India’s Saurav Ghoshal on Friday tweeted that he will be pulling out of next week’s Black Ball Squash Open in Cairo due to injury. World No.13 Ghoshal, 34, said that he was yet to fully recover from an adductor injury he suffered during the Qatar Classic in early November. “It is with a heavy heart that I have had to withdraw from the Black Ball Open. The adductor injury I suffered in my match in Qatar is on the mend but hasn’t quite healed fully. Hopefully will be back on court soon! @PSAWorldTour PC: @n_clarke,” Ghoshal tweeted. IANS.
Electing to bowl first, a clinical bowling performances by pacer Arshdeep Singh (4-9) and Hardik Pandya (2 for 14) helped India restrict the hosts to 110 for 8 in the Group A match. India reached the small but challenging target on a slow pitch in 18.2 overs losing 3 wickets. They lost Virat Kohli (0) in the first over and captain Rohit Sharma (3) in the third over. Leftward pacer Saurav Netravalkar claimed the prize wickets. Rashad Pant (18) and Suryakumar Yadav steadied the innings. The wicketkeeper was bowled by Ali Khan when the score was 39 in the 8th over. Suryakumar then put on winning partnership of 72 with Shivam Dube (31no). He remained unbeaten at 50 from 49 balls.
Earlier, put in to bat first, the host had a disappointing start on a track that offered plenty of swing and seam movement. It took Arshdeep all of one delivery to strike Shayna Jahangir’s pad with a superb in-swinger.
With three overs on the scoreboard, USA were yet to score a boundary and had already lost two wickets, both in the first over to Arshdeep Singh. Andrius Gouts tried to slap a short-of-length delivery but was defeated by an extra bounce.
The USA’s only boundary in the Power-play came off a top edge that flew over fine-leg for six when Aaron Jones attempted to hook a Mohammed Siraj bumper. After scores of 94* and 36*, Jones couldn’t get going against India. He got away with a short ball that he top-edged for six off Siraj, but fell trying to pull Hardik as the ball skidded on quicker than he anticipated. It’s Siraj who took the catch at fine leg to effect the dismissal.
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