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K.C. Vijaya Kumar Leeds

Virat Kohli’s men did what they were expected to do as a first step in the World Cup — qualify for the semifinals. Gi­ ven the squad’s pedigree, a last­four berth was the most which numbers five and six basic requirement and the bat. There was this perplex­ Men in Blue seized that with ing passage of play on Tues­ aplomb, barring a solitary day which highlights this loss to England. flaw. The remaining yards, In the last over against though, would be the most Mashrafe Mortaza’s men, difficult. Every joust during M.S. Dhoni drilled Mustafi­ the next fortnight under En­ zur Rahman’s first two deliv­ glish skies finally reflecting eries to the deep, refused the

summer’s warmth, will be in­ Well done, mate! After overcoming a fighting Bangladesh, the Indians took the privilege of patting themselves on the back* AFP singles and was dismissed off vested with a certain value. the third ball. The former Even the last league match from K.L. Rahul, Hardik Pan­ on the back before peering at kicked on from the dream Briefly on Tuesday, Bum­ a niggle, India would be a ’s intent was to single­ against Sri Lanka at Headin­ dya and Rishabh Pant or the steep road ahead. “We starts that the top­three pro­ rah left the turf at Birming­ bowler short. This is unlike handedly bolster the total gley here on Saturday, will even a , step­ did have a bit of a celebration the glory days when Sachin but the non­striker was have its consequences in ping in as a substitute and ex­ in the dressing room. We are Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Bhuvneshwar, who is no mug terms of influencing the play­ celling on the field. All this two steps closer to winning Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj with the bat. But to play the games on the trot and win ing eleven for the semifinal paints a mosaic of winning the trophy. But we need to Singh could make a mark at devil’s advocate, once Dhoni all. Sometimes when you and, hopefully, the summit moments in a campaign take it one game at a time,” the bowling crease. The cur­ left, two more wickets fell lose you learn more than clash at Lord’s on July 14. soaked in pressure and hark­ Rahul said. rent imbalance crept in after and only three runs were when you win. Suddenly you India has progressed, ing back to the nostalgia of Going ahead, the team­ Vijay Shankar left with a toe added. realise what needs to be thanks to the colossal indivi­ 1983 and 2011 when India management would want to fracture. India has an issue with its done and make those adjust­ dual performances of Rohit won the World Cup. plug even the faintest cracks structure and the loss ments,” India’s fielding Sharma (544 runs), Kohli within the unit. Picking Di­ Flaw to the fore to England held a mirror. coach R. Sridhar said. (408), (14 One game at a time nesh Karthik over Kedar Jad­ The other worry is that once “The apart, there were Kohli and company better wickets) and On Tuesday, after quelling a hav against Bangladesh was the sixth wicket falls, the rest lot of answers we got in make those changes as even (14). Equally, the seemingly fighting Bangladesh, the In­ part of an exercise that aims don’t survive with the excep­ terms of our combination a lone error in a knockout smaller contributions have dians indulged in a rare mo­ at shoring up the middle­or­ vided. But it is a move that ham’s Edgbaston and there tion of . and about what we need to game can have a debilitating played a part, be it the ones ment of patting themselves der which hasn’t exactly has its after­effects. was a fear that in case he had It affects the manner in do. It is difficult to play 11 effect. Sridhar has an unenviable job on hand ‘You’d be a fool if you get tempted to bat like Rohit’ Must find ideal slots for wicketkeepers masquerading as fielders He is from a different planet, especially when he gets going, says Rahul

Special Correspondent “A lot of work has to go into Special Correspondent will get there eventually. Birmingham him, first of all, he needs to Birmingham Missing link: It will be great India suddenly has a surfeit improve his technique in Shifting up and down the or­ to score big runs and every of wicketkeepers. And with throwing and he also needs der, K.L. Rahul has adapted batsman wants to do that. I getting a spot to get in to the mindset of be­ rather well to his role as am in a good head­space. I during the World Cup clash ing an outfielder. For now, opener in ODIs. It is not as if just want to keep doing the against Bangladesh at Edg­ we will have to use him in the the position is strange to him things I have been doing baston here on Tuesday, the appropriate position. That is as the lanky batsman does right and if I can prolong it, number of glovemen went why Virat (Kohli) and M.S. take first strike in Tests and then obviously I will get a big up to four in the playing ele­ (Dhoni) are keen to keep him for his home State Karnata­ score and it will benefit the ven! There was M.S. Dhoni in the right place. In the pre­ ka. But in the blue shade, he team. the master, Karthik the co­ vious game (against England) had to slot himself in the Rohit the Superman: You meback man, Rishabh Pant he saved five runs which is a middle­order as Rohit Shar­ would be a fool if you get the rookie and K.L. Rahul the bonus and he took a catch as ma and tempted to bat like him be­ part­time wicketkeeper. well. So no complaints.” forged an explosive partner­ cause he is in a different There is an advantage And as for Karthik, Srid­ ship atop the batting tree. class. He is from a different there because if your main Corrective measure: Rishabh Pant must improve his technique har said: “Dinesh is a reason­ Dhawan’s thumb injury planet, especially when he stumper is injured or has to in throwing, says India fielding coach R. Sridhar. * AFP ably good fielder. He pulls off paved the way for Rahul’s gets going. He made it look take a small break like Dhoni some good saves at backward elevation to the top and sub­ Praising the partner: K.L. Rahul says is in good really easy (against Bangla­ did briefly during the course wicketkeeper is usually circle and at the deep, while point. That’s a big plus for sequently he etched scores form, but to keep putting up those performances is special. desh) but the pitch was two­ of the contest, another adept in the inner­circle but Karthik was used in positions us.” In the days ahead, Pant of 57, 30, 48, 0, 77 against Pa­ * AP paced and the ball wasn’t cricketer is ready to stand be­ may lack the skills to monitor near the batsman. and the members of his tribe kistan, Afghanistan, the West coming on to the bat. He is in hind the stumps. Pant the far corners. India’s field­ are bound to get extra atten­ Indies, England and Bangla­ night. Excerpts: about converting starts, it good form but to keep put­ donned the wicketkeeping ing coach R. Sridhar has the Struggles in the outfield tion as the Men in Blue gear desh respectively in the cur­ The starts: I have been bat­ means batting deeper till 35 ting up those performances paraphernalia when the unenviable task of finding Pant, though, struggled in up for the final phase. But rent World Cup. The cricke­ ting well and I am playing the or 45 overs. In conditions is special. He takes the pres­ former Indian captain was ideal slots for wicketkeepers the outfield, and Sridhar, first there is Saturday’s face­ ter interacted with the media role to the best of my ability. I like this, the set batsman can sure off you, keeps the score­ away. masquerading as fielders. Ra­ who met the media at the off with Sri Lanka at Headin­ in the ICC’s mixed zone at am a little disappointed that I do the most damage. If I keep board ticking and it is great The downswing is that a hul is fine both in the inner­ ICC’s mixed zone, explained: gley (Leeds) to counter. Edgbaston here on Tuesday can’t carry on. When I speak learning from each innings, I fun to bat with him. Dominant England seals a semifinal spot with a big win Bairstow’s hundred helps the host go past 300; New Zealand batsmen come a cropper in face of some sustained bowling

Shayan Acharya Chester-le-Street SCOREBOARD ENGLAND VS NEW ZEALAND

Jonny Bairstow hammered ENGLAND 8 (16b, 1x4), Henry Nicholls lbw his second consecutive Jason Roy c Santner b Neesham b Woakes 0 (1b), Kane William­ World Cup as En­ 60 (61b, 8x4), Jonny Bairstow b son run out 27 (40b, 3x4), Ross gland defeated New Zealand Henry 106 (99b, 15x4, 1x6), Joe Taylor run out 28 (42b, 2x4), by 119 runs to storm into the Root c Latham b Boult 24 (25b, Tom Latham c Buttler b Plun­ semifinals of the World Cup. 1x4), Jos Buttler c Williamson b kett 57 (65b, 5x4), Jimmy Nee­ At the picturesque River­ Boult 11 (12b, 1x4), Eoin Morgan sham b Wood 19 (27b, 1x4), side ground on Tuesday, c Santner b Henry 42 (40b, Colin de Grandhomme c Root b Bairstow’s gritty knock of 5x4), Ben Stokes c Henry b Stokes 3 (13b), Mitchell Santner Santner 11 (27b), c lbw b Wood 12 (30b, 1x4), Tim 106 guided England to 305 Williamson b Neesham 4 (11b), Southee () 7 (16b), Matt for eight. Liam Plunkett (not out) 15 (12b, Henry b Wood 7 (13b), Trent And, chasing a rather 1x4), Adil Rashid b Southee 16 Boult st. Buttler b Rashid 4 (7b, tricky total, two crucial run­ (12b, 1x4), Jofra Archer (not 1x4); Extras (b­2, lb­6, w­6): 14; outs of Kane Williamson and out) 1 (1b); Extras (b­4, lb­4, Total (in 45 overs): 186. Ross Taylor, cost the Kiwis, w­7): 15; Total (for eight wkts. FALL OF WICKETS who folded up for 186 in 45 in 50 overs) 305. 1­2 (Nicholls, 0.5 overs), 2­14 overs. FALL OF WICKETS (Guptill, 5.2), 3­61 (Williamson, Despite the defeat, New 1­123 (Roy, 18.4 overs), 2­194 15.1), 4­69 (Taylor, 16.4), 5­123 Zealand stands close of (Root, 30.1), 3­206 (Bairstow, (Neesham, 25.1), 6­128 (de reaching the semifinals. Ho­ 31.4), 4­214 (Buttler, 34.2), 5­ Grandhomme, 28.1), 7­164 248 (Stokes, 41.6), 6­259 (Latham, 38.3), 8­166 (Santner, wever, Pakistan’s hopes of (Woakes, 44.5), 7­272 (Morgan, 39.2), 9­181 (Henry, 43.4). reaching the last­four 46.1), 8­301 (Rashid, 49.3). ENGLAND BOWLING dimmed further. It will now NEW ZEALAND BOWLING Woakes 8­0­44­1, Archer 7­1­ have to beat Bangladesh by a Santner 10­0­65­1, Boult 10­0­ 17­1, Plunkett 8­0­28­1, Wood heavy margin. 56­2, Southee 9­0­70­1, Henry 9­0­34­3, Root 3­0­15­0, On a surface that had very 10­0­54­2, de Grandhomme 1­ Rashid 5­0­30­1, Stokes little for the bowlers, New 0­11­0, Neesham 10­1­41­2. 5­0­10­1. Zealand had a messy begin­ Blistering start: Jonny Bairstow’s whirlwind of a knock ensured England put up a winning NEW ZEALAND Toss: England. MoM: Bairstow ning as it lost openers Martin total * MICHAEL STEELE/GETTY IMAGES Martin Guptill c Buttler b Archer England won by 119 runs. Guptill and Henry Nicholls for just 14 runs. Williamson, who backed up ble day for local boy Mark and was 194 for one at the played his shots and crafted up soon by Matt Henry — Though Williamson and too far at the non­striker’s Wood, who scalped three 30th over mark. But the Kiwi his 61­ball 60 with eight who had come in for injured Taylor tried steadying the in­ end, had to depart. In the wickets for 34. bowlers found back their boundaries Lockie Ferguson. England nings, a freak run out in the next over, Taylor too was run Earlier, the burly Bairstow rhythm to check the But with Bairstow around, slipped further as wickets 15th over crashed William­ out by Adil Rashid. started in a whirlwind fash­ opposition. England could dream on. He tumbled at regular intervals. son’s dreams, and also that Those two dismissals tilt­ ion, helping England reach Bairstow and his in­form stitched a 69­run partner­ Even though captain Eoin of New Zealand’s. ed the game England’s way, the 100­run mark in the 15th opening partner, Jason Roy, ship with Joe Root, before Morgan tried building part­ Mark Wood got a slight even though Tom Latham over, the host looked poised put together 123 runs. While Trent Boult removed the lat­ nerships, his efforts failed as https://t.me/TowardsTomorrowtouch on Ross Taylor’s drive played a knock of 57. It for a mammoth total. Bairstow focused on keeping ter. Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes in his follow­through, and turned out to be a memora­ England stayed on course the scoreboard ticking, Roy Bairstow too was cleaned failed to get going.

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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Rayudu announces retirement Big­serving Opelka stuns Wawrinka Pliskova and Azarenka move into the round of 32 with straight­set wins The World Cup snub could have been the reason for the sudden decision

Agence France-Presse LONDON Three­time Major winner Stan Wawrinka was knocked out of Wimbledon on Wed­ nesday, falling in five sets to 6ft, 11in Reilly Opelka. The 34­year­old, two­time quarterfinalist was beaten 7­5, 3­6, 4­6, 6­4, 8­6 by his American opponent, the tal­ lest man in the sport and 13 years his junior. Opelka fired 23 aces and 59 winners in his win. Opelka will be appearing in the third round at a Slam Big scalp: Reilly Opelka, the tallest player on the men’s circuit who is debuting at The for the first time having nev­ Championships, outlasted Stan Wawrinka over five sets. * MATTHIAS HANGST/GETTY IMAGES er won a grass court match in his career prior to coming Also feeling the pain was Czech third seed Karolina and 2012, will next take on Good bye: thanked the BCCI and all State to Wimbledon. Russia’s Margarita Gas­ Pliskova, one of four players former World No.1 Simona associations that he represented. * VIVEK BENDRE paryan who was forced to re­ who could end Wimbledon Halep. Warm applause tire when just two points as World No 1, reached the The seventh seed’s first V.V. Subrahmanyam (HCA). “I would like to bring I would like to thank throughout my career with Wawrinka won warm ap­ from victory against Ukraine last 32 with a 6­0, 6­4 win ov­ Grand Slam meeting with a HYDERABAD to your kind notice that I <> the Indian team,” said Rayu­ plause for giving a line judge eighth seed Elina Svitolina. er Puerto Rico’s Olympic the captains I have fellow Romanian ended in One of the most exciting bat­ have come to the decision to du, who played 55 ODIs and a warm embrace after acci­ World No. 62 Gasparyan champion Monica Puig. played under, victory as she battled past smen to represent India, step away from the sport and scored 1,694 runs with three dentally colliding with her as was 7­5, 5­4 ahead when she Dhoni, Rohit and Mihaela Buzarnescu 6­3 4­6 Ambati Rayudu, announced retire from all forms and le­ centuries and 10 fifties at he sprinted to hit a collapsed to the ground on Sweeping win especially Kohli, 6­2. his retirement from all forms vels of the game. I would like 47.05. He also played six backhand. Court Three, suffering with Former World No.1 and dou­ who always had of on Wednesday. to take this opportunity to T20Is, scoring 42 runs. “I was a bit too far to re­ cramping. ble Australian Open winner Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit This comes close on the thank the BCCI and all the shown great belief in “It has been a wonderful turn a serve. I think I went Although she bravely Victoria Azarenka swept beat local favourite Heather heels of the snubbing by the State associations that I have me throughout my journey of playing the sport against her, so I was sure she tried to continue, the Rus­ past Australia’s Ajla Tomlja­ Watson 7­5 6­1, while Viktori­ selectors again when they represented which include career and learning from every up had some pain and was not sian, who has undergone novic 6­2, 6­0. ja Golubic ended Yulia Pu­ preferred Hyderabad, Baroda, Andhra and down it brought up on happy, so I gave her a little three knee surgeries in her Azarenka, a semifinalist at tintseva’s run with a 6­4, 7­6 to him after Vijay Shankar and Vidarbha,” Rayudu, who has been an honour and pri­ for the last 25 years at va­ hug,” said the genial Swiss. career, was forced to quit. the All England Club in 2011 (3) win. was ruled out of the World made his debut vilege to have represented rious different levels. Cup. in 2002, said in the letter. our country. I would like to “Finally, I would like to The 33­year­old commun­ thank the captains I have thank my family and all the IMPORTANT RESULTS icated his decision in a letter ‘Honour and privilege’ played under, M.S. Dhoni, wellwishers who have been addressed to the Committee “I also would like to thank Rohit Sharma and especially with me through this won­ Men: Second round: 21­David (Aus) 6­7(6), 6­1, 6­4, 6­4; 15­ (6), 6­3, 6­7(4), 6­4; 10­Karen Heather Watson (GBR) 7­5, 6­1; of Administrators of Hydera­ the two IPL franchises MI , who always had derful journey,” Rayudu Goffin (Bel) bt Jeremy Chardy Milos Raonic (Can) bt Robin Khachanov (Rus) bt Feliciano 28­Hsieh Su­Wei (Tpe) bt (Fra) 6­2, 6­4, 6­3; Reilly Haase (Ned) 7­6(1), 7­5, 7­6(4); Lopez (Esp) 4­6, 6­4, 7­5, 6­4 Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) 7­6(3), bad Cricket Association and CSK for their support. It shown great belief in me concluded. Opelka (USA) bt 22­Stan 23­Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp) Women: Second round: 8­Elina 6­3; 3­Karolina Pliskova (Cze bt Wawrinka (Sui) 7­5, 3­6, 4­6, bt Steve Darcis (Bel) 6­3, 6­2, Svitolina (Ukr) bt Margarita Monica Puig (Pur) 6­0, 6­4; 7­ 6­4, 8­6; 28­Benoit Paire (Fra) 4­2 retd.; 21­ David Goffin (Bel) Gasparyan (Rus) 5­7, 6­5 retd.; Simona Halep (Rou) bt Mihaela bt Miomir Kecmanovic (Srb) 7­6 bt Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 6­2, 31­Maria Sakkari (Gre) bt Marie Buzarnescu (Rou) 6­3, 4­6, 6­2; Brazil bests Argentina in Copa America (5), 6­4 retd.; 11­Daniil Medve­ 6­4, 6­3; Thomas Fabbiano (Ita) Bouzkova (Cze) 6­4, 6­1; 20­ Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) bt 27­ dev (Rus) bt Alexei Popyrin bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 6­3, 6­7 Anett Kontaveit (Est) bt Sofia Kenin (USA) 7­5, 4­6, 6­3.

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low cross for the unmarked Bernard Tomic. * “I thought it was amazing Serena Williams and Andy Murray. * REUTERS striker to side­foot home Tap-in: A flowing move started by Dani Alves ended with Gabriel Jesus, second left, making CLIVE BRUNSKILL/GETTY IMAGES seeing these guys moving

from close range. the simplest of shots to give Brazil the lead. * AFP and the way they played. of the match between Tuesday, as he gradually The two combined again Tomic faces fine after Here I am, playing him a few Croatian 22nd seed Donna returns to tennis following on the counterattack after 71 “The standard here is ve­ cond period but the visitor tina, was more influential losing second years later,” said the World Vekic and Alison Riske of career­saving surgery. minutes to make it 2­0 after ry high there are no easy had little luck in front of goal than in his first few matches shortest match No. 86 who was making his the United States. The Murray, who is easing his great work from Jesus left teams. You have to work and and was never on top for any here but was still a pale sha­ Bernard Tomic shrugged off Wimbledon debut. “I had atmosphere around the way back into the sport Firmino with the simplest of fight for what you want and length of time. dow of the player who has the prospect of being goosebumps when I walked court changed, with sound following a radical hip tap­ins. we worked for this.” While the tournament has won everything with his club stripped of his 45,000­ on,” he said. AFP echoing much more around resurfacing, will join forces Brazil which lost twice in Argentina has not beaten been plagued by lengthy side. “We had chances, the pound ($57,000) prize the arena. AFP with Williams in an all­star 42 games under coach Tite, Brazil in a major competitive stoppages for the video assis­ ball hit the woodwork, it money after losing the Wimbledon roof partnership when the draw will face either Peru or Chile fixture dating back to 2005 tant referee (VAR), officials flashed across the six­yard second shortest match to debuts on Court One Murray-Serena is announced on in Sunday’s final at the Mara­ and that run rarely looked preferred to let the game box, there were penalties Jo­Wifried Tsonga at The new roof on form dream mixed Wednesday. cana stadium in Rio de Janei­ like ending at the Mineirao run, though Argentina was that weren’t given,” said Wimbledon on Tuesday. “I Wimbledon’s Court One was doubles pair The two­time Wimbledon ro and captain Dani Alves stadium here. incensed VAR did not come Messi, who like coach Lionel think I played as best as I used for the first time on Andy Murray and Serena champion’s partnership said its goal was within Sergio Aguero hit the bar into play when Arthur felled Scaloni complained about could. It’s just I played Tuesday — but for fading Williams will form a mixed with seven­time winner reach. “There is one more with a header in the first half one of its players at a corner. the refereeing. terrible,” said the World No. light rather than for rain. A doubles dream team at Williams will make them step to go before we fulfil our and Lionel Messi struck the Messi, who has still not The result: Brazil 2 (Jesus 19, 96, who was a top 20 player decision was made to shut Wimbledon, his instant favourites for the objective,” he added. post 11 minutes into the se­ won a major title with Argen­ Firmino 71) bt Argentina 0. in 2011 but has been dubbed the roof at 5­5 in the final set management announced on title. AFP

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