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Tuesday,
July 23, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Comprehensive
win for Indians Virender Sehwag to open at Lords Ganguly
keen to play for Lancashire again Darren Gough ruled out of first Test Hampshire
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Sri Lanka in record run spree Umesh
to head PCA junior selection panel
Ernie
Els clinches third title in play-off
Pele
knows nothing about soccer: Scolari Indian
football team for Vietnam Four
Punjab boys in probables’ list Joginder Singh dead Taekwon-do
meet results Pillay
to quit after Asiad?
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Comprehensive win for Indians Southampton, July 22 Chasing a target of 253, Hampshire innings folded up at 186 for nine shortly after lunch as one of their batsmen John Crawley did not come out to bat due to an upset stomach. Captain Robin Smith blamed the Indian curry that Crawley had on Saturday for his affliction. It was Anil Kumble who trapped John Tomlinson leg before for 23 for his fourth wicket of the innings to give India an early victory and almost a day off. Shaun Udal, who took six wickets in the match, was the topscorer in Hampshire’s second innings with 36. Resuming at their overnight score of 43 for two, Hampshire were in trouble when they lost Robin Smith (19) off the very first ball of the day. Smith tried to play forward a Sanjay
Bangar delivery and was adjudged leg before wicket. Bangar, the most successful among the bowlers with figures of seven for 67, made a strong claim for a place in the Indian side, which takes on England in the first of the four Tests at the Lord’s on Thursday, as he also topscored with an unbeaten 52 in India’s second innings. Though Hampshire batted marginally better than in the first innings when they were bundled out for a paltry 123, they have still a far way to go to achieve the victory target of 253, which now seems practically impossible. The Indian bowlers forced the hosts on the backfoot soon after start of the day’s play when they captured eight wickets for 129 runs. But Shaun Udal (25) and John Tomlinson (23) shared an unbroken 44-run partnership for the ninth wicket to delay an Indian victory. Hampshire, who resumed at their overnight score of 43 for two, lost a wicket off the very first ball of the day when captain Robin Smith (19) played forward and was adjudged leg before wicket to the most successful Indian bowler, Sanjay Bangar. Bangar, who claimed four wickets in the first innings, impressed yet again scalping three wickets for 27 runs. John Francis and Lawrence Prittipaul tried to stem the rot adding 37 runs for the fourth wicket. But Hampshire received a jolt when Francis edged a Tinu Yohannan delivery to wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra for 19. Hamshire’s efforts to manage a draw suffered a setback when the innings highest scorer Prittpaul (32) was castled by Anil Kumble. Kumble picked two more wickets, those of wicketkeeper Adrian Aymes (18) and John Hamblin (2) and Harbhajan Singh scalped Dimitry Mascarenhas who was caught behind after scoring five. Earlier yesterday preferring to risk a defeat rather than injury to their players on an uneven pitch, the Indians prematurely declared their second innings at 139 for four. Indians (1st innings):
236 Hampshire (1st innings): 123 Indians (2nd innings) Jaffer c Aymes b Prittipaul 32 Sehwag c Hamblin b Udal 22 Bangar not out 52 Ratra c Johnson b Hamblin 26 Laxman c and b Hamblin 0 Ganguly not out 1 Extras
(b-2, lb-1, w-1, nb-2) 6 Total (for 4 wkts 41.2 overs) 139 FoW:
1-29, 2-63, 3-125, 4-132. Bowling: Mascarenhas 2-1-5-0, Hamblin 7-0-44-2, Udal 19-5-43-1, Kendall 5.2-2-13-0, Prittipaul 8-2-31-0. Hampshire (2nd innings): Johnson c Sehwag b Bangar 0 Kendall c Dravid b Bangar 7 Smith lbw b Bangar 19 Francis c Ratra b Yohanana 19 Prittipaul b Kumble 32 Aymes b Kumble 18 Mascarenhas c Ratra
b Harbhajan Sing 5 Udal not out 36 Hamblin lbw b Kumble 2 Tomlinson lbw b Kumble 23 Crawley did not bat Extras:
(b-14, lb-4, nb-7) 25 Total: (46.2 overs) 186 FoW:
1-2, 2-18, 3-43, 4-80, 5-104, 6-109, 7-127, 8-129, 9-129. Bowling:
Bangar 10-1-27-3, Yohannan 7-1-28-1, Harbhajan Singh 12-3-55-1, Kumble 17.2-1-58-4.
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Virender
Sehwag to open at Lords
Southampton, July 22 Sehwag will open the innings alongwith Wasim Jaffer after Das struggled to get out of his wretched form which has haunted him since the West Indies tour. “Veeru is a special player. He has played well at the Lord’s and he could well get the opportunity there,” coach John Wright said here today. Sehwag, who opened the innings in the one-day series, scored 229 runs from seven matches at 32.71. “It (Sehwag opening the innings) has been an enormous plus for us,” Wright added. “He is a very positive player who will put pressure on the opposition if he gets the opportunity early.” Das was dropped from the team for the second first-class fixture against Hampshire, which the tourists won comfortably by 66 runs today. “Since Das has gone out of the side he couldn’t have survived at No 7,” Wright said. “He probably is one of our top six batsman. It is a matter of finding space for him,” Wright added. Space will be hard to find in the playing 11 for Das after the recent exploits of Dinesh Mongia and Mohammad Kaif. While the Orissa batsman struggled in the opening first-class fixture against the West India ‘A’, Mongia and Kaif, asked to stay back for the Test series, each struck a half-century to ensure a draw.
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Ganguly keen to play for Lancashire again London, July 22 “I did not have a good time with Lancashire in 2000. Probably I had played too much cricket and should have taken a rest, but I went there when the offer came because I always had an ambition to play the county game in England,” Ganguly was quoted as saying in ‘The Guardian’ today. Ganguly was also candid enough to admit that at that time he was a bit jaded. “I didn’t do myself justice. I want to put that right before I finish my career,” he said. The newspaper described the Indian skipper as “distant, aloof, cagey: socially, he is about as warm as a lump of halibut plucked straight from the freezer. And though the eyes smile with amused recognition at the direction questions might be heading, he refuses resolutely to be drawn.” Asked whether revenge is motivating his players in this series, particularly the banning of Virender Sehwag from one of the Tests the last time the teams met, Ganguly said: “I don’t think I should make a comment on that. It was in the past. Mistakes do happen and life goes on. That’s all I’d say.” On the lack of patience shown by his cricket board last winter, he said “It’s a high-profile job. People expect a lot out of you, and if you’re doing well, they are behind you. And if you aren’t then the pressures build up.” But then, the weekend before last, a couple of intriguing cracks emerged in the carapace Ganguly has worn since his arrival in England. In the adrenaline rush of his team’s amazing victory in the one-day series, Ganguly not only took off his cap, he let his hair down. He was seen dancing around on the balcony at the Lord’s screaming obscenities of victory. Clearly it meant a lot to him. There was history there, the report said. “The happiest thing for me is that we could celebrate our win at the Lord’s in the same way they did in Mumbai,” he said. “It’s competitive game and this is what makes it special.” Ganguly’s celebration made the point clear: this was a parody of Andrew Flintoff’s football-style celebration when the Lancashire player took the final Indian wicket to win a one-day game in Mumbai. Flintoff and Ganguly have regularly come into conflict and this was but the latest episode in a long-running spat. Even when attempting to dead-bat questions about Flintoff, he could not help himself from having a couple of sly digs. “When I first came he was a young boy trying to make his way, suffering with injuries, maybe overweight,” he says of Flintoff. “Now he is doing well, I’m happy for him.”
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Darren
Gough ruled out of first Test
London, Jul 22 England is already without Andrew Caddick (side strain), Marcus Trescothick (broken thumb) and Alex Tudor (shin splints) for the Lord’s Test, starting Thursday. Selectors were hopeful Gough would come through unscathed from his first championship appearance of the season for Yorkshire. But the right knee problems which have sidelined him for most of the season flared up again with Gough reporting pain and stiffness during the current Roses clash with Lancashire at Headingley. He will make a return visit to a specialist in Sheffield tomorrow. “This latest setback is very disappointing news for Darren and for the team,” chairman of selectors David Graveney said. “Everyone knows what an important member of the side he is and he will be sorely missed at Lord’s. “At this stage, we can’t look too far ahead as to what the prognosis might be for the rest of the series. We will simply have to wait and see what advice the specialist gives Darren and take it from there.” Gough’s absence means Simon Jones will almost certainly make his Test debut on Thursday.
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Hampshire
keen on Sachin London, July 22 “You have to go for the best if you want to compete with the likes of Surrey and Yorkshire and win the (county) championship. We have had Shane Warne on our staff. We want to attract the very best players. “Tendulkar is the game’s best batsman, so we are interested”, Mr Tim
Tremlett, Hampshire’s cricket director, was quoted as saying by The Mail. Mr Tremlett says they will very soon hold talks with the former Indian skipper.
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Aussies, S. Africa favourites: Waugh Kolkata, July 22 The star cricketer, who is on a two-day visit to the metropolis on charity work, however, hastened to add that none of the sides among the 16 participating nations could be counted out. “In limited over engagements, any team which plays well on a given day emerges triumphant. Moreover, the tournament is still about six months away during which all the sides will be playing a lot of matches,” he said. Waugh also referred to India’s victory in the just-concluded Natwest Trophy. “They played excellently in England”, he said. The Aussie, who has been dropped from his country’s one day side along with twin brother Mark, said he was trying very hard to make a comeback into the national squad. “I’ll use every opportunity to stage a comeback. I’ll be playing the first game for New South Wales in our domestic tourney soon and I’ll give my best,” he said. He said the Aussie selectors had picked up young players who were extremely talented. The Australian cricketer, who has a four-year association with Udayan, a home for children of the leprosy affected at Barrackpore near here, has returned to the city to select a suitable plot for a fresh philanthrophic venture. After having sponsored the construction of the girl’s wing of ‘Udayan’ - Nivedita Bhavan - Waugh now proposes to set up another home for daughters of leprosy patients along with a non-voluntary organisation ‘Calcutta Foundation’. “Two spots have been initially shortlisted. The final decision will be taken in consultation with Steve,” Foundation chairperson Shamlu Dudeja said.
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Sri Lanka in record run spree
Colombo, July 22 The stylish batsman smashed one six and 28 fours in his second Test double-century in 93 matches as the hosts recovered from 56 for three to post 541 for nine at stumps on the second day in reply to Bangladesh’s 161. Sri Lanka, resuming at 32 for no loss, went on to shatter England’s mark of 503 in a day against South Africa at the Lord’s in 1924. Aravinda was not the only batsman to thrive on a toothless Bangladeshi attack as skipper Sanath Jayasuriya also joined the run-fest with an aggressive 145 for his 10th Test century, which contained six sixes and 13 fours. The pair put on a record 234 for the fifth wicket, surpassing the previous best of 150 between Sidath Wettimuny and Duleep Mendis. Bangladesh (Ist innings): 161 Sri Lanka (Ist innings): Atapattu b
T. Jubair 20 Arnold c sub (Muntasir) b M. Islam 25 Jayawardene b Jubair 0 De Silva lbw b Haque 206 Sangakkara run out 75 Jayasuriya c sub (Ashraful) b
Haque 145 Jayawardene c Al-Sahariar b M. Islam 5 Fernando not out 31 Muralitharan c
Al-Sahariar b Haque 0 Fernando c Bashar b Haque 15 S De Silva not out 5 Extras
(w-2 nb-6 lb-6) 14 Total (for nine wickets) 541 FoW:
1-35, 2-49, 3-56, 4-206, 5-440, 6-447, 7-491, 8-491, 9-524. Bowling:
M. Islam 25-1-128-2, Jubair 21-0-120-2, Kabir 15-1-82-0, Enamul Haque 38-6-144-4, Bashar 9-0-43-0, Ehsanul Haque 3-0-18-0.
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Umesh to head
PCA junior selection panel Chandigarh, July 22 Local lad Monish Aggarwal, has played for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy and also played for India under- 19 versus Pakistan in 1990. The team had then comprised present Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Ajay Jadeja and Vinod
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Ernie Els clinches third title in play-off Gullane, July 22 The 32-year-old South African, who completed the 72 holes of regulation play with a one-under-par 70, had to survive a roller-coaster ride of emotion before sealing victory with a five-foot putt for par at the fifth extra hole. The twice US Open champion became only the third South African to win the third of the year’s four major championships. Bobby Locke won the Open four times between 1949 and 1957, while Gary Player — one of just three men to clinch the title in three different decades — triumphed in 1959, 1968 and 1974. Appleby and Elkington both exited the playoff after the first four holes following bogeys at the 18th, and Els and Levet then had to replay the 18th in sudden-death. Levet found a fairway bunker off the tee and Els ended up in a greenside bunker with his second, but the South African was able to save par while the Frenchman had to settle for a bogey-five. All four players had finished regulation play tied at six-under-par 278, Appleby shooting a 65, and Elkington and Levet matching 66s. Els, who led the field by two after Saturday’s difficult third round, seemed to have the a third major title firmly in his grasp when he moved three strokes clear with six holes to play. But the world number three bogeyed the 14th, double-bogeyed the short 16th and had to birdie the par-five 17th to join the playoff — the third in the last five British Opens. Els, whose US Open victories came at Oakmont in 1994 and at Congressional in 1997, gathered five birdies in all — along with a double-bogey and two bogeys — on a calm and sunny day. Appleby birdied six of the last 10 holes and Elkington, who only just made the second-round cut after opening scores of 71 and 73, picked up five birdies. Levet, aiming to become the first Frenchman to win the Open title since Arnaud Massy in 1907, booked his place in the playoff by holing a 35-foot putt from just off the green to eagle the par-five 17th. England’s Gary Evans, who was outright leader at six under earlier in the day, closed with a drama-filled 65 to finish tied for fifth at five-under 278 with Ireland’s Padraig Harrington (67) and Japan’s Shigeki Mauyama (68). Els, who struggled for accuracy off the tee for much of the final round, had to survive several testing moments as the last-day leaderboard fluctuated with regularity. Having teed off one stroke behind Evans — who was six under at that point after 14 holes — he bogeyed the par-four first after pulling his tee shot left into a bunker from where he could only splash out on to the fairway. His approach into the green left him with a par-saving putt from 20 feet, which he missed, but he regrouped with a par at the next and then birdied the 378-yard third hole after sinking a 20-foot putt. The South African was frustrated after missing a birdie-putt from just three feet at the par-five fifth but then moved one stroke in front when he sank a birdie-putt from four feet at the ninth. He birdied the par-four 10th after holing a putt from 12 feet and then hit a superb nine-iron approach to 10 feet at the 381-yard 12th to forge three clear of the field. Els then seemed to set to drop a shot at the par-three 13th when his six-iron off the tee found the first of two pot bunkers guarding the left of the green. But from a testing lie close to the bunker’s face, the smooth-swinging South African nearly holed out after producing a brilliant sand save for his par. He dropped a shot at the 14th after finding a fairway bunker and his lead was cut to just one with Appleby, Elkington Levet all safely in the clubhouse. But Els double-bogeyed the par-three 16th after pulling a seven iron to the left of the green, over-running his chip back and finally two-putting. Having been three ahead with six to play, Els was now one shot behind, but he birdied the 546-yard 17th and parred the last.
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Pele knows
nothing about soccer: Scolari Santiago, July 22 Pele took part in the ceremony at the end of the match at FIFA’s invitation but Scolari said in an interview published on Sunday that his players would have been happier without him. ‘’They didn’t want Pele to hand them the Cup,’’ Scolari told the Chilean newspaper La Tercera while on a skiing holiday in the Andes. ‘’If you talk badly about one person five times, you can’t expect that person to like you afterwards,’’ added the man known as Big Phil. ‘’I believe that Pele knows nothing about football. ‘’He has done nothing as a coach and all his analysis always turn out to be wrong. If you want to win a title, you have to listen to Pele and then do the opposite.’’ Scolari added that if Pele had visited the team in their hotel during the competition, he would have been given a cool reception. ‘’Pele didn’t believe in the players, nor in the coach nor in Brazil’s tactics,’’ he said. ‘’The players and the national team staff knew that if Pele turned up there, he would not be welcome. ‘’He was at the trophy ceremony because he is the best player in the history of football, he’s an idol in all of Brazil but his analysis are worth nothing.’’ Referring to Pele by his full name Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Scolari added: ‘’What he said went in one ear and out the other. The problem is that I didn’t know whether it was Pele or Edson who was talking. They are two different men.’’ Asked who he preferred, Scolari replied: ‘’Neither’’. Scolari said he had been strongly influenced by Marcelo Bielsa, coach of Brazil’s arch-rivals Argentina, in his decision to adopt the controversial 3-5-2 system which eventually helped Brazil win their fifth world title. ‘’His system showed itself to be very efficient,’’ Scolari said. Argentina, who began the tournament as favourites while Brazil started less fancied, went out in the first round. Scolari, who took over Brazil last year with the team in the doldrums and led them to the world title in only 13 months, said he still did not know whether he would continue in one of the sport’s hottest seats. He added that he would like to coach the Chilean national team — even though they finished bottom of the 10-team South American World Cup qualifying group. “It’s much better to work with a team which has nine places to go up than a team which is first and has nine places to go down,’’ Scolari said.
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Indian football team for Vietnam Kolkata, July 22 Talking to UNI, Mr Mitra said: ‘’The team is in superb condition and played quality football in the couple of camp games which they played among themselves in Jamshedpur. If I go by that, they will put up a good show. But there is certainly a big difference between the practice games and real matches.’’ “I am hopeful that this team will do well in Vietnam. Most importantly they have overcome the nervousness that they used to have in international matches earlier,’’ Mr Mitra said. The team would depend much on the inspirational leadership of Baichung Bhutia and the likes of Jo Paul Ancheri. “This team is not made up of prodigies, but we have footballers who graft and play an all out football. That is the plus point,’’ he said. He said players like Abhishek Yadav (forward), Tomba Singh, Sasti Duley, Mani Tomba Singh (all midfielders) and Mahesh Gawali (defence) were in flowing form in their respective positions. Stating that no player was indispensable, Mr Mitra said: ‘’If the players fail to perform they will have to forgo their places to others. You have to perform to be in the side.’’ Mr Mitra expressed complete satisfaction on the performance of the newly-appointed English coach Stephen Constantine. ‘’He is a young coach and demonstrates everything himself. The fact that he has not come with a big reputation makes him work harder,’’ he said. Talking about the fitness of the players, he said that it was not a concern and even Bhutia and Ancheri did not show any signs of discomfort during the practice matches. While Bhutia was recuperating from an injury he suffered during his tenure with F C Bury in England, Ancheri was injured in the final of the last IFA Shield when he was attacked by one of the forwards of Palmeiras F C of Brazil. Both will return to their national duty after long lay offs. Those who missed the bus to Ho Chin Minh were Dipankar Roy, Chandan Das and James Singh. The team will play its first match against Singapore XI on August 2, Vietnam XI on August 6. The semifinals of L G Cup will be on August 8 and final on August 10. Mr Mitra said he had plans to take the team to England on August 26 where they would play two matches on August 28 and September 2 against two English sides. Team:
Goalkeepers: Sangram Mukherjee, Rajat Ghosh Dastidar and Nasim Akhtar. Defenders:
Mahesh Gawali, Dipak Mandal, Satish Bharti, Samir Nayak, Debjit Ghosh and Arun Malhotra. Midfielders:
Mani Tomba Singh, Tomba Singh, Renedy Singh, K Ajayan, S Venkatesh and Sasti Duley. Forwards:
Baichung Bhutia (captain), Alex Ambrose, Bijen Singh, Jo Paul Ancheri, Avhishek Yadav and Praveen Kumar. Chief Coach: Stephen Constantine.
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Four Punjab boys in probables’ list Ludhiana, July 22 The SGFI conducted two-day trials here at the Punjab Agricultural University ground which concluded yesterday. More than 150 players from all over the country took part in these trials. Mr Negi, Mr P.S. Chhabra, Mr
R.K. Bhanot, Mr Vijay Kumar, Mr T.R. Chauhan , Mr C.R. Ram and Mr Kamikkar Singh were the members of selection panel. The probables: Ali Akhtar ( Uttar Pradesh), Swapan Mandal (West Bengal), Digvijay Singh (Gujarat), Pradeep Chandra (Andhra Pradesh), Rakindrejit Singh (Punjab), Prashantjit (West Bengal), Percival D Silva (Goa), Manjit Singh (Punjab), Pramod Mishra (Uttar Pradesh), Amarinder Singh (Punjab), Daniel (Andaman Nicobar), Vijay Singh (Delhi), Bharat Endhu (Delhi), M Srinivasan (Himachal Pradesh), Gopal Thapa (Chandigarh), Asqin Ajrekal (Maharashtra), Sandric Fernandes (Goa), Pardeep Kumar (Karnataka), Parkash Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Ajay Grewal (Haryana), Bikramjit Singh (Chandigarh), Intshar Alam (Maharashtra), Harish Patial (Chandigarh) and Sarpreet Singh Gill (Punjab). |
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Joginder
Singh dead Chandigarh, July 22 Meanwhile, the Grewal Sports Association has condoled the death of Joginder Singh PT. Mr Surjit Singh Grewal, President, and Mr Sukhvir Singh Grewal, chief organiser of Kila Raipur Rural Olympics, said in a joint statement that in the death of Mr Joginder Singh, the Rural Olympics had suffered an irreparable loss. Joginder Singh was a visionary, who inspite of his old age,
remained present throughout the last edition of the games held early this year. He was a great sportsman, a great sports organiser and above all the main moving spirit behind the success of this world renowned rural sports festival. Mr Rajdeep Singh Gill, Mr Teja Singh Dhaliwal and Mr B.S. Brar, President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Punjab Basketball Association, have also condoled the death of Mr Joginder Singh PT and described him as an “icon of rural sports who dedicated his entire life in promoting sports.” |
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Taekwon-do
meet results Chandigarh, July 22 According to Mr Satpal Singh Rehal, general secretary-cum-technical director, Punjab Taekwondo Association, Jalandhar secured the first place, while Muktsar finished second. Ropar got the third place. Mr Rehal said all winners in the above events would be allowed to take part in the 20th junior and
sub Junior National Taekwondo Championships to be held at Delhi from July 26 to 28. The winners in various weight categories in male section were Jatin, Sukhwinder, Ankush, Rajneesh, Manoj, Harjinder, Gurdeep, Vishal, Prince, Snehdeep, ladi Saini, Manish, Jaswinder, Jatinder, Vikas, Deepak, Harjot, Gurpreet, Amitoj Preet, Amandeep, Sunil, Neeraj, Aman Gobind, Bhupinder
and Sarfaraz Ali. In the female section, the winners were, Sachi, Manu Bala, Mamta, Mini, Nitu, Ramanpreet, Meena, Amarjeet, Isha, Amandeep, Gurpreet and
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Pillay
to quit after Asiad? Chennai, July 22 Pillay, who in the past had twice (after Sydney Olympics and the World Cup) announced his decision to retire from competitive hockey but continued to play, said he would quit international hockey but might play for clubs or his employer Indian Airlines.
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