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Vet pharmacists hold
rally
Chandigarh, March 28 The rally was led by Mr Gurbaksh Singh Sidhu. Addressing the participants,he alleged that the government had failed to accede to their long-pending demands. Later, the protesters marched towards the Punjab Vidhan Sabha building to express their resentment. However, they were prevented by the police from doing so at the Matka Chowk. Barricades were erected to stop the march. The protesting vet pharmacists held a rally at the chowk. |
Mongia to lead Punjab team in Ranji
final
Mohali, March 28 Sairaj Bahutule, captain of the Mumbai team, replaces Dinesh Mongia to lead the India A side that will play the Pakistani team in a one-day warm-up match in Hyderabad on March 30. Earlier, Mongia had been named captain, but he would now miss the game as its dates clashed with that of the Ranji Trophy final. J.P. Yadav, medium-pacer from the Railways, will also miss the one-day match due to the same reason and play the final of the Ranji Trophy. Meanwhile, both teams assembled in the stadium for net practice at 10 a m. The practice session culminated at 1 p m. The Punjab team practised under the supervision of Intikhab Alam, coach-cum-manager of the team, while Vinod Sharma, coach of the Railways’ team, directed his players at the practice session. “The team is in high spirits after beating Mumbai in semifinal and is determined to win the trophy,” said Alam, who seemed delighted at the success of his team and gave credit to the self-confidence, mental toughness and hard work of Punjab players. “The key to success is self-confidence and ‘never give-up’ spirit, which I try to inculcate in my boys everyday,” Alam said. He instructed the boys to improve technical skills as well as their fitness level. “The biggest challenge before any coach is to solve problems that the team or individual players face,” he said. He praised the skipper of the team, Dinesh Mongia, who did a good job and showed good captaincy. “As the Mohali stadium happens to be the home ground of some top players of the team, it will prove advantageous for the team,” he said. Vinod Sharma, coach of the Railways, expressed satisfaction over the past performance of his team and termed it a balanced team. “We are a well-balanced side as we have three seamers and three spinners of international class, besides a good batting line-up. So, we have good chance of winning,” said Sharma. The Railways’ team also has some international stars, including skipper Sanjay Bangar, Murali Kartik and J.P. Yadav besides Amit Pagnis, Harvinder Singh and Santosh Saxena. In the Punjab team, youngsters like Gagandeep Singh and latest pace bowling sensation V.R.V. Singh, besides established players like Mongia, Ravneet Rickey and Pankaj Dharmani will be the attraction. |
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India’s defeat lets down cricket fans
Chandigarh, March 28 Mr Dinesh Kumar, a school headmaster, said, “Look at Pakistan captain
Inzamam-ul Haq and our captain Saurav Ganguly, with later proved to be a fiasco in all three tests as far as his batting and team efforts are concerned.” He said whenever the team was in danger, it was always the skipper who had to steer the team to victory, but it happened otherwise in case of Saurav who himself surrendered his batting. He said it would be better if the onus of Indian team be thrust in the hands of Rahul
Dravid. Mr Sanjeev Sharma, a Mohali-based businessman, said it was Indian bowling which failed on the last day of the first test match at Mohali when everyone predicted India’s win, but Pakistan managed to take it to a draw, but today, instead of making efforts to win, Indian batsmen did not take the match seriously and failed miserably. After winning the Kolkata test, the team should have given brave fight instead of losing with shame, he added. Ms Kamaljeet Kaur, an executive and former woman cricket player, said Indians had world class batsmen and had hoped that with good batting pitch, reaching the target was not an impossible task. She said it seemed that our batsmen were in a hurry to get out following poor performance by star batsmen like Sachin, Rahul and
Saurav. Mr Harcharan Singh, a bank employee, said it was remarkable on the part of Pakistan team which played in a cohesive manner. Kudos to Inzamam who became the first Pakistan captain to lead his team to victory in his 100th test match, he said. The banker said if India could not perform on home turf which was easier than playing abroad, then how could we ever visualise India becoming super power in this most popular sport in the country. |
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Minerva cricket club lifts trophy
Chandigarh, March 28 The MSC won the toss and elected to bat first, but kept loosing wickets at regular intervals as Minerva Academy skipper Ranjit Bajaj and Karan Kherwal tore through the opposition batting line up picking three wickets each. Tony was the only player to show some resistance to the Minerva attack making 32 runs before losing his wicket to the skipper’s ball. The MSC were all out at 141. The Minerva Academy began on a fast note making 41 in just four overs with opener Rocky Ratta scoring a brisk 25 runs. The academy achieved the target in 19.5 overs with five wickets and five overs to spare. Anil Sharma played a decent knock of unbeaten 35 to lead the team to victory. Tejwinder Gill scored a quick fire 20 in just 10 balls. Punjab Cabinet Minister Jagmohan Singh Kang gave away the prizes. The ‘Man of the Series’ award went to Harish Garg, best batsman award went to Tejwinder Gill, best bowler to Deepak Lothiya and the best wicket-keeper award to Shiva Mehta. Mr Kang also announced a grant of Rs 21,000 to the organisers. Detailed scorecard: Mani Sports Club 141 all out in 25 overs - Tony 32, Chintu 25, Ajwinder Pal 12, Ranjit Bajaj 3 for 20, Karan Kherwal 3 for 20, Deepak Lothiya 2 for 25. Minerva Academy 142 for 5 in 19.5 overs - Anil Sharma 35, Rocky Ratta 25, Harish Garg 16, Tejwinder Gill 20, Achru 2 for 30 , Chintu 2 for 38. |
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Srivatsa wins TT
title
Chandigarh, March 28 K Srivatsa after losing the first game at 7-11 fought back in the second game with his consistent rally game and took the early lead of 3 points and managed to win the game at 11-7. With this, the game score leveled at 1-1. In the third game, Sourav started with an aggressive approach, took the lead and won at 11-6 taking the tie in his favour with 3-1. Srivatsa came back with full zeal and concentration and managed to win the fifth game at the deuce score of 13-11with this the set score stood at 3-2. Srivatsa outclassed Sourav in the sixth game and won at 11-2. In the final game, the score moved neck and neck but ultimately Srivatsa won it at deuce score of 12-10 and won the men’s title. In the women’s section, Smitha Choudhary of AG Orissa won the title by defeating Bhavani Bhardwaj in straight sets at 12-10, 11-8,11-6, 11-6.It was a neck and neck fight in the first game and won the game at deuce score of 12-10. In the second game also, it was a close clash in the beginning, but when the score reached at 6-6 Smitha with her precise forehand drives won the game at 11-8. Her opponent Bhavani gave in easily in the next two games at 6-11, 6-11. In the veterans’ event, Patanjli Kumar of AG Haryana won the championship by defeating Pratim Sen of AG, West Bengal, in the straight set at 11-3, 12-10, 11-5. AG West Bengal won the team championship tag by defeating AG Rajasthan at the match score of 3-1. The only match winner for the Rajasthan team was Prasenjit Dutta who beat Sourav Sengupta of West Bengal at 11-4, 12-10, 5-11, 7-11 and 11-9. The chief guest, Mr Nand Lal, Accountant General (A&E), Punjab, gave away the prizes and Mr Mohinder Singh, Accountant General (A&E), Haryana , presided over the function. Results: Men’s singles semifinal: K Srivatsa (TN) beat Harish Kumar(Haryana) 11-3, 11-3, 9-11,11-5,11-3. Men’s Singles final: K Srivatsa (TN) beat Sourav Sengupta(WB) at 7-11, 11-7,6-11,8-11,13-11,11-2,12-10. Women’s singles final: Smitha Choudhary (Orissa) beat Bhavani Bhardwaj (Karnataka) by 4-0. Veterans’ singles final: Patanjali Kumar (Haryana) beat Pratim Sen (West Bengal) by 3-0. AG West Bengal won the team championship title by defeating AG Rajasthan at 3-1. |
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30 lady golfers for Chandigarh Open
Chandigarh, March 28 Chandigarh’s lady golf Irina Brar as also another local star Kanika Minocha will not be playing in the tournament as they are appearing in the college and board exams, This will leave the field wide open to 30 the local golfers to sweat it out for the title at stake in the next four days. Competition will be held in different age-groups in the four-day championship which has been sponsored by Bilt Ballarpur Industries The youngest participant will be nine-year-old Ekum J. Singh and the oldest 68-year-old Dalbir Sahi, who will be playing on all the four days. The tournament will be teed off on Tuesday by Mr J.S. Sidhu of Nestle India Limited. The press conference was addressed among others by the captain of the ladies section, Ms Kiran B.M. Singh and the secretary of the ladies section, Ms Jaishree Thakur. |
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