The selectors will have to decide whether to have Gautam Gambhir as a captain or as an opening batsman. ed in the hand last December, finished off the Frenchwoman within 73 minutes in Arthur Ashe Stadium, closing out the contest in style with a fine ace. Mats Hummels leaped high to head an 88th-minute winning goal that cap an interesting week for the Bayern Munich defender. In a meeting with the sports ministry after the Games, the federation said Mestvirishvili had ‘outlived his usefulness’ and had to be replaced. Aariv won the opening game 11-7 before winning the second game 11-8 to take a 2-0 lead in the match. How he develops a working relationship with Gautam Gambhir — the team’s senior-most player— would be crucial to the team’s fortunes. Aditya won the title in the 50 Kg category with an easy win over Barjinder in the final while Deepak became the champion in the 52 Kg category with a win over Amandeep. Slovakia’s goal came in the 81st minute from Adam Nemec, who failed to score for New York City FC in a 2015 spell in MLS. Patna had a bright start to the match and Bengal levelled the score for the first time only in the eighth minute. The rest of the match saw Chandigarh Hockey Academy girls maintaining the pressure and defending the 1-0 lead to win the title.