EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Panghal on threshold of glory Priyank Panchal brightens a dull day India­A wins series as match meanders to a draw Becomes the first Indian men’s pugilist to enter final; Kaushik loses to Cruz SA-A IN INDIA Ashwin Achal Mysuru Priyank Panchal (109, 192b) shone bright on the last day of the second and final ‘Test’ between India­A and South Africa­A, at SDNR Wadeyar Stadium here on Friday. With the match heading for a certain draw, the players shook hands and walked off the field at the stroke of tea. Panchal put on a show, blasting nine fours and four sixes during the course of his four­hour stay at the crease. He was confident against Test spinner Dane Piedt, loft­ ing him cleanly for two straight sixes. Lovely cover drive The 29­year­old brought up his hundred with a lovely cover­driven boundary off Piedt. Panchal’s visit came to Packing a punch: Amit Panghal pipped Kazakhstan’s Saken Bibossinov in a tight contest. an end when he was caught Making a statement: Panchal put on a show, blasting nine fours and four sixes . * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT and bowled by left­arm spin­ * G.P. SAMPATH KUMAR ner Senuran Muthusamy. BOXING WORLDS the previous edition besides Manish Kaushik (63kg) Abhimanyu Easwaran (37, time before play would be tours have been scheduled. 400. being the Pan­American changed that by making the 93b, 3x4) fell to Piedt, at­ called off. Every senior India tour is India A — 2nd innings: Priyank Press Trust of India Games champion. semifinals. tempting a cut too close to It has been a successful se­ preceded by an India­A tour, Panchal c&b Muthusamy 109, Ekaterinburg (Russia) Past Indian medal­win­ the body. Shubman Gill was ries for the home team, hav­ which is great for the players Abhimanyu Easwaran b Piedt Asian champion Amit Pang­ Final opponent ners at the Worlds are Vijen­ sent back for zero, chipping ing won both the one­day to get valuable match 37, Shubman Gill c Muthusamy hal (52kg) on Friday became On Saturday, Panghal will der Singh (2009), Vikas one from Piedt straight to and 'Test' outings (4­1 and practice. b Piedt 0, Karun Nair (not out) 51, Wriddhiman Saha (not out) the first Indian to make the take on Uzbekistan’s Shak­ Krishan (2011), Shiva Thapa short mid­on. 1­0). “For example, in this 1; Extras (b­2, lb­2): 4. Total final of the World men’s box­ hobidin Zoirov, the reigning (2015) and Gaurav Bidhuri Karun Nair, who scored 78 India­A head coach and match, we lost the toss and (for three wkts. decl. in 70 ov­ ing championship while Olympic champion. (2017). in the first essay, was once former Saurashtra cricketer were put in to bat. The con­ ers): 202. Manish Kaushik (63kg) Panghal’s rise has been “I am going to push hard again in fine form. The Kar­ Sitanshu Kotak stated, “Gi­ ditions heavily favoured the Fall of wickets: 1­94, 2­94, signed off with a bronze. nothing short of spectacular for a gold,” Panghal said la­ nataka batsman cruised to ven the hugely skilled pacers, but our top­four did 3­186. Second seed Panghal pre­ in Indian boxing ever since ter. an unbeaten 99­ball 51. players we have in our very well to play out the dan­ South Africa­A bowling: Phi­ vailed 3­2 against Kazakh­ he claimed a 49kg category “I gave it my all, but I squad, we did expect to do ger. If this same situation lander 7­3­6­0, Ngidi 7­2­16­0, stan’s Saken Bibossinov in bronze in the 2017 Asian guess there are a few things Intensity declines well in this series. happens in an international Piedt 21­1­88­2, Muthusamy the semifinals, but Common­ Championships. lacking in my game, which I The intensity in the action “Credit to (BCCI general match, our guys will be well 19­4­46­1, Sipamla 5­2­9­0, wealth Games silver­medal­ India had never won more will try to improve on. I will sharply declined when part­ manager) Saba Karim, (Na­ prepared for it.” Markram 10­2­27­0, Zondo list Kaushik lost 5­0 to top­ than one bronze in a single work harder and deliver bet­ time spinners Aiden Mark­ tional Cricket Academy The scores: 1­0­6­0. seeded Cuban Andy Gomez edition of the World Cham­ ter results in coming tourna­ ram and Khaya Zondo came head) Rahul Dravid and the India­A — 1st innings: 417. Man­of­the­Match: Aiden Cruz, a gold­medallist from pionships but Panghal and ments,” Kaushik said. Manish Kaushik. * PTI on. It was only a matter of BCCI for the way these ‘A’ South Africa­A — 1st innings: Markram. Praneeth exits Titans, Pirates in SC allows TNCA to conduct elections KPL team CHINA OPEN owner under Press Trust of India thrilling tie Says the result of the polls would be ‘subject to the order passed by the court’ Changzhou the scanner DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD B. Sai Praneeth lost 21­16, 6­ BCCI AFFAIRS DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ised the new BCCI Constitu­ that the disqualifications laid 21, 16­21 to World No. 9 An­ tion). They have consistently down in Clause 14 of the new BENGALURU: Following alle­ B Amicus curiae P.S. thony Sinisuka Ginting in Krishnadas Rajagopal Narasimha submitted that said ‘we will go our way’”. BCCI Constitution would be gations of impropriety in the quarterfinals to draw NEW DELHI only three member Amicus curiae and senior confined to office­bearers the TNPL, the Karnataka curtains on India’s cam­ The Supreme Court, on Fri­ associations have not advocate P.S. Narasimha alone. Premier League (KPL) too paign at the China Open day, allowed the Tamil Nadu complied with the new submitted that only three The court allowed the 21­ has come under the scan­ World Tour Super 1000 Cricket Association (TNCA) Constitution, and TNCA is member associations have day notice period for hold­ ner after a team owner was badminton tournament to conduct elections even as one of them not complied with the new ing elections to be “relaxed” questioned by the city pol­ here on Friday. the Committee of Adminis­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Constitution, and TNCA is on the discretion of the ami­ ice here on Friday. Ali As­ trators (CoA) for the BCCI one of them. cus curiae. fak Thara, owner of Belaga­ complained that the associa­ senior advocate Kapil Sibal, “They must comply with In this regard, the Regis­ vi Panthers, was quizzed in Rawat stuns tion is unwilling to comply to conduct the elections. It the Constitution,” Mr. Nara­ trar of Co­operative Societies connection with an investi­ with or ratify the terms of added that the result of the simha stressed. would comply with the in­ gation into suspected bet­ Advani, the new BCCI Constitution as polls would be “subject to Justice Bobde, in the or­ structions of the amicus ting and match­fixing. ordered by the apex court. the order passed by the der, recorded that all mem­ curiae. “The Karnataka State makes final Slippery customer: Pardeep Narwal’s speedy bursts and “They can do whatever court” in the pending ber associations should On August 8 last year, a Cricket Association (KSCA) agility left fans roaring in delight. * COURTESY PKL they want to... point is they applications. comply and register their three­judge Bench of the Su­ will assist the police and Sports Bureau are indeed holding elec­ respective constitutions in preme Court had finalised co­operate with them fully Mandalay (Myanmar) PKL top­score of 12 points (15 tions. We can undo the re­ CoA’s contention accordance with the direc­ the new Constitution for in the matter,” said a KSCA India’s Laxman Rawat raids). sults (of the polls) or even The CoA, represented by se­ tion of the Supreme Court Board of Control for Cricket official. made the final of the World Nandakumar Marar Vishal (four) and Abozar send it to the civil court,” Jus­ nior advocate Parag Tri­ judgement of August 9, 2018. in India (BCCI) while reject­ 6­Red championship sur­ PUNE (three) caught the Pirates’ tice S.A. Bobde, heading the pathi, complained to the The Bench ordered all the ing the ‘one­State one­vote’ prising tournament favou­ Raiders of Pardeep Narwal’s raiding sensation thrice in Bench comprising L. Nages­ Bench that TNCA has “con­ member associations to recommendation of Justice Masakadza rite Pankaj Advani 5­4 in calibre and Siddharth De­ the second half to move Ti­ wara Rao, orally observed. sistently refused to abide by comply with the BCCI R.M. Lodha Committee and the semifinals on Friday. sai’s size drive fans into rap­ tans from deficit to equal Later, the court permitted the Supreme Court order (of Constitution. altering the cooling­off pe­ ends on a high Rawat won 8­77, 40­2, 21­ tures, but catchers blessed the TNCA, represented by August 9, 2018 which final­ The court further noted riod for cricket bosses. terms at 40­all. Agence France-Presse 34, 24­28, 73 (73)­8, 47­14, with craft and courage like Hadi made his mark at vi­ Chittagong 44­0, 27­39, 36­26. Vishal Bharadwaj, Neeraj, tal stages (five). He will take on Muham­ Abozar Mighani, Hadi Osto­ Hamilton Masakadza mad of Pakistan, who got rak can also be a handful. The Pirates ace set the Sathiyan’s run ends in quarterfinals struck a blazing 71 (42b, past Thet Min Lin of Myan­ This contest of offence stage for a nail­biting second 4x4, 5x6) in his farewell mar 5­4.