MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Vihari, Rahane gradually taking it Bengaluru Bulls beat league toppers Sindhu becomes first Indian shuttler to win Jaipur Pink Panthers 41-30 in PKL away from West Indies NEW DELHI, Aug 25: per match). World C'ships gold, beat Okuhara in final And it was the raider-heavy NORTH SOUND (Antigua), BASEL (Switzerland), Rohit Kumar's impressive side that started the half positively, Aug 25: Aug 25: show helped defending champi- with captain Rohit impressing in Ajinkya Rahane scored first ons Bengaluru Bulls beat league his raids. P V Sindhu scripted history Test century in two years while toppers Jaipur Pink Panthers 41- Jaipur had been struggling in today as she became the first Hanuma Vihari was unbeaten on 30 in a Pro Kabbadi League the raids in the recent past, and the Indian to win Badminton World 81 as India tightened their grip match at the Thyagaraj Complex trend continued as captain Deepak Championships gold by beating over the West Indies in the series- here today. Niwas Hooda struggled to lead his arch-rival Nozomi Okuhara of opener, here today. Rohit finished the match with unit's attack. Japan in a lop-sided summit clash Vihari (81) and Rahane (102) 13 raid points as Bengaluru The Bulls' defence, manned here. raised an unbeaten over 100-run inflicted a heavy, demoralising by Mahender Singh and Saurabh The Olympic silver-medallist partnership for the fifth wicket, loss on the season one champions. Nandal, were in no mood to let Indian won 21-7 21-7 in the final before Rahane fell in 108th over, The raiding performance by Jaipur's raider settle into the that lasted just 38 minutes. PV Sindhu celebrating her victory after clinching gold in after India lost skipper Virat Kohli, Rohit Kumar also saw him cross match, strangling Pink Panthers' Two years after being robbed Badminton World Championship at Basel Switzerland on Sunday. taking India to 323 for 5 post lunch 50 raid points for the season but ability to score points. off the gold by Okuhara in an epic edition while Saina Nehwal taking control of the match. on the fourth day for an overall the game was won by Bulls' all- A Rohit raid in the 12th 110-minute final at Glasgow that bagged a silver and a bronze in Sindhu eventually grabbed as lead of 401 runs. round performance that saw their minute led to the first All-Out of was considered as one of the 2015 and 2017 respectively in many as 13 game points when Rahane, who scored 81 in the greatest battles in badminton his- Rahane executing a shot during his knock of 102 runs women's singles. Okuhara went long and she sealed first innings, scored a Test hundred tory, Sindhu finally exorcised the since his 132 against Sri Lanka in against West Indies. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini the first game with a body blow ghost of that heart-wrenching loss Ponnappa also won a bronze in which her rival sent out. August 2017. bowled a few testing deliveries, it Rahul (38) and Chesteshwar with a completely dominating win women's doubles in 2011 while B In the second game, Sindhu For Vihari it's only his second largely remained an untroubled Pujara (25) added 43 runs for the over the same opponent. Sai Praneeth was the latest to join continued her rampaging form, Test fifty. stay for both Rahane and Vihari. second wicket to take India for- "Last time, I lost in the final, the club as he settled for a bronze grabbing two quick points before Resuming at 185 for three, Opener Mayank Agarwal (16) ward. before that also I lost in the final, in the men's singles in this edition Okuhara earned a point with a India lost Kohli (51) when his was the first wicket to fall for India Rahul, however, gave away his so it is a very important win for on Saturday. cross court smash. leading edge off Roston wicket, bowled by SCOREBOARD me. I want to thank the crowd for Sindhu, who has also won a Okuhara had no answer to Chase flew to John Chase. He went supporting me. I won it for my Campbell, who took the India 1st Innings: 297 all out silver each in the 2018 Sindhu's razor sharp returns. The across his stumps country and I am very proud being Commonwealth Games and 2018 Indian made the Japanese run to catch on second attempt. West Indies 1st Innings: 222 all out while going for a an Indian," Sindhu said after the That ended the fourth- India 2nd Innings: (overnight 185/3) Asian Games, was a in different the deep corners with her acute sweep, only to match. class today as she toyed with her angled returns and then swiftly wicket partnership between KL Rahul b Chase 38 expose all the three "A big thanks to my coach Japanese opponent in all depart- followed them at the net to make Kohli and Rahane that Mayank Agarwal lbw b Chase 16 stumps and the West Kim and Gopi sir and my support- ments of the game. life difficult for her opponent. yielded 106 runs for India. Cheteshwar Pujara b Roach 25 Indian spinner stuck ing staff and I dedicate this win to The fifth seeded Indian, who Okuhara seemed clueless as The other overnight Players in action during PKL match between Bengaluru Virat Kohli c Campbell b Chase 51 as the batsman failed my mom, it's her birthday today," enjoyed a 8-7 head-to-head lead she ended up hitting the nets or batsman Rahane was joined Bulls and Pink Panthers at New Delhi on Sunday. Ajinkya Rahane c Holder b Gabriel 102 to connect the ball. she added. over third seeded Okuhara ahead missing the lines to allow Sindhu by Vihari, who easily Hanuma Vihari batting 81 An over later, It was third time lucky for of Sunday's contest, was simply grab 11-4 lead at the interval. worked the ball around in defenders Mahender Singh, the match as the Bulls cruised to a Rishab Pant batting 4 Roach went through Sindhu who had lost to Okuhara unstoppable as she dished out an Nothing changed after the gaps to keep the scoreboard Saurabh Nandal and Mohit 9 point lead. Extras: (B-4,LB-6) 10 Pujara's defence to and Carolina Marin of Spain attacking game right from the start breather as a relentless Sindhu ticking. Sehrawat secure High 5s (5 tackle The first half ended with the respectively in the 2017 and 2018 Total: (For 4 wickets in 101 overs) 328 reduce India to 81 for to race to 8-1 lead. kept her stranglehold on the Holder now made it all- points) -- a first in Pro Kabaddi scores 22-8 with Bulls dominating three. finals to settle for a silver twice. The Indian targeted the deep Japanese, who crumbled under spin attack by introducing Bowling: Kemar Roach 20-8-29-1, Shannon Gabriel League history. in every aspect of the game. The Before that, India With her fifth medal of the corners and unleashed her big pressure. 17-3-63-1, Roston Chase 37-6-124-3, Jason Holder The match had been billed as a Bulls were blamed for taking their John Campbell from the bowled out West World Championships, the 24- smashes to gather points at will. At 16-4, Sindhu made a cou- 15-4-34-0, Miguel Cummins 7-1-20-0, John battle between attack vs defence foot off the pedals in their narrow other end. Indies for 222 in 74.2 year-old Indian was already one A precise net shot helped ple of rare errors when she hit Campbell 5-0-14-0, Carlos Brathwaite 7-0-24-0. as the league's second-best raiding loss against Dabang Delhi in their As soon as the new ball overs in their first of the greatest ever women's sin- Okuhara to snap Sindhu's run of long but that did not matter as she unit Bengaluru Bulls (averaging previous encounter and it was not was available, pacers Kemar in the second innings, trapped by innings in reply to 297 with Ishant gles players in the showpiece straight eight points but the Indian pounced on a weak return from 19 raid points per match) took on surprising to see the team contin- Roach and Shannon Gabriel oper- Chase in the 14th over although Sharma returning with best figures event's history. She had won a quickly got the control back when Okuhara and sent it to the back- the best defending unit Jaipur ue their aggression on the ated in tandem but before that TV replays showed the ball was of 5 for 43. bronze each in the 2013 and 2014 Okuhara went wide and then line and then left her rival strand- Pink Panthers (11.5 tackle points mat.(PTI) West Indies part-timers had missing the leg stump but the bats- Besides Ishant, Mohammed editions. unleashed two good-looking ed with another powerful smash. bowled 41 overs in this innings man didn't go for review ion Shami (2/48) and left-arm spinner Sindhu is now the joint highest smashes to enter the break with a Sindhu grabbed the match alone. Saturday. Ravindra Jadeja (2/64) scalped Shubham-Arjun duo helps KCSC-A medal winner in women's singles massive 11-2 lead. point when Okuhara went long While Roach and Gabriel After Agarwal's departure, KL two wickets a piece.