The Asian Cup champions will be favoured to beat lowly Thailand in Melbourne in their last qualifier. The Serb had then retired from his quarterfinal match at SW19 because of the injury from which he had been suffering for a year and a half. Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Syria, Uzbekistan and China all jostle for the remaining tickets. “It was a pretty tasty arrow, with a proper metal end,” Surrey captain Gareth Batty had said. He has been the flavour of the series with a confident start to the career in the longest format of the game. Mehedi Hasan Miraz played the perfect spoil for him while Taijul Islam filled the gaps. I love the US Open and I love to be here in New York, says 2009 champion Juan Martin Del Potro. Shakib Al Hasan was at his destructive best, taking 10 wickets and scoring 89 runs. Everyone steeped at the right time and that’s what is fantastic about our team. The 47-year-old Rathore was up until now serving as the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting.