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26 Established 1961 Sports Tuesday, October 22, 2019 India on brink of series whitewash over South Africa in third Test Opener Elgar takes nasty hit on the helmet from short delivery by Yadav RANCHI: Pace duo Mohammed Shami and Umesh SCOREBOARD Yadav had India on the brink of a series whitewash after South Africa crumpled while following-on in the RANCHI: Scoreboard at stumps on day three of the third and third Test and saw batsman Dean Elgar suffer a wincing final Test between India and South Africa in Ranchi yesterday: blow to the helmet. India 1st innings 497-9 dec (R. Sharma 212, A. Rahane 115; G. At the end of the third day the tourists were on 132- Linde 4-133) 8, trailing India by 203 runs, with replacement batsman South Africa 1st innings (overnight 9-2, Z. Hamza 0, F. du Plessis 1) Theunis de Bruyn on 30 and Anrich Nortje, on five. De D. Elgar c Saha b Shami 0 Bruyn came in under the new concussion sub rule after Q. de Kock c Saha b Yadav 4 Z. Hamza b Jadeja 62 opener Elgar took a nasty hit on the helmet from a F. du Plessis b Yadav 1 short delivery by Yadav, and had to retire hurt on 16. T. Bavuma st Saha b Nadeem 32 The impact left the opener shaken as he lay on the H. Klaasen b Jadeja 6 ground getting physio assistance. A South Africa team G. Linde c Rohit b Yadav 37 spokeswoman Sipokazi Sokanyile said Elgar was taken D. Piedt lbw b Shami 4 off as a “precaution”. K. Rabada run out (Yadav) 0 A. Nortje lbw b Nadeem 4 Events did not improve for South Africa, however, L. Ngidi not out 0 with Shami claiming three wickets, including South Extras (b8, lb3, nb1) 12 Africa skipper Faf du Plessis for four, while Yadav Total (all out, 56.2 overs) 162 struck twice. Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Elgar), 2-8 (de Kock), 3-16 (du Plessis), 4- Zubayr Hamza, top scorer in South Africa’s first 107 (Hamza), 5-107 (Bavuma), 6-119 (Klaasen), 7-129 (Piedt), 8- innings, indicated that his teammates had concentrated 130 (Rabada), 9-162 (Linde) Bowling: Shami 10-4-22-2, Yadav 9-1-40-3, Nadeem 11.2-4-22- too much on India’s spin threat and been taken by sur- 2 (nb1), Jadeja 14-3-19-2, Ashwin 12-1-48-0. prise by the fast bowlers. “I would say, based on the general thought of play- South Africa 2nd innings (follow-on) ing in India, you’d assume that it would be tougher to Q. de Kock b Yadav 5 play against the spinners,” said Hamza, who made 62 in D. Elgar retired hurt 16 his team’s first innings. RANCHI: South Africa’s Theunis de Bruyn (R) plays a shot during the third day of the third and final Test match between India and South Africa at the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) stadium in Z. Hamza b Shami 0 “I wouldn’t say we under-prepared against the F. du Plessis lbw b Shami 4 Ranchi yesterday. —AFP T. Bavuma c Saha b Shami 0 seamers. I will just say that maybe we should have pre- H. Klaasen lbw b Yadav 5 pared more mentally in terms of playing them in what- G. Linde run out (Nadeem) 27 ever conditions that we were faced.” final session but de Bruyn and Nortje survived the final Hamza, playing just his second Test, was happy to D. Piedt b Jadeja 23 South Africa’s first innings ended on 162 earlier as few overs. score his maiden Test half-century to offer some resist- T. de Bruyn not out 30 they chased India’s 497-9 declared. The hosts made ance during his 91-run fourth-wicket stand with K. Rabada c Jadeja b Ashwin 12 them bat again, and Yadav drew first blood, getting left- DAY OF FIRSTS Bavuma, who made 32. A. Nortje not out 5 India’s wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha suffered a “But also disappointed in the same breath, not hav- Extras (b5) 5 hander Quinton de Kock — who was promoted to open Total (8 wickets, 46 overs) 132 the innings — for five. finger injury in the final session and Rishabh Pant took ing gone on to make use of that opportunity. And the To bat: L. Ngidi Shami took over to get first innings hero Hamza for over. According to new rules that allowed a concussion first time that I’ve been out twice in the same day, so it’s Fall of wickets: 1-5 (de Kock), 2-10 (Hamza), 3-18 (du Plessis), nought with a delivery that rattled his off stump. sub, a team is also allowed to replace a wicket-keeper. been a tough day. Really disappointing for the side.” 4-22 (Bavuma), 4-26 (Elgar, retired not out), 5-36 (Klaasen), 6- The pace spearhead then got du Plessis’ prized Shahbaz Nadeem, making his debut at the age of 30, Opening batsman Rohit Sharma put India in com- 67 (Linde), 7-98 (Piedt), 8-121 (Rabada) scalp and Temba Bavuma caught behind for nought. also claimed two wickets with his left-arm spin and said mand of the match with his maiden Test double century Bowling: Shami 9-5-10-3, Yadav 9-1-35-2, Jadeja 13-5-36-1, it was a “dream” to play for the national side after taking on Sunday. He made 212. India won the first two Tests Nadeem 5-0-18-0, Ashwin 10-3-28-1. Spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin also took a wicket each to force an extension of the 424 first-class scalps in Indian domestic competition. by big margins in Visakhapatnam and Pune. —AFP Rizwan, whose only Test was in New some exciting youngsters in the pace Mohammad Irfan, who played the last of Pakistan drop Zealand in 2016. squad who could be surprise packages.” his 20 Twenty20 internationals in the The exit from Twenty20 internationals The Test pace attack — hampered by Twenty20 World Cup in India three years Sarfraz, Malik means curtains for Malik who had the untimely retirement of Mohammad ago, is also part of the shorter format. already announced retirement from Tests Amir and Wahab Riaz earlier this year — Fit Tiger Woods and one-day internationals. Hafeez was includes 16-year-old Nasim Shah and Squads: from Aussie tour part of Pakistan’s Twenty20 squad in 19-year-old Musa Khan who have Twenty20: Babar Azam (captain), Asif hints he’ll pick South Africa earlier this year but was not played just five and seven first-class Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Iftikhar LAHORE: Pakistan dropped former skip- played. At 39, he has little hope of com- matches respectively. Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Khusdil per Sarfaraz Ahmed from the country’s peting in international cricket again. Imran Khan senior, 32, returns to the Shah, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad himself for Twenty20 and Test squads for their Pakistan will play three Twenty20 Test squad after playing his last Test Hasnain, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad upcoming Australian tour yesterday, internationals in Sydney (November 3), during the Australian tour in 2017. Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Musa Khan, Wahab Presidents Cup while experienced players Shoaib Malik Canberra (November 5) and Perth Prolific leg-spinner Yasir Shah will be Riaz, Shadab Khan, Usman Qadir and Mohammad Hafeez were also given (November 8). The two Tests will be in assisted by 33-year-old left-arm spinner Test: Azhar Ali (captain), Abid Ali, NARASHINO: Tiger Woods said yesterday his fit- the axe in the shorter format. Brisbane (Nov 21-25) and Adelaide (Nov Kashif Bhatti in Tests. Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, ness was ahead of schedule after arthroscopic knee Sarfraz, 32, was stripped last week of 29-Dec 03). Head coach and chief selec- And leg-spinner Usman Qadir — son Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Khan senior, surgery, and dropped a heavy clue he might use his Twenty20 international and Test cap- tor Misbah-ul-Haq said Pakistan need to of the late legendary leggie Abdul Qadir Iftikhar Ahmed, Kashid Bhatti, one of his four Presidents Cup captain’s picks on taincy, just days after Pakistan were do well in Australia following a disap- — will be part of the Twenty20 squad, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan himself. “I’m probably a week early. My season had routed 3-0 by Sri Lanka at home in the pointing summer. “We need to play with Misbah citing his experience playing (wicketkeeper), Nusa Khan, Naseem ended a little bit earlier than I had expected it,” the short format. His place in both squads aggressive cricket to achieve better in Australia’s Big Bash Twenty20 league Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan 15-time major winner told reporters at Accordia was taken by 27-year-old Mohammad results there,” said Misbah. “We have earlier this year. The lanky 37-year-old Masood, Yasir Shah. —AFP Golf, Narashino Country Club near Tokyo before coming through an exhibition match unscathed. “I had the procedure a little bit early and got relocating from Canada in 2005, they had lost four times Verlander and Zack Greinke will be tested against ahead of it,” he added. Astros seek World in the division series before finally breaking through. Washington’s starting rotation of Max Scherzer, Woods is in Japan this week to play in the US “All the things in the past, all the failures, and losing in Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin. PGA Tour’s inaugural Zozo Championship, the sec- Series dynasty as Nats the first round, it just makes it sweet,” said Nationals “I’m thrilled,” Cole said.