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Sachin slams maiden double ton AHMEDABAD, Oct 30 — Skipper Sachin Tendulkar’s superb maiden double century and his record fourth wicket stand with fellow centurion Saurav Ganguly propelled India to their highest ever total against New Zealand and left them in an ideal position to push for victory on the second day of the third and final cricket Test today. |
 Indian skipper Sachin Tendulkar looks up after completing 200 runs during the second day of the third Test match against New Zealand at Ahmedabad on Saturday. Tendulkar scored 217 runs. — AFP |
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Punjab defeat Services CHANDIGARH, Oct 30 — Fine centuries by Vikram Rathore (103) and Reetinder Sodhi (102 not out) enabled Punjab to beat Services by 109 runs in their second encounter of the North Zone Ranji Trophy one-day match at the PCA Stadium today. Jyoti Randhawa fires three under 69 NEW DELHI, Oct 30 — Jyoti Randhawa, 27, showed his golfing maturity in no uncertain terms. He fired yet again three under 69 to break way from his defiant rivals with an aggregate of under 207 on the penultimate day of the four-round third $ 200,000 Hero Honda Masters.
Usha,
Anil emerge fastest Deputy
Director Dhir retires Muslim
Club triumph Harbhajan,
Gandhi dropped Convincing
victory for Delhi Mike
Tyson escapes punishment Panjab
varsity beaten Srinath
pockets singles title Lawrence
School champs |
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Sachin slams maiden double ton AHMEDABAD, Oct 30 (PTI) — Skipper Sachin Tendulkar’s superb maiden double century and his record fourth wicket stand with fellow centurion Saurav Ganguly propelled India to their highest ever total against New Zealand and left them in an ideal position to push for victory on the second day of the third and final cricket Test today. The batting maestro slammed 217 and, with left-hander Ganguly (125), sent the Kiwis on a leather hunt with a massive 281-run stand as India piled up 583 for seven before declaring their first innings an hour into the final session. The Kiwis were fighting with their backs to the wall as they were 18 for one at close, opener Gary Stead (11 batting) and nightwatchman Daniel Vettori (zero batting) seeing through the last few overs after leg-spinner Anil Kumble claimed Matt Horne for two. Tendulkar, overnight 104, compiled his much-awaited Test double hundred in his 71st Test and 110th innings and stayed at the wicket for 14 minutes over eight hours, facing 343 balls and striking 29 boundaries. The 26-year-old’s 21st Test ton, bettering his previous highest of 179 made against the West Indies at Nagpur in 1994-95, and Ganguly’s strokeful seventh Test century, lifted India — overnight 311 for three — to a position from where they can look forward to pushing for an innings win. Tendulkar’s marathon knock, the longest of his glittering career, came to an end soon after tea through a superb diving catch by Dion Nash at midwicket off young left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori, who finished with four for 200 after sending down 57 overs. It was only the maestro’s second first class double century and improved upon his 204 made for Mumbai against the visiting Australians last year. Tendulkar looked all set to overhaul Sunil Gavaskar’s Indian record score of 236 when he saw his powerful pull brilliantly caught by Nash. The visitors, who went wicketless in the first session when India moved to 403 for three, had to take the back seat as Tendulkar and Ganguly played forceful strokes. At close, New Zealand were still 266 runs adrift of their first target of 384 to avoid follow on, a difficult task on a pitch showing signs of wear and tear. The day totally belonged to Tendulkar, who had to wait for nearly a decade since his test debut at Karachi against Pakistan in 1989 to score his first Test double century. The maestro flayed the toothless Kiwi attack with majestic pulls, drives cuts and flicks after he had resumed his innings at his overnight 104. With Ganguly, not out 51 last evening, giving him good support with his confident strokeplay, the two played a major role in helping India better their previous best of 537 for three against the same rivals made at Hyderabad nearly 45 years ago. Their 281-run stand in 79 overs, which ended when Ganguly was caught at mid-on by Nash off Nathan Astle, also bettered the previous best for the wicket, their own 256 made against Sri Lanka at Mumbai in December 1997. Tendulkar and Ganguly first got past the fourth wicket mark against the Kiwis of 171 between Polly Umrigar and Kripal Singh at Hyderabad in 1955 before grinding the attack further. Ganguly completed his ton, his first of the series and third at home, soon after the lunch interval (279 m, 210 b, 17 x 4) and had batted for close to five-and-a-half hours facing 252 balls and hitting 20 fours. But Tendulkar was undeterred by his partner’s dismissal and he entered the 190’s with a spate of fours before reaching the one landmark which has eluded him so far with a single to squareleg off Vettori (472 m, 319 b, 29 x 4). It was the first double ton by an Indian since his school chum Vinod Kambli’s 227 against Zimbabwe at Delhi in 1992-93. Tendulkar surpassed the highest score at the venue of 152 by Mohammed Azharuddin against Sri Lanka in 1994-95 and India went past the 395 by Pakistan in 1986-87 which stood as the stadium record for an innings. India (1st innings): Gandhi c Parore b Cairns
6 Extras (b 4, lb 7, nb 6) 17 Total (for 7 wkts, in 167 overs) 583 Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-102, 3-182, 4-463, 5-502, 6-518, 7-521. Bowling: Cairns 24-5-82-1, Nash 28-6-86-0, Vettori 57-5-200-4, Astle 17-2-55-1, Harris 17-3-64-1, Wiseman 24-2-85-0. New Zealand (1st innings) G. Stead batting 11 Fall of wicket: 1-13. Bowling: Srinath
4-0-8-0, Prasad 3-2-4-0, Kumble 4-3-1-1. |
Punjab defeat Services CHANDIGARH, Oct 30 — Fine centuries by Vikram Rathore (103) and Reetinder Sodhi (102 not out) enabled Punjab to beat Services by 109 runs in their second encounter of the North Zone Ranji Trophy one-day match at the PCA Stadium today. Vikram Rathore won the toss and opted to bat first on a flat track. Sandeep Sharma (20) with his skipper opened the innings. Sandeep was caught at short covers off the bowling of M.V. Rao at the team total of 33. Test discard Navjot Singh Sidhu did not open his account as he was trapped in front of the wickets off M.V. Rao’s very next delivery. Then Reetinder Sodhi and Vikram Rathore made merry of the services bowlers as they scored at will. Rathore while playing his 23rd innings of his 24th match completed his second century in one dayers. His century came of 135 balls with the help of 10 boundaries and two sixes. Reetinder Sodhi (102 not out) also hit a splendid ton for the first time in Ranji Trophy one dayer. His knock consisted of four hits to the fence in 114 balls. Vikram Rathore and Reetinder Sodhi added 182 runs for the third wicket in 217 balls. Dinesh Mongia scored a quick 20 runs in 23 balls with the help of 20 runs in 23 balls with the help of two boundaries. Punjab scored 278 runs for the loss of four wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Chasing a big total, the Services batsman started off well as opener Narender Singh (38) and K.K. Dixit (37) added 68 runs for the opening wicket. Navedeep Singh who replaced Vineet Sharma gave the breakthrough in his second over as he got K.K. Dixit caught at point by R. Sodhi. He and Lakhbir Singh put the brakes on the Services scoring as they bowled a tight line and length. Lakhbir Singh captured two wickets at the cost of 22 runs in his 10 overs. The Services batsmen never looked good in chasing as their wickets fell at regular intervals and their scoring rate was reducing over by over. Scoreboard Punjab: Vikram Rathore c. Amit Nadkami b. Ghag 103; Sandeep Sharma c. C.D Thomson b. M.V Rao 20; Navjot Singh Sidhu b M.V. Rao 0; Reetinder Sodhi not out 102; Pankaj Dharmani c. Narender Singh b. S.V Ghag 11; Dinesh Mongia not out 20. Extras 22. Total 278 (four wkts, 50 overs). Fall of wickets:1-33, 2-33, 3-215, 4-233 Bowling: M.V Rao 9-0-49-1, Syed Javed 9-0-50-5, S.V Ghag 10-1-47-2, Pankaj Maitrey 9-54-1-0, Sanjey Verma 9-0-45-1, C.D Thomson 4-0-21-0. Services: Narender Singh c. R. Sodhi b. Lakhbir Singh 38; K.K Dixit c. R. Sodhi b. Navdeep Singh 37; Sarabjit Singh run out 11; Sanjay Verma c. Navdeep b. Sarandeep 11; M.V Rao c. N Sidhu b Lakhbir Singh 0; Abu Eric b. R. Sodhi 8; C.D Thomson c. Sarandeep b. Navdeep Singh 21; Amit Nadkarmi not out 12; Pankaj Maitery not out 9. Extras 22 total (50 overs, 7 wkts) 169. Fall of wickets: 1- 68, 2-95, 3-102, 4-104, 5-114, 6-135, 7-150. Bowling: Sandeep
Sharma 5-1-17-1, Vineet Sharma 8-0-44-1, Lakhbir Singh
10-2-22-2, Navdeep Singh 10-3-18-0, Sarandeep 10-3-18-0,
R. Sodhi 6-1-20-0, Dinesh Mongia 2-0-4-1, Amrit Sharma
1-0-6-0. |
Jyoti Randhawa fires three
under 69 NEW DELHI, Oct 30 — Jyoti Randhawa, 27, showed his golfing maturity in no uncertain terms. He fired yet again three under 69 to break way from his defiant rivals with an aggregate of under 207 on the penultimate day of the four-round third $ 200,000 Hero Honda Masters. Young amateur Ashok Kumar displayed his talent and promise in abundance. He played a superlative round of four under 68. So did Arjun Atwal. They joined Sammy Daniels (RSA) on 210, three behind the leader, for the second spot. Ashok Kumar’s performance was stupendous as he rose a sturdy man among professionals. America’s Greg Hanrahan shot three under and was placed on 211 followed by Arjun Singh, Chris Williams (England), John Kernohan (USA) and Anthony Kang (Korea) on 212. This was as many as five strokes behind the leader Randhawa. Randhawa’s strength was his rapt concentration. He showed that he could maintain his steadiness even amidst stiff opposition. He dropped a stroke on third. This did not unsettle him. It motivated him to steady his game as he played next six holes without a mistake. In the back nine, Randhawa dazzled, as he only could under the exacting circumstances. He translated difficult situations into easy birdies. He earned birdies on 14th, 16th and 18th. His 33 in back nine and per score of 36 in first nine gave him a day’s score of three under 69. He had got the identical score on the first two days. Randhawa’s display proved that he enjoyed playing on this course. His driving was precise. The ball flew like an arrow on the spot aimed at. His chipping was steady and putting consistent. What was remarkable about his play was that he was unbothered as to what his close rivals were doing. As Randhawa finished his round in weather, which was far from pleasant at this time of the month, he reportedly said that he concentrated on his own game instead of wavering in his concentration. He reportedly said that he could have got at least two more birdies in the first nine. Had he got them, he would have been sitting prettier on the summit. Daniels played a round of one under 71, but his two previous rounds of 70 and 69 gave him the aggregate of 210. Ashok Kumar and Atwal shone in difficult situation. Ashok Kumar played an unblemished round without a solitary bogey. He got an eagle on the 8th and two more birides on 14th and 8th to get an aggregate of 68. His total score stood on 210. Atwal had six birdies and two bogeys in his 68 as he also achieved a score of four under 68. Feroz Ali continued to have trouble with his putting. He could get four over 76. He slipped quite a bit on the leader board. His aggregate of 216 had placed him on the 18th spot. Unlike the first two days, he looked considerably dejected for failing to putt steadily on the third day again. Jeev Milkha Singh played a round of three under 69. He neither dazzled nor made mistakes as he did on the first two days. His play today did give a boost to his overall tally of score but it was not good enough to help him get among leaders on the final day tomorrow. Overall, Jeev appeared dejected over his performance on his home surroundings. Luck indeed did not befriend him but he himself was to blame for the lapses. He said that he had learnt a lot from these mistakes and he would see to that he did not commit similar mistakes in future competitions at home and abroad. On the first day his club played pranks but he should have checked his equipment before getting on the course. Harmeet Kahlon, who has recently turned pro, withstood the pressure to the extent it was possible. There were other young Indians who did well. Leaders scores: 207 Jyoti Randhawa
(69,69,69), 210 Sammy Daniels (RSA), (70,69,71), Ashok
Kumar (amateur) (72,70,69); Arjun Atwal (70,72,68), 211:
Greg Hanrahan (USA) (74,68,69); 212 Chris Williams
(England) (68,70,74); John Kernohan (USA) (72,71,69):
Anthony Kang (Korea) (68,72,72); 213 Ali Sher :
(74,69,70); 214 Rodrigo Cuello (Phi) (70,73,71): S S P
Chowrasia (69,77,68). |
Kiwis’ ugly side exposed AHMEDABAD, Oct 30 (PTI) — The ugly side of the New Zealand cricket team, and in particular of its fast medium bowler Dion Nash, came to the fore on the second morning of the third and final Test against India at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium here today. Nash, bowling from the end opposite the pavilion in his second spell of the morning, had a verbal confrontation with Indian skipper Sachin Tendulkar after standing in the middle of the pitch, trying to obstruct the master batsman in taking a run. Nash’s objection seemed to be that the Indian captain was running on the pitch when taking a run, but it clearly looked like a case of sour grapes and a result of frustrations building up for the visitors during the series, in which they are down 0-1. Nash later pointed out to umpire Ramaswamy what he felt was a transgression of the laws of the game by the Indian captain. He also seemed to have a few choice words to say to Tendulkar, who pulled him disdainfully, rocking on the back foot, for his 19th boundary during his record-breaking fourth-wicket stand with Saurav Ganguly. In a syndicated column, former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar has already questioned the lack of action on part of match referee Ranjan Madugalle on the objectionable behaviour of Nash and his pace bowling partner Chris Cairns during the second Test at Kanpur. Nash’s action today was in full view of spectators and TV viewers, including Madugalle, who is sitting with third umpire I Sivaram in the box specially meant for them watching slow motion replays of choice on-field action. It remains to be seen
what action Madugalle is going to take against Nash for
his unsportsmanlike behaviour today. |
Usha, Anil emerge fastest BHOPAL, Oct 30 (PTI) — Anil Kumar of Services and veteran P. T. Usha of Railways became the fastest man and woman, respectiv-ely, in the 39th Open National Athletic Championships winning the 100 metres sprint gold on the final day here today. Their efforts were, however, not as good as the national records that stand in their names. Railways dominated the three-day meet though Services and Police made their presence felt. Anil Kumar completed the men’s 100 metres race in 10.50 secs while his national mark is 10.33 set in Chennai in July, 1998. He could not also equal or better the meet record of Canute Meghalas of Maharashtra at 10.4 sec in 1988. Anand Menezes of Railways with 10.71 and Manoj Kumar of Police (10.73) followed for the silver and bronze, respectively. Usha, on the other hand, breasted the tape in 11.70 secs while her national record is 11.39 established at Jakarta in 1985. Her much younger colleague Saraswati Dey pushed Usha from the initial stages. Dey tried her best to overtake her senior colleague but Usha with long strides did not give much leeway to her, though the gap between the two was cut down considerably. Dey clocked 11.77 sec for the silver while Samanthagam of Tamil Nadu had a poor timing of 12.04 to claim the bronze. The men’s 100 m sprint had five false starts which affected the concentration of the participants and as a result no meet or national record could be set. After five false starts, the starting pistol was changed and in the sixth attempt the race could be completed. In the distaff section, however, there was only one false start. Rosakutty and K. M. Beenamol made it one-two for Railways the 800 metres for women. Rosa ran the race in 2 mins 05.45 secs which was not good enough to break the national record standing in the name of Shiny Wilson (1:59.85) set at Chennai in 1995. Beenamol had the timing of 2:05.26 while Sunita Dahiya clocked 2:10.03 which fetched her the bronze medal. In the heptathalon event
for women, the gold and silver medals were won by
Railways while Kerala cornered the bronze. G G Pramila
garnered 5623 points for the yellow metal, Soma Biswas
bagged 5321 for the silver and Rose Mary Antony 4035 for
the bronze medal. |
Deputy Director Dhir retires CHANDIGARH, Oct 30 — Mrs Surinder Dhir, Deputy Director of Sports, Punjab, retired today on attaining superannuation. A national-level volleyball player and an athlete, Mrs Surinder Dhir served the Department of Sports for 36 years during which she was involved in organisation of several state, national and international sporting events both in Ludhiana and at other places in Punjab. Born at Nabha and after finishing her B.A., and B.P.Ed, Mrs Surinder Dhir joined the department as District Sports Officer in October,1963. Before that she had represented Punjab in the National Volleyball Championship at Gwalior and Bangalore where she was a member of the gold medal winning team. In the 1962 National Games at Jabalpur, she accompanied the Punjab contingent as a shot putter. Besides volleyball and athletics, she had been an excellent kabaddi player and donned the state colours in the Allahabad and Kohlapur National Kabaddi Championships. She had been closely associated with the conduct of many prestigious sporting events, including National Handball Championship (1979), pre-Asian Basketball Championship (1979), Senior National Basketball Championship (1982, 1994-95, 1997-98), Junior National Handball Championship (1985, 1988), Senior National Judo Championship (1992) besides accompanying Punjab contingents to various national and international events. Mrs Surinder Dhir was
given a warm farewell by functionaries of the Sports
Department, including the Director, Col Raminder Singh;
and the Joint Director, Mrs Chanchal Surjeet Singh,
besides office-bearers of various state sports
associations, including Mr Teja Singh (basketball), Mr
Ashok Aggarwal (handball), Mr Raj Kumar (volleyball) and
others at a special function held today. |
Muslim Club triumph NABHA, Oct 30 — Muslim Football Club, Malerkotla, handed out a sound 4-0 drubbing to Heros Club. Ambala, while Nivia Football Club took the tie breaker route to dash the hopes of Mahilpur Academy 7-5 on the first day of the Gurdarshan Memorial Football Tournament played at the Ripudaman College Grounds here today. Evaluated within the strict parameters of quality neither of the two inaugural matches of this ‘A’ grade tourney sailed beyond the plain of mediocrity. In the first match of the day. Muslim FC, playing well in matches, recorded a comfortable win on paper. In fact, the margin totally blurs the excellent work put in by the Heros Club defence almost throughout, confining Muslim FC to a solitary goal lead in the first half. However, the Malerkotla Club could not be kept under check for long and the floodgates opened when Sarfaraz passed the ball to an unmarked Ishaq who slotted the ball home (1-0). With the dust yet to settle, midfielder Parwinder unleashed a 30=yard piledriver to flumox the rival custodian. With Sanjay Kumar scoring the third goal, the writing was on the wall for the Ambala outfit. The Ambala boys launched an allout attack but in the process left huge gaps in their defence. Finally Sarfaraz’s measured pass saw Mehtab slamming the ball home from an acute angle making it a 4-0 win for Muslim FC. In the second match
between Mahilpur Academy and Nivia Club, Jalandhar, there
was nothing mobile or methodical in the approach of both
the teams. Being 2-2 at the end of regulation time the
match meandered towards the tie breaker in which all the
five spot kicks were converted by Nivia Club but Sher
Singh of the Mahilpur Academy flunked his stroke giving
Nivia Club a 7-5 victory margin. |
Harbhajan, Gandhi dropped AHMEDABAD, Oct 30 (PTI) — The national cricket selectors today omitted opener Devang Gandhi and Harbhajan Singh from the current Test squad and brought in allrounder Robin Singh and off-spinner Nikhil Chopra into the team for the first two fixtures of the one-day series against New Zealand. Sachin Tendulkar, who missed the last two limited overs tournaments played by India at Toronto and Nairobi to tend to his troublesome back, returns to lead the team announced by the selectors who met here during the second day of the ongoing third and final Test against the Kiwis. The 12 other members in the squad for the third Test have been retained, cricket board secretary Jaywant Lele announced here after the selection committee meeting. The squad for the first
two one-dayers: Sachin Tendulkar (capt), Saurav Ganguly,
Sadagopan Ramesh, Rahul Dravid, Ajay Jadeja, Robin Singh,
Nikhil Chopra, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh
Prasad, M S K Prasad, Debasish Mohanty, Sunil Joshi and
Vijay Bharadwaj. |
Convincing victory for Delhi NEW DELHI, Oct 30 (PTI) — A patient unbeaten 89 by opener Ashu Dani led Delhi to an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Haryana in a north zone Ranji Trophy one-dayer here today. After restricting Haryana to a modest 197 for nine in the stipulated 50 overs, Delhi cruised past the target in the 45th over to register its second straight win in the league. Requiring to score at under four runs per over, Delhi got off to a cautious start through Ashu Dani and Vijay Dahiya. Thriving on a ‘life’ he got at an individual score of 11, dropped at backward point by Sonu Sharma off Vineet Jain, Dahiya completed his half-century before being caught by Rajesh Puri at extra cover off Sanjay Jakhar. Dani continued the good work hitting four boundaries and two massive sixes over long-on to amass 89 not out. Jitender and Sanjay Dalal (46) put Haryana back on the track with a solid 94 run wicket partnership for third wicket before Dalal fell to Rahul Sanghvi. Brief scores: Haryana
— 197 for 9 in 50 overs (Jitender Singh 49, Sanjay
Dalal 46, Jasvir Singh 44 no; Ashish Nehra 2/32, Nikhil
Chopra 2/32) lost to Delhi — 198 for 2 in 44.5 overs
(Ashu Dani 89 no, Vijay Dahiya 50; Sanjay Jakhar 2/37). |
Mike Tyson escapes punishment LAS VEGAS, Oct 30 (AP) — Mike Tyson escaped punishment from Nevada boxing authorities and will receive his 8.7-million-dollar purse from his abbreviated bout with Orlin Norris. Tyson did not escape, however, without some harsh words. One member of the Nevada State Athletic Commission suggested he fight elsewhere. “I’m not so sure we need him in the state of Nevada any longer,” Commissioner Lorenzo Fertitta said. Tyson’s promoter told the commission the former heavyweight champion was already making plans to fight in another location. Tyson is tentatively scheduled to fight on February 26 in New York City and his handlers are trying to arrange a fight in England or Germany. “We were looking to take Mike out of the state of Nevada and go other places, including out of the country,” promoter Dan Goossen said. “Those plans are still on the table.” Tyson did not attend the
30-minute hearing at which the commission upheld referee
Richard Steele’s action, deducting two points from
Tyson as the sole punishment for hitting Norris after the
bell at the end of the first round of last
Saturday’s fight. Norris fell, dislocated his knee
and was unable to continue. |
Panjab varsity beaten MARGAO, Oct 30 (UNI) — As expected west zone champions Laximibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE) University, Gwalior and Madras University today sailed into the semifinals defeating Guru Gharsi Das University and Panjab University by 3-0 and 4-3, respectively in their last league encounter in the All-India Inter-Zonal Inter-University Football Championship matches played at Nehru Stadium here. Both Madras University and LNIPE won all their three matches in row and finished at the top with nine points each in group C and D. Tomorrow in the semifinals, Mumbai University will clash with Calcutta University and Madras University will take on LNIPE University. In the Madras-Punjab tie, Madras, who were trailing by 2-1 at the breather came up strongly in the second half and overpowered Punjab by 4-3. For Panjab, Gurjit Singh
(4th minute) Sandeep Sharma (36th and 46th) scored while
for winners Madras, goals came through P.S. Lordwin in
the 29th minute, Sudanese striker Elwaseg in the 66th
minute, R. Senthil Kumar (71st minute) and P.V. Muthu
(78th minute). |
Srinath pockets singles title PUNE, Oct 30 (UNI) — Prahlad Srinath of India confirmed his top billing in no uncertain terms as he quelled the challenge of fifth seeded Tom Chicoine of the USA in straight sets 7-5, 6-4 and claimed the mens singles title in the second leg of the ITF Satellite Tennis Circuit being hosted by the professional tennis consultants at the synthetic courts of the Deccan Gymkhana here today. The Indian Davis cupper
was in total command and produced a near flawless tennis
to be richer by picking a purse of Rs 34,550 for his one
hour and 45 minutes struggle in the middle. Chicoine was
at sea against the Indian commiting unforced errors,
neither could his ground strokes click nor his serve. |
Lawrence School champs SANAWAR, Oct 30 — Lawrence School lifted the overall trophy by beating New Public School, Chandigarh, on the concluding day of the CBSE Cluster-XI Basketball Tournament here today. As many as eight teams
for Chandigarh, Shimla, Paonta Sahib, Solan and Kangra
participated. In the final league match, Lawrence School
thrashed New Public School 57-47. The half-time score was
24-all. Y. Chankiya, A Aggrawal and Chetak Singh tilted
the balance in favour of the hosts. Chankiya alone scored
26 points. Earlier, the Sanawarians beat Guru Nanak
School, Chandigarh, 71-45. Guru Nanak School defeated
Geeta Adarsh School, Chandigarh, 100-40. Mr Rajdeep
Singh, Principal of the New Public School, gave away the
prizes. |
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Six-member yoga
team for Uruguay This was stated at the inaugural ceremony of the 15th Haryana State Yoga Championship at Mata Mansa Devi Complex at Panchkula today. Mr R.S. Chaudhary, Deputy Chairman, Haryana Planning Board, inaugurated this championship. While welcoming the Chief guest and participants, Mr Dharam Vir, president, Indian Yoga Federation, said yoga was being developed as an effective means of managing various psychosomatic diseases throughout the world. SD College
champs Today, GGD SD College,
Chandigarh, outplayed Government College, Ludhiana,
70-55(half time 40-25) and in another match, DAV College,
Chandigarh, had a close affair with DAV College,
Hoshiarpur, before winning 58-53. |
Haryana in strong
position ROHTAK, Oct 30 — Devastating bowling by pacer Sandeep Mor and half centuries by skipper Satish Ohlan and Maninder Bhola put Haryana in a comfortable position on the opening day of the Cooch Behar Cricket match against Jammu and Kashmir at Vishwakarma Stadium here today. After winning the toss Haryana invited the visitors in to bat. A hostile spell of bowling by Sandeep Mor, supported by Rahul Rathee (2 for 18) from the other end helped Haryana to wrap up the J&K innings at 114 in 45.4 overs. Opener Ankit Khajuria top scored with 36. Inderjeet Singh and Charanjeet Singh contributed 20 runs each. No other batsman could reach double figures. In the remaining 162 minutes, Haryana consolidated their position by catching up with J and K’s total for the loss of Praveen Sharma’s wicket. He was adjudged lbw for 8 off the bowling of Rajinder Saini. Satish Ohlan and Maninder Bhola put on an unbeaten 107 runs for the second wicket to put Haryana in a solid position. At draw of stumps today Haryana had made 120 for one. Satish Ohlan was batting on 53 (162 minutes, 140 balls &11x4s) whereas Maninder Bhola was batting on 52. SCOREBOARD J&K (Ist innings): Ankit Khajuria lbw Ishan Ganda 36, Vasu Jasrotia c Satish Ohlan b Rahul Rathee 0, Hardeep Singh lbw Sandeep Mor 4, Inderjeet Singh b Sandeep Mor 20, Charanjeet Singh b Sandeep Mor 20 Muzaffar Iqbal b Sandeep Mor 1, Anoop Sharma c Satish Ohlan b Sandeep Mor 0, Kunal Tiko lbw Sandeep Mor 0, Rajinder Saini b Rahul Rathee 8, Shah Zahiruddin lbw Sandeep Mor 0, Maqsood Khan not out 3, Extras (b-16, lb-3, w-0, nb-3) 22. Total: (all out in 45.4 over) 114. FOW: 1-2, 2-15, 3-52, 4-83, 5-89, 6-89, 7-89, 8-94, 9-94, 10-114. Bowling: Sandeep Mor 14-6-25-7, Rahul Rathee 8.4-2-18-2, Deepak Sain 8-2-19-0, Ishan Ganda 7-3-6-1, Vivek Gupta 4-0-21-0, Sumeet Sharma 4-2-6-0. Haryana (Ist innings): Praveen Sharma lbw Rajinder Saini 8, Sandeep Ohlan batting 53, Maninder Bhola batting 52, Extras (b-2, lb-4, nb-1) 7. Total for 1 wkt. 120. FOW: 1-13. Bowling: Rajinder
Saini 6-3-20-1, Maqsood Khan 6-2-17-0, Inder Jeet Singh
13-6-19-0, Kinal Tikoo 6-1-30-0, Anoop Sharma 9-2-17-0,
Ankit Khajuria 2-0-6-0, Charanjeet Singh 1-0-5-0. |
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