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| Australia rely on batting depth to suppress Kiwis PUNE, Nov 3: Andrew Symonds lusty hittings saved the blushes for Australia as the world champions relied on their batting depth to script a thrilling two-wicket victory over New Zealand and romp into the final of the triangular series cricket tournament...........more Mongia to
lead Punjab MOHALI, Nov 3: Dinesh Mongia will lead the Punjab state senior cricket team for the upcoming season. Punjab Cricket Association(PCA) hony secretary M P Pandove, announcing the 19-member team, including four standbys, here today said Punjab would play its first match against Kerala at Pallakad (Kerala) from November seven to ten............more Surjit
hockey tournament JALANDHAR, Nov 3: The Surjit Hockey Society today announced that the prestigious annual Surjit hockey tournament...........more The two
Michaels put us PUNE, Nov 3: Australian captain Ricky Ponting today gave credit to the two Michaels (Clarke and Bevan) for the thrilling............more |
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Polly Umrigar Trophy 10-wkt win for J&K over Haryana * Selectors term triumph over Punjab, Haryana a great success Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: After sidelining National champion Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir today inflicted a 10-wicket defeat.....more Semis
line-up drawn Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: Semi-finals line-up has been drawn in the Ist Banarsi Dass memorial football......more Haryana
240 for 7 Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: Haryana has made 240 runs for the loss of seven wickets against Jammu and Kashmir when stumps were.........more Walkovers
mark start Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: The opening day of the inter-college womens Kho-kho tournaments ended......more |
Australia rely on batting depth to suppress Kiwis PUNE, Nov 3: Andrew Symonds lusty hittings saved the blushes for Australia as the world champions relied on their batting depth to script a thrilling two-wicket victory over New Zealand and romp into the final of the triangular series cricket tournament. Chasing a competitive 259 for a victory, the formidable Australians managed to overhaul the target with just one ball to spare riding on Symonds breezy 39-ball 37 after the young Michael Clarke pulled the team out of the pits in a nail-biting contest stretched to the wire. The Aussies needed 21 runs off the last 12 balls and the Kiwis had themselves to blame for not being able to make amends for the Faridabad fiasco as they dropped two catches in the last over. While Symonds capitalised on two dropped chances to take his side to victory, the 22-year-old clarke gave ample display of his class with a sparkling knock of 70 and pile on the misery on their trans-tasman rivals for the second time in five days. The world champions have assured themselves of a berth in the final by securing 18 points from four matches while India were placed second with eight points from three outings. New Zealand have just four points from four matches. The Kiwis raised hopes of avenging the Faridabad defeat by reducing the Australians to a precarious 65 for four but clarke and the experienced Michael Bevan (50) changed the complexion of the game with a determined 108-run partnership to put the Aussies on course again. Put into bat, New Zealand overcame a top-order batting collapse to post a healthy 258 for nine in their allotted 50 overs with Jacob Oram leading the spirited fightback with a career-best 81. Brendon McCullum (51) and captain Stephen Fleming (40) were the other notable performers on a track which provided a great deal of assistance to the pace bowlers in the morning. The match became very exciting in the closing stages of the Australian reply as the Kiwis not only managed to contain the run rate but also took wickets at regular intervals. Spinner Daniel Vettori gave away 17 runs in the 49th over to ease the pressure on the Australians who have now won their last three matches in the tri-series. Put into bat, the Faridabad spectre returned to haunt the Kiwis as they were reduced to 68 for five in 15 overs before a dogged fightback by Fleming (40) and career-best knocks by Oram and McCullum rendered respectability to the New Zealand total. While Oram made an 89-ball 81 with the help of 12 fours and a six, McCullum remained unbeaten on a 47-ball 51 (6x4, 1x6). It looked all too familiar to what happened in the teams previous match at Faridabad last week when New Zealand were bowled out for 97 in 34 overs by the awesome Aussies. But this time the Kiwis stemmed the rot and did well to bat out the 50 overs. The overnight moisture and dew meant the Aussie quickies got a lot of assistance from it early on as was evident in the way the Kiwi bastmen Chris Nevin (0), Lou Vincent (1), Scott Styris (0) and Craig McMillan (0) followed one after the other to the pavilion. But as the match progressed the pitch eased up and batting was made to look easy by Fleming and Oram who put on 62 runs for the sixth wicket. The delightful knock by McCullum capped the creditable effort by the Kiwis and ensured their bowlers would have a total to back them up against their trans-tasman rivals. (PTI) SCOREBOARD New zealand C Nevin lbw b Williams 0 S Fleming c Harvey b Symonds 40 L Vincent c Ponting b Williams 1 S Styris lbw b Williams 0 C McMillan b Williams 0 C Crains lbw b Bichel 27 J Oram b Symonds 81 C Harris c Harvey b Williams 1 B McCullum not out 51 D Vettori b Harvey 18 D Tuffey not out 1 Extras: (lb-4, w-32, nb-3) 38 Total: (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) 258 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-10, 3-11, 4-21, 5-68, 6-130, 7-151, 8-19, 9-246 Bowling: Bracken 10-3-39-0, Williams 10-1-53-5, Bichel 9-0-59-1, Harvey 9-1-33-1, Symonds 10-2-56-2, Clarke 2-0-14-0. Australia A Gilchrist c Vettori b Tuffey 25 M Hayden c Styris b Tuffey 9 R Ponting b Styris 16 D Martyn b Tuffey 10 M Clarke b Tuffey 70 N Bevan c Harris b Cairns 50 A Symonds not out 37 I Harvey c Styris b Vettori 19 A Bichel c McCullum b Vettori 9 B Williams not out 3 Extras (lb-2, w-8, nb-1) 11 Total (for eight wickets in 49.5 overs) 259 Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-40, 3-54, 4-65, 5-173, 6-204, 7-231, 8-244. Bowling: Tuffey 10-2-30-4, Oram 9.5-0-65-0, Cairns 10-0-48-1, Styris 7-1-31-1, Vettori 8-0-59-2, Harris 5-0-24-0. (PTI) |
Mongia to lead Punjab for upcoming season MOHALI, Nov 3: Dinesh Mongia will lead the Punjab state senior cricket team for the upcoming season. Punjab Cricket Association(PCA) hony secretary M P Pandove, announcing the 19-member team, including four standbys, here today said Punjab would play its first match against Kerala at Pallakad (Kerala) from November seven to ten. Mr Pandove said Bhupinder Singh (senior) and Sushil Kapoor had been named as cricket manager and administrative manager of the team. Besides Mongia other members of the team are Reetinder Sodhi, Pankaj Dharmani, Ravneet Rickey, Samrat Sharma, Chandan Madan(wicket-keeper), Vineet Sharma, Gagandeep Singh, Amit Uniyal(all rounder), Ishan Malhotra, Navdeep Singh, Rajesh Sharma, Sandeep Sanwal, Munish Sharma and Ankur Kakkar. Harminder Jugnu, S P Singh, VRV Singh and Hardevinder Singh would be the standbys. VRV Singh at present doing the countrys duty in under-19 Asian cricket championship in Pakistan. (UNI) |
Surjit hockey tournament to begin on November 5 JALANDHAR, Nov 3: The Surjit Hockey Society today announced that the prestigious annual Surjit hockey tournament would begin at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium (Burlton Park) here from November five to 14. The matches of men section would be played on knock out cum league basis and in knock out stage there are eight teams including Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, Border Security Force (BSF), Jalandhar, Indian Oil, Mumbai, Corp of Signals, EME Jalandhar, Surjit Hockey Academy, Jalandhar, ITBP, CISF, Chandigarh, Vajra XI, Ashok Kumar Gupta, president of society told reporters here today. Out of these eight teams, two top teams will qualify for the quarterfinal league matches and top six teams including two foreign teams, Indian Hockey Club, Canada and Concordia Hockey Club, Coaratia, would be directly seeded into quarter final league, he said adding that other teams are last years champion Bharat Patroleum, Mumbai, Punjab Police, Jalandhar and Air India, Mumbai. In women section top four teams would clash in super league matches for the title which include last years champion Northern Railways, Delhi, Air India, Mumbai, SAI Centre, Chandigarh and Dhanoa Punjab Club, said Padma Shree Pargat Singh, vice president of Surjit hockey. He revealed that cash award of Rs one lakh to both the winners and runners teams in men section out of which winner team would get Rs 60,000 and runners up would get Rs 40,000 along with the trophy. The winners and runners up team in women section would get trophies along with attractive prizes, he added. He said that the society would also honour the Indian hockey squad, which won the prestigious Asia Cup recently at Kuala Lumpur with Rs one lakh cash award and the soceity would also honour Punjabi singer and former hockey player Satwinder Bitti on Nov 14. The finals of women section would be played on Nov 13 and finals of men section would be held on Nov 14, which would be directly telecast and broadcast by Doordarshan and All India radio respectively, he added. (PTI) |
The two Michaels put us on the right track: Ponting PUNE, Nov 3: Australian captain Ricky Ponting today gave credit to the two Michaels (Clarke and Bevan) for the thrilling two-wicket win over New Zealand in the triangular series cricket match here today. "I thought we chased pretty well. It is a good effort on our part to restrict the New Zealanders to 258 and then chase the target even after losing four wickets for 65 runs. The two Michaels batted very well and put us on the right track after adding 108 runs under lot of pressure," Ponting said. "I think the toss was a huge factor. Probably if we had batted first, we would have struggled against bowlers like (Daryl) Tuffey and (Jacob) Oram but luckily I won the toss and put them into bat. "Infact, we thought we would get them all out around 150 but oram and (Brendon) McCullum batted exceedingly well and gave a fighting total for New Zealand," he said as his team romped into the November 18 final of the triseries with 18 points from four matches. The Aussie skipper also praised man of the match brad Williams for his five wicket haul. "Williams bowled exceptionally well and deserved the man of the match award." "In the end we could make it and I am happy that we are topping the points table." Kiwi fast bowler Daryl Tuffey, who attended the press meet in place of skipper Stephen Fleming, blamed the Pune pitch for the teams defeat. "We should have good wickets for one dayers not this kind of a surface which helped the quick bowlers to do so much. The ball did move for the better part of 25 overs before the track settled down by which time the match was as good as over for us". "Thats what happened in Faridabad, thats what happened here," he said. Tuffey also said that they were disappointed with their fielding today after Orams fighting knock. "Our fielding let us down. We were good in patches but we could not field properly when it really mattered and gave away a few important runs in the end," Tuffey said. "I think the dropped catches cost us very dearly." (PTI) |
Polly Umrigar Trophy Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: After sidelining National champion Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir today inflicted a 10-wicket defeat on last years runner-up, Haryana, thereby getting an additional bonus point in the Polly Umrigar under-15 cricket tournament held at Science College ground, here. Visitors could give just 38 runs target to J&K after all their wickets in the second innings fell for 238 runs in 96.3 overs at lunch. However, beginning their chase for a small total after the break, hosts took 12.3 overs to make 38 runs batting for 45 minutes at 1.10 pm. Ian Dev and Aditya Aima played stylish cricket even as they were told not to lose wicket for an additional bonus point. Facing the terrible attack by pacers Rohit Dilawri and Tanuj Jaglan, little bothered Ian Dev hit three boundaries to make 24 runs while Aditya, who was served with a neck high bouncer by Rohit, made 12 runs studded with three hits to the fence. Earlier, beginning their journey from overnight score of 146 for four in 53.5 overs, Haryana added 92 more runs to the score. Likewise first innings, it was Ian Dev (32-10-79-5) who caused early dismissal of visitors taking five wickets, including three in a row. Two of the batsmen, Rohit and Tanuj were bowled by Ian without allowing them to open account. Ram Dayal (8.3-4-14-2) was other bowler who claimed two wickets today. J&K in their first innings had scored 260 runs and then bowled out Haryana at 59 thus forcing a follow-on on the visitors. Selectors, who were the most satisfied lot with todays emphatic win, said that the results are outcome of a free and fair selection process. "This time, the new look JKCA and a dedicated team of selectors picked the right cricketers from and within the available talent," said Ankush Abrol one of the four selectors for the sub-junior groups. He further said, "we have made an end to lobby system and gave chance to everybody whosoever come to the trails. The real test was the trail matches which we held before naming the final 16 team. And it was on the basis of these trials that the team was picked". Another selector, Ashok Gupta, said, "since the combination of the present team is very good and there are good results, we have decided to continue with the same team for third match against Delhi in Delhi. When asked about the performance, they said that skipper Ian Dev played excellent cricket. He hit a century and took 19 wickets in two matches. Aditya Aima too gave a superb performance with a century to his credit, followed by Kanav Sathe and Ram Dayal. Selection trials in U-17 group begins today JAMMU: Selectors in sub-junior group shall start their selection process in under-17 group from tomorrow at 2.30 pm. The camp will continue upto November 10. Cricketers taking part in the camp have been asked to report the venue alongwith original copy of date of birth certificates. |
Semis line-up drawn in Banarsi Dass Football tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: Semi-finals line-up has been drawn in the Ist Banarsi Dass memorial football tournament with Jammu Sports-A winning the fourth quarterfinal here today. In todays match, Jammu Sports-A outplayed Alaxander Club 4-1 via tie breaker. Earlier, in the match time both sides failed to score any goal making it a goalless draw. Later, in the tie-breaker, Marques, Amit Sotra, Neeraj and Music made successful kicks into the goal. From Alaxander Club, only Raju could manage a goal while Vinay and Dany Burret missed. Other teams which have qualified for the semi-finals are Young Hero, Young Star and Jammu United. Now, in the first semi-final, to be played tomorrow, Jammu United will take on Jammu Sports-A at 3.30 pm. |
Haryana 240 for 7 against J&K in U-19 Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: Haryana has made 240 runs for the loss of seven wickets against Jammu and Kashmir when stumps were drawn after first day play in the under-19 Cooch Behar cricket tournament being hosted by Haryana at Bharmala near Panchkula. According to reports reaching here, Sumit Silwal and Sohan Lal, who were denied the first match at Srinagar, were the most successful bowlers of the day. Left-arm leg spinner, Sumit Silwal (14-3-28-3) claimed three wickets while medium pacer Sohan Lal also bagged three. Another wicket was taken by Umesh. From Haryana, Mandeep and Rahul were at the crease with 55 and 17 runs respectively. |
Walkovers mark start of inter-college Womens Kho-Kho Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: The opening day of the inter-college womens Kho-kho tournaments ended in walkovers with only two teams turned up for their scheduled matches as against six at University grounds, here today. In the first scheduled match, Government College for Women, Parade awarded walkover Post Graduate Departments while GCW Gandhi got walkover Degree College Udhampur. Another scheduled match both GGM Science College and Degree College, Poonch failed to turn-up thereby organisers scratched both the teams from further participation. Australia rely on batting depth to suppress Kiwis PUNE, Nov 3: Andrew Symonds lusty hittings saved the blushes for Australia as the world champions relied on their batting depth to script a thrilling two-wicket victory over New Zealand and romp into the final of the triangular series cricket tournament. Chasing a competitive 259 for a victory, the formidable Australians managed to overhaul the target with just one ball to spare riding on Symonds breezy 39-ball 37 after the young Michael Clarke pulled the team out of the pits in a nail-biting contest stretched to the wire. The Aussies needed 21 runs off the last 12 balls and the Kiwis had themselves to blame for not being able to make amends for the Faridabad fiasco as they dropped two catches in the last over. While Symonds capitalised on two dropped chances to take his side to victory, the 22-year-old clarke gave ample display of his class with a sparkling knock of 70 and pile on the misery on their trans-tasman rivals for the second time in five days. The world champions have assured themselves of a berth in the final by securing 18 points from four matches while India were placed second with eight points from three outings. New Zealand have just four points from four matches. The Kiwis raised hopes of avenging the Faridabad defeat by reducing the Australians to a precarious 65 for four but clarke and the experienced Michael Bevan (50) changed the complexion of the game with a determined 108-run partnership to put the Aussies on course again. Put into bat, New Zealand overcame a top-order batting collapse to post a healthy 258 for nine in their allotted 50 overs with Jacob Oram leading the spirited fightback with a career-best 81. Brendon McCullum (51) and captain Stephen Fleming (40) were the other notable performers on a track which provided a great deal of assistance to the pace bowlers in the morning. The match became very exciting in the closing stages of the Australian reply as the Kiwis not only managed to contain the run rate but also took wickets at regular intervals. Spinner Daniel Vettori gave away 17 runs in the 49th over to ease the pressure on the Australians who have now won their last three matches in the tri-series. Put into bat, the Faridabad spectre returned to haunt the Kiwis as they were reduced to 68 for five in 15 overs before a dogged fightback by Fleming (40) and career-best knocks by Oram and McCullum rendered respectability to the New Zealand total. While Oram made an 89-ball 81 with the help of 12 fours and a six, McCullum remained unbeaten on a 47-ball 51 (6x4, 1x6). It looked all too familiar to what happened in the teams previous match at Faridabad last week when New Zealand were bowled out for 97 in 34 overs by the awesome Aussies. But this time the Kiwis stemmed the rot and did well to bat out the 50 overs. The overnight moisture and dew meant the Aussie quickies got a lot of assistance from it early on as was evident in the way the Kiwi bastmen Chris Nevin (0), Lou Vincent (1), Scott Styris (0) and Craig McMillan (0) followed one after the other to the pavilion. But as the match progressed the pitch eased up and batting was made to look easy by Fleming and Oram who put on 62 runs for the sixth wicket. The delightful knock by McCullum capped the creditable effort by the Kiwis and ensured their bowlers would have a total to back them up against their trans-tasman rivals. (PTI) SCOREBOARD New zealand C Nevin lbw b Williams 0 S Fleming c Harvey b Symonds 40 L Vincent c Ponting b Williams 1 S Styris lbw b Williams 0 C McMillan b Williams 0 C Crains lbw b Bichel 27 J Oram b Symonds 81 C Harris c Harvey b Williams 1 B McCullum not out 51 D Vettori b Harvey 18 D Tuffey not out 1 Extras: (lb-4, w-32, nb-3) 38 Total: (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) 258 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-10, 3-11, 4-21, 5-68, 6-130, 7-151, 8-19, 9-246 Bowling: Bracken 10-3-39-0, Williams 10-1-53-5, Bichel 9-0-59-1, Harvey 9-1-33-1, Symonds 10-2-56-2, Clarke 2-0-14-0. Australia A Gilchrist c Vettori b Tuffey 25 M Hayden c Styris b Tuffey 9 R Ponting b Styris 16 D Martyn b Tuffey 10 M Clarke b Tuffey 70 N Bevan c Harris b Cairns 50 A Symonds not out 37 I Harvey c Styris b Vettori 19 A Bichel c McCullum b Vettori 9 B Williams not out 3 Extras (lb-2, w-8, nb-1) 11 Total (for eight wickets in 49.5 overs) 259 Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-40, 3-54, 4-65, 5-173, 6-204, 7-231, 8-244. Bowling: Tuffey 10-2-30-4, Oram 9.5-0-65-0, Cairns 10-0-48-1, Styris 7-1-31-1, Vettori 8-0-59-2, Harris 5-0-24-0. (PTI) By Ravi Shastri's New Zealand ran Australia close all day, then ran out of steam in the final lap. Two catches were dropped in the final over, as Australia eked out a thrilling win. Just goes to show what effect pressure has sides: the best ones rise above the circumstances, others succumb to it. New Zealand had done very well for most of the day, recovering from a precarious 68 for 5 to total 256. The lower order showed gumption after the top order had been wiped out by the Australian pacemen on a wicket that was moist and had enough juice in it. Stephen Fleming showed the grit and the technique to play out the daunting conditions while wickets fell around him, mainly to Brad Williams. Considering that he is still new to international cricket, Williams showed excellent control and desire. It is amazing how Australia havemanaged to throw up match-winning bowlers with such regularity. New Zealand's innings which was in a shambles in the first hour was shored up by some pretty heroic stuff by Jacon Oram and McCallum. It was good to see ORam get bat to ball, for when he does that, he is not a mean batsman. He turned the innings around when the wicket started easing with some superb strokes. McCallum made a thoroughly enjoyable half century, full of pluck and improvisations. He was instrumenatl in taking the score past the 250 mark, though the Australian played their part in this by conceding 38 extras. This is the one area which will worry Ponting for his team has been giving away too many gift runs in this tournament. Australia, like New zealand, were quickly down in the dumps when they batted, losing four wickets before the 15th over, but their batting depth saw them out of the crisis once again. Michael Clarke, who impresses me with each outing, batted with a maturity beyond his years, and there Michael bevan came up with a sterling half century. Andrew Symonds, cleverly saved for the end in this match, hit some bludgeoning blows to ensure that Australia would score maximum points. New Zealand's bowling and fielding came under duress in the last five overs, and they lost their grip on the match. But they had something positive to take away too. Their batting recovery had been exrraordinary and the bowling penetrative. Except that they were up against the best team in the world. (TCW) By Daniel Vettori The TVS Cup has certainly offered up more smiles per hour so far with some spicy cricket on show. Now that we are into the full swing of the one-day international road show, the black caps are finding less time to get out and about in this lovely country. Delhi was our first experience in a major Indian city on this tour. It still amazes me when our entire country has 4 million people and Delhi has some 11 million citizens. While we were staying in Delhi, Paul Hitchcock was approached by Reebok for a sponsorship arrangement. After visiting the Reebok store, Hitchy came back with bags full of clothing and apparel. His only regret was that Reebok do not supply fishing equipment - his big passion. Chris Cairns and Craig McMillan also took time to visit the large golden Sikh temple, which is the centre of the Sikh faith. They came back with stories of its aura and beauty - in particular Macca who always takes time to appreciate local cultures and religions. We have now moved on to Pune - a city with a thriving student population and a real buzz in the air. We were also reunited with our former coach David Trist who is involved in the Cadence Cricket Academy. We spent two days training at Cadence, which is an outstanding facility for budding young cricketers. On a recent shopping expedition in Pune, Kyle Mills was treated to some fine fashion. The big-haired fast bowler has an interest in male fashion and even works part-time in a swanky menswear store in Auckland. He commented on the outstanding quality of the fabrics on offer here, which led to numerous purchases by everyone in the team. Sometimes we even have to find fun in traveling to practice. Chris Nevin, our dimunitive opening batsman has his HV (Heavy - Vehicle) licence and decided to take us on a detour to training by driving our team bus around the streets of Pune. This initially caused much worry with our security guards, however they soon took to Chris's unique driving style and enjoyed the ride also. And back to the cricket. So far the wickets have been playing a dominant role in the matches. However our batting performance against Australia was short of the mark and we will be looking to rectify this in the remaining matches. We all watched the match in Mumbai and with Australia's win, the onus is now on us to pick up the maximum points on our search to reach the finals at Eden Gardens. (TCW) India-New Zealand
clash on Nov 6 CUTTACK, Nov 3: Despite the threat of rain lashing the city during the India-New Zealand one day international on November 6, thousands of people queued for long hours to buy tickets. People were seen standing in long queues since last night. Security personnel had a tough time controlling the crowd. Elaborate security arrangements had been made by the authorities for smooth sale of tickets. The district police administration deployed 15 platoons in addition to private security deployed by the Orissa Cricket Association. Two additional superintendents of police, two DSPs and 40 Sub-Inspectors were monitoring the crowd. Close circuit televisions were installed at the counters to check black-marketing of tickets. But cricket lovers as well as match organisers were apprehensive of rain and insects. Rains during the last couple of days and the forecast made by the local meteorology department that rains would lash a few places during the next 48 hours cast gloom over over the cricket lovers. The organisers feared that insects might pose some problems for the ODI to be played under flood light for the first time in the state. The light attracts insects which might disturb the players. The problem came to the fore during the trial run of the flood light during the last few days. OCA secretary Asirbad Behera said they had sought the help of experts to overcome the menace during the match. He said precautionary measures would be taken only after gauging the intensity of the meance after the trial run of all the eight floodlights tonight. Meanwhile, the State Government, which had earlier objected to the construction of a special enclosure to accommodate around 5000 more people, had given clearance. OCA sources said the India team would arrive at Bhubaneswar today. (UNI) |
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