EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Ton­up Jaiswal leads India’s march into the final Shaw makes Test Sushant’s three­wicket haul helps the team bowl out Pakistan for just 172 comeback, Mayank ly and we wanted to ride that U-19 WOLRD CUP out and we knew we could dominate them after that.” in for Rohit in ODIs Agence France-Presse Left­hander Jaiswal, who Press Trust of India Potchefstroom (South Africa) was snapped up by the Rajas­ Hamilton Defending champion India than Royals in the 2020 IPL Opener Prithvi Shaw, on cruised to a 10­wicket win ov­ auction, smacked eight fours Tuesday, made a comeback er Pakistan here on Tuesday and four sixes as he took ov­ into the Indian Test team for to reach the Under­19 Cricket er as the tournament's lead­ the two­match series against World Cup final for the se­ ing run­scorer. New Zealand, while Mayank venth time. Agarwal replaced injured India, the record four­ Able support Rohit Sharma in the ODI time winner of the competi­ He was ably supported in a squad for the series begin­ tion, dismissed Pakistan for leisurely chase by Divyaansh ning here on Wednesday. 172 in 43.1 overs before com­ Saxena who finished 59 not Shaw, who last played for fortably knocking off the out, his second fifty of the India in October 2018, re­ runs with 88 balls to spare. competition. turns to the Test side after Prithvi Shaw. * GETTY IMAGES DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD India will play either New Jaiswal earlier claimed the Rohit was ruled out of the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Zealand or Bangladesh, key wicket of Pakistan open­ series due to a left calf mus­ ODI series schedule which meet in the second er Haider Ali (56) with his cle strain. semifinal, for the title at the part­time legspin as Pakistan The two­Test series be­ B Feb. 5: Hamilton same venue on Sunday. collapsed from 96 for two in gins in Wellington on Febru­ B Feb. 8: Auckland Pakistan will contest the an innings where just three ary 21. third­place play­off in Benoni players made double digits. “Vice­captain Rohit Shar­ B Feb. 11: Mount Maunganui on Saturday. Ali and captain Rohail Na­ ma sustained a left calf mus­ B All matches start at 7.30 Yashasvi Jaiswal struck an zir (62) helped Pakistan re­ cle strain during the fifth a.m. IST unbeaten 105 off 113 balls, cover after losing Moham­ T20I against New Zealand at DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD completing his century and mad Huraira and Fahad Commanding show: Yashasvi Jaiswal struck an unbeaten 105 off 113 balls as India raced to a 10­wicket victory.* PTI Tauranga on Sunday. sealing the victory in style Munir cheaply, but only Mo­ “He underwent an MRI Tests, provided K.L. Rahul with a six over deep hammad Haris, who hit a SCOREBOARD scan in Hamilton on Mon­ continues to bat in the mid­wicket. brisk 21 off 15 balls, provided day. middle­order. any additional contribution. PAKISTAN Bishnoi 2 (3b), Tahir Hussain c (Nazir, 41.4), 9­172 (Tahir, 42.6). PAKISTAN BOWLING “The opening batsman India’s Test squad: Dream come true Left­arm seamer Sushant Haider Ali c Bishnoi b Jaiswal Jurel b Tyagi 2 (10b), Aamir Ali c INDIA BOWLING Tahir 6­1­17­0, Akram 8­0­ has been ruled out of the Virat Kohli (Capt.), Mayank “It's a dream come true for Mishra took three for 28 56 (77b, 9x4), Mohammad Veer b Sushant 1 (6b), Mo­ Tyagi 8­0­32­2, Sushant 8.1­ 37­0, Amir Khan 5­1­20­0, upcoming ODI and the Test Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Shub­ me. To be able to do this for while right­arm quick Kartik Huraira c Saxena b Sushant 4 hammad Amir Khan (not out) 0 0­28­3, Bishnoi 10­0­46­2, Afridi 7­0­50­0, Aamir Ali 5.2­ series and will be referred to man Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, (0b); Extras (b­1, w­10, nb­1): 0­38­0, Munir 4­0­12­0. my country is a great feeling. Tyagi and legspinner Ravi (6b, 1x4), Fahad Munir c Akash 7­0­25­0, Ankolekar 7­0­ the National Cricket Acade­ Ajinkya Rahane (Vice­capt), Ankolekar b Bishnoi 0 (16b), Ro­ 12; Total (in 43.1 overs): 172. 29­1, Jaiswal 3­0­11­1. Toss: Pakistan. Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman “To score a hundred Bishnoi collected two wick­ my for further management hail Nazir c Tilak b Sushant 62 FALL OF WICKETS INDIA Man­of­the­Match: Jaiswal. Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), against Pakistan in a World ets apiece. (102b, 6x4), Qasim Akram run 1­9 (Huraira, 1.6 overs), 2­34 Yashasvi Jaiswal (not out) India won by 10 wickets with of his injury,” said the BCCI Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravin­ cup semifinal is something I “The pitch was good, and out 9 (16, 1x4), Mohammad (Munir, 8.5), 3­96 (Haider, 105 (113b, 8x4, 4x6), Divyaansh 14.4 overs to spare and entered in a statement. dra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, can’t put in words,” said we didn’t put enough runs Haris c Saxena b Ankolekar 21 25.3), 4­118 (Akram, 30.3), 5­ Saxena (not out) 59 (99b, 6x4); the final. Mayank replacing Rohit Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Jaiswal. on the board,” said Pakistan (15b, 1x4, 1x6), Irfan Khan b 146 (Haris, 34.4), 6­156 (Irfan, Extras: (lb­2, w­10): 12; Total Final on Feb. 9 at 1.30 p.m. will mean that he is in line to Navdeep Saini, Ishant Sharma “They bowled well initial­ skipper Nazir. Tyagi 3 (9b), Abbas Afridi lbw b 37.2), 7­163 (Afridi, 38.1), 8­169 (for no loss in 35.2 overs): 176. IST open alongside Shaw in (subject to fitness clearance). de Kock scores Warriors beat Superstarz century, SA Prajnesh brings cheer to Indian fans Both teams have already made it to the semifinals wins first ODI Defeats Maden in straight sets; Kadhe goes down to Vesely lead, but let it slip by giving PBL Reuters TATA OPEN away three points in a row. Cape Town What he required at 4­5 were V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM Captain Quinton de Kock N. Sudarshan steely nerves and he showed HYDERABAD smashed a sparkling centu­ Pune he had them in plenty when In an inconsequential match ry as South Africa eased to India No.1 Prajnesh Gunnes­ he executed a tough over­ with both the teams having a seven­wicket victory waran won his first ATP Tour head and followed it up with already made it to the semifi­ against England in the level main draw match at an ace. nals, North­Eastern War­ opening ODI here on home following a 7­6(4), 7­6 He sealed the match on his riors scored a 4­3 win over Tuesday. (5) defeat of Germany’s Yan­ first match point with a Chennai Superstarz in the After being put into bat, nick Maden in the Tata Open crunching forehand winner. Premier Badminton League England overcame a top­ Maharashtra at the Balewadi “I held up quite well” Praj­ championship here on order wobble to post 258/8 Stadium here on Tuesday. nesh said. “I served well, Tuesday. in 50 overs, helped by a Prajnesh’s one hour and used my forehand well. The It was evident Superstarz Tough one: Kirsty Gilmour won the Trump match for well­constructed 87 from 38 minute win over the All grit: Prajnesh kept his cool to oust Maden. * R. RAGU wrist and the elbow felt fine. decided to give young talent Chennai against Asmita Chaliha. * NAGARA GOPAL Joe Denley in the side’s first World No. 131 brought some It was much closer to my reg­ like K. Sathish Kumar and S. ODI outing since lifting the much­needed cheer to the cal but protected his serve helped in no small measure ular style. I am happy.” Sankar Muthuswamy a feel For 16­year­old S. Sankar The results: North­Eastern Warriors bt Chennai Super­ World Cup at Lord’s last home crowd which had ear­ equally well. But at 3­4, a by his opponent who In doubles, Leander Paes of what it means to be on the Muthuswamy of Superstarz, starz 4­3 [Kaushal Dharmamer July. lier in the evening seen a bout of nervousness, saw Ma­ dumped two forehands into and Mathew Ebden out­ court in such a high­profile the youngest ever to play in third Indian crash out when den shank a routine fore­ the net. With a huge ace and league. the PBL, it was a very satisfy­ bt K. Sathish Kumar 15­3, 15­11; But de Kock (107) and played second seeds Divij Bodin Isara & G. Krishna Prasad Arjun Kadhe was beaten 6­2, hand and double fault, there­ a service winner Prajnesh In the first men’s singles ing outing against World No. Temba Bavuma (98) put on Sharan and Artem Sitak 6­2, lost to B. Sumeeth Reddy & by conceding the crucial went 6­3 up. The set was had 18 Lee Cheuk Yiu. 173 for the second wicket 6­4 by Czech Jiri Vesely. 7­6(5). match, Kaushal Dharmamer Dhruv Kapila 13­15, 14­15; As­ as South Africa reached Prajnesh started the break to make it 5­3. two points later when a Ma­ The results (first round): of Warriors got the better of Muthuswamy impressed mita Chaliha lost to Kirsty Gil­ 259/3 to secure victory match with three quickfire But the home favourite den forehand sailed long.