EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE India completes another annihilation in quick time Ishant and Umesh finish with a combined match­haul of 17 wickets as Bangladesh loses by an innings and 46 runs Runaway winners: Team India has every reason to be proud of its overwhelming sweep of the Bangladesh series.* K.R. DEEPAK DAY-NIGHT TEST Test — its best­ever winning Bangladesh lost its se­ Al­Amin — who was hit by five­fors and finished with streak — and closed its home venth wicket off the 10th ball an Umesh delivery that de­ nine­ and eight­wicket match Y.B. Sarangi season on an encouraging of the day. Ebadot Hossain, flected off the batsman’s hauls. KOLKATA note. India also became the who joined Mushfiqur Ra­ hand onto his helmet and It took 47 minutes and 52 de­ first team in Test history to him, offered an easy catch to scared the visiting camp of Crowd support liveries on day three for India record four successive in­ Virat Kohli at third slip off an another concussion — swung After all the hype, the match to wrap up the Bangladesh nings victories. Umesh Yadav bouncer with­ his bat wildly to gather a few turned out to be a lop­sided second innings and win its The match also under­ out a run being added to the runs before being caught be­ contest, a poor advertise­ SCOREBOARD first­ever day­night Test by lined the might of the pacers overnight total. hind. ment for the longer version an innings and 46 runs. — who claimed all 19 wickets The home pacers pep­ He completed Umesh’s of the game. Nevertheless, BANGLADESH – 1st innings 106 Hasan c Kohli b Ishant 15 (22b, (Mehidy, 25.6), 6­152 (Taijul, The 2­0 sweep of the se­ to fall — as India won a home pered the tailenders with third five­wicket haul and the the BCCI’s pink­ball experi­ INDIA – 1st innings 2x4, 1x6), Taijul Islam c Rahane 32.3), 7­152 (Ebadot, 34.1), 8­ ries at the Eden Gardens Test without any contribu­ short ones even as Mushfiqur first in more than a year. ment provided some encou­ 347 for nine decl. b Umesh 11 (24b, 1x4), Ebadot 184 (Mushfiqur, 39.3), 9­195 here on Sunday has consoli­ tion from its spinners. presented a mixed bag of Ishant, who had taken five raging signs. BANGLADESH — 2nd innings Hossain c Kohli b Umesh 0 (4b), (Al­Amin, 41.1) dated India’s position atop Facing the inevitable, Ban­ composure and frustration wickets in the first innings Spectators filled the Shadman Islam lbw b Ishant 0 Al­Amin Hossain c Saha b INDIA BOWLING the International Cricket gladesh, resuming at 152 for to gather 25 runs. and scalped 12 in the series, stands in large numbers for (5b), Imrul Kayes c Kohli b Umesh 21 (20b, 5x4), Abu Jayed Ishant 13­2­56­4, Umesh Ishant 5 (15b), Mominul Haque c (not out) 2 (2b); Extras (b­8, 14.1­1­53­5, Shami 8­0­42­0, Council World Test Cham­ six, added 43 runs to close at Bangladesh’s slim hopes grabbed the Man­of­the­ the third successive day and Saha b Ishant 0 (6b), Mo­ lb­9, w­5): 22; Total (in 41.1 Ashwin 5­0­19­0, Jadeja 1­0­ pionship table, having 195 for nine as Mahmudul­ of avoiding an innings defeat Match and Man­of­the­Series the Indian team took a victo­ hammad Mithun c Shami b overs): 195. 8­0. reached 360 points. lah, who had retired hurt the ended when Mushfiqur (74) awards. ry lap around the ground to Umesh 6 (12b), Mushfiqur FALL OF WICKETS Man­of­the­match and series: The Virat Kohli­led Indian previous evening due to a stepped out against Umesh It was a rare occasion acknowledge the support for Rahim c Jadeja b Umesh 74 1­0 (Shadman, 0.5 overs), 2­2 Ishant Sharma. side touched a new high by hamstring issue, was unable and scooped a slower one to when two Indian pacers, Ish­ the five­day game in its new (96b, 13x4), Mahmudullah retd. (Mominul, 2.5), 3­9 (Mithun, India won by an innings and winning its seventh straight to return. Ravindra Jadeja at cover. ant and Umesh, returned avatar. hurt 39 (41b, 7x4) , Mehidy 5.2), 4­13 (Kayes, 6.4), 5­133 46 runs to sweep the series 2­0. ‘Day­night Test a step in the right direction’ Agut gives Spain lead I am sure the buzz will be created again in different parts of the country: Kohli DAVIS CUP Reuters Amitabha Das Sharma psyche of a fan.” MADRID As a team we have not been Kolkata <> Kohli also said he felt that Roberto Bautista Agut gave The concept of day­night able to play well, be it the teams needed to make host Spain a flying start in Test has been well received batting or bowling. We have to some strategic changes to do the Davis Cup final against by the Indian team and cap­ learn from this as it will help us in well in the pink­ball format. Canada when he beat Felix tain Virat Kohli wished that the coming years. Struggle makes “The afternoon session was Auger­Aliassime 7­6(3) 6­2 there were more such match­ one perfect. It is about learning rather relatively easier and when I on Sunday, the day after the es to bolster the future of than feeling disappointed spoke to Sachin Paaji [Ten­ death of his father. Test cricket in India. MOMINUL HAQUE, BANGLADESH CAPTAIN dulkar] on the evening of the The 31­year­old left the Kohli appreciated the way first day, he had an interest­ camp for his home town of the BCCI “aggressively mar­ captain Sourav Ganguly, itive changes which will be ing point to make, saying one Castellon on Wednesday af­ keted” the first such match Kohli said he has taken a step cricket­specific and priority needs to take the second ses­ ter father Joaquin’s health on Indian soil which saw a to­ in the right direction. “Dada will be given to Test cricket,” sion as the first session of a deteriorated rapidly. Agut tal turnout of over 1,50,000 [Ganguly] has been open and Kohli added. regular Test. It is the time returned to support his spectators in the three days welcoming about all the To question on marketing when the ball starts to swing teammates during Satur­ Roberto Bautista Agut. * AP that the match lasted. points that I expressed. I strategy for Tests, Kohli said, and seam,” he said. day’s thrilling 3­2 semifinal The results: “The pink­ball Test is the found that his vision is also “It is very crucial to market “A set batsman will be ex­ win against Britain. Final: Spain leads Canada 1­0 beginning and I am sure it is in sync in the way he is trying Test cricket like we do for periencing different things as With a partisan capacity [Roberto Bautista Agut bt Felix going to happen more often for the betterment of Test T20 or One­Day cricket. It is it starts to become dark. crowd inside La Caja Magica Auger­Aliassime 7­6(3), 6­2]. and the buzz will be created cricket,” said the India cap­ matter of understanding Luckily I went in when the roaring his every winner, Semifinal: Spain bt Britain 2­1 again in different parts of the tain. both for the management lights were on and I was the World No. 9 responded [Feliciano Lopez lost to Kyle country,” said Kohli. “I think we are walking in and the broadcasters that if spared of the transition. This with a clinical performance, Edmund 6­3, 7­6(3); Rafael Acknowledgeing the “vi­ the right direction. And un­ you create excitement only suggests that you need to dominating the contest Nadal bt Dan Evans 6­4, 6­0; sion” of the new BCCI presi­ der his [Ganguly’s] leader­ around T20 cricket then you change your strategic plan­ Stellar show: Umesh Yadav accounted for all the three wickets once he had pocketed a Nadal & Lopez bt Jamie Murray dent and the former India ship we will see lot more pos­ are creating a template in the ning in the new format.” to fall on Sunday to return a five­for. * K.R. DEEPAK tense opener. & Neal Skupski 7­6(3), 7­6(8)]. Innings win for Australia New Zealand has Sheffield holds United in dramatic match England on the mat EURO LEAGUES United got back in the game, Important results: Premier (Joaquin 37, Canales 90+4) bt with 19­year­old Brandon League: Sheffield United 3 Valencia 1 (Gomez 32); Granada 1 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Williams scoring in the 72nd (Fleck 19, Mousset 52, McBurnie (Sanchez 67) drew with Atletico Mount Maunganui Sheffield minute. 90) drew with Manchester Unit­ Madrid 1 (Lodi 60); Real Madrid England was battling for Manchester United and Just five minutes after Wil­ ed 3 (Williams 72, Greenwood 3 (Benzema 37, Valverde 48, Mo­ 77, Rashford 79). dric 74) bt Real Sociedad 1 (Wil­ survival after Mitchell Sheffield United shared the liams’ strike, substitute Ma­ lian Jose 2). Santner took three quick spoils after a dramatic 3­3 son Greenwood equalised, Serie A: Bologna 2 (Palacio 40, wickets following a match­ draw at Bramall Lane on finishing from close range af­ Dzemaili 90+5) drew with Par­ Serie A: AC Milan 1 (Bonaventu­ ma 2 (Kulusevski 17, Iacoponi turning double century by Sunday, with the home side ter Rashford’s cross.