it was ner dismissed concerns torius 122 (117b, 15x4, 2x6), 1­5 (Finch, 2.1 overs), 2­33 game completely. I have England in the semifinals, about the middle­order. “Ev­ Aaron Finch c Markram b Tahir (Smith, 6.3), 3­95 (Stoinis, been considering it for the you would have thought dif­ Anilspeak: Kumble feels India should choose five attacking ery team, at certain times, 3 (4b), Usman Khawaja b Ra­ 18.3), 4­119 (Maxwell, 24.1), 5­ last couple of months and I ferently. But since it’s New bowlers for the semifinal against New Zealand. * FILE PHOTO has certain combinations bada 18 (14b, 3x4), Steve Smith 227 (Warner, 39.1), 6­272 have made the decision that Zealand, I’d certainly go with not standing up in a game. lbw b Pretorius 7 (6b, 1x4), (Cummins, 44.4), 7­275 (Carey, it will be the last game. both,” he told The Hindu pitch at Old Trafford, then tently. So these would be my And good teams know how Marcus Stoinis run out 22 (34b, 45.2), 8­301 (Khawaja, 48.1), There is a big relief and ap­ 9­306 (Starc, 48.5). here on Sunday. maybe Bhuvi, but otherwise best three seamers, to go to mask those and still find a 4x4), Glenn Maxwell c de Kock preciation for amazing 15 SOUTH AFRICA BOWLING Virat Kohli seemingly has my five bowlers will be the with the two wrist­spinners.” way to win. That’s exactly b Rabada 12 (20b, 1x4), Alex years of international crick­ Carey c Markram b Morris 85 Tahir 9­0­59­1, Rabada 10­0­ another difficult decision to five attacking options,” he what India has done. I feel et,” Duminy said at the Old (69b, 11x4, 1x6), Pat Cummins 56­3, Pretorius 6­2­27­2, Mor­ make in Manchester, in hav­ said. “Shami has been bril­ Exceptional Rohit Rishabh Pant, M.S. Dhoni c Duminy b Phehlukwayo 9 ris 9­0­63­1, Shamsi 9­0­ Trafford. ing to choose between Bhuv­ liant. Jasprit Bumrah has Kumble, who is an exclusive and Hardik Pandya are cur­ (15b, 1x4), Mitchell Starc b Ra­ 62­0, Phehlukwayo 2.5­0­ With Duminy and Imran neshwar Kumar and Mo­ been exceptional whenever cricket expert with CNN­ rently the best for those posi­ bada 16 (11b, 1x4, 1x6), Jason 22­2, Duminy 4­0­22­0. Tahir calling it a day, the na­ hammed Shami. Kumble he’s come on to bowl. Hardik News 18, was effusive in his tions — two powerful hitters, Behrendorff (not out) 11 (6b), MoM: Faf du Plessis. tional team is set to go would prefer to see the latter Pandya has been really praise of Rohit Sharma. and one calm head in M.S.” Nathan Lyon c Markram b South Africa won by 10 runs. through a transition period. in action. “If you have a slow good, giving 10 overs consis­ “Five hundreds with two games to go – you can’t ask Dhoni factor for a better tournament,” he Asked about Dhoni, who has Khawaja out said. “And look at the quality been criticised for his dis­ of those hundreds as well. play with the bat in a couple AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE of matches, Kumble re­ MANCHESTER marked: “Yeah, you can say, Usman Khawaja will miss ‘Why is he looking to take a the rest of the World Cup single when you need 10 with a hamstring strain. runs an over?’ But it’s impor­ Matthew Wade will re­ tant to look at the overall place Khawaja in the combination, the way India squad, subject to confirma­ has won. I don’t think you tion from the ICC. need to worry too much Marcus Stoinis was also about one particular player, hampered by a side strain focus there and criticise him. against South Africa. He’s been a quality player for Mitchell Marsh has been India and his experience will added to the squad as cov­ be needed in this semifinal.” er for Stoinis.

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Serena feels Gauff’s clash against Halep headlines Manic Monday the pressure Divij Sharan, partnering Marcelo Demoliner, remains the lone Indian in the fray of hype DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Agence France-Presse London B 16 singles pre­quarterfinals are scheduled for the day Serena Williams confessed to almost being overcome B Gauff’s three main draw matches made it to the by the pressure of partner­ top­eight of BBC’s ing British sporting icon An­ most­watched list dy Murray in the Wimble­ don mixed doubles, but it B Federer hopes to become all worked out in the end as the oldest men’s singles they won their first round Slam champion N. Sudarshan match against Germany’s LONDON B Nadal is primed for a Andreas Mies and Chile’s record­equalling third Alexa Guarachi 6­4, 6­1. Sport works best when there French Open­Wimbledon is space for both the familiar Seven­time singles cham­ double pion Williams had fulfilled and the novel. Familiar to DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Murray’s search for a partn­ make it more watchable and nents yet, a Grand Slam easier to follow; novel to er — World No. 1 Ashleigh champion and former World Barty had been previously keep it from getting boring, No.1 who looked menacing provide for the thrills that mooted. However, as the in her thrashing of Victoria match loomed on Centre accompany a prodigy’s rise Azarenka on Friday. Gauff and reinforce the notion Court her nerves began to though is not someone to jangle as she feared she that sport is, after all, the flinch. preserve of the young. would let down Murray on Two others to exhibit si­ the court where he won Of late in tennis, these milar youthful exuberance, two Wimbledon singles tit­ two strands have existed in reigning French Open cham­ albeit to a lesser degree, are les and the 2012 Olympic entirely different worlds, li­ pion from being at her effi­ 23­year­old Matteo Berretti­ gold. mited to the men’s and wo­ cient best on her favourite ni and 21­year­old Ugo Hum­ “At some point I started men’s Tours respectively. surface, losing just 12 games. bert, who will take on Feder­ feeling a lot of pressure,” It’s only at the Majors that er and Djokovic respectively. A victory over fellow said Williams on Saturday. they have an opportunity to Berrettini is coming off a grass­lover Alison Riske, can entwine and ensure eclectic, stellar grass season (just one potentially land her at Sere­ first­rate tennis whichever loss from 12 matches) and na’s doorstep in the last way you look. was recently marked out for eight. Signs of a break-out star: Cori Gauff has captured the imagination of millions world­wide, and her biggest achievement thus far ‘Manic Monday’ at Wim­ success by none other than has been her steadfast refusal to fall off the emotional cliff. * AP Doubles specialist Divij bledon 2019, when all 32 of Federer himself. Sharan, partnering Marcelo the singles pre­quarterfinal­ dest men’s singles Slam qualifying — to which she ings on Centre Court against The triumphs over five­ However, Monday’s clash Demoliner, remains the lone ists will have their moments champion; Rafael Nadal, was awarded a wild card — Joao Sousa and Serena on time Wimbledon winner Ve­ may come too early for the Indian in the field, and will under the sun — or under a who will be gunning for a re­ has captured the imagina­ Court 1 versus Carla Suarez nus Williams and 2017 semi­ Italian. Humbert, mean­ take on the top­seeded pair steady, spitting drizzle cord­equalling third French tion of millions world­wide. Navarro, but it will be finalist Magdalena Rybariko­ while, dispatched the highly of Lukasz Kubot and Marce­ which is never far off in Open­Wimbledon double; Until Friday, all three of Gauff’s clash against Simona va were stunning, enough rated Felix Auger Aliassime lo Melo. these parts — will bear testa­ Novak Djokovic, who will her main draw matches had Halep — second on Court 1 — for a lifetime’s worth of sto­ in straight sets but Djokovic ment to this. look to defend his crown, made it to the top­eight of that will headline the day. ries. will present a significant T HE RESULTS and Serena Williams, seek­ BBC’s most­watched list, Gauff’s biggest achieve­ But the Hercog contest step up. Men: Third round: Joao Sousa The big names ing her 24th singles trophy with the third­round win ov­ ment thus far has been her was a severe test of patience, (Por) bt Daniel Evans (GBr) 4­6, to tie Margaret Court. er Polona Hercog topping judgement and skill, which Under the radar There is Roger Federer, who steadfast refusal to fall off 6­4, 7­5, 4­6, 6­4. with 5.2 million viewers, she passed with flying co­ is into the second week of Then there is the irresisti­ the emotional cliff, quite un­ One player who has quietly Mixed doubles: Second round: Wimbledon for an astonish­ ble 15­year­old American Co­ comfortably beating Nadal­ like most break­out stars fol­ lours. slipped under the radar has Eden Silva (GBr) & Evan Hoyt ing 17th time in 21 years, and ri Gauff, ranked 313 in the Nick Kyrgios at 3.7m. lowing their biggest In Halep she will face the been World No. 1 Ashleigh (GBr) bt 16­Divij Sharan & Yin­ Andy Murray and will hope to become the ol­ world, whose run from the Nadal will open proceed­ moments. most­rounded of her oppo­ Barty. It hasn’t stopped the gying Duan (Chn) 6­3, 6­4. Serena Williams. * REUTERS I N BRIEF Tajikistan stuns India Record title No. 4 for United States Stages a dramatic comeback after being down 2-0 Rapinoe and Lavelle score in 2-0 win over the Netherlands INTERCONTL. CUP W OMEN’S WC A mitabha Das Sharma A ssociated Press Lyon Teunissen’s Jumbo-Visma AHMEDABAD wins team time trial Tajikistan made a spectacu­ The United States won its re­ BRUSSELS lar comeback, scoring four cord fourth Women’s World Dutch outfit Jumbo­Visma goals in the second half, to Cup title and second in a stormed to victory on the shock a young Indian side row, beating the Netherlands Tour de France team time that was leading 2­0 at one 2­0 Sunday night when Me­ trial on Sunday with Mike stage, in the opening match gan Rapinoe converted a pe­ Teunissen keeping the yellow of the Intercontinental Cup nalty kick in the second half jersey after the 27.6km race at the EKA Arena on Sunday. and Rose Lavelle added a around Brussels. Geraint goal. Thomas' Ineos finished 20 Watched by a crowd of Rapinoe scored in the 61st seconds behind. AFP around 7000, India went minute after a video review ahead through captain Sunil Shortlived: India went ahead in the fourth minute and also Chhetri who scored off a determined Stefanie van der added a goal in the 41st, but Tajikistan rallied well. * PTI fourth minute penalty and Gragt had fouled Alex Mor­ also found the target in the fered injuries. combined well to create an gan with a kick to the shoul­ 41st minute. Tajikistan Even before the Tajiks opportunity. der in the penalty area. Top of the world: The U.S. women’s team celebrates its triumph. * REUTERS turned things around after could settle into a rhythm, Tajikistan found the target Two days past her 34th the break, showing better India nosed ahead. Lallian­ in the 56th minute when birthday, Rapinoe slotted the tight, and we’ll do anything coordination, as Komron zuala Chhangte won a penal­ Tursunov outwitted his ball past goalkeeper Sari van to win.” Tursunov, Sheriddin Bo­ ty for the host when he was marker Narinder Gehlot. Veenendaal for her sixth goal Lavelle, at 24 the team’s Hima, Anas and Jabir win boev, Muhammadjon Rahi­ brought down in the box by The equaliser came two mi­ of the tournament to win the up­and­coming star, added gold in Polish meet mov and substitute Sham­ Tajik defender Siyovush As­ nutes later through Mandar Golden Boot as leading scor­ her third goal of the tourna­ KUTNO rom Samiev scored. rorov. Chhetri found the net who gifted a chance to Bo­ er. The oldest player to score Star Indian sprinter Hima Das ment on an 18­foot left­foot­ India’s dominance was from the spot, adopting the boev with a faulty clearance. in a final, she struck a fami­ ed shot in the 69th after a so­ won her second international ‘paneka’ technique — a short liar victorious pose with 200m, clocking 23.97s, at the complete in the opening Rahimov hoisted the lead lo run up the centre of the chip over the goalkeeper. arms outstretched. Kutno Athletics Meet in half, the new­look side get­ in the 71st before Samiev field. “She’s superstar, not Poland on Sunday, ahead of ting into quick passing bouts sealed the issue three mi­ “It’s surreal. I don’t know even in the making, she’s V.K. Vismaya. There were that head coach Stimac has Doubling it nutes later. how to feel like now. It’s rid­ straight up superstar at this gold medals for Muhammed been trying to inculcate. The India doubled the lead 37 mi­ The result: India 2 (Chhetri 4­ iculous,” Rapinoe said. point,” Rapinoe said. Anas (men’s 200m, 21.18s ) Croatian left out seasoned nutes later when Chhetri pen, 41) lost to Tajikistan 4 “We’re crazy and that’s what The result: United States 2 (Ra­ and M.P. Jabir (men’s 400m defender E. Anas and San­ turned finisher again after (Tursunov 56, Boboev 58, Rahi­ makes us so special. We just pinoe 61­pen, Lavelle 69) bt hurdles, 50.21s) also. PTI desh Jinghan after both suf­ Udanta Singh and Desai had mov 71, Samiev 74). have no quit in us. We’re so the Netherlands 0.

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13 Pacify the one entering to 4 Split apart after having played Srimad Bhagavatam talks of how we can learn many lessons an accompaniment on the welcome the maiden with a from the elements. The Earth bears the weight of every liv­ drink (8) radio (4) ing thing. It supports hills, and trees, besides supporting 16 Dying one responsible for a 5 Annoyance may result if I toss animals, birds and human beings. It lives for the sake of oth­ shutdown? (7) antacids out (15) ers. So, the very place on which we live shows us that we must live selflessly, said P.T. Seshadri, in a discourse. Hills 18 Run with the boy to cut up a 6 Arbitration participant's and trees too show us that we must help others. Trees give little green legume and build integration goes haywire us fruits. When it rains, water flows down the slopes of hills. character (7) after logging out of the Iranian website (9) Thus, the hills too benefit us. Nature, therefore, teaches us 20 Time to get rid of the page that we are born to help others. From the earth we should 8 Stroke by an underwater break and save (8) learn the virtue of patience. If we suffer in life, we should see explorer to get the rook to that as a result of our prarabdha karma. The wind, when it 21 Trade in the round mitts (4) move (5) blows, touches everything in its path. But does it claim kin­ 23 Leading left­handed openers 14 Valuable mineral in a Nordic ship with any of these things? It picks up the fragrance of favour this stroke (4) coin (3) flowers, and spreads that fragrance. It never thinks of that 24 Model's reception gets garbled 15 A compulsion for the players sweet smell as belonging to itself. after fluorine contamination and umpires in a downpour? Likewise, a yogi may travel to many places, but remains (10) (4,5) detached and unaffected by anything. Similarly, the atma, which is inside the body, controls the body. But when its 25 Show horror at the twist 17 Fish eggs found by a Greek S olution to puzzle 12671 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku time on earth ends, the atma exits the body, and is not at­ behind the note (6) character reportedly (3) ■ ACROSS tached to the body. In the same way, a jnani is totally de­ 7 Authorize the African city's 26 First­class vessel sent back 19 Edit the legal document tached. Akasa is everywhere — it is inside everything and all brief linking to the surge from with a V­shaped mark (3­5) without a header found inside around us. The Supreme One too, is inside everyone and is the east (8) the rolled­over jug (7) also all around us. Winds disturb clouds in the sky and scat­ 9 Discarded vitamin imbibed by ■ DOWN 21 First wicket for the opener ter them. Does the sky bother about this? It may be connect­ mistake at this place (6) with a bold stroke (5) ed to the clouds, but it has no attachment to them. Similarly, 1 Son goes on top of the cages to 10 Simultaneous change of a jnani remains untouched by the gunas for which the five get the inside story (5) detectives in front of the 22 Stroke by one getting sloshed elements are responsible. Water cleans us up, and signifies in German wine (5) medical department (10) 2 Change in script seen in a purity. Jnanis live pure lives, and with their advice and gui­ 11 Stroke requiring strenuous version including the note 24 Drawing power of the peepul dance, they cleanse us. They bathe us in spiritual expe­ effort... (4) sent up with hesitation (15) leaf extract (4) rience.

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T V PICKS Indians disappoint Wimbledon: SS Select 2 (SD Double for Sethu, Ravikumar, Abhimanyu & HD), 3.30 p.m. & SS Select 1 SHOOTING Dhaliwal (54) were 15th and (SD & HD), 5.30 p.m. last. Hero Intercontinental Cup: Maiden win for Ryhana Bee in girls’ championship S ports Bureau Star Sports 2 (SD & HD) & Star LONATO (Italy) Yashaswini fourth Sports 3, 7.30 p.m. MOTORSPORTS Anant Jeet Singh Naruka (72) Meanwhile at the 30th Un­ and Areeba Khan (60) shot iversiade in Napoli, Youth Red card Sports Reporter Olympics finalist Yashaswini Chennai 132 between them and placed 26th in mixed skeet Singh Deswal qualified in Deepak Ravikumar (TVS Rac­ steals thunder team competition in the the second place but slipped ing) and Rajiv Sethu (Idemit­ shotgun World Champion­ to the fourth spot in the wo­ su Honda Ten10 Racing) from Messi ship here on Sunday. Mairaj men’s air pistol final. completed a double apiece Ahmad Khan (70) and Karti­ Yashaswini was second in in contrasting styles on the and Co ki Singh Shaktawat (59) shot qualification with 573 be­ concluding day of the second 129 and placed 32nd among hind World Cup gold medal­ round of the MRF MMSC Agence France-Presse 37 teams. list Kim Minjung (582) of Ko­ Sao Paulo FMSCI Indian National mo­ rea, who pipped the Indian torcycle racing champion­ Ryhana Bee * In junior mixed skeet, It Lionel Messi was harshly to the bronze. ship at the MMRT here on was a below­par perfor­ sent off as Argentina se­ The results: 10m air pistol: 1. Sunday. 3. Mohan Babu P (Team Rockers mance by the Indians as cured third place at the Co­ Racing) (13:15.079). they finished at the bottom. Dorsa Arabshahi (Iri) 240.1 Ravikumar was in a league (571); 2. Haniyeh Rostamiyan pa America with a 2­1 victo­ Girls (Stock 165cc, five laps): 1. of his own posting an author­ Arjun Thakur (60) and (Iri) 238.7 (568); 3. Kim Min­ ry over Chile on Saturday. A Ryhana Bee (Sparks Racing) itative win by a country mile Darshna Rathore (66) were jung (Kor) 218.7 (582); 4. Yash­ In a niggly and fractious (11:11.579); 2. Alisha Abdullah in the premium Pro­Stock 13th while Gurnihal Singh aswini Singh Deswal 197.7 match, five­time Ballon (Team Alisha Abdullah Racing) 301­400cc race, his second Garcha (57) and Parinaaz (573); 10. P. Shri Nivetha 566. d’Or winner Messi and (11:20.990); 3. Ann Jennifer AS of the weekend, while be­ Chile captain Gary Medel (Sparks Racing) (11:21.078). hind him, Amarnath Menon were given their marching One­Make Championship: Ide­ (Team Alisha Abdullah) de­ orders eight minutes from mitsu Honda India Talent Cup – nied TVS Racing another 1­2 half­time after tangling on Honda NSF 250R (Race two, Indians strike it rich by pipping K.Y. Ahamed. the goalline. eight laps): 1. Varoon Sadasi­ Sethu repeated his race Sergio Aguero and Paulo vam (Chennai) (14:53.899); 2. one win from Saturday over On the podium: Deepak Ravikumar, centre, who scored a double in the Pro­Stock 301­400cc Kavin Samaar Quintal (Chennai) with four gold medals

Dybala scored the first half * TVS Racing’s Jagan Kumar category, flanked by K.Y. Ahamed, left and Amarnath Menon. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT (15:03.271); 3. Geoffrey Emma­ goals that ensured victory for a double in the Pro­Stock nuel (Chennai) (15:32.943). Sports Bureau hil Silwal (77.40m) and Ro­ for Argentina. Almaty 165cc class. tant third. Meanwhile, de­ traffic. (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing) Honda CBR 150 (Race two, Six hit Yadav (75.36). But the match will be After exchanging leads fending champion in the While Bee disappeared in (16:22.798); 2. Mathan Kumar laps): 1. Lal Nunsanga (Aizwal) Mohammed Salahuddin Meanwhile, Saritaben most remembered for the with Jagan through the race, Girls (Stock 165cc) category, the distance, Jennifer could (Erula Racing) (16:22.876); 3. (13:28.925); 2. Lalrinzuala Tlau took the triple jump gold, Gayakwad won the wo­ double sending­off and the Abhishek V (Idemitsu Honda Sethu made a heart­stopping Ann Jennifer suffered a rare not pass Alisha and decided (Aizwal) (13:29.167); 3. Samuel with a personal best men’s 400m gold in the melee it sparked. Ten10 Racing) (16:55.918). pass on the last corner of the defeat as she finished third to hold position with an eye Martin (Bengaluru) (13:30.521). 16.64m, ahead of compa­ Kutno international meet in last lap to pull off a superb behind her Sparks Racing on the championship points. Pro­Stock 165cc (Race two, TVS Open (Apache RTR 310, triot Mohammed Zuber Poland clocking a season­ Innocuous clash eight laps): 1. Rajiv Sethu (Ide­ win while Ahamed scram­ team­mate Ryhana Bee and The results (Provisional): Race two, eight laps): 1. Vivek (16.21), in the G. Kosanov best 52.77s. In what seemed an innocu­ mitsu Honda Ten10 Racing) bled to third spot. Alisha Abdullah (Team Al­ National Championship: Pro­ Pillai (Chennai) (16:01.298); 2. memorial international ath­ Soniya Baishya (53.73) ous clash, a frustrated Mes­ (16:07.033); 2. Jagan Kumar Karthik Mateti (Hyderabad) Bengaluru­based Anish isha Abdullah) in the five­lap Stock 301­400cc (Race two, letics meet here on Sunday. and R. Vithya (53.73) took si shoved Medel in the back (TVS Racing) (16:07.152); 3. KY (16:16.321); 3. Soorya PM Shetty (Idemitsu Honda race. eight laps): 1. Deepak Raviku­ M. Sreeshankar won the silver and bronze while V.K. as the centre­back she­ mar (TVS Racing) (15mins, Ahamed (TVS Racing) (Chennai) (16:18.106). Ten10 Racing) survived a It was Bee’s maiden win in long jump with a 7.78m Shalini was sixth in 55.25. pherded the ball out of 31.358secs); 2. Amarnath Me­ (16:09.355). Novice (Apache RTR 200, Race close fight with Mathan Ku­ the championship as she effort. In the men’s event, K.S. play. A furious Medel res­ non (Team Alisha Abdullah) Novice – Stock 165cc (Race two, six laps): 1. Venkatesan mar (Erula Racing) to win made capital of a favourable Jeevan clocked 46.56s while ponded by chest­bumping (15:45.432); 3. K.Y. Ahamed two, eight laps): 1.Abhimanyu (Chennai) (13:13.644); 2. Manoj the Pro­Stock 200­300cc situation that had pole­sitter Another one-two Kunhu Mohammed (46.93) Messi twice in an incident (TVS Racing) (15:45.558). Gautam (Sparks Racing) Y (Chennai) (13:14.210); 3. race with Abhishek Vasudev, Jennifer fumbling at the start India had a one­two in and Amoj Jacob (47.24) that probably merited no Pro­Stock 200­300cc (Race (13:10.877); 2. Venkatesan I Lakshmipathy Balaji (Vellore) also from Bengaluru, a dis­ and then getting caught up in two, eight laps): 1. Anish Shetty (Team Motomania) (13:13.508); (13:15.231). men’s javelin thanks to Sa­ were behind him. more than a single yellow card for the Chilean. Incredibly, Paraguayan referee Mario Diaz de Vivar Cavallo Veloce wins Anand draws showed the two captains Fantastic fifth for Abhijeet Gupta the red card. with Karjakin The result (third place playoff): Argentina 2 (Aguero Chief Minister’s Cup Tania Sachdev’s reign continues as Indians complete a medal sweep SPORTS BUREAU 12, Dybala 22) bt Chile 1 (Vi­ B ENGALURU: Cavallo Veloce (A. (w), 21, 13 and 20 (p), SHP: 34, ZAGREB dal 59­pen). Imran up) won the Chief Minis­ THP: 44, FP: 178, Q: 88, Trinella: (5.5), 3. Amogh Bisht (5.5); Un­ ter’s Cup, the chief event of the 726 and 551, Exacta: 19,026 and Viswanathan Anand held C ’WEALTH CHESS der­10: 1. Yash Bharadia (6), 2. IN BRIEF races held here on Sunday (July 8,154. Favourite: Accolade. A.R. Ilamparthi (6), 3. Daaevik 7). The winner is owned by Mr. Sergey Karjakin as all bat­ RAKESH RAO Owner: Mr. Arun Alagappan. Wadhawan (6); Under­12: 1. Arun Alagappa and trained by B. Trainer: B. Suresh. tles ended with honours NEW DELHI Suresh. even in the 10th and penul­ Favourite Abhijeet Gupta Garv Gaur (5.5), 2. Tanmay Jain BASQUE PLATE (DIV. I), (5.5), 3. Shreyansh Patnaik SNOW DEW PLATE (1,600m), timate round of the Croatia claimed his fifth title as India 1 maiden 3­y­o only, (Terms): 5 (1,400m), rated 30 to 50, 4­ (5.5); Under­14: 1. L. R. Srihari ROMAN SENATOR (Sandesh) 1, De­ y­o & over: SAHARA (P.S. Grand Chess Tour here on swept medals in all 16 sec­ Chouhan) 1, Gerontocrat ( John) (6), 2. Rohith Krishna (5.5), 3. fender (Zervan) 2, Streaming Saturday. tions of the Commonwealth Aditya Gampa (5.5); Under­16: Gold (Neeraj) 3 and Mighty Red 2, Mystic Flame (Zervan) 3 and Optimisticapproach (Koushik) 4. The results (10th round): Vis­ chess championship here on 1. Arjun Erigaisi (6.5), 2. Dhru­ (Darshan) 4. 3/4, 3­1/4 and 4. 1m, wanathan Anand (4) drew 36.67s. ₹16 (w), 10, 13 and 12 (p), 3­3/4, 1/2 and 3. 1m, 24.91s. ₹44 Sunday. pad Kashyap (5), 3. Jinan Jo­ SHP: 31, THP: 35, FP: 47, Q: 27, (w), 15, 13 and 12 (p), SHP: 32, with Sergey Karjakin mon (5); Under­18: 1. P. Iniyan THP: 47, FP: 139, Q: 57, Trinella: After two other leaders, S. Trinella: 69 and 34, Exacta: 630 (Rus,4.5); Wesley So (USA, (7), 2. Gaurav Zagade (5), 3. Ve­ and 540. Favourite: Roman Sen­ 204 and 82, Exacta: 4,259 and 6.5) drew with Magnus Carl­ L. Narayanan and Aravindh ator. Owner: Mr. M.A.M.R. 2,899. Favourite: Gerontocrat. Chithambaram, drew their dant Panesar (4.5); Under­20: Owners: Mr. Abdul Azeez & Mr. sen (Nor, 7); Fabiano Caruana Muthiah. Trainer: S. top board battle in 32 1. Suyog Wagh (5.5), 2. Indrajit Padmanabhan. Neil Darashah. Trainer: Neil (USA, 5.5) drew with Shakhri­ Mahindrakar (5.5), 3. Nilsu Patt­ Darashah. yar Mamedyarov (Aze, 4); moves, Abhijeet caught Ar­ B irdie hat­trick puts RAMKIRPAL PLATE (1,100m), nayak (5). SCARLET Ding Liren (Chn, 5) drew with jun Erigaisi in a checkmating Arjun Atwal at T­9 2 rated 00 to 20: PENDRAGON PLATE Girls: Under­8: 1. Aishani Path­ PRINCESS ( John) 1, Smile Of 6 (1,600m), rated 15 to 35, 4­y­o Levon Aronian (Arm, 5.5); net in 39 moves to reach 7.5 ak (6), 2. Yatee Kothari (6), 3. BLAINE (USA) Peace (T.S. Jodha) 2, Odyssey MARCO POLO & over: (P.S. Maxime Vachier­Lagrave (Fra, points. Tashna Aggarwal (5.5); Un­ Arjun Atwal, despite a double (Raghuveer Singh) 3 and Chouhan) 1, Ekalavya (Sandesh) 4.5) drew with Ian Nepom­ Singhsaab (Koushik) 4. Not run: Aravindh topped a three­ der­10: 1. Sneha Halder (6), 2. bogey on the back nine, 2, Radiant Treasure (Arshad) 3 niachtchi (Rus, 5.5); Anish Giri Majestic Heroine and Dontbreak­ and Three Wishes (Bhawani way tie for the second spot Hiya Panchal (6), 3. A.N. Shefali closed with a brilliant hat­ therules. 4­3/4, 2­1/4 and Snk. 1m, Singh) 4. 3­1/4, 3/4 and 3/4. 1m, (Ned, 4.5) drew with Hikaru with Swapnil Dhopade and (5.5); Under­12: 1. Riddhi Patel trick of birdies that gave him 07.16s. ₹18 (w), 11, 14 and 20 (p), Nakamura (USA, 3.5). 38.27s. ₹21 (w), 11, 17 and 30 (p), Narayanan at seven points. (6), 2. G. Tejaswini (5.5), 3. a second straight 68 for a SHP: 32, THP: 44, FP: 63, Q: 40, SHP: 52, THP: 61, FP: 98, Q: 73, Trinella: 194 and 116, Exacta: 383 Yashita Rout (5); Under­14: 1. tied ninth at the inaugural 3M Trinella: 996 and 369, Exacta: Tania Sachdev retained and 103. Favourite: Scarlet Prin­ 3,120 and 1,031. Favourite: Marco the women’s title after an an­ Divya Deshmukh (6), 2. Yash Bir Open golf tournament here cess. Owners: Mr. Soumitra Polo. Owners: Mr. Rajan Aggar­ Kashyap xious wait. After being tied (5.5), 3. Chinnam Vyshnavi (5); on Saturday. Atwal is three Banerji & Mr. R.M. Ramaswamy. wal, Mr. Gautam Aggarwal & Mrs. Under­16: 1. Bristy Mukherjee Trainer: Sharat Kumar. Geeta Aggarwal. Trainer: Pra­ Winning moves: Tania Sachdev and Abhijeet Gupta with their shots off a leaderboard at six points with Divya (6), 2. Meenatchi Rajam (5.5), 3. D.M. SHIVASWAMY ME- deep Annaiah. in Canada reward. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT comprising Matthew Wolff Deshmukh, Tania took the Nityata Jain (5); Under­18: 1. K. 3 MORIAL TROPHY (1,400m), title on superior tie­break (62), Collin Morikawa (64) rated 45 to 65: AEOLUS (Zervan) 1, BASQUE PLATE (DIV. II), Open final Priyanka (6.5), 2. Sanskriti and Bryson DeChambeau Dr Logan (P.S. Chouhan) 2, Silver 7 (1,400m), rated 30 to 50, 4­ score. Bhakti Kulkarni came points), 2. Aravindh Chitham­ Divya Deshmukh (6), 3. Bhakti Goyal (6), 3. Srishti Pandey (5); y­o & over: BOLD MOVE (S. (70). Meanwhile, Anirban Dew (Bhawani Singh) 3 and third. baram (7), 3. Swapnil Dhopade Kulkarni (5.5). Under­20: 1. Rutuja Bakshi Standout (Antony) 4. Not run: Shareef) 1, Panama (Arshad) 2, Press Trust of India (7). Lahiri (75) missed the 54­ Depth Charge (R. Manish) 3 and The medallists: Open: Under­8: 1. Chinmay (5.5), 2. Vishwa Shah (5), 3. B. New Moon. 5, 3­1/4 and 3. 1m, CALGARY hole cut as he was tied 83rd. 23.86s. ₹13 (w), 12 and 16 (p), Reczai (Raghuveer Singh) 4. 1/2, Open: 1. Abhijeet Gupta (7.5 Women: 1. Tania Sachdev (6), 2. Kowshik (6), 2. Vivaan Saraogi Mounika Akshaya (5). PTI SHP: 23, THP: 35, FP: 36, Q: 31, 1­1/4 and 2­1/4. 1m, 25.63s. ₹73 Former Commonwealth Trinella: 108 and 63, Exacta: 156 (w), 17, 23 and 12 (p), SHP: 74, Afghanistan’s to play and 49. Favourite: Aeolus. Own­ THP: 44, FP: 1,069, Q: 348, Games champion P. Kash­ Windies in India ers: Mr. Rienzie M.K. Edwards & Trinella: 1,504 and 645, Exacta: yap produced a stellar Mrs. P.P.M. Edwards. Trainer: 11,839 and 5,074. Favourite: Win­ Vinesh, Divya NEW DELHI show to outplay Wang Tzu Neelash, Samriddhaa bag National titles Darius. ning Heart. Owners: Skambha Afghanistan will play a full Equine Enterprises Pvt Ltd rep Wei of Chinese Taipei and CHIEF MINISTER’S CUP series against the West Indies, by. Mr. Martin John Tower & Mr. enter the men’s singles fi­ win gold; 4 (1,200m), 4­y­o & over, John Thomas D. Trainer: Irfan CAVALLO VELOCE (A. nal of Canada Open Super including a Test match, in its (Terms): Ghatala. CHESS adopted home country India Imran) 1, Accolade (Suraj) 2, 100 tournament on Satur­ Pooja bags Dream Catcher (Akshay K) 3 and Jackpot: ₹28,177 (26 tkts.); Run­ in November, the country’s Southpaw (P.S. Chouhan) 4. 2­ ner up: 639 (491 tkts.); Treble (i): day. The sixth­seeded In­ Special Correspondent cricket board said. The series 3/4, 1­1/4 and Lnk. 1m, 10.91s. ₹78 193 (106 tkts.); (ii): 1,071 (33 tkts.). dian won 14­21, 21­17, 21­18. Kochi silver will also include three T20Is West Bengal’s Neelash Saha and three ODIs, beginning stayed steady and won the Press Trust of India from November 27. The open title while State­mate Madrid venues are yet to be decided. RK — a passionate lover of horse racing Samriddhaa Ghosh pulled Putting up a dominating The one­off Test will mark off a big surprise to pocket show, India’s top wrestler Afghanistan’s third Special Correspondent was named ‘Goddess of the girls’ trophy in the 30th Vinesh Phogat won her appearance in the longest CHENNAI Luck.’ National under­17 chess first gold medal after shift­ format. It was beaten on R. Ramakrishnan, the chair­ He represented India in championship at the Oberon ing to 53kg category, while debut by India last year, but man of the Madras Race several international festiv­ Mall here on Sunday. Divya Kakran claimed the defeated Ireland by seven wickets in March at Dehradun. Club (MRC), passed away als and was a leading voice in The second­seeded Nee­ top honours in the 68kg ca­ The schedule: T20Is: Nov. 5, 7 here on Sunday. RK, as he the sport. He has also had lash, the overnight leader tegory at the Grand Prix of and 9; ODIs: Nov. 13, 16 and was popularly known in the commentary stints, includ­ and a former under­13 Na­ Spain here. 18; One­off Test: Nov. 27­Dec. racing circles, had been ing airing his views during tional champion, had a good In the eight­wrestler 1. chairman since December the Invitation Cup (won by run here and defeated Guja­ 53kg draw, Vinesh comfor­ 2015, a post which he had Amorous Knight) in rat’s Aditya P. Melani in the tably beat Peru’s Justina previously held between Chennai. final round. Benites and Russia’s Nina 1980 and 1983. As a BTC steward and “I was confident of win­ Minkenova before getting Ramakrishnan held the chairman of the computeri­ ning the title as I had been Winning duo: West Bengal’s Samriddhaa Ghosh and Neelash the better of Dutch rival unique distinction of being a sation sub­committee of that consistent here,” said the Saha with their spoils. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Jessica Blaszka in the final. Steward of the MRC and the R. Ramakrishnan. club, he was instrumental in Kolkata­based Saha who fin­ Also standing atop the was the win over Jyothsna Sibi Visal, Utsab Chatterjee bt Bangalore Turf Club (BTC) at * S.R. RAGHUNATHAN computerisation of the en­ ished with 9.5 points in the podium was Asian Games (the third seed from TN, who Arjun Gupta, Ayush Sharma the same time. tire tote system which yield­ 11­round event. Incidentally, bronze medallist Divya, was among the leaders after drew with Jayachandra Srini­ As chairman of the MRC, contribution. ed wonderful returns to the the top three finishers — top­ who lost just four points in the previous round). This is vas, Rakshith Srinivasan drew Ramakrishnan took racing Acclaimed for his know­ institution. seeded Aronyak Ghosh and her campaign. Aditi placed tied 51st my first National title.” with J.J. Nawin. after three rounds to new heights and endea­ ledge of the sport, Ramak­ Utsab Chatterjee were se­ Girls: Samriddhaa Ghosh bt B. The Indian grappler ONEIDA (US) voured to achieve further rishnan was appointed a Total commitment cond and third — are also Ghosh beat the overnight Kalyani, Saina Salonika drew blanked Poland’s Agniesz­ Aditi Ashok shot a three­ with his innovative thinking. member of the expert panel “His commitment to the from Bengal. leader, Andhra Pradesh’s with Palkin Kaur, L. Jyothsna bt ka Wieszczek­Kordus in the under 69 to be tied 51st at He opened up the Chen­ of Turf Authorities of India sport was total. He resolved Meanwhile Samriddhaa, ninth­seeded B. Kalyani, in Diya Chowdhury, Divyabharathi final. the end of the third round of nai races for horses from in the formation of the Com­ many issues related to horse­ the fourth seed, suffered a the final round and after the Masanam bt Shanya Mishra, Pooja Dhanda (57kg) the Thornberry Creek LPGA other centres, thereby im­ mon Medication Rules and racing which was unique to shocking opening round loss top­seeded Saina Salonika Swara Lakshmi Nair lost to Sne­ won the silver after losing Classic golf tournament here. proving the competition at Common Rules of Racing for the sport,” said the BTC but still did not give up. drew her game against Del­ ha Bharathakoti. the title clash to Russia’s The 20­year­old Indian had the MRC. Turf Authorities of India, chairman Harimohan Naidu. “I’ve messed up the last hi’s Palkin Kaur, she Final placings (top five only): Veronika Chumikova. Open: 1. Saha (WB, 9.5 points), six birdies against four “He was a multifaceted which was adopted by diffe­ Surender Reddy, the rounds in earlier champion­ emerged a clear winner with Also winning silver me­ 2. Ghosh (WB, 9), 3. Chatterjee bogeys. Sung Hyun Park’s person. He knew the indus­ rent turf clubs. chairman of the Hyderabad ships but here, though I lost 8.5 points from 11 rounds. dals were Seema (50kg), three­under 69 left her in a (WB, 8), 4. Gupta (Del, 8), 5. try in and out. He was firm in Passionate about horse Race Club, while lamenting the opening round, I felt I Salonika and Kalyani were Nawin (TN, 7.5). Manju Kumari (59kg) and four­way tie for the lead with taking decisions”, observed racing, Ramakrishnan the loss called Ramakrish­ could come back…I’ve seen second and third. Kiran (76kg). Shanshan Feng (65), Tiffany Girls: 1. Samriddhaa (WB, 8.5), Javeed Ghtala, the acting owned horses for more than nan a stalwart of the indus­ players coming back,” said Sakshi Malik withdrew Joh (66) and Ariya Select results (last round): 2. Saina (Odi, 8), 3. Kalyani (AP, chairman of the MRC, while three decades and people in try who knew every aspect Ghosh. from the competition due Jutanugarn, at 20­under 196. Open: Neelash Saha bt Aditya 8), 4. Jyothsna (TN, 8), 5. Sne­ PTI recalling Ramakrishnan’s the know say his first horse of racing. “And the turning point P. Melani, Aronyak Ghosh bt R. ha (Tel, 7.5). to a minor injury.

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