World U-20 Wrestling C’ships
Mahendra Gaikwad received a silver medal after shedding to Iranian Amirreza Valadi 13-2 within the 125kg ultimate on the World U-20 wrestling championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Mohit Kumar (61kg) and Sagar Jaglan (74kg) claimed bronze medals.
Within the girls's part, Priya Malik (76kg) arrange a title conflict with Ayano Moro of Japan. Priyanshi Prajapat (50kg), Manju (55kg), Bhagyashree Fand (59kg) and Arju (68kg) remained within the bronze medal race.
Maharaja Trophy
Devdutt Padikkal’s advantageous half century (78 n.o., 61b, 7x4, 4x6) helped Gulbarga Mystics beat table-topper Bengaluru Blasters by six wickets within the Maharaja Trophy T20 match on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Opting to bowl, the Mystics dismissed the Blasters for 144, as Vidhwath Kaverappa and Manoj Bhandage scalped three wickets every. Skipper Mayank Agarwal’s 28 was the very best particular person rating for Blasters.
The Bengaluru facet was in truth comfortably positioned at 60 for 2 after eight overs. However a middle-order collapse meant Mystics needed to chase simply 145, which it did with 15 balls to spare.
Within the day’s different match, Pavan Deshpande scored his fourth successive half-century (57, 51b, 8x4) as Mysore Warriors defeated Hubli Tigers by two runs to go stage on factors with Blasters (10 factors).
The Tigers, after opting to bowl, lowered Mysore to five/3, however Deshpande rebuilt the innings within the firm of Shubhang Hegde (22) and S. Shivraj (26) because the Warriors posted 145.
Vidyadhar Patil’s three-wicket burst upfront ensured that the Tigers was left enjoying catch-up by way of the 146-run chase. However a 38-run partnership between A. Mithun (27) and Sharan Gowda (31) for eighth wicket introduced Hubli shut, with the facet needing 24 off the final over. Nevertheless it was to not be.
Transient Scores:
Bengaluru Blasters 144/9 in 20 overs (Mayank Agarwal 28, Vidhwath Kaverappa 3/31, Manoj Bhandage 3/23) misplaced to Gulbarga Mystics 150/4 in 17.3 overs (Devdutt Padikkal 78 n.o.). MoM: Padikkal.
Mysore Warriors 145/8 in 20 overs (Pavan Deshpande 57, S. Shivraj 26, V. Koushik 3/19) bt Hubli Tigers 137 for 9 in 20 overs (Sharan Gowda 31, A. Mithun 27, Vidyadhar Patil 4/29). MoM: Vidyadhar
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Taking pictures - Nationwide choice trials
Parul Kumar accelerated to a sensible end as he beat qualification topper Akash Patidar 16-8 to high the lads’s rifle 3-position occasion within the fifth Nationwide capturing choice trials on the Madhya Pradesh Academy on Thursday.
Goldi Gurjar who had certified in eighth place for the finals, climbed to 3rd place, forward of Niraj Kumar, Pankaj Mukheja, Zahid Hussain Parray, Monu Kumar, and Ganga Singh.
Main shooters like Akhil Sheoran (577), Chain Singh (576) and Olympian Sanjeev Rajput (575) did not make it to the second stage.
Within the junior part, Pankaj Mukheja beat Surya Pratap Singh Banshtu 17-5 to high the sphere. Pankaj was persistently on high with 580 in qualification and a formidable 409.2 within the second stage earlier than the glowing end.
GOLF
Amandeep high Indian at T-10 in Simone Asia-Pacific Cup golf
Indian golfer Amandeep Kaur began with a bogey however completed with a birdie as she carded an excellent par 72 to be positioned tied tenth on the primary day of the inaugural Simone Asia Pacific Cup on the Pondok Indah Golf Course right here on Thursday.
Amandeep, who's partnering Vani Kapoor (78), was mendacity T-10 in particular person standings. In group standings, Amandeep and Vani at six-over are T-Twelfth within the USD 750,000 occasion.
India's different two gamers Diksha Dagar (74) and Gaurika Bishnoi (77) are T-14th at seven-over. In particular person standings, Diksha is T-18, Gaurika is T-30 and Vani is T-32.
India is fielding two groups with Diksha partnering Gaurika, whereas Amandeep and Vani have been put collectively.
South Korea's seasoned campaigner So Yeon Ryu fired a seven under-par 65 to seize a one-shot lead. The 32-year-old Ryu had seven birdies in a bogey free spherical.
Former world No. 1 and at the moment No. 4, Lydia Ko of New Zealand, the highest-ranked participant within the discipline, had an excellent birdie-eagle end for a bogey-free 66 to hitch Philippines' Princess Mary Superal within the second spot.
Korea's Crew 2 with Ryu and Bo Mee Lee (67) led the group standings with -12 whereas Philippines (Princess and Pauline Rosario) and Japan 2, comprising Kokona Sakurai (70) and Maria Shinohara (71), had been three-under and tied second 9 pictures behind the leaders. Lydia Ko and Momoka Kobori (76) had been fourth at two-over.
Total Amandeep had three birdies in opposition to three bogeys, whereas Diksha, the second finest Indian at T-18, appeared to be going advantageous until the sixteenth at which level she was even par for the spherical. She then dropped pictures on Par-3 seventeenth and Par-5 18th to complete two-over.
Gaurika, who began the day with a double bogey, had no birdies however dropped pictures on three different holes for a 77, whereas Vani began the day with a birdie however slid thereafter. She bogeyed fifth and double bogeyed eighth to show in two-over. On the again 9, she had 4 extra bogeys for a card of six-over 78.
As Ryu and Lydia and Princess stood out, one other South Korean Bo Mee Lee ended the opening day in outright fourth place, two off the tempo after buying and selling 5 birdies in opposition to a lone bogey on the par-three fifth.
Thailand's Patcharajutar Kongkraphan, the 2012 Indonesian Women Open champion, additionally loved a stable begin by carding a 70 to share the fifth spot with Japan's Kokona Sakurai. World no. 8 Hyo Joo Kim might solely card a gap 72 to sit down in a four-way tie for tenth.
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Kapur, Chawrasia finest amongst Indians at T-12 in Korea
Indian duo of Shiv Kapur and SSP Chawrasia made a stable begin with three-under 68 to be positioned tied Twelfth on the finish of the primary spherical of the fourth Worldwide Collection occasion golf match right here on Thursday.
4 Indians, together with veteran Jyoti Randhawa shot one-under 70 every to be Tied-Thirty ninth. The opposite three had been Veer Ahlawat, who had an excellent outing final week in Singapore, Rashid Khan, the runner-up at Mandiri Indonesian Open and Viraj Madappa, a one-time winner on the Asian Tour.
Of the 5 different Indians within the discipline, solely Honey Baisoya (71) didn't go over par. He was T-71. Gaganjeet Bhullar, Ajeetesh Sandhu and S Chikkarangappa had been all T-89th with playing cards of 72, whereas Rahil Gangjee was additional down at T-14th with 73.
Thailand's Pavit Tangkamolprasert began in a sensational method with seven birdies in a row earlier than dropping a shot on eighth. He picked two extra birdies on the again 9 for a card of eight-under 63.
Pavit, a two-time winner on the Asian Tour, shot 63. He was two pictures away from the Korean Eric Chun (65).
Thailand's Jazz Janewattananond, the 2019 Asian Tour Order of Advantage winner, South Africans Justin Harding and Ian Snyman, and Australia’s Brett Rumford all got here in with 66s.
Pavit was nonetheless two strokes in need of essentially the most consecutive birdies on the Asian Tour. That report of 9 is held by Austrian Bernd Wiesberger on the 2017 Maybank Championship after which most well-liked lies weren't used.
Pavit admitted he hit only one simply dangerous shot and that was eighth and he made a bogey. He made birdies on eleventh and sixteenth on again 9 and missed just a few different probabilities.
Chun produced one of many best match rounds of his 10-year skilled profession. Two birdies on the entrance 9 and 4 on the again 9 put him in entrance for the primary time in an Asian Tour occasion. A graduate of North-western College within the US, the Korean additionally spent a lot of his childhood rising up in Malaysia.
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