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22 Monday, June 5, 2017 SPORTS Kohli, Yuvraj lead

India’s (L) jumps a shot off the of teammate Yuvraj Singh Scoreboard India c Kumar b Jadeja 33 Birmingham to spare. spinner ’s last R. Sharma out (/Sarfraz Ahmed) 91 run out (Jadeja) 15 ndia Virat Kohli and Kohli, who on Saturday had over of the innings. S. Dhawan c b 68 Sarfraz Ahmed c Dhoni b Pandya 15 IYuvraj Singh made dismissed reports of a rift with India smashed 72 off their V. Kohli 81 Imad Wasim c Jadhav b Pandya 0 pay for fluffing catches with India coach , final four overs as Pakistan’s Yuvraj Singh lbw b 53 Shadab Khan not out 14 quickfire fifties as the holders was equally contemptuous attack wilted. H. Pandya not out 20 c Jadhav b Yadav 9 launched their Champions of Pakistan’s attack during (91) and Trophy title-defence with a blistering innings of 81 (68) laid Extras (lb2, w2, nb2) 6 Hasan Ali c Dhawan b Yadav 0 a rain-affected 124 run not out off just 68 balls that the platform with an opening Total (3 wkts, 48 overs) 319 absent hurt - thrashing of their arch-rivals included six fours and three stand of 136. Pakistan (revised target: 289 in 41 overs) Extras (lb2, w6) 8 at Edgbaston yesterday. sixes. Mohammad Amir was the Azhar Ali c Pandya b Jadedja 50 Total (all out, 33.4 overs) 164 After India made 319 for Left-hander Yuvraj, pick of Pakistan’s attack with lbw b Kumar 12 Result: India won by 124 runs (DLS method) three in 48 overs, the third named man-of-the-match none for 32 in 8.1 overs. Babar Azam c Jadeja b Yadav 8 Man-of-the-match: Yuvraj Singh (IND) rain stoppage of the match left for his game-changing Pakistan with a revised target innings, smashed a rapid 53 Woeful Wahab of 289 in 41 overs when play while helping Kohli add 93 But fellow left-arm fast falling awkwardly in his for the victims of Saturday’s giants in a tournament resumed in bright sunshine. for the third in just bowler Wahab was hugely stride. London terror attack that featuring the world’s top eight But Pakistan, rarely up with 59 balls. expensive, his wicketless 8.4 Before the match, players, killed seven people. ODI teams. the stiff run-rate, finished on That was not the end of overs costing 87 runs. officials and a crowd of 24,156 Pakistan captain Sarfraz Sharma was fortunate 164 for nine, with injured last the run spree, with Hardik Wahab’s day was summed -- a record for a one-day Ahmed won the toss in what when, on 21, he edged Amir man Wahab Riaz unable to Pandya hitting sixes off the up when he was unable to international at Edgbaston -- was the opening Group B just beyond a diving Azhar Ali bat as India won with 44 balls first three balls of left-arm complete his ninth over after observed a minute’s silence match for both the Asian at slip for four. (AFP) Nishikori thanks rain after sinking plucky Chung

Paris Chung forced the contest racquet in frustration. in the opening round, as he apan’s Kei Nishikori into a deciding set as play “I knew I had to change tries to reach the quarter-finals admitted Saturday’s rain resumed yesterday, but the something to beat him today, for the second time in three Jinterruption was crucial after world number 67 double- so I think I made some years. fighting off a fierce five-set faulted on match point to gift adjustments to make little It was the first third-round challenge from rising South Nishikori a 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), better than yesterday. meeting between two Asian Korean talent Hyeon Chung to 0-6, 6-4 victory. “Mentally I was a little more players at Roland Garros, with reach the French Open last 16. “I think the rain helped me a fresh, and physically, too, little 21-year-old Chung conceding Eighth seed Nishikori led the lot, because I was really down more have energy on my legs. Saturday’s weather delay all-Asian duel two sets to one in the fourth set and mentally That helps me a lot.” arrived at an inopportune time. but trailed by a double break I wasn’t ready,” said Nishikori, Nishikori will play unseeded “If I play yesterday, maybe Japan’s Kei Nishikori returns the ball at 3-0 down in the fourth set who received a code violation Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, better for me,” said Chung. when rain halted play. Saturday after smashing a conqueror of Alexander Zverev (AFP)