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MLB | Page 5 TENNIS | Page 6 Braves clinch Team World NL East title storm back to with win over cut Europe’s Phillies Laver Cup lead Monday, September 24, 2018 FOOTBALL Moharram 14, 1440 AH Neymar gets Paris GULF TIMES Saint-Germain back on track SPORT Page 4 CRICKET Centurions Rohit, Dhawan beat Pakistan in Asia Cup 210-run partnership between the openers set up India’s second victory over Pakistan in the tournament Scorecard PAKISTAN Extras (lb5, w3) 8 S. Dhawan run out 114 Imam-ul-Haq lbw b Chahal 10 Total (for 7 wkts; 50 overs) 237 A. Rayudu not out 12 F. Zaman lbw b Yadav 31 Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Imam), Extras (w1) 1 B. Azam run out 92-55 (Zaman), 3-58 (Azam), 4-165 Total (for 1 wkt; 39.3 overs) 238 (Ahmed), 5-203 (Malik), 6-211 (A. S. Ahmed c Sharma b Yadav 44 Ali), 7-234 (Khan) Fall of wickets: 1-210 (Dhawan) India’s Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma (right) celebrate after scoring their respective centuries during the Asia Cup Super Four match against S. Malik c Dhoni b Bumrah 78 Bowling: Bowling: Amir 5-0-41-0, Shah Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai yesterday. (AFP) Kumar 9-0-46-0 (2w), A. Ali b Chahal 30 Bumrah 10-1-29-2, Chahal 9-0- 6-0-42-0, H. Ali 9-0-52-0, Nawaz 7-0-35-0, Khan 8-0-54-0, Malik S. Khan b Bumrah 10 46-2, Yadav 10-0-41-2 (1w), Jadeja AFP second best in all India-Pakistan ball 78 after winning the toss and off Shadab Khan. 4.3-0-14-0 one-day internationals. batting but it proved too little for Dhawan matched his skip- 9-0-50-0, Jadhav 3-0-20-0 Dubai M. Nawaz not out 15 RESULT: India win by nine That super eff ort from the the strong Indian batting line. per shot for shot, fi ring 100-ball INDIA H. Ali not out 2 wickets openers saw India overhaul the Pakistan could have got Sharma 114 with 16 boundaries and two R. Sharma not out 111 peners Rohit Sharma target with 10.3 overs to spare. out in the sixth over but Imam- sixes as Pakistani bowlers had no and Shikhar Dhawan The Super Four win is the sec- ul-Haq dropped an easy catch off clue to the rasping and fl owing hit punishing centuries ond for India over arch-rivals Shaheen Shah, giving the colour- strokes of the Indian openers. was through a run out. man (31) and Babar Azam (run Pakistan’s fi nal score depend- to steer an imperious following their easy eighth wick- ful Indian power to smash seven Pakistan’s pace spearhead The best opening stand in In- out for nine) in an unimpressive ed on Malik who crucially fell in OIndia to a nine wicket win over a et win in the fi rst round. boundaries and four sixes. Mohamed Amir, brought back in do-Pak one-day internationals start to their innings before Ma- the 44th over, caught behind off a listless Pakistan in the Asia Cup The win is India’s high- Sharma, who scored back to one of two changes after dropped was 224 by Mohamed Hafeez and lik and skipper Sarfraz Ahmed leg-side edge off Jasprit Bumrah. match in Dubai yesterday. est against Pakistan in terms of back fi fties in the last two games, for the Afghanistan match, went Nasir Jamshed at Dhaka in 2012. added 107 for the fourth wicket. Asif Ali smashed two sixes Sharma notched 119-ball 111 not wickets, improving on the eight also became the ninth Indian wicketless for a fi fth match in a Earlier, Malik scored a 90-ball Sarfraz scored a slow 66-ball in his 21-ball 30 before he was out for his 19th one-day hundred wicket win over Pakistan in Mel- batsmen to complete 7,000 one- row, leaving the much vaunted 78 with four boundaries and two 44 with only two boundaries be- bowled by leg-spinner Yuzven- while Dhawan made a 100-ball 114 bourne in 1985. day runs in his 187th match when Pakistan bowling biteless. sixes, but India kept a tight check fore he became one of two Kul- dra Chahal who took 2-38 in his for his eighth century as the pair Pakistan were steered to 237-7 he reached 94, soon after he was Even when Dhawan got out in on Pakistan’s progress. deep Yadav’s wicket who fi nished nine overs. Bumrah fi nished with put on 210 for the opening stand — by Shoaib Malik who made a 90- dropped on 81 by Fakhar Zaman the 34th over with 38 needed it Pakistan lost Imam (ten), Za- with 2-41. 2-29 in his ten overs. COMMENT Al Sadd coach Ferreira surprised by facile win over Al Rayyan By Sports Reporter tween teams like Al Sadd and Al so as to focus on the AFC Cham- This gets rid of fatigue because goal is to always give our best in Doha Rayyan.” pions League, Ferreira said: “Al of the desire of the player to per- every game. Regardless of the He added: “We were better Sadd is thinking about the AFC form at his best. And so, fatigue result, the match was very enter- than Al Rayyan and dominated Champions League and the had no real eff ect on the players taining.” l Sadd head coach Jesu- the fi rst half completely. In the league at the same time. We have in today’s game and the proof is Added Afi f. “Some might think aldo Ferreira couldn’t fi rst ten minutes of the second a delayed game to be played now the 5-0 win.” it was easy, but on the contrary, it hide his surprise after half, we almost fell asleep. Al and if more matches are delayed, Finally, he remarked: “Also, was very diffi cult. We took to this Ahis team outclassed Al Rayyan exploited that and con- I don’t know when we will play playing with long balls helped game with a specifi c strategy in Rayyan in the QNB Stars League trolled proceedings then but we them. us to overcome fatigue. This is mind, and this helped us to gain on Saturday. managed to score and I think that “From my point of view, I a philosophy that we use when the upper hand.” Thanks to Al Sadd’s ruthless after the fourth goal, we found think it’s better not to call up the we have to deal with such situa- Afi f also remarked that Al Sadd domination the Qatar Clasico that Al Rayyan had surrendered. Al Sadd players for the national tions throughout the course of a are taking each game at a time turned into a hopelessly one- This helped us to get a result like team’s international friendlies to season.” and that the team was moving sided aff air with the Wolves win- that. reduce the strain no them. They Al Sadd forward Akram Afi f ahead step by step. ning 5-0 at the Sheikh Jassim bin “The 5-0 result does not re- are performing a national duty by also expressed his happiness at “We have now closed the Al Hamad Stadium. fl ect what happened in the game competing for the AFC Champi- his team’s victory Rayyan chapter and we will now Speaking at the post-match because there was a competitive ons League title.” “Congratulations to the fans look ahead to our next game press conference, Ferreira said: nature to it during some parts. As for the eff ect of fatigue on for the big win,” he said. “We against Qatar SC in the league. “When the Clasico ends in a 5-0 But in the end, Al Sadd’s attack his players, the coach said: “The will continue working hard to al- After that, we will step up our result, it’s tough to say that it is was always dangerous.” Clasico games are always a treat ways make them happy in all the preparations for the big game a Clasico. It is diffi cult to have a Asked if he would want to for the players because they are games, be it in the AFC Cham- against Persepolis in the AFC scoreline like that in a game be- postpone Al Sadd’s league games played in front of a lot of fans. pions League or in the QSL. Our Champions League semifi nals.” Gulf Times 2 Monday, September 24, 2018 SPORT CRICKET MOTOGP Marquez Afghanistan fall holds off short once again Dovizioso to Bangladesh win by three win in Aragon runs in a Super Four thriller in Asia Cup against Afghanistan Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez celebrates his win in the MotoGP of Aragon on the podium at the Motorland circuit in Alcaniz, Spain, yesterday. (AFP) Reuters began to pull away after the half- Bengaluru way mark. Marquez took the lead on the 14th lap, but Dovizioso regained otoGP world cham- the upper hand two laps later be- pion Marc Marquez fore Marquez made the decisive moved a step closer move with three laps remaining. to retaining the title “Marc is very strong here,” Mafter winning the Aragon Grand Dovizioso said. “The real sur- Prix for Honda yesterday to ex- prise is we’re fi ghting with Marc, tend his lead at the top of the so I’m so happy about the work standings to 72 points.