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Chandila hat-trick wrecks Pune
Chennai thrash table-toppers Delhi
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Mohali lad Gurkeerat keeps KXIP in hunt
Mumbai won’t be a cakewalk for Bangalore
Resurgent Chennai hope to upstage Knights at home
Premier League
Maldonado wins Spanish thriller
Akashdeep’s golden goal gives India bronze
Mary Kom makes winning start
Khushbir fails, Irfan qualifies for Olympics in 20km walk
Om Prakash shatters 12-year-old shot put national record
Yuki-Divij clinch ATP Challenger title
Parimarjan Negi is Asian champion
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Chandila hat-trick wrecks Pune
Jaipur, May 13 Little-known Chandila claimed his four wickets for just 13 runs from four overs as he single-handedly demolished Pune, who were already out of play-offs contention. The Sri Lankan off-spinner took just 17 balls to grab his four wickets. Chandila, who was playing in only his second match of the IPL, was though not getting prodigious turn from the Sawai Man Singh Stadium pitch and the batsmen were also partly to be blamed for their poor shots. With the win today, Rajasthan remained in contention for a play-offs spot with 14 points from 14 matches. Set to score a challenging 171 for a win, the match was as good as over for Pune by the fifth over when they were down four wickets for just 26 with their top-four failing to reach double digits. Captain Sourav Ganguly, who was embroiled in a controversy over his place in the team, scored two while Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa and Anustup Majumdar made one, six and nine respectively. Steven Smith top-scored with 37 while Callum Fergusson and Angelo Mathews made identical 23. Smith and Mathews shared 39 runs from four overs for the sixth wicket to give a semblance of a fight before the former was out in the 15th over. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3), Mathews and Rahul Sharma (0) were out in the space of 11 balls with the latter two falling in the 18th over, both victims of Watson as Pune could only score 125 for nine in the end. Other than Chandila, Watson and Johan Botha bagged two wickets each while pacer Shaun Tait took one wicket to complete the humiliation of Pune. Pune made a disastrous beginning in their run chase with two wickets falling in the very first over bowled by Chandila. Struggling Jesse Ryder (1) was out in the fifth ball of the innings. The New Zealander failed to connect the delivery properly and he skied it to Watson at the mid-on region. He faced two balls. In the next ball, Ganguly was stumped-out for a four-ball two as the former India skipper once again failed with the bat. He stepped forward and looked to nudge a harmless-looking ball but it hit his pad, bounced to the wicketkeeper Sreevats Goswami who quickly took off the bails before the batsman, who was off-balanced, could reach the crease. In the first ball of his second over, third of the innings, Chandila again combined with Goswami to stumped-out Robin Uthappa (6) to complete his hat-trick. Uthappa stepped forward looking to drive the delivery through the off-side only to be beaten and Goswami removed the bails before the batsman could take his back foot to the crease. Pune's woes continued while Chandila grabbed his fourth wicket by dismissing Majumdar caught and bowled. Majumdar played a tentative shot to a length ball but it hit high on his bat and looped back to Chandila to take four wickets from 17 balls. Earlier, Watson and Ajinkya Rahane struck half centuries as Rajasthan scored a challenging 170 for four. — PTI Pune Warriors |
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Chennai thrash table-toppers Delhi
Chennai, May 13
Opting to bowl on a track where the ball did a fair bit during initial stages, CSK bowlers led by Ben Hilfenhaus restricted Daredevils to a meagre 114 for five. The total was never going to be enough and CSK openers Mike Hussey (38, 32 balls, 5x4, 1x6) and Murali Vijay (48 no, 40 balls, 5x4, 1x6)ensured that there are no hiccups as they put on 75 runs for the opening stand in first 10 overs. The emphatic victory with 28 balls to spare also ensured that CSK with 15 points moved upto fourth spot ahead of Royal Challengers Bangalore. It was Hilfenhaus who set up the convincing win by polishing off the top three batsmen in the opposition line-up in his first spell of three overs thereby ending Daredevils' chances of putting up a sizeable total. He removed skipper Virender Sehwag (4), last match's centurion David Warner (8) and Naman Ojha (3) to reduce Delhi to 24 for three in only first five overs. In another couple of deliveries, it was four down with Mahela Jayawardene (8) also back in the dug-out courtesy Albie Morkel. Hilfenhaus' first spell figures read 3-0-14-3 and he ultimately finished with three for 27 courtesy a few big shots by Yogesh Nagar in the penultimate over. — PTI SCOREBOARD Chennai Super Kings
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Mohali lad Gurkeerat keeps KXIP in hunt Mohali, May 13 Earlier, the local side introduced five different bowlers in first six overs after Shikhar Dhawan had made his intention clear by scoring a boundary off the second ball of the match. The other opener, Parthiv Patel, continued to score runs on regular basis. Mandeep Singh not only missed three chances to run him out, but also conceded some extra runs. After Parveen’s third over, Ryan Harris was introduced into the attack but he also failed to bring any good news for the bowling side.Kings XI tasted success when Azhar Mahmood had Parthiv Patel caught by Gurkeerat in the sixth over.Captain Kumar Sangakkara joined Shikhar but young gun Parvinder Awana quickly sent him back to the pavilion with Azhar Mahmood catching him at wide slip. Sangakkara had gifted his wicket in a similar fashion during his last encounter against Kings at
Hyderabad. On the other end, Shikhar continued to make his presence felt hitting a boundary almost every over.
Cameron White joined him and using all their skills, both batsmen began to rotate the strike — slowly building the team’s innings.
In the 12th over, Shikhar hit a clean six off Piyush Chawla and on the very next ball, he completed his half century off 36 deliveries. The Kings brought back their in-form bowler Awana in the next over but Shikhar displayed perfect shot selection and hit a six standing a mile outside the off stump and scooping the ball over the wicketkeeper.
Later in the 14th and 15th over of the game, the Kings fielders missed back-to- back chances to catch Cameron White.
In the 14th over, White played a blind shot at wide long off off Chawla, but Ryan Harris failed to hold on. In very next over, Piyush Chawla dropped White at extra cover off
Azhar. In the meanwhile, White completed his half century. Finally in the 17th over, the Punjab team broke the 96-run stand between White and Shikhar when Awana caught him at third man
offPraveen. After that, Christian did more damage by collecting 24 off 10 balls at the end. He had a 44-run partnership off 17 balls with White. SCOREBOARD Kings XI Punjab |
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Mumbai won’t be a cakewalk for Bangalore
Bangalore, May 13 Mumbai thrashed Chennai in the inaugural match at Chepauk by eight wickets, trounced Deccan Chargers in Visakhapatnam by five wickets, Kings XI Punjab by four wickets, Pune Warriors India by one run and Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs. Other than the matches in Pune and Mohali, which were decided on the last ball, the rest were comfortable wins. The win against Knight Riders' last night has brought Mumbai Indians to third in the table with 16 points, one less than second-placed Kolkata. They would like to jump to number one spot on the table while the RCB would be eager to join the top-four as they are at number five and locked with Chennai Super Kings with 15 points. With a convincing win against Knight Riders yesterday in the away game, Mumbai seem to be on a roll and will be quite eager to avenge the drubbing they received at RCB's hands. One thing that separates the two teams though is bowling. Mumbai have perhaps the best Twenty20 bowler in Lasith Malinga. With 20 wickets from just eight games, the Sri Lankan slinger has made batsmen struggle for runs against him. He has an astonishing economy rate of 5.36 per over in a form of game where seven runs per over is the normal scoring rate. Skipper Harbhajan Singh is also back in form claiming two wickets for 18 runs against Pune and Munaf Patel, RP Singh and Kieron Pollard have been among the wickets in patches. Pragyan Ojha has been blocking up the flow of runs at the other end with his tidy bowling. RCB batsmen Chris Gayle, Tillakratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers would be up against Mumbai's strong bowling lineup and the home fans would be eager to watch the battle between Gayle and Malinga. RCB have been well-served by left-handed West Indian powerhouse Gayle (490 runs from 11 games) at the top and de Villiers (301 from 12 games), who can switch-hit powerfully to spoil the bowlers' plan. Dilshan has settled in the top-order well and RCB would be depending a lot on this overseas trio and Kohli in batting. However, Mayank Agarwal and Saurabh Tiwary have not come to the party. Even Mumbai have depended too much on classy right-hander Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu, who have been simply superb in scripting unbelievable heists. — PTI |
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Resurgent Chennai hope to upstage Knights at home
Kolkata, May 13 On the other hand, a win for the Knight Riders would hand them the pole position and a guaranteed place in the play-offs. Chennai's nine-wicket thrashing of leaders Delhi Daredevils last night could not have come at a better time, as the Knight Riders were given a wake-up call by a Rohit Sharma-inspired Mumbai Indians in the afternoon match of the same day. After their humiliating 27-run loss at home, the Knight Riders would find themselves down while the Super Kings would look to avenge their five-wicket defeat in the first leg of the tournament. It was a ruthless performance by the Super Kings last night as they did not allow the leaders to fight back right from the beginning when Australian quick Ben Hilfenhaus castled Virender Sehwag in the opening over. For Hilfenhaus, it was his second Man-of-the-Match performance in succession and the pacer, who was the wrecker-in-chief with 27 wickets in Australia's 4-0 rout of India in a recent Test series, would look to cast a spell on the likes of Gautam Gambhir and Jacques Kallis. It was not only Hilfenhuas but South African Albie Morkel was also at his best with impressive figures of 4-0-15-1 to restrict Delhi for 114 for five, a total that allowed the failing Chennai Super Kings batsmen to click for a win with 28 balls to spare. The best thing to have happened for the Super Kings was Murali Vijay regaining his touch. With 134 runs from his previous nine games, the pressure was on Vijay to reproduce his old form and the right-hander did just that, shepherding the chase with 48 not out from 40 balls (5x4, 1x6). Woefully out of form, left-handed Suresh Raina too seemed to have found his touch with 20-ball 28 not out, laced with two sixes and one four. Super Kings would hope that skipper Dhoni comes to his own as he is going through a poor run this season with 235 runs from 12 innings. The more alarming statistic is that he has only four sixes this season, compared to 59 in his IPL career. An interesting battle will be on the cards when Dhoni takes on Sunil Narine to unravel his mystery spin as the Knight Riders would hope that their bowling, after the last evening's slip up, will bounce back and restrict the Chennai batsmen on the tailor-made slow Eden track. For a team that had been among the most consistent in this IPL, Knight Riders' bowling was not at their best yesterday with a generous dose of short-pitched deliveries combined with the width that helped Mumbai duo of Rohit Sharma and Herschelle Gibbs settle down quickly. Apart from Shakib Al Hasan (1/27) and Narine (0/28), all the other bowlers including Brett Lee (0/44) were sent to cleaners. Narine has maintained a frugal economy rate of 5.47 with 15 wickets from 10 matches while Shakib has 10 from four outings (at 6.06). It would be interesting to see whether the think-tank retains the seamers line-up of Lee, Kallis and Rajat Bhatia or brings in veteran medium pacer Laxmipathy Balaji.— PTI |
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Premier League
London, May 13 "Five minutes from the end I did not think we could win this game. We deserved to win this championship," City manager Roberto Mancini told Sky Sports. "After 44 years I dedicate this to all our supporters." City and United both finished on 89 points with City’s better goal difference settling the most gripping title race since Arsenal edged out Liverpool on the final day of the 1989-90 campaign. City had only needed a win against the London strugglers to prevail but after taking a first-half lead through Pablo Zabaleta the celebrations turned to disbelief as QPR hit back after the break with goals from Djibril Cisse and Jamie Mackie. To add some dynamite to an already explosive afternoon former City player Joey Barton was sent off for QPR after an off the ball elbow on Carlos Tevez. It did not prove too costly, however, as QPR retained their Premier League status at the expense of Bolton Wanderers who were relegated after a 2-2 draw at Stoke city. On a free-scoring climax to the English season Arsenal finished third, coming from behind to beat West Bromwich Albion 3-2 at the Hawthorns. — Reuters
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Maldonado wins Spanish thriller
Barcelona, May 13 The first Venezuelan driver to stand on the F1 podium, let alone win, Maldonado became the fifth different winner from five races won by five different teams - a phenomenon only ever seen before in 1983. A 300-1 outsider before the weekend, Maldonado delivered Williams' first win since Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya in Brazil in October 2004. "Very good job, guys," was all he said over the radio as his team mates erupted in celebrations but Maldonado made up for it on the podium as Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen lifted him on their shoulders. Then the champagne flowed. The pole had fallen into his lap after Lewis Hamilton was sent to the back of the grid on Saturday because McLaren put too little fuel in his car for qualifying, and the former GP2 champion grabbed his chance with both hands. Spain's double champion Alonso finished second, 3.1 seconds behind, to move level with Red Bull's world champion Sebastian Vettel on points at the top of championship. Finland's 2007 champion Raikkonen was a disappointed third, taking the chequered flag 3.8 seconds behind Maldonado after just running out of laps in a spirited chase for a possible victory. Vettel, who finished sixth, and Alonso each have 61 points, with Hamilton on 53. It was the 114th win for Williams, nine times constructors' champions whose last title was in 1997 with Canadian Jacques Villeneuve. It came the day after Formula One gave team founder and principal Frank Williams a belated 70th birthday party. The Circuit de Catalunya, the most predictable on the calendar until the arrival of moveable rear wings (DRS) and the Pirelli tyres, served up a cliffhanger. Alonso seized the lead at the start to the delight of the home crowd but that was just the opening salvo in a long afternoon full of thrills and overtaking. While Hamilton showed off all his talents by carving his way through the field from last place on the grid to eighth, the battle at the front was on a knife-edge right to the very end. With 10 laps to go there was less than a second between Maldonado and Alonso while Raikkonen was taking huge chunks out of their lead lap by lap. Maldonado's team mate Bruno Senna was less fortunate than the Venezuelan victor, retiring on track after just 13 laps when Michael Schumacher ploughed his Mercedes into the back of the Williams in a shower of debris. The seven times world champion, three years into his comeback but still without a podium place, branded the Brazilian an 'idiot' over the team radio even though it looked like it was clearly his fault. "You can see he moves right to defend his position in the braking phase but then moves back left into me. I am very annoyed about that," said the 43-year-old. "He was a backmarker and not a real contender for the points. We may not have been race winners, but we would have got good points." Stewards were investigating the incident. Vettel joined the list of unhappy Germans after he and Ferrari's Felipe Massa, again completely eclipsed by his team mate, collected drive-through penalties for failing to slow for yellow warning flags. — Reuters
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junior asia cup
Malacca (Malaysia), May 13 After a barren first half, You Seungji put the Koreans ahead in the 47th minute with a immaculate penalty corner conversion. But India replied back seven minutes later through a field effort from lanky Lokesh Thimmmana after he was set up by Naveen Antil's perfect cross from the sidelines of the circle. Thereafter, the Koreans kept the Indian forwards under check with neat trap and fast attacks, stretching the game into extra time. India had a chance to seal the match at the end of the first period of extra time, but Amit Rohidas once again faltered with his penalty corner flick. But India found the winner in the second half of extra time from a counterattack when Akashdeep scored from inside the circle after receiving a pass from Lokesh. The Indians, however, could have sealed the match much before if not for their sloppy forwards, who came close to scoring thrice -- 17th, 25th and 29th minutes -- in the first period. The Korean defence, manned by skipper Yang Jihun, Choic Jihun and You Seungju, stood like a rock to deny the Indians any headway. The Indians were also off-colour with penalty corner conversion as Korean goalkeeper Lee Seyoung thwarted all the three set pieces the defending champions earned in the match. Korea too did not show any acumen in penalty corners as they wasted both the opportunities that came their way in the fifth and 34th minutes. — PTI |
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world c’ships
New Delhi, May 13 The 29-year-old seventh seed, who has won the world title for an unprecedented five times, out-punched Japan's Ayako Minnowa 20-9 in her lopsided opener of the flyweight 51kg division after getting a first-round bye. "It was such a confusing bout. I don't know how to describe it. My opponent was very strong but she had no skill or technique. She only had strength. She fought like a bull, only hitting my belly," Mary Kom said laughing while speaking to PTI from Qinhuangdao. "I mostly used my left hook in today's bout. She was just so confused about what to do. Had I resorted to her tactics, it would have become a street fight. "I kept control over my temper. Told myself that I cannot attack like her so it was better to counter. It was very draining," added the reigning Asian champion who was facing the Japanese for the first time in her career. Mary Kom will now square off against Marielle Hansen of Norway on Tuesday in the last-16 stage. Hansen defeated Zaida Enriquez Cedillo of Mexico 21-7 in her opening bout. "I am going to fight her for the first time. Let's see how it goes," she said. Beginning the proceedings for India today, it was a perfect start to the diminutive Manipuri's quest for a London ticket where women's boxing will make its Olympic debut in three weight categories -- 51kg, 60kg and 75kg. Asia has just two slots to grab in the 51kg division but former world number one Mary Kom is being touted as a safe bet to hand India one of the available berths for the region. And her opening effort at the event, which she has dominated for long, was a thumping one as she took the first round 4-1. At the end of the second round, the Indian doubled her lead and consolidated her position further by notching up 7 points against her rival's 3 in the third. Minnowa tried hard in the final two minutes but Mary Kom had established a big enough lead to clinch the bout comprehensively. Meanwhile, fighting in the non-Olympic 54kg division, Sonia Lather lost to German Elena Walendzik 9-18 in the opening round. The Indian trailed 3-5 in the opening round and the gap kept widening as the bout progressed to bow out of the mega event. In the evening session, Pinki Jangra (48kg) entered the second round by beating Mirela Barudzic of Serbia. The Indian was leading 18-1 when the referee awarded the bout to her in the third round. In the 64kg category, Meena Rani thrashed Nikolett Csosz. Meena was leading 24-9 when the Hungarian retired in the third round of the bout. — PTI |
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Khushbir fails, Irfan qualifies for Olympics in 20km walk
New Delhi, May 13 Khushbir, who had bettered the Olympics qualification 'B' standard of 1:38.00 last month in the Federation Cup which was not a London Games qualifying event, clocked 1:44:07 to finish 71st. She had clocked 1:37.28 in Federation Cup at Patiala. The other Indian who made entry in the event, Deepmala Devi, did not start. Eightysix athletes completed the race. On the first day yesterday, Irfan became the third Indian to qualify for Olympics men's 20km race walk as he crossed the London Games 'A' standard of 1:22.30 in his 19th place finish. Irfan, who made waves with an outstanding performance in the recent Federation Cup at Patiala, clocked a personal best of 1:22:09. The 22-year-old Keralite, who has been training at the high-altitude Madras Regimental Centre in Wellington, Nilgiris, joins Gurmeet Singh and Baljinder Singh for London Olympics. Senior teammate Babu Bhai Panucha finished 24th, clocking a personal best time of 1:22:56 but was just outside the London Olympics 'A' standard. Surender Singh finished 34th at 1:24:05 while young Maniram Patel was disqualified. In the team standings, the men's 20km race walk team finished a creditable fifth. It is indeed a great achievement as they fought with the elite teams from around the world. The Russian team finished on top while China were second. Ukraine and Australia took the next two places in the prestigious event which served as a qualifier for London Olympic Games. — PTI |
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Om Prakash shatters 12-year-old shot put national record
New Delhi, May 13 Om Prakash, who has already crossed the London Games 'B' standard, tossed the iron ball to 20.69m in the Su-Di-Ka Kupa meet. His effort eclipsed the previous national record of 20.42m held by Shakti Singh since 2000, one of the longest national records in Indian athletics. The ONGC employee has been training at the IAAF High Performance Centre at the Hungarian town of Szombathely. His today's efforts bettered London Olympic Games 'A' standard of 20.50m, besides placing him on ninth spot in the current world rankings. Om Prakash, currently training under Anil Kumar, recalled with gratitude his short stints under Shakti Singh long ago. "The weather suddenly plunged below 15°C from the previous day's 33°C and that affected me and other throwers heavily in returning our best. Besides this, there was a gusty wind followed by heavy rain that prevented further ambitions in this regard," Om Prakash said. His series read as 20.09, 20.60, foul, 20.40, 20.63, 20.69. It meant he improved the national record at least three times during his throw. It was only a second competition for the Indian this season after he touched 19.86 here on April 14. — PTI |
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Yuki-Divij clinch ATP Challenger title
Busan (South Korea), May 13 The unseeded Indian duo came back from a set down to get the better of Hsish and Hsin 1-6, 6-1, 10-5 in the $75,000 Challenger tennis tournament. The Indians saved as many as five out of seven breakpoints, while converted two out of four that came their way during the match that lasted just over an hour. Yuki and Divij, the last of the direct entries to the main draw, were playing together for the first time. Having lost the first set without even posing a fight, the Indian combo did well to bounce back into the match to topple their third seeded opponents. After clinching the second set comfortably, Yuki and Divij held on to the advantage as they refused to give the Taiwanese duo any chance of making a comeback. — PTI |
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Parimarjan Negi is Asian champion
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), May 13 Negi finished the tournament on 7 points and was tied for first place along with Yu Yangyi of China. But in their direct encounter earlier in the championship, Negi had beaten Yangyi, which helped him win the gold medal. It was a shocker for Negi in the last round as he misplayed a level position against Saleh from a Slav defence game. The middle game was intense after Saleh sacrificed a rook for a knight but the computer analysis suggested that it was an easy draw for Negi who lost his nerves. It was a day of heartbreaks for the other Indians. Mary Ann Gomes spoilt her chances of the gold medal in the women's event for which a draw was enough against Tan Zhongyi of China. The Kolkata-based instead lost from a balanced middle game and could only finish on second spot with her best tiebreak. The Indian's hopes of a rare double did not materialise but it was nevertheless a remarkable performance from Mary Ann who has been in her best form lately. Ending on the wrong side was Eesha Karavade who misplayed a completely winning position against eventual winner Irine Sukandar Kharisma of Indonesia. Kharisma won from a hopeless endgame which, on another day, Eesha could have won against any strong opponent. For the record, Yangyi finished second, repeating his performance from last year and the third spot was bagged by Saleh on 6.5 points. In the women's section, Tan Zhongyi finished third. Negi was at his best throughout barring the last round where nerves played some part. Thankfully for him, nothing was spoiled despite the loss as he added another feather to his cap. Seven wins and two losses was his eventual finish which says a lot about uncompromising play in the days when draw is considered a just result almost any day.— PTI
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Kings XI Punjab hit 19 runs in the last over to clinch a last-ball victory over Deccan Chargers in an Indian Premier League match here tonight.While Gurkeerat hit 16 runs off the last four balls, captain David Hussey topscored with 65.
The ease with which the Royal Challengers Bangalore won their last two encounters has brought them closer to playoffs but a tough challenge awaits them tomorrow in Mumbai Indians who have lost just one away-game in IPL-5 so far.
Star Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom made a resounding start to her title defence and the quest for an Olympic berth by advancing to the pre-quarterfinals of the seventh World Women's Championship in
Qinhuangdao, China, today.
SCOREBOARD
Except for the loss against table-toppers Delhi Daredevils at Feroz Shah Kotla, Mumbai have won all their away-matches this year with ease.
Known for their last minute scrambles, the Chennai Super Kings need to win their remaining two matches to assure themselves of a berth in the last four. Their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has a reputation of coming up with the best in pressure cooker situations.