EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Bumrah out of South Africa series Rain halts South Africa’s Lower back issue delays his home debut; Umesh Yadav named the replacement practice session SA IN INDIA V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM VISAKHAPATNAM G. Viswanath Rain played spoilsport to the Mumbai preparations of the Faf du India’s pace attack for the Plessis­led South African three­Test home series team as its scheduled train­ against South Africa was ing session at the Dr. YSR­ dented in a big way, with Jas­ ACA­VDCA Stadium here prit Bumrah rendered hors had to be cut short following de combat because of a low­ a heavy downpour within 40 er back issue. minutes of the commence­ There was a lot of excite­ ment of the nets here on ment with the 25­year­old Tuesday. Gujarat speed merchant — During that brief stint, who has taken 62 wickets at key players including du 19.24 in 12 overseas Tests — Plessis, fast bowler Kagiso all set to make his Test debut Rabada and Temba Bavuma in a home series in the first got a feel of the conditions in Test in Visakhapatnam start­ game­changer for India in the city where the South ing on Oct. 2. the two­Test series against Africans will take on India in India’s next home series is the West Indies in Antigua the first Test to be played against Bangladesh in In­ and Jamaica. from October 2. Irksome: Heavy rains meant that Faf du Plessis and his team dore (Nov. 14­18). Bumrah He was also the highest had to curtail their training schedule. * K.R. DEEPAK has been replaced by Umesh wicket­taker in the series Animated discussion Yadav. with 13 victims at 9.23 (five With rains forcing the T20I series against India. are keeping their fingers crossed hoping that the Bumrah has not played Heading for recovery: Jasprit Bumrah, whose injury was detected during a routine radiological for seven in the second in­ players to hurry for cover, In a way, the visitors, who nings in Antigua & six for 31 rains will stay away as they competitive cricket after re­ screening, will undergo rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy, Bengaluru.* AP the sight of du Plessis en­ are scheduled to play a turning from the West In­ in the first innings in gaged in an animated discus­ three­day warm­up game prepare to host the biggest dies. because he was bowling well committee, M.S.K. Prasad The injury was detected Jamaica). sion with one of the support against Rohit Sharma­led cricket match at the Dr. PVG and among wickets. said: “Jasprit Bumrah has during a routine radiological While Bumrah will get the staff members apparently Board President’s XI at Vizia­ Raju Sports Complex at Not in danger zone The team­management, sustained a minor stress screening. He will undergo benefit of full rest before the gesticulating about the fol­ nagaram from September 26 home. It has been said that the low­ selection committee and the fracture in his lower back rehabilitation at the Benga­ two­Test series against Ban­ low­through of the bat was a to 28, also got a hint of the A senior official said Rohit er back issue is not in the BCCI have decided to give and has been ruled out of luru­based National Cricket gladesh, it is understood reminder that the South inclement weather which is was expected to join the “danger zone” and although him sufficient rest. the upcoming Paytm Free­ Academy. that the BCCI is trying to find Africans are determined to predicted to follow them ov­ team on Wednesday even as he was in slight discomfort A BCCI press release dom Series for the Gandhi­ He will be monitored by a long­term solution for Har­ keep improving with each er the next few days. the President’s XI is expect­ after the Antigua Test, he signed by chairman of the Mandela Trophy against the BCCI medical team.” dik Pandya’s back that keeps game after the morale­ The Vizianagaram District ed to have a full training ses­ played the Jamaica Test only senior national selection South Africa. Bumrah has been the flaring up on and off. boosting effort to level the Cricket Association officials sion in the morning. Indian bowlers keep their cool, defend modest total in first T20I SCOREBOARD INDIA (11b), Laura Wolvaardt b Poo­ Shafali Verma c Sekhukhune b nam 14 (14b, 2x4), Nadine de Harmanpreet’s knock takes the hosts to 130; du Preez’s counterattack almost guides South Africa home Ismail 0 (4b), Smriti Mandhana Klerk c Taniya b Deepti 0 (4b), c du Preez b Shangase 21 (16b, Mignon du Preez st. Taniya b SA WOMEN IN INDIA Nadine de Klerk to nick one and Jemimah Rodrigues’ 4x4), Jemimah Rodrigues c Radha 59 (43b, 4x4, 3x6), Sune behind. While Deepti didn’t foundation in PowerPlay. Brits b Sekhukhune 19 (25b, Luus c Smriti b Poonam 0 (1b), Amol Karhadkar concede a run till she bowled While Jemimah’s cover 3x4), Harmanpreet Kaur lbw b Nondumiso Shangase b Har­ SURAT her final over at the death, drive off Shabnim Ismail de Klerk 43 (34b, 3x4, 2x6), manpreet 4 (10b, 1x4), Shab­ leggie Poonam Yadav picked showed her class, Smriti’s Deepti Sharma c Lee b de Klerk nim Ismail st. Taniya b Deepti 6 With the Diamond City’s long 16 (16b, 2x4), Veda Krish­ (7b, 1x4), Ayabonga Khaka b up wickets off successive twin boundaries off Tumi wait for international cricket namurthy lbw b Ismail 10 (11b, Shikha 5 (14b), Tumi finally over, the Indian wo­ balls. She drew Laura Wol­ Sekhukhune gave the specta­ vaardt forward, the googly 1x4), Pooja Vastrakar run out 1 Sekhukhune (not out) 2 (3b), men gave the fans another tors, numbering more than (3b), Radha Yadav b Ismail 1 Nonkululeko Mlaba st. Taniya b sneaking through her de­ reason to head home with a 10,000, a chance to go wild. (2b), Taniya Bhatia (not out) 11 Radha 0 (1b); Extras (lb­1, w­9): big smile as they held their fence to rattle the timber. Off (5b, 2x4), Shikha Pandey (not 10; Total (in 19.5 overs): 119. nerve to pip South Africa wo­ the next delivery, skipper Shafali makes debut out) 3 (4b); Extras (lb­2, w­3): Sune Luus hit straight to FALL OF WICKETS men by 11 runs in the opening The spotlight was on India’s 5; Total (for eight wkts. in 20 Smriti Mandhana at cover. overs): 130. 1­25 (Lee, 1.6), 2­29 (Brits, 4.1), T20I on Tuesday. 15­year­old Shafali Verma 3­29 (de Klerk, 4.5), 4­48 FALL OF WICKETS Earlier, Harmanpreet, who made her debut. (Wolvaardt, 8.4), 5­48 (Luus, Despite Mignon du Preez’s 1­0 (Shafali, 0.4 overs), 2­28 making a return to interna­ 8.5), 6­65 (Shangase, 11.5), 7­ brilliant counterattack, the The opener, however, per­ (Smriti, 5.3), 3­58 (Jemimah, 73 (Ismail, 13.2), 8­105 (Khaka, spinners ensured that India tional cricket after a shoulder ished off the fourth ball of the 9.5), 4­104 (Deepti, 15.4), 5­ 17.5), 9­119 (du Preez, 19.4). successfully defended a total injury forced her to miss the contest, without opening her 105 (Harmanpreet, 15.6), 6­113 of 130. Had the South African previous series against En­ account, as Sekhukhune (Pooja, 17.2), 7­114 (Radha, INDIA BOWLING received some support from gland, came up with a gutsy lunged to her left to pluck an 18.1), 8­125 (Veda, 18.6). Pooja 1­0­18­0, Shikha 4­0­ the other end, she could well knock to take the hosts to a on­drive off Ismail. SOUTH AFRICA BOWLING 18­2, Deepti 4­3­8­3, Poonam modest total. Ismail 4­0­26­3, Khaka 4­1­ have taken the team past the The other debutant, South 4­0­25­2, Harmanpreet 3­0­ The final nail: Nonkululeko Mlaba is stumped off Radha Yadav to signal India’s win. * VIJAY SONEJI 10­0, Sekhukhune 4­0­24­1, 20­1, Radha 3.5­0­29­2. finish line instead of going for Harmanpreet forged a 46­ Africa’s left­arm spinner Non­ an almighty heave and get­ Shangase 2­0­18­1, Mlaba 3­0­ the Indian tweakers had the over bowled by Pooja Vastra­ Deepti Sharma started with a run stand with Deepti for the kululeko Mlaba, wilted under 26­0, Luus 1­0­14­0, de Klerk Toss: South Africa. ting stumped with 12 needed South Africans dancing to kar, seasoned pacer Shikha double­wicket maiden, out­ fourth wicket — the highest of pressure, bowling too short 2­0­10­2. off three balls. Player­of­the­match: Deepti. their tune. Though the visi­ Pandey cleaned up the smarting Tazmin Brits in the match. She used her feet and even bouncing the ball SOUTH AFRICA While du Preez planned tors’ chase got off to a flier, dangerous Lizelle Lee. The flight for ’keeper Taniya Bha­ exceptionally well against the twice to Jemimah early on in Lizelle Lee b Shikha 16 (11b, India won by 11 runs to take a the chase to near­perfection, with 18 coming off the first spinners then took over. Offie tia to do the rest and forcing spinners to build on Smriti her spell. 4x4), Tazmin Brits b Deepti 3 1-0 lead in five-match series.