SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 16 India clinch Asia Cup India down Bangladesh to retain the title in last-ball thriller ASIA CUP FINAL SCOREBOARD

AFP | Dubai BANGLADESH st Dhoni b Yadav 121 ndia retained the Asia Cup c Rayudu b Jadhav 32 with a three- win off Imarul Kayes lbw b Chahal 2 Ithe last ball against a fighting c Bumrah b Jadhav 5 Bangladesh who were anchored by a maiden hundred from open- run out 2 er Liton Das in Dubai yesterday. Riyad c Bumrah b Yadav 4 India made heavy weather run out 33 of a modest 223-run target as st Dhoni b Yadav 7 Bangladesh fought for every run Nazmul Islam run out 7 before the title holders achieved not out 2 victory off the last ball watched by a capacity 25,000 holiday b Bumrah 0 crowd at Dubai stadium. Extras: (lb2, w5) 7 Das held the innings together Total: (all out; 48.3 overs) 222 during his 117-ball 121 which : Kumar 7-0-33-0 (1w), Bumrah 8.3-0-39-1 (2w), Chahal featured a dozen boundaries and 8-1-31-1(1w), Yadav 10-0-45-3, Jadeja 6-0-31-0, Jadhav 9-0-41- two sixes but Bangladesh, who 2(1w) were put into bat, were all out in INDIA 48.3 overs despite a solid open- ing stand of 120 with Mehidy R. Sharma c Islam b Rubel 48 Hasan. S. Dhawan c Sarkar b Islam 15 With their settled opening pair A. Rayudu c Rahim b Mortaza 2 Indian batsman Kedar Jadhav plays a shot of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar D. Karthik lbw b Riyad 37 Dhawan, India were expected to M. Dhoni c Rahim b Mustafiz 36 run away with victory, like they the target within India’s reach final after coming up just short the time the score reached 151. K. Jadhav not out 23 did in the previous matches but through a 45-run stand for the by two runs in the 2012 final Hasan hit three boundaries R. Jadeja c Rahim b Rubel 23 Bangladesh were not ready to sixth wicket but Bangladesh against Pakistan at home. in his 59-ball 32 while Soumya give up without a fight. removed them both with eight Earlier Bangladesh lost all Sarkar made a 45-ball 33 with a B. Kumar c Rahim b Mustafiz 21 Dhawan was dismissed for 15 runs still needed. their for 102 runs in a boundary and a six. K. Yadav not out 5 and Sharma for a punishing 55- India then required six off the major middle order collapse af- Former Mushfiqur Extras: (b1, lb 7, w 5) 13 ball 48, studded with three sixes last over and one off the final ter a brisk opening stand of 120. Rahim, who scored 144 and 99 Total: (for seven wkts; 50 overs) 223 and as many boundaries. which came as a leg- Hasan was promoted to open earlier in the tournament, also Bowling: Mehidy 4-0-27-0, Mustafiz 10-0-38-2, Islam 10-0-56-1, Dinesh Karthik (37) and Ma- bye. Kedar Jadhav finished with the innings and he and Das at- hold out off Jadhav who finished Mortaza 10-0-35-1 (1w), Rubel 10-2-26-2, (1w), Riyad 6-0-33-1 (2w) hendra Singh Dhoni (36) added 23 not out. tacked India’s pace-cum spin with 2-41. Rahim made just five. Note: K. Jadhav retired hurt at 167-5 with a pulled muscle and 54 for the fourth wicket but once India won the Asia Cup -- attack. Bangladesh’s cause was not both were dismissed Bangladesh under a format -- in But once Hasan was caught helped by three run-outs while returned at 212-6. looked like pulling off an upset. Bangladesh in 2016. off Jadhav in the 21st over the left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav Ravindra Jadeja (23) and Bhu- Yesterday’s result meant Bang- innings collapsed with Bangla- returned with the best figures Result: India won by three wickets venshwar Kumar (21) brought ladesh lost in a second Asia Cup desh losing four more wickets by of 3-45.

Kontaveit, Murray out as Aussie teen de Sabalenka reach Hamilton sets the pace Wuhan final Minaur chases breakthrough in Russian practice AFP | Wuhan, China ang Qiang’s dream Reuters | Sochi Wrun at the Wuhan Open in China ended in ormula One championship heartbreak yesterday as Fleader Lewis Hamilton led she retired injured from the way as Mercedes ended the her semi-final with Anett first day of Russian Grand Prix Kontaveit, while Aryna Sa- practice with a dominant one- balenka advanced to the two on the timesheets while final with an emphatic win Ferrari struggled. over Ashleigh Barty. The Briton, 40 points clear of Wang, China’s new great Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel with tennis hope, had to stop six races remaining, lapped with Estonia’s Kontaveit Sochi’s 5.8 km Olympic Park leading 6-2, 2-1, while the circuit with a best time of one hard-hitting Sabalenka beat Andy Murray minute 33.385 seconds on the Barty 7-6 (7/2), 6-4. hypersoft tyres. Top-ranked in China, AFP | Shenzhen, China make too many mistakes so he Vettel ended up only Wang had already made deserved the second set.” fifth-fastest, in 1:33.928, and Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton steers his car during the second history by becoming the ritain’s former world Murray was broken twice behind the two Red Bulls driv- practice session of the Formula One Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi first local player to reach Bnumber one Andy Murray -– in the ninth game of the first en by Max Verstappen and the Wuhan Open quarter-fi- had his hopes of a second ATP set and the third game of the Daniel Ricciardo. His Finnish in 2016. start to set up the win. The Finn nals. Her march to the last Shenzhen Open title dashed second. team mate Kimi Raikkonen was Verstappen turns 21 on Sun- was 0.199 slower than Hamilton four included an upset of yesterday night as Spanish Both times the winner came sixth. day but cannot become the first in yesterday’s dry afternoon world number seven Karo- veteran Fernando Verdasco after Verdasco had kept the The German had been fastest 20-year-old to start on pole po- session. Ricciardo, fourth after lina Pliskova. won their quarter-final clash pressure on at break point, and in the morning with a best time sition due to a raft of engine lunch, had sat out much of the The 34th-ranked Wang 6-4, 6-4. had then pounced to put away of 1:34.488, also on hypersoft penalties. morning with mechanics work- won the first two games of Still in the process of recov- his opponent’s weaker second tyres, with Hamilton third on The Dutch driver is one of ing on his car. the match to the delight of ering from hip surgery in Jan- serve. the slower softs. five listed with confirmed drops Italian reserve Antonio Gio- the home fans, but the clin- uary, Murray had this week The 34-year-old fifth seed, Vettel is running out of time to the back of the grid, leaving vinazzi, who will step up to the ical Kontaveit won the next produced some of his best ten- who knocked Murray out of to rein in Hamilton, who has the exact starting order uncer- Sauber race seat next season, six in a row to take the first nis of the year at the Shenzhen the US Open last month, also seven victories to his name this tain. took Marcus Ericsson’s car set. Wang was moving gin- Longgang Sports Centre but in used his own serve to good season, including four of the Verstappen’s Australian team for the opening practice while gerly as the first set ended, the end was simply undone by effect, firing down 11 aces for last five. mate Daniel Ricciardo, Toro British teenager Lando Norris and appeared to hold back Verdasco’s stealth. the match. Mercedes have won every Rosso’s Pierre Gasly and Bren- gained experience ahead of his tears as the crowd cheered “When he had his oppor- Verdasco was able to repel Russian Grand Prix since the don Hartley as well as McLar- McLaren debut next year. her every point. tunities, he played well,” said the majority of the attacks first in 2014, with Hamilton en’s Fernando Alonso were the Giovinazzi was 10th fastest, With just three games Murray. “First set I had quite a mustered by Murray, ending twice victorious and team mate others hit with grid penalties. with 18-year-old Norris — who played in second set, she few chances. Didn’t take them. the match having staved off Valtteri Bottas winning last year Vettel took pole in Sochi last went off but avoided the barri- signalled to umpire that she He was very aggressive from five of the six break points he after now-retired Nico Rosberg year but Bottas made a lightning ers — 13th. could no longer continue. the back of the court and didn’t faced.

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