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THE HINDU DELHI SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Slowly but steadily India extends lead Sindhu in third successive final Holder Momota ends Praneeth’s impressive run West Indies bowled out for 222 after Holder and Cummins frustrate the visitors; Ishant scalps five INDIA IN WI SCOREBOARD

IANS INDIA – 1ST INNINGS: 297. North Sound (Antigua) WEST INDIES — 1ST INNINGS Kraigg Brathwaite c & b Ish­ India extended its lead to 173, ant 14 ( 51b, 1x4), John Camp­ but the West Indies stayed bell b Shami 23 (30b, 4x4), Sha­ well in the game with three marh Brooks c Rahane b Jadeja wickets in the second session 11 (36b, 1x4), Darren Bravo lbw of day three of the first Test b Bumrah 18 ( 27b, 2x4, 1x6), here on Saturday. Roston Chase c Rahul b Ishant 48 (74b, 5x4, 1x6), Shai Hope c Roston Chase took the Pant b Sharma 24 ( 65b, 1x4), wickets of the Indian open­ Shimron Hetmyer c & b Ishant ers, while Kemar Roach got 35 ( 47b, 3x4), Jason Holder c the big wicket of Cheteshwar Pant b Shami 39 (65b, 5x4), Ke­ Pujara as India went to tea mar Roach c Kohli b Ishant 0 Great going: P.V. Sindhu was a picture of perfection as she outclassed Chen Yu Fei.* AFP with the score reading 98 for (3b), Miguel Cummins b Jadeja 45b three. 0 ( ), Shannon Gabriel (not BADMINTON WORLDS outclassed Chen. couldn’t dent the defence of India, however, is very out) 2 ( 5b); Extras (b­4, lb­1, Sindhu, who came into an in­form Momota. nb­2, w­1): 8; Total (in 74.2 ov­ The results (semifinals): much in the driver’s seat in Press Trust of India the match with a 5­3 head­to­ the context of the match with ers): 222. head record against Chen, Men: Kento Momota (Jpn) bt B. FALL OF WICKETS Basel (Switzerland) captain Virat Kohli and depu­ grabbed the initiative Sai Praneeth 21­13, 21­8. 1­36 (Campbell, 7.6 ov), 2­ ty Ajinkya Rahane in the mid­ India’s P.V. Sindhu is one vic­ quickly. Women: P.V. Sindhu bt Chen Yu 48 (Brathwaite, 17.5), 3­50 Fei (Chn) 21­7, 21­14; Nozomi dle. Kohli was on 14 off 28 tory away from an elusive (Brooks, 20.3 ov), 4­88 (Bravo, Okuhura (Jpn) bt Ratanchok In­ balls while Rahane was on 29.1), 5­130 (Chase, 42.2), 6­ World badminton cham­ Angled returns aton (Tha) 17­21, 21­18, 21­15. five off 13 when the umpires 174 (Hope, 53.6), 7­179 (Het­ pionships gold after storm­ She dished out a compact DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD called for tea. myer, 55.3 ov), 8­179 (Roach, ing into her third successive game, producing angled re­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Mayank Agarwal and K.L. 55.6), 9­220 (Holder, 73.1). final with a 21­7, 21­14 victory turns to push Chen to the B Rahul gave India a steady INDIA BOWLING in 40 minutes over World corners. Sindhu retrieved Praneeth became the first Indian man in 36 years to start with a 30­run opening Ishant 17­5­43­5, Bumrah No. 3 and All England cham­ well and punished any weak 18­4­55­1, Shami 17­3­48­2, Ja­ win a medal in the stand. The partnership was pion Chen Yu Fei of China return from her rival to dom­ tournament. Prakash broken when Mayank fell leg­ deja 20.2­4­64­2, Vihari here on Saturday. inate the rallies. 2­0­7­0 Padukone, who claimed a before to Chase. His partner INDIA – 2ND INNINGS Sindhu set up a pulsating In the men’s section, Pra­ bronze in 1983, was the first told him not to review the de­ K.L. Rahul b Chase 38 (85b, summit clash with Japan’s neeth’s attacking game DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD cision as it looked plumb, but 4x4), Mayank Agarwal lbw b World No. 4 Nozomi Okuha­ replays surprisingly showed Chase 16 ( 43b, 2x4), Chetesh­ ra, who beat Ratanchok In­ that the ball would have mis­ war Pujara b Roach 25 ( 53b, aton of Thailand 17­21, 21­18, sed leg­stump. 1x4), Virat Kohli (batting) 14 21­15. ‘Very special’ for Praneeth’ Pujara and Rahul added 43 (28b, 1x4), Ajinkya Rahane (bat­ Meanwhile, B. Sai Pra­ runs for the second wicket ting) 5 ( 13b); Total (for three neeth’s impressive run end­ V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM (in men’s section),” said a and were looking strong wickets, in 37 overs): 98. ed as he lost 21­13, 21­8 to de­ HYDERABAD visibly elated Praneeth in when the latter ended up FALL OF WICKETS fending champion and B. Sai Praneeth, a chat with The Hindu. 1­30 (Mayank, 13.2), 2­73 missing everything while at­ World No. 1 Kento Momota pitchforked himself into “This Worlds is a very (Rahul, 29.2), 3­81 (Pujara, tempting to sweep Chase. 30.5). of Japan in a lop­sided semi­ the World championship special for me for I finally In the very next over, Puja­ WEST INDIES BOWLING final and finished with a semifinal for the first time got a medal at this level ra was done in by a peach Roach 7­2­13­1, Gabriel 5­1­ bronze. Praneeth’s attacking in his career. But, faltered and I should cherish this from Roach. The delivery was 18­0, Chase 15­3­42­2, Holder game couldn’t dent the de­ on Saturday against for long,” said Praneeth. pitched at length and moved 7­1­16­0, Cummins 2­0­5­0, fence of an in­form Momota defending champion, “Definitely, in instead of going the other Campbell 1­0­4­0. as he lost in 41 minutes. Kento Momota. disappointing to lose this way. It breached Pujara’s de­ Praneeth also became the “Yes, unlike the Super way in Worlds semifinal DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD fence and knocked down the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD first Indian man in 36 years Series titles (he was but credit to Momota for stumps. Kohli and Rahane Indians players wear to win a medal in the presti­ champion in the 2017 the way he played. He have since kept the bowlers black armbands gious tournament. Prakash Singapore and Thailand was on a different plane at bay. Padukone was the first to Opens), a World altogether,” the Indian B India dismissed the West Breathing fire: Ishant Sharma broke the back of the West Indies batting with his five­for. * AFP The Indian cricket team win a men’s singles World championship medal said. Indies for 222 after host skip­ wore black armbands as a Championships medal — a stands out as an “In the Olympic per Jason Holder and Miguel back of the West Indies bat­ hammed Shami got Holder to not last long after that, with mark of respect for former bronze — in the 1983 edition. everlasting memory and I qualifying year for next union minister and veteran Cummins provided resis­ ting. nick to wicketkeeper Rishabh Jadeja dismissing Cummins Earlier, Sindhu, who had am proud to be the first year’s Tokyo Games, the cricket administrator tance for much of the first India was frustrated by Pant. off the first ball of the next ov­ Arun Jaitley, who passed claimed successive silver in Indian after the great bronze in Worlds should session, managing a first­in­ Holder and Cummins. er. Cummins fell for the fifth away on Saturday after the last two editions beside Prakash Sir to win mean a lot to me,” he nings lead of 75 runs. Ishant India got the breakthrough A dubious record longest duck in terms of balls prolonged illness two bronze medals, was a another one for country concluded. Sharma’s late burst broke the an over later, when Mo­ The West Indies innings did faced in Test history. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD picture of perfection as she BCCI condoles Jaitley’s demise Root digs deep to keep Australia at bay Tributes pour in from former players and administrators England requires another 203 runs with seven wickets for victory Press Trust of India of Shri Arun Jaitley ji. He was member of the IPL GC in the THE ASHES stump. Roy was dismissed New Delhi always willing to help others. formative years was impor­ for eight. The BCCI on Saturday con­ He took out his precious tant. He was a part of the IANS It looked like England doled the demise of Arun time back in 2006 when my BCCI disciplinary committee Leeds might be in for another col­ Jaitley, describing him a “re­ father passed away to come that found Lalit Modi guilty. lapse but Root and Denly markable statesman” and an to my home & pay his condo­ “Unfortunately he was not Captain Joe Root ensured managed to stem the rot. Ha­ “able and respected” cricket lences. May his soul rest in a part of the BCCI when the England did not repeat its zlewood and Cummins con­ administrator. peace,” Kohli tweeted. Justice Lodha Committee first innings collapse. With sistently tried to get an edge “A remarkable statesman, Also expressing their grief was constituted because he an unbeaten 75 he ensured off the pair but the two dug Jaitley was a passionate were Virender Sehwag, Shik­ would have certainly given the host had a chance at re­ in and that meant that Aus­ cricket follower and will al­ har Dhawan, Yuvraj Singh, proper advice. It was he who demption. At the end of day tralia got only two wickets ways be remembered as one Mithali Raj and R. Ashwin, advised Shashank Manohar three of the third Ashes Test from the session. of the most able and respect­ among others, through a se­ to become the president at Headingley, England was Earlier, it was a decent ed cricket administrators,” ries of tweets. again in 2015. 156 for three. Giving Root start to the morning session

BCCI said in a press release. Arun Jaitley. * PTI Special Correspondent re- Sports Reporter reports company was Ben Stokes for the English bowlers as The BCCI also lauded the ports from Mumbai from Chennai who faced 50 balls for just they picked up the remain­ former DDCA president for gives u an identity. A part of Sanjay Patel, former BCCI Former BCCI president N. two runs. Earlier, Joe Denly ing four wickets for 75 runs. bringing in change in the me is gone with my Father secretary said: “One of the Srinivasan condoled the de­ and Root put on 126 runs for Marnus Labuschagne stole State cricket’s administra­ Figure Shri Arun Jaitley Ji. finest persons involved in mise of Jaitley on Saturday. the third wicket. the show with a gritty 80 off Holding fort: Joe Root, unbeaten on 75 at stumps, is the key tion. RIP Sir,” Gambhir tweeted. the BCCI administration. He “Shri Arun Jaitley’s pass­ Pat Cummins and Josh Ha­ 187 balls. to England’s chances of pulling off victory. * GETTY IMAGES “The BCCI shares the pain Sports Minister Kiren Riji­ was a great trouble shooter. ing away leaves a void diffi­ zlewood dismissed the En­ and grief of the Jaitley family ju termed it a personal loss. When my name was suggest­ cult to fill. Not only was he a gland openers within the SCOREBOARD and prays for the departed “Extremely saddened to ed for BCCI secretary’s post great lawyer and a successful first seven overs of the in­ soul,” the Board said. learn the passing away of and when I was reluctant he finance minister, he was al­ nings. Rory Burns’ jab off the Australia — 1st innings: 179. Nathan Lyon b Archer 9, Josh Burns c Warner b Hazlewood 7, @arunjaitley ji. Arun ji was a told me that in crisis one so, through his abiding inter­ last ball of the sixth over end­ England — 1st innings: 67. Hazlewood (not out) 4; Extras Jason Roy b Cummins 8, Joe Father figure brilliant lawyer and a great should not run away. est in cricket, a stalwart of ed up flying to the razor Australia — 2nd innings:Marcus (b­5, lb­13, nb­7, w­2): 27; Total Root (batting) 75, Joe Denly c (in 75.2 overs): 246. Paine b Hazlewood 50, Ben Former India opener Gau­ parliamentarian. He will be Ratnakar Shetty, former the BCCI for over two de­ sharp David Warner at first Harris b Leach 19, David Warner Fall of wickets: 1­10, 2­36, 3­52, Stokes (batting) 2; Extras (b­ 4, tam Gambhir said: “A father missed & remembered for BCCI Jt. secretary and CAO cades. A personal friend, I slip. lbw b Broad 0, Usman Khawaja c Roy b Woakes 23, Marnus Labus­ 4­97, 5­163, 6­164, 7­215, 8­226, lb­6, nb­1, w­3): 14; Total (for teaches u to speak but a fath­ his warmth & wit. My heart­ and GM, Game Development shall miss him,” said Sriniva­ In the next over, Jason chagne run out 80, Travis Head 9­237. three wkts. in 72 overs): 156. er figure teaches u to talk. A felt condolences to his fami­ said: “Jaitley was the BCCI san. Roy’s horror run as En­ b Stokes 25, Matthew Wade c England bowling: Archer 14­2­ Fall of wickets: 1­15, 2­15, 3­141. father teaches u to walk but ly and supporters,” Rijiju vice­president for five years. The Tamil Nadu Cricket gland’s Test opener conti­ Bairstow b Stokes 33, Tim Paine 40­2, Broad 16­2­52­2, Woakes Australia bowling: Cummins 15­ a father figure teaches u to tweeted. His advice and guidance was Association and other State nued when he was left clue­ c Denly b Broad 0, James Pattin­ 10­1­34­1, Leach 11­0­46­1, 3­33­1, Hazlewood 18­6­35­2, march on. A father gives u a “Shocked & saddened to always sought on different associations also condoled less to a snorter from Pat son c Root b Archer 20, Pat Stokes 24.2­7­56­3. Lyon 21­3­42­0, Pattinson 13­3­ name but a father figure hear about the passing away matters. His contribution as the demise. Cummins and lost his off Cummins c Burns b Stokes 6, England — 2nd innings: Rory 23­0, Labuschagne 5­0­13­0. Liverpool dispatches Arsenal yet again thanks to a Salah brace Palace ambushes toothless United; Lampard earns first win as Chelsea boss EURO LEAGUES the early possession, broke chester United. row Road. Bundesliga: Fortuna Duessel­ the deadlock with Joel Matip Van Aanholt powered a The results: dorf 1 (Morales 82) lost to Bayer rising to power home a head­ shot past United keeper Da­ Premier League: Norwich 2 Leverkusen 3 (Baker 6­og, Reuters (Cantwell 6, Pukki 31) lost to Aranguiz 33, Bellarabi 39); Liverpool er from a Trent Alexander­ vid De Gea following a how­ Arnold corner. ler by Paul Pogba after Daniel Chelsea 3 (Abraham 3, 68, Mainz 1 (Quaison 18) lost to Bo­ russia Monchengladbach 3 Liverpool made it three wins Liverpool doubled its lead James scored in the 89th mi­ Mount 17); Brighton 0 lost to Southampton 2 (Djenepo 55, (Lainer 31, Plea 78, Embolo 79); out of three as Mohamed Sa­ just four minutes after the nute to cancel out a first­half Redmond 90+1); Manchester Augsburg 1 (Vargas 59) drew lah scored twice in a convinc­ restart as David Luiz blatant­ opener by Jordan Ayew. United 1 (James 89) lost to with Union Berlin 1 (Andersson ing 3­1 victory over Arsenal ly pulled Salah’s shirt in the Ayew scored against the Crystal Palace 2 (Ayew 32, Van 80); Paderborn 1 (Mamba 3) on Saturday to take control at box and the Egyptian ham­ run of play in the 32nd mi­ Aanholt 90+3); Sheffield United lost to Freiburg 3 (Waldschmidt the top of the Premier mered home the resulting nute as Palace punished Un­ 1 (McBurnie 62) lost to Leices­ 21­pen, Petersen 40, Kwon League. spot kick. ited’s lack of creativity in ter 2 (Vardy 38, Barnes 70); 90+1); Hoffenheim 3 (Bicakcic Arsenal had won its open­ Luiz’s bad day continued midfield and bite up front, Watford 1 (Gray 17) lost to West 54, Bebou 59, Kaderabek 87) bt ing two games and the Gun­ when he was left for dead by with Marcus Rashford mis­ Ham 3 (Noble 3­pen, Haller 64, Werder Bremen 2 (Fuellkrug 42, ners’ record signing, winger Salah, who burst goalwards sing a 70th­minute penalty 73). Osako 81). Nicolas Pepe, could have and then superbly buried the for the home side. Liverpool 3 (Matip 41, Salah Schalke 0 lost to Bayern 49­p, 58) bt Arsenal 1 (Torreira Munich 3 (Lewandowski 20­p, opened the scoring three ball in the far bottom corner Frank Lampard celebrat­ 85). 50, 75). times as he threatened on to make it 3­0. ed his first victory as Chelsea La Liga: Levante 2 (Marti 68­p, Friday: Premier League: Aston the counter­attack. Earlier, a stoppage­time manager with Tammy Abra­ 73­p) bt Villarrreal 1 (Moreno Villa 2 (Wesley 22, El Ghazi Yet four minutes before goal by defender Patrick van ham’s double inspiring their 3). 90+5) bt Everton 0. the break, the European Aanholt gave Crystal Palace a 3­2 win over Norwich City in Serie A: Parma 0 lost to Juven­ La Liga: Granada 0 lost to Sevil­ Super finish: Salah left the Arsenal defence for dead to score Liverpool’s third. * GETTY IMAGES champion, who dominated memorable 2­1 win at Man­ a pulsating encounter at Car­ tus 1 (Chiellini 21). la 1 (Jordan 52).

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