22 Sunday, October 8, 2017 SPORTS Rabada takes Sri Lanka in control South Africa Dubai to brink of ri Lanka retained control of Sthe Test, and by extension the series, thanks to Dimuth series victory Karunaratne’s 196 and a pair of sprightly fifties from Niroshan Bloemfontein Dickwella and Dilruwan Karunaratne fter South Africa’s batsmen Perera. Pakistan’s small fitted Sri Lanka’s crushed under BRIEF SCORE victories, however, ensured mighty innings with Aa run-mountain, their pace Stumps Bangladesh 147 (Liton 70, the dream of a squared series its spine, though, but bowlers blew all but them Kayes 26, Rabada 5-33, Olivier 3-40) endures into day three. For to summarise his 63 runs away for 147 runs in the and 7 for no loss (Kayes 6*) trail them, Yasir Shah claimed 6 for on day two is to re-hash the first innings. Kagiso South Africa 573 for 4 dec (Markram 184, becoming the first spinner account of his progress from Rabada finished with a 143, du Plessis 135*) by 419 runs to take five- hauls in five day one. He was strong off his five-wicket haul and successive Tests. legs again, flicking deliciously, the visitors finished stung Bangladesh in a brief Openers Sami Aslam and and pulling the ball with the second day on salvo before the tea interval. Shan Masood then moved excellent control. He defused 7 for no loss after Rabada had begun that slide by the team to 42 for no loss in Yasir Shah judiciously again, being asked to follow removing ’s leg- response to Sri Lanka’s 484. routinely getting inside the line on. The hosts are 419 stump in the seventh over. Sure, the hosts have a of the ball to work him towards runs ahead with a third- Olivier had mountain to scale, but have at square leg. day finish looming large. strangled down the leg-side least begun the ascent without At the end of the innings, The visitors entered the before gifted incident. his wagon wheel showed and (file pic) final session on 61 for 4 before him his second with a stunning unsurprising preference for fielders. Having failed to score off 14 sliding to 65 for 6 soon after catch at gully that ensured the legside - 140 of his runs The disappointment, of of the 17 balls Wahab bowled the interval. and ’s exit. In BRIEF SCORE and 13 off his 20 boundaries course, is that he surpassed to him after he got to 190, fell in quick his first over in a Test match coming on that side of the his previous best - 187 against Karunaratne poked at a short succession, both wafting at since January, Parnell removed Stumps Pakistan 51 for 0 (Aslam pitch. There were a couple of West Indies - but still did not that came back slightly deliveries outside off without to reduce 30*, Masood 15*) trail Sri Lanka Yasir balls that took his inside progress to that maiden double off the seam. The ball took his any foot movement; Rabada Bangladesh to 49 for 482 (Karunaratne 196, Chandimal edge, but on each occasion, hundred. This was largely inside edge, hit his thigh pad, had Imrul caught behind and 4. (espncricinfo. 62, Dilruwan 58, Yasir 6-184) by 431 he got enough bat on ball to because he was pinned down and clattered into his stumps. Sabbir caught in the covers. com) runs send the ball wide of the close by in that period. (espncricinfo) Liton Das and then held up South Africa’s onslaught with a 50-run seventh wicket stand. Olivier India beat by nine broke the partnership by clean bowling to pick up his third wicket. Ten minutes before the scheduled end, top- scorer Liton skied Rabada and completed a simple catch in the slips. Liton had struck 13 fours in his 77-ball 70, being the only assured presence in the visitors’ rubble. He blended leaving the Kuldeep Yadav (C) celebrates with teammates ball and playing shots with more confidence than the rest Ranchi (2/17 in 3 overs) which saw Christian, Kohli smacked the of the batting line-up. He cut, kipper played them score 118 for 8 in 18.4 third delivery for a boundary pulled and drove to find his a sweet cameo after yet overs. India were left to chase BRIEF SCORE to finish it off in style. boundaries, the best of the lot Sanother impressive show by a revised target of 48 in 6 overs India 49 for 1 (Kohli 22*) beat Opting to bowl, Kohli’s being his pull shots that stood the bowling unit as India via DLS method. Australia 118 for 8 (Finch 42, bowlers did not take their foot up like a beacon amid the comfortably beat Australia by Kohli’s 14-ball-22 Kuldeep 2-16, Bumrah 2-17) by nine off the pedal as Australia were uncertainty of the others. nine wickets in a rain-curtailed had three boundaries and wickets via DLS method restricted to a meagre 118 for Rabada, Olivier and opening T20 International, Shikhar Dhawan also hit three 8 when rain stopped play after Wayne Parnell had already here on Saturday. fours in his unbeaten 15 as 18.4 overs. It was the seventh they cruised to the target in 5.3 bowled by Andrew Tye Australia’s batting woes consecutive win for India in overs, taking a 1-0 lead in the decisively clinched the match continued as they once again the shortest format against the three-match series. in India’s favour as Dhawan failed to read Yadav’s left-arm Aussies, the last win came way Rohit Sharma hit debutant and Kohli got a boundary each wrist spin. back in 2012 at Dhaka in the left-arm pacer Jason to get 11 runs. Man-of-the-match Yadav ICC World T20. Behrendorff for a boundary After that it became a was complemented well After chinaman Kuldeep and flicked Nathan Coulter- cakewalk as Coulter-Nile’s by Bumrah’s toe-crushing Yadav (2/16 in 4 overs) yet Nile for a six before being next over produced nine runs. yorkers. Yuzvendra Chahal again bamboozled the visitors cleaned up. With six needed off the (1/23 in 4 overs) also played alongside Jasprit Bumrah However, the third over final over bowled by Dan his part to perfection. (TOI) Kagiso Rabada (file pic)