Kusal Mendis leads Sri Lanka’s fight vs Australia
Colombo
Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis collaborated in a 152-run partnership to fuel Sri Lanka’s spirited reply to Australia’s first-innings 364 on Day 2 of the second Test in Galle today. Karunaratne fell for 86 in the final session but Mendis was batting on 84 at stumps with Sri Lanka on 184/2, still 180 behind. Earlier, Australia were all out for 298/5. Reuters
Chennai
Youth Boxing Nationals: Chandigarh’s Rohit in last-8
Reigning Asian champion Vishwanath Suresh and Chandigarh’s Rohit Chamoli entered the men’s quarterfinals by registering emphatic wins at the Youth National Boxing Championships here. While Suresh, representing Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), thrashed Sushant Kapoor 5-0 in the 48kg category, Rohit outpunched UP’s Bhupendra Kumar by the same margin in the 51kg last-16 contest.
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia Masters: Another semifinals loss for Prannoy
Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy’s rampaging run at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 came to an end after he lost 21-17 9-21 17-21 to Hong Kong’s NG Ka Long Angus in a men’s singles semifinals match here today.
Birmingham (USA)
Verma stuns world No. 1, in last-four at World Games
Star Indian compound archer Abhishek Verma shocked world champion Mike Schloesser to storm into the semifinals of the World Games here. The two were locked 149-149 after a five-setter and the tie-breaker also was a stalemate, but he edged out the world No. 1 by shooting closer to centre to make the last-4 stage. — Agencies
