EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT MONDAY, JULY 22, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Hardik Pandya rested for full West Indies tour No bias or favouritism in Rayudu’s exclusion Pant is first­choice ’keeper for all three formats; Saha will be the second gloveman in Tests while Bharat misses out INDIA SQUADS for World Cup: Prasad G. Viswanath G. Viswanath the World Cup. He was a Mumbai Mumbai standby. Bengal wicket­keeper At the outset, the chairman Without pausing, Prasad Wriddhiman Saha has been of the senior national selec­ said: “Frankly speaking that preferred over Andhra’s tion committee M.S.K. Pra­ was a lovely tweet. I really promising K.S. Bharat for sad made it clear that he will enjoyed it. Seriously, it was a the two­Test series against first field questions relating very timely one and very the West Indies starting Au­ to the teams selected for the sarcastic. I enjoyed it.” gust 3. West Indies tour before giv­ Sharing his thoughts on M.S.K. Prasad, chairman, ing any clarifications on the the replacements (Rishabh BCCI’s senior National selec­ so­called selection anoma­ Pant for Shikhar Dhawan tion committee, said here lies for the ICC World Cup. and Mayank Agarwal for Vi­ on Sunday that the 34­year­ jay Shankar) effected during old Saha (32 Tests,1164 runs, Enjoys the tweet the World Cup, Prasad first 3x100s, 75 catches, 10 Prasad, 44, introduced an regretted not communicat­ stumpings) had gone out of element of wit when ques­ ing the same to the media the team only because he tions were directed him through a BCCI press re­ was injured during the Cape about the non­inclusion of lease. Town Test against South Ambati Rayudu for the Africa in January 2018. World Cup. He had ascribed Emotions Elaborating on the Test Vijay Shankar’s selection be­ Prasad further explained: series team selection, Pra­ cause of the three­dimen­ “First of all, just as the emo­ sad said: “Bharat was very sional quality (batting, bow­ tions that would have gone close to getting selected, but ling and fielding) and hence through any player, the we have an unwritten norm was chosen ahead of same emotions has gone that when an established Rayudu. through the selection com­ cricketer gets injured and Presumably responding mittee too. When we pick stages a comeback, an op­ to Prasad’s statement, a nor­ any player and he does well portunity should be given to mally reticent Rayudu we feel so happy for him. him. That’s the reason we sprang a surprise via his “Similarly, when somebo­ have given an opportunity Twitter handle saying: “Or­ dy out of emotion goes out to Saha. dered 3D glasses to watch in this way, the selection World Cup.’’ Subsequently, committee members also Stellar performances after Mayank Agarwal re­ feel for it. But having said “But with the stellar perfor­ placed Vijay Shankar in the that, the decision that was mances that Bharat has gi­ team, Rayudu announced taken was completely de­ ven for India­A in the last his retirement. void of any bias or favouri­ year, with three centuries On Sunday, Prasad was tism. How much Rayudu and 50 dismissals which is asked if Rayudu’s witty was emotional, we were also fantastic, we will be looking tweet came in the way of his emotional. We, as ex­cricke­ at (Rishabh) Pant, Saha and selection midway through ters, also felt for him.” Bharat for Test cricket for some time. The right mix: The 16­member Indian Test squad for the tour of the West Indies.* PTI “The discussion of who will play the Test series is Sharma, K.L. Rahul, Ravin­ year after he had hurt his join the team for the Tests. performances in the World ture,” said Prasad. there, but Pant has not done dra Jadeja and Pant feature lower back during the Asia Prasad also pointed out Cup and for India­A. “We Opener Shikhar Dhawan anything wrong for his non­ in all three teams, a notable Cup in the UAE. Without that all­rounder Vijay Shan­ have to reward the players’ has recovered from the inclusion in the playing XI. name missing from the full specifying the nature of kar is under rehab for his performances for India­A. thumb injury he suffered “Pant is going to play all tour is all­rounder Hardik physical impairment, Pra­ toe injury and Prithvi Shaw Manish Pandey and Sheyas against Australia during the formats and so we have to Pandya, who played nine sad said Pandya has been is recovering from a hip­re­ Iyer have been phenomenal World Cup and is an auto­ see his workload manage­ matches in the recently con­ put through a programme. lated injury he suffered dur­ and so was Navdeep Saini. matic choice for the T20 and ment,” said Prasad after his cluded World Cup, scored ing the Mumbai Premier “Shubman Gill went to ODI series. committee chose three 226 runs and took 10 wick­ Bumrah for Tests League. New Zealand as replace­ Prasad said Kedar Jadhav teams for the Twenty20, ets. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah The squads for the three­ ment for Rahul and since had not done anything ODI and Test series. Pandya was rested for the has been rested from the li­ match T20I and ODI series he’s back in the team, we wrong to be overlooked for No hidden agenda: M.S.K. Prasad says that the selectors try While Virat Kohli, Rohit full tour of Australia last mited­overs series and will were selected on the basis of will consider Gill in the fu­ the ODI team. to do a fair job while picking the national team.* VIVEK BENDRE ‘An error of judgement’ Jaiswal and Shane Lowry wins his maiden Major in style bowlers do it I don’t regret the decision: Dharmasena ply any semblance of pres­ He became the second Press Trust of India for India u­19 sure on Lowry, shot a 74 for player from the south of the second place. border, after Padraig Har­ COLOMBO PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Lowry started the day with rington in 2007 and 2008, to It indeed was a judgement WORCESTER a four­shot lead and must lift the Claret Jug. error to award six runs to Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal’s have been most grateful for England from an overthrow 78 (115b, 9x4) and a superb the margin, which afforded Birthday to remember in the World Cup final, ad­ display by the bowlers Reuters him the luxury of being able Meanwhile, India’s Shubhan­ mitted umpire Kumar Dhar­ helped the Indian colts beat PORTRUSH to drop a few shots without kar Sharma was serenaded masena. The Sri Lankan, ho­ England by five wickets in doing too much damage. with a chorus of “happy wever, said he will never Irishman Shane Lowry won the tri­series opener here the British Open by six He needed to avoid any big birthday” by the spectators “regret” the decision. on Sunday. at the 18th green, before pro­ Kumar Dharmasena. * AFP strokes amid emotional numbers on his card and du­ “It’s easy for people to The pace­spin duo of scenes at Royal Portrush on ly did so, making nothing ceeding to pour in a 45­foot comment after seeing TV re­ at that time.” Kartik Tyagi (three for 35) Sunday. worse than bogey. birdie putt. plays,” Dharmasena told The 23­year­old finished Replays showed that Adil and Ravi Bishnoi (three for Fervently cheered on for Sunday Times. the tournament with an ex­ Rashid and Ben Stokes had 40) restricted England to every shot by the sellout Victory march cellent three­under­par 68 to “I agree that there was a not completed the second 204. Jaiswal then anchored crowd, the 32­year­old from Even three straight bogeys end at three­over for the judgment error when I see it run when Martin Guptill re­ the chase. Clara was never seriously around the turn hardly dent­ The scores: England under­19 championship. He finished on TV replays now. But we leased the ball from the troubled in the final round as Sealed with a kiss: Shane Lowry took home the famed ed his lead, and a six­foot bir­ 204 in 46.3 overs (Kartik Tya­ Tied­51. did not have the luxury of deep. he carded a one­over 72 in Claret Jug with a dominant display at Royal Portrush. * REUTERS die at the 15th hole that ex­ TV replays at the ground gi three for 35, Ravi Bishnoi The top five: 1. Shane Lowry (+1 The 48­year­old added three for 40) lost to India un­ strong winds and intermit­ tended his margin to six and I will never regret the in final round, ­15), 2. Tommy that according to the law, der­19 205 for five in 39.2 ov­ tent rain which buffeted the younger and I’m so happy I voice cracking with emotion. strokes, allowed him to al­ Fleetwood (+3, ­9), 3. Tony Fi­ decision I made. there was no provision to ers (Yashasvi Jaiswal 78, Di­ late starters. can hand them this trophy He finished at 15­under 269. most enjoy a processional nau (E, ­7), 4. Brooks Koepka “Besides, the ICC praised consult the third umpire on vyansh Saxena 43, Priyam “My mum and dad, they tonight,” said Lowry as he Englishman Tommy Fleet­ victory march in the final (+3, ­6) & Lee Westwood (+2, me for the decision I made the incident. Garg 38). sacrificed for me when I was clutched the Claret Jug, his wood, the only player to ap­ three holes.