Twice a semi-finalist on French Open clay, Thiem was slow to find his footing on the New York hardcourts as Mannarino took early control at 5-3. er to be found wanting — had seemingly cracked the code, staying in India for four-and-a-half years, as either chief men’s coach, or high performance director, or both. The Spaniard, chasing his second grand slam title of the year, was on the back foot early on but onc. The latter, an India Test legend, played just 86 ODIs and never featured in a World Cup during his 16-year-long international career. Substitute Alvaro Morata scored Spain’s third goal in the second half. Ireland coach Martin O’Neill had warned about “some exceptionally good talent” in Georgia’s team and the draw appeared to prove him right. The main reason, according to them, is you are defensive in targets and team’s performances are inconsistent. At the other end, Bale pulled off a superb saving tackle to deny Martin Harnik as both sides went for victory. Gareth Bale also went close with a left-foot shot to ignite a crowd desperate to see a rerun of Wales’ Euro 2016 heroics. With chief selector MSK Prasad confirming a middle-order role for KL Rahul before the series, Rahane becomes Dhawan’s shoo-in.