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Sutil on fire
Raj Singh Dungarpur passes away
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Gupta tied second
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India-SL-NZ Tri- Series
Colombo, September 12 Although India were already assured of a place in Monday's final of the tri-nation series after their big win over New Zealand yesterday, Dhoni and his men needed an unbeaten run in the tournament to maintain their number one ODI team status. However, Sanath Jayasuriya and Thilina Kandambi combined with the bat and then Angelo Mathews ignited fire with the ball to take the hosts to the convincing victory. Chasing a formidable 308 for victory India were bowled out for a paltry 168 in 37.2 overs as only six batsmen could manage to reach double figures. Opting to bat Sri Lanka rode on Jayasuriya's blistering 98 off 79 balls and Kandambi's unbeaten 91 down the order to score 307 for six in their alloted 50 overs. Needing 308 for win, India's makeshift opening duo of Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Karthik (16 off 23) started the innings on a positive note adding 32 runs in the first six overs before Sri Lanka pulled back with the wicket of Karthik. Earlier, Jayasuriya smashed a scintillating 98 off just 79 balls at the top and Kamdamby hit his third ODI half century down the order to resurrect the hosts innings. Sri Lanka were struggling at 176 for five after electing to bat but Kandambi and Chamara Kapugedara (36) rattled up 83 runs for the sixth wicket to pour water on India's hopes. The duo batted sensibly as they mostly relied on singles, picked up a boundary here and there and saved their last power-play for maximum utilisation. A direct hit by RP Singh separated the pair at the fag end but Kandambi batted with vigour and punished all the Indian bowlers with utter disdain. — PTI Scoreboard Sri Lanka: Dilshan c Dhoni b Ishant 23 (27) Jayasuriya lbw b Nehra 98 (79) Jayawardene st Dhoni b Yusuf 17 (24) Sangakkara lbw Harbhajan 5 (14) Mathews st Dhoni b Raina 19 (37) Kandamby not out 91 (73) Kapugedera run out 36 (43) Kulasekara not out 3 (4) Extras (lb 4, w 10, nb 1) 15 Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 307 Fall of wickets: 1-57, 2-94, 3-102, 4-172, 5-176, 6-259. Bowling: Nehra 9-0-62-1, RP 8-0-58-0, Ishant 10 -0-67-1, Harbhajan 10-1-37-1, Yusuf 7-0-45-1, Yuvraj Singh 3-0-20-0, Raina 3-0-14-1. India: Karthik c Sangakkara b Thushara 16 (23) Tendulkar c Mendis b Kulasekara 27 (33) Dravid b Mathews 47 (56) Yuvraj c Sangakkara b Malinga 16 (22) Raina c Sangakkara b Mathews 0 (1) Dhoni b Mathews 8 (18) Yusuf c Sangakkara b Mathews 1 (5) Harbhajan b Mathews 4 (10) RP not out 19 (25) Nehra b Mathews 1 (4) Ishant c sub b Mendis 13 (27) Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 14) 16 Total (all out; 37.2 overs) 168 Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-67, 3-105, 4-108, 5-126, 6-129, 7-130, 8-135, 9-139. Bowling: Kulasekara 8-1-35-1, Thushara 6-0-34-1, Malinga 8-0-33-1, Dilshan 2-0-17-0, Mathews 6-0-20-6, Jayasuriya 2-0-5-0, Mendis 5.2-0-22-1.
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Sutil on fire
Monza, September 12 Sutil, who had topped the timesheet in two of the three practice sessions, made a slight error in his final flyer through the first Lesmo to settle for the second place on tomorrow's starting grid while Hamilton grabbed the pole. Sutil's new Italian teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi dazzled in his Force India F1 debut and will start seventh on the grid tomorrow. For a moment, it seemed Force India would be celebrating their second pole position when Sutil lapped the circuit in 1m 24.261s before Hamilton came from behind to run away with the pole. It was a great duel between Sutil's VJM02 and Hamilton's Kinetic Energy Recovery System-powered McLaren car and the duo, best of friends, will occupy the front row tomorrow. Ironically, Giancarlo Fisichella, who joined Ferrari after recording Force India's maiden pole position and podium finish in Belgium, could not make it to the third qualifying session (Q3) and will start 14th tomorrow. Sutil and Liuzzi made it to the second qualifying session as seventh and eighth fastest cars and then came fourth and fifth respectively in Q2 to storm into Q3. This is the first time that both the cars of the Vijay Mallya-owned outfit made it to Q3. —
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Raj Singh Dungarpur passes away
Born into the royal family of Dungarpur now in modern-day Rajasthan Raj Singhji, as he was known in the royal circles, represented Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy from 1955 to 1971 as a medium-fast bowler. Though he was never chosen to play for India, Dungarpur managed to hold excellent relations with top bosses in the Indian cricket establishment. This allowed him to reinvent himself as a cricket administrator in later years. Dungarpur went on to manage the Indian teams that toured England in 1982, 1986 and also managed the team that went to Pakistan in 1984-85 and 2005-06. Dungarpur capped several stints as a national selector as Chairman of the All-Indian Selection Committee in the late 1980s. Dungarpur's most successful bet as Chairman of the selectors was his selection of Sachin Tendulkar to play for India in the 1989-90 series against Pakistan. Dungarpur, it is said, overruled several of his peers and pitched for Tendulkar, then just 16-years old. In later years Dungarpur' went to play a major role in the establishment of the National Cricket Academy earlier this decade. A bachelor, Dungarpur is survived by his two older brothers and their families. “It is a great loss to Indian cricket. Rajbhai served Indian cricket diligently and with distinction in several capacities. He was a self-effacing individual who always put the sport, and Indian cricket in particular, above everything else,” BCCI president Shashank Manohar said in his statement. |
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New York, September 12 He won four successive points to wrap up the tiebreak 7-2 and from then on Gonzalez's game simply fell apart, allowing Nadal to wrap up the win which took over 40 hours to complete thanks to the bad weather. Nadal, whose victory allowed him to reclaim the world number two ranking from Andy Murray, will next face Argentine Juan Martin del Potro for a place in his first final at Flushing Meadows. — Reuters
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Gupta tied second
Chandigarh, September 12 Vinod Kumar who played a four under par 64 yesterday, continued to be the leader as rain again deferred resumption of the first round play till 12.30 in the afternoon. Soon after completion of the first round the second round got under way at 3.30 p.m.. Play was suspended at 6.45 p.m.because of bad light and will be resumed at 7 a.m. on Sunday. Harendra Gupta, who teed off from the 10th birdied the 13th after bogeying the 11th and then recorded a hat-trick of birdies on the 16th, 17th and 18th to be four under par 32 at the turn. He played a par back nine, hitting two birdies and two bogeys for a three under par 65 card. Harendra said, “My hitting and putting were not all that great in round one but good recoveries with birdies from some difficult positions on the 16th and 18th helped me finish with a decent score.” Gaurav Pratap Singh grabbed a share of second place as he fired five birdies against two bogeys. Gaurav began with a bogey on the first and then made birdie-bogey on the seventh and eighth to make the turn at one over. The Noida-based golfer stepped on the gas on the back nine by knocking down birdies on the 10th, 12th, 13th and 16th to post a creditable three under 65. |
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Track Record
Patiala, September 12 It was one of the sports in 1st Asian Games held at the National Stadium at New Delhi in 1951. The first facility for cycling sports appeared in the form of a concrete track in National Stadium, New Delhi, which was built around an athletic track for the 1st Asian Games. But it was Punjabi University, Patiala, which takes credit for the first track, close to international standards, in India. This track automatically shot Patiala into a prominent role and the area assumed the role of a nursery for cyclists. The Punjabi University team have always been good at the game and won various laurels but since Mittarpal Singh took over as coach in 1994, there has been no looking back. The man has been the spine of the of the university’s cycling body. Having done his schooling from Amritsar, Mittarpal Singh did his MPEd from Government College of Physical Education, Patiala, and then his NIS Diploma from Patiala and joined the university in 1994. What is commendable is that that his men’s team have been All-India Inter-University champions for the past 11 years and his women’s squad too have either been winners or runners up. His boys have also represented the country in various international competitions. Mittarpal says, “They practice all through the year and that’s what makes the difference. Others might have better machines but we have better men. It is a game of will power and strength where one fault can be deadly but that’s what they have to learn and I am glad that they have established themselves.” The players respect their coach and love him because of the way they are cared for. Hitraj Singh, Sukhjinder Singh (both Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award winners), Harpreet Singh Amandeep Singh, Kamalpreet Sharma, Raninder Singh, Abhishek Rana and Iqbaljt Singh are India’s top cyclist and most of them are now working with top sports organizations. But still Mittarpal feels that Indian cycling has a long way to go before they can even think about being considered competitive on the international stage. “The Indian Cycling Association as well as the Punjab Cycling Association is doing nothing to improve the standard of the game. Cycling equipment is very expensive and a good bike costs around Rs 1.5 lakh. Punjabi University, Patiala, alone has bought a lot of equipment for players but still it is not enough because the university has limited resources and the associations are not making any contribution,” he says. With his focus on the 2010 Commonweath Games, Mittarpal is training his boys and girls in the university and is very hopeful about his players being in the Indian squad but if you ask him about their chances of winning a medal in the Games, he can’t hide the pessimism. These boys and girls are hitting the track every day, but the sports it seems is still struggling to find one for itself.
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‘Can’t figure out where I went wrong’
New Delhi, September 12 “I had everything planned. I was very sure of beating Atoev but then I don’t know what went wrong. I am still trying to figure that out. I was really very annoyed with myself because it was a golden opportunity,” Vijender said from Milan. “But I am a firm believer in destiny and may be it was meant to be like that. I just didn't have the luck. Fortune has favoured me all through but that was not to be last night,” he added. He might have lost but Vijender still managed a historic feat by clinching India's maiden medal. — PTI
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Tri- Series
Rafael Nadal needed only 34 minutes on Saturday to complete a 7-6 7-6 6-0 win over Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez in their rain-disrupted quarter-final at the U.S. Open. Nadal was leading 7-6 6-6 and 3-2 up in the tiebreak when showers halted play on Thursday and with Friday's proceedings completely washed out, the Spanish third seed was in no mood to hang around.
Mumbai, September 12
Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur in semis