EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2019 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Shami’s hat­trick seals it for India in a sensational finish Kohli and Jadhav hold the innings together with half­centuries; Nabi’s valiant effort goes in vain for Afghanistan SCOREBOARD INDIA K.L. Rahul c Zazai b Nabi 30 (53b, 2x4), Rohit Sharma b Mu­ jeeb 1 (10b), Virat Kohli c Rah­ mat b Nabi 67 (63b, 5x4), Vijay Shankar lbw b Rahmat 29 (41b, 2x4), M.S. Dhoni st Ikram b Rashid 28 (52b, 3x4), Kedar Jad­ hav c sub b Naib 52 (68b, 3x4, 1x6), Hardik Pandya c Ikram b K.C. Vijaya Kumar Alam 7 (9b), Mohammed Shami Southampton b Naib 1 (2b), Kuldeep Yadav (not out) 1 (1b), Jasprit Bumrah After high­scoring ventures, (not out) 1 (1b); Extras (w­7): 7; the World Cup seems to have Total (for eight wkts. in 50 ov­ taken a turn towards the rela­ ers): 224. tively modest total and the FALL OF WICKETS attendant nervous chase 1­7 (Rohit, 4.2 overs), 2­64 (Ra­ when palms turn sweaty and hul, 14.2), 3­122 (Shankar, 26.1), throats get parched. The 4­135 (Kohli, 30.3), 5­192 (Dho­ ni, 44.3), 6­217 (Pandya, 48.4), trend was evident at a sun­ 7­222 (Shami, 49.3), 8­223 (Jad­ bathed Hampshire Bowl here hav, 49.5). on Saturday. AFGHANISTAN BOWLING On a sluggish surface, In­ Mujeeb 10­0­26­1, Aftab 7­1­ dia scored 224 for eight and 54­1, Naib 9­0­51­2, Nabi 9­0­ bowled out Afghanistan for 33­2, Rashid 10­0­38­1, Rahmat 213 in 49.5 overs. Fringed by 5­0­22­1. the woods on one side, a golf AFGHANISTAN course on the other, the sea Hazratullah Zazai b Shami 10 of blue at the packed ground (24b, 1x4), Gulbadin Naib c Vijay Shankar b Pandya 27 (42b, 2x4), * AP erupted in joy when India Captain’s knock: Virat Kohli played the most fluent innings of the match on a sluggish pitch. Rahmat Shah c Chahal b Bumrah won by 11 runs. 36 (63b, 3x4), Hashmatullah Afghanistan needed a sprinkling of Afghans in the impish and perished. was no respite. evolved. In the slog, Dhoni Shahidi c & b Bumrah 21 (45b, good start but openers Haz­ audience. Virat Kohli, M.S. The opener uppishly re­ Kohli continued unhin­ got stumped off Rashid, Pan­ 2x4), Asghar Afghan b Chahl 8 ratullah Zazai and Gulbadin Dhoni and the bowlers con­ verse­swept off­spinner Nabi dered but, against the run of dya failed but Jadhav, who (19b), Mohammad Nabi c Pandya Naib were in a rush and the stantly discussed strategy straight to the fielder at short play, his uppish cut off Nabi once escaped being run out, b Shami 52 (55b, 4x4, 1x6), Naji­ former lost his timber after and it boiled down to 16 from third­man. Finally Shankar proved fatal. It was left to hung in till he succumbed bullah Zadran c Chahal b Pandya doing an across­the­line the last over bowled by Sha­ stepped in at number four, a Dhoni and Jadhav to revive during the last over. India by 21 ( 23b, 2x4), Rashid Khan st hoick against Mohammed mi. Nabi struck a four, re­ slot the chairman of selec­ India from 135 for four and then had mustered just Dhoni b Chahal 14 (16b, 1x4), Ik­ Shami, who replaced the in­ fused a single off the next, tors M.S.K. Prasad promised the two preferred patience about enough to stay alive in ram Alikhil (not out) 7 (10b), Af­ tab Alam b Shami 0 (1b), Mujeeb jured Bhuvneshwar Kumar found the fielder on the in the run­up to the World but were not averse to using a humdinger. Ur Rahman b Shami 0 ( 1b); Ex­ in the Indian eleven. Mean­ ropes in the third and then Cup. Shankar adroitly played the long­handle sporadically. tras (b­4, lb­4, w­9): 17; Total (in while, Naib, who clattered Shami dismissed the last two second fiddle to his captain Jadhav slog­swept Rashid 49.5 overs): 213. Hardik Pandya repeatedly to to register a pulse­pounding as a 58­run third­wicket al­ and Dhoni tucked into Naib. FALL OF WICKETS the mid­wicket fence, mis­ hat­trick. liance took shape. Still, the run rate stayed be­ 1­20 (Zazai, 6.3 overs), 2­64 cued a pull off the Indian all­ Naib pressed Rashid Khan low five while the 57­run (Naib, 16.5), 3­106 (Rahmat, rounder and Vijay Shankar Adhesive web into service from the 20th ov­ fifth­wicket partnership 28.4), 4­106 (Shahidi, 28.6), 5­ waited for eternity and Earlier, Kohli elected to bat er and Kohli drilled the leg­ 130 (Afghan, 34.6), 6­166 (Za­ caught well. on winning the toss and it spinner’s first delivery for dran, 41.3), 7­190 (Rashid, 45.4), was left to him (67, 63b, 5x4) four past cover. Shankar too 8­213 (Nabi, 49.3), 9­213 (Alam, 49.4). Twin-blow and Kedar Jadhav (52, 68b, dished out the lofted shot but INDIA BOWLING Afghanistan was 64 for two 3x4, 1x6) to hold the innings found a mixed bag in re­ Shami 9.5­1­40­4, Bumrah 10­1­ and briefly hope floated as together while the rival spin­ views. An appeal for lbw 39­2, Chahal 10­0­36­2, Pandya Rahmat Shah and Hashma­ ners spun an adhesive web. which was upheld got re­ 10­1­51­2, Kuldeep 10­0­39­0. tullah Shahidi displayed as­ Openers Rohit Sharma and versed but when another Toss: India. MoM: Bumrah. surance. Just as the Indian K.L. Rahul had to cope with struck Shankar’s pad, there India won by 11 runs. fans turned anxious, Jasprit the slow art as off­spinner Bumrah inflicted a twin­blow Mujeeb Ur Rahman wheeled in an eventful 29th over. Rah­ in the first over. In a while, mat survived a massive shout Rohit played inside the line We had belief in our fast bowlers, says Jadhav for lbw but top­edged a pull to a carrom ball from Mu­ off India’s spearhead. Shahi­ jeeb, and got castled in the K.C. Vijaya Kumar shire Bowl, the diminutive to look for 250 to 260 but we know that one boundary more balls and I came at six di too fell immediately, pop­ fifth over. Southampton and stocky batsman walked fell short by 20 to 30 runs. will always go in the death and we needed to assess and ping a leading edge back to Soon a turgid phase of Kedar Jadhav had to bide his in during the 31st over after We made up for it in the field over. It could either be a plan the innings. So it was the bowler. Afghanistan at consolidation followed as Ra­ time for a long batting stint. Virat Kohli got dismissed. and the bowlers did well. good shot or an edge,” he ad­ important to face those ex­ 106 for four and India was in hul and Kohli buckled down Playing in the lower middle­ Jadhav scored a valuable 52, “Obviously we had belief ded. tra deliveries upfront and with a sniff. for their 57­run second­wick­ order in a team that has bat­ that hauled India past the in our death­specialist bow­ plan the ideal score. Mohammad Nabi (52, 55b, et partnership. Rahul ting riches atop the pole, 200­mark on a difficult lers, we had ( Jasprit) Bum­ Conscious “The pitch played slightly 4x4, 1x6), however, kept the punched a four off Aftab means that Jadhav gets just a pitch, and eventually the rah and (Mohammed Shami) Asked about his batting­ap­ slower in the first half. I try flame alive, launching the Alam and the seamer also few overs to settle in and biff score proved difficult for the and we knew we were just proach, Jadhav said: “Our to learn a lot from how Dho­ odd hit — a mighty six off faced the scorching heat of around the park. rival to chase. one wicket away,” Jadhav top­order is very good and ni­bhai bats, the wicket Bumrah, getting a successful Kohli’s blade. Yet, largely, it But on Saturday in the “The wicket was on the told the media. we usually get very less wasn’t flat and we had to review against an lbw appeal was all about the watchful World Cup game against Af­ slower side and the ball was “We had belief in both time. But today we were take time and they had qual­ from Shami to enthuse the gaze until Rahul tried to be Kedar Jadhav. * AFP ghanistan here at the Hamp­ turning, our actual plan was our fast bowlers and we conscious about getting ity spinners.” Naib doffs his hat to Nabi Williamson rescues New Zealand once again Special Correspondent Southampton Press Trust of India SCOREBOARD NEW ZEALAND VS WEST INDIES Gulbadin Naib lauded Mo­ Manchester hammad Nabi, who almost Skipper Kane Williamson got Afghanistan to the brink rescued New Zealand with a NEW ZEALAND overs): 291. of a famous victory over In­ career­best 148, his second Martin Guptill lbw b Cottrell FALL OF WICKETS dia in the World Cup game consecutive century, steer­ 0 (1b), Colin Munro b Cottrell 0 1­0 (Guptill, 0.1 overs), 2­7 at the Hampshire Bowl here ing his side to a competitive (1b), Kane Williamson c Hope b (Munro, 0.5), 3­167 (Taylor, 34.3), 4­210 (Latham, 41.5), 5­ on Saturday.
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