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DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Men in Blue pull off a rare T20I series whitewash New Zealand loses the script after looking set for a consolation win; Bumrah continues to be a conundrum for the Kiwis INDIA IN NZ SCOREBOARD

Press Trust of India INDIA (47b, 5x4, 2x6), Daryl Mitchell b Mount Maunganui K.L. Rahul c Santner b Ben- Bumrah 2 (4b), India choked New Zealand nett 45 (33b, 4x4, 2x6), Sanju c Manish b Shardul 6 (7b), Scott yet again to turn the match Samson c Santner b Kuggeleijn 2 Kuggeleijn c Washington b around and post a seven­run (5b), Rohit Sharma retired hurt Shardul 0 (1b), b win in the fifth T20 Interna­ 60 (41b, 3x4, 3x6), Shreyas Iyer Bumrah 6 (5b, 1x4), tional and a rare 5­0 T20 se­ () 33 (31b, 1x4, 2x6), (not out) 16 (10b, 2x6), Hamish Shivam Dube c Bruce b Bennett (not out) 1 (2b); Extras ries whitewash on Sunday. Kuggeleijn 5 (6b, 1x4), Manish (lb-1, nb-1, w-3): 5. Total (for 9 The Indian pacers, led by Pandey (not out) 11 (4b, 1x4, wkts. in 20 overs): 156. the ever­reliable Jasprit 1x6); Extras (lb-1, w-6): 7. Total FALL OF Bumrah, shared seven wick­ (for 3 wkts. in 20 overs): 163. 1-7 (Guptill, 1.3), 2-17 ets for 25 runs in match­ FALL OF WICKETS (Munro, 2.3), 3-17 (Bruce, 3.2), swinging 7.2 overs to restrict 1-8 (Samson, 1.3ov), 2-96 4-116 (Seifert, 12.4), 5-119 the Kiwis to 156 for nine (Rahul, 11.3), 2-138 (Rohit re- (Mitchell, 13.6), 6-131 (Santner, while defending 163 for tired, 16.4), 3-148 (Dube, 18.5). 16.3), 7-132 (Kuggeleijn, 16.5), three. NEW ZEALAND 8-133 (Taylor, 17.1), 9-141 Southee 4-0-52-0, (Southee, 18.2). INDIA BOWLING Deadly death bowling Kuggeleijn 4-0-25-2, Bennett 4-0-21-1, Sodhi 4-0-28-0, Sant- Washington 3-0-20-1, Bum- Bumrah conceded just 12 ner 4-0-36-0. rah 4-0-12-3, Saini 4-0-23-2, runs in his four overs and got NEW ZEALAND Shardul 4-0-38-2, Chahal 4-0- rid of three batsmen, bow­ lbw b Bumrah 28-0, Dube 1-0-34-0. ling yorkers in the death 2 (6b), b Washing- Toss: India. overs. ton 15 (6b, 2x4, 1x6), Tim Seifert Man-of-the-Match: Bumrah. India’s total was built c Samson b Saini 50 (30b, 5x4, Man-of-the-Series: K.L. Rahul. around stand­in skipper Ro­ 3x6), Tom Bruce run out 0 (3b), India won match by seven hit Sharma’s 60 after elect­ c Rahul b Saini 53 runs and series 5-0. ing to bat. Tim Seifert (50) and Ross Taylor (53) kept the <> We need everyone to be the best versions of Black Caps in the hunt for a themselves. It is all about laying the vision in front consolation win, but the of the boys, the way you think, prepare. The guys hosts again fell near the fin­ are taking notice of it and they realise that the team ish line. needs 120 percent from them every time New Zealand got off to a Unplayable! Daryl Mitchell, as most of the New Zealanders on Sunday, has no clue to this one poor start and was reduced from Jasprit Bumrah. * AFP Kane and me have similar mindsets, similar to 17 for three in the fourth <> over. Bumrah had Martin They took 34 runs off Shi­ struck. Navdeep Saini dis­ catch at long­on. Ish Sodhi comfort. He faced 41 balls nored once again. philosophies. Despite what the scoreline suggests, I Guptill lbw, and Washington vam Dube in the 10th over, missed Seifert and then smacked 16 off 10 balls to and hit three 4s as well as For New Zealand, Kane feel New Zealand is in the best hands and he Sundar bowled Colin Munro after which K.L. Rahul, who Bumrah bowled Daryl Mitch­ provide some fireworks at three 6s. Williamson didn’t recover is the right guy to lead this team. He is the perfect, (15). Tom Bruce’s run­out took over the reins with Ro­ ell with a searing yorker. the end but it was not on time and Tim Southee led perfect man to lead them didn’t help either. hit Sharma off the field in­ New Zealand’s chase was enough. Earlier, Rohit, bat­ Kohli rested the side once again. Kohli Taylor and Seifert came jured, had to take corrective all but over when Mitchell ting at number three, retired Virat Kohli was expectedly Earlier, Rahul (45) and Ro­ together at that juncture, measures. Santner (6) holed out off hurt after injuring his left rested, and it was the only hit added 88 for the second while Rohit scored his 25th ODIs: Feb. 5 (Hamilton), Feb. 8 putting on 99 for the fourth He brought back his fron­ Shardul Thakur and Manish calf whilst hitting a six and change for India from Wel­ . Rahul hit four 4s and T20I half­century off 35 (Auckland), Feb. 11 (Mount wicket. tline pacers and they both Pandey held a fine running walked off the field in dis­ lington. Rishabh Pant was ig­ two 6s in his 33­ball stay balls. Maunganui), all 7.30 a.m. start. Indian women lose to Australia SCOREBOARD INDIA 1-15 (Shafali, 1.1), 2-16 (Jemimah, (12b, 1x4), c Je- Shafali Verma b Perry 5 (3b, 1x4), 2.6), 3-56 (Smriti, 9.3), 4-78 mimah b Rajeshwari 6 (9b), Nic- TRI-SERIES was the undis­ pitch offering extra bounce. Smriti Mandhana c Perry b Jonas- (Harmanpreet, 13.1), 5-78 (Tan- ola Carey (not out) 9 (12b, 1x4), puted star of the game, pick­ India lost its last six wick­ sen 35 (23b, 3x4, 2x6), Jemimah iya, 13.2), 6-78 (Deepti, 13.5), 7- Annabel Sutherland (not out) 1 Press Trust of India ing up four wickets (three in ets for 21 runs with pacer Per­ Rodrigues c Carey b Vlaeminck 1 82 (Veda, 14.1), 8-82 (Arundhati, (1b); Extras (w-1): 1; Total (for six (11b), Harmanpreet Kaur c Carey 14.4), 9-99 (Radha, 19.1). wkts. in 18.5 overs): 104. Canberra one over) before making 49 ry picking up three of them b Perry 28 (32b, 4x4), Veda India Women suffered a four­ off 47 balls in Australia’s in the 14th over — Harman­ AUSTRALIA BOWLING FALL OF WICKETS Krishnamurthy c Carey b 1-1 (Healy, 1.1), 2-30 (Mooney, wicket loss to Australia after chase. preet, Taniya Bhatia and Schutt 4-0-26-1, Perry 4-0-13-4, Vlaeminck 8 (11b, 1x4), Taniya Vlaeminck 4-1-13-3, Sutherland 4.6), 3-30 (Gardner, 5.2), 4-52 a disappointing batting per­ India had beaten England Deepti Sharma. Bhatia c Mooney b Perry 0 (1b), (Haynes, 9.5), 5-82 (Jonassen, formance in their second in the tournament opener 1-0-6-0, Jonassen 4-0-19-1, The spin­heavy Indian Deepti Sharma c Mooney b Perry Carey 2-0-14-0, Wareham 14.4), 6-99 (Perry, 17.5). match of the T20 Tri­series while Australia had lost to bowling attack did all it could 0 (3b), Arundhati Reddy c 1-0-12-0. INDIA BOWLING here on Sunday. England in a Super Over fin­ with left­arm spinner Rajesh­ Mooney b Vlaeminck 4 (4b, 1x4), Deepti 4-0-18-1, Shikha 3.5-0- AUSTRALIA India struggled to 103 for ish on Saturday, leaving all Shikha Pandey (not out) 8 (19b), 27-1, Rajeshwari 4-0-18-2, Radha wari Gayakwad taking two c Deepti b Shikha 1 nine in 20 overs after being three teams with a win each. for 18 in four overs. Offie Radha Yadav c Vlaeminck b 4-0-23-1, Arundhati 2.4-0-17-1, Schutt 11 (11b, 1x4), Rajeshwari (5b), st Taniya b asked to bat. The Indian bow­ Barring opener Smriti Deepti, who opened the Harmanpreet 0.2-0-1-0. Gayakwad (not out) 2 (2b); Ex- Deepti 6 (13b, 1x4), Ashleigh lers did well to stretch the Mandhana (35) and skipper Toss: Australia. bowling, took one for 18. tras (w-1): 1; Total (for nine wkts. Gardner b Rajeshwari 22 (14b, game till the penultimate ov­ Harmanpreet Kaur (28), the Player-of-the-Match:Perry. India’s next match: February 7 in 20 overs): 103. 3x4, 1x6), Ellyse Perry c Veda b er, but there were not Indian batters showed com­ (Friday), vs England, Mel- Gone! Shafali Verma becomes one of Ellyse Perry’s four Radha 49 (47b, 8x4), Rachael Australia won by four wickets enough runs on the board. plete lack of application on a bourne, 8.30 a.m. victims. * GETTY IMAGES FALL OF WICKETS Haynes c Veda b Arundathi 9 with seven balls to spare. Djokovic continues his love affair with Norman Brookes Spurs make City pay for profligacy The defending champion beats Thiem in five­set epic to win the trophy for the eighth time Down Under EURO LEAGUES Reuters AUSTRALIAN OPEN ing down his first double fault London of the match at the crucial Steven Bergwijn made an in­ Agence France-Presse moment. stant impact on his Totten­ Remarkably, a rare Djokov­ ham Hotspur debut with a Novak Djokovic battled ic double fault handed Thiem stunning opener in his side’s through a five­set thriller a break to go 2­1 up in set two 2­0 win over champion Man­ with Dominic Thiem to main­ with the courageous Austrian chester City in the Premier tain his dominance at the refusing to go away. League game on Sunday. Australian Open on Sunday, The Serb was getting frus­ The Dutch midfielder, claiming a record eighth title trated, looking at his coach­ signed this week from PSV and returning to World No. 1 ing box and pointing at his Eindhoven, swept home a in the process. head. right­foot volley three mi­ The indomitable Serb He refocused and once nutes after City had been re­ Turn and shoot: Spurs’ new signing Steven Bergwijn had a stretched his unbeaten streak again began attacking the duced to 10 men when Olek­ dream debut with this strike against City. * GETTY IMAGES this season to 13, but he had Thiem serve, breaking back sandr Zinchenko was shown to rally from two sets to one for 4­4, pumping his fists a second yellow card on the missing two other chances. 1 (Fekir 7); Athletic Bilbao 0 down to beat the courageous when the fifth seed sent a hour. With City stretched The results: Serie A: Juventus 3 lost to Getafe 2 (Suarez 36, Ma- fifth­seeded Austrian 6­4, backhand wide. Son Heung­min added a se­ (Ronaldo 40-pen, 80-pen, De ta 50-pen). 4­6, 2­6, 6­3, 6­4 in a nearly­ But two time warnings on cond in the 71st minute with Ligt 90+1) bt Fiorentina 0; AC Bundesliga: Cologne 4 (Bor- four­hour marathon. his serve in the next game rat­ a deflected effort. Milan 1 (Calhanoglu 29) drew nauw 29, Cordoba 55, Ehizibue It was his 17th Grand Slam tled Djokovic and he was bro­ City remains 22 points be­ with Hellas Verona 1 (Faraoni 90+1, Jakobs 90+2) bt Freiburg title. ken again, with the Serb los­ hind runaway leader Liver­ 13); Atalanta 2 (Toloi 12, Ilicic 0. 35) drew with Genoa 2 (Criscito Djokovic had never before ing his cool by patting the pool and only had itself to Saturday: La Liga: Real Mallor- 19-pen, Sanabria 33); Lazio 5 won a Slam final in seven pre­ umpire’s foot at the change­ blame for a sixth defeat of ca 0 lost to Valladolid 1 (Unal (Immobile 3, 29, F. Caicedo 16, 56); Valencia 1 (Soler 77) bt vious attempts when finding over and telling the official: the season as it wasted sev­ 38, Adekanye 58) bt SPAL 1 Celta Vigo 0). himself two sets to one down. “Great job... you made your­ eral gilt­edged chances and (Missiroli 65). Serie A: Cagliari 2 (Joao Pedro The Serb, 32, was the over­ self famous.” missed yet another penalty Premier League: Burnley 0 19, Simeone 54) drew with Par- whelming favourite, but the With Djokovic still looking when Hugo Lloris saved Il­ drew with Arsenal 0. ma 2 (Kucka 42, Cornelius supremely fit and fast Thiem, distracted, Thiem served out kay Gundogan’s spot kick. La Liga: Leganes 2 (Omeruo 49, 90+4); Sassuolo 4 (Caputo 7, 26, always had the weapons the set — the first the Serb Sergio Aguero was un­ Rodriguez 90+4) bt Real Socie- 16, Djuricic 26, Boga 74) bt Ro- to trouble him, which he de­ had dropped in an Australian usually profligate , striking dad 1 (Isak 20); Eibar 1 (Orella- ma 2 (Dzeko 54, Veretout 73- ployed successfully for much Open final since 2015. the post in the first half and na 15-pen) drew with Real Betis pen). of the match. Djokovic appeared deject­ It was a nerveless start ed and was immediately bro­ from Djokovic, who comfor­ ken twice in set three as tably held then put big pres­ Thiem raced to a 4­0 lead, Priyanshu hunts down Keun sure on the Austrian’s serve, having won six games in a with a forehand into the net row with Djokovic PBL shu, whom chief National In Hunters’ Trump, P.V. giving him an immediate imploding. coach P. Gopi Chand rates Sindhu won as expected break and a psychological The Serb was heard telling V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM highly, showed amazing ma­ against the young Shreyan­ edge after some monster a trainer he was tired and af­ HYDERABAD turity and composure. More shi Pardesi in just 20 mi­ rallies. ter losing the set, he went for Priyanshu Rajawat of Hyde­ importantly, he controlled nutes. With the contest at Thiem, though, is as a medical timeout. rabad Hunters produced a the pace of the game with 3­3, the hosts’ mixed dou­ strong mentally as he is phys­ He came back and the stunning performance to his net dribbles and telling bles pair of Vladimir Ivanov ically and he finally got on fourth set went with serve outclass World No. 49 Lee smashes. and N. Sikki Reddy clinched the scoreboard after another until a Thiem double fault Dong Keun as the hosts re­ Earlier, Hunters’ men’s the issue. tough service game. handed the Serb two break gistered a stunning 4­3 win combine of Ben Lane and The results: Hyderabad Hun- And against the run of points and he converted to over Mumbai Rockets in an Vladimir Ivanov lost to form­ ters bt Mumbai Rockets 4-3 play, with Djokovic seeming­ regain control, serving out inconsequential match of er World Championship (Ben Lane & Vladimir Ivanov ly in control, he broke back, the set with an ace. the Premier Badminton doubles medallists Kim Gi lost to Kim Gi Jung & Kim Sa unleashing pinpoint ground­ Djokovic drew on all his League at the Gachibowli In­ Jung and Kim Sa Rang. Rang 10-15, 8-15; Daren Liew lost to P. Kashyap (T) 8-15, 13- strokes to make the most of experience to force another door Stadium on Sunday. In men’s singles, P. Kash­ 15; P.V. Sindhu (T) bt Shreyanshi some loose Djokovic shots. break in the deciding fifth set Despite the victory, Hun­ yap of Rockets clinched the Pardeshi 15-5, 15-10; Priyanshu But the World No. 2 was to take a 2­1 lead and kept his ters is virtually out of con­ Trump match with a clinical Rajawat bt Lee Dong Keun 15- unrelenting, breaking again foot on the gas to claim an tention. It has 10 points, the 15­8, 15­13 win over Daren 13, 15-9; Vladimir Ivanov & N. as Thiem served to stay in the eighth crown from the last 13 same as Mumbai. Liew, giving his team a 2­0 Sikki Reddy bt Kim Sa Rang & set, with the Austrian send­ Australian Opens. The 18­year­old Priyan­ lead. Pia Zebadiah 15-8, 15-8).

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