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Dashing Kohli Leads the Way As India Pack Off West Indies Salah strikeke takes Egyptpt into Africa Cup of Nations last 16 FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2019 PAGE 12 Serena seeking return to form in quest CRICKET WORLD CUP of 24th crown at Wimbledon PAGE 13 SRI LANKA VS SOUTH AFRICA ‘UNBEATEN’ INDIA MOVE A STEP CLOSER TO WORLD CUP SEMIS Don’t bring politics into sport: Holding WI great refuses ICC diktat not to refer the term ‘Chinaman’ AJAY NAIDU MANCHESTER IT’S not just America that has a problem with China as it threatens to overtake it to become the next superpower. Former West Indies pace It seems even the Interna- bowling great Michael Holding tional Cricket Council (ICC) at Old Trafford in Manchester has a problem with China! on Thursday. Or else why would the ICC STANDINGS ask its commentators not to and Pakistan. TEAM P W L T NR PTS refer to the term ‘Chinaman’ And soon, as he pulled which basically is a left-arm a short delivery from pac- AUSTRALIA 7 6 1 0 0 12 spinner’s version of ‘Googly’? er Kemar Roach over the INDIA 6 5 0 0 1 11 Well, strange as it may mid-wicket fence for a six, NEW ZEALAND 7 5 1 0 1 11 seem the ICC, for reasons he equalled Mahendra Sin- ENGLAND 7 4 3 0 0 8 best known to them, asked gh Dhoni’s record of 225 BANGLADESH 7 3 3 0 1 7 its commentators to avoid sixes, the most hit by an PAKISTAN 7 3 3 0 1 7 saying ‘Chinaman’ on air. Indian batsman in one-day SRI LANKA 6 2 2 0 2 6 The only problem was, cricket in his 211th ODI ap- WEST INDIES 7 1 5 0 1 3 a certain Michael Holding pearance. SOUTH AFRICA 7 1 5 0 1 3 didn’t agree and, true to him- Had he hit one more six, AFGHANISTAN 7 0 7 0 0 0 self, he put his foot down. he would have surpassed Note: Top four teams qualify for semi-finals. “Chinaman is a cricket- Dhoni to the fourth position ing term and shall continue among the batsmen with to say it. Don’t bring politics most number of sixes in India’s players celebrate beating the West Indies in their 2019 Cricket World Cup group stage match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on Thursday. India won by 125 runs to into sports,” the no-non- one-day cricket. But, as luck move into the semi-finals of the tournament. India, who won the 1983 World Cup in England and in 2011 in India, have been unbeaten in this tournament so far. (AFP) sense West Indian legend would have it, he was out told this scribe. caught behind getting a faint For the record, India’s edge to the wicketkeeper left-arm spinner Kuldeep off Kemar Roach. The um- Dashing Kohli leads the way Yadav dismissed Pakistan’s pire didn’t give him out so mainstay Babar Azam with the West Indies asked for a a ‘Chinaman’ that beat the referral and the TV Umpire batsman in the air and Michael Gough gave him through the gate. out much to the surprise of as India pack off West Indies Rohit himself. Rohit equals Dhoni’s The list is currently record of sixes led by former Pakistan all- SCOREBOARD The sun was shining bright- rounder Shahid Afridi, who ly. The stands at Old Traf- has a staggering 351 sixes to INDIA (Pandya), 7-252 (Shami). Sheldon Cottrell lbw b Chahal 10 K. L. Rahul b Holder 48 Bowling: Cottrell 10-0-50-2 (2w); Roach 10-0-36-3; Oshane Thomas c Sharma b Shami 6 ford were a sea of blue as In- his name. Afridi is followed Rohit Sharma c Hope b Roach 18 Thomas 7-0-63-0 (2w); Allen 10-0-52-0; Holder 10-2- Extras: (b9, lb3, nb1, w5) 18 dian supporters came out in by West Indian talisman Virat Kohli c sub b Holder 72 33-2; Brathwaite 3-0-33-0 (2w). TOTAL: (All out, 34.2 overs) 143 huge numbers. And Indian Chris Gayle, who has so far Vijay Shankar c Hope b Roach 14 WEST INDIES Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Gayle), 2-16 (Hope), 3-71 Kedar Jadhav c Hope b Roach 7 Chris Gayle c Jadhav b Shami 6 (Ambris), 4-80 (Pooran), 5-98 (Holder), 6-107 captain Virat Kohli won a hit 324 sixes in ODIs. Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 56 Sunil Ambris lbw b Pandya 31 (Brathwaite), 7-107 (Allen), 8-112 (Hetmyer), 9-124 good toss and batted first. Against Pakistan, Rohit H. Pandya c Allen b Cottrell 46 Shai Hope b Shami 5 (Cottrell), 10-143 (Thomas). Thus the atmosphere had already surpassed Dhoni Mohd. Shami c Hope b Cottrell 0 Nicolas Pooran c Shami b Yadav 28 Bowling: Shami 6.2-0-16-4 (1w); Bumrah 6-1-9-2; was just perfect for Rohit to record the most number Kuldeep Yadav not out 0 Shimron Hetmyer c Rahul b Shami 18 Pandya 5-0-28-1 (1nb); Yadav 9-1-35-1 (2w); Jadhav Extras: (1b, w6) 7 Jason Holder c Jadhav b Chahal 6 1-0-4-0; Chahal 7-0-39-2. Sharma to continue with his of international sixes. Rohit TOTAL: (For 7 wickets, 50 overs) 268 Carlos Brathwaite c Dhoni b Bumrah 1 Result: India won by 125 runs sublime form. Already the – 4th highest in the world Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Sharma), 2-98 (Rahul), 3-126 Fabian Allen lbw b Bumrah 0 Man-of-the-Match: Virat Kohli. Indian opener had struck – has 358 sixes (including (Shankar), 4-140 (Jadhav), 5-180 (Kohli), 6-250 Kemar Roach not out 14 Toss: India two hundreds in this World ODIs, T20Is and Tests) com- Cup against South Africa pared to Dhoni’s 355. one-day team, remain the only dulkar and Caribbean bats- Gayle mistimed a short ball unbeaten side in the tourna- man Brian Lara both required from Shami and was caught ment and need just one victory 453 international innings to by Kedar Jadhav to the left of from their remaining three reach the landmark. mid-on after struggling to just league games to guarantee a Wicketkeeper-batsman six runs off 19 balls. semi-finals berth. M.S. Dhoni and Hardik Pan- Shai Hope tried to take Michael fancies playing West Indies joined Afghan- dya boosted the total, putting the Shami on and hit him for istan and South Africa as the on 70 runs for the sixth wicket a boundary but the bowler re- three teams to bow out of the to punish the otherwise-disci- sponded by rattling his stumps wicket-taking bowlers race for the final four so far. plined bowlers. with the next ball as West In- “We can’t complain, we Pandya hit 46 off 38 balls dies slipped to 16-2. AJAY NAIDU have just become the number while Dhoni remained unbeat- It was all downhill from MANCHESTER one side in the world and we en on 56, ending the innings there for a struggling Caribbe- have been playing like that for with a big six. an side who failed to maintain WHEN he used to bowl for the India captain Virat Kohli during his knock of 79 runs at Old Trafford a while now,” said captain and The West Indies bowlers, momentum after their open- West Indies, he was fast and in Manchester on Thursday. Kohli, who set up the win for his side, man-of-the-match Kohli. led by paceman Kemar Roach, ing win against Pakistan. furious. The man whose run up became the fastest batsman to reach 20,000 international runs “Things hadn’t gone our had kept India in check until the West Indies captain Jason to the wicket and smooth action in his 417th innings. (REUTERS) way with the bat in the last latter stages, stemming the flow Holder said: “We let ourselves was a sight to behold, ‘Whisper- few games but we have found of runs with regular wickets. down with the bat. We didn’t ing Death’ as Michael Holding AFP to lay the foundations for In- a way to win.” Roach returned impressive seize the moment but I would was referred to during his play- MANCHESTER dia’s 268 for seven after elect- Shami, who took a hat- figures of 3-36 in his 10 overs, have taken chasing 268. We ing days now speaks with the ing to bat first at Manchester’s trick in the previous game, re- including the wicket of India didn’t do it. We have let our- freedom and authority of a man SKIPPER Virat Kohli’s gritty Old Trafford. turned figures of 4-16, remov- opener Rohit Sharma for 18. selves down significantly in who knows his trade. Kemar Roach is the only bowler half-century and an incisive The Indian bowlers, led ing the dangerous Chris Gayle Kohli, whose 82-ball knock this tournament. The bowlers And indeed, having played worthy of being in West Indies bowling performance pow- by paceman Mohammed early after a scratchy innings included eight boundaries, had a reasonable campaign the game with great passion and team for one-dayers, according ered India to a comprehensive Shami, then dismissed West from the opener. extended his fine run of form but our batting has been too pride, Holding just cannot un- to Michael Holding. 125-run win over West Indies Indies for 143 in 34.2 overs to But it was Kohli who set with some eye-catching shots inconsistent.
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