EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2020 SPORT 21 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Fiery Mukesh is Bengal’s hero Gujarat has a job on hand Saha in Vasavada notches up his third hundred of the season for final The medium-pacer’s six-for sends Karnataka to its doom in quick time Amol Karhadkar Special pro Vasavada in confidence. While Priyank Panchal put Correspondent Rajkot RANJI TROPHY Even after Sakariya sacrif­ down a sharp chance at gully KOLKATA Arpit Vasavada has trained iced his wicket after a misun­ off Mankad’s edge to deprive Y.B. Sarangi Test wicketkeeper­ with and lived in the same derstanding while taking a Roosh Kalaria a wicket, Axar KOLKATA batsman Wriddhiman locality as Cheteshwar Puja­ run. Vasavada who was on dropped a regulation catch Mukesh Kumar’s stupendous Saha on Tuesday was ra. On Tuesday, the left­ 49 then didn’t loose his at square­leg off Nagwaswal­ six­wicket haul propelled named in a 16­member handed Vasavada did his composure. la to give Dharmendrasinh Bengal to a 174­run upset win Bengal squad for the more famous mate proud by Jadeja a reprieve. over Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Ranji Trophy final to be bailing Saurashtra out of Jani’s dream run The scores: Vijay Hazare Trophy cham­ played from March 9. trouble and virtually sealing With Chirag Jani (51, 143b, Saurashtra — 1st innings: 304. pion Karnataka on the fourth Opener Koushik a berth in the Ranji Trophy 6x4, 1x6) continuing his Gujarat — 1st innings: 252. day of the Ranji Trophy sem­ Ghosh, who picked up final for the second time in dream run, Vasavada en­ Saurashtra — 2nd innings: Har­ ifinal at the Eden Gardens an injury, and young succession. sured that the duo kept the vik Desai c Gohel b Gaja 0, Kish­ here on Tuesday. pacer Golam Mostafa Thanks to Vasavada’s scoreboard ticking to take an Parmar c Raval b Gaja 0, Avi have been left out. Mukesh’s career­best six third hundred this season the game away from Gujarat. Barot c Gandhi b Gaja 1, Vish­ Mohammed Shami does for 61, his second six­wicket (139, 230b, 16x4, 1x6) — a By the time Jani perished waraj Jadeja b Gaja 6, Chetan Sakariya run out 45, Sheldon not feature in the team. performance this season, knock he later termed as to Chintan Gaja off the se­ Jackson c Bhatt b Gaja 0, Arpit The squad: Abhimanyu fast­tracked Bengal’s pro­ “the most important” of his cond new ball, Vasavada had gress to its 14th final, and the Vasavada c Gandhi b Vasavada Easwaran (capt.), Manoj career — Saurashtra extend­ notched up his hundred and Tiwary, Wriddhiman Saha first after 2006­07, as a be­ 139, Chirag Jani c Gohel b Gaja ed its second innings into nearly taken Saurashtra to 51, Prerak Mankad c Raval b Ga­ (wk), Anustup Majumdar, low­par Karnataka was dis­ the last hour of the fourth safety. His 434­minute vigil ja 1, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja c Shreevats Goswami (wk), missed for 177. day and set Gujarat a daunt­ was finally over when he Raval b Nagwaswalla 21, Jay­ Sudip Chatterjee, Abhishek Needing 254 runs to win, ing target of 327. perished to Arzan Nagwas­ dev Unadkat (not out) 0; Extras Raman, Arnab Nandi, Mission accomplished: The Bengal cricketers are a joyous bunch after posting a convincing win Karnataka — which resumed walla’s short­ball ploy as (lb­7, w­3); Total (in 98.4 ov­ Shahbaz Ahmed, Ishan over Karnataka in the semifinal on Tuesday. * PTI at 98 for three – surrendered Early strike Saurashtra’s innings came to ers): 274. Porel, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Shreyan meekly for the second time Captain Jaydev Unadkat an end. Fall of wickets: 1­0, 2­1, 3­4, 4­ back deliveries. K.V. Sidd­ Akash then bowled a hard­ kal c Goswami b Mukesh 62, Ka­ Chakraborty, Nilkantha for a sub­200 total. It man­ then dismissed opener Pri­ 15, 5­15, 6­105, 7­214, 8­222, harth’s outside edge went to hitting Abhimanyu Mithun run Nair lbw b Mukesh 6, Man­ Das, Agniv Pan (wk) and aged only 79 off 17.3 overs in yank Panchal for a duck to Butter fingers 9­263. the first slip and S. Sharath to trigger celebrations on the ish Pandey c Goswami b Mukesh Sudip Gharami. less than two hours of play. leave Gujarat at seven for Gujarat, though, had them­ Gujarat bowling: Kalaria 26­11­ was leg­before from superb ground and in the stands. 12, K.V. Siddharth c Abhimanyu 36­0, Gaja 23­6­71­7, Nagwas­ While Bengal’s first in­ one at stumps on the penul­ selves to blame. The pacers’ length. The writing was on A joyous Bengal side b Mukesh 0, S. Sharath lbw b walla 19.4­3­75­2, Bhatt 7­0­ nings bowling hero Ishan Po­ Mukesh 0, K. Gowtham c sub b timate day at the SCA short­ball ploy came too late the wall for the visitors. thanked thousands of fans 24­0, Axar 23­3­61­0. Porel 22, Abhimanyu Mithun b stadium. and butter fingers didn’t rel kept one end tight, Mu­ Gujarat — 2nd innings: Samit A determined Devdutt Pa­ for their whole­hearted sup­ Akash 38, Ronit More c Abhima­ help their cause. kesh wreaked havoc by Having staged Saurash­ Gohel (batting) 5, Priyank Pan­ Gaurav does it dikkal, starting the day on port over four days. nyu b Mukesh 4, Prasidh Krish­ hitting the right channel and tra’s mini­recovery after tak­ Rujul Bhatt spilling an chal c Dharmendrasinh b Unad­ 50, added 12 more before be­ “Beating a team like Kar­ na (not out) 2; Extras (b­2, claiming five for 28 runs in ing guard at 15 for five on the edge at slip off Sakariya on kat 0, Bhargav Merai (batting) nataka at home will boost us. lb­2): 4; Total (in 55.3 overs): for Sahgal an unbroken spell of nine coming Mukesh’s victim. third evening along with the third evening turned out 1; Extras (w­1): 1; Total (for one 177. overs. A different angle from We will carry forward this Chetan Sakariya (45, 118b, to be the costliest. Sakariya wkt. in 9 overs): 7. Fall of wickets: 1­0, 2­57, 3­76, NEW DELHI: Gaurav Sahgal round the wicket tricked the confidence to the final,” said 6x4), Vasavada knew his job and Vasavada added 90 Fall of wicket: 1­1. 4­99, 5­103, 6­103, 7­118, 8­ scored five goals as Sahgal Early strike southpaw into edging to the Bengal captain Abhimanyu was far from over. runs. 142, 9­147. Saurashtra bowling: Unadkat Stud­Sona registered a 7 ’keeper. Easwaran. Gujarat dropped two 5­3­6­1, Sakariya 3­2­1­0, Mukesh began with a bang Sakariya continued to bat goals to 2­1/2 victory over The scores: Bengal — 1st in­ Bengal bowling: Porel 19­5­ effortlessly to groom senior more catches on Tuesday. Dharmendrasinh 1­1­0­0. when an unsure Manish Pan­ After Porel removed Gow­ nings: 312. 58­2, Mukesh 21­5­61­6, Akash Artillery in a league match dey feathered to wicketkeep­ tham, Mukesh dismissed Ro­ Karnataka — 1st innings: 122. 11.3­1­44­2, Nandi 4­0­10­0 of the Royalkoas General er Shreevats Gowami in the nit More to claim his fifth Bengal — 2nd innings: 161. Man­of­the­match: Anustup Sparrow Centenary Polo third over of the morning. wicket of the day and sixth of Karnataka — 2nd innings: K.L. Majumdar. Cup at the Army Eques­ In his next over, the medi­ the innings. Rahul lbw b Porel 0, R. Samarth Bengal won by 174 runs to trian Centre, Delhi Canton­ um­pacer struck in back­to­ It was his fourth fiv­for. lbw b Akash 27, Devdutt Padik­ enter the final ment, on Tuesday. In another match, Army Service Corps (ASC) beat TV PICKS Remount and Veterinary Manpreet, Rani in race for HI awards Corps 5­3. NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), 6 The results (league): a.m. UTHRA GANESAN have a total prize money Player of the Year (female): Ranji Trophy : Star Sports 1 NEW DELHI worth ₹ 1.30 crores and a Deep Grace Ekka, Gurjit Kaur, Sahgal Stud­Sona 7 (Gau­ rav Sahgal 5, Mahesh Sharma (SD & HD) & Star Sports 3, Harmanpreet Singh, Man­ trophy in each section. Rani Rampal, Savita Punia. 2) bt Artillery 2 1/2 (Karamat 9.15 a.m. deep Singh, captain Man­ The Major Dhyan Chand Upcoming Player of the Year South Africa vs Australia : Ali, handicap 1 1/2). preet Singh and Surender Lifetime Achievement (Under­21 male): Dilpreet 2nd ODI, Sony Six (SD & HD), Army Service Corps 5 Kumar would be vying for Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Man­ 4.30 p.m. Award carries a cash prize of deep Mor, Vivek Sagar Prasad. (Anant Rajpurohit 2, GS boasting rights as the best Sri Lanka vs West Indies : ₹ 30 lakh while the Jugraj Upcoming Player of the Year Pandher, Naveen Singh, Ra­ 1st T20I, Sony ESPN (SD & Indian hockey player for the Singh Upcoming Player of (Under­21 female): Lalremsia­ vinder Mang) bt Remount and HD), 6.45 p.m. year 2019 and a purse of ₹ 25 the Year (Men) and Asunta mi, Salima Tete, Sharmila Devi. Veterinary Corps 3 (Vijay FA Cup: Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten lakh at the 3rd Hockey India Lakra Upcoming Player of Forward of the Year: Lalit Singh, D. Santosh, Angad 2 & Sony Six (SD & HD), 1 a.m.