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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Shami and Umesh put India on the brink of series sweep The two pacers, along with the wily Jadeja and debutant Nadeem, have the visitors in all sorts of trouble with some incisive bowling SCOREBOARD

INDIA — 1ST INNINGS SOUTH AFRICA — 2ND INNINGS 497 for nine decl. (FOLLOWING ON) SOUTH AFRICA — 1ST INNINGS Quinton de Kock b Umesh 5 Dean Elgar c Saha b Shami 0 (6b, 1x4), Dean Elgar (retired (2b), Quinton de Kock c Saha b hurt) 16 ( 29b, 3x4), Zubayr Umesh 4 ( 6b, 1x4), Zubayr Hamza b Shami 0 ( 6b), Faf du Hamza b Jadeja 62 (79b, 10x4, Plessis lbw b Shami 4 ( 10b), 1x6), Faf du Plessis b Umesh 1 Temba Bavuma c Saha b Shami (9b), Temba Bavuma st Saha b 0 (3b), Heinrich Klaasen lbw b Nadeem 32 (72b, 5x4), Heinrich Umesh 5 ( 24b), George Linde Klaasen b Jadeja 6 ( 10b, 1x4), run out 27 ( 55b, 5x4), Dane George Linde c Rohit b Umesh Piedt b Jadeja 23 ( 73b, 2x4, 37 (81b, 3x4, 1x6), Dane Piedt 1x6), Theunis de Bruyn (sub) lbw b Shami 4 (14b), Kagiso Ra­ (batting) 30 ( 42b, 4x4, 1x6), bada run out 0 ( 6b), Anrich Kagiso Rabada c Jadeja b Ash­ Nortje lbw b Nadeem 4 ( 55b), win 12 (16b, 3x4), Anrich Nortje Lungi Ngidi (not out) 0 (5b); Ex­ (batting) 5 ( 12b, 1x4); Extras tras (b­8, lb­3, nb­1): 12; Total (b­5): 5; Total (for eight wkts. in (in 56.2 overs): 162. 46 overs): 132. FALL OF WICKETS FALL OF WICKETS 1­4 (Elgar, 0.2), 2­8 (de Kock, 1.6), 3­16 (du Plessis, 5.5), 1­5 (de Kock, 1.1), 2­10 4­107 (Hamza, 27.4), 5­107 (Hamza, 2.3), 3­18 (du Plessis, (Bavuma, 28.2), 6­119 (Klaasen, 6.6), 4­22 (Bavuma, 8.3), 4­26 31.4), 7­129 (Piedt, 36.4), 8­130 (Elgar, retd. hurt), 5­36 (Rabada, 37.5), 9­162 (Linde, (Klaasen, 16.1), 6­67 (Linde, 55.1), 10­162 (Nortje, 56.2). 28.3), 7­98 (Piedt, 37.4), 8­121 (Rabada, 42.5). INDIA BOWLING Shami 10­4­22­2, Umesh 9­ INDIA BOWLING 1­40­3, Nadeem 11.2­4­22­2, Shami 9­5­10­3, Umesh 9­1­ A ripper! Zubayr Humza was left defending shadows after a Mohammed Shami special pitched on a good length and Jadeja 14­3­19­2, Ashwin 35­2, Jadeja 13­5­36­1, Nadeem straightened to hit the top of off­stump. * RAJEEV BHATT 12­1­48­0. 5­0­18­0, Ashwin 10­3­28­1.

SA IN INDIA 9 for 2 in the first innings edge and sent the off­stump all of five balls, when Umesh overnight, South Africa was cartwheeling. Zubayr Ham­ castled du Plessis with the Shreedutta Chidananda bowled out for 162. India du­ za, South Africa’s top­scorer sort of delivery mental­con­ De Bruyn subs for Elgar Ranchi ly enforced the follow­on, be­ in the first essay, received a ditioning coaches might ask Mohammed Shami and fore reducing the opponent near­unplayable delivery fast bowlers to visualise. It Special Correspondent every 24 hours until signs Umesh Yadav sliced through to 132 for eight — still 203 from Shami, the ball pitching pitched on middle and off be­ Ranchi and symptoms resolve. South Africa twice on the runs in arrears — when bad on a good length before fore seaming away sharply to the arm and crashing into Linde then frustrated the Dean Elgar was diagnosed The soonest he can same day to send India hur­ light brought an end to an ex­ straightening to hit the top of clip the top of off­stump. du leg­stump as the batsman home side for over an hour. with concussion after return to play is in six tling towards a 3­0 series tended final session. off­stump. Faf du Plessis was Plessis stood transfixed, still made room to cut. Nortje survived an extraor­ being struck on the head days’ time,” said a CSA sweep in the third and final consumed by one that kept holding his defensive pose, dinary spell of short­pitched by an Umesh Yadav press release. Test. A total of 16 South Afri­ Ready to fly slightly low, before Shami while around him India’s fiel­ Lured out bowling from Shami just af­ bouncer during South Wriddhiman Saha, can wickets tumbled on Ahead of the third Test, Dean found Temba Bavuma’s out­ ders erupted. The South Afri­ Bavuma became Shahbaz ter lunch; one ball hit him Africa’s second innings. meanwhile, had to walk Monday, with India’s pace Elgar was confident that side edge. can captain walked off with a Nadeem’s first Test victim, just below the collarbone, Elgar, on 16, was struck off after being struck on duo accounting for half of South Africa would not play When Heinrich Klaasen shrug, as if to suggest that he lured out of his crease by a another rapped him on the flush on the helmet as he his right ring finger. The them, as the touring side this match with “one foot on was trapped LBW by Umesh, had simply had no answer. delightful, dipping delivery gloves, a third thudded into took his eyes off the ball. incident occurred in the reached the brink of another the plane”. The procession South Africa had sunk to 36 If a collapse had been ex­ that ripped past the outside the right elbow. The opener walked off, 27th over, when Saha was embarrassing innings­defeat. in the second innings, for five. Theunis de Bruyn, pected, it did not materialise edge. Wriddhiman Saha There is something about and was replaced by keeping wicket to R. While it may be true that though, seemed to suggest who came in to bat as a con­ immediately. Hamza, playing completed the stumping Shami. He extracts discon­ Theunis de Bruyn, who Ashwin. Rishabh Pant India enjoyed the best of the that the Proteas had both cussion substitute for Elgar in only his second Test with ease. certing bounce from the was approved by the came on as a substitute. batting conditions at the feet and one arm on board, after the latter had been match, scored a fluent, at­ When Kagiso Rabada was most unresponsive of surfac­ match referee as a Saha “is being treated JSCA Stadium, Shami and and were merely waiting for struck on the helmet by tacking 62. He and Bavuma run­out by a direct hit from es, harrying batsmen with a concussion substitute. and is doing well”, a Umesh looked more threa­ one last suitcase to arrive. Umesh, remained unbeaten added 91 runs for the fourth Umesh from mid­off — on a ball 40 overs old on a day­ “The opening batsman statement from the Indian tening on a wearing pitch on Quinton de Kock was the on 30 to take the game into a wicket, before both fell in the day when India was excellent three Indian pitch like it is will be closely monitored team said. He is set to be the third afternoon than first to fall in the second in­ fourth day. space of five balls. Hamza in the field — South Africa the most natural thing to do: over the next 24 hours, assessed on Tuesday their counterparts had on nings, Umesh producing a South Africa’s resistance was bowled by Jadeja, the had lost five for 23. he is a remarkable bowler, as followed by reassessment morning. the opening morning. From beauty that beat the outside on the third morning lasted ball hurrying through with Anrich Nortje and George South Africa will attest. It’s a dream to play in front of home crowd on debut, says Shahbaz Nadeem Shreedutta Chidananda better debut than to play morning after getting a 4 did not show. He was on tar­ the match; there’s also the Ranchi your first international a.m. call,” he said. get from the beginning, and friendship of people, there’s Shahbaz Nadeem enjoyed match on your home Nadeem finished with conceded under two runs an hansi-mazaak.” himself at the JSCA Stadium ground, where you have more than 50 wickets in two over in the first innings. on Monday. He claimed his played since your childhood. successive Ranji Trophy sea­ “When you play 110 matches, Poor maiden Test wicket with a It’s a dream debut.” sons (2015­16 and 2016­17), you gain that experience,” he South African Zubayr Ham­ ripper, finished with two for Nadeem had to wait a but received no India call­up. said. “The 15 years I have put za, also spoke after the day’s 22 in the first innings, and la­ while for his India cap. He How had he motivated him­ in playing for Jharkhand and play. He said, “To have al­ ter ran George Linde out had played 110 First­Class self during those years of recently India­A helped me most been bowled out twice with a superb throw from games over 15 years before waiting, he was asked. “This make a smooth transition.” in just less than two days, it’s square­leg. When he was the call finally came. He was was my motivation, that if so­ He may have been await­ pretty poor from our side. sent to the boundary’s edge performing Namaaz at home mething happened to some­ ing that India call­up, but We struggled in terms of in to field, Nadeem received a in Kolkata, where he now one, I might get a chance,” he playing for Jharkhand was no our defences, and they bow­ hero’s welcome from the lives, when the phone rang. laughed. “Because our spin­ less enjoyable, Nadeem stat­ led pretty attacking lines. We crowd, thrilled to cheer for “It was around 2:30 p.m. on ners are doing well. As a ed. “I’ve known my team­ haven’t been good enough to one of their own. It hasn’t Friday and I was reading Na­ cricketer you have to be real­ mates since our junior days; keep those good balls out. been a bad Test debut. maaz when my phone kept istic and see whether the we have a lot of fun playing “After watching cricket on ringing. I completed my spot you’re fighting for is va­ for Jharkhand,” he said. “It’s “I wouldn’t say we were TV for so long, I had dreamt prayers and saw that I was cant. Otherwise you have to a different feeling. No matter under­prepared against their that even I would appear on being called for the Test. keep hoping... ke kabhi mil where I’m playing, if a Jhark­ seamers. Maybe we should TV one day, so people could When you’ve played cricket jaayega [that you will get it hand game is going on, I feel have prepared more mental­ see how I performed,” he for so many years, you’re someday].” like going there and playing ly in terms of playing them in Wicket No. 1: Shahbaz Nadeem celebrates the dismissal of South Africa’s Temba Bavuma. said. “You cannot ask for a ready to play at 6 a.m. in the If Nadeem was nervous, it too. Because there’s not just whatever conditions.” * RAJEEV BHATT

Bangladesh Sevilla beats Substitute... BFC finds NEUFC a tough nut to crack A special day for Federer PM to attend Levante no way! The contest ends in a goalless draw Plays his 1500th career match second Test EURO LEAGUES P.K. Ajith Kumar Y.B. Sarangi TENNIS The victory improved his ca­ KOZHIKODE ISL KOLKATA reer record at the tourna­ Agencies In a bizarre turn of N. Sudarshan Bangladesh Prime Minister AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ment to 72­9 and improved Madrid events, the ousted BENGALURU Sheikh Hasina’s confirma­ BASEL his Basel streak to 21. Sevilla striker Luuk de Jong fielding coach of the Defending champion Benga­ tion that she will attend the Roger Federer opened his Federer, who has made scored his first goal for the Indian women’s cricket luru FC was left to endure a second India­Bangladesh bid for a 10th title at the ATP the Basel final on all of his club to give it a deserved team, Biju George, was frustrating start to its ISL Test at the Eden Gardens Swiss indoors on Monday, last 12 visits, won ATP titles 1­0 win at home to Levante approached to campaign, following a tame here on November 22 has crushing German qualifier in Dubai, Miami and Halle on Sunday in La Liga to go accompany the players 0­0 draw against NorthEast reduced the uncertainty Peter Gojowczyk 6­2, 6­1 in this season. level on points with fourth­ for the tour of the West United FC at the Sree Kan­ over the series, arising out the opening round. This was The Swiss briefly paused placed Real Sociedad. Indies starting next teerava Stadium on Monday. of a strike called by the a landmark 1,500th career his preparation for Basel to month. On a rain­soaked evening, leading Bangladesh cricke­ match for the 38­year­old send his best wishes to new­ The Dutchman had It is reliably learnt it was the away side’s mar­ ters. Even as the strike put Swiss legend as he chases ly married rival Nadal. failed to score in his pre­ that the newly quee signing Asamoah Gyan a question mark over the his 103rd title. United States’ Revealing that he was not vious seven starts for Sevil­ appointed fielding who came the closest to team’s tour of India next Jimmy Connors is the only part of the festivities, the la since his move from PSV Eindhoven. coach had travel issues breaking the deadlock, Agony: Udanta Singh’s frustration says it all during BFC’s month, BCCI president­de­ other player to have figured father of four said: “I was The results: that could not be when his left­footed curler match against NEUFC. * K. MURALI KUMAR signate Sourav Ganguly on in more than 1500 matches. not invited by Rafa, but I Bundesliga: Hoffenheim 2 resolved in time. six minutes into the second DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Monday informed that Ha­ The American’s final tally had not expected to be. I The Hindu has learnt period bounced off the bar. range. Minutes later, Sunil DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD sina would attend the was 1556. congratulated him, and (Kramaric 72, Bebou 85) bt that Biju declined the But for that, the two goal­ Chhetri came close, his Today’s match match. Federer is defending the hope he had the best day of Schalke04 0. offer to function as the keepers had very little to do. fierce hit from inside the six­ “We had invited Bangla­ title at his hometown event. his life.” La Liga: Alaves 2 (Magallan B Jamshedpur vs Odisha FC, 50, Lucas 82) bt Celta Vigo 0; substitute fielding The home side lined up yard box blocked on the desh PM Sheikh Hasina goalline by Dutchman Kai Jamshedpur, 7.30 p.m. Real Sociedad 3 (Javi Garcia coach for the without sure­shot starters in DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD and she has confirmed that Heerings. 22­og, Willian Jose 36, Portu Caribbean tour where defensive midfielder Erik In the 64th minute, Nishu she will be here. Now I will 58) bt Real Betis 1 (Moron 12); the Women in Blue will Paartalu and centre­back Al­ Even as BFC drove for­ Kumar drove one powerfully look at (West Bengal Chief Espanyol 0 lost to Villarreal 1 play three ODIs and five bert Serran, both out due to ward in hordes, it lacked a from long range but the visi­ Minister) Mamta didi’s con­ (Toko Ekambi 17); Athletic Bil­ T20Is. injuries. There were debuts reference point, with for­ tors’ goalkeeper Subhasish firmation. I will write to the bao 1 (Williams 33) drew with for Raphael Augusto, Ash­ ward Onwu having a forget­ Roy Chowdhury was up to centre. I have not written Valladolid 1 (Martinez Berridi Criticism ique Kuruniyan and Manuel table first outing. On the one the task. Coach Carles Cua­ (to the Indian PM Narendra 71­og); Sevilla 1 (L. de Jong 86) bt Levante 0. The way the new Onwu. occasion when he found drat’s final roll of the dice Modi) as we have not got Serie A: Udinese 1 (Okaka 42) support staff of the It didn’t take much time himself in space near the was the introduction of crea­ the PM’s permission,” said bt Torino 0; Cagliari 2 (Naing­ women's team was for Augusto to get involved, goal, he took an unneces­ tive midfielder Eugeneson Ganguly. chosen was criticised as he drove through the sary extra touch and fluffed “I will request the BCB golan 9, Farago 67) bt SPAL Lyngdoh with 10 minutes 0; Parma 5 (Kucka 38, Corne­ by former India length of the pitch and the opportunity. president to invite the left. But there was little he lius 42, 45+1, 50, Kulusevski captains Diana Eduljee played a perfectly weighted Much then depended on could do to change the players of the team which 79) bt Genoa 1 (Pinamonti and Shanta through ball to Udanta Singh Chhetri and Udanta creating course of the game. played in the first Test 52); AC Milan 2 (Calhanoglu Rangaswamy a couple on 26 minutes. But the India chances from the flanks but The result: Bengaluru FC 0 (against India in Dhaka in 20, Piatek 81) drew with of days ago. international didn't even hit they were kept largely quiet drew with NorthEast United FC 2000). I will invite our Reaching a landmark: Apart from Federer, only Connors has Lecce 2 (Babacar 62, Caldero­ the target from point­blank by the NorthEast defenders. 0. players,” said Ganguly. played in 1500 career matches. * AFP ni 90+2).

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