Scoreboard

Australia (1st innings) 430

India (1st innings)

Gambhir lbw Lee 21

Sehwag c Hayden b Johnson 45

Dravid lbw Watson 51

Tendulkar c White b Johnson 13

Laxman c Haddin b Johnson 0

Ganguly lbw Johnson 47

Dhoni b Clarke 9

Harbhajan c Haddin b Watson 54

Zaheer not out 57

Kumble lbw Watson 5

Ishant b Clarke 6

Extras (b-23, lb-23, nb-6) 52

Total (all out, 119 overs) 360

Fall of wickets: 1-70, 2-76, 3-94, 4-106, 5-155, 6-195, 7-232, 8-312, 9-343, 10-360

Bowling: Lee 26-6-64-1, S Clark 17-3-58-0, Johnson 27-4-70-4, Watson 19-4-45-3, White 13-2-39-0, M Clarke 17-3-38-2

Australia (2nd innings)

Hayden lbw Zaheer 13

Katich c Laxman b Harbhajan 34

Ponting c Laxman b Ishant 17

Hussey b Harbhajan 31

M Clarke c Sehwag b Ishant 6

Watson not out 32

Haddin not out 28

Extras (b-13, lb-10, w-6, nb-3) 32

Total (5 wkts, 68 overs) 193

FoW: 1-21, 2-49, 3-99, 4-115, 5-128

Bowling: Zaheer 15-4-30-1, Ishant 12-3-27-2, Harbhajan 27-5-76-2, Sehwag 7-1-12-0, Kumble 7-0-25-0.

Hyderabad, October 12
Royal Bengal Tigers defeated Lahore Badshahs by eight wickets in the fourth match of the ICL season-2 at the Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium here today. Lahore Badshah’s captain Inzamam won the toss and elected to bat. 

The Badshahs opened with their formidable combination of Imran Farhat and Nazir, who got off to a steady start; placed at 22 for no loss at the end of the first three overs. Some tight bowling, resulted in a mix-up in the middle, resulting in Nazir falling short of his crease to give the Tigers the first breakthrough in the fifth over when the Badshahs were at 28.

The 11th over saw a bowling change in the form of the experienced leggie Upul Chandana, who got the second breakthrough packing back Mughal cheaply. This set the stage for skipper Inzamam, looking in a dangerous mood scoring 19 off just eleven balls before Chandana struck a blow, getting him to nick one to Deep Dasgupta who took a sharp catch to see the back of the great man.

Chandana worked up a great spell sending back Farhat and Azhar Mahmood in quick succession to end with brilliant figures of 4/21 in his allotted four overs. The spirited Tigers were all over the field not allowing any space to their formidable opponents.

McMillan also showcased his sides bowling prowess using six frontline bowlers; restricting the mighty Badshahs to a partly 139/6 in their allotted 20 overs.

The Tigers’ chase opened in the form of new recruit Hamish Marshall accompanying the experienced Deep Dasgupta. They got the Tigers off to a good start and at the end of the third over, the Tigers were right on target at 25 for no loss. Both batsmen made most of the chances they got due to some lacklustre fielding, and played some sensible strokes to take the score to 42 at the five over mark.

Finally Saqlain broke the 52-run partnership with the wicket of Deep Dasgupta in the seventh over. Jhunjhunwala looked all at sea against the legendary Saqlain and turned out to be his second victim leaving the Tigers in a bit of a bother at 55/2 at the end of the 7th over. 

But then Marshall came up with a top class 76 runs off 56 balls that included nine fours and 2 sixes, which is the highest individual score at ICL season-2 till now to see his side home. — UNI 

Scoreboard

Lahore Badshahs

I Nazir run out 9

I Farhat st Dasgupta b Chandana 37

T Mughal c & b Chandana 8

Inzamam c Dasgupta b Chandana 19

S Yousuf not out 32

A Mahmood c Jhunjhunwala b Chandana 3

Naved Latif c Jhunjhunwala b Klusener 1

K Mahmood not out 14

Extras (b-8, lb-3, w-5) 16 

Total (6 wkts, 20 overs) 139

Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-54, 3-84, 4-95, 5-100, 6-106 

Bowling: A Ahmed 3.3-0-23-0, Diwakar 2-0-13-0, AR Adams 4-0-25-0, Eklak Ahmid 4-0-22-0, Chandana 4-0-21-4, Klusener 2.3-0-24-1

Royal Bengal Tigers

Marshall not out 76

Dasgupta c A Mahmood b Saqlain 20

Jhunjhunwala st K Mahmood b Saqlain 3 

CD McMillan not out 35

Extras (lb-3, w-3) 6 

Total (2 wkts, 17.4 overs) 140

Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-55

Bowling: A Mahmood 3-0-24-0, Sami 3-0-23-0, T Mughal 2-0-16-0, S Nazir 3-0-35-0, Saqlain Mushtaq 4-0-19-2, I Farhat 2-0-15-0, N Latif 0.4-0-5-0

Player of the match: Marshall (Royal Bengal Tigers).

Chandigarh, October 12
Reetinder Singh Sodhi’s unbeaten knock of 51 from 25 balls (3 fours, 4 sixers) went in vain as Ahmedabad Rockets lost by 13 runs to Delhi Giants in the third match of Indian Cricket League at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad today. Sodhi cantered in the end with two towering sixes of Murtaza. But his effort could only reduce the margin for the Ahemdabad side.

Earlier, Delhi Giants made 167 for 7 in their allotted quota with Man of the match Nixon contributing 43 runs off 24 balls with four sixers. In reply, Rockets could only make 154 runs for the loss of five wickets with Sodhi and Aziz (48) being the major contributors.

Scoreboard

Delhi Giants

Benkenstein c Jain b Streak 13

Gunawardene run out 22

A Bali c Sodhi b Gillespie 35

S Abbas Ali lbw Sriram 25

P Nixon b Streak 43

Jai P Yadav c Martyn b Gillespie 3

Sudhindra c Kalia b Streak 6

Bond not out 12

Atapattu not out 0

Extras (lb-3, w-5) 8

Total (7 wkts, 20 overs) 167

Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-41, 3-89, 4-133, 5-148, 6-155, 7-162

Bowling: Gillespie 4-1-35-2, Patel 4-0-31-0, Streak 4-0-23-3, Kalia 4-0-27-0, Sodhi 1-0-18-0, Jain 1-0-15-0, Sriram 2-0-15-1

Ahmedabad Rockets

Martyn c Bond b Sudhindra 4

Campbell c Nixon b Srivastava 0

P Aziz b Yadav 48

Goodwin c Nixon b Bond 12

Sriram b Yadav 26

R Sodhi not out 51

Streak b Murtaza 1

A Jain c Sudhindra b Bond 1

S Kalia b Sudhindra 4

Gillespie c Nixon b Sudhindra 0

R Patel not out 1

Extras (lb-3, w-2, nb-1) 6

Total (9 wkts, 20 overs) 154

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-17, 3-57, 4-73, 5-121, 6-128, 7-131, 8-141, 9-141

Bowling: Srivastava 4-0-24-1, Sudhindra 4-0-33-3, Bond 4-0-38-2, Jai P Yadav 4-0-20-2, Murtaza 4-0-36-1.

Player of the match: Nixon (Delhi Giants)

Bangalore, October 12
Test discard Yuvraj Singh will lead India Blue in the Challenger Series for NKP Salve Trophy to be held in Cuttack from October 23-26.

The national selection committee, which met here today, also chose Mohammed Kaif and S. Badrinath to captain India Green and India Red respectively in the three-team limited overs tournament.

The series will give a chance to players like Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan and Piyush Chawla to impress the selectors.

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra and pacer R.P. Singh, who are in the current India Test squad against Australia, are in the India Blue and India Green teams respectively.

The teams: India Blue: Yuvraj Singh (c), A Rahane, Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthick (v-c, wk), Ravinder Singh, Irfan Pathan, Yougesh Takawale (wk), Ashok Dinda, Pradeep Sangwan, Amit Mishra, Arjun Yadav, Siddarth Trivedi, R Ashwin.

India Red: S Badrinath (c), M Vijay, F Fazal, Manoj Tiwari, Rohit Sharma (v-c), Jaydev Shah, Abhishek Nayar, Wriddiman Saha (wk), Praveen Kumar, L Balaji, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar, Monish Parmar, Parthiv Patel (wk).

India Green: Mohammad Kaif (c), Shikar Dhawan, Naman Ojha (wk), Suresh Raina (v-c), Cheteshwar Pujara, Saurabh Tiwari, Yusuf Pathan, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manpreet Goni, R.P. Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Rajat Bhatia, Abhinav Kumar (wk), Pankaj Singh. — PTI

Margao, October 12
Defending champion Dempo edge past a fighting Vasco 2-1 to register their first win in the ONGC I-league played at Nehru stadium in Fatorda today. Roberto Silva(24th) and Ranty Martins(30th) scored the goals for Dempo.

Dempo who lost to JCT in their first match have collected three points from two matches. While Vasco who suffered their second defeat have one point from three matches. Vasco did put up a fight and reduced the margin through the Uzbekistan striker Ravshan Teshabaev.

Dempo made a impressive start as their midfield combined well with their strikers with quick short passes. Anthony Pereira who did lot of running on the right, troubled the rival defense with overhead crosses as Dempo kept Vasco under pressure for the first 30 minutes and could have taken early lead but Mboyo Iyomi who was off colour today and Ranty Martins failed to direct their header on target.

Meanwhile, local outfit Air India outsmarted depleted Kolkata giants East Bengal 2-0 to notch up their maiden victory in this season’s I-League at the Cooperage ground here today. AI rode on second-half strikes by midfielders Surojit Roy (48th minute) and Nigerian import Michael Tayo (78th) to inflict on their rivals their second defeat in three matches.

AI took full advantage of the absence, through illness and injuries, of key East Bengal players Sunil Chetri, Edmilson, Alvito D’Cunha and Surkumar Singh to hold sway over their rivals. The victory also took their points tally to five after two drawn ties earlier.

EB, who came into the tie with a win and a loss to their credit, remained on three points after the third round clash. After a goalless first half, in which East Bengal’s striker Praveen Kumar fluffed a header, the local outfit took the lead in the third minute after resumption of play. Soccor Velho made a move on the right side of the field, utstripped two East Bengal defenders and then laid a pass to Kailash Patil, who in turn crossed it to Roy on his eft to find the target.

The second goal by Tayo was the result of AI’s substitute Subash Singh snatching the ball from rival midfielder Renedy Singh and then making a fast run before relaying the ball or the African forward to right-foot it to the left corner of the goal.

Also Playing their first season in the ONGC I-league, local outfit Chirag United held favourites Churchill Brothers to a goalless draw at Vidyasagar Stadium here tonight. Though on paper Churchill were termed favourites, it was Chirag United who dominated all through with Snehasish Chakrabarty and custodian Ravikant excelling in their respective areas. — PTI

New Delhi, October 12
India’s Jwala Gutta clinched women’s doubles and mixed doubles titles at the Bulgarian Grand Prix badminton tournament in Sofia today. Jwala first combined with V. Diju to win their consecutive Grand Prix title, defeating fifth seeded Indonesian pair of Fran Kurniawan and Shendy Puspa Irawati to clinch the mixed double’s title.

The Indian duo overcame initial hiccups and rallied from behind to pip the Indonesian pair 15-21, 21-18, 21-19 in a 45-minute gruelling contest. The pair had won the Bitburger Grand Prix mixed doubles title in Saarbruecken, Germany last week, which catapulted them to World number 55 in the latest ranking.

There was more good news for 25-year-old Jwala as she paired up with her doubles partner Shruti Kurian to thump second seeded Indonesian duo of Irawati and Meiliana Jauhari in straight-games to bring home her second title of the day.

The World number 26 pair, who also has the distiction of winning the National Badminton Doubles Champions seven times, spanked Irawati-Jauhari 21-11, 21-19 in just 28 minutes.

On her twin title wins Jwala said she was very happy and extended her regards to her coach S.M. Arif. “I am very excited, very happy and I want to thank my coach S.M. Arif for his constant support,” she said.

“We lost the first game. I was actually not at my best but Diju played really beautifully. We decided we won’t go into defensive mode and kept attacking, which eventually paid off,” Jwala added. However, Jwala says it was her performance in the doubles match that was more satisfying.

“But the doubles match was very satisfying. We were coordinating well and the Indonesian pair had no clue, they just could not understand what was happening,” she said.

Asked what was her next target, Jwala said she just wants to concentrate on her game and not bother about the ranking. “I am not bothered about ranking. I just want to focus on performance and do well. I am playing well, the defence, the attack everything is coming well,” she said.

“However, I think I need to be more consistent and work on my mental aspect of the game. More confidence is needed and I think winning these titles have given me a lot of confidence now,” she said. — PTI 

Tashkent, October 12
Top seed Rohan Bopanna advanced into the final round of $1,25,000 Tashkent ATP Challenger series here. The Indian Davis Cupper defeated Sardor Pulatov 6-4, 6-2 of Uzbekestian in the qualifying round. Naom Okun of Isreal, Alexey Kedriouk of Kazakhistan and Danila Arsenov of Russia also made it to the final round.

Second seed Okun outplayed Sarvar Ikramov 6-2, 6-1 while third seeded Kedriouk defeated Germany’s Frank Moser 6-3, 6-2. The fourth seeded Arsenov stopped another Uzbek player Khristos Keysidi 6-2, 6-1 to advance into the next round.

However, Michael Kohlmann of Germany upset fifth seed Denys Molchanov of Ukraine 6-3, 6-3 in a one sided encounter. Eighth seed Ryan Young of the US had to go through a harrowing time before he overcame another Indian in the fray, Purav Raja 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) in the toughest match of the day.

Results: Second Round Qualifying: Rohan Bopanna (Ind) bt Sardor Pulatov( Uzb) 6-4,6-2; Ryan Young (USA) bt Sergey Shipilov (Uzb) 6-2, 7-5; Nathan Thompson (USA) bt Purav Raja (Ind) 6-4, 7-6(7-2); Alexey Kedriouk (Kaz) bt Frank Moser (Ger) 6-3, 6-2; Oliver Marach (Aut) bt Niko Karagiannis(Gre) 6-1,6-1; Michael Kohlmann (Ger) bt Denys Molchanov (Ukr) 6-3,6-3; Danila Arsnov (Rus) bt Khristos Keysidi (Uzb) 6-2,6-1; Noam Okun (Isr) bt Sarvar Ikramov (Uzb) 6-2,61. — UNI

New Delhi, October 12
Liang Wen-Chong of China, as expected, kept his date with the title but it was touch and go as the $1 million Hero Honda 45th Indian Open Golf Championship ended in a thrilling finish at the Delhi Golf Club course here today.

Jeev Milkha Singh, despite a strained right neck and shoulder, gave a nice makeover to his fortune to finish fourth, which was his best-ever in the Indian Open. He had finished 13th last year, which was hitherto his best. Going into the 18th hole, the 30-year-old Liang was tied 15-under with Darren Beck of Australia, but the Chinese player kept his nerve to rake in that vital point to end the fourth round at 2-under 70 for an overall lead of 16-under 272 (60,71,71,70). Liang pocketed a prize money of $158,500 while second-placed Darren Beck, who had the best card of seven-under 65 in the fourth round, took home $108,500 in stakes. Adam Blyth, also of Australia, who finished ahead of Jeev at the third place, won $61,000

while Jeev earned $49,300. From the Indian perspective, the final day’s play was quite satisfying as Mukesh Kumar and Ashok Kumar shared the sixth position to earn $31,000 each. However, for defending champion Jyoti Randhawa, the 45th edition was an eminently forgettable affair as he was relegated to the 57th position, which he shared with four others. Jyoti carded a two-over 74 today for a miserable overall tally of two-under 290 (74, 69,73,74).

But Jeev, despite a few faltering steps, made a fine recovery to end up fourth at 12-under 276. He had thought of pulling out in the morning due to a neck sprain. “My neck went out in the morning, but my physio helped me get over it with some deft treatment. I was on pain killers”, Jeev said after the day’s play. “I am pretty pleased, having got a top ten finish”, he added.

Jeev said Liang fully deserved his title triumph, which from the Indian angle, was a kind of quid pro quo as Jeev had won the Chinese Volvo Open this year. But it was no smooth sailing for Liang on the home stretch

as he blotted his chances when he bogied in the 14th and double bogied in the 15th hole to trail for the first time in the championship. With Darren Beck breathing down his neck, Liang needed to do well in the next three holes. He had a par on the 16th, and then got his act together in the next two holes as well to clinch the title, most deservingly.

“I felt very happy for Liang, the way he finished 16-under. Liang was the best player”, Jeev praised the Chinese champ. Jeev said in the end, he himself was short by three-under. Though the shoulder strain did not affect his play much, he bogied twice, in the fifth and 16th holes, to mar his hopes of finishing higher in the order.

Jeev said too much golf was taking a heavy toll on his body as lately, he had become very injury prone. “I need to slow down, I need to play lesser tournaments”, he said.

Pune, October 12
President Pratibha Patil declared the third Commonwealth Youth Games open as spelndid firework lit up the sky here tonight. “I decalre the third Commonwealth Youth Games open,” said the President. Beijing Olympics gold medalist Abhinav Bindra urged the Indian youth to become professional sportspersons to help India become a global sporting power.

“I appeal to the Indian youth to join sports. They are the next generation sportspersons and can help India become a global sporting power,” Bindra said in his address at the CYG opening function.

Earlier, Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell, impressed with the sports complex in Balewadi said, “I wish Pune well and thank them for hosting the CYG in this grandeur. Jai Pune, Jai Maharashtra...” The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi said after CYG the onus was now on the people of Pune to bring the Olympics to India.

Bathinda, October 12
Gurdaspur girls grabbed the gold in gymnastics with a score of 234.40 in the Punjab State Games for Women at the Sports Stadium here today. After bagging gold in the team event, Gurdaspur shone again with Monica being declared the best all-round gymnast with a score of 47.90 points. Gulwinder and Naginder, also from Gurdaspur, were announced runners-up with 47.40 and 47.30 points, respectively.

Results of the second day

Badminton (semifinals): Jalandhar bt Amritsar (2-0), Patiala bt Nawanshahar (2-0)

Kho-Kho (quarterfinals) Patiala bt Amritsar (1 point), Jalandhar bt Moga (10 points), Ludhiana bt Mohali (18 points), Hoshiarpur bt Barnala (11 points)

Volley-ball (quarterfinals) Muktsar bt Amritsar (25-18, 25-12), Mohali bt Hoshiarpur (25-15, 25-10), Bathinda bt Mansa (25-5, 25-13), Jalandhar bt Tarn Taran (25-8, 25-9)

Basketball (quarterfinals) Jalandhar bt Faridkot (51-25), Hoshiarpur bt Amritsar (56-44), Kapurthala bt Bathinda (58-38), Ludhiana bt Gurdaspur (72-45)

Handball (quarterfinal) Jalandhar bt Patiala (12-5), Bathinda bt Tarn Taran (16-5), Amritsar bt Hoshiarpur (20-9), Nawanshahar bt Ludhiana (23-3)

Hockey (quarterfinals) Amritsar bt Ludhiana (4-3), Bathinda bt Tarn Taran (3-0), Jalandhar bt Moga (1-0), Kapurthala bt Gurdaspur (3-0)

Kabaddi (quarterfinals) Jalandhar bt Gurdaspur (35-8), Amritsar bt Mohali (76-22), Sangrur bt Mansa (49-18), Patiala bt Faridkot (38-30)

Swimming (Finals)

100 Mtrs Free Style: 1. Harsimran Kaur (RPR), 2. Gurwinder Kaur (HSP), 3. Navneet Kaur (SNG)

100 mtr Breast-stroke: 1. Mankiran Kaur (SNG), 2. Arpanjit Kaur (SNG), 3. Anisha (Jal)

100 mtr Back-stroke: 1. Ajalpreet Kaur (SNG), 2. Gurwinder Kaur (HSP), 3. Suhapanpreet Kaur (LDH)

100mtr Butterfly: 1. Harsimran Kaur (RPR), 2. Kanwalpreet Kaur (LDH), 3. Rajni (GSP)

Athletics:

3000m: 1. Navjoban (HSP), 2. Harpreet Kaur (HSP), 3. Sukhjit Kaur (BTH)

4X400 Relay: 1. Sukhwinder, Simarjeet, Sakshi, Manpreet (JAL), 2. Ramanjit, Gagandeep, Rajbir, Harpreet (SNG), 3. Bhupinder, Hardeep, Amandeep, Navpreet (TT)

Long jump: 1. Kulwinder Kaur (SNG) 5.28m, 2. Bhumika Thakur (GSP) 5.22m, Balbir Kaur (JAL) 5.10m

100 m: 1. Harpal Kaur (SNG), 2. Manisha (JAL), 3. Supreet Kaur (MKT)

400m: 1. Ratandeep Kaur (BTH), 2. Akwinder Kaur (MOH), 3. Ekamjot (LDH)

Javelin throw: 1. Rupinder Kaur (JAL), 2. Ramandeep Kaur (JAL), 3. Gurpreet Kaur (PTA)

Gymnastics (Team championship): 1. Gurdaspur, 2. Patiala, 3. Jalandhar All-around Best Gymnast: 1. Monica (GSP), 2. Gulwinder (GSP), 3. Naginder (GSP)

Table Tennis (semifinal): 1. Amritsar bt Ropar (3-0), 2. Jalandhar bt Ludhiana (3-0).