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Laxman, Ramesh, Karim recalled Batting let us down, says Ganguly
Body language of captains said it all Pakistan cruise
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Brazil faces World Cup ban, says Blatter Indians continue good show
Sidhu, Sanjeev set
new meet records Haryana on verge of innings win Sat Guru Academy
triumph Kurukshetra University,
MDU move up
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Laxman, Ramesh, Karim recalled MUMBAI, Oct 30 (UNI) — Shiv Sunder Das, an opening batsman from Orissa was today included in the Indian team, which will play the sole Test against debutants Bangladesh at Dhaka from November 10. India will also cap fast bowler Zahir Khan and left-handed batsman Yuvraj Singh and as expected, injured leg spinner Anil Kumble will miss the Test. However, Rahul Dravid was expected to recover from his broken finger in time for the match and was included. Das comes in place of Wasim Jaffer who opened in the last Test against South Africa in Bangalore in March. Sourav Ganguly’s preference for Das over Jaffer clinched the place for the Orissa opener, who had failed with the bat in the Irani Trophy match earlier this month. Saba Karim should also thank Ganguly for his inclusion in the Test side. Karim who has played one-day internationals for India was included in the Test team on Ganguly’s word that he had fully recovered from an eye-injury suffered last season and could see properly with new contact lenses. India’s main strike bowler Javagal
Srinath, who had remained on the sideline for months with an injury-riddled right shoulder, has been included in the squad on the condition that he proves his fitness to the selectors in a Ranji match at Hyderabad from November 1. The selectors sensing trouble in the CBI report about matchfixing did not include the names of former captain Mohammed Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja. Nayan Mongia missed the bus as the selectors decided to take the word of captain Saurav Ganguly and take back an ageing Saba Karim as wicket-keeper. Das, a player with no high standing as an opener and who must be the surprise packet, was also a beneficiary of the captain’s choice. He will open with S.
Amesh who missed much of the game due to an injury during the South African tour here last season, while VVS Laxman who played the last Test as an opener will bat in the middle order. Following the debacle at
Sharjah, the selectors swung the axe on Vinod Kambli, Hemang Badani and S. Sriram but surprisingly recalled left arm spinner Murali
Karthik, who recently got the tag of “bad boy’’ after he was dismissed from the national cricket academy. But he will be the second choice as Sunil Joshi makes his return to Test cricket in absence of Kumble. Anshuman Gaekwad will remain the coach for the Bangladesh tour, but in all probability a foreign coach will be appointed before the start of the Zimbabwe series. The squad: Saurav Ganguly
(capt), Rahul Dravid (vc), Saba Karim (wk), Sachin Tendulkar, V Laxman, Shiv Sunder Das, S
Ramesh, Yuvraj Singh, Javagal Srinath, Ajit Agarkar, Sunil Joshi, Venkatesh
Prasad, Zaheer Khan and Murali Karthik. Reetinder, Kanitkar
skippers Former India junior captain Ritender Singh Sodhi of Punjab and one-day discard Hrishikesh Kanitkar of Maharashtra will lead the India ‘A’ and Board President XI, respectively, which will play against visiting Zimbabwe in warm up matches next month. The following are the teams; India ‘A’: R
Singh (cap-Pun), Ajay Ratra (wk-Har), Vinay Mane (Mumbai), S Sriram (TN), Niraj Patel
(Guj), Mohammed Kaif (UP), Gautam Gambhir (Raj), Ramesh Pawar (Mumbai), Sarandip Singh (Punjab), Rakesh Dhruv
(Haryana), Mritunjay Tripathi (UP), Rakesh Patel (Baroda), Nikhil Doru
(Orissa) and Fazal Mohammed (Kerala). Board President XI: H. Kanitkar
(cap-Maha), Vijay Dahya (wk-Delhi), Connors Williams (Baroda), Ravnit Ricky (Pun), Abhijit Kale
(Maha), Hemang Badani (Hyd), Virender Sehwag (Delhi), Abbas Ali (TN), Vijay Bhardwaj
(Knt), Debashish Mohanty (Orissa), Santosh Saxena (Mumbai), Iqbal Siddiqui
(Maha), Rahul Sanghvi (Delhi) and Ashish Kapoor (TN). |
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Batting let us down, says Ganguly SHARJAH, Oct 30 (UNI) — Moments after India’s 245-run defeat, the biggest margin ever in the history of one-day cricket, in the Coca Cola Cup tri-nation final here, Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly said he did expect the way the whole team batted and attributed the humiliating loss to his Lankan counterpart Sanath Jayasuriya’s cracking 189 besides lack of experience in his (Indian) side that “made all the difference”. “I feel very sad that in one tournament we played so well and in a matter of days, just failed to put up any fight,” a grim-looking Ganguly said in a post-mortem of the match with mediapersons. “We lost not because of any exceptional bowling, but our bad batting.” Earlier this month, India lost to New Zealand in the final of the ICC knock-out tournament. “Two catches cost us dearly, but I did not quite expect the way we all batted,” Ganguly said. Sunil Joshi dropped Jayasuriya off his own bowling when the batsman was on 93 and the total 157 for four. The Lankans went on to score 299 for five and the Indian innings folded up at 54 in 26.3 overs with Chaminda Vaas (5 for 14) and Muttiah Muralitharan (3 for 6) running down the Indian line-up. Asked why the latter half did not make any effort to last a little longer, coach Anshuman Gaekwad said: “Perhaps they got carried away.” Ganguly said barring him, Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Singh and Venkatesh Prasad, the others in the team lacked enough international exposure to tackle crisis situations. “It is easy for these boys to get carried away.” But he hoped that the youngsters (who had shown a lot of promise) would be given a fair run by the selectors. “The selectors should give them a chance, he said alluding to the meeting of the selection commitee, to be held in Mumbai to pick up the squad for Dhaka for the inaugural Test of Bangladesh beginning on November 10. “It is actually a good team,” Gaekwad echoed while trying to figure out the causes of the loss. Ganguly refused to answer whether a foreign coach would make any difference. “The role of the coach is outside the ropes. Inside we have to perform.” He felt the forthcoming Test against Bangladesh and the two-Test series against Zimbabwe at home would groom the young players for international cricket. “Test cricket is the real thing. A good Test cricketer is also a successful one-day player. One-day cricket is easier,” he said. Ganguly did not agree that the Sri Lankan batsmen Jayasuriya and his partner Russel Arnold (unbeaten 52), who put up the huge tally, had sorted out the Indian bowlers including new left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan. “It depends on the bowler’s form and the batsman’s form on a particular day.” Though another young Indian talent Yuvraj Singh was a failure here, Ganguly said.” He is one of best talent I have seen. He got runs against a much better attack (Australia) in Nairobi.” Asked about the impact of Jayasuriya’s knock on the team psyche, he said: “It is the total that matters and not individual scores. While chasing a target of six an over from the very beginning, one has to be positive.” He rated Zimbabwe, the third team in the tournament, as a good one-day side and said two tournaments in a row did not quite affect the Indian team members. “We beat Zimbabwe twice and I rate them as a very good one-day side.” About Joshi, the second bowler after Sachin to give less runs an over, bowling one over less than the quota, he said with left-handers Jayasuriya and Arnold in the crease “I did not have the guts to bring him in”. Jayasuriya and Sri Lankan coach Dave Whatmore said their initial target was to reach 230-240 after losing quick wickets. About his dropped chance by Joshi, he said: “I had hit really hard.” “We are still looking for improvement in the team,” Whatmore said while praising youngsters like Arnold, Kumar Sangakkara and Kaushilya
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Expert comments The story of the finals in Sharjah could be that of the body language of the two captains. There was one captain looking dead tired as he played the innings of his life but the sparkle in the eyes showed that he had the spirit to carry on and on and take his team’s total beyond the reach of the opposition. Thus after seeing his side slump in the middle overs after a racy start he waited for a partner to come along who could stay with him and once he found that man he began the assault gradually and almost erased the existing individual record for the highest score in one day internationals. By the way that the highest and the joint second highest score have been made against India tells a story itself. The other captain showed even before the fast innings was over that he had given up. The manner of moving his hands helplessly and then putting them on his sides with a listlessness showed that he had given up not only on his bowlers but also on the match. Then when he came out to bat he charged down the pitch to one of the most underrated yet intelligent new ball bowlers in cricket and was caught by his opposite number as if to rub salt into the wounds. Once again it was a sign that the match is gone anyway lets see if we can bring it back with a succession of sixes. Instead of staying there and doing the hard work he was gone and gave the opposition just the boost it needed for it meant one of the most successful opening combination in the game had been broken without too much damage. That attitude conveyed to the rest of his team the utter hopelessness that he felt and if that was how the skipper was going to approach it, was it any surprise that the rest too gave up without a fight. Contrast this attitude with the approach in his first match as captain against South Africa earlier in the year. There too India were chasing over 300 but did the captain give the impression that he felt the match was lost even before they started their reply ? No sir, there was a grin determination as he and his team went on to record a historic victory. There the rest of the team were inspired by their captains positive and upbeat attitude in spite of facing such a massive total. Sourav Ganguly is in his first year of captaincy and he is learning all too quickly how fortunes can change in India cricket. He has to understand that there will be occassions like the one in Sharjah where it will appear as if some of his team members are fast for a second division club side and not international matches. But it is here that his leadership qualities have to come in for he has to be the one who has got to go and build that confidence in his teammate that he belongs there and what is happening is part of sport and make him try that much harder. He is the one who has got to keep his chin up and shoulder erect when everything is falling apart around him for that will make the others also try harder and we have seen in this game how three or four overs can completely change the course of the match. Sanath Jayasuriya and Sri Lanka went through the horrors in the 1999 World Cup but they have fought back tremendously to rebuild the side after losing two of their stalwarts. They were worthy winners having outplayed and outthought the Indians in every department of the game and how fitting that the Player of the Tournament should be their captain Sanath Jayasuriya who lets his bat do the talking. Maybe there is a lesson in it somewhere.
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Pakistan cruise to 6-wkt win RAWALPINDI (Pakistan), Oct 30 (Reuters) — Pakistan cruised to a six-wicket win over England in the third one-day international today to win the series 2-1 - their first series defeat of England in 26
years. Pakistan, having put England in, bowled the touring side out for 158 in 42.5 overs and reached the target in 43.3
overs, making 161 for four. Pakistan lost openers Imran Nazir and Shahid Afridi with only nine runs on the board in the second
over. Salim Elahi and Inzamam-ul-Haq added 42 runs for the third wicket to set the foundations for a stand of 77 for the fourth between Inzamam-ul-Haq (60 not out) and Yousuf
Youhana. England were devastated by off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq who took five for 20, his seventh haul of five wickets in one-day games. But for a seventh wicket stand of 47 between Mark Ealham and Graham Thorpe things would have been even bleaker for England on a wicket of low bounce and
turn. Mushtaq grabbed a career-best five wickets off of 20 runs in a superb eight-over spell. The English batsmen failed to negotiate Pakistani spinners on a turning track with Shahid Afridi chipping in with one wicket for 21. Umpires Zafar Iqbal Pasha and Mian Aslam were forced to suspend play twice because of rioting outside the stadium that caused the police to use tear gas. Fans, some with tickets and many without, rioted when police tried to stop them from getting to the stadium. Police said they were trying to keep those without tickets at least 500 yards away from the stadium. The players used wet towels to protect their eyes. Play was suspended in the ninth over for four minutes and again in the 41st over, for five minutes. Graham Thorpe was England’s top scorer with 39. He was the last man out after facing 71 deliveries and hitting one boundary. England ran into trouble before the half way mark of its 50
overs. It lost six batsmen by the 24th over with only 86 runs on board.
Moin Khan won his third successive toss and elected to take field first. Opener Alec Stewart survived two close run out attempts by Imran
Nazir, but could make only 18 runs before he got an edge off seamer Abdur Razzaq to Moin Khan behind the wickets. The slide began two runs later when captain Nasser Hussein fell to a contentious leg before decision by umpire Mian
Aslam. Television replays clearly suggested that the left-arm paceman Wasim Arkram’s delivery was pitched at least a foot outside the leg stump. Scoreboard England:
Trescothick b Muhstaq 36 Stewart c Moin Khan b Razzaq 18 Hussein lbw b Akram 1 Hick b Mushtaq 3 Thorpe run out
(Moin Khan) 39 Flintoff c Mahmood b Afridi 10 White c Ahmed b Mushtaq
0 Ealham b Razzaq 23 Giles lbw b Mushtaq 11 Gough b Mushtaq 0 Caddick not out 1 Extras (lb-5, w-4, nb-7) 16 Total (all out, 42.5
overs) 158 Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-38, 3-63, 4-64, 5-85, 6-86, 7-133, 8-156, 9-156. Bowling: Wasim Akram 7-0-27-1 (1nb), Abdur Razzaq 10-0-40-2 (4nb, 4w), Azhar Mahmood 1-0-3-0, Mushtaq Ahmed 10-0-42-0, Saqlain Mushtaq 8-0-20-5, Shahid Afridi 6.5-1-21-1 (2nb).
Pakistan Nazir c Hick b Caddick 0 Afridi c Hussein b Caddick 9 Elahi c Hussein b Giles
23 Haq not out 60 Youhana b White 31 Razzaq not out 17 Extras (lb-6, w-12, nb-3) 21 Total (for four wickets) 161 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-9, 3-51, 4-128 Bowling: Andrew Caddick 9-1-46-2, Darren Gough 8-2-25-0, Craig White 9.3-2-30-1, Ashley Giles 10-0-36-1, Mark Ealham 5-0-9-0, Graeme Hick 2-0-9-0. |
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Brazil faces World Cup ban, says Blatter RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 30 (Reuters) — Four times world champions Brazil could be kicked out of the 2002 World Cup, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in a magazine interview on Sunday. Blatter said Brazil, the only country to have taken part in every World Cup finals, faced suspension from international football and consequently the World Cup because of political interference in the crisis-hit domestic game. "If we consider that there has been outside control of football, the situation is clear: Brazil will be suspended from all international activities," he told the weekly news magazine Epoca. Congress this month launched two inquiries to investigate Brazilian football which is in crisis with allegations of corruption by the former national team coach, clubs in serious financial difficulties and an exodus of top players abroad. "In practice, Brazil will not take part in the 2002 World Cup, the World Youth Cup, the Under-17 World Cup, the Women’s World Cup and the futsal indoor tournament in Guatemala in November," Blatter said. "They will not be able to compete in competitions in South America. Brazilian referees will not be used. In addition, we will not allow the transfer of Brazilian players abroad." The lower house is looking into the relationship between the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and
sportswear giants Nike, who sponsor the national team and have individual contracts with several top players. The upper house plans to investigate the domestic game, in particular the relationships between clubs, agents and the Inland Revenue. Blatter, who said he had warned CBF President Ricardo Teixeira of the situation, said he was particularly worried by the possibility that referees might be summoned for questioning. "It’s incredible, unacceptable," he was quoted as saying, insisting that his threat was not an idle one. "If the FIFA statute is broken, it does not matter to us if the aggression came from country A, B or C. It is all the same," he said. "We kicked Mexico out of the 1990 World Cup in Italy because they faked the age of four players in the World Youth Cup two years earlier." FIFA threatened to suspend Brazil earlier this year after the Brasilia club Gama went to court to protest over their relegation from the first division. Ironically, the congressional inquiries have been warmly welcomed by the Brazilian media and public, who are tired of the chaotic administration of the Brazilian game. Brazilian teams play up to three or four matches a week and take part in up to four domestic and two international competitions a year. Cash-strapped clubs are continually selling their top players, usually abroad, matches are punctuated by up to 100 fouls and most games are played in empty
stadia. This year, the CBF failed to organise the Brazilian championship and the clubs instead organised a monstrous 116-team tournament instead. The problems appear to have affected the national team. Last month Wanderley Luxemburgo was sacked as national team coach after humiliating defeats with both the senior and Olympic teams. He left the job
admitting that he owed money to the taxman and allegations from a former business associate that he had taken commissions on the transfers of players. Luxemburgo, who is likely to be summoned by Congress, has denied the allegations and says he is the victim of a hate campaign in the media. |
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Japan crowned
king of Asian football BEIRUT, Oct 30 (AFP) — Japan were crowned the undisputed kings of Asian football here after defeating defending champions Saudi Arabia 1-0 in a titanic tussle to lift the Asian Cup for the second time. A first-half goal from midfielder Shigeyoshi Mochizuki settled a pulsating battle at a capacity Sports City Stadium in a carbon-copy of Japan’s 1-0 win over the Saudis in the 1992 final. A perfectly weighted free-kick delivered from wide on the left by Shunsuke Nakamura created havoc in the Saudi six-yard box and Mochizuki popped up to head past keeper Mohammed al-Daeyea in the 30th minute. But while Japan’s goal hero was Mochizuki, the star of the night and Man of the Match was keeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, who pulled off several magnificent saves to frustrate a furious second-half Saudi onslaught. The Saudis — beaten 4-1 by Japan earlier in the tournament — were left rueing a missed penalty from Hamzah Idris in the 10th minute of the match. “I think French coaches must be very lucky,” said delighted Japan coach Philippe ‘the white witch doctor’ Troussier. “Everyone remembers the Euro 2000 final and this was a bit like that. I don’t know what would have happened if they had scored it (the penalty). “But it was a sign, just like it was a sign earlier in the tournament that whenever we shot we scored. I’m very happy for the team...We have played beautiful football here,” Troussier said of his freescoring Japan side. “It is a great achievement and a beautiful victory created by our keeper and our footballing philosophy which is to always be positive,” said Troussier. “It is important for my career and important for my confidence and to share it with Japan,” he said. “It has given us petrol and I believe lifted us to the top 20 countries in the world, which I really wanted to happen.” Saudi Arabia coach Nasser Jaohar - who replaced Czech Milan Macala after the 4-1 thrashing by Japan in their first match - refused to blame Idris for the missed penalty. “It was not a turning point. We created many chances to score and controlled the game for long periods. We were unlucky not to score. I take full responsibility,” he said. The Saudis’ best chance to equalise came when captain Sami Al-Jaber sent a free header from seven yards out just over the bar in the 83rd minute. Kawaguchi also flung himself superbly at a Nawaf al-Temyat strike three minutes from the end to leave Japan and Troussier jubilant. “We had a big emotional charge throughout the tournament,” Troussier said. “It was not so easy to play with this emotion but I am very proud...It was very important for the development of Japanese football that we win tonight.” Japan’s triumph was the first time a side from the Far East has ever won the Asian Cup when it has been staged in the Middle East. Troussier’s side, who had banged in 20 goals in five matches going into the final, had begun smoothly, their neat inter-passing stretching the Saudi defence in the opening minutes. But the Japanese were stunned on 10 minutes when Saudi Arabia broke forward to earn a penalty, Ryuzo Morioka being adjudged to have tugged down Talal al-Meshal as the two chased a long ball from midfield. Idris stepped up — but scuffed a weak spot-kick low and wide of the right-hand post. Japan continued to press forward and with their slick passing and movement of the ball looked by far the more creative of the two sides in the first half. But Troussier’s youngsters spent the second-half on the backfoot, as the Saudis — Asian Cup winners in 1984, 1988 and 1996 — launched wave after wave of furious attacks. Substitute Mohammed al-Shloob, midfielder al-Temyat and Fouzi al-Shehri all went close with shots from distance. The Saudis were given a lucky break on 58 minutes when Ahmed Khalil bundled over Akinori Nishizawa for what looked a dead-cert penalty. But UAE referee Ali Bujsaim waved play on. The defending champions continued to pour forward but Japan maintained their lead thanks to Kawaguchi. Two saves in particular were firmly in the blinding category. The athletic stopper first leapt acrobatically to punch away a dipping 30-yarder from Al-Jaber in the 60th minute before pulling off a breath-taking reflex save from a close-range Al-Meshal header moments later. Japan also had the satisfaction of seeing playmaker Hiroshi Nanami, who filled the void left by the absent AS Roma Hidetoshi Nakata, named Player of the Tournament. South Korean striker Lee Dong-Gook finished topscorer with six goals in the tournament. |
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Indians continue good show ISTANBUL, Oct 30 (PTI) — The new-look Indian team continued their good performance in the second round today as the men outplayed Mongolia by a 3-1 margin while the women held formidable Georgians to a 1.5-1.5 draw here in the 34th Chess Olympiad. The top seed Russians dropped a half point in the men’s section and were relegated to the second spot behind Hungary that scored a perfect 4-0 on the second day in succession. In the major board of the day, Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran crushed Hatanbaatar to give an early lead to his team. Springing a major surprise in the Moscow Variation, Sasikiran subdued the opposition and launched an attack against the King right from the word go. After an error on the 10th move, Hataanbatar was forced to expose his King and soon Sasikiran ripped open the King’s side to force a checkmate. The game lasted a mere 18 moves. On the second board, GM Abhijit Kunte drew with D. Shravdroj from the black side of a Nimzo Indian defence. Abhijit equalised easily from the opening and was surprised by the frequency of the exchanges offered by his opponent. As the game progressed, the winning hopes for both appeared nil and the game was agreed drawn. Fourteen-year-old International Master P. Harikrishna had an easy outing against Odondoo Ganbold. Playing white, Harikrishna opened with the King pawn but the game transformed into a rare variation of the King pawn. After emerging with a slight advantage out of the opening, Harikrishna slowly started squeezing his opponent and displayed good positional sense. Ganbold remained passive throughout and tried to enforce complications in the late middlegame but his pieces remained inactive. On the 25th move, Harikrishna swindled with a knight sortie and won an exchange after which the Mongolian never recoverd. In a major upset for the Indians, GM Dibyendu Barua was held to a draw by lowly rated D. Erhembayar. Barua, confident of his skills, employed the Queen’s Gambit Decline with black pieces and got a comfortable position in the middle game. Akin to his game against Kasparov (on internet), Barua deployed his forces on the King side and earned a Bishop-pair advantage. Erhembayar sensed in time that playing for a win was risky and went on a forced exchange of pieces which made the game dull. The game was soon drawn. Playing on the second table, the Indian women were undeterred by the big names in the powerful Georgian team and drew the encounters skilfully. A record 127 teams in the men’s section and 85 in the women’s are vying for laurels in this 14-day extravaganza. In all, 14 rounds will be played comprising 56 games for each team in the men’s section and 42 in the women’s section. |
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Inter-district TT
results KHANNA, Oct 30 — Rohit Khosla of Amritsar, and Munish Saini, Robin Singh and Kamaljit Singh all from Patiala won their respesctive quarter-final matches in the junior boy’s section while all the seeded players in the cadet boys and girls, sub junior boys and girls category moved ahead in the 41st Punjab State Inter-District Open Table Tennis Tournament which began at the Hindi Putri Pathshala School here today. Rohit Khosla prevailed over Sunny, also of Amritsar 23-21, 21-18 while Munish got the better of Rohit Sharma of Patiala 21-18, 21-15. Robin Singh fought it tooth and nail to outplay Kunal of Amritsar 21-18,15-21,21-19. Kamaljit Singh defeated Shiv of Jalandhar 21-18, 21-15 to secure their berths in the semifinals. Results-
Cadet girls single-(Q-finals): Ritika (Ropar) b Minakshi (Sgr) 21-18, 25-23, Ankita (Ptl) b Reetu (Jl) 21-18, 21-15, Jaswinder (Rpr) b Kavita (Ptl) 21-15, 21-18, Kanika (Rpr) b Saloni (Jal) 21-16,21-19 Sub Jr girls singles (Pr-q-final) Munisha (Ptl) b Kanika (Rpr) 21-18,21-15, Dapinder Kaur (Rpr) b Jagjit (Khn) 21-19,21-10, Gurpal Kaur (Rpr) b Ankita (Ptl) 21-18,21-19, Ravneet Kaur (RPR) b Dimple (Khn) 21-15, 21-10 , Gagan deep (Rpr) b Dalpreet (Ptl) 21-18,22-20, Sarika (PTL) b Jaswinder (Rpr) 23-21,21-18, Ritika (RPR) b Isha (Khn) 21-19, 17-21, 21-12 Jr girls singles (2nd round):
Rishu (Jal) b Pritpal Kaur (Mks) 21-19, 21-10, Gurpal Kaur (Rpr) b Poonam (Khn) 23-21, 22-20, Mandeep Kaur (Rpr) b Harsh (Khn) 21-18,21-19, Manisha (Ptl) b Sukhwinder Kaur (Ptl) 21-18,21-9, Ritika (Rpr) B.S. Gupta (Rpr) 21-13,21-12, Sarika (Ptl) b Dimple (Khn) 21-18, 21-19, Ravneet (Rpr) b Neha (Ptl) 21-14, 21-15, Hardeep Kaur (Jal) b Geeta (Sgr) 21-18, 21-12. |
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Sidhu, Sanjeev set
new meet records JALANDHAR, Oct 30 — Sidhu V.T. and Sanjeev T.M. of CRPF created new meet records in the opening day, while the long distance runner of Central Reserve Police Force Raja Ram clinched first medal in 10,000 m for their team in the 49th All-India Police Athletic Championship-2000 which commenced at Punjab Armed Police’s headquarter at Jalandhar Cantonment today. Earlier, Mr Sarabjit Singh Director General of Police Punjab, inaugurated the four-day long meet. About 500 athletes (both men & women) from central police organisations and states police organisations are participating in the meet. The final results: (1000 m (Men): 1. Raja Ram CRPF, 2. N. Gojan Singh (BSF), 3. Jasbir Singh of (CISF). 5000 m (Women): 1. Pushpa Devi (CISF), 2. Sudha K.P. (CRPF) 3. Suma K.P. (CRPF). 800 m (men): 1 Sanjeev T.M. (CRPF), 2 Nishan Singh (Punjab) 85, 3 A.K. Jay Kumar (CISF) 800 m (women): 1 Inder Jit Kaur (Punjab), 2 Sudha K.P. (CRPF), 3 Ramla Devi (Punjab) 100 m
(women): Sidhu V.T. (CRPF), 2 Manjit Kaur (Punjab), 3 Vinita K.G. (CRPF) 100 m run (men): Ajay Raj Singh (Punjab) 2 T. Gogoi CISF, Manoj (CRPF). Shot put (Men): Bahadur Singh (Punjab) Mukesh Kumar Singh (CRPF), 3 Jagbir Singh (CISF) Shot put (Women): Amandeep Kaur (Punjab), 2 Surinder Kaur (Punjab) 3 Binita Kumari (CRPF) Triple Jump (men): Pritpal Singh (Punjab) 2 G.C. Mohanto (CRPF) 3 Gurpreet Singh Punjab High Jump (Women): 1 Deepak A.K. (CRPF) 2 Tapsi Nandi (CISF), 3 Geetha K.K.
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Haryana on verge of innings win ROHTAK, Oct 30 — Haryana were in sight of an outright victory at close on the second day’s play in the U-14 cricket match against Jammu and Kashmir at Sat Priya Cricket Academy here today. They need 191 runs to avoid an innings defeat. (Scoreboard) Haryana (1st innings) Fall of wickets: 1/37, 2/38, 3/87, 4/189, 5/236, 6/341, 7/343, 8/362, 9/369. Bowling: Manish 35-8-124-7, Hasibullah 9-5-48-0, Appannam Gupta 23.4-7-49-1, Sarvar Ahmed 15-3-53-1, Ian Dev Singh 13-1-39-0, Wasim 2-0-12-0, Karan Kochhar 5-1-2-0, Rohit Bhatt 3-0-18-0. Jammu and Kashmir (1st innings) Extras 17. Total 71. Fall of wickets: 1/3, 2/12, 3/16, 4/27, 5/34, 6/46, 7/51, 8/51, 9/51. Bowling: Gaurav Chopra 4-2-6-1, Sant Kumar 8-5-9-4, Manish Verma 7-4-7-0, Deepak Choudhry 7-3-13-1, Prem Prateek 2.2-2-0-1, Hitin Mehtani 2-1-5-0, Abhishek Choudhary 5-4-8-3. Jammu and Kashmir (2nd innings): Wasim lbw Deepak Saini 28, Ian Dev Singh c & b Deepak Saini 33, Rohit Bhatt lbw Nitin Mehtani 17, Ravi Pandit b Deepak Saini 10, Manish Dogra c Nitin b Prem Prateek 0, Qayim Hassan batting 0, Sarvar Ahmed batting 4. Extras 15. Total, for 5 wickets 107. Fall of wickets: 1/56, 2/87, 3/102, 4/103.Bowling: Abhishek 502-6-0, Sant Kumar 8-3-19-0, Manish Verma 5-4-1-0, Gaurav Chopra 2-1-3-0, Prem Prateek 16-6-26-1, Nitin Mehtani 4-2-6-1, Deepak Choudhary 3-1-12-0, Deepak Saini 11-3-24-3. |
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Rathore,
Ricky hit centuries UNA, Oct 30 — On the first day of Ranji Trophy match between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh here Punjab captain Vikram Rathore and Ravneet Ricky hit centries. Ricky was caught by Rakeshwar and bowler was Rajinder who was the only bowler who succeeded in capturing a wicket throughout first day’s play. Scoreboard Punjab (Ist innings): Extra: 18. Total: 321 Bowling: Rahul 8-0-52-0, Rakeshwar 4-1-21-0, Sangram Singh 6-0-24-0, Jaswant Rai 31-4-80-0, Rajinder 13-1-55-1, Nischal 6-0-20-0, Ajay Sharma 5-1-17-0. (Bowling analysis incomplete) |
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triumph NEW DELHI, Oct 30 — Sat Guru Partap Singh Academy, Sri Bhaini Sahib, edged past BSNV Inter-College,
Lucknow, 3-2, after leading by 2-0 at half time, in the 29th Nehru Junior Hockey Tournament at the National Stadium here
today. Harpal Singh scored a field goal and Gurcharan Singh scored off a penalty stroke to take Sri Bhaini Sahib to a 2-0 lead at half time. Immediately on resumption, Hemant Kumar reduced the margin for
Lucknow, but Gurcharan converted another penalty stroke to enhance Bhaini Sahib’s lead to 3-1. Rajneesh Pandey scored a goal at the fag end for Lucknow to make it a close affair. |
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Kurukshetra University,
MDU move up CHANDIGARH, Oct 30 — Kurukshetra University , Kurukshetra surged ahead by overpowering Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar, by two points on the opening day of the North East Zone Kho-Kho (Women) Tournament, which began here today at Punjab University campus. Himachal Pradesh University Shimla went down fighting to MD University, Rohtak. Today’s results: RS University, Raipur beat Kumaun University, Nainital, by one turn and 2 points; NB University, Darjeeling beat BR Ambedkar University, Agra, by an innings and 17 points; CCS University Meerut beat APS University Rewa by an innings and six points; MDU Rohtak beat HPU Shimla by 8 points; Calcutta University, Calcutta beat RSU, Raipur by an innings and 10
points; NBU Darjeeling beat RML University, Faizabad by an innings and 10 points; CCSU Meerut beat CSJM , Kanpur by an innings and 9 points. |
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