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For the second time in eight days, a rare Scotland home ODI against a Full Member was affected by rain as the series opener against Sri Lanka was abandoned without a ball bowled. After waiting through close to five hours of on and off drizzle, umpire Gregory Brathwaite called both captains together to deliver the news, turning Tuesday’s second ODI into a series decider.It was a major blow to Cricket Scotland, who had hired temporary bleachers to accommodate a sellout crowd of 1500 and will now have to issue refunds as a result of no play taking place. It was also a dent in Sri Lanka’s World Cup preparation, leaving the second ODI as their only official action before their World Cup opener against New Zealand on June 1.While clear skies are forecast for the next two days, rain is scheduled to return on Tuesday, putting the entire series at risk of being washed out.

PSG star Kylian Mbappe has agreed to a 100m sprint challenge with Olympic legend Usain Bolt, but gives himself “no chance” of beating the Jamaican.

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Track icon Bolt, who has eight Olympic gold medals to his name, recently suggested that World Cup winner Mbappe should should line up against him in a charity race. He has also spoken of his admiration for the France international, who is expected to leave Paris Saint-Germain for Real Madrid this summer.

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Mbappe has responded to those claims by saying at the ‘Victory Mode’ event organised by his foundation Inspired By KM and Nike: “Knowing that I inspire someone like that is really gratifying. I think he inspired everyone a little bit too and every one of you in this room has gotten up in the middle of the night to watch one of his races. It’s mutual! But I started admiring him first.”

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Responding to Bolt’s 100m challenge, with the Jamaican saying that Mbappe would definitely lose, the 25-year-old forward added: “[I have] no chance, I think so too!” Bolt remains the 100m world record holder, with a time of 9.58 seconds, while Mbappe has been clocked at a theoretical 10.9 seconds.

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Bolt retired from athletics in 2017 and has tried his hand at football since then, spending time with Australian side the Central Coast Mariners. He is now 37 years of age, but would still expect to have enough left in the tank to beat Mbappe if they do see an exhibition race lined up.

Vidarbha and Saurashtra pulled off victories over Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh on the final day of their Ranji Trophy 2018-19 quarter-finals, to book their berths in the semi-finals. Saurashtra will face Karnataka to try and get into the title round, while Vidarbha will take on Kerala.Harvik Desai’s maiden first-class century helped Saurashtra complete the highest chase in Ranji Trophy history, breaking the previous record of 371 set by Assam against Services in the 2008-09 season.Desai was well-supported by Snell Patel (72), Cheteshwar Pujara (67 not out) and Sheldon Jackson (73 not out) as Saurashtra finished with 372 for 4, winning the match by six wickets.Saurashtra, the visiting side, began the day on 195 for 2, still 177 adrift. Desai started brightly, with a cracking square cut off Shivam Mavi early on. Yash Dayal dismissed the other overnight batsman Kamlesh Makvana for 7, but Desai continued aggressively. Twenty of the 33 runs he scored on the day came via boundaries, before Saurabh Kumar, who had been wicketless in the match till then, got the 19-year-old to nick one to the wicketkeeper. Desai’s 116 came off 259 balls with 16 hits to the boundary.With 136 runs still needed, Desai’s wicket gave some hope to the hosts, and the new ball was taken after the 85th over. But Pujara and Jackson batted sensibly, mostly playing with soft hands. The UP seamers drew a couple of outside edges but they fell well short of the slip fielders.Pujara, who had struggled in the first innings, looked good. He was solid in defence and authoritative in his shot-making, mostly flicking off his pads or steering past gully as he and Jackson took Saurashtra to 298 for 4 at lunch.After the break, the UP players looked dispirited, and Pujara and Jackson took full advantage. Jackson was his usual aggressive self, even hitting a straight six off Saurabh as Saurashtra clinched victory just an hour into the second session.Umesh Yadav celebrates•Associated Press

Earlier, Vidarbha took only eight overs on the fifth day to wrap up victory by an innings and 115 runs against tournament debutants Uttarakhand in their game in Nagpur. Umesh Yadav and left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate picked up five wickets each to bring a swift end to Uttarakhand’s second innings for 159.After Uttarakhand resumed on 152 for 5, overnight batsman Saurabh Rawat, who had scored 108 in the first innings, was trapped in front by Umesh for a 21-ball duck after Sarwate had accounted for Malolan Rangarajan two overs into the day. At 154 for 7, Uttarakhand’s hopes of at least putting up a resistance dipped.Umesh ended with 5 for 23 in 15 overs, adding to the 4 for 90 he had in the first innings, and was adjudged the Man of the Match. Sarwate had 5 for 55 in 19.1 overs, and he sealed victory by castling No. 11 Dhanraj Sharma for his third wicket of the morning. It completed a fine all-round show for Sarwate, who had also hit his second first-class century in the first innings.Uttarkhand had put on 355 in the first innings, to which Vidarbha responded with 629, with Wasim Jaffer’s 206 the highest score.Vidarbha will now face Kerala in the semi-finals, in a repeat of last year’s quarter-final. On that occasion, a dominant Vidarbha had won by 412 runs in Surat, on the way to winning their maiden Ranji title.Uttarakhand, who earned their spot in the quarter-final after topping the Plate Group, will be part of Group C next year.

It’s lonely, players have to take care of their own fitness, coaching and schedules, and always live with the risk of being dropped

Tim Wigmore21-Mar-2017February was just another month in the life of Chris Gayle. A quick scan of his Instagram account reveals a man who partied with Shaggy and Didier Drogba, dined out with Kumar Sangakkara, played golf, relaxed by the pool with cocktails, and wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the words “Cash is king.” He even had time to fit in a little cricket in the Pakistan Super League in the UAE. This is the life of the self-proclaimed Universe Boss, and the idealised existence of the freelance T20 cricketer.But there is a dark side too.

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The world over, concern is increasing about the gig economy, in which ever more workers are self-employed, and left economically insecure and vulnerable to exploitation and loneliness. The itinerant T20 cricketer is not immune to these forces.For all the razzmatazz, traipsing between T20 tournaments can be a lonely existence. “It is much harder than people think because you are on your own to get yourself right,” says Samuel Badree, a long-time West Indies team-mate of Gayle’s who plays for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League, and in other leagues throughout the world. “Plus you have to balance other things like family and work commitments.” The unpredictability of freelance T20 life means that Badree balances his cricket career with being a PE teacher. Many other freelancers look to fill the monotony of training by themselves with coaching or media work of the sort that those with national central contracts have no need for.”Freelance cricketers have to do a lot more thinking, caring and planning for themselves. In this regard cricket becomes less of a team sport for them,” reflects Tony Irish, the executive chairman of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations.A freelance T20 cricketer’s existence is now more akin to that of a golf or tennis player than of an athlete in a team sport.”The biggest challenge is to maintain optimal levels of fitness and performance, given that you are not directly involved with any team when no tournaments are on,” says Badree. “When players are no longer actively involved in international cricket their performance drops because they are not playing cricket as regularly as they used to. In between tournaments you are pretty much on your own.”Franchises have little incentive to manage their freelancers’ injury issues•BCCIFreelance players tend to be able to share training facilities at their local first-class teams, but they do not have permanent access to coaches, unlike those with full-time contracts. Though private coaches are slowly becoming more common, they can take a significant chunk out of freelancers’ salaries, and can be unaffordable for players outside of the top rung. Many franchise teams are also suspicious of freelance coaches, forcing players to instead work with coaches they might not know during a competition.”Sadly, when the private coach loses access, they get replaced with a coach that has an idea of how your player should play rather than understanding their nuances. Rarely is there any open two-way communication between coaches,” says Trent Woodhill, a leading T20 batting coach. “The problem with cricket is that there’s no other sport to compare it to, so it’s easy to dismiss the importance of private coaches.”More so than for players with full-time contracts then, freelancers must work out how to manage themselves. “You’ve got to strategise about how and when you want to peak. It takes a little while to understand your own game and how much time you need to be ready,” reflects Owais Shah, who has played in seven national T20 leagues. “You’ve got to take responsibility for your own training and know what you’ve got to do to turn up ready and firing for a tournament – or if you need to get there early, you get there early.” He used to arrive two weeks before the start of the Big Bash to acclimatise to Australian conditions.Such foresight is not always possible. Players often only arrive in a country a couple of days before a T20 tournament, or even midway through one, after completing other commitments, leaving scant time to become acquainted with new team-mates, coaches or team strategies, let alone new places, cultures or languages. “There is not much time for training and preparation,” says Badree.Kevin Pietersen described his recent months playing in the Australia, Pakistan and South African domestic T20 leagues as “an incredibly bad winter of travel”. Even five-star hotels can get a man down.Pressure is a constant in modern sport, but it can be particularly acute for freelance T20 players. While leading national players normally have the relative security of central contracts, T20 cricketers risk losing contracts because of a bad tournament, and, because of restrictions on overseas players, sometimes only get a game or two to prove their worth. Insecurity is increasing as domestic T20 leagues become more professional and ruthless, and memories of feats in years gone past count for less. Rather than a part of a wider team, players can instead become almost dehumanised, just another cell in an analyst’s spreadsheet.The jet-set life can lose its appeal after a while•AFP”If you’re not playing international cricket alongside being a freelance T20 cricketer then you have to perform in every tournament. The pressure is on you, because if you don’t perform then they’ll look elsewhere the following year,” says Shah. “If you’re playing international cricket and doing the T20 stuff, at least if you have a bad tournament but are on TV performing for your country, the franchises will say, ‘Okay, he had a poor tournament for us but he’s really performing now, so let’s sign him again.'”Shah says that freelance T20 life “would be a tough gig for someone like Tymal Mills if he wasn’t playing international cricket because if he had one or two bad tournaments, people could just write him off”. Besides Mills, forced down the route of T20 specialisation because of injury, most players who have specialised in the format so far have significant international pedigree.An uncapped T20 specialist would have little job security on the circuit of domestic leagues, especially with so much volatility in the winner-takes-all world of player auctions. Players who suddenly lose form can easily slip into a self-perpetuating rut, a small run of bad form costing them a contract in another league, and leaving them less attractive to subsequent tournaments.Franchises have no incentive to manage freelance players in a way that a national team does. “The longer-term view and attention to a player’s fitness, rehab and future that most international teams take with their players is less likely to be there,” Irish says. Team physios are governed by the need to do what is best for their side, not for the player. “Each league team is paying a freelancer only for his time and commitment for a few weeks in the year, so understandably the team wants its pound of flesh from the player.”As contracts are often pro rata, injuries can be hugely expensive for players, who are often compelled to play when not fully fit, to the detriment of their long-term health. The financial risk of missing matches is leading a small number of players to take out insurance through FICA, though this in turn reduces their take-home pay.Depending on which tournaments they get picked for, players could face several months without any cricket at all, making it easy to lose fitness and form, and then several months of relentless cricket. That will remain true without windows for domestic T20 leagues – an idea supported by FICA but which has been rejected by the ICC board.Owais Shah: “If you’re not playing international cricket alongside being a freelance T20 cricketer then you have to perform in every tournament. The pressure is on you, because if you don’t perform then they’ll look elsewhere the following year”•BCCIIn the future, as T20 sides become more attentive to current form rather than past reputation, it might become harder for all but very elite freelance players to be selective about which tournaments they enter – meaning that specialist T20 players will spend even more time on the road. However appealing the notion of cherry-picking a few tournaments a year to play in, many players struggle to maintain their standards with such a sparse schedule.”I found I played much more consistently in T20 when I had been playing more – in county cricket or first-class cricket in Australia,” reflects Simon Katich, now assistant coach for Kolkata Knight Riders. “There is a balance to making sure you are getting enough cricket before the tournaments as well, so you don’t feel like you are going in underdone. As an older player I found it better to keep ticking over rather than having big breaks as my body found it harder to get back into things the longer I had off.”Freelancers might also be particularly vulnerable to the twin scourges of corruption and doping “because of a lack of consistent education around the world on anti-corruption and anti-doping in the leagues,” Irish says. The ICC believes that the threat of corruption has been displaced, with corruptors increasingly targeting domestic T20 leagues, where the players are relatively low-paid and their futures are insecure, which makes them especially susceptible. Resources of national anti-corruption units also vary considerably between different countries.Because T20 rewards power more than any other format of the sport, cricket has also never been more vulnerable to performance-enhancing drugs. Just as was true for baseball 15 years ago, doping to aid power-hitting feels very much like a sin of its time. Freelance T20 players, who have both the most job insecurity and the most to gain from bulking up, might be most vulnerable to this temptation.The trend towards free agency is likely to continue. Irish believes that it can only be stymied by rationalising the international schedule and addressing the wage gaps between what players beyond Australia, England and India can earn in domestic T20 leagues and playing for their countries. If freelance T20 players do become more common, the elite will enjoy an enviable existence in domestic leagues – even if it is not quite what Gayle’s Instagram feed suggests. But for those just beneath these gilded few, life will be altogether more challenging and cutthroat.

أعلن محمد يوسف المدير الرياضي لـ الأهلي، رحيل أحد لاعبي فريق الكرة المحترفين خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الجارية، موضحًا تفاصيل معسكر الإعداد المقرر انطلاقه خلال أيام في دولة تونس.

وكان بطولات قد كشف عن إتمام صفقة انتقال محمد الضاوي كريستو إلى صفوف النجم الساحلي، بعد الاتفاق بين الناديين.

وقال محمد يوسف في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر قناة الأهلي: “كريستو سينتقل إلى النجم الساحلي، وأعتقد أنهم قد حلّوا مسألة إيقاف القيد”.

وأكمل: “تفاصيل معسكر تونس، كان من المقرر إقامة 3 مباريات ودية، لكن النجم الساحلي اعتذر عن أحدها، والتي كانت ستُقام للاحتفال بالمئوية الخاصة بالفريق التونسي”.

ومن المقرر أن يخوض النادي الأهلي، معسكرًا خلال الفترة من 18 يوليو الجاري حتى 29 من نفس الشهر في تونس، استعدادًا للموسم الجديد.

وأوضح: “ريبيرو يرغب في خوض مباراتين خلال معسكر تونس يومي 21 و25، وسنعود إلى مصر يوم 26، حيث سنخوض مباراتين مع أندية الدوري المصري قد تم الترتيب لهما”.

طالع | محمد يوسف يفجر مفاجأة بشأن مفاوضات الأهلي مع مصطفى محمد

وواصل: “كريم نيدفيد من أبناء الأهلي ولاعب ملتزم، ونحن في انتظار عرض له، وخلال الأيام المقبلة سيتم حسم أمر اللاعب”.

واستطرد: “رضا سليم متواجد مع الفريق، وقد تلقينا أكثر من عرض له، لكنني أرفض الإفصاح عن أسماء الأندية، اللاعب يخضع للتأهيل بشكل يومي وما زال في مرحلة التأهيل في مصر”.

وبسؤاله هل تم الاستغناء عن عبد الله بوستنجي؟، أجاب: “لقد انضم إلى نادي زد، ولنا الحق في استرداد اللاعب، وقد أعطيناه فرصة مع فريق زد”.

وأتم: “كباكا وأحمد عابدين عادا من الإعارة، وننتظر تحديد موقفهما مع ريبيرو بجانب محمد عبد الله”.

Plays of the day from the second T20I between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Colombo

Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo11-Nov-2015The pop up catch
Jason Holder did not play the second T20, but made an impact nonetheless, using every centimetre in his two-metre frame to dismiss Sri Lanka’s best batsman of the evening. Tillakaratne Dilshan got on his knees to switch-hit Ravi Rampaul in the air, but though the shot had enough power to carry over the deep point boundary, Holder zipped along the outfield, leapt up and held onto a tough chance above his head, his feet less than six inches from the rope.The slinking low catch
When Jayasuriya hit a full delivery sweetly in the 13th over, it seemed destined to beat the man at long-on and go for four. Only, the fielder there was perhaps had the quickest wheels on the field. Andre Russell covered the eight or so metres to his left in a flash, read the ball’s trajectory perfectly, went to ground to intercept it at knee-height, and ended up performing a barrel roll with ball in hand.The redemption
Shehan Jayasuriya dropped a high catch off Andre Fletcher, running back from point in the sixth over, but he made amends by creating a dismissal in the next over. Chasing a ball to the fine leg fence, Jayasuriya managed to reel it in just inside the line. The batsmen, taking a third run, had begun to coast when Jayasuriya fired in a surprisingly fast, flat throw, hit the stumps directly, and to the amazement even of the wicketkeeper, found Marlon Samuels short by a few inches.The explosive sequence
West Indies had begun a little slowly, having hit 17 off the first 4.2 overs, until Johnson Charles brought the innings to life with three big blows. He ran at Sachithra Senanayake’s third ball of the match and walloped him over long-on first, stayed in his crease to sweep the next one over deep midwicket next, then advanced again to send Senanayake way into the stands behind cow corner. The final ball of the over – a shorter one in anticipation of another trip down the pitch from Charles- was swept as well, this time for four. Twenty-two runs came from those four balls.

The Reds endured a nervy afternoon at Anfield, but their captain rose highest in the closing stages to secure victory over the Irons

Liverpool got back to winning ways and moved to within six points of securing the Premier League title as Virgil van Dijk scored late to secure a 2-1 win over West Ham on Sunday.

Arne Slot's side started the game on top, and took a deserved lead when Mohamed Salah, who was playing for the first time since signing a new two-year deal, left Ollie Scarles for dead before providing an inch-perfect ball across the penalty area for Diaz to tap home. That seemed to spark West Ham into life, however, as Alisson Becker had to be alert to shut down Carlos Soler before racing back to tip Mohamed Kudus' curling effort onto the crossbar.

Liverpool hit the woodwork themselves early in the second half as Alexis Mac Allister hit the bar with a free-kick, before he again went close when Alphonse Areola tipped his shot from wide of the penalty area over the top. However, nerves began to set in among the home crowd, and Alisson had to be at his best to keep out Jarrod Bowen and Kudus before a mix up between Van Dijk and Andrew Robertson led to the latter putting through his own goal with four minutes left on the clock.

The scores weren't level for long, however, as Van Dijk rose highest from a corner to send the Kop into raptures, and while there was still time for Niclas Fullkrug to hit the bar with a late header, Liverpool held on.

GOAL rates Liverpool's players from Anfield…

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Alisson Becker (8/10):

Reacted well to deny Soler and Kudus in quick succession midway through the first half, and then again when keeping out Bowen after the break. Brilliant stop low to his left kept Kudus from equalising, too.

Conor Bradley (7/10):

Returned from injury and combined well with Salah at times down the right. Solid defensively, as always.

Ibrahima Konate (6/10):

Got Salah in behind on a couple of occasions with balls over the top and did well in possession. Solid enough after a sloppy few weeks at the back, too.

Virgil van Dijk (6/10):

Was well short of his best at the back. Guilty of some poor touches and lack of concentration, which eventually led to his role in the own goal. Redeemed himself moments later with the winner, however.

Kostas Tsimikas (6/10):

Worked hard down the left during his hour on the pitch. Put in some testing set-pieces before making way for Robertson.

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Ryan Gravenberch (8/10):

His best game for some time as he worked his way out of tight areas to launch Liverpool attacks and performed his defensive duties well. Encouraging after a rough month or so.

Alexis Mac Allister (7/10):

Industrious at the heart of the Reds' midfield while showing glimpses of his quality. Unlucky not to score twice early in the second half.

Curtis Jones (6/10):

Knitted things together effectively back in a more familiar midfield role, but couldn't create anything of note before going off midway through the second period.

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Mohamed Salah (7/10):

Celebrated his new contract with a superb assist as he toyed with the inexperienced Scarles during the first half. Not everything he tried paid off while he faded a little after the break, but he still produced the game-breaking moment.

Diogo Jota (5/10):

Linked up play at times, but struggled to make much of an impact in the final third before being replaced by Gakpo on the hour mark.

Luis Diaz (8/10):

Electric from the very first minute and deserved his goal after previously testing Areola. Never stopped running even after being moved centrally as he caused West Ham numerous headaches.

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Cody Gakpo (6/10):

Caused some problems with his direct dribbling down the left.

Andy Robertson (5/10):

Continues to struggle with the pace of these games, though was a little unlucky with the own goal.

Jarell Quansah (5/10):

Lost Wan-Bissaka for the West Ham goal after coming on for Bradley.

Dominik Szoboszlai (5/10):

Couldn't offer much of note in his 20 minutes on the pitch.

Wataru Endo (N/A):

On for Salah late on.

Arne Slot (5/10):

His team still look far from their best, but the job is now almost done. Direct style did pay dividends in the first half, but he needs to fire his players up again to get over the line without further alarm.

Quinton de Kock has also linked up with Super Giants but who will make way for him?

Hemant Brar06-Apr-20234:47

Moody: Stick with Mayers and bat him at No. 3

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Kyle Mayers was part of Lucknow Super Giants’ squad in IPL 2022 but didn’t get a game. Had Quinton de Kock not been on national duty, Mayers wouldn’t have started this season either. But now he has two swashbuckling half-centuries in two games to give Super Giants a happy headache.With de Kock available and having smashed a 44-ball 100 against West Indies recently, do Super Giants drop Mayers? That will be sacrilegious. If they play both, who sacrifices the opening slot? Plus, who misses out in that case – Nicholas Pooran or Marcus Stoinis? Pooran made useful contributions in both games, while Stoinis gives them an extra bowling option, even though he is yet to bowl this IPL.After starting their campaign with a win at home, Super Giants went down to Chennai Super Kings in their next match. Now that they are back in Lucknow, can they return to winning ways?Sunrisers Hyderabad too are coming off a defeat; they were thrashed by Rajasthan Royals in their opening game. But there are plenty of reasons for Sunrisers to put that hammering behind them, the biggest being the availability of their South African players.Related

• Kyle Mayers had one shot, and he didn't let it slip

For the Royals game, they were without their captain Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen. Now that the trio has joined the squad, they have all eight overseas players to pick from. And like de Kock, all three carry excellent form with them.

Team news

Both teams get reinforcements with their South African players who were part of the Netherlands series available now. Apart from Super Giants’ Mohsin Khan, there are no known injury concerns.

Toss and Impact Player strategy

Lucknow Super Giants
With de Kock a shoo-in, Stoinis may have to miss out. When it comes to Impact Player, Super Giants could start with Ayush Badoni if they are batting first. Jaydev Unadkat or Yash Thakur could replace him in the second innings. Vice versa if they are bowling first.Probable bat-first XI: 1 KL Rahul (capt), 2 Kyle Mayers, 3 Deepak Hooda, 4 Quinton de Kock (wk), 5 Nicholas Pooran, 6 Ayush Badoni, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 K Gowtham, 9 Avesh Khan, 10 Ravi Bishnoi, 11 Mark WoodProbable bowl-first XI: 1 KL Rahul (capt), 2 Kyle Mayers, 3 Deepak Hooda, 4 Quinton de Kock (wk), 5 Nicholas Pooran, 6 Krunal Pandya, 7 K Gowtham, 8 Avesh Khan, 9 Jaydev Unadkat/Yash Thakur, 10 Ravi Bishnoi, 11 Mark WoodAiden Markram will take over the captaincy from Bhuvneshwar Kumar•BCCI

Sunrisers Hyderabad
Given Klaasen’s recent form, and that he is a regular wicketkeeper, he could replace Glenn Phillips in the starting XI. Jansen may have to wait for his turn, though.Abdul Samad and Kartik Tyagi could be Sunrisers’ Impact Player pair.Probable bat-first XI: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Mayank Agarwal, 3 Rahul Tripathi, 4 Aiden Markram (capt), 5 Harry Brook, 6 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 6 Abdul Samad, 7 Washington Sundar, 8 Adil Rashid, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Umran Malik, 11 T NatarajanProbable bowl-first XI: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Mayank Agarwal, 3 Rahul Tripathi, 4 Aiden Markram (capt), 5 Harry Brook, 6 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 6 Washington Sundar, 7 Adil Rashid, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Umran Malik, 10 T Natarajan, 11 Kartik Tyagi

Stats that matter

• Since the start of the last IPL, Super Giants have won eight out of nine games when batting first. But when it comes to chasing, they have won only two out of eight.
• Mayers’ strike rate against pace is 149.54. But against spin, it drops down to 103.15.
• Pooran has a great strike rate against both pace and spin, but Adil Rashid has been able to keep him quiet. In 36 balls to Pooran, he has conceded just 31 runs while getting him out twice.
• Since the start of 2022, Mark Wood has picked up a wicket every eighth ball.

Pitch and conditions

Teams batting first have fared slightly better at this venue, with 17 wins and 14 defeats from 31 T20s. When it comes to bowling, spinners (6.49) have been more frugal than fast bowlers (7.87).

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Nas últimas semanas, Abel Ferreira e Vítor Pereira, treinadores de Palmeiras e Corinthians, respectivamente, estiveram no centro do noticiário após falas que geraram reações específicas de um grupo. Do lado palmeirense, o incômodo foi de técnicos rivais, enquanto o corintiano gerou insatisfação principalmente na sua torcida.

E tudo isso aconteceu quando um velho conhecido da dupla Abel e VP estava no Brasil. Rui Quinta é patrício dos treinadores de Verdão e Timão e está em solo brasileiro em uma espécie de intercâmbio nas categorias de base da Portuguesa Santista.

Aos 62 anos, o profissional tem uma vasta carreira como técnico, que iniciou em 1992 nas categorias de formação de atletas em Portugal, quando conheceu o menino Abel no Penafiel e depois, mais tarde, foi auxiliar de Vítor no comando do Porto, no início desta década.

Em conversa com o LANCE!, Rui detalhou um pouco de seu envolvimento com a dupla de treinadores e da personalidade de cada um deles, o que se reflete até hoje nos trabalhos que fazem por aqui.

ABEL FERREIRA – UM AMIGO DA VIDA

Quando Rui Quinta decidiu parar de jogar futebol de campo, ele foi logo trabalhar na base do Penafiel, onde se deparou com um garoto de 14 anos, chamado Abel Ferreira, que jogava de meio-campista, mas pensou em deixar o futebol no momento em que foi desafiado a jogar na lateral direita. Ali já se viu o quando sua convicção pesava

-O Abel era jogador do Penafiel quando eu cheguei lá, era sub-15, tinha 14 anos. Ele jogava meio-campo central, depois as pessoas desafiaram ele a jogar de lateral, num primeiro momento ele não aceitou muito, pensou em deixar o futebol, mas depois se firmou como lateral e foi onde fez sua carreira em alto nível.

-Aos 15 anos, o Abel já tinha um traço de personalidade bem marcante, aquela reação que ele teve naquela altura de se afastar, depois voltar, aquilo era uma indicação das convicções que o marcavam. Ele foi sempre aquela pessoa que vocês veem nas coletivas, altamente competitiva, não há duas formas de ser, quando estamos competindo, não podemos estar de duas maneiras, temos que estar focados nas nossas – contou Rui Quinta.

O treinador português lembrou da trajetória de Abel como jogador, de como ele foi subindo gradativamente na carreira até chegar em um clube top como Sporting. Para Quinta, isso não depende apenas de habilidade, mas também da mentalidade e do caráter, algo que o atual técnico do Verdão já mostrava naquela época e segue assim.

-Ele acabou por se impor no time profissional do Penafiel na segunda divisão portuguesa. Esse foi o primeiro passo, depois foi contratado pelo Vitória de Guimarães, do top 5 de Portugal, depois foi para o Braga e para o Sporting, ou seja, sempre em um processo de crescimento, isso não tem a ver com a qualidade futebolística, tem a ver com a mentalidade, além da habilidade, você tem que ter mentalidade, caráter, é claramente uma imagem de líder que ele transmite hoje, da sua pessoa.

Rui Quinta bateu muito na tecla da personalidade de Abel e de sua postura firme com suas convicções, algo que ele se orgulha de ver seu amigo dando importância. O treinador, inclusive, lembrou de um episódio em Portugal que deu início à trajetória do palmeirense na elite do futebol.

-Ele teve incompatibilidade com o presidente do Sporting, porque o Abel é um homem de princípios, um homem de caráter, e que tem um orgulho muito grande de entender a importância que ele dá a isso. Com isso ele mudou para o Braga, e a equipe do Abel jogava com qualidade, depois da equipe B, ele foi para a equipe A, que continuou jogando com a característica dele.

Ainda sobre Abel Ferreira, Rui Quinta acredita que ele ainda tem muito espaço para crescer e que só está nesse nível do futebol quem tem capacidade para isso, que é o caso do comandante do Verdão, principalmente pelo alinhamento conquistado com o elenco.

– O que eu eu não tenho dúvida, é que o Abel há dez anos era um treinador, hoje é outro, e daqui dez anos será outro muito mais competente e muito melhor preparado. A vida vai nos permitindo isso. O mérito dele e a capacidade que ele tem tido de fazer isso na dimensão top. E somente está lá quem domina esses pressupostos do jogar e do caráter, porque quando você é líder e você vê isso no Palmeiras, porque os jogadores estão alinhados com ele até morrer, e isso é uma vantagem – disse Rui antes de completar:

– Ele está há três anos no clube, tive o privilégio de fazer uma visita e eu senti o alinhamento de todos, todos preocupados em servir o clube. Quando se consegue isso, o grau de excelência é top.

VÍTOR PEREIRA – UM “IRMÃO”

Diferentemente de sua relação com Abel Ferreira, quem conheceu quando o palmeirense ainda era um garoto, Rui Quinta conheceu Vítor Pereira já mais velho, buscando a graduação com treinador. A proximidade foi tão grande que eles se tornaram “irmãos”.

– Conheci o Vítor em um curso de treinadores de segundo grau, em Ponte de Lima. O Vítor estava tirando o segundo grau de treinador, em Portugal são quatro. Nós fomos dar aulas, e ele estava lá. Foi aí que o conheci. Destacava-se a quilômetros de todos os outros, pela forma como argumentava, como propunha os exercícios que defendi. Percebemos que era alguém diferente, e ficamos com essa relação de proximidade – declarou Rui antes de completar:

-O Vítor é um irmão meu. Nos juntamos no Porto por dois anos. Nesses dois anos, compartilhamos nossa vida, dia a dia. Tenho com ele uma gratidão eterna pela oportunidade, e tenho com ele uma amizade diferente, porque vivemos juntos dentro do mesmo clube, as mesmas felicidades. Isso nos ligou muito.

Como Rui disse acima, eles dividiram o comando do Porto, quando VP era o treinador principal e o convidou para fazer parte da comissão técnica. Antes disso, porém, eles chegaram a duelar.

-Fomos adversários algumas vezes, temos uma curiosidade, empatamos todos os jogos que nos enfrentamos. No ano em que ele foi auxiliar do Villas-Boas no Porto, nós, por meio de um amigo em comum, fomos almoçar e falamos por horas. No ano seguinte, ele foi convidado para treinar a equipe principal do Porto, e eu ia treinar um clube da segunda divisão, e ele disse: “Não vá, porque se eu for o treinador do Porto, quero que venha me ajudar”.Eu disse que iria para ser campeão, e fomos dois anos seguidos.

Ao LANCE!, Rui Quinta detalhou um pouco de sua convivência com Vítor Pereira para explicar como o técnico do Corinthians trabalha e como ele chegou até o ponto que se estabeleceu na carreira, atingindo o topo, trabalhando em vários lugares do mundo.

-Não vivo o dia a dia com o Vítor no futebol há 10 anos. O Vítor já esteve em diferentes países, na Ásia, Europa, e está agora na América. O que eu sei, ele é um treinador extremamente ligado, obcecado com tudo que faz, os detalhes, para que tudo esteja da maneira que ele pretende. Tem uma capacidade de evidenciar aos jogadores aquilo que é o melhor para cada um.

– A forma de jogo dele é apelativa porque gosta de ter a bola, mandar no jogo. É uma equipe que joga para ganhar. Às vezes até exagera como gasta o tempo preocupado com as coisas relacionadas a equipe e jogadores. Disse isso para ele algumas vezes, é importante sairmos um pouco, fazer um refresh, para voltar com energia no topo. É um treinador que não se dá por vencido.

– O Vítor se fez a ele próprio, veio lá de baixo, de um meio social complicado, onde colegas dele descambaram na vida, e ele foi estudar, formou-se, treinou na base, no principal, e está agora no topo. É uma pessoa de um coração extraordinário, se preocupa muito com o bem-estar das pessoas, fazer o bem, ajudar. Pessoalmente, é tímido, reservado, não gosta de muita exposição.

SEMELHANÇAS ENTRE ABEL E VÍTOR

São duas pessoas que se fizeram no futebol, que ninguém deu nada, foi tudo conquistado por eles, pela forma de trabalhar, ideias, maneira como lidaram com as dificuldades da vida. Isso os marcou. Estão trabalhando em alto nível por alguma razão. As características dos treinadores do topo, têm muito a ver um com o outro. São altamente competitivos, defendem com unhas e dentes seus jogadores, e exigem deles os limites. Não há outra forma de ganhar.

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