https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2019 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Chennai Super Kings continues with its winning ways After Imran Tahir has the Knight Riders’ batsmen in a bind, Suresh Raina guides the defending champion home SCOREBOARD KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS Chris Lynn c Thakur b Tahir 82 (51b, 7x4, 6x6) , Sunil Narine c du Plessis b Santner 2 (7b), Nit­ ish Rana c du Plessis b Tahir 21 (24b, 3x4), Robin Uthappa c du S. Dinakar Plessis b Tahir 0 (1b), Dinesh Kolkata Karthik c du Plessis b Thakur 18 (14b, 2x4), Andre Russell c sub b Chennai Super Kings consis­ Tahir 10 (4b, 1x4, 1x6), Shubman tently wins the big moments, Gill c Jadeja b Thakur 15 (20b), finds the right men for the Piyush Chawla (not out) 4 (5b), occasion, possesses several Kuldeep Yadav run out 0 (0b); match­winners. Extras (b­1, w­8): 9; Total (for Not for nothing is CSK a eight wkts. in 20 overs): 161. serial winner in the IPL. In FALL OF WICKETS this edition, the rollicking 1­38 (Narine, 4.5 overs), 2­79 (Rana, 10.2), 3­80 (Uthappa, side already has one foot in 10.4), 4­122 (Lynn, 14.1), 5­132 the play­offs after its seventh (Russell, 14.5), 6­150 (Karthik, win. 17.2), 7­161 (Gill, 19.5), 8­161 The five­wicket away vic­ (Kuldeep, 19.6). tory, chasing 162, with two SUPER KINGS BOWLING deliveries remaining over Chahar 4­0­36­0, Thakur 4­ Kolkata Knight Riders in an 0­18­2, Santner 4­0­30­1, Jade­ engrossing duel at the ja 4­0­49­0, Tahir 4­0­27­4. packed and electrifying Eden CHENNAI SUPER KINGS Gardens here on Sunday was Shane Watson lbw b Gurney 6 (7b, 1x4), Faf du Plessis b Narine well earned by CSK. 24 (16b, 5x4), Suresh Raina (not In the first half of the out) 58 (42b, 7x4, 1x6), Ambati match, Imran Tahir bowled Rayudu c Uthappa b Chawla 5 with heart and craft to scalp (11b), Kedar Jadhav lbw Chawla four. There was flight, dip, Roar of the lion: Tahir celebrated in his imitable style four times on Sunday as he rattled the Knight Riders with a spell that pegged the host back.* K.R. DEEPAK 20 (12b, 3x4. 1x6) , M.S. Dhoni deception and two­way turn lbw Narine 16 (13b, 1x6), Ravin­ in his bowling. match­winner unbeaten 58. hir dared the batsmen with Russell loves to hit the ball The West Indian backed him­ trap. The next ball was quick­ dra Jadeja (not out) 31 (17b, The unbroken 41­run his flight and revolutions af­ between long­on and mid­ self to strike the ball over er and a wee bit shorter and 5x4); Extras (w­2): 2; Total (for Superb catch sixth­wicket association in 24 ter CSK elected to field. wicket but to accomplish this long on for the maximum, had a little more bounce five wkts. in 19.4 overs): 162. CSK’s catching in the outfield deliveries between two the against Tahir’s leg­spin, he hitting against turn. even as it spun away from FALL OF WICKETS was outstanding. The vibrant two left­handers, Raina and a Nailing Russell had to hit against the turn. The wily Tahir had laid a Russell. The West Indian 1­29 (Watson, 3.1), 2­44 (du Plessis, 5.3), 3­61 (Rayudu, 9.1), du Plessis held four; a sprint­ rampant Ravindra Jadeja The duel between Tahir and went for the on­side blow 4­81 (Jadhav, 11.1), 5­121 (Dhoni, ing, diving forward catch at [the latter scored 31 of the big­hitting Andre Russell again, the ball struck the top 15.4). long­off to dismiss Robin those], took CSK past the line was exhilarating. Getting the portion of the bat and substi­ KNIGHT RIDERS BOWLING Uthappa being sensational. with two deliveries remain­ powerful West Indies to mis­ tute Dhruv Shorey flung him­ Prasidh Krishna 4­0­30­0, Then Suresh Raina held ing. time a delivery spinning self forward to hold a terrific Gurney 4­0­37­1, Russell 1­0­ centre­stage during the The final onslaught was away from him represented catch at long­on. 16­0, Narine 4­1­19­2, Kuldeep chase even as the KKR bow­ perfectly timed after Chawla, CSK’s best chance of dismis­ Shardul Thakur caught 3­0­28­0, Chawla 3.4­0­32­2. lers made inroads. When Piy­ mixing his googlies with leg­ sing Russell early. the eye with his skiddy pace, Toss: Chennai Super Kings Man-of-the-match: Imran Tahir ush Chawla pitched short, he spin and top­spinners, had [Dhoni] tells me control and yorkers. cut. When the leg­spinner prised out Ambati Rayudu <> The heavy hitting Lynn CSK won by five wkts. with what I need to do, two balls remaining. gave more air, he stepped and Kedar Jadhav and M.S. (82) impressed with his in­ down to loft the ball straight Dhoni played around a deliv­ where I need to credible bat­speed. He em­ for a six. ery turning into him from the bowl, and in which ploys his willow like a sledge­ hooking or creasing room for The southpaw pulled, parsimonious Sunil Narine. area the batsman is hammer, bludgeons the ball. inside­out strokes — was flicked, ran hard and built In the first half of the looking to hit Lynn’s straight hitting and exhilarating. partnerships during his match, Man­of­the­Match Ta­ Tahir back­foot play — whether But CSK had the final say. Rabada, Paul and Morris do the job for Capitals WC squad to be named today #70929 After a good start, the Sunrisers lose the plot as the middle order fails again G. Viswanath World Cup competition. Sa­ Mumbai chin Tendulkar who has V.V. Subrahmanyam A little over two months ago, scored 1,767 as opener, is al­ SCOREBOARD SUNRISERS HYDERABAD VS DELHI CAPITALS HYDERABAD when the team for the five­ so the highest at No. 4 with Delhi Capitals bowlers DELHI CAPITALS bada 51 (47b, 3x4, 1x6) , David match home ODI series 400. showed greater discipline Prithvi Shaw c Bairstow b Bairstow c Rabada b Paul 41 against Australia was decid­ Having made a conscien­ under pressure, despite Khaleel 4 (5b), Shikhar Dhawan (31b, 5x4, 1x6) , Kane William­ ed, the choice of Rishabh tious effort to pick the best shoddy catching, to help the c Bhuvneshwar b Khaleel 7 (8b, son c Rabada b Paul 3 (8b), Pant at the expense of Di­ for ODIs, starting with the team post a 39­run win and 1x4), Colin Munro c Bairstow b Ricky Bhui c Axar b Paul 7 (12b), nesh Karthik set off a debate. tour of South Africa in early mar the script in Sunrisers Abhishek 40 (24, 4x4, 3x6) , Vijay Shankar c Pant b Rabada 1 The rationale behind 2018, it should not be tall ask (2b), Deepak Hooda b Morris 3 Hyderabad’s 100th match at Shreyas Iyer c Bairstow b Pant’s selection was that he for the selectors to name the Bhuvneshwar 45 (40b, 5x4) , (4b), Abhishek Sharma c Paul b the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Rishabh Pant c Hooda b Khaleel Morris 2 (3b), Rashid Khan c had proved his worth in the 15 for the World Cup. here on Sunday. 23 (18b, 3x4) , Chris Morris b Paul b Morris 0 (1b), Bhuvnesh­ Test series in England and Ravindra Jadeja as third The middle­order failed Rashid 4 (8b), Axar Patel (not wwar Kumar c & b Rabada 2 Australia and that his natural Rishabh Pant. * FILE PHOTO spinner­all­rounder, Vijay again and there was not out) 14 (11b, 1x4), Keemo Paul (4b), Sandeep Sharma (not out) big­hitting capabilities could Shankar as all­rounder and much to rave about the Sun­ lbw Bhuvneshwar 7 (4b, 1x6) , 1 (1b), Khaleel Ahmed b Rabada result in strengthening the at 42.18 and an overall aggre­ K.L. Rahul look certainties. risers batting, except the Kagiso Rabada (not out) 2 (2b); 0 (1b); Extras (nb­1, w­4): 5; lower middle­order. gate of 639 runs at 42.60 in The BCCI has decided to perfect start by David War­ Extras: (lb­5, nb­1, w­3): 9; Total (in 18.5 overs): 116. The time has arrived for 20 innings after the last announce the team eight ner and Jonny Bairstow (72 Total (for seven wkts. in 20 FALL OF WICKETS the selectors — Jatin Paran­ Champions Trophy. days ahead of the deadline. off 59 balls). overs): 155. 1­72 (Bairstow, 9.5), 2­78 jape and Gagan Khoda re­ Historically India has nev­ It can also make modifica­ Then it all began. Bair­ FALL OF WICKETS (Williamson, 11.4), 3­101 (Bhui, turned to the three­man er had a successful No. 4 in tions to the team till May 23. 1­11 (Shaw, 1.5 overs), 2­20 15.2), 4­106 (Warner, 16.2), 5­ stow, after playing some ex­ Fine spell: Keemo Paul completed a three­wicket haul without committee comprising (Dhawan, 3.2), 3­69 (Munro, 106 (Vijay Shankar, 16.3), 6­110 conceding a single boundary. * K.V.S. GIRI travagant strokes, including 7.6), 4­125 (Shreyas, 15.5), 5­127 (Hooda, 17.2), 7­110 (Rashid, M.S.K. Prasad, Devang a striaght six off Chris Mor­ (Pant,16.2), 6­133 (Morris, 18), 17.3), 8­112 (Abhishek, 17.6), 9­ Gandhi and Sarandeep ris, lofted Keemo Paul Earlier, Delhi Capitals, put 7­152 (Paul, 19.3).