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Windies a tOUR
Srini an autocrat, evidence against CSK:
Manohar
Aparajith, Pandey take South to 213/2
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Not worried about SA tour, we have many options: BCCI
Indian athletes not to run with CWG Baton
women’s games
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Windies a tOUR
Shimoga, October 3 After West Indies A scored a decent 406 in their first innings, opener Gambhir (11) and No. 4 Sehwag (7) played atrocious shots off left-arm spinner Veeraswamy Permaul’s (2/60) bowling to get back to the cooler confines of the dressing room. Unheralded Kerala opener Vasudevan Jagadeesh showed good temperament as he remained undefeated on 79 in the company of in-form Abhishek Nayar, who again showed his utility with an useful 56. Jagadeesh played with a great deal of composure during his 172-ball knock that included eight boundaries. Nayar was his attacking self as he smacked seven boundaries and a six off only 38 balls, coming into bat after skipper Cheteshwar Pujara (25) was dismissed after a dogged effort. India are 215 runs behind West Indies A and require another 66 runs to avoid the follow-on. Fans disappointed
The capacity crowd — mostly engineering students — was left high and dry by Sehwag and Gambhir. The duo not only disappointed the fans but also national selectors Roger Binny and Saba Karim. Gambhir didn’t look comfortable at all against seamer Miguel Cummins as he struggled for 43 balls with just a boundary to his name. Left-arm spinner Permaul got his scalp in his third over as Gambhir tried an ugly hoick but ended up offering an easy catch to Fidel Edwards. While Gambhir ran out of patience, Sehwag wasn’t even patient enough to grind it out as he played just a dozen deliveries before trying to give Permaul the charge, only to get stumped in the process. All India A wickets fell to opposition left-arm spinners as Nikita Miller accounted for Pujara after he shared a 60-run second wicket partnership with Jagadeesh. Amidst the fall of big guns, Jagadeesh admirably put a price tag on his wicket adding 77 runs for the unbroken fourth wicket stand with Nayar. Jagadeesh brought his 12th first-class half-century by playing Permaul on the on-side for two runs after he had faced 98 balls with seven hits to the fence. For West Indies, Permaul and Miller finished with figures of two for 60 and one for 43, respectively. Earlier, left-arm spinner Bharghav Bhatt came up with a career-best seven-wicket haul but that could not stop West Indies A from piling up 406 all out in their first innings at lunch. No Indian bowler impressed on a pitch which was a bit on the slower side, but Bhatt made the cut by taking all the four remaining wickets, ending with career-best bowling figures. —
PTI Brief Scores West Indies A (1st Innings) 406 all out (Johnson 91, Brathwaite 82; Bhatt 7/113, Zaheer 1/66); India A: 191/3 (Jagadeesh* 79, Nayar* 56; Permaul 2/60, Miller 1/43). |
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Srini an autocrat, evidence against CSK: Manohar
Srinivasan is deeply enmeshed in a web of controversies and conflict of interest, most damningly because his family firm (India Cements) owns the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) IPL team. It all exploded into an embarrassing controversy when Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan — the principal (director) of CSK — was arrested spot-fixing earlier this year.
“Srinivasan has no right to continue as president,” Manohar said in an interview in Mumbai. “If you (Srinivasan) had the slightest of conscience, self-esteem and care for the board, you ought to have put in your papers the moment your son-in-law was arrested. You did nothing and as a result the board's reputation has taken a hit to the extent that the people have lost faith in this board.” Manohar said that there is a lot of evidence of Meiyappan being the team principal of CSK, a fact that CSK and Srinivasan tried to bury after the scandal emerged. “He has been charge-sheeted and the law will take its own course, but the evidence is very much there,” Manohar said. “He (Srini) is trying to shield everybody, his team included,” said Manohar. “He does not want to clean this mess. Srinivasan is an autocrat and wants all the power for himself.” Normally, BCCI officials don't spar in public. They have a time-honoured back-scratching arrangement with each other, which often results in unanimous elections and rewards to the people who voted or canvassed support for the winner. Manohar, who served as BCCI president immediately before Srinivasan, is noted for his extreme reticence. His outburst, thus, is remarkable and significant, especially as he is perceived to be close to Sharad Pawar, who is trying to make his way back into cricket administration. “This board has been built over the years by very many people but its reputation has been damaged by this man (Srinivasan) in a span of four months,” Manohar said, citing the names of Jagmohan Dalmiya, AC Muthiah, Sharad Pawar, IS Bindra and Madhavrao Scindia as the men who built up the BCCI. Later in the day, a senior BCCI official said that it was not right of Manohar to submit an affidavit in court to clear his name from the cases filed against the BCCI by the Enforcement Directorate. BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel — perceived to be Srinivasan's man, due to which he got this important post — said: “My personal view is that it is always the collective responsibility of all office bearers. One cannot absolve himself by leaving aside the others.” The shrewd Manohar had already responded to this sort of criticism when he said: “Why did you punish Lalit Modi? Because his actions were contrary to the rules of the board. If Srinivasan talks of collective responsibility, then why did he, as an office-bearer, not take responsibility in the Lalit Modi case and resign?”
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Aparajith, Pandey take South to 213/2
Chennai, October 3 Due to inclement weather only 54 overs of play was possible on the day. It was an unbroken partnership of 161 between Aparajith (93 batting), who is just seven short of his second first-class century, and Pandey (81 batting) that took South to a position of safety after they were reduced to 52 for three in 16 overs. Akshath Reddy (18), who was in fine form during the NKP Salve Challenger Series, was trapped leg before by left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat, while pacer Murtuza Vahora got one to skid through and rattle Abhinav Mukund's (4) leg stump. Young Lokesh Rahul (6) was trapped leg before by off-spinner Yusuf Pathan and the South innings was in total disarray. Aparajith and Pandey took a stock of the situation and then counter-attacked to step up the run-rate. They faced 38 overs on the day and were scoring at a run-rate in excess of 4.6 per over. Aparajith faced 131 deliveries to hit 11 boundaries in the process while Pandey had eight fours and a big six to his credit in the 118 balls that he faced. Both attacked the left-arm spin duo of Akashay Darekar (0/50 in 11 overs) and Rakesh Dhurv (0/54 in 11 overs). — PTI Brief Scores South Zone 1st Innings: 213/3 in 54 overs (Aparajith 93*, Pandey 81*; Vahora 1/20)
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Not worried about SA tour, we have many options: BCCI
Mumbai, October 3 Patel said the BCCI was not worried about the tour to South Africa, a truncated tour as of now. “There are a number of people available. A number of countries are ready to play with India. There is no problem at all,” he said, but ruled out any engagements with arch-rivals Pakistan or southern neighbours Sri Lanka to fill in this likely gap in the calendar. “There is nothing like that at the moment,” he shot back. Patel also said that the tours and programmes committee was never scheduled to meet on Thursday to decide on the venues for the series against the West Indies. “I don't know who has done it (finalised the date of the meeting). I am the secretary. It (date) is not decided. There are a lot of committees and there are (other) priorities,” said Patel after the meeting of marketing committee. — PTI
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Indian athletes not to run with CWG Baton
New Delhi, October 3 IOA officials, in a meeting, decided to host the Queen's Baton without the usual ceremony of prominent sportspersons running with the baton in view of the constraints in providing security arrangements due to Dussehra festivals. "We will receive the QBR at Indira Gandhi International Airport with all necessary respect and honour. But we have decided not to have a relay where sportspersons will run for a few meters in turn holding the Baton," acting IOA chief Vijay Kumar Malhotra said. "2014 Glasgow CWG authorities are not going to revise their schedule. So, we have decided to revise the programme and curtail it to some functions which would uphold the dignity of QBR and the principles underlying the Commonwealth Games. The details of the revised programme will be decided in a day or two," said Malhotra. — PTI
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Kings look to breach Royals’ fortress
Jaipur, October 3 Rajasthan Royals breezed into the last-four stage of the tournament with an unbeaten four-match streak while the Super Kings, the first team to have advanced to the semifinals, stumbled in their final group game against Trinidad & Tobago last night. The hosts know the conditions like the back of their hands and the strategies that they planned had been executed well. But then again, the CSK, led by the redoubtable Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, could be an altogether different proposition. The visitors have tremendous depth in their batting and bowling. In Dhoni, they have a cool and shrewd skipper who is also in blazing from with the willow. Though he may not have done much against T&T, Dhoni's 19-ball 63-run knock against Hyderabad Sunrisers is testimony to the kind of form he is in. Suresh Raina and Michael Hussey are as solid as ever and Murali Vijay has also shown good form. Ravindra Jadeja has not been up to the mark but he can be never be counted out. Their bowling too has variety and options in Jason Holder, J Bravo. Albie Morkel, Ashwin and Jadeja. On the other hand the hosts, the conditions here suit the Royals. They do not have too many big stars but in Dravid, Shane Watson and Brad Hodge they have the experience and class which is supported by energetic and talented youngsters like Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson, Kevon Cooper and Ashok Menaria. — PTI
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Harkirat wins 100m hurdles
Nikhila Pant Dhawan/TNS
Bathinda, October 3 Anju Rani, also from Jalandhar, won silver in hurdles (15:99s, while Kulwinder Kaur of Sangrur bagged bronze (16:18s). As many as 2204 contestants from 22 districts will vie for top honours in 12 disciplines — athletics, basketball, badminton, hockey, kabaddi, kho-kho, handball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, volleyball and lawn tennis – during the three-day event. While Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Bathinda have sent the largest contingents, comprising 125 athletes, Kapurthala’s 40-member contingent is the smallest. Among other important results of the day, Sharanjit Kaur (Gurdaspur) bagged gold in 800m, clocking 2:19.22s, Lovepreet Kaur (Bathinda) won silver (2:21.62s) and Ramandeep Kaur (Ludhiana) clinched bronze (2:22.11sec). Amarvir Kaur (Amritsar) clinched gold in high jump (1.53m), Avneet Kaur Bajwa (Jalandhar) jumped 1.53m for silver and Sandeep Kaur (Sangrur) got bronze (1.51m). Preliminary rounds of kho-kho, kabaddi, volleyball, handball and basketball were also conducted today. Sikander Singh Maluka, Minister for Education, opened the games.
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Virender Sehwag’s experiment to bat in the middle-order didn’t yield any favourable result while Gautam Gambhir’s woeful run of form continued as India A reached 191 for three at stumps on the second day of their second unofficial ‘Test’ against West Indies A here today.
Clt20 semis
Harkirat Kaur of Jalandhar hogged the limelight on the first day of the 39th Punjab Women’s Games (Under- 25) that began on Thursday. She won gold in 100m hurdles, clocking 15:21s. Besides, she also bagged gold in shot put, throwing the iron ball to a distance of 12.44m.
Chandigarh, October 3
