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Having captained India Blue in two matches of the Duleep Trophy, Gautam Gambhir has categorically said that the pink ball behaves in exactly the same way as the red ball. Rejecting assertions that playing with a pink ball under lights is significantly different to the way long-form cricket is usually played, Gambhir said the players are required to make only minor adjustments to come to terms with the conditions.We have to be clear, it is only the colour of the ball that has changed, nothing else has changed, Gambhir told ESPNcricinfo from Delhi. It is a Kookaburra ball that behaves exactly the same way as a red ball or a white ball. People make so much fuss about the pink ball that it swings more or dips more, you cant pick the wristspinners and so on. I believe the more you think about it, the more complicated you make the game. It is far more visible in the day time as compared to the red ball because it is far more brighter. In the last two games that I have played, I have seen nothing different. The red ball and pink ball behave exactly in the same way.The Duleep trophy, played in a zonal format previously, was re-formatted this season by the BCCI as an experiment to gauge the players reaction to playing first-class cricket under lights with a pink ball. India Blue, led by Gautam Gambhir, will face India Red, led by Yuvraj Singh, in the final in Greater Noida starting September 10. The intention behind the tournament is also to assess the feasibility of playing a day-night Test match in India in the near future, though Gambhir was unenthused by such a move.I am a traditionalist, I have always believed it is meant to be played during the day, that is my personal observation, he said. You can change the 50 over to T20 format, but Test cricket should remain the way it has been because you cant lose the charm. Ultimately, the idea behind the pink ball is so that you can pull the crowd back. In England and Australia, there are packed crowds during the day Test matches. Maybe because we couldnt pull crowds during day time, we wanted to experiment. Maybe we could have promoted Test cricket in a far better and bigger way as compared to how we promote our T20 and one-day cricket. I personally feel we should keep Test cricket the way it is because night Test cricket would take the charm away from Test cricket.Gambhirs form in the Duleep Trophy has been encouraging with scores of 77, 90 and 59 in the three innings. Since losing his place in the Indian Test team after a faltering comeback in England in 2014, the left-handed opener has fallen off the selectors radar. Now with M Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul jostling for the two specialist opening positions, Gambhir faces a tough task to convince the selectors that he can find the form that saw him score nine centuries in his 56-Test career. However, Gambhir insisted that he wasnt thinking about a national recall, focusing instead on how he could contribute to the team in every match he plays.I am very happy because, obviously, at the start of the season, you are very nervous because you want to start off the season really well, he said. Three half centuries in a row is really pleasing and I hope I can continue this momentum into the season. But at the same time, I would have loved to convert these half centuries into hundreds. I still have two more innings to go.I have always maintained one thing that the platform does not matter to me. My job is, whenever I play and for whichever team, my job is to score runs. I have played enough to know that I cant keep thinking about playing for India because that will be very selfish of me. If I am playing Duleep Trophy I should concentrate 100% on that. If I cant do that, I wouldnt be doing justice to my team. To be honest to your job, you have to be 100% on what role you have been given and what role you have to perform.In cricket, people relate you and your prime form to the amount of runs you score, but at the same time, if you are content and happy and at peace with your game, that is what I have always believed in. This word called form is a very overrated thing. If I am at peace with my game, I am happy with my game, ultimately I will end up scoring runs. But for people, golden phase etc. is all related to the amount of runs. At the moment, I am far more at peace with my game than when I was scoring all those runs for India.Since he last played a Test for India in August 2014, Gambhir has scored 1450 runs in 32 innings in first-class cricket at an average of just under 49. Only one opener, Abhinav Mukund with 1618 runs, has scored more runs in domestic cricket than Gambhir during this period. However, last season, Gambhir produced underwhelming returns, averaging under 38 for 488 runs without a single hundred in his 14 innings for Delhi. Gambhir argued those numbers had to be evaluated in the right context as he insisted on result-oriented wickets as Delhi captain in the quest to achieve more outright wins.Since I made my debut, we hadnt won 12 or 13 outright games like we have in the last 2-3 years, he said. My aim has always been to prepare wickets which can give us outright results. We could have easily gone and played on flat wickets where people could have scored 800-900 runs in a season. But I have always believed that is not the way to play this game, it is meant to be played to win.If we go out there and think we need to get the first-innings lead and I need to score my own hundred or double-hundred and try and represent my country, that would be very unfair on the bowlers as well. Then, I would have been very selfish about my own individual performances and thinking about my own comeback. What about the other 10 people then, who would be helping me or help Delhi win? I may have ended up with less than 500 runs, but with a young side, we won four [three] outright matches and missed on qualifying by one point. If you score runs on a result-oriented wicket, it gives you far more satisfaction than scoring them on a flat track. Cheap Air Max 95 Wholesale . The Olympic champion curler and TSN curling analyst immediately went online to look at the Halls long list of honoured members. Thats when the enormity of the honour sunk in. Air Max 95 Australia Sale .ca! Kerry, Two nights after the Scott-Eriksson incident in Buffalo, the Bruins returned home to play San Jose. In that game, Zdeno Chara put a check on Tommy Wingels that clearly targeted his head. http://www.cheapaustraliaairmax95.com/ . 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RALEIGH, N.C. -- A magistrate has issued an arrest warrant for a North Carolina football player accused of sexual battery and assault on a female in February.The warrant issued Tuesday accuses Allen Artis, a 21-year-old junior linebacker from Marietta, Georgia, of two misdemeanors against UNC-Chapel Hill sophomore Delaney Robinson. The warrant says he had sex with her while she was mentally incapacitated and physically helpless.North Carolinas policy is any athlete charged with a misdemeanor is suspended indefinitely. Artis was not at the Tar Heels practice Tuesday, which was closed to the media.In a statement,?North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora acknowledged the accusations.We are aware of the misdemeanor charges against Allen Artis. I cannot comment on either the allegation or the investigative process. We take these matters very seriously and are fully cooperating with the appropriate authorities, Fedora said.?Robinson said in a news conference on Tuesday that she filed for the misdemeanor charges after police and prosecutors indicated there wasnt enough evidence to pursue felony charges. Her lawyer says campus police botched questioning and the handling of a rape test.Robinsons lawyer said campus police botched the handling of a rape kit and the questioning of Artis.Robinson, 19, said a video of that questioning angered her.Rather than accusing him of anything, the investigators talked to him in a tone of camaraderie. They provided reassurances to him when he became upset, even laughed with him when he told about how many girls phone numbers he was able to get on the same night, the sophomore said as her father was seated next to her. I was treated like a suspect.Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall said no final decisions have been made on whether to prosecute, but Robinsons attorney Denise Branch pointed to an Aug. 2 email she received from one of Woodallls assistant prosecutors about the felony charges.ddddddddddddWoodall said he spoke Tuesday with campus police chief Jeff McCracken to confirm investigative efforts are continuing.?They took investigatory steps on Aug 26 and 29, consulted our office about that. And Ive confirmed with their chief of police that it is still an open investigation and they continue to consult with us, Woodall said.Woodall emphasized that winning a conviction on felony charges carry a high bar of evidence.Campus police had no comment. University officials also refused to respond to questions, instead issuing a statement that the school takes all allegations about sexual violence or sexual misconduct seriously.These matters are complex and often involve multiple agencies including law enforcement. While the university always tries to complete an investigation as quickly as possible, our priority is to ensure that the factual investigations are complete and conducted in a fair and thorough manner, campus spokesman Joel Curran said in the statement.Two years ago, UNC-Chapel Hill revised its policy on discrimination and harassment, including sexual assault and sexual misconduct after four current and former students and a former administrator accused the school of underreporting sexual assault cases for 2010 in an annual report to the federal government. Their complaint also alleged that campus officials allowed a hostile environment for students reporting sexual assault. The university denied underreporting crimes.Artis is a reserve who has one tackle in two games this season for the Tar Heels (1-1). He played primarily on special teams last year and had 19 tackles during his first two seasons.ESPNs David M. Hale and The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '