Syria face a formidable task in Tehran against an Iranian side that has yet to concede a goal in this qualifying phase. “I had a shaky start today, but things started turning around in my favour from the 12th as I kept rolling in the putts. Dhawan played two matches and scored centuries in the first innings of both. While Sharma overcame Priyansh Kedia 11-5, 11-1, 9-11, 12-14, 11-5. Sharad Rao also played for Karnataka in the national championship and represented the Karnataka Sporting Association. highest wicket-taker in the longest format of the game is looking forward for the upcoming challenge and feels he can play international cricket for another five years. “His condition was good, so we decided to discharge him,” Raffaelle Pascarella, director. 1 Magnus Carlsen, defending champion Sergey Karjakin, Ruslan Ponomariov, Vladimir Kramnik will also compete in the tournament, making it the strongest World Cup in history. Top seed Sachika powered her way past Amruta Swami of Maharashtra, recording a convincing 11-0, 11-1, 11-2 win, while Urvashi defeated state rival Pranjali Sharma 11-6, 11-8, 11-4. Estimates vary but if an average of 10 people watched each pay-per-view Saturday night the total audience would be in the 50 million range _ or about 1 in 6 Americans.