 |
Tuesday,
October 1, 2002,
Chandigarh, India  
|
Rain forces India, Lanka to share trophy Chetan Sharma writes Hockey:
disjointed Indians subdue Hong Kong |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baichung
Bhutia’s brace keeps quarterfinal hopes alive Hopes
shattered in weightlifting Chinese
eying 2008 Olympics Tough
task for India in TT
Waugh
looking for runs against Pak Punjab
& Sind Bank lift hockey title Punjab boys lift Narang Cup Sodhi’s
century in vain Rohru
Sports Hostel defeat DFA
Former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu being honoured by Mr
J. R. Devgan, General Manager, State Bank of Patiala, at a function in Patiala on
Sunday. Prithipal
TT from October 5
|
|
Rain forces India, Lanka to share trophy
Colombo, September 30 India were placed at 38 for one in 8.4 overs in reply to Sri Lanka’s 222 for seven when rains disrupted the game. The match was being replayed today after it met a similar fate yesterday when play was abandoned with India at 14 without loss while chasing Sri Lanka’s 244 for five. Like yesterday, India succeeded in restricting Sri Lanka to a modest score and then also had a good start to their innings but were helpless against the rain gods. Following yesterday’s experience when veteran speedster Javagal Srinath bowled an expensive spell, India left him out today despite flying him from England to replace an injured Ashish Nehra for this final. They included leg-spinner Anil Kumble in his place, keeping in mind the turning nature of the track. Sri Lanka effected a similar change and brought in spinner Upul Chandana in place of Pulasti Gunaratne. The move seemed to have yielded results for the Indians as Kumble not only bowled an impressive spell, but also got rid of the dangerous Aravinda de Silva, who scored 27, an improvement over his yesterday’s score of 18 in his last match at home soil. The Indians had reduced Sri Lanka to 71 for four in the 17th over before the top-scorers Mahela Jayawardene and Russel Arnold rescued the innings with an 118-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
The two batsmen, who did not have much to show for in this tournament, denied the Indians any more success till the 46th over when Jayawardene got out after making a solid 77 with six boundaries. Arnold carried on and remained unbeaten on 56 off 101 balls. India had a much better start today with Zaheer Khan crashing through the defences of Sanath Jayasuriya to dismiss the Sri Lankan captain off the very first ball of the match. He very nearly sent back Kumar Sangakkara too when the left-hander, who exchanged his usual number three position with opener Marvan Atapattu, snicked the last ball of the over to Dinesh Mongia in the second slip. Mongia dived full length and got both hands to the ball but failed to hold on. Mongia compensated for his mistake in the eighth over when he took an equally spectacular catch off Ajit Agarkar’s bowling to dismiss Atapattu, who could make only 10 runs today compared to the 34 he had scored yesterday. De Silva, who hit Agarkar for 22 runs in an over, was the next man to go, caught by Mohammad Kaif off Kumble with the score on 63. Three overs later, India got the prized wicket of Sangakkara who was run out in a terrible mix-up with his partner Jayawardene. Sangakkara scored 26. India went through a couple of quite overs when they began their reply and even lost the wicket of Dinesh Mongia (O) who gave a simple catch to Jayawardene while trying to pull a shorter delivery from Vaas. But Sehwag soon came into his own and scored three boundaries before lofting Vaas for a stunning six over covers. He remained unbeaten on 25 off 22 deliveries while Tendulkar, who came at number three, was not out on seven. Scoreboard Sri Lanka Jayasuriya b Zaheer 0 Sangakkara run out 26 Atapattu c Mongia b Agarkar 10 De Silva c Kaif b Kumble 27 Jayawardene c Ganguly b Zaheer 77 Arnold not out 56 Chandana c Kaif b Harbhajan 1 Vaas c Kumble b Zaheer 17 Muralitharan not out 0 Extras: (nb-7, w-1) 8 Total: (for 7 wkts, 50 overs) 222 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-24, 3-63, 4-71, 5-189, 6-193, 7-215. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 9-1-44-3, Agarkar 5-1-36-1, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-34-1, Kumble 10-1-41-1, Sehwag 8-0-31-0, Tendulkar 8-0-36-0. India: Mongia c Jayawardene b Vaas 0 Sehwag not out 25 Tendulkar not out 7 Extras: (b-1, w-4, nb-1) 6 Total: (for 1 wkts, 8.4 overs) 38 Fall of wicket: 1-6. Bowling: Vaas 4.4-1-24-1, Fernando 4-0-13-0.
PTI  |
|
Chetan Sharma writes It may be ironical that today’s final was a repeat of the one which was played yesterday, but the overall result must have disappointed the Indian fans. Like yesterday, I could bet my money on India winning the match and the Champions Trophy before rain came down to spoil the party. So, we could not have a clear winner, though going by their game, India played the most outstanding of all teams in the Champions Trophy. On paper they were declared the joint winners with Sri Lanka but in their hearts even the Sri Lankans know they were lucky to get away again. Sri Lanka had to struggle to get to 222 for seven and India were 38 for one in 8.4 overs when it started to rain. I was hoping and praying for the rain to stop because a winner had to be decided of such a prestigious tournament. But unluckily the rain in Sri Lanka was in no mood to oblige the cricket fans. In situations like this you cannot blame anyone as the organisers must have tried their best to get the covers on the ground. But what can you do to the rain? I guess one thing which they could have done after yesterday’s experience was to play today’s final in the day after going through the weather forecast. It would have been possible for the final to be completed but in the end all is well that finishes well. India gained a lot from the tournament. Their batting is the best in the world at the moment, with guys like Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh capable of tearing any attack apart while Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Kaif can consolidate. One slot is open to competition and that is between VVS Laxman and Dinesh Mongia. Unfortunately, neither has been able to avail of the golden chances that they have got. Mongia was lucky that he got a chance to open the innings in the final but the shot he played today was very irresponsible. I hope he learns from this as he is a youngster and has a lot of cricket to play. Harbhajan Singh was the star of spin bowling while Zaheer Khan has also made rapid strides in pace bowling department. If the Indian bowling adds consistency, India will be favourites in the World Cup. |
|
Hockey: disjointed Indians subdue Hong Kong Busan, September 30 India led 2-1 at half time. For the winners, Gagan Ajit Singh, Jugraj Singh (two each) and Kamalpreet Singh (one) scored. Farooq Saeed reduced the margin for the losers. India should have won by much higher margin as Hong Kong hardly looked like a hockey playing team but the defending champions looked disjointed and made mess of several easy chances and in the process, their reputation. If the Indian continued to play like this, the defence of title for them will be a uphill task. There was no coordination, no moves and no tactics and if the Indians still won it was due to the fact that their rivals knew no hockey. Playing on a new poly grass turf, the Indian forwards lacked finish as they wasted many chances and need to improve upon their performance against runners up at the Olympics, South Korea, whom they are meeting on Wednesday. The winners went in to the lead in the 6th minute through Gagan Ajit Singh following a penalty corner. Daljit made it 2-0 in the 10th minute after getting a cross from Viren Rasquinha. Hong Kong reduced the margin in the 19th minute following a penalty corner conversion by captain Farooq Saeed. In the second session Jugraj Singh struck twice and Gagan Ajit once to seal the match in their teams favour. Indians used all the 16 players for the match, including Kamalpreet Singh, who had recovered from a minor back injury. Coach Rajinder Singh said that he wanted to try all his players and this was possible only in this match. “I am not happy with both the margin of victory and the performance of forwards and they lost lot of chances. However, it is a new turf and we need to get adjusted to the conditions,” he said. The coach admitted that Indians had midfield problems though the defence functioned well. “Overall, I am not satisfied with the performance and we should have won by a 10-goal difference. India started on a brisk note. After a few forays a move was created. Prabhot Singh’s shot from the left was obstructed by a defender and Gagan Ajit converted the resultant penalty corner. The winners dominated the proceedings and had more control of the ball but could not translate the advantage into the goals. They kept on attacking and went into the lead in the 11th minute. Viren Rasquinha moved down from the right and passed to Bimal Lakra who relayed it to Daljit. Daljit dodged past Akbar and Asif Ali to slam home the second goal. Being under pressure, Hong Kong team, consisting of four brothers from Pakistan, three Indians, two Chinese and two English, showed their inexperience in certain hard tackles and were warned by the umpire on a few occasions. In the 15th minute, Gagan Ajit Singh put Prabhot in possession and then the ball went to Daljit, who was brought down by Hong Kong goalkeeper Cheung Hin Kei. Kamalpreet Singh, who took the push, scooped over the cross piece. Midway through the first session, Hong Kong reduced the lead through Farooq Saeed. Following the third corner, Saeed’s direct hit went in past Devesh Chauhan. In the second half, Rajinder Singh brought in Bharat Chetri in place of Devesh Chauhan, shuffled the players in succession and tried out different combinations. For about 10 minutes the scheme of things were not working to India’s advantage as goal bound moves were far and few. In the 39th minute, India earned their second penalty corner and Dilip Tirkey’s shot hit Akbar on his chest and the resultant penalty stroke was converted by Jugraj Singh. There were lot of open spaces in the midfield but there were hardly any incisive moves by the Indian players. However, in the 44th minute, Ignatius Tirkey darted in into the circle and his cross towards the goal was deflected in by Gagan Ajit. Jugraj Singh completed the tally in the 47th minute.
UNI |
|
India win in hockey, football Busan, September 30 Captain and ace striker Baichung Bhutia led the Indian fightback scoring a brace to register a 3-1 victory against Turkmenistan, giving India a chance of qualifying for the quarterfinals.
UNI |
|
Baichung Bhutia’s brace keeps quarterfinal hopes alive Yangsa, September 30 Trailing by a solitary goal at the interval, the Indians regrouped well and slammed in three goals in quick succession to turn the table on their opponents in a fast-paced encounter. Captain Baichung Bhutia came to the rescue of the team yet again by firing in two goals which took his tournament tally to four. Forward Abhishek Yadav was the other scorer for the Indians, who were far from impressive in the opening session. Striker Vladimir Bariamov scored the lone goal for Turkmenistan, who are out of reckoning now having lost both their league matches so far. In their first match they had lost to favourites China. Desperate to win the match to stay in contention for a last eight berth, the Indians only had themselves to blame for conceding the first goal as they appeared a little tentative in the early stages of the match allowing their rivals too much room in the striking zone. Taking the field with the tag of underdogs, Turkmenistan left the Indians stunned when the hard-working Bariamov brilliantly headed home a corner kick in the 22nd minute, giving no chance at all to Indian custodian Rajat Ghosh Dasdidar who otherwise had a good day under the bar. The Indians, who had routed Bangladesh in the first match, were a pale shadow of themselves in the opening session and Turkmenistan enjoyed territorial advantage for most part of the 45 minutes. But the complexion of the game changed in a span of just two minutes in the second half which saw the Indians not only fetching the equaliser through star striker Bhutia but also taking the lead with Abhishek Yadav finding the target. The equaliser in the 54the minute was a brilliant effort from Bhutia, who always looked dangerous despite being tightly marked, as he ran in and booted the ball following a goalmouth melee after the Turkemistan custodian failed to collect the ball cleanly. Even before the celebrations had died down, the talented Abhishek put India in the lead just two minutes later as he placed the ball into the goal from close range. The rival custodian charged out to foil the move but a cool Abhishek made no mistake with his placement. Bhutia then clinched the issue by scoring the third goal 11 minutes before the long whistle displaying his dribbling skill to good effect. The captain dribbled past a rival defender and slotted in from inside the box much to the delight of his team-mates. With two successive victories in the championship, the Indians have kept themselves in the reckoning for a quarterfinal berth in the 24-team event. The top teams from each of the six groups will qualify to the quarterfinals while the two best second-placed teams will also make it to the last eight stage. The Indians will play their last league match against China on Thursday.
PTI |
|
Hopes shattered in weightlifting
Busan, September 30 Another triple gold medallist at the Commonwealth competitions Sanamacha Chanu suffered an injury in her right shoulder while making the second attempt in snatch and had to retire hurt. India’s medal hopes were pinned in this category as the country’s star lifters were on the stage but both disappointed. In a formidable field in which two lifters equalled the world record, Kunjarani totalled 172.5 kg (75 snatch, 97.5 clean and jerk) to be placed seventh. Though she lifted five kg more than what had fetched her three gold medals at Manchester, she was nowhere near Chinas Li Zhuo and Myanmar’s Thi Win Kay, both of whom lifted a total of 200 kg equalling the world record. Li Zhou, who won the gold, and silver medallist Thi Win Kay also improved upon the Asian and games snatch record. They improved upon the Asian record (87.5 kg) by 2.5 kg by lifting 90 kg and Games record ( 83.5) by 6.5 kg. Four-time world silver medallist, 34-year-old Kunjarani failed in her first attempt to lift 75 kg in snatch but managed it in her second. In her third attempt, he could not lift 80 kg. In clean and jerk, Kunjarani cleared 97.5 kg in her first effort but in the next two she could not muster enough strength to lift 102.5 kg. Gold medal winner in the fourth Asian Weightlifting Championship at Osaka in 99, Sanamacha lifted 77.5 in her first attempt. But trying to lift 80 kg in her second effort, she hurt her right shoulder and could not even lift 50 kg in her last effort. Coach Pal Singh Sandhu was disappointed with the lifters showing. “We were expecting a stray medal but the field here turned out to be exceptionally strong,” he told UNI after the event. The standard of weightlifting is much higher and tougher in Asia then compared to Commonwealth, he said adding that at Sydney Olympics the first four lifters in this event were all from Asia. He said during trials at Patiala Kunjarani had lifted 182.5 kg (80 kg in snatch and 102.5 in jerk) while Sanamacha had a total of 182.5 kg also (82.5 in snatch and 100 kg in clean and jerk).
UNI |
|
Chinese eying 2008 Olympics Busan, September 30 “The mission for the Chinese delegation is to secure a top finish in the goldmedals and medals standings and maintain our lead in Asia,” said Li Furong, deputy chef-de-mission of the Chinese delegation. “It will not be an easy job and we will work hard for it,” he told a press conference. China has sent its biggest delegation ever to the Asian Games, but nearly 80 per cent of the 685 athletes have never participated in an international sports meet, he said. “The average age of our athletes is 23.3 years,” Li said. “So our task is arduous and we are going to have to overcome a lot of difficulties if we really want to get good results.” At the last Asian Games in Bangkok in 1998, China won 129 gold medals for the top finish with South Korea and Japan standing second and third with 65 and 52 goldmedals respectively. Since debuting in the Asian Games in 1974, China has clinched the top place in gold medals and total medals five times. “We want to win medals, but we are also here to train our youth,” Yang Shuan, secretary general of the delegation said. “Winning gold medals is important, but to strengthen our younger athletes and give them sharper psychological preparation and training is also important,” he said. With South Korean and Japanese athletes increasingly appearing in top world rankings, China would be hard pressed to dominate as it had in the past, he said. In most of the 36 sporting events that Chinese athletes are competing in at the Asiad, a youth movement is well underway, including major sports like athletics, basketball, volleyball, badminton, gymnastics and swimming. “Of course it is a very important task to train our younger athletes, this is not only for the 2004 Olympics, but more importantly for the 2008 Olympics,” He Huixian, team spokeswoman said.
AFP |
|
Tough task for India in TT Busan, September 30 The two-member team comprising Subhajit Saha and Somyadeep Roy will find the going very difficult against their much stronger opponents as China, Japan and the hosts South Koreas were expected to maintain their dominance in the event. The withdrawal of ace player Chetan Babboor has been a big blow to India’s medal hopes forcing the Table Tennis Federation of India to send just two players to the games since the medal possibilities were greatly reduced. Baboor, who was the country’s main hope, pulled out to prepare for his final MBA examinations in the USA while the injury to another seasoned player S Raman compounded the misery of the Indians. Soumyadeep and Subhajit will take part in the singles and doubles events only while India will not field a side for the team event for which four players are
required. PTI |
|
Waugh looking for runs against Pak
Sydney, September 30 The 37-year-old senior batsman is under pressure to hold on to his place in the Test side after he and his twin brother, Steve, were dropped from the national one-day squad this year. “Yeah, I think I need runs,” Waugh told Australian Associated Press in Colombo, Sri Lanka, today ahead of Australia’s first Test against Pakistan that begins there this week. “Last summer I made a lot of 30s and 40s and realistically I need to make 100s or 70s and 80s so, yeah, I think I’ve got to make some runs. “But I’m not putting any more pressure on myself than normal, I’m just going to go out there and enjoy it and whatever happens, happens.” The series against Pakistan, which is being played in Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates because of security fears in Pakistan, precedes a five-Test Ashes series against England at home starting in November. Waugh said he had felt some pressure over the past couple of years, but will try to avoid negative thoughts before the Pakistan Test series, which starts on Thursday. “Before the game is when you’ve got time to think, especially in a place like this where there’s not a lot a do -you just try to have think positively,” he said. Working against Waugh in his quest for runs is his poor scoring record in Sri Lanka. Waugh has played six Tests in Sri Lanka for a total of 90 runs at an average of nine. “It just hasn’t worked out for some reason,” Waugh said. “I think I’m a pretty good player of spin but over here it just doesn’t seem to happen so hopefully I’m due to make some good runs here. “I don’t know what the reason is — normally we come here in August which is a tough time for us before the season has started.” Despite his desire to remain positive ahead of the start of the Pakistan clash, he took time to lash out at a British newspaper for a recent article claiming he had said he was “semi-bored” with cricket. “That was a typically ordinary piece of journalism,” Waugh said. “What I said was ‘One-day cricket can get a bit boring when you’re playing the same team six or seven times’. “Somehow that got misconstrued that I was bored with cricket — it was some diabolical piece of journalism.” Waugh said at the time that he wasn’t bored with playing the game but found it hard to watch and was tired of doing interviews.
AFP |
|
Punjab & Sind Bank lift hockey title Chandigarh, September 30 Having battled to a goal-less draw in regulation time, the two sides went for the crucial tie-breaker in which honours were even once again. As the match extended to sudden death and both teams converted one stroke each, team officials rushed forward with a proposal to share the trophy. However, it fell through on technical grounds. And then followed the fatal blow. As the bank men rushed forward to hug 'man of the match' and saviour Teja Singh, their goalkeeper, the army men trooped out with heads bowed, beaten though not disgraced. Displaying early domination, Punjab and Sind Bank, who last won title in 1998, launched a series of attacks with the defence manned by Rajinder Singh (Junior) and Sharanjit Singh, and midfield comprising Baljit Saini, Sandeep Ghuman, and Mandeep providing back-up support. In the absence of Olympian Sanjeev Kumar, who is injured, the attack was spearheaded by Parminder Singh and winger Ajit Pal Singh, and Baljit Singh Chandi. Signals, who won the title last year, were served well by Paramjit, incidentally adjudged the best forward, G. Dass, SK Tigga, and skipper I. Barla. The defence comprising Prem Singh, Avtar Singh and Pius Kujur also withstood the test with fortitude, thwarting many a PSB attack. Punjab and Sind Bank forced a penalty corner as early as in the sixth minute. Off the push by Sandeep, the ball came to Mandeep Ghuman who put Parminder in possession. However, Parminder failed to find the target. Signals, egged on by a sizeable crowd of army men in uniform, launched a counter attack through Paramjit but his fine attempt from the right proved abortive which was followed by another unsuccessful attempt by Punjab and Sind Bank's Ajit Pal Singh as Signals' goalkeeper Ramandeep padded the ball away. Another move of the bank men coming through Parminder and Mandeep also failed. Shortly before half time, PSB custodian Teja Singh brought off a fine save off a short corner. In the second half, Signals were on the offensive as Paramjit's attempt missed the target by inches. Punjab and Sind Bank also had a good opportunity when Parminder was within hand-shaking distance from the goalkeeper but he was dispossessed in the nick of time. Towards the end, Signals' Paramjit, who had moved in dangerously, looked threatening but his feeble hit was padded away by Teja Singh under the PSB bar. With the issue remaining deadlocked, the two sides went for the tie breaker in which Mandeep, Jatinder Pal, Ajit Pal Singh, and Rajinder (Junior) converted their strokes while for Signals P. Verma, G. Dass, Prem Singh and SK Tigga were on target. In sudden death that ensued, Ajit Pal Singh converted for Punjab and Sind Bank while Prem Singh put Signals on even terms. And then followed urgent confabulations over sharing the trophy which, however, did not bear fruit. The next minute G. Dass of Signals missed the stroke while Rajinder(Junior) dutifully converted to put the bank men on cloud nine. The Punjab Sports Minister, Mr Jagmohan Singh Kang, gave away the prizes. Ambuj was adjudged the best goalkeeper while Rajinder Singh(Junior) of Punjab and Sind Bank was declared the best full back. The best forward award went to Paramjit Singh of Signals while SS Gill of Chandigarh XI was declared the best half back. Northern Railway were adjudged the most well-behaved team. Teams: Punjab & Sind Bank: Teja Singh, Rajwinder Singh, Sharanjit Singh, BS Saini, Sandeep Ghuman, Rajbir Singh, Mandeep Ghuman, Baljit Chandi, Parminder Singh, Sanjeev Kumar Dang, Ajit Pal Singh, Maninder Singh, Jatinder Pal Singh, Sandeep Singh, Devinder Pal Singh, and Gurmit Singh. Corps of Signals: Ramandeep, Prem Singh, Avtar Singh, P. Verma, Pius Kujur, Pawan Maurya, Paramjit, Suresh Kumar, SK Tigga, G. Dass, Tarsem Singh, GC Prasad, I Barla, Jagdev Singh, DN Khushwaha, and Imran Khan. Umpires: Rajinder Gandhi and GS Sangha. |
|
Punjab boys lift Narang Cup Chandigarh, September 30 However, Delhi shuttlers won the maximum
honours. They won Shafi Quareshi Cup for girls by overpowering Haryana 2-0 while in the women’s section for the Chadha Cup, Delhi were given tough time by Rajasthan which the former were able to win 2-1. Earlier, in the Punjab- Haryana tie in the boys section, much was expected from Rohit Bhakar from Sonepat. But his opponent, tall and lanky Sahil
Arora, a DAV College, Jalandhar, student was in control of the game right from the beginning.
Rohit, however, managed to gather eight points in the first game. In the second game, Sahil kept Rohit on rallies and a few down-the-line smashes disturbed the Rohit’s rhythm who finally succumbed 8-15 to the spirited Punjab boy. In the first doubles, Sumit Dahiya and Rohit
Bhakar, the former National sub-junior champion began well when they won the
first game 17-14. But Punjab players Mayank Behl and Sahil bounced back in the game to take the second game to deuce at 14-14 and then collected three more points by playing a neat game to equalise the sets at 1-1. The decider was an easy task for Punjab players, who pipped Haryana 15-5. In the Rahimtoola Cup Delhi defeated Punjab 3-1. Results: Finals: Chadha Cup:
Gayatri (Del) lost to Saumya
(Raj) 11-7, 6-11, 12-13; Parul and Deepti (Del) b Saumya and Kavleen (Raj)
13-10, 11-4. Narang Cup (boys): Punjab b Haryana 2-0 (Sahil Arora (Pb) b Rohit Bhakar
(Har) 15-8,15-8; Mayank Behl and Sahil (Pb) b Sumit and Rohit( Har) 14-17, 17-14,
15-5. Shafi Quareshi Cup(girls): Delhi b Haryana 2-0 (Deepti Ranjan b Kannupriya 11-5 ,11-9; Deepti and Parul b Meenu and Anita 11-7,11-0. |
|
Sodhi’s century in vain Chandigarh, September 30 In a high-scoring match played at the Sector 16 cricket stadium, Punjab batting first put a seemingly tough 278-run total on the board. Sodhi held the innings together with his superlative knock of 112. He was ably supported by Ankur Kakkar, who chipped in with 63 off just 68 balls. Opener Munish Sharma scored 32 while wicketkeeper Pankaj Dharmani contributed 34. Chasing this total, MPCA were off to a rollicking start and new ball bowler Gagandeep Singh and Ishan Malhotra came in for heavy punishment from openers Mudasar Pasha and C.P. Sahu. When the latter departed after the completion of nine overs after playing a cameo of 29, which included six hits to the fence, 66 runs were already on the board. Pasha completed a breezy half century off 47 balls to further strengthen the MPCA position. Devender Bundela then combined with Nikhil Patwardan to see his side through in the 49th overs. Bundela score 82, while Patwardan scored 53. Unbeaten 72 by J Arun Kumar powered Bishnoi XI to an easy six-wicket win over Hyderabad in the other match at the PCA Stadium at SAS Nagar today. Batting first, Hyderabad gave a pathetic batting display and managed meagre 186 before the innings folded on the last ball of the stipulated 50th over. None of the batsman barring Ranji Trophy player Vinay Kumar could stay at the wicket and score runs. Clinging on to one end stubbornly Vinay kept on rotating the strike and hitting the odd boundary he kept the scoreboard moving. Before he was castled by left-arm spinner Deepak Joon, he had scored 72 to give some respectability to the total. I Khaleel was the other batsman to play well. He looked in fine nick and played a breezy knock of 35 off 32 deliveries to the total setting 187-run target for the rivals. Seamer Doda Ganesh was the most successful bowler and claimed three wickets, while medium pacer Narinder Negi took two wickets. Hyderabad had some success, having reduced Bishnoi XI to 60 for three with key batsmen Akash Chopra, skipper Vijay Dahiya and talented opener Gautam Gambhir back in the pavilion at one stage. Seasoned middle order batsman J. Arun Kumar took charge at this stage and in the company of Rashmi Ranjan Parida, another experienced campaigner, led his team to victory with a bonus point with plenty of overs to spare. Arun Kumar remained unbeaten on 72. His knock included 10 fours and two sixes, while Parida scored 40. Barring medium pacer N.P. Singh who scalped two for 29 in his spell of eight overs, no bowler could make any impression. |
|
Rohru Sports Hostel defeat DFA Patiala, September 30 DFA, Fatehgarh Sahib, stunned their rivals in the first minute of the match when veteran striker Ranbir Singh dodged his way past the onrushing goaltender to kick the ball home. However, the Fatehgarh team’s euphoria was short lived when stopper back Thaneshwar scored the equaliser after receiving a through pass from the left flank. Manmohan of DFA made it 2-1 for his team when his left footer brooked no resistance from the goalkeeper. Minutes later, Digvijay equalised for Sports Hostel when he managed to deflect the ball inside the netting. With both teams locked 2-2 after the end of regulation time, the tie-breaker rule was applied in which the Rohru boys scored four goals through Ravinder, Deepak, Narinder and Sunil Kumar. For DFA, Ranbir and Yadwinder were the scorers. In the other match of the day, Harbhajan Sports
Club, Mahilpur, beat Union club, Ambala, 3-0 with scorers for the Mahilpur team being Amarjit Singh, Dilbagh and Gurjit Singh. |
|
Navjot Sidhu honoured Patiala, September 30 Mr Paramraj Umranangal, SSP, inaugurated the tournament while Mr J. R. Devgan, General Manager, State Bank of Patiala, was the chief guest on the final day. Mr Devgan honoured Test cricketer and TV commentator Navjot Singh, Arjuna Awardee Balkishan Singh, hockey Olympian, Dr Sudhir Verma noted cardiologist and Harbans Virdi of The Tribune. Mr K. S. Nagra President and Mr Deepak Kampani, Hony Secretary and Mr Raj Kumar Singla, Treasurer of the club were also present on the occasion. Final results: Boys singles (4-13): Kanwalpreet b Jashanjeet 15-7, 15-8. Boys singles (4-16): Arjun Chawla b Ankit Singla 15-10, 15-9. Boys singles (4-19): Ripujit b Ankit Singla 15-9, 15-10. Men’s doubles (4-30): Pankaj & Karamjit b Amol Singh & Amit Jain 15-10, 15-12. Under 40 years Men’s doubles (4-40): Pankaj & Karamjit b Amol Singh & Amit Jain 15-10, 15-12. Men’s doubles (4-40): Bhupinder Verma & Anil Choudhary b J. S. Basin & Deepak Kataria 15-7, 15-10. Lucky doubles (Men): Bhupinder Verma & Pankaj Karamjit & Amit Jain 15-5, 15-2. |
|
Prithipal
TT from October 5 Ludhiana, September 30 In the three-day meet, players from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and Rajasthan will participate in the cadet, sub-junior, junior (boys and girls) as well as men and women singles categories. Attractive prizes will be given to the winners, the note said. Entries close on October 3 with Mr Jaspal Singh, table tennis coach, PAU, Ludhiana. |
 |
| Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir | Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs | Nation | Editorial | | Business | Sport | World | Mailbag | In Spotlight | Chandigarh Tribune | Ludhiana Tribune 50 years of Independence | Tercentenary Celebrations | | 122 Years of Trust | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | Suggestion | E-mail | |
In an anti-climax to the much-hyped mini World Cup, India and Sri Lanka were named the joint winners of the Champions Trophy after rains ruined India’s advantage once again and forced the abandonment of the final match for the second successive day here today.
Busan, September 30
