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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2019 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kohli leads India to series victory with 43rd ODI hundred Shreyas advances his case with another mature knock; Khaleel picks up three wickets Feisty bunch: Team India celebrates the series win over the West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval on Wednesday.* AFP INDIA IN WI style, put his helmet on the crossed the phenomenal 40 balls but Kedar Jadhav (19 chipped a full­length delivery top of his bat handle and lift­ 20,000­run mark in interna­ not out) ensured there was straight to Manish Pandey. Press Trust of India ed the bat in the air while tional cricket. no twist in the tale. He was in­ Carlos Brathwaite added 16 Port of Spain walking off. Near the boun­ Kohli remained unbeaten volved in an unbeaten 44­run runs with a six and a four. dary ropes, he hurled the hel­ on 114 and completed the win stand for the sixth wicket. Gayle came out with a Skipper Virat Kohli ham­ met in the air only to catch it with back­to­back boundar­ Earlier, the West Indies clear plan to attack the In­ mered a second consecutive back. ies off Carlos Brathwaite. reached a healthy 158 for two dian bowlers. Whether it was hundred to fashion India’s se­ India was set a stiff revised His dominant knock came in 22 overs when rain forced Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shami SCOREBOARD ries­clinching victory here on 255­run target on Duck­ off 99 balls with 14 fours and a second interruption and or Khaleel Ahmed (three for WEST INDIES VS INDIA, THIRD ODI Wednesday. worth­Lewis method, but the Indian captain now aver­ the contest was reduced to 68) no Indian pacer was Gayle had smashed a 72 to Kohli’s appetite for runs and ages 60.31 in ODIs. Kohli had 35­overs­a­side. spared. Spinner Chahal was WEST INDIES 121 (Gayle, 11.4), 3­171 (Het­ 1x6); Extras (lb­4, w­8): 12; Chris Gayle c Kohli b Khaleel myer, 24.5), 4­171 (Hope, 25.4), Total (for four wkts. in 32.3 lead the hosts to a competi­ young Shreyas Iyer’s support scored 120 in the second ODI. Shai Hope (24) and Shim­ the only bowler to command 72 (41b, 8x4, 5x6), Evin Lewis c 5­211 (Pooran, 30.1), 6­221 overs): 256. tive 240 for seven in the rain­ meant it eventually turned After Shikhar Dhawan (36) ron Hetmyer (25) resumed some respect. Dhawan b Chahal 43 (29b, 5x4, (Holder, 32.5), 7­236 (Brath­ FALL OF WICKETS curtailed match after electing out to be a comfortable six­ departed, wicketkeeper­bat­ the innings but they did not 3x6), Shai Hope b Jadeja 24 waite, 34.4). I was exactly the to bat. wicket win, which translated sman Rishabh Pant was again last long with Mohammed <> (52b, 1x4), Shimron Hetmyer b INDIA BOWLING 1­25 (Rohit, 2.4), 2­91 into a 2­0 series victory. guilty of playing a reckless Shami dismissing the latter same when I came in Shami 25 (32b, 1x4), Nicholas Bhuvneshwar 5­1­48­0, (Dhawan, 12.2), 3­92 (Pant, ‘Send­off’ The counter­attacking 65­ shot, getting a first­ball duck. and Ravindra Jadeja cleaning — any opportunity I Pooran c sub (Pandey) b Shami Shami 7­1­50­2, Khaleel 7­0­ 12.4), 4­212 (Shreyas, 28.2). Soon after his dismissal, the run knock by Shreyas was In complete contrast, up the former. got I wanted to win 30 (16b, 1x4, 3x6), Jason Holder 68­3, Chahal 7­0­32­1, Jadhav WEST INDIES BOWLING Indian players rushed to­ game­changing as he took the Shreyas played with maturity Nicholas Pooran played a games for my team c Kohli b Khaleel 14 (20b), Car­ 4­0­13­0, Jadeja 5­0­26­1. Roach 7­0­53­1, Holder 4­0­ wards Gayle, shaking hands pressure off his captain. to raise a crucial 120­run whirlwind 16­ball 30 to take and play according los Brathwaite c Pant b Khaleel INDIA 39­0, Paul 5­0­39­0, Allen 6­ with him. Kohli even per­ It was India’s ninth consec­ stand with Kohli for the the hosts past 200. The left­ 16 (14b, 1x4, 1x6), Fabien Allen Rohit Sharma run out 10 (6b, 0­40­2, Chase 7­0­43­0, Brath­ to the situation and (not out) 6 (7b, 1x4), Keemo 2x4), Shikhar Dhawan c Paul b formed a typical Gayle jig be­ utive ODI series win over the fourth wicket, taking the hander smartly handled the waite 3.3­0­38­0. you have to take Paul (not out) 0 (0b); Extras Allen 36 (53b, 5x4), Virat Kohli fore the burly West Indian West Indies. team near the target. His Indian spinners, launching risks. He was brave (b­1, lb­2, nb­1, w­6): 10; Total (not out) 114 (99b, 14x4), Rish­ Man-of-the-Match and Series: walked off. There had been Coming in after losing knock came off 41 balls with Jadeja and Yuzvendra Chahal Virat Kohli. under pressure (for seven wkts. in 35 overs): abh Pant c Paul b Allen 0 (1b), speculation that this would opener Rohit Sharma (10), five sixes and three fours. for massive sixes. 240. Shreyas Iyer c Holder b Roach India won by six wickets with Virat Kohli be Gayle’s swansong. Kohli raised his 43rd ODI When Shreyas was dismis­ Shami struck again by says Shreyas Iyer reminds him of FALL OF WICKETS 65 (41b, 3x4, 5x6), Kedar 15 balls remaining (D-L method) Gayle, in his inimitable hundred and in the process sed, India needed 43 runs off sending back Pooran, who his own early days in the India side 1­115 (Lewis, 10.5 overs), 2­ Jadhav (not out) 19 (12b, 1x4, to clinch three-match series 2-0. ‘Never Former India and Tamil Nadu opener VB Chandrasekhar passes away announced retirement’ He was instrumental in bringing Dhoni into the Chennai Super Kings fold Special Correspondent dotes laced with a sense of Press Trust of India Chennai humour. VB was an entrepre­ Port of Spain Former India and Tamil Nadu neur. He owned the team VB Everyone seemed to think opener V.B. Chandrasekhar Kanchi Veerans in the Tamil that the West Indies’ third passed away here on Thurs­ Nadu Premier League. Crick­ ODI against India here on day. He was 57. Police said the et meant everything to him. Wednesday would be the body of the former cricketer VB was also the owner of a last international match for was recovered from his resi­ state­of­the­art cricket acade­ Chris Gayle, but the ‘Un­ dence. They suspect it to be a my in Chennai. iverse Boss’ suggested after case of suicide. “It’s an absolute shock for the game that he had not Chandrasekhar, popularly me. I cannot believe it. He yet retired. called VB, is survived by wife was an outstanding attacking The 39­year­old Gayle and two daughters. batsman. It’s unfortunate played the third ODI with a A hard­hitting opener, he that he did not play more for special ‘301’ jersey — indi­ represented India in seven India,” said former India cap­ cating the number of ODIs ODIs, with an innings of 53 tain K. Srikkanth. he has featured in, a record being his highest score. In 81 He added, “We also did for any West Indies First Class matches, Chandra­ commentary together after cricketer. sekhar notched up 4999 runs our playing days. He was a The Jamaican, who at 43.09 with 10 centuries. warm person.” made 72 off 41 balls, was ap­ After his eventful cricket­ plauded by the Indian ing career, where he was a Huge blow players as he walked off af­ part of the last Tamil Nadu Former India leg­spinner V.V. ter being dismissed in the team to triumph in the Ranji Kumar said, “I live close to 12th over. He raised his bat, Trophy in 1988 — he later led his house, used to meet VB helmet perched on top of the State side and then brief­ Best knock: V.B. Chandrasekhar celebrates with K. Srikkanth after scoring a century off just 56 regularly. It is a huge blow to it, and the crowd continued ly played for Goa — VB fo­ balls in the Irani Trophy match against Rest of India in October 1988. * FILE PHOTO: N. SRIDHARAN all of us. Along with Srik­ to cheer, wondering if it cussed on coaching and kanth, he was the most ag­ was the last time they commentary. long hours dissecting cricket also an exceptional talent of the order with his barrage gressive batsman Tamil Nadu would see him bat. VB coached the Tamil Na­ with the batting legend. “I spotter. VB’s explosive bat­ of strokes. He cherished hit­ produced.” But after the game, Gayle du Ranji team and was conti­ taught Rahul how to sweep,” ting skills came to the fore in ting the ball straight. In the last few years, VB dismissed suggestions that nually involved with the he would say with a sparkle the Irani Trophy of 1988­89 in Soon he was drafted into took a keen interest in his this was his farewell game. game. Significantly, he was in his eyes. Chennai, where he reached the Indian ODI team. In the daughters’ career in Carnatic “I didn’t announce the cricket manager of Chen­ Interestingly, Dravid’s sons his century off 56 balls, early 1990s, VB travelled to music.

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