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Pak beat India in U-19 World Cup Youhana rescues Pakistan Paes-Bhupathi
duo stunned
Verma re-elected BAI
chief Chhatwinder, Saurabh in
final Confluence of fashion and sports Punjab cops
triumph School games kick off in
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32 events held in athletics meet
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Giles scripts thrilling England win New Delhi, January 31 But the Indians have only themselves to blame for the
defeat. They were sitting pretty at 211 for three, thanks largely to a rollicking start by Sachin and Sehwag who picked up as many as 26 runs in the first three overs of play. But the dismissal first of Sachin, at 39, and then of Sehwag at 68 after the Delhi player had scored 42 in his first international on his home ground, well within the England total but then a middle-order collapse ended their victory chase. It is this collapse, a very common feature of Indian cricket, that should worry the Indian thinktank more than the defeat. Earlier, England, put into bat after India won the toss, were able to put up a fighting score of 271 on a batsman friendly strip which had nothing to offer to the bowlers, largely due to a brilliant century by opener Nick Knight (105 runs, 131 balls, seven fours). Knight got very good support from skipper Nasser Hussain, who chipped in with 49, and the two shared a partnership of 117 runs off 144 balls, and this stand set the tempo of the visitor’s essay at the crease. True, the Indian middle order is missing the ever dependable Rahul Dravid but does the absence of one cricketer affect the chances of a team so much? But nevertheless the continuation of players like Mohammad Kaif, Hemang Badani and Dinesh Mongia, who failed to come good today, is essential since the target of India is not the number of series they are to play this year both at home and abroad, but next year’s World Cup in South Africa. Much of the blame for the collapse should go to captain Saurav Ganguly, who after showing glimpses of returning to form with a painstaking 74 after a somewhat sedate start, holed out to
substitute fielder Qwais Shah off Ashley Giles. That Ganguly was under tremendous pressure to perform was apparent from the fact that contrary to his claim yesterday that he would open the India innings with Sachin he opted to come at number three allowing Virender Sehwag to open the Indian reply with Sachin. Ganguly’s dismissal triggered the Indian collapse as no batsman barring Ajit Agarkar who scored an unbeaten 36 off 24 deliveries was able to build the innings as wickets fell at regular intervals. Ganguly fell at 211 and in the space of 28 runs India lost as many as four wickets to totter at 239 for eight with India still 32 runs short of the England total. The Indian skipper faced a many as 12 deliveries before he executed his first scoring stroke, a copybook one-day lofted drive over bowler Darren Gough’s head for a four. But the Indian skipper refused to get out of the shell even in the face of some easy bowling both from Gough and Flintoff. But then the Ferozeshah Kotla ground had nothing to offer to the bowlers and Ganguly picked up three sixes off consecutive overs from Giles much to the delight of the fans, a large number of whom were stranded outside the stadium in spite of holding valid tickets. The third six helped Ganguly to reach his 50 off 72 deliveries (two fours, three sixes) a slow effort by his own
standards. But this effort should help him to gain some much needed confidence and, more
important, probably help him keep his head off the chopping block when the national selectors meet in Mumbai early next month to select the team for the series against Zimbabwe. Scoreboard England: Trescothick c Sarandeep 36
b Agarkar Knight run out 105 Hussain c Ratra b Tendulkar 49 Flintoff c Kaif b Srinath 52 Collingwood not out 8 Thorpe b Agarkar 2 Vaughan not out 7 Extras (lb-10, nb-2) 12 Total (for 5 wkts, 50 overs) 271 Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-168, 3-248, 4-254, 5-260. Bowling:
Srinath 10-0-47-1, Agarkar 10-0-62-2, Kumble 10-0-37-0, Sarandeep 5-0-34-0, Ganguly 3-0-19-0, Tendulkar 9-0-45-1, Sehwag 3-0-17-0. India: Sehwag c Knight b Gough 42 Tendulkar c Foster b Caddick 18 Ganguly c sub (Shah) b Giles 74 Mongia c Foster b Flintoff 20 Kaif c Thorpe b Giles 46 Badani c and b Giles 2 Ratra st Foster b Giles 10 Agarkar not out 36 Kumble b Giles 2 Sarandeep Singh not out 6 Extras (lb-3, w-9, nb-1) 13 Total (for 8 wkts, 50 overs) 269 Fall of wickets: 1/39, 2/68, 3/100, 4/211, 5/212, 6/213, 7/227, 8/239. Bowling: Caddick 10-1-39-1, Flintoff 7-1-41-1, Gough 10-0-53-1, Collingwood 6-0-36-0, Vaughan 7-0-40-0, Giles 10-0-57-5. |
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Team effort did the trick: Hussain New Delhi, January 31 “Our team showed character and bottle (confidence) when we needed them most,” Hussain stated after his team’s triumph to make the one-day series score at 3-2, thus keeping the six-match series alive, for the sixth one in Mumbai. Hussain said losing the toss did not matter much as “we would have batted if we had won the toss”. Hussain said he sensed victory when England claimed some early wickets. “Once you have runs on the board and a couple of wickets (of India) in the kitty, you are back in the game,” he said. Hussain said his team were not under any pressure as “we knew that if India lose some early wickets, the pressure would be on them”. The hero of the day, left-arm spinner Ashley Giles, who claimed 5 for 57 to grab the Man of the Match award, was modest in his hour of triumph as “I am a positive person and I am glad I had good cricket”. He said his second spell turned the corner when he followed the instruction of coach Fletcher to bowl round the wicket to the left-handers, after switching ends. “I flighted the ball less and fired in a bit quickly,” he explained. He said he was not sure of getting a second spell after his first four overs had cost 32 runs. Hussain said he was not unhappy at his dismissal, but was angry at himself for the way he got out. He also disclosed that the brief hold up in the match was due to pebble pelting from the stands at Vaughan, Flintoff and Thorpe, and he complained to the umpires when Flintoff and Thorpe got injured. The visitors thought that someone was firing pellets at them. But when they realised the truth, they did not press the matter any further and carried on with the match. He said the turning point in the match was when Indian captain Saurav Ganguly holed out to Giles. Indian captain Saurav Ganguly said he put the visitors in as he wanted to exploit the damp, cold conditions in the morning. He said he would have opened with Sachin Tendulkar, instead of pushing Virender Sehwag into the opener’s slot yet again, had India batted first. Though Saurav admitted that his dismissal was the turning point of the match, he felt the remaining seven wickets could have achieved the target of getting 60 runs in 10 overs. “But we lost four wickets in the space of 20 odd runs,” he lamented. India lost both the times when Saurav put England in after winning the toss. But Saurav questioned this by saying that England too had lost when Nasser Hussain put India in twice in the series. Saurav praised Mohd Kaif for making the best of the opportunity he got to play in his first one-day international. He said players like Kaif and Sharandeep Singh should be retained in the Indian team till the World Cup. “Kaif handled the pressure well. He will get better with experience. We have to keep them (Kaif and Sharandeep) in the team to gain experience till the World Cup,” he said. The skipper was also all praise for Ajit Agarkar who almost batted India to victory. “Agarkar has done very well in one-day
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Crowd holds up play New Delhi A visibly upset ECB media manager Andrew Walpole told reporters: “Pellets were thrown aimed at Flintoff’s head. This is not what I’m saying but Nasser Hussain”.
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Gavaskar comments India paid the price for repeating the mistake of putting England in to bat like they did in Cuttack. They might console themselves by saying that they lost by only two runs and hadn’t they won the previous two matches by chasing a target rather than setting it. The previous two tosses were won by Nasser Hussain so India did not have the choice but here they had the option having won the toss and they should have batted first and put the pressure on England by piling up a big score. They did not learn from Hussain’s error in asking India to chase in a curtailed match and then of course their slow movers gave away some valuable runs which proved to be the difference in the end. England kept their heads up in spite of the initial assault from Tendulkar and Sehwag and later when the captain Ganguly and Kaif were taking the game away from them. Their fielding was athletic and even though they missed a
couple of simple catches their spirits did not flag and they kept chasing the ball till the end. In contrast India were content to give the singles and when the ball went past them they did not make a serious effort to chase it and stop it going over the boundary. Unless the fielding aspect improves India are going to struggle if their batsmen don’t click, which is bound to happen sometimes. India’s decision to bring Sarandeep in place of Harbhajan also was strange considering the series was still not decided and the offspinner under pressure crumbled as he was attacked and then it showed in his fielding too where he gave away some easy runs. Nick Knight’s capital innings set the tempo for England and it was good to see Hussain bat positively and score some runs. Flintoff too batted sensibly instead of trying to tonk every ball and still scored at faster than a run-a-ball and it was mainly their efforts that saw England to the total that they had at the end. Though Tendulkar disappointed, his clone Sehwag did not though of course his home crowd would have liked him to score a century and take India to a victory. The big plus was the captain’s return to form. He did the wise thing by dropping himself down the order to keep the in-form pair of Tendulkar and Sehwag going and then built his innings up nicely. Kaif too batted pleasingly running hard between the wickets which may not have been to Ganguly’s liking but Badani failed again. India could do well to have the option of Bangar coming in at number 6 because he can turn his arm over too. If Bangar gets the same opportunities that Badani is getting he may well turn out to be the kind of utility player India is looking for.
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Pak beat India in U-19 World Cup Christchurch, January 31 India went into the game in supreme form after beating Sri Lanka and the West Indies with ease, but failed to hold their nerve against their arch rivals and lost by two wickets. The match of the tournament saw India and Pakistan renew their rivalry on the cricket field after an 18-month gap. India has banned its players from facing Pakistan at the international level due to the current tension between the two countries. As a result, their clash at the youth World Cup offered a rare glimpse of one of the biggest grudge matches in the world of sport. Pakistan missed out on a bonus point and the West Indies’ 62 run mauling of Sri Lanka earned them a spot in the semi-finals as Gus Logie’s team were the victors when the two sides met earlier this week. Pakistan got off to a good start as India could only muster 181 from their 50 overs with fast bowler Junaid Zia particularly impressive with his control and pace. Deepak Chougule hit 47 but late innings collapse, that saw the final five wickets fall for just 39 runs, ultimately cost India the match. India reduced Pakistan to 10 for 2 but Salman Butt played a captain’s innings to rescue his side. Butt hit 11 fours in his unbeaten 85 as off-spinner Rajesh Sharma (3 for 37) bowled superbly to give India a chance of victory. Butt brought about the end of the match when he hit Sharma for four. However, he was to learn that his efforts had been in vain due to the West Indies’ victory at Hagley Park. “This was a tense match but we showed excellent temperament and played really well”. “The important thing is that we have made some new friends today. This is only a game and we wanted to make sure it was played in the right spirit. They are going to go into their senior side and so are we, which is why we wanted to make friends and not enemies.” India coach Dilip Vengsarkar was disappointed by his side’s defeat but drew consolation from the fact they topped group one. “Pakistan played very well and they held their nerve,” he said. “It was a good toss to win as the conditions in the morning made it very hard for us to score runs, but we did not make a good enough total. We need to work on a few areas before the next match.” Sri Lanka’s disappointing super league campaign ended in a third consecutive loss with the West Indies romping home to victory to become the surprise semi-finalists. The tournament’s top run scorer, Donovan Pagon continued his form with an innings of 92 to lift the West Indies’ total to 202 all out. Captain Narsingh Deonarine offered valuable support with 65 but three wickets for Dhammika Niroshan gave Sri Lanka a chance of victory. Tomorrow, England must earn a bonus point in beating South Africa and hope New Zealand lose to Australia to keep alive their slim hopes of progressing to the last four. Victory for South Africa will seal their spot in the semifinals. Results from the under-19 cricket World Cup: Super league group one: Pakistan beat India by two wickets. India 181 all out in 48.5 overs, Pakistan 184-8 in 43.4 overs (Salman Butt 85 not out). West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 62 runs. West Indies 202 all out in 47.5 overs (Donovan Pagon 92, Narsinghe Deonarine 65), Sri Lanka 140 all out in 47 overs. Plate Championship group one: Kenya beat Papua New Guinea by 25 runs. Kenya 236-8 (Morris Ouma 150 not out; Gimapau Kiemelo 4-23), Papua New Guinea 211 all out (Clive Elly 60). Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by nine wickets. Bangladesh 91 all out (Tatenda Taibu 3-8), Zimbabwe 94-1 (Charles Coventry 51).
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Youhana rescues Pakistan
Sharjah, January 31 Pakistan, who struggled to reach 45 for 2 by lunch against the disciplined West Indians, slipped to 94 for 4 before recovering to post 230 for 5 by stumps. Youhana, who made 204 not out in his last Test innings against Bangladesh earlier this month, looked in supreme touch as he neared his ninth Test hundred and the third against the West Indies in four matches. Younis Khan contributed 53, but it was the fifth-wicket stand of 84 between Youhana and Abdur Razzaq that beat back the spirited West Indian challenge led by two wickets each from captain Carl Hooper and fast bowler Mervyn Dillon. Rashid Latif returned unbeaten on 27, having so far added 52 valuable runs for the sixth wicket with Youhana.
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Orissa enter
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Cuttack, January 31 Scoreboard UP (Ist Innings): 231 all out Orissa: (Ist innings): 320 all out UP (2nd innings): 369 for 9 declared. Orissa (2nd innings): Mohapatra c Mudgal b Srivastav 56, Das c Shamshad b Chopra 74, Parida lbw Chopra14, Raul c P Singh b Chopra 00, Mullick b Pandey 83, Jayachandra st Mudgal b Chopra 01, Gopal not out 21, Tripathy st Mudgal b Chopra 8, Mohanty not out 2. Extras: (b 18, lb 5, nb 2) 25. Total: (7 wickets in 90 overs) 284. Fall of wickets: 1/82, 2/110, 3/116, 4/220, 5/246, 6/256, 7/265. Bowling: S Srivastav 17-03-77-1, A W Zaidi 16-02-46-0, Nikhil Chopra 34-10-83-5, N Tripathy 08-04-16-0, G Pandey 15-04-39-1.
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Paes-Bhupathi
duo stunned Bangalore, January 31 The Czech pair upset the applecart of the Indian duo at 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 in an 88 minute encounter. The Indians, who had won their earlier two matches, would now have to wait for the final league encounter between Mark Knowles (Bahamas) and Brian Macphie (USA) against John Laffnie De Jager and Robbie Koenig (South Africa) to ensure their berth in the semifinal. Earlier, seasoned campaigners Ellis Ferreira of South Africa and Rick Leach of the USA stunned top seeds and Wimbledon champions Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer of the USA in straight sets 6-4, 7-5 (7-3) to top the Touchtel group and entered the semifinals.
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Verma re-elected BAI
chief Sangrur, January 31 The association also finalised the calendar for the next year. The association has decided to experiment by separating the junior inter-state from the open championships. If this experiment was successful then from the next year senior championships will also be separated. The following are the office-bearers: President — V.K. Verma, Vice-Presidents — Akhilesh Dass, Dalip Ghosh, Davinder Singh, Balbir Dutt, Pardeep Gandhe, Vinod Dhawan, Ashok Bajaj, Dinesh Khanna, Honorary Secretary — L.C. Gupta; Treasurer — Rajinder Kalsi, Joint Secretaries — O.D. Sharma, Punniah Chodry, Vijay Sinha, S.P. Singh, Omer Rashid, Shetty. Executive members — Manik Saha, Richard Vas, Krishan, Gyanashwer Singh, Jaiswal, Iqbal, Ms Damyanti Tambe, Davinder Sabharwal, Ahmed Hussain, Rawat, T.P.S. Puri, Manjit Singh, V.Y. Kumar, Languan, Tali Zamir. The BAI has also formed four committees. The chairman of each committee will be treated as Vice-President with voting rights. The committees are: Tournament committee — (chairman Prabhat Kumar); Finance committee — (chairman Abdul); Planning and Development — (chairman Vishav); Court Official Committee — (Chairman Murlidharan). Assam will host the Senior National Championships this year while Bihar will host the Sub-Junior Championships. Open events in the Junior National Championships will be held in A.P. while Chennai will host the Inter-State Junior Championships. Five senior ranking tournaments with prize money of four lakhs have been allotted to Surat, U.P., Bangalore, Pune, Surat and Kerala or Bihar. Junior rankings will be held at Chennai, Bangalore, and Haryana. Mumbai will host the Asian Satellite Championships in August. |
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Chhatwinder, Saurabh in
final Chandigarh, January 31 The girls final will be an all-Chinese affair with Chong Chen and Du Rui pitted against each other in the tomorrow’s final . The girls doubles title went in favour of Chinese pair of Rui Dui and Sun Sheng Nan who outclassed Chong Chen Nan and Wen Shin Shu 6-2,6-3. In the girls singles semi-final in the court 1, Taipei’s Wen Shin was no match to Du Rui of China who wrapped the first set at 6-2 in just 29 minutes while in second set, again Rui was at her best and disposed of Wen in 32 minutes at 6-1 to sail into the finals. In the second semi-final between the Chinese pair of Sun Sheng and Chong Cheng the latter took the first set in 41 minutes and later in the second set, Chong proved her superiority in all the departments of the game inning by 6-0 in 25 minutes to make her way to the final. In the boys singles semi-final Chhatwinder, the trainee of the Rural Area Tennis scheme of the CLTA, did not face much difficulty in ousting tall and lanky Nihal Advani 6-1 in the first set in just 32 minutes. But in the second set, both played on even terms. The deep volleys of Chhatwinder were cause of concern for Advani who after leading at 5-2 at one stage, began to flounder and committed some unforeseen errors allowing scoreline reach at 5-5. The Mumbai boy took the lead (6-5). At this stage a line judgement which seemed controversial proved fatal for Advani enabling unseeded Chandigarh to prevail in the tie-breaker. The second semi-final at Court II, Saurabh Singh of India, third seed played against second seed Jaco T Mathew also of India. Saurabh began on a promising note by taking the initial lead at 3-1 winning the set in 43 minutes at 6-4. In the second the city’s boy, having being ranked in first 100 in latest world junior ranking, did not let the Jaco to make any comeback. Ultimately, Saurabh took the second set by 6-2 in 35 minutes. Later Saurabh and Amanjot of India entered the doubles final also when they combined well beating Al Imron (Indonesia) and Natapong Pongkunsub (Thailand) 6-3, 6-2. |
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Confluence of fashion and sports The McDowell Indian Derby, year after year, is the watering hole for the crème de la crème, to congregate and celebrate fashion and sport. I am always pleasantly surprised to see celebrities, models, designers, sportsmen and corporate honchos immaculately dressed, mingling with such élan! The first three rows represent our page three regulars, all dressed to the tee. Seeing this, you will wonder whether they will take the stage at some point in the evening. But that is exactly what the event makes you do- come out looking your best! For me, some of the most memorable moments is what takes place behind the stage. There are dancers tripping around you while they are at their last minute rehearsals, models and make-up artists jostling around for clothes and a final dash of make-up, choreographers screaming incessantly, flustered designers trying to look composed...so much anxiety, so much activity...it’s intoxicating! I can always tell how glamorous and impressive the show will be when I see the hostess take centre-stage. And at the Derby show, rest assured, a beautiful and charismatic compere always blows you away. Be prepared for a night of extravaganza and thrill because every Derby has a line-up of celebrated singers, dancers and drop-dead gorgeous models that sashay down the ramp. Your heart is likely to be stolen and your mind mesmerized! You know the show has begun because the lasers streak the moonlit night, flashbulbs go off in a frenzy and the music explodes to welcome an enthralling evening. The photographers who come here in huge numbers, form an electronic barricade just below the ramp, waiting to immortalize the beautiful faces for posterity. No matter how chaotic and crazy it is backstage, the minute they are on the ramp, the models appear incredibly confident and calm. The applause is deafening. There is no doubt that the Derby showcases some of the most successful designers and their creations. In tune with current international trends, this one show allows you to experience diverse fashion statements, a multitude of designs and lots of ‘oomph’ under one roof. This then is the secret of the McDowell Derby Shows’s success — a magical combination of various elements — innovative designers, great models and an electrifying ambience. I am looking forward to all of this and more at the McDowell Indian Derby Show 2002. The air in Mumbai is already abuzz with excitement and anticipation for an enthralling and entertaining evening.
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Punjab cops
triumph Chandigarh, January 31 GN College, current university champions, played an attacking game but the match ended goal-less and was extended to the tie-breaker. The Mahilpur boys converted four spot kicks whereas the Phagwara team could convert only three. The second quarterfinal in the club category was won by Punjab Police who beat JCT Academy 2-1. JCT Academy took the lead in the fourth minute through striker Jagjit Singh Randhawa but after 20 minutes the policemen equalised through striker Gurpreet Singh. Jagjit Randhawa had a good chance to score when he beat the defence and goalkeeper from the left but he failed to put the ball in the net. The police team scored the second goal against JCT Academy in the 70th minute. Now Punjab Police will clash with RCF Kapurthala and BSF Jalandhar will meet PSEB in the semifinals. In the college category, Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, went down to SN College, Banga, by a solitary goal. The goal was scored by striker Sukhwinder Singh in the 75th minute. |
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School games kick off in
style Patiala, January 31 For the first time competition in maximum disciplines—nine—are being held in the city. The disciplines in which sportspersons from as many as 22 state units are participating are — fencing, basketball, kabaddi, handball, volleyball, athletics, badminton and chess. The opening ceremony, which was presided over by Mr T.R. Sarangal, Secretary, Excise and Taxation, was a colourful affair and was watched by hundreds of school children from the city. Tiny tots could be seen enthusiastically waiving balloons and tri-colours even as the harried organisers made every attempt to make the ceremony a memorable one. After the SGFI flag was unfurled by Mr Sarangal, amidst thundrous applause, the traditional march past was taken out in which, as per the Olympic tradition, the alphabetic order of states was adhered to and Assam were the first contingent to come out while the hosts, who received a resounding applause, were the last. |
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32 events held in athletics meet Ambala, January
31 In long jump (sub-junior boys), Gursahib Lamba was first, Bhavit Yadav second and Anuj third. In triple jump (junior boys), Arshdeep Singh was first, Kush Gupta second and Simarjeet Saini third. In 800 meters (junior boys), Amandeep Bhamra was first, Umang second and Vibhor third. In 800 metres (junior girls), Itee Shree was first, Sarah Mann second and Harminder Kaur third. In obstacle race (100 metres-senior boys), Gurvinder Singh was first, Navrinder Jeet second and Varun Sharma third. In obstacle race (100 metres-senior girls), Swati Kapila was first. In long jump (junior girls), Isha Garg was first, Harminder Kaur second and Rashmi Kumari third. In slow cycle race (senior boys), Ratinder Singh was first, Gurvinder Singh second and Varun Kalra third. In slow cycle race (senior girls), Pallavi Pathak was first, Ekta Verma second and Khyati Pal third. On the first day of the meet yesterday, in 800 metres (senior boys), Akshay Beniwal was first, Rohit second and Abhinav Duhan third. In crocodile race, Raja Jasmeet Singh and Shobit Arora were first, Gundeep Singh and Amit second and Ashu and Vishesh Behl third. In long Jump (sub-junior girls), Navneet was first, Oshin Chima second and Sonam Rajora third. In long jump (senior boys), Akshay Beniwal was first, Rohit Mahendru second and Amit Chauhan third. In shot put (senior girls), Megha Kalra was first, Trishanjali second and Girija Sood third. In shot put (senior boys), Ajit Pal Singh was first, Varun Kalra second and Gurpratap Singh third. |
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