EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 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 final 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 first 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 effort (Dhawan, 7.2), 3­68 (Kohli, 8.3), nothing away from South contained five 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 five sixes in his unbeaten 79.* K. MURALI KUMAR Fortuin 3­0­19­2, Rabada 4­0­ making from us cost us the the field,” Kohli said. dricks put on 76 for the open­ 39­3, B. Hendricks 4­0­14­2, game,” Kohli said. South Africa captain ing wicket. ed to bat first, Kohli believing first 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 finish 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 figures 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 first over, Hendricks Temba Bavuma settled under fireworks 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 unflustered 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 flew to 9, caught within an inch of proved watertight. to draw the series 1-1. would have been funny had bat first. Aware wins bronze Silver is the result of my Team Europe’s reign continues India finishes with five medals hard work: Deepak Punia Team World loses after being one win away from maiden win Withdraws from the 86kg freestyle final 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.