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THE HINDU DELHI SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Taylor stands tall as Black Caps seal one-day series Jamieson makes a memorable debut; India pays the price for rickety middle­order SCOREBOARD

NEW ZEALAND Southee 15 (25b, 1x4), Shreyas out 79 (79b, Iyer c Latham b Bennett 52 (57b, 8x4, 3x6), Henry Nicholls lbw b 7x4, 1x6), K.L. Rahul b de Grand­ Chahal 41 (59b, 5x4), Tom Blun­ homme 4 (8b), Kedar Jadhav c dell c Saini b Shardul 22 (25b, Nicholls b Southee 9 (27b, 1x4), 3x4), () 73 c de Grand­ (74b, 6x4, 2x6), homme b Neesham 55 (73b, 2x4, lbw b Jadeja 7 (14b), James Nee­ 1x6), b de Grand­ sham run out 3 (5b), Colin de homme 18 (15b, 3x4), Navdeep Grandhomme c Shreyas b Saini b Jamieson 45 (49b, 5x4, Shardul 5 (8b, 1x4), Mark Chap­ 2x6), run out man c & b Chahal 1 (2b), Tim 10 (12b, 1x4), Southee c Saini b Chahal 3 (10b), (not out) 0 (1b); Extras (lb­4, Kyle Jamieson (not out) 25 (24b, w­12): 16; Total (in 48.3 overs): 1x4, 2x6); Extras (b­4, lb­4, 251. w­6): 14; Total (for eight wkts. in FALL OF 50 overs): 273. 1­21 (Mayank, 2.3 overs), 2­34 FALL OF WICKETS (Shaw, 4.6), 3­57 (Kohli, 9.4), 4­ 1­93 (Nicholls, 16.5 overs), 2­142 71 (Rahul, 13.2), 5­96 (Jadhav, (Blundell, 26.3), 3­157 (Guptill, 20.5), 6­129 (Shreyas, 27.3), 7­ 29.2), 4­171 (Latham, 33.1), 5­175 153 (Shardul, 31.1), 8­229 (Saini, (Neesham, 34.2), 6­185 (de 44.3), 9­251 (Chahal, 47.5). Grandhomme, 36.6), 7­187 (Chapman, 37.4), 8­197 Bennett 9­0­58­2, Southee 10­ (Southee, 41.3). 1­41­2, Jamieson 10­1­42­2, de INDIA BOWLING Grandhomme 10­1­54­2, Nee­ Shardul 10­1­60­2, Bumrah 10­ sham 9.3­0­52­1. 0­64­0, Saini 10­0­48­0, Chahal Toss: India; MoM: Jamieson. 10­0­58­3, Jadeja 10­0­35­1. New Zealand won by 22 runs INDIA to take a 2-0 lead in three- Prithvi Shaw b Jamieson 24 (19b, match series. Surprise packet: Kyle Jamieson not only came up with a vital contribution with the bat but also picked up two wickets as 6x4), c Taylor b Next match: Feb. 11 (Tuesday), New Zealand ruled . * AP Bennett 3 (5b), b Mount Maunganui, 7.30 a.m. IST.

unassailable 2­0 lead in the (2/42 and 25 off 24 balls) won dia dear. Opener Martin Guptill vously in the field again. But ning out Jimmy Neesham. hit a four and two sixes to INDIA IN NZ three­match series. the Player­of­the­Match The inexperienced open­ smashed a run­a­ball 79 to things came together after holed bring up their 50­partner­ Press Trust of India award for an all­round show. ing pair of Mayank Agarwal give the Black Caps a good the first , with the visi­ out off Shardul, with Chahal ship off 35 balls. Auckland Hat­trick Ravindra Jadeja (55 off 73 and Prithvi Shaw had anoth­ start, but they lost seven tors piling on the pressure. returning to gleefully accept New Zealand exorcised the The victory also completed a balls) and (45 er poor day. wickets for 55 at one stage. Shardul Thakur got rid of a return catch from Mark New Zealand fined ghosts of a nightmarish T20 hat­trick of ODI wins for the off 49 balls) raised visions of Earlier, the in­form Ross Guptill and Henry Nicholls and then came Chapman. Meanwhile, New Zealand whitewash with a series­ Black Caps starting from pulling off an improbable Taylor produced a rearguard (41) put on 93 for the first the turning point. Guptill set was fined 60 per cent of its clinching 22­run victory their World Cup semifinal in win with a 76­run eighth­ act with an unbeaten half­ wicket. off for a suicidal run and was Throwing his bat match­fee for a slow against India in the second Manchester last year. wicket partnership. to rescue New Zea­ Guptill’s con­ caught short by Shardul’s New Zealand was in danger over­rate. One­Day International here The victory was more , despite run­ land to a competitive 273 for tained eight 4s and three 6s. throw. of not crossing 200 when According to an ICC media on Saturday. creditable as regular skipper ning temperature, was bril­ eight in 50 overs. The breakthrough came only The Kiwis were suddenly Tim Southee was caught off release, Latham’s side was Revenge, as they say, is a and top liant with the new ball as his Taylor scored 73 not out in the 17th over as Yuzvendra down to 157 for three and In­ Chahal. ruled to be three overs short dish best served cold! And, bowlers and in­cutter got rid of Virat Kohli (74b, 6x4, 2x6) — his 51st half­ Chahal trapped Nicholls leg dia made good use of the The leg­spinner finished of the target after time allo­ on a chilly Auckland night, were but it was poor shot selection century — and put on 76 off before. opening. with three for 58. wances were taken into con­ New Zealand defended a to­ unavailable. from a well­set Shreyas Iyer 51 balls for the ninth wicket Chahal had earlier Ravindra Jadeja got into Taylor scored his half­cen­ sideration. Latham pleaded tal of 273 by restricting India New Zealand’s 6 foot 8 (52) and Kedar Jadhav (9) in with Jamieson to lift the dropped Nicholls in the 15th the action, first dismissing tury off 61 balls, while Jamie­ guilty to the offence and ac­ to 251 in 48.3 overs, taking an inch debutant Kyle Jamieson the middle overs that cost In­ hosts from 197 for eight. over as India started ner­ Tom Latham and then run­ son threw his bat around to cepted the sanction. Kohli plays down ODI defeat Surreal, says Jamieson A la Bumrah! IANS Batsmen did it in the first, bowlers this time around: Kiwi skipper Latham Debutant’s dreams come true with allround contribution Auckland Jasprit Bumrah’s success Press Trust of India taken some positives from Press Trust of India with his unique action has Auckland the series. Auckland given a different dimension The high­flying Indians have “This was a game where New Zealand’s debutant to . Videos been brought down by the we could have taken chances pacer Kyle Jamieson termed have often come of kids Kiwis in the ODIs, but an un­ and capitalised. We didn’t his maiden international trying to imitate his action perturbed Virat Kohli says know Saini can be as good game “surreal” after he won and the latest was that of a this format is not much rele­ with the bat. We want guys the Man­of­the­Match award boy from New Zealand. vant this year, referring to to figure out situations them­ here on Saturday. The kid got everything the fast­approaching T20 selves. We could definitely The Black Caps took a 2­0 right in the video because World Cup and the engross­ consider changes, we have lead in the three­match se­ of which it has gone viral, ing fight for World Test nothing to lose now.” ries as Jamieson was in­ receiving considerable res­ championship. New Zealand skipper Tom volved in a vital partnership ponse from current and After the high of the T20 Lotham hailed it as a “great with Ross Taylor and then former players. whitewash, the Indians have victory”. “Last time the bat­ took two for 42. Former New Zealand conceded an unassailable ters won the game, today the The rock: Taylor’s partnership with Jamieson turned vital. * AP player shared 2­0 lead in the ODI series fol­ bowlers did the job. I think Impact the video while former lowing a 22­run defeat in the that total was okay, it was a “Pretty surreal. You kind of “The debut wicket (was When asked if he is more player and commentator second match here on Satur­ funny wicket. We managed grow up dreaming of these more special than the runs). comfortable or bow­ Simon Doull showed the vi­ day. to take wickets upfront and moments. Get your first cap I think hitting the six was a ling, Jamieson said: “That’s a deo to Bumrah and off­ the bowlers kept taking wick­ and hope to make an impact bit of a bonus. My role is to great question. On these spinner Yuzvendra Chahal Impressed Tough customer: Jadeja raised Indian hopes through a fine ets. We’ve had some close and to play some sort of role bowl and take wickets and small grounds, maybe bow­ before the second ODI bet­ “These were two pretty good partnership with Saini. * AP games with India, delighted in helping us first to get to a restrict runs. To get that first ling. I don’t know, I am not ween India and New Zea­ games, great for the fans. I to get the win,” he said. total and then restrict a pret­ one under the belt is quite probably the guy to ask. I land here. am particularly impressed showed great character, but, Kohli said at the post­match “Kyle on debut was fantas­ ty good batting line­up is ve­ special. But I think being don’t bat enough to have a Bumrah laughed while with how we finished the as I said, one­day cricket in presentation. tic. Delighted for him. It’ll be ry pleasing. And to have a se­ able to perform that role, my fair representation, but watching it, while Chahal game. First half we let things this calendar year is not as The India skipper said great to win 3­nil from here. ries win tops it all,” he said core role, is special to me,” look, I enjoy the challenges said, “it’s better than Bum­ slip. I think Saini and Jadeja relevant as T20Is and Tests,” despite the defeat, India has Fingers crossed.” on Saturday. Jamieson said. of both.” rah.” India begins as the favourite IOC lifetime award may give defending champ a run for its money for Gopi Chand

side which fields a fresh led Indian side got the better V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM Olympic disciplines,” the U-19 WORLD CUP squad in every U­19 World of it in the Tri­series in En­ HYDERABAD 46­year­old former All En­ Press Trust of India Cup edition and since there gland and Asia Cup last year, India’s chief National bad­ gland champion said. Potchefstroom is no dearth of talent and a Bangladesh has always put minton coach P. Gopi Chand “Frankly, I think this is Defending champion India is proper structure is in place, up a fight and Sharma ex­ was on Saturday named not just a recognition for me the overwhelming favourite the talent keeps coming up. pects it would be no different among the recipients of the but for all coaches in India. to win a record fifth U­19 “The fact that we allow a on Sunday. International Olympic Com­ And, coming in the Olympic World Cup title here on Sun­ cricketer to play the U­19 “They are a very good mittee’s 2019 Coaches Life­ year, it is a huge morale­ day, but a tough fight is ex­ World Cup only once is a big side. There is a lot of mutual time Achievement Award. booster to badminton,” said pected from first­timer Ban­ reason behind the team’s respect. I can tell you that,” “This award, coming Gopi Chand, who has won gladesh in an all­Asian final. success. Most teams have he said. across Winter and Summer most of the prestigious If the India squad for the cricketers who have played Olympics, and the fact that awards instituted by the Go­ 2018 edition had the likes of in the previous edition,” In­ Maiden final there were so many illus­ vernment of India. Prithvi Shaw and Shubman dia U­19 fielding coach Abhay Considering it is its maiden trious coaches in so many “I must thank the Govern­ Gill, who have expectedly Sharma said. final, it is a bigger game for disciplines across the globe ment of India, Sports Auth­ gone on to play for the senior Bangladesh. If it wins, it will is something which means a ority of India and Badmin­ team, the exploits of opener System working well be a sweet revenge against huge, huge recognition for ton Association of India Yashasvi Jaiswal, spinner Ra­ “It just goes to show that the the subcontinental giant, me,” Gopi Chand told The which have been very sup­ vi Bishnoi and pacer Kartik system under the visionary which has found a way to Hindu on receipt of the portive in me discharging Tyagi in the current edition leadership of Rahul Dravid tame Bangladesh at the se­ news. my duties as the chief Na­ have made them overnight (NCA head) is flourishing. nior level in close finals. “It is all the more special tional coach. But for them it stars. Credit to the BCCI as well “We don’t want to take un­ when you happen to be the would not have been possi­ that other teams want to fol­ wanted pressure. India is a first Indian to get it across all ble,” he said. Undisputed leader low our structure.” very good side. We have to Irrespective of what happens Heading to the mega play our ‘A’ game and do well in Sunday’s final, India has event, India colts played in all three departments. Our reinforced the fact that it is about 30­odd games in diffe­ fans are very passionate the undisputed leader at the rent part of the world. To get about their cricket. I would under­19 level and the crick­ used to the South African want to tell them to keep eting structure the BCCI has conditions, they played a supporting us,” said Bangla­ developed is working better quadrangular series before desh skipper Akbar Ali. than any other board in the they played their World Cup Match starts at 1.30 p.m. world. opener against . (IST). DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD India, which walloped Pa­ In the final, India takes on DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD kistan by 10 wickets in the Bangladesh, a team which B Bangladesh has reaped the semifinal on Tuesday, will be too has reaped the benefits benefits of meticulous playing its seventh final since of meticulous planning since planning since its 2000 when it lifted the tro­ its quarterfinal loss in the quarterfinal loss in the 2018 Huge recognition: P. Gopi Chand was named among phy for the first time. 2018 edition. edition recipients of the IOC’s 2019 Coaches Lifetime Achievement India probably is the only Though the Priyam Garg­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Award. * FILE PHOTO

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