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Guru Gobind Singh go down without fight
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New Delhi, November 28
Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) suffered a crushing 0-6 defeat at the hands of M M Rabanni High School, Nagpur (Maharashtra) in the Subroto Mukherjee Cup Football Tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium on Friday.

Waseem Ahmed starred in the match, scoring three goals, while the other goals were scored by Jiyas Ali, Monis Akhtar and Zahid Akhtar. In another match, Good Shepherd School, Shillong (Meghalaya) defeated American College School, Madurai (Tamilnadu) 2-0. Hopengstone Suting and Phisten L. Nongbri scored the goals in the fourth and seventh minutes respectively.

In the third match, Dumdum Kumar Ashutosh Institution, Kolkata drubbed Sainik School, Imphal 5-0 in an inconsequential match as Nagaland had already qualified for the quarter-final from Group IV. Anup Dutta scored a hattrick and Parvinder Singh accounted for a brace.

Saturday’s fixtures: Air Force School, Subroto Park(New Delhi) vs American College, Madurai (10 a m); Good Shepherd School, Shillong vs M. M. Rabanni School (2 pm); Bangladesh Krira Shikha Sansthan, Dhaka vs Mamta Modern School, Vikaspuri (3.30 pm) — Shivaji Stadium.

BCCI enters platinum jubilee year
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New Delhi, November 28
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will celebrate its platinum jubilee when it completes 75 years of existence on December 1. From Ranjit Singhji to Sachin Tendulkar, the exploits of India’s cricketing greats will come alive on ESPN Star Sports in the Sportsline Special on December 1.

Divided into four segments, the Hindi sports news programme features interviews with BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmia, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Erapally Prasanna, S. Venkataraghavan, Mushtaq Ali and India’s oldest living Test cricketer M. J. Gopalan, besides cricket historian Ramachandra Guha.

The Sportsline Special will start its journey from the Jamnagar home of Ranjit Singhji after whom the Ranji Trophy was named, and which got rolling in Madras in 1934. The second segment reflects on the glorious 70s that saw victories in the West Indies and England, the meteoric rise of Indian spin bowling and the unleashing of Kapil Dev, who brought home the coveted World Cup.

The next two segments will trace the course Indian cricket took before reaching the present stature.

Srinath suggests five bowlers

Javagal Srinath, who has recently retired from international cricket, has advocated a five-man bowling attack to tackle the Australians in the Test series Down Under. Speaking as a panelist in the latest episode of ESPN Presents ‘Samsung Cricket Show’, Srinath said: “The combination is vital...go in with five bowlers. If the five top batsmen can’t do much, it’s highly improbable that the sixth would do anything for the team”.

National Stadium sail into final

New Delhi, November 28
Deadly bowling by Nial Dobral (4 for 29) and Sourav Kumar (4 for 20) and dashing batting displays by Kunal Srivastav (53, 4x4) and Akash Yadav (42, 7x4) helped National Stadium Coaching Centre defeat K N Colts by 81 runs and entered the final of the Bhavan Under-12 Cricket Tournament at the Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan ground. Nial Dobral was named the man of the match.

Scores: National Stadium: 205 for 5 in 30 overs (Kunal 53, Ankit Chand 40, Akash 42, Jalaj 2 for 30). K N Colts: 124 all out in 22 overs (Nayeem 50, Akashay 35, N. Dobral 4 for 29, S. Kumar 4 for 20).

Manav excels

Manav Sharma hit an unbeaten century (110, 4x18, 92b) to help United Delhi Cricket Academy beat Salwan School by 23 runs in the Little Master Under-12 Cricket Trophy Tournament at the Salwan School ground. Nanav was adjudged the man of the match. Scores: United Delhi Cricket Academy: 156 for 5 in 25 overs (Manav Sharma 110 n o, Shivam Kapoor 2 for 38).

Salwan Public School: 123 all out in 24 overs (Shivam Kapoor 25, Siddharth Bhandari 2 for 20).

Aditya Jain shines

A fine knock of 85 by Aditya Jain and a half century by Sanjay Sharma helped Dena Bank defeat Young Friends by seven wickets in the C L Gupta Memorial Cricket Tournament for the Prem Lata Trophy at the Mohan Meakin ground.

Kuldeep Rawat hattricks for Delhi
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New Delhi, November 28
Three wickets in a row by medium-pacer and captain Kuldeep Rawat helped the Delhi Under-22 team beat Himachal Pradesh Under-22 team by nine wickets in the BCCI Under-22 Cricket Tournament played at Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh). Delhi won the toss and elected to field.

Scores: Himachal Pradesh (1st innings): 141 all out (Sobers Joban 26, Hemant Dogra 57, Kuldeep Rawat 2 for 35, Yogesh Sachdeva 2 for 37, Vivek Khurana 6 for 21). Delhi

(1st innings): 273 all out (Agnesh Kumar Surya 32, Rajiv Uniyal 62, Dilip TT 40, Kuldeep Rawat 33, Vijay Kumar 2 for 82, Anil Verma 2 for 36, Bhaskar 2 for 43, Ankit Aggarwal 2 for 34).

Himachal Pradesh (2nd innings): 201 all out (Rahul 64, Bhaskar 59, Kuldeep Rawat 5 for 51, including a hattrick, Vivek Khurana 3 for 43, Sohail Sharma 2 for 26). Delhi (2nd innings): 70 for 1 (Rajiv Uniyal 34 n o, Agnesh Kumar Surya 26 n o). Delhi will now take on Punjab at Patiala from December 8.

Metlife record big win in Amity School Cricket
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New Delhi, November 28
Metlife trounced IFFCO Tokio by 83 runs in the second Amity Insurance Cricket Cup at the Amity School ground. Scores: Metlife: 276 for 8 in 30 overs (Amit Sharma 57, Puneet Kumar 34, Mudit Kaushik 52, Vikas Sarohi 36, Ajay Pandey 2 for 16). IFFCO Tokio: 193 all out in 24 overs (Deepak Thapa 47, Ajay 17, Puneet Kumar 3 for 13, Amit Sharma 2 for 32, Dinesh 2 for 42).

ICICI Bank advance

ICICI Bank defeated Seagram by six wickets in the Eventus Cup Cricket Tournament.

Scores: Seagram: 128 for 7 in 25 overs (Abhishek Mishra 65, Mohinder Jakhar 18, Jitender Diwan 2 for 13, Amit Sahni 2 for 39). ICICI Bank: 129 for 4 in 14.2 overs (Jitender Diwan 56, Saif Khan 28, Prathmesh Mishra 3 for 18, Sharad Verma 1 for 45).

Hewlett Packard win

Hewlett Packard defeated CR IInfotech by 41 runs in the D Phadkar Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Teri Oval.

Scores: Hewlett Packard: 131 for 6 (Vivek 19, Amit 18, Satish Menon 15, Arun 2 for 12, Sumanto 2 for 27, Chetan 2 for 31). CR Infotech: 90 all out in 23.1 overs (Rajeev Sudan 13, Vishal 3 for 18).

Jhankar, Priya win in badminton trials
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New Delhi, November 28
Jhankar Aggarwal trounced Nisha 11-0 and Priya Gupta toyed with Rishu 11-0 in the girls III category of the Indian Oil Badminton Talent Contest, organised by the Delhi Badminton Association.

In the boys section category II, Sahil Parekh beat Saurabh Giri 15-0 and Vaibhav Manchanda beat Shivam Gupta 15-13.

In category III, Ritwik beat Sachin Gaur 15-8, Shoumendu beat Naveen 15-10 and Arjun Arora b Rahul Patn 15-7. The next talent contest matches will be held at the New Era Public School, Mayapuri on December 3.

Keen battle expected in Golf Cup
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New Delhi, November 28
Keen battle is expected in the Star News Golf Cup, to be played at the sprawling Jaypee Greens, on Saturday. Cricketer-turned television anchor Salil Ankola will add charm to the tournament. The field will have a good mixture of top bureaucrats and corporate heads. The event will be played on a two-man scramble format.