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THE HINDU DELHI SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Vihari rallies with lower-order to drive India ‘Feels good to get Pujara as my first Test wicket’ His determined hundred, along with Ishant’s half­century, helps the visitors cross the 400­mark IANS ing,” Cornwall told the INDIA IN WI SCOREBOARD Kingston media. West Indies all­rounder Rah­ “I think the ball came on Press Trust of India INDIA — 1ST INNINGS keem Cornwall is happy that really nice in the beginning. his first Test wicket was Che­ I have to work hard and put Kingston (overnight: 264 for five; Vihari 42 batting, teshwar Pujara on Day 1 of the ball into the right areas,” Hanuma Vihari scored his Pant 27 batting) the second and final Test he said. maiden century while Ishant here on Friday. Cornwall also took a cou­ K.L. Rahul c Cornwall b Sharma struck his career’s Holder 13 (26b, 2x4), Mayank Cornwall, who at 140 kg ple of catches in the slips to first fifty as India was bowled Agarwal c Cornwall b Holder 55 became the heaviest cricke­ remove India openers out for 416 in its first innings (127b, 7x4), Cheteshwar Pujara ter to play international Mayank Agarwal and K.L. at tea on the second day of c Brooks b Cornwall 6 (25b), cricket, returned one for 69 Rahul off skipper Jason Hol­ the second cricket Test Virat Kohli c Hamilton b Holder from his 27 overs. der. against the West Indies here 76 (163b, 10x4), Ajinkya Ra­ “Good feeling to get him “Our seamers bowled on Saturday. hane c Hamilton b Roach 24 (Pujara) as my first Test well and when I was asked Vihari made a career­best (55b, 4x4), Hanuma Vihari c wicket. It was nothing new to bowl, I had to do the (225b, 111 off 225 balls with the help Roach b Holder 111 to me but it was a good feel­ same,” he said. 16x4), Rishabh Pant b Holder of 16 boundaries to hold In­ 27 (65b, 2x4, 1x6), Ravindra dia’s innings together. Jadeja c Bravo b Cornwall 16 Together with Ishant (57 (69b, 3x4), Ishant Sharma c off 80 balls), Vihari shared 112 Hetmyer b Brathwaite 57 (80b, ‘Didn’t expect Dhoni to runs off 28.3 overs for the 7x4), Mohammed Shami c eighth wicket to take India to Hamilton b Cornwall 0 (2b), the commanding position. Jasprit Bumrah (not out) 0 be picked for SA series’ (4b); Extras (b­11, lb­19, w­1): Rock-solid 31; Total (in 140.1 overs, at Press Trust of India he was surprised with Dho­ While Vihari looked rock­so­ tea): 416. New Delhi ni’s omission even though lid, Ishant gave him the per­ FALL OF WICKETS Former India captain Sou­ the official reason is his “un­ fect support from the other 1­32 (Rahul, 6.5 overs), 2­ rav Ganguly didn’t expect availability, said Ganguly. end as the duo frustrated the 46 (Pujara, 16.5), 3­115 (May­ M.S. Dhoni to be “picked” “You could make out West Indian bowlers for a ank, 40.5), 4­164 (Rahane, for the upcoming T20Is from West Indies (T20) se­ 59.5), 5­202 (Kohli, 72.1), 6­ long time. The hosts needed against South Africa and ries, that they (team man­ 264 (Pant, 90.1), 7­302 140.1 overs to bowl out the Memorable first: Hanuma Vihari was a picture of poise in notching up his maiden Test century.* AP (Jadeja, 110.1), 8­414 (Ishant, said the team management agement) wanted to give visitors. 138.4), 9­416 (Shami, 139.2). is absolutely right in persist­ Rishabh a chance. They Resuming at the overnight Holder (four for 62) with an cording to the situation to Cornwall. Test ton in 200 balls with the WEST INDIES BOWLING ing with young Rishabh want to pursue with him, score of 264 for five, India inswinger as the batsman nullify any threat from the An over later, Vihari got a help of a single off Roach. Roach 30­9­77­1, Gabriel Pant. which is rightly so. Because lost Rishabh Pant (27) off the leaned for a drive. West Indies bowlers. big reprieve when he was Ishant was not to be left 21­4­74­0, Holder 32.1­9­77­5, “No, I didn’t expect him when MS came in young, he opening delivery of the day. Thereafter, overnight bat­ Jadeja played a patient dropped by John Campbell behind as he followed his se­ Cornwall 41­10­105­3, Chase to be picked for this series was also persisted with,” Pant was cleaned up by sman Vihari and new man in knock of 16 off 69 before he off Cornwall at first slip. nior batsman by reaching his 14­4­45­0, Brathwaite 2­0­ (against South Africa),” Gan­ said Dhoni’s first interna­ West Indies skipper Jason Ravindra Jadeja played ac­ top­edged Rahkeem Vihari reached his maiden maiden Test half­century. 8­1. guly replied when asked if tional captain. Lomror, Avesh keep Red in hunt Ishan powers India­A to 2­0 lead

DULEEP TROPHY Lomror stood firm even Linde’s late flourish gives South Africa­A a competitive total as his partners departed. The 19­year­old from Rajas­ Manish added 58 runs which Khaya Zondo b Axar 34, Hein­ Shreedutta Chidananda SA-A IN INDIA than looked composed at brought the target within rich Klaasen b Chahar 31, Ge­ Bengaluru orge Linde (not out) 52, Marco the crease, having shelved M.R. Praveen Chandran reach. A defiant 126 (272b, 14x4, his naturally attacking style Jansen (not out) 5; Extras (w­1, Thiruvananthapuram 3x6) from Mahipal Lomror for the day. “I’m prepared Mid-innings slump nb­2): 3. Total (for five wkts. in 21 overs): 152 and some spectacular late for every situation; I was just The visiting South Africa­A However, both Manish and Fall of wickets: 1­7, 2­15, 3­63, hitting by Avesh Khan frus­ trying to play according to still hasn’t found a way to Ishan perished while trying 4­75, 5­127. trated India Green as it the demands of the team, rein in the left­handed bat­ to play the big shots. India­A India­A bowling: Deepak Cha­ pushed for the first­innings the match and the pitch,” he smen from the opposition. suffered a mid­innings slump har 4­0­30­1, Khaleel Ahmed lead over India Red on the said. Last season was the For the second time in the when it lost three wickets for 4­0­38­1, Shardul Thakur 4­0­ third day of their Duleep Mahipal Lomror. young left­hander’s best in series, the South Africans four runs but Krunal Panday 33­0, Yuzvendra Chahal 3­0­ Trophy clash here. * SHREEDUTTA CHIDANANDA the Ranji Trophy (708 runs). were tormented by a south­ remained unbeaten with 23 22­1, Axar Patel 3­0­19­1, Kru­ At stumps at the Alur Unadkat batted sensibly paw as Ishan Kishan’s bril­ to guide the team home. nal Pandya 3­0­22­0. grounds on Saturday, Red walked back unbeaten on 34 with Lomror, as the pair ad­ liant innings of 55 runs Earlier, put in to bat, the India­A: Ruturaj Gaikwad c Ma­ lan b Beuran Hendricks 1, Shub­ was 404 for nine, 36 behind (18b). The last­wicket pair of ded 66 runs for the seventh dashed the visitors’ hopes South African innings mean­ man Gill c Reeza Hendricks b Green’s total. Three points Avesh and Sandeep Warrier wicket. Red looked on for a win in the second unof­ dered along until it was given from this fixture, which is al­ walked back, having added ficial one­dayer at the Sports Fortuin 21, Anmolpreet Singh c course to claim the first­in­ a late impetus by George Dala b George Linde 30, Manish most certain to end in a 36 runs (33b). Hub on Saturday. nings lead at that stage until Linde, who biffed a 25­ball, Pandey c Reeza Hendricks b draw on the fourth day, Jadeja broke through. Lom­ Sharp showers in the unbeaten 52 to take his side Marco Jansen 13, Ishan Kishan c would guarantee Green a Drab batting ror played down the wrong morning and damp outfield to a competitive total. Malan b Nortje 55, Krunal Pan­ spot in the final against Red. In the morning, the runs line to a delivery from the had reduced the contest to a The highlight of Linde’s dey (not out) 23, Axar Patel c When the ninth Red wick­ slowed to a crawl, India Red left­armer and was caught at 21­over affair. knock was the towering five Malan b Junior Dala, Deepak et fell for 368, the end of the pottering along at two an ov­ slip. Unadkat went minutes Chasing 163 for a win, In­ sixes he hit. Linde and Klaa­ Chahar c Klaasen b Junior Dala innings seemed near. But er during the first hour of later, caught at gully off the dia stuttered to a two­wicket sen (31) added 52 for the fifth 0, Shardul Thakur run out 2, Yuzvendra Chahal not out 1; Ex­ Avesh had other plans. The play. Karun Nair looked ill­ same bowler. Red lost three win with an over to spare All­out hitting: Ishan Kishan tore the South Africa­A attack wicket and South African­A Madhya Pradesh fast bowler at­ease against Rahul Cha­ and went 2­0 up in the five­ apart during his half­century. * tras (b­2, lb­1, w­2, nb­2): 7; To­ wickets for five runs, and amassed 72 runs in the last tal (for eight wkts. in 20 overs): clubbed five mammoth sixes har, who sent down 24 balls Green looked set for the match series. six overs to finish strongly. off Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, to him for only three runs. spinner George Linde over an off Fountin and an 18­run 163. lead. And Avesh walked in. However, the total proved to Fall of wickets: 1­2, 2­52, 3­57, including four off one over. Karun was stuck on 89 for 12 Spot of bother long­on for a massive six. over from a wayward Junior The scores: India Green 440 vs be inadequate in the end. 4­115, 5­131, 6­157, 7­157, 8­161. Two balls landed outside the balls until he finally added a Ishan walked in when his Ishan didn’t have to inno­ Dala eased the pressure. India Red 404 for nine in 135 ov­ The scores (match reduced to South Africa­A bowling: Bjorn compound and were lost. run. But he fell for 90, drag­ ers (Mahipal Lomror 126, Pri­ side was in a spot of bother vate as the predictable line of Captain Manish Pandey 21 overs): Fortuin 4­0­27­1, Beuran Hen­ Avesh was on 31 off eight ging Ankit Rajpoot onto the yank Panchal 31, Karun Nair 90, at 57 for three in the ninth attack from South Africa­A only had to rotate the strike South Africa­A: Janneman Ma­ dricks 3­0­20­1, Anrich Nortje balls at one point; a measure stumps. He had been dismis­ K.S. Bharat 38, J. Unadkat 30, over. The diminutive bat­ bowlers gave his enough as Ishan tore the attack to lan run out 6, Reeza Hendricks c 4­0­40­1, George Linde 3­0­ of calm returned to his bat­ sed for 99 in the first innings Avesh Khan 34 batting, Dhar­ sman was on song from the scoring opportunities. A shreds. The fourth­wicket Gill b Khaleel Ahmed 1, Temba 21­1, Junior Dala 3­0­25­2, Mar­ ting thereafter and he of the previous game. mendrasinh Jadeja four for 125). moment he clubbed left­arm couple of swept fours by Ish­ stand between Ishan and Bavuma c Gaikwad b Chahal 40, co Jansen 3­0­27­1. Djokovic rolls on, Nishikori crashes out Bengaluru Bulls’ plans fail at home Serena crushes 44th­ranked Czech Karolina Muchova in 74 minutes US OPEN er a top­10 foe in 12 tries. “This is where I feel like Agence France-Presse my game's at. I want to be pushing second weeks of New York Grand Slams and putting my­ Top­ranked defending cham­ self out there. So very hap­ pion Novak Djokovic rolled py,” De Minaur said. “Hope­ into the US Open fourth fully I can just keep it round on Friday while Sere­ rolling.” na Williams cruised into the De Minaur faces Bulgaria's last 16 and Kei Nishikori was Grigor Dimitrov next. eliminated. Canadian 15th seed Bianca Djokovic, champion in Andreescu advanced Danish four of the past five Slams 19th seed Caroline Wozniacki and 16 overall, was less both­ 6­4, 6­4. ered by left shoulder pain The 19­year­old won the that nagged him in the se­ battle of the top­rated cond round in defeating players remaining in her 111th­ranked American Denis quarter of the draw after ex­ On top of his game:Sachin collected five points in all, including two on a do­or­die raid, to

Kudla 6­3, 6­4, 6­2. its by Simona Halep and Pe­ help the visitors pull away. * K. MURALI KUMAR “That I managed to play tra Kvitova to book a last­16 almost pain­free, that's a big Powering through: Alex de Minaur, on his deepest Grand Slam run, beat Kei Nishikori for his date with US qualifier Taylor PKL much better effort against closely followed by Parvesh improvement from last first victory over a top­10 player in 12 tries. * AP Townsend. Tamil Thalaivas on Sunday. Bhainswal and Rohit Gulia match obviously,” Djokovic Also advancing was Ukrai­ N. Sudarshan Star raider Pawan Kumar on four apiece. said. “I didn't know how my and I'm going to play good hasn't won the US Open Alex de Minaur 6­2, 6­4, 2­6, nian fifth seed and Wimble­ Sehrawat, nursing an ankle BENGALURU “It would have helped if body would react. That was tennis,” Wawrinka said. since 2014. 6­3. don semifinalist Elina Svitoli­ strain, was off colour, ac­ we had a good third raider,” nice.” Japanese seventh seed The 20­year­old Aussie, na, who next faces US 10th Defending champion Benga­ cumulating only three said Rohit after the loss. “But Djokovic, who needed De Minaur causes upset Nishikori, the 2014 US Open on his deepest Grand Slam seed Madison Keys, a 6­3, 7­5 luru Bulls’ return to the city points. Skipper Rohit Kumar it wasn’t like Gujarat was treatment throughout his se­ Williams continued her runner­up, lost to Australia's run, took his first victory ov­ winner over Sofia Kenin. didn’t go as planned as it fell didn’t fare any better as his raiding well. Both teams’ de­ cond­round triumph, quest for a 24th career to a 32­23 loss to Gujarat For­ side fell to its fifth defeat in fence was good. One lapse at skipped practice Thursday in Grand Slam title to equal IMPORTANT RESULTS tune Giants in the Pro Ka­ seven matches. the end proved costly.” favor of shoulder treatment. Margaret Court's all­time re­ baddi League (PKL) at the Only defenders Saurabh The 32­year­old Serbian, a cord by crushing 44th­ Men: Third round: 1­Novak Majchrzak (Pol) 7­5, 7­6(8), 6­2. 6­4, 6­4; 25­Elise Mertens (Bel) Sree Kanteerava Indoor Sta­ Nandal (8 points) and Ma­ Huge win for U Mumba three­time US Open winner, ranked Czech Karolina Mu­ Djokovic (Srb) bt Denis Kudla Doubles: Second round: Denis bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6­3, dium on Saturday. hender Singh (4) gave de­ In the day’s second tie, U booked a Sunday showdown chova 6­3, 6­2 in 74 minutes. (USA) 6­3, 6­4, 6­2; 23­Stan Shapovalov (Can) & Rohan 6­3. The match appeared to be cent accounts of themselves, Mumba thrashed Jaipur Pink Wawrinka (Sui) bt Paolo Lorenzi with three­time Slam winner “I had a lot of intensity to­ Bopanna bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) & 5­Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt 32­ on the knife’s edge with Guj­ instrumental as they were in Panthers 47­21. Abhishek (Ita) 6­4, 7­6(9), 7­6(4); Dominik Marco Cecchinato (Ita) retd. Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) 6­2, Stan Wawrinka, the Swiss day, which is really good for arat leading just 24­22 with effecting two super tackles Singh top­scored with 13 23rd seed who eliminated me,” said Williams, whose Koepfer (Ger) bt 17­Nikoloz Women: Third round: 23­Donna 6­0; 10­Madison Keys (USA) bt four minutes to go. But on a to narrow the score to 21­18 Basilashvili (Geo) 6­3, 7­6(5), Vekic (Cro) bt Yulia Putintseva 20­Sofia Kenin (USA) 6­3, 7­5; points, including a super Italian lucky loser Paolo Lo­ next opponent is Croatian do­or­die raid, Sachin col­ after their opponents had 4­6, 6­1; 5­Daniil Medvedev (Kaz) 6­4, 6­1; 26­Julia Gorges 16­Johanna Konta (GBr) bt 33­ raid right at the end, taking renzi 6­4, 7­6(9), 7­6(4). 22nd seed Petra Martic. (Rus) bt Feliciano Lopez (Esp) 7­ (Ger) bt 7­Kiki Bertens (Ned) Zhang Shuai (Chn) 6­2, 6­3; 8­ lected two points to help the surged ahead 18­12. out four players. “There's something with The 37­year­old American, 6(1), 4­6, 7­6(7), 6­4; 15­David 6­2, 6­3; Taylor Townsend (USA) Serena Williams (USA) bt Karo­ visitors pull away before a Gujarat’s on the other The results: Bengaluru Bulls 23 him that when I get into my a six­time US Open cham­ Goffin (Bel) bt Pablo Carreno bt Sorana Cirstea (Rou) 7­5, 6­2; lina Muchova (Cze) 6­3, 6­2; 18­ second all out hastened the hand was a team effort; Sa­ lost to Gujarat Fortune Giants best game, I know that it's pion, last won a Slam at the Busta (Esp) 7­6(5), 7­6(9), 7­5; 15­Bianca Andreescu (Can) bt Wang Qiang (Chn) bt Fiona Ferro Bulls’ end. The home side chin and G.B. More topped 32; U Mumba 47 bt Jaipur Pink going to have some big rallies 2017 Australian Open and Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) bt Kamil 19­Caroline Wozniacki (Den) (Fra) 7­6(1), 6­3. will need to come up with a with five points and were Panthers 21.

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