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DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kohli’s men stamp their authority, sweep series

The 257-run victory at Sabina Park and the 2-0 win enable the team aggregate 120 points and lead the WTC points table INDIA IN WI

Press Trust of India Kingston

India produced a top­notch bowling performance in a clinical 257­run demolition of the West Indies in the second Test as a 2­0 series victory put the Men in Blue on top of ICC World Test Champion­ ship points table. The victory was 28th in Tests for Virat Kohli making him the most successful In­ dian captain in the tradition­ al format of the sport. Chasing a target of 468, the West Indies batsmen once again failed to show sto­ mach for a good fight as they caved in for 210 in 59.5 overs, well inside the fourth day. The bowling quartet of Ishant Sharma (two for 37), Mohammed Shami (three for

65), Jasprit Bumrah (1/31) and Unstoppable: An elated India team with the trophy after clinching its eighth consecutive Test series win against the West Indies.* AFP lone spinner Ravindra Jadeja (three for 58) were relentless the cards and skipper Kohli <> He confuses with his SCOREBOARD in their pursuit of maintain­ effected a brilliant run out in angles, swing and ing a tight leash on the home the post­lunch session. pace. I think he is the INDIA — 1ST INNINGS: Roach 10­3­28­3, Holder 11.4­ (not out) 0 (1b); Extras (b­14, team batsmen. most complete Bravo indisposed 416. 5­20­1, Cornwall 23­7­68­0, lb­2, nb­1, w­5): 22; Total (in The win took India’s bowler in world Gabriel 7­3­18­0, Chase 59.5 overs): 210. West Indies lost five wickets WEST INDIES — 1ST INNINGS: points tally to 120 after two cricket right now 117. 3­0­22­0. in the period in just over an FALL OF WICKETS games and it leads the nine­ Kohli on bumrah INDIA — 2ND INNINGS hour, adding just 65 as a WEST INDIES — 2ND INNINGS 1­9 (Brathwaite, 2.3), 2­37 team table even though Pa­ K.L. Rahul c Hamilton b Roach (Campbell, 7.4), 2­55* (Bravo, kistan, Bangladesh and physically indisposed Darren Brooks pushed one to­ John Campbell c Kohli b 6 (63b, 1x4), Mayank Agarwal Shami 16 ( 26b, 2x4), Kraigg retired not out), 3­97 (Chase, South Africa are yet to begin Bravo didn’t come out to bat. wards point and started to lbw b Roach 4 ( 15b, 1x4), 27.5), 4­98 (Hetmyer, 28.4), amble across as Kohli sprint­ Brathwaite c Pant b Ishant 3 their campaign as a part of Jermaine Blackwood (38), Cheteshwar Pujara c Brooks b (7b), Darren Bravo retired hurt 5­159 (Blackwood, 48.4), 6­ the championship. who replaced Bravo as the ed from his cover position Holder 27 ( 66b, 3x4), Virat 23 (41b, 4x4), Shamarh Brooks 177 (Brooks, 53.2), 7­177 As the dark clouds ho­ ‘concussion substitute’ got a and picked the ball and Kohli c Hamilton b Roach 0 run out 50 (119b, 9x4), Roston (Hamilton, 53.4), 8­180 vered over the Sabina Park a delivery from Bumrah that turned in the same motion to (1b), Ajinky Rahane (not out) Chase lbw b Jadeja 12 ( 36b, (Cornwall, 54.3), 9­206 64 ( 109b, 8x4, 1x6), G. during the post­lunch ses­ pitched on length and moved get his direct throw on tar­ 2x4), Shimron Hetmyer c May­ (Roach, 58.5). Hanuma Vihari (not out) 53 a shade to take an outside get. ank b Ishant 1 ( 5b), Jermaine INDIA BOWLING sion, the Indian bowlers (76b, 8x4); Extras (b­8, lb­4, upped the ante, getting four edge to Rishabh Pant. Blackwood c Pant b Bumrah Ishant 12­3­37­2, Bumrah 11­ Jahmar Hamilton’s (0) de­ nb­2): 14; Total (for four wkts. 38 ( 72b, 4x4, 1x6), Jason wickets in the first hour after The Sharmarh Brooks 4­31­1, Shami 16­2­65­3, but just got worse with Jadeja decl. in 54.4 overs): 168. Holder b Jadeja 39 (35b, 9x4), lunch to ensure that there (50)­Blackwood partnership Jadeja 19.5­4­58­3, Vihari 1­ snuffing him out. FALL OF WICKETS Jahmar Hamilton c Rahul b 0­3­0. isn’t any inordinate delay in yielded 61 runs for the fifth 1­9 (Mayank, 4.6 overs), 2­36 Jadeja 0 (2b), Rahkeem Corn­ Man-of-the-Match: Vihari. achieving the desired result. wicket, before Kohli’s quick The left­arm spinner, in (Rahul, 20.1), 3­36 (Kohli, wall c Pant b Shami 1 (2b), Ke­ As far as the match is con­ reflexes brought about the company of Shami, com­ 20.2), 4­57 (Pujara, 28.6). mar Roach c Pant b Shami 5 India won by 257 runs to seal cerned, the writing was on Brooks’ downfall. pleted the formalities. WEST INDIES BOWLING (14b, 1x4), Shannon Gabriel the two-match series 2-0. Dressing room feels calm when Vihari is batting, says India skipper

Press Trust of India cording to the surface, it was why he’s been backed and se­ he added. Kingston a top­class innings from lected in this team.” Kohli said, as a captain, he India captain Virat Kohli sin­ him,” Kohli said. “He is some­ is lucky to have him in the gled out G. Hanuma Vihari one who is sure of his game The complete bowler ranks. for special praise for his work and it shows. The dressing The skipper feels Jasprit “He (Bumrah) definitely ethic and temperament, say­ room feels calm when he’s Bumrah is the most complete wants to be the best bowler ing the young middle­order batting. That’s a quality he bowler in world cricket right in the world. He has moulded batsman’s self belief provides possesses naturally.” now and with his work ethic, his life like that, he has a sense of calm in the dress­ Vihari’s willingness to the speedster has long shed moulded his discipline, his ing room. learn from mistakes is also a the tag of being just a T20 work ethic. The way he Vihari was undoubtedly quality that will take him specialist. trains, the way he takes care India’s find of the West Indies places. “He (Hanuma) is will­ “It’s really pleasing to see a of his diet, he has absolute Test series as he emerged the ing to improve. He accepts guy who was tagged a T20 control over what he is do­ top run­getter with 289 that and corrects his mistakes and specialist, he came and took ing.” included a century and two plays with a lot of heart. Al­ over the ODI scene and now Kohli said it is difficult not half­centuries. ways up to do anything for Test cricket. He is proving pe­ to feel for batsmen who are “Hanuma was the stand­ the team. It’s a very young ca­ ople wrong that there is a set left bamboozled by Bumrah’s out batsman in this game. Ac­ reer so far but he’s shown template for every format,” pace and variations. Pandey helps India-A take unassailable 3-0 lead Svitolina in semifinals; Bencic stops Osaka SA-A IN INDIA Nadal prevails over Cilic; Djokovic retires with shoulder injury M.R. Praveen Chandran US OPEN game. On Monday, Naomi Thiruvananthapuram Osaka’s hopes of defending There were certain things Reuters her title were dashed when which were constant in this NEW YORK she was knocked out by series — the inclement Elina Svitolina became the Switzerland’s Belinda Ben­ weather, South Africa­A’s in­ first Ukrainian woman to cic 7­5, 6­4. ability to seize the opportun­ reach the US Open semifi­ Osaka was broken late in ities to seal the contests and nals as she beat British 16th the opening set and then India­A’s resilience to wrig­ seed Johanna Konta 6­4, 6­4 again when she double fault­ gle out of trouble. in the quarterfinals on Tues­ ed to hand her 13th­seeded As has been the pattern in day. opponent a 3­2 advantage in this series, in the third unof­ Svitolina missed a couple the second set. ficial one­dayer here on of match points at 5­3 on her Spanish second seed Ra­ Monday, India found skipper opponent's serve, but sealed fael Nadal survived a se­

Manish Pandey to play the Captain’s knock: Manish Pandey’s quickfire 81 proved the game­changer. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the issue in the following cond­set hiccup to beat 2014 saviour’s role. champion Marin Cilic 6­3, Pandey’s rapid 81 led In­ Fortuin with disdain. The scores: ers): 208. IMPORTANT RESULTS 3­6, 6­1, 6­2. dia to a four­wicket win and South Africa-A: Janneman Ma­ Fall of wickets: 1­5, 2­5, 3­26, On Sunday, Novak Djo­ lan c Axar b Krunal 37, Reeza 4­96, 5­133, 6­174. enabled the host to take an Back on track Men: Fourth round: 20­Diego kovic’s title defence ended The brisk 70­run fourth Hendricks c Ishan b Chahar 9, South Africa-A bowling: Lutho Schwartzman (Arg) bt 6­Alex­ unassailable 3­0 lead in the Mathew Breetzke run out 36, Sipamla 5­0­25­0, Anrich in agony when the Serb re­ series. wicket stand put the chase ander Zverev (Ger) 3­6, 6­2, tired from his fourth round Temba Bavuma st Ishan b Kru­ Nortje 5.5­0­41­2, Junior Dala 6­4, 6­3; 2­Rafael Nadal (Esp) back on track. Ishan’s depar­ nal 27, Khaya Zondo c Dube b 6­0­44­1, Bjorn Fortuin 4­0­ match against Swiss Stan ture for 40 didn’t curb Pan­ bt 22­Marin Cilic (Cro) 6­3, 3­6, Wriggling out Chahal 21, Heinrich Klaasen c 39­1, Reeza Hendricks 2­0­ 6­1, 6­2; 23­Stan Wawrinka Wawrinka because of a No problems: Belinda Bencic had the measure of dey’s aggression as he added * South Africa­A posted 207 Gaikwad b Chahar 44, George 17­0, George Linde 5­0­41­2. (Sui) bt 1­Novak Djokovic (Srb) shoulder injury. Naomi Osaka in straight sets. AP for eight in a match reduced another quick 37 with Nitish Linde lbw b Thakur 17, Bjorn 6­4, 7­5, 2­1, retd.; 5­Daniil to 30­overs a side and had Rana (13) for the fifth wicket. Fortuin (not out) 4, Junior Dala Medvedev (Rus) bt Dominik India in trouble at 26 for However, Pandey holed run out 1, Lutho Sipamla (not ‘Test’ squads Koepfer (Ger) 3­6, 6­3, 6­2, 7­6 three. out when the century was out) 1; Extras (lb­1, w­7, nb­2): (2); Doubles: Round-of-16: 15­ First match: Shubman Gill However, India­A wrig­ his for the taking. Shivam 10; Total (for eight wkts. in 30 Neal Skupski­Jamie Murray overs): 207. (Capt.), Ruturaj Gaikwad, An­ gled out again as South Afri­ Dube then took over and his (GBr) bt Rohan Bopanna­Denis Fall of wickets: 1­28, 2­62, 3­ molpreet Singh, Ricky Bhui, An­ unbeaten 45 ensured that Shapovalov (Can) 6­3, 6­4. ca­A messed up its bowling 92, 4­134, 5­135, 6­198, 7­202, keet Bawane, K.S. Bharat (wk), in the middle overs. the hosts reached the target 8­ 205. K. Gowtham, Shahbaz Nadeem, Women: Quarterfinals: 5­Elina India­A wobbled at the without any further loss. India-A bowling: Chahar 6­0­ Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Svitolina (Ukr) bt 16­Johanna start when Andrich Nortje Earlier, most of the South 42­0, Shardul 6­0­56­1, Chahal Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Konta (GBR) 6­4, 6­4; Fourth struck twice in his opening African top order batsmen 6­0­31­1, Dube 2­0­21­0, Axar Dube, and Vijay Shankar. round: 13­Belinda Bencic (Sui) over. But Ishan Kishan, pro­ failed to convert their starts 5­33­0, Krunal 5­0­23­2. Second match: Priyank Pan­ bt 1­Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 7­5, 6­4; Svitolina bt 10­Madison moted as an opener, struck a into big scores. It was again India-A: Ruturaj Gaikwad c Ree­ chal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, za b Nortje 1, Ishan Kishan c Gill, Anmolpreet, Karun Nair, Keys (USA) 7­5, 6­4; Konta few boundaries to ease the left to Heinrich Klaasen (44) (GBr) bt 3­Karolina Pliskova pressure. to give impetus to the in­ Malan b Linde 40, Ricky Bhui Wriddhiman Saha (Capt.), K. lbw b Nortje 0, Krunal Pandya c Gowtham, Kuldeep Yadav, (Cze) 6­7(1), 6­3, 7­5; 8­Serena Junior Dala had Krunal nings. Linde b Dala 13, Manish Pandey Shahbaz, Vijay Shankar, Shivam Williams (USA) bt 22­Petra Mar­ Pandya (13) miscuing a pull The visitors finished with c Sipamla b Fortuin 81, Nitish Dube, Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Si­ tic (Cro) 6­3, 6­4. to set the stage for Pandey. a competitive score but In­ Rans c Malan b Linde 13, Shivam raj, and Avesh Khan. Mixed doubles: Round-of-16: The Karnataka batsman dia­A targeted the weak links Dube (not out) 45, Axar Patel The schedule: Sept. 9­12, Thi­ Fabrice Martin (Fra)­Raquel treated the innocuous spin in the visitors’ attack to (not out) 7; Extras (lb­1, w­7): ruvananthapuram; Sept. 17­20, Atawo (USA) bt Bopanna­Abi­ of George Linde and Bjorn romp home. 8; Total (for six wkts. in 27.5 ov­ Mysuru. gail Spears (USA) 7­5, 7­6(4).

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