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Kohli's Men Look to Sweep Series EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2019 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kohli’s men look to sweep series Bumrah’s spell in first 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 five­wicket haul in the se­ bowler. He is aware of situa­ come but I am not always Rishabh Pant will be desper­ fied 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 first 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 flawless in the first game Bumrah, who was given a Arun said. first innings) was a trifle 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 first innings in Antigua from an Indian in a long, pitched it up. Wickets were Tinkering unlikely also very effective in short but came back to claim five long time,” he added. not a concern as the process It is unlikely that India will be bursts, while Ravindra Jadeja five 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 ill­afford 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 first 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 first 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 five 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 fielding 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 fine­leg pull­ Dube cost it the match. Spinners Yuzvendra Chahal stand for the third wicket ing Avesh. Dhruv Shorey Dube profited 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 confident 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 final 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 unofficial 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 fifth wicket. They both in 47 overs (Shubman Gill 46, 248­ball effort, after he had testing first hour.
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