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THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kohli and Shami star as clinical India hands Windies a drubbing Dhoni’s halfcentury and Pandya’s cameo propel India to 268 for seven, before an exceptional bowling eff ort completes the job for the Men in Blue
Run machine: Virat Kohli’s poise and application shone through as he topscored for India on a sluggish wicket.* AFP
though, found its tenuous The spirited comeback nation, the plea was validat etched his fourth consecu SCOREBOARD INDIA VS WEST INDIES dreams for a lastfour fi nish never happened as captain ed. tive 50 and added 40 for the dissipate. Jason Holder perished to Rahul then buckled down fi fth wicket with Dhoni. INDIA 38.2), 6250 (Pandya, 48.2), 7 Sheldon Cottrell lbw b Chahal 10 Yuzvendra Chahal and, Jas and stitched a 69run se The former skipper en K.L. Rahul b Holder 48 (64b, 252 (Shami, 48.5). (8b, 1x4, 1x6), Oshane Thomas c 6x4), Rohit Sharma c Hope b WEST INDIES BOWLING Rohit b Shami 6 (11b, 1x4); Extras Gayle fails prit Bumrah, after softening condwicket partnership joyed a reprieve on eight as Roach 18 (23b, 1x4, 1x6), Virat Cottrell 100502, Roach 10 (b9, lb3, nb1, w5): 18; Total A Chris Gayle special was up Carlos Brathwaite with a with Kohli. The alliance set Hope missed a regulation Kohli c sub b Holder 72 (82b, 0363, Thomas 70630, Allen (in 34.2 overs): 143. needed if the West Indies series of yorkers, drew the tled after a few scares due to stumping off Allen. At the 8x4), Vijay Shankar c Hope b 100520, Holder 102332, FALL OF WICKETS had to harbour hopes of a edge and an airborne M.S. Roach 14 (19b, 3x4), Kedar Brathwaite 30330. 110 (Gayle, 4.5), 216 (Hope, successful chase but the Dhoni plucked a righthand Jadhav c Hope b Roach 7 (10b, WEST INDIES 6.5), 371 (Ambris, 17.6), 480 opener failed. The southpaw ed catch. Off the next ball, 1x4), M.S. Dhoni (not out) 56 Chris Gayle c Jadhav b Shami (Pooran, 20.2), 598 (Holder, nearly chopped Mohammed Bumrah scalped Fabian Al (61b, 3x4, 2x6), Hardik Pandya c 6 (19b, 1x4), Sunil Ambris lbw b 23.5), 6107 (Brathwaite, 26.1), K.C. Vijaya Kumar Shami onto his stumps and len and, though a hattrick Allen b Cottrell 46 (38b, 5x4), Pandya 31 (40b, 2x4), Shai Hope 7107 (Allen, 26.2), 8112 (Het Manchester when the spearhead dug it proved elusive, the fi ght had Mohammed Shami c Hope b Cot b Shami 5 (10b, 1x4), Nicholas myer, 28.3), 9124 (Cottrell, Bollywood numbers were a short, Gayle’s halfswat ebbed away from the West trell 0 (2b), Kuldeep Yadav (not Pooran c Shami b Kuldeep 28 29.5). out) 0 (1b); Extras (b1, w6): 7; INDIA BOWLING recurrent chorus and vocal found Kedar Jadhav. Worse Indies. (50b, 2x4), Shimron Hetmyer c Total (for seven wkts. in 50 Rahul b Shami 18 (29b, 1x4), Shami 6.20164, Bumrah 6 chords found fresh life was to follow when Shai overs): 268. Jason Holder c Jadhav b Chahal 6 192, Pandya 50281, Kuldeep through unbridled enthu Hope was unable to thwart Slow pitch FALL OF WICKETS (13b), Carlos Brathwaite c Dhoni 91351, Jadhav 1040, Chahal siasm as a packed Old Traf Shami’s excess inward move Earlier, like the trams that 129 (Rohit, 5.6), 298 (Rahul, b Bumrah 1 (5b), Fabian Allen 70392. ford heaved with a vast ma ment. slither through Manchester, 20.4), 3126 (Shankar, 26.1), 4 lbw b Bumrah 0 (1b), Kemar Toss: India. MoM: Virat Kohli. jority of Indian fans. There The West Indies found res India steadily progressed af 140 (Jadhav, 28.5), 5180 (Kohli, Roach (not out) 14 (21b, 3x4), India won by 125 runs. was much to cheer for the pite through a 55run part ter Kohli elected to bat. The uppish fl icks and haphazard other end, panache was evi boisterous audience while nership that Sunil Ambris pitch was slow and the fast running. There was bonho dent in a Kohli ondrive off off ered 82 and the fi nal fi ve Virat Kohli’s men extended and Nicholas Pooran script bowlers kept it tight except mie too. Gayle eff ected a div his counterpart Holder, but bequeathed 49. Pandya and their unbeaten run in this ed for the third wicket. But when they sprayed boun ing save and Kohli applauded immediately the premier wil Shami fell in succession but World Cup. Hardik Pandya dismissed cers. But India found its core his former Royal Challengers lowwielder miscued a swivel Dhoni stood tall in the last After scoring 268 for seven Ambris and Pooran followed runs from Kohli (72), Dhoni Bangalore teammate. pull. A touch tentative at 180 over bowled by Thomas. A against the West Indies here suit as he chanced his arm (56 not out), K.L. Rahul (48) for fi ve in 38.2 overs, India sequence of 6, 0, 0, 4, 0, 6 on Thursday, India bowled against spinner Kuldeep Ya and Pandya (46). Wobbling middleorder needed a secondwind and it helped India fi nd a much out the opposition for 143 in dav. Openers Rahul and Rohit Just as Rahul neared his fi fty, breezed in through a 70run needed surge that persisted 34.2 overs and registered a The men from the Carib Sharma were watchful he played all over a Holder sixthwicket partnership bet through a sunny afternoon. 125run victory. bean Islands were in trouble against Sheldon Cottrell and delivery and Vijay Shankar, ween Dhoni and Pandya. India’s fi fth triumph at 80 for four in the 21st over Kemar Roach. The last after essaying a few drives, The duo ran hard and smote pushed its tally to 11 and a while illustrious predeces named got one to nip back failed to counter Roach’s late a few. better net runrate (+1.463) sors like Clive Lloyd in the and there was ambiguity ov moment. The middleorder Holder employed Brath helped it go past New Zea member’s stand and Michael er whether the Mumbaikar wobbled as Jadhav fell as waite following a thumb inju land to the second slot and Holding and Curtly Ambrose had edged to wicketkeeper another West Indian review ry that briefl y benched Osh inch closer to a semifi nal from the commentary boxes Hope but Holder sought a re for a caughtbehind was ane Thomas and the Indians berth. The West Indies, watched with a wistful look. view and to Rohit’s conster upheld. Meanwhile, Kohli prospered. The last 10 overs ‘On wickets like this, 250-260 a good score’ Playing against India an eyeopener: Roach Big game against England but we are confi dent, says Rahul The West Indies speedster feels it is always tough bowling to Kohli
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD K.C. Vijaya Kumar DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Special Correspondent The mindset: After the dia’s performance was good, was a slow pitch and we Manchester MANCHESTER Top of the charts game against Pakistan, the it is a tough team and has bowled well, and did a pret Pitchforked into the open West Indian spearhead Ke guys were confi dent and quality batsmen. Playing ty good job to stick India to er’s slot after Shikhar Dha B India on Thursday mar Roach termed the then we had those close against them is always an 260 but today was an odd wan was ruled out following dethroned England to rise World Cup game against In games against Australia and eyeopener and it is a good day for our batsmen. a leftthumb fracture, K.L. to the top of OneDay dia as an “eyeopener” and New Zealand but we lesson for the rest of the The road ahead: The International rankings Rahul has done reasonably despite the defeat, felt that couldn’t get off the line. We tournament. It is always games against Sri Lanka and well up the order in the B As per the latest rankings cricket in the Caribbean is have a couple of young guys tough bowling to Virat, he is Afghanistan will be tough. I World Cup. In his new role, released by the ICC, India lands has a future. Roach who have the future ahead a quality player. think we have a bright future Rahul scored 57, 30 and 48 leads with 123 points, spoke to the media at Old of them and we need to be Appraisal: I was in good and there are good players against Pakistan, Afghanis followed by England (122) Traff ord here on Thursday. positive. rhythm, picked a few wick like (Shimron) Hetmyer and and New Zealand (114) tan and the West Indies res DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Excerpts The IndiaKohli eff ect: In ets and was economical. It a few others. pectively. He is aware that he has to capitalise on his to get out, not to take it deep, starts. is disappointing. I will sit and A happy Rahul, who assess it but I won’t break my played his part in India’s tri head about it. Against Af umph over the West Indies, ghanistan, it (reversesweep) addressed the press at Old wasn’t a bad shot, mostly I Traff ord here on Thursday. get it right but the timing of it Excerpts Spearhead: Mohammed Shami continued from where he left wasn’t right. Here against Surface tension: The pitch off against Afghanistan, picking up another fourfor. * AP the West Indies, it was a was similiar to the one in good ball (from Jason Hol Southampton. It was slow feedback to the dressing had to work harder at num der). but here there was a bit of room that this isn’t a 300 ber four because I never bat The big one against En twopace. On wickets like wicket. ted there all my life. You gland: If we play our best this, 250 or 260 was a good Opening clues: At this level need to be ready for whatev cricket, like we did in the last score. After the fi rst 10 overs, you need to be ready. I know er slot the team gives you. few games, that should help after the discussions we had Shikhar getting injured was Starts and dismissals:Get us end up on the winning — Rohit (Sharma) and I, Virat unfortunate, but I was pre ting those fi rst 20 to 30 runs side. Big game against En
(Kohli) and I — we sent the pared to bat up the order. I are always diffi cult and then gland but we are confi dent. No Hope: Shai is castled by Shami. * AFP
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CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ‘A tough future awaits South Africa’ All’s well Bacher also says management was right in de Villiers’ issue INTERVIEW mark in English conditions. Rabada, according to Steyn, is our bestever fast bowler. ! Shayan Acharya The problem is, he is over Southampton bowled. He looked a bit jad In his long career as cricket ed against Pakistan. administrator, Ali Bacher, Ngidi has just started. He has seen South African crick has some injury problems, et come a long way. After and you can see that while failing to make it to knock he is bowling. out stage, Bacher, former With senior players set to chief of United Cricket retire, how will the future Board, admits that the next be? couple of years would be It’s gloomy at the moment. tough for South African Ali Bacher. * FILE PHOTO In the next couple of years, cricket. In London on work, we will have a tough time in Bacher spoke to Sportstar twothree years ago was ave international cricket. on a range of issues. raging 50 in ODIs. He is 36 But if the selectors have Turnaround: The win against England has given plenty of hope to the Sri Lankans as Excerpts now, so age is obviously faith in the young players, I they face South Africa. * AFP This is for the fi rst time since catching up. think we will have a much 2003 that South Africa has Then, Dale Steyn, who in stronger side before the next failed to make it to the World my opinion is our bestever World Cup. Cup knockouts. Your fast bowler. His career is also The house looked divided Batting a worry for thoughts. coming to an end. You have over de Villiers’ comeback? I had predicted that we will a lot of younger players with It doesn’t matter who you have diffi culty in reaching potential but the problem is, are, you cannot (make a the semifi nals. We had three they are inexperienced. choice) on whether or not to Lanka in must-win game great players. A.B. de Vil The young pace bowlers, play. It destroys team spirit . Andre Russell thanked his well wishers after a successful liers, on of the greatest, is Kagiso Rabada and Ngidi The team management did knee surgery. * ANDRE RUSSELL/INSTAGRAM South Africa has only pride to play for not available. Hashim Amla Lungi, have failed to make a the right thing. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC WORLD CUP Shayan Acharya Akram’s tips work wonders for Shaheen Afridi Chester-le-Street It’s doordie for Sri Lanka as The 19yearold rattled the Kiwis with a sensational burst it takes on South Africa in a World Cup fi xture at the Shayan Acharya after one or two games. This tan — Shaheen had a fair idea Emirates Riverside here on BIRMINGHAM should not be done. This is about the road ahead even at Friday. At fi rst sight, it is not possible your team and in sport, an early age. Placed seventh with six to guess Shaheen Afridi’s there will be wins and loss Being a part of the Pakis points in the kitty, a win age. The youngster looks so es,” he says. tan under19 side last year, against the Proteas would sith Malinga — who scalped urusingha said, referring to mewhere between 15 and 18, Being a leftarm quick, Shaheen took time to settle take Sri Lanka up to the fi fth four wickets — and Dhanan Mathews’ knock of unbeaten but smiles and says: “I am Shaheen admires Wasim Ak down in the senior ranks, spot, trailing close behind jaya de Silva helped Sri Lan 85 against England. 19.” ram. He spoke to the pace but is grateful to bowling England, and tighten the ka defend a relatively mod For South Africa, this has Born on April 6, 2000 in great ahead of the game coach Azhar Mahmood. race for the semifi nals. est target against England, been its worstever cam the Khyber region of Pakis against New Zealand. “Working with Azzu bhai The islanders, who the side lacked consistency paign in the tournament, tan, Shaheen can speak at the nets has helped me. I turned around their cam in their batting. where it failed to go past the Pashto with ease, but is more Hit the raw line have learnt a lot from him. paign in the tournament af And in his prematch me fi rst round — for the second comfortable with Urdu and “I speak to Wasim bhai over All credit to him.” ter stunning England in dia interaction, Lankan time since 1992. But when it Hindi these days. phone and whenever he is Leeds last week, have a good coach Chandika Hathurus takes on Sri Lanka, the Faf Playing his third World around, I get to learn a lot Similar script chance against a lowly South ingha admitted that there du Plessisled side will play Cup match for Pakistan, Sha from him. I discuss a lot of At a time when there is talk Africa side, which is already have been discussions with for pride. heen proved lethal, scalping Telling spell: Playing his third World Cup match, things,” says Shaheen. Ak of the uncanny resemblance out of the semifi nal race. the players on their batting With a bright day expect three for 28 against New Zea Shaheen Afridi proved lethal, scalping three for 28. * REUTERS ram was at Edgbaston as a between Pakistan’s 1992 form. ed, ChesterleStreet gears land at Edgbaston on Wed commentator for the game. World Cupwinning cam Cause for concern “That is what we have dis up for its World Cup debut, nesday. “You can say that to cricket, and obviously, he is your Pakistan, so support “He was telling me that paign and the current one, But Sri Lanka’s batting de cussed even before the En hoping for a run feast. The day’s performance was doesn’t have much idea us.” with your swing, hit the raw Shaheen isn’t bothered partment remains a cause gland game. They all have last match on this ground — good,” he says to a handful of about how ugly the criticism Shaheen reveals that the line. I did just that,” the about it. for concern. Angelo Math done this before, especially between England and Aus Indian and Pakistani scribes. can get when the team fares senior players protected the young gun says. “In 1992, I was not even ews struck form in the last someone like Mathews, a tralia a year ago — was a poorly. juniors “thoroughly’ after Coming from a family born,” he jokes. outing, but it is now time for worldclass player, and he highscoring aff air, with En Support us “I want to tell the fans to the defeat against India. “All which has produced another “Our target will be to en the others to step up. showed a lot of mental resi gland running down a 311 The youngster is just nine support us. This is your the senior players guided us. cricketer — Riaz Afridi, who sure that the team does well Though the seasoned La lience in that innings,” Hath run target in just 45 overs. months old in international team, this is your pride. This It is sad if you start criticising played a lone Test for Pakis and wins the World Cup.” Weekes recovering after Federer was ‘great draw’ on 1999 Wimbledon debut suff ering a heart attack I never thought he could achieve what he has, says the legend’s fi rst ever opponent Jiri Novak
Agencies scored 4,455 Test runs at Agence France-Presse the youngster would even tionship with Federer — not Bridgetown 58.61, is recovering at the Prague tually go on to be widely re because of that Wimbledon West Indies legend Everton Queen Elizabeth Hospital The 17yearold youth on the garded as the greatest player match, but through Feder Weekes is expected to be here. other side of the Wimbledon of all time. er’s wife Mirka, born in Slo discharged from hospital in It is understood that net looked like an easy “I was in the top 100, I had vakia which formed a single the coming days after suff er Weekes’ condition is not as matchup for Jiri Novak, but no problem qualifying for country with the Czech Re ing a heart attack overnight. serious as fi rst feared. the fi vesetter made the griz Wimbledon and I played public until 1993. The 94yearold, who Weekes is regarded as zled Czech rethink the man against Roger who was a ju “We had trainings togeth one of the fi nest cricketers who would become “excep nior and a wild card,” Novak er, we were a bit closer than of alltime, having made 15 tional and an icon”. said. “I was thinking — what a normal because of Mirka and hundreds in the longest for great draw, I wasn’t too good his Czech physiotherapist mat and 19 halfcenturies af Sigh of relief on grass so I thought this was Pavel Kovac,” said Novak. ter making his debut in Novak could breathe a sigh a good chance to win a “In the players’ room, we 1948. of relief as the scoreboard match,” added Novak, who played table tennis or pool. The Barbados native is said he had beaten a certain was 24 at the time. He was always closer to the the only man to score fi ve Roger Federer of Switzerland “I thought he wasn’t bad Czechs. But we never talked consecutive Test centuries — 63, 36, 46, 63, 64 after but during the match I never about his Wimbledon de <> I wasn’t too good on accomplished against India two hours and 18 minutes in thought he could achieve but,” he added. grass so I thought in 1948 and 1949. Weekes, the fi rst round in 1999. what he has,” said Novak of a Novak retired from the this was a good Frank Worrell and Clyde Federer made his Wimble player who has gone on to sport at 32, but he stays on as chance to win a Everton Weekes. Walcott became known as Early days: A young Roger Federer playing in a Davis Cup don debut that day 20 years win 20 Majors. a coach and keeps watching match * SHAUN BOTTERILL/GETTY IMAGES the ‘Three Ws’. match for Switzerland in 2000. * FILE PHOTO ago but few imagined that Novak had a special rela Federer on the circuit. Jiri Novak
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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12664 (set by Gridman) SUDOKU FAITH 12 A loose pig tortured? Say 4 Tackle man with wagon drawn 'Sorry!' (9) up (7) Hurdles to Moksha
13 Secret heart of victors... (5) 5 Tarry for a bit with saint, Jivatmas are bound by their countless sins that cons titute a having operation cancelled 15 ...not the same and, without veritable ocean. How is one to remove these sins that a re (43) hesitation, I'd add, reserved tough hurdles which prevent one from attaining moksha? (9) 6 Australian girl out of hearing Sastras reiterate that the answer is in accepting th e path of (5) prapatti or saranagati, pointed out Velukkudi Sri Kr ishnan 18 Something wrong reported by the halfsister in the making 7 Tower over active individual in a discourse. The power and greatness of surrender ha s of compounds (9) carrying explosive device (8) been illustrated in the Ramayana and in the Bhagavad Gita when the Lord Himself incarnates as Rama and Krishna and 21 The sort of care that is only 8 Telugu leader put in charge of propounds this path for the struggling jivatmas. Rama’s pro skindeep? (5) grand party (4) mise of unconditional protection to those who seek Him, 22 Alas, saint turns attacker (9) 14 Convent woman heard of that and Krishna’s total assurance to rid those jivatmas who take kind that is matchless (8) refuge in Him of all sins stand as a beacon light of undying 24 Note householder fi nally hope for humanity. stripping messy water plant 16 In one short month, old Ramanuja’s Gadya Traya is a prayer that refl ects his subtle (5) eccentric displays lack of grasp of the truth in the Vedas regarding surrender as the propriety (9) 26 A writer's credit (7) only and sure path to moksha. Ramanuja does atma bha ra 17 Constrain outings of samarpana, that is seeks surrender at the feet of Thayar and 27 Listener, as a consequence, is aeronautical speeds (9) Namperumal in Srirangam. He teaches every jivatma the worldly (7) spirit in which one has to surrender to the Lord by renounc 19 With these, we have ability to 28 Good couple's halfsimply Solution to puzzle 12663 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku keep balance on moving ship ing one’s ego. By honest selfassessment alone can one real belting out religious songs ■ ACROSS (3,4) ise that there is no way by which the sinful acts that continue (6,5) 1 With three foreign articles, to haunt one since time immemorial can be absolved. The 20 Do you see? Part of his other note is said to be where the only hope is in the form of the compassionate Lord who pro ■ DOWN establishment? (2,5) sub is hidden (5,3,3) mises to rid him of sins and lead him out. This is the greatest 9 Grand, without ace put in 1 You fi nally fi nd one drunk in 22 A girl leaves society — so fortune for him, to entrust himself to the Highest and Su danger (7) bondage getting services (9) sorry! (4) preme Lord, who holds the sole authority to grant moksha. 10 If you get money for this, it is All other means of help in this world cannot equal that of profi t obtained by little effort 2 Drugged daughter dead after 23 Speaking out: village officer's the Lord. He alone has the full power and willingness to re overexercise (5) (3,4) out to get fringe benefi t (5) move all obstacles, tangible and subtle, seen and unseen, in 11 Heart of cricket team is in art 3 Heart brought about by 25 Body of beliefs of those taking the way to salvation. When He is the guide, there is no cause fi lm (5) element? (4,5) drug to the head (5) for anxiety or worry.
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