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Punjab tottering at 62 for three in second innings
Auction for a noble cause Punjab, Railways top pools
Formidable enter quarterfinals North Zone to meet East in final All Punjab eves qualify 400 skaters for memorial meet Dhruv, Vicky to clash in final Delhi
jrs lift football trophy Haryana to honour winners
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Lee in for bouncier WACA track
Perth, November 28 Australia’s three-pronged pace attack — Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Lee — will take advantage of a pitch with pace and bounce that makes it unique in the world, Australian captain Steve Waugh said today. Australia left out medium paceman Andy Bichel in favour of Lee, who was dropped at the start of the five-match series. “We’ve gone for extra pace here in Perth,” Waugh said while justifying Lee’s inclusion over Bichel, who had bowled well in Australia’s victories in Brisbane and Adelaide. “Basically it was simple as that. Andy has done well, and has done nothing wrong, and played some excellent cricket, but it came down to who was going to bowl the quickest and Brett got the nod.” In two Tests against the West Indies and New Zealand, Lee took 15 wickets at the WACA. “He bowled very quick here a couple of years ago, he’s got good memories here when he bowls, and the pace of the wicket definitely helps him,” said Waugh. A win here, and its 11th in the last 12 Tests, will give Australia its eighth Ashes series in a row. It could also put Australia in an enviable position to push for the first Ashes series whitewash since Warwick Armstrong’s side won 5-0 against Johnny Douglas in 1920-21. A win in Perth would pull Waugh level with Allan Border as the most successful Australian Test captain. Border had 32 wins while captaining 93 Tests while Waugh could do the same in only his 43rd as skipper. England is awaiting fitness advice on batsmen Michael Vaughan and John Crawley and fast bowler Andy Caddick before deciding on the starting lineup. Caddick, who suffered back spasms during the innings and 51-run England defeat in Adelaide, had two injections in the last two days. “We’ve played poorly in the two Tests, so you have to really start afresh on selection,” said England captain Nasser Hussain. “There’s only about half the side that warrant a place on form at the moment and therefore everyone else is in the mix.” Hussain said injuries had badly affected England’s preparation. Fast bowlers Darren Gough and Simon Jones, both with knee injuries, and left arm spinner Ashley Giles, with a broken wrist, have returned to England. Allrounder Andrew Flintoff has not fully recovered from a hernia operation. Australia: Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn, Steve Waugh (captain), Darren Lehmann, Adam Gilchrist (wicketkeeper), Shane Warne, Jason Gillespie, Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath. 12th man: Andy Bichel. England (from): Marcus Trescothick, Michael Vaughan, Mark Butcher, Nasser Hussain (captain), John Crawley, Robert Key, Alec Stewart (wicketkeeper), Alex Tudor, Richard Dawson, Andy Caddick, Matthew Hoggard, Paul Collingwood and Steve Harmison.
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No way to promote cricket! Chandigarh, November 28 For Delhi, who might find the outing against Himachal Pradesh not so difficult although the match is being played on a ‘‘designer pitch’’, their dashing opening batsman Virender Sehwag has preferred to perform with Punjab pop singer
Harbhajan Mann in Ludhiana and Amritsar on Thursday rather than play in the Ranji Trophy game against Himachal. The show has been sponsored by a soft drink manufacturer and Sehwag endorses the product. Maybe, the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has given permission to Sehwag to miss the match to ‘‘promote ’’ his business interest! Why has such a state of affairs allowed to happen? How can the so-called stars of the Indian team afford not to play in the National Cricket Championship and still remain in contention for a berth in the national squad. Does the blame lies at the door of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ? What steps does the national body contemplate to take against players who stay away from first class matches for no reason even when it does not clash with their international commitment? Or do business interests overtake playing for your parent state, a state which has helped a player to reach the heights he has attained ! As far as Punjab goes, sources said Dinesh Mongia had flown in to Guwahati after finishing the last one-dayer against the West Indies at Vijaywada on November 24. The match versus Assam started yesterday. Sodhi, also a member of the Indian squad, is said to have reached late and Yuvraj is not there at all. So how come Sodhi , who was in the reserves for the Vijaywada game, got late when Mongia could reach on time? Harbhajan has been given leave for his sister’s wedding. And mind you Yuvraj Singh and Sodhi are not even in the squad which leaves for New Zealand for the Test series on December 1. Yuvraj may go for the one-dayers which follows the two Test matches and Sodhi is so far not even in the reckoning. For the Guwahati Ranji match there is no intimation about Yuvraj’s whereabouts. The Punjab Cricket Association should be firm with players who miss out from games. In the current format of the National Cricket Championship every game matters unlike the previous editions when playing in the zonal league the teams could take things lightly against known weaker squads. Now every game will be a tight one and every association endeavours to field the best possible squad. The Punjab Cricket Association should think of taking corrective action before it is too late. |
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Sehwag keen to do well in World Cup Ludhiana, November 28 In an exclusive interview with The Tribune here today, the soft-spoken and media-shy Viru, as he is fondly called by fans, revealed his dream of playing the Pakistan cricket team as it had the best fast-bowling attack. He favoured resumption of cricketing ties between the two countries. He was in the city to take part in Coca Cola programme co-sponsored by The Tribune. He minced no words in denouncing mixing sports with politics. He said he was waiting to play against the likes of Shoaib Akhtar, Wasim Akram and Waqar Yunnis. Cricket is Sehwag’s only concern. He denied having any girl friends nor has he given any thought to marriage so far. Commenting on the one-day series which India lost to West Indies, Sehwag said the absence of key players like Zaheer Khan and Anil Kumble made the difference in the bowling department. He however, gave full credit to the West Indian team. Sehwag said he was keen to perform in the World Cup adding that he was training especially for the fast and bouncy tracks of South Africa. Sehwag said Indian cricket team had a good chance to win the World Cup and the team had formulated a plan to achieve the aim. Sehwag said he was willing to play at any position. Sehwag started his cricketing career at the age of nine. He gave credit to his first coach Mr A.N. Sharma and said he was also indebted to the training of Mr Satish Sharma, who coached him at Madras Cricket Club, New Delhi. Sehwag said modern cricket had become very competitive and physical fitness of the players was an important feature of the game. |
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Sehwag XI beat Mann XI Amritsar, November 28 However, a mock singing competition between Harbhajan and Sehwag after the match saw a brilliant score of three popular songs by Harbhajan Mann to Sehwag’s number from Harbhajan’s album which led Mann to comment that “his (Sehwag’s) singing is as bad as my cricket”. Coco-Cola also announced Rs 1000 for every sixer and Rs 500 for every four. Sehwag hit nine sixers and 10 fours and was finally bowled by Harbhajan for 98. Harbhajan, in return was bowled by Sehwag for 18. Harbhajan was adjudged the best bowler and Sehwag won the man of the match award. |
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Shafiq Khan leads Haryana’s fightback Rohtak, November 28 Haryana took a little more than an hour after resumption of play today to claim remaining two Maharashtra wickets. Right arm leg spinner
Amit Mishra dismissed both the batsmen as Maharashtra finished their first essay at 298. Mishra returned with the bowling analysis of 30.3-11-71-4. Haryana innings began on a dismal note as they lost their first four wickets quite cheaply. Opener Manvinder Bisla was dismissed for a duck before Haryana could open their account. Skipper Jitender (15), Sumeet Sharma (9) and wicketkeeper batsman Naveen Negi (7) were dismissed in quick succession. The 5th wicket stand of 93 runs between Shafiq Khan and Vikram Dhariwal checked Haryana’s collapse. Dhariwal contributed 25 runs before being dismissed by Sane. Maharashtra struck another blow when Amit Mishra (9) was also dismissed by Sane few minutes before close of play. At draw of stumps, Haryana were 166 for 6. Shafiq Khan batted sensibly today and his unbeaten knock of 81 runs was studded with 9 hits to the fence. Medium pacer Ranjit Khirid was the most successful Maharashtra bowler capturing three wickets at the cost of 31 runs whereas Mandar Sane took 2 for 31. Scoreboard Maharashtra (Ist innings): Yogesh Pawar c Sumit b Suman 9, D. Jhadav lbw Vashishta 22, H.Kanitkar c Aparajit b Mishra 50, A. Kale lbw Joginder 108, K. Aphale lbw Mishra 1, R. Khirid b Joginder 1, K. Khadkikar b Joginder 23, S.Aradhye run out 0, S. Satbhai c Shafiq b Mishra 13, Mandar Sane not out 30, Mandar Dalvi c Negi b Mishra 7. Extras 34, Total 298. Fall of wickets 1/17, 2/82, 3/110, 4/118, 5/128, 6/193, 7/204, 8/249, 9/270. Bowling: Joginder 33-7-96-3, Suman 19-3-48-1, Bisla 6-2-12-0, Vashista 14-6-30-1, Mishra 30.3-11-71-4, Aparajit 5-2-17-0. Haryana
(Ist innings): Jitender Singh c Aphale b Dalvi 15, M. Bisla lbw Khirid 0, Sumeet Sharma c Satbhai b Khirid 9, Naveen Negi c Satbhai b Khirid 7, Shafiq batting 81, Vikram Dhariwal c Kale b Sane 25, Amit Mishra c Pawar b Sane 9, Joginder Sharma batting 7, Extras 13, Total for 6 wickets 166. Fall of wickets: 1/0, 2/27, 3/34, 4/42, 5/135, 6/155. Bowling: Sachin Arandhje 15-3-38-0, Ranjit Khirid 17-6-31-3, Mander Dalvi 13-4-31-1, Mander Sane 15-3-31-2, Kashinath Khadkikar 6-1-13-0, H. Kanitkar 4-0-14-0. |
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Punjab tottering at 62 for three in second innings Guwahati, November 28 Assam’s surprise domination over Punjab continued for the second day when they took a 53-run first innings lead and then picked up three quick Punjab wickets, including the prized one of Dinesh Mongia. This morning Punjab bowlers could not take advantage of the dew and the two overnight Assam batsmen took the team’s score to 81 when Pankaj Tamuly gave a simple return catch to Navdeep Singh. Pankaj and the other not out batsman Kiran Power stuck to the crease for first hour to pick up runs but after the departure of Pankaj (23), Kiran Power fell on 47. His fall triggered a mini collapse. From a respectable 119 for three Assam were 155 for eight thanks to devastating spells by Uniyal (5/65) and Navdeep (4/64). Assam’s tailenders showed grit to add another 75 runs for the last three wickets with Sukhvinder Singh and Saurav Bhagawati contributing 21 each while Mark Ingty played a little cameo of 36 runs to become the second highest scorer of the Assam innings. Coming out to bat for the second time, Punjab had a
disastrous start with Mark Ingty claiming the wicket of Manish Sharma in the third over. His inswinger caught Manish plumbed infront of the wickets. Six runs later R. Ricky’s square drive hit the boot of Vishwanathan and sailed to his hands safely. With 18 for two, walked in Test discard Dinesh Mongia. His lack of form continued here and as he played on to a rising delivery of Mark Ingty to leave Punjab 36 for three. However seasoned Pankaj Dharmani and Ankur Kakkar did not allow Assam bowlers to do any more damage and milked the spin bowlers to finish the day at 62 for three. Scoreboard Punjab (Ist Innings):
177 Assam: Parag Das c Harminder b Uniyal 15, S. Vishwanathan c Dharmani b Uniyal 02, K Power c Mongia b Navdeep 47, Pankaj Tamuly c&b Navdeep 23, Mrigen Talukdar c Navdeep b Uniyal 27, Manoj Jogelkar b Navdeep 7, Zakaria Zuffri lbw b Uniyal 2, Sukhvinder Singh c Gagandeep b Uniyal 21, Saurav Bhagawati c Manish b Navdeep 21, Mark Ingty not out 36, Arlem Konwar c&b Vineet 16. Extra: (b-1, lb-9, nb-3) 13, Total: 230. Fall of wickets: 1/15, 2/19, 3/81, 4/119, 5/119, 6/129, 7/133, 8/155, 9/194. Bowling: Gagandeep 11-6-16-0, Uniyal 23-6-65-5, Rajesh 14-3-42-0, Vineet 10-2-33-1, Navdeep 21-5-64-4. Punjab (2nd Innings): Manish Sharma lbw b Mark Ingty 10, R Rickey c Vishwanathan b Sukhvinder 10, Dinesh Mongia b Mark 02, Pankaj Dharmani not out 34, Ankur Kakkar not out 6. Extra: 0. Total: 62, for three. Fall of wickets: 1/12, 2/18, 3/36. Bowling: Mark Ingty 8-3-19-02. Mrigen Talukdar 4-2-13-0, Parag Das 3-0-10-0, Sukhvinder Singh 4-2-08-01, Pankaj Tamuly 3-0-11-0, Arlem Konwar 1-0-01-00.
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Delhi Both the batsmen struck centuries as Delhi closed the day on a comfortable 240 for one with Gambhir not out on 109 and Pradeep Chawla on eight. Chopra, the lone Delhi batsman to be dismissed today, was out leg before to Ashok Thakur after compiling a well-made 105. Delhi are just four runs behind Himachal Pradesh’s first innings score of 244, and with nine wickets still standing, they are all set to take an intimidating lead against their opponents. Both Chopra and Gambhir, who seemed to have no problems on the pitch that troubled all Himachal batsmen on the opening day, played beautiful shots all around the ground and put on 211 runs for the first wicket.
Scoreboard HP (Ist innings): Nischal Gaur b Bhandari 17, Sandeep Sharma run out 24, V Rathore c Dahiya b Bhandari 20, Rajeev Nayyar run out 12, Sangram Singh c P. Chawla b Sarandeep 47, A Sharma b Bhandari 30, Virender Sharma c & b Bhandari 22, S Yadav c Jhalani b Mathur 20, A Kapoor lbw Bhandari 1, R. Panta c verma b Sarandeep 51, V Bhatia lbw Abhisek 1. Extras: (lb 3,5, nb 4) 12. Total: (for seven in 96.1 overs) 244. Fall of wickets: 1/24, 2/55, 3/64, 4/81, 5/158, 6/160, 7/161, 8/219, 9/243. Bowling: Amit Bhandari 25-05-89-5, Arun Singh 16-04-36-0, Rahul Sanghvi 10-02-29-0, Abhisek Sharma 16.1-05-32-1, Sarndeep Singh 26-13-38-2, Mithun Minhas 3-01-12-0. Delhi (Ist innings): A Chopra lbw Ashok Thakur 105, G. Gambhir batting 109, P. Chawla batting 8. Extras: (b-8,lb-2,w-2,nb-6) 18. Total: (for one wicket in 77 overs) 240. Fall of wickets: 1/211. Bowling: A Thakur 19-7-46-1, R. Pantha 6-1-22-0, V. Bhatia 11-3-33-0, A. Kapoor 19-2-52-0, S. Sharma 5-1-27-0, S. Singh 8-1-23-0, A. Sharma 9-2-23-0.
Railways in command Siliguri At the end of day’s play Subhamoy Das of Bengal was at the crease with 37 not out, while Utpal Chaterjee (13) was caught by Martin of Kulamani Parida’s last ball of the match. Railways (1st innings): 246 all out. Bengal (1st innings): Deep Dasgupta b Saxena c Wangkade 31, Amitaba Chakraberty l b w by Kulamani Parida 23, Debang Gandhi lbw Harvinder 30, Rohan Gavaskar b Saxena c Harvinder 20, Subhamoy Das not out 37, Subradeep Ganguly b Saxena c Khanolkar 0, Sanjeev Sanyal lbw by Kulamani 10, LR Sukla Khanolkar 0, Utpal Chatterjee b Kulmani c Martin 13. Extra: 9. Total: for eight wickets 173. Fall of wickets: 1/53. 2/73, 3/102, 4/129, 5/137, 6/153, 7/154, 8/173. Bowling: Kulamani 33.1-9-65-3, Harvinder 10.4-3-26-1, S Saxena 19-4-34-3, JP Yadav 14.2-7-14-0, TP Singh 1-0-03-0, Khanolkar 14-3-21-1.
J&K slump Bangalore Rowland remained unconquered on 237 (636 m, 455 b, 21x4), enabling the hosts to take the driver’s seat. Along with wicketkeeper V.S. Thilak Naidu (167 not out), Rowland, batting on 111 at stumps, ripped apart a mediocre J&K bowling attack and plundered runs at will, as Karnataka, 295 for two overnight, added 303 runs today before declaring their first innings.
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World Cup trophy unveiled New Delhi, November 28 The eighth edition of the World Cup will be held in South Africa in 2003. South Africa would be the principal hosts with matches also scheduled to be held in Kenya and Zimbabwe. The tournament has been expanded to include 14 teams, comprising the 10 ICC full members plus Kenya (which has One-Day International status), Canada, Holland and debutants Namibia. The opening match will be played between South Africa and West Indies on February 9. The World Cup was first held in 1975 with West Indies winning the title. In the subsequent editions, West Indies, India, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia inscribed their names on the cup. Crafted in silver and gilt, the 60-centimetre long trophy features a golden globe held aloft by three silver columns. The globe is presented in the form of a stylised cricket ball while the columns, styled as stumps and bails, represent the three essential aspects of the game—batting, bowling and fielding. Valued at over £ 40,000, and weighing in excess of 11 kilos, the trophy has been designed in platonic dimensions to ensure its uniqueness. The ICC has adopted the 1999 Cricket World Cup as its perpetual prize and the six previous champions have been acknowledged on inscription plates on its base. The World Cup One-Day International is the ultimate trophy to be won in limited overs cricket tournament. In the first World Cup, held in England in 1975. West Indies, already regarded as the best Test side in the world at the time, beat Australia in the title clash by 17 runs. England hosted the World Cup for the second time four years later with Canada replacing East Africa in the line-up. West Indies retained the cup, trouncing hosts England by a 92 runs in the final, with Vivian Richards cracking un unbeaten 138. On both occasions, Clive Lloyd was the captain, and remains the only captain to lead his country to the World Cup crown more than once. |
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Auction for a noble cause Kolkata, November 28 The purpose was to organise funds for saving the lives of a baby suffering from leukaemia and two other young men suffering from deadly diseases. Saurav the honourable “guest” president of Prerana, a voluntary organisation that the captain and the minister has jointly formed in the pattern of Steve Waugh’s Udayan near Kolkata airport. At the auction, 35 bats, signed by Saurav and Yuvraj were sold out within a few minutes drawing a collection of handsome amount of Rs 10 lakhs. Of course, the highest bidders were the skipper himself and Yuvraj who bought a bat at Rs 40,000 and made a promise of additional Rs 60,000 after he returns at his home. |
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Punjab, Railways top pools Chautala (Sirsa), November 28 For the winners, central blocker Sunil Kumar, lifter Ravi Reddy and attacker Rajesh Tiwari left their rivals gasping for breath with some neat performances. Like Railways, the Punjab men too topped pool ‘B’ as they walloped Chhattisgarh 25-21, 25-22, 26-24. Although it was an inconsequential league match, yet Roy Joseph, Narender Singh and Jagbir Singh got ample opportunity to finetune their techniques for the sterner tests that lay ahead of them. However, Punjab eves put up an insipid performance against Tamil Nadu to whom they went down 15-25, 19-25, 20-25. Despite today’s loss, the Punjab girls have made it to the last eight grade. Railwys girls comprehensively beat West Bengal 25-7, 25-9, 25-13. Haryana men, after going down to Railways yesterday rode roughshod over Madhya Pradesh 25-18, 25-17, 25-18. For the hosts, Amir Singh played a pivotal role while libero Sandeep Kumar once again came up with a lively performance. In the men’s section the teams which have made it to the quarterfinal from pool `A’ are Railways, Kerala and Haryana. Punjab, TN and Services have made the grade from pool `B’. On the distaff side, Railways and West Bengal (pool A), Kerala and Chandigarh (pool B), TN and Punjab (pool C) and Karnataka and AP (pool D) complete the quarterfinal line up. Other results: Uttaranchal b Maharashtra 25-14, 25-13, 25-21. Railways b Karnataka 25-15, 25-21, 25- 14. Haryana b MP 25-18, 25-17, 25-18. Kerala b Delhi 25-23, 25-18, 25-20. Punjab b Chhattisgarh 25-21, 25-22, 26-24. UP b HP 25-22, 25-15, 25-21. TN b Services 28-30, 22-25, 25-23, 25-21, 15-11. (Women): Haryana b Orissa 25-16, 25-12, 25-19. TN b Punjab 25-15, 25-19, 25-20. Kerala b
Chandigarh 25-13, 26-24, 25-21. HP b Rajasthan 25-15, 25-11, 25-22. Delhi w/o Goa. Chhattisgarh b Jharkhand 25-10, 25-14, 25-14. |
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Formidable enter quarterfinals Ludhiana, November 28 Formidable, Delhi, represented by Kiran Nadar, Subhash Gupta, Rajesh Dalal, K.R. Venkataraman, Sunil Choski and B. Satyanarayan topped the list of qualifiers with a tally of 179 VPs. They gave a good display losing only one out of nine matches played against fancied Indian Railways ‘B’. Indian Railways ‘B’ (Manas, Kushari, Subir, Rana, Sumit and A.N. Banerjee) stayed at the second place with 173 VPs. Their team was right on the top but it receded after losing the last two matches against C.V. Rao (12- 18) and Pankaj Mehta (10 - 20). However, the team finished at the second spot in view of its earlier rich haul. Defending champions India Blues, Mumbai (Ashok Ruia, K.S. Samant, R. Sridhar, Ajay Khere, Rejendra Gokhale and S.K. Iyengar), which has the distinction of figuring in the final during the last three editions of the championship (Ruia Trophy) contest, winning twice at Hyderabad in 1999 and Kolkata in 2001, finished at the third spot having 158 Vps. C.V. Rao’s team Vizag (K. Krishna Kumar, R Krishnan, B. Das, P. Bardhan, S.N. Sarkar and C.V. Rao) remained at the fourth place with 157 VPs. The next four places were held by Mamaji, Mumbai (154), Pankaj Mehta, Moradabad (152), Monotona, Mumbai (146), and Sunil Machhar, Mumbai (146). |
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North Zone to meet East in final Jalandhar, November 28 In the semifinals today fivetime winner in a row North Zone crushed West Zone 6-0 in an one-sided game while East Zone outclassed South Zone 3-2 in a tight fought match. North Zone went ahead in the ninth minute to open their account through Amarjit Singh Negi, whose bullet-like shot from the left flank went straight into the box without any resistance (1-0). Jasbir Singh of North Zone further consolidated the lead by scoring a field goal in the 20th minute (2-0). In the 29th minute, Ajit after dodging the entire defence of West Zone sent the ball in the box (3-0). At the lemon break the score was 3-0 in favour of North Zone. After the breather, North Zone’s players attacked more aggressively and in the 43rd minute Navbir Singh of North Zone caught hold of the ball near the 25 yard line of South Zone and put the ball straight into the box (4-0). Again in the 47th minute Ajit of North Zone further increased the lead by
scoring a field goal (5-0). In the 56th minute Navbir Singh of North Zone received a beautiful pass from his team-mate Ajit to score a field goal (6-0). In the Second semi final East Zone went into defiant in the 12th minute when Baskar of South Zone scored a field goal from the left flank (0-1). In the 35th minute Gurdhyan Singh of East Zone scored the equalizer through a field goal (1-1). After the lemon break Tapan Dass of East Zone scored a field goal from the right side in the 40th minute (2-1). In the very next minute, Chinda Meeran of South Zone scored the equaliser for his team (2-2). In the 49th minute Hardeep Singh of East Zone scored the winning goal for his team by converting a penalty corner (3-2). |
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All Punjab eves qualify Gurdaspur, November 28 In the girls section closely following Punjab were West Bengal who got 171.50 points, Maharashtra remained third with 158.60 points and Haryana were fourth bagging 125.75 points. Besides these four teams, one player each from Delhi, Kerala, Himachal, Manipur and Madhya Pradesh, two from Andhra Pradesh and three from UP made to optional exercise. In the boys section Andhra Pradesh stood second with 241.65 points, West Bengal remained third with 237.85 while Punjab were fourth as they got 213.85 points. In addition to these four full teams, four gymnasts each from Maharashtra and Haryana, three from Madhya Pradesh and one each from Chandigarh, Delhi, Kerala and Services Sports Control Board qualified. |
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400 skaters for memorial meet Chandigarh, November 28 As many as 400 skaters drawn from 12 districts of the state —Panchkula, Panipat, Faridabad, Sirsa, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar, Ambala, Rohtak, Gurgaon, Kaithal and Hisar — will vie for top honours in two events speed and roller hockey. The three-day event is being organised by the Roller Skating Association of Panchkula. Stating this, the President of the association, Ms Rajni Thareja said that the opening ceremony would be held tomorrow at 6 pm. |
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Dhruv, Vicky to clash in final Ludhiana, November 28 In their last league matches, Dhruv Verma, student of B.Com III of Arya College, Ludhiana recorded a convincing win of three frames to nil (76-39, 100-15 and 91-29) against Rajeev Kumar also of Ludhiana. The match between Vicky Vig and Rajat Kaura also proved to be a one-sided affair as the former came out triumphant 3-0 (60-36, 56-34 and 101- 4. Earlier, in the day Dhruv defeated Rajat Kaura 50-23, 66-33, 71-26 and Vicky overcame a spirited battle waged by
Rajeev Kumar whom he managed to scrape past 52-56, 21-51, 56-36, 85-10 and 69-37. Other results (senior section)- Sanjeev Bhalla (Ldh ) b Amit Yadav (Ldh) 75-6,60-44,82-44; Ashish Dhanda (Ldh) b ankur (Ldh) 66-7, 69-20, 71-20; Dharminder Lilly ( Jal) b Sunny (Ldh) 78-23, 89-1, 116-16; Mahesh Yadav (Ldh)b Sanjeev Bharti (Ldh ) 66-74, 45-49, 63-35, 64-52, 56-49. Sanjeev Bhalla (Ldh) b Sanjay Jain (Ldh) 88-21, 69-22, 37-75, 59-27; Vipul Arora (Jal) b Navneet Malhotra (Ldh ) 34-46, 70-34, 76-34, 22-53, 37-54; Manu Chopra (Ldh) b Amol Manjal (Ldh) 4-64, 9-75, 11-67; Sunny (Ldh) b Amit Kothari (Ldh) 63-25, 81-23, 79-35; Ashish Dhanda (Ldh) b Vikas Chhabra (Fzr) 74-26, 86-22, 111-16; Sheetal Verma (Ldh) b Jimmi (Ldh) 66-31, 73-20, 97-11; Achint Verma (Ldh) b Sarbjit singh (Ldh) 40-35, 75-8, 74-33; Joy Mehra (Asr) b Manu Chopra (Ldh) 70-12, 71-12, 76-12. |
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Delhi jrs lift football trophy Chamba, November 28 They defeated Uttar Pradesh 1-0 to lift the trophy. The only goal of the match came in the fifth minute through Suburoto Day. It was his sixth goal in the championship. Rajiv Karamkar scored four goals while Sanyantan Das Rey scored three goals in the tournament. Abhishek and Parkash Kumar of Uttar Pradesh scored five goals in the tournament. |
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Haryana to honour winners Chautala (Sirsa), November 28 This was disclosed by Mr M.S. Mann, Director (sports), Haryana, who has also been appointed as the Chief-de-Mission of the Haryana contingent for the 32nd National Games slated to be held at Hyderabad from December 13 to 22. Mr Mann is here to oversee the conduct of the ongoing 51st Senior National Volleyball Championships. |
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