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THE HINDU DELHI SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kohli and Ishant pile on ’s misery Batting under lights challenging: Pujara The former’s 136 and the latter’s four­for put India in a winning position; Mushfiqur’s defiant knock keeps the visitors afloat DAY-NIGHT TEST SCOREBOARD

Y.B. Sarangi BANGLADESH — 1st innings: 106. KOLKATA INDIA — 1st innings Skipper scored Mayank Agarwal c Mehidy b Al­ his 27th Test century — his Amin 14 (21b, 3x4), Rohit Shar­ 70th in International ma lbw b Ebadot 21 (35b, 2x4, — as India seized control of 1x6), Cheteshwar Pujara c Shad­ the second Test against Ban­ man b Ebadot 55 (105b, 8x4), gladesh at the Eden Gardens Virat Kohli c Taijul b Ebadot 136 on Saturday. (194b, 18x4), Ajinkya Rahane c Thanks to Kohli’s 136, In­ Ebadot b Taijul 51 (69b, 7x4), Ravindra Jadeja b Jayed 12 dia declared at 347 for nine (41b), Wriddhiman Saha (not after resuming at 174 for out) 17 (41b, 2x4), R. Ashwin three — a 241­run first innings lbw b Al­Amin 9 (21b, 2x4), lead — and dictated the Umesh Yadav c Shadman b course of the first­ever pink­ Jayed 0 (3b), Ishant Sharma lbw ball Test in the country. b Al­Amin 0 (3b), Mohammed Bangladesh rode on Mush­ Shami (not out) 10 (5b, 1x4, fiqur Rahim’s fighting unbea­ 1x6); Extras (b­12, lb­2, w­8): ten 59 to partially recover 22; Total (for nine wkts. decl. in from another disastrous start 89.4 overs): 347. and was 152 for six at close FALL OF on day two. 1­26 (Mayank, 4.4 overs), 2­43 Earlier, the overnight bat­ (Rohit, 12.5), 3­137 (Pujara, smen Kohli and Ajinkya Ra­ 39.1), 4­236 (Rahane, 61.1), 5­ 289 (Jadeja, 76.2), 6­308 (Koh­ hane put on 99, the latter li, 80.3), 7­329 (Ashwin, 85.6), reaching his 21st half­centu­ 8­330 (Umesh, 86.4), 9­331 Ace in the pack: Ishant Sharma’s ‘new’ has drawn ry. The older pink ball, un­ (Ishant, 87.3). the attention of one and all. * K.R. DEEPAK like the red one, was nego­ BANGLADESH BOWLING tiated with ease by the two. Amitabha Das Sharma the Eden Test so far. Al­Amin 22.4­3­85­3, Jayed 21­ KOLKATA Only after the ball was Another day at office: Virat Kohli added to his collection of international centuries with a 70th on Saturday. * K.R. DEEPAK 6­77­2, Ebadot 21­3­91­3, Taijul About batting in a day­ changed in the 55th over, the 25­2­80­1. Ishant Sharma’s ‘special’ de­ night Test, Pujara said the Bangladesh bowlers started Kohli, who welcomed Abu catch. After India declared hurt after pulling a BANGLADESH — 2nd innings livery which he has deve­ pink ball posed more pro­ to pose a threat. Jayed with four consecutive with 44 overs left in the day, hamstring. Shadman Islam lbw b Ishant 0 loped recently has come in blems under lights. “Batting Bowling from the second boundaries through gully, Ishant Sharma carried on his Mushfiqur, who collected (5b), c Kohli b Ish­ for praise from teammates. is quite challenging under over of the day, mid­on, midwicket and cov­ fine form to trap Shadman Is­ most of his runs through cut ant 5 (15b), c “That is something which lights. The first session is a relished the ‘new’ ball as he er, added 51 with Ravindra Ja­ lam in the first over. He also shots and twice used the DRS Saha b Ishant 0 (6b), Moham­ he has worked on and he is bit easier as it is under sun­ bowled slower, flighted the deja (12). sent back Imrul Kayes and to survive, sent Ishant to the mad Mithun c Shami b Umesh 6 able to use this delivery light, but under lights the ball and extracted turn to The partnership was bro­ Mominul Haque in point boundary to reach his (12b), Mushfiqur Rahim (bat­ both against the right­ and ball starts to swing a little beat the Indian batsmen. He ken by Ebadot Hossain in the quick time as Bangladesh slid half­century. ting) 59 (70b, 10x4), Mahmu­ left­handers. He generally more,” revealed Pujara. scalped Rahane (51) who cut first over after supper. In the to 13 for four in the seventh He was involved in a va­ dullah retd. hurt 39 (41b, 7x4), bowls into the right­han­ When asked to compare c Kohli b Ishant straight to point. twilight period, Bangladesh over. luable 51­run association ders, but this delivery is so­ his experience with the SG 15 (22b, 2x4, 1x6), Taijul Islam c Kohli, who unleashed took the new ball immediate­ with Mehidy Hasan. The lat­ Rahane b Umesh 11 (24b, 1x4); mething that moves away af­ ball used in this Test and the some copybook cover­ ly after the 80th over. The recovery ter, who was dropped by Extras (b­8, lb­4, w­5): 17; Total ter pitching,” said Kookaburra ball, the India drives, entertained the The experienced pair of Ajinkya Rahane in R. Ash­ (for six wkts. in 32.3 overs): 152. Cheteshwar Pujara here on No. 3 said the former was crowd which turned up in Stunning catch Mushfiqur Rahim, who was win’s first over of the Test, FALL OF WICKETS Saturday. helpful to both the pacers large numbers for the second Taijul, who bowled 17 overs hit by an Umesh delivery, was dismissed by Ishant on 1­0 (Shadman, 0.5), 2­2 (Momi­ “This is something he has and spinners. “The SG day runnings. on the trot, had a big hand in and , who was his return. nul, 2.5), 3­9 (Mithun, 5.2), 4­13 learnt and we saw him bowl swings a bit more than the Amidst chants of ‘Kohli, removing Kohli in the 81st ov­ tested by Shami with some The day ended with Tai­ (Kayes, 6.4), 5­133 (Mehidy, it in the previous Test in In­ Kookaburra, but both come Kohli!’, the India skipper er. The century­maker rising deliveries, showed jul’s departure, but Bangla­ 25.6), 6­152 (Taijul, 32.3). dore too. Given the kind of on to the bat. SG also helps turned Taijul to the leg­side flicked Ebadot only to see courage to resist the Indian desh has its task cut out on INDIA BOWLING length he is bowling, it is dif­ the spinners more than the for a couple of runs to reach Taijul, positioned at long­leg, pace attack. However, the Sunday when another full Ishant 9­1­39­4, Umesh 10.3­0­ ficult to bat against,” said Kookaburra and we saw Tai­ his second consecutive move to his right and com­ 69­run stand ended with house is expected at the 40­2, Shami 8­0­42­0, Ashwin Pujara of Ishant who has jul and Ashwin doing well hundred at the Eden. plete a stunning two­handed Mahmudullah (39) retiring Eden Gardens. 5­0­19­0. picked up nine wickets in with it,” said Pujara. IN BRIEF Labuschagne, bowlers Watling leads fightback Liverpool’s late show sinks Palace Pant and Gill released Agence France-Presse for SMAT to lead England by 41. drive Australia forward Mount Maunganui Watling has toiled for al­ SURAT Mourinho magic lifts Spurs; City gets the better of Chelsea Rishabh Pant and Shubman A gritty B­J. Watling, New most seven hours to rescue Agence France-Presse Gill have been released by vid Warner (154) helped Zealand’s go­to man when New Zealand from a preca­ Brisbane EURO LEAGUES the Indian team management Australia to a first innings to­ the chips are down, pro­ rious situation and notch his from the Test squad to allow Australia looks certain to tal of 580 in reply to Pakis­ duced an unbeaten 119 to eighth Test century. Agencies them to play for Delhi and take a 1­0 lead in its series tan’s 240. put the Black Caps ahead of Much of it was with Colin London Punjab respectively in the against Pakistan after domi­ At stumps, Pakistan was England in the first innings de Grandhomme in a 119­ Liverpool showed once Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament nating with both bat and in big trouble on 64 for of the opening Test on run stand for the sixth wick­ again why it is the king of the here in Surat from Sunday. ball on day three of the first three, still needing 276 runs Saturday. et, followed by an unbroken late winners at Crystal Pa­ Shikhar Dhawan will miss Test here on Saturday. to make Australia bat again. At stumps on day three, 78 with Mitchell Santner, lace on Saturday as Jose Sunday's match as well after Big centuries to Marnus Shan Masood was 27 and Ba­ New Zealand was 394 for six who was 31 not out. Mourinho made an instant he suffered an injury to his Labuschagne (185) and Da­ bar Azam on 20 at the close. impact as Tottenham boss, knee in the first match SCOREBOARD masterminding an end to against Maharashtra. SCOREBOARD the club’s dismal away re­ Ghosal goes down England —1st innings: 353. cord in the Premier League Pakistan —1st innings: 240. Pakistan bowling: Shaheen 34­ New Zealand —1st innings : J. in a thriller against rival West Ham. Australia —1st innings : D. 7­96­2, Imran 24­3­73­1, Raval c Denly b Leach 19, T. LONDON Warner c Rizwan b Naseem Naseem 20­1­68­1, Iftikhar 12­ Latham lbw b Curran 8, K. Wil­ Liverpool looked set to Sourav Ghosal lost a five­ 154, J. Burns b Yasir 97, M. 0­53­0, Yasir 48.4­1­205­4, liamson c Stokes b Curran 51, drop points for just the se­ game quarterfinal thriller to * Labuschagne c Azam b Sohail 19­1­75­2. R. Taylor c Pope b Stokes 25, H. cond time this season after He is back! Mourinho won his first game in charge. AFP top seed Mohamed El Shaheen 185, S. Smith b Yasir 4, Pakistan —2nd innings : Shan Nicholls lbw b Root 41, B­J. Wilfried Zaha cancelled out Shorbagy of Egypt ended in M. Wade c Rizwan b Sohail 60, Masood (batting) 27; Azhar Ali Watling (batting) 119, C. de Sadio Mane’s opener but Ro­ 21); West Ham 2 (Antonio 73, 12) lost to Barcelona 2 (Suarez the Channel VAS squash T. Head c Rizwan b Sohail 24, T. lbw b Starc 5, Haris Sohail c Grandhomme c Sibley b Stokes berto Firmino poked in after Ogbonna 90+6) lost to Totten­ 53, Vidal 79). championship, a PSA World Paine c Shafiq b Shaheen 13, P. Paine b Starc 8, Asad Shafiq c 65, M. Santner (batting) 31; Ex­ a goalmouth scramble to ham 3 (Son 36, Moura 43, Kane Bundesliga: Borussia Dort­ Tour gold event, on Friday. Smith b Cummins 0, Babar Cummins c Rizwan b Imran 7, tras (b­22, lb­4, w­7, nb­2) 35; seal a 2­1 win. 49); Arsenal 2 (Lacazette 18, mund 3 (Sancho 47, Witsel 84, The Egyptian won 5­11, 11­9, M. Starc lbw b Yasir 5, N. Lyon Azam (batting) 20; Extras Total (for six in 141 overs): 394. 90+6) drew with Southampton Reus 90+3) drew with Pader­ 11­9, 10­12, 12­10 in 85 (not out) 13, J. Hazlewood lbw (lb­3, nb­1) 4; Total (for three Fall of wickets : 1­18, 2­72, 3­ Manchester City downed 2 (Ings 8, Ward­Prowse 71); born 3 (Mamba 5, 37, Holtmann minutes, saving a match ball b Yasir 5; Extras (b­6, lb­4, wkts. in 17 overs): 64. 106, 4­127, 5­197, 6­316. Chelsea 2­1, thanks to strikes Brighton 0 lost to Leicester 2 43); Union Berlin 2 (Ujah 15, in the process. nb­3) 13; Total (in 157.4 overs): Fall of wickets : 1­13, 2­25, England bowling : Broad 25­ from Kevin De Bruyne and (Perez 64, Vardy 82­pen); Crys­ Andersson 90+1) bt Borussia 580. 3­25. 10­45­0, Archer 30­8­84­0, Riyad Mahrez. tal Palace 1 (Zaha 82) lost to Li­ M’gladbach 0. India clubbed with Fall of wickets: 1­222, 2­351, 3­ Australia bowling: Starc 4­0­ B­J. Watling toiled for Curran 23­6­74­2, Leach 37­6­ Important results: EPL: Man­ verpool 2 (Mane 49, Firmino Serie A: Atalanta 1 (Gosens 56) Argentina, Australia 358, 4­468, 5­506, 6­545, 7­ 25­2, Cummins 5­1­16­1, Hazle­ almost seven hours to 97­1, Stokes 16­4­37­2, Root chester City 2 (De Bruyne 29, 85). lost to Juventus 3 (Higuain 74, NEW DELHI 546, 8­559, 9­567. wood 6­1­16­1, Lyon 2­1­4­0. rescue NZ. * GETTY IMAGES 10­2­31­1. Mahrez 37) bt Chelsea 1 (Kante La Liga: Leganes 1 (En­Nesyri 82, Dybala 90+2). India has been clubbed along with defending champions Argentina and World No. 1 Australia in Pool A of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics men’s Vidit lets Carlsen off the hook Chhetri helps BFC overcome Blasters hockey competition. The women’s team has also been placed in Pool A along TATA STEEL CHESS ISL traps in the second half, put­ with defending champions ting the Kerala defence un­ Great Britain and World No. 1 RAKESH RAO Shreedutta Chidananda der great pressure. The push KOLKATA Bengaluru the Netherlands. PTI yielded the desired result 10 Precisely six years to the Sunil Chhetri’s diving header minutes in. A corner from Di­ Canada moves day, after waking up as the handed Bengaluru FC a 1­0 mas Delgado found Chhetri new World champion in victory over Kerala Blasters completely unmarked. He into the final Chennai, Magnus Carlsen at a densely­packed Sree darted in from the edge of continues to provide rea­ Kanteerava Stadium on Sa­ the area, and stooped to nod Agence France Presse sons that underline the be­ turday. The BFC captain’s se­ the ball home. MADRID lief surrounding his cond­half effort was enough Denis Shapovalov and Va­ invincibility. to propel his side to a second Augusto shows his class sek Pospisil led Canada to After finishing day one of win of the season, and to se­ Augusto, BFC’s summer re­ its maiden Davis Cup final the Tata Steel rapid and blitz cond spot on the table, level cruit, was excellent all even­ with victory in a deciding chess tournament with two with leader ATK. ing. The Brazilian is quite doubles rubber against wins, the Norwegian The game got underway in simply a higher class of foot­ Russia on Saturday. stretched his winning run at Missed opportunity: Vidit Gujrathi dominated the game, but a frenzied, electric atmosph­ baller than those around The results: Semifinal: Cana­ the expense of Hikaru Na­ Magnus Carlsen held on for a draw. * RAJEEV BHATT ere, with the Blasters fans him; he brings a cutting edge da bt Russia 2­1 [Vasek Pospi­ kamura and Anish Giri on turning out in great num­ to this BFC attack. He nearly sil lost to Andrey Rublev 6­4, Saturday. the eventually drawn game, ren (Chn) drew with Levon Aro­ bers, easily matching the doubled the advantage in the 6­4; Denis Shapovalov bt Ka­ In the time between these Vidit admitted being left nian (Arm); Wesley So (USA) home support. BFC began ren Khachanov 6­4, 4­6, 6­4; 74th minute, drawing a fine wins, Carlsen dabbled in a with a feeling that he let drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi cautiously, and it was a while left­footed save from T.P. Shapovalov & Pospisil bt Kha­ (Rus). chanov & Rublev 6­3, 3­6, bit of football, showed his Carlsen off the hook. before Carles Cuadrat’s all­ Rehenesh. 7­6(5)]. control and dribbling skills. Vidit, before holding Carl­ Fifth round: Nakamura drew Indian front three began hav­ There were a couple of with Anand; Giri lost to Carlsen; Quarterfinals: Spain bt Ar­ Feeling refreshed, he re­ sen, drew with Giri and lost ing an impact on the game. flash­points as the clock Aronian bt Hari; So bt Vidit; Ne­ gentina 2­1 [Pablo Carreno turned to dominate Anish They gradually grew into the to So. pomniachtchi lost to Liren. ticked down and Kerala des­ lost to Guido Pella 6­7(3), 7­6 Giri. contest, though, and in the perately sought the equalis­ All this while, for the se­ Fourth round: Anand bt Aro­ (4), 6­1; Rafael Nadal bt Die­ Contrary to the run of 28th minute, BFC felt it had er. A lunging tackle on Kuru­ go Schwartzman 6­1, 6­2; Na­ cond successive day, nian; Carlsen bt Nakamura; Hari play and much to the joy of taken the lead. Dance of delight: Chhetri celebrates his strike. * K. MURALI KUMAR niyan from Bouli, already on dal & Marcel Granollers bt Anand’s start­stop journey bt Nepomniachtchi; Liren lost the spectators at the Nation­ An Udanta Singh cut­back a booking, went unpun­ Maximo Gonzalez & Leonardo continued. to So; Vidit drew with Giri. al Library auditorium here, from the byline was headed plays, though, it was far from ters limited to counter­at­ Mayer 6­4, 4­6, 6­3]. The results (rapid): Sixth Points (Win: 2 points; Draw: 1, ished, much to BFC’s fury. Great Britain bt Germany 2­0 Carlsen almost faltered round: Viswanathan Anand lost Loss: 0): 1. Carlsen 10 points; in by Raphael Augusto, but clear if the whole of the ball tacks. A long goal­kick saw There were few clear­cut [Kyle Edmund bt Philipp against wild card Vidit to Anish Giri (Ned); Vidit Guj­ 2­3. So, Nakamura (7 each), the assistant referee deemed had crossed the whole of the Messi Bouli through on goal, chances for Kerala, as it sank Kohlschreiber 6­3, 7­5; Daniel Gujrathi. rathi drew with Magnus Carlsen 4­6. Anand, Liren, Giri (6 each), that the ball had gone out of line. but the forward hammered to a third loss in five games. Evans bt Jan­Lennard Struff Having held a one­pawn (Nor); P. Hari Krishna lost to Hi­ 7­9. Hari, Vidit, Aronian (5 play first. And so the goal was BFC continued to impose the ball miles over the bar. The result: BFC 1 (Chhetri 55) 7­6(8), 3­6, 7­6(2)]. advantage and dominated karu Nakamura (USA); Ding Li­ each), 10. Nepomniachtchi (3). chalked off. On television re­ itself on the game, with Blas­ BFC stormed out of the bt Kerala Blasters 0.

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