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THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Rohit leads the charge as India asserts superiority over Pakistan Bowlers get into the act after his century and Kohli’s 77 take the side to a mammoth total; Zaman-Babar stand the only bright phase for Sarfaraz’s men SCOREBOARD

INDIA K.L. Rahul c Babar b Riaz 57 (78b, 3x4, 2x6), Rohit Sharma c Riaz b Hassan 140 (113b, 14x4, 3x6), Virat Kohli c Sarfaraz b Amir 77 (65b, 7x4), Hardik Pan­ dya c Babar b Amir 26 (19b, 2x4, 1x6), M.S. Dhoni c Sarfaraz b Amir 1 (2b), Vijay Shankar (not out) 15 (15b, 1x4), Kedar K.C. Vijaya Kumar Jadhav (not out) 9 (8b, 1x4); Manchester Extras (b­1, lb­1, w­9): 11; Total (for five wkts. in 50 overs): Under Manchester skies, 336. bright one moment, brood­ FALL OF WICKETS ing the next second, India 1­136 (Rahul, 23.5 overs), 2­ found its sunshine at Old 234 (Rohit, 38.2), 3­285 (Pan­ Trafford here on Sunday. In dya, 43.5), 4­298 (Dhoni, 45.1), their World Cup clash 5­314 (Kohli, 47.4). PAKISTAN BOWLING against Pakistan, Virat Koh­ Amir 10­1­47­3, Hassan 9­0­ li’s men proved they are far 84­1, Riaz 10­0­71­1, Wasim too superior with an 89­run 10­0­49­0, Shadab 9­0­61­0, triumph. Malik 1­0­11­0, Hafeez Rohit Sharma’s masterly 1­0­11­0. 140 (113b, 14x4, 3x6), his se­ PAKISTAN cond in the current cham­ Revised target: 302 in 40 pionship, helped India post overs. 336 for five. Though the In­ Imam ul­Haq lbw b Vijay dian innings suffered a one­ Shankar 7 (18b, 1x4), Fakhar Za­ man c Chahal b Kuldeep 62 hour break when the skies (75b, 7x4, 1x6), Babar Azam b opened up at 1.45 p.m., Koh­ Kuldeep 48 (57b, 3x4, 1x6), li’s merry bunch placed at Mohammad Hafeez c Vijay 305 for four in 46.4 overs, Shankar b Pandya 9 (7b, 1x6), cruised upon resumption. Sarfraz Ahmed b Vijay Shankar Later, Pakistan scored 166 12 (30b), Shoaib Malik b Pandya for six in 35 overs but follow­ 0 (1b), Imad Wasim (not out) ing another rain­interven­ 46 (39b, 6x4), Shadab Khan tion, the target as per the (not out) 20 (14b, 1x4); Extras Duckworth­Lewis method (lb­1, nb­1, w­6): 8; Total (for six wkts. in 40 overs): 212. was pegged at 302 from 40 FALL OF WICKETS overs. Sarfaraz Ahmed’s 1­13 (Imam­ul­Haq, 4.5 overs), men finished with 212 for six. 2­117 (Babar, 23.6), 3­126 (Za­ During Pakistan’s reply man, 25.2), 4­129 (Hafeez, that was delayed by another 26.5), 5­129 (Malik, 26.6), 6­ drizzle, openers Imam­ul­ Rocking start: Rohit Sharma made the Pakistan bowlers pay for the wayward length with an assortment of pulls and cuts en route to a big century. * REUTERS 165 (Sarfaraz, 34.1). Haq and Fakhar Zaman were INDIA BOWLING watchful. India then had a bright, suffered a drizzle and ners. Imad Wasim was swept Mumbaikar relishing his pav tain stole his singles and scooped Ali to Riaz at short Bhuvneshwar 2.4­0­8­0, Bum­ bitter­sweet moment as once the droplets paused, and Shadab Khan got cut. bhaji and the six smacked of twos besides etching fours fine­leg. The rain­intermis­ rah 8­0­52­0, Vijay Shankar Bhuvneshwar Kumar re­ Sarfaraz won the toss and disdain. and when Rohit reached his sion affected Kohli’s rhythm 5.2­0­22­2, Hardik 8­0­44­2, Kuldeep 9­1­32­2, Chahal treated to the dressing room elected to field. After the na­ ton, Kohli dispensed a warm but Pandya dished out a ca­ 7­0­53­0. with a left hamstring strain. tional anthems were played, No respite hug and India was in batting meo while M.S. Dhoni mis­ Toss: Pakistan. Vijay Shankar stepped into Kohli put an arm around Ro­ Sarfaraz swapped his seven paradise. Rohit and Kohli sed out on the run­feast. Yet, Man-of-the-Match: Rohit complete the over and with hit and patted K.L. Rahul. bowlers but there was no shared a 98­run second­ by then, India had done Sharma. his first ball in a World Cup, The last two named emerged respite as Rahul greeted Ma­ wicket partnership which enough to acquire pole posi­ India won by 89 runs (DLS struck Imam on his pad and as India’s openers. Moham­ lik with a six. When Riaz re­ concluded when the former tion. method). in line with the stumps. mad Amir commenced the turned for his second spell, attack and Rahul played out he was warned for running Joining hands a maiden over. onto the danger area. The Much hinged on Zaman and left­arm speedster switched Babar Azam and the duo Lull before storm to around the wicket and Ra­ built a 114­run second­wicket It was the lull before the hul perished in the inner cir­ partnership. Jasprit Bumrah storm. Rohit, who nearly cle but by then the lanky bat­ offered width and the bat­ dragged a Hassan Ali deliv­ sman had added 136 for the smen also tucked into Shan­ ery onto his stumps, eased opening wicket. kar, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep his nerve once he drove the When leg­spinner Shadab When Kohli arrived, the Yadav and Yuzvendra Cha­ seamer and pulled Amir’s gifted a full­toss, Rohit acoustic limits were hal. Zaman survived a bouncer. Amir, warned tucked into it like a hungry breached. The Indian cap­ stumping appeal but India twice for running onto the found its breakthrough danger­area, bowled a nag­ when Kuldeep slipped one ging line but the pressure he through Babar’s defence. built, was dissipated at the The chinaman bowler then other end. Rohit cut Ali and snapped up Zaman. when the seamer erred More was to follow when down the leg­side, the Pandya scalped Mohammad mighty willow­wielder Hafeez and Shoaib Malik. Pa­ pulled a six. kistan had lost four wickets A run­out seemed a prob­ for a mere 12 and India was able deal­breaker and one al­ on top. Once Shankar dis­ most happened but Rohit missed Sarfaraz and another survived and he instantane­ shower descending upon the ously square­drove Wahab turf, India was well ahead. Riaz for four. India was 53 Pakistan could never com­ for no loss in 10 overs and it pete in the remainder of the was time to consolidate. Ra­ pursuit. hul (57) shed his twitchiness Earlier the day dawned and launched into the spin­ A very good phase in my life, says Rohit Feels that having a new-born daughter has left him in a good space

K.C. Vijaya Kumar The focus here was to give him that space. Noth­ handle pressure better in Manchester <> to start well. For us ing specific, I wanted to high­stakes games. “I think On Father’s Day, Rohit Shar­ as a team, it is make sure he is comfortable in World Cup matches where ma attributed his current important to keep because he is opening after a the pressure is more, India purple patch to him being in ticking all the boxes while.” has had an upper hand and a relaxed state following the The Indian vice­captain they have won more match­ Rohit birth of his daughter. staunchly supported spin­ es. We won a good toss but “It is a very good phase in when the conditions are ner Kuldeep Yadav: “He is we didn’t capitalise on the my life. Having a new­born challenging, you got to as­ someone who needs a lot of conditions and we didn’t hit daughter has left me in a sess it. The pitch was under confidence before going into the right spots,” the Pakistan good space. Plus I have had a cover for the last two days a spell. He is a match­winner captain said. good IPL and the focus here and we needed to assess and and has a good record. He Sarfaraz lauded Rohit’s was to start well. For us as a ensure that you don’t lose got us two crucial wickets. superb ton and said: “Rohit team, it is important to keep too many wickets upfront. He didn’t start the tourna­ played really well and initial­ ticking all the boxes,” the The idea was not to lose ment the way he would have ly he had his luck and we opener told the media here wickets, build a platform liked to but we wanted to missed a run­out and these on Sunday night. and then take the game for­ give him the confidence. He are the chances you got to Asked about his splendid ward. It was a satisfying is one of our premier grab in such a big game.” On 140 that laid low Pakistan in knock.” bowlers.” the road ahead, Sarfaraz a crucial World Cup game at Rohit also allowed his said: “We need to win the re­ Old Trafford, Rohit high­ new partner K.L. Rahul to Handling pressure better maining four to stay in con­ The magician: Kuldeep Yadav is cock­a­hoop after deceiving lighted the batting ap­ bat first: “Rahul also likes to Meanwhile, Sarfaraz Ahmed tention for a semifinal. We Babar Azam with a beauty. * AFP proach: “As a batsman, take first strike, so I wanted said that India tended to need to play good cricket.”

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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Woodland hangs on Colombia stuns Argentina for one-shot lead VAR denies Peru twice against Venezuela Rose follows behind, with Koepka and COPA AMERICA Agence France-Presse two others also in contention Salvador (Brazil) Roger Martinez and Duvan US OPEN er a century to sweep three Zapata put a dent in Lionel straight U.S. Opens very Messi’s hopes of finally land­ Reuters much alive. ing a major international tit­ PEBBLE BEACH (USA) Also lurking four back le as Colombia began its Co­ An ice cool Gary Woodland were South African Oosthui­ pa America campaign with a held his nerve under zen, the 2010 British Open 2­0 win over Argentina on mounting pressure to se­ champion who carding a Saturday. cure a one­shot lead head­ one­under 70, and Chez Martinez struck a stun­ ing into the final round of Reavie, who fired a 68 to ning opener on 72 minutes the U.S. Open after seeing move into contention. and fellow substitute Zapata off challenges from Justin sealed the win three minutes Rose and Brooks Koepka on Woods and Mickelson from the end after Argentina Saturday. disappoint had dominated the second On target: Gurjit struck twice, once off a penalty corner and the other off a penalty stroke. Woodland, who could half of this Group B encoun­ Two of the Pebble Beach * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT not manage a top­10 finish ter in Salvador. headliners Tiger Woods and in his first 27 Majors, looked It had been 20 years since Phil Mickelson had disap­ as if he played for the big­ Colombia last beat Argenti­ pointing third rounds that Contrasting emotions: Duvan Zapata, who scored Colombia’s gest prizes in the game ev­ na at the Copa America. second, takes the match ball even as Argentina’s Lionel Messi saw them drop out of con­ ery week as he carded a “We knew it had been ma­ looks despondent. * AFP Gurjit powers India to tention. Woods even­par 71 third round two­under 69. ny years, I’m delighted but left him at even par for the “We just got to play golf the Copa isn’t finished,” said World Cup. on Saturday. tournament and 10 behind shots and hopefully come Zapata. “We’re going to en­ “The players know there The point left the two the pacesetter Woodland. up with one less than joy this win.” is a long way to go and we sides joint second in Group victory over Poland The leaderboard: 202: Gary anyone else,” said This was supposed to be have two matches left,” said A behind host Brazil. Woodland. Woodland (68­65­69); 203: World Cup quarterfinalists Argentina coach Lionel Peru had the better of the Justin Rose (65­70­68); 206: Both Woodland and Rose Colombia’s hardest group Scaloni. match at a near empty Gre­ Her brace helps the team register a 5-0 result Louis Oosthuizen (66­70­70), were pursued by Koepka, Chez Reavie (68­70­68), test with matches against Pa­ “The important thing is to mio Arena in Porto Alegre who had a tidy bogey­free Brooks Koepka (69­69­68); raguay and Asian champions stay on the right path and but was twice denied victory WSF cross was inch perfect, di­ teams reduced to 10 at 68 that left him four off the 207: Rory McIlroy (68­69­70); Qatar to come. correct our mistakes.” after offside decisions taken rected towards the far post, times, after a few players pace with his hopes of be­ 208:Chesson Hadley (68­70­ Argentina hasn’t won a Ten­man Venezuela held following consultation with PRESS TRUST OF INDIA found Jyoti who deflected it earned cards. coming the first player in ov­ 70), Matt Kuchar (69­69­70). major tournament in 26 on following the dismissal of the video assistant referee. HIROSHIMA home. India was in firm control, years and was beaten final­ Luis Mago to claim a 0­0 The results: Group A: Venezue­ Gurjit scored a brace to lead though, and its regular circle ists in the last two editions of draw with Peru, which had la 0 drew with Peru 0. Group B: the Indian women’s hockey Flurry penetrations kept Poland on the South American show­ two goals chalked off by Argentina 0 lost to Colombia 2 team to a dominant 5­0 vic­ India won a flurry of PCs in the defensive. piece, as well as the 2014 VAR, in their opening match (Martinez 72, Zapata 87). tory over Poland at the FIH the final five minutes of the Women’s Series Finals here quarter. From one of them, Brilliant effort on Sunday. Vandana Katariya pounced India’s fifth and final goal Bopanna & Right from the outset, In­ on a loose ball — after Gur­ came through a brilliant ef­ Mangaonkar and dia was on the attack, the jit’s dragflick had been saved fort from Navneet Kaur in left flank causing problems by Gabara — to score India’s the 56th minute. Shapovalov for Poland’s defence time second. Off another, Gurjit She took the ball with her Joshna triumph and time again. slotted home into the bot­ back to the goal, turned lose in final Though Poland enjoyed tom left­corner to give India away from her marker and SPORTS BUREAU the lion’s share of posses­ a 3­0 lead at half­time. unleashed a shot into the 11­9 in the men’s final. SQUASH NATIONALS STUTTGART sion, India’s speedy attacks India won a penalty bottom corner. The results: Women: Final: put it on the backfoot. stroke in the 35th minute, Gabara got a hand to it, Special Correspondent Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Su­ Rohan Bopanna and Denis Put under pressure by and Gurjit duly dispatched it but the power of the shot Pune nayna Kuruvilla (TN) 11­5, 11­4, Shapovalov of Canada lost 7­11, 11­5. Sunita Lakra, Poland fal­ to score her second and In­ proved too much for her. Sunayna Kuruvilla took a 7­5, 6­3 in the doubles final Men: Final: Mahesh Mangaon­ tered in playing out from the dia’s fourth goal. The result: India 5 (Gurjit 2, game off defending cham­ to the top seeds John Peers kar (Mah) bt Abhishek Pradhan back, and the ball fell to Nav­ The final quarter was an Jyoti, Vandana, Navneet) bt In the chase: Chez Reavie carded a three­under 68 in the pion Joshna Chinappa, and Bruno Soares in the (Mah) 12­10, 11­7, 11­9. Semifi­ jot Kaur on the left. Her ill­tempered affair, with both Poland 0. third round to stay in pursuit on Saturday. * AFP while Abhishek Pradhan €754,540 ATP tennis tour­ nals: Mangaonkar bt Veer Cho­ made top seed Mahesh Man­ nament on Sunday. trani (Mah) 11­6, 11­4, 11­2; The champions convert­ gaonkar work for points. But Pradhan bt Abhishek Agarwal the favourites could not be (Mah) 11­3, 11­7, 11­9. ed two of seven break points while Bopanna and Sweden routs Thailand La Rondine claims Mayor’s Cup denied their due at the Pro Coach: Vikas Jangra (Raj) MSRA 76th senior National bt Abhinav Sinha (Mah) 11­8, partner could not convert WOMEN’S WC double the lead. BENGALURU: La Rondine (Neeraj vourite: Anfia. 156, Q: 100, Trinella: 466 and squash championship at the 11­5, 11­2. the two break points that Fridolina Rolfo ham­ up) won the Mayor’s Cup, the Owners: Mr. Gautam Aggarwal & 200, Exacta: 769 and 276. Favour­ Amanora Mall. Mens 35+: Amitpal Kohli bt Ad­ came their way. chief event of the races held here Mr. Rajan Aggarwal. Trainer: ite: Star Superior. Reuters Joshna’s wristy winners itya Maheshwari 11­6, 11­8, 4­ The title was worth 250 mered in a third from out­ on Sunday (June 16). The winner Prasanna Kumar. Owners: Poonawalla Racing & Nice 11, 11­3; 40+: Saurabh Nayar bt ATP points and €38,410 side the box while, forward is owned by Five Stars Shipping MYSTIC MEMORY PLATE (DIV. Breeding Pvt. Ltd. rep. by Mr. Za­ and smooth movements Co. Pvt. Ltd. rep by. Mr & Mrs. Sweden produced a breath­ I), (1,200m), rated 30 to 50, 4­ varay S. Poonawalla, Villoo Poon­ eased her to a 11­5, 11­4, 7­11, Sachin Jadhav 11­8, 11­4, 11­9; while the runner­up pock­ Lina Hurtig and Rubensson K.N. Dhunjibhoy and Mr. & Mrs. 4 taking display of attacking y­o & over: AIR COMMAND ( John) awalla Racing & Breeding Pvt. 11­5 win, her 17th National 45+: Dalip Tripathi bt Vikas eted 150 points and scored in the second half. Z.K. Dhunjibhoy and trained by 1, Sahara (P.S. Chouhan) 2, Bay­ Ltd. rep. by Mr. Adar C. Poon­ football to thrash Thailand Vishal Gaikwad. crown bettering Bhuvanesh­ Nayar 7­11, 9­11, 12­10,11­8, €19,680. The results: max (Abhay Singh) 3 and Decisive awalla, Mr. Rajesh Narredu & Mr. 11­8. 5­1 in Nice on Sunday and ICH DIEN PLATE (2,000m), (Nazerul) 4. 3/4, 3 and 5­1/2. 1m, Sanjay Kumar Shinde. Trainer: wari Kumari’s 16 triumphs. Meanwhile, in the Not­ Group F: Sweden 5 (Linda book its place in the last 16 1 rated 15 to 35: HERE AND NOW 11.98s. ₹33(w), 13, 13 and 14 (p), Rajesh Narredu. “The new crop of young 50+: Vivan Khubchand bt Sau­ tingham Challenger, Sri­ Sembrant 6, Kosovare Asllani (Suraj) 1, Ice Speed (John) 2, Ex­ SHP: 31, THP: 46, FP: 67, Q: 36, rabh Deokuliar 7­11, 11­4, 8­11, of the women’s World Cup. tremelydangerous (T.S. Jodha) 3 XISCA PLATE (1,100m), rated players are promising and ram Balaji and Jamie Cerre­ 19, Fridolina Rolfo 42, Lina Trinella: 175 and 90, Exacta: MY LEXICON 11­9, 11­4; 55+: Dushyant Jam­ and Track Striker (Antony) 4. 11­ 7 00 to 20: tani of the United States Centre back Linda Sem­ Hurtig 81, Elin Rubensson 2,494 and 1,480. Favourite: (Nazerul) 1, Premier Premises (Ar­ need exposure on the PSA 1/4, 1­1/2 and Nk. 2m, 07.28s. ₹17 wal bt Ashun Bahl 11­5, 11­5, brant broke the deadlock Sahara. Owners: United Racing & shad) 2, Savisa (Vinod Shinde) 3 circuit,” said the women’s were beaten in the doubles 90+6­pen) bt Thailand 1 (Kan­ (w), 11 and 18 (p), SHP: 26, THP: 11­4; 60+: Vijay Jaini bt Ravik­ Bloodstock Breeders Ltd, Mr. Ar­ and Phoenix Reached (P.S. for Sweden with a thumping jana Sung­ngoen ). 71, FP: 36, Q: 30, Trinella: 754 and champion. rishna Burla 11­6, 9­11, 11­3, semifinals 10­7 in the super jun Mangalorkar & Mr. Siddharth Chouhan) 4. Not run: Odyssey. 4­ 604, Exacta: 1,484 and 475. Fa­ tie­break. header off an Elin Rubens­ On Saturday: Morzaria. Trainer: Arjun 3/4, 3/4 and Nk. 1m, 07.72s. ₹41 Mangaonkar quelled a 11­6; 65+: Rajiv Reddy bt Kish­ vourite: Here And Now. son free kick, before midfiel­ Mangalorkar. (w), 14, 22 and 21 (p), SHP: 52, spirited Pradhan 12­10, 11­7, en Lal 1­6, 11­9, 12­10. The results: €754,540 ATP, Group E: Canada 2 (Fleming Owner: Mr. Hemant Dharnid­ MAYOR’S CUP (1,600m), rated THP: 57, FP: 283, Q: 239, Trinella: Stuttgart, Germany: Doubles der Kosovare Asllani 48, Prince 79) bt New Zealand harka. Trainer: Neil Darashah. 60 & above: LA RONDINE 1,720 and 865, Exacta: 7,154 and (final): John Peers (Aus) bt pounced on a rebound to 0. 5 HIS MAJESTY PLATE (1,200m), (Neeraj) 1, Punjabi Girl (Trevor) 2, 5,519. Favourite: Aerospeed. Bruno Soares (Bra) bt Denis maiden 3­y­o only, (Terms): Magistero (Darshan) 3 and New 2 Owners: Mr. Abdul Azeez & Mr. Shapovalov (Can) & Rohan ABIRA (Neeraj) 1, Brothers In Moon (Arshad) 4. Not run: Busca­ Neil Darashah. Trainer: Neil Arms (Suraj) 2, Desert Combat dero and Sea King. 2­3/4, 3/4 and Darashah. Bopanna 7­5, 6­3. (Trevor) 3 and Mr Humble 3­1/2. 1m, 36.51s. ₹16 (w), 11, 15 €137,560 Challenger, Not­ (Dhanu Singh) 4. 10­3/4, 5­1/4 and and 24 (p), SHP: 34, THP: 41, FP: MYSTIC MEMORY PLATE (DIV. tingham, England: Doubles 1­3/4. 1m, 11.05s. ₹17 (w), 10, 13 57, Q: 35, Trinella: 261 and 120, 8 II), (1,200m), rated 30 to 50, and 12 (p), SHP: 26, THP: 33, FP: Exacta: 464 and 250. Favourite: 4­y­o & over: MULTIFACETED (Zer­ (semifinals): Santiago Gonza­ 32, Q: 19, Trinella: 50 and 21, Ex­ La Rondine. van) 1, Wings Of Desire (P.S. lez (Mex) & Aisam­Ul­Haq acta: 421 and 270. Favourite: Owners: Five Stars Shipping Co. Chouhan) 2, Bold Move (S. Qureshi (Pak) bt Jamie Cerre­ Abira. Pvt. Ltd. rep by Mr. & Mrs. K.N. Shareef ) 3 and Spanish Beauty tani (US) & Sriram Balaji 4­6, ( John) 4. 7­1/2, 5­1/4 and 1. 1m, Owner: Sarainaga Racing Pvt Ltd. Dhunjibhoy and Mr & Mrs. Z.K. 6­1, [10­7]; Quarterfinals: Trainer: Arjun Mangalorkar. Dhunjibhoy. Trainer: Vishal 11.37s. ₹15 (w), 11, 11 and 23 (p), SHP: 27, THP: 50, FP: 32, Q: 30, Cerretani & Sriram bt Jeevan ABOLINE PLATE Gaikwad. (1,100m), Trinella: 209 and 132, Exacta: 320 ANFIA ( John) 1, KRISHNARAJA WADIYAR CUP Nedunchezhiyan & Purav Raja 3 rated 15 to 35: and 73. Favourite: Multifaceted. Morrane Gabriella (R. Pradeep) 2, 6 (1,600m), 4­y­o & over, 3­6, 6­3, [10­7]. She’s Superb (P.S. Chouhan) 3 (Terms): STAR SUPERIOR (Suraj) 1, Owners: Mr. Rienzie M.K. Ed­ €1,006,263 WTA, Birming­ wards & Mrs. P.P.M. Edwards. and Industrialist (Dhanu Singh) 4. Watchmyscript (P.S. Chouhan) 2, ham, Britain: Qualifying sin­ 5, Shd and Nk. 1m, 06.32s. ₹18 Prevalent Force (Zervan) 3 and Trainer: Darius. (w), 13, 13 and 12 (p), SHP: 34, Costa Brava (Trevor) 4. 2­1/4, 3­1/2 Jackpot: ₹533 (1,310 tkts.); Run­ gles (first round): Jessical Slotting in: Elin Rubensson scores Sweden’s fifth goal from THP: 41, FP: 81, Q: 61, Trinella: 80 and 3/4. 1m, 34.97s. ₹13 (w), 10, 21 ner­up: 137 (2,193 tkts.); Treble (i): Winners: Joshna Chinappa and Mahesh Mangaonkar pose Pegula (US) bt Ankita Raina the penalty spot. * REUTERS and 27, Exacta: 231 and 160. Fa­ and 16 (p), SHP: 66, THP: 29, FP: 81 (257 tkts.); (ii): 141 (192 tkts.). with their spoils. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT 6­1, 6­0.

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12654 (set by Dr. X) SUDOKU FAITH 12 Drunkard’s love for girl in 4 Man overwhelmed by work group (4) around March (5) Veil of Maya

14 Delighted by request to have 5 A little stunned after Left The purpose of human birth is to know the Supreme Brah­ intercourse endlessly (7) topples Right in assembly man and it is the only goal worth pursuing, say the sc rip­ polls (9) 16 Author involved in creating tures. They try to answer the query who this Brahman is and opus speaks freely (5,2) 6 Not good to annoy judge (4) how to recognise Him. They hail Brahman as the One Imper­ ishable, Infinite and Highest Truth who creates and sustains 17 Positive particles from 7 Public houses around Uri all that is manifest as the Many in this entire creation. To un­ uranium leaking out! Warn bombed and destroyed (2,5) derstand Brahman in these two aspects of the One and the head of security (7) 8 Abundant financial resources? Many is the true knowledge that liberates, pointed out Sri R. 19 Many tucking into hot German Peep happily through bills Krishnamurthy Sastrigal in a discourse. bread (7) (4,7) In the Supreme Brahman, Knowledge, Vidya, and Igno­ rance, Avidya, are skilfully hidden by the web of Maya. Brah­ 21 Feeling sick, queen discarded a 10 One given to customer piece of cake (4) dancing over a little bargain man casts this Maya as one would cast a net on the enti re in slump (8,3) creation. He holds everything under His sway and also 22 Star and model entering home stands apart from all these. Brahman is the cause for the to cheat (10) 13 Assessment of learner’s birth, growth and decay of all living beings. He is the creator performance in vehicle after 25 Made up any rubbish answer in of individual characteristics of all the objects and b eings. crash — primarily disastrous disdain (4,1,4) But such is the power of His Maya that it deludes one into be­ (6,4) lieving that the apparent manifest world is alone th e truth. 26 Growing old? Getting angry! 15 Law­breaker’s burst of speed One identifies with the body and does not realise the atma Not right (5) Solution to puzzle 12653 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku on precarious road (9) within. Unless the spiritual aspirant is keen to seek the Truth ■ ACROSS 27 Drives, drinks, crushes man on and aims to attain the jnana pertaining to the real and the 18 Toe accidentally broken by unreal, he cannot cross the samsara. Brahman’s all per va­ 1 What a trekker in desert might track and gets ruined macho guy making shield for siveness has to be intuitively grasped. be very close to finding? (4,2,3,4) troops (7) For example, a piece of cloth is woven with the help of (3,2,3,5) ■ DOWN 20 Passing time, grin and talk threads. Suppose one identifies with the thread alone, can it 8 Rechecked it! Totally shows the about playing tricks (7) become the cloth that has its own identity in terms of shape, same thing (5) 2 Brutality of Republican curbed size, texture, utility value, etc? The truth that ghee is present 9 Associate, presumptuous, rues by loss of power (7) 23 Shoot leader of bandits in milk has to be uncovered by the awareness of the process­ leaving farm (5) silly cracks (9) 3 When one might wear nice es by which it is extracted. If realised souls know the Su­ 11 Free issue includes film review clothes from time to time 24 Mauls jerk about to throttle preme Brahman as the Eternal Creator of manifold form, it (10) (2,8) woman (4) is owing to His grace alone.

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