EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Rohit storm flattens Bangladesh, helps India get back on its feet The skipper makes it a memorable 100th T20I with a brilliant knock as the host chases down a target of 154 with ease Shreedutta Chidananda Rajkot SCOREBOARD The Saurashtra Cricket Asso­ BANGLADESH Dube 2­0­12­0, Krunal ciation Stadium escaped the Liton Das run out 29 (21b, 4x4), 2­0­17­0. fury of Cyclone Maha on Mohammad Naim c Shreyas b INDIA Thursday, but a storm of a Washington 36 (31b, 5x4), Sou­ Rohit Sharma c sub (Mithun) b very different nature made mya Sarkar st. Pant b Chahal 30 Aminul 85 (43b, 6x4, 6x6), landfall. In what was his (20b, 2x4, 1x6), Mushfiqur Shikhar Dhawan b Aminul 31 100th T20 international, Ro­ Rahim c Krunal b Chahal 4 (6b), (27b, 4x4), K.L. Rahul (not out) hit Sharma hammered a sav­ Mahmudullah c Dube b Deepak 8 (11b), Shreyas Iyer (not out) Chahar 30 (21b, 4x4), Afif 24 (13b, 3x4, 1x6); Extras (lb­1, age 43­ball­85 to wipe Ban­ Hossain c Rohit b Khaleel 6 gladesh out. Set 154 for w­5): 6; Total (for two wkts. in (8b), Mosaddek Hossain (not 15.4 overs): 154. victory in the second T20I out) 7 (9b), Aminul Islam (not FALL OF WICKETS here, India strolled home in out) 5 (5b, 1x4); Extras (b­2, 1­118 (Dhawan, 10.5 overs), 2­ 15.4 overs, with eight wickets nb­1, w­3): 6; Total (for six wkts. 125 (Rohit, 12.2). in hand. in 20 overs): 153. BANGLADESH BOWLING FALL OF WICKETS It was as if Rohit had had Mustafizur 3.4­0­35­0, Shafiul 1­60 (Liton, 7.2 overs), 2­83 enough of all the slipping up, 2­0­23­0, Al­Amin 4­0­32­0, (Naim, 10.3), 3­97 (Mushfiqur, enough of all the talk of a se­ Aminul 4­0­29­2, Afif 1­0­13­0, 12.1), 4­103 (Sarkar, 12.6), 5­128 ries defeat, enough of the Mosaddek 1­0­21­0. (Afif, 16.3), 6­142 (Mahmudul­ doubts around India’s com­ lah, 18.3). Toss: India. petence in T20 cricket. He INDIA BOWLING Man-of-the-Match: Rohit. took all that angst and wal­ Deepak Chahar 4­0­25­1, India won by eight wickets loped it into the night sky Khaleel 4­0­44­1, Washington with 26 balls remaining to level high above Rajkot. 4­0­25­1, Chahal 4­0­28­2, series 1-1. Any possibility of the run­ chase being a close affair melted away as Rohit took The conditions perfect off. Mustafizur Rahman was thumped for 15 in the fourth over, a crunching cover­drive for hitting, says Rohit followed by a six into the sight­screen. Al­Amin Hos­ Special Correspondent on song today.” sain was twice steered to the RAJKOT Rohit himself was pleased boundary behind square, Bangladesh captain Mahmu­ with his knock. “I knew con­ Rohit placing the ball whe­ dullah admitted that there ditions were perfect so all I rever he pleased. Shafiul Is­ was little he could have done had to do was stay still and lam bowled what he thought to stop Rohit Sharma. tonk (sic) the ball,” he said at was a decent delivery; Rohit Hitman: Rohit Sharma did as he pleased, toying with the Bangladesh bowlers. * VIJAY SONEJI “If Rohit is having a good the presentation ceremony. lunged out of the crease and time, it’s really hard to stop India had the upper hand deposited him over long­off. been a fifth T20I hundred, briskly as Khaleel Ahmed suf­ of the stumps. Liton was on been their side’s top two found to have gathered the him,” he said. going into the series decider, The off­spinner Afif Hus­ caught at deep mid­wicket. fered, leaking 24 runs from 17 then. scorers in Delhi. Chahal dis­ ball just behind the wickets. Washington Sundar en­ felt Washington. “Definitely. sain was brought on; his first Shreyas Iyer then applied the his first two overs. A little later, he was put missed both of them in the If Chahal was the best of joyed watching Rohit’s in­ We’ve just lost one game and ball was put into orbit, as Ro­ finishing touches as India le­ Yuzvendra Chahal came down at square leg by Rohit, same over. Mushfiqur slog­ India’s bowlers, finishing nings. “Honestly, I had the that was also a close game. A hit raced to an 18th T20I fifty velled the series 1­1. The third on in the sixth, and struck at who had a lot of ground to swept him, just like he had at with two for 28 from his four best seat in the ground,” he couple of things our way and off 23 balls. Mahmudullah and final T20I will be played once. Or so he thought. Liton cover to complete a high the Kotla, and the ball sailed overs, Washington Sundar said. “If he bats like this, it’s a we would have won that as gave young Mosaddek Hos­ at Nagpur on Sunday. had been beaten after charg­ catch. Liton was finally run towards Krunal Pandya on and Deepak Chahar were al­ treat for anyone in the stadi­ well. sain a try; Rohit clobbered There was no sign of the ing a long way out of his out for 29, after some smart the leg­side boundary again; so quietly efficient. Bangla­ um. Certain boundaries he “This game we won very his first three balls for six. In­ rain that had lashed the crease, and Rishabh Pant work from Pant, breaking an this time, the fielder made desh struggled for momen­ hit were unbelievable. I also very convincingly; and we dia’s 100 arrived in 9.2 overs; ground on match­eve as In­ had whipped the bails off. opening stand of 60. no mistake. tum towards the close, just think from a bowler’s point can expect a similar track Bangladesh was yet to take a dia won the toss and put Ban­ The third umpire, however, Mushfiqur Rahim and Sou­ Sarkar was thoroughly de­ about crossing the 150­run of view. There were a few and boundaries (big) in Nag­ wicket. Rohit eventually fell gladesh in. Liton Das and Mo­ ruled that the wicket­keeper mya Sarkar, two of Bangla­ ceived by a googly and mark. It would prove woeful­ balls they executed really pur as well and we will look 15 short of what would have hammad Naim started had gathered the ball in front desh’s senior players, had stumped; a relieved Pant was ly inadequate. well but Rohit as usual, was to win there too,” he said. Smriti, Jemimah power India to series win Palpable distress and angst Goa terminates contract INDIA IN WINDIES Gautam and Kazi’s arrest shocks cricketing fraternity oa Cricket Association Press Trust of India has terminated C.M. Money is not always thought that big G North Sound KPL SPOT-FIXING Gautam’s contract. <> cricketers generally don't get everything. It is “As soon as we came to Comeback­girl Smriti Mand­ N. Sudarshan involved in such things. Why important, but not at know about the incident, hana and Jemimah Ro­ BENGALURU do they need to? But this is the cost of we terminated his con­ drigues hit contrasting half­ There was sense of deep an­ very very surprising,” he everything else tract. We have also in­ centuries to lead the Indian guish in the Karnataka crick­ said. formed the BCCI,” said women’s team to a 2­1 series eting circles over the arrest of Former Karnataka coach “If you see the reputation GCA secretary Vipul victory over the West Indies senior cricketer C.M. Gautam Karnataka cricket enjoys, this When I was playing, Phadke. — Shayan with a comfortable six­wick­ and Abrar Kazi in connection <> comes as a huge shock. For­ I didn't even think Acharya et win in the deciding third with the match­fixing and such [scams] could get this controversy, we don’t ODI, here. betting scam in the Karnata­ be possible here even have simple friendly Smriti, who missed the ka Premier League. fights and arguments on the Former Karnataka cricketer Ashwin moves first two matches due to a toe The people The Hindu field! That's how good Karna­ injury, smashed a 63­ball 74 spoke to — players, both even imagine. I never taka cricket is. When I was to Delhi and raised a match­winning former and active, seasoned thought such big names playing, I didn't even think 141­run partnership with fel­ coaches and officials — under­ would be involved. It’s not as such [scams] could be possi­ Capitals low opener Jemimah (69 off standably chose to remain if they are some young, gulli­ ble here.” 92) on Wednesday night. anonymous, but distress and ble players.” A top KSCA official said the Shayan Acharya A solid foundation in Having the last laugh: The Indian team rallied from a 1­0 deficit to clinch the ODI series 2­1. angst was palpable. He added: “Players need to administrative and cricketing MUMBAI place, India cruised to the * COURTESY BCCI TWITTER The Ballari Tuskers players be mentored; they need mo­ fraternity was left deeply dis­ Kings XI Punjab has decid­ 195­run target in 42.1 overs The Hindu reached out to ex­ ral values. The most impor­ appointed. “I do not think ed to trade off Ravichan­ after the Indian bowlers did old reached the milestone in ing for the host with a com­ play a five­match Twenty20 pressed their shock at the de­ tant thing in life is self­respect any level of player should get dran Ashwin to Delhi Capi­ a commendable job of bow­ her 51st innings.