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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE de Kock takes charge as South Africa levels series Not great decision­making cost us, says Kohli Beuran Hendricks’ incisive bowling and the home team’s insipid display hand the visitors a resounding nine­wicket victory Ashwin Achal SA IN INDIA SCOREBOARD Bengaluru India skipper Virat Kohli Shreedutta Chidananda INDIA stated that his team should Bengaluru Shikhar Dhawan c Bavuma b have taken a more cautious An insipid batting display Shamsi 36 (25b, 4x4, 2x6), Rohit batting approach on the saw India sink to a resound­ Sharma c R. Hendricks b B. Hen­ slow M. Chinnaswamy Stadi­ ing nine­wicket defeat in the dricks 9 (8b, 2x4), Virat Kohli c um pitch, in the third and fi­ third and final T20 interna­ Phehlukwayo b Rabada 9 (15b), nal T20 against South Africa. tional here on Sunday. Some Rishabh Pant c Phehlukwayo b “We wanted to go for a big Fortuin 19 (20b, 1x4, 1x6), questionable shot­making score. In the past, while bat­ Shreyas Iyer st de Kock b Fortuin saw Virat Kohli’s men scram­ 5 (8b), Hardik Pandya c Miller b ting first in T20Is, we have ble together a modest 134 in Rabada 14 (18b, 1x4), Krunal been 20­30 runs short on 20 overs after winning the Pandya c de Kock b B. Hendricks certain occasions, and that toss at the M. Chinnaswamy 4 (7b), Ravindra Jadeja c&b Ra­ has cost us the game. But Stadium. bada 19 (17b, 1x4, 1x6), Wash­ quickly into our innings to­ ington Sundar run out 4 (1b, day, we realised that the On the rampage 1x4), Deepak Chahar (not out) 0 pitch would not allow us to Quinton de Kock then went (0b), Navdeep Saini (not out) 0 go for a big score. on the rampage, smashing an (1b); Extras (b­1, lb­2, w­12): 15; “After the start we got, we Total (for nine wkts. in 20 ov­ unbeaten 79, as South Africa could have reassessed and ers): 134. raced home with 19 balls to set our target to 170, instead FALL OF WICKETS spare to level the series. 1­22 (Rohit, 2.2 overs), 2­63 of looking for 200. But take De Kock’s 52­ball effort (Dhawan, 7.2), 3­68 (Kohli, 8.3), nothing away from South contained five sixes, all exe­ 4­90 (Pant, 12.4), 5­92 (Shreyas, Africa — they bowled very cuted in his trademark style 12.5), 6­98 (Krunal, 14.3), 7­127 well, hit the right areas, and Virat Kohli. * K. MURALI KUMAR over the leg­side boundary. (Jadeja, 19.1), 8­133 (Washing­ understood the pitch. A India’s bowlers failed to ton, 19.4), 9­133 (Hardik, 19.5). combination of good bow­ both batsmen reached the make an early breakthrough SOUTH AFRICA BOWLING ling and not great decision­ pitch — three batsmen on as de Kock and Reeza Hen­ Calling the shots: Quinton de Kock was in a punishing mood, hitting six fours and five sixes in his unbeaten 79.* K. MURALI KUMAR Fortuin 3­0­19­2, Rabada 4­0­ making from us cost us the the field,” Kohli said. dricks put on 76 for the open­ 39­3, B. Hendricks 4­0­14­2, game,” Kohli said. South Africa captain ing wicket. ed to bat first, Kohli believing first slip. Hendricks would the deep mid­wicket boun­ Phehlukwayo 4­0­28­0, Shamsi Quinton de Kock praised his 4­0­23­1, Pretorius 1­0­8­0. Kohli will be frustrated by his team needed practice in eventually finish with excel­ dary by Phehlukwayo. Rish­ Pant or Shreyas? bowlers Tabraiz Shamsi and SOUTH AFRICA a number of things. Primary defending totals ahead of the lent figures of two for 14 from abh Pant made a start, get­ Reeza Hendricks c Kohli b Hardik There was a moment of con­ Bjorn Fortuin. among them will be his use of T20 World Cup. But what fol­ his four overs. ting to 19, before he holed out 28 (26b, 4x4), Quinton de Kock fusion during the Indian in­ the review. India wasted its lowed was a poor, chaotic ef­ to long­off against the left­ (not out) 79 (52b, 6x4, 5x6), nings, when both Rishabh Good display only review on a frivolous ap­ fort that frittered away a Early momentum arm spin of Bjorn Fortuin. Temba Bavuma (not out) 27 Pant and Shreyas Iyer “Shamsi is always pretty peal against Hendricks in the bright start. From 62 for one India's early momentum was Shreyas Iyer unwisely (23b, 2x4, 1x6); Extras (lb­2, walked into the ground at consistent. But I’m more im­ sixth over, when Deepak Cha­ in seven overs, India supplied by Shikhar Dhawan, charged down the pitch two w­4): 6; Total (for one wkt. in the fall of the second wicket. pressed with Fortuin. He is har’s delivery was sliding way slumped to 99 for six in 15, who picked up from where balls later. Fortuin dragged it 16.5 overs): 140. It was Pant who eventually an up­and­coming young down leg. and never really recovered. he had left off in Mohali. He down the leg­side, and FALL OF WICKET batted at two­drop. spinner — for him to come In the next over, de Kock The home team was un­ drove Andile Phehlukwayo Shreyas was comfortably 1­76 (R. Hendricks, 10.1). “There was some mis­ into conditions where the was trapped in front by changed from the second down the ground, and wel­ stumped. INDIA BOWLING communication there. That Indian team is very good at Washington Sundar for 28. T20 while South Africa comed Tabraiz Shamsi with a The stadium crackled with Washington 4­0­27­0, D. Chahar is what I understood after­ playing spin and bowl the Umpire Nitin Menon ruled brought in the left­arm pacer pair of tall sixes. But Dhawan anticipation when Hardik 3­0­15­0, Saini 2­0­25­0, Krunal wards. The batting coach way he did was great. He 3.5­0­40­0, Hardik 2­0­23­1, him not out. A little later, re­ Beuran Hendricks. The move fell to Shamsi for 36, reaching Pandya arrived at the crease. Jadeja 2­0­8­0. had a word with both of was very clever as he mixed plays showed the ball would paid off at once. for the ball and lofting it high. But he failed to produce the Toss: India. Man-of-the-Match: them, and there was a mis­ up his pace, and the areas have crashed into the In his first over, Hendricks Temba Bavuma settled under fireworks the crowd craved. B. Hendricks. Man-of-the-Se- understanding as to who where he bowled,” de Kock stumps. de Kock carried on angled a delivery across Ro­ the catch at extra­cover. Ravindra Jadeja managed just ries: de Kock. had to go in at what stage. It said. Batsman Rassie van der unflustered as South Africa hit Sharma (9) that the bat­ That was the start of In­ the solitary six as South Afri­ South Africa won by nine was funny afterwards, as Dussen added that he was wrapped things up in style. sman pushed at half­hearted­ dia’s troubles. Kohli went for ca’s death­overs bowling wickets with 19 balls remaining both wanted to walk in. It surprised that India chose to India won the toss and opt­ ly. The resulting edge flew to 9, caught within an inch of proved watertight. to draw the series 1-1. would have been funny had bat first. Aware wins bronze Silver is the result of my Team Europe’s reign continues India finishes with five medals hard work: Deepak Punia Team World loses after being one win away from maiden win Withdraws from the 86kg freestyle final due to injury

Y.B. Sarangi trasal Stadium in Delhi. KOLKATA Deepak, who also booked Even after being forced to an Olympic quota place, withdraw from the men’s sounded positive. “My mo­ 86kg freestyle gold medal rale was high after the World bout in the World wrestling junior championships and championships on Sunday my preparation was good. due to an ankle injury, Dee­ The silver here is the result pak Punia took heart from of my hard work. This will his excellent performance in inspire me to do well in the Nur­Sultan to focus on the Olympics.” 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The youngster agreed that Keeping it tight: Rahul Aware, right, was in complete control Deepak, a former Wold luck was on his side. “I was of the bout against 2017 Pan­America champion Tyler Lee cadet champion, had lucky to have been placed in Graff of the USA. * AP claimed the World junior tit­ the upper half of the draw. le in August last and was eye­ The lower half was tougher WORLD WRESTLING dal of his career. ing to corner the rare glory (with the presence of wres­ The winning cast: Team Europe completed a hat­trick of triumphs with a fantastic Graff surprised Aware of being an elite World tlers from traditional coun­ come­from­behind victory on Sunday. * GETTY IMAGES ANI with a double leg attack the champion as well. However, tries like Iran, Hungary, Ko­ Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) moment the bout started the injury in his left leg and a Deepak Punia. * PTI rea, Russia, Uzbekistan, Agence France-Presse Jack Sock beat Federer and serve deserted him. Rahul Aware bagged a and earned two points with swollen eye spoilt his plan. Georgia, China, Japan and GENEVA Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Earlier Federer won a bronze to ensure India’s a takedown. He ended up being the jured shoulder and a cut USA). But I found tough Alexander Zverev sealed Eu­ opening doubles encounter, tense tie­break over World best­ever medal haul at the However, he became al­ fourth Indian to secure a sil­ above his eye to bag the competition in every bout rope a dramatic Laver Cup before Taylor Fritz saw off No. 20 Isner to take three World wrestling champion­ ert and twice wriggled out ver after Bishambhar Singh World junior title, but the in­ and had to carry on despite hat­trick over Team World Dominic Thiem to leave points in the penultimate ships here on Sunday after of Graff’s single leg attacks. (1967), Amit Kumar (2013) jury in Nur­Sultan was too the pain.” on Sunday, as the German Team World one win from match, smashing an ace on Deepak Punia finished with He also scored consecutive and Bajrang Punia (2018). painful to fight Iranian Ha­ beat Milos Raonic in the de­ the trophy. the final point to raise the a silver, having pulled out of takedown points to lead 4­2 san Yazdanichara in the Pat from the coach ciding singles match. World No. 6 Zverev took roof in Geneva. the final due to injury. at the break. Painful final. Virender patted his student The holders trailed 11­7 the first set courtesy of a The results: Europe bt World Aware outclassed Tyler In the second period too, “My leg is swollen up and it “Throughout the night on the back. “Deepak is an midway through the final break in game seven, with 13-11 [Alexander Zverev bt Mi­ Lee Graff, the 2017 Pan­ Graff got hold of Aware’s is hurting. The eye is swollen Deepak was running fever obedient student, who day but Zverev, after Roger big­serving Canadian Raonic los Raonic 6­4, 3­6, 10­4; Rog­ America champion, 11­4 in right leg but the Indian got too. I picked up both injuries because of the pain. The in­ learns from his mistakes Federer had edged past John hitting back to force a super er Federer bt John Isner 6­4, 7­ 6(3); Dominic Thiem lost to the 61kg bronze play­off to himself out of trouble in an during the first round jury had become more pain­ quickly. He and Ravi Dahiya Isner 6­4, 7­6(3), downed tie­break, saving four break Taylor Fritz 7­5, 6­7(3), 10­8; take India’s tally to five me­ impressive manner. (against Kazakh opponent ful in the morning. I advised are partners and their life re­ Raonic 6­4, 3­6, 10­4 to deny points to serve out the se­ Federer & Stefanos Tsitsipas dals — one silver and four He then turned things in Adilet Davlumbayev). That’s him not to take risk as it volves around wrestling John McEnroe’s visitors their cond set. lost to John Isner & Jack Sock bronze. his favour with quick moves why I chose not to fight in could have aggravated the without any distractions. maiden triumph in the third But the 22­year­old Zve­ 5­7, 6­4, 10­8; Saturday: Rafael Aware was in complete — the takedowns and expose the final,” Deepak told The injury and adversely impact­ Happy to see their success edition of the event. rev, selected by Borg ahead Nadal bt Raonic 6­3, 7­6(1); Na­ control of the bout and — and took a commanding Hindu from Nur­Sultan on ed his Olympic participa­ and hope they can repeat it After Rafael Nadal with­ of Tsitsipas and Fabio Fogni­ dal & Tsitsipas lost to Nick Kyr­ jumped in joy at the end, 10­2 lead. Sunday. tion,” said Virender Kumar, in the Olympics,” said Viren­ drew from Sunday’s play ni for the first­ever decider, gios & Jack Sock 6­4, 3­6, having won the biggest me­ Eventually he won 11­4. Deepak had defied an in­ Deepak’s coach at the Chha­ der. with a hand injury, Isner and raced to victory as Raonic’s 10­6]. U Mumba Liverpool beats a gritty Chelsea to maintain perfect start overcomes Fortunegiants Aubameyang comes to Arsenal’s rescue; Manchester United trips at West Ham; Granada ambushes Barcelona EURO LEAGUES came from a goal down to board, this is its worst start to La Liga: Getafe 4 (Baba 7­og, Press Trust of India claim a much­needed 3­2 win a season since 1994. Molina 33­pen, Nyom 63, Angel Jaipur Agence France-Presse over Aston Villa in dramatic Instead, Granada goes top 84) bt Mallorca 2 (Budimir 70, 77); Espanyol 1 (Zaldua 71­og) U Mumba produced an all­ Madrid fashion thanks to Pierre­ of the table after capitalising round show to beat Gujarat Trent Alexander­Arnold’s Emerick Aubameyangs free­ lost to Real Sociedad 3 (Willian on Atletico Madrid’s goalless Jose 18, 34, Isak 75); Valencia 1 Fortunegiants 31­25 in a VI­ thunderous strike inspired kick six minutes from time at draw at home to Celta Vigo a (Parejo 21­pen) drew with Le­ VO Pro Kabaddi League Liverpool’s 2­1 win against the Emirates. few hours before. Barcelona ganes 1 (Rodriguez 35). match at the Sawai Mans­ Chelsea as the Premier Earlier West Ham inflicted is sixth. Serie A: Sassuolo 3 (Caputo 26, ingh Stadium here on League leader moved five more away­day pain on a The results: Premier League: Sunday. points clear at the top on poor Manchester United side 45+2, Duncan 47) bt SPAL 0; Crystal Palace 1 (Dendoncker­ Sampdoria 1 (Gabbiadini 56) bt Abhishek Singh secured Sunday. on Sunday, lifting itself to og 46) drew with Wolves 1 (Jota Torino 0; Lecce 1 (Mancosu 61­ a Super 10 (11 raid points) Jurgen Klopp’s side ex­ fourth in the league with a 90+5); West Ham 2 (Yarmolen­ pen) lost to Napoli 4 (Llorente for U Mumba. tended its perfect start to the comfortable 2­0 win at the ko 44, Cresswell 84) bt Man 28, 82, Insigne 40­pen, Ruiz title race as it became the first London Stadium. Utd 0; Arsenal 3 (Pepe 59­pen, 52); Bologna 1 (Sansone 54­ The team was equaly club to win its opening six Earlier on Saturday, Barce­ Chambers 81, Aubameyang 84) pen) lost to Roma 2 (Kolarov miserly in its defence, with games in consecutive top­ lona threw on its stars of the bt Aston Villa 2 (McGinn 20, 48, Dzeko 90+4); Atalanta 2 (Il­ Surinder Singh and Haren­ flight seasons. present and the future but Wesley 61); Chelsea 1 (Kante 71) icic 84, Castagne 90+5) drew lost to Liverpool 2 (Alexander­ dra Kumar picking up vital Roberto Firmino in­ neither Lionel Messi nor An­ with Fiorentina 2 (Chiesa 24, Arnold 14, Firmino 30). points. creased Liverpool’s advan­ su Fati could save it from a Ribery 65). Bundesliga: Borussia Monchen­ The victory meant the tage before the interval and dismal 2­0 defeat away at Early shocker: A Junior Firpo error for Barcelona ends with the simplest of headers for Saturday: La Liga: Granada 2 gladbach 2 (Thuram 74, 88) bt Granada’s Ramon Azeez. * AP (Azeez 2, Alvaro Vadillo 66­ Mumbai side jumped to the N’Golo Kante’s fine goal was Granada. Fortuna Duesseldorf 1 (Adams pen) bt Barcelona 0. fourth place on the points not enough to give Chelsea But while both came on at 7); Eintracht Frankfurt 2 (Silva table to consolidate its tangible reward for a vibrant half­time with Barca trailing again, Alvaro Vadillo convert­ handball. league games and none away 44, Delaney 88­og) drew with Serie A: AC Milan 0 lost to Inter chances of making the second half. to Ramon Azeez’s opener, it ing a penalty after Arturo Vi­ Barcelona has now won from Camp Nou. Borussia Dortmund 2 (Witsel 11, Milan 2 (Brozovic 49, Lukaku play­off stage. Ten­man Arsenal twice was Granada that scored dal was found guilty of a only two of its opening five With seven points on the Sancho 66). 78).

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