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Page12.Qxd (Page 1) MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2015 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Bangladesh crush India again; Seven-star Yasir leads seal series with 6-wicket win Pakistan to Test win MIRPUR, June 21: ond wicket. batsmen contributed and made it GALLE, June 21: noon in front of some 1,000 for a review as soon as the Due to rain interruption late an easy chase, much to the home fans. umpire raised his finger, was India today slumped to a new in the Indian innings, the hosts delight of the home fans. Leg-spinner Yasir Shah The hosts lost nightwatch- visibly furious as he returned to low as they suffered their first were set a target of 200 in 47 Tamim was lucky to survive claimed a career-best seven for man Dilruwan Perera off the the pavilion. ever ODI series defeat against overs and the Bangladeshi went early when he had not even 76 as Pakistan stunned Sri first ball of the day, clean- Neither hot-spot or snick- Bangladesh following an embar- about their job fearlessly, over- opened his account as the catch Lanka by 10 wickets in the first bowled by Yasir, but the left- ometer technology is part of the rassing six-wicket defeat in the hauling the total with nine overs taken by Virat Kohli off Dhawal Test today to take the lead in handed pair of Karunaratne and Decision Review System for second cricket One-dayer that to spare. Kulkarni was not found clean by the three-match series. Thirimanne put on 69 runs for the series. gave the hosts an unassailable 2- It was highly disappointing the umpires. Yasir spun a web around the the fourth wicket. Karunaratne's patience after 0 lead in the three-match series, show by the star-studded Indians, However, Kulkarni had Sri Lankan batsmen to skittle With the hosts just 15 runs a vigil of more than four hours here. who were outclassed in all Tamim (13) caught in the slip Ex-MLC Rattan Lal Gupta interacting with players at them for a paltry 206 in their ahead, left-arm seamer Wahab at the crease ran out when he Young Bangladeshi paceman departments of the game by the region in the seventh over when Satwari Cantt ground on Sunday. second innings just before tea Riaz had Thirimanne caught attempted a big hit off Yasir, the left-hander edged an away on the fifth and final day. low at first slip by Younis Khan missed the line and was smartly going ball and Shikhar Dhawan Ist Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Pakistan, set a victory target to keep the interest alive during stumped by an agile Sarfraz took a simple catch. of 90, raced home in 11.2 overs Litton Das (36), Mushfiqur Gold Cup Tourney commences with Mohammad Hafeez Rahim (31) and experienced unbeaten on 46 and Ahmed Shakib Al Hasan (51 not out) bat- Shehzad on 43 at the Galle ted with a lot of determination, GNCC registers 6 wkts win International Stadium. foiling all attempts of the Indians It was Pakistan's first Test of making a comeback. win in Sri Lanka since the The Indian pacers and spin- over MSCC in inaugural tie eight-wicket triumph in Kandy ners posed no threat except for Excelsior Sports Correspondent In reply, GNCC chased the in 2006. The second Test starts a few balls when the ball either target in 15.5 overs for the loss at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo turned sharply or bounced JAMMU, June 21: Gandhi of just 4 wickets. Dheeraj Raina on Thursday. high. However the Indian Nagar Cricket Club (GNCC) scored 30 runs off 10 balls and Pakistan's remarkable bowlers lacked consistency and registered 6 wickets win over Sahil Singh made 26 off 16 balls. recovery from 96-5 in the first more than that the home bats- Miran Sahib Cricket Club Arif Khan made 14 runs. innings came after the entire men played with a lot of pur- (MSCC) in the inaugural tie of From MSCC side, Varinder first day's play had been Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne was stump out for 79 M S Dhoni takes the catch to remove Litton Das at Mirpur. pose. the Ist Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar and Jimmy scalped 2 wickets washed out and just 64 overs against Pakistan at Galle on Sunday. Mustafizur Rehman (6/43) yet spirited Bangladeshis who are Earlier, electing to bat in a Bhagat Singh Gold Cup T-20 each, whereas Danny took 1 were bowled on the second day. the lunch break. Ahmed to make it 167-6. again tormented the Indian bats- now on a roll with a string of must-win encounter of the three- Cricket Tournament at Cantt wicket. Opener Dimuth Sri Lanka suffered a mas- It soon became 175-7 as men with his second successive good performances. match series, India kept losing Ground, Satwari. Sahil Singh of GNCC was Karunaratne top-scored with sive blow off the second ball Kithuruwan Vithanage swept a six-wicket haul as the visitors Bangladesh have been doing wickets as Bangladesh bowlers Batting first MSCC scored adjudged as man of the match 79, Lahiru Thirimanne made 44 after resumption when skipper flighted ball to Zulfiqar Babar folded for 200 in 45 overs. well of late in world cricket from once again showed their might. 98 runs for the loss of 9 wickets for his all-round performance. and and Dinesh Chandimal was Angelo Mathews was contro- at square-leg, giving Yasir his The 19-year-old young left- reaching the quarterfinals of the Five Indian batsmen failed to in 20 overs. Sachin scored high- Earlier, the tournament was last man out for 38, but the rest versially given out caught at second haul of five wickets or arm pacer from remote Satkhira World Cup to blanking Pakistan reach double figures with three est 28 runs off 20 balls while declared open by Rattan Lal of the batsmen folded against short leg by TV umpire Chris more in an eight-Test career. village became only the second 3-0 in a recent ODI series. This left without troubling the scorers Dammy made 13 runs. Gupta, Ex MLC and vice presi- Pakistan's incisive bowling. Gaffaney. Dhammika Prasad was bowler in ODI history to record series-win has certainly including Ambati Rayudu, who From GNCC side, Sahil dent J&K National Conference The 29-year-old Yasir The New Zealander upheld stumped off Babar and two five-wicket hauls in his first enhanced their reputation and was a surprise replacement of Khan claimed 3 wickets in 3 in presence of Surinder Singh ripped through the batting as on-field umpire Richard Rangana Herath holed out in two matches. Zimbabwe pacer they can not be considered Asian Ajinkya Rahane. overs and gave 16 runs, whileas Bunty, provincial president, J&K Sri Lanka lost their last five Illingworth, who had ruled that the deep off Yasir, before Brian Vitori is the only other minnows anymore. The Indian opener though Gagandeep took 2 wickets for 19 Youth National Conference. wickets for 39 runs after being the batsman was caught at Chandimal was last man out, bowler to get two fifers in as Bangladesh have also quali- was guilty of playing a loose shot runs. Arif Khan, Sukhvinder and The tournament is being 167 for five at one stage. short-leg off Yasir even though stumped off Yasir. many ODIs first up. fied for the 2017 ICC Champions away from his body and sliced it Sahil Singh claimed one wicket organised by Youth National Sri Lanka took their replays proved inconclusive on The Tests will be followed Indian opener Shikhar Trophy, to be held in England, to point. apiece. Conference Gandhi Nagar. overnight score of 63-2 to 144- whether the ball had come off by five one-day internationals Dhawan made a useful contribu- following this series win. It was Kohli broke lose in the 4 by lunch, before a further six the bat. and two Twenty20 matches. tion of 53 runs while skipper The home batsmen went ninth over to bring India's fifty India's tour may be held next wickets fell on a dramatic after- Mathews, who had called (Agencies) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (47) about their business without any with a six at long on. (PTI) looked horribly out of touch in fuss as openers Tamim Iqbal (13) year if issues remain: Zimbabwe his innings. The only significant and Soumya Sarkar (34) stroked Bopanna, Mergea Rosberg wins again to cut stand of the Indian innings was confidently from the word go. HARARE, June 21: before the tour," the ZC release between Dhawan and Virat Kohli The openers did not put up a end runners-up said. (23) as they added 74 for the sec- great stand but all the following A cloud of uncertainty pre- "If the matters take too long in Halle vailed over India's forthcoming to resolve, ZC and the BCCI Hamilton's lead in title race Chevrolet Cricket Cup HALLE (GERMANY), June 21: tour of Zimbabwe next month might mutually agree to push with the country's cricket Board the tour to next year," ZC chair- SPIELBERG (AUSTRIA), June Alonso and 2007 champion get on the power, went one way, Rohan Bopanna and Florin saying that the series could be man Wilson Manase said in the 21: Kimi Raikkonen caused the race tried to correct and went the KTCC, WCC crush rivals, Mergea ended runners-up at the postponed to next year if the release.
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