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DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kohli’s half- keeps India going Karun holds fort for India Red Green bowled out for 440; off­spinner Wakhare scalps five Mayank steadies the innings initially with a fifty, after the fall of Rahul and Pujara DULEEP TROPHY INDIA IN WI Holder was getting the bounce and movement and Shreedutta Chidananda Press Trust of India Cornwall made the Indians Bengaluru Kingston toil for runs with his tight off­ spin . Karun Nair remained in India recovered to reach 157 India was 36 for one in 13 sparkling form in the Duleep for three at tea on the open­ overs at the drinks break. Trophy, scoring an unbeaten ing day under testing condi­ Pujara, who came after 77 for India Red on the se­ tions in the second World Rahul’s departure in the se­ cond day of its clash with In­ Test Championship match venth over, struggled again dia Green at the Alur against the West Indies here as he took 15 deliveries to grounds here. on Saturday. open his account and was fi­ The batsman Skipper stood nally out for 6 which came had made scores of 99 and firm with an unbeaten 52 from 25 balls. 166 n.o. in the previous with deputy Ajinkya Rahane game — scoring a First Class giving him company on 20. Easy catch hundred after nearly two came good The bounce extracted by 26­ years — and on Friday he for the first time in the series year­old off­spinner Corn­ picked up from where he with a timely half­century, wall, who stands at 6ft and 5 had left off. before being dismissed in inch and weighs more than Karun’s assured half­cen­ the second session. 140kg, brought about Puja­ tury, which featured some Earlier the visitors la­ ra’s downfall as he hit attacking stroke­play against boured their way to 72 for straight to the hands of Sha­ spin, led India Red to 140 for two after opener K.L. Rahul marh Brooks. two at stumps on the second and No. 3 Cheteshwar Pujara India was 46 for two in the day. It came after Green had were dismissed cheaply in 17th over at the fall of Pujara been bowled out for 440, the first session. Rahul and but Kohli and Mayank en­ with off­spinner Akshay Pujara were out for 13 and 6 sured that the visiting side Wakhare taking five for 103. respectively. did not lose any further wick­ In the morning, the over­ et until lunch. night pair of Priyam Garg

Cautious start DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD and Akshay Wadkar In good touch: Karun Nair’s assured knock helped India Red After West Indies Ja­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD emerged unscathed from make a strong reply to India Green’s huge total. * FILE PHOTO son Holder opted to field, Ra­ B Debutant Rahkeem the first hour of play. hul and Mayank negotiated Cornwall was involved in all five for 35 runs as an one drop after Abhimanyu the first half an hour without the three dismissals Soft dismissal extended first session came Easwaran had retired hurt taking any risk on a tricky DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD But Garg was dismissed in to a close. with a gluteal strain, then pitch. soft fashion after having “The pitch is quite flat took control. The Karnataka Opening bowlers Kemar SCOREBOARD done the hard work. On 53, and slow; we should have man was initially troubled Roach and Shannon Gabriel, he drove left­arm spinner got around 550,” Jadeja ad­ by Ishan Porel, but he came however, could not get much INDIA — 1ST INNINGS Sarvate to short extra­cover mitted later. into his own steadily. movement from the pitch. K.L. Rahul c Cornwall b Holder where Priyank Panchal held 13 (26b, 2x4), Mayank Agarwal He took the spinners on, Holder introduced him­ a good, low catch. Surprised by the bounce c Cornwall b Holder 55 (127b, as is his wont, striking 14 self in the seventh over and 7x4), Cheteshwar Pujara c Dharmendrasinh Jadeja The left­arm spinner boundaries in all. Karun had immediately got the break­ Brooks b Cornwall 6 (25b), Virat walked out to bat and blazed claimed both the Red wick­ Mahipal Lomror (22 ) through by having the Kohli (batting) 52 (125b, 7x4), a few boundaries, as he and ets to fall on the day. Pan­ for company at the close, as of Rahul to break the 32­run Ajinkya Rahane (batting) 20 Akshay Wadkar added 51 for chal, who made a patient 31, the players walked off for (51b, 3x4) opening stand. ; Extras (b­4, lb­7): 11; the sixth wicket. But Wak­ was surprised by a bad light. There is still work Total (for three wkts. in 59 ov­ hare claimed the Saurashtra that bounced higher than to be done. Peach of a delivery ers at tea): 157. man for 37 (54b, 5x4), the normal, and the ball lobbed It was a peach of a delivery FALL OF WICKETS left­hander also finding Pan­ off his glove to first slip. The scores: India Green 440 in which jagged away from 1­32 (Rahul, 6.5 overs), 2­46 chal with an uppish drive. Ankit Kalsi, who was im­ 131.3 overs (Akshath Reddy (Pujara, 16.5), 3­115 (Mayank, 146, Dhruv Shorey 44, Siddhesh middle stump with Rahul It triggered a collapse, pressive in the previous fix­ 40.5). Lad 64, Priyam Garg 53, Akshay edging it to debutant Rah­ WEST INDIES BOWLING with get­ ture, slashed at a Jadeja de­ Wadkar 44, Dharmendrasinh keem Cornwall at first slip Roach 11­4­22­0, Gabriel 9­0­ ting rid of Rahul Chahar and livery and was caught on the Jadeja 37, Akshay Wakhare five for a comfortable catch. Ra­ 44­0, Holder 15­6­26­2, Corn­ in quick suc­ second attempt by Dhruv for 103) vs India Red 140 for hul hit two fours in his 26­ wall 17­5­41­1, Chase 7­3­13­0. Coming good: Mayank Agarwal made use of the the extended chance given to him by scoring cession. Shorey at slip. two in 45 overs (Priyank Pan­ ball innings. TOSS: West Indies a useful 50. * AFP India Green lost its last Karun, who walked out at chal 31, Karun Nair 77 batting). Anderson ruled out of Out­of­form Dhawan Titans fall short against Paltan Health scare Ashes, Overton in to play for India­A for Richards PKL Press Trust of India ANI Injured Vijay Shankar out of series Kingston London Anant Kaur NEW DELHI Sir Vivian Richards fell ill Pacer James Anderson has Press Trust of India while he was on air doing a been ruled out from the re­ New Delhi Puneri Paltan thwarted the pre­game analysis but re­ maining Ashes as England Out­of­form senior opener Telugu Titans with an all­ covered in quick time to re­ Board (ECB) on Fri­ Shikhar Dhawan has been round performance to win turn to commentary in the day announced a 13­mem­ included in the India­A side 34­27 on the last day of the post­lunch session of the ber squad for the fourth Test for the last two unofficial ProKabaddi League Delhi second World Champion­ match. one dayers against South leg at the Thyagaraj Sports ship Test between India As Anderson was bowling Africa­A to get back some Complex here on Friday. and West Indies here. in his ninth over in Lancash­ form after a poor tour of the Although Titans dis­ The 67­year­old com­ ire’s second XI four­day West Indies. played the art of perfect de­ plained of uneasiness and friendly against Durham, he The veteran left­hander, fence with a record­setting left the ground with the became aware of right calf who made a comeback from seven super tackles, it was help of two volunteers. pain. a hand fracture sustained not enough to win the He suffered from dehy­ He immediately sought a during World Cup, totalled match. Super raider: Manjeet of Puneri Paltan fights past the Telugu dration due to excessive medical assessment from Craig Overton. * AFP 65 runs across five interna­ A successful raid by Pal­ Titans defence. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR humid conditions.

Lancashire and was with­ tional games, including Shikhar Dhawan. * AFP tan’s Nitin Tomar took out Later, he returned to be drawn from the remainder He will be looking to add three T20s and two ODIs. Abozar Mighani and Amit which ended 17­14 in favour Bhardwaj, Farhad Milagh­ a part of the commentary of the game. Further review to his three Test caps. Over­ He had scores of 1, 23 and release. Kumar, which helped the of the Pune side. ardhan and C. Arun. Man­ team in the second session with the ECB medical team ton has taken 32 wickets at 3 in the T20 Internationals, However, it was another team race to a five­point Siddharth Desai was in no jeet and Nitin Tomar took of the match. “To all the confirmed his unavailability an average of 21.34 from while he made 2 and 36 in setback for Tamil Nadu all­ lead just four minutes into mood to let Pune dominate care of Paltan’s raiding du­ fans around the world, I for the remaining two Test eight Country Champion­ the two completed ODIs. rounder Vijay Shankar, who the game. him and started the second ties. want to say I have reco­ matches. ship matches this season. “The all­India Senior Se­ is now out of the ‘A’ series Titans produced five Sup­ half positively, picking four In the process, Nitin To­ vered. I am OK and I have The squad: Joe Root (Capt.), Somerset seamer Craig lection Committee on Fri­ with a thumb injury. er Tackles in the first half as points in his first four raids. mar registered 400 raid returned (to do commen­ Rory Burns, Jason Roy, Joe Overton has been added to Denly, , Jos day decided to add Mr. Shik­ “Vijay Shankar has been Vishal Bhardwaj raced to a Desai also reached a perso­ points in the PKL. Paltan tary),” Richards said on air. the team. Buttler, , Sam Cur­ har Dhawan to India­A ruled out of the series owing high­5, but the defensive nal milestone of 300 points took a healthy lead before “No bowler in the world Overton has returned to ran, Chris Woakes, Jofra Arch­ squad for the fourth and to an injury to his right masterclass was not enough in PKL. the finish line despite a late could do it to me, that was the Test squad for the first er, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, fifth one­day against South thumb,” the press release to prevent an all­out in the A super raid by Paltan's challenge from the Telugu done by nature. We have to time since March 2018. Craig Overton. Africa­A,” the BCCI said in a stated. final minute of the half Manjeet took out Vishal side. respect nature,” he added. Federer and Barty sweep into the fourth round with thumping wins Pliskova also progresses but end of the road for Nishikori and Halep; Zverev stretched again; Kyrgios in a hurry US OPEN leigh Barty swept into the IMPORTANT RESULTS last 16 with a 7­5, 6­3 victory Reuters over Greek 30th seed Maria Sakkari. Czech third seed Ka­ Men: Third round: 3­Roger Fe­ 3­6, 6­2, 2­6, 6­3; Aljaz Bedene Putintseva (Kaz) bt 9­Aryna NEW YORK derer (Sui) bt Dan Evans (GBr) (Slo) bt 29­Benoit Paire (Fra) Sabalenka (Blr) 6­3, 7­6(3); 23­ rolina Pliskova was tested by 6­2, 6­2, 6­1; Alex de Minaur 4­6, 6­7(3), 6­2, 7­5, 7­6(4); 14­ Donna Vekic (Cro) bt Kaia Kanepi After slow starts in his first Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur before (Aus) bt 7­Kei Nishikori (Jpn) John Isner (USA) bt Jan­Lennard (Est) 7­5, 6­3; 26­Julia Goerges matches, Roger Federer took winning 6­1, 4­6, 6­4. 6­2, 6­2, 2­6, 6­3. Second Struff (Ger) 6­3, 7­6(4), 7­6 (5); (Ger) bt Francesca di Lorenzo his game up a notch with a Meanwhile on Thursday, round: 22­Marin Cilic (Cro) bt 2­Rafael Nadal (Esp) w/o (USA) 7­5, 6­0; 7­Kiki Bertens stress­free 6­2, 6­2, 6­1 win Wimbledon champion Simo­ Cedrik­Marcel Stebe (Ger) 4­6, Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus). (Ned) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchen­ over Briton Daniel Evans to na Halep and Petra Kvitova 6­3, 7­5, 6­3; Chung Hyeon Doubles: Casper Ruud (Nor) & kova (Rus) 7­5, 6­4; Taylor reach the fourth round, suffered surprise defeats in (Kor) bt 32­Fernando Verdasco Miomir Kecmanovic (Srb) bt Townsend (USA) bt 4­Simona while Alex de Minaur beat Ja­ second round action, while (Esp) 1­6, 2­6, 7­5, 6­3, 7­6(3); Leander Paes (Ind) & Guillermo Halep (Rou) 2­6, 6­3, 7­6(4); 15­ panese seventh seed Kei holder Naomi Osaka cruised Denis Kudla (USA) bt 27­Dusan Duran (Arg) 7­5, 6­2; Federico Bianca Andreescu (Can) bt Nishikori 6­2, 6­2, 2­6, 6­3 on through to the last 32. Lajovic (Srb) 7­5, 7­5, 0­6, 6­3; Delbonis (Arg) & Roberto Car­ Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) 6­3, 7­5; Friday. American qualifier Taylor 23­Stan Wawrinka (Sui) bt balles Baena (Esp) bt Divij 25­Elise Mertens (Bel) bt Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 6­4, 6­3, 6­ Sharan (Ind) & Hugo Nys (Mon) Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) 6­2, 6­2; The Swiss great, seeded Townsend came back from a 7(3), 6­3; 17­Nikoloz Basilashvili 6­4, 6­4. 20­Sofia Kenin (USA) bt Laura third, was brimming with set down to beat fourth seed (Geo) bt Jenson Brooksby (USA) Women: Third round: 2­Ash­ Siegemund (Ger) 7­6(4), 6­0; confidence from the start, Halep 2­6, 6­3, 7­6(4) to con­ 3­6, 7­6(3), 7­5, 6­2; 5­Daniil leigh Barty (Aus) bt 30­Maria 16­Johanna Konta (GBr) bt Mar­ taking advantage of the spee­ sign the Romanian to a third Medvedev (Rus) bt Hugo Dellien Sakkari (Gre) 7­5, 6­3; 3­Karo­ garita Gasparyan (Rus) 6­1, 6­0; dy hardcourts under the straight early exit . (Bol) 6­3, 7­5, 5­7, 6­3; Daniel lina Pliskova (Cze) bt Ons Jabeur 33­Zhang Shuai (Chn) bt Ekater­ open roof at Arthur Ashe Sta­ Czech sixth seed Kvitova, Evans (GBr) bt 25­Lucas Pouille (Tun) 6­1, 4­6, 6­4; 22­Petra ina Alexandrova (Rus) 7­6(5), dium on a warm and sunny who has been struggling with (Fra) 6­4, 6­3, 6­7(4), 6­4; Alex Martic (Cro) bt 12­Anastasija 4­6, 6­3; Karolina Muchova day. a forearm injury this season, De Minaur (Aus) bt 31­Christian Sevastova (Lat) 6­4, 6­3. (Cze) bt 29­Su­Wei Hsieh (Tpe) Garin (Chi) 6­3, 7­5, 6­3; 28­ Second round: 19­Caroline 6­1, 4­6, 7­6(2); 22­Petra Martic Federer, seeking his sixth was far from her best in a Big scalp: Taylor Townsend rallied to oust Simona Halep. * AP U.S. Open title, rifled 48 win­ 6­4, 6­4 defeat by German Nick Kyrgios (Aus) bt Antoine Wozniacki (Den) bt Danielle (Cro) bt Ana Bogdan (Rou) 6­2, Hoang (Fra) 6­4, 6­2, 6­4; 24­ Rose Collins (USA) 4­6, 6­3, 6­4; 12­Anastasija Sevastova ners and 10 aces to see off the Andrea Petkovic. Tiafoe 6­3, 3­6, 6­2, 2­6, 6­3. In men’s doubles, Indians Australian Nick Kyrgios let Matteo Berrettini (Ita) bt Jordan 6­4; 1­Naomi Osaka (Jpn) bt (Lat) bt Iga Swiatek (Pol) 3­6, overmatched Evans, who is The men’s sixth seed Alex­ Three­time champion Rafael Divij Sharan and Leander his racquet do the talking as Thompson (Aus) 7­5, 7­6(5), Magda Linette (Pol) 6­2, 6­4; 6­1, 6­3; 18­Qiang Wang (Chn) now 0­3 lifetime against the ander Zverev was taken to a Nadal got a walkover after Paes made a first round exit he fired 24 aces in a convinc­ 4­6, 6­1; 13­Gael Monfils (Fra) 21­Anett Kontaveit (Est) bt Ajla bt Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) 38­year­old. deciding fifth set for a second Australian wildcard Thanasi while playing alongside Mo­ ing 6­4, 6­2, 6­4 win over un­ bt Marius Copil (Rou) 6­3, 6­2, Tomljanovic (Aus) 4­6, 7­5, 6­2; 7­5, 6­4; 30­Maria Sakkari (Gre) In the women’s section, consecutive match as he Kokkinakis withdrew with an naco’s Hugo Nys and Argenti­ seeded Frenchman Antoine 6­2; 6­Alexander Zverev (Ger) 13­Belinda Bencic (Sui) bt Alize bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6­7(5), 6­4, French Open champion Ash­ overcame American Frances injury. na’s Guillermo Duran. Hoang. bt Frances Tiafoe (USA) 6­3, Cornet (Fra) 6­4, 1­6, 6­2; Yulia 6­2.

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