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Sehwag slams century
Patel
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Azhar
longs to play 100th Test match ‘No
decision on affiliation’ India storm into
football final Rai
denies taking stimulant
Estonia decathlon athlete Erki Nool celebrates during the pole vault
competition at the European Athletics Championships in Munich
on Thursday. — Reuters photo
Resilience
helped us win: Bhangu
Tirkey
named skipper, Dhanraj returns 69-run
victory for Punjab
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Sehwag slams century
Nottingham, August 8 When bad light stopped play, India were 210 for 4 in 66
overs. Curbing his instincts of all-out attack, the 23-year-old, dubbed India’s ‘Tendulkar Mark II’, mixed attacking off-side shots with patient defence, holding the innings together as his more experienced team mates floundered. When he fell for a test-best 106, failing to move his feet and playing inside a straight ball from all-rounder Craig White, India had reached 179 for four during the final session at an increasingly gloomy Trent Bridge.
Sehwag, regarded until recently as a player best suited for
one-dayers and only in his seventh test, dominated a 74-run stand with Tendulkar for the third wicket after the loss of two quick wickets. Then, after Tendulkar contrived to get out to one of the worst balls of the day, he did the same with
Ganguly, the Indian captain reduced to a cameo as the pair put on 71. Sehwag came out after tea to get into the 90s with consecutive boundaries off debutant fast bowler Steve
Harmison, before reaching three figures with a flat-footed drive off the same bowler which burnt Michael Vaughan’s fingertips at point before reaching the boards. In all, he batted for four-and-a-quarter hours, hitting 18 boundaries in 183 balls. It was his second Test hundred. Ganguly was on 29 and Vangipurappu Laxman was on 22. For most of the first two sessions, England had looked in the ascendancy. Nasser
Hussain, having lost the toss, continued with his successful policy from the first test of slow death by strangulation. Apart from Matthew
Hoggard, the rest of England’s pace attack — left-arm spinner Ashley Giles was left out to accommodate Dominic Cork’s swing bowling — tried bowling well outside the off stump, daring the Indian batsmen to risk an injudicious stroke. They rarely did. So restrained was the action at times that there seemed a risk of stalemate, with only 61 scored in the 28-over morning session. By then the more ambitious
Hoggard, who took seven wickets in the first test, had added two more. Consistently threatening the stumps as he exploited the swing offered by the thick cloud cover, the Yorkshireman cut back his eighth delivery of the day to bowl Wasim Jaffer through the gate for a duck with just six on the scoreboard. Rahul
Dravid, who moments before had been squared up and beaten by a fine Hoggard leg-cutter, then shaped to drive but could only edge to debutant Robert Key at first slip to make it 34 for two. Dravid scored 13.
SCOREBOARD India 1st
innings: Jaffer b Hoggard 0 Sehwag b White 106 Dravid c Key b Hoggard 13 Tendulkar b Cork 34 Ganguly batting 29 Laxman batting 22 Extras : 6 Total
(for 4 wkts, 66 overs) 210 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-34, 3-108, 4-179. Bowling:
Hoggard 21-6-54-2, Cork 11-3-45-1, Harmisson 14-7-33-0, White 6-1-37-1, Flintoff 14-3-37-0.
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Patel youngest-ever Test keeper
Trent Bridge, August 8 A toe injury to India’s first choice keeper Ajay Ratra proved to be a blessing in disguise for Patel who earned his cap in the second Test against England which began at Trent Bridge today. Patel eclipsed Pakistani wicketkeeper Hanif Mohammed’s record which stood at 17 years and 300 days when he made his debut against India in New Delhi in 1952-53. Earlier, Budhi Kundaran had the distinction of being the youngest wicketkeeper for India having played his first Test match at the age of 21 years and 88 days. He had made his debut against Australia at Bombay in 1960. Hailing from Gujarat which has given India two of its best wicketkeepers - Kiran More and Nayan Mongia (both of whom play for Baroda) - Patel also becomes the third youngest ever to play for India behind Sachin Tendulkar (16 yrs, 205 days) and L Sivaramakrishnan (17 years, 118 days). He also becomes the 17th youngest among the Test cricketers worldwide. However, the baby-faced Patel will have to prove his prowess before the wicket first as India had elected to bat on winning the toss. The odds were heavily stacked against Patel as team sources had earlier indicated that Ratra, with a century against his name in the West Indies, would be preferred over the former who stands just 5 feet 3 inches in his socks. But destiny had it otherwise as Patel got an opportunity to prove his mettle at such a tender age and given the fact that the national selectors have yet to find the right man to fill the wicketkeeper’s slot, it has thrown open the doors for the youngster. But this also means that the job at Patel’s hands is a bed of thorns in a team which has seen ‘keepers come and go at regular intervals. And he will have to be extraordinary if he has to survive the axe. The only surprise inclusion in the England-bound Indian squad, Patel got the selectors’ nod even before he had played in a Ranji Trophy match. He was chosen purely on the basis of his stint at the National Cricket Academy and after visiting expert Rodney Marsh had spoken highly of him. Yet to appear for his 12th class examinations owing to his cricketing commitments, Patel burst on the international scene when he skippered India to the junior World Cup in New Zealand in January this year. Thereafter, he kept wickets for the Indian ‘A’ side on the tours of South Africa and Sri Lanka.
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Chetan Sharma writes India haven’t done all that badly when you look at the overcast conditions and a bowler-friendly pitch today. I know they have lost four of their main batsmen for a little more than 200 runs, but with conditions as a background, India couldn’t have asked for a better score than this. The man who made it possible for India was Virender Sehwag, the boy wonder. I know people had turned out for Sachin Tendulkar’s batting but it was Sehwag who stole the show. This was an innings of high quality from Viru and I am very happy for his scoring his second Test century. Despite his limitations, when asked to open India’s batting, Viru has produced two very brilliant innings. The big advantage with his opening the innings is that Viru is not afraid to play his strokes, even if the ball is doing something. He will not be lucky everyday and is bound to fail sometimes but fortunately today was his day and he mesmerized the spectators with his strokes. Had he stayed on for a longer period and remained not out when bad light stopped play, India would have been in a very strong position. But Viru played a casual stroke without moving his feet and lost his wicket. However, with Saurav Ganguly also recapturing some of his old form and V.V.S. Laxman continuing from where he had left at Lord’s India did not lose any more wickets. India’s run-rate today was upwards of 3-runs-per-over and should they bat out the first session tomorrow without losing many wickets, they should aim for a score of around 380-400. The ball is swinging and seaming and if India post that total, I am sure England batsmen would be under pressure as Ashish Nehra, Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar would be itching to go out and have a bowl. Sadly Tendulkar failed yet again. I feel sorry for him because he had done all the hard work and played a waiting game but, as has been happening these days, again fell in the trap set by England captain Nasser Hussain. Hussain had only two fielders on the on side for Tendulkar and forced him to try and pull from outside the off-stump. Tendulkar failed and as I was watching him walk back to the pavilion, I could see the anger on his face. I will praise India’s decision of playing Harbhajan Singh and Parthiv Patel in the team. Also Ganguly did the right thing by winning the toss and deciding to bat first. This must have surprised the England players as conditions were ideal for swing bowling but at the end of the day, India proved they were brave in their thinking. It started badly though when Wasim Jaffer missed the line of the delivery and Rahul Dravid also fell. Matthew Hoggard had been bowling well at that time but Viru decided to dominate. That really helped India as runs kept coming at a good rate. It also kept pressure on England. But the job is not finished yet and Ganguly and Laxman will have to bat sensibly tomorrow morning.
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Azhar longs to play 100th Test match
Trent Bridge, August 8 Azharuddin, who was served a life ban by the cricket board for his alleged involvement in match fixing, feels hurt for not being able to play his 100th test match because of an “arbitrary and biased” probe and wanted right-minded people to take a “close look” at his case. The former captain, who was in England for nearly three weeks, felt he was done in on the issue of match-fixing, when a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team named him as guilty and the cricket board banned him for life after its enquiry commissioner K. Madhavan held him and Ajay Jadeja guilty. “It will not be proper for me to make a comment on the subject. But right minded people should look closely at the issue and make up their minds,” he said. The former cricketer in his main petition had questioned the appointment and method of inquiry by
Madhavan, terming his probe, which formed the basis for initiating action against him as ‘malicious, illegal, arbitrary and biased’ and sought the inquiry report to be treated as ‘null and void’. He also questioned the cricketing experience of the then BCCI president
A.C. Muthiah, saying “he, being an industrialist, suffers from lack of experience or knowledge of the game”.
Azhar did not want to dwell in public on his legal fight against the BCCI on his ban as the matter is
sub-judice but wanted right-thinking people to look at the issue deeply and arrive at their own conclusions. The stylish batsman, meanwhile, is busy looking after his fitness and misses no opportunity to train at the Arshad Ayub Academy in Hyderabad. “Cricket has been my life and I am still crazy about it. I train hard and people who know me say I am fitter than when I was playing cricket,” said Azhar as he pondered over his improbable return to the Indian side. Azhar is grateful to his family and those who have stood by him in the past few years of extreme stress and said he is a person who likes to be positive at all times and move on in life. “I like to move on in life and be positive. I will only do what I can to the best of my ability”, he said. Having been in England in the last three weeks, Azhar didn’t see the Indians play in person but watched them on television nevertheless, catching up with his old friends, doing some charity work and even batting for a cricketer’s cause. “I made 25 or 30 in a charity game for a Middlesex player, Paul
Weekes, the other day. But primarily I was here to seek professional opinion on the health club I am planning to open shortly in
Hyderabad.” Azhar and his actress wife Sangeeta Bijlani have big plans for the health club, to go with the Azhar-Sangeeta Management Services
(ASMS) they have been operating for the last couple of years. The health club is going to be opened right opposite the Banjara Hotel in Hyderabad. It will be spread over an area of 7,000 square feet and will have top class facilities like spa, beauty parlour and professional gym, Azhar said. The last couple of weeks have seen past cricketers come out in open and support
Azhar, including those like former BCCI chief Raj Singh Dungarpur and Kapil Dev. “I think everyone owes Azharuddin an apology including the present Indian team,” Dungarpur had said in a cricket seminar organised in London during the Lord’s Test last week.
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‘No decision on
affiliation’ Mumbai, August 8 Speaking to reporters here after the meeting, Dalmiya said an order from the court restrained the board from discussing the agenda during the meeting as the issue of affiliation of these states was a sub-judice matter. “Netaji Cricket Club affiliated to Tamil Nadu Cricket Association filed a civil suit yesterday in the court asking for a stay on
discussion of the agenda. We are consulting our lawyers and we will take action accordingly within the next four weeks,” Dalmiya said. “In order to maintain the status quo we did not discuss anything officially,” Dalmiya said. “We will be sending our papers to the lawyers before the September 4 deadline, but as for now one has to respect the judiciary.”
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India storm into football final
Ho Chi Minh, August 8 The Indians will meet hosts Vietnam, who defeated Singapore by an identical margin in the other semi-final, in the final on Saturday. India, who led 1-0 at the breather, scored through Venkatesh (21st), Debjit Ghosh (48th) and substitute Bijen Singh (67th). India’s coach Stephen Constantine expressed happiness over the way his boys continued to improve on their performance in the tournament. “This has been a dream run for us. Starting from our 2-2 draw with Singapore, our 3-1 win against Vietnam U-23 and now this (semi-final triumph),” an elated Constantine said. The Indians played a very short defence today and attacked from both sides, leaving the ball for their forwards Baichung Bhutia and Alex Ambrose. It was from this Bhutia-Ambrose combination that Venkatesh got the ball in the 21st minute, beat two defenders and opened the scoring for India. After the opening goal, India completely dominated the field for the first half but failed to add on to their tally, taking the breather with a narrow 1-0 lead. The Indonesian side, which had fielded its six national players, tried to attack with a renewed vigour in the second half but the Indians outplayed them once again. Debjit Ghosh put India 2-0 ahead three minutes into the second half as the team went on the rampage looking for more goals. Substitute Bijen Singh gave India their third goal when he scored in the 67th minute to give them a comprehensive victory. The efficient Venkatesh was given the ‘most valuable player award’ at the end of the match. A goodly Vietnamese crowd enjoyed the game hoping for a feast when their team lock horns with India on Saturday.
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Rai denies taking stimulant Bangalore, August 8 Rai told reporters here that he had been taking normal food supplements in the last several years but had never taken a stimulant. “Winning the gold at the Commonwealth Games is not a big thing. I don’t require stimulants to win medals,” he said. Rai said he had never tested positive with these food supplements in the past, adding that he had been taking vitamins and ‘Ginseng’ and ‘Ashwagandha’ among others. Before leaving for Manchester, Sports Authority of India (SAI) had conducted a dope test and it was negative, Rai said. Stating that he had represented India on more than 16 occasions in the past like Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, Rai said he had undergone dope test 35 times and had never tested positive. Expressing shock over being tested positive, Rai said: “It (taking stimulant) is beyond my imagination. I am unaware of the fact.” To a question, he said he had not been stripped of medals. Medals that he won had been taken back by Director of Indian Olympic Association A.S.V. Prasad and they were with the latter now. Asked if some adulterated drug could have contained stimulant, he said he had not taken any new supplements and was sticking to the same ones he had been consuming over the past several years. He said there was no machine in India through which one can detect if the food supplements contained stimulant. Rai did not agree that India had been targetted for the random dope tests. “I don’t think so.” On a test for his ‘B-sample,’ he said the result of the first test had not been officially announced by the organisers in the first place.
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Time catches up with Drechsler
Munich, August 8 Time finally caught up with Drechsler, the 37-year-old double Olympic champion, who could only finish fifth behind the winner Tatyana Kotova of Russia. Another German veteran, former Olympic champion Dieter Baumann, was denied a dream comeback after a two-year ban for doping when unheralded Spaniard Jose Manuel Martinez held off his storming finish in a thrilling 10,000 metres. But the rainy second day of the European Championships belonged to Chambers, the 24-year-old who faced an inquest into his temperament after pulling up with cramp in the final of the Commonwealth Games. With the cramp resolved by the use of vitamin-packed drinks, Chambers remained calm through three false starts and then blasted out of his blocks and was never headed as he dipped under 10 seconds for the second time in his career. Nigerian-born Francis Obikwelu of Portugal was second in 10.06 sec and reigning champion Darren Campbell of Britain took bronze in 10.15 sec. Chambers’ time was a championship record and only 1992 Olympic champion Linford Christie, who won this title three times, has run faster among Europeans. More importantly it was the Briton’s first major title. “This is a good way to answer all my critics,” said Chambers. “I was even starting to doubt myself. After all the hype you start to get little doubts creeping in. “I was quite down after the Commonwealth Games. I had to prove to everyone and to myself that I am a championship performer. All the hard work has paid off,” Chambers said. Ekaterini Thanou won the women’s 100m in a lacklustre 11.10sec with Kim Gevaert of Belgium second in 11.22sec and Manuela Levorato third in 11.23. Despite the roar of the crowd in the Olympic Stadium, Drechsler’s best jump of 6.64 metres was 21 centimetres behind Kotova’s 6.85m. Jade Johnson, the Briton who is 15 years younger than
Drechsler, leaped to a personal best of 6.73m to add another silver medal to the one she won at the Commonwealth Games.
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Resilience helped us win: Bhangu Patiala, August 8 Bhangu now has his sights firmly set on the Busan Asian Games, where he will be the guiding force to enable Indian women to turn the silver won in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games into a gold medal. The coach, who returned from New Delhi today morning said the team, before leaving for Manchester had trained hard for the four-nation tournament and the three-Test World Cup qualifying series against the USA. “The returns were bound to come and everything fell in line during the entire course of the tournament”. Elated at the historic win, Bhangu revealed that for the final against England the team had chalked up an entirely different game plan. “We bottled up their star striker Jane Smith and put Shangai Chanu on the job to mark her. Moreover, we started with three forwards and this strategy flummoxed and England team management. We made Mamta Kharab push the ball during the penalty corners as she is strong on picking rebounds. Kanti Baa was in the staring line up as she is a good tackler. The plan paid off and we managed to slow down the game much to the discomfort to the rivals.” He said the team management and players were relieved when the Indians finished third in the pool as they avoided playing strong Australia in the quarterfinals. Speaking about mental toughness and fortitude, Bhangu disclosed that this trait was reflected in ample measure during the quarterfinal match against South Africa. “Because the girls were mentally tough, they managed to win the match despite being 0-3 down at one time.” However, he was angry about umpiring decisions that went against the Indians. “In my entire career as a coach. I have not come across such poor officiating, particularly in the final. Despite the fact some decisions went against us, we kept quiet keeping in view the sanctity of the prestigious tournament,” he said. In the final, when the New Zealand umpire disallowed the golden goal scored by Mamta Kharab, the chief coach added that it was a part of the team to immediately go for a victory lap even before the technical bench allowed the goal to stand in an attempt to pressurise the England team management. Bhangu also quoted the rule that says that “the game shall be prolonged to permit the completion of a penalty corner. For this purpose the penalty corner shall be considered completed when a goal is scored.” England lodged a protest that was dismissed, as it deserved to be. Despite the clear cut ruling, the England management even thought of going in for a second appeal. The chief coach was unhappy at the manner in which the team was made to stay in a hostel away from the games village. |
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Dhindsa, Randhir Singh back players Chandigarh, August 8 Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa said that he had written a letter to the Prime Minister urging him to make certain amendments in his order of cancelling all allotments of petrol pumps and LPG agencies made during the past few years. “On the lines of giving immunity to the next of kin of the Kargil martyrs, I have suggested that outstanding sportsmen and women should also be excluded from the operation of this order,” Mr Dhindsa said in his letter copies of which have been sent to the Union Petroleum and Sports Ministers also. Mr Dhindsa said that only yesterday he also made a suggestion to the Union Government that instead of giving cash incentives to the medallists of the recently concluded XVII Commonwealth Games at Manchester, it would be ideal if the gold medallists are given a petrol pump each and silver and bronze medalists get an LPG agencies. This suggestion was made in the presence of Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister, Ms Uma
Bharti, the President of the recently revived All-India Council of Sports, Mr Vijay Kumar
Malhotra; and the President of the Indian Olympic Association, Mr Suresh
Kalmadi. Mr Dhindsa, who is also the president of the Punjab Olympic Association, said that he was fully convinced that outstanding sportsmen and women should not be clubbed with other beneficiaries, who happen to be kith and kin of politicians and influential people. “These sportsmen and women have given their best to bring glory to the country. They have no political affiliations and as such deserve to be treated with dignity and honour. I am fully convinced that withdrawal of petrol pump from Saroj Bala or LPG agency from Hardeep Singh Grewal would be not only unfair but would have a great demoralising impact on the sports fraternity of the country,” Mr Dhindsa added. Expressing his strong concern over the PM’s order of cancelling all petrol pumps and LPG agencies allotted by the present NDA government, the Secretary-General of
IOA, Mr Randhir Singh, rang up The Tribune from London to say that the “IOA fully supported the case of outstanding sportsmen and women”. “It is indeed ironical that on one hand the country was felicitating outstanding performers of the recently concluded Commonwealth Games while on the other outstanding sportspersons of yesteryears were being disgraced by cancelling the means of livelihood provided to them in lieu of their valuable contributions of bringing glory to the country. The entire IOA is with these sportspersons, including Hardeep Singh Grewal and Saroj
Bala,” said Mr Randhir Singh. “On my return to India in a few days time, I am going to take up the case of these sportspersons with the authorities concerned,” said Mr Randhir Singh maintaining that while passing such orders, the government should have excluded sportsmen and women also on the lines of next of kith and kin of Kargil martyrs. Mr Randhir Singh also felicitated all those who won medals for the country in the Manchester Commonwealth Games. “It has been a fantastic performance by our athletes,
especially shooters, women lifters, wrestlers, boxers and women hockey players.” Agreeing that “controversy over doping has left a bitter taste in mouth after such a scintillating performance by the whole contingent”, Mr Randhir Singh said that he and the IOA were convinced that sports medicine experts (doctors) must accompany all those teams which were “highly prone” to “performance enhancing
drugs”. Inspite of our repeated requests, the government does not clear doctors to accompany each such team going abroad for participation in prestigious international sporting events, he added. Mr Randhir Singh was also bitter about the way Air India, the national flag carrier, handled the Indian Commonwealth Games contingent in general and for the return journey from Manchester in particular. “But for the timely help by the organisers in providing us transport from Manchester to London at the nick of time, the contingent could not have taken the flight back home within few hours of the conclusion of the closing ceremony,” Mr Randhir Singh said. |
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Tirkey named skipper, Dhanraj returns
Bangalore, August 8 Mercurial forward Dhanraj Pillay, who was not part of the team that took part in the recent four-nation tourney in Australia, has also returned to the squad. Indian Hockey Federation President K.P.S. Gill told reporters here that except for Sandeep Michael of Karnataka, who would be playing only in the four-nation tournament to be held at Amsterdam from August 22 to 25, the rest of the team would proceed to play in the Champions Trophy in Cologne from August 31 to September 8. A preparatory camp for the two tournaments is on at the Karnataka State Association Stadium. Australia, South Korea and The Netherlands are the other teams in the four-nation tournament. While in the Elite Champions Trophy India will compete with Australia, Germany, South Korea, The Netherlands and Pakistan. Gill said India would field “more or less” the same team for the coming Asian Games, adding, Chief Coach Rajinder Singh would continue in his post. The team: Goal-keepers: Devash Chauhan (IOCL) and Bharat Chetri (Karnataka). Deep defenders: Dilip Tirkey (Indian Airlines), Jugraj Singh (Punjab), Kanwal Preet Singh (Punjab), Dinesh Nayak (Tamil Nadu). Mid-fielders: S S Gill (BPCL), Viren Rasquinha (IOCL), Vikram Pillai (Mumbai), Ignatius Tirkey (Services), Bimal Lakra (Indian Airlines). Forwards: Dhanraj Pillay (Indian Airlines), Deepak Thakur (IOCL), Prabjot Singh (IOCL), Daljit Singh Dhillon (Punjab), Gagan Ajit Singh (Punjab), Arjun Halappa (Karnataka), Tejbir Singh (Punjab), Sandeep Michael (Karnataka).
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69-run victory for Punjab Chandigarh, August 8 Vikram Rathore won the toss and chose to bat first. Vikram Rathore 69 off 70 balls (7x4, 6x2), Ravneet Ricky 74 of 96 balls (5x4, 1x5) and Sandeep Sawal unbeaten 58 off 48 balls (2x4, 2x6) enabled Punjab to post 288 runs for 7 in the allotted 50 overs. The 6th wicket stand of 97 runs between Ravneet Ricky and Sandeep Sawal took the score from 158 for 6 to 255. Later Sawal and Gagandeep (15 of 8 balls) took the score to 288 without any further loss. Medium pacer Martin Suji with 3 for 54 of 10 overs was the most successful Kenyan bowler. In reply Kenya were shot out for 212 runs in 36.2 overs. Ravinder Shah 67 (48 balls) and Steve Tikolo 63 (67 balls) tried to match the Punjab’s imposing total. Punjab bowlers stuck to their task and won the match. |
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Haryana
b’minton Kaithal, August 8 The results:
U-13 (singles): Rahul (Hsr) b Naman Jindal (Sir) 15-5, 15-10; Rahul (Knl) b Abhishek (Kkr) 15-8, 15-7; Kritesh (Bh)b Gaurav (Kth) 15-5, 15-1’ Gaurav Bhatia (Fbd) b Vikrant (Ynr) 15-8, 15-9; Prateek (Roh) b Tapan (Snt) 15-7, 15-12; Rasik (Pkl) b Kaveesh (Kth) 15-1, 15-3; Puneet (Roh) b Prashant (Ynr) 15-2, 15-1; Arjun (Pkl) b Utsav (Kkr) 15-1, 15-5; Ashish (Bh) b Naveen (Snt 15-2, 15-4; Rahul (Bh) b Anurodh (Roh) 15-2, 15-2; Nikhil (Kth) b Saurabh (Sir) 15-11, 15-12; Dhruv (Pkl) b Sahil (Kkr) 15-2, 16-6; Sumit (Snt) b Ravikant (Sir) 15-7, 15-13; Mayank (Snt) b Aditya (Kth) 15-2, 15-2.
U-10 (singles): Rohit (Kth) b Rikhi (Sir) 15-3, 15-11; Shaunak (Fbd) b Akhil (Roh) 15-4, 15-12, Dhruv (Pkl) b Abhinav (Bh) 15-0, 15-4. |
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The Board of Control for Cricket in
India’s special general body meeting today could not take any decision
on granting affiliation to three new states — Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand
and Uttaranchal — due to a restrain order from Tamil Nadu High Court,
board President Jagmohan Dalmiya said.
Bangalore, August 8
