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Delhi shooters shine
Sukhbir’s visit brings respite to sports dept
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SL Tour of India
Ahmedabad, November 16 Tottering at 32 for four in the eighth over following a triple strike by rookie left arm pacer Chanaka Welegedara, India were hoisted up by Dravid’s 27th ton and his three figure partnerships with Yuvraj Singh and Dhoni, for the fifth and sixth wickets. The Indians, despite the early jolts, scored at a brisk pace right through the day but fell just one run short of the record first day total made by India, 386 against South Africa at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in 2007-08. The hallmark of Dravid’s innings, his second hundred against the visitors, was his shot selection and the ability to stay put when the Lankans were on top in the morning. He slowly and surely upped the tempo before playing splendid drives, flicks, square cuts and pull shots.
Dravid joins 11,000 Test runs club
Senior batsman Rahul Dravid today added another feather to his cap by becoming the second Indian, fifth overall, to score 11,000 runs in Test cricket. Dravid went into the three-match series against Sri Lanka needing 177 runs to reach the milestone and he achieved it in the opening day itself with an unbeaten 177. It was an elegant innings that not only earned him an individual record but also came at a time when the team needed it most. Dravid's moment of glory came in the 89th over when he cut pacer Chanaka Welegedara for a single at deep point and he raised his bat in acknowledgment of the cheers at the Sardar Patel Stadium. The Karnataka batsman now joins the elite list which has compatriot Sachin Tendulkar at the top with 12,777 runs in Test cricket. West Indies batting great Brain Lara is second in the list with 11,953 runs from 131 matches, followed by the Australian duo of Ricky Ponting (11,345 runs from 136 Tests) and Alan Border (11,174 runs in 156 matches). Nicknamed as 'The wall', Dravid has an awe-inspiring Test career where he scored 27 hundreds and 57 half-centuries at an average of 53.39 in 135 Tests. The 36-year-old batsman also has a whopping 10,765 runs from 339 ODIs at a average of 39.43 where he scored 12 hundreds and 82 fifties. Meanwhile, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni crossed 2,000 runs in Tests cricket in company of Dravid. Dhoni reached the mark during the course of his second Test century.
— PTI Scoreboard India (1st innings) Gambhir b Welegedara 1 Sehwag lbw b Welegedara 16 Dravid not out 177 Tendulkar b Welegedara 4 Laxman b Prasad 0 Yuvraj c Dilshan b Muralitharan 68 Dhoni c P Jayawardene b Prasad 110 Harbhajan not out 2 Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 2) 7 Total (6 wickets; 90 overs) 385 Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-27, 3-31, 4-32, 5-157, 6-381. Bowling: Welegedara 17-3-75-3, Prasad 18-1-90-2, Mathews 12-1-50-0, Muralitharan 23-3-90-1, Herath 19-1-73-0, Dilshan 1-0-3-0.
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Dynamic features to enliven IPL 2011
FOR 2011
for 2010
And the outcome was that two new teams will make their debut in the next edition; teams will be permitted to use four fielding substitues instead of allowing only a lone 12th man; simpler bowling regulations which includes any ball bowled above waist height regardless of the speed will be declared a no-ball; teams will test pink balls in their practice matches and sessions in partnership with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC); IPL season III will be played under the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Security Guidelines with ACSG officers deployed at all venues; IPL will follow the BCCI Anti-Doping policy; and abolishion of the Icon player status. Players who skip the tournament despite not having any national assignment face termination of their contracts. IPL chairman Lalit Modi said he was certain that "we are poised to bring a significantly enhanced IPL experience back home to the Indian fans". He said measures discussed at the meeting of players skipping the IPL "revolved around the initiation of stringent action, including termination of player contracts and barring such players from future participation in the IPL". Among other things, it was decided that trading of players will be permitted between franchisees for the season 2010 onwards. The Pakistani players' participation will have to be confirmed by their Cricket Board through an NOC and clearance from their government. On January 19 next year, IPL would conduct an auction, adding new players into the league and a fresh purse of $750,000 will be available to each franchisee. |
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Punjab beat Maharashtra in Vinoo Mankad U-19 finals
Chandigarh, November 16 Winning the toss Punjab Captain Mandeep Singh elected to bat. Punjab lost their first wicket at 28 when Pargat Singh was caught by Yuvraj Pawar off the bowling of Chandan Adole for 15. At this stage skipper Mandeep Singh joined Jeevanjot Singh and the duo took the score to 92 when Jeevanjot was caught and bowled by C.Khurana for 40. At this stage Himanshu Chawla joined his skipper Mandeep Singh and the two put on 101 runs for the 3 rd wicket before Himanshu Chawla was caught by D. Himnani off the bowling of Rahul Tripathi for 66 of 60 balls studded with 5x4s and 1x6. Mandeep in the meanwhile was in a rampaging mood and was plundering runs at will. He pulverized the Maharashtra attack by hammering a strokeful unbeaten 157 off 127 balls studded with 11 well timed boundaries and 7 huge sixes. His sterling innings enabled Punjab to reach a sizeable score of 335 for 4 in the allotted 50 overs. Gitansh Khera 24 not out kept company with his skipper till the end. Chandan Andole, C.Khurana, Rahul Tripathi and Sunil Yadav shared one wicket each for 55,82,46 and 42 runs respectively. |
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Delhi shooters shine
Patiala, November 16 Earlier, Vikram Bhatnagar won the double trap shooting men’s category with 178 points in his kitty. Vikram outplayed everyone to bag the title. Ajay Mittal and Ronjon Sodhi managed to secure second and third position with their points tally touching 174 and 171 respectively. In the junior men’s double trap category Shayan Masood ended with 128 points to score first place. He was followed by Sangram Dahiya and Ankur Mittal, who scored 125 and 113 points respectively. In the double trap junior men team category, Delhi team represented by Sangram Dahiya, Chetan Sansanwaal and Shayan Masood won the gold medal. Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan remained at the second and third place. In the double trap men team category, Delhi won the gold, whereas Army and Punjab stood at second and third place. In the women’s double trap category Shreyasi Singh remained at the top with 73 points, whereas Seema Tomar and Varsha Tomar scored 69 and 51 points to get a silver and bronze medal respectively. The women’s double trap junior category Shreyasi Singh and Aishwarya Rathore bagged the first and second position with 73 and 27 points respectively. Om is ‘Champion of Champions’
Jalandhar: Om Prakash of Army Marksmanship Unit, Mhow today won the ‘Sahara Champion of Champions’ championship in Air Pistol event with a score of 103.9. He was awarded a cash award of Rs 25,000 by the NRAI. Amit Kumar of BSF secured second position with 99.4 score while Sonia of Himachal Pradesh secured second position with 99.3 score. Viraj of ITBP emerged fourth in the championship by scoring 89.6 score followed by Heena Sidhu of Punjab who scored 78.9 score. P.N. Prakash of Karnataka ended sixth with 66.3 score and Samaresh of CISF achieved 57.4. |
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Sukhbir’s visit brings respite to sports dept
Ludhiana, November 16 Announcing this here today, Deputy Chief Minister, Punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal who also holds the portfolio of sports minister, said that services of coaches who were called back by their parent organisation would be utilised in nurturing budding and promsiing sportspersons of the region. He also said these coaches would help in preparing the sportspersons from the state to train better for national and international level tournaments. “After a long gap of five years, Maharaja Ranjit Singh award would be conferred on to the outstanding sports personalities of the state,” he added. |
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Ignored, officially
Ludhiana, November 16 Though she was invited by the Punjab sports department for her remarkable performance in Asian Athletic Championship at China recently where she bagged a bronze and a silver in different track events, she was given a cold shoulder at the function. Deputy Chief Minster, Sukhbir Singh Badal mentioned about the achievements of hockey players of the state, there was no reference about her contribution. All through the function that lasted for atleast three hours, she was not attended by anyone. Nobody could recognise her and she kept on whiling away time by making herself comfortable here and there. She was given a memento like other participants and was asked to stay back till the Deputy CM leaves the venue. A sports promoter sitting there was a witness to the treatment given to her. Praying anonymity, he said he was shocked that while Badal was going ga ga over the achievements of nine hockey players who got selected in the national squad, he did even know that a legendary athelete was among them. She had made India proud recently with her achievement. She is a sprint athlete from Punjab who specializes in 400 metres. She holds the current 400 m National record of 51.05 seconds. |
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