EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TV PICKS I wanted to do it for All-England Badminton Championships: Star Sports 3, 3.30 p.m. the team: Unadkat Premier League: SS Select 1 (SD & HD), 6 p.m. & 8.30 p.m. The side has come a long way playing ISL: (Final): Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), 7.30 p.m. lots of finals, says the skipper IN BRIEF Special Correspondent “I wanted to do it for the Rajkot team. I wanted to prove to Saurashtra skipper Jaydev myself that I don’t want to Unadkat on Friday said the play the game for something self­belief gained from the other than cricket.” tough semifinal win over India Test batsman Puja­ Gujarat helped his side turn ra, who battled health issues the tide in its favour on the while putting up a crucial last day of the Ranji Troply century partnership with final. Arpit Vasavada, said it was a Czech Olympic champion tough innings. “I’m some­ Dana Zatopkova dead Unadkat said Saurashtra, which had some players one who likes to lead from PRAGUE Dana Zatopkova, the 1952 who were sick, was keen to the front, but here I had to Olympic javelin champion and win its maiden title. bat lower down the order. wife of four­time Olympic “Though the energy levels champion Emil Zatopek, died were down, I think the way Frustrating at the age of 97 on Friday, Champions: Saurashtra team celebrates after trumping Bengal in the Ranji Trophy final.* VIJAY SONEJI we won the semifinal gave “It was frustrating. On day the Czech Olympic us belief. two when I walked in, it was Committee said. Besides the “We still had a lot of hope not easy. I felt a blackout, so gold from the Helsinki and that is why we went it was tough. But you have to Olympics, Zatopkova won the Saurashtra wins maiden Ranji title through,” said an emotion­ be motivated and set a good Olympic silver in Rome in ally­charged Unadkat. example. 1960. In 1958, she set the “This was probably one World record of 55.73m at Unadkat springs into action to put the skids on Bengal’s innings Top achievement of my slowest innings in the the age of 35. She was For Unadkat, winning the domestic circuit. It was a European champion in 1954 Y.B. Sarangi The match ended in a balls later, he ran Akash Deep to trigger wild celebrations in 55­1, Dharmendrasinh 52­14­ Ranji Trophy was the top tough pitch. Needed to put and 1958. AFP RAJKOT draw, with the home side out freakishly to swing the the home camp. 114­3, Mankad 21­7­45­2, Chi­ achievement. “It has never my head down and play a A magnificent tale of grind posting 105 for four in its se­ match in the host’s favour. The scores: rag Jani 23­8­32­1. gotten bigger than this. Not crucial knock.” and toil came to a halt as Sau­ cond essay and Saurashtra Akash’s run out hampered Saurashtra — 1st innings: 425 Saurashtra — 2nd innings: Har­ just my achievement, it’s my On winning the cham­ rashtra, led by an inspiring took the title in its fourth fi­ Bengal’s progress and hurt its Bengal — 1st innings: Sudip vik Desai c Abhishek (sub) b State’s achievement. pionship, Pujara said, Jaydev Unadkat, stopped nal appearance in last eight morale. Gharami c Vishvaraj b Dharmen­ Shahbaz 21, Avi Barot c Shreyan “We have had a glorious “When we came to finals Bengal on the fifth and final seasons on the basis of gain­ Wicketkeeper Avi Barot’s drasinh 26, Abhimanyu Easwa­ (sub) b Chatterjee 39, Vivhva­ cricketing legacy to carry as last year, we had discussed ran lbw b Mankad 9, Sudip day to win its maiden title ing the first innings lead. throw missed the stumps fol­ rajsinh Jadeja c Saha b Akash 17, well. The team has come a that we had the potential to Chatterjee c Vishvaraj b Dhar­ Arpit Vasavada c Abhishek (sub) and bring the Ranji Trophy to The first 83 minutes of the lowing Unadkat’s delivery. mendrasinh 81, Manoj Tiwary long way, playing lots of win. We decided to work its spiritual home on Friday. morning belonged to Noticing that Akash was still b Shahbaz 3, Sheldon Jackson finals.” hard for the trophy.” lbw b Jani 35, Wriddhiman Saha (not out) 12, Extras (b­8, lb­4, At the Saurashtra Cricket Unadkat. out of his crease marginally, b Mankad 64, Anustup Majum­ nb­1) 13, Total (for three wick­ The left­arm pacer, who Pujara said he expected Association Stadium here, the Saurashtra skipper dar lbw b Unadkat 63, Shahbaz ets in 34 overs) 105 topped the bowling chart Unadkat to return to the In­ A lovely gesture by Bengal, starting from 354 for Able leadership picked up the ball and hit the Ahmed b Sakariya 16, Arnab with 67 wickets, said his dian side. “Jaydev was mod­ Cavaliers’ Love six and needing 72 runs to The lanky left­arm seamer stumps successfully. Televi­ Nandi (not out) 40, Akash Deep Fall of wickets: 1­38, 2­65, 3­ hunger was stronger than est that he would not be 82, 4­105 LOS ANGELES overhaul the host’s first in­ exhibited exemplary leader­ sion replays showing Akash’s (run out) 0, Mukesh Kumar c ever. “I have been working thinking about the Indian Cleveland Cavaliers forward nings aggregate of 425 runs, ship to inspire his team to lack of effort in putting his Vishvaraj b Dharmendrasinh 5, Bengal bowling: Porel 3­1­ harder than many guys. It call but I will be surprised if Kevin Love has committed could not hold out against win the coveted trophy, bat or foot inside the line baf­ Ishan Porel lbw b Unadkat 1, Ex­ 15­0, Mukesh 12­2­33­0, Shah­ was not just the IPL on my he is not picked in the In­ tras (b­20, lb­14, nb­1, w­1, $100,000 to help workers at Unadkat’s intensity and fell named after Ranjitsinhji of fled many. baz 14­5­32­2, Akash 4­0­13­1, mind at any time. dian team,” said Pujara. pen­5) 41, Total (in 161 overs) the team's arena and support short by 44 runs. Jamnagar. Even as Arnab Nandi (40 Chatterjee 1­1­0­1. staff impacted by the 381 Result: Saurashtra won on the Unadkat took two wickets Unadkat dealt the first not out, 126b, 5x4, 1x6) Fall of wickets: 1­35, 2­35, 3­ suspension of the NBA basis of gaining first innings for 12 runs in seven overs and blow when he trapped dan­ fought a lone battle, Dhar­ 124, 4­225, 5­241, 6­263, 7­361, season. The dearth of games lead will be a big financial blow to effected a run out as Bengal german Anustup Majumdar mendrasinh Jadeja claimed 8­361, 9­370 the legion of ticket­takers, could only manage 27 runs in (63) in front with a beauty in Mukesh Kumar’s wicket and Saurashtra bowling: Unadkat Man of the match: Arpit Vasa­ ushers and food vendors who 14 overs to total 381. the sixth over of the day. Two Unadkat had Ishan Porel lbw 37­10­96­2, Sakariya 28­10­ vada. keep the events running but don't get paid when they aren't working. “... I'm committing $100,000 Australia crushes New Zealand 23 NCOEs to be through the @KevinLoveFund in support of the @Cavs arena Kiwis restrict Aussie batsmen, but stumble in chase and support staff that had a set up sudden life shift due to the Agence France-Presse home side at one stage was the Australian innings lost suspension of the NBA Sydney looking at a score in excess momentum and New Zea­ Special Correspondent chef and nutritionists, in dif­ season,” Love wrote on Australia crushed New Zea­ of 300 following a superb land clawed its way back into NEW DELHI ferent NCOEs to ensure best Instagram. AFP land by 71 runs in the first opening partnership by the game, despite a late Twenty­three National quality diet and sports One­Day International at an Finch and David Warner. flourish from Marnus Labus­ Centres of Excellence science facilities to all. Bengaluru races The coveted one: Seasoned campaigners Jaydev Unadkat empty Sydney Cricket (NCOE) will be set up across “The meeting also ap­ cancelled But once Warner (67) and chagne, who made 56 off 52 and Cheteshwar Pujara are pleased as punch as they hold the Ground on Friday. the country which will proved construction of 25 * BENGALURU: Finch (60) were dismissed, balls. Ranji Trophy. VIJAY SONEJI After New Zealand had merge all existing schemes hostels, creating an addi­ In view of the notifications, SCOREBOARD directions, advisories issued kept the home side to 258 for presently operating in the tional residential capacity by the Government of India seven, the Australian bow­ Regional Centres and Aca­ for 8000 people in different Australia: D. Warner c Sodhi b Williamson b Zampa 19, R. and State Government ling attack dismissed the vis­ demic Institutions of Sports NCOEs. Road to Wimbledon itors for 187. Ferguson 67, A. Finch c Latham Taylor c Starc b Marsh 4, T. Authority of India (SAI). “It also approved sports Authorities regarding b Santner 60, S. Smith b Sant­ Latham c Short b Hazlewood Cricket Australia barred According to the deci­ infrastructure upgradation precautionary measures to be ner 14, D.