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February 26, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Zimbabwe crumble to Indian spin
Gavaskar comments Saurav Ganguly writes |
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Tough outing for India Pak rally to down Belgium WORLD CUP DIARY
Winter Olympics come to end with a
bang Anand fails to find magic touch Vasco overcome Bagan 2-1 Rushmi keeps hopes alive Grewal, Gogna
triumph Navpreet, Ravindra enter finals
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Zimbabwe crumble to Indian spin Nagpur, February 25 Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who had gone wicketless in this match till yesterday despite bowling immaculately, finally had luck smiling on him as he claimed four of the five wickets to fall today. However, it was leg-spinner Anil Kumble, who received the man of the match award for his nine wickets in the match, including a five-wicket haul in the second innings. Zimbabwe, who had conceded a 283-run first innings lead, were all out for 182 in their second innings 15 minutes into the second half of the first session. India had declared their first innings at 570 for seven yesterday in reply to Zimbabwe’s 287. The slide for Zimbabwe, who resumed at their overnight 152 for four, started early in the day when night watchman Ray Price became the first victim of Harbhajan Singh in the second over of the day. Price gave a bat-pad chance to Rahul Dravid at silly mid-off without adding anything to his overnight score of four. Zimbabwe lost their their wicket at 156. Kumble then got rid of Grant Flower, who was adjudged leg before wicket for just one. But the big wicket came in the form of Trevor Gripper, who had defied the Indian attack for close to five hours
yesterday. Gripper, who made a patient 211-ball 60, was foxed by a Harbhajan Singh delivery that held back a bit. The batsman gave a simple catch to Virender Sehwag, substituting for Shiv Sunder Das, at silly mid-on. Seven down for 171, a Zimbabwe defeat looked imminent and the only matter of interest was the margin. Wicket-keeper Tatenda Taibu (0), Heath Streak (8) and Brighton Watambwa (1) could not offer much and the Zimbabwe innings ended in the 22nd over of the day. With the dismissal of Heath Streak, who was caught by Saurav Ganguly at short gully, Kumble completed his 19th five-wicket haul in Test cricket. He finished with five for 63, while Harbhajan Singh had figures for four for 46.PTI
SCOREBOARD Zimbabwe (1st innings): 287 India (1st innings): 570 for seven decl Zimbabwe (2nd innings): Carlisle lbw b Zaheer Khan 28 Gripper c sub (Sehwag) b
Harbhajan 60 Campbell c Laxman b Kumble 30 A Flower c Dravid b Kumble 8 Rennie c sub (Sehwag) b Kumble 25 Price c Dravid b Harbhajan 4 G Flower lbw b Kumble 1 Streak c Ganguly b Kumble 8 Taibu c sub (Sehwag) b
Harbhajan 0 Friend not out 6 Watambwa c Tendulkar b Harbhajan 1 Extras (b-1, lb-8, nb-2) 11 Total (all out, 88.4 overs) 182 Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-80, 3-103, 4-147, 5-156, 6-159, 7-161, 8-167, 9-181. Bowling:
Srinath 6-3-20-0, Kumble 37-15-63-5, Zaheer Khan 8-1-33-1, Harbhajan 31.4-9-46-4, Tendulkar 6-2-11-0. |
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Gavaskar comments India’s spin twins ensured that they and their team-mates could have a hearty lunch by dismissing the remaining Zimbabwe batsmen in next to no time. The bounce that Kumble got along with the spin was just too much for the Zimbabwe batsmen who were clueless and looked like rabbits caught in the glare of headlights and rooted to the spot. Harbhajan too complemented him well by hardly giving any loose deliveries and he seemed to have learnt his lessons from the England Tests and the first innings where he was bowling the straight-through more than the regular off-break. Like the bouncer or yorker the straight one if used regularly, loses the surprise element and though the Zimbabwe batsmen flounder against spin they were still able to survive in the first innings. Harbhajan must guard against what happened to Saqlain, who got so carried away with all the talk about his ‘doosra’ that he forgot that he was in the side primarily to bowl off-spin. In Harbhajan’s case one can understand as he is still such a young man and there’s still a bit of the child in him who is in love with his new toy. Srinath however, is not one but he too seems a little fascinated with the slower delivery which he used to such good effect in the one-dayers against England. But, then bowling the ‘doosra’ or the disguised slower one is an absolute need when batsmen are looking for big shots in the one-dayers but perhaps not so much in the longer version of the game. It is quite obvious that unless Andy Flower scores runs this Zimbabwe side will struggle to put up a decent total. It is pretty much like the Indian situation where the little champion’s batting also helps his other team-mates to gain in confidence and score as could be seen by the way Sanjay Bangar bloomed in his company. It was good to see this hardworking cricketer finally get his chance and make the most of the opportunity. Irrespective of the quality of our domestic cricket, scoring centuries is a habit and unless one is scoring those at the domestic level, how will he score at the international level. It is all about how to get past the early difficulties, then building it up and concentrating again after the first milestone of a half-century and keeping the focus till the century arrives and then looking for another one. The simple reason that V.V.S. Laxman got that fabulous 281 was that he knew how to go on from one landmark to the other having scored triple centuries in Ranji Trophy apart from double centuries. Laxman may be going through a lean patch but the strength of a team is reflected by how the others rally and make up for a failure and at least in this Test the centuries from Das, Tendulkar and Bangar made up for Laxman’s failure. Ever since Test cricket began there has never been an instance where all 11 players have been successful in the same game, nor is it likely to happen but great sides have the ability to mask the odd failure by massive contributions from the other members. Against a side like Zimbabwe it has been possible to do that in this Test match but India will need to make a habit of this if they wish to go up the ranking ladder for Test and one-day internationals. There are some loose ends that need tightening up and there’s always room for improvement. More crucially, the team must show a hunger to win and not be satisfied with the odd victory. Therein lies Australia’s dominance at the Test level. They are ever hungry to chew and eat up the opposition. Being vegetarians in the main, the Indian team may not quite like to do it the same way. Their’s was a slow deliberate calculated method and they have earned a massive victory. The methods may vary but the object has to remain the same. Well done India!
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Saurav Ganguly writes Before the start of this Test, I had mentioned that more than winning itself, it is how we win that will be important. I am extremely pleased that the team performed consistently throughout the Test and excelled in all departments of the game. Our bowling was exemplary on the first day, and that was what turned the match in our favour. Getting eight wickets on the opening day on a track that was full of runs was no mean feat. This meant that we could get two whole days to bat before leaving our spinners to ensure that we did not have to bat again. The biggest gain during this Test was Sanjay Bangar’s century. He played some excellent shots against Ray Price on the fourth morning, and that was not easy since the left-arm spinner was pitching the ball on the rough consistently. However, Bangar was equal to the task and managed to get us to close to 600 — the target I had set sights on — in no time. Bangar also bowled a pretty respectable spell on the first day. He did not have to bowl in the second innings, but it is always comforting for a captain to know that he has one more bowling option in the side. Should Bangar continue this good showing, he would be the answer to our search for an all-rounder in both forms of the game. Personally, it was disappointing to get a start and not capitalise on it. I have been scoring 30-40 runs and getting out a few times of late. This is particularly disheartening since you do all the hard work before throwing it away. Among the bowlers, Anil Kumble showed his class once again. He had a great series against England as well and now looks to have got into his stride well after his layoff due to injury. Harbhajan Singh gave him superb support proving that it’s not only fast bowlers who hunt in pairs, spinners do it as well. Harbhajan was very unlucky to be wicketless till the final morning of the Test. Every time he came to bowl the ball was flying all over the place. However, as is the case with Harbhajan usually, once he got one wicket, he got three more in the session. He was getting an unbelievable amount of bounce on this placid wicket, and the fact that he bowled without a point or a cover right through the innings was proof of his immaculate control. The presence of Harbhajan and Kumble together augurs well for Indian cricket. They are high-quality spinners, who can be threatening even in unhelpful conditions. For example, they were commendable on the first evening when the pitch was still playing true and helping batsmen. We obviously will be aiming at a 2-0 win in Delhi. For that we will have to maintain this high standard of play and guard against complacency.
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South Zone wary of Khuresia Gurgaon, February 25 This factor must be on the mind of the South Zone skipper and batsman M S.K. Prasad when they cross swords with Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy match at the Nehru Stadium here tomorrow. South Zone have former crafty India seamer Venkatesh Prasad, who has ample experience of playing at the international level, R.V. Prasad and Balaji Rao to contain the strong batting line-up of their rivals. Besides Khuresia, in Gagan Khoda, J.P. Yadav, Jyoti Yadav, wristy Mohammed Kaif and Raja Ali Central Zone have enough solidity in batting. Kaif is an agile fielder, besides being a dependable batsman. South Zone will be pinning their hopes on their strong batting line-up, which consists of a couple of experience campaigners like Hemang Badani, Vijay Bhardwaj, skipper himself besides the seasoned batsmen like J Arun Kumar and Daniel Manohar, to put up enough runs on the board. Arun Kumar and S. Sharath are heavy scorers in the domestic level. Wicketkeeper batsman M.S.K. Prasad, who has played for the country, will himself be too eager to get more runs under the belt to bolster his case for selection to the national squad. Central Zone, in fact, looks a more balanced side having a decent bowling attack which consists of former India seamer Harvinder Singh, young and promising Salabh Srivastava, who wrecked the strong North Zone batting line-up in an incisive spell, taking four wickets for 18 runs. Murali Karthik, deemed the most talented left-arm bowler in the country, makes the attack more balanced. A keen contest appears to be on the cards when the two teams clash tomorrow. South Zone: M.S.K. Prasad (captain), J. Arun Kumar, Hemang Badani, Y. Venugopalan Rao, S. Sharath, Arjun Yadav, R.V. Prasad, Venkatesh Prasad, K. Shabuddin, Vijay Bhardwaj, L Balaji, S. Sriram, Daniel Manohar, M. Suresh Kumar, D. Vijaya Kumar. Coach: G.J.J. Raju. Central Zone: Gagan Khoda (captain), Mohammed Kaif, Jyoti Yadav, Salabh Sivastava, Rahul Kanwat, Anup Dave, Raja Ali, J.P. Yadav, Murali Karthik, Harvinder Sngh, Amay Khuresia, Naman OJha, Devendra Bundela, P. Vivek. |
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Tough outing for India Kuala Lumpur, February 25 South Korea are no pushovers. Although minnows Cuba did give them a scare in the inaugural tie by taking the lead initially, the strong Korean resurgence only demonstrated their fighting qualities under adverse circumstances. India and South Korea last met in August, 2001, in this very ground during the Azlan Shah Cup when India lost 0-3. Prior to this, India lost to South Korea 4-5 in the Asia Cup final. But in the 1998 Asian Games, India beat South Korea twice —first 2-0 in the league and then 5-3 in the final. Commenting on yesterday’s match against Japan, former India captain and coach Vasudevan Baskaran, said the Indian attack lacked thrust and this was one reason why India failed to get the better of the Japanese. Talking to The Tribune here today, the former Indian captain said Japan, who drew with India 2-2 in their opening match of the World Cup, maintained a constant flow of attacks due to which the Indian players remained under pressure. “During the entire match, there was hardly any worthwhile move from the Indian side. Unless the team opens up its attacks, not much can be expected as every team in the World Cup has come well prepared. “Dilip Tirkey, Baljit Saini, Lajrus Barla, Thirumalvalavan , Sabu Varkey and Dhillon played below par,” he said. Coach Cedric D’Souza attributed the lacklustre performance to anxiety to do well. Since the boys were anxious to do well against Japan, they committed mistakes which hopefully would be rectified in the coming days, he said. Meanwhile, doubts linger about the fitness of Indian players going by the perfomance in the opener against Japan yesterday. Although questions relating to the fitness of midfielder Baljit Saini have occasionally been raised prior to the World Cup, especially after he left the training camp due to chicken pox, his performance against Japan yesterday has once again brought the issue to the forefront. Trainer Saju Joseph confirmed that doubts over Baljit’s fitness persisted prior to the team’s departure and it was initially decided to put him through the test here some time back but later it was decided that the entire team be put through the fitness test in which the reports were more or less ‘positive’. |
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Pak rally to down Belgium Kuala Lumpur, February 25 Later, in another match of the same pool, defending champions Netherlands laboured to a 2-1 win over Argentina with the match winner coming in the dying minutes. Led by Mohammed Sarwar, Pakistan played a cool but organised game, seldom betraying nervousness although they went into arrears at least twice in the stipulated period. As on many occasions in the past, it was once again the young Sohail Abbas, who emerged from the shadows to keep his side’s campaign firmly on track. Both the penalty corners that he converted brooked no resistance. The third goal by Khalid Saleem had class written all over it and his superb hit from zero angle drew praise from the team
manager, Brig Khalid Sajjad Khokhar, who, however, was not very happy with the start. “The boys appeared lazy initially and almost gifted the match away. But in the ultimate analysis, full points are better than goals,” he said. Today’s results Pakistan b Belgium 3-2; Germany b South Africa 3-0; Spain b New Zealand 3-1; Netherlands b Argentina 2-1. Belgium gave the former champions a scare early on when off a penalty corner, Vitali Kholopov scooped the ball home after a brief passing bout. But Pakistan fought back to wipe out the deficit through Sohail Abbas, whose expertise in short corners has come to be recognised in world hockey in the past few years. With the score tied at 1-1, Belgium were quick to grab the initiative on resumption when Xavier Brooke capitalised on a move by Maxime Luycx who had cut in from the
right. Pakistan defender Wasim Ahmed was a bit slow in reacting and in the melee that ensued, Xavier scooped into the roof making it 2-1. Pakistan once again drew level in the 41st minute and Sohail Abbas was once again the saviour when he converted the third penalty corner making it 2-2. And then followed the match winner, a brilliant attempt by all accounts by Khalid Saleem, who beat the Belgian defence and goalkeeper Vincent Denemostier hands down to give his team full points. The experienced Shahbaz Ahmed was the mainstay of the Pakistan attack through fine ball distribution along with Khalid, Kashif Javad, and skipper Sarwar Muhammad. Overall, Pakistan had six shots at the goal while Belgium had five. Defending champions Netherlands almost gifted away valuable points to a fighting Argentina when Teun de Nooijer snatched the match winner with an indirect hit off a penalty corner with hardly a minute to go for the buzzer. Argentina gave the Dutch an early shock as the experienced Jorge Lombi scored a field goal in the 11th
minute. Netherlands hit back with the equaliser six minutes later when Ronald Brouwer scored a field goal. After a series of misses, the match was almost drifting towards a draw when off the last penalty corner, Nooijer found the net to give his team full points. Raging favourites Germany kept their flag aflutter with a well-deserved 3-0 win over South Africa. All were field goals, with star forward Oliver Domke alone accounting for two. Displaying complete domination, Germany forged ahead in the 16th minute when Oliver Domke sounded the boards in unique
fashion. The second success followed in the 21st minute when Sascha Reinelt scored another field goal. With five minutes to go for the long hooter, Domke once again struck and scored a field goal to make the contest one-sided. Utrecht silver medallists Spain rallied to down New Zealand 3-1 after conceding an early lead. It was Umesh Parag who put New Zealand ahead with a field goal in the 10th minute but thereafter the Spaniards took over. Tuesday’s fixtures: India v Korea (1.35 pm
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WORLD
CUP DIARY Many dignitaries have registered their presence at the World Cup mainly to boost the morale of their national teams. Among the august gathering at the National Hockey Stadium, Bukit Jalil, today were Belgium’s Prince Philippe and his wife, Princess Mathilde, which perhaps provided the Belgians the inspiration to put up stiff resistance against Pakistan and perhaps with a little more luck the hockey minnows might have even carried the day but that was not to be. *** India’s lacklustre performance in the opener against Japan not only frustrated hockey fans back home but also foreigners like Bob, who had specially come from Perth to watch the match. “It was simply baffling. Seeing India on the defensive for long spells, was something which I had not bargained for. Hence I left the venue, “ said Bob, himself a league player in Australia. Many others ended up losing considerable sums in bets as India’s victory had almost been taken as a forgone conclusion. *** Experienced players like India’s Dhanraj Pillay and Pakistan’s Shahbaz Ahmed have been instant hits at the World Cup. Having already figured in the previous editions, both the stars can be easily identified and yesterday the loudest cheers were reserved for them whenever they dashed down the middle during the matches against Japan and South Africa, respectively, in quest of goals. *** Managing a big event like the World Cup is certainly an onerous job and the Malaysian Hockey Federation has already invited the fans’ ire over seating arrangements. A hockey enthusiast who had come to watch the Pakistan- South Africa match tore up his RM 500 ticket in frustration as he failed to find a seat earmarked for his category. No official was available to sort out the matter. *** An early morning wake-up call for the England team, who struggled to down Poland 1-0 yesterday in a drab encounter, had perhaps something to do with their performance. The English had requested for a wake-up call at 5 am but an over-enthusiastic hotel staff member woke them up at 3.50 am but luckily the visitors managed to carry the day thanks to Dave Matthews. |
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Winter Olympics come to end with a
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Salt Lake City, February 25 “People of America, Utah, Salt Lake City, you have given the world a superb games,” said Rogge yesterday before he issued the traditional closing declaration and summoned the youth of the world to assemble in Turin, Italy, for the 20th winter games in 2006. Missing from the closing ceremony where three athletes Rogge had ordered out of the games on final day for doping. Triple gold medallist Johann Muhlegg, a German who skis for Spain, Russian Larissa Lazutina, and team-mate Olga Danilova, were expelled for using blood doping substance so new it has yet to figure on the IOC list of banned substances. “There are new substances, there are new methods. We are tackling this very seriously and we think this is a very strong message to athletes — beware!” IOC Director-General Francois Carrard said at a press conference. Russians and South Koreans, who had threatened to boycott the ceremony over allegations of bias against their athletes, were out in force. After 16 days of competition, Germany topped medal table with 12 golds, 16 silvers and seven bronze for a record 35. Norway were second with 11 golds and the USA with a record 10 golds and a record total of 33 were third, their best ever tally and way exceeding their target of 20. Canada laid to rest their Olympic jinx and won their first hockey title in 50 years with a satisfying 5-2 win over arch-rivals the USA. All three drug cheats expelled from the games are nordic cross country skiers, engaged in a sport that places heavy demands on an athlete’s ability to endure. All three tested positive to the same substance, darbepoetin, a drug that boosts the body’s supply of oxygen to muscles. Muhlegg, (31) was ordered to hand back Saturday’s 50km gold medal but was allowed to keep two others he won prior to the doping test.
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Anand fails to find magic touch Linares, February 25 With this draw Anand became joint leader on one point along with Vallejo, Michael Adams of England, Alexei Shirov of Spain and world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine but he has played one extra game than Adams who defeated Ponomariov in his first outing in the tournament after a bye in the first round. Playing with white yesterday, Anand opened with the king pawn and faced in vogue Berlin defence in the Ruy Lopez opening. It was clear that Anand did not get a desirable advantage in the opening and had to strive hard in the queen-less middle game, typical of the opening. Opting to take control of the king side, Anand guided both his knights in the rival territory but Vallejo found his share of counter play in the central files with firm control on the queen side. The game, devoid of any excitement, was agreed for a draw after 29 moves with both players find it impossible to force a result. Ponomariov failed for the first time since his World Championship triumph last month and lost to Adams, who adopted his favourite Ruy Lopez opening with black pieces. Adams, got a slight advantage out of the Chigorin defence favoured by Ponomariov and started squeezing out the defensive resources in copybook fashion. Ponomariov’s queenside play was rather dangerous and he had to part with a pawn in the later stages of the middle game. The endgame with rook and bishops had some technical difficulties but Adams made it look easy with his masterly display. In the end Ponomariov lost a piece and got checkmated on the 76th move.
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Vasco overcome Bagan 2-1 Margao, February 25 With the win Vasco Sports Club jumped to the third spot with 21 points, registering six wins, three draws and three defeats. Mohun Bagan with 19 points from equal number of matches slipped down to fifth place below Indian Telephone Industries (ITI), Bangalore, which also have equal number of points. Vasco shot into lead in the 25th minute through Brazilian Rui Wanderely Weis, who headed the ball into the net following a flag kick by Satish Minz. The lead was short-lived as Bagan’s Nigerian Abdul Latif Sereki levelled the score in the 33rd minute of the first half off a pass from Brazilian Jose Romirez Barreto 1-1. After change over, the local team played with renewed vigour and increased their lead in the 56th minute through Rui Wanderely Weis off a penalty award. Vasco were awarded a penalty in the 56th minute by refree Manuel Pereira when Debjit Ghose handled the ball in the danger zone. Wanderely made no mistake in converting the spot kick. MUMBAI: Mahindras United today saved face with a goal three minutes before time to draw with an inspired JCT, Phagwara, 1-1 at the Cooperage. There were many red faces as JCT threw all the pre-match notions in the dustbin by scoring in the 27th minute. But taking the lead was not enough as the three Hardips — Gill, Sangha and Saini — who tormented the favourites no end in the first half. It was Jeevan Moras whose miskick gave Sangha an opportunity to breach the defence and toss the ball to Surjit for the header. The Mahindra equaliser came in the 87th minute after Anthony Pereira had effected a goal-line save of a Gill header. Steve Okolo stole a ball and floated it to Abhishek Yadav, whose header beat goalkeeper Arvind Kumar. BANGALORE: HAL avenged their defeat by beating lowly-placed Punjab Police 1-0 here. Striker Raja Baliev Nurlan headed home a lovely high cross from HAL skipper Sunil to score the all-important goal of the match in the 49th minute and the Kirgyzstan striker took his goal tally to six in this edition. HAL who had lost their away match to policemen, took their points tally to 21 to be placed behind Churchill Brothers and Mahindra United with 22 points each. Punjab Police continue to be at the bottom of the table with just four points. KOLKATA:
Salgaocar exploited a sloppy defence to trounce local challengers Tollygunge Aggragami 4-1at the Salt Lake Stadium here. Striker Sunday Seah fired in two goals while Alex Ambrose and Majek Bolaji chipped in with a goal each in a lop-sided contest which saw the home team give a rather poor account of themselves. Striker Akim Obolenle scored the consolation goal for the hosts. The Goans, keen to improve their position on the points table, turned on the heat from the very beginning and slammed all the four goals in the action-packed opening session. With this emphatic victory, Salgaocar have secured 20 points from 12 matches while Tollygunge remained static on 12 points from as many outings, having lost their last two matches. The Goans fired the first salvo as early as the 13th minute of the contest.
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Rushmi keeps hopes alive New Delhi, February 25 Rushmi’s victory on her favourite hunting ground came as no surprise as she hung around gamely, even when the going got tough, particularly after she lost the second set, to outgun her rival in a match dominated by baseline duels. After her singles victory, Rushmi partnered Sai Jayalakshmi to beat Chin-Bee Khoo of Malaysia and Radhika Tulpule of India at 6-2, 6-1. However, another talented Indian pair, Sheetal Goutham and Liza Pereira, were not that lucky as they were given a clean pasting by the second-seeded Korean pair of Houng-Ja Choi and Ha-Eun Kim at 1-6, 1-6. The day witnessed the crash of two seeded players in the singles as sixth-seeded Anne Keothavong of the UK was beaten by Camila Kremer of Germany 4-6, 2-6, 5-7 while seventh-seeded Shelley Stephens went down to Elodle Lebescond of France tamely at 1-6, 1-6. |
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Grewal, Gogna
triumph Chandigarh, February 25 Sixtyfour golfers from Ranjitgarh Golf Club, Patiala, Border Security Force, PAP, Jahan Khelan and Chandigarh participated in the day-long championship which was inaugurated by Mr D.R. Bhatti, Director-Principal of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur. J.S. Grewal returned a score of 75 while Balwinder Singh was second with a score of 77. In the best net competition, Dinesh Gogna was a comfortable winner with a score of 65 while G.S. Brar took the second position with a score of 69. In the ladies putting, Charanjit Gurm and Poonam Grewal won the first and second prize, respectively. In the team event, the first prize went to J.S. Grewal, Darshan Singh, Iqbal Singh and Balwant Singh with a gross total score of 237 while the second prize went to the team of R.S. Bajwa, Sukhvir Grewal, Chander Shekhar and SS Grewal whose gross score was 252. |
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Navpreet, Ravindra enter finals Chandigarh, February 25 The five-day meet is being organised by the Chandigarh Amateur Boxing Association in memory of late AK Mishra. Those who made it to the finals in various weight categories are: light flyweight: Ravindra Singh (Pun), Mukesh Chandra (MP); flyweight-Ratan Singh ( Pb Police), A Sharma (Cha-Y); bantam weight: Navpreet Singh (HP), Ram Khilari Yadav (Del); feather wt: M Singh (Assam Rifles) and R Singh (J&K); light weight: Divenar (Del), A Kumar (UP); light welter weight: M Kumar (CISF), D Temang (Megh); welter weight: Harvinder Kumar (Pepsu), Praveen Kumar (Har); light middle weight: Harpreet Singh, N Chaudhary (Cha-G), middle weight: V Chauhan (Har), Harjeet Singh (PP); lt heavy wt: PVL Narsimlu (AP), A Singh (CISF); heavy wt: N Kumar (Pun) and Anil Kumar (MP). |
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