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THE HINDU DELHI WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Ton­up Jaiswal leads India’s march into the final Shaw makes Test Sushant’s three­wicket haul helps the team bowl out Pakistan for just 172 comeback, Mayank ly and we wanted to ride that U-19 WOLRD CUP out and we knew we could dominate them after that.” in for Rohit in ODIs Agence France-Presse Left­hander Jaiswal, who Press Trust of India Potchefstroom (South Africa) was snapped up by the Rajas­ Hamilton Defending champion India than Royals in the 2020 IPL Opener Prithvi Shaw, on cruised to a 10­wicket win ov­ auction, smacked eight fours Tuesday, made a comeback er Pakistan here on Tuesday and four sixes as he took ov­ into the Indian Test team for to reach the Under­19 Cricket er as the tournament's lead­ the two­match series against World Cup final for the se­ ing run­scorer. New Zealand, while Mayank venth time. Agarwal replaced injured India, the record four­ Able support Rohit Sharma in the ODI time winner of the competi­ He was ably supported in a squad for the series begin­ tion, dismissed Pakistan for leisurely chase by Divyaansh ning here on Wednesday. 172 in 43.1 overs before com­ Saxena who finished 59 not Shaw, who last played for fortably knocking off the out, his second fifty of the India in October 2018, re­ runs with 88 balls to spare. competition. turns to the Test side after Prithvi Shaw. * GETTY IMAGES DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD India will play either New Jaiswal earlier claimed the Rohit was ruled out of the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Zealand or Bangladesh, key wicket of Pakistan open­ series due to a left calf mus­ ODI series schedule which meet in the second er Haider Ali (56) with his cle strain. semifinal, for the title at the part­time legspin as Pakistan The two­Test series be­ B Feb. 5: Hamilton same venue on Sunday. collapsed from 96 for two in gins in Wellington on Febru­ B Feb. 8: Auckland Pakistan will contest the an innings where just three ary 21. third­place play­off in Benoni players made double digits. “Vice­captain Rohit Shar­ B Feb. 11: Mount Maunganui on Saturday. Ali and captain Rohail Na­ ma sustained a left calf mus­ B All matches start at 7.30 Yashasvi Jaiswal struck an zir (62) helped Pakistan re­ cle strain during the fifth a.m. IST unbeaten 105 off 113 balls, cover after losing Moham­ T20I against New Zealand at DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD completing his century and mad Huraira and Fahad Commanding show: Yashasvi Jaiswal struck an unbeaten 105 off 113 balls as India raced to a 10­wicket victory.* PTI Tauranga on Sunday. sealing the victory in style Munir cheaply, but only Mo­ “He underwent an MRI Tests, provided K.L. Rahul with a six over deep hammad Haris, who hit a SCOREBOARD scan in Hamilton on Mon­ continues to bat in the mid­wicket. brisk 21 off 15 balls, provided day. middle­order. any additional contribution. PAKISTAN Bishnoi 2 (3b), Tahir Hussain c (Nazir, 41.4), 9­172 (Tahir, 42.6). PAKISTAN BOWLING “The opening batsman India’s Test squad: Dream come true Left­arm seamer Sushant Haider Ali c Bishnoi b Jaiswal Jurel b Tyagi 2 (10b), Aamir Ali c INDIA BOWLING Tahir 6­1­17­0, Akram 8­0­ has been ruled out of the Virat Kohli (Capt.), Mayank “It's a dream come true for Mishra took three for 28 56 (77b, 9x4), Mohammad Veer b Sushant 1 (6b), Mo­ Tyagi 8­0­32­2, Sushant 8.1­ 37­0, Amir Khan 5­1­20­0, upcoming ODI and the Test Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Shub­ me. To be able to do this for while right­arm quick Kartik Huraira c Saxena b Sushant 4 hammad Amir Khan (not out) 0 0­28­3, Bishnoi 10­0­46­2, Afridi 7­0­50­0, Aamir Ali 5.2­ series and will be referred to man Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, (0b); Extras (b­1, w­10, nb­1): 0­38­0, Munir 4­0­12­0. my country is a great feeling. Tyagi and legspinner Ravi (6b, 1x4), Fahad Munir c Akash 7­0­25­0, Ankolekar 7­0­ the National Cricket Acade­ Ajinkya Rahane (Vice­capt), Ankolekar b Bishnoi 0 (16b), Ro­ 12; Total (in 43.1 overs): 172. 29­1, Jaiswal 3­0­11­1. Toss: Pakistan. Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman “To score a hundred Bishnoi collected two wick­ my for further management hail Nazir c Tilak b Sushant 62 FALL OF WICKETS INDIA Man­of­the­Match: Jaiswal. Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), against Pakistan in a World ets apiece. (102b, 6x4), Qasim Akram run 1­9 (Huraira, 1.6 overs), 2­34 Yashasvi Jaiswal (not out) India won by 10 wickets with of his injury,” said the BCCI Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravin­ cup semifinal is something I “The pitch was good, and out 9 (16, 1x4), Mohammad (Munir, 8.5), 3­96 (Haider, 105 (113b, 8x4, 4x6), Divyaansh 14.4 overs to spare and entered in a statement. dra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, can’t put in words,” said we didn’t put enough runs Haris c Saxena b Ankolekar 21 25.3), 4­118 (Akram, 30.3), 5­ Saxena (not out) 59 (99b, 6x4); the final. Mayank replacing Rohit Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Jaiswal. on the board,” said Pakistan (15b, 1x4, 1x6), Irfan Khan b 146 (Haris, 34.4), 6­156 (Irfan, Extras: (lb­2, w­10): 12; Total Final on Feb. 9 at 1.30 p.m. will mean that he is in line to Navdeep Saini, Ishant Sharma “They bowled well initial­ skipper Nazir. Tyagi 3 (9b), Abbas Afridi lbw b 37.2), 7­163 (Afridi, 38.1), 8­169 (for no loss in 35.2 overs): 176. IST open alongside Shaw in (subject to fitness clearance). de Kock scores Warriors beat Superstarz century, SA Prajnesh brings cheer to Indian fans Both teams have already made it to the semifinals wins first ODI Defeats Maden in straight sets; Kadhe goes down to Vesely lead, but let it slip by giving PBL Reuters TATA OPEN away three points in a row. Cape Town What he required at 4­5 were V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM Captain Quinton de Kock N. Sudarshan steely nerves and he showed HYDERABAD smashed a sparkling centu­ Pune he had them in plenty when In an inconsequential match ry as South Africa eased to India No.1 Prajnesh Gunnes­ he executed a tough over­ with both the teams having a seven­wicket victory waran won his first ATP Tour head and followed it up with already made it to the semifi­ against England in the level main draw match at an ace. nals, North­Eastern War­ opening ODI here on home following a 7­6(4), 7­6 He sealed the match on his riors scored a 4­3 win over Tuesday. (5) defeat of Germany’s Yan­ first match point with a Chennai Superstarz in the After being put into bat, nick Maden in the Tata Open crunching forehand winner. Premier Badminton League England overcame a top­ Maharashtra at the Balewadi “I held up quite well” Praj­ championship here on order wobble to post 258/8 Stadium here on Tuesday. nesh said. “I served well, Tuesday. in 50 overs, helped by a Prajnesh’s one hour and used my forehand well. The It was evident Superstarz Tough one: Kirsty Gilmour won the Trump match for well­constructed 87 from 38 minute win over the All grit: Prajnesh kept his cool to oust Maden. * R. RAGU wrist and the elbow felt fine. decided to give young talent Chennai against Asmita Chaliha. * NAGARA GOPAL Joe Denley in the side’s first World No. 131 brought some It was much closer to my reg­ like K. Sathish Kumar and S. ODI outing since lifting the much­needed cheer to the cal but protected his serve helped in no small measure ular style. I am happy.” Sankar Muthuswamy a feel For 16­year­old S. Sankar The results: North­Eastern Warriors bt Chennai Super­ World Cup at Lord’s last home crowd which had ear­ equally well. But at 3­4, a by his opponent who In doubles, Leander Paes of what it means to be on the Muthuswamy of Superstarz, starz 4­3 [Kaushal Dharmamer July. lier in the evening seen a bout of nervousness, saw Ma­ dumped two forehands into and Mathew Ebden out­ court in such a high­profile the youngest ever to play in third Indian crash out when den shank a routine fore­ the net. With a huge ace and league. the PBL, it was a very satisfy­ bt K. Sathish Kumar 15­3, 15­11; But de Kock (107) and played second seeds Divij Bodin Isara & G. Krishna Prasad Arjun Kadhe was beaten 6­2, hand and double fault, there­ a service winner Prajnesh In the first men’s singles ing outing against World No. Temba Bavuma (98) put on Sharan and Artem Sitak 6­2, lost to B. Sumeeth Reddy & by conceding the crucial went 6­3 up. The set was had 18 Lee Cheuk Yiu. 173 for the second wicket 6­4 by Czech Jiri Vesely. 7­6(5). match, Kaushal Dharmamer Dhruv Kapila 13­15, 14­15; As­ as South Africa reached Prajnesh started the break to make it 5­3. two points later when a Ma­ The results (first round): of Warriors got the better of Muthuswamy impressed mita Chaliha lost to Kirsty Gil­ 259/3 to secure victory match with three quickfire But the home favourite den forehand sailed long. Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Sathish. many with his solid defence mour (T) 12­15, 11­15; Lee with 14 balls to spare. holds, giving away just two handed the break right back, Yannick Maden (Ger) 7­6(4), 7­ The 23­year­old, trained and court movements. Cheuk Yiu (T) bt S. Sankar de Kock reached his 15th points. Maden was less clini­ courtesy a poor service game Little to separate the two 6(5); James Duckworth (Aus) bt by Uday Pawar, scored an ea­ With team scores tied 3­3, Muthuswamy 15­8, 15­11; Lee that saw him double fault The first game of the second Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) 7­6 (5), sy first­game win. But in the Warriors’ Lee Yong Dae and Yong Dae & Kim Ha Na bt Dhruv ODI century in 106 balls be­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Kapila & Sanjana Santosh 15­11, fore he was bowled by the twice. Prajnesh continued to set stretched to deuce with 6­4; Jiri Vesely (Cze) bt Arjun second, he was surprised by Kim Ha defeated Dhruv Ka­ 15­9]. part­time spin of Joe Root. Wednesday’s wobble and at 5­5 a string of the Maden serve coming un­ Kadhe 6­2, 6­4; Egor Gerasi­ his 18­year­old opponent’s pila and Sanjana Santosh. unforced errors gifted Ma­ der pressure. But for that, mov (Blr) bt Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) The second ODI will be order of play tenacity. Bengaluru Raptors bt Mumbai den a break opportunity. The there was little to separate 6­2, 6­3; Ilya Ivashka (Blr) bt In men’s doubles, Super­ Convincing win Rockets 5­0 [Arun George & played in Durban on Fri­ B Centre Court: Stebe (Ger) fans heaved a sigh of relief the two in the first 10 games. Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) 6­3, 6­2. Rian Agung Saputro lost to Kim day, with the three­match vs Berankis (Ltu); Daniel starz’s B. Sumeeth Reddy Later, B. Sai Praneeth of Ben­ Nikola Milojevic (Srb) bt An­ Gi Jung & Kim Sa Rang 15­13, 8­ (Jpn) vs Sasikumar; when Prajnesh saved it with Prajnesh had a 30­30 on and Dhruv Kapila downed galuru Raptors, came up series ending in Johannes­ toine Hoang (Fra) 7­6(5), 6­4; 15, 10­15; Tai Tzu Ying bt Ivashka (Bel) vs Travaglia a fine inside­out forehand. the Maden serve but two Warriors’ Bodin Isara and G. with a vintage performance burg on Sunday. Roberto Marcora (Ita) bt Lukas Shreyanshi Pardeshi 15­8, 15­ (Ita); Hoang & Paire (Fra) The match, inevitably, wide returns put paid to his Krishna Prasad after the lat­ under pressure to outsmart The scores: Rosol (Cze) 6­3, 6­2. 12; B. Sai Praneeth (T) bt P. vs Bopanna & Kadhe. slipped into a tie­break but hopes. The Indian held to ter put up a terrific fight in P. Kashyap, while World No. England 258/8 in 50 overs Doubles: Leander Paes & Math­ Kashyap 15­14, 14­15, 15­14; two backhand errors by Praj­ love to stretch the match into the second game. 39 Brice Leverdez out­ (J. Denly 87, C. Woakes 40, J. B Court 1 (last match): ew Ebden (Aus) bt Divij Sharan Brice Leverdez bt Shreyash Roy 32, T. Shamsi 3/38) lost Purav Raja & Ramkumar nesh allowed Madden to go another tiebreak. & Artem Sitak (Nzl) 6­2, 7­6 (5). World No. 30 Kirsty Gil­ slugged Shreyash Jaiswal to Jaiswal (T) 15­12, 10­15, 15­10; to South Africa 259/3 in 47.4 vs Gerasimov (Blr) & 3­0 ahead. But the Indian Prajnesh appeared to have On Monday: Salvatore Caruso mour won the Trump match help their team score a con­ Chang Peng Soon & Eom Hye overs (Q. de Kock 107, T. Ba­ Nagal dragged himself back to res­ had the contest firmly in his (Ita) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan for Superstarz against Asmi­ vincing 5­0 win over Mum­ Won bt Kim Gi Jung & Pia Zeba­ vuma 98). DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD tore parity and he was grasp when he gained a 4­2 3­6, 6­4, 7­5. ta Chaliha. bai Rockets. diah 15­8, 15­12]. Tatenda Taibu and the horrors of a life outside the charmed circle

of the money provided by the International Taibu’s book should be recommended read­ felt differently at the time. “I realised that I Cricket Council (ICC) thanks to high­level cor­ ing for Indian players — not so much to in­ had been swimming across an ocean for ruption in the administration. The captain spire protests as to give them a more ba­ players who wouldn’t jump a puddle for me,” himself was paid in US dollars while the rest lanced perspective on the cricketing world. he wrote. had to make do in the local currency as infla­ These have been Zimbabwe cricket’s he­ tion galloped. roes — players whose impact has gone Insight BETWEEN WICKETS Exile and the ICC ban on Zimbabwe cost beyond the game. In 2003, there was the Taibu who lives and coaches in England has Taibu many years of international cricket. black armband protest by Olonga and Flower the makings of a top international coach (he suresh menon Despite all that he has been through — deli­ “mourning the death of democracy in Zim­ was briefly in the KKR squad at the IPL). neated without sentimentality or self­pity in babwe”. Here’s an insight into how he played the two irst they tried to bribe him with money his autobiography, Keeper of Faith — he looks They had to flee the country for focusing great spinners of his time: “For Muthiah Mu­ Fand promises of prime farmland. When fit enough to play for his country. He is just the attention on the corrupt and murderous ralitharan, if you saw the back of his hand that failed, the Deputy Information Minister 36, younger than current international Jimmy ways of President Robert Mugabe and his go­ with the thumb sticking out, that was the called him to his office and casually threw an Anderson of England. vernment. doosra. If you didn’t see the thumb but saw envelope across to him. It wasn’t more mo­ But, like Henry Olonga, who too raised his Here in India, with the national team lead­ the ball coming out of the back of the hand, ney. It contained pictures of those presuma­ voice (along with Andy Flower) at the 2003 ing the rankings and with the top players that was the ball that went straight on…” bly killed by the regime. World Cup, Taibu had to retire in his 20s. He earning in millions of dollars, it might be diffi­ For Anil Kumble, he focused on the little Tatenda Taibu knew something like this was good enough to be in the national squad cult to understand what teams with less mo­ finger of the bowling hand which conveyed would happen when he stood up to the cor­ at 16 (when still in school), play for his coun­ ney, less exposure, fewer players to choose the messages to him. rupt cricket board run by President Robert try at 17, be named vice­captain to Flower at from go through. Taibu has written about the Mugabe’s men. He was just 22, had been lead­ 18 and become the youngest Test captain at galloping rate of inflation in the country. Taibu returned to Zimbabwe following ex­ ing the national team for nearly two years, 20, younger than Tiger Pataudi was when he “A friend told me the story of how he ile in Bangladesh, South Africa and England, and realized that he had to leave the country. led (Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan broke that re­ walked 15km to the bank to pick up his wag­ and later became a selector. “Tatenda” in His son was just a few months old, his wife cord by a few days recently). He was the pos­ es, and walked back 15km to save money. He shona language means “Thank you, we are had nearly been kidnapped, and they were ter boy of Zimbabwe’s development pro­ arrived home that night with his money but grateful”, and there is much in his story, in­ followed by what looked like official vehicles gramme, emerging from the township of when he woke up the next day inflation had cluding his spiritual journey, that is moving. everywhere they went. Threatening tele­ Highfield in Harare. risen so much that his monthly wage was Taibu’s gratitude for everything shines phone calls were made, false stories spread. enough to buy three oranges.” through too. Strength of character When Taibu first led a protest, his team­ Alongside Alan Butcher’s The Good Murun- Better conditions To have the strength of character to walk mates stood behind him, but very soon they gu, Duncan Fletcher’s autobiography Behind All skipper Taibu had done was ask for better away from a comfortable life as a national he­ turned and signed separate contracts with The Shades, Olonga’s Blood, Sweat and Trea- conditions and financial deals for his players. ro and take on the authorities is as rare as it is the cricket board. It was a betrayal, but one son: My Story, Taibu’s Keeper of Faith gives Cricketers in Zimbabwe missed out on much commendable; it is rarer among sportsmen. that Taibu empathises with now, although he heft to Zimbabwe’s recent cricket literature.

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