Kuwaiti shooters Mignolet atones continue their to keep Chelsea supremacy tethered in Amir’s15 Grand Prix 19 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017 English Premier League hits record transfer spend Page 18 BANGALORE: Indian team players pose for a photograph with the trophy after winning against England during the third T20 cricket match between India and England at the Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium in Bangalore yesterday. — AFP Chahal sinks England as India clinch series BANGALORE: Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal got three wickets in his fourth ball knock as he put on crucial partner- Chahal claimed six wickets to demolish over to rip through the England middle ships with Rahul and Dhoni. England and hand India a 75-run series- and lower order-five batsmen were out Rahul was bowled by Ben Stokes but SCOREBOARD clinching win in the third and final on zero-as India won the series 2-1. the left-handed Raina carried on the pow- Twenty20 international in Bangalore yes- BANGALORE, India: Scoreboard of the 3rd one-day international between India and England at M. Chinnaswamy Chahal, who recieved the man of the er hitting as he recorded his fourth T20 Stadium yesterday: terday. Chahal recorded his T20 best of 6- match and series award for his eight fifty with a six off leg-spinner Adil Rashid. 25 to help skittle out England for 127 in scalps in three games, got great support Dhoni, who smacked five fours and two India England 16.3 overs. The visitors, chasing 203, lost from seamer Jasprit Bumrah’s three sixes in his 36-ball blitz, joined forces with Virat Kohli run out Jordan 2 Jason Roy c Dhoni b Mishra 32 eight wickets for eight runs in the space wickets. Earlier scintillating half-cen- Raina as the duo carted the England Lokesh Rahul b Stokes 22 Sam Billings c Raina b Chahal 0 of 18 deliveries. turies from Suresh Raina and Mahendra bowlers to all parts of the ground. Suresh Raina c Morgan b Plunkett 63 Joe Root lbw b Chahal 42 The 23-year-old Chahal became only Singh Dhoni helped India post a mam- Raina fell in the 14th over while Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Rashid b Jordan 56 Eoin Morgan c Pant b Chahal 40 the second bowler in T20 cricket to get moth 202 for six after being put into Dhoni, who put on 57 runs with veteran Yuvraj Singh c Buttler b Mills 27 Jos Buttler c Kohli b Bumrah 0 six wickets in an innings after Sri Lanka’s bat. India rode on the 55-run third-wick- batsman Yuvraj Singh, stayed on until Rishabh Pant not out 5 Ben Stokes c Raina b Chahal 6 Ajantha Mendis achieved the feat twice et partnership between Raina (63) and the second delivery of the final over. A Hardik Pandya run out Stokes/Buttler 11 Moeen Ali c Kohli b Chahal 2 with figures of 6-8 and 6-16. Dhoni (56) to thwart the England bowl- vintage Yuvraj turned on the heat with Extras: (4b, 3lb, 8w) 16 Liam Plunkett b Bumrah 0 The attacking spinner started TOTAL: (for six wickets) 202 Chris Jordan st Dhoni b Chahal 0 England’s batting rot in the 14th over of ing attack after an early wicket fall. his 10-ball 27 as he hit seamer Chris The hosts lost skipper Virat Kohli for Jordan for two fours and two sixes to Overs: 20. Adil Rashid not out 0 the innings, getting dangermen Joe Root Did not bat: Amit Mishra, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, Tymal Mills c Kohli b Bumrah 0 (42) and skipper Eoin Morgan (40) on two after a terrible mix up with Lokesh give India 24 runs in the 18th over. Rahul (22) saw the star batsman being India, who won the Test (4-0) and Yuzvendra Chahal. Extras: (2lb, 3w) 5 consecutive deliveries to derail the Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-65, 3-120, 4-177, 5-191, 6-202. Total: (all out) 127 tourists’ chase. Root and Morgan had run out. Kohli was furious with Rahul for ODI (2-1) series against England, now not responding to his call for a single. head into the one-off Test against Bowling: Tymal Mills 4-0-32-1 (4w), Chris Jordan 4-0-56-1 Overs: 16.3. kept the chase alive with their 64-run (2w), Liam Plunkett 2-0-22-1, Ben Stokes 4-0-32-1 (2w), Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-55, 3-119, 4-119, 5-119, 6-123, 7- third-wicket stand but the innings fell Raina counter-attacked with two Bangladesh starting next week in Moeen Ali 4-0-30-0, Adil Rashid 2-0-23-0. 127, 8-127, 9-127, 10-127. apart after their departure. boundaries and five sixes during his 45- Hyderabad. — AFP Hot Wizards stretch home win streak to 15 games WASHINGTON: Bradley Beal scored 28 had 24 points and 10 rebounds while John field and led by as many as 21 points. the Rockets appeared refreshed in their points and the surging Washington Wall had 15 points and 13 assists for the return from a five-game road trip. James Wizards defeated the New York Knicks Wizards, who won their last five games RAPTORS 108, PELICANS 106 (OT) Harden added 10 points, seven rebounds 117-101 on Tuesday for their NBA-best and 12 of 14 — two against the Knicks. Kyle Lowry made a step-back jumper and eight assists. 15th straight home victory. Markieff Morris Washington shot 55.7 percent from the with 4.3 seconds left inovertime to lift Toronto. Lowry finished with 33 points TRAIL BLAZERS 115, HORNETS 98 and 10 assists as the Raptors won for Damian Lillard scored 27 points as NBA results/standings only the second time in their past eight Portland blew away Charlotte. Allen games. Crabbe added 21 points off the bench LA Lakers 120, Denver 116; Portland 115, Charlotte 98; San Antonio 108, Oklahoma City 94; Houston and C.J. McCollum contributed 18 as the 105, Sacramento 83; Washington 117, NY Knicks 101; Toronto 108, New Orleans 106 (OT). SPURS 108, THUNDER 94 Trail Blazers won for the fourth time in Eastern Conference Western Conference Kawhi Leonard scored 36 points and five outings. Portland won the battle in Atlantic Division Northwest Division grabbed eight rebounds as San Antonio rebounds 51-42 and points in the paint W L PCT GB Utah 30 19 .612 - shrugged off a ragged stretch of the 44-22, and held the Hornets to 39.8 per- Boston 30 18 .625 - Oklahoma City 28 21 .571 2 third quarter to defeat Oklahoma City. cent shooting. The Trail Blazers had only Toronto 30 19 .612 0.5 Denver 21 26 .447 8 Leonard, who scored 30 or more points eight turnovers, one more than its sea- NY Knicks 21 29 .420 10 Portland 22 28 .440 8.5 for the 15th time this season, outplayed son low. Philadelphia 18 29 .383 11.5 Minnesota 19 29 .396 10.5 Brooklyn 9 39 .188 21 the Thunder’s Russell Westbrook, but the Pacific Division Central Division Spurs’ bench was the difference, racking LAKERS 120, NUGGETS 116 Cleveland 32 15 .681 - Golden State 41 7 .854 - up 32 points to 22 for Oklahoma City’s D’Angelo Russell returned to score 22 Indiana 25 22 .532 7 LA Clippers 30 18 .625 11 reserves. LaMarcus Aldridge added 23 points and hand out a career-high 10 Chicago 24 25 .490 9 Sacramento 19 30 .388 22.5 points and was the only other San assists, and Los Angeles captured a win Milwaukee 21 26 .447 11 LA Lakers 17 34 .333 25.5 Antonio player in double-figure scoring. over Denver. Nick Young had 23 points Detroit 21 27 .438 11.5 Phoenix 15 33 .313 26 and Lou Williams added 21 points and Southeast Division Southwest Division ROCKETS 105, KINGS 83 seven assists for the Lakers, who snapped Washington 28 20 .583 - San Antonio 37 11 .771 - Ryan Anderson recorded his second a seven-game skid to the Nuggets at Atlanta 28 20 .583 - Houston 36 16 .692 3 double-double of the season and Staples. Russell missed the previous three Charlotte 23 26 .469 5.5 Memphis 29 21 .580 9 Houston opened a four-game homes- games with a mild MCL sprain in his right WASHINGTON: John Wall #2 of the Washington Miami 19 30 .388 9.5 New Orleans 19 30 .388 18.5 tand with a victory over road-weary knee and a strained right calf. Los Wizards shoots in front of Kyle O’Quinn #9 of the New Orlando 19 31 .380 10 Dallas 18 30 .375 19 Sacramento. Anderson finished with a Angeles rookie Ivica Zubac scored a York Knicks during the second half at Verizon Center team-high 25 points plus 11 rebounds as career-high 17 points. — Reuters on Tuesday in Washington. — AFP.