EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2020 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Bumrah and Shami on a roll No fairytale finish for Leander Paes Ramkumar­Purav combine triumphs in style; Bonzi to meet Duckworth India bowls New Zealand out for 235; Shaw and Mayank off to a good start BENGALURU OPEN INDIA IN NZ Ashwin Achal Press Trust of India Bengaluru Hamilton Ramkumar Ramanathan and Jasprit Bumrah and Mo­ Purav Raja, who have played hammed Shami gave an ex­ second fiddle to Leander hibition of high quality fast Paes and Matthew Ebden for bowling on day two of India’s the bulk of the $1,62,000 warm­up encounter against Bengaluru Open ATP Tennis New Zealand XI, sending a Challenger here, forced their warning signal for the home way to the forefront when it team ahead of first Test in counted most. Wellington. In a clinical display, the Bumrah (2/18 in 11 overs) duo whipped Paes­Ebden and Shami (3/17 in 10 overs) 6­0, 6­3 in the final at the used the conditions well to KSLTA Stadium here on Sa­ bowl New Zealand out for turday and ensured that 235 in 74.2 overs. Umesh Ya­ Paes — playing possibly his dav (2/49 in 13 overs) and last ATP event in India — Navdeep Saini (2/58 in 15 ov­ would not ride into the sun­ ers) bowled more overs, but set as a champion. weren’t half as good. While Purav was all class Prithvi Shaw (35 batting at the net, Ramkumar co­ Everybody loves...Leander Paes, who may have played his last ATP tournament at home, off 25 balls) and Mayank vered the back­court well obliges fans on Saturday. * V. SREENIVASA MURTHY Agarwal (23 batting off 17 Getting into the groove: Mohammed Shami used the conditions well to scalp three and muscled his ground­ balls) ensured the visitors New Zealand wickets. * TWITTER strokes. Paes and Ebden Ramkumar, whose main the vibe is good — that is im­ worth cruised past Italy’s J. finished the day at 59 for no simply had no answers to the focus has been on singles, portant,” said Ramkumar. Ocleppo 6­3, 6­3 in the other loss. Will Young c Pant b Bumrah 2, 10­4­25­0. overs): 59. devastating one­two punch, stated that he is enjoying his In singles, unseeded Ben­ semifinal. Rachin Ravindra c Pant b Umesh The results: India — 2nd innings: Prithvi New Zealand XI bowling: Blair in a summit clash that lasted doubles run. jamin Bonzi took out second 34, Tim Seifert c Pant b Shami Singles (semifinals): James Basic idea Shaw (batting) 35, Mayank Tickner 3­0­19­0, Scott Kugge­ just 56 minutes. seed S. Travaglia 6­3, 6­4 in 9, Finn Allen b Bumrah 20, Hen­ Duckworth (Aus) bt J. Ocleppo For head coach Ravi Shastri, Agarwal (batting) 23; Extras leijn 3­0­34­0, Scott Johnston Bonding well the semifinals. Bonzi, who ry Cooper c Agarwal b Shami (Ita) 6­3, 6­2; Benjamin Bonzi (w­1): 1; Total: (for no loss in 7 1­0­6­0. Service proves the “Purav and I know exactly has beaten four higher­ the basic idea was to ensure 40, Tom Bruce b Saini 31, Daryl (Fra) bt S. Travaglia (Ita) 6­3, his pacers got into the Mitchell c Shaw b Umesh 32, difference what to do in big moments. ranked rivals here, reached 6­4. groove, and Bumrah and James Neesham b Shami 1, Ebden and Paes both strug­ Purav knows where I will his second Challenger final. Doubles (final): Purav Raja & Shami did just that in over­ Dane Cleaver b Saini 13, Scott gled with their serves, re­ serve, and we know each The Frenchman will face Ramkumar Ramanathan bt cast conditions. Kuggeleijn (not out) 11, Ish Sod­ Ishant passes fitness test cording a poor 49% com­ other’s weaknesses and Australian James Duckworth Matthew Ebden (Aus) & Lean­ While Umesh and Saini in hi c Pujara b Ashwin 14, Extras bined first­serve percentage. strengths. We bond well and in the final on Sunday. Duck­ der Paes 6­0, 6­3. (b­13 lb­9 w­3 nb­3): 28; Total Press Trust of India their first spells bowled too has passed the fitness test Ramkumar, on the other (in 74.2 overs): 235. NEW DELHI full, Bumrah pitched deliver­ and he will join the team in hand, was devastating, con­ Fall of wickets: 1­11, 2­36, 3­70, Senior India fast bowler New Zealand,” a BCCI sistently finding the right ies on back of length generat­ 4­82, 5­133, 6­155, 7­161, 8­ Ishant Sharma on Saturday source told PTI. spots at around 220­kmph. ing disconcerting bounce. 204, 9­213. ‘That’s a great way to go’ He bowled in three short passed the fitness test at Ishant termed the injury Ramkumar and Purav, India bowling: Jasprit Bumrah Sports Reporter spells while Shami bowled the National Cricket phase as a “roller­coaster who have now won three tit­ conference here on can you sign this?’. She 11­3­18­2, Umesh Yadav 13­1­ BENGALURU two spells. 49­2, Mohammed Shami 10­5­ Academy in Bengaluru and ride” and thanked NCA les in the four tournaments Saturday. must have been about 40 The scores: 17­3, Navdeep Saini 15­2­58­2, will join the team in New physio Ashish Kaushik for they have entered, collected An emotional Leander “The fact that I’ve years younger to me, and India — 1st innings: 263. Ravichandran Ashwin 15.2­2­ Zealand. “Yes, he (Ishant) helping him to recover. a cheque of $9,300 and 125 Paes, who has possibly played my last match in she wanted my autograph. New Zealand XI — 1st innings: 46­1, Ravindra Jadeja ATP ranking points. played his last ATP event India — it sunk in after the It meant a lot to me, “I’ve never had such good match in India, stated that match when I was signing because she recognised results with a new partner. he will miss the massive autographs. the effort I have put into The future looks bright. I home crowd support that “A young girl — must my career,” Paes said, Bhawana Where Owens, Dhyan Chand hold sway don’t want to take Ramku­ he has enjoyed over his have been five or six years “And when I signed the mar away from his singles long career. The 46­year­ old — gave me a ‘One Last t­shirt and gave it to her, makes the Stan Rayan commitments, so I will have old shed a few tears when Roar’ t­shirt which was she turned around and BERLIN to work out my schedule so asked about his fans, at twice her size. She gave it said ‘Bye’. She said bye. cut for Tokyo As one walked into the that we can play together of­ the post­match press to me and said, ‘Leander, That’s a great way to go.” Olympiastadion here on Sa­ ten,” Purav said. Press Trust of India turday afternoon, one not­ Ranchi iced the stadium guide nar­ Unheralded Bhawana Jat rating the story of Jesse qualified for the Tokyo Owens’ memorable friend­ Amendola bags a double Barca edges Getafe Olympics in the 20km race ship with his German long walk event after pulling off jump rival Luz Long to a MOTORSPORTS Young (Aus, 23:05.941); 3. EURO LEAGUES to Burnley 2 (Westwood 2, Vy­ a shock win with a national bunch of eager youngsters Joshua Mason (GBR, dra 60). record time at the National from Britain. Sports Reporter 23:06.414). Agence France-Presse La Liga: Mallorca 1 (Cucho 63) Championships here on Sa­ The Owens­Long story, Chennai Race­2: 1. Manaf Hajjawi (Jor, Wolverhampton bt Alaves 0; Barcelona 2 23:13.797); 2. Mason turday. The 23­year­old that lit up the 1936 Berlin History lesson: Stadium guide narrating the story of Jesse Michelangelo Amendola A slick Antoine Griezmann (Griezmann 33, Roberto 39) bt (23:14.474); 3. Valdemar Erik­ Getafe 1 (Rodriguez 66). athlete clocked 1 hour 29 Olympics in this stadium, Owens and Luz Long to young visitors at the Olympiastadion notched a fine double to sen (Den, 23:17.576). strike set Barcelona on its minutes and 54 seconds, has probably been told a mil­ in Berlin on Saturday. * STAN RAYAN consolidate his top position Race­3: 1. Amendola way against Getafe in La Li- Bundesliga: RB Leipzig 3 well inside the Olympic lion times over the last 80 while Jordanian teenager (22:57.347); 2. Young ga on Saturday before it sur­ (Klostermann 18, Schick 39, qualification time of years or so but it has not lost out in the long jump qualifi­ his hockey stick or whether Manaf Hijjawi scored the (23:07.540); 3. Louis Foster vived a late onslaught from Mukiele 46) bt Werder Bremen 1:31:00, to win the gold. even a bit of its charm. cation. Long lost the Olym­ there was a magnet inside! maiden single­seater win of (UK, 23:07.958). the gritty visitors to win 2­1. 0; Hoffenheim 2 (Baumgartner National Championship (10 45, Kramaric 60­pen) lost to Bhawana’s effort was a This is the place where pic gold to Owens but he his racing career in the MRF The result leaves Barcelo­ Owens won an unprecedent­ gained a friend for life,” re­ Red carpet Challenge here on Saturday. laps) – Indian Touring Cars na trailing on goal­diffe­ VfL Wolfsburg 3 (Weghorst 18­ massive improvement of pen, 52­pen, 71); Augsburg 1 ed four Olympic golds in peated the guide a few Berlin has now rolled out the With three more races to (Race­1): 1.