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India bank on spinners for consolation win
Players will have to perform: Ganguly
Maintaining pressure crucial: Ponting
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Axing of Yuvraj not right: Srikkanth
A blunder to play on green top: Akram
Mills bowls Kiwis to victory
Innings victory for Punjab
Paragliding Pre-World Cup
JCT, Sporting win in Durand Cup
2 East Bengal players held
Devender Joshi, Rafath bite the dust
Victorious Kerala team call on PM
Punjab triumph
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India bank on spinners for consolation win
Mumbai, November 2 The hosts have left the final decision on whether to play all three frontline spinners for tomorrow after another look at the wicket, but enough indications have been given by coach John Wright that this strategy may be adopted. Andia have decided to leave out newcomer Dheeraj Jadhav, the Maharashtra opener, and Bengal pacer Shiv Sunder Paul out of the twelve which they announced today. Delhi opener Gautam Gambhir and Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthick are all set to make their Test debuts, though both have already appeared in one-day internationals. The last spot seems to be a toss-up between left-arm paceman Ashish Nehra and left-arm spinner Murali Kartik. “We will decide on the final eleven after a look at the wicket tomorrow,” stand-in captain Rahul Dravid said. Australia have already clinched the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead by overwhelming India by a whopping 342 runs in the third Test at Nagpur. “There is a lot to play for all our team members. There’s no need to motivate anyone for a Test, whatever may be the status of the series,” Dravid said after the team’s extensive practice session lasting three hours. The Indians are desperately trying to rediscover the batting form they showed in Australia and Pakistan but which seems to have deserted them totally in the ongoing series. “We know that we will be thrashed unless we play well. We competed well in Chennai. We have to play good cricket. That’s our focus. We are all keen to do well,” Dravid said. The hosts were outplayed in the first and third Tests, losing at Bangalore and Nagpur by huge margins with the top-order failing to click. The second Test was well-contested before rain washed out the entire fifth day’s play at Chennai. India, without the services of skipper Sourav Ganguly, whose thigh strain has resulted in him skipping the last two Tests, would be hoping for some let-up in the intensity shown so far by the visitors in the first three Tests. Australia by far have been the superior side in the series with their three-strong pace battery of Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz relentlessly attacking the star-studded Indian batting line-up. Only Virender Sehwag, who was having a poor run with the bat in one-internationals coming into this Test series, seems to have played the ball on merit without allowing the state of the wicket or the reputation of the rival bowlers to get to him. India are not only hoping for Sehwag to continue to fire on all cylinders, but also for the other three top stars — Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman — to get into the groove. The hosts know that they can put pressure on the visitors by rattling up a good first innings score and then unleashing the spin magic on a track that looks conducive to slow bowlers. All three Indian spinners, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh — who is fit again after missing the Nagpur Test due to gastro — and Murali Kartik, have been among the wickets. On a surface that is expected to help them quite early in the match, the trio — if fielded together — can cause problems, but they need to have a good score to back them up. “We need to look at our combination tomorrow and if we do decide to go in with three spinners, then we would have to use Tendulkar to open with the new ball,” Dravid said. On the other hand, Australian captain Ricky Ponting said his team saw the match as another chance to win and they were gearing up to be mentally fresh and prepared for it. “We discussed what had happened during the series at our meeting yesterday. That’s dusted and done with now,” said Ponting, who returns to lead the team after missing the first three Tests due to a thumb injury. "We have one more Test match to play and one more week in India. We have another chance to play another very good Test match. That’s what our focus has been. We are being mentally prepared for this last game. We have taken it relatively easy over the past few days,” the Aussie skipper said. Ponting said the Australians were thinking of adding more slow bowlers to their attack which had seen three seamers and one spinner right through the series so far. The teams (from): India: Rahul Dravid (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Mohammad Kaif, Dinesh Karthick (wk), Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra. Australia:
Ricky Ponting (capt), Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Damien Martyn, Simon Katich, Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist (wk), Shane Warne, Jason Gillespie, Michael Kasprowicz, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee, Brad Hodge, Cameron White and Nathan Hauritz.
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Players will have to perform: Ganguly
Dubai, November 2 In an interview to Gulf News, Sourav, who has been forced to skip the last two Test matches against the visiting Australian team with a groin injury, reiterated that players would have to deliver the goods to keep their place in the side. Pointing out the exclusion of wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel and opener Aakash Chopra for the final Test, Sourav said, ''When you play badly you have to accept it and make the necessary changes...I am telling myself that if I can't perform well for a long period, I might also face the axe.'' "When you want to keep the same XI, all the players have to perform to a minimum level. If you can't, changes will be made. The skipper can't do anything since he is also a part of it,'' he said. Talking about Yuvraj Singh getting the boot, Sourav said, "I can assure you that nobody will be indispensable in this team if he is not performing. Yuvi didn't get a chance in the third Test but when he was given chances his performances were unsatisfactory. I hope he will be in the one-day squad.'' He, however, justified the inclusion of an out-of-form VVS Laxman for Mumbai Test starting tomorrow. ''I requested the selectors to give him another chance. He is too big a batsman to be dropped. I just couldn't forget those innings he had played in the last couple of years. Yes, he is not in form, but he can come back. He is trying hard.'' Talking about Parthiv Patel's performance, he said, ''He was tried, but could not satisfy. But age is on his side. I have no doubt about his talent.''
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Maintaining pressure crucial: Ponting
Mumbai, November 2 "India have done it (maintained pressure) on occasions, but not for as long as we have done, which is what helps you win Test matches," he said. Ponting said the Australians had planned for long for this series and learned their lessons from the series loss in 2001. "We had been visiting the sub-continent and learned the wrong way to play cricket, both with the bat and the ball. But now we have learned from those mistakes. We have not made these mistakes on this tour," Ponting said. Ponting also said India missed the inspiring presence of Sachin Tendulkar in the first two Tests. "Just having him around (in the team) helps a lot of their batsmen out. He's been around for a long time, seen so many situations. They did not have that (advantage) in the first couple of games," he said. Ponting said he was pretty disappointed at missing the first three Tests as he lost out on a chance to make amends for his poor run of scores in the 2001 series. "It was a big disappointment. I was looking forward to the challenge. But it was not to be. I have two innings now to make some scores in the final Test. I have worked hard at the nets in the last week and am looking forward to the match." The skipper also said that his players were now well acclimatised with the hot and humid conditions, especially after their experience in Chennai. "We would be fine. The temperature would be around 35 degrees. It's going to be hot and sticky, but we have got used to it," the right-handed batsman added.
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Warne ruled out due to injury Australian leg spinner Shane Warne was today ruled out of the fourth and final Test against India starting here tomorrow after fracturing his right thumb during the team's net practice. "Warne was hit on the thumb during the nets and felt increasing pain as the day progressed. The precautionary X-Ray showed a fractured thumb and he has been ruled out of the Mumbai Test," the team's media manager Jonathan Rose said.
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Axing of Yuvraj not right: Srikkanth Chandigarh, November 2 Srikkanth was in Chandigarh on a day's visit as a brand ambassador of LG Electronics India. Srikkanth emphasised on Yuvraj's capability as an all rounder and said he could not only bat well at middle order, but field also which was vital in a match. Srikkanth said there was no need for hasty decisions. The former swashbuckling batsman said it was unfortunate that all the six top Indian batsmen were not in good form at the same time which was rare for any side. He hoped that they would do well in the tomorrow's Test in Mumbai. On the failure of Indian openers, Srikkanth said: "If we look in the past it was only Sunil Gavaskar who excelled at world level as an opening batsman. The Indian middle order has always been better". He, however, welcomed the selection of youngsters like Gautam Gambhir in the team. He wondered about the repeated fitness problems plaguing the Indian players and demanded to know why there could not be proper assessment of a player's fitness. When asked, why Indians play under pressure at their home turf, Srikkanth said, "Ours is a balanced team. Players have the potential and they must play with cool temperament and with confidence." He, however, said Aussies definitely had an edge on others. He was all praise for the Mohali cricket stadium and said it was really world class. Earlier during the day, Srikkanth paid a visit to various authorised LG dealers under the promotional scheme of the company. He also met a few lucky winner of the scheme.
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A blunder to play on green top: Akram
New Delhi, November 2 Talking to reporters after signing a contract with Twenty First Century Media (TCM), the former left arm pacer said, '' There is nothing objectionable with what we call 'home advantage'. Green tops greet India or Pakistan when they reach Australia and going by the simplest of logic, India should have asked them to play on a spinning track, which is their strength.'' He blamed it on ''poor coordination'' in the Indian think-tank. ''Maybe the captain should have called up the curator and ask for a tailor-made wicket, which is a common practice in the cricketing world,'' he opined. Criticising coach John Wright, Akram said, ''More than the captain, the coach should have taken the initiative to ensure the team plays to its strength. But this has to be done beforehand. I think it was a case of communication gap.'' He, however, said no team should complain about the pitch and play with positive mindset. Though he described himself as a non-serious person and hence averse to take up full-time coaching, Akram said he was always ready to help youngsters learn the trade of fast bowling. ''I know it created much hue and cry when Irfan Pathan came to me for tips. We met just three or four times. If he picked up so many things in such a short time, he deserves the credit. I'm always open to help youngsters and nationality is no bar,'' he said. Akram also rued the lack of fringe players in the sub-continent. ''An Australia A team can beat most of the Test sides. Michael Clarke came to replace injured Ricky Ponting and scored a debut ton. This underlines their strength. But here, you won't have replacements for Sachin (Tendulkar), Rahul (Dravid) or Inzamam-ul Haq,'' he lamented. He also came down heavily on legendary former fast bowler Dennis Lillee for suggesting changes in the bowling action of Zaheer Khan which, Akram claimed, had adverse effect on the pacer's performance. ''Lillee is a great coach but he has not played too many matches in the sub-continent and hence I'm afraid he was not right with Zaheer. I was also surprised by (L) Balaji's action during the NatWest trophy where he resembled (Javagal) Srinath and his natural outswinger was missing,'' he added.
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Mills bowls Kiwis to victory
Chittagong, November 2 New Zealand Fulton b Hossain 9 Astle b Hossain 27 Marshall st Mashud b Rana 7 Styris run out 43 McMillan c Mashud b Baisya 17 McCullum b Rafique 8 Cairns b Hossain 74 Harris c Saleh b Rana 5 Vettori b Baisya 12 Adams c Mahmud b Hossain 4 Mills not out 0 Extras
(lb-4, nb-3, w-11) 18 Total (all out, 49.2 overs) 224 FoW:
1-11, 2-49, 3-50, 4-77, 5-94, 6-143, 7-168, 8-191, 9-224. Bowling:
Baisya 10-0-58-2, Hossain 8.2-1-40-4, Rana 10-0-35-2, Mahmud 5-0-28-0, Rafique 10-2-28-1, Saleh 6-0-31-0. Bangladesh Ahmed lbw Mills 4 Omar c Fulton b Mills 3 Saleh c McMillan b Mills 4 Bashar lbw Styris 22 Ashraful c McCullum b Mills 2 Islam Rana c Styris b Vettori 13 Mashud lbw Styris 2 Mahmud st McCullum Rafique c Styris b Harris 11 Baisya c Adams b Vettori 2 Hossain not out 1 Extras
(nb-1, w-7) 8 Total (all out, 31.5 overs) 86 FoW:
1-4, 2-10, 3-23, 4-27, 5-45, 6-51, 7-68, 8-79, 9-83. Bowling: Mills 7-2-14-4, Adams 6-1-24-0, Cairns 4-2-5-0, Styris 6-3-13-2, Harris 5-0-21-1, Vettori 3.5-0-9-3.
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Innings victory for Punjab
Rohtak, November 2 On the third and final day today, Haryana began at 35 for 2, needing another 195 runs to avoid an innings defeat. Haryana had conceded a lead of 229 runs to Punjab in the first innings. Skipper Sumit Kundu, who had top scored in Haryana’s first innings with 74 runs, missed his half century by three runs. His 47 came off 137 balls . Punjab finally managed to end Haryana’s second innings at 160 about 45 minutes after the lunch break. Punjab’s right-arm medium pacer Mohit Mahendra dismissed six Haryana batsmen for 50 runs. Punjab garnered five points, including one bonus point, from this match. Brief scores: Haryana 161 and 160; Punjab 390.
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80 pilots to be allowed entry
Ashok Raina
Kangra November 2 Mr. Manoj Sharma, Deputy Director of the Department of Tourism Himachal Pradesh, told The Tribune today that the IPPI 3 certificate was a condition for the foreign pilots for participation. But for the Indian Pilots they must have flied at least for 35 kms or must have participated in the last year's paragliding event. He said that a committee constituted under the chairmanship of the SDM Baijnath would check the equipment of the pilots in order to avoid any accident. Mr Manoj Sharma said that more than 100 pilots, including 15 Indians, have applied for participation. He, however, made it clear that not more than 80 pilots would be allowed to take part in view of the infrastructure available. He said that the participants would be accommodated in a tent colony at Bir near the landing site situated at an altitude of 1,480 meters. He said that during the last two events the participants were being accommodated in hotels at Palampur which was more expensive and time consuming and was not serving the purpose in right perspective. He said that Billing, world's one of the best take off sites, is situated at an altitude of 2,290 meters which provided high altitude and cross country flying for more than 200 kms, He said a lot of infrastructure had been developed in order to provide maximum facilities to the participants reaching from all over the world. The pilots today started reaching Bir to start their practice from Billing from tomorrow which would continue for three days. He said that a rescue, retrieval and safety committee had been formulated and police and security personals deployed at the take off and landing sites.
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JCT, Sporting win in Durand Cup
New Delhi, November 2 In another match, in Group B, Sporting Club de Goa pipped Army XI 1-0. For the fans who came to watch the country’s new talent from India’s premier football nursery, TFA’s display was a huge letdown as they succumbed to two late goals by Manjit Singh (73rd minute) and substitute Hardip Gill (injury time) in a Group D match. Against the Goans, Army XI, who reached the final in 2002-03, looked set to grab a crucial point till a fatal handball by defender R. Ramesh inside the box in the 65th minute led to a penalty. Sporting Club captain Dudu Mac Pherin made no mistake from the spot, sending goalkeeper Abun Gopi Singh to the wrong side. While there were only a handful of spectators at the Ambedkar Stadium, which has a capacity of close to 17,000, to watch ArmyXI’s downfall, some 100-odd spectators came in for the second match expecting TFA boys to push JCT. After a barren first half, JCT drew first blood following a forceful thrust by Manjit Singh and Gill. After Manjit’s first try was brilliantly blocked by goalkeeper Shilton Paul, the ball came back to Manjit off the rebound via Sukhjinder Singh and this time he found the net. JCT’s moves gained more thrust after the introduction of Gill, in place of Shivraj Singh, at the hour mark. Gill immediately took charge, weaving up through the centre and constantly troubled the TFA defenders where Warun Deep was the only one to impress. TFA rarely troubled JCT custodian Ajani Ibrahim and one such instance came in the 62nd minute. Skipper Mark Fernandez went up through the right and sent a good ball in to Satish Kumar who failed to beat an onrushing Ibrahim.
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2 East Bengal players held
Kolkata, November 2 Both players were implicated under Sections 216 and 120 (B) with Section 302 of the IPC for being involved with prime accused Dilip Banerjee, alias “Hathkata” Dilip, in the East Bidhan Nagar twin murder case at Nayapatti in Rajarhat, near Salt Lake here. The police alleged that Shasty had given shelter to absconder Dilip at his residence. The SDJM in charge, Barrackpore, Arup Kumar Ghosh, ordered that the two East Bengal footballers be kept in police custody for the next five days prior to being produced before the court again on November 7. Earlier, Superintendent of Police (North) Praveen Kumar here said the two footballers were arrested and would be produced before the court in the afternoon. Meanwhile, the club, after trying to shelter the two players till noon yesterday, has slowly drifted away. “We will not side with any criminal. The law will take its own course. If Shasty and Dipankar are found guilty they will be punished. The club will not protect them,” club secretary Kalyan Majumdar said. The incident started at 9 a.m. yesterday and went on till late last night when the two footballers were interrogated in phases at various places by different police officers ranging from IG Bageesh Mishra to the DIG, Presidency Range, Sanjay Chandra to Superintendent of Police (North) Praveen Kumar.
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RCF, N.Rly eves post wins
Jalandhar, November 2 Rail Coach Factory defeated Chandigarh XI in a well-contested match 2-1. RCF girls have four points from two encounters, whereas after losing today’s match, the Chandigarh team have three points from two matches. The RCF girls took the lead in the third minute when Baljit Kaur put the ball in the net from the goalkeeper’s rebound (1-0). Chandigarh eves wasted three penalty corners in the 10th, 11th and 12th minutes. In the 32nd minute, Parkash Devi gave a nice touch to the cross from Anu from the left flank for the equaliser. In the second half, RCF’s Arun Bala and Surjit Kaur missed two chances to get the lead in the 40th and 48th minutes. In the 51st minute, Sarabjit Kaur of RCF deflected the ball into the goal mouth from a cross by Baljit to make the score 2-1. In the second match, Northern Railway girls played a good game, even though they took some time to settle down. Western Railway put some pressure in the early minutes and scored the first goal in the seventh minute when Pakpi Devi converted a penalty corner. In the 27th minute, Western Railway goalkeeper Deepika Murti stopped Surinder Kaur in front of the goal mouth and the umpire awarded a penalty stroke to Northern Railway. Surinder Kaur converted the stroke to make the score 1-1. In the 44th minute, Neha Singh of Northern Railway scored a field goal. In the 50th minute, Surinder Kaur converted a penalty stroke for NR, making the score 3-1. On a better goal average, star-studded Indian Airlines entered the quarterfinals here today. In a pre-quarterfinal league match, Indian Airlines and PAP, Jalandhar, drew 1-1 to split one point each. A match to be held today was postponed for tomorrow as the Pakistani team could not reach the stadium to play RCF, Kapurthala. |
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Devender Joshi, Rafath bite the dust
Ludhiana, November 2 The reigning Asian champion, Devender Joshi found his opponent in Monty Dawar of Delhi a hard nut to crack. Initially, Joshi established lead over Monty but the later let lose a flurry of precision shots to take the match away from the champion 5-4. Similarly, Rafath Habib was a pale shadow of himself as his rival, Imran Khan from Uttar Pradesh potted the balls with uncanny precision to leave the star fumbling. Imran won the final verdict 5-3. However, other seeded players had a relatively easy time. Alok Kumar of Punjab overwhelmed Ateek Abdul of Tamil Nadu 5-0 while the current national pool champion, Manan Chandra of Delhi outclassed Manoj Verma of Bihar 5-2 and another Punjab player, Dharminder Lilly got the better of Amit Khanna of Delhi 5-2. Second day’s results: Joy Mehra (Pb) b Saurav Sikri o (UP) 5-3; Anand Sharma (Har) lost to Vinayak Aggarwal (Del) 2-5; Saurav kothari (WB) b Varun Kumar (TN) 5-3; Anuj Uppal (Del) b S Chauhan (Guj) 5-2; Sumit Talwar (Chd) b Vikram Anand (TN) 5-0; Achint Verma (Pb) lost to Angelo Johnson (TN) 3-5; Bhupinder Singh (Del) lost to Naveen (TN) 3-5; Gagandeep M (Chd) lost to Pushpinder Singh (Del) 4-5; Amit Yadav (Pb) b Kartik M (TN) 5-3. Devender Joshi (Mah) lost to Monty Dawar (Del) 4-5; Rafath Habib (TN) lost to Imran Khan (UP) 3-5; Siddarth Anand (Del) b Amit Goel (Har) 5-4; Sandeep Duggal (Chd) b Sandeep Gulati (Del) 5-0; K Ranjan (TN) b Sameet Gill (Del) 5-2; A Bhatia (Chd) b Manoj Verma (Pb) 5-1; Sameer Sharma lost to S Arora (Del) 0-5; Pushpinder Singh (Del) b Amit Bhalla (Pb) 5-1; Rohit Sharma (UP) lost to Harvinder (Pb) 2-5; John Clvin (Mizoram) lost to Simrat (Har) 05; Ankush Makkar (Chd) lost to Gaurav Joshi (Pb) 3-5; Kiran Chawla (Kar) b Farman Khan (UP) 5-4; Hassan (UP) b Sanjay Jain (Pb) 5-3. K Zubari (UP) b Sunil Aulakh (Pb) 5-3; S Bhalla (Pb) b M Bhaskar (TN) 5-2; Navneet (Pb) b Rahul Arora (UP) 5-3; Rajan Sehgal (Pb) lost to Jagjit Singh (Pb) 3-5; Angelo Johnson (TN) b Shariq Arafat (UP) 5-3; Naveen (TN) b Rahul Kapoor (UP) 5-4; Varun Kumar (TN) lost to Vipan Sethi 4-5; S Chauhan (Guj) lost to Vinay Chawla (Pb) 2-5; Vikram Anand (TN) b Mohit Goel (Har) 5-2; Aman Goel (Har) b David (TN) 5-3; Sandeep Gulati (Del) b Nishit P (UP) 5-3; Sunny Chaowdhary (Del) b Murali Krishna (TN) 5-1; Kamal Chabba (Har) lost to Amit Kapoor (Del) 1-5; Kartik M (TN) b Paramjeet Singh (Del) 5-3. Monty Dawar (Del) b Kennedy (TN) 5-0; Sunny Chadha (Del) b Anish R (guj) 5-3; Manoj Verma (Bihar) lost to Rajeev Juneja (Pb) 4-5; Manoj Tiyagi (Del) lost to Tamiz N (TN) 2-5; Ateek Abdul (TN) lost to Kamaldeep Singh (Del) 05; Amit Sharma (Del) b Parveen Rathi (Har) 5-3; Rajat Kaneja (Chd) lost to Rajat Kaura (Pb) 3-5; Dharminder Lilly (Pb) b Amit Sharma (Del) 5-2; Kamal Chawla (MP) lost to Rajat Kaneja (Pb) 2-5; Sheetal Verma (Pb) b Sunny Chadha (Del) 5-2; Rishab Thukral (Del) b Hitesh Soni (Pb) 5-0; Manish Srivastva (Har) b Manoj Tayagi (Del) 5-4; Manan Chandra (Del) b Manoj Verma (Bihar) 5-2; Alok Kumar (Pb) b Ateek Abdul (TN) 5-0; Abhishek (UP) b Mohd Moin (TN) 5-2; K Lallwmkima (Mizoram) b Gaganjyot Singh (Har) 5-2; Ajay Bhushan (Kar) lost to Piysuh Goel (Pb) 3-5 and Manish Behal (UP) lost to Mohit Aggarwal (Del). |
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Victorious Kerala team call on PM
New Delhi, November 2 Perhaps, this was for the first time that the Santosh Trophy winners were feted by the Prime Minister of India. In the past, the Santosh Trophy winners rarely got a chance to call on the Prime Minister as the championship was never held in Delhi in the post Independence era. Kerala, who annexed their fifth title, thus created history of sorts. The Kerala team presented an autographed football to Dr Manmohan Singh. The Prime Minister presented mementoes to each of the Kerala team members. |
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Punjab triumph
Amritsar: Punjab beat Uttaranchal by 101 runs in the Northern Zone Employees Provident Fund Cricket Tournament Tuesday.
Batting first, Punjab scored 192 runs for four wickets. PS Mainghi remained unbeaten on 86 and Ramesh Sood scored 45 runs. Chasing the total, Uttaranchal were all out for 91. Central Office Delhi, defeated Regional Office, Delhi, by 177 runs. Batting first, Central Office made 241 for two in 25 overs. Nischal Sood remained unbeaten on 111. Regional Office were bundled out for 64. — OSR
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16 teams to vie for Escorts Cup Faridabad, November 2 About 16 teams from the NCR will be vying to clinch the Escorts Cup. This tournament has been revived after several years. Stating this, the managing trustee of the Academy, Mr Vijay Yadav, a former member of the Indian cricket team and Mr Sharad Mahindra, DGM, Farmtrac division of the Escorts, said here that this would be the third such tournament so far and the aim was to promote young players and provide them a platform to hone their talent at the school level. Mr Yadav who had been recently appointed as the ‘Talent search officer’ by the Board of Cricket Control of India’ (BCCI), said that there was a need to upgrade the facilities and infrastructure besides preparing ‘nurseries’ for the budding talent at the school level, so as top-rated players could be produced by the time they reach the college level. He said while about half of the teams in this tournament will be from Faridabad itself, the rest will be from other parts of the NCR. He said matches will be of 40 overs each and played on the ‘knockout’ basis. The final match will be played for two days on November 21. He said it was a matter of satisfaction that Escorts Group had come forward to sponsor the tournament. The officials of the Escorts assured that they will try to make this tournament an annual event at the regional or national level.
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