WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India slump to shock defeat against NZ in WT20 Indian eves rout Bangladesh by Afridi served legal notice over NAGPUR, Mar 15: turning track at a jam-packed VCA as many four, and Ravichandran to complete the rout. ‘love for India’ statement Stadium in Jamtha. Ashwin (10) were the only oth- Santner captured a stun- 72 runs in tournament opener LAHORE, Mar 14: Title favourites India capitu- It was a horrendous perform- ers to do so. ning 4 for 11, Sodhi grabbed BENGALURU, Mar 15: Harmanpreet, however lost her lated to a shocking 47-run defeat ance from India, ranked world no 1 Dhoni prolonged India's 3 for 18 while McCullum, the patience and was holed out to deep Shahid Afridi was today dragged to court for "committing trea- against a spirited New Zealand in in the Twenty20 format, as the innings which looked a totally lost senior-most spinner, took 2 Indian women's cricket team midwicket after she pulled son" and "hurting sentiments" of Pakistanis, a day after his state- a low-scoring game as the hosts famed batting line-up showed poor cause with the hosts staggering at for 15. produced a clinical performance as Rumana into the hands of Nahida. ment that the national cricket team was "loved more in India" than launched their ICC World skills and application to lose their 43 for seven that improved margin- India commenced their modest in Pakistan. ally to 61 for seven after the 15th chase on a shocking note by losing they thrashed their Bangladeshi Opener Vanitha also was counterparts by 72 runs in the severe against Salma as she pun- A senior lawyer served a legal notice on the 36-year-old opening group league fixture of the ished the spinner for two bound- Pakistan T20 cricket captain for his statement in India yesterday Today’s Fixture ICC World T20, here this evening. aries in her second over. ahead of the World T20 tournament. Pakistan vs Bangladesh (Kolkata) 3:00 PM Batting first, India scored a Vanitha then changed gears, "I have served a legal notice on Shahid Afridi and 'de facto' West Indies vs England (Mumbai) 7:30 PM healthy 163 for five with skipper played some aerial shots to up the chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Najam Sethi for their love for Mithali Raj scoring 42 off 35 balls ante. First she lifted Lata Mondal India over Pakistan. I have also written to PCB Chairman Shahryar over and was ninth batsmen to be four wickets for 26 inside the pow- and the hard-hitting Harmanpreet straight through the line over mid- Khan to launch an inquiry into the statement of Afridi in India," dismissed, caught at long on off erplay and then lost their most in- Kaur smashing 40 off 29 balls with off by planting the foot forward. advocate Azhar Saddique said. Santner after striking Sodhi for a form batsman Kohli at 39 in the three fours and two huge sixes. Vanitha executed a classy loft- "Afridi has let down the whole Pakistani nation for expressing huge straight six a little while earli- ninth over. In reply, Bangladesh could ed shot straight down the ground more love for India than Pakistan. In fact he has committed trea- er. The procession started when only manage 91 for five in 20 off Fahima for a boundary before son. Now who will ensure that Pakistani team will play against Nine of India's 10 wickets Shikhar Dhawan tried a sweep a overs as they never looked like she fell to Nahida after putting up India in Kolkata in T20 match to win," said Saddique. fell to the Kiwi spin trio while McCullum delivery and was posing any challenge for the 62 runs for first wicket in 7.4 overs. Asked about the damages he is claiming in his lawsuit, last man Ashish Nehra was trapped plumb in front off the fifth 'Women In Blue'. The Indian opener was castled Saddique said, "My notice is (just) to tell Afridi that he has hurt the castled by pacer Adam Milne ball.(PTI) Put into bat, skipper Raj and after she missed a wild swipe at the sentiments of Pakistanis and for PCB to take action against him". her opening partner VR Vanitha ball. Siddique also asked Afridi to apologise to the nation. Pakistan take on Bangladesh (38, 24 balls, 7x4) added 62 runs Veda Krishnamurthy, who At a press conference in Kolkata, Afridi had said, "I've not for the opening wicket. remained not out on 36 off 24 balls, enjoyed playing anywhere as much as I have in India. I am in the in tricky World T20 opener Brimming with confidence of walked in at 95 for three in 13.3 last stage of my career and I can say that the love I have got in KOLKATA, Mar 15: India is something that I will always remember. We have not got New Zealand players celebrate victory against India in the being in good nick, the Indian cap- overs and stitched a useful 45 runs this much love even from Pakistan. There are cricket-loving peo- opening T20 World Cup match at Nagpur on Tuesday. Their arrival itself was mired in drama and a mercurial Pakistan tain started her innings by cracking partnership for fourth wicket in the would look to bring the focus back on their cricket when they take on back-to-back boundaries of Salma company of Harmanpreet. In the ple here, much like in Pakistan. Overall, I've enjoyed a lot playing Twenty20 campaign in the most fifth successive match against the an enigmatic Bangladesh in what promises to be an engrossing World Khatun in the second over of the 19th over, Krishnamurthy ham- in India in my cricketing career". ignominious manner, here Kiwis. Twenty20 Super 10 Group 2 encounter here tomorrow. match. Mithali was lucky on 28 as mered two sixes of Fahima Khatun Saddique said Afridi's insensitive statement has not only hurt tonight. With impressive figures of 4-0- Pakistan arrived later than planned in India owing to security con- Khadija Tul Kubra spilled a return to post the India's total past 150 runs. the sentiments of Pakistanis but also made his (Afridi) life vulner- After restricting New Zealand 11-4, young left-arm spinner cerns of their government and managed to trigger a furore barely a day catch after she plopped a catch at a In a thoroughly dominating able. 126 for seven, India put up a Mitchell Santner turned out to be after landing here. height. performance right from start to fin- "God forbid if Pakistan loses match against India, Afridi keep- pathetic batting display to be bun- the star performer with the ball for The team's captain Shahid Afridi is in the eye of a storm after stat- She was picked up by leg-spin- ish, India pushed the vistors into a ing in view his 'pro-India' statement nobody here will forgive him dled out 79 in 18.1 overs, their sec- New Zealand, recording the best ing that Pakistani players are loved more in India than their own coun- ner Rumana Ahmed, who foxed hole early on by reducing them to ever," he said, adding Afridi is neither an ambassador nor a diplo- try. Last known, he had been issued a legal notice for the comments, ond lowest Twenty20 total, on a bowling figures by a Kiwi tweaker the batswoman, who ended up giv- 35 for three in 10 overs. None of mat and he made "uncalled for comments" which he should take which have been called shameful by former captain Javed Miandad. SCOREBOARD in India. ing a dolly to Jahanara Alam. the Bangladesh batswomen could back. New Zealand innings: The home team Amid this off-field drama, the Pakistani players will take the field "The PCB should investigate the role of Najam Sethi as he tomorrow, eyeing revenge for the humiliating loss to Bangladesh in the With scoreboard reading 95 for stitch a worthy partnership which MJ Guptill lbw b Ashwin 6 now proceed to might have pushed Afridi to speak in favour of India. Sethi always recent Asia Cup. 2 in 15th over, Harmanpreet upped could have steadied the ship. KS Williamson* st †Dhoni b Raina 8 Kolkata to take on the tempo with two sixes ---- one To their credit, Indian bowlers, advocates Indian cause," he said. arch-foes Pakistan But Bangladesh would be no pushovers as they are riding high after C Munro c Pandya b Nehra 7 off Khadija's bowling, hit over especially spinners Anuja Patil and The notices have been sent to the residences of Afridi and Sethi. in their second game making the final of the continental event, which was won by India CJ Anderson b Bumrah 34 eventually. Also, the team showed good form during the World T20 long-off and the other one was Poonam Yadav, who bagged two Meanwhile, in Karachi, Aamir Nawaz, an advocate, filed a peti- LRPL Taylor run out (Raina) 10 on March 19 while tion in the Sindh High Court in which he pleaded that with his New Zealand travel qualifiers to make the main draw with ease.(PTI) over deep mid-wicket off leg- wickets each, ensured that the vis- MJ Santner c †Dhoni b Jadeja 18 remarks Afridi had hurt the sentiments of the Pakistani nation and to Dharamsala to break bowler Rumana. iting team could never get easy requested the court to restrain the all-rounder from making such GD Elliott run out (Dhawan/Nehra) 9 clash against Trans- West Indies, England clash in Then in 18th over, runs.