EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Saini and Shardul prove too hot for Sri Lanka Regular match­practice The two pacers restrict the visitors to 142; Rahul, Dhawan, Shreyas and Kohli take India past the finish line in style helped, says Shardul SL IN INDIA laugh, however, removing Perera off the very next de­ Ashwin Achal livery. The batsman could Indore not get to the pitch of the India made short work of ball, yet went through with the insipid Sri Lankans, the stroke. Shikhar Dhawan cruising to a seven­wicket tip­toed inside the long­off victory in the second T20I at fence to pull off a good the Holkar Stadium here on catch. Tuesday. From here, Sri Lanka Chasing a sub­par 143­run crumbled in quick time. Jas­ target, India rode on handy prit Bumrah took his first, contributions from K.L. Ra­ and only, wicket with a clev­ hul (45, 32b, 6x4), Shikhar er slower ball, while Shardul Dhawan (32, 29b, 2x4), Thakur picked up three in Well begun: With K.L. Rahul giving India a bright start, one over. Shreyas Iyer (34, 26b, 3x4, Sri Lanka’s total proved inadequate. * VIVEK BENDRE 1x6) and skipper Virat Kohli Bumrah struggles (30 not out, 17b, 1x4, 2x6) to Ashwin Achal 170­180 run pitch. It was not Bumrah, playing his first get the job done with 15 balls Indore difficult to score runs at any match in four months, was to spare. Fast bowler Shardul Thakur stage,” Shradul said. not quite at his best. He Rahul was especially good stated that regular match­ Sri Lankan coach Mickey started proceedings with a with the drive, dispatching practice has helped him Arthur blamed the batting wide down leg, and conti­ Lahiru Kumara and Lasith sharpen his white­ball skills. for the defeat. “We played nued to struggle with his di­ Malinga with a straight bat. Shardul picked up three too many shots, without ro­ rection. A wild slog off spinner Wa­ wickets — all in one over — in tating the strike. There were The Gujarat fast bowler nindu Hasaranga, however, India’s comfortable victory too many dot balls. If you get was most disappointing in ended his stay. over Sri Lanka in the second regular singles and twos, it the 20th over, bowling over­ T20I here on Tuesday. puts the bowlers off their pitched deliveries to No. 8 Sedate Dhawan “Playing two continuous rhythm,” Arthur said. batsman Hasaranga. years of domestic cricket and His partner Dhawan, who is While Bumrah eased his IPL has helped me with the Udana unlikely fighting to keep his place in way back into international white­ball. The more you Arthur stated that injured the side, was more sedate in cricket, Saini hit his straps. his approach. He was not play, the more you learn. left­arm fast bowler Isuru Dance of delight: Navdeep Saini is cock­a­hoop after castling Danushka Gunathilaka. * VIVEK BENDRE He bowled at great pace, And recently, our bowling Udana is unlikely to feature quite fluent, but stuck consistently touching the coach Bharat Arun has been in the third T20I. “It was un­ around long enough to Blue. Sri Lanka was ham­ unsettled during his 21­ball early on when Shreyas shot of great ingenuity. A re­ 145­kmph mark. make a mark. The Delhi very helpful too,” Shradul fortunate that Udana could pered by an injury to left­ stay, before Saini disar­ picked the wrong end to at­ verse­sweep to a length ball Saini finished with two southpaw moved to 32, be­ said. not bowl today. Udana was in arm speedster Isuru Udana, ranged his stumps with a tempt a run­out. outside off from Kuldeep for 18 in four overs, effec­ fore Hasaranga trapped him The Mumbai cricketer ad­ great pain in the dressing who landed awkwardly on yorker. The visitors depend­ Perera got going with a sailed into the stands, earn­ tively applying the brakes on leg­before on a review. ded that the Holkar Stadium room. We hope to get him his knee while fielding. Uda­ ed heavily on Kusal Perera, mighty slog­sweep off Wash­ ing appreciation from even the Sri Lankan scoring rate pitch favoured batsmen, ready for our next tour, but When the television um­ na, the leader of the pace who came to the crease at 54 ington that went for a six. the partisan home crowd. and walking away with the which made Sri Lanka’s total even that looks a bit of a pire declared Dhawan out, pack, was forced to walk off for two. Perera was lucky Not long after, he executed a Kuldeep had the last Man­of­the­Match honours. the crowd cheered, as Virat the field and did not bowl in of 142 inadequate. “It was a stretch,” Arthur said. Kohli, the main attraction, the chase. SCOREBOARD walked in. After winning the toss, In­ The captain had an easy dia did well to restrict Sri SRI LANKA (1b), Lahiru Kumara (not out) 0 ton 4­0­29­1, Kuldeep 17.1). task ahead of him, with In­ Lanka to 142. The Sri Lankan Danushka Gunathilaka b Saini (0b); Extras (b­1, lb­1, w­4): 6; 4­0­38­2. SRI LANKA BOWLING dia needing 57 from 52 balls. batsmen fired in spurts, but 20 ( 21b, 3x4), Avishka Total (for nine wkts. in 20 INDIA Malinga 4­0­41­0, Kumara 3.3­ Kohli patiently went about failed to get a big one. Open­ Fernando c Saini b Washington overs): 142. K.L. Rahul b Hasaranga 45 0­30­1, Dhananjaya 2­0­15­0, his business, picking up sin­ er Avishka Fernando started 22 ( 16b, 5x4), Kusal Perera c FALL OF WICKETS (32b, 6x4), Shikhar Dhawan lbw Shanaka 4­0­26­0, Hasaranga gles and twos initially. impressively, striking a cou­ Dhawan b Kuldeep 34 ( 28b, 1­38 (Avishka, 4.5 overs), 2­54 b Hasaranga 32 (29b, 2x4), 4­0­30­2. ple of perfect cover drives. 3x6), Oshada Fernando st. Pant (Gunathilaka, 7.4), 3­82 Shreyas Iyer c Shanaka b Ku­ Toss: India. b Kuldeep 10 ( 9b, 1x4), Bha­ (Oshada, 11.3), 4­97 (Perera, mara 34 (26b, 3x4, 1x6), Virat Fireworks Man-of-the-Match: Navdeep nuka Rajapaksa c Pant b Saini 9 13.2), 5­104 (Rajapaksa, 14.5), Kohli (not out) 30 (17b, 1x4, Shreyas provided the fire­ Lovely yorker Saini. (12b, 1x4), Dasun Shanaka b 6­117 (Shanaka, 16.6), 7­128 2x6), Rishabh Pant (not out) 1 works, smashing Hasaranga Avishka fell in spinner Wash­ Bumrah 7 (8b), Dhananjaya de (Dhananjaya, 18.2), 8­130 (1b); Extras (b­1, lb­1): 2; Total India won by seven wickets for two fours and a six in the ington Sundar’s first over — Silva c Dube b Shardul 17 (13b, (Udana, 18.5), 9­130 (Malinga, (for three wkts. in 17.3 overs): with 15 balls to spare and take a 16th over. The 51­run third­ a mishit falling in the safe 2x4), Wanindu Hasaranga (not 18.6). 144. 1-0 lead in the three-match wicket stand between hands of Navdeep Saini at out) 16 (10b, 3x4), Isuru Udana INDIA BOWLING FALL OF WICKETS series. Shreyas and Kohli sealed the mid­off. His partner Da­ c Saini b Shardul 1 (2b), Lasith Bumrah 4­0­32­1, Shardul 4­0­ 1­71 (Rahul, 9.1), 2­86 Third and final T20I: January issue in favour of the Men in nushka Gunathilaka looked Malinga c Kuldeep b Shardul 0 23­3, Saini 4­0­18­2, Washing­ (Dhawan, 11.2), 3­137 (Shreyas, 10, Pune, 7 p.m. Stokes mops up South African tail, inspires England to series­levelling win Setback for Shaw ENGLAND IN SA Stokes took the last three SCOREBOARD Special Correspondent Prithvi Shaw suffered from wickets in the space of 14 Mumbai rotator cuff and labrum inju­ Agence France-Presse balls to clinch the victory. He Prithvi Shaw has been all but England — 1st innings: 269. Stokes 0, K. Rabada (not out) 3; ry to his left shoulder while Cape Town finished with three for 35. ruled out of the limited­over South Africa — 1st innings: 223. Extras (b­4, lb­2, nb­5, w­2): 13; fielding on day one ( January Ben Stokes produced an ex­ South Africa defied the Total (in 137.4 overs): 248. leg of India­A’s tour of New 3, 2020) of the Paytm Ranji plosive spell of bowling as England bowlers for most of England — 2nd innings: 391/8 Zealand after hurting his decl. Fall of wickets: 1­71, 2­123, 3­ Trophy match between England beat South Africa by the day. Only three wickets 129, 4­164, 5­171, 6­237, 7­237, shoulder in the field during Mumbai and Karnataka,” 189 runs inside the last hour fell before tea as South Africa South Africa — 2nd innings: P. 8­241, 9­241. Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy loss stated Jay Shah, the BCCI Malan c Stokes b Curran 84, D. of the fifth day of the second defended grimly after start­ England bowling: Anderson 18­ against Karnataka last week. Elgar c Buttler b Denly 34, Z. secretary. Test at Newlands on Tues­ ing the day on 126 for two af­ 9­23­2, Broad 23­8­37­1, Bess A BCCI statement on Hamza c Buttler b Anderson 18, The BCCI medical panel is day. The win levelled the ter being set an improbable 33­14­57­1, Curran 16­4­37­1, Tuesday ruled Shaw out of K.