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Wednesday,
November 27, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Preparations
on right track: Ganguly ‘I was
confident of comeback’ Chance for
Klusener to prove worth
Taejon scrape past
Bagan 2-1 Vasco register first
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Karnataka
start favourites Rajwant
Kaur lifts gold for Punjab Punjab
spikers advance Punjab
clash with Assam North
Zone, West Zone win AP, WB
Circles retain titles Yoga
titles for Haryana Confident
Haryana take on Maharashtra Indian
Railways B wrest lead Delhi
crush Chandigarh
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Preparations on right track: Ganguly Mumbai, November 26 “We have a balanced side and with two Test matches and seven one-dayers to follow it should be the right kind of a build-up for next year’s World Cup in South Africa,” Ganguly told PTI last night at a function here. Asked whether the 3-4 loss to the West Indies in the one-day series had hurt the team’s preparation for the World Cup, Ganguly said, “I don’t think so”. “We are playing seven one-dayers in New Zealand and I hope we do well there so that we can be confident of good performance during the World Cup”. He said the team was not concerned about the fast and bouncy tracks in South Africa since it has done well on foreign tours in the last year and a half. “However, it is good to start as under dogs as there will be no extra pressure. We have done well in England, the West Indies and Sri Lanka and how well we adapt ourselves during the World Cup will count in the end,” he said. The Indian team leaves on December 1 for a 47-day tour of New Zealand. Coming back to the series against the West Indies, Ganguly said he was satisfied with the team’s performance even though India lost the one-day series in the final match. “It was a very close series. I think we did pretty well to win the three-match Test series 2-0. We lost the one-dayers 3-4 as we just did not play well in the final match and also some of our players missed the one-day series due to injuries,” Ganguly said. He said injuries continued to remain India’s biggest concern before the World Cup. “That is a major fear for us. Our trainer Adrian Le Rouxhas worked hard with the players and I hope we will be lucky enough to go without injuries till the end of the World Cup.” Ganguly said the absence of left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan due to injury had affected the team’s bowling department during the series against the West Indies. “Zaheer is a strength to our side. His spell with the new ball and also during the death overs would have saved us loss of runs and once we get together to full strength, we should be doing better,” he said. Zaheer raring to go Pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, who missed the one-day series against the West Indies and has been named in the 16-member Indian Test squad for the upcoming New Zealand tour is “fit and raring to go”. Zaheer said he has recovered fully from his shin injury and was looking forward to the New Zealand series. “It was disappointing to miss the one-day series but a cricketer has to take these kind of things in his stride is nothing one can do about it”, he said yesterday. Asked what his plans were before next year’s World Cup, Zaheer said, “I think the seven one-dayers in New Zealand would help me regain my bowling rythm and from there on we have to take one match at a time in the World Cup”. Dashing youngster Yuvraj Singh, who was not picked in the Test squad but is almost a certainty for the one-day team, said he was disappointed with India’s 3-4 loss to the West Indies in the just-concluded one-day series. “We batted pretty well throughout the series but we need to lift our fielding and bowling performances for better result in the future”, he added. When asked whether the seven-match one-day series in New Zealand would be a good preparation for the World Cup, Yuvraj, said, “I think it would help a lot especially if we do well in New Zealand. Obviously our morale will be pretty high and we will start believing in ourselves”.
Tendulkar showers praise on Sehwag Chennai: Sachin Tendulkar today showered praise on attacking Indian opener Virender Sehwag, saying it was a treat to be on the other end of the wicket when he plays. “It is a treat to watch him. I like players who play big shots. It is an understatement that he plays big shots. We are all proud of his
abilities. The whole world has seen what he is capable of,” the batting mastero said when asked about the rise of Sehwag at the international level. “As a team member, I appreciate him. I will be happy to watch him bat like that and it will be treat to be on the other end of the wicket,” Tendulkar, himself a master of big strokeplay, said. “In course of time, Sehwag will be in my shoes and tell others about his feelings, as it all starts grassroot level.” Asked whether he would open with Sehwag, Tendulkar said it was not possible for him to answer since the team management decided these factors. “It is not an individual’s decision. It is going to be a team decision. It is not an individual sport. Whenever you make a specific move, you have to remember that you have 10 other players with you,” he said. On his own game, Tendulkar said he was never under any pressure. “It is not an individual sport. “It is a team sport. There are a few players who click and not all the eleven can click at a time.”
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‘I was confident of comeback’ Rohtak, November 26 “I knew I could not play consecutive good knocks with the bat after a three-figure knock against West Indies but I was quite satisfied with my
performance behind the stumps” said Ratra. Ajay said “When I was dropped from the national team, it was my parent association which kept my morale high by appointing me the captain of the Haryana team which gave me ample opportunity to prove my worth.” |
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Chance for Klusener to prove worth
Johannesburg, November 26 Klusener, who was the player of the tournament at the 1999 World Cup in England, has failed to reach similar heights in the past two seasons and his place is now in doubt for the forthcoming World Cup which starts in February in South Africa. He was dropped for the recent one-day series against Bangladesh and struggled for form during the Morocco Cup in August. “We know what he is capable of doing so it’s not a case of him having to prove his ability, but he has to show form with the World Cup looming,” South Africa coach Eric Simons told Reuters. “Lance has reached a stage where we must try and give him as much time as possible to get him ready for the World Cup. “Make no mistake, as hosts we are going to be under the most pressure and we are going to need players in form and players who can deal with that pressure.” South Africa defeated Sri Lanka 2-0 in their Test series but lost three successive matches to the same opponents at the Morocco Cup. “They are better at one-day cricket in our conditions and they have a tried and tested line-up,” Simons said. “They play an aggressive game and we expect them to attack the bowling early on so we have been working hard in the nets on making sure we bowl in the right places. It has a lot to do with bowling the right length. “They have some destructive batsmen and they showed in the Test series that they will play aggressively so we know what to expect.” Sri Lanka have been boosted by the inclusion of veteran batsman Aravinda de Silva, who has played 288 one day internationals and was part of the World Cup winning team of 1996. De Silva, who has retired from Test cricket and only focuses on the shorter version of the game, is confident that Sri Lanka can win the series on South African soil. “If we play to the best of our ability then I’m sure we have a chance,” he said. “The guys played very well in the Test series and we had a good chance to win the second Test. The team has come of age especially the younger guys, who are more aggressive than we used to be.” Both teams will decide their starting line-ups on Wednesday with South Africa waiting anxiously on the fitness of Jonty Rhodes. Rhodes injured a hamstring in a domestic limited overs match last Friday and has been receiving treatment. He will be given to the last possible minute to prove his fitness. Simons said he did not want to experiment too much with the team and would like to look for settled combinations with the World Cup so close. “I would like to have a set format and try and keep a settled side, but that is not always possible is it?” he said. “Ideally we would like to bat Jacques Kallis at No 4 and I don’t want to do too much messing around.”
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Taejon scrape past Bagan 2-1
Kolkata, November 26 While striker Lee Chang Yup found the target with a fine header to put forward Taejon in the 15th minute, forward Gong Oh Kyun buttressed their lead in the 21st minute of the second half. Brazilian striker Jose Ramirej Barreto reduced the margin for Bagan five minutes before the close. Taejon Citizen thus moved into the quarterfinal stage of the tournament with an aggregate of 8-1 goals having won their home match of this round against Bagan in Daejon, South Korea, 6-0 earlier this month. Bagan, however, were able to regain some prestige as they totally dominated the proceedings during the last 10 minutes. Besides reducing the margin the hosts could have also restored parity, if their players, specially forward Sunil Chhetri and defender Dulal Biswas, could utilise the chances they got at the fag end of the game. Bagan striker Barreto found the target once in the second half, but the Goa was disallowed by the referee for being off side. Having lost their away match 0-6 earlier, Bagan hardly had any chance to beat their far superior rival in goal aggregate and accordingly started defensively. Taejon took a little time to settle down and after gauging Bagan’s strength, they pounced on the home defence and forged in the 15th minute. Following a combined move, Taejon medio Chang Chul Woo sent a floater towards Bagan. As the Bagan custodian Amit Singha Roy missed the flight and back Isha Musah was not in his position, opportunistic Korean striker Lee Chang Yup, who was following the move, headed home beautifully (1-0). After taking the lead the Koreans slowed down the pace of the game but kept the control of the game. The second half saw Bagan consolidating their strength and making forays into rival goal. Just after the breather Bagan striker Baichung Bhutia made an attempt but was timely foiled by defender Kim Jung Soo. After a Bagan goal by Barreto was disallowed for off side, the visitors wrested the initiative again and came near scoring in 63rd minute. But a fine attempt by Chang Chul Woo hit the post. Taejon increased their lead three minutes later. This time attacker Gong Oh Kyun found the target off a defence-splitting pass from medio Kim Kook Jin (2-0). The Koreans could score once more in the 88th minute but Lee Chang Yup’s powerful shot hit the post after beating Bagan keeper. With nothing more to lose, Bagan went all out and forced a number of raids on the rival fort one after another. They finally reduced the margin in the 85th minute when Barreto after making a fine 1-2 with George Ekah lobbed the ball home over onrushing Taejon keeper (2-1). After the reducer Bagan came near scoring twice more but first Dulal Biswas and then Sunil Chhetri failed to cash in on the opportunities.
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Vasco register first win
Bangalore, November 26 Vasco scored both the goals before half time through Brazilan Marcos Pereira and Sushanth Mathew, while HAL reduced the margin in the second session through Isfaq Ahamed. Vasco has collected four points from three outings, while HAL had to be content with only one from similar number of matches. Shocked by defeat at the hands of home challenger Dempo in the first match and splitting points with Mohan Bagan in the second, Vasco blasted HAL, though the thin scoreline was a poor reflection of their domination. Keeping the word of coach Derrick Pereira, Vasco went on an attacking mode right from the start. The strikeline pierced HAL defence and moved at will with Marcos Pereira playing an outstanding game. He put the team one up in the 39th minute as he headed in brilliantly a lob from Ruiwan Deriel. He also masterminded the next goal which came barely five minutes later when he put through the ball to Sushanth Mathew who made no mistake in finding the target. HAL tried to put up a brave fight and managed to reduce the margin in the 55th minute with Isfaq converting a pass from Kenath Onu. Isfaq had earlier let go an golden opportunity when he failed to put in a good pass from Sunil. HAL’s forward line also messed up a couple of chances that came in their way. However, the crafty Goans defended well to earn their first full points. Vasco’s Shamshyraja was shown an yellow card by referee P K Bose of Madhya Pradesh for obstructing Isfaq Ahamed in the first half.
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Karnataka
start favourites Bangalore, November 26 With a win against Bihar and a draw against Maharashtra, Karnataka have three points and only an innings win against J and K could place them in safe position.
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Rajwant
Kaur lifts gold for Punjab Anandpur Sahib, November 26 Also putting up impressive performances were Punjab’s volleyball and football teams. In boys’ volleyball, Punjab sailed into the final edging out Madhya Pradesh in a close contest while the football team stormed into the last four with a 3-0 win against Haryana. Punjab’s kho-teams (boys and girls) also qualified for the finals beating Maharashtra and Haryana with relative ease. Earlier, in the volleyball quarterfinals, the boys routed Himachal Pradesh while the girls trounced Gujarat in one-sided encounters. However, in the girls volleyball semifinals Punjab went down to Haryana whose superiority was hardly in doubt from the onset. Punjab’s promising weightlifter Rajwant Kaur, a 10th standard student of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Kairon, held the spectators spellbound with a total lift of 102.5 kg(snatch, clean and jerk) in the girls’ 69 kg category. Her gold medal was the third for Punjab in this discipline. In archery 40m for boys, Punjab’s Sandeep bagged the silver with a score of 293 while in girls’ 30m, Rajbir Kaur clinched the bronze with a score of 228. However, the team championship was won by Assam ( 220) followed by UP (1129) and Punjab (1052) points. In football, a 10-man Punjab completely overshadowed Haryana in every department. The ferocity of attacks left Haryana struggling for survival. The first goal for Punjab was the result of a flag kick by winger Navtej, and Sandeep Sangha’s acrobatic volley gave Haryana goalie Ranbir Singh absolutely no chance. Ranbir, nevertheless, gave an excellent performance bringing off spectacular saves under the bar. The second goal followed when Ali Iqbal headed home a cross by Navtej from the left and the third was slotted home by Navtej himself who capitalised on a through pass. Tomorrow, Punjab will meet Orissa in the semifinals. Results: Weightlifting: 69kg (girls): 1. Rajwant Kaur (Pun) Total 102.5 kg; 2. Nikita Patel (Guj) total 70 kg; 3. Pooja (Delhi) Total 65 kg. (85 kg - men): 1. Suyog Deshmukh (Mah) total 137.5 kg; 2. V. Kumar (TN) total 130 kg; 3. Parveen Patel (Guj) total 90 kg. Archery: Boys 40 mt: 1. Bhagat Ram Naik (Orissa) 308; 2. Sandeep (Punjab) 293; 3. Gavaver (Orissa) 290. (Girls 30mt): 1. Jyoti Arya (UP) 280; 2. Sapna (Har) 258; 3. Rajbir Kaur (Pun) 228. Best archers: 1. Jyoti Arya (UP) 565; 2. Mamani (Assam) 433; 3. Sapna (Har) 423. Team: 1. Assam 1220; 2. Uttar Pradesh 1129; 3. Punjab 1052. Football: Haryana b UP 3-1 (Sanjeev’s hat-trick); Goa b Delhi 4-1 ( Gonsalves’ hat-trick). Q-finals: Goa b Lakshadweep 5-1; Orissa b Bihar 2-0; Punjab b Haryana 3-0 . Kho-kho (girls) q-finals: Punjab b J & K by one turn and four points; Haryana b Delhi 16-4; Maharashtra b Kerala by one turn and nine points; Karnataka b MP 9-2; Semifinals: Punjab b Haryana 13-1 and one turn; Karnataka b Maharashtra 9-8. Boys: Punjab b Bihar by one turn and 13 points; Maharashtra b Tripura by one turn and six points; Karnataka b Gujarat 14-6; Haryana b MP 10-9. semifinals: Punjab b Maharashtra 13-8 and one turn; Karnataka b Haryana 16-5 and one turn. Volleyball (boys) q-finals: TN b Orissa 25-13,25-18; MP b Karnataka 25-14, 15-25, 26-24; Haryana b Delhi 25-21, 25-21; Punjab b HP 25-12, 25-19. Semifinals: Haryana b Tamil Nadu 21-15, 17-25, 25-22, 25-14, 15-9; Punjab b MP 26-24, 25-23, 25-22. Volleyball (girls): Q-finals: TN b MP 25-8, 25-4; Haryana b HP 25-10, 25-12; Karnataka b Kerala 25-19, 25-11; Punjab b Gujarat 25-3, 25-9. Semifinals: TN b Karnataka 25-14, 25-16, 25-15; Haryana b Punjab 25-13, 2-25, 25-16, 25-1. |
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Punjab spikers advance Chautala, November 26 From the very start, nothing went right for the TN lads
despite the presence of star spiker Joby Joseph, considered to be one of the best attackers in the country. Central blocker Pritpal Singh stood out for his brilliance at the net. Punjab’s libero Manoj Kumar and attackers Jagbir Singh and Roy Joseph gave commendable display for Punjab. On the distaff side, the Punjab girls complimented the efforts of their men colleagues by clipping the wings of Himachal Pradesh 25-15, 24-26, 25-18, 25-18. The spotlight was held by attackers Amandeep Kaur and Nikita whose cohesive play ensured that their rivals never got a foothold in the match. In the men’s section, holders Railways notched up their third successive win in as many matches to virtually assure themselves of a place in the quarter-final. In a classical duel between two evenly matched teams, Railways produced enough fireworks to subdue Kerala 29-27, 25-14, 20-25, 25-18. In complete contrast, their eves, led by some superb play by Shiju Kurien and Geetha Raju, routed Uttar Pradesh in a one-sided encounter by 25-7, 25-14, 25-7. Other results: (men) AP b Orissa 25-20, 25-21, 25-17. Chandigarh b Bihar 25-16, 25-19, 25-19. Pondicherry b Arunachal Pradesh 25-7, 25-9, 25-19. HP b Chattisgarh 25-18, 25-20, 25-20. Punjab b TN 25-22, 25-23, 25-22. (women): Rajasthan b J&K 25-9, 25-12, 25-16. TN b Uttaranchal 25-16, 25-17, 25-13. Punjab b HP 25-15, 24-26, 25-18, 25-18. Bihar w/o Goa, Kerala b Delhi 25-9, 25-17, 25-14. Chandigarh b Maharashtra 25-19, 25-18, 25-15. Railways b UP 25-7, 25-14, 25-7. |
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Punjab clash with Assam Guwahati, November 26 Punjab, led by Dinesh Mongia, have been strengthened by the arrival of Reetinder Singh Sodhi and Yuvraj Singh, who joined late in the evening for tomorrow’s match. The captain reached Guwahati in the morning and headed straight for the stadium for a long workout before tomorrow’s match. In paper, Punjab are too strong for hosts Assam who have never gone beyond the second round. With the trio of Mongia, Sodhi and Yuvraj, trying to improve their game after a bad patch against the West Indies, Assam will have a tough task ahead of them. Punjab star Harbhajan Singh, however, stayed away from the match, being given complete rest before boarding the flight to Auckland. Coach-cum-manager Sushil Kapur said he was confident of his team beating Assam outright and earn full points. Punjab had a long net today and the coach was happy with the Nehru Stadium pitch traditionally supporting spin bowling. For Assam, except the home advantage there was nothing to write about although they have not done too badly in the first two games against Orissa and Gujarat. Against Orissa they took the first innings lead but against Gujarat they conceded a first innings lead. Buoyed by imported players, coach Lalchand Rajput oozed confidence that his boys would be able to give Punjab run for its money. The teams Punjab: (Captain) Dinesh Mongia, Yuvraj Singh, Reetingder Singh Sodhi, Navneet Ricky, Pankaj Dharmani, Manish Sharma, Harminder Jugnu, Amit Uniyal, Vineet Sharma, Gagandeep Singh, Navdeep Singh, Sandeep Sanwal, Rajesh Sharma, Harish Puri, Ankur Kakkar, Sanjay Mahajan. Assam: Zakaria Zuffri (Capt), Parag Das, manoj Jogelkar, Kiran Pawar, Sumit Ranjan Das, Sunil Viswanathan, Mark Ingti, Zaved Zaman, Sukhvinder Singh, Arlen Konwar, Mrigen Talukdar, Saurav Bhagawati, R.K. Mritunjoy Gohain, Manzur Ahmed and Pankaj Tamuli.
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North Zone, West Zone win Jalandhar, November 26 In a tight fight, the pool -B match between Headquarters and the West Zone, the first half of the game saw some beautiful moves from both sides, but both sides failed to score. After the lemon break in the 48th minute, Sanjeet Kumar of the Headquarters made a stunning move from the right flank and was able to get a penalty corner, but it went unutilised. In a counter-attack, Sudhir Kumar Prakash of the West Zone got a loose ball in the 50th minute and managed to score a goal (1-0). Again in the 64th minute,
displaying good stick work Sudhir Kumar Prakash got a ball near the half line, dodged the entire defence, and finally put the ball in the box. In the second match , North Zone’s Jasbir Singh, in the ninth minute, got a pass from Navbir and sounded the board (1-0). In the 23rd minute North Zone got a penalty corner and the goalkeeper of NEF Herojit saved three rebounds. In the 28th minute Harish consolidated the lead through a field goal (2-0). Parnam Singh of the North Zone scored a goal in the 30th minute. At the half time score was 3-0 in favour of North Zone. After the breather, North Zone played more aggressively. |
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AP, WB Circles retain titles Ludhiana, November 26 On the last day of the meet today, Binutaz Khatun of West Bengal Circle clocked 13.10 seconds while T.
Chakarborty, also of West Bengal took 11. 50 seconds to become the fastest runners in the women’s and men’s sections, respectively. Mr
A.S.I.S. Paul, Member (Personnel) Postal Service Board, Delhi was the chief guest at the prize distribution function. Mr Vijay
Bhushan, Principal Chief Post Master, General, Punjab and Chandigarh , Ms Manujla
Prasher, Post Master, General Punjab and Chandigarh were also present on this occasion. Results: (Men): triple jump: 1 R. Chelladurai Pandi (TN) 12.84
mts, 2 Rahesh G.K. (APS) 12.42 mts, 3 G. Venkat Rao (AP) 12.13 mts; men 4x100m relay:
1 Bablu
Ghosh, Firozuddin Naskar, Jogeshwar Hembram and Tuhin Chakraborty (WB) 47.80 seconds, 2 G
Tamilselvan, S. Ranjit Roy, P. Chelladurai Pandi and S. Madaswamy (TN) 48.16 seconds, 3 Pradeep Reddy, John Paul, Y. Madhav Rao and G. Venkat Rao (AP) 49.10 seconds;
women 4x100m: 1 Binutaz
Khatin, Mumtaz Khatun, Dipali Biswas and Rita Biswas (WB) 1.01.90 seconds, 2 Suganthi
Jayaslelan, G. Shanthi, J. Anjeleena Pattricia and P. Vijaya Shree (TN) 1.08.30 seconds;
men hammer throw: 1
S.V. Bhaskar (AP) 39.06 mts, 2 C.K. Stalin (TN) 37.90 mts, 3 N. Shiva Prasad (AP) 37.26
mts; decathlon: 1 Rajesh G.K. (APS) 3612 pts, Hari Raj (Kerala) 2854 pts, S. Ranjit Roy (TN) 2661 pts;
women 100m: 1 Binutaz Khatun (WB) 13.10
secs, 2 Mumtaz Khatun (WB) 14.00 secs, 3 G Shanthi (TN) 15.30 seconds;
men 100m: 1 T. Chakraborty (WB) 11.50
secs, 2 R. Bhaskar Rao (AP) 11.70 seconds, 3 Firozuddin Naskar (WB) 12.00 seconds. |
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Yoga titles for
Haryana Patiala, November 26 Anukurarya of Haryana came first in the boys competition getting 175 points followed by Manish Sanam of Jharkhand, who was a close second with 174.5 points. Debayan Mitra and Umesh Kumar of West Bengal and Jharkhand achieved 173 points for a joint third ranking. In the girls section, Kirti Gahlawat of Haryana was declared first with 171.5 points followed by Sayona Das of West Bengal and Nisha of Haryana, both with 168.5 points and Anu of Haryana with 168 points. Earlier the competition was inaugurated by the Punjab Governor, Lt Gen J.F.R. Jacob after Punjab Yoga Federation President S.S. Gill gave a brief report about the activities of the federation. The Governor, in his speech on the occasion, appreciated the levels being achieved in by Indian sportsmen in yoga adding the sport boosted physical, mental and spiritual levels. |
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Confident
Haryana take on Maharashtra Rohtak, November 26 Haryana, who are on the winning spree having won both their previous encounters registering outright victories against Madhya Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, look forward to complete the hat-trick of their victories this season. However, the psychological advantage of previous wins and playing on the home ground is likely to suffer in the absence of Ajay Ratra. Moreover, the opponents also have in their team the cricketers of the calibre of skipper Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Abhijit Kale who are capable of giving stiff competition. Final elevens of both the teams will be declared before the start of the match tomorrow. |
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Railways B wrest lead Ludhiana, November 26 In group ‘A’, Indian Railways ‘B’ (270 VPs) managed to top the field by just one VP over hosts, Punjab Bridge Association, who displayed exemplary maturity to jump from their sixth position at the end of the 12th round to finish at the second spot with 269 VPs. Team of Sunil Machhar, Mumbai, retained the third spot but tied with India Blues, the defending champions, and Nagbagan Card Club, who all finished with 265 VPs. Next on the qualifying list was Gujarat Bridge Association, whose tally was 261 VPs. Hema Deora’s IV and CLW (Girish Kr) were the surprise packet in this group. Deora’s who was struggling at 10th spot overnight, played up 51 VPs in the last three outings to finish eighth on the list with 254 VPs. Arijit Guha’s IV, Kolkata, occupied the ninth position. The next were fancied Monotona, who had a disastrous day yesterday and had to fight tooth and nail to make into the last 24 stage. |
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Delhi crush Chandigarh Chamba, November 26 Santan Das Ray of Delhi scored three goals. Rajiv Karamakar and Suburotu Dey scored two each while Adnam Swami contributed single goal to the team. In the other semifinal, Uttar Pradesh defeated Punjab 3-0 in a tough match. Sarabjit Singh and Amreek Singh of Punjab were shown red cards while Gurpreet of the same team was shown a yellow card. Pankaj and Satyander Singh of Uttar Pradesh were also shown yellow cards as precaution. The final of the championship will be played on Thursday. |
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Mumbai,
November 26
