SPORT

Under-16 cricket squad
From Our Sports Reporter

LUDHIANA, Oct 14 — Players have been selected for the training-cum-coaching camp for inter-district under-16 M.L. Markan Trophy, which is being organised by the Punjab Cricket Association at Arya College.

According to a press release issued here today, Mr Vinod Chitkara, general secretary, Ludhiana District Cricket Association, said the following players had been selected for the camp — Tarun Kanish, Tavish Gupta, Varun Gupta, Karan Goel, Jimmy Shanker, Sachin Sharma, Prabhjot Khatra, Ashish Vinayak (w.k.), Bharat Batra, Mohit Mangal, Gurpreet Khaira, Sanjeev Behl, Karan Puri, Harjit Singh Panesar (w.k.), Rattan Bricher, Ashish Sehgal, Chinton Sehgal, Munish Pal Singh, Charandeep Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Jeevanjot Singh, Pranay Veer Singh, Sushyant Kohli, Keshav Bansal, Mohit Sood, Karan Kalia, Amrit Pal Singh, Saurabh Arora, Gaurav Saggi and Dushyant Kohli. Mr Vijay Singh is the manager. 

Cricket fans hail Indian victory
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Oct 14 — The sensational 95-run victory of the new-look Indian cricket team over the fancied South Africa last night has undoubtedly warmed cricket lovers' hearts in the city.

Analysing the victory, a cricket fan in his late forties observed that it had been made possible because the team played like a well-knit unit. Our batsmen fully exploited the advantage of the batting wicket and where South African bowlers failed.

Ishan, a young cricketer in his teens, was particularly full of praise for Yuvraj Singh and Zahid Khan both of whom put in splendid performances. He wondered why another youngster, Reetinder Sodhi, was not being inducted into the team.

Attributing the Indian team's victory to their splendid bowling and fielding, Joginder Singh, a cricket fan in his early thirties, feared the victory might go to the team's head as had been experienced before also.