26 Established 1961 Sports Sunday, October 7, 2018 Kuldeep five-for-57 gives record Test win against W Indies Shaw adjudged man-of-the-match after dream debut

RAJKOT: Spinner Kuldeep Yadav starred in India’s The match started with teenage opener Prithvi Shaw biggest-ever Test triumph as they thrashed the West making 134 on day one to become the youngest Indian Indies by an innings and 272 runs inside three days in to score a on debut, at 18 years of age. the opening match yesterday. The tourists were dis- Shaw, who is already being compared to Sachin missed for 196 early in the final session while follow- Tendulkar, was adjudged the man of the match for his ing on, to trail the two-match series 1-0. They were 154-ball stay laced with 19 fours. Skipper Virat Kohli, bowled out for 181 in their first innings in response to who also scored a landmark century in India’s only India’s 649-9 declared. innings, was happy with the team’s “clinical” showing Kuldeep returned figures of 5-57 with his left-arm and praised Shaw for his quality . wrist spin, his first five-for in just his fourth Test “Playing his first game, seeing him dominate- since making his debut against Australia last year. the guy showed he is different quality. That’s why Ravindra Jadeja, who scored his maiden international he’s been pushed to the Test team,” Kohli said century during India’s only innings, took the final after the win. of for four as the hosts cele- “Jaddu (Jadeja) as well-he has got important runs brated an utterly dominant win over the former for us before and we wanted him to get three figures. cricketing powerhouse. We believe he can turn matches for us,” said Kohli. The world’s top Test side surpassed their previous biggest win against Afghanistan by an innings and 262 ‘HOW TO BAT’ runs during the minnows’ debut five-day game in June. Kuldeep led an inspired spin attack with Jadeja

SCOREBOARD

Scoreboard of the first Test between India and West Indies in Rajkot yesterday:

India 1st innings 649-9 dec (P. Shaw 134, V. Kohli 139, R. Jadeja 100 ; D. Bishoo 4-217) RAJKOT: Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw jumps in air to take evasive action following a shot from West Indies West Indies 1st innings West Indies 2nd innings: batsman Roston Chase during the third day’s play of the first Test match between India and West Indies K. Brathwaite b Shami 2 K. Brathwaite c Shaw b Ashwin 10 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot yesterday. — AFP K. Powell lbw b Shami 1 K. Powell c Shaw b K. Yadav 83 S. Hope b Ashwin 10 S. Hope lbw b K. Yadav 17 S. Hetmyer c Rahul b K. Yadav 11 S. Hetmyer run out (Jadeja) 10 claiming three and tak- during which the world’s top batsman became the S. Ambris c Rahane b Jadeja 12 S. Ambris st Pant b K. Yadav 0 R. Chase b Ashwin 53 R. Chase c Ashwin b K. Yadav 20 ing two. Opener Kieran Powell fought a lonely battle quickest to reach 24 Test centuries after the great S. Dowrich b K. Yadav 10 S. Dowrich not out 16 to score 83 runs before becoming Kuldeep’s fifth vic- Donald Bradman. Kohli got to his hundred in his 123rd K. Paul c Pujara b U. Yadav 47 K. Paul c U. Yadav b Jadeja 15 tim in another disappointing batting show by the innings with a boundary off leg-spinner Bishoo. D. Bishoo not out 17 D. Bishoo c Pant b Ashwin 9 Caribbean side. Bradman took just 66 innings to achieve the same feat. S. Lewis b Ashwin 0 S. Lewis lbw b Jadeja 4 Ashwin, who returned figures of 4-37 in West “Not the best of starts, credit to India. They showed S. Gabriel st Pant b Ashwin 1 S. Gabriel c K. Yadav b Jadeja 4 Extras (b5, lb1, nb1) 7 Indies’ first innings, had sent back stand-in skipper us how to bat,” a disappointed Brathwaite said after the Extras (b16, lb2) 18 Kraigg Brathwaite for 10 before lunch and then got loss. “Didn’t get enough partnerships as a batting unit. Total (all out, 48 overs) 181 Total (all out, 50.5 overs) 196 Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Brathwaite), 2-7 (Shami), 3-21 (Hope), 4-32 Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Brathwaite), 2-79 (Hope), 3-97 (Hetmyer), 4- Devendra Bishoo at the stroke of tea. The 23-year-old Two or three partnerships would hold us very well,” (Hetmyer), 5-49 (Ambris), 6-74 (Dowrich), 7-147 (Paul), 8-159 97 (Ambris), 5-138 (Chase), 6-151 (Powell), 7-172 (Paul), 8-185 Kuldeep then rattled the West Indies’ top and middle added Brathwaite, who stood in as after Jason (Chase), 9-159 (Lewis), 10-181 (Gabriel). (Bishoo), 9-192 (Lewis), 10-196 (Gabriel). order including big wickets of Powell, Sunil Ambris for Holder was ruled out on the morning of the match due Bowling: Shami 9-2-22-2, U. Yadav 11-3-20-1, Ashwin 11-2-37-4, Bowling: Shami 3-0-11-0 (nb1), Ashwin 18-2-71-2, U. Yadav 3-0- nought and Roston Chase, who had top-scored for to an ankle injury. Brathwaite said he was not sure if Jadeja 7-1-22-1, K. Yadav 10-1-62-1 16-0, K. Yadav 14-2-57-5, Jadeja 12.5-1-35-3. Result: Indian won by an innings and 272 runs. West Indies in the first innings with his gritty 53. Holder will be fit for the next game. The second match The match will also be remembered for Kohli’s 139 is scheduled in Hyderabad starting October 12. —AFP

Red Sox strike early, hold off tant.” Yasir has grown in stature and Yasir targets wickets with each series. He took 24 Yankees in wickets in three Tests in a series win over Sri Lanka a year later. 20 Australian His 10 wickets at Lord’s and five at ALDS open The Oval formed the basis of scalps for Pakistan’s 1-1 series draw in England two years ago before he took 25 in a BOSTON: Left-hander Chris Sale pitched 2-1 win in the West Indies in 2017 — effectively into the sixth inning, J.D. Martinez Pakistan’s first series win in the hit a three-run home run in the first and the series win Caribbean. Boston Red Sox opened the American DUBAI: Match-winning Pakistan spin- Yasir said Australia will miss the League Division Series by holding on for a 5- ner Yasir Shah has sent a warning to guile of banned duo Steven Smith and 4 victory over the visiting New York Yankees Australia’s batsmen that he is targeting David Warner, who are each banned on Friday night. Game 2 is Saturday night. 20 wickets and a win in the two-match for a year for their part in a ball-tam- Left-hander David Price starts for Boston and Test series starting in Dubai today. The pering row in South Africa earlier this opposes right-hander Masahiro Tanaka. In 32-year-old has been Pakistan’s main year. “No doubt, Smith and Warner are his second career postseason start, Sale (1-0) spin weapon since making his Test two world-class players and Australia allowed two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings. debut against Australia at the same will miss them,” said Yasir. “(They) Limited to about 100 pitches, Sale threw 93 venue four years ago. know the art of staying at the wicket while getting eight strikeouts and issuing a BOSTON: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees hits a solo home run in the ninth inning He and left-armer Zulfiqar Babar so that will be missed by Australia. pair of walks. The Red Sox took a 3-0 lead against the Boston Red Sox in Game One of the American League Division Series at Fenway took 26 wickets between them to rout “But we can’t take any team lightly. when Martinez homered over the Green Park on Friday in Boston. —AFP Australia 2-0. Yasir again holds the They have a few good players and a Monster in left field off J.A. Happ (0-1) and key for Pakistan in the two-match few of them I have played with in the added two more runs in the third. Boston’s series, with the second in Abu Dhabi Big Bash (Australia’s Twenty20 bullpen held on for the final 11 outs; Craig Corey Kluber (0-1). Martin Maldonado with Colorado. The Brewers will send south- from October 16. league) so I know their strong and Kimbrel allowed a leadoff homer to Aaron added a leadoff homer to ignite the Astros’ paw Wade Miley to the mound today at “I have a target of 20 wickets,” weak points. “You can’t say they are Judge in the ninth before securing the four- two-run seventh. Verlander (1-0) allowed two Colorado seeking a sweep. The Rockies will Yasir told AFP. “I know how important weak, maybe inexperienced. They’re out save. runs on two hits and two walks with seven counter with right-hander German Marquez. it will be to take wickets so that strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings. He tired in the Mike Moustakas, the hero of Milwaukee’s always a strong side. That series (in remains my target and for the team to 2014) was my first and so I’m going to ASTROS 7, INDIANS 2 sixth, throwing 27 pitches while loading the Game 1 win with a walk-off single in the 10th, win the series which is very impor- try to improve on that.” —AFP Alex Bregman slugged his fifth career bases for right-hander Ryan Pressly, who scored one run and drove in another to high- postseason home run, and right-hander uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Yan light the Brewers’ offense. Chacin (1-0) Justin Verlander delivered a strong start for Gomes to score. Jose Ramirez cut the deficit worked the first five innings, limiting the Houston, which claimed Game 1 of its ALDS to 4-2 with a run-scoring groundout, but Rockies to three hits. He also walked three against visiting Cleveland. Game 2 on Pressly held the line there. and struck out three. Left-hander Tyler only separated by City’s superior goal Saturday will see Indians right-hander Carlos Anderson (0-1) went six innings, charged Anfield hoodoo difference at the top of the table having Carrasco oppose Astros righty Gerrit Cole. BREWERS 4, ROCKIES 0 with one run and four hits. He walked two dropped just two points each so far this Bregman was the first of four Astros to Right-hander Jhoulys Chacin and four and struck out five. Nolan Arenado and season, the clash will go a long way to smack solo home runs, with George Springer relievers combined on a six-hitter as host Gerardo Parra had two hits each for the haunts Man City telling if Liverpool are capable of knock- and Jose Altuve hitting back-to-back homers Milwaukee rode dominant pitching to a 2-0 Rockies, who have totaled just six runs in ing Guardiola’s men off their perch. in the fifth inning off Indians right-hander lead in its National League Division Series their last four games. — Reuters LIVERPOOL: Billions of pounds of investment from Manchester City’s Abu ‘TOUGHEST AWAY GAME’ Dhabi owners over the past decade has “It’s very tough, probably the toughest regardless of the potential for dwindling ‘BIG CHALLENGE’ away game of the season in the Premier Arsenal can cope energy levels after the gruelling European They could earn three consecutive away reaped three Premier League titles and transformed the blue half of Manchester League,” admitted City midfielder Ilkay trip, the Spaniard believes his stars should league victories for the first time in two Gundogan, who worked under Klopp for be able to cope. years, but Emery won’t be taking Fulham for from “noisy neighbours” into the domi- four years at Borussia Dortmund. “But as with hectic “For us it’s not a problem to play on granted. “Fulham is a very big challenge for nant side in the city. a player there is not much more that you Thursday and then today because we want to us, first because it’saway and second However, the Premier League champi- can achieve than playing these type of play a lot of matches and a lot of competi- because each match in the Premier League is ons travel to Liverpool today hoping to schedule: Emery games, because when you play them or tions,” Emery said. “We also want to give the very, very difficult,” Emery said. finally achieve something that has so far when the atmosphere is like that, you players the chances and opportunities to “Fulham bought very good players like been beyond City’s cash-rich era-a win at know it’s a big thing.” LONDON: Unai Emery insists Arsenal play, to give them confidence, responsibility Seri, like Anguissa, and they have Mitrovic Anfield. City were last victorious at While City are seeking to consolidate won’t be allowed to use their hectic sched- and rhythm like today for all our players. and Schurrle too. It’s a very good team and I Anfield in 2003 and have lost 12 of their themselves as the dominant force in ule as an excuse for a poor performance “The players who sometimes don’t play think their coach is a very good coach with last 17 visits. The most recent of those English football by becoming the first side when they face Fulham today. Emery’s side were used against Qarabag. But then also, experience in England. saw City’s Champions League dreams head to Craven Cottage bidding to extend maybe players who featured against Qarabag “We need to push against them today and ended for another year in the cauldron of in a decade to retain the title, Klopp’s task their winning streak to nine matches in all can play on today too. “We can do that with also show our best performance. Our idea is a European night on Merseyside with a is to end Liverpool’s near three-decade competitions. some players. For us it’s very important on to be focused on Sunday with all of our play- 3-0 quarter-final first leg defeat. A coach wait to win the league. When Kenny But Arsenal will be battling fatigue after Sunday to produce the best performance.” ers.” Arsenal hope Gabon striker Pierre- not accustomed to losing, City boss Pep Dalglish led the Reds to an 18th league title touching down in London in the early hours The Gunners should be able to use the Emerick Aubameyang will have recovered Guardiola has been defeated on all three in 1989-90, Liverpool were streets ahead of Friday morning, following a 4,000km flight momentum from their impressive winning run from illness, while Aaron Ramsey could play of his visits to Anfield and in Jurgen as England’s most successful club. The from Azerbaijan, where they beat Qarabag 3- to keep them firing on all cylinders in the depending on the timing of his child’s birth. Klopp faces one of the few managers intervening years have seen Manchester 0 in the Europa League on Thursday. London derby. Arsenal, up to fifth place after Bernd Leno will make his first Premier who can boast a winning record against United storm ahead. But with United It is hardly ideal preparation for an recovering from their slow start to the sea- League start, with Petr Cech ruled out by a the Catalan. already nine points adrift and Tottenham, important Premier League clash, but Emery son, are vying to win six successive Premier hamstring injury. A Fulham defeat today Just seven games into the Premier Arsenal and Chelsea also playing catch- tried to guard against burn-out by resting League matches within a single campaign for would equal the club’s worst start after eight League season, no knockout blow can be up, Liverpool know beating City is the key several players against Qarabag. And the first time since August to October 2016. top-flight matches. — AFP landed this weekend. But with both sides to ending that long wait. — AFP