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Cricket New Delhi, August 15 Gursharan’s involvement with the cricket academy is so total that he has decided to forsake, for the time being, the offer of the Bengal Cricket Association to coach the Bengal team. Though the money was good, Gursharan felt that his absence from Delhi would have adversely affected the functioning of the Gyan Bharati Cricket Academy, which he has painstakingly nurtured to its present stature. “All my hard work would go waste if I am not around to look after the academy,” Gursharan said. His academy boasts of some of the brightest cricket talent in Delhi, and Gursharan has been putting his own experience as a Test player, to nurture the boys, some of whom, he feels, have a rosy cricket future, provided they maintain the same kind of devotion and enthusiasm for the game as they are displaying now. The Gyan Bharati Academy is unlike other cricket academies as the principal of the Gyan Bharati School, Mr Shekhar, takes personal interest in the functioning of the academy. Gursharan said this was the reason he was reluctant to shift base to Bengal, though the assignment would have fetched him a lot of personal mileage, the attractive pay packet apart. Gursharan is also one of the coaches of the Zonal Academy of North Zone, run by the Delhi and District Cricket Association under the aegis of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. He plans to widen the scope of his cricket academy to make it the best in Delhi, unlike some other academies, which are basically money-spinning ventures. |
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Heroes clinch DSA B Division title New Delhi, August 15 Paschim Heroes, combining well through their
medios Rajesh Shoukeen, Mukesh and Khaleel, drew first blood in the third minute when inside-left Shoukeen placed the ball home from close. Though Paschim Heroes came by several other chances to score, their forwards failed to make use of them. Rohini took advantage of the confusion in the Paschim Heroes’ ranks to slot in the equaliser through defender Imtiaz in the 25th minute. On crossing over, Paschim Heroes, however, regained their scoring touch as Praveen Shoukeen struck again to put them in the lead while Dinesh Shoukeen completed the tally. Rohini were awarded a penalty kick at the fag end, but Lalit’s shot kissed the cross bar and went out. Cosmos got walkover from Youngsters in a relegation match. Both the teams have been relegated to the B Division. The A Division Super League will start on Saturday with a match between Royal Rangers and Hans Club at 3.30 pm followed by a match between Youngmen and Ahbab Club at the Ambedkar Stadium. |
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DPS drub St Columba’s in basketball tourney New Delhi, August 15 In a high-scoring match, DPS led by 44-35. Captains of both the teams showed the way, leading from the front, as it were, when Guruk basketed 44 points for DPS while Bhavesh scored 33 points for Columba’s. Adbulla Khan was the second best scorer for DPS with 27 points while Siddharth D’Souza scored 23 points for Columba’s. It was, in fact, a night of the DPS, as DPS, R K Puram later gave a 69-44 drubbing to Modern School. Shashwat (26) and Amulya (18) were the leading scorers for DPS while Derek (24) and Risab (14) scored for the losers. St. Xavier’s played a sharp game to record a narrow 34-27 victory against Oxford school. Oxford, down by 9-18 at half time, fought back on resumption to narrow the gap, but Xavier’s maintained their lead to come up trumps. Three other scheduled matches could not be played due to persistent rains. |
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Feroz Ali consolidates lead New Delhi, August 15 Feroz Ali, after a string of pars, made his first of five birdies on the par-5 fifth, which signalled the return of his famed form. With birdies on the ninth and tenth, Feroz was a man possessed. After driving into the fairway bunker on the 11th, Feroz chipped to 12-feet and sank a downhill putt for a birdie to go three strokes ahead of the field. Feroz, sponsored by Air Sahara, landed in the trees on the next hole and went for the green from a difficult position. His chip shot hit the mound on the left of the green and went over from where Feroz had to settle for a bogey. However, he made amends on his favourite hole, the par-5 13th, with yet another birdie. However, the pick of Feroze’s round was a par, which he saved on the par-4 17th after his tee shot landed in the water hazard on the fairway. Feroz hit a four-iron shot to about 18 inches and made par. Pappan’s new-found form at the Kashmir Open continued as he went on a birdie spree. Making a 15-feet birdie on the opening hole, he sunk a 25-footer on the par-4 third for another birdie. He made one more birdie on the ninth after missing an eagle from ten feet. |
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Ram Babu Gupta appointed match referee New Delhi, August 15 Delhi and District Cricket Association vice-president C. K. Khanna said the Board of Control for Cricket in India has appointed Ram Babu Bupta, who is also the treasurer of the DDCA, as the match referee for the Challenger Series. Ram Babu has officiated in several Test and other international matches in a long career as a top-notch umpire. |
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Ganga School lift title New Delhi, August 15 Samuel, with 15 points, top-scored for Ganga while Zed Ram and Karan Mehta basketed eight and six points respectively. Ganga School principal S Srow congratulated the team for their triumph. |
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