EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kohli’s half-century keeps India going Karun holds fort for India Red Green bowled out for 440; off­spinner Wakhare scalps five Mayank steadies the innings initially with a fifty, 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 bowling. 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 Karnataka batsman Skipper Virat Kohli stood nally out for 6 which came had made scores of 99 and firm 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 Mayank Agarwal came good The bounce extracted by 26­ years — and on Friday he for the first time in the series year­old off­spinner 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 first session. Rahul and but Kohli and Mayank en­ with off­spinner Akshay Pujara were out for 13 and 6 sured that the visiting side Wakhare taking five 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 captain Ja­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD emerged unscathed from make a strong reply to India Green’s huge total. * FILE PHOTO son Holder opted to field, Ra­ B Debutant Rahkeem the first hour of play. hul and Mayank negotiated Cornwall was involved in all five wickets for 35 runs as an one drop after Abhimanyu the first half an hour without the three dismissals Soft dismissal extended first 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 flat 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 batting) through by having the wicket 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 delivery 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 finding Pan­ off his glove to first 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 fix­ 40.5). Lad 64, Priyam Garg 53, Akshay edging it to debutant Rah­ WEST INDIES BOWLING with Sandeep Warrier get­ ture, slashed at a Jadeja de­ Wadkar 44, Dharmendrasinh keem Cornwall at first slip Roach 11­4­22­0, Gabriel 9­0­ ting rid of Rahul Chahar and livery and was caught on the Jadeja 37, Akshay Wakhare five for a comfortable catch. Ra­ 44­0, Holder 15­6­26­2, Corn­ Ankit Rajpoot 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 Cricket 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 unofficial 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 suffered from dehy­ He immediately sought a during World Cup, totalled match. Super raider: Manjeet of Puneri Paltan fights past the Telugu dration due to excessive medical assessment from Craig Overton. * AFP 65 runs across five 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 five­point Siddharth Desai was in no jeet and Nitin Tomar took of the match. “To all the confirmed 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.