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November 18, 2000, Chandigarh, India   
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Indian bowlers on
test Madhavan to
question Ajay today England in control; Saqlain bags 8
wkts Injured Kumble to miss
series
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Chandigarh boys
lose to Air-India Krotiouk captures
singles title Jeev lone Indian to make cut PSB rout Youngster
Club Punjab bundle out
Services for 87 Malleswari, Antil to be
honoured Paras named HP
skipper Haryana 240
for three UP cagers enter last
four Ranjit leads at
ONGC-NGC golf
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Indian bowlers on
test NEW DELHI, Nov 17 — The opposition posed by Zimbabwe might be medicore. The Indian squad might have the home advantage and is just back after an emphatic nine-wicket win against Bangladesh in their inaugural Test at Dhaka. And to add to all this is the first foreign coach the Indian team has ever had. But in spite of this pluses, Saurav Ganguly, leading India in a Test match for the first time at home, cannot be a contended man given the fact that minnows Bangaladesh extended the Indian bowling line-up, picking up 400 runs when they batted first at the Bangabandhu Stadium at Dhaka. The two Tests against the visiting squad from Africa, the first beginning at the Ferozeshah Kotla here tomorrow, might yet again expose the thin Indian bowling. And to add to the bad news in the Indian camp is the fact that Anil Kumble will not be assisting the team in the entire series after having failed to pass a fitness test today. Kumble complained of shoulder pain soon after the ICC Knockout Tournament in Nairobi and missed the matches in the subsequent triangular series in Sharjah. The cancellation of the Indian tour of Pakistan will enable Kumble to recover fully before Indian take on Australia in yet another home series early next year. As of now the biggest worry in the Indian camp as they prepare to take on Zimbabwe for the fourth series is to get rid of the label of inconsistency — brilliant one day and down in the dumps the very next day. At Dhaka the much-vaunted Indian batting line-up scored in fits and starts and nearly came a cropper and it were players like Sunil Joshi, Ajit Agarkar and Murali Kartik who enabled India overhaul the Bangaladesh first innings total after Shiv Sunder Das, the new opener from Orissa, Rahul Dravid as also Sachin Tendulkar failed to come good. The one good thing which emerged from Dhaka is the fact that in Ramesh India have found a dependable opener and one hopes that the selectors continue with him and not experiment with stop gap openers in an effort to slip an additional bowler into the playing 11 tomorrow. At Dhaka, the Indian bowling was spearheaded by Sunil Joshi, adjudged man of the match, who not only scored 92 but claimed five for 142 in the first innings and three for 27 in the second to put India on the road to victory. But more important, the return of Javagal Srinath has given the Indian bowling added confidence and it is hoped that the rustiness he showed at Dhaka would be a thing of the past. With the wicket looking to take spin as the match progresses, India are most likely to go for a three-man spin attack with Punjab’s Sharandeep Singh probably getting his Test cap. He together with Murali Kartik and Sunil Joshi should give enough variety to the Indian spin attack with the pace department being handled by Srinath and Ajit Agarkar. In the team of 13 announced today, Chandigarh youngster Yuvraj Singh has been left out. It seems Yuvraj will have to wait for some more time before he gets his Test cap. The final playing 11 will be named after taking a look at the wicket tomorrow morning. As for Zimbabwe, they have nothing to lose. They have started well on the current tour with a four-wicket win at Faridabad against Board President’s XI after getting good runs in the tour opener at Indore. Skipper Heath Streak, who missed both the tour matches on medical grounds, is back and raring to go. So are Alistair Campbell, the Flower brothers and Gavin Rennie, all of whom are in fine fettle. Teams: Zimbabwe (from):
Heath Streak (capt), Guy Whittal, Andy Whittal, Andy Flower, Grant Flower, Alistair Campbell, Stuart Carlisle, Gavin Rennie, Douglas Marillier, Travis Friend, Trevor Madondo, Mluleki Nkla, Paul Strang, Brian Murphy, Bryan Strang and Henry Olonga. Umpires: S. Venkataraghavan (India) and John Hampshire (England). Third umpire: Vijay Chopra. Reserve umpire: BSP Rao. Match referee: Barry Jarman (Australia). Play time: from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. |
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Madhavan to
question Ajay today NEW DELHI, Nov 17 (PTI) — Former Delhi captain Ajay Sharma has been given the last opportunity to appear tomorrow before cricket board’s watchdog K. Madhavan who is questioning the players named in the CBI report on betting and match-fixing. “This is the third time I have called him. Each time, he has come up with some excuse or the other (for not appearing),” Mr Madhavan told PTI today. “If he doesn’t come tomorrow, I am not going to give him a further chance,” he said. Sharma is one of the five cricketers — others being Mohammed Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar and Nayan Mongia — named in the CBI report. Prabhakar, Jadeja and Mongia, alongwith former physiotherapist Ali Irani were questioned by Mr Madhavan in Chennai while Azharuddin went through a six-hour grilling by him in Hyderabad yesterday. Mr Madhavan has said he would submit his report to the BCCI by November 25 ahead of its special general meeting slated for November 29. |
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England in control; Saqlain bags 8 wkts LAHORE, Nov 17 (AFP) — Off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq bagged a career-best eight for 164 but it was not enough to take the pressure off Pakistan’s batsmen on day three of the first Test against England here today. Pakistan ended at 119 for two in reply to England’s 440 for eight declared and need another 162 runs to avoid the follow on. Salim Elahi was on 15 and Inzamam-ul-Haq 11 when bad light forced the players off the field eight overs before schedule. Pakistan will need some responsible batting on the fourth day to avoid disaster and salvage a draw. Pakistan raced to a solid start with Saeed Anwar and Shahid Afridi looking in good touch. Anwar hit four well timed boundaries in his 40 before falling leg before to part-time spinner Graeme hick in the last over before tea, leaving Pakistan at 63 for one at the break. Afridi played in his usual cavalier style, hitting six fours and a six off Hick to reach his third half century off in just 61 balls. But with the score at 101, Afridi played a shot too many and was caught at long off by Darren Gough off left armer Ashley Giles. In the morning Saqlain grabbed eight for 164 in a marathon bowling stint of 74 overs. But England’s tailenders added 87 runs in the session, with an eighth-wicket partnership between Ashley Giles and Ian Salisbury worth 70. Giles remained not out with a hard-earned 37. “It was tough to bowl on this pitch and I did my best for Pakistan. Getting all 10 wickets would have been historic,” Saqlain said. “I usually do not bother about records but getting eight wickets is no mean achievement. “The record did come to my mind on the third day but it was not destined for me — I am still happy that I did well,” he said, adding that he was not frustrated when England declared. Saqlain’s previous best figures of six for 46 were recorded against Australia at Hobart last year. Only two bowlers, Jim Laker of England and Anil Kumble of India, have taken 10 wickets in a Test innings. Resuming at 393 for six, Craig White was just seven runs short of his maiden Test century in the fourth over of the day when Saqlain forced an edge to Yousuf Youhanna at forward short leg. White, who along with Graham Thorpe helped save England’s innings on the second day, hit nine fours and two sixes in his career-best innings lasting 290 minutes. Graham Thorpe top scored with 118 for England, supported by Michael Atheron (73) and Marcus Trescothick (71). Meanwhile, England management said captain Nasser Hussain had a scan of his back which found general wear and tear but nothing serious. Scoreboard England (Ist innings) (overnight 393-6): Atherton c Youhana b Saqlain 73 Trescothick c Elahi b Saqlain 71 Thorpe c&b Saqlain 118 Stewart lbw b Saqlain 3 Hussain c Akram b Saqlain 7 Hick lbw b Saqlain 16 White c Youhana b Saqlain 93 Salisbury lbw b Saqlain 31 Giles not out 37 Caddick not out 5 Extras: (b-3 lb-13 nb-10) 26 Total: (for 8 wkts
decl, 196 overs) 480 Fall of wickets: 1-134 2-169 3-173 4-183 5-225 6-391 7-398 8-468. Bowling: Akram 22-8-40-0, Razzaq 22-6-55-0, Saqlain 74-20-164-8, Mushtaq 44-6-132-0, Afridi 18-6-38-0, Abbas 16-3-35-0. Pakistan (Ist innings): Anwar lbw b Hick 40 Afridi c Gough b Giles 52 Elahi not out 15 Haq not out 11 Extras (lb-1): 1 Total: (for 2 wkts, 40 overs): 119 Fall of wickets: 1-63, 2-101. Bowling: Gough 4-1-16-0, Caddick 7-1-16-0, Giles 16-4-38-1, Salisbury 9-0-22-0, Hick 4-0-26-1. |
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Injured Kumble to miss
series NEW DELHI, Nov 17 — Leg-spinner Anil Kumble may miss the series against Zimbabwe as he has failed to produce his fitness certificate on the eve of the first Test at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here. Kumble had struck a “perfect 10” against Pakistan to create history when India last played a Test match at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground, two years ago. Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly said he wanted Kumble to have enough rest, and be fit for the coming Australian tour, “instead of rushing him through.” Kumble had complained of shoulder pain soon after the (International Cricket Council) ICC knock-out tournament at Nairobi, and missed the triangular series in Sharjah and the one-off Test against Bangladesh at Dhaka. Kumble is learnt to have consulted leading South African orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Mark Fergusson, in Chennai recently at a seminar, who had advised him to take corrective measures and enough rest. Fergusson had also treated Javagal Srinath and Ajay Jadeja for their injury problems. Ganguly said he wanted Kumble to be fully fit for the series against Australia in February-March next year, and the cancellation of the series against Pakistan has come as a blessing in disguise for the match-winning leg-spinner, as he can give sufficient rest to his shoulder before resuming cricket duty. In the absence of Kumble, Punjab off-spinner Sharandeep Singh will get a chance to make his Test debut, and so also Delhi wicket-keeper batsman Vijay Dahiya. Ganguly said he wanted to maintain the “winning habit” and did not want the team to repeat the mistakes they had committed in Dhaka. “We didn’t play well in Dhaka, and I myself was fighting with my own metal makeup than with the rival bowlers, though I scored some runs”. He said too much one-day cricket had affected the mental makeup of the players, and at Dhaka “we were a little rusty as we were playing a Test match after a gap of eight months (India last played a Test, against South Africa in Bangalore). My expects the top five batsmen to come up with substantial contributions “so that the team can build on a good innings”. The Indian skipper said he would not underestimate the Zimbabwean team though the home conditions were helpful to the hosts. Zimbabwean captain Heath Streak said winning the toss would be very vital as “you have got to get a good score on the board in the first innings”. Streak said his team were a very good blend of fast bowlers and spinners, and would go all out to notch up a victory, “though India are a formidable Test side at home, and they are hard to beat”. Zimbabwe have a score to settle too, for the humiliation of an innings defeat inflicted on them by India at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground in a rain-marred Test match in 1993 in which Vinod Kambli had blasted a double century and Maninder Singh had claimed five odd wickets, in his farewell Test. But Ganguly’s men are as formidable as the ones led by Azharuddin in 1993, though then, a player of the calibre of Javagal Srinath had to sit out, due to want of a vacancy in the playing 11. Both Ganguly and Streak agreed that the Kotla wicket was a “good batting track”, which may turn a lot as the match progresses. |
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PARIS, Nov 17 (AFP) — Top seeds Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil and Russia’s Marat Safin both reached the last eight of the Paris Masters Series yesterday with straight sets triumphs. Safin waltzed through his opening set against French 16th seed Sebastien Grosjean without undue difficulty — looking as if he wanted to be tucked up in bed by midnight rather than still grinding away on court as had been the case on Wednesday. But he struggled to find his way in the second before completing a 6-2 7-6 (7/4) victory in 1hr 17min. Both players traded early breaks and a tiebreak seemed inevitable once Grosjean had missed triple break point on the Safin serve at 6-5 in the Frenchman’s favour. Safin finally took an error-strewn tiebreak in which the opening six points went against serve. He now faces Spanish eighth seed Alex Corretja, who ousted South Africa’s Wayne Ferreira 6-3 6-4 to bag the final berth at the eight-man Masters Cup in Lisbon starting November 28. “It wasn’t easy — I was pretty nervous,” said 20-year-old Safin, who is vying for the ATP champions Race end of year spot with Kuerten and us veteran Pete Sampras, absent this week. Top-seeded Kuerten ousted Australian 15th seed Pat Rafter 6-2 7-6 (7/4) after a tense 1hr 28min centre-court battle as he bids to overhaul Safin, who leads him by 20 points as the season enters the final furlong. Kuerten ended Rafter’s three-match winning run against him and now meets Albert Costa of Spain in the last eight after the Spaniard beat Italian veteran Gianluca Pozzi 6-2 6-4. Rafter had previously racked up quarter-final successes over Kuerten in both Lyon last week and Hong Kong, while the Queenslander also scored a Davis Cup semi-final triumph over the samba star in the summer. Earlier, Australian 13th seed Mark Philippoussis showed no mercy to fourth seed Yevgeny Kafelknikov, beating the Russian Olympic champion 6-4 6-2. He now faces German qualifier David Prinosil. Prinosil ended the hopes of battling American Michael Chang, saving two match points along the way in a 2hr 38min marathon which the German finally took 4-6 7-6 (8/6) 6-4. Juan Carlos Ferrero, seeded 12, is the third spaniard through to the quarters, where he meets sole French survivor Fabrice Santoro. Ferrero ousted Jan-Michael Gambill of the USA and Santoro, previously conqueror of third seed Magnus Norman, beat Swiss giant Marc Rosset. NEW YORK: top seed Martina Hingis survived a second-set surge to defeat Nathalie Tauziat at the $ 2 million WTA championships on Thursday and set up a quarter-final clash with doubles partner Anna Kournikova. Former champion and world number one Hingis outlasted the French sixth seed 6-1 6-7 (2/7) 6-2 before Kournikova, seeded seventh, trounced fourth-seeded Conchita Martinez of Spain 6-4 6-0. Hingis, who dubbed herself and Kournikova the “Spice Girls” of tennis, did not win a Grand Slam title this season for the first time since 1996. In fact, she reached just one Grand Slam final — the Australian Open in January. |
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Chandigarh boys
lose to Air-India CHANDIGARH, Nov 17 — Chandigarh boys gave a spirited display before bowing down to defending champions Air-India 0-2 in the semifinals of the Servo-Indian Oil 56th Junior National Inter-State Badminton Championships being played at Sector 42 indoor hall here today. In the Shafi Qureshi Cup for girls, the final will be between defending champions Andhra Pradesh and Air-India tomorrow. In the boys section for Narang Cup. Air-India will clash with Maharashtra who surprised Andhra Pradesh 2-0. In the semi-finals the city boys played valiantly. Vivek Sharma lost his opening singles match against Anup Sridhar 2-15, 4-15. But in the doubles Vivek and Varun fought well against Anup and Prithvi before losing. The girls semifinal was a tame affair for the Andhra Pradesh girls led by G. Jwala and Shruti Kurien. Shruti won her first singles against Krishna of Assam 11-4, 11-2. In the doubles, Jwala and Shruti made short work of Deharaja and Bibari of Assam 15-0, 15-2. In the other semifinal Air-India’s Parul won the first singles 11-4, 11-1 against Barnali of West Bengal. In the doubles, Trupti and Fatma of AI downed Barnali and Amrita 15-10, 15-7. In the boys semifinal tie played between Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra lad Himanshu won against Srinivasan of AP 15-10, 15-7. In the doubles it was Nishad and Varun of Maharashtra who were able to help their team enter the final after more than a decade. Maharashtra pair won 17-14, 15-12 in 47 minutes. |
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Jeev lone Indian to make cut BANGKOK, Nov 17 (UNI) — It was a dismal day for Indians as only one of the four in the fray-Jeev Milkha Singh-made the cut as World No 1 Tiger Woods leapt to the top of the leaderboard at the end of the second round of Johnnie Walker Classic Golf here today. Overnight at joint fourth place, Jeev Milkha Singh, though managed to make it to the third
round, shot two over par 74 second round and slipped to joint 34th slot with an aggregate of two under 142 (68, 74). Jeev’s compatriot and winner of the Hero Honda Masters and Star Alliance Open Arjun Atwal, had the mortification of not making the cut. The cut was applied at one over par 145 and 81 golfers made it to the final two rounds. Atwal, who had won two titles in a row, found the field too hot for him and carded two over 74 for a total of three over 147 (73, 74) to end at joint 92nd place. Calcutta based Firoz Ali returned one over par 73 second round and totalled six over 150 (77, 73) to finish at 114th place. Delhi’s Gaurav Ghei had a bad day again. He shot three over 75 and with a total of seven over 151 (76, 75). |
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Krotiouk captures
singles title CHANDIGARH, Nov 17 — He came, he played, he conquered. This is in a nutshell the story of Sergei Krotiouk of Russia who swept the men’s singles title in the $ 10000 ITF Tennis Tournament which concluded here today at the CLTA courts, Sector 10. The Russian had created a series of upsets in this tournament and the past few days saw Kritouk beating everyone in his way. Today he just pipped John Doran of Ireland in two straight sets 6-2, 6-2 thus demolishing his opponent in 85 minutes. The doubles final was an all-Slovakian affair with Tomas Janci and Michal Merinak outplaying Branislav Sekac and Viktor Bruthans at 6-4, 6-1. |
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NEW DELHI, Nov 17 (UNI) — A superb hat-trick by striker Kishore Kumar enabled formidable Air India, Mumbai, trounce Corps of Signals 5-1 while title contenders Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) spearheaded by international Baljit Singh Chandi and Olympian Sanjeev Kumar opened their campaign in style routing Youngster Club, Bareilly 10-1 in 37th Nehru-ONGC Hockey Tournament here today. Army XI shared points with Combined Universties after playing a 1-1 draw. While in the last match of the day, Bharat Petroleum also were held to a 3-3 draw by Indian Navy. Punjab and Sind Bank made light of Youngsster Club’s challenge and led 5-0 at half time. The bank men taught some lessons in hockey to their rivals as they pounded the Bareilly goal repeatedly. Baljit Singh Chandi (3), Sanjeev Kumar, Parminder Singh, Prabhdeep Singh (two each) and Kanwar Preet Singh (one) scored for the winners while Devender Kumar reduced the margin for the losers. In the second match, Kishore Kumar scored three goals in a space of 10 minutes as Air India faced little challenge from former champions Corps of Signals to record an easy win. Air India led 1-0 at the lemon break. Playing an attacking game, Air India had Signal men on the defensive for most of the time and surged ahead in the 17th minute through Cornalius D’Costa who scored off a penalty corner(1-0). Kishore scored his hat-trick in the second session in which Air India slammed in four more goals to complete the rout. Three minutes into the second half former international Edward aranha increased the tally scoring off a penalty corner (2-0). Kishore Kumar struck thrice in a row in the 43rd,44th and 53rd minute. Avtar Singh scored off a penalty corner in the 54th minute to reduce the margin. In a pool-III match, Army XI failed to hold on to their solitary goal lead and were forced the share points with Combined Universties. K. Horo gave Army XI the lead two minutes before the interval but the lead lasted barely three minutes as one minute into the second session Gurpreet Singh drew parity for Combine Universties, scoring off a penalty corner. After that the match became a lackluster affair with teams failing to score. In the last encounter, Bharat Petroleum staged a fine rally, after trailing 0-1 till the 43rd minute but after that squandered the lead twice to draw their match 3-3 with Indian Navy. Navy took the lead in the 31st minute through P.L. Murgappan but Amar Aima equalised for Bharat Petroleum in the 43rd minute. A minute later Anurag Raguvanshi put Bharat Petroleum ahead as he converted a penalty corner. S. Gurde struck back for Navy to equalise in the 52nd minute (2-2). Olympian Gagan Ajit put Bharat Petroleum ahead in the 58th minute but Gurde again drew parity for the Navy. |
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Punjab bundle out Services for 87 NEW DELHI, Nov 17 (UNI) — Medium pacer Bharat Bhushan ripped through the opponents batting line-up claiming career best haul of eight wickets as Punjab bundled out Services for paltry 87 runs and in reply were 217 for four on the opening day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match here today. Electing to bat after winning the toss, services were in trouble from the very start with Bharat Bhushan destroying their batting. It was yet another spineless display by the Service’s batsmen and at one stage the hosts were 14 for four. Only tail-ender J.P. Pandey (20), Sachin Nadkarni (17) and Pankaj Maitrey (14) could cross the double digit. Services batsmen seemed in hurry to go back to the pavillon and threw in the towel without any resistance. Their innings folded just before the lunch. Services innings lasted barely 25.1 overs in which Bharat Bhushan bowled 12 overs conceding only 51 runs. Gagandeep Singh and R.S. Sodhi shared the other two wickets. Punjab also were off to a poor start losing their opener Ravneet Ricky when the score was one and then lost second wicket at 23 with Munish Sharma being clean bowled by Syed Javed. However a 173-run third wicket partnership between Skipper Vikram Rathore and Pankaj Dharmani took the visitors score to 196 runs before Rathore edged Sudhakar Ghag to wicketkeeper Sarabjeet Singh. Rathore made 83 which included 12 hits to the fence. He batted for 202 minutes. At stumps, Pankaj Dharamani was batting on 92 (1x6,13x4,208m) and Reetender Singh Sodhi was on seven. |
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Malleswari, Antil to be
honoured CHANDIGARH, Nov 17 — The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala will honour K. Malleswari on November 26 at the 14th Haryana State Women Sports Festival to be held at
Panipat. A residential plot of the HUDA measuring 500 sq yards would be allotted to her at Yamunanagar or
Jagadhari. He will also award Rs 1 lakh to Seema Antil of Sonipat who won a gold medal of the eighth World Junior Athletic Meet
recently. The winners of the 14th Haryana State Women Sports Festival would be honoured by Ms Uma
Bharati, Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister. |
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Paras named HP
skipper BILASPUR, Nov 17 — A stadium costing over Rs 2 crore is being developed on the banks of Gobind Sagar at the Luhanu ground in Bilaspur. Provision for hosting all types of sports, including adventure sports and games like para-gliding and water sports, would be made. This was disclosed by Health and Family Welfare Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda while presiding over prize distribution function of the state under-16 cricket championship here on Wednesday. Mr Nadda said that an athletics track of inter-national standards and 85-bedded sports hostel would also be set up in the complex proposals for which are expected to be approved by the Central Government soon while Rs one crore indoor stadium would be handed over to players before March. A water sports centre has already started functioning. Mr Nadda announced a grant of Rs 4 lakh for construction of pavilion of the cricket ground and presented copy and Rs 11,000 in cash to the Chamba district team which won the state championship. Meanwhile the following players have been selected to represent HP for
the match against Punjab at Patiala from November 23 to 25 — Paras Dogra (Kangra-captain), Varun Sharma, Saubash Sharma (Una), Deepak Soni, Rajat Mahajan, Kapoor Singh (Chamba), Punit Dhatwalia, Mohinder Rai Sharma (Kulu), Saubabh Rattan (Sirmour), Tarun Verma (Mandi), Rahul Sharma (Lahaul-Spiti), Nishant Thakur (Hamirpur), Nitian Arora (Shimla), Sachin Luthra (Solan). Amit Dhiman (Solan), Gaurav Soni (Hamirpur) Upender Saini (Una), Lalit Rana (Kulu) and Nitesh Kumar (Chamba). |
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Haryana 240
for three MANDI, Nov 17 (PTI) — Haryana scored 240 for three in 75.3 overs on the opening day of the four-day Ranji Trophy match (north zone) against Himachal Pradesh at Paddal Stadium here today. Despite bad weather when play was called off Haryana had scored 240 runs in 75.3 overs and lost three wickets. Parinder Sharma had scored 64 runs and Rajesh puri was on 46. Both the players were on the crease and were not out. Electing to bat Haryana played cautiously and Jasvir Singh, opening batsman, was clean bowled off Rajender Thakur when his individual score was 21. When Jasbir Singh was clean bowled Haryana’s score was at 53. Ishaan fell when he had scored only 7. He was caught by Rajiv Nayyar off Rajiv Panta. The third wicket of Haryana fell when Padamjit Sherawat was caught by Amit Sharma. He had scored 79. |
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UP cagers enter last
four KOTKAPURA, Nov 17 — Cagers of UP gave a surprise to the spectators by managing their entry into the semifinals of the fifth All-India Nachchttar Singh Gill Memorial Basketball Tournament by defeating the mighty Andhra Pradesh men by 77-72. The Andhra Pradesh cagers, who have been keeping their domination on the court from the very beginning, paid the price for their erratic shooting, missed free throws and loss of balls in the last three minutes of the game. The UP men who were trailing by 30-40 by half time could not believe on their performance when the scoreboard showed 77 points in their favour against 72 points of the Andhra Pradesh when the referee signalled the end of the game. In pool B, the Chandigarh cagers who played well tactically defeated Punjab (Red) by 65-49. At half time, the Chandigarh cagers were leading by 26-17. Punjab (Red) were unlucky as they could not use the services of international Tesraj due to ankle sprain. Punjan (Blue) also entered the semifinal by defeating the mighty Rajasthan 70-55. The match remained one-sided from the word go and Punjab (Blue) kept the game in their hands till the end of match. By half time, the score was 49-28. In the women’s section MP defeated UP by 46-12. The UP women could match the shooting skills and speed of the MP women. In the first half, the MP girls collected 32 points while the UP girls could collect only six points. In the second half, the MP girls, who played a slow game, collected 20 points while the UP girls managed to collect only six points more. |
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Ranjit leads at
ONGC-NGC golf NOIDA, Nov 17 (UNI) — Chandigarh’s Ranjit Singh blasted his second successive score of three-under 69 to lead the field at six-under 138 after the second round of the Rs 7-lakh gail co-sponsored,
ONGC-NGC Open Golf here today. Mukesh Kumar and Akbar Ali were placed joint-second two strokes behind the leader at four-under 140. Shiv Prakash and Vijay Kumar occupied the joint-fourth spot at three-under 141. Gast Ram at two-under 142 was placed sixth. |
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