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Ganguly to play if appeal not decided before Test
Ganguly overwhelmed by support
Smith accuses ICC of insulting greats
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Plan to upgrade Chamba stadium hangs fire
Harbhajan's action under scrutiny
Murali’s claims infuriate Aussies
Irina sets record, plays 5-under card
Namdharis outplay Sikh Regimental Centre
Sanjiva to lead kabaddi team
Sona Polo win in Pataudi Trophy
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Ganguly to play if appeal not decided before Test
London, November 16 One of the eight members of the ICC Code of Conduct Commission will be selected to hear the appeal "over the coming 24 hours", the ICC said in a press release. Clarifying a media report that the ban decision on Ganguly has been suspended, the ICC said that the Indian captain has exercised his right to appeal the decision made by ICC Match Referee Clive Lloyd. "The ICC is now appointing a member of the ICC Code of Conduct Commission who will have seven days to hear and determine the appeal. "Should this appeal not be finalised before the start of India's first Test against South Africa on November 20, Ganguly would be able to compete in the match", it said. The individual member of the ICC Code of Conduct Commission will have the power to over-rule or endorse the Match Referee's decision, the release said. One of the 11 members of the Commission, barring the two from India and Pakistan, "would be selected to hear the appeal over the coming 24 hours", the release said. The members are Michael Beloff (Chairman), Richie Benaud (Australia), Sir Oliver Popplewell (England), Tim Castle (New Zealand), Justice Albie Sachs (South Africa), Gamini Marapana (Sri Lanka), Justice Anthony Lucky (West Indies) and Clive Barnes (Zimbabwe). Bangladesh has no representative in the Commission at the moment. N K P Salve (India) and Justice Nasim Hasan Shah (Pakistan) would not be permitted to hear the appeal as teams from their countries were involved in the match in question. Ganguly was suspended for two Tests by Lloyd for India's slow overs rate during the Platinum Jubilee one-day International against Pakistan at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
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Kiwi expert appointed
The ICC today appointed a leading New Zealand barrister to consider Sourav Ganguly’s appeal against a two-Test match ban but the Indian captain will be eligible to play in the first Test against South Africa starting November 20 if the decision is not givn by then.
Tim Castle, a legal expert with over 30 years experience, was named the Appeals Commissioner and he now has up to seven days to hear and determine the appeal failing which Ganguly can play in the first Test, ICC said in a release here. Ganguly was slapped with a two-Test suspension for breaching ICC’s code of conduct in relation to slow over rates during Saturday’s Platinum Jubilee one-dayer between India and Pakistan in Kolkata. The grounds of the appeal, paperwork from the ICC Match Referee Clive Lloyd and a video of the match have already been dispatched to Castle today, the release added. |
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Ganguly overwhelmed by support
Kolkata, November 16 Ganguly, however, pleaded innocence and alleged he had been unnecessarily victimised since he could, in no way, be held responsible for delaying the match. Ganguly told The Tribune he had been totally overwhelmed by the BCCI support and expressed his gratitude as the entire nation had stood by him in crisis. He said he would try his best to bring victory against South Africa. The captain was in jovial mood at the function in south Kolkata where he talked to
newsmen. He expressed his thanks and gratitude to the BCCI as he felt without BCCI's intervention there was no scope for his participating in the first Test at Kanpur. Ganguly felt Lloyd had followed the mere rule book in awarding punishment on him. "Anyway, I don't bear any ill feelings towards Lloyd who had been a great world cricketer. I salute him as a cricketer but certainly not as a match referee," he remarked. The captain is now busy in devoting most of the time at the net practices at the Eden Gardens and chalking out gameplan for the Kanpur and the subsequent matches. He is scheduled to leave for Kanpur on November 18. Ganguly was penalized by the match referee Clive Lloyd as a result of which he was to sit out of the two-Test series against South Africa. He was held responsible for the poor over rate in Saturday's ODI match at the Eden Gardens against Pakistan held on the occasion of platinum jubilee celebrations of the Indian cricket board. |
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South Africa avoid defeat
Jaipur, November 16 Having conceded a first innings lead of 135, the visitors chose to experiment with their batting order but the decision backfired and they plunged to 150 for eight, only 15 runs ahead and 17 overs left in the day. It meant Jacques
Kallis, who had suffered a side strain and was advised not to play, had to come out to bat at number 10. Luckily, Kallis (12) had captain Graeme Smith (6), who had come in at number nine, for support and the two negotiated 12 overs before the match was called off with five of the mandatory overs remaining. The tourists would note with deep concern that 10 of their 13 wickets that were to fall in the match were picked up by spinners. Mumbai off-spinner Ramesh Powar picked three for 50 while leg-spinner Sairaj Bahutule grabbed two for 68 for a match haul of seven for 133. The visitors reshuffled their batting line-up so that those who did not bat in the first innings spent some valuable time at the crease. But the batsmen failed to cope with the low turning track and found themselves fighting to save the match. It was the worst preparation a team could have planned for a Test series. There was little hint of trouble when Jacques Rudolph and Zander de Bruyn added 62 runs for the opening stand. The left-handed Rudolph cracked three fours and a six for his 31 before he failed to get back to the crease in time and was run out by wicketkeeper MS
Dhoni. Powar then struck the third blow when he took a return catch to dismiss Boeta Dippenaar (23). It was a procession from thereon with the batsmen showing little willingness to stay at the crease. Earlier, resuming at 320 for five, Board President’s team called halt to their innings an hour into the morning session, immediately after the dismissal of centurion Dinesh Mongia at 361 for six. Mongia, 135 overnight, fell for 148 as he played all over and was bowled by Smith. The Punjab left- hander faced 289 balls during his six-hour, 19-minute stay at the crease and hit 18 fours. Mongia was adjudged man of the match and won a cash prize of Rs 35,000 for his
effort. Hemang Badani remained unbeaten on 74 from 123 balls aided by 11 fours while the sixth-wicket partnership was worth 154 from 256 balls. The declaration, which came in the second over after the drinks break, seemed a bit puzzling as it denied Badani a well-deserved century. The Tamil Nadu left-hander had been timing the ball very well despite looking hampered a bit in his movements. He was on 52 when he edged Makhaya Ntini for a catch to slip but the delivery was declared a no ball. South Africa are to play two Tests, with the first starting in Kanpur on November 20.
Scoreboard S.Africa (1st innings) 226 for 5 dec Board President’s XI (1st
innings) Jadhav lbw Ntini 12 Gambhir c Tsolekile b Pollock 26 Ramesh lbw Hall 9 Mongia b Smith 148 Rao c Hall b De Bruyn
29 Dhoni c Tsolekile b Ontong 39 Badani not out 74 Extras (b-2, lb-17, nb-5) 24 Total
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dec, 107.2 overs) 361 Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-55, 3-61, 4-117, 5-208. Bowling:
Pollock 15-7-25-1,
Ntini S. Africa (2nd innings) Rudolph run out 31 De Bruyn c Rao b Powar 35 Pollock c Dhoni b Powar
0 Dippenaar c and b Powar 23 Amla lbw Mongia 15 Ontong lbw Bahutule
11 Tsolekile b Bhandari 18 Hall c Dhoni b Bahutule 15 Smith not out
6 Kallis not out 12 Extras (b-1, lb-2, nb-3) 6 Total
(8 wkts, 68 overs) 172 Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-62, 3-72, 4-104, 5-108, 6-122, 7-149, 8-150. Bowling: Bhandari 8-3-33-1, Paul 3-0-9-0, Bahutule 27-6-68-2, Powar 26-10-50-3, Mongia 4-0-9-1.
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Smith accuses ICC of insulting greats
Wellington, November 16 “The trio would have been utterly shocked with such allegations. To be heaped with praise over the years and having been named in the best teams in the world, then be called a chucker is an absolute insult,” he said. An ICC committee of former Test players, supported by scientific equipment, found that almost every international bowler straightened his arm at some stage in their delivery and recommended a new rule allowing bowlers to straighten their arms by up to 15 degrees. The ICC committee found that even Steve Harmison, Glenn McGrath and Shaun Pollock were chuckers under existing rules, while Lillee, Imran Khan, Hadlee, Fred Trueman and Ian Botham also threw the ball. Smith, now a television commentator, said the ICC had let the issue of chucking get out of hand over the years. “The use of scientists has transgressed the rules to the letter of the law by degrading not only fast bowling but also Hadlee, Lillee and company who have been purists and models for bowlers,” he said. Smith, who played 63 Tests and 98 one-day internationals for New Zealand from 1980-92, said it was a “ludicrous system now that is pointing fingers at great bowlers with flippant comments”. He did not agree that the proposal to allow up to 15-degree of bending of the bowling arm could mean injecting some excitement and entertainment into a code notorious for its rigid rules. “Allowing bowlers to chuck the ball will also mean the dismissal of batsmen. Why should the batsmen be on the receiving end?” he said. He said television played a major role in detecting illegitimate actions, as in the case of Pakistani bowler Shoaib Akhtar.
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RANJI ROUND-UP
Amritsar, November 16 Pankaj Dharmani was unbeaten on 62 at the draw of stumps. Yuvraj Singh wasted a good start as he was caught at short extra cover by Vasant off Arlen Konwar for 29. Opener Ricky scored 133 runs off 356 balls, studded with 19 fours and one six. He edged a delivery from medium pacer Parag Das to be caught behind by Assam captain Zakaria Zufri. While hitting his seventh century in the Ranji Trophy, Ricky completed 2000 runs in first class cricket. He said he enjoyed playing on his home turf. About the pitch, he said it was helping the pacers. Yuvraj played his natural game and smashed five fours in his brief innings. He arrived in the city last night after playing in the platinum jubilee match against Pakistan in which he slammed 78. Another prominent player in the Punjab team, Reetinder Sodhi, contributed 34 runs. He was caught by wicketkeeper Zakaria off the bowling of R. Satish. Pankaj Dharmani scored 62 runs laced with four fours and three sixes and remained unbeaten. G. Gupta was with him at the crease on five. Assam bowlers failed to take advantage of the pitch which was helping the seamers. They had the services of four medium pacers who bowled 50 out of the stipulated 90 overs. Seamers Parag Das and R. Satish and spinner Arlen Konwar scalped one wicket each. Dinesh Nanavaty, coach of the Assam team, admitted that his pacers failed to exploit the conditions. The hosts dominated the game throughout the day except in the last session. However, he expressed the hope that his players would come back into the match soon. Scoreboard Punjab (1st innings) Ricky c Zakaria b Das 133 Sodhi c Zakaria b Satish 34 Yuvraj c Vasant b Arlen 29 Dharmani not out 62 Gupta not out 5 Extras
(b-8, lb-7, nb-16, w-3) 34 Total (3 wkts, 90 overs) 297 Fall of wickets: 1-97, 2-155, 3-279. Bowling:
Das 15-4-37-1, Zaman 20-4-58-0, Sukhbinder 26-7-67-0, Satish 4-1-20-1, Konwar 12-0-50-1, Aziz 2-0-8-0, Yadav 11-0-42-0. |
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Delhi crawl to 258 for 2
New Delhi, November 16 After being given a fantastic start by debutant Shikhar Dhawan (49 in 66 balls), the hosts failed to take the attack to the opposition on the placid Roshanara ground pitch, scoring at a rate of 2.86 runs per over though they had lost just two wickets. Even in the final session, when Chopra (78 not out) and Manhas (91 not out) were well set, they never really tried to dominate the tired Andhra bowlers adding 95 runs in the 30 overs bowled. Chopra played very slow as he completed his half century in 176 balls, six overs after tea. He managed to break the shackles in the final session to some extend but let go a chance to put his team in a dominating position. But the day belonged to Dhawan, who looked his confident self in his first-ever Ranji match till he fell to a brilliant catch by Prasad off an inside edge with D. Kalyankrishna claiming the wicket. Delhi
(Ist innings): Chopra batting 78, Dhawan C Prasad b Kalyankrishna 49, Dahiya lbw Sahabuddin 33, Manhas batting 91. Extras:
(b1, lb1, w 3, nb 2) 7 Total: (in 90 overs) 258 for 2 Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-116 Bowling: K Sahabuddin 21-7-54-1, D Kalyankrishnan 20-9-65-1, AG Praveen 16-5-37-0, RVC Prasad 14-1-51-0, Mohd Faiq 12-3-31-0, M Suresh 7-0-17-0. Tejinder helps Rlys
post 305 for 9
Tejinder Pal Singh hit a classy 86 on a damp Karnail Singh pitch as Railways cantered to 305 for nine on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A cricket match against Bengal here today. The first-over dismissal of skipper Sanjay Bangar notwithstanding, Railways, put into bat by Bengal skipper Rohan
Gavaskar, were benefitted from some lacklustre bowling by the visitors who failed to exploit the conditions stacked heavily in favour of the seamers.
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Haryana bowled out for 200
Agartala, November 16 Scoreboard Haryana (1st innings) Sharma c Iyer b Jain 16
Bist lbw Jain 1 S.Singh c Manoj b S. Sharma 83 Ganda c Prasanna b Jain 0 Khan b Raghavendran 1 Ratra c Prasanna b S. Sharma 61 J. Sharma c S. Sharma b Roy 1 Sahu b Jain 12 Mishra c Iyer b S. Sharma 9 Vashist c Prasanna b S. Sharma 0 Malik not out 6 Extras: (lb-5, nb-5) 10 Total
(all out, 87.1 overs) 200 Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-53, 3-53, 4-70, 5-135, 6-140, 7-161, 8-185, 9-185. Bowling:
Manoj 5-1-20-0, Jain 17-4-59-4, Raghavendran 22-11-29-1, S. Sharma 27.1-9-50-4, Roy 16-02-37-1. Tripura (1st innings) Iyer batting 0 Roy batting 2 Extras: (lb-1) 1 Total
(for no loss, 3 overs) 3 Bowling: J. Singh 1-0-2-0. — PTI |
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Mumbai leave MP struggling
Mumbai, November 16 Mota took the chance with both hands to finish with figures of 3 for 21 on a day when pace spearhead Ajit Agarkar went wicketless in 22 overs.
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Plan to upgrade Chamba stadium hangs fire
Chamba, November 16 During his appointment as observer of the Ranji Trophy matches here, Mr Nandan Bezbaruah, a member of the technical committee of the BCCI, gave a report on the feasibility of upgrading the stadium, which was submitted to the then Deputy Commissioner to draw the state government’s attention to the proposal. In the report, Mr Bezbaruah pointed out that the small pavilion on the southern side of the stadium had been wrongly built. He suggested its removal and fresh construction on the northern side of the stadium, facing the sun. He said the shifting of the pavilion would help to widen the stadium as per the requirements of the BCCI. At that time, the Chamba District Cricket Association had got all the equipment for holding national cricket matches as per the norms of the BCCI, such as heavy and light rollers, moveable screens, covers, trolleys, scoreboard, etc. Meanwhile, the local Citizens Progressive Council has expressed concern over the decreasing importance being given to sports activities in the district, depriving sportspersons of the region of useful exposure. There is a dearth of coaches in the Department of Sports and Youth Services. There is only one coach posted at Chamba against a sanctioned strength of eight coaches. Mr Gurmukh Singh, secretary of the council, said there was a time when the district was ahead of other districts in HP in sports, but now it was at the lowest rung. |
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Harbhajan's
action under scrutiny
Sydney, November 16 The list also contains Sri Lankans Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and Pakistan superstar Shoaib Akhtar, who have taken more than 2000 international wickets between them. West Indian Jermaine Lawson, Pakistan's Shoaib Malik and Bangladesh's Sanwar Hossain are also under intense scrutiny as cricket prepares to introduce a major overhaul of the way it polices suspect actions, an Australian website reported. The list contains no Australians although Muralitharan asserted yesterday that new technology had revealed Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie were all breaking the rule by straightening their arms beyond the current limit of 10 degrees.
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Murali’s claims infuriate Aussies
Brisbane, November 16 Murali, who stirs the passions of cricket fans here with his own rubber-wristed bowling action, raised hackles yesterday when he said during a radio interview that the Aussie speed trio all exceeded the 10 degree limit fast bowlers were allowed in flexing their arms during delivery. It was like waving a red flag before a bull. Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden sprang to the defence of his team-mates, claiming that the controversial off-spinner’s remarks bordered on defamatory. “Sticks-and-stones kind of stuff from Murali in the papers is not going to get him any favours in world cricket,” Hayden said after a Gabba net session here today ahead of Thursday’s first Test against New Zealand. “I think they’re (Aussie bowlers) probably a little bit disappointed with the reactions,” Hayden said. Australian Players Association boss Tim May also went in to bat for the Australian quicks. May, who has seen ultra slow-motion footage and data of the vast majority of international bowlers’ actions, indicated Muralitharan’s claims were off the mark. “I don’t know where those figures came from...,” the Australian Cricket Association chief executive said here. “Our blokes will be disappointed and rightly so. On one of those blokes, I won’t mention his name, I’m unaware of any footage (of his bowling action) at all. I’m not going to come out one way or the other and say this guy got this amount of degrees straightening or whatever but what I can say is I’m surprised at the report this morning,” May said. He did admit sympathy for Muralitharan because of the constant speculation about his suspect action, which in the past decade has seen him called for throwing during two different seasons in Australia. Murali has been banned from bowling his “doosra”, tested at 14 degrees flexion, but would be cleared to bowl it again if a new law allowing all bowlers a threshold of 15 degrees is passed by the International Cricket Council in February. May went to work today educating the Australian players about the proposed reforms, which had drawn negative reactions last week. Gillespie threw his support behind the planned changes, which include the use of more advanced technology and stringent testing procedures that are expected to alter previous readings. “I think it’s a great thing for world cricket,” Gillespie said. “It’s one universal law rather than having different laws and different degrees of flexion. The technology they’re looking to have in place is very black and white and very clear-cut.” Leg-spinner Shane Warne said he was hopeful umpires would be under less pressure to turn a blind eye to suspected chuckers. “As long as the umpires have the right and freedom that, if they think one bloke has a dodgy action, they call him. They won’t be scared to call him ... and they won’t get nailed by whoever.”
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Sharapova rallies to beat Serena
Los Angeles, November 16 “I’m still in shock. I can’t believe the way I pulled it off,” said the 17-year-old Russian, who fell to the ground and screamed with joy yesterday at the end of a contest lasting one hour and 46 minutes. After falling behind 0-4 in the third set, the teenager reeled off six games in a row to overpower a hobbling Williams. After returning to the court 2-5 down, Williams lost about 40 mph from her service speed and had trouble moving to her right. Sharapova easily closed out the second set but, in the third, Williams began to go for broke off the ground and cracked winners to all angles of the court to storm into a 4-0 lead. The young Russian eventually took a foothold in the final set when she held serve at 0-4 down and, with Williams wilting, hit back to seal a victory. Sharapova won four titles coming into the event, but had losing records against three players she beat, fellow Russians Vera Zvonareva, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anastasia Myskina. Then she toppled Williams in her home town.
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Irina sets record, plays 5-under card
New Delhi, November 16 Three birdies going out, the longest a 25 footer on the 9th hole, two birdies coming home, with 15 pars, immaculate golf all round, Irina hit 16 greens in regulation and putts magic gave her 29 putts. Her game plan for tomorrow, she said, was ''the same as today'' but to score as low as possible. Making a comeback, the Golden girl from Chandigarh, last won this tournament in 2002. Of the record 31 entries in the Championship, two players brought sub-par rounds — Irina five under and Delhi's Anjali Chopra one under—while 10 others broke 80. If the ladies can keep up this standard for the next three days, this tournament could be a turning point in the Indian Ladies Golf scene. Overshadowed somewhat by Irina's awesome performance, Anjali's one under par 71, her third at the DGC, saw her four strokes off the lead, ''I had my memorable shots,'' she commented. India's No 1 Junior Noida's 13- year-old Vaishavi Sinha, Shruti Khanna, No one on the IGULS merit list, and young Neham Majithia who last week won the Noida Ladies open all shot 75, three over par with Mayali Talwar and Junior Diviya Kapur shooting four over par 76. Neha also won ''nearest to the pin'' prize for the day. In the Nett trophies, part of the Delhi Ladies open week, Irina leads in the Jahanara Challenge Trophy, open to all handicaps, minus 36 and under with a nett 67 one shot ahead of Neha Majithia on nett 69 with Anjali Chopra on nett 69. In the hotly contested SIEL Junior Girls trophy, open to - eighteen and under, Vaishavi Sinha leads with her gross 75 with Delhi's 16-year-old Diviya Kapoor breathing down her neck on 76. Manavi halwasiya from Kolkata is on 79 along with Bhavana Shetty, who, recently, was runner up in the Punjab Ladies Open in Chandigarh. In the Sita Rawlley Senior's Trophy, June Choudhari leads with a gross 87 with Aneeta Bhatia on 90 and Zimbawe's Tessa Covell on 92. Leading scores:- Irina Brar 67, Anjali Chopra 71, Parnita Grewal 73, Neha Majithia, Sheuti Khanna, Vaisjhavui Sinha 75, Mayali Talwar, Diviya Kapoor 76, Pragya Mishra 77, Sonavi Chopra 78, Manavi Halwasiya and Bhavna Shetty79. —UNI
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Namdharis outplay Sikh Regimental Centre
New Delhi, November 16 Harjinder Singh then put them in the lead in the 23rd minute while Jhon Minz pulled off the equaliser for Sikh Regimental Centre a minute before half time. On resumption, Namdharis powered ahead with Didar Singh striking two quick blows in the 37th and 49th minutes to enhance the lead to 4-2. Karamjit Singh completed the tally in the 63rd minute to give an anti-climactic finish to the match. South Central Railway, Secunderabad, scraped past Air Force 7-6 via sudden death tie-breaker after being level 2-2 at full time. After a barren first half, Air Force forged ahead a minute into the second half through Mambiraj. Johnson Ekka scored the equaliser for South Central Railway in the 42nd minute. Air Force regained the lead when Satvir Singh converted a penalty corner in the 50th minute while Prabhakar Singh levelled the score for Railways in the 62nd minute. In the tie-breaker, A. Bharthi, Johnson Ekka, Prabhakar Singh, Amit Shrivas and A. Bharti scored for the winners while Neeraj Sahu, Mambiraj, Balbir Singh and Satvir Singh hit the target for the losers. In the last match, Indian Oil pipped CRPF XI 3-1 after leading 1-0 at half time. Prabhjot Singh put Indian Oil ahead in the 22nd minute. In the second half, Lakhwinder Singh scored the second goal while Deepak Thakur struck home the third goal, both goals coming off penalty corners. Mukesh Kumar pulled off the consolation goal for CRPF. |
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Ashish wins 5 gold
medals
Chandigarh, November 16 The results: Girls: Uneven bars: Shalu Mishra (UP)1, Santosh (Pb) 2, Swaranlika (WB) 3. Vaulting table: Ritu Bala (Pb) 1, Pooja Rawat (UP) 2, Shalu Mishra (UP) 3; Balancing beam: Shalu Mishra (UP) 1, Swaranali Debnath (WB) 2, Kanika (Pb) 3. Floor exercises: Pronoti Nayak (WB) 1, Santosh (Pb) 2, Shalu (UP) 3. Boys: Floor exercises: Ashish Kumar (UP) 1, K. Bhardwaj (AP) 2, Sarvesh Chander (UP) 3. Roman rings: Ashish Kumar (UP) 1, Jimmy Raj (AP) 2, Prasanta Debnath (Tripura) 3. Pommel horse: Ashish Kumar(UP) 1, Anurag Singh (UP) 2, Vikas Handa(AP) 3. Horizontal bars: Ashish Kumar (UP) 1, Devesh (UP) 2, Prasanta Debnath (Tri) 3. Parallel bars: Ashish Kumar (UP) 1, Rakesh Mahapatra (Orissa) 2, Prasantha Debnath (Tri) 3. Vaulting table: Jimmy Raj (AP) 1, Sarvesh Chander (UP) 2, Prasanta Debnath (Tri) 3. |
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Mumbai, November 16 “The players have been selected on the basis of their performances in the national level tournament held recently and all the players were picked unanimously by the selectors,” he said. The team: Sanjiva Kumar
(capt) and Rakesh Kumar (both from Railways), Navneet Gautam (BSNL), Sunder Singh and Rajbir Singh (both from Delhi), Jagpal Singh of Rajasthan, Manprit Singh of Punjab, Shailesh Sawant of Maharashtra, Ramesh Kumar (senior) of Haryana, B C Suresh of Bank Sports Board
(BSB), Tyagraj of Karnataka and I Vikash of Services Sports Control Board
(SSCB). Stand-byes: Pankaj Shirsat of Maharashtra and Vinay Vichare of Gujarat. Coach:
Balwan Singh. Manager: Raghunath A Mane. Assistant coach:
J Uday Kumar. — PTI |
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Sona Polo win in Pataudi Trophy
New Delhi, November 16 In the second chukker, Basheer Ali scored two more goals and Hamza Ali struck one as Sona Polo led by 5-2. Dhruvpal Godara scored his third goal at the end of the second chukker to make the score 5-3. In the subsequent chukkers, Uday Kalaan, Basheer Ali and Hamza Ali hit the mark for the winners while Dhruvpal Godara maintained his good form for the bank but could not help them win. Basheer Ali scored seven goals while Dhruvpal Godara got six. |
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