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| We will force a result: Ganguly KOLKATA, Nov 27: India are determined to win their first home Test series in two years with captain Sourav Ganguly today promising to force a result in their favour in the second cricket Test against South Africa........more JKCA
reduced to 72 as Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: After bowling out Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) XI for paltry 72 runs, Haryana Cricket Association (HCA) XI today took four runs first innings lead and were playing comfortably at 76 for three on day one of three-day Vijay Merchant (under-17) cricket tournament started today at M A Stadium, here...........more Successful
outing NEW DELHI, Nov 27: It was a successful day for the Indians in the IBSF World snooker championship in Veldhovan in..............more Ganguly’s
men KOLKATA, Nov 27: With the two-match ban on skipper Sourav Ganguly being revoked, a buoyed India take on South Africa in the second cricket Test here tomorrow, desperate for a win which will not only seal the series for them but also salvage pride after some flop shows in recent times.............more |
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Arjun-Anil pair win junior boys title Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: Arjun Kohli and Anil Gupta today won junior boys doubles title beating the pair of Jyesh and Baljeet Singh in straight sets 11-6, 11-7 in the ongoing 26th Stag-Airtel State Table Tennis championship at MA Stadium, here................more Title
holder Kuldeep Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: Defending champion, Kuldeep Sharma today entered into third round of junior snooker with a walkover in the 14th State billiards and snooker championships underway at MA Stadium, here..................more Ambitious
Rs 15 cr Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ganderbal (Srinagar), Nov 27: Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed disclosed that an ambitious 15 crore project in pipe-line for the Government............more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: Shergarh Cricket Club defeated Sehora Cricket Club by five wickets in the ongoing Pt Trilochan Dutt memorial cricket tournament.......more |
We will force a result: Ganguly KOLKATA, Nov 27: India are determined to win their first home Test series in two years with captain Sourav Ganguly today promising to force a result in their favour in the second cricket Test against South Africa. Ganguly said a lifeless pitch at Kanpur was responsible for the drawn first Test but his team was aware of the importance of this match which would be played on what he felt was a "result oriented" track. "It’s a very important match for us. Winning a Test series is very important, obviously, we will go all out to force a result," Ganguly said at the pre-match press conference here. The Indian skipper said the track seemed more bouncy than the one at Green Park. "It looks to be a result-oriented wicket". Ganguly also countered South African coach Ray Jennings’ contention that pressure would be on India because of its favourites tag and expectations of the home crowd. "Every side plays to win. I am sure that they also want to win as much as we do. So, the pressure will be on both the teams," said the Indian skipper, who was cleared to play the match yesterday after the ICC upheld his appeal against the two-match suspension. Ganguly said he was "scared" as he waited to know the outcome of the appeal. "I missed four out of the seven Tests played by India this year due to injury. Missing another Test would have been very bad". Ganguly said it was just a "coincidence" that there was a climate of uncertainty over his availability during each of the last three big matches at the Eden. Ganguly had to opt out of the TVS Cup tri-series final against Australia last year because of an injury. Prior to the Platinum Jubilee match against Pakistan recently, he carried a groin problem and had to clear a fitness Test to gain entry into the side. The storm over the slow over-rate issue blew over only yesterday. "I’m happy that I managed to play against Pakistan. But I was not really scared before that match. However, this one (the recent two-Test ban) was a scare for me," he said. "The decision was not in my control. But it (the upholding of the appeal) gave me a lot of relief," he said. The Indian captain said he was also looking forward to getting his maiden hundred at the Eden. "I approach a Test match anywhere in the same manner. It’s a coincidence that I have so far not managed a hundred at eden. I hope to get it soon." Echoing coach John Wright, Ganguly said the team management was considering fielding two pacers tomorrow, but the final decision would be taken only before the match. "Two seamers is definitely a proposition," he said. Ganguly lavishly praised the new opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir who had stitched together a rollicking 218-run partnership at Kanpur. "Sehwag has been successful the world over. Gambhir played in only his second Test at Kanpur. He had a good match and showed a lot of promise. I hope they carry on in the same manner here," he said. Ganguly also denied the suggestion that the toss would be important in determining the result of the match. He also said the middle order, which has faltered repeatedly in recent times, was improving. "Rahul Dravid played well in the last game. V V S Laxman also had a good knock in the Mumbai Test against Australia". He reminded that Eden had been a lucky ground for Laxman, who scripted an epic 281 against Australia in 2001 to turn the match in India’s favour. "He only has to get his act together." Ganguly said it was too early to make a judgement on young wicket keeper Dinesh Kaarthick. "He has played only two Tests. He is only a 19-year-old chap. You have to give him time." He also had a word of praise for the South Africa team, saying it had quality cricketers like Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis and competed well in Kanpur. Brushing aside a question on his form, Ganguly said he has had a good average during the last one year. "I missed a number of Tests this year. If you look at my statistics you will get an answer," he said. Asked why the public perception continued to be that he was out of form, Ganguly shot back "the public is not aware of the statistics". (PTI) |
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JKCA reduced to 72 as HCA takes first innings lead Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: After bowling out Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) XI for paltry 72 runs, Haryana Cricket Association (HCA) XI today took four runs first innings lead and were playing comfortably at 76 for three on day one of three-day Vijay Merchant (under-17) cricket tournament started today at M A Stadium, here. Earlier, the match was delayed by two-hour from the scheduled time of 9.30 this morning because of the bad condition of the pitch at the J&K State Sports Council Stadium (Pitch was over watered by non-professional groundmen). When the actual game started at 11.30, the wicket favoured the bowlers, who, however were not able to bowl comfortably. The bad start by JKCA, who lost first two wickets with just six runs on the board. Host batsmen were never comfortable throughout their 27 overs which lasted for only about two and half hours. Four JKCA batsmen went to the pavilion without opening their account while the highest scorer was Imran Haroon who contributed 17 runs to the score. Shrey Chowdhary was most successful bowler from HCA who took five wickets for 11 runs in 8.2 overs. Prashant Kumar, who had successful spell before team bagged three wickets for five runs in 3 overs he bowled. After bowling out JKCA for 72, HCA made a confident start and their first wicket added 29 runs. When the stumps were drawn, HCA had taken four-run first innings lead with total score of 76 in 27.2 overs for three on the board. Manik Gupta took two wickets for JKCA for 19 runs in eight overs. SCOREBOARD J&K first innings Aditya Aima c Deepak Chaudhary b Shrey Choudhary 0 Divya Partap Singh c Narender Sharma b Shrey Choudhary 15 Adil Rishi c&b Shrey Choudhary 0 Zain Ajaz c Narender Sharma b Shrey Choudhary 3 Pervez Rasool lbw Deepak Choudhary 13 Ram Dayal c Deepak Choudhary b Shrey Choudhary 0 Imran Haroon b Parveen Kumar 17 Manik Gupta c Himmanshu Sharma b Prashant Kumar 4 Apnam Gupta c Himanshu Sharma b Prashant Kumar 5 Kanav Sathe c Manish Verma b Prashant Kumar 0 Mohd Muddassar not out 4 Extras (nb-9, lb-1, w-1) 11 Total (for all out in 27.3) 72 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-6, 3-14, 4-28, 5-28, 6-45, 7-56, 8-64, 9-64, 10-72. Bowling Analysis: Deepak Choudhary 9.4-2-30-1; Shrey Choudhary 8-4-11-5; Pawan Bhardwaj 5-1-18-0; Prashant Kumar 3-1-5-3; Parveen Pawar 1.3-0-7-1. Haryana first innings Manish Dhillon lbw Manik Gupta 25 Narender Sharma run out Appnam 9 Himanshu Sharma c Adil Rishi b Mani Gupta 20 Manish Verma batting 15 Amit Prashar batting 5 Extras: (w-1, lb-1) 2 Total (for three in 27.4 overs) 76 Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-363-69 Bowling Analysis: Mohd. Muddassar 4-2-6-0; Zain Ajaz 3-1-9-0; Ram Dayal 2-0-9-0; Imran Haroon 2-0-5-0; Appnam Gupta 6-1-17-0; Manik Gupta 8-1-19-2; Kanav Sathe 2.4-10-0. |
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Successful outing for Indian cueists NEW DELHI, Nov 27: It was a successful day for the Indians in the IBSF World snooker championship in Veldhovan in Holland with all the cueists clinching victories in their respective group league matches. Pankaj Advani won his back-to-back Group B matches against Poland’s Jaroslaw Kowalski and Anthony Brabin of Cyprus respectively. The 19-year-old defending champion trounced Kowalski 4-1 scoring 82-48, 58-21, 55-63, 68-50, 72-22 and Brabin with a 4-2 (72-38, 66-36, 18-64, 22-104, 8-121, 0-98) margin, according to information received here today. Asian champion Alok Kumar clinched a well-deserving win against Cai Jianzhong of Chinese Taipei with the scores of 70-29, 20-74, 45-67, 72-30, 32-72, 90-0, 73-0 in the best of seven frames match in group B. While national champion Manan Chandra blanked Patrick Devaik of Mauritius 4-0 in his group B tie, Asian Games gold medallist Rafath Habib got points without any effort after he got a walkover from Kevin Zarakari of Sweden in group G. In the women’s section, Anuja Thakur maintained her victories run with another exciting 3-0 win against Rosanna Lo-a-Tsong of the Netherlands in group B while Revanna Uma Devi raised her game to beat Natasha Niermann of Germany in group D in their best of five frames matches. Meenal Thakur got the better of Saskia Smits of the Netherland in group C with a 3-1 (31-58, 57-45, 60-9, 72-70) win. However, in the inaugural seniors event, India’s B V S Murthy lost 2-3 (77-41, 19-76, 68-41, 53-66, 28-70) to Jyri Virtanen of Finland in a keen contest. (PTI) |
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Ganguly’s men desperate for victory KOLKATA, Nov 27: With the two-match ban on skipper Sourav Ganguly being revoked, a buoyed India take on South Africa in the second cricket Test here tomorrow, desperate for a win which will not only seal the series for them but also salvage pride after some flop shows in recent times. The uncertainty over Ganguly’s availability finally over, India would be looking to their skipper — much relaxed after a two-week ordeal — to inspire the team at his home ground and outsmart the visitors who have proved that they are no pushovers. A 500 plus score as well as a first innings lead in the drawn Kanpur Test is bound to have boosted the confidence of the visitors as India’s coach John Wright remarked. In contrast, the desperation in the Indian ranks is evident from Ganguly’s comments. "This is a very important match for us, and we need to win and take the series," he said. For the Indians, the biggest gain from Kanpur is the performance of openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, who were involved in a rollocking 218-run stand at the Green Park, raising hopes that India’s worries in this department could be finally over. Sehwag, who has already amassed more than a thousand runs in this calender year, would definitely want to continue from where he left in the first Test to give a flying start to the indian innings at the Eden Gardens. (PTI) |
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Arjun-Anil pair win junior boys title Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: Arjun Kohli and Anil Gupta today won junior boys doubles title beating the pair of Jyesh and Baljeet Singh in straight sets 11-6, 11-7 in the ongoing 26th Stag-Airtel State Table Tennis championship at MA Stadium, here. Earlier, in the semi-finals Arjun and Anil defeated Abhinav and Gurvinder 11-5, 11-7 while Jyesh and Baljeet pair outplayed Abhimanyu and Anant 11-3, 8-11, 11-6. In cadet boys group, Jyesh Singh and Abhinav have qualified for the cadet boys final. Jyesh beat defending champion, Gurvinder Singh 6-11, 11-7, 16-14, 7-11, 11-8 while Abhinav trounced Nikhil Puri of Poonch 11-5, 11-6, 11-6. Detailed results Quarterfinal junior boys doubles: Arjun Kohli and Anil Gupta bt Sunil and Rohit (Udhampur) 9-11, 11-3, 11-4; Abhinav and Gurvinder bt Laksh and Nikhil (Udhampur) 11-9, 11-4; Jyesh and Baljeet bt Bhavik Jain and Kanav 9-11, 11-4, 11-8; Abhimanyu and Anant got walkover Gagan and Varun Bhalla. First round: Sunil and Rohit (Udhampur) bt Haris and Asim (Srinagar) 11-1, 11-7; Lakash and Nikhil (Udhampur) bt Azan and Noor (Srinagar); Abhimanyu Jamwal and Anant bt Omar and Zubair (Srinagar) 11-1, 11-8; Bhavik and Kanav got walkover Manmeet and Nikhil (Poonch). Women’s singles quarterfinals: Chandpreet Kour bt Saba 11-7, 11-3; Mohita Singh bt Nitani Bakshi 11-3, 11-8; Amrita Singh bt Manvi Gupta 11-8, 11-3; Deepinder Kour bt Deepshikha Sharma 11-4, 7-11, 11-5. Men singles first round: Gaganpreet Singh (Poonch) bt Ashiq Hussain (Srinagar) 11-6, 6-11, 11-4; Kanav Bhardwaz bt Varun Bhalla 11-6, 11-7; Shabir Shah bt Sahil Gupta 11-5, 12-10; Ratnesh Puri bt Kalsi 11-9, 7-11, 11-7; Anant Aditya bt Harjeet Singh 14-12, 11-6; Manmeet Singh (Poonch) bt Sandeep 11-7, 11-9; Ajay Kumar bt Lokesh (Udhampur) 11-1, 11-3; Naresh Kumar bt Rohit (Udhampur) 11-4, 11-6; Ashwani Sharma bt Narinder Singh (Poonch) 11-8, 11-4; Abhimanyu Jamwal bt Nikhil Vaid 11-7, 11-4; Amit bt Rajeev Raja 11-6, 11-5; I P Singh bt Robin (Udhampur) 11-5, 11-3; Digpal singh bt Ashish 11-7, 11-8; Raman Sharma bt Naveen 11-5, 11-4; Arjun Kohli bt Sunil (Udhampur) 11-2, 11-3. |
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Title holder Kuldeep advance with walkover Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: Defending champion, Kuldeep Sharma today entered into third round of junior snooker with a walkover in the 14th State billiards and snooker championships underway at MA Stadium, here. Another seeded cueist, Nishant Azad too sailed into the third round beating Sourav Sharma in straight frames. Detailed results: Second round: Kuldeep Sharma got walkover Sahil Sharma; Ritesh Gupta bt Karan Kapahi 76-41, 48-38, 83-57; Aditya Beri bt Sahil Arora 31-72, 65-36, 74-25, 52-44; Nadeem Malik got walkover Tarun Goswami; Ishuk Chowdhary bt Sameer Arora 50-16, 55-48, 26-53, 84-7; Ishan Choudhary bt Sohail Plassar 64-69, 39-34, 55-36, 65-55; Nishant Azad bt Sourav Sharma 47-26, 78-59, 47-46; Shahnawaz bt Sourabh Sharma 68-56, 67-26, 49-42; Azain Amin bt Sanjeev Gandotra 79-63, 61-32, 54-40. First round: Nikhil Kapahi bt Vikram Singh 56-64, 49-23, 59-17, 20-64, 75-60; Avish Sharma bt Kaka 78-14, 54-35, 44-23; Sunny Arora bt Sain Shamdoutra 42-32, 30-59, 35-64, 82-50, 51-35; Ankush Langer bt Owais 65-28, 36-49, 27-57, 57-21, 59-33; Arjun bt Farooq Ahmed Khan 48-49, 56-23, 53-62, 61-38; Karan Anand got walkover Irfan. |
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Ambitious Rs 15 cr project for Physical Education College Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ganderbal (Srinagar), Nov 27: Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed disclosed that an ambitious 15 crore project in pipe-line for the Government College for Physical Education, here today. Chief Minister was speaking at the annual day function of the College this morning. He said that the college would be shifted to Gadroo, Ganderbal where 300 kanals of land has been earmarked for the new campus to develop it as the biggest sports training complex in the state. The complex would have both indoor and outdoor sports facilities and hostel accommodation for students. He described the project as a major leap towards the development of sports and physical education in Jammu and Kashmir and assured personal interest in its early completion. The Chief Minister said that his Government has accorded priority to physical education adding that the subject has been made compulsory for 9th and 10th classes in Government schools. He said all high schools have been provided with physical education teachers to ensure that students were trained in the subject. He said development of physical faculties was as important as the growth of mental faculties and this fact had been recognized world over. He stressed on good training and complete dedication to achieve glory in different sports and said competent and innovative coaches were in great demand everywhere. He said performance of a country in a sports activity today largely depends on how best a coach it had been able to rope in. He said physical education as a subject has attained vast scope. Minister for Youth Services and sports, Haji Nisar Ali said that the Government was planning to start M.P.E course in the college. He said the indoor facility at the proposed new campus would ensure round the year sports activities in the college. |
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Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: Shergarh Cricket Club defeated Sehora Cricket Club by five wickets in the ongoing Pt Trilochan Dutt memorial cricket tournament being played at Shergarh in Bishnah near here. Batting first after winning the toss, Shergarh made 112 runs losing all their wickets in 21.1 overs of the 25 overs match, which, in reply, Sehora Club chased in 18.3 overs for the loss of five wickets. Rajesh Bakshi and Mohan were highest scorers with 29 runs each while Rinka added 11. From Shergarh, Mohd Tariq, Rakesh and Singh shared three wickets each. Batting second, Shergarh reached the required target for the loss of five wickets sparing 6.3 overs of their innings. Kulwant Singh was top scorer with 32, followed by Rahul and Arun who added 27 and 16 runs respectively. Sonu and Sunny took two wickets each for Sehora Club. Kulwant Singh was declared man of the match for his unbeaten 32 runs. Sanjay Raina and Sadiq Hussain were umpires in today’s match. Jharkhand register 10-wicket victory over J&K JAMSHEDPUR, Nov 27: Jharkhand thrashed Jammu and Kashmir by 10 wickets on the penultimate day to notch full points with bonus in the Ranji Trophy plate group "A" match at the Keenan Stadium here today. Needing 108 to avoid follow on, Jammu and Kashmir resumed their innings at overnight score of 59 for five but they lost skipper Dhruv Mahajan (20) in the very first over when he was clean bowled by left arm spinner Shahid Khan and left his team gasping at 60 for six. When the visitors were all set to suffer an innings defeat, overnight batsman Sameer Khajuria and Majid Dar did some damage control by putting up a valuable 66 runs for the seventh wicket. While Khajuria was out for 32 and became the second victim of Khan, Dar led his team from the front to force the hosts to bat again and remained unbeaten on 60. Dar’s defiant knock was studded with seven fours, in 128 balls. Jammu and Kashmir were finally all out for 176 after lunch. Khan returned with three for 33, skipper Sumit Panda struck twice to pick up three for 36. Other seamers Mihir Diwakar and S S Rao got two wickets each, sparing 20 and 43 runs respectively. Needing 11 runs to win, Jharkhand openers Manish Vardhan (5 not out) and Ratan Kumar (4 not out) finished it without lossing any wicket and gave their team one bonus point. Jharkhand, thus, earned five points from this outright victory and have seven points from two matches. (UNI) |
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