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Fiery Mukesh is Bengal’s hero Gujarat has a job on hand Saha in Vasavada notches up his third hundred of the season for fi nal The medium-pacer’s six-for sends Karnataka to its doom in quick time Amol Karhadkar Special pro Vasavada in confi dence. While Priyank Panchal put Correspondent Rajkot RANJI TROPHY Even after Sakariya sacrif down a sharp chance at gully KOLKATA Arpit Vasavada has trained iced his wicket after a misun off Mankad’s edge to deprive Y.B. Sarangi Test wicketkeeper with and lived in the same derstanding while taking a Roosh Kalaria a wicket, Axar KOLKATA batsman Wriddhiman locality as Cheteshwar Puja run. Vasavada who was on dropped a regulation catch Mukesh Kumar’s stupendous Saha on Tuesday was ra. On Tuesday, the left 49 then didn’t loose his at squareleg off Nagwaswal sixwicket haul propelled named in a 16member handed Vasavada did his composure. la to give Dharmendrasinh Bengal to a 174run upset win Bengal squad for the more famous mate proud by Jadeja a reprieve. over Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Ranji Trophy fi nal to be bailing Saurashtra out of Jani’s dream run The scores: Vijay Hazare Trophy cham played from March 9. trouble and virtually sealing With Chirag Jani (51, 143b, Saurashtra — 1st innings: 304. pion Karnataka on the fourth Opener Koushik a berth in the Ranji Trophy 6x4, 1x6) continuing his Gujarat — 1st innings: 252. day of the Ranji Trophy sem Ghosh, who picked up fi nal for the second time in dream run, Vasavada en Saurashtra — 2nd innings: Har ifi nal at the Eden Gardens an injury, and young succession. sured that the duo kept the vik Desai c Gohel b Gaja 0, Kish here on Tuesday. pacer Golam Mostafa Thanks to Vasavada’s scoreboard ticking to take an Parmar c Raval b Gaja 0, Avi have been left out. Mukesh’s careerbest six third hundred this season the game away from Gujarat. Barot c Gandhi b Gaja 1, Vish Mohammed Shami does for 61, his second sixwicket (139, 230b, 16x4, 1x6) — a By the time Jani perished waraj Jadeja b Gaja 6, Chetan Sakariya run out 45, Sheldon not feature in the team. performance this season, knock he later termed as to Chintan Gaja off the se Jackson c Bhatt b Gaja 0, Arpit The squad: Abhimanyu fasttracked Bengal’s pro “the most important” of his cond new ball, Vasavada had gress to its 14th fi nal, and the Vasavada c Gandhi b Vasavada Easwaran (capt.), Manoj career — Saurashtra extend notched up his hundred and Tiwary, Wriddhiman Saha fi rst after 200607, as a be 139, Chirag Jani c Gohel b Gaja ed its second innings into nearly taken Saurashtra to 51, Prerak Mankad c Raval b Ga (wk), Anustup Majumdar, lowpar Karnataka was dis the last hour of the fourth safety. His 434minute vigil ja 1, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja c Shreevats Goswami (wk), missed for 177. day and set Gujarat a daunt was fi nally over when he Raval b Nagwaswalla 21, Jay Sudip Chatterjee, Abhishek Needing 254 runs to win, ing target of 327. perished to Arzan Nagwas dev Unadkat (not out) 0; Extras Raman, Arnab Nandi, Mission accomplished: The Bengal cricketers are a joyous bunch after posting a convincing win Karnataka — which resumed walla’s shortball ploy as (lb7, w3); Total (in 98.4 ov Shahbaz Ahmed, Ishan over Karnataka in the semifi nal on Tuesday. * PTI at 98 for three – surrendered Early strike Saurashtra’s innings came to ers): 274. Porel, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Shreyan meekly for the second time Captain Jaydev Unadkat an end. Fall of wickets: 10, 21, 34, 4 back deliveries. K.V. Sidd Akash then bowled a hard kal c Goswami b Mukesh 62, Ka Chakraborty, Nilkantha for a sub200 total. It man then dismissed opener Pri 15, 515, 6105, 7214, 8222, harth’s outside edge went to hitting Abhimanyu Mithun run Nair lbw b Mukesh 6, Man Das, Agniv Pan (wk) and aged only 79 off 17.3 overs in yank Panchal for a duck to Butter fi ngers 9263. the fi rst slip and S. Sharath to trigger celebrations on the ish Pandey c Goswami b Mukesh Sudip Gharami. less than two hours of play. leave Gujarat at seven for Gujarat, though, had them Gujarat bowling: Kalaria 2611 was legbefore from superb ground and in the stands. 12, K.V. Siddharth c Abhimanyu 360, Gaja 236717, Nagwas While Bengal’s fi rst in one at stumps on the penul selves to blame. The pacers’ length. The writing was on A joyous Bengal side b Mukesh 0, S. Sharath lbw b walla 19.43752, Bhatt 70 nings bowling hero Ishan Po Mukesh 0, K. Gowtham c sub b timate day at the SCA shortball ploy came too late the wall for the visitors. thanked thousands of fans 240, Axar 233610. Porel 22, Abhimanyu Mithun b stadium. and butter fi ngers didn’t rel kept one end tight, Mu Gujarat — 2nd innings: Samit A determined Devdutt Pa for their wholehearted sup Akash 38, Ronit More c Abhima help their cause. kesh wreaked havoc by Having staged Saurash Gohel (batting) 5, Priyank Pan Gaurav does it dikkal, starting the day on port over four days. nyu b Mukesh 4, Prasidh Krish hitting the right channel and tra’s minirecovery after tak Rujul Bhatt spilling an chal c Dharmendrasinh b Unad 50, added 12 more before be “Beating a team like Kar na (not out) 2; Extras (b2, claiming fi ve for 28 runs in ing guard at 15 for fi ve on the edge at slip off Sakariya on kat 0, Bhargav Merai (batting) nataka at home will boost us. lb2): 4; Total (in 55.3 overs): for Sahgal an unbroken spell of nine coming Mukesh’s victim. third evening along with the third evening turned out 1; Extras (w1): 1; Total (for one 177. overs. A diff erent angle from We will carry forward this Chetan Sakariya (45, 118b, to be the costliest. Sakariya wkt. in 9 overs): 7. Fall of wickets: 10, 257, 376, NEW DELHI: Gaurav Sahgal round the wicket tricked the confi dence to the fi nal,” said 6x4), Vasavada knew his job and Vasavada added 90 Fall of wicket: 11. 499, 5103, 6103, 7118, 8 scored fi ve goals as Sahgal Early strike southpaw into edging to the Bengal captain Abhimanyu was far from over. runs. 142, 9147. Saurashtra bowling: Unadkat StudSona registered a 7 ’keeper. Easwaran. Gujarat dropped two 5361, Sakariya 3210, Mukesh began with a bang Sakariya continued to bat goals to 21/2 victory over The scores: Bengal — 1st in Bengal bowling: Porel 195 eff ortlessly to groom senior more catches on Tuesday. Dharmendrasinh 1100. when an unsure Manish Pan After Porel removed Gow nings: 312. 582, Mukesh 215616, Akash Artillery in a league match dey feathered to wicketkeep tham, Mukesh dismissed Ro Karnataka — 1st innings: 122. 11.31442, Nandi 40100 of the Royalkoas General er Shreevats Gowami in the nit More to claim his fi fth Bengal — 2nd innings: 161. Manofthematch: Anustup Sparrow Centenary Polo third over of the morning. wicket of the day and sixth of Karnataka — 2nd innings: K.L. Majumdar. Cup at the Army Eques In his next over, the medi the innings. Rahul lbw b Porel 0, R. Samarth Bengal won by 174 runs to trian Centre, Delhi Canton umpacer struck in backto It was his fourth fi vfor. lbw b Akash 27, Devdutt Padik enter the fi nal ment, on Tuesday. In another match, Army Service Corps (ASC) beat TV PICKS Remount and Veterinary Manpreet, Rani in race for HI awards Corps 53. NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), 6 The results (league): a.m. UTHRA GANESAN have a total prize money Player of the Year (female): Ranji Trophy : Star Sports 1 NEW DELHI worth ₹ 1.30 crores and a Deep Grace Ekka, Gurjit Kaur, Sahgal StudSona 7 (Gau rav Sahgal 5, Mahesh Sharma (SD & HD) & Star Sports 3, Harmanpreet Singh, Man trophy in each section. Rani Rampal, Savita Punia. 2) bt Artillery 2 1/2 (Karamat 9.15 a.m. deep Singh, captain Man The Major Dhyan Chand Upcoming Player of the Year South Africa vs Australia : Ali, handicap 1 1/2). preet Singh and Surender Lifetime Achievement (Under21 male): Dilpreet 2nd ODI, Sony Six (SD & HD), Army Service Corps 5 Kumar would be vying for Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Man 4.30 p.m. Award carries a cash prize of deep Mor, Vivek Sagar Prasad. (Anant Rajpurohit 2, GS boasting rights as the best Sri Lanka vs West Indies : ₹ 30 lakh while the Jugraj Upcoming Player of the Year Pandher, Naveen Singh, Ra 1st T20I, Sony ESPN (SD & Indian hockey player for the Singh Upcoming Player of (Under21 female): Lalremsia vinder Mang) bt Remount and HD), 6.45 p.m. year 2019 and a purse of ₹ 25 the Year (Men) and Asunta mi, Salima Tete, Sharmila Devi. Veterinary Corps 3 (Vijay FA Cup: Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten lakh at the 3rd Hockey India Lakra Upcoming Player of Forward of the Year: Lalit Singh, D. Santosh, Angad 2 & Sony Six (SD & HD), 1 a.m. awards to be held here on the Year (Women) would get Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Holding fort: Arpit Vasavda pulled Saurashtra out of trouble with a vital knock.* VIJAY SONEJI Singh Sandhu). (Thursday). Sunday. cash prizes of ₹ 10 lakh each. Navneet Kaur, Rani Rampal. The nominations for the Individual awards in each Midfi elder of the Year: Man annual awards were an department — best forward, preet Singh, Monika, Neha Arjun enters nounced on Tuesday. While midfi elder, defender and Goyal, Vivek Sagar Prasad. the men would be compet goalkeeper — carry a cash Defender of the Year: Deep ing for the Dhruv Batra prizes of ₹ 5 lakh each. Grace Ekka, Harmanpreet second round Singh, Surender Kumar, Varun Player of the Year (male), The biggest of them among the women, Deep Kumar. Sports Bureau would be the Lifetime Goalkeeper of the Year: Krish Grace Ekka, dragfl icker Gur Faro (Portugal) Achievement award, to be an Pathak, PR Sreejesh, Rajani jit Kaur, captain Rani and Arjun Kadhe defeated Luis announced on the day of the Etimarpu, Savita Punia. goalkeeper Savita Punia Faira of Portugal 26, 61, event, carrying a prize purse Jhaman Lal Sharma Award for have been nominated for the 60 in the fi rst round of the of ₹ 30 lakh and trophy. Invaluable Contribution: TBA. Player of the Year award. $15,000 ITF men’s Futures The nominees: Player of the President’s Award for Out The awards, for excel tennis here on Tuesday. Year (male): Harmanpreet standing Achievement: TBA. lence in 2019 and overall The results: Singh, Mandeep Singh, Man Lifetime Achievement Award: $15,000 ITF men, Monastir, contribution to the game, preet Singh, Surender Kumar. TBA. Tunisia: First round: Baptiste Crepatte (Fra) bt Adil Kalyan pur 60, 75. Doubles (pre quarterfi nals): Theo Ambage Gritty Gokulam shares honours with EB & Maxence Broville (Fra) bt Aditya Vardhan Duddupudi & Down to 10 in the second half, the hosts rise to the occasion Nitin Gunduboina 60, 61. $15,000 ITF men, Faro, Por tugal: First round: Arjun I-LEAGUE Kadhe bt Luis Faria (Por) 26, P.K. Ajith Kumar 61, 60. KOZHIKODE $15,000 ITF women, Cairo: Doubles (prequarterfi nals): They were reduced to 10 for Izabela Gabriela Novac (Rou) nearly half the match, but & Saumya Vig bt Hala Fouad & the Gokulam Kerala men Nada Fouad (Egy) 76(3), 36, were still able to salvage a [1210]. point from East Bengal on a warm Tuesday night at the Corporation Stadium. The Indian seniors’ exciting ILeague encounter ended in a 11 draw. tennis team Gokulam wasted no time in launching relentless at announced tacks in the rival half. With Marcus Joseph and Henry Ki SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT sekka tirelessly sprinting into NEW DELHI the East Bengal area, a goal didn’t seem too far away. And The All India Tennis Asso it came in the eighth minute. ciation (AITA) has selected K.P. Rahul, the under22 the Indian teams in the ov player who started for the er50 to 60 age groups for fi rst time, deserved a lot of the World team champion credit for the goal. He made a ship to be staged in Boca splendid run down the left Raton, Florida, US, from and duped the East Bengal April 26 to May 2. defence before passing the The players have been ball to his captain. Joseph, selected on the basis of from the edge of the box, de their international ranking, cided against cutting in and Aerial duel: The East Bengal and Gokulam Kerala players mostly in singles, with the drove the ball fi rmly into the battle it out in their ILeague match. * K. RAGESH odd exception. far post, beating goalkeeper The profi cient Nagaraj K. Mirshad. drom Nocha Singh, against The number disadvantage Revanasiddaih, who fi Juan Mera Gonzalez, was — 10 against 11 — didn’t stop gures among the top four Fine save deemed bad enough for a pe the hosts from going for a se nalty. From the spot, Victor cond goal. It never came, in the country in the ov Two minutes later, Mirshad Perez Alonso made no mis though the team and its pas er55 age group, was a not came up with a fi ne save to take, making it 11. sionate fans thought it did. able omission. stop from Joseph scoring The injurytime strike from The team: again. Kisekka could not take There was more action on Lalormawia was ruled Over50: Gurdarshan Singh advantage of the defl ection either side of the ground, but Ramana, Tikam Singh Panwar, off side. either, much to the relief of there was no change in the Tuleswor Singh Thongbam, The results: the East Bengal camp. scoreline at halftime. K.V. Narayana Murthy At Kozhikode: Gokulam Kerala 1 Gokulam had a setback Over55: Pawan Jain, Chandra (Marcus Joseph 8) drew with Bhushan, Puneet Kumar Gup Striking back shortly after resumption. In East Bengal 1 (Victor Perez ta, Arun Aggarwal. Before long, the Kolkata giant the 49th minute, Nocha was Alonso 23pen). Over60: Mayur Vasant Ma started to retaliate. In the sent off . In an action replay, At Mumbai: Indian Arrows 1 (M. nek, Ajeet Bhardwaj, Rakesh 23rd minute, a tackle inside he was penalised for a tackle Givson Singh 93pen) drew with Kohli, Bhag Nand Singh Negi. the box by Gokulam’s Hui on Gonzalez. Punjab FC 1 (Sanju Pradhan 6). CM A ND-NDE YK