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Deep Dasgupta — as his parents see him BCCI ‘trying to cut’ number of
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Punjab Police, SR basketball champs Big win for HP University
in hockey Pepsu beaten
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Aussies settle for draw Perth, December 4 But after two runouts, Australia settled for a draw after being asked to score a record 440 to win. At close the Australians were 381 for seven as the series finished tied 0-0. Zimbabwe umpire Ian Robinson gave two crucial not out decisions. Australia number nine Jason Gillespie (one not out) survived a caught behind decision off Chris Cairns at 366 for seven after television replays appeared to show the ball glancing off the tailender’s gloves. New Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori, who took eight wickets in the match, appealed confidently for a caught behind off Steve Waugh when he was on 13 and Australia 203 for four, but Robinson also gave it not out. Opener Matthew Hayden (57) and Mark Waugh (86), who shared a third-wicket stand of 78 in 102 minutes, gave Australia the foundation to chase the target as captain Steve Waugh (run out for 67) and Gilchrist, who hit 32 in 10 balls at one stage, added 95 in 73 minutes for the sixth wicket which fell at 339. Damien Martyn (30) had been bowled by Vettori on the last ball before tea at 244 for five. Number eight batsman Shane Warne, fresh from his 99 in the first innings, was run out at the bowler’s end for 10 at 355 for seven as Australia continued to chase victory and the leg-spinner had a mix-up with Gilchrist mid-pitch. With an hour’s play remaining, Australia were 317 for five with Steve Waugh on 60 and Gilchrist on 40. Gilchrist charged Vettori to hit 6-4-4-4 off successive balls in the last over before drinks in the final session. New Zealand (first innings): 534-9 declared (N. Astle 156 not out, A. Parore 110, S. Fleming 105, L. Vincent 104; B. Lee 4-125). Australia (first innings): 351 (S. Warne 99; D. Vettori 6-87). New Zealand (2nd innings): 256-9 declared (L. Vincent 54; B. Lee 4-56). Australia (2nd innings): M. Hayden c Sinclair b Vettori 57 J. Langer c Vettori b Bond 0 R. Ponting b Cairns 26 M. Waugh b McMillan 86 S. Waugh run out 67 D. Martyn b Vettori 30 A. Gilchrist not out 83 S. Warne run out 10 J. Gillespie not out 1 Extras: (nb-16 w-2 lb-3) 21 Total: (for seven wickets) 381 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-52, 3-130, 4-195, 5-244, 6-339, 7-355. Bowling:
Bond 21-3-80-1 (2nb), Martin 12-0-51-0 (2nb, 2w), Vettori 45-11-142-2 (10nb), Cairns 15-2-72-1 (2nb), Astle 12-5-18-0, McMillan 5-2-15-1.
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Getting better and better SAS Nagar, December 4 The 24-year-old batted with a great deal of caution. He was unusually subdued, understandably so, before the pre-lunch session but opened up later to carve out a memorable innings to join a select band of Indian wicketkeepers like Farooq Engineer and Nayan Mongia to score a century as an opener. “It still has to sink in,” a visibly satisfied Dasgupta replied when asked if he was happy with his efforts. “Sanjay (Bangar) had an injury. So Saurav asked me to open the innings. Otherwise I was due to bat at No 6 or 7, “ he said. About the feat he said: “I had planned to just hang in there and see off the initial overs and then play my game.” Asked whether it was possible for a wicketkeeper to open the innings he replied: “It all depends on fitness. Wicketkeepers like Farooq Engineer, Alec Stewart and others have done this before. There is no reason why I cannot do it.” Besides, he revealed that he started his first class career as an opener. It was only later that he shifted down the batting order. Asked whether this knock or the 63 he made in the second Test against South Africa was better he emphasisd that they were two different knocks played under different conditions. Surprisingly, his career looked almost over after the recent triangular series in South Africa which also included Kenya. He was set to pack his bags and head home as for the three-Test series Mumbai’s Sameer Dighe, who was shown the axe due to his mediocre showing in the Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka series, had been selected. But as if it was preordained, Dighe got injured after reaching South Africa and the team management had to fall back on the young wicketkeeper. After Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid came a cropper in the first Test as an opener, the team management thrust him into the hot seat for the second Test at Port Elizabeth. Dasgupta showed excellent temperament and plenty of guts facing the likes of Shuan Pollock, Nantie Hayward and Makhya Ntini. He was associated in a 171-run stand for the second wicket with Dravid which averted a possible defeat. Dasgupta made 63. Earlier in the one-day match against lowly Kenya Dasgupta playing as an opener though he made just an unbeaten 24 he provided good support to makeshift opener Virender Sehwag as India coasted home by 10 wickets. In desperate need of a batsman to open the innings with S.S. Das several players, including Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman, have been tried but with little success. Dasgupta, who opened the innings after obvious reluctance from seniors at Port Elizabeth and here virtually by default, seems to be fitting the bill perfectly. |
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Deep Dasgupta — as his parents see him SAS Nagar, December 4 The parents of young Deep who were spotted sitting in cabin No 11 PCA Stadium. When Deep had not even completed his 50, his father Viblob Dasgupta, a Chartered Accountant by profession who retired as Managing Director with the Dabur group, said after playing for the first time in South Africa, Deep was making his maiden appearance in this Test. He, however, was critical of the way English bowlers were bowling and said it was totally negative. In one over, Deep could face only two or three deliveries, which hampered his batting. He later informed that though they belonged to Kolkata, for the past 30 years they had settled in NOIDA. For better prospects, Deep plays for Bengal. He said they always wanted Deep to go for good education and that is why he has just passed his B.Com (Honours) from Hindu College while he did his schooling from Sardar Patel School. On the involvement of Deep in cricket, Mr Viplob said as their elder son Jeet Dasgupta was into athletics and participated at state level, Deep who was more than seven years younger to him, opted for
cricket as he was engrossed in throwing, and batting. Deep took his initial lessons in cricket from Gursharan Singh and had played at the under-16, under-19 level before graduating as a national star. His mother, who also watched every movement patiently revealed that her son liked eating cheese. She said when Deep came to meet them at Hotel Maya Palace last evening, she did ask him how he would be performing. However, Deep was not at all interested in talking about cricket and said: “Mom, let us talk something else. She said Deep was very strong mentally and did a lot of physical conditioning and also took diet in a controlled manner. She said he had no particular preference but Mcdonalds was his favourite spot. When asked why Deep had not joined the corporate sector, she said her elder son Jeeta, a very senior officer with the Nokia group in London, took the final decisions. The Dasgupta revealed that they would accompany Deep to the remaining matches also. |
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BCCI ‘trying to cut’ number of
matches SAS Nagar, December 4 On the reciprocation of Test matches during India’s tour to England, Shah said he would be meeting the ECB chief to discuss the same. He said there can be different possibilities, such as having more than three Tests when India tour England. He also hinted at the likelihood of increasing the number of one-day internationals. When asked if he is facing any co-ordination problem with Jagmohan Dalmiya, the president of BCCI, since Shah was voted by the opposition group, he said he had been in the BCCI for quite long and working in harmony. |
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JR MEET New Delhi, December 4 Chatwinder, who had won the north zone leg of the Tata Futures Tournament at the very same venue last week, could not get his act together against the tenacious Thai youngster, and bowed out rather tamely. Chatwinder was ousted from the doubles event too, as he and his partner Tejeshwar Chigateri lost to the Uzbek-Kazak pair of Ivan Kokurin and Ivan Kovalev 6-4, 7-6 (7-6). India suffered another setback, when seventh-seeded Jaco T. Mathews was overpowered by Adam Jaya of Malaysia 6-4, 6-3 while in all-India matches, Rishi Bhel beat Dannio Yahya of Malaysia 6-1, 7-5, Tushar Liberhan beat R Arun Prakash 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 and Arka Mondal beat Saurabh Kohli 1-6, 6-1, 6-1. Sunil Kumar Sipaeya, the promising junior from Chandigarh, and the top seed, and second-seeded Amanjot Singh had moved into the second round on day one, beating Nipun Gupta 6-2, 6-2 and Tejeshwar Chigateri 6-1, 6-2, respectively. In the girls section, fifth-seeded Megha Vakharia was forced to battle hard before prevailing over compatriot Nivedita Venkatesh 6-7 (7-6), 6-2, 6-2 while third-seeded Chia-Jung Chung of Chinese Taipei outgunned Parul Goswami of India 6-3, 6-1. Second-seeded Da-Jung Hong of Korea swept past Olga Dzyuba of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-0 as the first round matches were completed today. Top-seeded Sania Mirza, Isha Lakhani, Sana Bhambri, Samrita Sekar and Lata Assudani of India have already made the second round. In the doubles, Isha Lakhani and Megha Vakharia caused a major upset when they beat the third-seeded pair of Chung-Ning Tseng and Ting-Wen Wang 6-2, 6-3. |
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Irina in lead Kolkata While Mayali returned 75, Parneeta scored 77. As expected Irina forced a commanding lead over the rest of the field with a flawless performance. Sonam Merchant, from whom much was expected, ran up a triple bogey at the third hole from which she found it difficult to recover and returned a disappointing 81.
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Punjab Police, SR basketball champs Gidderbaha, December 4 Punjab Police played an aggressive game from the word go. They won a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh apart from trophy. TISCO remained runners-up and won a cash prize of Rs 50,000. In the first quarter, both the teams played well, using different strategies. Punjab Police took a slender lead of three points as the score was 31-28. In the second quarter, TISCO started feeling shaky against the repeated attacks of Punjab Police team and could collect only 13 points against 28 collected by their opponents. The players of TISCO were finding it difficult to stop the seven-feet tall Parminder Happy of Punjab Police. After changing sides, TISCO gave some surprises to Punjab Police and were cheered by the spectators, who had packed the stadium to its capacity. Despite playing a better game, they could collect only 15 points against 19 points collected by Punjab Police. In the fourth and last quarter, Punjab Police again started dominating the proceedings and added another 36 points to their kitty while TISCO scored 12 points and lost the match. Parminder (Sr) and Parminder (Jr), both of Punjab Police, collected 39 and 25 points, respectively, for their team. Riazzudin and Mohit Bansal of TISCO collected 22 and 15 points, rspectively, for their team. In the final contest in the women’s section, the Southern Railway team defeated Western Railway 62-55. In the first quarter, Western Railway and Southern Railway played an aggressive game and their score was 18-16. In the second quarter, Southern Railway, who started dominating on the court collected 18 points while Western Railway could collect 11 points. In the third quarter, Western Railway again managed to take one point more than the points scored by Southern Railway but in the fourth and last quarter, Southern Railway managed to collect 16 points as compared to 13 which were collected by Western Railway. Rajni of Southern Railway collected 32 points, more than half of the total points scored by the team in the match and I.V. Cherian and Sheeba of Western Railway collected 19 and 14 points respectively for their team. Parminder (Sr) of Punjab Police and Sheeba of Western Railway were declared valuable men and women players of the championship. Des Raj of Punjab Police was declared the best player while I.V. Cherian of Western Railway was declared the best woman player. Parminder (Sr) was declared the highest scorer in men’s section and Sheeba of Western Railway was declared the highest scorer in the women’s section. Mr Manpreet Singh Badal, MLA, gave away the prize. A spectacular show of fire works was also organised to mark the concluding ceremony. |
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Big win for HP University
in hockey New Delhi, December 4 In another match, Jammu University defeated MJP Rohelkhand University 1-0. Anoop Singh scored the match-winner in the first half. In the third match, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, beat Allahabad University 5-0, after leading by 2-0 at half time. In the last match, Dr B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra, got a walkover against CS Azad Technical University, Raipur, as the latter failed to report. |
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Pepsu beaten Jalandhar, December 4 All the goals were scored by inside left Saba Anjum. Chandigarh opened their account in the eighth minute. The rest of the goals were scored in the 29th, 35th and 38th minutes. Chandigarh girls brightened their chances of qualifying with this victory. |
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