EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kohli and Jadeja send the South Africans on a leather hunt India declares its first essay at a gargantuan 601 for five and its pacers quickly remove three top­order batsmen SA IN INDIA on the innings but the Pro­ SCOREBOARD teas’ pace duo of Vernon Phi­ Amol Karhadkar lander and Kagiso Rabada INDIA — 1ST INNINGS FALL OF WICKETS Umesh 0 (2b), Theunis de Bruyn PUNE bowled nagging lines early Mayank Agarwal c du Plessis b 1­25 (Rohit, 9.6 overs), 2­163 (batting) 20 (38b, 4x4), Temba Virat Kohli is a master at con­ on in the morning. Rabada 108 (195b, 16x4, 2x6), (Pujara, 50.6), 3­198 (Mayank, Bavuma c Saha b Shami 8 (15b, verting fifties into big hun­ Kohli and Rahane were Rohit Sharma c de Kock b Ra­ 60.6), 4­376 (Rahane, 117.2), 5­ 1x4), Anrich Nortje (batting) 2 dreds. And the India captain fortunate to have not nicked bada 14 (35b, 1x4), Cheteshwar 601 (Jadeja, 156.3). (22b); Total (for three wkts. in couldn’t have asked for a bet­ in the cordon, with Kohli’s Pujara c du Plessis b Rabada 58 SOUTH AFRICA BOWLING 15 overs): 36. (112b, 9x4, 1x6), Virat Kohli (not Philander 26­6­66­0, Rabada ter situation than his 50th soft hands ensuring none of FALL OF WICKETS out) 254 (336b, 33x4, 2x6), 30­3­93­3, Nortje 25­5­100­0, Test as captain to gallop to his edges carried to fielders. 1­2 (Markram, 1.2), 2­13 (Elgar, Ajinkya Rahane c de Kock b Ma­ Maharaj 50­10­196­1, his personal best to virtually After the first hour, while 3.5), 3­33 (Bavuma, 9.1). haraj 59 (168b, 8x4), Ravindra Muthusamy 19.3­1­97­1, Elgar seal the fate of the second Rahane continued to concen­ Jadeja c de Bruyn b Muthusamy 4­0­26­0, Markram 2­0­17­0. INDIA BOWLING Test — and the Freedom Se­ trate on retaining his wicket, 91 (104b, 8x4, 2x6); Extras SOUTH AFRICA — 1ST INNINGS Ishant 4­0­17­0, Umesh 4­1­ ries — on the second day of Kohli started rotating the (lb­6, nb­11): 17; Total (for five Dean Elgar b Umesh 6 (13b, 16­2, Jadeja 4­4­0­0, Shami the game. strike, literally at will. Once wkts. decl. in 156.3 overs): 601. 1x4), Aiden Markram lbw b 3­1­3­1. Thanks to Kohli’s unbea­ Keshav Maharaj’s left­arm ten 254 and contrasting yet spin was introduced, Rahane slightly away from him to give there in the third over of the spinners as South Africa hap­ vital support by his deputy — having survived a close lbw Maharaj a reason to rejoice. session with a flick to fine­leg lessly waited for the declara­ Ajinkya Rahane and allroun­ shout off the first ball — start­ With the 178­run partner­ for a couple off Senuran tion. By the time Jadeja der Ravindra Jadeja, India de­ ed scoring a little freely and ship coming to an end, Jadeja Muthusamy. Then Kohli scooped one to long­off, the clared its first essay at a gar­ he and Kohli were involved in adopted a cautious approach pulled the spinner into the duo had added 97 runs in 10 gantuan 601 for five at the a mini­race for getting to while Kohli continued to stands. overs and helped India cross Maharashtra Cricket Associa­ their fifty and hundred, drive and flick through the The next ball, Faf du Ples­ the 600­run mark. tion Stadium here. respectively. gaps. One of the features of sis — who had earlier failed to The onslaught gave the Umesh Yadav then got rid While Rahane raised his Kohli’s batting in the recent get a finger to at least two bowlers more than an hour of both the tired openers to fifty first with a dab to Anrich years has been his ability to half­chances offered by Kohli to have a go at the tired bat­ leave South Africa reeling at Nortje at mid­wicket for a sin­ On top of his game: Virat Kohli was in pristine form as he smashed a career­best, unbeaten score freely despite not get­ off Maharaj — took a sharp smen and the pacers deli­ 13 for for two. gle, Kohli fittingly crossed his 254. * VIVEK BENDRE ting aerial and it came to the catch in the slips but the re­ vered without any fuss. 26th Test hundred with a fore in plenty as he plun­ plays showed Muthusamy They got rid of three top­ Nagging lines straight­driven four, his 16th, hane survived an attempted switched gears with two glo­ certain his authority in the dered 90 runs in the session. had overstepped. order batsman, forcing the India may have added 328 off Philander. single, with Temba Bavuma’s rious straight drives in an ov­ mini­battle. When the duo returned to Proteas to employ Nortje as a runs to its overnight total of The closest the duo came rocket throw missing the er off Rabada and followed it Rahane, however, couldn’t the crease, Kohli was six runs Toying with spinners nightwatchman who saw off 273 for three in just over 71 to separation was in the last stumps by a whisker. up with two supreme cover deal with a typical left­arm shy of his record seventh The next ten overs saw Jadeja the last 20­odd minutes with­ overs before calling curtains over before lunch when Ra­ Minutes after lunch, Kohli drives later in the spell to as­ spinner’s delivery that spun double hundred, and he got and Kohli toying with the out further damage. A decade on, turning over a new leaf together Amol Karhadkar When Jadeja replaced vice­ slaught after the break PUNE captain Ajinkya Rahane at brought 128 runs in just 15 ov­ In the World­conquering un­ the crease, Kohli was at his ers before Jadeja’s dismissal der­19 squad of India, one breezy best. While his cap­ and the Indian declaration. was the captain, and the oth­ tain was on a rampage, scor­ Despite their association er was his deputy. More than ing 90 runs off 103 balls in the going all the way back to their a decade down the line, the second session, Jadeja played junior days, Jadeja appeared flamboyant Kohli has evolved the second fiddle to perfec­ to have lost the faith of his into India’s most successful tion, accumulating just 25 captain a couple of years ago, Test captain, while Ravindra runs off 59 balls. especially in the shorter for­ Jadeja has emerged as a relia­ It was also imperative for mats. Having clawed his way ble allrounder across Jadeja to showcase his ability back into the blues, the Jam­ formats. to bat responsibly, having nagar jammer also seems to It was fitting that when been promoted to No. 6 with have earned enough confi­ Kohli eclipsed a plethora of India preferring five special­ dence of the team manage­ record to become the first In­ Change for the better? Jadeja’s elevation in the batting order ist batters for the game. ment to bat at No. 6. dian to score seven double could benefit him as well as the team. * VIVEK BENDRE If the Indian think­tank hundreds here at the Maha­ Different tale persists with him at the bat­ rashtra Cricket Association ca with a whirlwind 225­run running between the wickets It was a different tale after ting position, especially while Stadium on a frantic Friday, partnership off just 237 balls. was outstanding, with Kohli tea. Jadeja amassed 66 runs playing at home, Friday Jadeja complemented him With the duo among the converting twos into threes off 45 balls and matched his could well be the first of ma­ from the other end as the duo fittest cricketers, it didn’t the moment Jadeja joined captain stroke for stroke. No ny more partnerships bet­ shut the doors on South Afri­ come as a surprise that their him in the middle. wonder then that the on­ ween by Kohli and Jadeja. ‘India-A games India holds its nerve, pulls off win help bridge gap in standards’ Mithali, Punam help team take an unassailable 2­0 lead Special Correspondent SA WOMEN IN INDIA PUNE Ashwin Achal Mayank Agarwal, the open­ Vadodara er who is one of the suc­ India held its nerve to record cessful by­products of the a five­wicket win over South system involving India­A Africa in the second wo­ tours, said it has been in­ men’s ODI at Reliance Crick­ strumental in bridging the et ground here on Friday. gap between domestic and Chasing a stiff 248­run tar­ international cricket. get, the home team was “India­A games really cruising with Mithali Raj (66, helped bridge the gap bet­ 82b, 4x8) and Punam Raut ween domestic and inter­ (65, 92b, 7x4) at the crease, national cricket because until the duo fell within the the kind of teams you are space of four balls. facing and kind of teams From a comfortable 195 Giving it the treatment: Mithali Raj led from the front as India other countries are fielding for two, India slipped and let defeated South Africa by five wickets. * VIJAY SONEJI for those games are top South Africa back into the quality. So you know that contest. Harmanpreet Kaur board at the ground, she did touch during their 76­run you are almost playing in­ (39 n.o., 27b, 5x4, 1x6), ho­ not realise that she had partnership.