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de Kock to India looks to pull off another series victory lead in T20Is

Dhawan needs to sign off on a high; Shami may be rested to give Saini an opportunity Press Trust of India Johannesburg INDIA IN WI was on Tuesday named South Afri­ ca’s new T20I skipper for Press Trust of India the three­match series Port-of-Spain against India in September, Opener Shikhar Dhawan will which will not feature be desperate for a big knock former Faf du Ples­ after four consecutive fai­ sis in the squad. lures as India eyes another However, du Plessis will series victory when it takes continue to lead South Afri­ on the West Indies in the ca in the three­Test series third and final One­Day Inter­ that follows the T20Is. national here on Wednesday. The squads: Tests: Faf du With scores of one, 23 and Plessis (Capt.), Temba Bavu­ three in the T20 series and ma (Vice­Capt.), Theunis de just two in the second ODI, Bruyn, Quinton de Kock, Dean Elgar, Zubayr Hamza, Keshav Dhawan’s comeback post in­ Maharaj, , jury has been far from ideal. Senuran Muthusamy, Lungi Troubled by in­coming deliv­ Ngidi, , Vernon eries, twice Dhawan lost his Philander, Dane Piedt, Kagiso to pacer Sheldon Cot­ Rabada and Rudi Second. trell. T20Is: Quinton de Kock Since he is not part of the (Capt.), Test squad, the Delhi left­ (vice­capt.), Temba Bavuma, hander would like to finish Junior Dala, Bjorn Fortuin, the Caribbean assignment on , Reeza a high. Hendricks, David Miller, An­ rich Nortje, Andile Phehluk­ wayo, , Kagi­ Another tussle so Rabada, There is another mini­battle and Jon­Jon Smuts. brewing in the Indian line­ up, for the No. 4 slot, with The game plan is...! Given that the momentum is with India, the West Indies will have a tough task in the final ODI.* GETTY IMAGES Shreyas Iyer putting tremen­ dous pressure on Rishabh Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who give Navdeep Saini a run, giv­ Pooran rise to the occasion. dra Chahal, Kedar Jadhav, Mo­ Pant. impressed with figures of ing Shami a rest. After the final ODI, the hammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Pant has enjoyed the back­ four for 31 from eight overs in two teams will battle it out in Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed and Nav­ deep Saini. ing of the team management, the last match, will look to Wanted, a win a two­Test series, starting Au­ West Indies: especially skipper Virat Koh­ sustain the form. The West Indies, on the oth­ gust 22 at North Sound, Anti­ li, but his repeated failures His pace colleague Mo­ er hand, will be desperate to (Capt.), , John Camp­ gua. bell, , , and Shreyas’ 68­ball 71 in the hammed Shami (two for 39) save the series with a win. The teams (from): , Nicholas Poo­ second ODI changed things. and Kuldeep Yadav (two for But for that to happen, the India: Virat Kohli (Capt.), Rohit ran, , , Kohli, meanwhile, will 59) also chipped in. batting unit will have to take Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, K.L. , , look to carry the momentum Although teams don’t more responsibility. It’s time Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pan­ , Oshane Tho­ after a brilliant 120 off 125 prefer changing winning talents like Shai Hope, Shim­ dey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra mas and . balls in the second ODI. combinations, Kohli may ron Hetmyer and Nicholas Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzven­ Match starts at 7 p.m. IST. de Kock. * GETTY IMAGES Subramaniam in trouble? Archer adds teeth to England attack in second Test Allegedly misbehaved with bureaucrats Moeen to take a break after Ashes snub Press Trust of India supposed to shoot a small NEW DELHI advertisement on ‘Water Agence France-Presse several superb solo efforts, and four in England’s first The Indian team’s adminis­ Conservation’ as this direc­ LONDON and in the thrilling 2005 con­ Test defeat at Edgbaston. He trative manager Sunil Subra­ tive came from the govern­ England is set to field a re­ test which it won 2­1. also struggled with his off­ maniam is set to be repri­ ment. When a very senior vamped attack featuring fast Defeat at Edgbaston was spin, taking three for manded by the BCCI for person from Indian High bowler Jofra Archer as it tries made worse for England by 172 runs across Australia’s allegedly misbehaving with Commission in Trinidad & to finally get Australia’s bat­ the fact that James Ander­ two innings, failing to take officials of the country’s Tobago called up Subrama­ ting star out son, its all­time leading wick­ advantage of a pitch that High Commissions in the niam seeking his coopera­ cheaply and level the Ashes et­taker, broke down after ought to have suited him. West Indies during the on­ tion, he told him ‘Don’t in the second Test at Lord’s. just four overs with The teams (from): going series. flood me with messages’ Holder Australia, bidding a calf­injury that has ruled England: Joe Root (Capt.), Jo­ According to a BCCI The BCCI has come to know to win its first away Ashes se­ the 37­year­old swing special­ fra Archer, , source, Subramaniam was that he refused to entertain ries for 18 years, humbled ist out of a Lord’s encounter Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos told to coordinate with the their calls when all they England last time out, thanks starting on Wednesday. Buttler, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, top officials of the Indian were doing was to carry out mainly to Smith, as it cruised Jack Leach, , and . High Commissions in Guya­ the government’s directive,” to a 251­run win in the first Time­out Australia: (Capt.), na and Trinidad & Tobago said the senior BCCI official. Test at Edgbaston. Meanwhile, England all­ , Cameron Ban­ for the Indian team’s video Subramaniam, the team’s England has only twice rounder will take croft, Usman Khawaja, Steve shoot on ‘water conserva­ administrative manager won the Ashes after losing a “short break” from Smith, Travis Head, Matthew tion’, a project of the Indian since 2017, could not be the opener — when all­roun­ after being dropped from the Wade, Pat Cummins, Mitchell government. reached for comments des­ der Ian Botham turned the squad. The 32­year­old was Starc, Peter Siddle, Nathan “The Indian team was pite repeated attempts. Huge responsibility: England will be keen to turn the tables on Australia at Lord’s.* REUTERS 1981 series on its head with axed after scoring nought Lyon and Josh Hazlewood. When millions put their faith No conflict of interest Procedure of picking in Dravid case: CoA support staff questioned in a voice coming out of a box Special Correspondent forms’ report, has dealt Mumbai with the COI issues in detail Going back in time when radio commentators magically transported The Supreme Court­ap­ and how it is affecting In­ pointed Committee of Ad­ dian cricket. the fans to the venue with their vivid descriptions ministrators (CoA) reiterat­ After the CoA meeting on ed its view on Tuesday that Tuesday, Lt. Gen. (retd.) Ra­ commentators. Some of them never in England now. The Bobby Talyarkhan former India captain Rahul vi Thodge said: “There’s no paused, their flow like god’s love, having style of ‘creative’ broadcasting faded out. Dravid has no “Conflict Of conflict in Rahul (Dravid)’s no beginning and no end. Still, it meant The changed dynamics led to a riot in Interest” (COI) issues in con­ case. We have cleared his that the nation south of the Vindhyas a Mumbai Test when commentator Dev­ nection with his appoint­ appointment. If the Ombud­ learnt much of its Hindi — if not cricket — raj Puri said something like “the ball was ment as Head of the Nation­ sman (also the Ethics Offic­ that way. Was the language imposition a nowhere near the bat,” as Venkatragha­ al Cricket Academy in er) sees any conflict, we will planned move or did it simply work out van was given out caught behind off Aus­ Bengaluru. have our response going to that way? Bollywood films and Hindi tralia’s Alan Connolly. Such was the lis­ The BCCI’s Ethics Officer him. He has to consider it. CAC head Kapil Dev and chief selector M.S.K. Prasad. cricket commentary helped many of us teners’ faith in the infallibility of the Justice (retd.) D.K. Jain, fol­ It’s a process,” said Thodge. Suresh Menon through our Hindi exams in school, the commentator. Umpires made mistakes, lowing a complaint from Recently, CoA head Vi­ Vijay Lokapally viewed by Sunil Gavaskar few moments before the match be­ essays borrowing heavily from Sahir Lud­ commentators didn’t! Sanjeev Gupta, a life mem­ nod Rai had also expressed NEW DELHI and Shastri. Gavaskar was Agan, you heard a series of beeps on hianvi and Sushil Doshi, the poet and the ber of the Madhya Pradesh the same view. Should the National selec­ also consulted before Greg the radio. Short, sharp, penetrative. This radio commentator respectively. Audio treat Cricket Association, sought tors be tasked with the res­ Chappell was appointed was followed by a long beep. There was Radio fired the imagination. Even bad Before Setalvad, there was V.M. Chakra­ a clarification from the Delay possible ponsibility of picking the coach in 2005. Gary Kirsten promise of excitement in those beeps, commentary — and some of it was indeed pani. He broadcast during India’s tour of former India under­19 and On the matter of the BCCI support staff for the Indian was brought in as head and if you were a schoolboy who dreamt awful — forced you to see the action in Australia in ’67. I remember my mother, A­team coach about his em­ AGM and elections to be senior team? Some former coach in consultation with of playing for India, it signalled the start your mind’s eye. I first ‘saw’ a Gundappa ear fixed to the radio, keeping scores as ployment terms with India held on October 22, Thodge Board members disagree some of the senior players. of something guaranteed to burnish that Viswanath square cut on radio before I Farokh Engineer and Chandu Borde put Cements. said that with more mem­ with the current arrange­ “Earlier, the office­bear­ dream. “This is All India Radio,” said the saw it on the field of play. You quickly on a partnership in a Test. Mother was bers showing interest to be ment of leaving the job of se­ ers would meet to pick the measured voice, “We now take you to chose your favourite commentators just the only lady I knew who kept scores and Thorn in the flesh in terms with the new BCCI lecting the head coach to coach and the system ….” Suddenly you found as you did with the players. And it was updated friends who were at work. She The COI issue has been a Constitution, there could be the Cricket Advisory Com­ worked well,” said the yourself at the venue. It was magical. wonderful when the two came together taught me the joy of listening to cricket. thorn in the flesh for the delays. “We just took a re­ mittee (CAC) and asking the Board official. “The Lodha The recent passing of the best Indian in the same match, as, for example, Tony The sport was an audio treat before it be­ BCCI and former players view and most of them will national selectors to identify Committee mandated that commentator of his time, Anant Setal­ Cozier did on the 74­75 tour which saw came a visual one. When dad came back who have shown interest in join. I don’t see such a great the support staff. the job be performed by a vad, is a reminder of just how much we Viswanath play some of his finest from work, they would discuss the day’s the development of Indian difficulty. Some of them are The CAC, comprising Ka­ CAC which should include owe his tribe, a debt not always acknow­ innings. play. Opinions were based on what they cricket activities. But the yet to register their Consti­ pil Dev, Aunshuman Gaek­ prominent cricketers. Sa­ ledged. Before Hawkeye and Hotspot and had heard, to be reinforced (or not) by former Chief Justice of India tutions. The intentions are wad and Shantha Rangaswa­ chin (Tendulkar), Sourav Ultraedge, those sitting at home relied on Pre­digested opinions what they read in the newspapers the fol­ R.M. Lodha, whose panel to hold the elections around my, is scheduled to meet in (Ganguly) and (V.V.S.) Lax­ the sharpness and skill of the radio com­ In another way, however, radio commen­ lowing day. wrote the ‘Cricket in Re­ that time (October 22).” Mumbai on August 16 to man were brought into the mentator to bring the game to them. tary suppressed imagination. Millions Ian Peebles has written about the im­ conduct interviews with CAC to ensure there was Generations put their faith in the voice were handed pre­digested opinions by pact of cricket as seen through 12­year­ candidates who have ap­ credibility to the process of coming out of a radio. Some charlatans — commentators who made up for all their old eyes. That’s nothing compared to the plied for the post of Head picking the national coach.” the Maharajkumar of Vizianagaram was weaknesses by their one undeniable impact of the game on six­year­old ears. Coach. The previous CAC was one — thrived, but the best served the strength: they were at the venue, you Many years later, I met Chakrapani in “I fail to understand how disbanded amidst conflict of game and the listeners well. were not. That extra layer between you Chennai, a tall man who moved easily this selection committee is interest issues against the and the action was a semi­permeable and spoke in a beautiful radio voice. better qualified than the players. “The appointment Urbane membrane: the commentator could tell I never met Setalvad or Pearson Suri­ CAC. If Kapil and his col­ of the new CAC should have Setalvad was urbane, his voice crisp — you what he saw, but you couldn’t argue ta, the man with the golden voice, but leagues can pick the head been made in consultation decades later, I would still be able to re­ back. You accepted both his description another favourite, Dicky Rutnagur be­ coach, they can as well use with BCCI. The CoA doesn’t cognise it if it were in a line­up with other and his opinion. came a friend. As of course did Harsha their wisdom to give the have the authority to ap­ voices. He was a lovely painter of verbal As I was growing up, however, an im­ Bhogle who was such a treat on radio coach the support staff he point such a committee. pictures, a remarkably calm presence portant change in this relationship took where he began. His manner of repre­ deserves,” said the veteran Having appointed one, the among colleagues who made up in high place. Transistor radios became easily senting the listener at all times, thinking official. same CAC should have con­ pitched chatter what they lacked in tech­ available. It allowed spectators at the his thoughts, expressing his fears and ex­ When John Wright be­ ducted interviews for the nical knowhow. ground to follow the game while listening ulting in his triumphs is a gift given to came India’s first foreign support staff,” the official This was especially true of the Hindi to the commentary — much like they do few. He is the last of a special tribe. All clear: The COI case against Dravid has been dismissed. coach in 2000, he was inter­ insisted.

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