Sri Lanka’s Rajitha out of Bangladesh Test with injury
Dhara Gujjar scored a magnificent 140 to help East Zone put up a strong 385 for eight against North East Zone as women’s redball cricket returned in India’s domestic calendar after six years here on Thursday.
East Zone skipper Deepti Sharma opted to bat in the threeday Senior Women InterZonal MultiDay Trophy and put up a 97run opening stand with wicketkeeperbatter Uma Chetry.
East Zone lost three wickets for 22 runs before Dhara consolidated the innings with her knock of 140 that came off 216 balls. She had 22 hits to the fence before being cleaned up by Debasmita Dutta at the fag end of the day. She was involved in two crucial partnerships with Rizu Saha and Durga Murmu, which fetched 109 and 99 runs respectively.
At the DY Patil Academy in Ambi, the West Zone spin duo of Anuja Patil and Radha Yadav shared eight wickets between them as Central Zone was bowled out for 245 in 87.3 overs. In reply, West Zone was 26 for no loss in 10 overs.
The scores:
East Zone 385/8 in 100 overs (Dhara Gujjar 140, Deepti Sharma 49, Uma Chetry 47, Durga Murmu 49, Rizu Saha 35, Debasmita Dutta 5/76) vs North East Zone. Central Zone 245 in 87.3 overs (Punam Raut 84, Sneh Rana 42, Anuja Patil 5/75, Radha Yadav 3/55) vs West Zone 26/0 in 10 overs.
Leukaemia survivor Rikako Ikee will compete for Japan in the 100m butterfly at the Paris Olympics after missing out on an individual place at the Tokyo Games three years ago.
Threetime world champion Daiya Seto will swim in the men’s individual medley after Japan’s 27member squad for the Olympic Paris Games was announced by the country’s Swimming Federation on Wednesday.
An 18yearold Ikee was named MVP of the 2018 Asian Games after claiming six golds and two silvers, and was expected to be one of the stars of the Tokyo Olympics.
In early 2019, a few months after those tri
Rohith excels in Sivakasi Town’s win
SIVAKASI: Rohith Pranav (six for 33) starred in Sivakasi Town’s sixwicket win over Sattur Town in the Virudhunagar DCA first division league.
The scores: I div.: Redrose 199 in 37.3 overs (K. Ajith 58, Balaji 3/9, Palpandi 3/16) bt Srivilliputhur Town 190/9 in 39 overs (Paramasivam 55 n.o., Selvakumar 35, G. Sivaraj 3/20). Sattur Town 137 in 27 overs (Rohith Pranav 6/33) lost to Sivakasi Town 141/4 in 31.2 overs (Anandha Roopan 67).
II div.: Tamilthai 126/9 in 25 overs (Manojkumar 32, Esakkipandi 5/26) bt Ramco 94 in 18.3 overs (Singaraj 35 n.o., Selvaraj 5/18).
Ikee.
umphs, she was diagnosed with leukaemia and spent around 10 months in hospital.
Incredible comeback
She only returned to competition in August 2020 and completed an incredible comeback by winning the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly at the 2021 Olympic trials. Her times were
Rohith (Sivakasi Town, 6/33).
MDCA under-19 selection trials
MAYILADUTHURAI: The Mayiladuthurai District Cricket Association (MDCA) will conduct trials to select the under19 not fast enough to qualify for the individual events in Tokyo but the performances gained her selection for both freestyle and medley relay teams at her home Olympics.
Now 23, Ikee secured her place in the 100m butterfly by just 0.01sec at Japan’s trials earlier this month as she held off the fastfinishing Matsumoto Shiho to finish second in 57.34sec.
“In the end I think it was my long arms that won the touch,” Ikee was quoted as saying by Olympics.com.
“I think God was on my side today.”
“I’m glad lots of veterans and young talent made it to the national team this time,” Daichi Suzuki, the swimming federation chief, was reported as saying by Japan media.
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Rajitha.
Inform pace bowler Kasun Rajitha is out of the second Test against Bangladesh because of a back injury, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said.
The second and final match begins here on Saturday with Sri Lanka leading 10 after a 328run win in the opening match in Sylhet.
Rajitha played a big part with eight wickets in two innings, including five for 56 in the second innings.
Asitha Fernando has joined the squad as a replacement.
“Kasun Rajitha will not be available for the second Test match as the player has suffered an injury to his left upper back area,” SLC said.
Fernando claimed 10 wickets the last time he played a Test in Bangladesh, in 2022. He last played a fiveday match against Afghanistan in February.