Napier, Nov 21 (PTI) A drastic change in approach is need of the hour for India but question remains if the likes of Umran Malik and Sanju Samson will be tested in third and final T20 against New Zealand here on Tuesday.
India were expected to try out a bunch of players after another World Cup debacle but if the team combination for the second T20 was any indication, they seemed reluctant to start with a clean slate.
Take out the individual brilliance of Suryakumar Yadav, the team would have struggled to post 160 on Sunday, a grim reminder of its travails in the World Cup Down Under.
India’s powerplay approach has been a major concern. Rishabh Pant was tried at the top with Ishan Kishan in the second game but the move did not work. Considering Pant’s class, one can expect him to fire in the series-decider.
Samson is another batter who can make instant impact but the team did not start with him.
Going by skipper Hardik Pandya’s post match comments, the management is unlikely to make too many changes for the third T20. India lead the series 1-0 with the series opener washed out.
“I don’t know (about changes for the next game). I’d like to give everyone in the squad a chance but it’s just one more game, so it’s a bit tough,” said Hardik, who is seen as the next full captain in the shortest format.
Shubman Gill was in the running for opening too in the absence of senior players but the team went ahead with two left-handers. He is likely to get his chances only in the ODI series to follow.
Pandya is keen on having more batters who can bowl in the playing eleven and Deepak Hooda has given him one option.
However, the biggest disappointment was the non-inclusion of Umran Malik in the first game. It has been proved that there is a pressing needed for an out and out pace bowler in T20 cricket and the New Zealand series is crucial to the development of the Jammu and Kashmir-based tearaway pacer.
In Jasprit Bumrah’s absence, Malik, who played three T20s earlier this year, should be exposed to the pressure of playing a top team and given a long run.
Playing his first game in a while, Yuzvendra Chahal showed why he should be a regular in the team but fellow wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav might only get to play the ODIs.
Facing a must win scenario, New Zealand will take the field without their skipper Kane Williamson who will miss the game to due to a pre-arranged medical appointment.
In his absence, the team will rely even more on opener Finn Allen and Glenn Phillips down the order to put the opposition under pressure.
The home bowlers leaked way too many runs in the death overs and they will be looking to correct that. New Zealand will also have to find a way to stop Surya, who is in the form of his life.
“Suryakumar played an in incredible innings out there. Everyone watched in amazement, some of the shots be played. We have had a few discussions already and we will have few more tomorrow before the game around how to combat him,” said New Zealand head coach Gary Stead.
Squads:
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway (wk), Lockie Ferguson, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee (c), Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Mark Chapman.
India: Hardik Pandya (c), Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.
Will India give Umran Malik and Sanju Samson a chance in final T20
Retired Bureaucrat Arun Goel Appointed Election Commissioner
New Delhi, Nov 21: Former bureaucrat Arun Goel on Monday assumed charge of his new responsibility as an Election Commissioner.
The poll panel said Goel assumed charge this morning.
A 1985-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, Goel took voluntary retirement on November 18. He was on Saturday appointed as an Election Commissioner.
He was to retire on December 31, 2022 after completing 60 years of age.
He has joined Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey on the poll panel.
There was a vacancy in the EC following the retirement of Sushil Chandra as CEC in May this year.
Goel was, till recently, the heavy industries secretary. He has also served in the Union Culture ministry.
His appointment comes days before Gujarat goes to two-phase polls on December one and five.
The poll panel will have its full strength when it decides the election schedule for Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura and Karnataka in the coming months. (Agencies)
SKIMS conducts live workshop on complex heart diseases
Srinagar, Nov 21: A two-day live workshop was conducted at Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences(SKIMS),Soura by the department of CVTS in collaboration with department of cardiac surgery, Max hospital, New Delhi on complex heart diseases, a public relations officer of the Institute said on Monday.
Three patients were diagnosed with complex coronary artery disease with valvular heart disease and severe LV dysfunction.
The officer said that all the patients were successfully operated during the live workshop by Dr. Rajesh Malhota, Prof G.N.Lone, Dr.Ratna Mallik Dr. Ab. Majeed, Dr. Farooq Ganie, Dr. Zubair Ashraf, Dr. Nadeem-ul-Nazeer, Dr. Haroon Naqshi and other team members.
“The Anesthetic backup was provided by Dr. Sanjoy Kumar Majhi (Max, Hospital), Prof Showkat Gurkoo, Dr. Iqra Nazir (SKIMS) and their other team members,” the officer said.
She said that the team was technically assisted by Lateef Kurpal, Firdous Ahmad, Asif Ahmad, Shameem, Meema, Mehak, Shakeela, Sabzar, Bilal, Rafia, Lekhraj, Irfan and others.
Head CVTS informed that all the three patients were operated at the cost of approximately Rs. 1.5 lacs which is much lower than the cost incurred in other cardiac centers of the country.
“All the 3 patients are doing fine and will be discharged within a few days. Dr. Lone has expressed his gratitude to administration, all his team members, ministerial staff and supportive departments like cardiology, anesthesiology and others for their support during the workshop,” the PR official said.
Active Covid cases in country decline to 6,402
New Delhi, Nov 21: India logged 406 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,46,69,421, while the active cases dipped to 6,402, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The death toll climbed to 5,30,586 with 12 fatalities which includes 11 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.One death has been reported from Rajasthan in a span of 24 hours.
The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.80 per cent, according to the ministry website. A decrease of 87 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,32,433, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent. According to the ministry’s website, 219.86 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year. (Agencies)
Ancient sculpture found in Devsar, kulgam
Kulgam, Nov 21: An ancient sculpture carved in a black stone has been recovered in Devsar village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday afternoon, an official said.
An official said that today a digging for Construction of bridge was started by JCB at Lankarpombay area of Devsar during which a black stone was spotted by some workers, who accordingly informed the police.
He said that soon after getting information, Police rushed to the spot and took the carved stone into their possession.
Meanwhile, a police official said the sculpture is carved in a black stone. “It is being handed over to the department of Archives, Archaeology & Museums, J&K Government,” he said. (KNO)
Dry weather, partly cloudy sky likely in J&K in next 24 hrs: MeT
JAMMU, Nov 21: Weather was dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the MeT officials said on Monday that dry weather with partly cloudy sky is expected during the next 24 hours.
“Dry weather with partly cloudy sky is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said.
Srinagar had 3.7, Pahalgam minus 3.5 and Gulmarg minus 3.4 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature today.
Drass town in Ladakh region had minus 11.5, Kargil minus 6.8 and Leh minus 9.2 as the minimum temperature.
Jammu had 8.9, Katra 9.1, Batote 4.7, Banihal 6.2 and Bhaderwah 2.6 as the minimum temperature. (Agencies)
PM Modi to address rallies in Gujarat’s Surendranagar, Jabusar and Navsari today
Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls scheduled for next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will address three back-to-back Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Vijay Sankalp Sammelan rallies in the poll-bound state.
PM Modi’s first rally on the day will be in Surendranagar at 11 am, the next will be in Jabusar at 1 pm, and then in Navsari around 3 pm.
On the other side, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to hold four public meetings in Dwarka, Somnath, Junagadh and Kutchh districts of the state.
At around 11 am, Shah will address the first meeting in the Khambhaliya Assembly constituency in Dwarka district. Then at 1 pm, in Somnath at Kodinar, he will address another rally.
The other two meetings that the Home Minister will address are at 3 and 4 pm in the Mangrol Assembly constituency in Junagadh and Bhuj Assembly constituency in Kutchh respectively.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who is also a BJP’s star campaigner for the Gujarat elections, will also address a public meeting in the Mahemdavad assembly constituency.
Earlier on reaching his home state on Saturday, PM Modi held a road show in Valsad and also addressed the people.
The Prime Minister, who had four scheduled public meetings, started his campaign on Sunday from Somnath. Later he also held election rallies in Dhoraji, Amreli and Botad.
Speaking at the rally in Dhoraji, the Prime Minister took an apparent swipe at Rahul Gandhi and said that during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Congress leader walked with a woman who tried everything to derail the Narmada Project.
The Voting for the 182-member State Assembly will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5. The results will be announced on December 8.
Heroin Worth Crores Recovered In Uri Baramulla: Police
SRINAGAR, Nov 21: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a man and recovered four packets of herion worth crores from him in Uri area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said.
In a statement, a police spokesperson said that a joint checkpoint of police and 03 Rajput unit of army was established at AD Post.
“During the routine checking, a drug peddler namely Imtiyaz Ahmed Bhat, a resident of Sahoora Uri, on seeing the naka party tried to evade arrest. He was apprehended and four packets of suspected contraband was recovered,” the spokesperson said.
“A case under NDPS Act has been registered in Police Station Uri and investigation set in motion,” the spokesperson said.
He said that the general people have hailed the efforts of security forces and expressed support in eradicating the menace of drugs from the society.
“People are requested to come forward with information regarding Drug Peddlers of their areas so that drug menace can be eradicated from the society,” the statement said.
Infighting within Congress cause of concern ahead of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra will pass through Rajasthan in the cold days of December but political temperature within the party is high, with leaders supporting former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot demanding solutions to existing issues.
Even as infighting between the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Pilot camps continues, Gurjar leader Vijay Singh Bainsla has dared the party to organise the yatra without resolving pending issues of the community he belongs to.
At the same time, the opposition BJP is geared up to launch its ‘Jan Akrosh Movement’ from November 29 to counter the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and corner the Gehlot government at a time when it completes four years next month.
Deputy Commissioner District Kishtwar and Group General Manager (In-Charge), Dulhasti Power
Station made a joint visit to ITI Institute, Kishtwar
Dr. Devansh Yadav (IAS), Deputy Commissioner, District Kishtwar and Sh. MK Kashyap, Group General
Manager (in-charge) Dulhasti Power Station made a joint visit to ITI Institute Kishtwar on 19.11.2022. On
arrival at ITI campus, Sh. Mandeep Dogra, Principal, ITI and other staff members welcomed Dr. Devansh
Yadav (IAS), Deputy Commissioner, District Kishtwar and Sh. M K Kashyap, Group General Manager (In-
charge).
Dr. Devansh Yadav (IAS), Deputy Commissioner, District Kishtwar and Mr. MK Kashyap, Group General
Manager (I/C), Dulhasti Power Station met Mr. Mandeep Dogra, Principal, ITI Institute, Kishtwar and also
visited the ITI premises and also interacted with students, encouraged and motivated them to acquire
technical knowledge.
Sh. MK Kashyap, Group General Manager (In-Charge) Dulhasti Power Station also took stock & reviewed the
STRIVE (Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement) scheme and attended the Institute
Management Committee (IMC) meeting. Future plans were discussed in this meeting. Sh. MK Kashyap, Group
General Manager (In-Charge) Dulhasti Power Station is also the Chairman of Institute Management
Committee, ITI Kishtwar.
Dr. RP Singh, Group Deputy General Manager (HR), Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh, Deputy General Manager
(Finance), Shri Ashok Kumar Dhanwal, Senior Manager (HR) were also accompanied during this visit.