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THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2019 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kohli’s men look to sweep series Bumrah’s spell in fi rst Test one of Pant’s form is, however, a worry the best by an Indian pacer: Arun INDIA IN WI formed admirably with Ajin Press Trust of India 318 runs in the opening tion part is perfect as the kya Rahane back in form Kingston (Jamaica) World Test Championship outcome is then taken care Press Trust of India with an underpressure half Jasprit Bumrah’s situational match. of. century and a century. awareness is unmatched and “Bumrah is a thinking “Well, wickets are the out Kingston (Jamaica) Hanuma Vihari also justi his fi vewicket haul in the se bowler. He is aware of situa come but I am not always Rishabh Pant will be desper fi ed his selection with a 93 in cond innings of the opening tions and adjusts himself looking at the outcome. I am ate to pay back the faith re the second innings, meaning Test against the West Indies beautifully. If you see the looking at the execution part posed in him by the team that Rohit Sharma’s wait to is one of the “best spells of lengths that he bowled in the and that was exactly what management when India make the side could just get a fast bowling” by an Indian, second innings, he pitched was discussed with Bumrah looks to steamroller West In bit longer. feels the team’s bowling the ball up and was getting after the fi rst innings,” Arun dies with another dominant The pace bowling was coach Bharath Arun. appreciable movements,” said. “His execution (in the show in the second World near fl awless in the fi rst game Bumrah, who was given a Arun said. fi rst innings) was a trifl e Test championship encoun with Ishant Sharma and Jas month’s break after the “That’s the best spell of short and with his style of ter starting on Friday. prit Bumrah looking menac World Cup, looked rusty in fast bowling I have seen bowling, he should have ing. Mohammed Shami was the fi rst innings in Antigua from an Indian in a long, pitched it up. Wickets were Tinkering unlikely also very eff ective in short but came back to claim fi ve long time,” he added. not a concern as the process It is unlikely that India will be bursts, while Ravindra Jadeja fi ve for seven in 8 overs as In For Arun, a coach’s prior of bowling right lengths will tinkering with its playing XI proved his utility as an all dia thrashed West Indies by ity is to ensure that execu eventually get you wickets.” after a big win even though rounder. Pant’s form has been a bit of For West Indies, there a concern of late. hasn’t been much to write More than the runs home about as none of its No Dhoni, but Hardik is back scored, it is the manner of his players even got a halfcentu dismissals that is causing ry in two innings. The saving frustration, considering that SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT to the young Rishabh Pant. grace for them was the new MUMBAI the Indian cricket establish ball pair of Shannon Gabriel “We will focus on him for ment has invested heavily in and Kemar Roach, who bow Allrounder Hardik Pandya, some more time,” he said. the 21yearold from Rour led their hearts out. who was rested for the tour Prasad added that Dhoni kee. His sequence of scores The teams (from): India: Virat of the West Indies because of has himself not responded across formats during this Kohli (Capt.), K.L. Rahul, lowerback issues, has been to them about his plans. current tour has been 0, 4, 65 Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar picked for the threematch The chairman refused to not out, 20, 0, 24, 7. Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanu T20I series to be played engage in any debate on the With veteran Wriddhiman ma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), against South Africa. subject. Saha back in the dressing Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Hardik has replaced The squad: room and the gutsy K.S. Bha Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit seamer Bhuvneshwar Ku Virat Kohli (Capt.), Rohit rat waiting in the wings, Pant Bumrah, Wriddhiman Saha mar who was in the team for Sharma (vicecapt.), Shikhar can illaff ord to take things (wk), R. Ashwin, Umesh Yadav the T20I series against the Dhawan, K.L. Rahul, Shreyas for granted. and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. West Indies. Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Opener Mayank Agarwal West Indies: Jason Holder V.V. Subrahmanyam re- Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ra (Capt.), Kraigg Brathwaite, Dar vindra Jadeja, Krunal Pandya, wasn’t in his element either ports from Hyderabad ren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Washington Sundar, Rahul Cha in the fi rst Test but it is ex John Campbell, Roston Chase, BCCI senior selection har, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak pected that he would get Rahkeem Cornwall, Shane committee chairman M.S.K. Chahar, and Navdeep Saini. another opportunity, which Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Prasad informed The Hindu The schedule: he rightfully deserves having Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, that M.S. Dhoni was not con Sept. 15, Dharamshala; Sept. worked hard in Australia. Keemo Paul and Kemar Roach. Flip side: The manner of Rishabh Pant’s dismissals marked a downside to India’s dominant show sidered, as the panel pre 18, Mohali; Sept. 22, Bengalu M.S. Dhoni. The middleorder per Match starts at 8 p.m. IST. in the fi rst Test. * AP ferred to give more chances ru. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Dube and Axar star for IndiaA Akshath puts India Green in command
The former takes advantage of three reprieves; Chahal claims fi ve DULEEP TROPHY covers for four. Sarwate was later neatly dispatched over dricks in the death overs was the sightscreen, as was part SA-A VS INDIA-A Shreedutta Chidananda cannon fodder for both Axar timer Mahipal Lomror. Aksh Bengaluru M.R. Praveen Chandran and Dube, who muscled the ath completed his hundred ball over the fence with ease. An assured 146 by opener (off 174 balls) with a boun Thiruvananthapuram South AfricaA needed a Akshath Reddy put India dary off Sarwate, stepping The fi elding from both sides bright start from its openers Green in a commanding po out to the leftarm spinner was slipshod and catches but Janneman Malan and sition on the opening day of before drilling him through were put down fairly regular Reeza Hendricks were its Duleep Trophy clash with midwicket. ly, but in the end, the three circumspect. India Red. At the other end, fellow catches which South Afri Akshath’s 15th First Class opener Faiz Fazal had fallen caA dropped off Shivam Damage hundred, and his 137run for 18, caught at fi neleg pull Dube cost it the match. Spinners Yuzvendra Chahal stand for the third wicket ing Avesh. Dhruv Shorey Dube profi ted from the re and Krunal Pandya did the with Siddhesh Lad, helped made 44 before edging the prieves to carve out a game intial damage to derail the lay the foundation for a mas Madhya Pradesh paceman changing innings of 79 not chase. Hendricks (110), who sive total after Green elected behind, shortly after lunch. out (60b, 3x4, 6x6). rode his luck, and Zondol to bat. At stumps at the Alur Lad looked confi dent during His hardhitting knock (30) added 66 for the fourth grounds on Thursday, Green his 64, which included two and an unbroken 121run se wicket. was 308 for four, with Pri Giving it the treatment: Akshath Reddy came up with an huge sixes, one of which venthwicket stand with an yam Garg and Akshay Wad assured century against India Red. * FILE PHOTO But the runrate kept in landed outside the com equally belligerent Axar Pa Making it count: Shivam Dube carved out a gamechanging kar at the crease. creasing and it was all over pound. The Mumbai bat tel (60 not out, 36b, 6x4, innings of 79 not out. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT too full and it went up.” tive yet, when the Hyderabad when Hendricks holed out sman eventually perished at 3x6) was the cornerstone of Blunting the attack Akshath had only ever captain amassed 797 runs in after reaching his century. tempting another big shot. IndiaA’s emphatic 69run ers as both Dube and Axar ing start, IndiaA lost three Akshath fell in the fi nal half looked in trouble in the the Ranji Trophy, at an aver Heinrich Klassen struck a India Green clearly had a win in the opening unoffi cial cut loose. quick wickets and then, hour of the day’s play, caught morning, when Jaydev Unad age of 54.4. The 28yearold plan against Wakhare and oneday cricket match at the Manish Pandey (39) and Ish few lusty blows to minimise on the midwicket boundary kat, Sandeep Warrier and picked up from where he the damage. Sarwate, not wanting either Sports Hub here on Late assault an Kishan (37) repaired the slogsweeping Akshay Wak Avesh Khan had beaten the had left off in that campaign. spinner to settle. The two The scores: IndiaA 327 for six Thursday. The visitors, till the late as damage with a 75run stand hare. It brought to an end his bat several times during a He took no risks against the bowlers, who toiled hard, Dropped on three, 13 and sault from the southpaws, for fi fth wicket. They both in 47 overs (Shubman Gill 46, 248ball eff ort, after he had testing fi rst hour. He pace bowlers and raised a Anmolpreet Singh 29, Manish could be in for another long 66, Dube’s charge saw In were very much in the game departed in quick succession fi rmly blunted the Red attack dropped anchor thereafter, steady halfcentury off 90 Pandey 39, Ishan Kishan 37, Shi day under the sun. diaA amass 327 for six in a after leftarm spinner Bjorn to give South AfricaA the ad va,m Dube 79 n.o.) bt South all day. “I missed an oppor and was not distracted even balls. The scores: India Green 308 for match reduced to 47 overs Fortuin put in a tidy shift in vantage. AfricaA 258 in 45 overs (Reeza tunity there,” he said later. by the multiple stoppages to Akshath was more expan four in 90 overs (Akshath Red due to wet outfi eld. the middle overs to strangu However, profl igate bow Hendricks 110, Khaya Zondo 30, “There were only six overs get the ball changed. sive against spin, charging dy 146, Siddesh Lad 64, Dhruv South Africa conceded late the runrate. ling by mediumpacers Ju Heinrich Klaasen 58, Yuzvendra left. I wanted to keep the The last domestic season down the pitch to Aditya Sar Shorey 44, Priyam Garg 30 bat 105 runs in the last eight ov After Shubman Gill’s blaz nior Dala and Beuran Hen Chahal fi ve for 47). shot down but the ball was was Akshath’s most produc wate and lofting him over ting) vs India Red. Top stars have it tough Playing Federer and taking a set off him... Rain aff ects Wednesday’s schedule couldn’t have asked for more: Nagal US OPEN umphed here in 2008, ral lied to beat 99thranked Bos EXCLUSIVE sport — as you have seen — many thousands of people nian Damir Dzumhur 36, [in which] a lot of people cheering, making noise. It’s Agence France-Presse 62, 63, 64. who have done amazing in a just a great, great, great NEW YORK Sriram Lakshman The 38yearold Swiss week or two weeks, they just feeling. Washington DC Serena Williams nearly third seed, who also continue their run. So you al You chose tennis in a land of crashed out of the rainhit dropped the fi rst set against Fastrising Indian tennis ways, always keep trying, cricket… US Open on Wednesday Indian qualifi er Sumit Nagal player Sumit Nagal was ec keep giving yourself an op I used to play a lot of cricket while topranked defending in his opener, answered the static when he was drawn to portunity and you never when I was young. I used to champion Novak Djokovic wakeup call despite 17 fi rst meet the legendary Roger know where you are going to spend a lot of hours on crick battled through shoulder set unforced errors. Federer in the opening end up. et. But my dad was not too pain and Roger Federer ad There were wins for se round at the U.S. Open. Na Tell us about the moment happy about it, he wanted vanced despite a weak start. venth seed Kei Nishikori, gal caused a fl utter by getting you heard you’d be playing me to play an individual Eighth seed Serena, seek French Open champion Ash the better of the legend in Federer — apparently you got sport and that’s how I got in ing her 24th career Grand leigh Barty and third seed the fi rst set before going a text message? to tennis. Slam title to match Margaret Karolina Pliskova. However, down in four. The 22year Yes, I got a text message from Court’s alltime record, got a seventime Grand Slam win old shared his experience in my coach saying you are Meeting Mahesh Bhupathi was a turning point in your scare before ousting 17year ner Venus Williams crashed an interview with The Hin- Guts and gumption: Sumit Nagal was hardly overawed either playing Federer and I was so, journey… old US wildcard Caty McNal out. Petkovic... packing a punch. du. Excerpts: by the big stage or the celebrated opponent. * AFP so happy and I was like, Meeting Mahesh was a turn ly 57, 63, 61. * AP “Yes!”. Because when we “I survived tonight. I’m Kvitova knocked out Congrats on your match on competed. fi ghting every point. I think saw the draw on Thursday ing point. He has played a big Monday. How would you role in my tennis, in my life. not too pleased with the way On Thursday, Czech sixth was knocked out by Germa How was the transition from that’s what matters. and we saw that Federer was assess yourself? He has been a part of my I played at all,” said Serena. seed Petra Kvitova, a two ny's 88thranked Andrea clay to hardcourt? In 2018 you were ranked in going to play a qualifi er, I journey for the past twelve Djokovic, winner of four time Wimbledon champion, Petkovic 64, 64. First of all, thank you. Com I didn’t have too much time the 400s after injuries and wanted so bad to play him. years. I have been playing of the past fi ve Slam titles, ing from not playing too ma to practise on hardcourt as match losses. You’re now And this is what I got. So it tennis for fourteen years, so was treated for a sore left IMPORTANT RESULTS ny hardcourt tournaments when I was playing at Ham ranked 190 and on the fi rst was amazing, what hap shoulder throughout his 64, this year and then qualifying burg, [in] my last tourna night of the Open you took pened that night. it does aff ect [things] a lot. He has always been there 76(3), 61 victory over Ar Thursday: Second round: Men: Bradley Klahn (USA) 62, 46, for a slam, beating really ment I fell on my ankle, it the fi rst set from Federer. Did Apart from the fact that it …whenever I needed fund gentina’s 56thranked Juan 15David Goffin (Bel) bt 63, 75. good players in the qualies was not in great shape so I you think that would was Federer you were Ignacio Londero. Gregoire Barrere (Fra) 62, 62, Women: 5Elina Svitolina (Ukr) [qualifying rounds], then had to take a few weeks off happen? playing, what specifi cally ing, he would fi nd whatever 62; Women: Andrea Petkovic Djokovic’s injury casts bt Venus Williams (USA) 64, playing Federer and taking a and had to pull out of the The funny part with tennis stood out for you about he could to support me. (Ger) bt 6Petra Kvitova (Cze) grave doubts on his bid to be 64; 10Madison Keys (USA) bt set off him, playing in the next two tournaments after is, anything is possible. You Monday’s match? What next for you? 64, 64. Zhu Lin (Chn) 64, 61; 3Karo the fi rst US Open repeat win biggest stadium in tennis his Hamburg. But since then I do not know what is going to Ah, the crowd. The crowd I am planning to play some Wednesday: Men: 1Novak lina Pliskova (Cze) bt Mariam and atmosphere. You cannot ner since Federer won from Djokovic (Srb) bt Juan Ignacio Bolkvadze (Geo) 61, 64; 8 tory… I think I couldn’t have tried whatever I could. I happen the next morning be tournaments on clay in Eu complain about it. It is phe 20042008, admitting he Londero (Arg) 64, 76(3), 61; Serena Williams (USA) bt Caty asked for more. Overall, I tried to spend as much time cause you wake up and feel rope and South America and wondered if he would even 3Roger Federer (Sui) bt Damir McNally (USA) 57, 63, 61; 2 was happy with my perfor on the hardcourt, but I amazing and the other per nomenal to play in New York then maybe fi nish the year get through the fi rst set. Dzumhur (Bih) 36, 62, 63, Ashleigh Barty (Aus) bt Lauren mance, with the tourna didn’t play great tennis but I son can feel like [it’s] his City, in Flushing Meadows, with some hardcourt tourna Federer, who last tri 64; 7Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt Davis (USA) 62, 76(2). ment, with the way I was competing a lot, I was worst day ever. Tennis is a under those big lights, so ments in China and India.
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