Shikhar Dhawan's fractured left hand will be assessed after 10-12 days and India captain Virat Kohli hopes the batsman's positive mindset will help his recovery.

Dhawan was injured in the match against Australia played on June 9, during which he scored a century, and therefore the earliest he will go through an examination of how much his fractured hand has mended can only be made after approximately June 21.

"Dhawan is going to be in a plaster for a couple of weeks. After that we will assess where he stands," Kohli said. "Hopefully, the injury heals quickly and he will be available for the latter half of our league games and semi-finals for sure.

"From that point of view, we want to hold him back, keep him here because he wants to play. I think that kind of mindset will help in healing the injury as well as he really wants to play."

However, it will not be his ability to bat alone that will be under question. India fielding coach R Sridhar said that the assessment will have to include the load that his hand will be put under once it has mended sufficiently to undergo heavier examination.

Sridhar said that "throwing won't be a problem as it is not his dominant hand" - Dhawan is a natural right hander who bats left handed. What will need to be studied carefully is "the impact while fielding and catching, specially is he is a slip fielder".

Following the washout against New Zealand it is possible Dhawan will miss on not one but India's next two matches, against Pakistan and Afghanistan. Sridhar said that as far as his department goes, Dhawan would be tested out after 10-odd days, "with lighter balls first and gradually move on to the cricket ball and see how it goes from there, but yes that will be a challenge".

Rishabh Pant has been called into the squad as cover but will not officially be added unless Dhawan fails to recover. Once a player is ruled out of the tournament through injury he can't be brought back unless another player is injured and the ICC technical committee is satisfied with the replacement. In the short-term India will use KL Rahul in the opening position.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Gregg Williams didn't want to go there. Neither did Joe Vitt.

The New York Jets' assistant coaches, reunited seven years after they were adversaries in the New Orleans Saints' Bountygate scandal, bristled Thursday when asked about their relationship.

"Is this a National Enquirer question?" Vitt snapped. "I like Gregg. He's a friend."

Earlier, Williams offered a similar response.

"Not a question. Next question," he said before the Jets' final offseason practice. "He's a great friend of mine. He'll always be a great friend. I don't care what you've written. Go ahead, somebody else [ask a question]."

Williams and Vitt were hired in February as the Jets' defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach, respectively, but this was the first time the assistant coaches were made available to the media.

The reunion has sparked interest because Vitt testified against Williams in the Bountygate scandal when both were Saints assistants. In the hearings, conducted by former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, Vitt accused Williams of lying in his testimony.

Williams wound up being suspended indefinitely (then reinstated 11 months later), while Vitt received a six-game ban. Now they are together on coach Adam Gase's first staff.

Vitt also happens to be Gase's father-in-law, adding another layer of intrigue.

Some also have wondered about the Gase-Williams dynamic because they are both alpha personalities and are working together for the first time.

Williams spoke glowingly of Gase, saying he has admired him from afar.

"Respect and trust [are] earned, and he has earned my respect and earned my trust now that we're working together on the same thing," Williams said. "It's been fun, OK? He's a very good coach, has a very good mind, has a challenging mind conceptually on what we're doing [on defense]."

The Jets hope that Williams' fiery coaching style will fuel a defense that finished 29th in yards allowed last season. They have high expectations after signing Pro Bowl middle linebacker C.J. Mosley and drafting defensive tackle Quinnen Williams with the third overall pick.

Williams didn't make any bold predictions for the defense, but there is no doubting his self-confidence.

"My secrets get out," Williams said. "The reason I keep getting hired is culture -- and culture beats strategy any day of the week."

"Attitude does come first," he added. "I tell them, 'Attitude is everything. Pick a good one today.'"

Williams, 60, has been coaching in the NFL since 1990, and he has no intention of retiring any time soon.

"People ask me all the time, How much longer am I going to do this? I love what I do. I'm a competition-aholic," he said. "When I walk into a room and nobody will pay attention anymore, it's time to do something else."

NBA commissioner Adam Silver, speaking Thursday to ESPN's Rachel Nichols, praised the league's reformed draft lottery system while saying he hopes that it changes the "destructive" mindset some teams and fans have about tanking.

"Where I think it's the greatest success is, hopefully it'll stop fans in those markets from rooting for their teams to perform poorly," Silver said prior to Game 6 of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. "Because that race to the bottom is just destructive, I think, for everyone. Corrosive for players and franchises, and I think, in some cases, even some executives who knew better felt they couldn't withstand the pressure from the communities, from the media in some cases, saying, 'Why are you operating at this level when you should either get much better or much worse?'"

In a week, the New Orleans Pelicans will be on the clock for the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, landing the top slot at the draft lottery in May despite having only a 6 percent chance. Under the old system, the worst three teams had a 25 percent chance at the top pick. Under the reformed rules, it was 14 percent.

"I think in this case now with the change in the lottery, people are going to realize that there's only one way to build a franchise," Silver said. "Of course, you need to get great players, but at the same time you need to build culture, you need strong management, you need strong coaching. And players incrementally get better year after year. I mean, look at these two great franchises. It's wonderful from a league standpoint to see the Warriors and the Raptors, two incredibly well-run franchises from top to bottom, here representing the league."

The Raptors, for example, are in the NBA Finals despite not having a single lottery player on their roster. Kawhi Leonard (drafted 15th overall) has stated his case this postseason as maybe the game's best overall player -- something Silver suggested himself -- and has benefited from the Raptors' plan to manage his workload with regular rest throughout the season.

Silver, though, noted Leonard's plan for "load management" is different than others and didn't seem to endorse the idea in a general sense.

"That term 'load management' is generally used in regard to rest," Silver said. "That's not what the protocol was for Kawhi. We had a player coming back from having missed almost an entire season, and that was a protocol designed by doctors, physical therapists, as a way to bring him back to full health. So it's very different, I think, for a player who is otherwise completely healthy who then chooses to sit out."

The Warriors -- who trail these Finals 3-2 -- have been the preeminent superteam of the past five seasons, but their postseason has been heavily disrupted by injuries, most notably to Kevin Durant, who tore his Achilles in Game 5. Silver called the injury "devastating" and noted the impact it will have on the league overall with the expectation Durant will miss most, if not all, of next season.

"I feel, of course, for him personally," Silver said. "I think beyond that, as a league, we're only as big as our players, and he's one of the greatest stars in the league, so it'll be a huge loss not to have him. Of course, having said that, other players will step up, but he's a unique player. I think the caliber at which he plays, the spirit and the passion he brings to the game, puts him in that very elite category. So all we can do is root for him to come back at full speed, and I know it won't be for a lack of effort on his part. I'm sure he's going to begin rehabbing the moment his doctors allow it."

Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado is in Thursday night's lineup against the San Diego Padres, batting fourth a day after he was hit on the left forearm with a pitch.

X-rays on Arenado's forearm were negative and the Rockies had described him as day-to-day on Wednesday after he was plunked by Chicago Cubs starter Cole Hamels in the bottom of the third inning.

Arenado said after Wednesday's game that he wasn't surprised he was hit after several Cubs players were hit by pitches last week when the Rockies played a series at Wrigley Field.

After getting hit, Arenado yelled over at the Cubs dugout about the high pitch and jawed with Hamels as well. He left in the game in the fifth inning with the injury, which the Rockies called a bruise.

Arenado leads the Rockies with 17 home runs, 57 RBIs, a .385 on-base percentage and .602 slugging percentage. He is hitting .330.

ESPN's Jesse Rogers contributed to this report.

The Philadelphia Phillies acquired infielder Brad Miller from the New York Yankees on Thursday for cash considerations.

Miller, 29, joined the Yankees organization this season after he was released by the Cleveland Indians in April. He hit .250 with a home run and four RBIs in 13 games for Cleveland.

Miller didn't appear in a major league game for the Yankees but hit .294 with 10 home runs and 29 RBIs in 41 games at Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre.

Miller has a career batting average of .240 with 76 home runs and 272 RBIs in 693 games over seven major league seasons.

Six world leads at the Bislett Games, as Caterine Ibargüen and Christian Coleman are also among athletes to impress

A thrilling meeting in Oslo produced some stunning performances at the fifth stop on the IAAF Diamond League tour.

Although six world leads were set, the highlight was Karsten Warholm’s European record of 47.33 in the 400m hurdles. Greeted by the roar from the home crowd, the Norwegian took four hundredths off the mark set by France’s Stephane Diagana in 1995.

Meanwhile, Caterine Ibargüen, Selemon Barega, Christian Coleman, Mariya Lasitskene, Marcin Lewandowski and Norah Jeruto went to the top of the world rankings for 2019 in their respective events.

Since winning the world title in 2017, Warholm has been overshadowed by the achievements of Abderrahman Samba and Rai Benjamin, now the second and third fastest in history. However, with a time that puts him 13th on the world all-time list, he has shown it could be a three-way battle this year.

After blasting away from the blocks as usual, on this occasion he had the finish to match. While Kyron McMaster looked set to challenge coming into the home straight, the man from the British Virgin Islands faded to 49.12, passed also by Ireland’s Thomas Barr (49.11). Warholm’s Norwegian record had been 47.64.

The winner said afterwards: “That was unbelievable, my face said it all! I’m just so happy – it’s crazy to run a European record and it’s amazing to do it here at Bislett.

“My coach thought I would run 47.30 so he was nearly right. I’ve worked so hard during the winter with the pressure coming at me, so this is a very special feeling.”

Twenty minutes later as the final track athletes lined up, the home crowd were hopeful of a second Norwegian win. However, it was another European – Lewandowski – who surprisingly took the spoils in the historic Dream Mile.

The Pole became the first European winner of the event since 2008 as he held off the optimistically quick first 800m of 1:53.04.

Coming from nowhere in the home straight, he stopped the clock on 3:52.34 as Kenya’s Vincent Kibet was four hundredths back.

Just as in the 1500m at the European Indoors this year, Jakob Ingebrigtsen was shocked by Lewandowski. Off such a quick start he faded to 3:53.04 for sixth, more than a half a second outside his PB.

After winning with just 1.92m in difficult weather conditions in Stockholm, Lasitskene was back attempting more familiar heights. Her 2.01m put her top of the world rankings and guaranteed her a 20th Diamond League win. Erika Kinsey of Sweden was second with 1.96m.

Morgan Lake’s outdoor season started with just 1.85m for seventh as she had three failures at 1.88m.

In the 100m, Christian Coleman took a hundredth off the world lead he shared with Noah Lyles. The American was a class apart as he ran 9.85. Xie Zhenye of China was second with 10.01 and USA’s Mike Rodgers third with 10.04.

GB’s CJ Ujah ran 10.18 for sixth, one place ahead of compatriot Tommy Ramdhan’s 10.28. The third Brit, Reece Prescod, pulled up with an apparent injury and eventually crossed the line in 10.76.

“I’m pretty excited about it, it was a good run and a pretty good time – now I’ll look back at the video and critique it,” said Coleman. “It wasn’t ideal conditions but the crowd made it exciting and I came out for the victory.”

Ethiopia’s Barega passed Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei with 250m to go to win the 3000m in a world lead and PB of 7:32.17.

After slow early pace, Barega was inside 3:26 for the final kilometre. Cheptegei ran 7:33.26 as Kenya’s Nicholas Kimeli was third in 7:34.85.

Henrik Ingebrigtsen took nearly four seconds off the Norwegian record with 7:36.85 for fourth. Britain’s Andy Butchart was 10th with 7:43.57 – just over six seconds outside his PB.

Jeruto took a surprise win over world record-holder Beatrice Chepkoech in the steeplechase. She had the better finish as she stopped the clock on 9:03.71 as Chepkoech ran 9:04.30. In 14th, Britain’s Rosie Clarke took four tenths off her PB with 9:31.68.

Ibargüen found her form in the fifth round of the triple jump with a world lead 14.79m to take her 36th career Diamond League win. She had found herself behind Keturah Orji of USA, who jumped 14.53m in the second round.

World junior record-holder Sydney McLaughlin, competing in her first 400m hurdles in the Diamond League, produced a stunning finish to claw back the lead of world No.1 Dalilah Muhammad.

The winner, who hit the first hurdle badly, clocked 54.16. Muhammad, who led off the final hurdle and seemed a certain winner, clocked 54.35 for second. Meghan Beesley, who received a late call to take a lane here, was eighth in 57.13.

Christina Clemons capitalised after a false-start disqualification for Olympic champion Brianna McNeal in the 100m hurdles. The American clocked 12.69 to win from runner-up and compatriot Sharika Nelvis (12.74).

Puerto Rico’s Ryan Sanchez, who was second in Stockholm, finished well to win the men’s non-Diamond League 800m in 1:46.34.

In the shot put, world and Diamond League champion Gong Lijiao reversed her Shanghai loss to American Chase Ealey (19.51m to 19.20m).

World champion Dafne Schippers comfortably won the 200m with a season’s best of 22.56.

Johannes Vetter’s 85.27m in the first round of the javelin proved enough to win despite his retiring with a leg injury in the third round.

With 5.91m, world champion Sam Kendricks won the pole vault as world No.1 Armand Duplantis was just fourth with 5.81m.

Uganda’s Halimah Nakaayi won the 800m with 2:01.93. European indoor champion Shelayna Oskan-Clarke was seventh in 2:03.45. Her fellow Brit, Lynsey Sharp, was tripped and failed to finish.

Comment from @soskanclarke following her 2:03.45 for seventh in this evening’s @BislettGames 800m. @stuartweir @BritAthletics pic.twitter.com/6t5mUPmJu4

— Athletics Weekly (@AthleticsWeekly) June 13, 2019

Another non-League event, the women’s javelin, was won by Australia’s Kathryn Mitchell with 56.07m.

Full results can be found here.

AVON, Ind. – The Swindell SpeedLab sprint car team plans to nearly double its race count next week when NASCAR Xfinity Series star Christopher Bell pilots the car during part of Ohio Sprint Speedweek.

The team will join the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions on Monday at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, Ohio. That track also hosts the Speedweek finale next Saturday.

The remaining Speedweek tracks are Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, on Tuesday; Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio, on Wednesday; Mansfield Motor Speedway in Mansfield, Ohio, on Thursday; and Limaland Motorsports Park in Lima, Ohio, on Friday.

“We’re excited to get to race for a week straight,” team co-owner Kevin Swindell said. “We’ve done well in a start here and there. Now we’ll get to implement little changes night by night and we can see the turnaround a lot quicker.

“We’ve been really close to winning this year, so I don’t see any reason why we can’t contend for wins during Ohio Speedweek.”

Bell has visited one of those tracks already this season, as he guided the Swindell SpeedLab team to a sixth-place run at Eldora Speedway last month.

So far, Bell has four top-five and six top-10 finishes in eight sprint car starts with the Swindell SpeedLab team this season.

“Our team has raced most of these tracks in Ohio and I think Bell has been to most (of them), so we feel comfortable rolling into each race track,” Swindell noted. “I think if we can put a decent qualifying lap down each night that will put us in a good position.

“If we’re in the ballpark, we have a chance to win, and we’re looking forward to that.”

Next weekend is an off weekend for the NASCAR Xfinity Series, which races on Sunday at Iowa Speedway. Bell currently sits second in series points behind leader Tyler Reddick.

NAPLES, Maine – Following a rare off weekend, the Pro All Stars Series North super late models and PASS Modifieds return to action Sunday at Speedway 95 for the Hopkins Milling & Paving 150.

The speedway, known as Maine’s Family Fun Track, will host the next Road To The Oxford 250 qualifier.  Courtesy of Hopkins Milling & Paving, adult tickets will be $15.

By virtue of his second PASS win of the season at Oxford Plains Speedway, Garrett Hall has shot to the top of the standings over three-time PASS North champion, D.J. Shaw, and rookie competitor Gabe Brown.  Heading back to Speedway 95 on Sunday, Hall is familiar with the Hermon, Maine, track, having won there in 2016.

“The track is bumpy, fast and fun,” says Hall.  “The high side has a little more banking on it and you can keep your momentum going up there.”

With a 24-point cushion over Shaw in the standings, Hall believes this weekend at Speedway 95, and the races leading up to the 46th annual Oxford 250 in August, are pivotal if he wants to challenge for his first PASS North title later this year.

“It’s really important because the competition is so tough and there’s 10 cars that can win every week,” said Hall.  “We’re hoping to keep the momentum going and get another win on Sunday at Speedway 95.”

While much of the attention will be on the points leaders, the leading PASS winner at Speedway 95 with three wins, Ben Rowe, will be looking to return to victory lane there for the first time in 16 years.

In addition, former PASS North champions Johnny Clark and Travis Benjamin are entered, along with defending PASS National champion Derek Griffith. Current PASS National Championship leader and Richmond winner Mike Hopkins has filed an entry, while Brown, Scott Chubbuck, Chad Dow, Andy Saunders, Gary Smith, and Bobby Therrien have also filed entries.

ROSSBURG, Ohio – Eldora Speedway officials have announced that Saturday night’s Ohio Sprint Speedweek event is being flex-scheduled due to possible weather later in the evening.

The new showtime is two hours earlier and now scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

The Eldora event is the second round of nine straight nights of racing for the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1, and the 2019 edition marks the 37th time America’s original touring sprint car series have barnstormed their way across the Buckeye state.

Saturday’s schedule now has the pit area opening to competitors at 1:30 p.m., the grandstands opening to spectators at 2 p.m., the driver meetings beginning at 3:15 p.m. and hot laps on track at 4:10 p.m.

Kyle Larson is the defending race winner and has indicated his intention to return to defend his race win.