India Begin Title Defence with Crushing Win Over Pakistan I Felt Like a Club Batter in Front of Yuvraj
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TTENNISENNIS | Page 3 MOTOGP | Page 6 Mladenovic Dovizioso downs defending gets home champion win in Italy Muguruza for Ducati Monday, June 5, 2017 FOOTBALL Ramadan 10, 1438 AH Zidane back among GULF TIMES the immortals aft er Real triumph SPORT Page 7 CRICKET/ CHAMPIONS TROPHY India begin title defence with crushing win over Pakistan I felt like a club batter in front of Yuvraj. He took all the pressure off me, when I was not hitting it well: Kohli AFP Birmingham, United Kingdom SCOREBOARD INDIA INNINGS Babar Azam c Jadeja b Yadav 8 ndia captain Virat Kohli and Yuvraj R. Sharma run out (Azam/Sarfraz) 91 M Hafeez c Kumar b Jadeja 33 Singh made Pakistan pay for fl uff - S. Dhawan c Ali b Shadab Khan 68 Shoaib Malik run out (Jadeja) 15 ing catches with quickfi re fi fties as V. Kohli not out 81 Sarfraz Ahmed c Dhoni b Pandya 15 the holders launched their Cham- Yuvraj Singh lbw b Hasan Ali 53 Imad Wasim c Jadhav b Pandya 0 Ipions Trophy title-defence with a H. Pandya not out 20 Shadab Khan not out 14 rain-aff ected 124 run thrashing of their Extras (lb2, w2, nb2) 6 Mohammad Amir c Jadhav b Yadav 9 arch-rivals at Edgbaston yesterday. Total (3 wkts, 48 overs) 319 Hasan Ali c Dhawan b Yadav 0 After India made 319 for three in Did not bat: MS Dhoni, K Jadhav, R Wahab Riaz absent hurt - 48 overs, the third rain stoppage of Jadeja, B Kumar, U Yadav, J Bumrah Extras (lb2, w6) 8 the match left Pakistan with a revised Fall of wickets: 1-136 (Dhawan), 2-192 Total (all out, 33.4 overs) 164 target of 289 in 41 overs when play re- (Sharma), 3-285 (Yuvraj) Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Shehzad), 2-61 sumed in bright sunshine. But Paki- Bowling: Amir 8.1-1-32-0; Wasim 9.1- (Babar), 3-91 (Azhar), 4-114 (Shoaib), stan, rarely up with the stiff run-rate, 0-66-0 (1w); Ali 10-0-70-1 (1nb); Riaz 5-131 (Hafeez), 6-135 (Wasim), 7-151 (Sar- fi nished on 164 for nine, with injured 8.4-0-87-0 (1nb, 1w); Shadab 10-0-52-1; fraz), 8-164 (Amir), 9-164 (Hasan) last man Wahab Riaz unable to bat as Shoaib 2-0-10-0 Bowling: Kumar 5-1-23-1 (2w); Yadav 7.4- India won with 44 balls to spare. Kohli, 1-30-3 (1w); Bumrah 5-0-23-0; Pandya who on Saturday had dismissed reports PAKISTAN (REVISED TARGET: 8-0-43-2 (3w); Jadeja 8-0-43-2; of a rift with India coach Anil Kumble, 289 IN 41 OVERS) Results India won by was equally contemptuous of Paki- Azhar Ali c Pandya b Jadedja 50 124 runs (DLS method) stan’s attack during a blistering innings Ahmed Shehzad lbw b Kumar 12 Man-of-the-match: Yuvraj Singh (IND) of 81 not out off just 68 balls that in- cluded six fours and three sixes. Left-hander Yuvraj, named man-of- ing Wahab for a four and a six off suc- cial mention of Hardik Pandya’s brutal the-match for his game-changing in- cessive deliveries. hitting at the end of the innings. nings, smashed a rapid 53 while helping But eyeing what would have been “With the bat and the ball we were Kohli add 93 for the third wicket in just his 11th ODI hundred, Rohit was run right up there, 9 out of 10. In the fi eld 59 balls. That was not the end of the out when he just failed to beat Babar we were 6 out of 10. If we tune that run spree, with Hardik Pandya hitting Azam’s throw to wicket-keeper Sar- upto 8 or 9, we will be a very strong sixes off the fi rst three balls of left-arm fraz after Kohli’s call for a tight single. side in the tournament. I think this was spinner Imad Wasim’s last over of the It was the end of a 119-ball innings fea- a very complete performance start- innings. India smashed 72 off their fi nal turing two sixes and seven fours. ing the tournament,” Kohli said after four overs as Pakistan’s attack wilted. Yuvraj should have been out for eight the match. “Last time we won here, Rohit Sharma (91) and Shikhar Dhawan but Hasan Ali, sliding round at long- Shikhar (Dhawan) and Rohit were the (68) laid the platform with an opening on, dropped the two-handed catch off key. The intent from Shikhar was out- stand of 136. Mohammad Amir was the Shadab. Hasan eventually had Yuvraj standing. Rohit took his time. He need- pick of Pakistan’s attack with none for lbw on review but by then the dam- ed runs under his belt. 32 in 8.1 overs. age had been done. Kohli had made 43 “From the next game he will be ex- But fellow left-arm fast bowler Wa- when he was missed by substitute Fa- pressive and we all know what kind of hab was hugely expensive, his wicket- khar Zaman, who could not hold a top- a batsman he is. I felt like a club batter less 8.4 overs costing 87 runs. Wahab’s edged hook off Wahab. A blizzard of in front of Yuvi. He took all the pres- day was summed up when he was un- boundaries followed, with Kohli fl at- sure off me, when I was not hitting it able to complete his ninth over after batting Hasan down the ground for six well. Yuvraj is in the team because he is falling awkwardly in his delivery stride. to complete his fi fty. a game changer. Hardik fi nishing it off Before the match, players, offi cials Pakistan, who only just qualifi ed for was really outstanding. The batting I and a crowd of 24,156 — a record for a the Champions Trophy when eighth would say was 10 out of 10,” added the one-day international at Edgbaston — in the International Cricket Council’s Indian skipper. observed a minute’s silence for the vic- ODI rankings, saw Azhar Ali make ex- Man of the Match Yuvraj Singh tims of Saturday’s London terror attack actly 50 in 65 balls with six fours. But praised Dhawan and Rohit for the start that killed seven people. no member of India’s attack leaked they gave their team and hoped that Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed won runs in the way Wahab had done. Team India would take this confi dence the toss in what was the opening Group Azhar was caught at deep square leg in to their next match. “I thought we all B match for both the Asian giants in a by Hardik Pandya, trying to hit left- batted really well,” said Yuvraj. “The tournament featuring the world’s top arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja for six. openers gave us a good start, Virat fi n- eight ODI teams. Sharma was fortunate New batsman Shoaib Malik did loft ished well, and it gave me the opportu- when, on 21, he edged Amir just beyond Jadeja for a straight six. But Jadeja had nity to go and attack. You just have to a diving Azhar Ali at slip for four. his revenge by running Shoaib out with go and back yourself, and tell the oppo- Pakistan were donated a wicket, a direct hit from backward point to sition that you’re here to attack. I was however, when Dhawan hoisted a full leave Pakistan all but out of the game lucky I was dropped, but I capitalised toss from teenage leg-spinner Shadab at 114 for four in the 24th over. Umesh and I was hitting it well. I fi nished well. Khan straight to Azhar at deep mid- Yadav (three for 30) ended the match India-Pakistan is always a big game, wicket. Sharma went 43 balls without when Hasan fell for a duck. and I think it has set us up really well. Yuvraj Singh plays a pull shot en route to his whirlwind innings of 53 off 32 balls during the ICC Champions Trophy Group B a boundary in the face of tight Pakistan Kohli was all praise for the his team’s Hopefully we’ll take this confi dence match against Pakistan at the Edgbaston in Birmingham yesterday. (Reuters) bowling before cover-driving and pull- batting performance and made a spe- into the next game against Sri Lanka.” Yesterday’s attendance of 24,156 broke the record for a one-day international at Pakistan spinner Shadab Khan (left) celebrates after taking the wicket of Indian India’s captain Virat Kohli (centre) is ecstatic after Bhuvneshwar Kumar (left) Edgbaston as India and Pakistan fans thronged to cheer for their teams. (AFP) opener Shikhar Dhawan. (Reuters) dismissed Pakistan’s Ahmed Shehzad yesterday. (Reuters) Gulf Times 2 Monday, June 5, 2017 CRICKET CHAMPIONS TROPHY Diligence key in light of Smith urges Australia attack: Oz captain London: Australia’s cricketers have been told to be extra attentive by captain Steve to step on the gas Smith in the wake of the at- tack in London that left seven dead and dozens injured late Skipper says his team have to win their remaining matches if they have to advance to the semis on Saturday night. Australia are due to play AFP Bangladesh — a country London where they postponed a Test series tour in 2015 over secu- rity fears — in the Champions teve Smith admits Australia have Trophy One Day International no margin for error as they look tournament today at The to kick start their Champions Oval, whose ground is not Trophy campaign against Bang- far from where the attack by Sladesh today.