EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Chance for India to set the record straight India is the continental champ Atharva derails Bangladesh’s chase of a low total Onus on the batsmen as Kohli and de Kock experiment with inexperienced bowlers desh win before India fought dul b Mrittunjoy 37, Sushant U-19 ASIA CUP back with Ankolekar reduc­ Mishra c Akbar b Alam 3, Vi­ SA IN INDIA Agencies ing the team to 78 for seven. dyadhar Patil c Akbar b Mrit­ tunjoy 0, Akash Singh (not out) Colombo Ankolekar wrapped up RAKESH RAO 2; Extras (w­4): 4; Total (in 32.4 DHARAMSHALA Left­arm spinner Atharva the Bangladesh innings by overs): 106. dismissing the last two bat­ In home conditions, Indian Ankolekar returned with a Fall of wickets: 1­3, 2­6, 3­8, 4­ smen in the 33rd over as the cricket wears a different five­wicket haul to help India 53, 5­53, 6­61, 7­62, 8­82, Tigers fell five runs short of look. There is almost a touch clinch the U­19 Asia Cup with 9­84. the target. of invincibility to it. The a thrilling five­run win over Bangladesh Under-19 bowling: growth in confidence has al­ Bangladesh in a low­scoring Earlier, skipper Dhruv Ju­ Tanzim 7­0­22­1, Mrittunjoy 7.4­0­18­3, Alam 4.5­0­26­1, so reflected in the improved final here on Saturday. rel (33) and lower­order bat­ Rakibul 7­0­31­0, Shamim 6­2­ Defending 106, India dis­ sman Karan Lal (37) came up results overseas, particularly 8­3, Towhid 0.1­0­1­0. in the shorter format. missed Bangladesh for 101 in with useful contributions to help India cross the 100­run Bangladesh Under-19: Tanzid But India’s home record in 33 overs, courtesy 18­year­ Hasan lbw b Akash 0, Parvez mark. T20s against South Africa old Ankolekar, who emerged Hossain Emon c Lavande b Patil surely needs improvement. the star with figures of five India’s decision to bat first 5, Mahmudul Hasan Joy c Jurel India lost both decisive for 28 from eight overs. seemed to backfire as left­ b Akash 1, Towhid Hridoy b matches in the lone three­ While Ankolekar spun a arm pacer Mrittunjoy Akash 0, Shahadat Hossain c match series in 2015. In fact, web to derail Bangladesh’s Chowdhury (three for 18) Jurel b Ankolekar 3, Akbar Ali c India did avenge the loss in chase, he was supported and off­spinner Shamim & b Ankolekar 23, Shamim Hos­ sain c Lavande b Ankolekar 7, South Africa in February last well by pacer Akash Singh, Hossain (three for eight) Mrittunjoy Chowdhury c Tilak b year. who accounted for three wreaked havoc. Karan was the last batsman to be dis­ Mishra 21, Tanzim Hasan Sakib For skipper Virat Kohli, wickets. Vidyadhar Patil and lbw b Ankolekar 12, Rakibul Ha­ who never stops saying, “We Sushant Mishra also chipped missed as the team managed san (not out) 11, Shahin Alam b want to win every match in in with a wicket each. 106 in 32.4 overs. However, Ankolekar 0; Extras (lb­6, every format, no matter India had the last laugh as w­12): 18; Total (in 33 overs): where we play,” it is an op­ Bad start the bowlers got going. 101. portunity to set the record Bangladesh started badly, The scores: Fall of wickets: 1­3, 2­13, 3­13, straight in the T20 series losing both openers in the India Under-19: Suved Parkar 4­16, 5­40, 6­51, 7­78, 8­78, commencing here on first two overs. Skipper Ak­ run out 4, Arjun Azad c Akbar b 9­101. Sunday. bar Ali (23) and Mrittunjoy Tanzim Hasan 0, Tilak Varma c India Under-19 bowling: Akash Akbar b Mrittunjoy 2, Dhruv Ju­ 5­0­12­3, Patil 8­0­25­1, Anko­ Chowdhury (21) kept the rel c Mrittunjoy b Shamim 33, lekar 8­2­28­5, Mishra 9­2­ Easier to handle team in the hunt and after Shashwat Rawat lbw b Shamim 27­1, Karan Lal 3­1­3­0. The members of this South their fall, Tanzim Hasan Sa­ 19, Varun Lavande c Mrittunjoy Toss: India Under­19. African team, under wicket­ kib (12) and Rakibul Hasan b Shamim 0, Atharva Ankolekar India Under­19 won by five keeper Quinton de Kock, ap­ (11) raised hopes of a Bangla­ run out 2, Karan Lal c Mahmu­ runs to clinch the title. pear easier to deal with, than their predecessors. But Kohli was a heavy shower on Satur­ lukwayo could provide some cans against India’s inexpe­ The teams (from): needs no reminding that day afternoon that left the surprises. rienced bowling. “That (inex­ India: Virat Kohli (Capt.), Rohit shorter the format, brighter lush green outfield very sog­ perience of Indian bowlers) Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, K.L. the chances of an upset. Kohli indicated that India gy. Though more rain is fore­ is an area we are going to Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish For India, the trusted bat­ has around 30 matches lead­ cast on Sunday, the ground­ take advantage of.” Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh ting options are all there. ing to the next T20 World smen were confident of play. Pant, Krunal Pandya, Washing­ Though back on familiar ter­ Cup. On offer were oppor­ The visiting team can also ton Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, rain, the top­order will have For the South Africans, tunities “to check out the draw some confidence from Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, to bring out its best against some of whom have played guys are up and coming.” the fact that the only time Khaleel Ahmed and Navdeep an attack led by Kagiso Raba­ in India as part of the coun­ That also means the bat­ South Africa played the se­ Saini. da. try’s ‘A’ teams, the series off­ ting line­up could see a few ries­opener here, in 2015, it South Africa: Quinton de Kock After all, given the inexpe­ ers opportunities to build regular names making way won by seven wickets. Inter­ (Capt.), Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Reeza Hen­ rience of the chosen bowlers, some confidence. for new ones. estingly, only Rohit, Dhawan, Kohli, Miller and Rabada are dricks, George Linde, Andile the onus to play match­win­ Among the experienced, Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretori­ Weak spot the surviving members from ning roles lies heavily on the David Miller, de Kock and Ra­ us, Junior Dala, Bjorn Fortuin, the 22 involved in that match. batsmen. bada can make things diffi­ Lance Klusener, former all­ Beuran Hendricks, Anrich Meanwhile, the possibility cult for the Indians. Pace­ rounder who is here as assis­ Since then, how much Nortje, Kagiso Rabada and Ta­ of rain hampering the match bowling all­rounders Dwaine tant batting coach, saw a more has changed will be braiz Shamsi. cannot be ruled out. There Pretorius and Andile Pheh­ chance for the South Afri­ known on Sunday. Match starts at 7 p.m. Bright stars: The India u­19 team that lifted the Asia Cup. * COURTESY BCCI/TWITTER Much ado about a photo! Making mother and country proud Hari Krishna moves up RAKESH RAO now..., every now and then. I Couldn’t have asked for anything better, says Vaidehi DHARAMSHALA never spoke about that game Amol Karhadkar run in the Asia Cup, culmi­ Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s and so I thought I will put up MUMBAI nating in a match­winning contribution to the Indian a post. Now people inter­ Vaidehi Ankolekar, a BEST performance in the final. But team and Virat Kohli’s suc­ preted it in a different man­ (The Brihanmumbai Electric he has had to struggle ever cess as captain is well ner in which there wasn’t Supply & Transport) conduc­ since starting to ply his trade known. even an iota of truth. tor here, was busy with her as a kid. Skipper Kohli has im­ duties in a municipal bus on When he was nine, his mense respect for Dhoni’s On the same page Saturday morning; but was father Vinod — also a BEST inputs, and the value­addi­ “Numerous times people also constantly checking her conductor who hoped his tion they bring. have given up on sportsmen phone for updates on the Un­ unfulfilled desire to be a Saturday witnessed one and they have proved people der­19 Asia Cup final in Co­ cricketer would be accom­ such occasion when Kohli wrong. He (Dhoni) has done lombo. plished by his sons — died in made his admiration for that many times in his ca­ The moment India was 2010. It forced his mother to Dhoni known, loud and * reer. So, one great thing bowled out for 106, she double up as the breadwin­ P. Hari Krishna. FILE PHOTO clear, during the pre­match about him is that he thinks of sought permission from her Atharva Ankolekar. ner besides raising Atharva press conference here. * Indian cricket. And whatev­ depot seniors and rushed SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT and his younger brother CHESS WC Asked about his recent home. Parth, who is now in Mum­ er we think, he is on the Sports Bureau photo­tweet of Dhoni and A mother of two teenaged hoping that Atharva will see bai’s under­14 probables. same page. The alignment is the team through. Just KHANTY MANSIYSK (Russia) him, taken during India’s there. The kind of mindset cricketers — the elder of Vaidehi says while she jug­ successful run­chase against whom, left­arm spinner Ath­ couldn’t have asked for gled with the dual responsi­ P.