Kompany fulfils vow with wonder strike for Man City PAGE 18 WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2019 Emotional Tiger Woods accepts Medal CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMIS of Freedom at White House PAGE 18 AJAX VS TOTTENHAM (10 PM) No-ball furore AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Irate IPL umpire reported for kicking door: report Ferreira applauds players, fans as Al Sadd make Round of 16 Wolves beat Al Ahli 2-1; will take on A file photo of umpire Nigel Llong who has been reported to the Al Rayyan next in BCCI for allegedly kicking a door after an altercation with Royal Amir Cup semis Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli. (AFP) TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA NEW DELHI: An Indian Premier League (IPL) umpire has been AL SADD confirmed their reported to the national body for place in the 2019 AFC Cham- allegedly kicking a door after an pions League Round of 16 with altercation with Royal Challeng- a 2-1 win over Al Ahli at Jas- ers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli, sim Bin Hamad Stadium in Hats Off a press report said on Tuesday. Group D on Monday. Englishman Nigel Llong’s The home boys’ big show I want to salute the players on-pitch argument with Kohli, who was applauded by their coach for this result, and also the is also Indian captain, was just Jesualdo Ferreira, who soon fans as well, because they the latest in a string of heated after the match, played late on backed the team strongly exchanges between players and Monday, said, “I want to salute during the game. umpires in this edition of the T20 the players for this result, and extravaganza. Llong, 50, who is also the fans as well, because Coach Jesualdo Ferreira due to umpire the IPL final on they backed the team strongly Al Sadd players celebrate one of their two goals against Saudi club Al Ahli at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha on Monday. Sunday, called out Bangalore during the game. paceman Umesh Yadav for a “We played a great first and the midfielder squared the to Ali Asad who controlled to double the hosts’ lead after another fine save after the “The Amir Cup has a value no-ball in a May 4 match against half. We were really good; we ball for Baghdad Bounedjah then hit on the half-volley with just 12 minutes. Algerian was sent through on of its own. The win will be a Sunrisers Hyderabad but replays wasted a number of chances who took it first time, but Al his left past for the opener. Al Ahli started the second goal by a Xavi through pass. great motivation for us ahead suggested the bowler’s back foot that could have raised our Ahli goalkeeper Mohammed Al Ahli’s defensive strug- half on the front foot and were The result sets up a clash of the game against Al Rayyan, was behind the line. score by five goals. In the sec- al Owais was on hand to make gles continued as they failed rewarded for their attack- for the second Round-of-16 in which we will be seeking to Kohli and Yadav protested ond half, we did not score but the save. to deal with an Al Sadd corner ing efforts with a penalty kick ticket from Group D as Al Ahli reach the final. the call, made in the final over we tried a lot and we threated Ferreira’s side looked to kick, allowing the ball to fall when defender Tarek Salman welcome Pakhtakor to King “I am happy with what I of the Hyderabad innings, but the Al Ahli goal on multiple apply high press to regain pos- for Xavi inside the box. handled Abdulfattah Assiri’s Abdullah Sports City on May have shown with the team for Llong stood with his decision. occasions,” he added. session deep into the opposi- The Al Sadd captain placed cross. Omar al Somah stepped 20 with Al Ahli needing a win the past few years. I am leaving Umpires withdrawing a no-ball The Wolves began brightly tion half. Afif was successful in his ball into the bottom cor- up and drilled home from the on the final matchday to ad- while at the top, after winning call is extremely rare. Llong, who creating their first big chance doing so in the ninth minute, ner, but Al Owais made the spot to half the deficit. vance to the next round. the league and qualifying for is on the International Cricket inside 60 seconds of kick- when he dispossessed Saeed al save. Afif was quickest to the Owais continued to domi- Al Sadd will now set their the next stage, and competing Council’s Elite Panel of umpires, off. Akram Afif and Xavi ex- Muwallad then supplied a per- spilled ball and finished com- nate the individual duel sights on the Amir Cup semi- strongly for the Amir Cup,” the then vented his anger by kicking changed passes down the right fectly weighted diagonal pass posedly from a very tight angle against Bounedjah, making final against rivals Al Rayyan. Portuguese concluded. the door of the umpires’ room at Bangalore’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, according to the Times of India. The newspaper said that Llong paid 5,500 rupees ($72) in compensation for the damage Surya steers MI into their fifth IPL final but the state association has de- cided to report the incident to the sport’s national body, the BCCI. Three-time champions ride on batsman’s unbeaten “It was an unfortunate incident. As a state association we are 71 to subdue Chennai Super Kings by six wkts duty bound to report it and we are writing to the CoA (Commit- AFP tee of Administrators),” a state CHENNAI official was quoted as saying. The Board of Control for AN unbeaten half-century Cricket in India was not im- SCOREBOARD from Suryakumar Yadav and mediately available for com- disciplined bowling helped CHENNAI SUPER KINGS ment. Llong was also part of Faf du Plessis c (Sub) b Rahul Chahar 6 Mumbai Indians see off Chen- a controversial decision during Shane Watson c Jayant Yadav b Krunal Pandya 10 nai Super Kings by six wickets Bangalore’s rained-off match Suresh Raina c&b Jayant Yadav 5 on Tuesday to reach their fifth against Rajasthan Royals when Murali Vijay st de Kock b Chahar 26 Ambati Rayudu Not Out 42 Indian Premier League final. the bowlers were allowed to bowl MS Dhoni Not Out 37 Leg-spinner Rahul Chahar only one over in the five-overs-a- Extras: (1lb, 3nb, 1w) 5 returned impressive figures of side contest when a maximum of TOTAL: (20 overs) 131-4 2-14 from his four overs to re- two is allowed. Fall of Wickets: 1-6 du Plessis, 2-12 Raina, 3-32 Watson, 4-65 Vijay. strict holders Chennai to 131- The ugliest incident involv- Bowling: Malinga 3-0-26-0 (1w, 1nb), Krunal 4, a total Mumbai surpassed ing players and umpires this IPL Pandya 4-0-21-1, Rahul Chahar 4-0-14-2, Jayant with nine balls to spare in the involved Chennai Super Kings Yadav 3-0-25-1 (1nb), Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-31-0 first qualifier of the Twenty20 (1nb), Hardik Pandya 2-0-13-0. skipper and former Indian cap- MUMBAI INDIANS tournament. tain MS Dhoni storming onto the Rohit Sharma lbw Deepak Chahar 4 Yadav top-scored with 71 pitch to confront Indian umpire Quinton de Kock c du Plessis b Harbhajan 8 not out off 54 deliveries to Ulhas Gandhe over a no-ball deci- Suryakumar Yadav Not Out 71 drive Mumbai’s modest chase Ishan Kishan b Imran Tahir 28 sion. Gandhe signalled a no-ball Krunal Pandya c&b Imran Tahir 0 as the three-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma celebrates with teamates the for height, only for his Australian Hardik Pandya Not Out 13 await the second finalist in dismissal of Chennai Super Kings Suresh Raina at the MA Chidam- square-leg colleague Bruce Oxen- Extras: (1lb, 7w): 8 the title clash on Sunday. baram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. (AFP) ford to overrule. Dhoni, who had TOTAL: (18.3 overs) 132-4 “Three days now in which Fall of Wickets: 1-4 Sharma, 2-21 de Kock, 3-101 been bowled by Ben Stokes the Kishan, 4-101 Pandya. we can switch off before the South African leg-spinner 66-run fifth-wicket stand to previous delivery, ran out of the Bowling: Deepak Chahar 3.3-0-30-1, Harbhajan final. Much needed break,” Imran Tahir also struck twice give the Chennai total some dugout to argue with the officials. Singh 4-0-25-1 (1w), Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-18-0, said an elated Mumbai skip- in successive deliveries to respect. This IPL also witnessed Dwayne Bravo 3-0-25-0, Imran Tahir 4-0-33-2 (1w). per Rohit Sharma. dent Mumbai’s chase in the “Somebody has to lose, controversy on only the third day “I knew we have the bowl- 14th over, but Yadav kept his things really didn’t go our when Ravichandran Ashwin’s ers to restrict them. Have the calm. way, especially batting,” said “Mankad” run-out of England confidence in our batters as His 80-run third-wicket Dhoni. batsman Jos Buttler triggered a well. Was important to re- partnership with Ishan Kis- “These are the best bats- worldwide debate on the spirit strict them to as little as pos- han, who made 28, was key in men we have got, it looks like of cricket.