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India coach Anil Kumble has high praise for fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who has returned to Test cricket last month after a gap of a year and a half. Shami has troubled the West Indies batsmen with extra bounce, and has eight wickets at 24.62 after two Tests.Shami had been sidelined for much of 2015 by a knee injury that required surgery and left him in crutches for more than a month. He made his comeback in the Antigua Test last month, and responded by cutting through the West Indies middle order in the first innings. In the next Test at Sabina Park, he struck twice early on the fourth day before the rain arrived and stalled Indias hunt for a win.Im really happy for Shami. Coming back after 18 months is not easy, Kumble said. The way he has come back and bowled aggressively, yesterday I thought he bowled the best spell that I have seen, a fast bowler running in and right through the Test. Even today in the last session he was running and bowling at 140. That says a lot about his fitness and his motivation to come back as well.After his return to full fitness, Shami was a key member of the Indian Test side, Kumble said. I think he feels a lot stronger now and his rhythm has been good. The problem was with his knee which was affecting his run up. Once that was sorted and he was fit and came back... fast bowling is all about rhythm and the run up. Once he got the rhythm I think the confidence came back. Weve seen from the start of the Antigua Test to now, his confidence is far greater. Thats because he has a lot of overs under his belt.With Shami having played two Tests in two weeks, Kumble noted the need to monitor the workload of a quick bowler on the comeback trail. Hes an important cog for us. We dont want to look too far ahead. The workload is something we are aware of. The last Test in Antigua the bowlers bowled back to back, we try and take workload in training sessions with respect to what happened in the match. 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"We have always prided ourselves on the way we play defence. Having two big pieces back is going to be a key for us moving forward for years to come," said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. CHICAGO -- Bartolo Colon had a tough time on a hot, muggy day at Wrigley Field.Anthony Rizzo homered twice off Colon, Kyle Hendricks pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings and the Chicago Cubs beat New York 6-2 Wednesday to take two of three in a rematch of last years NL Championship Series.With the Mets wearing 1986 replica road uniforms, Colon (8-5) gave up six runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. Right-handed hitting Wilmer Flores hit his fifth home run in eight games, a two-run drive off lefty Travis Wood in the eighth.Addison Russell hit a two-run double in the first after the usually precise Colon walked a pair of batters.There are days I havent seen Bartolo throw 15 balls in five innings, let alone in one inning, Mets manager Terry Collins said. Certainly uncharacteristic, but youre going to have blips like that.Colon said fatigue or mechanics arent explanations for poor performances in two of his last three starts, sandwiched around a win over the Philadelphia.You have your highs and your lows in baseball, the 43-year-old said through a translator.Besides, the Mets dont have anyone to take his spot in the rotation.Hes going to pitch and start every five days, Collins said. Right now if he was 53, hes going to be out there.Rizzo pulled a slider to right for a solo homer in the third, a drive that would have traveled 451 feet had it landed at ground level unimpeded, according to MLBs Statcast program. Two innings later with a runner on, Rizzo sent a fastball into the right-field bleachers, estimated at 436 feet by Statcast.Rizzo also hit a two-run hommer in Mondays victory as the Cubs rebounded from a four-game sweep in New York this month.dddddddddddd. Chicago has won five of its last seven overall.Hendricks (9-6) gave up seven hits and hasnt allowed an earned run in his last three appearances. He lowered his ERA to 2.27, third best in the majors.About 15 hours after loading the bases with no outs in the ninth and failing to score in a 2-1 loss, the Cubs wasted no time in a similar situation.Javier Baez added an RBI single off Antonio Bastardo in a three-run fifth as the Cubs completed a 4-2 homestand.New York, resting several starters ahead of a series in Miami, wasted chances.Juan Lagares hit into an inning-ending double play with runners at first and third base in the second. James Loney was thrown out at the plate by Jason Heyward to end the fourth when the center fielder charged Kelly Johnsons single and made a perfect one-hop throw to catcher Miguel Montero, who barely had to move his mitt. Michael Conforto hit into an inning-ending double play against Carl Edwards Jr. in the seventh.AGE OF BARTOLOColon is 219 days older than Cubs president Theo Epstein.TRAINERS ROOMMets: OF Yoenis Cespedes, who returned Monday from a strained right quadriceps, sat out. Manager Terry Collins said Cespedes is not close to being 100 percent. . 2B Neil Walker and SS Asdrubal Cabrera also rested.UP NEXTMets: RHP Logan Verrett (3-6) faces Marlins LHP Adam Conley (6-5) on Friday night. ' ' '