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THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE India’s mammoth total proves too steep for Australia Dhawan’s hundred and Kohli’s 82 set up a 36-run win for the Men in Blue, making it two out of two

K.C. Vijaya Kumar London At lunch, the Indian fans were belting out the old num­ ber “we will, we will rock you”. And beyond the ropes, Sunil Gavaskar, here as a commentator, jived and ex­ horted the crowd to maintain the tempo. It was that kind of a joyous day as ’s men defeated Australia by 36 runs in a key ICC World Cup clash at the Oval. Chasing India’s 352 for five that featured Shikhar Dha­ wan’s 117, ’s men replied with 316.

Cautious pursuit The pursuit commenced cau­ tiously as (56) and Aaron Finch were cir­ cumspect against Bhuvnesh­ war Kumar and Jasprit Bum­ Stepping up: Shikhar Dhawan scored his third World Cup century, and sixth in ICC events. * AFP rah. The latter was unlucky as he had Warner hopping but Stoinis, Australia was gaping was promptly slog­swept, SCOREBOARD INDIA VS AUSTRALIA the awkward fend and the re­ at a steep 115 from the last 10 and the first­ pair cut sultant inner­edge just rolled overs. The final nail was dri­ loose. Rohit guided Maxwell INDIA 69 (70b, 5x4, 1x6), Usman into the stumps without dis­ ven in when Maxwell mis­ past third­man and hooked Rohit Sharma c Carey b Khawaja b Bumrah 42 (39b, 4x4, lodging the bails! Just as the cued a hit off Chahal and the Coulter­Nile for six while Dha­ Coulter-Nile 57 (70b, 3x4, 1x6), 1x6), c sub b runs dried, Finch cut loose in rest flickered and perished. wan slashed and upper­cut, Shikhar Dhawan c sub b Starc 117 Chahal 28 (14b, 5x4), Marcus a Hardik Pandya over that Earlier, Sunday dawned and India reached 100 in 19 (109b, 16x4), Virat Kohli c Cum- Stoinis b Bhuvneshwar 0 (2b), yielded 19. The Australian bright and out in the middle, overs. mins b Stoinis 82 (77b, 4x4, (not out) 55 (35b, skipper, though, failed to beat Kohli elected to bat and his Just as the Aussies seemed 2x6), Hardik Pandya c Finch b 5x4, 1x6), Nathan Coulter-Nile c Kohli b Bumrah 4 (9b), Pat Cum- a throw from Kedar Jadhav. decision found vindication resigned to a leather­hunt, Cummins 48 (27b, 4x4, 3x6), M.S. Dhoni c & b Stoinis 27 (14b, mins c Dhoni b Bumrah 8 (7b, Placed at 61 for one, Aus­ through a commanding per­ Rohit got dismissed while try­ 3x4, 1x6), K.L. Rahul (not out) 11 1x4), 3 tralia’s hopes rested on War­ formance. Dhawan’s ton (117, ing to dab one behind the (3b, 1x4, 1x6), Kedar Jadhav (not (3b), Adam Zampa c sub b ner and (69). 109b, 16x4) top­lined the in­ wicket. By then, Dhawan and out) 0 (0b); Extras (lb-3, w-7): Bhuvneshwar 1 (3b); Extras Kohli swapped his bowlers, nings while Rohit Sharma Rohit had added 127 in 22.3 10; Total (for five wkts. in 50 (nb-1, w-7, b-2, lb-3): 14; Total used Bumrah in short bursts (57), the skipper (82) himself overs. Finch’s men then tried overs): 352. (in 50 overs) 316. and kept the runs under and Pandya (48) played their to follow a parched­earth pol­ FALL OF FALL OF WICKETS check. Smith struck Kedar parts. icy for Kohli, pitching it a bit 1-127 (Rohit, 22.3), 2-220 1-61 (Finch, 13.1 overs), 2-133 Jadhav for a six but India was Initially, openers Rohit and wide after packing the off­ (Dhawan, 36.6), 3-301 (Pandya, (Warner, 24.4), 3-202 (Khawaja, happy with its economy rate. Dhawan practised watchful side. 45.5), 4-338 (Dhoni, 49.1), 5- 36.4), 4-238 (Smith, 39.4), 5- The almost run­a­ball 72 part­ consolidation against Pat The Indian , 348 (Kohli, 49.5). 238 (Stoinis, 39.6), 6-244 (Max- nership between Smith and Cummins and Mitchell Starc. though, stole his singles and AUSTRALIA well, 40.4), 7-283 (Coulter-Nile, 44.5), 8-300 (Cummins 46.6), Warner for the second wick­ They had their lucky mo­ when Zampa came on, Dha­ Cummins 10-0-55-1, Starc 10-0-74-1, Coulter-Nile 10-1- 9-313 (Starc, 49.1). et, however, couldn’t kick off ments, especially when Rohit wan drove and lofted with fi­ 63-1, Maxwell 7-0-45-0, Zampa INDIA BOWLING on to a higher plane. uppishly flicked Starc and nesse. Kohli, too, cashed in 6-0-50-0, Stoinis 7-0-62-2. Bhuvneshwar 10-0-50-3, Warner succumbed to leg­ watched Nathan Coulter­Nile and lashed at Cummins. After AUSTRALIA Bumrah 10-1-61-3, Pandya 10-0- spinner , drop a tough chance at Dhawan reached his David Warner c Bhuvneshwar 68-0, Kuldeep 9-0-55-0, Chahal but Smith soldiered on. With square­leg. hundred, he drilled one past b Chahal 56 (84b, 5x4), Aaron 10-0-62-2, Jadhav 1-0-14-0. slamming a Starc, disdain rippling Finch run out 36 (35b, 3x4, 1x6), Toss: India. MoM: Dhawan. six and four off Kuldeep Ya­ On fire through that stroke. The Steve Smith lbw b Bhuvneshwar India won by 36 runs. dav, the Aussies hinted that On two then, Rohit just fo­ southpaw eventually holed they were still alive. Kohli im­ cused on settling down. Dha­ out in the deep but his 93­run Nile, reached his fifty. Pandya mediately employed Bum­ wan, meanwhile, cover­drove second­wicket partnership hoisted a six off Maxwell, rah, who knocked down Kha­ Cummins and gratefully with Kohli laid the foundation Kohli thumped Cummins and waja’s stumps. tucked into seamer Coulter­ for the final assault. the two added 81 for the third Glenn Maxwell then flung Nile’s errant line and hit three Mayhem ensued as Pan­ wicket off just 53 deliveries. his bat around, but with fours. Rohit, too, broke his dya, promoted up the order, The runs flowed as M.S. Dho­ Bhuvneshwar delivering a shackles once leg­spinner and Kohli pressed the accel­ ni struck a cameo, and Aus­ double blow in the 40th over Adam Zampa was pressed in­ erator. The latter, dropped on tralia was left wringing its to dismiss Smith and Marcus to service. A loose 41 by Alex Carey off Coulter­ hands.

WC EXTRAS ‘Don’t boo, cheer Smith’ Series loss against Australia gave us added motivation: Kohli SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT with the Australian. K.C. Vijaya Kumar and plays with a free mind. LONDON Asked about the LONDON He told me that he will strike In the rough world of sport incident, Kohli said: “I feel Virat Kohli stressed that all big while I could stay at the where the winner takes all, for him. Look, we have had units of his team played in wicket and we played that it is good to see an a few incidents in the past, cohesion in the win over way. He can strike at even empathetic heart. Virat we have had our Australia here on Sunday. 200 per cent.” Kohli was upset when a arguments, but now he is Speaking to reporters at Meanwhile, Aaron Finch ICC rejected ‘Universe section of the Indian fans coming back. I noticed this the Oval, Kohli said: “It was a rued the regular fall of wick­ Boss’ logo request booed Steve Smith during in the IPL too that he was fine performance, all of us ets during the chase. “Look, LONDON the World Cup match at the keen to play and there were batsmen played well and the we need a few things to fall in The ICC also refused West Oval here on Sunday. The some incidents. It bowlers were excellent and place when you are chasing. Indies opener Chris Gayle permission to use ‘Universe India captain gesticulated happened today too (fans restricted Australia. Back Unfortunately, we kept los­ Boss’ logo on his bat. to the crowd to pipe down booing) and I felt bad for home, we lost a series to Aus­ ing wickets and I think we Gayle had requested the ICC and also requested that him. I went and apologised tralia after leading 2­0 and gave them a few extra runs. to allow him use it for his bat Smith should be cheered. to him on behalf of the that gave us added The Indian bowlers kept it branding but he was Later, he also had a word crowd.” motivation.” tight and my run­out did not informed that he can’t use The Indian captain lauded help,” the Australian captain any clothing or sporting his openers Shikhar Dhawan said. All together: Kohli said all units of his team played in cohesion. * AFP equipment for personal and Rohit Sharma: “They are messages. PTI world­class and have been No insignia on MS’ gloves together for six years. Both Yuvraj to call it a day? are instinctive and perform What was Zampa doing? MUMBAI Agence France-Presse even better in ICC events. India’s 2011 World Cup hero LONDON Special Correspondent A few clips were Rohit takes some time but London Yuvraj Singh has called a M.S. Dhoni took the field with Shikhar, once he hits a circulated on social media interaction here on without a controversial dag­ few fours he can take off Australian leg­spinner media, questioning Monday, triggering ger logo on his wicketkeep­ from there. And they give us Adam Zampa caused whether Zampa was speculations that he may tongues to wag, applying some substance announce his retirement. ing gloves in Sunday’s World confidence.” Cup game against Australia especially on Twitter, onto the ball. “He would like to speak to after he was sighted Later Australian the BCCI and get more clarity after being ordered to re­ Pandya in a good space

* slipping his bowling arm skipper Aaron Finch on plying his trade in move the symbol by the ICC. M.S. Dhoni. REUTERS Kohli also pointed out that into his pocket before clarified that “Zampa tournaments like GT20 Dhoni’s gloves in the Hardik Pandya is in a good (Canada), Euro T20 Slam in opening game against South But he wore a different pair space mentally and it shows giving the ball a twirl and had hand­warmers in his Ireland and Holland as he has Africa bore an apparent mil­ of gloves, that appeared to in his game: “He loves play­ then ambling down to pockets and there was offers,” a senior BCCI official itary insignia that breached conform with ICC regula­ ing the sport and does not bowl. nothing more”. had said recently. PTI rules laid down by the ICC. tions, when India fielded. think about the tournament

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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Who else but Rafael Nadal on clay in Paris! Claims 12th Roland Garros title and 18th Grand Slam crown

Agence France-Presse Paris Rafael Nadal swept to an his­ toric 12th Roland Garros title and 18th Grand Slam crown on Sunday with a 6­3, 5­7, 6­1, 6­1 victory over Austria’s Do­ minic Thiem. The 33­year­old Spaniard becomes the first player, man or woman, to win the same Slam 12 times after see­ ing off a brave challenge Time to come good: With South Africa’s fortunes hanging by the thread, Hashim Amla and from a weary Thiem in a re­ Quinton de Kock need to deliver. * AP peat of the 2018 final. The world number two has previously won the title in 2005­2008, 2010­2014, Uphill task awaits 2017 and 2018. “I want to say congratula­ tions to Dominic. I feel sorry as he deserves to win it as well,” said Nadal. “But he has South Africa every chance in the future.” “It’s a dream to win again, West Indies better placed with a win and loss to its name an incredible moment. When I first played here in 2005 I never thought I would WC PREVIEW be still playing here in 2019. IANS “It’s very special for me.” Southampton After three consecutive de­ ‘Big three’ stranglehold feats, South Africa will look Sunday’s triumph confirmed to get its first win of the the ‘Big Three’ stranglehold World Cup when it faces on the Grand Slams having Nadal was riled by the in­ West Indies at the Hamp­ shared the last 10 between sult. He swept the first 10 shire Bowl, here on Monday. them. It also gave Nadal an points of the third set, carv­ After a below par show so 82nd career title and 950th ing out a double break for far, the Proteas desperately match win. 3­0 before sweeping to a need a win to stay in conten­ good looking West Indies will have to surely fire “It’s very tough. I gave third break for the set. tion for a spot in the pace attack. against the Windies. everything these last two semifinals. However, the pacers’ per­ The middle­order looks weeks,” said Thiem, who had Telling toll West Indies, on the other formance in the six­wicket decent and the lower order seven fewer winners and se­ Thiem, bidding to become hand, is slightly better loss to India must be hear­ has also chipped in. The Pro­ ven more unforced errors in just Austria’s second Grand placed after a win and a loss tening for skipper Faf du teas now need to play fear­ the final. Slam champion after Tho­ from its two games. The Ja­ Plessis and the team man­ less and attacking cricket. “Rafa, well done. You are mas Muster won in Paris in son Holder­led side kicked­ agement. an amazing champion and a 1995, had played four succes­ off its campaign on a con­ So far, nothing seems to West Indies’ aggressive legend in our sport. I am sive days to reach Sunday’s vincing note with an impres­ have worked well for South opening bowling in the first happy that you are playing. final and the toll was slowly sive seven­wicket win over Africa with pacer two matches has impressed To win 12 times, it’s unreal. I telling. Pakistan before suffering a ruled out due to injury and everyone and if it happens will try again, for sure.” Top of the heap: Rafael Nadal underlined his supremacy at the French Open yet again. He wasted break points in narrow 15­run loss to Lungi Ngidi also unfit for the again, the South African In a 53­minute first set of * CLIVE BRUNSKILL/GETTY IMAGES the first and third games of Australia. game on Monday. openers could be in trouble brutal hitting and raw physi­ the fourth set and Nadal South Africa has plenty to again. cality, it was Thiem who with the next three games to dal’s first five service games from nowhere, broke to take pounced to stretch to 3­0. West Indian pace attack discuss about its inconsis­ The Caribbean side would broke first for a 3­2 lead. pocket the opener. of the second set. the second set. That was soon 5­1 and the For the Proteas — having lost tent performance with the be the favourites on Monday. But the 25­year­old’s joy Thiem, who had beaten However, the dogged Aus­ It was the first set he had relentless barrage continued to England, Bangladesh and bat. South Africa, however, has a was short­lived as Nadal re­ his opponent four times on trian pushed and pushed, managed to take off Nadal at with Nadal taking the title on India — it’s the batsmen who Its openers — Quinton de 4­2 advantage over West In­ trieved the break in the sixth clay in his career, failed to forced Nadal into three Roland Garros after three a second match point when need to step—up against a Kock and Hashim Amla — dies in World Cup games. game before racing away claim a single point off Na­ rushed groundstrokes and, previous defeats. Thiem fired a return long. Italy upsets Australia with Bonansea double France comes unstuck in Turkey England beats Swiss on Cristiane hat-trick seals Brazil win; Norway too strong for Nigeria EURO QUALIFYING penalties side maintained its perfect Agence France-Presse WOMEN’S WC record in World Cup openers Konya (Turkey) Reuters Reuters and also snapped a run of World champion France GUIMARAES (Portugal) Reims nine straight defeats in the slumped to a 2­0 loss to Tur­ England finished third in Barbara Bonansea scored lead­up to the tournament key in Euro 2020 qualifying the Nations League after twice to give Italy a surprise, since a 2­1 win over Japan last on Saturday amid a red­hot beating Switzerland 6­5 on last­gasp 2­1 victory against July. atmosphere in Konya. penalties on Sunday as the Australia in its opening On Saturday, Former Kaan Ayhan headed Tur­ game ended goalless after Group C game at the wo­ champion Norway kicked off key ahead on the half­hour extra time. men’s World Cup on Sunday. its campaign with a routine mark and Cengiz Under fired England keeper Jordan The Italians, back at the 3­0 victory over Nigeria, des­ in a second before half­time Pickford produced an out­ World Cup after a 20­year pite the absence of Ballon to give the hosts a first ever standing save to keep out absence, prevailed when d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg. win over France. The clincher: Cengiz Under fires in Turkey’s second goal Josip Drmic’s spot kick low striker Bonansea headed Lyon striker Hegerbergre­ Didier Deschamps fielded against France. * REUTERS to his right to win the home from a free kick five fused to come to the tourna­ nine of the players that start­ game, after both teams had minutes into stoppage time. ment due to a dispute with ed last year’s World Cup fi­ Belarus 0 lost to Germany 2 88, Kudryashov 36, Smolov 77, converted all their pre­ her national federation, nal but France struggled to (Sane 13, Reus 62). 83) bt San Marino 0; Belgium 3 vious penalties. Opening goal which she accuses of failing create chances, while Hugo Group E: Croatia 2 (Lawrence (Mertens 11, Castagne 14, R. England thought it had Lukaku 50) bt Kazakhstan 0; Australia captain Sam Kerr to respect women players. Lloris denied Turkey on a 17­og, Perisic 48) lost to Wales grabbed victory in normal had opened the scoring by The results: Australia 1 (Kerr 1 (Brooks 77); Azerbaijan 1 (Em­ Scotland 2 (Robertson 61, time when substitute Cal­ number of occasions. Burke 89) bt Cyprus 1 (Kousou­ firing home on the rebound 22­pen) lost to Italy 2 (Bonan­ reli 69) lost to Hungary 3 (Or­ lum Wilson scored in the sea 56, 90+5). “That was a slap in the ban 18, 53, Holman 71). los 87). after her penalty was saved On target: Barbara Bonansea celebrates scoring the winner 84th minute but to its dis­ Brazil 3 (Cristiane 15, 50, 64) face for us and there’s not a Group H: Iceland 1 (Gudmunds­ Group J: Finland 2 (Pukki 56, by Italy keeper Laura Giulia­ with Valentina Giacinti. * REUTERS may Romanian referee Ovi­ bt Jamaica 0; Norway 3 (Reiten lot I can say,” Deschamps son 22) bt Albania 0; Turkey 2 68) bt Bosnia­Herzegovina 0; ni in the 22nd minute. Bo­ 17, Utland 34, Ohale 37­og) bt told TF1. (Ayhan 30, Under 40) bt France Armenia 3 (Ghazaryan 2, Kara­ diu Hategan enlisted the nansea, however, equalised Later Brazil’s Cristiane tants Jamaica on Sunday to Nigeria 0. The results: 0; Moldova 1 (Armas 8) bt An­ petyan 18, Barseghyan 90+1) bt help of VAR and the goal 11 minutes into the second scored a hat­trick as the kick off its campaign in style. England 2 (Parris 14­pen, Group C: Estonia 1 (Vassiljev dorra 0. Liechtenstein 0; Greece 0 lost was chalked off due to a half after a defensive blun­ former finalist sealed a sup­ Victory at Stade des Alpes White 40) bt Scotland 1 (Emslie 25) lost to Northern Ireland 2 Group I: Russia 9 (Cevoli 25­og, to Italy 3 (Barella 24, Insigne push by the Bournemouth der on the edge of the box. erb 3­0 victory over debu­ in Grenoble meant Vadao’s 79). (Washington 77, Magennis 80); 41­og, Dzyuba 31­pen, 73, 76, 30, Bonucci 33). striker.

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