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Monday,
September 22, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Dravid, Laxman power Rest to win Uniyal, Ratra in President’s XI
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Bengal defeat Himachal Pradesh India start campaign with victory
Postal XI overpower Ranjit Academy
Holland rout India 5-0 in
Davis Cup
Parle Cup in October
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Dravid, Laxman power Rest to win
Chennai, September 21 Chasing a victory target of 340 runs at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here, Dravid (121) and Laxman (99) secured their team’s win with a 168-run fourth wicket stand on the fourth day of the match. Though Dravid and Laxman failed to last till their team won, Rest of India captain Sourav Ganguly (27 no) and Anil Kumble (11 no) saw them through after Mumbai effected a minor collapse. Cruising at 291 for three, Rest lost Dravid, Laxman, Yuvraj Singh (4) and Parthiv Patel (0) in quick succession to slump to 312 for 7 before Kumble joined Ganguly and completed the win. The credit for Rest of India’s 16th win in 44 Irani Trophy matches should go to the determined and responsible innings played by Dravid and Laxman, who were together at the crease for more than three hours. Dravid became the top scorer in Irani Trophy matches held in Chennai, while Laxman became only the third batsman to get out on nervous 99. Dravid eclipsed V.B. Chandra-sekhar’s record of 119 for Tamil Nadu in 1988-89 season. Sachin Tendulkar’s Mumbai, who fancied their chances after securing a 95-run first innings lead, once again looked up to off-spinner Ramesh Powar to deliver the goods. Powar, who took four wickets in Rest’s first innings, bowled from both ends but today he was severely punished by both Dravid and Laxman. The two batsmen scored the bulk of the runs off Powar. Tendulkar kept rotating the bowlers at one end keeping Powar at the other end but the master’s ploy failed to contain Rest’s charge. Dravid played a composed innings, while Laxman, who has been getting a raw deal from the national selectors, played a superb knock. The Hyderabadi paced his innings well taking his score from six at lunch to 63 at tea. He then went after the Mumbai bowlers in the last session as Rest speeded to the target. Laxman, India’s top scorer in Test cricket, was unfortunate to miss his century when leg spinner Sairaj Bahatule had him caught by Vinayak Mane at silly point. Laxman hit 14 fours and a six off 125 balls as he and Dravid added 168 runs in 182 minutes for the fourth wicket. He joined the 99 club in Irani Trophy with Syed Kirmani (Karnataka vs Rest of India at Pune in 1974-75) and Yashpal Sharma (Karnataka vs Rest of India at Bangalore in 1978-79). A tired looking Dravid then made his exit, snicking to ‘keeper Vinayak Samant off Bahutule. His 121 contained 12 fours and a six, all hit off Powar. The Rest then lost two quick wickets when Yuvraj Singh offered an easy catch at point to Agarkar off Ramesh Powar. Parthiv Patel then holed out to Vinayak Mane at short leg off Bahutule. Earlier, overnight not out batsmen Dravid and L. Balaji moved the Rest total steadily coasting towards the target of 340 runs set by Mumbai. Balaji, who came in as nightwatchman yesterday, played sensibly and proved an able foil to Dravid, who played his shots without taking any risks. Dravid, who took most of the strike, was in his elements and he signalled his form hitting Powar over long on for two huge sixes. He then pulled Avishkar Salvi to square leg for a boundary to take the Mumbai total to 100 for two. Balaji soon departed after scoring 26 runs, holing out to Ajit Agarkar at square leg while trying to sweep Powar. Mumbai (1st inngs): 297 Rest of India (1st inngs): 202 Mumbai (2nd inngs): 244 Rest of India (2nd inngs): Bangar lbw b Agarkar 1 Sehwag c Powar b Morris 36 Dravid c Samant b Bahutule 121 Balaji C Agarkar b Powar 26 Laxman c Mane b Bahutule 99 Ganguly not out 27 Yuvraj c Agarkar b Powar 5 Patel c Mane b Bahutle 0 Kumble not out 11 Extras: (b-3, lb-1, nb-8, w-2) 14 Total: (for 7 wkts, 100.4 overs) 340 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-55, 3-123, 4-291, 5-305, 6-312, 7-312. Bowling: Salvi 16-6-44-0, Agarkar 19-6-68-1, Morris 12-3-39-1, Powar 20.4-3-104-2, Tendulkar 7-4-16-0, Shetty 2-0-4-0, Bahutule 24-6-61-3. — PTI
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Uniyal, Ratra in President’s XI
Chennai, September 21 The selectors chose Virender Sehwag to lead the Board XI at Vishakapatnam from September 26 to 28 in the tour opener while Mohammed Kaif will captain the India ‘A’ side in the three-day match at Rajkot from October 2 to 4. Stylish middle order batsman V.V.S. Laxman has been named in the Board side, while the India ‘A’ features former Indian opener Sadagopan Ramesh and Connor Williams among others. The teams were picked by four of the five national selectors and coach John Wright at a meeting convened by BCCI secretary S.K. Nair. The only absentee was the chairman of the selection committee Brijesh Patel who was indisposed, said Nair. He also said Brijesh was consulted by the selection committee over phone while picking the 28 players. Nair declined to answer queries about the deliberations at the meeting saying it was “not fair” to do so. “It is not fair to disclose the names that were discussed at the meeting,” Nair said. The teams: Board President’s XI: Virender Sehwag (capt), Akash Chopra, Shiv Sunder Das, V.V.S. Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, S. Sriram, Ajay Ratra (wk), Amit Mishra, Ramesh Powar, Amit Bhandari, Tinu Yohannan, Wasim Jaffer, Siddarth Trivedi and Amit Uniyal. India ‘A’: Mohd Kaif (capt), S Ramesh, Akash Chopra, Connor Williams, Hemang Badani, Deep Dasgupta (wk), Murali Karthik, Sarandeep Singh, Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Mithun Manhas, Rohan Gavaskar, Abhijit Kale and R.P. Singh. — PTI
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Pak victory seals 5-0 series sweep Karachi, September 21 Scoreboard
Pakistan: Hafeez st Mashud b Rafique 44 Hameed st Mashud b Saleh 82 Youhana lbw b Murtaza 52 Inzamam not out 59 Y.Khan lbw b Murtaza 9 Malik c Rafique b Mahmud 31 Razzaq not out 15 Extras:
(lb-3, nb-1, w-6) 10 Total: (5 wkts, 50 overs) 302 Fall of wickets:
1-95, 2-169, 3-181, 4-199, 5-260. Bowling: Baisya 8-1-47-0, Mushfiqur 10-1-40-0, Masharfe 9-0-63-2, Mahmud 9-0-64-1, Rafique 10-0-65-1, Saleh 4-0-20-1. Bangladesh H. Sarkar c Younis Bashar run out 13 Saleh run out 71 Kapali b Umer Gul 69 Imran c Inzamam M. Rehman run out 2 K. Mahmud c Razzaq K. Mashud not out 2 M. Murtaza not out 1 Extras:
(lb-3, nb-4, Total: (for seven Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-93, 3-221, 4-221, 5-227, 6-227, 7-243. Bowling:
Sami 9-0-50-2, Gul 10-1-52-1, Shabbir 7-0-20-0, Razzaq 5-0-26-0, Malik 10-0-39-1, Hafeez 9-0-54-0.
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Pakistan
hopes to salvage SA tour Karachi, September 21 “We are hopeful that the South African cricket board will reverse its decision of cancelling the tour after our offer of a change in venues other than Karachi and Peshawar,” Pakistan Cricket Board spokesman Samiul Hasan said today.
—Reuters Procter
‘sorry’ for Pakistan KARACHI: Former South African Test cricket player Mike Procter said he felt sorry for the cricket-loving people of Pakistan after his country’s team cancelled its trip to this nation due to security fears following a bomb blast here.
Procter was in Pakistan for the last five weeks as International Cricket Council’s match referee a three-Test and five-match one-day international series.
“I had no security problems. The organisation was excellent, very good indeed,” he said yesterday. “The hospitality of the Pakistan Cricket Board was great and I enjoyed my stay in Pakistan.”
— AP |
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Bengal defeat Himachal Pradesh Chandigarh, September 21 Brief scores: Bengal 213/6 in 50 overs Amitab Chakarbarti 35, Deep Das Gupta 20, Sabromoy Das (Retd Hurt) 61, Sanjib Sanayal 41, Vikramjit Malik 2 for 49, vishal Bhatia 1 for 43 Himachal 154 for all out in 38.3 overs Sangram Singh 46, Vikramjit Malik 21, Vikram Rathore 18, Sanjib Sanayal 4 for 16, Aniramban Chatterjee 3 for 18. Man of the match Sanjiv Sanayal In the second match played a Panchkula, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association defeated Bihar by two wickets and earned four points for their win. Electing to bat after winning the toss, Bihar scored 170 runs in 50 overs with Sandeep Vig 35, Naushad Khan 36, Sumit Panda 32 contributing with the bat. Shontanu 2 for 18 and Amal Kokji 3 for 43 were the main wicket-takers. Naushad Khan and Sumit Panda were involved in a 59-run stand for the fifth wicket. In reply Madhya Pradesh scored 172 in 47.1 overs with Rahul Bakshi 49 and Skipper Amay Khurasia 30 putting on 69 runs for the third wicket. Sumit Panda 3 for 43, Sanjeev Gupta 2 for 25 were the main wicket-takers for Bihar. Rahul Bakshi was declared man of the match. |
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India start campaign with victory
Kaula Lumpur, September 21 Good ball possession and some excellent passes saw India score through defender Dilip Tirkey (5th, 37th) and Prabhjot Singh (41st and 59th). Gagan Ajit Singh was the other goal scorer for India, sounding the board in the 20th minute. For China, Song Yi scored the consolation goal in the 46th minute. The win also helped India maintain a clean slate against China. India have won all the eight matches played between the two sides so far. Though Indian coach Rajinder Singh was satisfied with the result he said his boys should have done better and won by a bigger margin. “We gave a couple of chances to the Chinese. Our players especially (captain) Dhanraj Pillay were marked tightly,” the coach said. Earlier in the day, Kashif Jawaid scored a hat-trick as Pakistan started with a bang thrashing a hapless Bangladesh 8-0 in a pool B match. Jawad scored in the 21st, 46th and 61st minutes while penalty corner expert Sohail Abbas struck a brace (26th, 62nd). Others also made merry with Mudassar Ali (9th), captain Nadeem Ahmed (36th) and Rehan Butt (64th) heaping more misery on a mediocre Bangladesh side. The best match of the day was between hosts Malaysia and defending champions South Korea in pool A. Malaysia, invariably the dark horse of the tournament, did extremely well to hold the Asian Games champions to a 1-1 draw. Korea went ahead in the third minute through Lee Jung Jung while Malaysia equalised through Chua Boon Huat three minutes before half time. In another group A match, Japan thrashed Hong Kong 7-3. The Indians, coming into the match with unhappy memories from the Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, were initially taken in by surprise by the Chinese who where a much improved lot from the side that went down 1-2 to India in the 1998 Asian Games, the last time that the two teams played each other. —PTI
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Postal XI overpower Ranjit Academy Chandigarh, September 21 It was in fact young blood pitted against experience with the winners capitalising on their
experience to down the youngsters from Amritsar and Chandigarh. In the inaugural tie, Centre of Excellence made an explosive start, sounding the board in the opening minute through Jasdev Singh off a penalty corner. In the 29th minute, Shalinder Yadav utilised a pass from Sandeep to flick the ball home (2-0). In the second half, Jasdev did the spadework for the Patiala team's third goal with Sunder providing the finishing touches. DAV Academy managed to pull one back through full back Jagdeep Singh, who scooped the ball in off a penalty stroke. Thereafter, Centre of Excellence added two more goals through Jasdev Singh and Jatin Kumar to make the issue safe for their team. The second match was also one-sided with Postal XI taking the lead in the opening minute itself through S. Fasil Ali. In the very next minute, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Academy equalised when Navdeep Singh managed to weave his way in before aiming an angular hit (1-1). However, in the 21st minute Postal XI again forged ahead when off a short corner, Parkash Chalke deflected the ball home following a quick pass by M. Zubair to A. Kamal who in turn sent the ball to him. The Amritsar lads hit back with the equaliser a few minutes before half time when Paramjit Singh found the target with a superb reverse hit after racing in from the right. After the lemon break, Postal XI displayed complete domination. A cross from the left was intelligently deflected home by Aftab making it 3-2. Thereafter, Parkash Chalke again displayed his striking prowess by slamming in the fourth goal following a penalty corner. He rounded off the tally with another field goal to make it 5-2 in favour of his team. Monday's fixtures: Chandigarh XI v Indo-Tibetan Border Police —1 pm; Western Railway v Shahjahanpur XI — 2.30 pm; Central Railway v Air-India Academy — 4 pm. |
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CRPF in last four of
Baba Farid hockey Faridkot, September 21 In the first quarterfinal, CRPF routed Baba Farid Hockey Club 4-0 while the Steel Authority managed a hard-fought 5-3 win against Indian Air Force at the Government Birjindera College stadium for a place in the last four.
— PTI
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India qualify for world
golf meet New Delhi, September 21 India, who started the day tied for the fifth-position with Singapore, finished on the joint second spot with China after the fourth and final round for a tournament tally of six-under 282. Myanmar won the championship finishing five strokes ahead of India and China, according to information received here. The Indian team of Digvijay Singh and Gaurav Ghei tallied one-under 71 today following rounds of 70, 73 and 68 earlier in the tournament. India’s showings in the final round pipped Singapore to the fourth position with four under 284. The top four teams at the Nations Cup qualified for the World Golf Championships at Kiawah Island, the USA, in November.
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Holland
rout India 5-0 in Davis Cup New Delhi, September 21 India lost both the singles rubbers on Friday and also the doubles match yesterday. The results promotes Holland back into the World Group while India remain in the Asia-Oceania Group I.
— PTI
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Naren sweeps to eighth victory in row Chandigarh, September 21 Naren, the 29-year old from Coimbatore and the reigning national champion, had it easy today after overnight leader Karandip Singh (co-driver Jaidas Menon), also of Team MRF, suffered a 40ft roll on stage 10 following a brake failure, and retired. “Since I led Mathias by over two minutes, I eased off totally and did not take any risks. But I was determined to make up the 13 seconds and our approach was to go absolutely flat out and make at least three to four seconds on each of the stages today. But once Karandip was out of the rally, we decided to take it easy and finish the event,” said Naren who, in fact, had made three seconds on Karandip after the first stage today. Meanwhile, Mathias, after failing to finish the Chikmagalur and Nashik rounds of the INRC and skipping the Kochi leg, did well to pick up his first points of the season. “I am happy with our performance in the event and it was a relief to finish,” said Mathias. Karandip (29) from Chandigarh, looked certain to clinch the title last night when he established a 13-second lead over
Naren. “We were doing about 100 km on a downhill stretch in stage-10 when the brake tube cut leading to loss of fluid. There was nothing I could do and we crashed down a 40ft drop,” said a disappointed Karandip who was looking to score a win on his home territory. In fact, Naren Kumar and Mathias were the only two from Team MRF to complete the rally as former national champion N. Leelakrishnan (co-driver Farooq Ahmed) pulled out today with mechanical problems to join team-mate Arjun Balu (co-driver Kumar Ramaswamy) on the sidelines. Finishing third overall were veterans Samir Thapar and co-driver Gurvinder Singh Mann, both making a comeback after several years, in a Maruti Esteem, ahead of championship leader in the 1400 cc category, Lohit V Urs (co-driver MK Bopanna). Overall: 1. Team MRF 1 (VR Naren Kumar/V Ram Kumar) 1:43:46, 2. Team MRF (Vikram Mathias/Sujith Kumar) (1:44:02), 3. Samir Thapar/GS Mann (1:46:25), 4. Lohit V Urs/MK Bopanna 1:47:31; 5. Jiby Maliakkal/Nikhil Pai (Gulf Oil) 1:51:43; 6. Rajiv Suri/Rajeev Mehta 1:58:22. 1600 cc (Honda City V-Tec): 1. Naren Kumar/Ram Kumar, 2. mathias/Sujith Kumar; 3. Maliakkal/Pai. 1400 cc (Maruti Esteem):
1. Thapar/Mann; 2. Urs/Bopanna. |
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Parle Cup in October Chandigarh, September 21 Matches will be played in five cities — Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana, Amritsar and Chandigarh. Other six minor districts of Bathinda, Ferozepore, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Moga will send one team each and play on the league-cum- knockout basis to decide a winner, who would join the other five for the final league-cum-knock-out in Chandigarh and Mohali, according to veteran sports promoter P N Sankaran here today. The winner of Parle Cup will qualify to compete in the fourth edition of the Parle Champions Trophy likely to be held in Mumbai in the month of April, Mr Sankasran said adding that efforts to rope in a team from abroad as
suggested by Mr I.S. Bindra had not yet materialised. The tournament, meant to unearth a champion school, is being sponsored by Parle Products and will be conducted under the aegis of the Punjab Cricket Association. Mr I.S. Bindra, honorary president of the PCA, suggested that the endeavours to upgrade the tournament and work towards making it more competitive.
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Chennai, September 21
In video: Lara advises India to play aggressive cricket against the
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