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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Double centurion Agarwal puts Indian men’s hockey team beat Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019 Belgium by 5-1 in final match Brilliant Rasool guides J&K to India on top in first Test ANTWERP, Oct 3: However, some resolute defend- ing saw India take their lead into VISAKHAPATNAM, Oct 3: second day certainly belonged to session at the loss of four wick- Indian men's hockey team on the half-time break. emphatic win over Railways Agarwal, who made full use of ets. Thursday produced an attacking The visitors started the third Mayank Agarwal showed friendly batting conditions. South Africa struck through masterclass to outclass reigning quarter with attacking intent, and insatiable appetite for runs, con- * Gujarat routs Bihar; Bengal posts win Barring lead pacer Vernon pacer Vernon Philander first ball World and European Champions were rewarded immediately, verting his maiden Test hundred Philander, the South African after lunch, raising hopes of a Belgium 5-1 in the fifth and final with Lalit Kumar Upadhyay Excelsior Sports Correspondent Railways who took 3 wickets by Bengal rode on Abhishek Kumar into a brilliant double before the bowling put up an ordinary South African fightback. match and maintain a hundred bagging his first goal of the conceding 66 runs in his 10 Raman's 122 not out (108 balls, Indian spinners tightened the per cent record in their Tour of JAIPUR, Oct 3: Skipper overs. 11 fours) to register a five-wick- show with their three specialist Cheteshwar Pujara (6) was the match in the 35th minute to Parvez Rasool hammered an noose around the exhausted spinners failing to get much out man dismissed, bowled off a Belgium. extend India's lead to 2-0. Earlier, put into bat, et win over Rajasthan. South Africans on the second World No 5 India won all unbeaten 118 (112 balls, 9 fours, Railways scored a good total Brief scores: Railways 285 of the dry and slow surface. Philander beauty that moved Another attack in the next four sixes) to power Jammu & Rohit and away just enough to rattle his five matches during the Tour, minute saw youngster Vivek 285 runs for the loss of 6 wick- for 6 in 50 overs (Dinesh Mor Kashmir to a four-wicket win ets in 50 overs. Dinesh Mor top 70, Arindam Ghosh 64, Karn Agarwal, who off-stump. over Railways in Vijay Hazare began the day Captain Virat Kohli (20) scored with 70 runs, while Sharma 40, Umar Nazir 3/53) Trophy Elite Group-C match at Arindam Ghosh and Karn lost to Jammu & Kashmir 287 on 115 and 84 joined Agarwal in the middle KL Saini Stadium, Jaipur today. respectively and looked in sublime touch Sharma contributed 64 and 40 for 6 in 49.1 overs (Parvez Chasing a good total of 286 runs to the total respectively. Rasool 118 not out, Shubham with India at during his short stay. runs, Jammu and Kashmir rode 202 for no loss, He was disappointed to get Speedster Umar Nazir took 3 Singh Pundir 38, Abdul Samad on a magnificent century by wickets by conceding 53 runs. 36, Ram Dayal 22 not out, converted their out after getting set. A regulation Parvez Rasool after the early opening partner- ball stopped on Kohli, who Gujarat posted an impressive Himanshu Sangwan 3 for 66). dismissal of openers Ahmed seven-wicket win over Bihar in J&K: 4 points, Railways: 0. ship into a ended up offering a simple Omar Banday (4) and Qamran record breaking return catch to debutant Senuran a Vijay Hazare Group 'C' match Bihar 126 all out in 42.2 Iqbal (0) to chase the target on here today. overs (Sachin Kumar Singh 44 one with a 317- Muthuswamy, giving the South the very first ball of the 50th run stand before African his first international After Bihar was bundled out not out, Babul Kumar 27, CT over. Stylish Southpaw for 126 in 42.2 overs, Gujarat Gaja 2/19, Rush Kalaria 2/22) lunch. wicket. Shubham Singh Pundir and With their In the morning session, rattled up the required runs in lost to Gujarat 128 for 3 in 19.1 youngster Abdul Samad con- 19.2 overs to notch up a fifth overs (Priyank Panchal 40, Axar massive stand, Agarwal completed his maiden tributed valuable 38 and 36 runs Sagar Prasad also register his straight win. Patel 27 not out, Dhruv Raval they surpassed Test hundred while Rohit to the total respectively, while beating Belgium 2-0 in the open- name on the score-sheet as he The Bihar batting collapsed 25). Gujarat: 4 points, Bihar: 0. Virender Sharma made 176 on his open- dependable Shubham Khajuria ing match, and registering 6-1 produced a crafty finish to beat against the face of a disciplined Rajasthan 265 for 4 in 50 Sehwag and ing debut. and wicketkeeper batsman Fazil day of the series opener here and 5-1 wins over Spain in the the Belgian Goalkeeper. Gujarat attack with Rush Kalaria overs (Mahipal Lomror 79, A Rahul Dravid to record India's Rohit, who too hit 23 fours Rashid scored 29 runs each. today. next two games, before finishing The 38th minute saw impressing with a haul of 2 for R Gupta 56, RK Bishnoi 42 highest partnership for any and half a dozen sixes like Reliable all-rounder Ramdayal Playing his first Test in India, off their Tour with two more Belgium penetrate and win a 22 to be bowled out in the 43rd not out, Arnab Nandi 2/32) lost wicket against South Africa. Agarwal, was eventually dis- contributed brisk unbeaten 22 Agarwal showed remarkable wins (2-1 and 5-1). Penalty Corner, but PR over. to Bengal 266 for 5 in 49 overs Agarwal stole the show after missed in the 83rd over. At runs off just 14 balls. It was concentration and endurance for In the fifth match on Sreejesh's diving save kept the Gujarat opener Priyank (Abhishek Kumar Raman 122 Rohit's departure and keeping lunch, India were 324 for one in Rasool who led from the front his monumental 215 off 371 Thursday, Simranjeet Singh score down to 3-0 in India's Panchal hit some lovely shots as not out (108 balls, 11 fours), the requirement of the team in 88 overs with the host scoring (7th), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay and gave his side a much needed balls that allowed the hosts to mind, increased the intensity of 122 runs in the session at 4.28 favour. However, a brilliant the team coasted home in the Abhimanyu Easwaran 66, R M declare their first innings at 502 (35th), Vivek Sagar Prasad strike from the retake by victory. Himanshu Sangwan was 20th over. Bishnoi (3/49). Bengal: 4 points, his innings. His first hundred runs per over. (36th), Harmanpreet Singh the most successful bowler from for seven in 136 overs. came off 204 balls and second Like on day one, Philander Alexander Hendrickx made it 3- In the third match of the day, Rajasthan: 0. In response, South Africa (42nd) and Ramandeep Singh 1 in the 39th minute. off 154 balls. created some discomfort for the (43rd) -- all scored a goal each to were staring down the barrel at The Bengaluru-based crick- batsmen in the opening hour but But Belgium could not stay close of play, losing Aiden earn a scintillating victory for the in the match for too long as India Puneri Paltan pip Telugu eter, whose previous four Tests apart from that, it was smooth Indian team. Markram (5), Theunis de Bruyn were in Australia and West sailing for the home team. scored twice in two minutes just (4) and night watchman Dane Brimming with confidence before the end of the third quar- Indies, collected 23 fours and six Rohit was dropped on 125 after an invincible run, India Piedt (0) under floodlights to be maximums, most of them com- off Philander when keeper ter to extend their lead to 5-1. 39 for three in 20 overs, trailing started the match on the front- India's fourth goal was scored Titans by 53-30 in PKL ing against the spinners. Quinton de Kock, who was foot and produced a stunning India by 463 runs. He batted for the majority of standing up to the stumps, fum- by drag-flicker Harmanpreet PANCHKULA, Oct 3: Ravichandran Ashwin pro- move in the 7th minute to take Singh, who converted a Penalty the afternoon session, which bled to take a sharp catch. Puneri Paltan edged out vided the breakthroughs by get- the lead through forward Corner in the 42nd minute, while was extended by 30 minutes to Two balls from Philander Telugu Titans 53-50 in a closely- ting through the defences of Simranjeet. the fifth goal came through make up for overs lost due to kept low, taking both Rohit and fought Pro Kabaddi League match Markram with a classical off- Belgium did try to force a Ramandeep Singh, who scored in rain on the first day. Agarwal by surprise but after at the Tau Devilal Sports Complex break that turned sharply. He comeback but their Penalty the 43rd minute to finish off a Agarwal's memorable knock that they toyed with the opposi- here today. then had De Bruyn caught Corner was saved by Krishan B great team-move. (PTI) came to end when he smashed a tion attack. They got the bound- Manjeet (12 points), Sushant behind before Ravindra Jadeja Pathak in the 9th minute, helping full ball from Dean Elgar aries at will, especially against Sail (11 points) and Sureejet crashed through Piedt's India to maintain their one-goal District Poonch TT towards deep mid-wicket and a the spinners and with the surface Singh (7 tackle points) were the defences.