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July 22, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Indians hit back against Hampshire ‘Sachin evolves to changing needs’ Murali closes in on Hadlee’s record
PCA to send team abroad every year UAE beat Nepal, retain trophy |
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Player’s death: SAI
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Chances bright for w’lifters Royal Springs title for Digvijay IHF selects 33 probables
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Indians hit back against Hampshire Southampton, July 21 At the break, Sanjay Bangar was batting on 14 and Ajay Ratra on nine. With still four sessions to go, the Indians extended their lead to 113 runs with eight more wickets in hand. The Indians, who earlier expressed concern about the state of the Rose Bowl pitch and almost decided against batting again, came to bat after working out a compromise with Hampshire that reduced the match to a farce. Most of India’s runs though came against non-regular bowlers as Hampshire decided against using fast bowlers including new ball partners Neil Johnson and James Tomlinson. Earlier yesterday, quite a few Indian batsmen were hit on their fingers or on their chest with deliveries which either skidded or bounced at variable height and with the first Test at the Lord’s only four days away, the Indians do not want to risk their players for the series, as well as for the forthcoming engagements. India’s two spinners, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh, were nearly rendered injured by such deliveries during India’s innings. Kumble got a nasty one from Neil Johnson which rose and nearly broke his hand. Harbhajan Singh, got a brute of a blow, again off Johnson, on his left-hand fingers and as the non-striker Tinu Yohannan immediately signalled to the dressing room, there was a sneaking fear the Indian off-spinner might have broken his fingers. Andrew Leipus, the physio, ran on to the ground and attended Harbhajan’s injury and fortunately there was no fracture. “We have some important engagements ahead and with the way Kumble and Harbhajan were hit, we could be risking our important players for the forthcoming Test series,” skipper Sourav Ganguly said. The pitch at Rose Bowl has been in operation for only two years and apparently has not settled down yet. Last year when the touring Australians came here and batted, they were all out for only 97 in their first innings. It was a game in which the world champions were humbled by Hampshire by two wickets. Indian openers failed to capitalise on the weak Hampshire attack as both Wasim Jaffer (32) and Virender Sehwag (22) perished after giving the side a good start. While Sehwag fell to off-spinner Shaun Udal, caught in the off region off a swirling hit, Jaffer was caught behind off the part-time bowling of Lawrence Prittipaul. Indians held back their senior middle order players, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and V V S Laxman, making sure they do not suffer any injury before the first Test at the Lord’s next week. Earlier, Hampshire, who resumed thier innings after lunch at 111 for eight, were all out for 123, soon after the break. Scoreboard India (1st innings): Jaffer c Ames b Thomlinson 13 Sehwag b Udal 41 Dravid c Aymes b Mascarenhas 78 Tendulkar c Mascarenhas b Udal 3 Ganguly c Aymes b Udal 21 Laxman c Johnson b Udal 38 Ratra lbw b Hamblin 1 Bangar c Crawley b Udal 4 Kumble c Prittipaul
b Johnson 8 Singh c and b Johnson 18 Yohannan not out 0 Extras (b-2, lb-5, nb-4) 11 Total
(all out, 81.1 overs) 236 Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-99, 3-103, 4-154, 5-164, 6-175, 7-184, 8-216, 9-222. Bowling:
Dimitry Mascarenhas 11-6-26-1 James Thomlinson 15.1-1-55-2, James Hamblin 13-3-41-1, Neil Johnson 11-2-45-1, Shaun Udal 29-5-59-5, Lawrence Prittipaul 2-0-3-0. Hampshire (1st innings): Johnson b Bangar 45 Kendell c Sehwag b Bangar 0 Crawley b Yohannan 15 Smith c Ratra b Bangar 6 Francis c Tendulkar Prittipaul c Dravid b Bangar 0 Aymes c Sehwag b Ganguly 2 Mascarenhas c Ratra Udal c Dravid b Ganguly 0 Hamblin run out 13 Tomlinson not out 1 Extras: (b-8, nb-5) 13 Total:
(all out, 37.3 overs) 123 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-59, 3-63, 4-80, 5-80, 6-89, 7-100, 8-101, 9-120. Bowling: Bangar 10-0-40-4, Yohannan 10-3-30-1, Kumble 8.3-4-20-1, Harbhajan Singh 5-1-15-0, Ganguly 4-1-10-3. Indians (2nd innings): Jaffer c Aymes b Prittipaul 32 Sehwag c Hamblin b Udal 22 Bangar batting 14 Ratra batting 9 Extras:
(b-2, w-1, nb-1) 4 Total: (for 2 wkts, 27 overs) 81 Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-63. Bowling: Mascarenhas 2-1-5-0, Hamblin 4-0-22-0, Udal 12-4-25-1, Kendell 5-2-12-0, Prittipaul 4-1-15-1.
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‘Sachin evolves to changing needs’
London, July 21 Former cricketer Michael Atherton analysed Tendulkar’s psyche and dwelt on the batsman’s preparations in his column in the ‘Sunday Telegraph’ saying “he evolves to the changing needs of the game”. “Tendulkar is every inch a modern player, evolving to the changing needs of the game, and he will have spent as much time as Hussain thinking about England’s likely tactics,” Atherton said. “In my era, I believe only Brian Lara and Mohammed Azharuddin to have possessed a touch of true genius, both playing innings that not even Tendulkar could play. “Neither, though, has worked as hard as Tendulkar, or has such empathy for the game or for batting.” Atherton recalled how he was impressed by Tendulkar’s preparations before the Australian series four years ago. “My favourite story of Tendulkar is the preparation he undertook for his confrontation with Shane Warne in India four years ago. Knowing that Warne would always revert, as a last resort, to bowling around the wicket, into the rough, Tendulkar practised for hours in the nets against local leg-spinners, slog-sweeping against the spin. “That series, in Chennai, Tendulkar dominated Warne, in a fashion no other batsman has, on his way to a 155 not out, an innings he considers to be his best to date. Atherton also spoke about the criticism that is often levelled at Tendulkar for not delivering when India needs it most. “If there is a criticism of Tendulkar it is that he has not always performed in critical situations, that he has helped to win matches all too rarely for his country. “Before their victory in the NatWest series last week, India had lost nine one-day finals in a row and, in them, Tendulkar had averaged less than 20. Nor has he been able to improve India’s shocking away record in Test matches since 1986. “Is there a question mark over his temperament? When I asked Ravi Shastri, the former Indian player but now a commentator, about this, he felt it was not so much the situation, but the expectation of a nation fanatical about cricket that has been the problem, and the burden of playing in a team that has often struggled. The free-flowing batsman of Tendulkar’s youth has occasionally tightened up as a result.” Shastri feels that as India gradually get stronger, and as Tendulkar is insulated either side by Rahul Dravid above him, and the likes of Mohammed Kaif and Yuvraj Singh below him, the burden of expectation will be reduced and once more his uninhibited stroke-play will return. PTI
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Murali closes in on Hadlee’s record
Colombo, July 21 Bangladesh, winless after 11 matches since gaining Test status in 2000, were comfortably placed at 107 for two before collapsing to 161 all out on a rain-hit opening day after being put in to bat at the Saravanamuttu Stadium. Sri Lanka were 32 for no loss in reply at close, with Marvan Atapattu (20) and Russel Arnold (10) at the crease. The 30-year-old Muralitharan, who missed a recent triangular one-day series in England because of a shoulder injury, finished with five for 39 for his 35th haul of five or more wickets in an innings in 76 Tests. New Zealand fast bowler Richard Hadlee holds the world record of 36 in 86 Tests. Seamers Charitha Buddhika (2-38), debutant Sujeeva de Silva (1-31) and Dilhara Fernando (1-40) and spinner Sanath Jayasuriya (1-1) were the other wicket-takers for Sri Lanka, seeking their ninth successive Test win at home. Newcomer Hannan Sarkar was the top-scorer with a solid 55 in a dismal Bangladeshi batting performance against the Sri Lankan pace-spin attack on a day when just 15 minutes’ play was possible in the post-lunch session. The hosts, however, had seized the initiative in the morning session itself when they reduced the tourists to 111 for four, with Muralitharan and Jayasuriya sharing two wickets in the last two overs before the break. Jayasuriya struck with his first delivery when he trapped Sarkar leg-before, while Muralitharan removed Habibul Bashar (24) at the stroke of lunch as the tourists lost both of their set batsmen in the space of four runs. Muralitharan got his second wicket in the extended post- lunch session when he beat Aminul Islam with his turn and bounce, with Russel Arnold taking a diving catch at forward short-leg. The champion spinner then dismissed skipper Khaled Mashud (23), Enamul Haque (one) and Alamgir Kabir in the last session. Bangladesh (Ist innings): Sarkar lbw b Jayasuriya 55 Al-Sahariar lbw b De Silva 13 Ehsan Haque b D.Fernando 2 Bashar lbw b Murali 24 A.Khan c Jayawardene b
B.Fernando 20 Islam c Arnold b Murali 0 Mashud c Jayasuriya b Murali
23 E. Haque st Jayawardene b Murali 1 M.Islam b Fernando 0 Kabir b Murali 0 Jubair not out 0 Extras:
(b-8 lb-4 nb-10 w-1) 23 Total: (all out) 161 Fall of wickets:
1-32 2-50 3-107 4-111 5-111 6-148 7-151 8-156 9-161 10-161. Bowling: B.Fernando 10-3-38-2, S.de Silva 13-3-31-1, D.Fernando 10-3-40-1, Jayasuriya 1-0-1-1, Muralitharan 19.4-6-39-5 Sri Lanka (Ist innings): Atapattu not out 20 Arnold not out 10 Extras
(w-2) 2 Total: (for no wicket) 32 Bowling: M.Islam 4-0-18-0, T. Jubair 3-0-14-0.
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PCA to send team abroad every year Chandigarh, July 19 Mr Chaman Lal Malhotra (Ludhiana) has been made chairman of the senior selection committee, while Mr Sanjay Mishra (Asr), Mr Sameer Mehra (Jal), Mr Balbir Singh (Patiala) and Mr R P Singla (Chd) are the members of the committee. Speaking on the occasion, Mr I.S. Bindra, president of the Punjab Cricket Association, who chaired the AGM, revealed that various alterations and upgradation works were going to be undertaken by the association soon inside the stadium. Among these are upgradation of the capacity of the pavilion — by nearly 40’ by 50’ on the either side, shifting of the club house, creation of at least 26 residential rooms, etc. It was revealed that an amount of nearly Rs 8.5 crore would be spent on the construction activity. Mr M P Pandove, honorary secretary of the association, announced that henceforth inter-district competitions for various age-group tournaments would be played among six teams. Five teams would be of the major cricket-playing districts while the sixth team — named the PCA President’s XI — would be selected from among the winners of 12 minor districts which would play among themselves in May/June. He announced that prize money for the senior team of the inter-district tournament winners had been hiked to Rs 50,000 while for the juniors the amount would be Rs 30,000. He said 25 per cent hike in subsidy had been granted to the districts for travelling, food and various allowances, etc. Besides, subsidy had also been increased for coaching. “The purpose is to put the money generated back into the game for its development,” emphasised Mr Bindra. Mr Pandove revealed that arrangements were being made to ensure regular international exposure for the Punjab teams. The teams of the metro cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi were getting more exposure as compared to Punjab team. “Therefore we have decided to arrange a trip abroad every year before the start of the domestic season so that if any Punjab player is selected to play for the country he should not be found wanting in terms of exposure. Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kenya and England can be countries where the state players can go and play during this period.” It would be ensured that the team when touring abroad played against the tough teams like counties in England and not club teams. Patiala allrounder Reetinder Sodhi had regained full fitness and had submitted his fitness certificate to the BCCI, Mr Pandove said. The Punjab squad is slated to leave for the three-week Kenya tour tonight. The AGM also placed on record deep appreciation of the superb batting by Punjab’s Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif in India’s recent victory in the NatWest Trophy final at Lord’s. |
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UAE beat Nepal, retain trophy Singapore, July 21 “That was the way I wanted to finish it. It’s a great feeling,” a jubilant Khan said, after UAE took just 38 overs to knock off Nepal’s 184. The Pakistan-born 28-year-old, who unlike most of his countrymen did not start playing cricket until he left school, was not out 60 at the close, bringing up his half-century in 55 balls. But he missed out on the man-of-the-match award, which went to teammate Ashad Ali who was the architect of Nepal’s batting collapse. After Nepalese captain Raju Khadka won the toss and elected to bat, the Himalayan side had the scoreboard ticking over nicely at five for 164 when Ali struck. In the space of six overs he took four for 24, with three of the wickets stumpings by wicketkeeper Mohammad Nadeem, who was judged the fielder of the tournament. Opener Paresh Lohani top scored for Nepal with 52, while Shakti Gauchan scored 47. With the prospect of rain disrupting the match, Ali and Asim Saeed opened the UAE innings at six an over to get the run rate up quickly. Saeed, with six fours and a six, raced to 41 in 31 balls before he was out with the score at 54. Ali added to his exceptional bowling performance with 21 runs at the crease. The best bowling for Nepal came from teenager Binod Das with two for 27. Das earlier this year captained the Nepal youth side to the plate final at the Under-19 World Cup. Both the finalists automatically qualify for the Asia Cup which involves the big guns of the region, Test-playing nations India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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Beaten Woods leaves with all guns blazing
Muirfield (Scotland), July 21 It was a majestic parting shot from the World No 1 although he knew even before teeing off that the damage had been done in yesterday’s apocalyptic third round in which he shot 10-over 81, his worst ever 18 holes as a professional. That weather-beaten effort left him tied for 69th with Jeff Maggert 11 shots behind South Africa’s Ernie Els and needing a miracle to maintain his drive for the first-ever Grand Slam of golf. The miracle was not to be.
Woods though was far from despondent.
“I am very pleased with the way I hit the ball all week,” he said. “I just had one day when I wasn’t able to hit the ball the way I wanted.” Woods came to Scotland halfway to history having won the Masters in April and the US Open in June. He needed to win here and at the USPGA in August to complete the set. Comfortable opening rounds of 70 and 68 left him four under par and handily-placed to mount a charge at the weekend before he was hit full throttle by a vicious weather system which swept in wind and rain from the North Sea. Pictures of a rain-lashed and desperate-looking Woods filled today’s sports pages with The Daily Telegraph summing up the shock succinctly by headlining just “81”. But there was praise too for the way he handled the humiliation, pausing to talk to reporters and declining to blame the freak conditions for his collapse. “We all understand that is just the way the Open championship is,” he said. “The weather is unpredictable and anything can happen and it has happened and I am sure it will continue to do so that way. “I tried all the way around and I didn’t bag it, but I hit poor shots on a tough day and that added up to a pretty high number.” Woods found himself in the uncustomary position of getting up at the crack of dawn on the final day of a major tournament and any lingering hopes he had were swiftly doused with a bogey five at the third. But instead of pulling the plug on his efforts Woods went on the attack by rattling in two birdies and an eagle inside five holes to reach the turn in three-under 33. Further birdies at 11, 13 and 15 dragged him back to level par for the tournament and he parred his way in from there. A handsome ovation from a packed early crowd around Muirfield’s 18th saw him take his leave of a British Open that will live long in his memory. At 26, Woods will have many more opportunties to compile four Majors in a row in the same year. But already, and despite his professed love of links golf, Woods has growing reasons to be wary of British Open week. In eight efforts he has won just the once, at St Andrews in 2000, and in the last two years he has finished well down the field. Earlier yesterday, as the world number one plummeted down the leaderboard, Ernie Els birdied the par-three 12th to tie Irishman Des Smyth for the lead. World number three Els, who started the round as one of five overnight co-leaders, holed a putt from 20 feet to draw level with Smyth at four under par — and two over for the day. The 49-year-old Smyth, who began the day one off the pace, had holed a birdie-putt from 15 feet at the par-four 14th to take the outright lead before being caught by the South African. Sweden’s Carl Pettersson, another of the second-round leaders, was alone in third at three under after 16 holes after all the late starters had struggled at a windswept Muirfield.
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Schumacher
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Magny Cours (France), July 21 The victory was the German’s eighth in 11 races, giving him an unbeatable lead of 62 points with a maximum of 60 remaining to be won. In equalling the late Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio’s record of five championships, and three in a row, Schumacher became the first driver to win the title as early as July and with six rounds in hand. Schumacher also set a record of 16 successive points finishes, beating Argentine Carlos Reutemann’s 15. In an error-strewn race, luck played into the German’s hands just as it seemed the title chase was destined to be extended by another week.
Finland’s Kimi Raikkonen was heading for his first Formula One win when, with five laps to go, his McLaren skidded wide and conceded the lead to Schumacher. The German knew he would be champion if he won and neither Brazilian team-mate Rubens Barrichello nor Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya finished second. He did that, beating Raikkonen by 1.1 seconds. The battle was half won before the start when, in a spectacular shambles for the Ferrari team, Barrichello’s car was left jacked in the air for the formation lap. A mechanic hurriedly removed the rear jack but left the front one in place. Barrichello was pushed back to the pits before stepping out of the car, punching the air in anger as Ferrari’s hopes of a third successive one-two evaporated. That left Montoya, who started on pole for the fifth race in a row, as the main challenger but he finished fourth behind Raikkonen’s team-mate David Coulthard. Barrichello’s nightmare was out of his control but others suffered from self-inflicted mistakes. Schumacher, his brother Ralf and Coulthard were all dealt drive-through penalties for illegally crossing the white line dividing the pit lane exit from the track. Ralf was fifth for Williams, ahead of Briton Jenson Button in sixth place for Renault, a day after the French team announced his departure at the end of the year. Reuters
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Player’s death: SAI
suspends official Patiala, July 21 Mr Ashok Pathik, an Assistant Director working in the Chandigarh based northern centre of SAI, will take over from Mr Sharma till further orders. Mr Sharma’s suspension comes in the wake of the death of budding hockey player Mehtab Singh, who was electrocuted on Wednesday night at the STC centre here. Taking strict notice of the incident which sent shock waves among the employees and boarders, the Union Sports Minister, Ms Uma Bharati dispatched Mr S.S. Rana, Deputy Secretary in the Sports Ministry to Patiala late yesterday evening to enquire into the incident. After holding confabulations with the boarders and other staff of the STC, Mr Rana came to the conclusion that Mehtab’s death was caused by electrocution. A case of negligence under section 304 IPC has already been registered against Mr M.C. Sharma at the civil lines police station here. Meanwhile, a departmental enquiry has also been initiated by the SAI which will go into the entire sequence of events leading to the death of the player. CHANDIGARH: Dr Prem Chand Kashyap, Regional Director, Sports Authority of India, northern centre, Sector 42, has been suspended with immediate effect by the corporate office. Sources revealed that the corporate office was not happy at the working style of Dr Kashyap. A few days back, he was asked to keep off the matters relating to the transfers of the coaches in the region. Sources also said that Dr Kashyap had been camping in Delhi for the past two days, but corporate office was determined to pack him off and has appointed Mr K.R. Singh to take charge tomorrow as the Regional Director at Chandigarh. |
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Chances
bright for w’lifters Patiala, July 21 A visit to the women’s camp being held at the NIS here reveals that serious efforts are underway to iron out grey areas. Hair is pulled back, wrists tapped, fingers bandaged and knees strapped as the lifters remain busy in their preparations. During the last edition of the Commonwealth Games held at Kuala Lumpur in 1998, out of a total of 25 medals won by the Indian contingent, 13 were won by men lifters. This time, the men lifters will be helped by their female counterparts, who are making their debut in the games. With the Chinese intimidation not there, the lifters aim to win at least 12 gold medals. What has come to India’s aid is the rule framed by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) that three gold medals will be at stake in each weight category. One for snatch, the other for clean and jerk and the third for the total lifted. Earlier, only one gold was awarded for the total lifted. The biggest threat for India previously came from Nigeria but the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has clamped a one-year ban on the Nigerian lifters which has brightened India’s chances. In the 48 Kg weight class, Kunjarani Devi will have it easy as lifters of all other countries are lifting at least 15 kg below what Kunjarani is lifting these days in the camp. Even if her performance during the games goes down by a few kg, it will make no difference to the Indian lifter who is sure to pocket three golds. In 53 kg weight class, Sanamacha Chanu’s main competitor was supposed to be Maresey Tarkote of Canada. However, the Canadian lifter has shifted to the 58 kg weight category leaving the Indian lifter with virtually no competition at all. In the 58 kg class, P. Suniana will have to face some tough competition from Maresey Tarkote who at present is lifting 202.5 kg. However, the Indian lifter is confident that she can dent the Canadian lifters hopes of picking up all three gold medal at stake as she has been lifting more than the Canadian in the camp. In the 63 kg category, it will be a straight contest between Pratima Kumari and P. Mangaraj and no other lifter from any other country comes near them. N. Laxmi, in the 69 kg class was to face a tough challenge from a Cameroon lifter. However, the Cameroon lifter has moved to an upper weight category making things easier for the Indian. Similarly, in the 75 kg class, National Games gold medallist P. Selja is sure to pick up all the three gold. |
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Royal Springs title for Digvijay
Srinagar, July 21 Digvijay Singh returned an aggregate of 12-under 276 after four rounds to grab the winner’s cheque of Rs 2.43 lakh. Digvijay, who shot a course record equalling six-under 66 to take the sole lead on the first day Thursday but then fell back, was a picture of confidence throughout this morning as he gave an excellent display of percentage golf. Overnight leader and reigning Hero Honda Masters Champion Harmeet Kahlon, who opened with a four-stroke lead today, met with disappointment as he recorded a disastrous three-over 75 to settle for joint second place with Feroze Ali at 15-under 279. With scores of four-under, three-under and five-under on the first three days, Kahlon failed yet again to shatter the title jinx on the domestic tour. But for Feroze Ali it was a remarkable comeback as he put up a fine display to claim the joint second spot with a three-under 69 today. Ranjit Singh claimed the fourth spot with a one-under 71 for an aggregate of 16-under 280. Mukesh Kumar found his touch with four-under 68 to end with a total of 286. Two-time Hero Honda Master’s champion Jyoti Randhawa also improved his score with a five-under 67 to return a card of 281 and claim the fifth spot. Randhawa was making his comeback to competitive golf after missing the action for five months due to an injury sustained in an accident. PTI
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IHF selects 33 probables Chennai, July 21 India have qualified for the Champions Trophy after a gap of six years. The selection committee of the IHF met after the finals of the MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament here last evening to pick the
probables. IHF secretary-general K. Jyothikumaran, chief coach Rajinder Singh and selectors Iqbaljit Singh and Charles Cornelius, both former Olympians, attended the meeting. The probables were selected after watching the performance of the players in the Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, Mr Jyothikumaran told UNI. The final team would be announced after the preparatory camp to be held at SAI Centre, Bangalore, from July 29 to August 20 and the list would be released by IHF president K.P.S. Gill at New Delhi, he added.
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