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Nasser al Attiyah, Overdrive Racing in quest for first Silk Way Rally success PAGE 15 WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 Gutsy Ahmed Tijan lifts hopes despite CRICKET WORLD CUP blow to head in Hamburg PAGE 15 ENGLAND VS NEW ZEALAND ‘Respect, nothing else’: Kyrgios sets tone for Nadal blockbuster AFP at all. I know him as a tennis two’s uncle and former coach, draw came out, I was super hap- 24-year-old argued with the LONDON player,” said Kyrgios. who lambasted the Australian py that I saw him in my section. umpire, slumped over the net “I get along with people. for his on-court behaviour. “When you’re a kid, you and played dead. NICK Kyrgios set the tone Some people I don’t get along Toni Nadal suggested it want to play the best players He also shaped to imitate a on Tuesday for a Wimbledon with. We have a mutual respect was the action of a man who in the world on I think it’s the forward defensive cricket shot blockbuster with bitter rival – but that’s about it, I think.” lacks education. best court in the world. and celebrated a point by run- Rafael Nadal by stating: “We Nadal and Kyrgios have “Bro, I did 12 years at school “This is something that I ning around madly in a circle. have mutual respect – but been involved in a bitter war of you idiot – I’m very educated. I can’t take for granted. There’s After dropping the sec- that’s about it.” words this year since the Aus- understand you’re upset that I no guarantee I’m going to be ond set, he needed a medical Kyrgios opened his Wim- tralian defeated the 18-time beat your family,” Kyrgios hit here again in this position. timeout for a leg injury before bledon campaign with a 7-6 major champion in a stormy back in an interview. “Could have an injury or attempting – and failing – to (7/4), 3-6, 7-6 (12/10), 0-6, clash in Acapulco. However, Nadal refused to something like that. I’m going finish the third set with an 6-1 win over fellow Australian It was the Australian’s third add fuel to the fire on Tuesday to grasp with both hands, go underarm serve. Jordan Thompson. win over Nadal in six meetings. ahead of Thursday’s clash. out there, give it my best shot.” He eventually took the However, all attention was Nadal accused his oppo- “I am too old to get into all Kyrgios, who famously set on an eighth set point be- on his second round duel with nent of “lacking respect” after this stuff,” the 33-year-old said. stunned Nadal as a 144-ranked fore conceding an 18-minute Nadal after the two-time cham- serving underarm, while Kyr- “I believed in what I said wildcard on his Wimbledon fourth set in which he collect- pion defeated Japanese quali- gios described the Spaniard but I am not going to get into tournament debut in 2014, ed just five points. fier Yuichi Sugita 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. as “super salty” and being his a fight with anyone.” put in a typically raucous and However, two breaks in a “Not sure that me and “polar opposite”. Australia’s Nick Kyrgios (left) and Spaniard Rafael Nadal during their Kyrgios admitted he was charismatic display on Court more composed decider set- Rafa could go down to the Kyrgios then became in- respective Wimbledon men singles first round matches on Tuesday. excited about the chance to Three on Tuesday. tled the tie and set the stage Dog and Fox and have a drink volved in a slanging match with While Kyrgios beat compatriot Jordan Thompson, Nadal defeated prove himself against Nadal. In a match where he fired for one of the most anticipated together. I don’t know him Toni Nadal, the world number Japanese Yuichi Sugita. (REUTERS) “I can’t wait. As soon as the 23 aces and 63 winners, the matches of the tournament. Cup Talk ‘Hit-man’ on a song, Rohit ton sees India seal keeps India going SF spot, end B’desh run AJAY NAIDU BIRMINGHAM THE setting was perfect. There was a buzz in the stands as the Indi- an fans, wearing Blue and waving the tri-colour, made an overwhelm- ing presence at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground. And, even as the sun played hide and seek with the cloud, Indian skipper Virat Kohli won an important toss and batted first. Thereafter, it was left to opener Rohit Sharma to charm the audience with the magic of his willow. Continuing with his sublime form in this World Cup, the Mumbai batsman might well have been greeting the audience saying ‘Good Morning’ as his first scoring stroke traveled well into the stands behind mid-wicket. Since then, he sent the pulses racing with strokes that were as brilliant as they were exciting. For someone who makes batting look so ridiculously easy, Rohit made a com- plete mockery of the opposition bowling reaching his fourth World Cup hundred. In doing so, he became only the second batsman in the world to score four hundreds in a World Cup. The 32-year old batsman’s dream run in this World Cup has seen him score 122 not out against South Africa, 140 against Pakistan, 102 against England and 104 against Bangladesh. Rohit is now the top most batsman in this World Cup with a tally of 544 runs. Rohit’s century against Bangladesh was his 26th One-day hundred. It was compiled in 92 balls and he decorated it with 7 gorgeous bounda- ries and 5 big sixes that brought the crowd to their feet. SCOREBOARD INDIA BANGLADESH KL Rahul c Mushfiqur b Rubel 77 Tamim Iqbal b Shami 22 Breaks Dhoni’s record of most sixes R. Sharma c Liton b Soumya 104 Soumya Sarkar c Kohli b Pandya 33 As Rohit milked the Bangladesh bowling at will smashing five towering V. Kohli c Rubel b Mustafizur 26 Shakib Al Hasan c Karthik b Pandya 66 sixes all over the park, he broke Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record of hit- STANDINGS R. Pant c Mosaddek b Shakib 48 Mushfiqur Rahim c Shami b Chahal 24 ting most sixes in ODIs by an Indian batsmen. He had struck just one H. Pandya c Soumya b Mustafizur 0 Liton Das c Karthik b Pandya 22 TEAM P W L NRR PTS M. Dhoni c Shakib b Mustafizur 35 Mosaddek Hossain b Bumrah 3 six in his hundred against England on Sunday that drew him level with D. Karthik c Mosaddek b Mustafizur 8 Sabbir Rahman b Bumrah 36 Dhoni’s tally of 225 sixes. Rohit opened his account with a pulled six AUSTRALIA 8 7 1 +1.000 14 B. Kumar run out (Mushfiqur/Mustafizur) 2 Mohammad Saifuddin not out 51 off Bangladesh skipper Mushrafe Mortaza that saw him break the pre- INDIA 8 6 1 +0.811 13 M. Shami b Mustafizur 1 Mashrafe Mortaza c Dhoni b Kumar 8 J. Bumrah not out 0 Rubel Hossain b Bumrah 9 vious record. He sent another four deliveries sailing into the stands NEW ZEALAND 8 5 2 +0.572 11 Extras: (lb6, nb1, w6) 13 Mustafizur Rahman b Bumrah 0 to give him an overall tally of 230 sixes. Sachin Tendulkar is the next ENGLAND 8 5 3 +1.000 10 TOTAL: (For 9 wickets, 50 overs) 314 Extras: (b1, lb1, w10) 12 best Indian batsman with 195 sixes in One-dayers. Pakistan’s Shahid PAKISTAN 8 4 3 -0.792 9 Did not bat: Y. Chahal TOTAL: (All out, 48 overs) 286 Afridi is the No 1 batsman in the world with most sixes in One-dayers India opener Rohit Sharma Fall of wickets: 1-180 (Sharma), 2-195 (Rahul), 3-237 Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Tamim), 2-74 (Soumya), 3-121 SRI LANKA 8 3 3 -0.934 8 (Kohli), 4-237 (Pandya), 5-277 (Pant), 6-298 (Karthik), (Mushfiqur), 4-162 (Liton), 5-173 (Mosaddek), 6-179 with a tally of 351 sixes from 398 games. Chris Gayle is the next best BANGLADESH 8 3 3 -0.195 7 celebrates making his fourth 7-311 (Dhoni), 8-314 (Kumar), 9-314 (Shami). (Shakib), 7-245 (Sabbir), 8-257 (Mashrafe), 9-286 with 324 (297 ODIs). Sanath Jayasurya (445 ODIs) is at the third SOUTH AFRICA 8 2 5 -0.080 5 century of 2019 Cricket Bowling: Mortaza 5-0-36-0 (1w); Saifuddin 7-0-59-0; (Rubel), 10-286 (Mustafizur). position with 270 sixes followed by Rohit Sharma with 230 sixes. World Cup in the group stage Mustafizur 10-1-59-5 (1nb, 2w); Shakib 10-0-41-1 Bowling: Kumar 9-1-51-1 (3w); Bumrah 10-1-55-4 WEST INDIES 8 1 6 -0.335 3 (1w); Mosaddek 4-0-32-0 (1w); Rubel 8-0-48-1; (2w); Shami 9-0-68-1 (1w); Chahal 10-0-50-1 (2w); match against Bangladesh at Soumya 6-0-33-1 (1w). Pandya 10-0-60-3 (2w). AFGHANISTAN 8 0 8 -1.418 0 Edgbaston in Birmingham on Note: Top four teams qualify for semi-finals. Toss: India; Result: India won by 28 runs Man-of-the-match: Rohit Sharma (IND) Tuesday. (AFP) Qatar’s Al Sadd, Duhail to clash in AFC CL Rd of 16 Opener becomes the first Indian to score four centuries in a World Cup DOHA: The 2019 AFC Cham- Zobahan (Iran) Round of 16 tie AFP Hardik Pandya three, including tournament – chipped in with a pions League pitted against the victors of the BIRMINGHAM the prize scalp of Shakib.