SPORTS Thursday, February 2, 2017 19 Football scores India clinch series 2-1 Copa del Rey: Semi-final, first leg: Atletico Madrid v Barcelona (2000) Bangalore who received the man of the match and series ndia skipper award for his eight scalps in three games, got yesterday said he has faith great support from seamer ’s three Italian Serie A: in YuzvendraI Chahal’s abilities . Pescara 1 Fiorentina 2 after the leg spinner claimed six “I have a lot of faith in him, and he plays Scottish Premiership: wickets to set up his country’s with a lot of confidence. He has a lot of skill Celtic 1 Aberdeen 0 75- series-clinching and he has the character as well,” Kohli said of Hearts 4 Rangers 1 victory in the third Twenty20 his wily spinner who played just his sixth T20 international in Bangalore. international. Africa Cup of Nations semi-final: Chahal recorded his T20 best of The attacking spinner started England’s 6-25 to help skittle out rot in the 14th over of the , getting Egypt 4 Burkina Faso 3 England for 127 dangermen (42) and skipper Eoin in 16.3 overs. Morgan (40) on consecutive deliveries to derail The visitors, the tourists’ chase. French Cup results on Wednesday chasing Root and Morgan had kept the chase alive with (aet denotes after extra time) 203, lost their 64-run third- stand but the innings Angers 3 Caen 1 eight fell apart after their departure. CA Bastia 2 Nancy 0 Chahal got three wickets US Avranches 1 Fleury 91 FC 0 in his fourth over to rip through Fréjus Saint-Raphaël 1 Prix-lès-Mézières 0 the England middle and Les Herbiers 1 Guingamp 2 aet lower order -- five batsmen FC Chambly 4 Monaco 5 aet wickets were out on zero -- as India Auxerre 3 Saint-Etienne 0 aet for eight won the series 2-1. runs in the The hosts reined supreme against space of 18 England after the hosts won the Test rubber deliveries. 4-0 last year and triumphed 2-1 in the one-day The 23-year-old internationals. Chahal became only “Come the big game, even in the one-day the second bowler series, series decider, he (Chahal) stepped up, and in T20 to he stepped up again today. It’s a memorable series Du Plessis, get six wickets in win for us, the whole tour,” Kohli said in the post- an innings after match presentation. Sri Lanka’s “It’s been a brilliant couple of months for the Ajantha Mendis Indian team, going forward we know exactly what achieved the to do in each format,” he added. Miller hit feat twice with Earlier scintillating half-centuries from Suresh figures of 6-8 Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India and 6-16. post a mammoth 202 for six after being put into Chahal, bat. centuries Chahal

sinks England ’s David Miller cekle- brates his 100 runs

Durban outh Africa AB de Villiers hailed an “almost perfect performance” after his team crushed Sri Lanka by S121 runs in the second one-day international at Kingsmead on Wednesday. He singled out and David Miller, who both hit centuries as South Africa recovered from a poor start and piled up 307 for six after being sent in on an unusually dry, slow Kingsmead pitch. Du Plessis (105) and Miller (117 ) put on 117 for the fifth wicket off 136 balls after South Africa had been struggling at 108 for four. South Africa’s total always seemed likely to be too many for the tourists to chase and so it proved, as Sri Lanka were bowled Indian team players pose for a photograph with the trophy out for 186, giving South Africa a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. “It was a fantastic effort by Faf and David, an incredible partnership after being four down early on,” said De Villiers. The batting was backed up by good bowling and lively fielding.