EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Markram makes hay when the sun shines Azharuddin is HCA president Leads his team to a clean sweep in the elections Bavuma serves notice of his skills; bad light brings early end to day’s proceedings Special Correspondent SA IN INDIA Zubayr Hamza lbw on the VIZIANAGARAM shuffle, Markram and Temba Former India captain Mo­ V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM Bavuma served a reminder of hammad Azharuddin was VIZIANAGARAM their potential to counter the not only elected president of Aiden Markram made the Indian bowlers in conditions Hyderabad Cricket Associa­ most of the chance to bat to alien to them and also on a tion on Friday but also led score his second century on very hot and humid day. his team to a clean sweep in this tour (100 retired hurt) Bavuma showed his ability the elections held at the Ra­ and take South Africa to 199 to adjust to the pace and jiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyde­ for four at close of the second bounce of the pitch with his rabad on Friday. day’s play against Board Pre­ confident back­foot play. Azhar polled 147 votes sident's XI at the Dr. PVG Ra­ Markram, meanwhile, was compared to his nearest riv­ ju Sports Complex here on confidence personified, not al Prakash Chand Jain’s 73. Friday. hesitating to use his feet A delighted Azhar, in a Bad light stopped play im­ against the spinners. He was chat with The Hindu, said: “I mediately after captain Faf especially harsh on Jadeja — sincerely thank all those du Plessis was trapped leg carting him for a couple of who supported me and also before by left­arm spinner sixes over long­on. He also my panel members in this Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, 90 managed to pick the gaps on election. They have done minutes before the sche­ the offside off the pacers with their job and the onus is on duled close of play. superb timing. us to implement each and The scores: every promise we made be­ Delayed start South Africa — 1st innings: Ai­ fore the election.” After a wet outfield delayed den Markram (retd. hurt) 100, New innings: A victorious Mohammad Azharuddin after the the start, action finally began Dean Elgar c Panchal b Umesh Top priority elections. * PTI just after noon and opener 6, Theunis de Bruyn lbw b Porel “My top priority is to im­ Markram was off the blocks 6, Zubayr Hamza lbw b Jadeja prove cricket and the wel­ members is to revive the old fiefdom of a few. I assure in a hurry, dispatching fast 22, Temba Bavuma (batting) 55, fare of the players. As a glory of Hyderabad cricket,” everyone that a new phase bowler Umesh Yadav for Faf du Plessis lbw b Jadeja 9; player I am aware what ex­ he said. of cricket administration will three fours in his second Extras (lb­1): 1. Total (for four actly the players look for “I promise that we will be ushered in in HCA,” Az­ wkts. in 50 overs): 199. over. In good nick: Aiden Markram notched up his second century on this tour, coming up with a from the Association and I not be confined to mere pro­ har concluded. Fall of wickets: 1­23, 2­33, 3­ Relishing the ball coming calculated assault. * K.R. DEEPAK promise them that I will not mising but will deliver the 78, 4­199. The HCA office­bearers: on to him, the in­form open­ disappoint them,” Azhar goods. You will all see the Board President's XI bowling: President: Mohd. Azharuddin; er was more comfortable and smen hurry onto the back­ paw Elgar and forcing him to and the bowler responded in said. change in how the HCA will Umesh Yadav 7­0­31­1, Shardul Vice­president: K. John Manoj; confident than a hesitant foot with a far more accurate snick to gully. style. Thakur 10­3­34­0, Ishan Porel “Yes, this huge win is a big be run in the coming days. I Secretary: R. Vijayanand; Joint­ Dean Elgar. line. It was interesting to see Though Theunis de Bruyn 6­1­11­1, Avesh Khan 10­1­ responsibility on me and I have always believed that a secretary: Naresh Sharma; Umesh's new­ball partner However, it was Umesh captain Rohit Sharma check was trapped in front by pacer 44­0, Jalaj Saxena 7­1­26­0, make it clear that I will take cricket association has to be Treasurer: Surinder Kumar Shardul Thakur was more who provided the first break­ with Umesh whether he was Ishan Porel and Jadeja struck Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 10­1­ everyone with me, as the in­ run in a professional man­ Agarwal; Councillor: P. Anurad­ impressive, making the bat­ through, squaring up south­ happy with the slip cordon with his second ball to have 52­2. tention of the majority of the ner and not like a personal ha. Karachi’s Women’s squads retained Jabir in 400m hurdles semifinals return as ODI host delayed for West Indies tour Dharun misses out; Sreeshankar flops in long jump Press Trust of India place in the T20 side. She failed to qualify for the final. tional coach for long jumpers Agence France-Presse New Delhi had failed to open her ac­ The 20­year­old had a best who has taken a long break, Karachi The Indian women’s team count in the series opener of 7.62m in the second of his from Romania. The opening day­night in­ selectors on Friday named against South Africa. three­jump qualification se­ Only one jumper, Cuban ternational between Pakis­ unchanged squads for the The squads: Stan Rayan ries, after opening with 7.52, world leader Juan Miguel tan and Sri Lanka was ODI and T20 series in the ODIs: Mithali Raj (Captain), KOCHI and failed to make the quali­ Echevarria, made the auto­ washed out without a ball West Indies beginning No­ Harmanpreet Kaur (vice­cap­ Asian bronze medallist M.P. fication standard of 8.15m. matic qualification mark with being bowled due to heavy vember 1 in Antigua. tain), Smriti Mandhana, Jemi­ Jabir qualified for the men’s He finished 12th in his group 8.40m. Next best was Olym­ rain on Friday, depriving Only Sushma Verma has mah Rodrigues, Deepti Shar­ 400m hurdles semifinals, fin­ and 22nd overall. pic champion Jeff Henderson ma, Punam Raut, D Hemalatha, Karachi of hosting its first been added to the 16­mem­ Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pan­ ishing third in his heat in “I felt weak, my body was with 8.12. ODI in 10 years. ber ODI squad for the three­ dey, Mansi Joshi, Poonam Ya­ 49.62s, at the World athletics not reacting well. There were With just one jumper mak­ Umpires called off the match series. India had dav, Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari championships in Doha on also problems with my ap­ ing the qualification cut, the match as there were pools picked a 15­member squad Gayakwad, Taniya Bhatia Friday. proach, my rhythm was bad, best 12 were picked for the fi­ of water around the out­ for the home ODI series (wicket­keeper), Priya Punia, However, A. Dharun, re­ I didn’t know what I was do­ nal. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD field with the pitch and ad­ against South Africa begin­ and Sushma Verma. turning from a long injury ing,” Sreeshankar told The DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD joining area covered. ning in Vadodara on Octob­ T20Is: Harmanpreet Kaur break, was sixth in his heat in Hindu from the Qatari Indians in action today The remaining two ODIs er 9. (Captain), Smriti Mandhana 50.55s and failed to make it. Capital. will be played in Karachi The same T20 side that is (vice­captain), Jemimah Ro­ Meanwhile, a few days Bedrosian felt that Sreesh­ B Women's 100m, heats on Sunday and hosting South Africa at the drigues, Shafali Verma, Har­ ago, Romanian Bedros Be­ ankar should have been sent (Dutee Chand, 7 p.m.) leen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Ta­ Wednesday. moment will take on the drosian had predicted a for stronger meets prior to B Men’s 400m hurdles, niya Bhatia (wicket­keeper), semifinals (M.P. Jabir, 8.35 A tropical depression in West Indies in the five­ Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, 7.70m for long jumper M. the Worlds. “He lacks expe­ p.m.) the Arabian sea, around match series beginning No­ Veda Krishnamurthy, Anuja Pa­ Sreeshankar in the Worlds rience. And the headwinds which Karachi is situated, vember 9 in St. Lucia. til, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vas­ Moving ahead: M.P. Jabir finishes third in the 400m hurdles and the Indian National re­ were a big problem for B 4x400m mixed relay, has caused intermittent Fifteen­year­old Shafali trakar, Mansi Joshi, and Arund­ heat, won by Norway’s Kartsen Warholm, to progress to the cord holder (with 8.20m) Sreeshankar today since he semifinal (10.30 p.m.) rains for the last five days. Verma has retained her hati Reddy. semifinals to be held on Saturday. * REUTERS was a shade behind that as he has a 67kg body,” said the na­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Bulls snap winless streak India ends up with the Three more gold for India Surmount U Mumba’s challenge wooden spoon Host finishes with a record haul of 52 medals N. Sudarshan BENGALURU Relegated from Division­A after loss to the Philippines India finished with a record tally of 52 medals (15 golds, ASIA CUP any department of the Allen 15, Ezi Magbegor 13, Cayla 19 silvers, 18 bronzes), 12 bet­ game.