20, including a hundred in five one-dayers in the West Indies. own merits but also significant when viewed through the prism provided by his matches earlier in the week. A roundup of World Cup qualifying games in Africa on Saturday:GROUP BMahrez was given permission by . During an interview with this paper on Friday, Shastri called Rahane’s situation a “happy headache”. Roelant Oltmans was, surprisingly, sacked as India coach on Saturday. ’Two early breaks in the third and Thiem made sure he would be able to celebrate his 24th birthday on Sunday with a win to extend his domination over the Frenchman to 6-0. Getting a big-name foreign coach and sacking him after a few poor results would prompt others to think twice about coming to India and would be akin to papering over the cracks. The result ended a run of five successive draws and left them on 11 points, two behind Ireland, who they will play in their final qualifier in Cardiff, and four off leaders Serbia. Jinksunderstands that at this stage he is the third opener in the team. “I didn’t expect that coming into today, but racing is full of surprises and you never know what will happen,” Stroll said.