22 Monday, March 20, 2017 SPORTS Pujara, Saha put India on top Ranchi frustrate an Australian bowling attack heteshwar Pujara that failed to take a in the first said yesterday the two sessions. spinnersC should win the Pujara recorded his third Test third Test for India after double- in his 47th match and his double century and Saha posted a career-best Test knock a marathon to take India way past Australia’s first with centurion Wriddhiman innings score of 451. Scoreboard Saha put the hosts on top Pujara, who resumed the day on India’s batsmen Cheteshwar against Australia. 130, hit 21 boundaries in an otherwise Australia 1st innings 451 (S. Smith 178 Pujara (R) and Wriddhiman After declaring their first innings sedate innings which lasted for 525 , G. Maxwell 104; R. Jadeja 5-124, U. Saha (L) walk off the field for Yadav 3-106) on 603 for nine late in the final balls -- the longest innings by an the tea break session on day four in Ranchi, the Indian Test player in terms of balls India 1st innings (overnight 360-6; Pujara hosts rattled Australia with two faced. 130 not out, Saha 18 not out) L. Rahul c Wade b Cummins 67 strikes including the key scalp of “I have the experience of scoring M. Vijay st Wade b O’Keefe 82 David Warner (14). big runs in domestic ,” C. Pujara c Maxwell b Lyon 202 Ravindra Jadeja disposed of both said Pujara, who recently scored a V. Kohli c Smith b Cummins 6 Warner and nightwatchman Nathan century during a 300-plus stand A. Rahane c Wade b Cummins 14 Lyon (2) in an absorbing final with Saha in the final of a domestic K. Nair b Hazlewood 23 session of play. competition. R. Ashwin c Wade b Cummins 3 The tourists, 152 behind on the “Experience matters a lot. When I W. Saha c Maxwell b O’Keefe 117 first innings, ended the day on was , I thought we just wanted R. Jadeja not out 54 India’s Cheteshwar Pujara 23-2. to get close to their total... I could U. Yadav c Warner b O’Keefe 16 I. Sharma not out 0 raises his bat after scoring Before bamboozling the have played more shots but I had to Extras (b14, lb5) 19 double century Australian batsmen with his left- control myself.” Total (9 dec; 210 overs) 603 arm spin, Jadeja also scored an The 29-year-old -- whose top Test unbeaten 54. score is 206 not out against England “I am very confident our in 2012 -- got to his double century to a standing ovation and a few (Test hundreds) I have,” Saha told spinners (Ravichandran Ashwin with a flick to square leg off Nathan handshakes from the opposition reporters. and Jadeja) will bowl really well. Lyon. He pumped his fist in a rare players. “We badly needed a partnership. There is rough, there are cracks show of emotion as his teammates Saha, who hit seven fours and a six, Pujara has so much patience... he (on the pitch),” said Pujara. cheered from the balcony. soon followed his overnight partner is always at the top of his game,” The day belonged to Pujara But he was out in Lyon’s next after falling to left-arm spinner Steve said Saha, adding that “every Indian (202) and Saha (117), who put over, lobbing a catch to midwicket. O’Keefe. bowler would be effective” come day on 199 for the seventh wicket to He walked back to the pavilion “This is the best among the three five. (AFP) Bangla pull off historic win wickets each. But the attack lacked the Herath appeared to have given pener top-scored with cutting edge to prevent from some control when he picked up two 82 as Bangladesh pulled off a historic celebrating their 100th Test match in style. wickets in two balls to leave Bangladesh four-wicketO win over Sri Lanka in the Bangladesh began looking nervous struggling on 38-2 at the lunch break. second Test in Colombo yesterday. when Tamim -- who faced 82 balls and hit He claimed his first wicket when opener The rare win for Bangladesh -- just seven fours and a six -- hoisted a catch to , charging down the pitch, their fourth away from home and first off Perera just before was deceived by the turn and lofted a against Sri Lanka in 18 attempts -- meant the tea break. catch to at mid-off for 10. the two-Test series was drawn after the Perera then removed Sabbir through a then edged the next ball to visitors suffered a 259-run loss in Galle. successful review after the bowler’s initial in the slips for a . Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh appeal for a leg-before was rejected, giving (AFP) Hasina phoned the team to congratulate Sri Lanka an outside chance of victory. them as hundreds of fans marched Skipper and Shakib Scoreboard through the capital , waving flags Al Hasan got Bangladesh through to tea and chanting in celebration. with 35 runs still needed, but Perera got Bangladesh 2nd innings Tamim Iqbal c Chandimal b Perera 82 With his team chasing a victory target a lucky break soon after the resumption Soumya Sarkar c Tharanga b Herath 10 of 191, teenager Mehedi Hasan hit the when Shakib dragged a ball onto his Imrul Kayes c Gunaratne b Herath 0 winning run after an anxious half-hour in stumps and was out for 15. lbw b Perera 41 the final session of the fifth day -- getting Mushfiqur remained unbeaten on 22 b Perera 15 Bangladesh across the line in 57.5 overs. to get Bangladesh home in company with Mushfiqur Rahim not out 22 Tamim laid the groundwork with Mehedi, after some support from debutant Mosaddek Hossak c Dickwella b Herath 13 his 22nd Test fifty, teaming up with , who made 13. Mehedi not out 2 Sabbir Rahman (41) for a third-wicket “Obviously I feel great,” Mushfiqur Extras (b4, lb1, w1) 6 Bangladesh cricketer Tamim Iqbal (R) plays partnership of 109. said. “The boys really stepped up under Total (six wickets; 57.5 overs) 191 Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Soumya), 2-22 (Imrul) , a shot as Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Niroshan Sri Lanka struck in phases through pressure and there were lot of partnerships 3-131 (Tamim), 4-143 (Sabbir), 5-162 (Shakib), Dickwella (L) looks on spinners Dilruwan Perera and skipper in the bowling. I really enjoyed it. If you 6-189 (Mosaddek) , who grabbed three look at the last few series.”