EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Rohit concedes Bangladesh played better This victory frees us up to play ‘When you’re defending such a small target, you need to keep taking wickets’ fearless cricket: Mushfiqur CRICKET ‘The last two or three weeks have been the toughest’ Rakesh Rao Special Correspondent occasion for the Bangladeshi Reflecting on the team’s NEW DELHI New Delhi cricket­lovers since the nine­ core strategy, the seasoned­ “They were better than us to­ Mushfiqur Rahim has script­ wicket triumph ended an campaigner said: “One of day and we accept that we ed many a triumphant tale eight­game losing streak to the top­four batsmen must didn’t play well.” for Bangladesh. But the role India. be there till the end, regard­ Long before Rohit Sharma he played in taking his team “It is a great moment in less of whether you are bat­ signed off the post­match to a historic first victory over Bangladesh cricket. We have ting first or second. It was press conference with this India in a T20 match is going beaten them for the first our plan. It is important that candid admission following to be one of the recall points time in T20Is. We had two of whoever shows good form, India’s nine­wicket drubbing once this wicketkeeper­bat­ our key players missing in must carry it over to the next at the hands of Bangladesh sman is done with the game. our line­up but it was out­ couple of games.” on Sunday, the stand­in skip­ With an international ca­ standing the way the young Adjudged man­of­the­ per sounded confused when reer spanning over 14 years, players stuck together and match for his unbeaten 60, it came to describing the tar­ the 32­year­old former cap­ bowled on this track. It set Mushfiqur said, “the last two get of 149. tain is the highest run­getter up the game. or three weeks have been in Tests for his country. “It wasn’t an easy wicket the toughest situation that I ‘Winning score’ Though his T20 track­re­ to bat against couple of qual­ have faced in my 15­year He started by looking at it as cord could look a lot better, ity spinners. Our guys cricketing career. I told jour­ a “winning score”. Soon, he Mushfiqur is happy as long showed their character. We nalists before I left Bangla­ changed it to “a good, fight­ as he play a match­winning had nothing to lose coming desh that we can come back ing total”. Before long, it was role, much like he did here into this game, and the on the right track with a cou­ “a small target”. Eventually, on Sunday. whole series. It has given us ple of wins in India. It will he called it “only 140­plus”. a great cushion, and frees us bring back smiles and calm­ In short, the target was seen Momentous occasion up to play fearless cricket,” ness to the team, and the na­ differently by Rohit in res­ It was indeed a momentous said Mushfiqur. tion.” ponse to different questions. Consider these: “We de­ cided, if we bat first, we have to look to get somewhere around 140­150. We had seen that before as well, when we’ve played on pitches like that, a winning score be­ comes somewhere around Need to strike: The Indian team, which reached Rajkot on Monday, will have to bring its ‘A’ game in the second T20I.* PTI 140­150.” Minutes later, Rohit came they (Khaleel Ahmad and On the unsuccessful re­ nation of a ’keeper and a <> We want to win and up with this: “We didn’t get Deepak Chahar) still need to view, Rohit said, “you’ve got bowler that influence those we can do that only enough runs on the board. understand, when they are to trust your bowler or your decisions when the captain by executing our Whatever we got was a good, defending smaller targets, ’keeper — what they say. is not in the right position to skills. That’s what we fighting total, where we can they need to bowl according Based on that we always try make one.” failed to do today fight, and get the game to­ to the plan. They will learn and make that decision. Of wards us but when you’re from playing games like this course, Rishabh Pant is still Guarded In cricket, we all are students defending such a small tar­ where you’re defending only very young. He will need Finally, looking at this young of the game, and we under­ get, you need to keep taking 140­plus.” time to understand those Bangladesh combination, stand every game is a new wickets.” To his credit, the stand­in kind of things. Rohit sounded guarded. game. We want to win and Further, while defending captain was forthcoming in “It’s too soon to judge “A lot of new guys are we can do that only by exe­ the fast bowlers’ perfor­ admitting, “we lacked in whether he can make those here, and there’s no way that cuting our skills. That’s what Getting it right: Mushfiqur Rahim is happy with the way the young players bowled and set up mances, Rohit said, “I feel, terms of decision making.” decisions or not. It’s a combi­ we can take this team lightly. we failed to do today.” Bangladesh’s victory. * SANDEEP SAXENA Indian women draw level Parshant Singh soars to a new high in pole vault NATL. JR. ATHLETICS Roy (girls under­20 100m jith, Akhil Babu, T.K. Sayooj and ya Sunny, Anjali P.D. Dileesh, Press Trust of India hurdles) , Delhi’s Chanda C.R. Abdul Razak) 1:55.96, 2. Aparna Roy and Mrudula Maria NORTH SOUND Special Correspondent (girls under­20 3km), Harya­ Maharashtra 1:56.50, 3. Tamil Babu) 47.18s (NMR, OMR 47.28, Punam Raut (77) starred Guntur na’s Anisha Dahiya (girls un­ Nadu 1:56.89. Kerala, Chennai, 2005), 2. Kar­ with the bat before the spin­ Haryana’s Parshant Singh der­20 hammer throw), Te­ Under­16: 100m hurdles: 1. nataka 47.72; 3. TN 48.74s. ners put up a fine perfor­ Kanhaiya broke a 33­year­old jas Ashok Shirse and Delhi’s R.K. Viswajith (Ker) 13.67s, 2. Under­18: 100m hurdles: 1. mance to set up India’s com­ National under­20 pole vault Harshita Sherawat (girls un­ Ruturaj Dattatray Nale (Maha) P.M. Thabitha (TN) 13.70s 13.76s, 3. V. Vishnukumar (TN) (NMR, OMR 13.76s, Aparna Roy, fortable 53­run win over record with an effort of der­18 hammer throw) today. 13.88s. 5km: 1. Amit (Har) Ranchi, 2018), 2. Agasara Nan­ West Indies in the second 5.05m in 35th National ju­ The results: Finals: Boys: Un­ 20:27.82 ( NNR & MR , OR dini (TS) 14.47, 3. Ann Rose To­ ICC Women’s Championship nior athletics championship der­20: 10m hurdles: 1. Abhish­ 21:17.63, Amit, Ranchi, 2019), 2. my (Ker) 14.48s. Javelin: 1. Jyo­ ODI here. India defended a at Acharya Nagarjuna Un­ ek Vinay Ubhe (Maha) 13.84s, 2. Anshul Dhoundiyal (Utk) ti (Har) 48.01m, 2. Dhanmati modest 191, by bowling out iversity campus here on L.Yashwanth Kumar (AP) 21:16.71, 2. Rohit Kumar Yadav Xess (Odi) 40.62m, 3. Amisha West Indies for 138, to level Monday. 14.00s, 3. S. Veeraraghavendra (Guj) 21:51.23. 1000m medley Devendrabhai Solanki (Guj) the three­match series 1­1 Parshant, the defending (TN) 14.01. 5km: 1. Sunil Dawar relay: 1. Haryana (Kapil, Dush­ 39.92m. Hammer throw: 1. Har­ here on Sunday night. Left­ champion, came up with the (MP) 14:30.93, 2. Bahadur Patel yant, Ankit and Sanjit Balhara) shita Sherawat (Del) 59.35m arm orthodox Rajeshwari third best jump by an Indian (MP) 14:34.71, Gurpreet (Har) 1:59.90, 2. Maharashtra (NMR, OMR 58.23m, Poonam Gayakwad, leg­break spe­ pole vaulter this year behind 14:34.78. Long jump: 1. Lokesh 2:00.18, 3. Telangana 2:00.56. Jakhar, Mangalagiri, 2017), 2. L. Sathyanathan (Kar) 7.79m Kessia Mariam Benny (Ker) cialist Poonam Yadav and Siva Subramaniam (5.16m) Parshant Singh Kanhaiya. Under­14: Shotput: 1. Moham­ (NMR ­ OMR 7.72m, M Sreesh­ mad Sahib Salmani (UP) 13.51m, 55.27m; 3. Ritu (Har) 51.03m. off­spinner Deepti Sharma Standing firm: Punam Raut anchored the Indian innings with a and K.G. Jessan (5.10m). * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ankar, Manglagiri, 2017), 2. 2. Hansdeep Singh (Har) 1000m medley relay: 1. Karna­ did the trick for the visitors. responsible half­century. * FILE PHOTO: PRASHANT NAKWE The Haryana athlete, who Rishabh Rishiwar (UP) 7.29m, 3. 13.16m, 3. Yash Verma (Del) taka (D. Aanchal Rajesh, V. Var­ lay: 1. Kerala (Anukool Joseph, was pushed hard by Maha­ Sunny Kumar (Bih) 7.14m. 12.12m. sha, Jyothika and Priya Hab­ SCOREBOARD rashtra’s Rakesh Gond and Anith John, K. Bijith and C. Ab­ bathanahally) 2:11.44 ( NMR, Pole vault: 1. Parshant Singh Girls: Under­20: 100m hurdles: who came up with his perso­ hinav) 41.28s ( NMR, OMR OMR 2:11.90, Kerala, Ranchi, INDIA Alleyne 10­2­38­2, King 7­1­ Fletcher b Deepti 14, Anisa Mo­ Kanhiya (Har) 5.05m ( NNR & 1. Aparna Roy (Ker) 14.00s 41.37s, Kerala, Chennai, 2005), 2015), 2. Kerala 2:12.78; 3. Ha­ Priya Punia c Campbelle b Gajn­ 22­0, Gajnabi 5­0­23­1, hammed (not out) 3; Extras nal best of 4.90m, eclipsed MR ­ ONR 5.00m, Vijay Pal (NMR, OMR 14.09s, Sapna Ku­ the previous record of Vijay 2.