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India beat Australia by 6 Boxer Vijender threatens in 2nd T20I, clinch series to return Khel Ratna award CHANDIGARH, DE- SYDNEY, DECEM- the sixth over at the Sydney CEMBER 6: Boxer Vijen- BER 6: India sealed the Ground whose der Singh on Sunday threat- T20 International series shorter square boundaries ened to return the ‘Rajiv against Australia with a aided batsmen. Gandhi Khel Ratna’ award, game to spare after a swash- However, the introduc- the country’s highest sport- buckling tion of Natarajan into the ing honour, if the Centre finished what Shikhar attack saw Australia losing does not withdraw the new Dhawan had set out to their first in the form farm laws. achieve with a scintillating of D’Arcy Short. Boxer Vijender Singh 36-ball 52 in the second and Least perturbed by the along with Arjuna and penultimate match here on dismissal, Wade continued Dronacharya awardees Sunday. to bat aggressively and joins farmers at the Singhu The visitors thus avenged brought up his fifty off just border in New Delhi on their 1-2 ODI series loss, 25 balls with a boundary off Sunday. chasing down a challenging Chahal. Addressing the protesting 195-run target set by the But the stand-in skipper farmers near Singhu bor- home side. They won the got out in a comical fashion, der, Vijender Singh said if Haryana joins the list of sev- from Punjab and Haryana opener in Canberra by 11 run out after Kohli dropped the government does not eral former players, includ- have stayed put at various runs on Friday. another absolute sitter at take back the “black laws”, ing Padma Shri and Arjuna Delhi border points for over This was India’s 10th suc- cover, his second in two he would request them to awardees who have said a week, protesting against cessive win away from days. take back the ‘Rajiv Gandhi they would return their the new farm laws, which home in T20 Internation- nings. ter a 10-ball 15 but it was Wade started the Aus- As the ball headed to- Khel Ratna’ award con- awards in support of the they fear will dismantle the als. Dhawan got himself a debutant , who tralian innings on a rousing wards Kohli, Wade gave up, ferred on him earlier. farmers’ agitation against minimum support price Needing 25 of the final 12 couple of boundaries and a gave the hosts their biggest note, launching into a flurry walked towards the dress- The 35-year-old trailblaz- the Centre’s three farm system, leaving them at the balls after fetching 12 in the six off as In- breakthrough when he had of boundaries and a six ing room and even though ing boxer who hails from laws. Thousands of farmers “mercy” of big corporates. 18th over, Pandya brought dia scored 34 runs in two caught behind against an Indian attack he was alerted by Steve the equation down to 14 in overs to gain the momen- for a well-made 24-ball 40. that lacked in experience Smith of the drop, he had the last over with two fours. tum they were looking for. Earlier, stand-in skipper with the exception of backed up too far by that Chahal equals Bumrah’s record for The all-rounder then hit two The seasoned Dhawan, Matthew Wade led from the . time. sixes to seal the match in In- despite coming down the front with a blistering half- Wade collected 13 runs off Before that, Pandya had dia’s favour and also claim wicket early, managed to century and powered Aus- the first over, pulling, dri- dropped Wade. most wickets for India in men’s T20Is the player of the match hon- pull Sean Abbott over deep tralia to a strong total after ving and paddle sweeping However, the Australian SYDNEY, DECEM- While Bumrah has taken ours. mid-wicket for another six. a fairly commanding per- for three onslaught continued un- BER 6: Leg-spinner 50 matches to scalp 59 Pandya remained uncon- Australia got their first formance with the bat. fours. abated as the duo of Smith Yuzvendra Chahal has wickets, Chahal has taken quered on 42 off 22 balls. breakthrough when Rahul Leading the side in the the second over, and Glenn Maxwell kept equalled fast bowler Jasprit 44 games to pick the same India were off to a sedate gave a simple catch to absence of an injured Aaron off-spinner Washington dealing in fours and sixes. Bumrah’s record for picking number of wickets, with start with no boundaries Mitchell Swepson at deep Finch, Wade smashed 58 Sundar was hoicked over Even as Smith played the most number of wickets best figures of 6/25. coming in the first two point. But India had still off 32 balls while Steve deep square leg for a six as some innovative shots, for India in men’s T20 In- Off-spinner Ravichan- overs. But fours and sixes managed a strong start, Smith made a breezy 38- the hosts looked to set a big Maxwell, in his characteris- ternationals. dran Ashwin comes third in rained from the willows of reaching 60 for one at the ball 46 after India opted to total. tic fashion, smashed Chahal On Sunday, Chahal re- the list with 52 wickets from Dhawan (52) and KL Rahul end of the Powerplay. field. Shardul Thakur was wel- for two sixes before falling turned with figures of 1/51 46 T20I matches for India. (30) once the duo got their Having played some fine For the visitors, T Natara- comed into the attack with to Shardul Thakur’s change in his four overs during the He is followed by Bhu- eye in. shots, Dhawan top-edged jan finished with fine fig- a boundary, smashed off the of pace. second T20I of the ongoing vneshwar Kumar (41), Rahul capitalised on a an attempted slog sweep off ures of 2/20 in his four-over hip by the in-form Wade. Moises Henriques joined three-match series against (39) and ing scalped 107 wickets in free hit by smashing An- leg-spinner to spell. Australia accumu- Sundar conceded 15 runs Smith and the two carried Australia at the Sydney (39). 84 matches. He is followed drew Tye for a maximum give Australia their second lated 62 runs in the last five in the fourth over and then on in the same vein before Cricket Ground (SCG) and Overall, Sri Lanka’s La- by Pakistan’s over extra cover, India’s wicket. overs after a few tight middle Wade scored 12 off Thakur falling to Chahal and in the process took his over- sith Malinga is the leading (98) and Shakib-al-Hasan first boundary of the in- Sanju Samson got out af- overs. as the hosts raced past 50 in Natarajan respectively. all T20I wicket tally to 59. wicket-taker in T20Is, hav- of Bangladesh (92). NZ beats WI by 134 runs in 1st test ICC should look at employing neutral doctor to make concussion call: Waugh SYDNEY, DECEMBER 6: For- The decision has stirred a contro- mer Australia batsman Mark Waugh versy with former Australia believes the game’s governing body Mark Taylor cautioning against abus- ICC should consider appointing a neu- ing the concussion rule, say- tral doctor to assess players hit on the ing it is for the protection of players head and make a concussion decision. and needs to be used fairly and re- All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was re- sponsibly. placed by spinner Yuzvendra Chahal Former India captain Sunil as a “concussion substitute” after he Gavaskar, however, didn’t find any- was hit on the head in the first T20 In- thing wrong in Chahal coming on as a ternational in Canberra on Friday. “concussion substitute” for Jadeja. Chahal went on to play a major role in After the decision, Australia head India’s 11-run win with figures of 3/25. coach Justin Langer was seen having “I think something the ICC has to an animated conversation with match look at is whether you need a neutral referee David Boon on the sidelines appointed doctor to make the concus- but it was not known whether it had sion decision,” Waugh said on Fox anything to with Chahal being allowed Cricket. as a concussion substitute. “Obviously the team doctor of the think the ICC need to look at employ- Australia all-rounder Moises Hen- HAMILTON (NEW New Zealand captain Kane against a gloomy back- both stubborn and belliger- Indian team made that ruling. I’m not ing a medical officer or doctor who is riques, however, did wonder if it was ZEALAND), DECEM- Williamson said. ground for the West Indies. ent. When Joseph was out saying he did anything wrong, but I neutral to make the decision.” a like-for-like replacement. BER 6: New Zealand com- “Coming into today we The tourists were 89-6 in for 86 in the 58th over, they pleted the first step of its also knew it was going to be their second innings when had batted for 35.5 overs mission for the home sum- tough. This West Indies Blackwood was joined in and added 155 runs. mer when it beat the West side bat very deep and they the middle by Joseph, a Joseph was creeping to- First ODI between South Africa and Indies by an innings and showed that as their middle bowler with an ambition of wards a maiden test when 134 runs Sunday on the and lower order applied being recognized as an all- he lofted a full, wide deliv- fourth morning of the first themselves very, very well,” rounder. ery from to cricket test. Williamson added. They frustrated New substitute fielder Mitchell England cancelled The win began New The stubborn seventh- Zealand’s bowlers through Santner on the off side. Zealand’s drive to win all wicket partnership be- the last two hours of the Blackwood followed only PAARL, DECEMBER 6: The Smith said: "CSA is doing everything four of its home tests — tween third day, guiding the West five balls later, gloving a rescheduled first ODI of the three- in our power to ensure that our top against the West Indies and and which Indies to 196 without fur- catch to Tim Southee be- match series between South Africa priority, which is the health, safety and Pakistan — this season prevented New Zealand ther loss by stumps. hind square off Neil Wag- and England to be played at the welfare of players, support staff and which could lift it into the from wrapping up the The New Zealand ner. The innings itself Boland Park on Sunday was cancelled all involved in this series is safe- top two in test rankings, de- match on the third day by bowlers had dominated the ended after only four more after two members of the touring Eng- guarded. With that in mind, we have pending on the series be- bowling out the West In- third day, bowling out the balls at 247-9 when Shan- land returned "unconfirmed positive made the joint decision to cancel to- tween Australia and India. dies twice in one day finally West Indies for 138 in their non Gabriel was bowled by tests" for coronavirus. day's match. A 2-0 series win over the was broken in the 58th over first innings as they replied Wagner. Wicketkeeper The start of the match was earlier "We are deeply regretful of the situa- West Indies likely will be of the innings, the 16th of to New Zealand’s 519-7 de- Shane Dowrich again was delayed as England players and man- tion we find ourselves in after the enough to lift New Zealand the day Sunday. clared. That total was based unable to bat because of a agement underwent an additional gret that we are unable to play in to- amount of time and energy that has above England into third The partnership had around Williamson’s 251, broken finger. round of PCR tests on Saturday day's ODI, but the welfare of the play- been put in place to host a successful place on WTC standings. been worth 107 runs by his third test double cen- “We just weren’t good evening after two members of the hotel ers and support staff is our primary tour. We are in continuous talks with The first step Sunday was stumps on day three when tury and highest test score. enough,” West Indies cap- staff tested positive for Covid-19. concern and whilst we await the re- the ECB as we navigate the situation decisive. The West Indies Blackwood was 80 Williamson enforced the tain Jason Holder said, "Following the test results, two sults of further tests the medical ad- under the guidance of our combined resumed at 196-6, still 185 and Joseph was 59. The follow on and the New adding: “Our bowlers tried, members of the England touring party vice from both teams was that this medical teams," he added. runs behind New Zealand pair provided one of the Zealand bowlers, still fresh they passed the bat quite a have returned unconfirmed positive game should not take place. The three-match series was earlier after being asked to follow few displays of defiance after bowling only 38 overs, few times. But credit to tests for Covid-19. The players and "We remain in constant dialogue scheduled to begin on November 4 at on 381 runs in deficit on the from the West Indies bats- continued to hold sway Kane. He played an out- management are now self-isolating in with Cricket South Africa and will con- Newlands. The game was postponed first innings. They were fi- men and the only one Sat- over the West Indies bats- standing innings and made their rooms until further advice from tinue to work closely with them to de- after a Proteas player tested positive nally all out for 247. urday when the tourists men. They reduced the us toil and work hard to get the medical teams," Cricket South termine how best to move forward." on Thursday. South Africa re-tested “We knew the West In- lost 15 wickets for 285 runs tourists to 30-4 by lunch him out. Our just Africa and the England and Wales The status of games due to be played their players on Friday and all re- dies coming here were go- in 80 overs. and 89-6, again maintain- wasn’t good in both innings Cricket Board said in a statement. on Monday and Wednesday is also turned negative results. ing to be a really tough Blackwood, who re- ing pressure on the top or- but I just want to say credit "The medical advice from both CSA now in doubt, the decision on which Before the T20I series last month -- challenge and we were for- sumed at 80 not out, went der batsman. to Jermaine Blackwood and ECB is that the match cannot not will be made once "the results of the which England won 3-0 -- two South tunate to get off to a really on to his second test cen- Blackwood and Joseph and Alzarri Joseph for take place," it added. tests are ratified independently by Africa players tested positive for coro- good start in this match tury in an outstanding at- changed the tone of the day bringing some respectabil- Ashley Giles, Managing Director, medical experts". navirus and two others were placed in and hold that position,” tacking innings, played out with a stand which was ity towards our batting.” England Men's Cricket, said: "We re- CSA Director of Cricket, Graeme isolation.