TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 16 Sharma ton helps India win AFP | Mumbai, India to lead the five-match series 2-1. mauling of Hong Kong the next Paceman Khaleel Ahmed and year. pening batsman Rohit left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep The day belonged to Sharma Sharma slammed a dom- Yadav took three each. who took apart the West Indies Oinant 162 to set up India’s Skipper hit an bowling, hitting 20 fours and 4 crushing 224-run victory over unbeaten 54 for West Indies af- sixes during his 137-ball stay at West Indies in the fourth one- ter they were reduced to 101-8 the crease. day international yesterday. and staring at the prospect of Sharma - the only ODI bats- Sharma’s 211-run third suffering their biggest ever ODI man to hit three double centu- stand with Ambati Rayudu, who loss. They lost to South Africa by ries - took control after the hosts made 100, powered India to 377- 257 runs in 2015. lost their in-form Virat 5 after electing to bat first at It was India’s third-biggest Kohli for 16. Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium. victory margin after their 257- Sharma put on 71 runs with The hosts then bowled out the run triumph over Bermuda in opening partner Shikhar Dha- West Indies for 153 in 36.2 overs 2007 followed by the 256-run wan, who was the first to go off pace bowler for 38. Kohli, who came into the game India at the back of three successive R. Sharma c Hemraj b Nurse 162 centuries, was caught behind off S. Dhawan c K. Powell b Paul 38 paceman . He has V. Kohli c Hope b Roach 16 accumulated 420 runs in his four A. Rayudu run out (Allen) 100 innings of the series so far. M.S. Dhoni c Hemraj b Roach 23 Sharma, who made an unbeat- K. Jadhav not out 16 en 152 in India’s opening win, R. Jadeja not out 7 got to his 21st century in just 98 Extras (b6, lb1, w7, nb1) 15 deliveries and went on to regis- Total (5 wickets, 50 overs) 377 ter his seventh 150 plus score in Bowling: Roach 10-0-74-2, Holder 9-0-62-0 (w3), Nurse 8-0-57-1 (w2), Paul 10-0-88-1 192 ODIs. (w2), R. Powell 4-0-23-0, Allen 8-0-52-0, Samuels 1-0-14-0 Off-spinner Ashley Nurse fi- West Indies (target 378) nally got Sharma’s wicket as the C. Hemraj c Rayudu b Kumar 14 batsman sliced the ball to short K. Powell run out (Kohli) 4 third-man and Chandrapaul S. Hope run out (Yadav) 0 Hemraj took an excellent catch. M. Samuels c Rohit b Ahmed 18 Rayudu kept up the pace at S. Hetmyer lbw b Ahmed 13 one end to get to his third ODI R. Powell b Ahmed 1 century but was run out soon J. Holder not out 54 after reaching the three-figure F. Allen c Sharma b Yadav 10 mark. A. Nurse c Sharma b Yadav 8 In reply, West Indies lost three K. Paul st Dhoni b Jadeja 19 of their top batsmen for just 20 K. Roach b Yadav 6 runs including two run outs that Extras (lb4, w2) 6 spelt disaster for the tourists’ Total (all out, 36.2 overs) 153 chase. Bowling: Kumar 5-1-30-1 (w2), Bumrah 8-1-25-0, Ahmed 5-0-13-3, Jadeja 10-1-39-1, The 20-year-old Ahmed then Yadav 8.2-0-42-3 rattled the opposition mid - Toss: India dle-order with his left-arm pace Result: India won by 224 runs bowling as he returned figures Series: India lead the five-match series 2-1 of 3-13 from his five overs in just India cricketer Rohit Sharma plays a shot his 5th ODI.

Vettel wants strong Hamilton fends off ‘greatest’ talk Hamilton back to fight The Briton says ‘genius’ Schumacher is man to catch after winning a fifth title AFP | Mexico City I congratulated him, and told him to keep pushing for next AFP | Mexico City about more than just winning ebastian Vettel congratu- year, as I need him good to races.” Slated Lewis Hamilton and fight him again. ewis Hamilton yesterday de- He added that Hamilton, de- told him to come back ready “He deserves it. He did the Lflected all suggestions that spite some criticism of his pri- for another battle next season best job this year. he might be the greatest Formu- vate lifestyle, had risen without after the Briton clinched his “This is an absolutely hor- la One driver of all time, saying any such negativity. fifth world title on Sunday. rible moment -- you put a lot that seven-time champion Mi- “You can like, or not, the way The four-time champion of work in. I did pay atten - chael Schumacher remains the he is in life, but there’s noth - German, who finished second tion in maths so I knew the man who most deserves that ing nasty or negative with it. behind Red Bull’s Max Ver- numbers! label. There’s nothing nasty towards stappen in the Mexican Grand “Three times in my life I The 33-year-old Briton, his opponents. There’s respect. Prix, said he wanted to win have had that disappointment who on Sunday clinched his “There’s no question mark on another title by beating the when you realise you can’t win fifth drivers’ title when he fin- ‘Is he cheating or not? Has he best opposition. the world championship and ished fourth for Mercedes in been dirty?’ That makes a big “I congratulated him, he those are not happy days. the Mexican Grand Prix, re - difference.” drove superb all year, and he “You reflect on the work that jected consideration of himself Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the World Championship was better all year,” Vettel told goes on from last year to now. as the greatest in history, cit- Rosberg tips Hamilton for reporters after Hamilton, who “We had some chances, we ing his father Anthony’s man- ahead in race wins so you have more finished fourth in the race, had used some and did not use tra to “do your talking on the to say he is still the GOAT (great- Hamilton’s former Mercedes clinched his fifth title. some. In the end we were not track.” est of all time).” team-mate 2016 world cham- “Number five is incredible. good enough.” Hamilton’s achievement drew Discussion of Hamilton’s pion Nico Rosberg, who has him level with the sport’s ‘god- Michael’s still standing in the exclusive club known him since the pair were father’ Juan Manuel Fangio on quite far ahead in of the sport’s multiple champi- junior karting team-mates, five titles with only German race wins so you ons had started in earnest before said he believed he can go on Schumacher ahead on seven. have to say he he overcame chronic tyre-wear to break all of Schumacher’s Schumacher, with 91, also has is still the GOAT problems to secure his fifth title records. more race victories, another tar- (greatest of all at the Autodromo Hermanos “He can seriously go for Schu- get for Hamilton during the two time) Rodriguez. macher’s records now,” he said. remaining years of his current Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, “He’s got two more years on the Mercedes contract. LEWIS HAMILTON the 1997 champion, said that he contract and ‘Schumi’ is only But the Englishman put such felt the way in which Hamil - two titles and 20 race wins away. statistical ambitions into a dis- ton had succeeded throughout That’s possible in two years. tant perspective when he adopt- his career put him way “miles” Amazing. ed a modest role on his own old -- he said ‘do your talking on clear of Schumacher in the eval- “He can really try and statis- triumphant career. the track’. uation of the greats. tically become the best of all “Firstly, I could never per- “So I just try to let my results Villeneuve said that Schu- time, which is unreal, but it is sonally classify myself as the and the results from the things macher’s career had been ac- a possibility. So I’m sure he’s best,” said Hamilton. “Obvious- that I do outside of my sport, companied by “too many neg- going to be motivated by that.” ly, within myself, I know my hopefully, also contribute to ative stories – too many ques- Hamilton signed a contract abilities and where I stand, but that. So people can hopefully tion marks on how some races extension earlier this year that ultimately, as my dad always create a decent opinion. or championships were won. will keep him with Mercedes Ferrari’s Germany driver Sebastian Vettel walks on the paddock during the told me since I was eight years “But Michael’s still quite far And being a great champion is until the end of 2020. first free practice session of the Mexican Grand Prix