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Windies cruise to
five-wkt win
Ganguly vows to come back Chetan Sharma writes
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Flower, Campbell hold up
Pak charge
McGrath keen to bowl with Gillespie Mohanty rocks Punjab with early wickets BSF pip CISF 1-0
in hockey DU rally to hold Meerut varsity Sihari defeats Santosh
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Windies cruise to five-wkt win
Baroda, November 18 Gayle hit his third century of the series as West Indies bettered India’s score of 290 for eight with seven balls to spare, continuing the trend of teams batting second successfully chasing big totals. However, it was Gayle’s opening partner Wavell Hinds who laid the foundation for the successful run chase by West Indies, hitting a blistering 80 off just 61 balls, including 10 fours and five sixes. Gayle, who had played a similar blazing knock in the previous match at Ahmedabad, was completely overshadowed by his partner, later declared Man of the Match, before taking on the baton to lead West Indies to a fluent win in a match reduced to 48 overs a side due to a delayed start caused by overnight dew. Gayle made 101 off 107 balls with 10 fours and three sixes before endeared caught behind in a debatable decision. India will now have to win the next two matches in Jodhpur and Vijayawada to clinch the one-day series. Earlier, the home team rode on fine half-centuries by V V Laxman, skipper Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag to post a competitive total. Laxman top-scored with 71 while Sehwag truck a characteristic 52 off just 39 balls. Ganguly chipped in with 52 runs. The chinks in the Indian bowling were exposed yet again as Gayle and Hinds shred the home team attack into pieces. Lakshmipathy Balaji had a nightmarish start to his international career, being hit for 44 runs from four overs while Javagal Srinath was taken for 42 runs from six overs on a pitch that was offereing some help to the spinners. India used as many as nine bowlers but only left-arm spinner Murali Kartik and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh were effective. Kartik claimed his first one-day wicket when he dismissed Ramnaresh Sarwan and finished with impressive figures of 1-38 from his 10 overs. Harbhajan Singh took two for 53. Gayle, who had hit centuries in Nagpur and Ahmedabad too, and Hinds flayed the Indian attack in the first 14 overs, taking the score to 126 without loss when the fielding restrictions were removed. Hinds indulged in the big hitting, raising his ninth one-day 50 off just 32 balls with nine fours and two huge sixes. He was particularly severe on the spinners as he repeatedly came out to loft them over the ground. It was Sehwag who finally got rid of Hinds when the batsman miscued a sweep shot and top-edged an easy catch to Ganguly. The first wicket partnership produced 132 runs in 17 overs. Just three runs were added to the West Indian total when Harbhajan Singh foxed Marlon Samuels with an away-going delivery that the batsman failed to read and edged for Ganguly to take a spectacular diving catch in the slips. The fall of two quick wickets saw India pull themselves back into the game but Gayle and Sarwan fought back with a 83-run stand for the third wicket. PTI Scoreboard India: Ganguly b Hooper 53 Sehwag c Chanderpaul Laxman c Hooper b Collins 71 Dravid c Gayle b Samuels 33 Kaif c Sarwan b Collins 4 Yuvraj c Hooper b Collymore 15 Bangar run out 27 Kartik c Jacobs b Collins 11 Srinath not out 3 Harbhajan not out 1 Extras: 20 Total: (for 8 wkts, 48 overs)290 FoW: 1-88, 2-134, 3-212, 4-223, 5-232, 6-254, 7-285, 8-286. Bowling:
Collins 9-0-60-3, Drakes 3-0-17-0, Collymore 10-0-56-2, W Hinds 1-0-16-0, Hooper 9-1-41-1, Gayle 8-0-44-0, Samuels 8-0-47-1. West Indies: Gayle c Dravid b Harbhajan 101 W Hinds c Ganguly Samuels c Ganguly Sarwan c Ganguly b Kartik 34 Chanderpaul run out 8 Powell not out 30 Hooper not out 21 Extras:
(lb-3, W-9, nb-4) 16 Total: (5 wkts, 46.5 overs) 291 FoW:
1-132, 2-135, 3-218, 4-239, 5-239. Bowling: Srinath 6-0-42-0, Balaji 4-0-44-0, Bangar 1-0-6-0, Harbhajan 10-1-53-2, Sehwag 9.5-0-55-1, Kartik 10-0-38-1, Yuvraj 3-0-18-0, Laxman 1-0-8-0, Ganguly 2-0-24-0. |
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Ganguly vows to come back
Baroda, November 18 Ganguly said he was confident of the team winning the matches at Jodhpur and Vijaywada. “We will get our act together and come back in to the series,” he said after West Indies successfully chased India’s 290 with five wickets in hand and seven balls to spare to take a 3-2 lead in the seven-match series. Ganguly, however, underlined the need for him and his opening partner Virender Sehwag to bat through responsibly and not throw away their wickets. “The openers will have to do the job. We can’t leave things half-way. One of us ought to put on a hundred.” On today’s match, Ganguly said “pulling back was difficult” once they gave away too many runs in the first 15 overs. “We had to pick up wickets if we were to stay in the game but they played well. “I think we should have defended our total as 290 was a good score,” Ganguly, who scored 53, said. But triumphant West Indies skipper Carl Hooper said he felt a score of 290 was “perfectly gettable”. “In fact after the first 15-20 overs, the game was perfectly set up for us,” he said. But Hooper admitted they gave away a 20 odd runs more to India. “We wanted to contain the Indians to 270. But 290 also was perfectly gettable”. Though teams batting second have gone on to win matches in this series, Hooper said the team did not lay much emphasis on the toss. “Bowlers on both sides are not bowling well. Pitch has not been assisting them.” “We have a lot of in-form batsmen on both sides but the bowlers have been going for runs. They can show better reuslt by bowling wicket to wicket and hope that fielders latch on to the catches offered by the batsmen,” he said. Man-of-the-match Wavell Hinds, who hit a quickfire 80 off 61 balls, said the gameplan was to accumulate as many runs as possible and have enough wickets in hand in the last 20 overs. “I enjoy batting with Chris Gayle. We have a very good understanding and love each other’s game,” Hinds, who hit 10 fours and five sixes in his blistering knock, said. PTI
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Ganguly
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Baroda, November 18 Ganguly wanted to take rest due to a back problem and vice-captain Rahul Dravid will lead the team in his absence, the Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary S K Nair said. The selectors, who met here today after the fifth one-day international, recalled off-spinner Sarandeep Singh and all-rounder Reetinder Singh Sodhi in the 15-member squad while also including Ajit Agarkar, who was dropped after the first three matches. All-rounder J P Yadav and Tamil Nadu paceman Lakshmipathy Balaji, both of whom failed to impress in the matches they played, were the players dropped from the side. Squad: Rahul Dravid (capt), Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, V V S Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Javagal Srinath, Ashish Nehra, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Sanjay Bangar, Sarandeep Singh, Parthiv Patel.
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Chetan Sharma writes It was another forgettable day for the Indians as the West Indies took a 3-2 lead in the seven match one-day series. Again, like in all the previous matches, the team batting second won the match, which underlines the fact that bowling for either side has lacked any penetration. After India had won in the NatWest series in England and finished joint winners in the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, much was expected of them in this series. Afterall, India had won the Test series without any competition from the West Indies, but who would have reckoned that the Indians would be left fighting to save the one-day series? It was another high scoring match and even after scoring 290 in 48 overs, the Indian bowlers could not defend the total. It was the same old story actually. What can one say, except that the West Indian team has shown that the Indians still have some weak areas to look after. The Indian bowling is not supporting the efforts of their own batsmen and this will put more pressure on the team in future too. Maybe they are tired of too much cricket in recent times but they only have to look after their fitness. In today’s match, the Indian spinners bowled according to the situation but the fast bowlers let the team down. I know L Balaji is a newcomer to the side and was playing in only his first match, but he was the one who allowed the West Indian openers off to a flying start. Both Wavell Hinds and Chris Gayle have been in great form in the series and while Gayle scored his third century in five matches, Hinds played a smashing innings of 80. They took the game away from the Indians. The selectors, however, should give Balaji another opportunity owing to two reasons. He sure is talented enough despite the stick he got today and the second reason is that India don’t have many fast bowlers at the domestic level to make a dent at the international level. Ashish Nehra, Ajit Agarkar and to an extent Javagal Srinath have been below their best in the series, so there is need for a couple of young fast bowlers breaking through the ranks and coming good. Batting, as usual, was good as Saurav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag gave India a brisk start. VVS Laxman began slowly but played pleasing shots to improve the scoring rate later on while Rahul Dravid was impressive in his brief stay at the wicket. But as I have been maintaining, India’s problem is their bowling and not batting. There is no use putting up big scores when we can’t defend them. India have now to win both the remaining matches if they are to win the series. That is still possible but it will depend only on the bowlers. |
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Sangakkara misses ton
Centurion,
November 18 When bad light and a looming
thunderstorm stopped play 28 overs early, Sri Lanka were 180 for three
in their second innings, a lead of 55, with Mahele Jayawardene 40 not
out and Hashan Tillakaratne yet to score. South Africa were earlier
dismissed for 448 in their first innings, with captain Shaun Pollock
left stranded just a run short of his third Test century. There was
a 20-minute delay shortly after tea as umpires Daryl Harper and
Russell Tiffin called for the floodlights to be turned on as thunder
clouds gathered in the distance. Even once the lights were fully
functional, visibility was poor, but Sangakkara and Jayawardene turned
down the offer of bad light in favour of extending Sri Lanka’s lead.
It did not work in their favour, however, as shortly afterwards
Sangakkara was superbly caught down the leg side off Makhaya Ntini by
wicketkeeper Mark Boucher. At the start of play Pollock moved from
78 to 99 with the minimum of bother, pulling Muttiah Muralitharan over
mid-wicket for six and intelligently protecting No 11 Ntini from the
strike. With his captain needing one run for his century, Ntini
tried to drive Chaminda Vaas over mid-off and was caught by Russel
Arnold for eight. Pollock looked to the heavens in frustration
before heading for the pavilion. His undefeated 99 came in just over
four hours, during which he faced 170 balls and struck nine fours and
two sixes. Sri Lanka (Ist innings): 323 South Africa (Ist innings):
(overnight 421-9) Smith lbw b D.Fernando 15 Gibbs run out
92 Kirsten c H.Fernando b Kallis H.Fernando
84 Prince c Sangakkara b Vaas 20 McKenzie lbw b Gamage 28 Boucher c
and b Gamage 63 Pollock not out 99 Hall lbw b Murali 0 Elworthy c
Tillakaratne b Ntini c Arnold b Vaas 8 Extras
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nb-5 w-4) 23 Total 448 FoW: 1-45, 2-71, 3-211, 4-219, 5-258, 6-264,
7-396, 8-400, 9-408. Bowling: Vaas 33.3-7-81-2, Gamage 22-2-71-2,
D.Fernando 27-0-91-2, Muralitharan 57-10-133-2, H.Fernando 18-5-45-1,
Mubarak 2-0-6-0, Jayawardene 2-1-2-0, Arnold 5-2-5-0. Sri Lanka (2nd
innings): Atapattu not out19 Mubarak c Boucher b Ntini 15 Sangakkara
not out 11 Extras (b-8 lb-1 nb-1) 10 Total (for one wicket) 55 Fall
of wickets: 1-23. Bowling: Pollock 5-4-8-0, Ntini 8-2-20-1, Elworthy
3-0-18-0. (Scoreboard incomplete) Reuters
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Flower, Campbell hold up
Pak charge
Bulawayo, November 18 Zimbabwe began their second innings with a
deficit of 225, and they were 171 for five at stumps — still 54 runs
short of making Pakistan bat again. Andy Flower was alone at the
crease on 13 after Hamilton Masakadza prodded the last ball of the
day, bowled by off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq, to Yousuf Youhana at silly
point to be dismissed for 16. Yousuf Youhana scored 159 out of
Pakistan’s first innings of 403, with which they replied to
Zimbabwe’s 178. (Zimbabwe Ist innings) : 178 (Pakistan Ist
innings): (overnight 295-5) Umar c Taibu Elahi b
Olonga 27 Khan lbw b Blignaut 52 Haq b Price 11 Youhana b Price
159 Raza b Olonga 4 Akmal lbw b Nkala 56 Saqlain c sub (Coventry) Sami c Campbell Waqar c Ebrahim Akhtar not out 9 Extras: (b-10 lb-5 nb-8 w-2 pen-5) 30
Total: 403 Fall of wickets: 1-63, 2-64, 3-82, 4-209, 5-225, 6-346,
7-374, 8-387, 9-387 Bowling: Blignaut 22.4-5-75-2, Olonga 20-3-69-3,
Price 51.3-13-116-4, Nkala 25-5-93-1, G. Flower 10-4-26-0, A. Flower
0.2-0-4-0. Zimbabwe (2nd innings): Ebrahim lbw b Waqar 7 Vermeulen
lbw b Waqar 26 Campbell b Sami 62 G. Flower b Akhtar 43 A. Flower
not out 13 Masakadza c Youhana Extras: (lb-2 nb-2)
4 Total: (for five wickets) 171 Fall of wickets: 1-28 2-37 3-125
4-146 5-171 Bowling: Waqar Younis 12-3-30-2, Saqlain Mushtaq
25-9-50-1, Shoaib Akhtar 12-4-61-1, Mohammad Sami 12-5-27-1, Hasan
Raza 1-0-1-0. Reuters
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McGrath
keen to bowl with Gillespie Adelaide, November 18 The English, slammed by 384 runs in last week’s Gabba Test opener, face another thorough examination if Gillespie is declared fit to play. The 27-year-old Gillespie will bowl in the nets tomorrow as he tries to convince team medical officials and selectors his troublesome calf muscle is ready for another Test match. He battled through discomfort to play a decisive role in Australia’s crushing win in the opening Test at the Gabba, combining with McGrath to torment England’s top order during the tourists’ dismal second innings of 79. “Jason and I have formed a pretty good combination,” McGrath said here today. “He gets good bounce, is pretty accurate and he’s a bit quicker than I am. “If he builds up pressure like he has done, and can take early wickets like we have done together, it really puts the pressure back on them.” Gillespie’s strike rate of one wicket every 41.6 balls against England is the best of any bowler to take more than 35 wickets against the Ashes foe.
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Mohanty rocks Punjab with early wickets Cuttack, November 18 Punjab lost their first wicket at the score of 3 when Samrat Sharma (0) became the victim of Debasish Mohanty. Ankur Kakar (18) was declared lbw off Ajay Barik when the team score was 57. Ravneet Ricky was the top scorer for the visitors with 51 runs, which included nine boundaries before being sent back to the pavilion by Sanjay Satpathy. Ricky who stayed at the crease for 143 minutes scored his half century from 93 balls. Punjab captain Reetinder Singh Sodhi managed to hit only a boundary before being sent back by Debasish Mohanty. At the close, Pankaj Dharmani (not out) was batting at 26 and Munish Sharma (not out) at 29. For Orissa Debasish Mohanty took two wickets conceding 16 runs and Ajay Barik and Sanjay Satpathy took one each giving 19 and 49 runs, respectively. Orissa (Ist innings): B B C C Mohapatra C Pankaj Dharmani B Amit Uniyal 56, S S Das C S Sawal B Amit Uniyal 22, R R Parida lbw B Vineet Sharma 56, Sanjay Raul C P Dharmani B Vineet Sharma 72, P Mullick B Navdeep Singh 28, Subit Biswal C M Sharma B Navdeep Singh 10, Gautam Gopal C Pankaj Dharmani B Navdeep Singh 0, Sanjay Satpahty B Navdeep Singh 14, Debasis Mohanty C Amit Uniyal B Navdeep Singh 0, Bipin Singh C S Sawal B Vineet Shrma 13, Ajay Barik not out 04. Extras (B 17, LB 6,NB 3) 26. Total (in 109.2 overs) 301. Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-117, 3-164, 4-196, 5-218, 6-222, 7-242, 8-242, 9-292. Bowling: Gagan deep Singh 20-10-31-0; Vineet Sharma 17.2-03-63-3; Amit Uniyal 31-08-75-2; Reetinder Sodhi 16-5-43-0; Navdeep Singh 25-07-66-5. Punjab (Ist innings): Ravneet Rickey C Subrat Behera B Sanjay Satpathy 51, Samrat Sharma BDebasis Mohanty 0, Ankur Kakar lbw B Ajay Barik 18, Pankaj Dharmani not out 26, Reetinder Singh C Subrat Behera B Debasish Mohanty 4, Munish Sharma not out 29. Extras: (B 9, LB 2 , NB 2) 13. Total in 53 overs 141. Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-57, 3-89, 4-94. Bowling: Debasish Mohanty 12-06-16-2; Bipin Singh 13-02-38-0; Ajay Barik 12-05-19-1; P Mullick 04-01-08-0; Sanjay Satpathy 12-04-49-1. HP wrest initiative KOLKATA: Himachal Pradesh off spinner Aashish Kapoor and left arm medium pacer Ashoke Thakur wrested the initiative to restrict Bengal to 128 for seven in their first innings on the second day of their league tie at Eden Gardens here. While Kapoor produced his career best figure in Ranji claiming four wickets for 12 runs off 12 overs, Thakur, who opened Himachal attack, chipped in three Bengal scalps conceding 55 runs during the 17 overs he bowled . Earlier, former international and Himachal skipper Vikram Rathore, who remained unbeaten on 93 and resumed their first innings with the overnight score of 203 for 4, not only earned the coveted ton, he also guided his side to post a respectable 290 before they were all out before lunch this morning. HP: (1st innings):
(overnight 203 for 4 wickets): N Gaur c A Chakrabarty b S Sanyal 16, S Sharma c Rohan Gavaskar b R Bose 27, Vikram Rathore c and b R. Bose 120, R Nayyar b S S Pal 25, S Singh c A Chakrabarty b R Bose 0, A Sharma lbw Utpal Chatterjee 31, V Sharma not out 23, A Kapoor run out 0, R Panta b R Bose 16, V Bhatia c Deep Dasgupta b R Bose 0, A Thakur c Devang Gandhi b R Bose 1, Extras: 31 (b 10, lb 7, nb 8, wb 6). Total: 290 all out in 110.2 overs. Fall of wickets: 1/38, 2/78, 3/104, 4/197, 5/245, 6/245, 7/248, 8/270, 9/270, 10/290. Bowling: R Bose: 32.2-8-110-6, SS Pal: 16-6-42-1, S Sanyal: 6-1-21-1, LR Shukla: 3-4-37-0, S Lahiri: 19-5-46 -0, Utpal Chatterjee: 23-15-16-1, A Chakrabarty: 1-0-1-0. Bengal:
1st innings: Deep Dasgupta lbw A Thakur 0, Amitava Chakrabarty c Sangram Singh b A Thakur 14, Devang Gandhi c Paras Dogra b A Kapoor 63, Rohan Gavaskar batting 39, Subhamoy Das lbw A Kapoor 0, S Sanyal c Vikram Rathore b A Thakur 0, LR Shukla c Vikram Rathore b A Kapoor 7, Utpal Chatterjee lbw A Kapoor 1, S Lahiri batting 0. Extras: 4 (b1, nb3). Total: 128 for 7 wickets in 46.2 overs. Fall of wickets: 1/0, 2/37, 3/116, 4/116, 5/117, 6/124, 7/128. Bowling: A Thakur: 17-7-55-3, Rahul Panta: 8-3-25-0, Sangram Singh: 3-0-13-0, Sandip Sharma: 6-0-22-0, A Kapoor: 12-7-12-4, V Bhatia 2-0-0-0.
Mumbai take big lead MUMBAI: Opener Wasim Jaffer’s timely ton and Ajit Agarkar’s sparkling 69 today gave Mumbai a good lead of 179 runs over Delhi on the second day of their match here at the Wankhede Stadium. Delhi made a very cautious second innings start making 52 for no loss off 28 overs after Mumbai had put up 302 in reply to former’s first knock score of 123. Delhi actually were in sound
position in the morning when Arun Singh bowled with lot of accuracy to snatch four for 51. However, the main impact was that by Abhishek, who struck twice in quick succession removing Nilesh Patwardhan (0) and clean bowling Sairaj Bahutule (4). The efforts saw Mumbai struggling at 129 for five but Agarkar followed up his five-wicket haul with 69 off 84 balls, three sixes and nine fours. He also featured in a hundred-run stand with Jaffer. Jaffer’s knock was an immaculate piece of batting, driving the ball on the up and cutting fine whenever the ball was pitched slightly short. He batted for 248 balls and hit 13 boundaries. Delhi: (1st innings): 123 Mumbai (Ist innings):
V Mane c Arun b Bhandari 10, W Jaffer b Bhandari 106, M Tamhane c Manhas b Saranjeet 25, A Muzumdar lbw b Arun 16, N Patwardhan c Manhas b Sharma 0, S Bahutule b Sharma 4, A Agarkar c Bhandari b Sanghvi 69, P Mhambrey b Arun 26, R Powar c Dahiya b Arun 17, R Pawar c Chavla b Arun 17, A Salvi not out 2. Extras: 10 (one lb, nine nb). Total: 302 all out off 99.3 overs. Fall of wickets: 1/19, 2/88, 3/116, 4/119, 5/129, 6/229, 7/252, 8/278, 9/289. Bowling: Bhandari 23-4-65-2, Arun Singh 18.3-6-51-4, Kuldip Rawat 3.4-1-8-0, Rahul Sanghvi 17-1-58-1, Saranjit 17.2-2-55-1, Sharma 19-5-63-2, Manhas 1-0-1-0. Delhi (2nd innings): A Chopra batting 33, G Gambhir batting 17. Extras: Two (2nb). Total: 52 for no loss off 28 overs. Bowling: Agarkar 5-1-13-0, Salvi 5-3-5-0, Mhambrey 2-0-2-0, Bahutule 4-1-9-0, Powar 7-1-17-0, Pawar 5-1-6-0.
Rajasthan restrict Railways JAIPUR: Hosts Rajasthan made a fine start as they scored 92 without loss in reply to Railways’ first innings score of 384 at the close on the second day of their match. Anshu Jain and Vinit Saxena were batting with 38 and 46 runs, respectively at the draw of stumps. Railways (Ist innings): Sryas Khandolkar lbw M. Aslam 50, Amit Pagnis c Kaushal b Krishna Kumar 89, T.P. Singh c Nikhil b Krishna Kumar 95, Yere Goud lbw b Sajeev Sharma 49, Jacob Martin c Sumit b Mohd Aslam 27, Raja Ali c Vinit b Krishna Kumar 25, Santosh Sahu c Lokesh b Mohd Aslam 11, Sudhir Wankhede c Vinit b Rahul Kanwat 13, Zakir Hussain c Nikhil b Rahul Kanwat 0, Harvinder Singh c run out b (Lokesh) 6, K Parida not out 5. Extras: (lb 9, nb 5): 14 Total: (for 10 wickets in 129.1 overs) 384.Fall of wickets: 1/69, 2/232, 3/248, 4/309, 5/317, 6/339, 7/373, 8/373, 9/373. Bowling: Sumit Mathur 13-02-49-0, Krishna Kumar 17.1-02-72-3, Rahul Kanwat 34-11-71-2, Sanjeev Sharma 21-04-53-1, Mohd Aslam 32-05-101-3, Lokesh Jain 12-02-29-0. Rajasthan (Ist Innings): Anshu Jain batting 38, Vinit Saxena batting 46. Extras: (lb 5, b 2, nb 1) 8. Total: (for no loss in 49 overs) 92. Bowling: Harvinder Singh 09-06-09-0, Zakir Hussain 08-03-09-0, Santosh Sahu 06-05-03-0, K Parida 14-02-31-0, T P Singh 06-01-20-0, S Khandolkar 06-02-13-0.
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BSF pip CISF 1-0
in hockey New Delhi, November 18 Both teams failed to score in the regulation period, and in the eighth minute of extra time Topno breached the CISF security to shoot home the winner. In the first match of the day, CRPF overcame a spirited Namdhari XI 2-1 to make it to the super league. All the goals came in the first half. Namdhari XI took the lead in the 6th minute through Gurpreet Singh. However, the lead was shortlived as eight minutes later Prabhakar Singh drew parity for CRPF as he shot home, following a penalty corner(1-1). A minute before the breather Vincent Hamran scored the second goal for CRPF and that proved to be the winner. Like in the earlier match, SAI XI also trailed 0-1 before ousting another former title holder, E.M.E. Jalandhar, 2-1. EME took the lead in the 12th minute when Bhupinder Singh scored off a penalty corner. However SAI XI scored two goals in the second session to emerge winners. Akram Iqbal equalised for SAI in the 39th minute and Amit Srivastav shot home the winner in the 61st minute. Twelve teams — eight seeded and four qualifiers — have made it to the super league. The teams have been divided into four groups of three teams each. Pool-I: Air India,Tamil Nadu XI (seeded) BSF Jalandhar. Pool-II: Punjab Police, Railways (seeded),Rock Rovers Chandigarh. Pool-III: Bharat Petroleum, Indian Airlines (seeded) SAI XI. Pool-IV: Punjab and Sind Bank, Karnataka (seeded) CRPF. The top team from each group will qualify for the semifinals.
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DU rally to hold Meerut varsity Ludhiana, November 18 Later, in the day Meerut boys were held to a 1-1 draw by PAU, Ludhiana. The match between Delhi University and Chaudhary Charan Singh University began on fast note with both the teams trying to establish their supremacy. Tariq Aziz of Meerut scored a fine field goal in the 31st minute and three minutes later, Gurpreet Singh converted a penalty corner to make it 2-0. In the second session, Delhi lads reorganised themselves and played like a well-knit unit. They exerted full pressure on their rivals and in the process earned two penalty corners in quick succession but failed to avail any of these chances. In the 42nd minute, Delhi forwards managed to pierce through Meerut’s defence line and Kulbir found the target to reduce the margin 1-2. They made repeated raids on Merrut’s territory and finally scored the equaliser through a peanalty corner conversion by Kulbir Singh. The second match of the day was played between Panjab University, Chandigarh, and Punjabi University, Patiala, which ended in a goal less draw. Panjab University got four penalty corners while Patiala earned two, which went abegging. In the third match, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut drew 1-1 with Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the first barren half, Merrut boys went into the lead in 38th minute through Harinder Qadian, who converted a penalty corner to put his team ahead. Nine minutes later, local lads restored parity through a superb field goal scored by Pavinder Singh off a parallel pass given by full back, Sukhdeep Singh. |
Sihari
defeats Santosh Amritsar, November 18 In the boys section (U-14) V.S. Sihari defeated Santosh Kumar 6-2, 6-1 while Vicky Goswami got the better of Simmervir Singh 6-3, 6-4. In other matches Rahul Belawal outplayed Keshaw Mahajan 0-6, 7-5, 6-4; Kaushal Mahale beat Dhruv Gurware 7-5, 6-2; Pankaj Thapa outshined Akshay Kohli 6-3, 6-1; Manav Dhawal outplayed Chandril Sood 6-7, 6-2, 7-6; Udaikaran Puniya beat Deepinder Singh 6-2, 6-3; Pritam Jassi defeated Shiva Sangwan 6-3, 6-4; Ankit Goswami outplayed Samarpit Rai 6-1, 6-2 and Arjun Chaudry beat Inderjot Singh 6-0, 6-1. In other matches of the ranking tournament Hakumat Preet, Ajesh Anihati, Kinshuk Sharma, Kuldeep Chugh, Vijant Malik and Gursher Harika outplayed Ankur Aggarwal, Sushant Arora, Shantu Rajput, Pushpinder Rajpurohit, Ashwani Parkash and Karan Udai Singh, respectively. In the girl (U-14) section Sanjana Kapoor defeated Varinda Kapoor 6-2, 6-1; Inayat Khosla outplayed Savita Kumari 6-2, 6-2; Tashkin Bains outshined Somi Avinashi 6-3, 6-1; Shilpa Jaiswal defeated Shilpa Dalmiya 6-3, 6-3; Daksha Muley defeated Navjot 6-3, 6-3; Nikunj Kamal beat Ankita Singh 6-1, 6-2; Shubhneet Sandhu outplayed J. Kirtna Reddy 7-6, 6-4; G. Janaki Rao beat Taniya Kapoor 6-1, 6-1; Alisha Talwar defeated Unnati Parshotam by 7-6, 6-0 and Sameera Sharma defeated Ujala Joshi 6-1, 6-4. In the other matches of the ranking tournament Garima Vatrani, Amrite Seth, Jilke Nelord and Anushika Kapoor defeated Ayushi Rai, Mehak, Monika Menon and Gopika Kapoor, respectively.
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