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England coast to
8-wkt victory Probe officials’ trip
to Sydney: Azad Hair dropped from
Lanka’s matches Mauresmo, Sugiyama
crash out Beijing steps up bid
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Indian performance in Olympics improves without tangible results Sharjah series schedule Sobers’ bats fetch
record prices Top players for
tennis meet Mukesh surges ahead in Hero Golf
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England coast to 8-wkt victory NAIROBI, Oct 5 (PTI) — England dashed Bangladesh’s hopes of staging an upset with a comprehensive eight-wicket win over the cricket rookies in the IOC Knockout Cricket Tournament here today. Set to score 233, England reached the target in 43.5 overs losing just two wickets with captain Nasser Hussain falling five runs short of his maiden one-day century. Alec Stewart ably supported his skipper with a well-made 87 and the duo added 175 runs for the second wicket to take their team on course to a well-deserved victory. Earlier, Bangladesh opening batsman Javed Omar overcame a finger injury that forced him off the field to carry his side to 232 for eight wickets against England in the preliminary round match of the $ 1 million ICC Knockout Trophy at the Nairobi Gymkhana here this morning. Omar finished on a sparkling 63 not out as Bangladesh clawed their way back into the game after lanky seamer Andrew Caddick and Mark Ealam had put the skids under their innings early on. The diminutive right hander returned after medical attention with the score on 96 for four in the 29th over to anchor an impressive effort by the Test minnows in their first-ever meeting with the co-founders of Test cricket. Omar received solid support from his captain Naimur Rehman (46), wicketkeeper Khaled Masud (17) and tailender Hsaibul Hossain (16 not out) to leave England with an asking run rate of 4.6 per over to win. Considering the lack of Bangladesh s bowling resources it is not an impressive total but it entertained the sparse, largely pro-England supporters at the ground. Omar and Al Shahriyer got their side off to a steady start before both openers had to leave the field. Al Shahriyer was caught at midoff by Mark Alleyne off Andy Caddick and Omar forced off by the injury. Had there not been something of a slump in the middle order with Habibul Bashar (18) run out in a mix-up with Aminul Islam (30, 54 balls, three 4s) and Akram Khan, all falling by the 29th over, Bangladesh could have posted a larger score than 232. After Islam had set off the Bangladesh comeback, Omar carried it on in a 65-run fifth wicket association with his captain. Rehman missed his half century after helping pick up the flagging run rate with a judicious mix of defence and aggression. He was the first to go after the England bowlers after Caddick and Mark Ealham had done the early damage and picked out Alleyne, Ealham and Graeme Hick for special attention. By the time he fell for 46 (60 balls, four 4s, two 6s), caught near the long off line by Nasser Hussain off Caddick, Rehman had kickstarted the innings. Masud then slammed an 11-ball 17 (one 4, two 6s) though Hick pulled off a blinder at square leg off a hooked Ealham delivery before Hasibul Hossain joined Omar in the final assault. The last 10 overs produced as many as 83 runs, and in all the England bowling was hit for six over boundaries. Scoreboard Bangladesh: Rokon c Alleyne b Caddick 13 Bashar run out 18 Aminul c Caddick b Ealham 30 Akram Khan b Ealham 6 Naimur c Hussain b Caddick 46 Khaled c Hick b Ealham 17 Rafique c Trescothick b White 5 Enamul c Hussain b White 2 Hussain not out 16 Extras 16 Total (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 232 Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-70, 3-83, 4-96, 5-160, 6-184, 7-203, 8-206. Bowling: Caddick 10-1-35-2, Gough 10-1-39-0, White 10-1-45-2, Ealham 10-0-48-3, Hick 7-0-36-0, Alleyne 3-0-26-0. England: Stewart not out 87 Nasser Hussain c b Rafique 95 Graeme Hick not out 23 Extras: (b-1, lb-4, w-3, nb-8) 16 Total: (for 2 wkts, in 43.5 overs) 236 Fall of wkts: 1 for 33, 2 for 208. Bowling: Hasibul Hossain 10-0-59-1 Mushfiqur Rahman 7.5-0-43-0 Mohammed Rafique 10-1-43-1 Enamul Haq 10-0-46-0, Naimur Rahman 6-0-40-0 |
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Probe officials’ trip to Sydney: Azad NEW DELHI, Oct 5 (UNI) — Member of Parliament Kirti Azad, today demanded a high-level probe into the decision of the Indian Olympic Association to send a delegation of 80 officials with a 72-member team of sportspersons for the Sydney Olympics. “Why were these officials sent? After all many of them are from federations from where no athlete was representing India. Take a look at kabaddi or fencing. Why should officials representing this sport be sent to the olympics, considering, in the first place that this is not an Olympic sport? Yet the IOA sent members of the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India to Sydney. Who will account for this scam?”. In a statement today, the cricketer-turned-politician claimed that about Rs 1.5 crore was spent on the officials alone for their travel, board and ‘frequent entertainment’. There was more than one official for every athlete, he added. “The Minister of State for Sports Shahnawaz Hussain has adversely commented about the contingent after he cut short his visit and returned to India. He said that most of the contingent members were out to have fun. This indeed is a serious observation from a responsible person. This needs a thorough probe by the government”. He said these sports officials had been occupying the top slots in the federations and associations for several years and have become like old furniture, that too with no antique value. Azad said the IOA president (Suresh Kalmadi) should tender his resignation forthwith after the Sydney debacle. “The present president is a personal friend of mine, and if he does take such a step in the interest of Indian sports, he will not only go up in my esteem but also in the eyes of millions of sports lovers of the country.”Azad alleged that on the airfare alone, the government shelled out Rs 25 lakh for the contingent of officials. Besides Rs 75 lakh (the figure is likely to be more) were coughed up for board and lodging and other expenses. Also our officials were so pleased by the performance of the Indian team that they even threw a party to entertain themselves lavishly in a top Sydney hotel. He also alleged the expenses for that one fun-filled evening alone came to about $ 40,000 (Rs 18 lakh). There were other such evenings too. Overall, India hosted more entertainment nights than any other country, apart from the hosts of course. In the fine art of entertainment at least they would have won a silver medal, as they were second to only to hosts Australia. |
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Hair dropped from Lanka’s matches COLOMBO, Oct 5 (Reuters) — Australian cricket umpire Darrell Hair will not officiate in any of Sri Lanka’s matches in the ICC Trophy in Kenya following a protest from the island’s cricket board, officials said today. “The ICC (International Cricket Council) has informed us that they have re-assigned umpires for Sri Lanka’s matches, because we had a problem with Hair,” Mr Chandrishan Perera, media manager of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL), told Reuters. He said the BCCSL had lodged a strong protest over Hair, who called Sri Lanka’s star spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing during a Test match in Melbourne in 1995. Mr Perera said the new umpires’ roster would take effect from the second round of the tournament where Hair was assigned to officiate a match which would involve Sri Lanka if they qualify. Muralitharan was subsequently cleared by the ICC, while Hair was found guilty of misconduct last year for comments on the incident in his autobiography “Decision Maker”. |
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TOKYO, Oct 5 (AFP) — Amelie Mauresmo’s gloom continued today as the French third seed fell to qualifier Daja Bedanova in the second round at the WTA Princess Cup tennis tournament. The 1999 Australian Open finalist, who has not won a singles match since reaching the French Open fourth round in May, crashed to a 7-5 3-6 3-6 loss to the 87th-ranked Czech in two hours four minutes. Earlier in the day, Japan’s ace Ai Sugiyama, the US Open doubles champion and seventh seed here, became the first seed to fall when she crashed to her Sydney Olympic teammate Shinobu Asagoe 3-6 5-7. Sixth seed Kristina Brandi went through, although she had to come back from one set and 3-5 down, saving two match points from 15-40 in the 11th game, to beat fellow American Corina Morariu 2-6 7-5 6-2. “I was really excited to play this game. I didn’t play against a lot of seeded players,” said a jubilant Bedanova, 17, after reaching career-best quarter-final at the $ 535,000 tournament. “I played really good tennis from the baseline, I tried to come in, and I did it pretty well,” added the German-based Czech. Pouncing on Mauresmo’s short balls and second serves to charge to the net, Bedanova quickly chalked up a 3-0 lead in the opening set. The French power-hitter then seemed to regain her rhythm and fought back to take the set. But Bedanova stormed back from one service game down in the second set and jumped ahead at 5-2 in the decider before hitting a lightning backhand winner on her third match point. Bedanova has a knack of upsetting top French players. Before this her biggest career win had been against Nathalie Tauziat at Los Angeles in August. The powerfully-bult Mauresmo has had a tough year with injuries and had been out of action after her first round loss at Wimbledon in July, because of a back problem. Mauresmo returned to action at the Olympic Games in Sydney where she became the first seed to fall losing to Fabiola Zuluaga of Colombia in the first round. |
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Beijing steps up bid for 2008 Olympics BEIJING, Oct 5 (AFP) — Beijing today stepped up its bid to host the 2008 Games, after celebrating its best showing yet in the Olympics, hauling in 28 gold medals from Sydney. “Beijing is perfectly capable of organising the Games,” chirped the front page of the People’s Daily, outlining all the arguments in favour of Beijing’s bid. Among these, the Communist Party organ cited the Chinese capital’s bustling economy, its efforts to deal with transport and pollution problems, along with the success of large international shows held in Beijing in the past. But the paper especially focused on the “patriotic” aspect of Beijing’s bid. “Beijing’s candidacy is the common wish of all the Chinese population, it is totally supported by the government and by the Chinese people,” it said. According to the Games organisation in Beijing, hosting the Olympics in 2008 will not only do credit to one-fifth of the world’s population but “will contribute to cultural exchanges between the East and the West at the same time giving Chinese people an opportunity to contribute to the development and progress of humanity during the 21st century.” Chinese premier Jiang Zemin showed his personal support to Beijing’s candidacy by welcoming back the Chinese athletes on Tuesday from the Olympic Games in Sydney. |
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Indian performance in Olympics improves without tangible results SYDNEY, Oct 5 (PTI) — It may be difficult to believe in the face of disastrous results here that India’s performance level had improved in the Millennium Olympic Games which come to a close recently. Four years ago Leander Paes won the country’s first medal after 44 years by winning the men’s singles bronze medal, but all others flopped miserably. In the Sydney Olympics too India managed to cull a lone bronze through women’s weightlifter Karnam Malleshwari, but there have been other notable performers too such as boxer Gurcharan Singh, shooter Anjali Vedpathak and athlete K.M. Beenamol. Gurcharan narrowly lost the change to become the first Indian boxer to enter the medal round in the Games history in the light heavy class. Anjali shot her way into history by becoming the country’s first in the 400 m and was the third woman from India to reach the semi-finals in athletics after two other stars from Kerala — Shiny Wilson and P.T. Usha. From this point of view the Indian performance showed a marginal upswing from the previous edition. But the truth is that most others, especially the athletes barring Beenamol, just did not belong to this level of competition. Cold facts show that India, with a population of one billion, stand shoulder-to-shoulder on the medals podium with Barbados, whose population is just 270,000. Other countries populated by barely a million or two people have also done better than India. Post-mortems on the dismal show will be conducted and politicians — in and out of Parliament — will talk of accountability, but after some time the din and dust will settle down and sports administrators, old hats at the game, will carry on as usual. The shocking truth is that except in some disciplines, the competitors, numbering 75, failed to repeat their best displays at home, raising questions on the veracity of these performances. This applies to the men’s hockey team too which came here amidst much hype of regaining the gold medal after 20 years and is returning empty-handed with the sole consolation of having barely improved on the eighth-place finish at Atlanta by ending up 7th from 12 outfits. The dissection of the “Super Indian Flop Show” has to begin with women’s weightlifting which made its debut here and saved the country some face. While T Muthu failed to even match his best in the men’s 56 kg section, Sanamacha Chanu (women’s 53 kg) and Malleshwari (women’s 69 kg) held the Indian flag high. Chanu lifted 195 kg, the fourth best weight cleared, but had to be satisfied with a sixth spot because she was the heaviest of the trio who tied for fourth place. Two days later Malleshwari kept her tryst with history by landing the bronze with a total clearance of 240 kg. It was an apt retort from this 25-year-old Andhra-born woman to media criticisms that she was overweight and had a penchant for beer and chicken. Most hopes centred on the hockey squad but it flattered with a 3-0 swamping of old tormentors Argentina only to deceive much later by failing to defend a 1-0 lead in the last 17 minutes of its concluding group B match against Poland and blew away its semi-final hopes. The self-inflicted misery by the squad led to a total disillusionment within the team which, then, lost the chance to qualify for the next Champions Trophy too by losing 1-2 to Britain before arresting the slide somewhat by whipping Argentina 3-1 in the play-off tie for 7-8 places. The Indian forward line was severly handicapped by the totally off-colour show, barring the brilliant reverse-hit goal against Australia, by veteran winger Mukesh Kumar. To add to their woes the other stalwart in the frontline, Dhanraj Pillay who had been bestowed with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award only last month, played more as a withdrawn forward and was effectively policed by rival defenders. Pillay was so tightly marked that the mercurial forward, on whom India depended so much for scoring goals, could notch up his first goal only in the last match against Argentina. In the half-line, Thirumalvalavan performed the pivot’s role to near perfection, but Indian skipper Ramandeep Singh, in the left half position, was a weak link. The Indian captain is to be blamed for letting in five of the seven goals scored against India in regular period by not checking the rival forwards in time. Full back Dilip Tirkey was a solid wall in the deep defence and Jude Menezes performed admirably in the goal. It is now time for the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) to phase out the oldtimers and blood the youngsters,. The few here, like Sameer Dad, Dinesh Thakur and Sukhbir Singh Gill, did well and should be carrying the Indian challenge forward. Excepting Beenamol, the 33-member athletics team — the largest in the contingent — was a disaster. Overcoming nerves in the face of the highest level of competition and the worst weather conditions before finishing among the top 16 in the world in a sport in which almost 200 nations participate was no mean achievement for Beenamol. But the other Indian quarter-miler, national men’s record holder Paramjeet Singh who lowered “Flying Sikh” Milkha Singh’s long-standing record two years ago, flopped miserably. Shakti Singh and Bahadur Singh (men’s shot put), Jagdish Bishnoi (men’s jevelin), Neelam Jaswant Singh (women’s discus), Gurmeet Kaur (women’s javelin) and the men’s and women’s relay squads also performed dismally. While the athletes fared poorly, two shooters stood out prominently. Anjali Vedpathak, who does not even have proper training facilities in her home city of Mumbai, and 17-year-old Delhi shooter Abhinav Bindra caught the eye even without winning a medal. While Anjali became the first Indian shooter to enter the final eight in the women’s 10m air rifle, teenager Bindra stood joint 11th in the corresponding men’s event and was unlucky to miss the cut-off for the final by a lone point. A lot was expected in badminton from the two seasoned campaigners P Gopichand and Aparna Popat but both came a cropper in the face of stiff competition. After getting a bye in the first round of the men’s singles event, Gopichand defeated Vladislav Druzchenko of Ukraine in the second round before running into second seeded veteran Hendrawan of Indonesia in the third, Gopichand lost tamely in straight set to make an early exit. Popat, coming into the tournament after serving a three-month ban for inadvertently consuming a drug when she took an anti-cold medicine, had no chance in the women’s singles and lost out in the first round itself to Britain’s Kelly Morgan. The four-member boxing team gave a better account of themselves and fought well. Bangkok Asian Games gold medallist Dingko Singh, after getting a bye in the first round, ran into a technically much stronger opponent Sorgiy Danilchenko of Ukraine and lost, though not before giving the former world champion a run for his money. Suresh Singh lost in the first round to a controversial decision while Jitender Kumar displayed rare courage before bowing out. But it was light heavyweight Gurcharan who stole the show by becoming the first Indian boxer to reach the quarter-finals in the Olympic Games. One step away from the medal, he was unfortunate to have lost to Andri Fedtchouk after the scores were tied at 12-12. A count of points of individual judges saw the more experienced Ukrainian having the edge over Gurcharan, whose creditable performance had to end without a well-deserved medal. After yet another disappointing performance at the international level, it is introspection time for the Indian sports administration. Facilities and backing are perhaps the two important things that need to be provided to our sportspersons if they are to excel at the top level. But first of all a total overhaul in the administrative system is required. Many Indian sports officials are here in Sydney, but one has no information whether any one of them thought of visiting the famous Australian Institute of Sports and studied how they prepare world champions. A high government dignitary, who announced that he was going to every venue to encourage the boys and girls to do well, suddenly decided to go back home reportedly saying the Indian Olympic Association would be made accountable for this performance. And so, after the end of the Olympics, another round of buck passing in on the cards. |
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Sharjah series schedule MUMBAI, Oct 3 (PTI) — The Indian cricket selection committee would meet here to pick the Rest of India team for the five-day Irani trophy tie against Ranji champions Mumbai and the Sharjah-bound Indian squad for Coca Cola Trophy triangular series on October 9. The cricket board (BCCI) executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar disclosed that the Rest of India will take on Mumbai from October 13 to 17 while the triangular series in Sharjah involving India, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka would be held from October 20 to 29. The following is the schedule for the triangular series: October 20: India vs Sri Lanka. October 21: Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka. October 22: Zimbabwe vs India. October 23 and 24: Rest days. October 25: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe. October 26: India vs Zimbabwe. October 27: India vs Sri Lanka. October 28: Rest day October 29: Final |
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Sobers’ bats fetch
record prices ELBOURNE, Oct 5 (Reuters) — West Indies cricket great Sir Garfield Sobers smashed his way back into the record books when two bats he used in the 1950s and 1960s sold for record prices, auction house Christie’s said today. The bat Sobers used to hit his then record Test score of 365 not out for the West Indies against Pakistan in Jamaica in 1958 sold for $ 69,930 at an auction yesterday — the highest price ever paid for a piece of cricket memorabilia. But minutes after that sale was knocked down to a private British buyer, another Sobers bat broke the mark. |
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Top players for
tennis meet NEW DELHI, Oct 5 — Davis Cupper Harsh Mankad will be a notable absentee from the DSCL Open National Hardcourt Tennis Championship to be held at the Delhi Tennis Association courts here from October 9 to 14. Though some of the prominent players like Vijay Kannan, Vinod Shridhar, Vishal Uppal, Sandeep Kirtane, Nitin Kirtane, Saurav Panja, Asif Ismail and Vasudev Reddy have confirmed their entries in the men’s section, there is no mention about defending champion Sunil Kumar of Chandigarh. In the women’s section Sai Jayalakshmi, Rushmi Chakravarthy, Archana Venkataraman and Sonal Phadke have confirmed their participation. More than 1600 players have confirmed their participation in the men’s, women’s, under-18 boys and girls sections, with the junior events attracting all the top players. The qualifying events, which began at the DTA courts here today, will conclude on October 8. Like last year, the results of the tournament can be had on the website www.dscoplentennis.com. The nationals will be the prelude to a major tennis season in the country, as it will be followed by the women’s ITF circuit at Gwalior from October 16, in Delhi from October 25 followed by the Masters, also in Delhi, from October 30, and the Asia Cup in Delhi from December 18. But the battle of all battles will be the ATP Tennis World Doubles Championship to be held in Bangalore from December 13 to 17, in which the Indian pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have been given a wild card entry. In addition to this, there is a Legends Tennis Tournament featuring Vijay Amritraj, Bjon Borg, Pat Cash, Gullirmo Vilas, Henri Leconte, Mansoor Baharahmi, Anand Amritaraj and Rose, scheduled to be played from November 9 to 12, also at Bangalore. The $ 750,000 prize money ATP World Doubles Championship, for the best eight doubles pairs in the world, has been allotted to the Karnataka Lawn Tennis Association for two years, and this year the likes of Mark Woodforde, Tod Woodbridge, Paul Haarhuis, and Sandon Stolle, among others, would be vying for the top
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Mukesh surges ahead in Hero Golf CHANDIGARH, Oct 5 — Mukesh Kumar opened up a two-stroke lead with a tournament tally of six-under 138 after the second-round of the Rs 10 lakh Hero Golf 2000 Chandigarh Open, the sixth leg of the Wills Sports Golf Tour, being played at the Chandigarh Golf Club. Amritinder Singh shared the joint — second spot with Feroz Ali at four-under 140, while SSP Chowrasia was placed fourth at three under 141. Vijay Kumar and Indrajit Bhalotia were joint-fifth at two-under 142. Uttam Mundy and Rahul Ganapathy were joint-seventh at one-under 143. Overnight joint-leader Gaurav Ghei carded a three-over 75 today to slip to joint-ninth spot with a tally of level-par 144. The cut was applied at eight-over 152 with 51 pros and 4 amateurs making it to the money-making rounds. Mukesh Kumar today lived up to his ‘99-2000 season ending ranking of No 1 on the Wills Sport Golf Tour. After starting on the 10th, the Mhow-based golfer carded back-to-back birdics on the 13th and 14th. He followed this up with a brilliant chip-in from a distance of 20 feet for his third birdie of the day, this coming on the 18th, the final hole of his outward journey. Paring all the holes of his return journey, the 33-year old golfer finished the day with a score identical to his first round three-under 69. “I missed a three-feet birdic putt on the 8th. But for this, I would have finished four-under for the day,” said Mukesh. “The confidence is there and I know I will win this event,” he added. Defending champion Amritinder Singh was back in form today. The local lad bogeyed the 11th. Birdics on the 13th and 16th preceded his second dropped shot of the day on the 17th. A birdic on the 18th, followed by two more after making the turn on the 1ist and 8th handed him a three-under 69 card for the day. “I made a small change to my swing on the final day of the Honda Siel-Nike event, which has helped my game immensely,” he said. Feroz Ali’s round was an epitome of consistency. The ‘98 Indian Open winner after starting on the 10th, birdied the 16th paring every other hole of his round. Feroz, who has three, third-place finishes in five events this season, was not happy with his round. “I putted miserably and missed over nine short birdie putts,” said the Calcutta-based golfer, who recorded one-under 71. Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia was nicknamed ‘Chip-putt Chowrasia’ for a reason. Today he showed everybody why with a day’s score of four-under 68. The Calcuttan had a bad start, dropping a shot on his very first hole, the 10th. Another bogey followed on the 12th. “The second bogey was really disheartening and I decided that if this was the way things were destined to go. I might as well play freely.” Play-freely he did in the process birdying the very next hole, the 13th. He followed this up with a birdie on the final hole of his front-nine. Catching fire on the back-nine, the joint-runner up at the ‘99 Indian Open, birdied the 2nd, following it up with a hat-trick of birdies on the 4th, 5th and 6th. “It feels great to be back in form” said the diminutive 20-year old. Vijay Kumar’s one-over 73 score paints anything but an exact picture of his round. The Lucknowite had a nightmarish front-nine with a bogey on the 3rd and a quadruple bogey on the 7th, where after his driver tee shot hit a tree, he took three strokes to get out of the rough. When he eventually managed to reach the green he missed a simple 5 feet putt carding a nine for the par-5 hole. On his back-nine, Vijay started with a bogey on the 10th but witnessed a sudden return to form with a string of birdies on the 17th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 18th. “It was a good one-under,” was all Vijay had to say. Winner of this season’s Wills Southern Open, Indrajit Bhalotia carded a second-round score of three-under 69 including birdies on the 3rd, 4th, 8th, 10th and 12th and bogeys on the 7th and 15th. “I am delighted with my form,” said the Calcuttan. Jeev Milkha Singh had birdies on the 12th, 13th and 15th but dropped a shot on the 17th to finish his outward journey two-under. Bogeys on the first, 2nd and 9th and birdies on the 7th and 8th handed him his day’s card of one-under 71. Girish Virk continues to lead amateur field: Girish Virk at four-over 148 continued to lead the amateur field with Manav Das two strokes behind at six-over 150. Harjinder Kang and Jaideep Patwardhan at 152 were placed joint-third. Scores: 138 — Mukesh Kumar ( 69, 69); 140 Amritinder Singh (71,69), Feroz Ali (69,71); 141 — Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (73,68), 142 — Indrajit Bhalotia (73,69), Vijay Kumar (69,73); 143 — Uttam Singh Mundy (73,70), Rahul Ganapathy (72,71), 144 — Basad Ali (74,70), Harmeet Kahlon (73,71), Jeev Milkha Singh (73,71), Bhoop Singh (72,72), Rafi Ali (71,73), Shiv Prakash (71,73), Gaurav Ghei (69,75). Amateurs:
148 — Girish Virk (73,75); 150 — Manav Das (74,76); 152 — Harjinder Kang (79,73), Jaideep Patwardhan (75,77). |
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