IPL
champions to get Rs 48 million
NEW DELHI, Apr 4: The winners of the
cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL)
will receive a stagerring Rs 48 million.
This is
the highest prize money for any
cricketing event to be played in India.
The total
prize money will be a mindboggling Rs 120
million with the runners-up receiving Rs
24 million. The two losing semi-finalists
would be richer by Rs 12 million each.
The team
finishing fifth will collect Rs 8 million
and the sixth finisher will earn Rs 7
million.
Meanwhile,
the team finishing seventh on the league
table will get Rs 5 million while the
eighth finisher will earn Rs 4 million.
(UNI)
Bhupathi-Knowles
into Miami finals
MIAMI, Apr 4: Fourth seeds Mahesh
Bhupathi and Mark Knowles saved three
match points en route to a thrilling win
over Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner that
has set them up against top seeds Bob and
Mike Bryan in the finals of the USD
3,77,0000 Sony Ericsson Open here.
Bhupathi
and Knowles beat their sixth seeded Czech
rivals 7-6(5) 4-6 11-9 to secure their
fourth consecutive match tie-break
victory. The Indo-Bahamas pair saved
three match points in the match
tie-break.
The fourth
seeds trailed 6-9 before reeling off five
straight points to win the one hour and
50 minute battle. (PTI)
Dilshan,
Silva century stand rescues Sri Lanka
PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad),
Apr 4: An unbroken stand of
100 for the sixth wicket between
Tillakeratne Dilshan and Chamara Silva
helped Sri Lanka recover on the
rain-marred opening day of the second and
final Test against West Indies.
Dilshan
was unbeaten on 58 and silva was not out
on 37, as Sri Lanka, sent in to bat,
reached 217 for five in their first
innings when bad light stopped play 20.3
overs early on the opening day at
Queen’s Park Oval yesterday.
In between
three breaks for rain, Sri Lanka were
struggling on 117 for five, but Silva
joined Dilshan, and they punished wayward
West Indies bowling to put their side
back on track.
Dilshan
reached his 50 just prior to the close,
when he guided Sri Lanka’s
wrecker-in-chief Fidel Edwards through
backward point for two. Silva was no less
enterprising with the cut and the pull
some of his most productive strokes.
He was
dropped on 34 just before the close, when
Devon Smith, moving to his right at
second slip, failed to hold a sharp
chance off Daren Powell.
Greeted by
a helpful pitch, things had started well
for Sri Lanka who has been put into bat.
Michael
Vandort was fortunate that umpire Billy
Bowden ruled in his favour, when Powell
appealed for an lbw verdict off the
second ball of the match.
Television
replays suggested that the tall,
left-handed opener was hit plumb in front
by a fast, full, straight delivery which
pitched on a length, on the line of
middle stump, and straightened.
Malinda
Warnapura, his opening partner, then
gained a reprieve on 12, when Dwayne
Bravo floored a regulation chance at
third slip off Jerome Taylor in the sixth
over.
Vandort
too, benefitted from the West
Indies’ epidemic of sloppy fielding,
when Powell failed to grab a sharp return
catch in the 11th over.
In between
their run of good fortune, the two Sri
Lanka openers put away anything
fractionally loose.
But the
tourists were wobbling when Edwards
captured two wickets in the space of 12
balls in the final hour before lunch to
leave the visitors on 89 for two at the
interval.
Warnapura,
playing loosely off the back-foot, edged
a drive and was caught low at third slip
for 35 in Edwards’ third over, and
Sri Lanka vice-captain Kumar Sangakkara
was caught behind for 10 playing
defensively forward in the fast
bowler’s fourth over to leave the
visitors 72 for two.
Things
started to unravel after lunch for Sri
Lanka, West Indies, and the weather in
the period of play after lunch.
Rain saved
Sri Lanka from plunging into further
trouble, and they reached 139 for five
when a third stoppage prompted an early
tea.
The breaks
for rain limited the two sides to 12.2
overs after lunch, and Sri Lanka crashed
from a comfortable 89 for two to 117 for
five.
When play
continued following a 20-minute delay
after lunch, only 27 minutes were
possible, and Vandort was caught by the
wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin down the
leg-side off Edwards for 30. (PTI)
De
Villiers hits unbeaten 217 as S A tighten
noose
AHMEDABAD, Apr 4: Ab De Villiers (217
not out) and Jacques Kallis (132) proved
there was no demon in the track as South
Africa tightened the noose around
India’s neck with a mammoth first
innings lead of 418 runs in the second
cricket Test here today.
De
Villiers became the first South African
to make a double century against India
and looked in no mood of relenting, while
Kallis was rock solid as the duo forged a
record 256-run stand to virtually bat
India out of the game.
The
visitors were comfortably placed at 494
for seven at close on the second day
which turned out to be frustrating for
the India as their bowlers toiled hard to
get the wickets.
The hosts
were clearly relieved as rain lashed the
Sardar Patel Stadium forcing early
curtains on the day’s proceedings
with De Villiers and Paul Harris (9) in
the middle with nearly 13 overs to go.
After
their bowlers had shot out India in the
morning for a humiliating 76 yesterday,
South African batsmen complimented their
effort by batting sensibly to push the
hosts to the corner.
De
Villiers faced 333 balls for his unbeaten
career-best knock of 217 which included
17 hits to the fence besides a couple of
sixes.
Among the
hapless lot of Indian bowlers, Harbhajan
Singh managed four scalps conceding 135
runs in his 40 overs.
Now with
the South Africans in complete control of
the match, only two results seem possible
— either a win for the visitors or a
draw, for which India would have to come
up with something truly extraordinary.
De
Villiers grinded the hapless Indian
attack into the Motera dust in relentless
fashion to carve out a splendid, maiden
double century and also took part in a
record stand for any wicket against the
hosts to put South Africa in an
impregnable position.
The De
Villiers-Kallis duo erased current India
coach Gary Kirsten and Andrew
Hundson’s 1996-7 record stand of 236
runs in the process.
De
Villiers also became the highest
individual scorer for South Africa
against the hosts. His fabulous yet
responsible knock in only his 18th Test -
put in right perspective the pathetic
batting display by the much-vaunted
Indian batsmen on the first day yesterday
when they capitulated abjectly for just
76 in the pre-lunch session.
For India,
skipper Anil Kumble tried various
permutation and combinations since
yesterday afternoon, including taking the
second new ball soon after it was due, to
break this fifth wicket stand, which came
in 339 minutes and 479 balls, between the
32-year-old Kallis and the 24-year-old De
Villiers. India eventually got success
but late in the second session today.
Kallis,
who struck 14 fours and a six in his
determined second century against India,
and 30th overall that put him ahead of
Sir Donald Bradman and abreast of another
champion Aussie batsman Matthew Hayden,
finally fell by dragging S
Sreesanth’s ball on to his stumps.
But De
Villiers and wicket keeper Mark Boucher
continued to pile on the agony for the
hosts under the hot mid-day sun by adding
66 runs for the sixth wicket.
One of
Villiers’ sixes landed on the roof
of the stadium as he swung Harbhajan
Singh and fell on the ground while
completing the shot Rohan Kanhai-style.
SCOREBOARD
India 1st
innings: 76
South
Africa 1st innings (overnight 223-4):
Smith lbw
b Sreesanth 34
McKenzie c
Dravid b Harbhajan 42
Amla c
Jaffer b Harbhajan 16
J. Kallis
b Sreesanth 132
Prince lbw
b Harbhajan 2
De
Villiers batting 217
Boucher
lbw b Kumble 21
Morkel lbw
b Harbhajan 1
P. Harris
batting 9
Extras
(b-2, lb-14, w-4) 20
Total (for
7 wkts, 141.2 overs) 494
Fall of
Wickets: 1-78, 2-100, 3-101, 4-117,
5-373, 6-439, 7-452
Bowling: S
Sreesanth 23-4-87-2, R P Singh 21-2-81-0,
I Pathan 21.2-3-85-0, Harbhajan Singh
40-5-135-4, A Kumble 33-2-78-1, S Ganguly
3-0-12-0. (PTI)
Physical
Education Deptt crush Chemistry Deptt
Excelsior Sports
Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 4: Physical
Education Department notched up a
resounding 101 run win over Chemistry
Department today in the ongoing Inter
Department Cricket Tournament (men) being
played at Jammu University Grounds.
Batting
first, Physical Education Department was
bundled out for 195 runs in 17.3 overs
with Pawan Sharma was the top scorer with
71.
He struck
13 delectable hits to the fence and a
six. Atul Sharma (28), Opinder Pal (14),
Vikram (16) and Harish (11) were the
other notable contributors.
For
Chemistry Department, Rajveer and Arun
grabbed three wickets each while Mohit,
Tabraiz, Daljeet and Rameez shared a
wicket apiece.
Chasing
196 to win, Chemistry Department skittled
out for paltry 94 runs in just 17 overs.
Kuldeep
played a fighting knock of 22 runs
followed by Arun (16) and Mohit (11).
For
Physical Education Department, Opinder
Pal Singh was the pick of the bowlers
with three scalps whereas Atul chipped in
with two.
Bikram,
Shashi and Gourav took one wicket apiece.
The
umpires in the match were Raj Kumar and
Vijay Kumar. The scorer was Satpal.
Law
School, Business School, Law Deptt enter
semis
Excelsior Sports
Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 4: Law School,
Business School and Law Department have
secured a berth in the semifinals in
Badminton (men) whereas Commerce and
Botany have also confirmed their entry in
Table Tennis (men) in the ongoing Inter
Department Tournament being played at
Jammu University.
The
quarterfinals were played today. In
Badminton, Law School dispatched Physical
Education by 2-0.
In the
first singles, Abhik Gupta trounced
Ashwani by 21-16 and 21-15 while Amar got
the better of Harish by 21-15 and 21-18.
In another
quarterfinal, Business School subdued
Chemistry Department by identical margin
(2-0).
Bhanu beat
Mabubha Sha by 21-7 and 21-14 whereas
Atul defeated Satyan by 21-3 and 21-7 in
another one sided affair.
In Table
Tennis, Botany Department cruised past
Urdu Department by 2-0.
In the
first match, Sandeep Kotwal prevailed
over Shameem by 11-8, 6-11 and 11-6 while
Mudassir beat Nadeem by 11-7 and 11-6 in
the second match.
In the
second quarterfinal, Law School edged out
MCA by same margin (2-0).
In the
first match, Bhanu beat Ajay by 11-3 and
14-12 whereas Karan Khosa had the last
laugh against Pawan Kumar by 9-11, 11-8
and 11-8.
Commerce
Department got past Physical Education by
2-0. Sushil beat Jagmohan by 11-9, 3-11
and 11-8 while Munish beat Sanjeev Jamwal
by 11-9 and 11-7.
In Carrom,
Urdu Department overcame Law Department
by 2-0. In the first match, Nadeem beat
Swaran while Gulzar subdued Amit in the
second.
MCA
Department also registered a win over Law
School by 2-1.
In the
first match, Vikas beat Saquib but Law
School drew parity through Muzamil who
rallied to beat Farooq Ahmed.
In the
decider, the duo of Vikas/Manish trounced
Saquib/Muzamil to seal the essay.
All the
matches were officiated by Ramesh
Magotra, Ravish Vaid, Rajan Tah, Sunaina
and Meenakshi.
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