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Adelaide Test will be day affair: CA

Melbourne: Cricket Australia on Tuesday confirmed that the Adelaide Test against India will not be a day-night affair after the latter expressed reservations over playing with pink ball. The current ICC Playing Conditions stipulate that a day-night Test match can be held only "with the agreement of the visiting Board". BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary had written to CA, saying that India are not yet ready to play with pink ball and would prefer playing the Adelaide Test with traditional red ball. "We can confirm that we have received advice from the Board of Control for Cricket in India  that it is not prepared to participate in a proposed Day-Night Test in Adelaide this summer," a CA spokesperson said.  Australia have played four pink-ball Tests and won all of them, including the historic first game against NZ in Adelaide.

India to face Japan in women’s asian ct

new delhi: Defending champions India will begin their campaign in the 5th Asian Women's Champions Trophy hockey tournament against Japan on May 13 at the Donghae City in Korea. The other teams in the fray are China, Malaysia and hosts Korea. "After having won the title in 2016 followed by the Asia Cup victory in 2017, we want to make this yet another memorable event," defender Sunita Lakra said before team's departure. While India finished outside podium at the Commonwealth Games, the experience will help Indian women, feels Lakra. "Though we believe we could have returned home with a medal, we did well against teams like Australia and England. We will be carrying this confidence into the Asian Champions Trophy which will help us understand where we stand ahead of the much-important Asian Games in Jakarta," Lakra added.

Manav books Youth Olympics berth

bangkok: Indian paddler Manav Thakkar booked his ticket to the Buenos Aires Youth Olympics by defeating Singapore's Shao Josh Chua 4-0 here on Tuesday. The Indian ranked World No 2 beat Chua 11-4, 11-7, 11-2, 11-9 in the final of the Road To Buenos Aires 2018 YOG Series (Asia). However, Archana Girish Kamath, missed the bus for third time when she bowed out in the quarterfinals to Hungarian Fanni Harasztovich 3-4. The top-seeded Thakkar accounted for Jacobo Vahnish of Panama 4-0 in the quarterfinals after his first-round bye and went onto defeat Jordan's Khaled Khader, also with the same margin, to enter the final. With two easy wins to bank on, the Surat boy exploded when he took on the Singaporean and except for the second game, where he allowed the liberty of a few extra points to his opponent, the Indian played to a plan to book his Youth Olympics berth.  Agencies