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SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2019
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Jadhav, Dhoni and bowlers script India’s win in opening ODI

The two add 141 to guide the team home after the Indian attack, led by Shami and Kuldeep, restricts Australia to 236
AUS IN INDIA

Shreedutta Chidananda
Hyderabad
If there are any strong con­
cerns over India’s batting
line­up being top­heavy, Ke­
dar Jadhav and M.S. Dhoni
have allayed them for the
moment. The two batted
with great maturity and
poise on Saturday to dig their
team out of a tough spot and
lead it to victory in the first
ODI.
After Australia had stum­
bled to 236 for seven, thanks
to a fine bowling perfor­
mance led by Mohammed
Shami and Kuldeep Yadav,
India found itself wobbling at
99 for four. Dhoni and Jad­
hav, though, steadied the
ship, adding 141 (149b) in
their unbroken alliance for
the fifth wicket, as India won
with 10 balls to spare at the
Rajiv Gandhi International
Stadium.
Early in India’s run­chase,
when Virat Kohli and Rohit
Sharma were at the crease, it
looked like the task was go­
ing to be a simple one. The Upping the ante: M.S. Dhoni, in typical fashion, changed gears as his innings progressed.
pair added 76 for the second
* K.V.S. GIRI
wicket, without a sign of the
strain that was to follow.
Kohli’s 44 (45b) included SCOREBOARD INDIA VS AUSTRALIA, FIRST ODI
some imperious on­drives Sealing it: Kedar Jadhav unfurled a range of strokes during his match­winning innings. * K.V.S. GIRI
and pull­shots, and a half­ AUSTRALIA 23.5), 4­133 (Handscomb, 29.6), Jadhav (not out) 81 (87b, 9x4,
Usman Khawaja c Vijay
century seemed a certainty steadily, on a pitch where of disciplined bowling and all­rounder went for 22 in his chosen while India rested Shankar b Kuldeep 50 (76b, 5­169 (Turner, 37.5), 6­173 1x6); Extras (lb­1, w­5): 6; Total
(Maxwell, 39.5), 7­235 (Coulter­
(for four wkts. in 48.2 overs):
when Adam Zampa struck. batting was proving hard. missed Australian opportun­ first three overs, and was Yuzvendra Chahal, sent 5x4, 1x6), Aaron Finch c Dhoni b Nile 49.5). 240.
Kohli failed to spot a googly They added only 35 in the ity. Aaron Finch won the toss never brought back. It was down 10 unfussy overs for Bumrah 0 (3b), Marcus Stoinis c INDIA BOWLING FALL OF WICKETS
and pushed forward in de­ first 10 overs of their stand, for the third straight time Jadhav who broke through. 33, rushing through his spell Kohli b Jadhav 37 (53b, 6x4), Shami 10­2­44­2, Bumrah 1­4 (Dhawan, 1.1), 2­80
fence; he was given out leg­ taking few risks. Once the this tour, but that was as The Maharashtra man sent almost unnoticed. Peter Handscomb st. Dhoni b 10­0­60­2, Vijay Shankar 3­0­ (Kohli 16.6), 3­95 (Rohit, 20.5),
before on review. target was less than a good as his afternoon got. He down his low, flat, wide­arm­ Kuldeep 19 (30b, 1x4), Glenn 22­0, Kuldeep 10­0­46­2, 4­99 (Rayudu, 23.3).
Rohit fell soon after, hundred away, though, they fell third­ball for nought, be­ ers from time to time but it Fluent Maxwell Maxwell b Shami 40 (51b, 5x4), Jadeja 10­0­33­0, Jadhav AUSTRALIA BOWLING
caught off the leading edge pushed on, matching the re­ fore Usman Khawaja and was a routine delivery that Khawaja fell attacking Kul­ Ashton Turner b Shami 21 (23b, 7­0­31­1. Behrendorff 10­0­46­0,
as he sought to work Nathan quired rate of a run a ball. Marcus Stoinis added 87 did for Stoinis. deep two balls after complet­ 1x4, 1x6), Alex Carey (not out) INDIA Coulter­Nile 9­2­46­2, Cum­
Coulter­Nile to leg. Ambati (112b) for the second wicket, It was a poor, short ball ing his fifty, caught expertly 36 (37b, 5x4), Nathan Coulter­ Rohit Sharma c Finch b mins 10­0­46­0, Zampa 10­0­
Nile c Kohli b Bumrah 28 (27b,
Rayudu unfurled a neat cov­ Busy as a bee looking rather comfortable and the batsman pulled it in the outfield by a sliding Vi­ 3x4), Pat Cummins (not out) 0 Coulter­Nile 37 (66b, 5x4), 49­2, Stoinis 9.2­0­52­0.
Shikhar Dhawan c Maxwell b
er drive early in his innings, Jadhav exhibited a full range at the crease. They stepped straight to Kohli at mid­wick­ jay Shankar. Glenn Maxwell (0b); Extras (w­5): 5; Total (for Coulter­Nile 0 (1b), Virat Kohli Toss: Australia.
but perished for 13, caught of strokes during his knock: down the wicket to Kuldeep, et. It was also the start of looked fluent during his 40 seven wkts. in 50 overs): 236. lbw b Zampa 44 (45b, 6x4, 1x6), Man­of­the­Match: Jadhav.
behind as he pushed forward dabs to third man, strong Khawaja even dispatching Australia’s slump: the side (51b, 5x4), raising the tempo FALL OF WICKETS Ambati Rayudu c Carey b Zampa India won by six wickets with
to a Zampa leg­break. India pull shots, nudges to leg, and the spinner’s third ball for would lose six for 86 inside of the innings in the compa­ 1­0 (Finch, 1.3 overs), 2­87 13 (19b, 2x4), M.S. Dhoni (not 10 deliveries to spare and took a
had lost three for 19 in the a casual, inside­out drive to six. 20 overs. ny of Peter Handscomb. But (Stoinis, 20.1), 3­97 (Khawaja, out) 59 (72b, 6x4, 1x6), Kedar 1-0 lead in five-match series.
space of 40 balls, and facing the cover boundary off Zam­ At the other end, Vijay Kuldeep and Shami were Kuldeep soon had the latter
Pat Cummins and Zampa pa. The running between the Shankar struggled for con­ the architects of that col­ stumped, drawing him out quick succession, bowling pace, accuracy and move­ tually took a 62­run seventh­
was proving especially wickets was excellent too, as trol and Stoinis took full toll, Download Indian Library App both Maxwell and the debu­ ment making him hard to wicket stand between Alex
and beating him with a leg­
lapse, but Ravindra Jadeja’s
tricky. India sailed home in the end. cutting and pulling to the role was no less important. #70929 break. tant Ashton Turner. The Ben­ counter. The innings had lost Carey and Coulter­Nile to
Dhoni and Jadhav rebuilt The first innings was a tale boundary. The Tamil Nadu The all­rounder, who was Shami then struck twice in gal fast bowler was excellent, all momentum and it even­ carry Australia beyond 200.

Williamson cracks double century Higgins and Haotian enter the last-four stage

New Zealand posts record Test score Both the players begin with big breaks in their quarterfinal matches

Agence France-Presse World No. 4. (Eng) 4­2 (64­52, 67­61, 28­98,
Hamilton INDIAN OPEN 9­62, 133(106)­0, 74­5); John
“It is difficult when you
New Zealand's first innings Stan Rayan don’t know the way the cush­ Higgins (Sco) bt Li Hang (Chn)
record 715 for six, including KOCHI ions are gong to react. So, 104 (104)­27, 0­84, 85­1, 44­
a double century by skipper Watching John Higgins, one you try and adapt as soon as 59, 99­0, 0­68, 78­1).
Kane Williamson, put it in gets the feeling that he often you could.” Pre­quarterfinals: Scott Do­
naldson (Sco) bt Luca Brecel
total control of the first Test whispers sweet nothings to (Bel) 4­3 (0­120 (120), 73­0,
against Bangladesh after the cue ball. His shots are Mental edge 132 (132)­0, 70­32, 11­51, 11­51,
three days on Saturday. soft and tender, almost a ca­ Meanwhile, Haotian was 59­37); Mathew Selt (Eng) bt
New Zealand breached ress. Clearly the former four­ cool and composed and kept Oliver Lines (Eng) 4­3 (93­33, 1­
the 700 barrier for the first time World champion is a his nerve in tight situations. 74, 16­77, 65­22, 5­69, 83­17);
time on its way to building a class above the rest at the A couple of days ago, he had Anthony Hamilton (Eng) bt
481­run lead and was six fifth Indian Open World­ beaten his compatriot Zhou Chris Wakelin (Eng) 4­2 (9­95,
wickets away from a win at ranking snooker tournament Yuelong soon after he had 4­93, 77­46, 112­7, 127 (113)­1,
82­0); Mark Davis (Eng) bt
stumps. here. scored the ‘maximum’ and Graeme Dott (Sco) 4­3 (70­51,
Bangladesh was 174 for On Saturday, despite be­ on Saturday night, the young 16­69, 74­9, 0­136 (136), 75­7,
four in the second innings, ing stretched to the decider Chinese seemed to have the 0­103, 69­0); Lu Ning (Chn) bt
still 307 behind and with the and having a bit of trouble mental edge over Davis. Stuart Bingham (Eng) 4­3 (16­
last two recognised batsmen with the cushion, the 43­ Cool and composed: Lyu Haotian kept his nerve under After he won the opening 83, 70­58, 19­91, 0­75, 81­7,
at the crease. year­old Scot kept his cool to pressure to defeat Mark Davis. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT frame, Haotian virtually got 76­18, 61­57).
defeat China’s Li Hang 4­3 John Higgins (Sco) bt James
Williamson's century the next on a platter with Da­
made it only the 13th time in and enter the semifinals. started with big breaks, the game in the decider to win vis failing to pocket the last Cahill (Eng) 4­1 (74­15, 72­38,
90­0, 40­74, 70­5); Lyu Hao­
comfortably.
Scot with a century in the
cricket history that the first Class act: Kane Williamson scored the second double ton of On the next table, Lyu opening frame and Hang black. tian (Chn) bt Andy Hicky (Eng)
three batsmen had reached his career as New Zealand’s top three registered three Haotian, baby­faced and the with 84 in the next. Higgins “Li is playing his best The Chinese was trailing 4­1 (87­2, 107­1, 47­71, 59­22,
three figures. figures. * PHIL WALTER/GETTY IMAGES youngest of the Chinese here snooker, I knew it would be the Englishman by a point at 65­9); Li Hang (Chn) bt Sam
The scores: Bangladesh 234 & at 21, also made the last­four took the first frame and Hang difficult. And the table was that stage and he happily ac­ Craigie (Eng) 4­2 (0­0, 79­14, 1­
174 for four in 43 overs (Tamim New Zealand 715 for six decl. in 200 n.o., Henry Nicholls 53, stage with a 4­2 verdict over the next and that was the pretty difficult, the bounce cepted the offer. 92, 24­104, 130­0, 85­17, Li
Iqbal 74, Shadman Islam 37, 163 overs (Jeet Raval 132, Tom Neil Wagner 47, B­J. Watling 31, Englishman Mark Davis. trend till 3­3. was uneven,” said Higgins, The results: Quarterfinals: Lyu Hang won the first frame by de­
Soumya Sarkar 39 batting) vs Latham 161, Kane Williamson C. de Grandhomme 76 n.o.). Both Higgins and Hang But Higgins raised his the defending champion and Haotian (Chn) bt Mark Davis fault as Craigie was late).
Second ODI Federer’s special century Kane and Lloris rescue Tottenham Hotspur

washed out
Breezes past Tsitsipas in the final Dortmund’s downturn continues as it loses to Augsburg

Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse
EURO LEAGUES Dortmund as it tries to over­
Dehradun Dubai The result is a blow for
Afghanistan opener Hazra­ Roger Federer wrote anoth­ turn a 3­0 defeat on Tuesday
tullah Zazai hit a blistering er “special” page of history Reuters when it hosts Tottenham
maiden ODI half­century as he defeated Stefanos Tsit­ London Hotspur in the return leg of
against Ireland, but the se­ sipas 6­4, 6­4 on Saturday at Arsenal’s Pierre­Emerick Au­ its Champions League last 16
cond match was aban­ the Dubai Championships to bameyang missed a 90th­mi­ tie.
nute penalty as a scrappy
doned due to heavy rain win the 100th title of his Dortmund now has just
here on Saturday. career. north­London derby against one win in its last seven
Tottenham Hotspur ended
Zazai, a left­handed bat­ The 20­time Grand Slam in a 1­1 draw on Saturday. matches in all competitions.
sman, hit 67 off 43 deliver­ winner claimed a record Hugo Lloris got down low It has also dropped nine
ies to help Afghanistan eighth trophy at the Aviation to keep out the substitute’s points in its last five league
post 250 for seven in 48.3 Club. poor kick and rescue a be­ games.
overs before rain curtailed The Swiss second seed low­par Tottenham, which The results: Premier League:
its innings and no further was untouchable throughout had equalised in the 74th mi­ Tottenham 1 (Kane 74­pen)
play was possible. much of the 69­minute final nute through Harry Kane’s drew with Arsenal 1 (Ramsey
Zazai gave the Afghans a as he gained revenge for his Delight: Roger Federer celebrates winning the final against spot­kick. Sportsman spirit: Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris, right, consoles 16).
blazing start as he hit five fourth­round Australian Stefanos Tsitsipas. * REUTERS Arsenal, bidding to close Arsenal’s Pierre­Emerick Aubameyang after stopping his La Liga: Espanyol 3 (Iglesias 1,
fours and five sixes. Open defeat by the 11th­ the gap to its arch­rivals to penalty. * REUTERS Hermoso 55, Wu Lei 65) bt Real
ranked Greek youngster. good hands.” tury at the Paris Masters, the Valladolid 1 (Alcaraz 17).
Afghanistan leads the ATP Finals and the Austra­ one point, had taken the On Friday: Bundesliga: Augs­
five­match series 1­0 after “It’s so special to win my Federer joins Jimmy Con­ lian Open. lead in the 16th minute when was the man who replaced Dong­won netted twice burg 2 (Ji 24, 68) bt Borussia
winning its opening match. eighth here combined with nors (109) as the only other The results: Men: Final: Roger Aaron Ramsey broke clear him, Aubameyang, who cost against his former club Bo­ Dortmund 1 (Alcacer 81).
100,” Federer said. “I had man to have won 100 titles. after a mistake by Davinson his side victory with a poor­ russia Dortmund as the
The scores: Afghanistan 250 His 99th trophy came last Federer bt Stefanos Tsitsipas Serie A: Cagliari 2 (Ceppitelli
for seven in 48.3 overs (H. Za­ tough opponents all the way 6­4, 6­4; Semifinals: Roger Fe­ Sanchez. ly­struck penalty after San­ league leader suffered a 31, Pavoletti 43) bt Inter Milan 1
zai 67, Rahmat Shah 54, H. through — right up to Stefa­ October at his home event in derer bt Borna Coric 6­2, 6­2; Alexandre Lacazette had chez was adjudged to have shock 2­1 defeat at Augsburg (Martinez 38).
Shahidi 52) vs Ireland. (match nos. He’s already having a Basel. Stefanos Tsitsipas bt Gael Mon­ wasted a good chance to fouled him. on Friday to stumble again in La Liga: Rayo Vallecano 0 lost
abandoned). great career, the game is in He missed out on his cen­ fils 4­6, 7­6(4), 7­6(4). make it 2­0 to Arsenal, but it South Korea striker Ji the Bundesliga title race. to Girona 2 (Stuani 30, 85).
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