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Chegou ao fim a preparação do Grêmio para o duelo decisivo contra o Bahia nesta quarta-feira, em Salvador. No estádio Barradão, casa do Vitória, o técnico Renato Gaúcho ajustou os últimos detalhes da equipe e definiu a escalação.

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Na primeira parte do treinamento a imprensa ficou de fora. Com isso, o comandante teve mais tranquilidade para realizar um treino tático e ajustar o posicionamento dos jogadores.

Quando a imprensa foi liberada o elenco participava de um trabalho específico de cruzamentos e finalizações, com os goleiros Paulo Victor e Júlio César nas metas.

A tendência é que o comandante mantenha o time que jogou na partida de ida, em Porto Alegre. Everton, cobiçado pelo mercado europeu, está confirmado no time titular.

Confira abaixo a provável escalação do Grêmio: Paulo Victor; Leonardo, Geromel, Kannemann e Cortez; Maicon, Matheus Henrique, Alisson, Jean Pyerre e Everton; André.

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A expressão ‘deixou chegar’ cabe à vitória do Santos, que encostou no líder Palmeiras. Neste domingo, o Peixe venceu o Botafogo por 1 a 0, no Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro, em confronto válido pela 11ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. O único gol da partida foi marcado por Marinho, que entrou na etapa final. O duelo ainda contou com uma expulsão para cada lado.

Com o resultado, o Peixe fica na segunda posição, com 26 pontos, e empata com o Palmeiras, que tem maior saldo de gols e segue na liderança. Do outro lado, o Alvinegro permanece na sétima posição, com 16 somados. Na próxima rodada do Brasileiro, os cariocas farão clássico com o Flamengo, às 16h, no domingo, no Maracanã. No mesmo dia e horário, os paulistas recebem o Avaí na Vila Belmiro.

ANTES DE A BOLA ROLAR…
Homenagem merecida! O apresentador Léo Batista foi homenageado na manhã deste domingo. Antes de a bola rolar para Botafogo e Santos, o clube carioca batizou uma cabine do estádio com o nome do jornalista do grupo Globo. Aos 86 anos, ele é sócio alvinegro desde 1992 e cobriu a estreia de Garrincha pelo clube, em 1953.

PEIXE MAIS VERTICAL
O Santos não se intimidou por estar longe de casa e começou com as melhores chances. O baixinho Soteldo puxava as jogadas em velocidade para assustar os defensores Alvinegros, assim como Carlos Sánchez, que realizou cruzamentos para Sasha e Uribe, mas quase não finalizou. Enquanto isso, o Botafogo tentou explorar os contra-ataques, com Marcinho e até mesmo Erik. Além disso, Alex Santana e Luiz Fernando finalizaram de fora da área, porém sem sucesso.

MUDOU DE FIGURA!
Logo aos quatro minutos da segunda etapa, o zagueiro Lucas Veríssimo chegou atrasado em jogada e foi expulso por falta violenta. Aos 24, depois de contra-ataque do Santos, o lateral Gilson interrompeu jogada de Marinho, que poderia culminar em gol, e foi para o chuveiro mais cedo também. Deste modo, os técnicos tiveram que recompor as equipes e adaptar o esquema.

DE PLACA
O atacante Marinho, que entrou com disposição no segundo tempo, mostrou porque pode merecer a titularidade do time. Sem tomar conhecimento da marcação, arriscou um belo chute no ângulo de Gatito Fernández, que não teve chances para defender. Posteriormente, Soteldo e Felipe Jonatan poderiam ter ampliado. Contudo, o triunfo ficou com o time paulista.

FICHA TÉCNICA
BOTAFOGO 0x1 SANTOS

Local: Engenhão, no Rio de Janeiro
Data: 21/7/2019 – 11h
Árbitro: Heber Roberto Lopes (SC)
Assistentes: Bruno Boschilia (FIFA) (PR) e Daiane Caroline Muniz dos Santos (FIFA) (MS)
VAR: Andre Caio Max Augusto Vieira (RN)
Assistentes VAR: Pablo Ramon Goncalves Pinheiro (RN) e Flavio Gomes Barroca (RN)
Gramado: Bom
Público / Renda:16.248 /R$ 480.278,70
Cartão Amarelo: Gilson (2), Joel Carli (BOT), Gustavo Henrique, Lucas Veríssimo (2), Marinho (SAN)
Cartão Vermelho: Lucas Veríssimo (SAN), Gilson (BOT)

GOLS: Marinho (29’/2ºT)

BOTAFOGO
Gatito Fernández; Marcinho, Carli, Gabriel e Gilson; Cícero, Alex Santana (Victor Rangel; 12’/2ºT), João Paulo; Erik, Diego Souza (Jonathan; 27’/2ºT) e Luiz Fernando (Rodrigo Pimpão; 18’/2ºT). Técnico: Eduardo Barroca.

SANTOS
Éverson; Lucas Veríssimo, Felipe Aguilar, Gustavo Henrique; Jorge, Diego Pituca, Carlos Sánchez, Jean Mota (Victor Ferraz; 6’/2ºT), Eduardo Sasha (Felipe Jonatan; 9’/2ºT), Uribe (Marinho; intervalo) e Soteldo. Técnico: Jorge Sampaoli.

تحدث بيب جوارديولا المدير الفني لفريق مانشستر سيتي في مؤتمر صحفي اليوم الجمعة قبل مباراة ولفرهامبتون بالدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، موضحًا حالة اللاعبين المصابين.

ويلتقي مانشستر سيتي مع ولفرهامبتون ضمن مباريات الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز “البريميرليج” غدًا السبت.

وقال جوارديولا: “لدينا تدريب، أعتقد أن جون ستونز ما زال غير جاهز، وكيفن دي بروين ليس جاهزًا، أعتقد أن الباقي على ما يرام، ولا أعرف حالة برناردو سيلفا”.

وتابع بشأن ستونز: “إنه أفضل، إنه يشعر بالارتياح، ربما يكون جاهزًا الأسبوع المقبل أو بعد مواجهة لايبزيج”.

واستطرد: “هذا هو الوضع الذي علينا مواجهته، إنه لأمر مؤسف ولكن إذا لم تكن كذلك، عليك أن تجد حلاً، اللاعبون يريدون العودة، تتعافى وتعود”.

وعن التوقعات بشأن مواجهة ولفرهامبتون بعد الهزيمة في المباراة السابقة أمام نيوكاسل بكأس كاراباو، أردف: “المباراة ضد نيوكاسل كانت جيدة، لعبنا شوطًا أول جيدًا، إنها كرة القدم، تفوز بالمباريات وتخسر المباريات، لقد شعرنا بخيبة أمل ولكن التركيز على المرحلة التالية”.

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وسُئل جوارديولا هل المباراة أمام ولفرهامبتون سهلة، ليرد: “عادة كل المباريات سهلة! إذا لم نفز بالدوري الإنجليزي بحلول ديسمبر، فستكون كارثة! لدي احترام لا يصدق لولفرهامبتون، والجودة التي يتمتعون بها، اللاعبون في الهجوم”.

وأكمل: “المدير الفني قدم أداءً مذهلًا في بورنموث، أمام برايتون أهدروا الفرص، أمام ليفربول لديهم الفرص، الجودة موجودة، ونأمل أن نتمكن من الرد في هذه المباريات الثلاث القادمة قبل فترة التوقف الدولية”.

وبشأن غياب لاعبه رودري للإيقاف، وصعوبة استبداله، أفاد جوارديولا: “بالنسبة لعدد الدقائق التي يلعبها، ليس بالأمر السهل استبداله، هناك حودات أخرى (اللاعبين الآخرين)، وهي المهارات التي لم نستخدمها لصالح الفريق، نحن نحاول أن نفعل أشياء مماثلة في المواسم”.

وأتم بشأن كالفين فيليبس: “لديه فرصة مثل الآخرين، إنه جزء من المجموعة، ويقدم مساهمة مذهلة عندما لا يلعب، ليس لدي أي شكاوى”.

With no wins in South Africa or New Zealand, questions over two of their young but experienced batsmen and uncertainty over the bowling, India have plenty to sort out in their ODI side

Sidharth Monga in London23-Aug-2014

“India should play Tests in colours, and they’ll start winning.””Give Virat Kohli a white ball, and he will start getting those cover-drives right.””India will win the ODIs, and those three-day defeats will be forgotten.”Except, will India?The above sentiments, or similar such, expressed by Indian fans are a sign of resignation, and a statement of fact that if India do well in ODIs, the Tests debacle will be forgotten. It is, however, not as straightforward. India’s ODI form outside Asia and the West Indies – similar slow pitches as back home – has been awful except for the Champions Trophy win last year. Even counting those five wins, India have won eight and lost 13 of their ODIs in England, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand since the last World Cup.This includes tours of South Africa and New Zealand where their Test side actually looked better than the ODI one, which didn’t win a single game. Especially in South Africa, where you needed to do more than just the put the ball there, India looked hopeless. Their batting depth was exposed in both South Africa and New Zealand, something they haven’t yet addressed. India have these five ODIs and the tri-series in Australia to sort out a combination before their World Cup defence. Conditions in ODIs in India will be so different they may as well not play them.The two biggest questions India need to ask themselves are, if Rohit Sharma is still a viable ODI opener, and if Suresh Raina is the right man in the lower-middle order. The bowling, India can never figure out so far in advance. It has to be about whatever works on the day.The opening act India will need to sort out. It might sound strange to even doubt an opener who is only one of the three double-centurions in the game, but Rohit is a naturalised opener, and he has been having a tough time of it of late. It was just before the Champions Trophy last year that he moved to the top of the order. His first innings there was an 83, followed by two half-centuries in the Champions Trophy. An unbeaten 141 and that double-century in the high-scoring ODI series at home seemed to have bedded him into that role as an opener.However, the tours of South Africa and New Zealand raised question marks. He scored 182 in seven innings, including a chancy 79 in Hamilton, but his strike rate was a big problem. He begins slowly, faces a lot of dots, which puts pressure on himself and the rest. His technique is slightly too loose, in theory, for an opener. If he gets out after getting in, he almost always ends up owing the team a few balls. This will be an important series both for Rohit and the experiment. India haven’t quite hedged their bets there. If Rohit fails again, it leaves the team in trouble close to the World Cup, and Rohit with another new role in the team.Raina, much like Rohit the opener, is a valuable player in Asia. On tougher pitches he becomes a lesser player. His technique comes under scrutiny, and his part-time offspin becomes less effective. He still brings a lot of energy to the side, but he needs runs in tough conditions to justify being one of the top six batsmen – and India can play only six because the new fielding restrictions demand five proper bowlers. He will be under pressure because he was dropped after the New Zealand tour, and came back only as a captain in Bangladesh because all other experienced players were resting. That comeback has quietly continued, but will come under fire if Raina can’t score runs here.The bowling as usual will remain a bit of a hit and miss. India went to South Africa with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit Sharma as their lead bowlers, but soon realised they needed more forceful operators. In came Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma. By the time they reached New Zealand, India had gone to Bhuvneshwar, Ishant and Mohammed Shami. Varun Aaron made an appearance somewhere too. On this ODI tour, there is no Ishant or Aaron. The only constants are the two spinners, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, as much because of their batting as their bowling.This series is also important because India need a bigger roadmap to arrest their overseas free-fall. There is no guarantee Ravi Shastri and the new band of domestic assistant coaches will be effective, or if Shastri will remain with the team after the series. He has had a few informal one-on-ones with Duncan Fletcher and a couple of players. He is expected to address the team formally for the first time on Saturday evening. Just pep talk won’t do. He will have to come with solutions to the problems.These are uncertain, and interesting, times for the team. They still have time before the World Cup, but not a lot of it.

Kent retained their unbeaten tag in the Royal London Cup and stretched their Group B lead to four points with a hard-earned 59-run win over Sussex in a rain-affected clash at Canterbury

Press Association13-Aug-2014
ScorecardDaniel Bell-Drummond top-scored with 83•Getty Images

Kent retained their unbeaten tag in the Royal London Cup and stretched their Group B lead to four points with a hard-earned 59-run win over Sussex in a rain-affected clash at Canterbury.A heavy shower during the break between innings coupled with a second shower early in the Sussex reply left the visitors in the driving seat when facing a revised target of 243 in 35 overs.However, James Tredwell’s seven-over stint of 4 for 27 – against the team he rejoins on County Championship loan later in the week – restored Kent’s superiority and helped land a deserved fourth win, and with it, almost certainly, a home tie in the quarter finals.Having restricted Kent to 299, the Sussex reply started uncertainly once Luke Wright fell in the seventh over. His rasping drive against Doug Bollinger picked out Ben Harmison diving to his left at cover point.Three overs later, Chris Nash feathered a Darren Stevens away swinger to slip just moments before rain arrived for the second time sparking the loss of a further 10 overs.After the resumption, Craig Cachopa, the young New Zealand-raised South African batsman, got his side ahead of the Duckworth-Lewis rate for the first time with a brace of fours off Darren Stevens.Cachopa undid his good work in the next over, however, lobbing a simple catch to mid-off against offspinner Tredwell, who then trimmed the off stump of Ed Joyce as the left-hander made room to cut.Kent pushed further ahead under Duckworth-Lewis when Calum Haggett snared Matt Machan lbw with the third ball of a new spell. Then, when Mitch Claydon returned to rearrange Ben Brown’s stumps, any lingering hopes of a Sussex win evaporated.Batting first having lost the toss, Kent would have expected to post in excess of 320 after a reasonably bright start on a parched, white pitch that appeared conducive to batting.The hosts had 36 on the board before acting captain Sam Northeast instinctively followed and edged behind off a Lewis Hatchett leg-cutter that went down the St Lawrence.Spitfires’ second-wicket partners Daniel Bell-Drummond and Harmison repaired the damage with a no-frills stand of 69 in 13.1 overs that ended when Steffan Piolet’s slower ball fooled Harmison into chipping a catch to long-off.Fabian Cowdrey upped the run-rate tempo with an eye-catching 40, while Bell-Drummond posted his half-century from 60 balls and with four fours.In tandem the pair added 74 in 11.1 overs before Cowdrey fell lbw when walking across his stumps and aiming to leg against Chris Liddle to make it 179 for 3.With Bell-Drummond seemingly well established, Kent called their batting Powerplay soon after only for the young right-hander to clip the very first ball from Yasir Arafat straight to cover to go for 83.Kent never re-established their momentum thereafter and, while looking secure in scoring ones and twos, a succession of batsmen perished when attempting anything more lavish.Stevens was yorked when driving at Arafat, who then had Alex Blake caught on the deep cover ropes to finish with figures of 4 for 49 against his former county.Sam Billings did his best to farm the strike in posting an unbeaten 51 off 39 balls with three fours and six, but two runs outs and two more miscues saw Kent dismissed with one ball of their innings remaining.Billings, who has reaped 337 cup runs at an average of 168.5 – having passed 50 four times – was delighted by the win that guaranteed Kent’s passage and a home quarter-final tie.”The pitch got better as the night went on and the ball skidded on beautifully under lights, so for Sussex, it was a great toss to win, but our bowlers did superbly well to hit those difficult lengths,” he said. “I felt we might have got 315 batting but, when anyone tried to accelerate they got out, and we were left having to rebuild.”It was a hard pitch to just come in and go hard from ball one. I was happy with the way I played because I had to get in and work it around before I pushed on.”The great thing is we won tonight, yet we might have been better in all facets of the game. We’ve got that improvement to come so, although we’re a young team, we feel we can take on anyone right now.”

كشف مصدر خاص بالنادي الأهلي، النقاب عن تعرض لاعب فريق كرة القدم الأول، محمود كهربا لإصابة.

ويستعد الأهلي لمواجهة سان جورج الإثيوبي مساء يوم الجمعة المقبل على ملعب استاد القاهرة الدولي.

المباراة المقرر اقامتها في خضم منافسات جولة الإياب من دور الـ32 ببطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

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وأوضح المصدر لـ بطولات، أن محمود عبد المنعم كهربا لاعب الأهلي قد اشتكى من آلام في العضله الضامه أمس.

وأشار إلى أنه من المقرر أن يخضع كهربا لأشعة غدًا، قبل المران لتحديد موقفه من المشاركة في مباراة سانت جورج المقبلة.

وكان الأهلي قد نجح في تحقيق فوز كبير على سان جورج في مباراة الذهاب التي أٌقيمت على ملعب استاد القاهرة أيضًا، بثلاثية دون رد.

واختار فريق سان جورج الاثيوبي استاد القاهرة ليكون ملعبه في مباراة دور الـ32 بدوري أبطال إفريقيا بعد رفض الاتحاد الافريقي لكرة القدم “كاف” استضافة المباريات القارية على الملاعب الأثيوبية لعدم مطابقتها للمواصفات.

يذكر، أن الأهلي قد استهل موسمه المحلي في بطولة الدوري المصري “النيل” بفوز على المصري البورسعيدي برباعية دون رد.

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Jorge Jesus pecou. Boa parta da derrota do Flamengo para o Emelec deve ser colocada na conta do treinador português, que tentou uma cartada nunca testada anteriormente. Não precisou de muito tempo de partida para perceber o erro em escalar o limitado Rodinei na lateral-direita e apostar em Rafinha como ponta. Com as oitavas de final começando do zero, não era o momento de buscar um improviso genial, ainda mais atuando como visitante. A saída de Diego (fratura no tornozelo esquerdo), vítima da violência dos equatorianos, desmoronou de vez as pretensões do Rubro-Negro no jogo de ida pela Libertadores. Sem poder fazer mais substituições, o time não tinha inteligência no meio de campo para buscar a igualdade, e o castigo aconteceu no fim. O garoto Lucas Silva perdeu a bola no campo adversário e propiciou o contra-ataque que terminou no segundo gol do Emelec. Apesar dos fantasmas sul-americanos, o Flamengo tem todas as condições de reverter o placar no Maracanã lotado. Precisará reconstruir um meio de campo minado por lesões e correr contra o tempo assim que a bola rolar. E Jesus terá que arrumar a bagunça que ele mesmo ajudou a criar longe de casa.

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كشفت تقارير صحفية إسبانية المدة المتوقعة لغياب لاعب فريق برشلونة، رافينها، نتيجة الإصابة التي تعرض لها في مباراة الأمس ضد إشبيلية.

وتلاقى الفريقان في إطار منافسات الجولة الثامنة من الدوري الإسباني، حيث فاز برشلونة بهدف دون رد.

ولم يتمكن رافينها من استكمال المباراة حيث اضطر إلى الخروج في الدقيقة 35، بعدما عانى من ألم في الجزء الخلفي من فخذه الأيمن.

ووفقًا لما ذكرته صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية، فإن مصادر داخل غرفة ملابس برشلونة تشير إلى أن رافينها يعاني من إصابة عضلية ستمنعه من اللعب في المباراتين المقبلتين.

هذا الأمر يعني غياب رافينها عن مواجهة بورتو يوم الأربعاء، في ثاني جولات دور مجموعات دوري أبطال أوروبا، قبل ملاقاة غرناطة في الليجا.

وبعد ذلك، ستكون هناك فترة توقف دولي لمدة أسبوعين، حيث من المتوقع أن يتعافى رافينها حتى يتمكن من المشاركة في مباراة الكلاسيكو ضد ريال مدريد يوم 28 أكتوبر القادم.

ومن المقرر أن يخضع البرازيلي لمزيد من الفحوص الطبية، يوم السبت، لتحديد درجة إصابته بشكل دقيق.

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O Manchester United, da Inglaterra, e a Juventus, da Itália, chegaram a um acordo pela troca de Romelu Lukaku e Paulo Dybala, faltando apenas o crivo do argentino. Com esta negociação prestes a ser concretizada, o LANCE! relembra nesta reportagem especial outros grandes troca-troca de jogadores entre clubes ao redor do mundo. Tem Ribamar por Neto, Evair por Careca Bianchesi, Agnaldo Liz por Magno, Seedorf por Francesco Coco, Arouca por Rodrigo Souto… Acompanhe a seguir!

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NETO NO CORINTHIANS

Neto (foto) estava em baixa no Palmeiras, em 1989, e foi mandado para o Corinthians em troca de Ribamar, destaque do Sport em 1987. Neto acabou virando ídolo no Corinthians. Ribamar não fez sucesso no Palmeiras.

PATO X JADSON

No começo de 2014, Corinthians e São Paulo acertaram uma troca que fez muito barulho no cenário do futebol brasileiro. Alexandre Pato foi para o Morumbi e Jadson partiu para o Timão.

SEEDORF NO MILAN

Seedorf (foto) foi para o Mlian em uma troca com a Inter de Milão, que ficou com o lateral Francesco Coco. Isso foi em 2002. Esta troca movimentou bastante o futebol da Europa naquela temporada.

EVAIR NO PALMEIRAS

Outro troca-troca que movimentou o futebol no Brasil foi em 1991 – e de jogador que se tornaria ídolo do clube. Na ocasião, o Palmeiras cedeu o atacante Careca Bianchesi e, em troca, recebeu Evair e 750 mil dólares (R$ 261 mil, na cotação da época).

PAULO NUNES “CONTRAPESO”

No troca-troca de Agnaldo Liz por Magno, do Flamengo, o Grêmio recebeu de contrapeso Paulo Nunes. O atacante acabou fazendo história nas terras do Rio Grande do Sul.

AROUCA X RODRIGO SOUTO

Em 2010, Arouca deixou o São Paulo rumo ao Santos. Rodrigo Souto fez o caminho oposto. Arouca foi bem pelo Peixe. Este foi um dos muitos troca-troca importantes que já aconteceram no futebol paulista.

TROCA-TROCA NA ITÁLIA

Pirlo (foto) chegou no Milan em uma troca com a Inter de Milão. O meia argentino Guly foi mandado para o lado azul e preto, aumentando as expectativas sobre seus desempenhos naquela temporada.

VASCO X CRUZEIRO

O Vasco recebeu, além de R$ 14 milhões, dois jogadores do Cruzeiro pela venda de Dedé: os meias Alisson e Pedro Ken (foto). Demorou muito depois desta ocasião para o Cruz-Maltino restabelecer o seu setor defensivo.

TROCA INUSITADA

Trocado por 50 pares de chuteiras, Beto deixou o Dom Bosco (MT) rumo ao Botafogo, em 1994. Foi campeão brasileiro um ano depois defendendo as cores da equipe de General Severiano.

JAMELLI NO SANTOS

No ano de 1994, o São Paulo cedeu Dinho, Gilberto, Macedo e Jamelli (foto) para o Santos em troca do meia Axel. Jamelli acabou virando um dos destaques do Peixe no período que defendeu a equipe.

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Sep-2014

Mohammad Hafeez, the Lahore Lions captain, said his team was under pressure in a must-win game against Southern Express in Raipur before his half-century lifted them to a match-winning total that eventually secured their passage into the main draw of the Champions League T20.Lions were 52 for 3 in the eighth over but Hafeez’s 67 off 40 balls took them to 164 for 6, after which their bowlers secured a 55-run win. “I think the victory was much needed. To be honest you all knew how important it was,” Hafeez said after the game. “We wanted to set a good total early. After losing three wickets, we were bit under pressure because we wanted to set a target and put pressure on the chasing side.”Hafeez had a 75-run stand with Saad Nasim for the fourth wicket, a partnership that was the bedrock of the innings. Nasim, a 24-year old batsman, contributed 31 off 25 balls and credited his captain for guidance during his innings.”The idea was to take singles and extend the innings and lay a platform. We wanted to consolidate our position and then try and take on the bowling,” Nasim told clt20.com. “He [Hafeez] played a brilliant knock. And at the same time he kept telling me what to do and talked me through the innings. I have learnt a lot of things from him – like handling pressure, batting in different situations and many other such things.”When asked about his role in the Lions side, Nasim said: “Basically, I am a middle-order batsman and bat at No. 5 or 6. I was told to play my normal game in difficult times and handle the situation accordingly. Performing here can give me an opportunity to play for the national side. The whole world is watching, which makes it a big thing.”Lions finished second in the qualifying group, behind Northern Knights and ahead of Mumbai Indians and Southern Express. They are now in Group A of the Champions League, along with Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Dolphins and Perth Scorchers. Lions’ first game is against Knight Riders on September 21 in Hyderabad.