TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Dhoni jumps two places to New field restriction rules Windies confident of Gayle 8th in ODI batting chart affected Yuvraj's bowling: Dhoni fitness for New Zealand clash MELBOURNE, Mar 16: "Yuvraj of 2011" in the ongoing WELLINGTON, Mar 16: I'm sure he'll be up for it even if MELBOURNE, Mar 16: spearhead Mohammed Shami, edition. he's not 100 per cent." who is just behind Australia's Yuvraj Singh's 15 wickets in West Indies believe Chris Having regained his form Dhoni has never been a big Gayle, 35 has had a roller- Mitchell Starc in the wicket-tak- the 2011 ICC Cricket World Gayle will have a major impact with two unbeaten knocks in the advocate of the four-fielder the- coaster tournament with his ers list in this edition of the quad- Cup was one of the major fac- on Saturday's World Cup quar- league stage of the cricket World ory as he feels that a lot of his World Cup record 215 against rennial event, is ranked tors which contributed to ter-final against New Zealand Cup, India captain part-time bowlers including the Zimbabwe in Canberra on Mahendra Singh Dhoni lifting even if he's only half fit. Mahendra Singh Dhoni 11th above Pakistan's likes of Sachin Tendulkar, February 24 being the only time ADGP Armed, SM Sahai alongwith office bearers of Hockey the coveted trophy but the Gayle missed Sunday's six- has gained two spots to Mohammed Irfan. Virender Sehwag became far he has got past 50. J&K during its executive meeting in Jammu. Indian captain says last edition's wicket win over the United Arab be placed eight in the lat- Starc, who has less effective in changed cir- Johnson's half century 'Player of The Tournament' is no Emirates in Napier, which est ICC batting rankings. bagged 16 wickets in the against the UAE will put the longer as effective as he used to cumstances. secured the West Indies' place in Sahai convenes Executive body Dhoni, who made an tournament so far, is pressure on Gayle's opening be in the current set-up. "In the pre-field restriction unbeaten 45 against ranked third behind Dale the last eight, after failing to partner Dwayne Smith to keep Dhoni points to the change days, Viru paaji, Sachin Paaji shrug off his latest back prob- West Indies and a bril- Steyn and the duo are and Yuvi used to bowl a lot and his place after a miserable tour- meeting of Hockey J&K liant 85 not out against closing in on top bowler in field restrictions (with only lem. nament in which his top score is four fielders outside the 30-yard we depended on them. But they In his absence, Johnson Zimbabwe, has led the Saeed Ajmal's rating were all part-timers and on good just 31 in six innings. circle) being precisely the rea- Charles, originally summoned to "Obviously, Johnson had a *Stresses for talent hunt, promotion of game team to 10 consecutive World points. batting tracks, they would find son why India lost "Yuvraj replace Darren Bravo, seized his very good day. And I would say Excelsior Sports Correspondent J&K will immediately start talent Cup wins surpassing Clive Indian spinners Ravichandran it difficult to bowl well. Singh, the handy left-arm spin- opportunity to impress with a he's pretty much secured a spot hunt exercises across the State Lloyd's streak of nine win for Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are "Like Raina is a good option JAMMU, Mar 16: Working ner." fine innings of 55. for the next game. But we'll sit and new players be registered as West Indies and is now second placed 16th and 18th respectively if there is some help from the president of Hockey J&K, S M "If you see, after the rule "Chris had the same back down, discuss and see what con- per the latest guidelines of only to Ricky Ponting's 21 with medium-pacer wicket. Also, he bowls a good Sahai , yesterday convened a change happened, Yuvi didn't problem over the last year, and ditions we're up against and Hockey India. "To explore fresh straight wins for Australia in the Bhuvneshwar Kumar (17) sand- line to the left-handers. I felt I meeting of Executive Board of talent and register new players 50-over showpiece event. wiched in between. bowl a lot. We must admit that sometimes he has good days and make a decision," said Holder. Hockey J&K to discuss various needed him during the Ireland from every district of the State is Opener Shikhar Dhawan is Jadeja though is tied seventh once the rule change (field sometimes he has bad days. New Zealand have won 23 issues related to functioning of game. Like Shikhar (Dhawan) a must exercise, which has to be ranked seventh ahead of Dhoni restriction) happened, it did Obviously, he's a key player for of the 53 completed ODIs Hockey J&K and improvement with Australia's Glenn Maxwell and Rohit (Sharma) are also taken in hand for improvement of while Virat Kohli (4) is the high- affect his bowling although he us, and his fitness is key going against the West Indies but lost of the game across the State. in the all-rounders list led by Sri the game and to encourage the est-ranked Indian in the batting is a regular with the ball in part-timers but I can only use into the quarter-final," said cap- their last meeting, in Hamilton During the meeting various Lanka's Tilakaratne Dilshan. talent", he added. chart led by South African cap- T20s," Dhoni said in context of them when conditions are con- in 2014, by 203 runs. issues related to functioning of The rankings though will see tain Jason Holder. Among others, the meeting whether Suresh Raina can do a ducive," said Dhoni. (PTI) However, the Black Caps the executive body of Hockey tain AB de Villiers. Sri Lanka's a rise and fall once the knockouts "I'm sure he'll be up for it was attended by IGP Mukesh will still be favourites to make J&K, improvement of the game Kumar Sangkkara and Hashim kickstart on Wednesday. (PTI) even if he's not a hundred per- Singh, associate vice president Amla are placed at second and Gould, Dar appointed umpires cent. It's an important game and the semi-finals, having won all by better utilization and identifi- Hockey J&K, senior vice presi- cation of the talent were dis- third respectively. Rohit wins bronze in he's a big player, you know what of their six group games in the dent Jaswant Singh, vice presi- Outside the top-10, India's big players can do on big days. first round. (Agencies) cussed. The participants also dis- dent Sham Lal, secretary G S Power-Lifting Nationals cussed the amendments required Suresh Raina, who mesmerised for India-Bangladesh WC QF Bakshi, Treasurer Rajinder Singh, the Auckland crowd with his Excelsior Correspondent in the constitution of Hockey DUBAI, Mar 16: Kettleborough (third umpire), Sports Officer J&K Police unbeaten 110 in India's win Kalmadi inducted as Asian J&K for its smooth functioning. Kuldeep Handoo and other exec- JAMMU, Mar 16: J&K Bruce Oxenford (fourth umpire) For increased interest of peo- against Zimbabwe, has jumped England's Ian Gould and and David Boon (match referee) utive members including three spots to be placed 17th. Power-Lifting Pakistan's Aleem Dar have been ple in the sport and development Charanjeet Singh, Dalbir Mahila Association team March 19: Bangladesh v India, of Hockey in J&K State, revival The bowling chart is without appointed the on-field umpires for Athletics Association Life President and Joginder Singh. brought laurels to Melbourne Cricket Ground of erstwhile Hockey Gold Cup any Indian in the top-10 as pace the cricket World Cup quarterfinal the State in the (MCG); Ian Gould and Aleem Dar NEW DELHI, Mar 16: chief Dahlan Al-Hamad of Qatar was proposed and in this regard between India and Bangladesh to (on-field), Steve Davis (third in a close contest in July 2013 in National Bench- be played in Adelaide on March 19. the members were asked to come umpire), Paul Reiffel (fourth Tainted Indian sports admin- Pune just before the start of Asian Press Powerlifting Steve Davis has been named up with suggestions and other Harbhajan to lead Punjab umpire) and Roshan Mahanama istrator Suresh Kalmadi has been Athletics Championships in his Championship at the third umpire for the game, modalities for revival of the erst- MOHALI, Mar 16: The other players are Manan (match referee) made Life President of the Asian home town. Jamshedpur, recently. while Paul Reiffel has been while championship. Vohra, Jaskaranveer Singh Sohi, March 20: Australia v Athletics Association for his Kalmadi, a former President Out-of-favour India spinner Rohit Singh Jamwal won appointed the fourth umpire. The working president said Ravi Inder Singh, Mandeep Singh, Pakistan, Adelaide Oval; Marais "work in the development of ath- of Indian Olympic Association, Harbhajan Singh will lead Punjab bronze medal in 66kg category Roshan Mahanama will act as the letics in the continent" during his that Hockey J&K will host vari- Yuvraj Singh, Himanshu Chawla, Erasmus and Kumar Dharmasena also lost the membership of the in the inter state T-20 Tournament in senior group. match referee. 13-year tenure as the head of ous championships for providing Taruwar Kohli, Rajwinder Singh (on-field), Richard Illingworth highly influential Council of the platform to the players of the for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.