EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kohli, Dhawan stamp India’s superiority as the host goes 1-0 up Skipper de Kock leads from the front with a quick half­century but South Africa’s bowling proves ineffective SA IN INDIA SCOREBOARD RAKESH RAO SOUTH AFRICA MOHALI Reeza Hendricks c Washington b Deepak Chahar 6 (11b, 1x4), A business­like chase script­ Quinton de Kock c Kohli b Saini ed by Virat Kohli and Shikhar 52 (37b, 8x4), Temba Bavuma c Dhawan separated India and Jadeja b Deepak Chahar 49 (43b, South Africa by seven wick­ 3x4, 1x6), Rassie van der Dussen ets. More significant than the c & b Jadeja 1 (2b), David Miller b margin of victory was how in­ Hardik 18 (15b, 1x6), Dwaine Pretorius (not out) 10 (7b, 1x6), effective the visitor’s attack Andile Phehlukwayo (not out) 8 was made to look in the (5b, 1x6); Extras (lb­5): 5; Total chase of 150, culminating in (for five wkts. in 20 overs): 149. the penultimate over at the FALL OF WICKETS PCA Stadium on Wednesday. 1­31 (Hendricks, 3.5), 2­88 (de Having taken a 1­0 lead Kock, 11.2), 3­90 (van der Dus­ with a match to go in the India captain lauds his bowlers sen, 12.1), 4­126 (Bavuma, 17.1), three­match T20 series, India 5­129 (Miller, 18.1). will have to be wary of being INDIA BOWLING a shade complacent when Rakesh Rao games to prove their Quinton de kock hoped Washington 3­0­19­0, Deepak Chahar 4­0­22­2, Saini 4­0­ the teams meet in Bengaluru. MOHALI mettle. They are going in for better things to follow 34­1, Jadeja 4­0­31­1, Hardik 4­ Dhawan, before being bril­ Virat Kohli leading the right direction.” in the final T20 match in 0­31­1, Krunal 1­0­7­0. liantly taken by a diving Da­ successful run­chases is About his role, Kohli Bengaluru. “We got off to a INDIA vid Miller — clearly the catch nothing new. Obviously said, “It is a (matter of) good start and towards the Rohit Sharma lbw b Phehluk­ of the match — at the long­on filled with pride on pride to play for my end they bowled pretty wayo 12 (12b, 2x6), Shikhar Dha­ fence, played his part during guiding the team home, country. Whatever it takes, well and they assessed the wan c Miller b Shamsi 40 (31b, the 61­run second­wicket the India skipper credited whichever format, to get conditions better than we 4x4, 1x6), Virat Kohli (not out) stand with Kohli. the bowlers for the us across the line, I’ll do did. There was a lot of 72 (52b, 4x4, 3x6), Rishabh Pant manner in which they that. Adapting in different pressure on some of the c Shamsi b Fortuin 4 (5b), Finishing the job dragged South Africa back. formats is nothing but a new guys and I think they Shreyas Iyer (not out) 16 (14b, As is his wont, Kohli batted “The pitch was very mindset of making your did pretty well against this 2x4); Extras (lb­2, w­5): 7; Total (for three wkts. in 19 overs): 151. with elan and ensured that good and an outstanding team win. If you want to world­class opposition.” FALL OF WICKETS he finished the job. He effort from the bowlers to win a game for your team, 1­33 (Rohit, 3.5), 2­94 (Dhawan, stroked the ball well, relied pull things back. As long as you will find a way. That’s Dhawan happy 11.4), 3­104 (Pant, 13.4). more on rotating the strike they show character in the most important thing. Shikhar Dhawan was SOUTH AFRICA BOWLING without missing an oppor­ difficult situations, they I never think for myself, happy with the start to the Rabada 3­0­24­0, Nortje 3­0­ tunity to hit the ball to the are going to present a it’s always about what the home season. “It was a 27­0, Phehlukwayo 3­0­20­1, ropes. strong case for themselves team needs. Test cricket, good start for all of us. I Pretorius 3­0­27­0, Shamsi 3­0­ During Kohli’s unbeaten in the future. Lot of one­day cricket... the will was playing well, timing 19­1, Fortuin 4­0­32­1. 52­ball 72, the standout positive signs for us and should be to win the game the ball well and enjoying Toss: India; MoM: Kohli. stroke was the six over back­ they’ll get many more for your country.” myself.” India won by seven wickets with six balls to spare to lead the ward square­leg off Kagiso three-match series 1-0. Rabada’s 141­kmph delivery. At the other end, Rishabh Krunal Pandya and keeping keep South Africa to a over with three successive tumbling catch. Soon, Jadeja Pant flopped with his offer­ Rahul Chahar out. In picking sub­150 total. boundaries — past third man, accepted a return catch to ing to Tabraiz Shamsi at short the pacers, the left­armer The fall of four wickets in through extra­cover and to send back Rassie van der fine­leg, appearing more Khaleel Ahmed was ignored the space of 36 deliveries and midwicket. Dussen. careless than fearless. with Deepak Chahar joining 41 runs reduced South Africa Before Saini got his re­ Barring de Kock, only Shreyas Iyer did just what Navdeep Saini and all­roun­ from a promising 88 for one venge in the 12th over, de Temba Bavuma did his job af­ the situation demanded. der Hardik Pandya, who re­ to 129 for five. The last over Kock hit four more fours and ter coming in at No. 3. Bavu­ Earlier, put in to bat, South turned to the mix. produced 16 runs, including reached his half­century in ma showed a special liking to Africa’s brightest phase was Interestingly, India tried a six each to Dwaine Pretori­ style. The skipper’s blitzkrieg the bowling of Hardik, hitting provided by skipper Quinton out five bowlers in the first us and Andile Phehlukwayo, provided his team the foun­ him for a six in the eighth ov­ de Kock’s half­century. Once eight overs, with the sixth op­ off Navdeep Saini to lift the dation to keep an eye on the er and two successive boun­ he was dismissed, India kept tion Krunal bowling only the total. average total of 185 on this daries in the 10th to grow in tightening the screws. The 14th! Overall, after facing the After warming up with an ground. confidence. However, he hosts opted for variety in early heat, the bowlers made opening­over boundary off India’s comeback began failed to accelerate and even­ spin, playing Ravindra Jade­ a strong comeback. The use Washington Sundar, de kock when Kohli caught his oppo­ tually departed in the 18th Master of the chase: Virat Kohli showcased his finishing skills yet again. * AKHILESH KUMAR ja, Washington Sundar and of slower deliveries helped welcomed Saini in the next site number with a running, over. Vinesh gets a medal at Worlds, finally Just reward for a determined grappler WRESTLING WORLDS Y.B. Sarangi and Worlds silver medallist winning is the first priority, KOLKATA Press Trust of India Sarah Hilderbrandt of the but if I don’t win then I Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) Vinesh Phogat’s double USA — she faced. She would like to learn from my delight after securing an became not only the first mistakes. Even the smallest Indian wrestling had a lot to Olympic quota place and Indian wrestler to claim a change can help improve celebrate on Wednesday as her maiden World berth for the Tokyo Games, my game a lot,” Vinesh had Vinesh Phogat secured To­ championships medal in but also the fifth woman told this reporter after kyo Olympics qualification Nur­Sultan, Kazakhstan, on from the country to bag a PWL. “I need to work on and won a bronze at the Wednesday was the Worlds medal. my speed as well as World Championships here. outcome of her sheer Vinesh, whose Olympics improving my lower Pooja Dhanda put herself determination, something dream was shattered in attack.” one win away from her se­ that would stand her in 2016 when she injured her Vinesh secured gold cond medal, reaching the good stead in the 2020 knee midway through a medals in Grand Prix of semifinals in the 59kg cate­ Games. bout in Rio, banked on her Spain, Yasar Dogu event in gory with a gritty display. Because of her fabulous resilience to make a strong Turkey and Poland Open. track record and consistent comeback and bag her In Nur­Sultan, one could End of a drought performance at elite events, second Commonwealth witness significant Having endured a medal­ Vinesh’s achievements in Games gold and the Asian improvement — quick less run in three World the 53kg might not surprise Games gold in 2018. counter­attacks and better Championships before, Vi­ many. In the early part of the defence – in her game. nesh finally ended the However, one can 2019, Vinesh seemed drought by pinning Maria understand the essence of vulnerable in certain Family affair Prevolaraki to win by fall in Reaping it rich: Vinesh Phogat landed her first­ever medal at the Worlds. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT her success, considering aspects of her game in the The 25­year­old, who the bronze­medal bout. the tough competition — Pro Wrestling League. joined her cousin sisters Earlier in the day, she had Olympics.