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Sensational Tiger Cubs conquer the world Akbar Ali regrets Dethrone India in a thrilling final as Akbar guides the team home; Jaiswal and Bishnoi’s efforts go in vain needless aggression

ets for 23. Once Jaiswal was Press Trust of India batsmen after almost U-19 WORLD CUP out, the lack of match­time Potchefstroom every delivery. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA for the other Indian batsmen “It’s a dream come true” As Bangladesh Potchefstroom was evident. While defend­ said Bangladesh captain approached the finish line, A sprightly bunch of Bangla­ ing a sub­par total, the num­ Akbar Ali, who regretted Shoriful was caught on desh boys created history by ber of extras (33) mattered a the unwanted aggression camera, swearing multiple winning the country’s first lot in the final context of the from his players which times. global title, shocking defend­ game. nearly resulted in a free­ ing champion India by three Bangladesh’s chase started for­all after his team Pumped up wickets in the summit clash in earnest with Parvez Hos­ triumphed. “Some of our bowlers of the ICC U­19 World Cup sain Emon (47 off 79 balls) “It’s all about the hard were emotional and here on Sunday. and Tanzid Hasan (17) adding work we have done over pumped up. What In a low­scoring final, Ban­ 50 in quick time. the last two years. The happened after the game gladesh restricted India to However, things changed coaching staff... I just was unfortunate. I would 177 in 47.2 overs and did well once leg­spinner Bishnoi (4/ cannot thank them like to congratulate India,” to score the revised target of 30 in 10 overs) came into the enough for the support said skipper Akbar at the 170 in 42.1 overs under the attack, bamboozling the bat­ they have given us on and post­match conference. DLS method. smen with his googlies. But off the field. We’ve had a As soon as the match Once play resumed after a Emon, who came back to the very good experience, and ended, the Bangladesh rain break, the target was re­ crease after retiring with a this is just the beginning players rushed to the vised to 170 and with seven hamstring injury, and Akbar for us. Hopefully, this will ground, most of them still runs to get and three wickets took the team closer to the be the stepping stone for showing their aggressive in hand, it became a cake­ target before the latter fin­ us,” said the skipper, who side. walk for the Tiger Cubs as ished things in style. was also adjudged ‘Player­ One Indian player they scripted a golden chap­ Earlier, India’s batting wilt­ of­the­Final’ for his rushed to confront and ter in their country’s cricket ed under pressure against a composed unbeaten 43. even pushed a Bangladesh history. superb Bangladesh attack. The Bangladesh players player who had allegedly Jaiswal (88 off 121 balls) was were too aggressive while said some uncharitable

Calm and collected once again the standout per­ The dazzlers: Bangladesh won its maiden U­19 World Cup, overcoming the odds and favourite India. * PTI fielding, with their lead things, and it was left to Credit should go to Bangla­ former even as the new ball pacer Shoriful Islam coach Paras Mhambrey to desh’s 18­year­old captain Ak­ bowlers Shoriful Islam (2/31 sledging the Indian calm down his boys. bar Ali, who showed nerves in 10 overs) and Tanzim Ha­ SCOREBOARD of steel while making a pa­ san Shakib (2/28 in 8.2 overs) INDIA 177. Hasan c Tyagi b Bishnoi 17 (25b, (Mahmudul, 12.5), 3­62 tient unbeaten 43 off 77 balls. stifled the batsmen. Seamer Yashasvi Jaiswal c Tanzid b FALL OF WICKETS 2x4, 1x6), Mahmudul Hasan Joy (Hridoy, 14.1), 4­65 (Shahadat, His effort outshone Yashasvi Avishek Das (3/40 in 9 overs) Shoriful 88 (121b, 8x4, 1x6), 1­9 (Divyaansh, 6.4 overs), 2­ b Bishnoi 8 (12b, 2x4), Towhid 16.1), 5­85 (Shamim, 20.1), 6­ Jaiswal’s 88 off 121 balls for was the most successful bow­ Divyaansh Saxena c Mahmudul 103 (Tilak, 28.6), 3­114 (Garg, Hridoy lbw b Bishnoi 0 (2b), 102 (Avishek, 22.6), 7­143 India. ler, but it was Shoriful’s open­ b Avishek 2 (17b), Tilak Varma c 31.3), 4­156 (Jaiswal, 39.5), 5­ Shahadat Hossain st Jurel b (Parvez, 31.6). Akbar’s cool quotient was ing burst that put the Indians Shoriful b Tanzim 38 (65b, 3x4), 156 (Veer, 39.6), 6­168 (Jurel, Bishnoi 1 (10b), Akbar Ali (not INDIA BOWLING there for everyone to see as on the backfoot at the outset. Priyam Garg c Tanzid b Rakibul 7 42.2), 7­170 (Bishnoi, 43.5), 8­ out) 43 (77b, 4x4, 1x6), Shamim Tyagi 10­2­33­0, Sushant 7­0­ he marshalled his resources That proved vital in the end. (9b), Dhruv Jurel run out 22 170 (Atharva, 44.1), 9­172 Hossain c Jaiswal b Sushant 7 25­2, Akash 8­1­33­0, Bishnoi brilliantly and then batted (38b, 1x4), Siddhesh Veer lbw b (Tyagi, 44.6). (18b), Avishek Das c Tyagi b 10­3­30­4, Ankolekar 4.1­0­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Shoriful 0 (1b), Atharva Sushant 5 (7b, 1x4), Rakibul 22­0, Jaiswal 3­0­15­1. responsibly, seeing out In­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD BANGLADESH BOWLING Ankolekar b Avishek 3 (7b), Ravi Shoriful 10­1­31­2, Tanzim 8.2­ Hasan (not out) 9 (25b, 1x4); Toss: Bangladesh. B India lost its last seven dia’s threats from leg­spinner Bishnoi run out 2 (6b), Sushant 2­28­2, Avishek 9­0­40­3, Extras (b­8, lb­4, nb­2, w­19): Man-of-the-Match: Akbar Ali. wickets for 23 runs Ravi Bishnoi and fast bowler Mishra c Shoriful b Tanzim 3 Shamim 6­0­36­0, Rakibul 10­ 33; Total (for seven wkts. in 42.1 Man-of-the-Series: Yashasvi Kartik Tyagi. B Defending a sub­par total, (8b), Kartik Tyagi c Akbar b 1­29­1, Hridoy 4­0­12­0. overs): 170. Jaiswal. Mixed feelings: Though Yashasvi Jaiswal bagged the There were two things that the team gave away 33 Avishek 0 (5b), Akash Singh BANGLADESH Revised target: 170 in 46 overs Bangladesh won the ICC U-19 Player­of­the­Series award, the defeat in the final cost India dear. While bat­ extras (not out) 1 (7b); Extras (lb­1, Parvez Hossain c Akash b FALL OF WICKETS World Cup final by three wickets will rankle. * COURTESY ICC ting, it lost its last seven wick­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD w­10): 11; Total (in 47.2 overs): Jaiswal 47 (79b, 7x4), Tanzid 1­50 (Tanzid, 8.5 ov), 2­62 with 23 balls remaining. Gill hits unbeaten century Australia meets India England beats SA in final ODI TRI-SERIES England not only failed to INDIA-A IN NZ der mainstay Cheteshwar rier (2/50), Mohammed Siraj chase down the total but al­ Pujara was with Gill at the (2/75), Avesh Khan (2/82) and MELBOURNE: Left­arm spinner so fell short of the 124 need­ AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Press Trust of India crease on 52 off 99 balls at veteran off­spinner Ravi­ Sophie Molineux’s spell of ed to stay ahead of India on JOHANNESBURG Lincoln (New Zealand) draw of stumps. chandran Ashwin (2/98) three for 19 helped Australia Net Run Rate after all three England beat South Africa Shubman Gill struck an un­ Earlier, New Zealand de­ shared eight wickets. defeat England by 16 runs teams were tied with two by two wickets in the third and final ODI on Sunday. beaten 107 as India­A made clared at 386 for nine in 131.5 India­A now trails by 152 and reach the final of the tri­ wins each. England leg­spinner 234 for one in reply to New overs after the second day’s runs with just a day’s play series here on Sunday. Earlier, Beth Mooney’s Adil Rashid took three Zealand­A’s 386 for nine de­ play was washed out on Sa­ remaining. Australia will meet India half­century took Australia clared on the third day of turday. Daryl Mitchell re­ in the final on February 12. to what proved a match­win­ wickets in his 100th ODI as their four­day ‘Test’ here on mained unbeaten on 103 off The scores: New Zealand­A Chasing Australia’s 132, South Africa was restricted 386/9 decl. in 131.5 overs ning total. Sunday. 222 balls during which he England lost its way in the to 256 for seven. (Hamish Rutherford 40, Glenn The scores: Australia 132/7 in The visitors’ chase was Opening the batting along­ struck ten 4s and a 6. Phillips 65, Tim Seifert 30, face of some accurate bow­ 20 overs (Beth Mooney 50) bt side skipper Hanuma Vihari Besides, Glenn Phllips Dane Cleaver 53, Daryl Mitchell ling from medium­pacer England 116/7 in 20 overs (So­ orchestrated by Jonny (59), Gill scored his runs off made 65, while wicketkeep­ 103) vs India­A 234/1 in 53 ov­ Tayla Valeminck (two for 18) phie Molineux 3/19). Bairstow (43), Joe Root (49) 153 balls with the help of thir­ er Dane Cleaver scored 53. ers (Shubman Gill 107 batting, Hitting back: Shubman Gill had an answer to everything New and Player­of­the­Match So­ Final: February 12 (Wednes­ and Joe Denly 66. teen 4s and one 6. Middle­or­ For India, Sandeep War­ Cheteshwar Pujara 52 batting). Zealand­A threw at him. * GETTY IMAGES phie (three for 19). day), India vs Australia. The scores: South Africa 256/7 in 50 overs (Quinton de Kock 69, David Miller 69 n.o., Adil Rashid 3/51) lost to En­ gland 257/8 in 43.2 overs Vesely outlasts Gerasimov, ends drought Raptors keep title with top show (Jonny Bairstow 43, Joe Root 49, Joe Denly 66, Lungi Ngidi 3/63, Beuran Hendricks 3/ The Czech’s previous title had come at Auckland in 2015 Chan­Won duo clinches it against North­Eastern Warriors 59). Three-match series shared 1-1. the trophy for their team. ward off a spirited challenge PBL from Arun George and Rian V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM Strong comeback Agung Saputro to keep their Leon Bailey HYDERABAD Earlier, in the first singles team in the hunt. Bengaluru Raptors became match, Sai Praneeth, World In the decider, Saputro, torments the first team in the Premier championship bronze me­ who was brilliant right Badminton League cham­ dallist and captain of Rap­ through, faltered at 13­all Dortmund pionship to win back­to­back tors, came back strongly af­ with a service error and then titles when it scored a 4­2 ter losing the first game to messed up a simple net AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE win over first­time finalist outplay World No. 18 Lee point to hand over the BERLIN North­Eastern Warriors in Cheuk Yiu. match and a 2­1 lead to the Substitute Leon Bailey the fifth edition at the Gachi­ It was a performance opponent. scored a late goal and bowli Indoor Stadium here which should have pleased For Raptors, Tai Tzu Ying made another as Bayer Le­ on Sunday. even World No. 2 and Sai’s remained unbeaten in this verkusen sealed a stunning teammate Tai Tzu Ying. edition with another domi­ 4­3 win over Borussia Dort­ Mixed doubles decides Though he was erratic in nant display to outsmart mund to deny the visitors Once again, with scores tied the first game, the crowd fa­ World No. 10 Michelle Li to the chance to go second in two­all, it was a doubles vourite stepped into a diffe­ take the team to two­all. Bundesliga on Saturday. match which decided the rent zone in the next two The results: In Serie A, Cristiano Ro­ fate of the winner. games, especially after win­ Bengaluru Raptors bt North­ naldo became the first Ju­ And, this time, the mixed ning the 39­stroke rally point Eastern Warriors 4­2 (B. Sai ventus player to score in 10 doubles pair of Chan Peng at the start of second game. Praneeth bt Lee Cheuk Yiu 14­ successive games but the 15, 15­9, 15­3; Arun George & Cry of delight: Jiri Vesely gives vent to his emotions after winning the title. * R. RAGU Soon and Eom Hye Won, team lost 2­1 at Hellas Rian Agung Saputro lost to Bo­ playing the Trump match for Best foot forward Verona. din Isara & Lee Yong Dae (T) 11­ The results: Sunday: LaLiga: the next tournaments.” tery. There wasn’t a big diffe­ held to love to seal the Raptors, lived up to the ex­ Then, in the men’s doubles, 15, 15­13, 14­15; Tai Tzu Ying bt TATA OPEN Espanyol 1 (Tomas 58) bt Real For the 27­year­old Gerasi­ rence between us. Just up contest. pectations of their team and Warriors’ pair of Bodin Isara Michelle Li 15­9, 15­12; Chan Mallorca 0; Real Osasuna 1 N. Sudarshan mov, who played his first fi­ and down and I had to exe­ “I have to be realistic,” the lustily cheering fans to and Lee Yong Dae, playing Peng Soon & Eom Hye Won (T) (Garcia 14) lost to Real Madrid PUNE nal, the week gone by was cute at the right moment.” Vesely said. “I had a lot of outslug G. Krishna Prasad the Trump match, had to bt G. Krishna Prasad & Kim Ha 4 (Isco 33, Ramos 38, Lucas Jiri Vesely ended a five­year like an audition and at the and Kim Ha Na and clinch put the best foot forward to Na 15­14, 14­15, 15­12). luck during the week, saving Vazquez 84, Jovic 90+2). ATP Tour title­drought after end of it there was no doubt­ Levelling it so many match points, espe­ Serie A: SPAL 1 (Bonifazi 24) beating Egor Gerasimov 7­6 ing his talent. Against Vesely, That moment arrived in the cially in the quarters and se­ lost to Sassuolo 2 (Caputo (2), 5­7, 6­3 in the final of the he looked a tad subdued 11th game of the second set mis. 65­pen, Boga 90); Napoli 2 Tata Open Maharashtra on compared to his earlier when he stretched Vesely on “It’s something that hap­ (Milik 48, Callejon 90) lost to Sunday. matches. But he made Vese­ the forehand side way pens maybe once in a life­ Lecce 3 (Lapadula 29, 61, The Czech, who last won a ly play his best match of the beyond the tramlines. One time. I had to stay calm in Mancosu 82); Brescia 1 (Bisoli title at Auckland in early tournament. of two errors Vesely made important moments and I 81) drew with Udinese 1 (De Paul 90+2); Genoa 1 (Pandev 2015, is the first player out­ Vesely started the evening thus was on breakpoint and am really happy about that.” side the top­100 to win In­ with two crunching fore­ Gerasimov duly served out 43) bt Cagliari 0; Parma 0 lost dia’s only ATP Tour event in hand winners — a significant the set on his first to Lazio 1 (Caicedo 41). Rungkat’s distinction Bundesliga: Moenchenglad­ its 25­year history. Come improvement from his last opportunity. Earlier in the evening, Chris­ bach vs Cologne — post­ Monday, he is set to gain two matches — and broke The third was perhaps topher Rungkat became the poned; Bayern Munich 0 drew more than 30 places and Gerasimov in the very first Vesely’s best set all week, first Indonesian to win a with Leipzig 0. find a position in the high game. Even as the Belarusian making 75% of first serves Tour event when he clinched EPL: Sheffield United 2 (Sharp 70s. restored parity immediately, against 63% the whole match the doubles title in the com­ 45+2, Lundstram 84) bt Bour­ “A week ago I would not Vesely kept up the pressure. and winning 83% of those. nemouth 1 (Callum Wilson pany of Swede Andre Go­ have thought of this,” the 26­ In the third and the ninth He broke to 2­0 after Gerasi­ 13); Manchester City vs West ransson, defeating Jonathan year­old said after the tri­ games, he had Gerasimov at mov had gone 30­0 up by Ham — match abandoned Erlich and Andrei Vasilevski umph. “It’s only February 0­30 but the latter held on displaying the kind of stay­ Saturday: LaLiga: Atletico 1 6­2, 3­6, [10­8]. and having a title already admirably. In the tie­break, ing power in long rallies that (Correa 6) bt Granada 0. The results: Finals: Singles: Jiri feels great. In every single though, from 3­2, Vesely had deserted him earlier in Serie A: Hellas Verona 2 (Bo­ Vesely (Cze) bt Egor Gerasimov rini 76, Pazzini 86­pen) bt Ju­ year I had big successes, reeled off four straight the competition. Up 4­2, he (Blr) 7­6(2), 5­7, 6­3. ventus 1 (Ronaldo 65). highlights, like playing the points to take a one­set lead. finished on the right side of a Doubles: Andre Goransson Bundesliga: Bayer Leverku­ fourth round at Wimbledon “I was not really happy nearly 20­shot rally that (Swe) & Christopher Rungkat sen 4 (Volland 30, 43, Bailey in 2016 and 2018. But I was with the first set,” Gerasimov seemed to suck out every (Ina) bt Jonathan Erlich (Isr) & 81, Bender 82) bt Borussia never able to push on. So said. “I didn’t push in the be­ last ounce of energy left in Andrei Vasilevski (Blr) 6­2, 3­6, Basking in the limelight: The jubilant Bengaluru Raptors team which retained the Premier Dortmund 3 (Hummels 22, now I need to stay focused in ginning. Tie­break is a lot­ Gerasimov. Serving at 5­3, he [10­8]. Badminton League title. * NAGARA GOPAL Can 33, Guerreiro 65).

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