Rosberg edges Hamilton in Hungary chaos
Kohli’s surprise the focus on the all-rounder and he made the most of the promotion to number six in the batting order for the first time in his Test career, reaching three figures just before tea with a boundary off the tiring leg-spinner Bishoo.
“It was great to get pushed up the order,” said Ashwin at the end of the day in reflecting on his innings.
“I don’t get surprised with what I do because I really enjoy my batting, but I know I still have a lot of work to do to really establish myself in the top six.”
He got good support from wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha, who contributed 40 to a 71-run stand for the sixth wicket before he became Dowrich’s first wicketkeeping victim in Test cricket, being stumped off the bowling of part-time off-spinner Brathwaite.
It was the first of three wickets for Brathwaite, who ended Ashwin’s vigil at 113 and then accounted for Amit Mishra for an attacking 53 which prompted the anticipated declaration.
“It’s going to take a while for everything to click in the bowling department because this is a very young group,” said West Indies bowling coach BUDAPEST: Nico Rosberg rode his luck to grab pole position for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in a prolonged qualifying session punctuated by rainstorms and red flags.
The championship-leading 31-yearold German produced a fastest lap of one minute and 19.965 seconds at the end of a session stretched to nearly two hours by heavy rain and crashes in the hazardous conditions on the twisting Hungaroring circuit.
Defending three-time champion Hamilton, who is just one point behind Rosberg after 10 of this year’s 21 races, was 0.143 seconds behind his rival as the pair secured their team’s sixth front-row lockout of the season.
Hamilton looked to be on course to take pole when on an improved best lap he came across Spaniard Fernando Alonso’s McLaren spinning off the track in front of him. Roddy Estwick.
“Some of our guys need to work on their pace but it will take some time to get it right.” India (O/n: 302/4): V Kohli b Gabriel200 R Ashwin c Gabriel C Brathwaite113 W Saha st Dowrich Brathwaite40 A Mishra c Brathwaite53 M Shami (not out)17 Extras (B-6, LB-2, NB-6)14 Total (For 8 wkts decl; 161.5 overs)566 Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-74, 3-179, 4-236, 5-404, 6-475, 7-526, 8-566. Bowling: S Gabriel 21-565-2, J Holder 24-4-83-0, C Brathwaite 25-5-80-0, R Chase 34-3-102-0, D Bishoo 43-1163-3, K Brathwaite 14.5-1-653. West Indies: K Brathwaite (not out)11 R Chandrika c Saha bM Shami16 D Bishoo (not out)0 Extras (LB-1, W-1, NB-2 )4 Total (For 1 wkt, 16 overs)31 Fall of wickets: 1-30. Bowling: I Sharma 6-3-12-0, U Yadav 4-3-5-0, M Shami 3-0-61, R Ashwin 3-1-7-0. Holder b b b C C
The Briton had to take evasive action, which cost him time, before Rosberg came round and was able to continue without easing off.
The two Red Bulls of Daniel Ricciardo, who was also affected by Alonso’s spin, and Dutch teenager Max Verstappen were third and fourth ahead of four-time champion Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari.
Vettel’s team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was unable to progress from Q2 in the treacherous conditions.
Spaniards Carlos Sainz of Toro Rosso and Alonso were sixth and seventh ahead of Briton Jenson Button in the second McLaren, Nico Hulkenberg of Force India and Valtteri Bottas of Williams, who was 10th fastest.
Rosberg’s success brought him his 26th career pole position and his 50th front-row start for a race he has never won. Hamilton will be seeking a third win in succession and his record fifth in Hungary.