FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2019 16 India knock Windies out Clinical India thump West Indies by 125 runs, maintain winning streak in World Cup

Chasing a target of 269 to• win, West Indies were World Cup 2019 standings bowled out for just 143 runs

Mohammed Shami Team Played Won Lost Tied No result Run rate Points took• up 4 Australia 7 6 1 0 0 0.906 12 India 6 5 0 0 1 1.160 11 New Zealand 7 5 1 0 1 1.028 11 The loss ended England 7 4 3 0 0 1.051 8 Caribbean• side’s chances of Bangladesh 7 3 3 0 1 -0.133 7 reaching the semi-finals Pakistan 7 3 3 0 1 -0.976 7 Sri Lanka 6 2 2 0 2 -1.119 6 West Indies 7 1 5 0 1 -0.320 3 AFP | Manchester 7 1 5 0 1 -0.324 3 Afghanistan 7 0 7 0 0 -1.634 0 kipper ’s gritty half-century and an incisive bowl- India Trafford. ing performance powered India West Indies were in trouble early S K.L. Rahul b Holder 48 to a comprehensive 125-run win over in their reply when Gayle mistimed a R. Sharma c Hope b Roach 18 West Indies yesterday, all but assur- short ball from Shami and was caught V. Kohli c sub b Holder 72 ing them of a spot in the World Cup by to the left of mid-on V. Shankar c Hope b Roach 14 semi-finals. after struggling to just six runs off 19 K. Jadhav c Hope b Roach 7 Kohli top-scored with 72 to lay the balls. M.S. Dhoni 56 foundations for India’s 268 for seven Shai Hope tried to take the Shami H. Pandya c Allen b Cottrell 46 after electing to bat first at Manches- on and hit him for a boundary but M. Shami c Hope b Cottrell 0 ter’s Old Trafford. the bowler responded by rattling his K. Yadav not out 0 The Indian bowlers, led by paceman stumps with the next ball as West In- Extras (1b, w6) 7 , then dismissed dies slipped to 16-2. Total (seven wickets, 50 overs) 268 West Indies for 143 in 34.2 overs to end India’s Virat Kohli plays a shot It was all downhill from there for a the West Indies’ hopes of progressing. early after a scratchy innings from the struggling Caribbean side who failed to India, who have displaced England as opener. West Indies maintain momentum after their open- the top-ranked one-day team, remain ing World Cup win against Pakistan. Kohli record C. Gayle c Jadhav b Shami 6 the only unbeaten side in the tourna- S. Ambris lbw b Pandya 31 Paceman and ment and need just one victory from But it was Kohli who set up the win S. Hope b Shami 5 leg-spinner took their remaining three league games to as he became fastest batsman to reach N. Pooran c Shami b Yadav 28 two wickets each. guarantee a semi-finals berth. 20,000 international runs in his 417th 20,000 S. Hetmyer c Rahul b Shami 18 West Indies Jason Holder West Indies joined Afghanistan and innings -- India’s and international runs has J. Holder c Jadhav b Chahal 6 said: “The bowlers did a fantastic job South Africa as the three teams to bow Caribbean batsman Brian Lara both been scored by Virat Kohli C. Brathwaite c Dhoni b Bumrah 1 on this surface. I couldn’t ask for more out of the race for the final four so far. required 453 international innings to making him the fastest F. Allen lbw b Bumrah 0 but we let ourselves down with the bat. “We can’t complain, we have just be- reach the landmark. K. Roach not out 14 “We didn’t seize the moment but come the number one side in the world Wicketkeeper-batsman M.S. Dhoni batsman to reach the I would have taken chasing 268. We milestone S. Cottrell lbw b Chahal 10 and we have been playing like that for and boosted the total, O. Thomas c Sharma b Shami 6 didn’t do it. a while now,” said captain and man-of- putting on 70 runs for the sixth Extras: (b9, lb3, nb1, w5) 18 “We have let ourselves down signifi- the-match Kohli. to punish the otherwise-disciplined Total: (all out, 34.2 overs) 143 cantly in this tournament. The bowlers “Things hadn’t gone our way with the bowlers. had a reasonable campaign but our bat in the last few games but we have Pandya hit 46 off 38 balls while Dhoni check until the latter stages, stemming has been too inconsistent. This found a way to win.” remained unbeaten on 56, ending the the flow of runs with regular wickets. Kohli, whose 82-ball knock included is our weakest format of the three.” Shami, who took a hat-trick in the innings with a big six. Roach returned impressive figures of eight boundaries, extended his fine run Two-time champions India next play previous game, returned figures of 4-16, The West Indies bowlers, led by pace- 3-36 in his 10 overs, including the wick- of form with some eye-catching shots hosts England in Birmingham on Sun- removing the dangerous man Kemar Roach, had kept India in et of India opener for 18. that charmed a partisan crowd at Old day.

Today’s match England must keep Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1992 all over again as Pakistan cool heads in India match: Root take identical World Cup path AFP | Birmingham Riverside Ground - Chester-le-Street AFP | Birmingham oe Root expects emo - 12:30pm Jtions to run high against wenty-seven years and a India on Sunday in a game Dimuth Karunaratne Tgeneration apart, Paki- England may have to win stan’s World Cup bears strik- to reach semi-finals in their » Sri Lanka would have gained a lot of confidence after their win over ing similarities with their 1992 home tournament. tournament favorites England in their last match. campaign -- when they started A heavy defeat by Austral- » South Africa have a very strong record against Sri Lanka in the 50- slowly but ended up lifting the ia at Lord’s on Tuesday was over format; they have won 16 of their last 18 matches against them. trophy in Melbourne. England’s third defeat of the » South Africa are now out of semi-final contention and playing with An identical sequence of wins tournament and leaves their freedom and without pressure will make them a dangerous side. and losses, and other eerie par- hopes of reaching knockout allels, have struck a chord with stage in the balance. Sri Lanka South Africa millions of fans who believe England are in fourth that Pakistan could be set to place in the 10-team table Sri Lanka have played six matches so far South Africa’s 49-run loss to Pakistan come out on top once again. but are now just one point this World Cup out of which they have in the last match has thrown them In both World Cups, Pakistan Pakistan’s batsman Babar Azam, left, looks up as teammate Haris Sohail ahead of Bangladesh and won two and lost as many while two out of contention for the race to the started with a one-sided defeat watches on after scoring a century Pakistan and two clear of Sri have been washouts. They are currently semi-finals. With just one win, five to the West Indies, before re- beat the West Indies for us to following all these (discussions) Lanka. The top four sides sixth on the CWC 2019 points table with defeats and a washout, the Proteas covering to win their second qualify,” said legendary fast but this should motivate them,” qualify for the semi-finals. six points and will need to win their re- are currently placed in the ninth game -- against Zimbabwe in bowler , who said Wasim. Winning their last two maining three fixtures in order to make position on the World cup 2019 lea- 1992, and England this time played for Pakistan in 1992. But Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz group games would secure it to the semi-finals. After facing a heavy derboard. Their solitary win came ten around. “Then also we beat New Zea- Ahmed played down any paral- a semi-final spot but see- 87-run defeat against Australia at Lon- days ago at Cardiff against Afghani- At both tournaments, their land -– who was unbeaten then lels with 1992. ing off both India and New don, Sri Lanka showed a lot of character stan - the least challenging of all the third game was rained off and too. A lot of similarities, I hope “That’s history but after Zealand would require a to bounce back with a 20-run victory teams in the tournament. they then went on to lose their the end result is also similar we won against New Zealand sharp improvement from a over hosts England in their last match next two games and win the now and we win the World someone told me that even in side who have lost their way at Leeds. Probable XI following two. Cup,” said Wasim, now a TV 1992 we chased down New since starting the campaign Probable XI Not only that, but the final commentator. Zealand’s target with five balls as clear favourites. Quinton de Kock (wk), , win in both sequences was In another similarity, Wasim to spare,” said Sarfaraz, whose When they walk out at Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Kusal Perera (c), , against New Zealand, who were was the leading wicket-taker team reached their 238-run tar- Edgbaston this weekend, (wk), Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, , David Miller, unbeaten in both 1992 and 2019 in 1992 with 18 and another get in 49.1 overs on Wednesday. swathes of fans from Bir- Angelo Mathews, , Jeevan , , until they ran into Pakistan. Pakistan left-arm pacer, Mo- Fans are now hoping that the mingham’s big British Asian Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Isuru Uda- , , Imran “It was same, the same se - hammad Amir, is second on the similarities don’t end there, and community will be backing na, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep Tahir quence of results, points and bowler’s chart with 16 so far. even that they continue beyond India, heaping the pressure then we wanted Australia to “I am not sure if players are the World Cup. on the home side.