14 Established 1961 Sports Monday, March 19, 2018 India win tri-series after Karthik blitz in tense final India survived late drama in pulsating final COLOMBO: India survived late drama in a pulsating SCOREBOARD final to clinch the Twenty20 tri-series after Dinesh Karthik smashed the final ball for a six to secure their Scoreboard at close of play of final between India and Bangladesh thrilling four-wicket victory against a gallant yesterday at Colombo, Sri Lanka. Bangladesh side yesterday. With India needing 34 runs off the last two overs, India win by 4 wickets Karthik hammered 29 not out off just eight deliveries, his third six sealing India’s third, and the most hard- Bangladesh earned, victory over Bangladesh in the tournament. T Iqbal c Thakur b Chahal 15 L Das c Raina b Sundar 11 Put into bat, Bangladesh made 166-8, a total they S Rahman b Unadkat 77 owe largely to number three batsman Sabbir Rahman S Sarkar c Dhawan b Chahal 1 who made 77 after their top order collapsed. Chasing M Rahim c V Shankar b Chahal 9 Mahmudullah Run Out Shankar 21 S Al Hasan Run Out Rahul 7 M Hasan Not Out 19 R Hossain b Unadkat 0 Wild celebration M Rahman Not Out 0 Extras 0b 2lb 0nb 0pen 4w 6 Total (20.0 overs) 166-8 by a young Fall of Wickets: 1-27 Das, 2-27 Iqbal, 3-33 Sarkar, 4-68 Rahim, 5- 104 Mahmudullah, 6-133 Al Hasan, 7-147 Rahman, 8-148 Hossain India team Did Not Bat: Islam Bowling: Jaydev Unadkat 4-0-33-2-8.25 (2w); Washington Sundar 4-0-20-1-5.00; Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-18-3-4.50; Shardul Thakur 4-0-45-0-11.25 (1w); Vijay Shankar 4-0-48-0-12.00 (1w). COLOMBO: India’s team members pose with the Nidahas Twenty20 Tri-Series international cricket trophy at the India end of the final Nidahas Twenty20 Tri-Series international cricket match between India and Bangladesh. — AFP S Dhawan c (Sub) b S Hasan 10 167 to win, India lost openers Shikhar Dhawan and R Sharma c Mahmudullah b N Islam 56 S Raina c M Rahim b Hossain 0 number three Suresh Raina early but skipper Rohit off that over from Rubel Hossain to turn the match on for four midway through their innings after leg-spinner L Rahul c S Rahman b Hossain 24 Sharma batted comfortably to score 56 and keep its head. Yuzvendra Chahal (3-18) struck three blows, dismissing M Pandey c S Rahman b M Rahman 28 India’s chase on track. Needing 12 runs off the last over from Soumya Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar and Mushfiqur Rahim. V Shankar c Mehedi Hasan b Sarkar 17 He and KL Rahul (24) found it easy going against the Sarkar, Shankar fell to the fifth delivery with India still Sabbir took the onus on himself to rescue Dinesh Karthik Not Out 29 Bangladesh bowlers until Sharma went for a fatal slog- five runs away. Karthik nonchalantly hit the final ball for Bangladesh and he got some support from Mahmudulla Extras 0b 2lb 0nb 0pen 2w 4 sweep of Nazmul Islam, departing with three sixes and Total (20.0 overs) 168-6 a six to trigger wild celebration by a young India team who made 21. Even though wickets kept tumbling at the Fall of Wickets: 1-32 Dhawan, 2-32 Raina, 3-83 Rahul, 4-98 Sharma, four boundaries to his name. Mustafizur Rahman then which had rested regular skipper Virat Kohli and other end, Sabbir brought up his half-century off 37 5-133 Pandey, 6-162 Shankar. bowled a masterly 18th over, when his first five balls at stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, among others. balls to keep the scoreboard ticking. Did Not Bat: Sundar, Thakur, Chahal, Unadkat. Vijay Shankar yielded only one run and Manish Pandey Interim captain Sharma had earlier opted to bowl Paceman Jaydev Unadkat struck twice in the penulti- Bowling: Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-28-1-7.00; Mehedi Hasan 1-0-17-0- (28) perished off the sixth trying to accelerate the con- after winning the toss, influenced partly by the fact that mate over of the Bangladesh innings, dismissing Sabbir 17.00; Rubel Hossain 4-0-35-2-8.75; Nazmul Islam 4-0-32-1-8.00 test. chasing teams had won five of the six matches prior to and Rubel Hossain. Mehidy Hasan Miraz made 19 not (1w); Mustafizur Rahman 4-1-21-1-5.25; Soumya Sarkar 3-0-33-1- Next man in Karthik exploded immediately, hitting 11.00 (1w). the final. out off seven balls to help Bangladesh cross the 150- the first ball he faced for a six and plundering 22 runs Bangladesh suffered early jolts and slumped to 68 mark. — Reuters Hughes makes flying Kuwait wins gold, start as Southampton silver, bronze reach FA Cup semis in special WIGAN: Mark Hughes enjoyed the ideal start to his Southampton reign as the struggling Premier League club reached the FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 win at Wigan Olympics in UAE yesterday. Hughes was hired as Southampton manager this week to replace the sacked Mauricio Pellegrino and ABU DHABI: Kuwaiti athletes with intellectual dis- the former Saints striker had an immediate impact on his abilities won gold, silver and bronze medals at Special new team. Olympics IX MENA Games Abu Dhabi 2018, as com- Hughes’ main goal is to help Southampton preserve petitions kick off in UAE capital earlier yesterday. their top-flight status and they dropped into the relegation The Kuwaiti athletes succeeded in standing on podi- zone on Saturday as Crystal Palace won in the league ums amidst competition from 32 countries, Rehab while the Saints were preparing for their quarter-final. Burusly, Chairwoman of Al-Tomooh Sport Club for Nevertheless, a trip to Wembley in the semi-finals could Intellectual Disabilities of Kuwait, told KUNA. provide a welcome tonic as the new manager tries to make She said athletes were very keen on achieving top his presence felt. It was essential Southampton avoided places despite the fact the club was officially estab- following in the footsteps of Manchester City, West Ham lished days before the Special Olympic games. and Bournemouth-top-flight sides who had all perished Burusly said Mohammad Sami and Mishal Al-Bader against third tier giant-killers Wigan in the FA Cup this won the gold medals in the swimming butterfly and season. They achieved that aim thanks to second half Chest stroke races. Fawziya Al-Sawwagh won the sil- goals from Pierre Emile Hojbjerg and Cedric Soares. ver medal of the women bowling event, while Rashed Southampton joined Tottenham and Manchester United WIGAN: Wigan Athletic’s English striker Ryan Colclough (L) runs away from Southampton’s Serbian Al-Qabandi won bronze of men table tennis. in the semi-finals, with Leicester and Chelsea meeting in midfielder Dusan Tadic and Southampton’s German-born Portuguese defender Cedric Soares (R) during Burusly said the team included 50 athletes com- the last quarter-final later on Sunday. It will be Saints’ first the English FA Cup quarter-final football match between Wigan Athletic and Southampton at DW peting in football, basketball, table tennis, swimming, appearance in the last four in 15 years. “It was an impor- Stadium in Wigan. — AFP track and field, bowling and bocce. tant day for the players today. I have been really impressed The special Olympics IX MENA Games and with the quality of the talent I have,” said Hughes, who was Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2018 are sacked by Stoke earlier this season. Hojbjerg and Wigan’s Dan Burn couldn’t react quick kick round the post. part of the UAE’s National Vision 2021 that highlights “They have lost a bit of confidence recently but they enough to clear off the line. Wigan, FA Cup winners in 2013, applied plenty of pres- full integration of people of determination into every- are good players. “We stood up to Wigan. It was a state- Manolo Gabbiadini had a chance to double sure in the closing stages, but couldn’t emulate their epic day society. —KUNA ment of intent and a start. “We have work to do in the Southampton’s advantage in the 73rd minute when he got fifth round success against Premier League leaders City. In Premier League, but we will enjoy this moment.” After a past Burn and the Wigan centre-back brought him down in the first minute of stoppage-time, Southampton right back scrappy first half, Southampton took the lead in the 62nd the penalty area. But Wigan goalkeeper Christian Walton Soares surged into the area before side-footing past minute. Dusan Tadic’s corner was stabbed goalwards by Hopeful SA plunged to his left and pushed Gabbiadini’s powerful spot- Walton. — AFP beat host Los Angeles. Kinkaid improved to 9-2-0 in his goals and 55 assists, ranking third in the NHL with 89 name Rabada Jackets top last 11 starts and recorded his fourth career shutout. He points entering Saturday night. All three of McDavid’s stopped 19 shots in the first, eight in the second and 11 points came in the third period. Despite the loss, the more in the third. He also helped kill off six Kings power Panthers are 16-5-1 since Jan. 30 and 9-2-0 in their past 11 in Test squad Senators on plays. Michael Grabner scored a short-handed goal and home games as they chase a playoff berth.