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Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia emerged victorious in a thrilling duel with Jorge Martin to take victory in the sprint race at the Emilia Romagna GP, Italy.

Bagnaia made a slow start after qualifying on pole position, but showed great pace to overtake rival Martin for the lead on lap 8 of 13 and score another crucial victory over his main rival.

It was Bagnaia’s first sprint win since the Austrian Grand Prix in August and allowed him to close the four-point gap on Martin in the championship standings.

Early in the race, Martin shot from second on the grid to take pole position at Turn 1, with KTM’s Brad Binder then demoting Bagnaia to third.

But Bagnaia needed less than a lap to overtake Binder and then raced clear of Martin, who was already more than half a second ahead.

The gap between the two continued to fluctuate in the early stages of the race, but by lap 6 Bagnaia was right behind Martin on the Pramac.

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The decisive move to victory came on lap 8 when, under heavy pressure from Bagnaia, Martin ran wide into the Turn 13 right-hander.

That allowed Bagnaia to pass and take over the lead, and the Italian then cleverly closed the inside heading into the long Turn 14 chicane.

Martin remained close to Bagnaia for the remainder of the race, but the two-time champion was able to close the gap and cross the line 0.285 seconds clear.

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The top two riders were once again in their respective classes, with third-placed Enea Bastianini a further second behind, as he completed the podium for Ducati.

Gresini’s Marc Marquez jumped from seventh to fourth on the second lap as he quickly recovered from his qualifying crash, but lacked the pace to fight for the podium.

Acosta eventually finished as the best KTM rider in fifth ahead of Binder, who dropped to the bottom of the pile after making an impressive start from fourth.

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Fabio Quartararo impressed in seventh for the resurgent Yamaha squad, which was down one bike after team-mate Alex Rins withdrew with flu.

The final positions for points were won by Ducati VR46 rider Marco Bezzecchi and Pramac rider Franco Morbidelli.

Maverick Vinales finished as Aprilia’s leading rider in 10th, dropping points by less than three tenths of a second, while Honda was led by Luca Marini in 16th. (Z-6)

Pakistan Cricket Fast bowlers of the team Naseem Shah Regarding his son’s injury, K’s father K said that it will recover in two to three months and after three months the young player will be available to bowl in the national team.

late Muzaffar Shah, the father of young national fast bowler Naseem Shah, who hails from village Jindul Nirat in Lower, had an exclusive conversation with Independent Urdu.

He said: ‘The doctor has said that Naseem will return to the team after three months and start his practice etc. And three months later he will be in the national team again.’

He said that ‘Naseem Shah was very fond of playing cricket since his childhood and he has beaten me many times for coming late from cricket at night.’

He said that ‘this obsessive passion has taken Naseem Shah to the national cricket team.’

Muzaffar Shah, 62, said: ‘I have six sons, with Naseem Shah being the fourth, and two more sons playing cricket, one in domestic cricket and one in the under-19 team.’

He said that ‘Naseem Shah was also good in studies but his passion for cricket was too much and after matriculation he gave all his attention to cricket.’

According to him, “Naseem Shah’s village, Jandol, does not have any ground to play cricket and Naseem Shah has gone ahead to play in houses, alleys and natural water channels and other children of the village also play in this way.”

‘A career full of challenges’

The fast bowler’s father said, ‘Naseem Shah’s cricket career has been full of trials, when he was young and was selected for the Quetta Gladiator team and when he was going to Dubai, he suffered a back injury and underwent nine months of treatment. It happened but he did not lose heart and then became a part of the Quetta Gladiator team.

Naseem Shah’s father told about the hardships of his son’s profession: ‘When he was selected for the first time in the national team to tour Australia, his mother died suddenly before the match. It was also a big shock for him and he could not attend his mother’s funeral and on the same day he played a match against Australia while his mother’s funeral was watched through video.

According to him, ‘Naseem was very emotional on her death because of her love for her mother because she was going to Lahore on Naseem’s wish and died on the way.’

According to him: ‘Naseem still says that because of missing his mother, he goes to the village less from Lahore because he gets worried because he is not there at home.’

Naseem Shah’s father Muzaffar Shah said: ‘Mother was praying to Naseem Shah at night and I am 100% sure that her prayers have been answered and will be answered. I have full faith in Allah that Naseem will earn more name for Pakistan.’

He added: ‘After becoming a national star, Naseem’s attitude has improved and he respects elders and loves children wherever he goes and his attitude makes people happy.’

When will Naseem Shah get married?

Muzaffar Shah said about Naseem Shah’s marriage: ‘It is customary among our Pakhtuns to marry young boys early, but when Naseem was asked about marriage, he said that I have a career and for three or four years I will not be married. There is no Arda.’

He said: ‘After three or four years, according to the custom of the Pathans, with mutual consultation, we will do what is destined here and there. I will also have my will for Naseem’s relationship and will also ask Naseem Shah.’

When asked about the team’s performance and Naseem Shah’s role, he said: ‘Our prayers are for the entire team as much as the Pakistani players. What will Naseem Shah do alone?’

Caribes trained for the second day in a row in Guanta / Photo: Caribes de Anzoátegui Press