MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2020 12 Tewatia leads Rajasthan to five-wicket win Hamilton wins Eifel GP, equals Schumacher’s record Lewis Hamilton equals Michael Schumacher’s 91 race wins at Nurburgring Seventh win of 2020 edges• him closer to German’s tally of titles Max Verstappen KNOW WHAT finished• second Hamilton already holds Ricciardo claims the records for pole Rahul Tewatia and Riyan Parag speak during the match first• Renault podium AP | Dubai positions and podiums off 18 balls, Tewatia repeated scored. He is now in the aggression he had shown AFP | Nurburgring ahul Tewatia and Riyan at Sharjah where he smashed his 14th season in the RParag batted superbly in Kings XI Punjab fast bowler sport and remains the the death overs as Rajasthan Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes ewis Hamilton controlled only driver to have tak- Royals ended its four-match in an over. his emotions yesterday en a win during every losing streak in the Indian Pre- “The wickets were falling so as he equalled Michael Race winner Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP is presented with L a helmet of Michael Schumacher by his son Mick Schumacher season in which he has mier League with a five-wicket I just wanted to hold one end Schumacher’s record of 91 F1 competed victory against Sunrisers Hy- up and wait for the boundary wins with a measured triumph I would be near him in terms his second Nurburgring victory, derabad. balls,” Tewatia said. “I told Ri- and thoughtful homage at the of records so it’s an incredible the other for McLaren in 2011. Assessing his record-equal- Tewatia smashed an un - yan that the wicket was play- Eifel Grand Prix. honour. Daniel Ricciardo was third for ling achievement, Hamilton beaten 45 runs off 28 balls and ing slow and the deeper we After completing his seventh “As I came in the pit lane, that Renault. added: “Ninety-one wins! Phew, 18-year-old Parag hit fast bowl- take it, the better our chances, win of the season, Hamilton was was only when I realised I had it never gets any easier. It’s al- er Khaleel Ahmed for a six to even if we needed 50 off the surprised to be greeted Mick equalled the record. Fastest lap most like it’s getting harder complete the victory. Parag last 4 (overs) because we have Schumacher, the son of the “I hadn’t computed it when I “I just tried to follow Lewis, than it was for my first win in scored 42 off 26 as Rajasthan the shots.” German seven-time champion. crossed the line –- and I couldn’t but the Mercedes was just a lit- Montreal. It’s more demanding reached 163-5 with only one Rajasthan’s Ben Stokes had Mick presented a red helmet have done this without this in- tle too fast for us,” said Verstap- physically, in a different way ball to spare. a forgettable first IPL game from his father’s career collec- credible team pushing behind pen. “But I did manage to grab and mentally demanding too, in Manish Pandey (54) and this season after the England tion to Hamilton. me. So, a big thank you -- and fastest lap for the extra point.” a different way. This has been captain David Warner (48) had allrounder ended his quaran- “Congratulations on a great huge respect to Michael.” Bottas’ bad luck almost cer- just as hard, if not harder, than earlier anchored Hyderabad tine on Saturday. Stokes was achievement,” said Schumacher, Taking full advantage of team- tainly ended his own title bid as my first Grand Prix win.” to 158-4 after Warner won the bowled by Khaleel Ahmed (2- a rising star who is leading the mate and pole-sitter Valtteri Hamilton moved 69 points clear Ricciardo’s podium success toss and chose to bat. 37) for five runs. F2 series. Bottas’ early retirement with in the drivers’ championship. won him a bet with Renault Kane Williamson (22 not In another match, Mumbai Clearly moved, Hamilton engine problems, the runaway Hamilton was quick to warn team boss Cyril Abiteboul who out) lifted Hyderabad’s total Indias cruised to a five-wick- struggled for words. series leader and six-time cham- of Red Bull’s threat. must now get a tattoo prescribed by smashing two sixes against et win over Delhi Capitals “Thank you so much,” he said. pion drove a well-judged race to “Red Bull have a great car and by the Australian. Jofra Archer (1-25) in the 19th in a thrilling clash at the “It’s such an honour. I don’t claim his landmark victory. Max is so impressive,” he said. “Yes, that’s going to happen,” over and Jaydev Unadkat (1-31) Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu know what to say. When you On a circuit where Schu - “It’s going to be close to the end Ricciardo laughed. “It will prob- went for 16 in the last over. Dhabi. grow up watching someone and macher, a seven-time champion, of the season and into the next ably be something to do with But it was Tewatia who took With this win, MI now has idolising them...” won five times, Hamilton came one. The closest racing between me, but with a German flavour the game away from Hydera- overtaken DC as the league “Seeing his dominance for so home 4.5 seconds ahead of Red us is coming over the next 12 as this is the place where we bad. With his team needing 36 leaders on the points table. long, I don’t think I imagined Bull’s Max Verstappen to take months.” did it.” Spain edge Swiss, Germany beat Ukraine in Nations League Rain-man Petrucci wins French MotoGP, AFP | Madrid Quartararo retains championship lead ikel Oyarzabal pounced on Ma horror slip by Swiss cap- We knew that tain Granit Xhaka to seal a 1-0 (Switzerland) were a victory for Spain in the Nations League on Saturday. powerful team, that The night’s other League A they liked to play a Group 4 match saw Germany lot and that they had beat Ukraine 2-1 in Kiev. fewer points than At the Estadio Alfredo Di Ste- they deserved fano in Madrid, usually home MIKEL OYARZABAL of Real Madrid’s second string side, Real Sociedad striker Oyarzabal struck in the 14th creditable 1-1 away draw against minute. Germany before a sparkling 4-0 The Swiss boldly tried to play victory over Ukraine, whom Danilo Petrucci steers his motorbike during the French MotoGP race out from the back, but Xhaka they now face on Tuesday. AFP | Paris slipped as he sought to collect Spain’s Sergio Ramos in action with Switzerland’s Ruben Vargas In Kiev, Germany picked up a goalkeeper Yann Sommer’s pass. first win in their Nations League Mikel Merino pounced and which Sommer could only push It was then the turn of Gerard group with a workmanlike 2-1 anilo Petrucci sprang an threaded the ball through to into the path of Oyarzabal. Moreno to blast high after a away victory over the Ukrain- D“unbelievable” surprise to clubmate Oyarzabal, who fin- The striker’s effort, however, smart twist and turn in front of ians. hold off rookie Alex Marquez ished superbly past Sommer. hit the post and went wide. the Swiss goal after a nice ball Defender Matthias Ginter and win the rain-hit French 2 “I am happy for the victory It was then the turn of Me- from Sergio Canales. gave Germany a first-half lead, MotoGP at Le Mans yesterday. MotoGP races have only and for adding three points,” rino to scuff another prime then Leon Goretzka capital - Home favourite Fabio Quar- been won by Danilo Oyarzabal told Spanish televi- chance. On the hour mark, a Unbeaten run extended ised on a horrible mistake by tararo, supported by 5,000 fans Petrucci out of 146 he has sion. badly cleared corner fell to his Luis Enrique’s side then con- the Ukraine goalkeeper before allowed in to the Bugatti cir- competed in “We knew that (Switzerland) unfavoured right foot and he tented themselves with seeing Ruslan Malinovskyi converted cuit under strict Covid-19 pro- were a powerful team, that they shot high and wide directly in out the game, extending to 14 a late penalty for the hosts. tocols, held onto the champi- liked to play a lot and that they front of goal. their current unbeaten run. Germany coach Joachim onship lead despite struggling win. When the rain came I had fewer points than they de- Sergio Ramos then saw an They have also not lost in Ma- Loew said he was “satisfied” from pole to take ninth. thought ‘it’s not possible’ but served. effort shielded away by Xhaka drid in 20 games dating back with the away win, but admitted Petrucci, riding for Duca- I’ve always been good in the “We also knew they were risk- before a header went just wide to 1987. “we should have been three or ti, won for only the second wet.” ing a lot from behind and we moments later with Spain in the “It was not an easy game, it four goals ahead before they time from 146 MotoGPs. The Quartararo may have failed wanted to pressure them be- driving seat. was not a game in which we scored”. 29-year-old was the seventh in his bid to become the first cause we believed we could rob Switzerland thought they had have been especially fluid,” said “In some phases we gave the different winner of the nine Frenchman to win in the pre- them and hurt them and that’s an equaliser as Xherdan Shaqiri Enrique.