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November 16, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Dravid, Bangar turn tables on Windies
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Chetan Sharma writes Love continues to torment England Ahmedabad
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Salgaocar hold Churchill Bros Rock Rovers win, CISF overcome Signals Punjab, Haryana in super league Akwinder, Jagdev win gold Haryana XI, Northern Railway in final
MCM beat GCG in hockey Jr gymnastics at Gurdaspur Roller skating now medal event Titles
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Dravid, Bangar turn tables on Windies
Ahmedabad, November 15 Bangar, known more for his gritty role as a Test opener, produced a swashbuckling unbeaten 57 off just 41 balls with five fours and two sixes which helped India overtake the West Indies’ mammoth total of 324 for four with 2.2 overs to spare to record the third highest successful chase in the history of one-day cricket. The victory, which saw India equalise the seven-match series 2-2, revived memories of their stupendous win over England in the NatWest Trophy final at the Lord’s in July where the Indians had successfully chased 325. In a match played under unprecedented security due to fears of crowd violence, the batsmen on both sides produced the fireworks as nearly 650 runs were scored in less than 100 overs. The West Indies, invited to bat first by Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly who won the toss, piled up a mammoth 324 for four with Chris Gayle coming up with a big hundred. Gayle was at his destructive best, blasting 12 fours and five mighty sixes as he scored 140 runs off just 127 balls to register his second century of the series and third of his career. He had earlier made 103 in the second match at Nagpur. Ramnaresh Sarwan came tantalisingly close to his maiden international hundred before being left stranded one run short. Sarwan and Gayle put on 148 runs for the third wicket off just 153 balls that set the stage for a huge total for West Indies. However, India were equal to the task even after losing their openers, Ganguly and Virender Sehwag, early in the innings. Dravid, who is in excellent form these days, came up with a one-day century after a long time and remained unbeaten on 109 off 124 balls. His 103-run stand for the third wicket with V V S Laxman was the foundation that the home team utilised in the final overs to launch the final assault. Gayle and Sarwan set the ground ablaze with some lusty hitting and were associated in a 148-run stand for the third wicket which came off just 153 balls. Except off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who returned an exceptional figure of one for 30 in 10 ten overs, all the Indian bowlers took a severe punishment from the West Indian duo. Javagal Srinath went for 71 runs from his nine overs while Ashish Nehra conceded 53 from his five. In fact, the West Indies had raced to 80 without loss in the first 10 overs with Gayle already having completed his half-century off just 30 balls. It was left to spinners Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik to bring some sanity into the proceedings and India fought back well in the middle overs before the West Indian batsmen exploded again towards the end. The West Indies started on a sedate note, putting on 25 runs in the first five overs before Gayle began his pyrotechnics. He took 34 runs from Nehra’s third and fourth overs, hitting him for five fours and two sixes, and 15 from Srinath’s fifth, including two fours and a six, as the West Indian run-rate shot up to eight an over all of a sudden. Srinath sent back the other opener Wavell Hinds, caught by wicketkeeper Rahul Dravid for 26, but it was not before Harbhajan Singh and Kartik started bowling in tandem that India could apply brakes on the West Indian scoring.
Scoreboard
West Indies: Gayle c Kartik b Sehwag 140 W Hinds c Dravid b Srinath 26 Samuels run out 5 Sarwan not out 99 Chanderpaul c sub
Hooper not out 36 Extras
(lb-5, w-9, nb-1) 15 Total (for 4 wkts, 50 overs) 324 Fall of wickets: 1-80, 2-90, 3-238, 4-258. Bowling: Srinath 9-1-71-1, Nehra 5-0-53-0, Harbhajan Singh 10-1-30-1, Kartik 10-0-46-0, Ganguly 1-0-9-0, Sehwag 8-0-49-1, Yuvraj Singh 6-0-48-0, Bangar 1-0-13-0. India: Ganguly c Jacobs b Collins 28 Sehwag c Hooper b Dillon 4 Laxman run out 66 Dravid not out 109 Yuvraj c Hooper b Dillon 30 Kaif c Powell b Drakes 8 Bangar not out 57 Extras
(lb-2, w-8, nb-13) 23 Total (5 wkts, 47.4 overs) 325 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-45, 3-148, 4-209, 5-231. Bowling:
Dillon 10-0-65-2, Collins 9-0-60-1, Drakes 9.4-0-60-1, Hooper 9-0-61-0, Nagamootoo 9-0-62-0, Gayle 1-0-15-0.
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Chetan Sharma writes This Indian side loves chasing big totals in one-day cricket as they have shown recently. Today’s effort was a vindication of the self-belief the Indian batsmen have when they pace their innings, batting second. A target of 325 to win in 50 overs is never an easy task but the Indians have done it twice in the last four months so it means the opposition bowlers have to be wary of bowling to them, no matter how many runs they are defending. That is a good sign for Indian cricket. But what will be worrying the Indian think tank will be their bowling. For the fourth time in as many matches in this series, they have conceded so many runs. The spinners bowled slightly better but the fast bowlers were disappointing. Ashish Nehra has lost his rhythm and confidence while Javagal Srinath is inconsistent and without Zaheer Khan in the side, fast bowling is the grey area. It is time this problem is rectified because when India go to New Zealand and South Africa later, much will depend on the fast bowlers. Even the West Indians must be having the same thoughts about their bowling. They were slaughtered at Rajkot and today too. Sadly, the bowling standard of both the teams has been pretty low in this series, in contrast to the batting, which has been simply brilliant. Rahul Dravid was definitely the hero of the Indian win with one of the best one-day innings of his career but the win was achieved because those around him also contributed important runs without disturbing the momentum of the innings. After Virender Sehwag fell again to a short ball and Saurav Ganguly flattered to deceive, it was the batting of Dravid and VVS Laxman, which put India back in the game. I was very happy for Laxman because I think he will be crucial to the team’s fortune in the World Cup. India have experimented too much with the No 3 position but it’s time it is restored to the best claimant, Laxman. As for Dravid, he is enjoying his cricket and deserves all the accolades for his consistency. Even Yuvraj played well but it was the batting of Sanjay Bangar, which must have gladdened the hearts of the Indian team. He was a completely different batsman from the Test series where he only knew how to defend. Today, he hit powerful and sweetly timed shots in his valuable knock to take the pressure off Dravid in the closing stages. Well played Bangar! The West Indians were unlucky to have lost as their batting had done all the hard work. It also shows that today’s cricket has to be a team effort and if one department fails, defeats are common. Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan were one again brilliant but what use their knocks if their bowlers allowed the Indian batsmen a comeback.
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Love continues to torment England Hobart, November 15 Love again tormented England, smashing an unbeaten 201 as the Australians cruised to 353 for three declared off 75 overs on the first day of the three-day match. England, needing to find some answers after last weekend’s 384-run pummelling by Australia, were 50 for one in reply at the close. After hitting an unbeaten 250 for Queensland against England a fortnight ago, Love continued to underline his status as the best top order batsman outside the Test team. England rested three of their frontline bowlers, Andy Caddick, Matthew Hoggard and Ashley Giles, but they did use two of their formerly walking wounded, Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff, and replacement Alex Tudor. Two of the three are likely to be picked for the second Adelaide Test. Chris Silverwood, who was flown out from England this week another replacement, was made 12th man and is presumably not in the Test frame. The pace attack’s performance left assistant coach Graham Dilley exasperated. “On a flat track you have very little margin for error,” the former England fast bowler said. “You need discipline, patience and luck and we’re nowhere near any of those.” Love agreed the English bowlers didn’t make the most of the early conditions, bowling too short and wide. However, he warned that Harmison, with whom he’s played at Durham, could turn matches on his good days. Harmison was by far the quickest, but consistency was not his forte. Love said he didn’t know how close he was to a Test debut. “All I can do is keep scoring runs and putting pressure on the guys in the team,” said Love, who faced 243 balls and hit 25 fours in just 301 minutes. Acting captain Marcus Trescothick continued the English habit of sending the Australians in and again lived to regret it. In a willing opening burst on an initially lively Bellerive Oval wicket, Tudor and Harmison gave England early heart. Matthew Elliott had an unhappy return to this level when a rising Tudor delivery crunched into his right elbow on the first ball of the match. He needed stitches, but an x-ray cleared him of serious injury and he could have returned to the crease. Shortly afterwards Tudor caught Jimmy Maher’s edge and the Australia A captain was gone for six. But once the first hour was weathered, the bowling attack fell away and Love and Greg Blewett, who was not at his fluent best, put on 140. Blewett was bowled by Craig White for only 25 but England’s woes continued when 21-year-old Michael Clarke arrived. Clarke played beautifully, at times contemptuously, underlining his future Test potential. Love and Clarke piled on 123 in 112 minutes before the NSW batsman, having rushed to his half century with two fours off Tudor, skied a slog. The appearance of Marcus North simply lifted the scoring rate further and it was the Western Australian lefthander who provided the final fireworks. Before the declaration ended the slaughter, he rushed to 33 with an on-drive over the boundary rope followed by a reverse sweep for four. England lost Michael Vaughan for eight when he inside edged Brad Williams on to his stumps. But Trescothick (5) and the aggressive Mark Butcher (30) survived until stumps without serious alarm.
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Ahmedabad ODI sidelights Ahmedabad, November 15 Extremely tight security measures in the wake of the stone-pelting incidents in the last three ODIs, too, was one compelling reason for the spectators to line up so early in the day. Nine-year-old Mukul Mulchandani, who along with his elder brother and father, was braving the scorching sun and the jostling crowd for three hours to get entry into the stands before the match began, said, “Cricket ke liye kuchh bhi kare ga.” (I will do anything for cricket). Local residents meanwhile, struck gold as they made brisk business selling drinking water, placards and other facilities to the cricket fans, as the spectators were waiting to enter the stadium. The 55,000 capacity stadium was jam packed well before the actual match began. When Ganguly won the toss, the spectators greeted him by shouting the recently introduced slogan of the soft drink giant Pepsi ‘Sou-ran Ganguly’, which means hundred runs Ganguly. In the backdrop of incidents of crowd disturbances in the earlier one-dayers played so far, the Gujarat Cricket Association president Narhari Amin went around the stands urging the crowd to enjoy the cricket but not to bring disrepute to the venue and the state.
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Hewitt on top despite adversities
Shanghai, November 15 The 21-year-old baseliner had to fight with all his famous grit and intensity right up until this week’s season-ending Masters Cup to hold off veteran American Andre Agassi for the prestigious title of 2002’s top ranked player. It was a typically tough, dogged 12 months for Hewitt after he became the youngest player in history to finish the year ranked number one when he won the 2001 Masters Cup edition in Sydney. Hewitt, then aged 20 years and eight months, took the honour from American Jimmy Connors, who was 22 years and three months when he finished the 1974 season as the world number one. Since his Sydney triumph he has never fallen from the top ranking, despite a terrible start to the year after contracting chicken pox. Only three other legends of the sport have been able to hold on to the number one ranking for a full calendar year — Connors, Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras. Hewitt officially recovered from the chicken pox in time for the Australian Open in January but battled a depleted immune system to eventually lose to Spaniard Alberto Martin in the fourth round. His courage then was overshadowed by controversy when he accused his conquerer of “shocking” gamesmanship for taking an injury time-out at a crucial stage in the match. The controversy faded eventually but the effects of the chicken pox lingered for the entire season, and his health hit a new low immediately after crushing David Nalbandian in the final at Wimbledon in July. “I put everything, mentally and physically, into winning Wimbledon this year and the day after Wimbledon I hit a wall and I haven’t been able to bounce back as well as I would have liked,” Hewitt said ahead of this week’s Masters Cup. The Wimbledon triumph gave him his second Grand Slam title, following his US Open victory in 2001, and he made no secret of the fact that winning on grass at the All-England Club was a childhood dream come true. Aside from Wimbledon, Hewitt won three other titles, including the Wimbledon lead-up at Queens for the third year in a row, equalling the achievement of American great John McEnroe. Hewitt narrowly failed to defend his US Open crown, losing to Agassi in the semi-finals 6-4 7-6 (7/5) 6-7 (1/7) 6-2, but he declared himself proud of reaching that far following his continued health problems. Hewitt played 20 tournaments this year, including the Shanghai Masters Cup, raking in more than $ 2.5 million for a career prize pool of almost nine million dollars. However, he was never able to shake off Agassi until the Masters Cup, which is the final tournament of the year and open only to the top eight players in the world. Agassi had to win the tournament to overtake Hewitt but failed to make it out of the round robin stage with two consecutive losses. A devastated Agassi fronted the Press after losing to Juan Carlos Ferrero in an epic battle last evening and paid tribute to his young rival. “Obviously Lleyton has had a great year,” Agassi said. “He’s again proven himself to be the best out there and that’s not easy to do especially the way he plays the game so a lot of credit to him.”
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Salgaocar hold Churchill Bros Margao, November 15 For Churchill, Yakubu Yusif in the 19th minute and Tikken Singh in 24th minute scored while for Salgaocar Sunday Seah scored in the 4th minute and Bungo Singh in the 71st minute. At half time Churchill were leading by 2-1. In a
closely contested and fast pace match Salgaocar surged ahead as early as in the fourth minute of the first half through Sunday Seah when Alex Ambrose unleashed a powerful shot, Churchill goalkeeper Edward Ansah failed to grip the ball properly and it slipped from his hands and moved towards Sunday Seah who pounced upon the opportunity and shot into the net 1-0. Stung by the reverse, Churchill roared back into the game and
restored the parity in the 19th minute of the first half through Yakubu Yusif off a cross from Rajesh
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Rock Rovers win, CISF overcome Signals New Delhi, November 15 The highlight of the
Chandigarh team’s facile win was the two superb field goals by
Kamlesh in the 21st and 55th minutes. Gurtej Singh (18th min) and Manmohan Singh (70th min) struck the other goals in the one-sided match which saw the steelmen trailing 1-2 at half time. Mahabir Singh (27th min) was the scorer for SAIL. In other hard-fought matches, Central Industrial Security Force overcame a stiff challenge from Corps of Signals 2-1 while Indian Universities defeated Air Force 6-4 via the tie-breaker. Down
by a field goal by Corps of Signals’ S.K. Tigga in 18th minute of
the match, CISF men found the equaliser when Cyril Ekka converted a
penalty stroke in 40th minute. Parambir scored the decider for CISF in
45th minute. In the other match, the tie-breaker was resorted to after both the sides were locked 2-2 during the scheduled time. Hardeep Singh scored a brace for the Universities while Neeraj Sahu and Mukesh Kumar struck for Air force in the regulation time. In the tie-breaker, Jitandra Kumar, Hardeep Singh, Yogindra Grulia and Satish Kumar sounded the board for the universities while Neeraj Sahu and Nambi Raj converted for Air Force.
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Punjab, Haryana in super league Madhuban, November 15 In the first match of the super league, Punjab beat Tamil Nadu in a well contested match. In the first quarter, Tamil Nadu were leading by three points. Punjab players came back fighting in the second quarter and the score was 30-24 in favour of Punjab. In the third quarter again Punjab missed the crucial basket in the beginning and Tamil Nadu were leading 42-41. But experienced Punjab players Jasbir Sharma and Pawan Kumar took early three point baskets in the fourth quarter and took their team out of danger zone will 13 points. At the end of the match, the score was 63-49 in favour of Punjab. In the second super league match, hosts Haryana beat Gujarat in a well contested match 83-61. From the very beginning, Gujarat took a slender lead of 13 points i.e. 26-13 in the first quarter. Haryana fought back to reduce the lead by six points in the second quarter. The score was 40-34. But in the third quarter Haryana came back fighting with the help of his experienced players Raman and Sanjay and took a slender lead of 13 points. In the fourth quarter, Gujarat almost surrendered and the score at the final whistle was 83-61. In other matches, Haryana beat West Bengal 71-39, Tamil Nadu beat Rajasthan by 54-49 and Gujarat beat Orissa by 64-45. |
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Akwinder, Jagdev win gold Ludhiana, November 15 Akwinder Kaur, of Spring Dale School, Khanna clocked 1.07.74 to win the 400m hurdles in the U-19 years category while in the 200 m in the boys U-19 years event, Jagdev Singh, of Guru Teg Bahadur School Khanna, took 22.00 seconds to win the gold for Ludhiana. Results: Boys (U-19): 400m hurdles 1- Ranjodh Singh (Jal) 52.20, 2- Pawan Deep Singh (Ldh) , 3- Bhupinder Singh (Gdp). girls: 1- Akwinder Kaur (Ldh) 1.01.74, 2- Niharika(Ldh), 3- Harpreet Kaur (Asr). Girls (U-19): 200m: 1- Mandeep Kaur (Jal) 26.50, 2- Amanjot Kaur (Rpr) 3- Akwinder Kaur (Ldh). U-17 200 m: 1- Mandeep Kaur (Asr) 26.40 ,2- Jaspreet Kaur(Sng) 3- Pawandeep Kaur(Ldh) Girls (U-14): 200m: 1- Rajpreet Kaur Saini (Jal) 27.50, 2- Amanpreet Kaur (Rpr), 3- Vishali Bansal (Bth) . Boys (U-19): 200 m: 1- Amarjit Singh (Asr) 22.50, 2- Amandeep Singh (Asr) 3- Jaswinder Singh (Ldh) . Boys (U-14): 200 m: 1- Harjinder Singh (Sng) 23.80, 2- Labh Singh (Bth) , 3- Malkit singh (Sng). U-19: 200 m: 1- Jagdev Singh(Ldh) 22.00 secs,2- Bhupinder Singh (Srr) , 3- Sukhpal Singh (Jal). Girls (U-19): triple jump:1- Veerpal Kaur(Moga ) 9.98 m, 2- Nirmal Kaur(Srr), 3- Kiranpreet Kaur (Asr). U-17: 1- Paramjit Kaur (Srr) 10.08 m 2- Gurdeep Kaur (Nws), 3- Navjit Kaur (Asr) Boys (U-19): 1500m: 1- Mandeep Singh (Jal ) 0.4.08.09, 2- Parminder Singh (Kpt ),3- Prneet Singh (Asr). girls: 1- Iqbal Kaur (Hsp) 4.48.00, 2-Sukhjit Kaur (Bth) 3- Baljit Kaur (Rpr). Girls (U-19): javelin throw: 1- Kulwinder Kaur (Asr) 32.42m, 2- Ramandeep Kaur(Asr) , 3- Patwant Kaur (Asr). hammer throw-1- Gurvinder Kaur (Asr),44.22m, 2- Ramandeep Kaur (Ldh), 3- Ramandeep Kaur (Asr). Girls U-17 javelin throw: 1- Jashandeep Kaur (Mansa ) 27.92 m, 2- Seema Rani (Fzr), 3- Tina
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Haryana XI, Northern Railway in final Jalandhar, November 15 In the men’s section defending champions Punjab and Sind Bank will meet Bharat Petroleum at the Burlton Park stadium. In
the first semifinal in the women’s section Haryana XI defeated
Chandigarh XI 3-0 to enter the finals. Haryana XI striker Harjinder Kaur converted a penalty corner in the 21st minute. She increased the lead scoring the second goal again through a penalty corner, in the 26th minute, making it 2-0. Chandigarh XI got three penalty corners in the 3rd, 16th and 31st minutes, but failed to avail them. In the second half the match started at a slow pace mounting pressure on the Chandigarh XI team led it to confusion, resulting in wrong passes. Taking advantage of this confusion Haryana’s international player Balwinder Kaur scored a field goal through a direct hit in the 56th minute to make the final score 3-0. Haryana XI got 14 penalty corners while Chandigarh XI managed only six. In the other semifinal, Northern Railway entered the final after defeating Punjab XI 5-1. In a well-played game the scoreboard lighted up when Manpreet Kaur of Punjab XI opened her team’s account in the eighth minute. The game was stopped for a few minutes in the 10th minute due to an argument between Punjab XI players and umpire H.S. Sangha over a goal scored by Northern Railway. Neha of Northern Railway converted a penalty corner in the 14th minute to equalise for her team. Sita Gossain then converted a penalty corner in the 29th minute to sound the board, making it 2-1 at the end of first half for Northern Railway. Increasing the lead further to 3-1, Neha struck again through a penalty corner in the 39th minute. During the match the frustration of losing was clearly visible on the faces of Punjab XI players. With another field goal through Kiran in the 46th minute Northern Railway strengthened their lead. Finally, with a last-minute field goal by Raminder Pal in the 66th minute Northern Railway won 5-1. Schedule for Saturday: Finals: Women: Haryana XI vs Northern Railway 11 am. Men: Punjab and Sind Bank vs Bharat Petroleum 2 pm. |
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MCM beat GCG in hockey Chandigarh, November 15 Mandeep of MCM DAV College scored two goals through penalty corners in the 19th and 32 minutes while Jyoti Bali scored field goals in the 25th and 60th minutes to complete the tally. Jyoti Gupta scored the lone goal for GCG in the 32nd minute. Results: Women: hockey : MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, b Govt College for Girls, Sector 11 (4-1); Govt College for Women, Ludhiana, b GGS College for Women, Chandigarh, (2-0); Kho-Kho : GGS Khalsa College for Women, Kamalpura b GGS Khalsa College for Women, Jhar Sahib (14-4); Govt College for Women, Ludhiana b GGD SD College, Hariana, (23-1); Govt College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh, b GGS Khalsa College for Women, Kamalpura, (15-0); GGS College for Women, Chandigarh b DAV Girls College, Garhshankar, (19-0); Govt College for Women, Ludhiana, b MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, (8-3). Men: basketball : Panjab University campus, Chandigarh, b GGD SD College, Chandigarh (67-60); DAV College, Chandigarh b Govt College, Ludhiana, (70-42); Panjab University campus, Chandigarh, b Govt College, Ludhiana (77-66); DAV College, Chandigarh, b GGD SD College, Chandigarh, (71-52). |
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Jr gymnastics at Gurdaspur Chandigarh, November 15 Capt Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister, Punjab will inaugurate the championship on November 27 at the indoor gymnasium, civil lines, Gurdaspur. Trials to select the Punjab teams will be held at Gurdaspur on November 19 and a coaching camp for the selected gymnasts will also be held there from November 20 to 26. During the championship the Indian boys team for participation in Tufit Peter Memorial Cup to be held at Kiskunhalas (Hungary) will also be selected. |
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Roller skating now medal event Chandigarh, November 15 The discipline of roller skating has been included at the request of Dr Chander Babu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, and vigorous efforts of Mr Abhey Singh Chautala, president, Haryana Olympic Association and vice-president, Indian Olympic Association. The selection trials for these events will be held at DAV School, Sector 17, Faridabad at 11 a.m. on November 19. All eligible skaters have been requested to attend these selection trial. |
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Titles
for KU Kurukshetra, November 15 Amrita of Delhi University was declared the all-round best rhythmic gymnast while Gargi Chamola and Pooja Chauhan of KU were second and third.
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