EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kohli and Shami star as clinical India hands Windies a drubbing Dhoni’s half­century and Pandya’s cameo propel India to 268 for seven, before an exceptional bowling effort completes the job for the Men in Blue Run machine: Virat Kohli’s poise and application shone through as he top­scored for India on a sluggish wicket.* AFP though, found its tenuous The spirited comeback nation, the plea was validat­ etched his fourth consecu­ SCOREBOARD INDIA VS WEST INDIES dreams for a last­four finish never happened as captain ed. tive 50 and added 40 for the dissipate. Jason Holder perished to Rahul then buckled down fifth wicket with Dhoni. INDIA 38.2), 6­250 (Pandya, 48.2), 7­ Sheldon Cottrell lbw b Chahal 10 Yuzvendra Chahal and, Jas­ and stitched a 69­run se­ The former skipper en­ K.L. Rahul b Holder 48 (64b, 252 (Shami, 48.5). (8b, 1x4, 1x6), Oshane Thomas c 6x4), Rohit Sharma c Hope b WEST INDIES BOWLING Rohit b Shami 6 (11b, 1x4); Extras Gayle fails prit Bumrah, after softening cond­wicket partnership joyed a reprieve on eight as Roach 18 (23b, 1x4, 1x6), Virat Cottrell 10­0­50­2, Roach 10­ (b­9, lb­3, nb­1, w­5): 18; Total A Chris Gayle special was up Carlos Brathwaite with a with Kohli. The alliance set­ Hope missed a regulation Kohli c sub b Holder 72 (82b, 0­36­3, Thomas 7­0­63­0, Allen (in 34.2 overs): 143. needed if the West Indies series of yorkers, drew the tled after a few scares due to stumping off Allen. At the 8x4), Vijay Shankar c Hope b 10­0­52­0, Holder 10­2­33­2, FALL OF WICKETS had to harbour hopes of a edge and an air­borne M.S. Roach 14 (19b, 3x4), Kedar Brathwaite 3­0­33­0. 1­10 (Gayle, 4.5), 2­16 (Hope, successful chase but the Dhoni plucked a right­hand­ Jadhav c Hope b Roach 7 (10b, WEST INDIES 6.5), 3­71 (Ambris, 17.6), 4­80 opener failed. The southpaw ed catch. Off the next ball, 1x4), M.S. Dhoni (not out) 56 Chris Gayle c Jadhav b Shami (Pooran, 20.2), 5­98 (Holder, nearly chopped Mohammed Bumrah scalped Fabian Al­ (61b, 3x4, 2x6), Hardik Pandya c 6 (19b, 1x4), Sunil Ambris lbw b 23.5), 6­107 (Brathwaite, 26.1), K.C. Vijaya Kumar Shami onto his stumps and len and, though a hat­trick Allen b Cottrell 46 (38b, 5x4), Pandya 31 (40b, 2x4), Shai Hope 7­107 (Allen, 26.2), 8­112 (Het­ Manchester when the spearhead dug it proved elusive, the fight had Mohammed Shami c Hope b Cot­ b Shami 5 (10b, 1x4), Nicholas myer, 28.3), 9­124 (Cottrell, Bollywood numbers were a short, Gayle’s half­swat ebbed away from the West trell 0 (2b), Kuldeep Yadav (not Pooran c Shami b Kuldeep 28 29.5). out) 0 (1b); Extras (b­1, w­6): 7; INDIA BOWLING recurrent chorus and vocal found Kedar Jadhav. Worse Indies. (50b, 2x4), Shimron Hetmyer c Total (for seven wkts. in 50 Rahul b Shami 18 (29b, 1x4), Shami 6.2­0­16­4, Bumrah 6­ chords found fresh life was to follow when Shai overs): 268. Jason Holder c Jadhav b Chahal 6 1­9­2, Pandya 5­0­28­1, Kuldeep through unbridled enthu­ Hope was unable to thwart Slow pitch FALL OF WICKETS (13b), Carlos Brathwaite c Dhoni 9­1­35­1, Jadhav 1­0­4­0, Chahal siasm as a packed Old Traf­ Shami’s excess inward move­ Earlier, like the trams that 1­29 (Rohit, 5.6), 2­98 (Rahul, b Bumrah 1 (5b), Fabian Allen 7­0­39­2. ford heaved with a vast ma­ ment. slither through Manchester, 20.4), 3­126 (Shankar, 26.1), 4­ lbw b Bumrah 0 (1b), Kemar Toss: India. MoM: Virat Kohli. jority of Indian fans. There The West Indies found res­ India steadily progressed af­ 140 (Jadhav, 28.5), 5­180 (Kohli, Roach (not out) 14 (21b, 3x4), India won by 125 runs. was much to cheer for the pite through a 55­run part­ ter Kohli elected to bat. The uppish flicks and haphazard other end, panache was evi­ boisterous audience while nership that Sunil Ambris pitch was slow and the fast running. There was bonho­ dent in a Kohli on­drive off offered 82 and the final five Virat Kohli’s men extended and Nicholas Pooran script­ bowlers kept it tight except mie too. Gayle effected a div­ his counterpart Holder, but bequeathed 49. Pandya and their unbeaten run in this ed for the third wicket. But when they sprayed boun­ ing save and Kohli applauded immediately the premier wil­ Shami fell in succession but World Cup. Hardik Pandya dismissed cers. But India found its core his former Royal Challengers low­wielder miscued a swivel Dhoni stood tall in the last After scoring 268 for seven Ambris and Pooran followed runs from Kohli (72), Dhoni Bangalore team­mate. pull. A touch tentative at 180 over bowled by Thomas. A against the West Indies here suit as he chanced his arm (56 not out), K.L. Rahul (48) for five in 38.2 overs, India sequence of 6, 0, 0, 4, 0, 6 on Thursday, India bowled against spinner Kuldeep Ya­ and Pandya (46). Wobbling middle­order needed a second­wind and it helped India find a much­ out the opposition for 143 in dav. Openers Rahul and Rohit Just as Rahul neared his fifty, breezed in through a 70­run needed surge that persisted 34.2 overs and registered a The men from the Carib­ Sharma were watchful he played all over a Holder sixth­wicket partnership bet­ through a sunny afternoon. 125­run victory. bean Islands were in trouble against Sheldon Cottrell and delivery and Vijay Shankar, ween Dhoni and Pandya. India’s fifth triumph at 80 for four in the 21st over Kemar Roach. The last after essaying a few drives, The duo ran hard and smote pushed its tally to 11 and a while illustrious predeces­ named got one to nip back failed to counter Roach’s late a few. better net run­rate (+1.463) sors like Clive Lloyd in the and there was ambiguity ov­ moment. The middle­order Holder employed Brath­ helped it go past New Zea­ member’s stand and Michael er whether the Mumbaikar wobbled as Jadhav fell as waite following a thumb inju­ land to the second slot and Holding and Curtly Ambrose had edged to wicket­keeper another West Indian review ry that briefly benched Osh­ inch closer to a semifinal from the commentary boxes Hope but Holder sought a re­ for a caught­behind was ane Thomas and the Indians berth. The West Indies, watched with a wistful look. view and to Rohit’s conster­ upheld. Meanwhile, Kohli prospered. The last 10 overs ‘On wickets like this, 250-260 a good score’ Playing against India an eye­opener: Roach Big game against England but we are confident, says Rahul The West Indies speedster feels it is always tough bowling to Kohli DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD K.C. Vijaya Kumar DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Special Correspondent The mindset: After the dia’s performance was good, was a slow pitch and we Manchester MANCHESTER Top of the charts game against Pakistan, the it is a tough team and has bowled well, and did a pret­ Pitch­forked into the open­ West Indian spearhead Ke­ guys were confident and quality batsmen. Playing ty good job to stick India to er’s slot after Shikhar Dha­ B India on Thursday mar Roach termed the then we had those close against them is always an 260 but today was an odd­ wan was ruled out following dethroned England to rise World Cup game against In­ games against Australia and eye­opener and it is a good day for our batsmen. a left­thumb fracture, K.L. to the top of One­Day dia as an “eye­opener” and New Zealand but we lesson for the rest of the The road ahead: The International rankings Rahul has done reasonably despite the defeat, felt that couldn’t get off the line. We tournament. It is always games against Sri Lanka and well up the order in the B As per the latest rankings cricket in the Caribbean is­ have a couple of young guys tough bowling to Virat, he is Afghanistan will be tough. I World Cup. In his new role, released by the ICC, India lands has a future. Roach who have the future ahead a quality player. think we have a bright future Rahul scored 57, 30 and 48 leads with 123 points, spoke to the media at Old of them and we need to be Appraisal: I was in good and there are good players against Pakistan, Afghanis­ followed by England (122) Trafford here on Thursday. positive. rhythm, picked a few wick­ like (Shimron) Hetmyer and and New Zealand (114) tan and the West Indies res­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Excerpts The India­Kohli effect: In­ ets and was economical. It a few others. pectively. He is aware that he has to capitalise on his to get out, not to take it deep, starts. is disappointing. I will sit and A happy Rahul, who assess it but I won’t break my played his part in India’s tri­ head about it. Against Af­ umph over the West Indies, ghanistan, it (reverse­sweep) addressed the press at Old wasn’t a bad shot, mostly I Trafford here on Thursday.