THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2018 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Kohli may bat at No. 4 as India Home Ministry has cleared Pakistan’s India A falter in first innings Sharan, Sitak out of participation at Asian Jr C’ship: WFI again, all out for 192 start as favourites against England NEW DELHI, July 11: Pakistani wrestlers. We have to TAUNTON, JULY 11: Wimbledon after close defeat India A once again struggled in LONDON, July 11: hold. However, Sharan and Sitak NOTTINGHAM, July 11: series' defeat came in India in Yuzvendra Chahal is a cer- ensure that Pakistani wrestlers Decks were today cleared for do not go anywhere except the the first innings, folding up for 192 brought it back to level terms, January 2017, with only a freak tainty as the wrist spinner and in response to West Indies A's 302 Divij Sharan and Artem making it 4-4. On a high after an impressive one-off loss to Scotland in the Kuldeep Yadav, who has created participation of Pakistani grap- hotel and the venue," Tomar plers at the Asian Junior added. on day two of the second unofficial Sitak's remarkable run at the In the fifth game, Sitak saved Twenty20 series win, an upbeat interim. all sorts of doubts in the minds Test here. Wimbledon championships five breakpoints before conced- India will eye another dominant The series will also enable of the batsmen, may just come- Championship after Wrestling The WFI official also said West Indies A could only add a came to an end following a close ing the crucial break as he performance against hosts Indian team management to mix back into the playing XI as the Federation of India (WFI) agreed that wrestlers from Iraq and run to their overnight score, ending defeat against experienced served two consecutive double England in a three- match ODI and match the various combina- Trent Bridge ground is much to give an undertaking that the Afghanistan have not sent any at 302 in 90.5 overs Shamarh Americans Mike Bryan and Jack faults from deuce. The series, which can be termed as a tions, keeping World Cup in bigger than the one at Bristol. movement of the contingent entry for the competitions. from the neighbouring nation WFI President BB Sharan Brooks scoring an unbeaten 122. Sock in the men's doubles quar- Americans served out the match 'dry run' ahead of the World Cup mind. If the team management Like the previous game, Indian next year. KL Rahul's stupendous form thinks of playing an extra pacer, will be restricted to the competi- Singh had sought a meeting with terfinals. in the next. tion venue. Home Minister Rajnath Singh batsmen had a hard time facing the The Indo-Kiwi pair troubled "It's not easy to have lost With cricket's blue riband has been a happy headache for the Siddarth Kaul or Shardul Thakur red ball in the first innings. After much delay, WFI had today to sort out the issue but the Grand Slam winners before today as match is bigger oppor- tournament scheduled to be held team management and there is a might come into play. Raymon Reifer (5/50) and got the clearance yesterday for eventually it was not required. bowing out with a 6-7 (4) 6-7(5) tunity going forward. It was a in UK next year, the ODI series possibility that the captain might If Bhuvneshwar Kumar Oshane Thomas (3/66) wrecked the six-day event, starting July Federation secretary V N 7-6(3) 4-6 after three hours and really close match today against will give Virat Kohli an ideal come at No 4 in order to give recovers from the stiff back, he the Indian innings that lasted 48 opportunity to get a drift about the Rahul a chance to make optimum will be sharing the new ball with 17, but the Home Ministry had Prasood welcomed the develop- 14 minutes. Sock and Mike, who will ment. overs. In their last two matches, conditions that his men are use of his current form. Umesh Yadav. put on hold participation of In the absence of openers become the number one player expected to encounter at exactly Rahul scored a 70 against For England, the series Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan. "It's a good for us and for the left-handed Sharan and Sitak in the world again. Jack Sock championships. Last time also Prithvi Shaw and Mayank had eked out thrilling five-set same time next year. Ireland and followed it by an against Australia was a real A miffed WFI feared that it Agarwal, Ravikumar Samarth (10) has been a champion here at While India will be buoyed by unbeaten 101 against England in morale booster where the team could be be penalised by the Pakistani wrestlers had not got wins after trailing by two sets Wimbledon," Sharan said. clearance and it created problems and Abhimanyu Easwaran (23) did their 2-1 T20 series win, England, the first T20. scored a world record total 481 world body United World and raised hopes of an upset by "But we played some really for us. They had complained to not make the most of the opportu- the top ranked ODI team in world He will, in all likelihood, be in one of the ODIs. Wrestling (UWW), if Pakistani nity. taking the third set. good tennis and came through cricket, come into the series hav- the missing jigsaw puzzle at the Buttler, whose dream run has grapplers will be denied Visa. the United World Wrestling. This In the fourth set, Sitak was time they had spoken to the Captain Karun Nair (42) and physical and mental tests in the ing crushed a below-par Australia top of the order for skipper Kohli. continued since the start of the The MHA had not cleared broken in the first game and that UWW in advance," Prasood said. Ankit Bawne (43 not out) were the last couple of matches to come 6-0 in their last bilateral engage- With both Shikhar Dhawan and IPL, will like to continue his rich participation of Pakistani was the first break of the match. "We organise these champi- only ones to show some resistance from behind to win in five sets," ment. Rohit Sharma being automatic vein of form. He is one of the Sock too was on the verge of wrestlers for the Asian Cadet onships for the development of against the West Indies A attack. the Delhi lad said. (PTI) England have been one of the selections at the top of the order, batsmen, who has been able to dropping serve but managed to Championship in 2015. the sport and our athletes. We are Rishabh Pant (3), playing his finest 50 over sides in recent Rahul, who is also a specialist read the two wrist spinners quite "We got a call from a home glad that now we can conduct it first game of the series, lasted only times and India will have their opener comes in at No 3. well. ministry official today that smoothly," he added. 13 balls. Djokovic into Wimbledon semi-final, task cut against a batting line-up If the same batting order is Along with Roy, the duo will wrestlers from Pakistan can More than 300 wrestlers, At the time of writing, West comprising Jos Buttler, Jason followed, skipper Kohli, who like to take advantage of the come to India and compete. They India A had made a promising start Powerplay overs knowing fully including 100 women, from 18 Roy, Alex Hales, Jonny Bairstow has been world's best ODI bats- will be granted visas," WFI countries will compete in the in their second innings, reaching blasts ‘unneccesary’ warnings and Eoin Morgan. Add Ben man by a distance, will have to well that some of the middle assistant secretary Vinod Tomar Freestyle and Greeco Roman 40 for no loss in 13 overs. LONDON, July 11: "The umpire said he didn't see. Stokes to it and England bear a drop himself a notch down at No order batsmen including Test said. style competitions in the six-day The first unofficial Test had I don't think it's fair but it is what it formidable look. 4. captain Joe Root and skipper "We have to give an under- championship which is offering ended in a draw after India A Three-time champion Novak is." Despite his anger, Djokovic It is a reputation built on fear- The seasoned pair of Suresh Morgan himself are not exactly taking to the Crime Branch that 10 gold, 10 silver and 20 bronze amassed 609 for six following Djokovic reached his eighth still reeled off 10 of the last 12 less, attacking cricket that has Raina and Mahendra Singh picking up Kuldeep's wrong we will take responsibility of the medals. (PTI) their 133 in the first innings. (PTI) Wimbledon semi-final on games of the quarter-final. seen England win 46 out of 69 Dhoni along with all-rounder 'uns. (PTI) Wednesday with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6- "It feels great to be back in the ODIs since a disastrous 2015 Hardik Pandya are expected to 2 win over Japan's Kei Nishikori in last four of a Slam. I've been build- World Cup. Their last bilateral form the middle-order. United CC outplays Warriors Doda at Bhaderwah Sindhu, Prannoy enter pre- a stormy Centre Court clash. ing in the last couple of weeks and Djokovic, 31, will be playing in my level of tennis is going up," he Green Star, FCC register quarterfinals of Thailand Open his 32nd Slam semi-final where he said.