Meanwhile, USA’s Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens also made it into the next round. The final game saw Sachit playing with control and the DAV Public School player won the final game 11-7 to claim the title. “They are pushing us and the expectation is very, very high,” Arrivabene said of the fans, affectionately known as “tifosi. Tarini was the top scorer for the winning team as she netted 20 points. With Delhi underachieving over the last few years and coach KP Bhaskar and veteran batsman Gautam Gambhir having a fractious relationship, his assignment was not easy. A technically skilled player, Bedia is a product of the Racing Santander. They have been in touch with Japanese and Iranian federations but even after a year, the WFI is yet to identify his successor. How he develops a working relationship with Gautam Gambhir — the team’s senior-most player— would be crucial to the team’s fortunes. Sushil said he recommended to the sports ministry that Mestvirishvili be re-appointed. We have given everything to the players now and there shouldn’t be an excuse that ‘we didn’t get this, we didn’t get that’.