SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2015 SPORTS DHAKA: Bangladesh’s cricket team members warm up during a practice session ahead of the second one-day international cricket match against India. —AP India must be at best to beat Bangladesh — Rohit DHAKA: India have to play their best cricket the current form with them, we have to be at “We have got certain plans coming their be a little more aggressive. “This is the same ing and bowling execution as well.” if they are to come back in the three-match our best. “From our point of view it’s very way, hopefully we will try and execute those Indian team that played in the World Cup, so Bangladesh, who beat Pakistan 3-0 in one-day series against Bangladesh, said important that we stick to our game plan.” plans and things will work in our favor then. I don’t see any reason why we cannot their previous series, started well, putting batsman Rohit Sharma yesterday ahead of Rohit top-scored for India with 63 in the The Indian opener-the only player to change the results in our favor.” Bangladesh 102 runs in 13.4 overs before a middle-order the second match today. first match as the visitors floundered to 228 score two double centuries in ODI cricket- coach Chandika Hathurusingha said he was collapse stemmed the run flow. India trail Bangladesh 0-1 in the series all out, replying to Bangladesh’s 307 at the added that despite being behind in the not satisfied with the performance of the “I think we played much better against after they lost the first one day international Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. series they are not feeling any pressure. team in the last match despite they won the Pakistan, some of the matches. So I think we by 79 runs on Thursday. “They are playing “We knew what went wrong in the first “There is no pressure. We just need to come game. are looking to improve in the next two some good cricket off late,” said Rohit in match. We will think about it and when we and play the way we have been playing,” he “Although we won, that’s the scary part,” games,” said Hathurusinghe. The third and Mirpur. come back and play the second ODI it will be said. said Hathurusingha. “We still can improve, final ODI will be held at the same ground in “We can’t take any team for granted. With a different Indian side. “We just have to get our basics right and not only batting we can improve in our field- Mirpur on June 24.—AFP Alvimedica lead Ocean Race THE HAGUE: Turkish-American boat Team Alvimedica have an outside Team Alvimedica set off for the final chance of a top-three podium place 460 nautical miles (nm) of the Volvo but would need their closest rivals- Ocean Race at midday yesterday with Team Brunel (Netherlands), Dongfeng, six other boats intent on hauling them and MAPFRE (Spain) — to slip back in in before they reach Gothenburg. the leg rankings to achieve that. The fleet has covered more than Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing already 38,300nm of the total distance in just look to have the overall Volvo Ocean under nine months of racing since it Race trophy sealed. The Emirati crew, set sail from Alicante, Spain, in early skippered by Briton Ian Walker, have October last year. an eight-point lead and would need Team Alvimedica, skippered by 30- to finish last in the leg to Gothenburg year-old Charlie Enright, is one of only and accrue two penalty points in the two crews in the fleet yet to have won process to lose that advantage. a stage in the nine-leg race and they Meantime, Dongfeng (second in are determined to put that right over the leg) and Team Brunel (fourth in the next two and a half days. They the leg), are heading for a tie for run- have a 91-minute lead over Dongfeng ners-up spot overall, which can only Race Team (China) after arriving in The be settled by the in-port race series Hague for a one-day ‘pit-stop’ follow- which is concluded in Gothenburg on ing the first part of leg nine from June 27, the final event of the 2014-15 Lorient, France. edition.—AFP SRI LANKA: Pakistan cricketer Wahab Riaz (center) and teammates celebrate the dismissal of Sri Lankan cricketer Kaushal Silva (right) during the fourth day of the opening Test match. —AFP Shafiq hits century as Pakistan fight back GALLE: Pakistan turned the tables on Sri balls with six boundaries and two sixes as he total collapse. Sarfraz’s latest effort followed Lanka in the first Test after Asad Shafiq hit a helped Shafiq add 101 valuable runs for the his impressive batting during the previous century to lead a remarkable rearguard ninth wicket. series between the two teams in Sri Lanka last action by the lower order on the fourth day The entertaining partnership ended when year when he scored 55 and 52 in the Galle yesterday. Babar was caught in the deep, while Shafiq Test and 103 and 55 in the next match in The tourists, who resumed the day at 118-5 was stumped soon after to terminate the Colombo. in reply to Sri Lanka’s 300, piled up 417 in their innings. When Sarfraz reached 47, he had complet- first innings before being dismissed in the Off-spinner Perera finished with four for ed 1,000 Test runs in 28 innings to equal post-tea session with a lead of 117 runs in 122 and seamer Dhammika Prasad took three Imtiaz Ahmed’s record of being the fastest to Galle. for 91, but seasoned left-arm spinner Rangana the mark among Pakistan’s wicket-keepers. Sri Lanka were 63-2 in their second knock Herath went for one for 99 in 30 overs. Resuming after lunch at 259-6, Shafiq at stumps, having lost first-innings centurion “Gaining the important wicket of found good support from Wahab (14) and Kaushal Silva (five) and star batsman Kumar Sangakkara at the end has given us a good Yasir (23) before Babar settled in to provide Sangakkara (18) in the 21 overs before close. chance to win the match,” said Sarfraz. unexpected resistence to the Sri Lankan Azhar Ali caught Silva at third slip off “Hopefully we will get them out quickly and bowlers. Wahab Riaz and later snapped up Sangakkara then chase whatever target we are given.” Bad weather had washed out the entire at short-leg off Yasir Shah. Opener Dimuth Sarfraz and Shafiq had joined hands on first day’s play on Wednesday and just 64 Karunaratne was unbeaten on 36 and night- Friday evening after the fall of the fifth wicket overs were bowled on the second day due to watchman Dilruwan Perera had yet to score as of skipper Misbah-ul Haq had threatened a a wet outfield. —AFP Sri Lanka enter the final day’s play on Sunday still trailing by 54 runs with eight wickets in hand. Pakistan’s last five wickets put on 321 SCOREBOARD runs after the top five had fallen for 96 on Friday as the home team’s bowlers struggled GALLE: Scoreboard at stumps on the scheduled fourth day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the on a slow pitch at the Galle International Galle International Stadium yesterday: Stadium. Sri Lanka 1st innings: 300 (K. Silva 125, K. Sangakkara 273 (Wahab), 8-302 (Yasir), 9-403 (Babar), 10-417 Shafiq was last man dismissed for 131, his 50, Wahab Riaz 3-74, Zulfiqar Babar 3-64) (Shafiq). seventh Test century and the third in the last Pakistan 1st innings (overnight 118-5): Bowling: Prasad 24-4-91-3, Pradeep 19-1-71-2 (nb2), four matches following scores of 137 against Mohammad Hafeez c Karunaratne b Prasad 2 Herath 30-4-99-1, Perera 31.1-3-122-4, Mathews 6-1-12- Ahmed Shehzad lbw b Prasad 9 0 (nb1), Vithanage 3-0-21-0 (w1) New Zealand in Sharjah and 107 against Azhar Ali lbw b Herath 8 Bangladesh in Dhaka. Younis Khan b Perera 47 Sri Lanka 2nd innings: Sarfraz Ahmed, a wicket-keeper who relish- Misbah-ul Haq c Sangakkara b Pradeep 20 K. Silva c Azhar b Wahab 5 Asad Shafiq st Chandimal b Perera 131 es a challenge with the bat, scored 96 off 86 D. Karunaratne not out 36 Sarfraz Ahmed b Prasad 96 balls during a sixth-wicket partnership of 139 K. Sangakkara c Azhar b Yasir 18 with Shafiq, his overnight partner. Wahab Riaz b Perera 14 Yasir Shah c Chandimal b Pradeep 23 D. Perera not out 0 Sarfraz missed his fourth Test century Zulfiqar Babar c Vithanage b Perera 56 Extras: (b4) 4 when he ambitiously attempted to sweep a Junaid Khan not out 6 Total (for two wickets, 21 overs) 63 KANSAS: In this June 17, 2015 photo, Ninnescha Sailing Club member the Rev. Larry ball from seamer Dhammika Prasad that was Extras: (lb1, nb3, w1) 5 Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Silva), 2-63 (Sangakkara). Greenwood and his crew sail during the weekly sailing race at Cheney Reservoir. The pitched outside the off-stump and dragged Total (all out, 113.1 overs) 417 Bowling: Wahab 6-3-11-1, Junaid 4-0-19-0, Yasir 7-1-21- Ninnescah Sailing Association is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, the the ball onto his stumps.