EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Rohit and Krunal’s exploits fashion India’s series victory The opener provides the fireworks while the all­rounder chips in with vital runs and wickets DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD I NDIA IN WI DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD lard at third man. Next match Sheldon Cottrell then took the prize scalp of Kohli, P RESS TRUST OF INDIA B August 6, third T20I, sending the middle­stump LAUDERHILL (USA) Providence, 8 p.m. IST cartwheeling with a perfect­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Rohit Sharma’s sublime in­ ly­executed yorker and per­ nings and Krunal Pandya’s India vice­captain found the forming his trademark all­round show powered In­ gaps with ease, clipping Paul salute. dia to a series­clinching 22­ off his pads for a six over In reply, West Indies was run win over West Indies in deep midwicket. The highest off to a disastrous start with the rain­affected second scorer in the World Cup then both openers Evin Lewis and T20I here on Sunday. swept him for a four as the Sunil Narine back in the hut Batting first, India scored Indians upped the tempo. with just eight on the board 167 for five and then had Paul gave West Indies the in the third over. West Indies reeling at 98 for breakthrough when he bow­ Rovman Powell and Ni­ four in the 16th over when led Shikhar Dhawan. India cholas Pooran lifted the team lightning and thundershow­ was 67 for one in the eighth with a 76­run stand for the ers struck. The Duckworth­ over at that stage. third wicket before Krunal Lewis par score at that point again got into the act, remov­ was 120, leaving India win­ Breaking free ing both batsmen in the ner by 22 runs. Two quiet overs followed as space of three balls in the India skipper Virat Kohli 14th over. Just as things were Final flourish joined Rohit. The latter getting tougher for the hosts Rohit top­scored with 67 off broke the shackles with a six came the showers followed 51 balls before Krunal (20 off over deep midwicket off Su­ by lightning. 13 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja nil Narine and brought up his propped up the innings, 17th T20 half­century with a SCOREBOARD INDIA VS WEST INDIES, SECOND T20 INTERNATIONAL smashing 20 runs in the final single to long­off. over bowled by Keemo Paul. Kohli, at the other end, hit INDIA 4-132 (Kohli, 16.2), 5-143 1x4), Shimron Hetmyer (not out) Krunal hit the first two a six off left­arm spinner Kha­ Rohit Sharma c Hetmyer b (Pandey, 18.3.). 6 (4b, 1x4); Extras (lb-1, nb-1, balls of the 20th over for six­ ry Pierre to get going. Rohit Thomas 67 (51b, 6x4, 3x6), WEST INDIES BOWLING w-5): 7; Total (for four wkts. in es before Jadeja smashed then smashed Carlos Brath­ Shikhar Dhawan b Paul 23 (16b, Thomas 4-0-27-2, Cottrell 4-0- 15.3 overs): 98. another. waite for a six and four as In­ 3x4), Virat Kohli b Cottrell 28 25-2, Narine 4-0-28-0, Paul 4- FALL OF WICKETS During the course of his dia’s 100 came up in the 13th (23b, 1x4, 1x6), Rishabh Pant c 0-46-1, Brathwaite 2-0-22-0, 1-2 (Lewis, 1.2), 2-8 (Narine, Pollard b Thomas 4 (5b), Manish innings, Rohit became T20I’s over. Pierre 2-0-16-0. 2.6), 3-84 (Pooran, 13.2), 4-85 Pandey c Pooran b Cottrell 6 (Powell, 13.5). most prolific six­hitter, going It took a fine catch from WEST INDIES (8b), Krunal Pandya (not out) 20 INDIA BOWLING past Chris Gayle’s record of Shimron Hetmyer to bring an (target 121 in 15.3 overs) (13b, 2x6), Ravindra Jadeja (not Sunil Narine b Washington 4 Washington 3-1-12-1, Bhuvnesh- 105. He struck six fours and end to Rohit’s stay. The In­ out) 9 (4b, 1x6); Extras (lb-3, (12b), Evin Lewis c & b war 2-0-7-1, Khaleel 3-0-22-0, three sixes in this match. dian opener departed in the w-7): 10; Total (for five wkts. in Bhuvneshwar 0 (2b), Nicholas Saini 3-0-27-0, Krunal 3.3-0- India was off to a quick 14th over. 20 overs): 167. Pooran c Pandey b Krunal 19 23-2, Jadeja 1-0-6-0. start, crossing 50 in the se­ Rishabh Pant (5) perished FALL OF WICKETS (34b, 1x4), Rovman Powell lbw Toss: India. MoM: Krunal. venth over with Rohit doing quickly, top­edging Thomas 1-67 (Dhawan, 7.5 overs), 2-115 b Krunal 54 (34b, 6x4, 3x6), India won by 22 runs (DL The propeller: Rohit Sharma’s innings took the Men in Blue to a match-winning total. * AFP the bulk of the scoring. The into the hands of Kieron Pol­ (Rohit, 13.5), 3-126 (Pant, 15.1), Kieron Pollard (not out) 8 (8b, method). Smith proves unstoppable again The move to have Satwik Hamilton’s tactical acumen to the fore T HE ASHES play at the front paid off AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE V.V. Subrahmanyam form. Satwik even braved a raised about the general BIRMINGHAM HYDERABAD niggle in shoulder to play standard of doubles game in Steve Smith hit his second India’s leading men’s combi­ on. India may have been an­ century of his comeback nation of Satwiksairaj Ranki­ “It’s the biggest title we swered with this perfor­ Test on Sunday as Australia reddy and Chirag Shetty have won so far in our ca­ mance,” chief national set England a daunting 398 served a reminder that they reer. Right now, I am out of coach P. Gopi Chand told to win the Ashes opener at were not far behind when it words after playing in a final The Hindu. Edgbaston. comes to winning a Super and beating the current “The best part is they are Ashes­holder Australia, Series title. World champions. I am ex­ young and have many wea­ bidding to win its first Test It was the Malaysian dou­ tremely happy,” Chirag said. pons in their armoury . We series away to England in 18 bles coach Tan Kim Her, “I think it is refreshing to always believed that they years, made 487 for seven who left this March even see the doubles pair win a had the potential and this declared in its second in­ though his contract was to major title. win could not have come at a nings as it capitalised on the end only after the 2020 To­ “The few questions often better time.” Whoop of joy: Hamilton’s record seventh win in Hungary is absence from the home kyo Olympics, who made applauded by Verstappen, left, and Vettel. * AFP side’s attack of the injured Satwik and Chirag join forc­ James Anderson. es five years ago. HUNGARIAN GP Charles Leclerc, Carlos That left England needing New coach Dwi Kristia­ Sainz of McLaren and Pierre 398 for victory — the most it Extra special! Steve Smith marked his return to Tests with wan’s move to have the 18­ Gasly in the second Red A gence France-Presse another memorable knock. * AFP year­old Satwik on the front­ has made in the fourth in­ Hungaroring Bull. Kimi Raikkonen was nings to win a Test was 332 court, given his ability to seventh for Alfa Romeo for seven against Australia at since the end of a 12­month SCOREBOARD come up with stunning Lewis Hamilton regained his ahead of Hamilton’s Mer­ Melbourne back in 1928/29. ban for his role in last year’s smashes, proved a game­ momentum in the drivers’ cedes teammate Valtteri Australia captain Tim ball­tampering scandal in A ustralia — 1st innings: 284. changer. World championship with a Bottas, who had been Paine’s declaration late on South Africa. England — 1st innings: 374. It wasn’t easy for the duo memorable strategic victory forced into an early pit­stop the fourth day left England He is just the fifth Austra­ Australia — 2nd innings: Came- to play back­to­back marath­ on Sunday when he over­ after a first lap incident. with an awkward seven ov­ lian to score hundreds in ron Bancroft c Buttler b Moeen on matches and sustain peak came young rival Max Ver­ ers to bat before stumps. both innings of an Ashes 7, David Warner c Bairstow b stappen to triumph in a T HE RESULTS Rory Burns, fresh from Test. Broad 8, Usman Khawaja c Bair- tense and thrilling Hungar­ his maiden Test century in Matthew Wade marked stow b Stokes 40, Steve Smith ian Grand Prix. 1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1h the first innings, and Surrey his first Test for nearly two c Bairstow b Woakes 142, Travis Hamilton started third on 35min 03.796sec, 2. Max Ver- teammate Jason Roy saw En­ years with a fine 110. Head c Bairstow b Stokes 51, the grid in his Mercedes stappen (Red Bull) at 17.796sec, Mathew Wade c Denly b Stokes gland to 13 for no loss at the Smith, having reached and, after stalking the 21­ 3. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 110, Tim Paine b Moeen 34, 1:01.433, 4. Charles Leclerc close. lunch on 98 not out, went to James Pattinson (not out) 47, year­old Dutch tyro for most Smith made 142 following three figures in style when of a fascinating tactical con­ (Ferrari) 1:05.250, 5. Carlos Pat Cummins (not out) 26; Ex- Sainz Jr (McLaren) 1 lap, 6.