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TTENNISENNIS | Page 4 RUGBY | Page 5 Cilic beats Lions dance in Tipsarevic in background as Den Bosch NZ stay on toes Open against Samoa Friday, June 16, 2017 BOXING Ramadan 21, 1438 AH Mayweather and GULF TIMES McGregor agree to August super-fi ght SPORT Page 3 CRICKET / ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY India set up blockbuster Jadhav spell, Sharma’s unbeaten fi nal with Pakistan ton down Bangladesh in semi AFP away when bowled trying to sweep Jad- Birmingham, United Kingdom hav. Mushfi qur made a stylish 61-ball fi fty but when, to his evident dismay, ohit Sharma’s unbeaten cen- he hit a Jadhav full toss to Kohli at mid- tury sealed India’s place in wicket, Bangladesh were 179 for fi ve in a Champions Trophy fi nal the 36th over. against arch-rivals Pakistan By this stage they had also lost Rafter the title-holders thrashed Bang- Shakib Al Hasan (15), whose 114 and ladesh by nine wickets at Edgbaston Bangladesh record stand of 224 with yesterday. Mahmudullah (102 not out) had seen Bangladesh’s total of 264 for seven the Tigers recover from a top-order never looked like being enough and was collapse to beat New Zealand last time duly made to look inadequate by India’s out. powerful top-order. India’s reply began with a welter of Sharma and fellow opener Shikhar boundaries, Sharma square-driving Dhawan (46) put on 87 before Sharma Mustafi zur Rahman for an elegant four. (123 not out) and India captain Virat Left-hander Dhawan was in fi ne Kohli (96 not out) completed the job touch too, hoisting Taskin Ahmed over with nearly 10 overs to spare. square leg for six. Their unbroken partnership of 178 The only question now was India’s delighted the huge India contingent in margin of victory, with Bangladesh — in a crowd of 24,340 — a record for a one- their fi rst major semi-fi nal — avoiding day international at Edgbaston. a 10-wicket defeat when Dhawan sliced Yet the real India hero of this match skipper Mashrafe Mortaza to backward was part-time spinner Kedar Jadhav, point. who dismissed both of Bangladesh’s Sharma completed his 11th ODI hun- top-scorers in Tamim Iqbal (70) and dred in style when he hooked Mustafi - Mushfi qur Rahim (61) in a spell of two zur for his fi rst six in 111 balls also in- for 22 in six overs. cluding 12 fours. The third-wicket duo shared a stand Kohli then fi nished the match in em- of 123, but Bangladesh’s innings fal- phatic fashion, cover-driving Sabbir tered after their exits. for four. India hammered Pakistan by 124 runs in the teams’ Champions Trophy open- SCORECARD er at Edgbaston 11 days ago. BANGLADESH But Pakistan themselves trounced T Iqbal b Jadhav 70 much-fancied tournament hosts Eng- S Sarkar b Kumar 0 land by eight wickets in another lopsid- S Rahman c Jadeja b Kumar 19 ed semi-fi nal in Cardiff on Wednesday. M Rahim c Kohlu b Jadhav 61 Sunday’s match at the Oval in Lon- Shakib c Dhoni b Jadeja 15 don will be just the second time the Mahmudullah b Bumrah 21 Asian giants have met in the fi nal of a M Hossain c and b Bumrah 15 major International Cricket Council India’s Rohit Sharma in action against Bangladesh during their ICC Champions Trophy semi-final at Edgbaston in Birmingham yesterday. (Below) India captain Virat Kohli is M Mortaza not out 30 tournament. congratulated by Bangladesh players on the victory. (Reuters/AFP) T Ahmed not out 10 India beat Pakistan by a mere fi ve Extras (lb9, w7, nb2, pen5) 23 runs in the 2007 World Twenty20 fi nal ja at point. Total (7 wkts, 50 overs) 264 in Johannesburg, a victory that led to But from 46 for two, the experienced Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Sarkar), 2-31 (Rah- the creation of the lucrative Indian Pre- pair of Tamim and Mushfi qur rebuilt man), 3-154 (Iqbal), 4-177 (Shakib), mier League. the innings. 5-179 (Rahim), 6-218 (M Hossain), 7-229 India had a wicket as early as the fi rst Tamim, bowled off a Hardik Pandya (Mahmudullah) over Thursday after Kohli won the toss no-ball on 17, was in fi ne touch. Bowling: Kumar 10-1-53-2 (1w); Bumrah and fi elded under grey skies. The left-handed opener whipped 10-1-39-2; Ashwin 10-0-54-0 (3w); Pan- Soumya Sarkar fall for a second-ball Pandya over mid-wicket for six and his dya 4-0-34-0 (2nb, 2w); Jadeja 10-0-48-1; duck when he played on attempting a reverse-sweep four off left-arm spin- Jadhav 6-0-22-2 (1w) booming drive off Bhuvneshwar Ku- ner Jadeja saw him to a 62-ball fi fty. mar. INDIA At one for one, there were fears that ASHWIN STRUGGLES R Sharma not out 123 Bangladesh, who collapsed to 84 all out It appeared a minor success for Bang- S Dhawan c M Hossain b Mortaza 46 in a 240-run warm-up thrashing by In- ladesh when Jadhav came on in a match V Kohli not out 96 dia last month, were poised for another where frontline off -spinner Ravichan- Extras 0 top-order slump. dran Ashwin’s fi rst seven overs cost 42 Total (1 wkt, 40.1 overs) 265 But new batsman Sabbir Rahman runs. Fall of wickets: 1-87 (Dhawan) cover-drove his fi rst ball, from Jasprit Tamim struck three fours in as many Bowling: Mortaza 8-0-29-1; Rahim Bumrah, for four. balls off Ashwin — a cut, a sweep and a 6-0-53-0; T Ahmed 7-0-49-0; R Hossain Sabbir hit four boundaries in his 19 nudge past fi ne leg. 6-0-46-0; Shakib 9-0-54-0; M Hossain but just as he was getting into top gear This was Tamim’s fourth fi fty in his 2-0-13-0; Mahmudullah 1-0-10-0; Rah- he cut Kumar straight to Ravindra Jade- last fi ve innings, but he gave his wicket man 1.1-0-11-0 Jadhav proves to be India’s secret weapon Reuters mid-wicket. overs for Jadhav, saying that former Birmingham Bangladesh were then 179 for five captain and wicketkeeper MS Dhoni and never recovered the momentum, had helped in the idea. ending up with 264, a score that India “I won’t take the whole credit. Obvi- ndia’s Kedar Jadhav had six career knocked off without any trouble. ously I asked MS, as well, and we both wickets in one day internationals be- Skipper Kohli said he had turned to decided that Kedar is a good option at Ifore yesterday’s Champions Trophy Jadhav simply to try to slow down that moment, and he bowled really well. semi-final against Bangladesh but it was Bangladesh’s progress but his plan bore Jadhav also had words of praise for his very occasional off -spin proved to unexpected fruit. Dhoni who he said helped him read the be decisive in his team’s win. “The wickets were honestly a bonus, batsmen on the field. Bangladesh, batting first, were going Hardik (Pandya) went for a few in his “Since I’ve been in the team I have well with Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur first three, so we wanted to give him spent a lot of time with MS and I tried Rahim putting on 123 run partner- a bit of a break and cover up overs to learn as much as I can from him and ship for the third wicket until Jadhav’s through Kedar, and with one left-hander he provides me with all the knowledge innocuous looking off -spin turned the batting, we knew that he had the ability that he has. Even while I am bowling he game. to get in two, three, dot balls to the is looking at me and from his eyes only I First he bowled Tamim, who sensing the left-hander every over. But it ended up can tell what he wants me to bowl. chance for some easy runs produced a changing the whole game for us,” he “It was one of those days where I could wild slog and got it all wrong. said. read them very well and I was able to Then he removed his partner Mush- Kohli though was reluctant to accept execute what I wanted to do,” he said. fiqur, who misjudged the flight of the praise for the inspired decision, which “If batsmen try to score big shots ball and holed out to Virat Kohli at resulted in figures of two for 22 off six against me they find it diff icult.” India’s Kedar Jadhav (centre) celebrates the wicket of Bangladesh’s Tamim Iqbal during the match yesterday. (Reuters) Gulf Times 2 Friday, June 16, 2017 CRICKET FOCUS India pick Pant, Yadav Pakistan ‘turnaround’ for West Indies tour ‘If you reach the finals you AFP have to play good cricket, New Delhi and credit to them’ icketkeeper-batsman Rishabh impresses Kohli Pant and left-arm wrist Wspinner Kuldeep Yadav were AFP picked yesterday for India’s limited- Birmingham overs tour of the West Indies compris- ing five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 starting June 23. ndia captain Virat Kohli paid trib- The two youngsters replace opening ute to Pakistan’s “magnifi cent batsman Rohit Sharma and allrounder turnaround” after his Champions Hardik Pandya from the 15-man Cham- Trophy title-holders booked a pions Trophy squad, which is defend- Iplace in the fi nal against their arch- ing its title in England and Wales.