Sharad Rao also played for Karnataka in the national championship and represented the Karnataka Sporting Association. Skipper Upul Tharanga was suspended for two matches after maintaining slow over-rate but he would be. Singh, after losing the opening game, managed to prevail over Maanav Mandhian by a 10-12, 11-4, 11-9, 12-14, 11-5 scoreline. Anand will lead a seven-member Indian team at the 128-player Knock Out tournament, where the finalists get to play the Candidates tournament. 31 and eventually took visitors over the line after compiling an unbeaten 100-run partnership with tail-end batsman Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The semifinals concluded with Cuba being the dominant?force yet again and looked well on course to repeating the?feat of the 2015 edition, in which the country won seven?medals. Mentioning about MS Dhoni’s performance, Raina hailed the former skipper’s batting and he is someone who can share his experience very well. He studies his players minutely to know their limitations and skill set, and eventually churns the best out of a player. Mukesh, who led for three days, slipped to third at 10-under-278 after shooting a last round of one-over 73. Ferrari’s championship leader Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton were not among them.