Bedi dubs Murali a shot putter
Muttiah Muralitharan’s feat of scalping more than 1100 wickets in international cricket has failed to impress Bishan Singh Bedi, who after calling him a javelin thrower once, has now dubbed the Sri Lankan a shot putter.
‘’Our kanhaiya (Murali), who I call the best shot putter, will go on to become the highest wicket taker of all time, that for me is not right,’’ he said.
New turn in KSCA affairs
The lead-up to the elections of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) took another interesting turn on Tuesday after indications that association vice-president V Jagannath and selection panel chairman Ashokanand had tendered their resignations, reports DHNS in Bangalore.
While denying that he had already sent in his resignation, Jagannath told Deccan Herald, “I have taken a decision, but I will only make it public tomorrow.” Battle lines have been clearly drawn with the entry into the fray of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, backed by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who are taking on the incumbent group with K M Ramprasad as the president and Brijesh Patel as the secretary. It has been speculated that Jagannath and Ashokanand, along with treasurer Sadanand Maiya, are all set to throw their weight behind the group opposing the established order at next month’s elections.
Indian juniors drub Poland
India’s junior hockey team drubbed Poland 9-0 in their opening match of the eight-nation tournament at Moncheneladbach in Germany on Tuesday, reports UNI from Chennai. Diwakar Ram scored six goals while Baljit Singh Chandi, Jagwant Singh and Chennaiah scored a goal each. Spain and Germany are the other teams in India’s group.
Chawla bags four, India ‘A’ score
Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla continued with his fine form to capture four wickets as India ‘A’ crushed Kenya by an innings and 98 runs in a three-day cricket match at Mombasa Sports Club in Nairobi on Tuesday, reports PTI from New delhi.
Needing 309 to avoid an innings defeat, Kenya were bowled out for 211 in their second innings. Chawla (4/32) and medium-pacer Pankaj Singh (3/19) were the main wicket-takers for the visitors.
Brief scores: Kenya: 97 and 211 (Collins Obuya 51, Maurice Ouma 35; Piyush Chawla 4-32, Pankaj Singh 3-19) lt to India A: 406/8 decl. (S Badrinath 133 n,.o., Parthiv Patel 124, Pankaj Singh 40; Peter Ongondo 2-74, Hiren Varaiya 2-119).
Kolte marches into semifinals
Light-flyweight boxer Sanjay Kolte outpunched Kazakhstan’s Zakir Safiulin to advance to the semifinals of the Xinjiang International boxing tournament, reports PTI. Another Indian, Dilbagh Singh, narrowly lost his last eight stage bout to Neil Perkins of England.
Dipti, Jagruti claim medals
Dipti Panwar and Jagruti Satarkar of India won silver and bronze medals respectively in the 5th Asian Age Group diving championship in Jakarta on Wednesday, reports PTI from Chennai.
Panwar and Satarkar won the medals in high board diving events, a release from the Swimming Federation of India said.
In water polo, Indian boys drubbed Qatar 20-5, while the girls toyed with Indonesia for a 19-8 win.
Jeev prepares for last Major
Struggling with minor injuries and desperate for a break after two months of non-stop action, Indian golfer Jeev Mikha Singh is all set to tee off on Thursday at the year’s last Major, the PGA Championships, reports PTI from Oklahoma.
“I have some minor injuries due to playing too much and I am going to try and work on getting better. I need rest and I need to play less, I guess,” Jeev said.
Yusuf, Praveen for Kenya
Baroda’s Yusuf Pathan and Uttar Pradesh’s Praveen Kumar were on Tuesday named by the national selectors as replacements for Rohit Sharma and Piyush Chawla in the India ‘A’ team currently touring Kenya, reports PTI from Mumbai. The replacements were necessitated following the selection of Mumbai batsman Sharma and UP leg-spinner Chawla in the Indian ODI team for the seven-match ODI series against England.
Miandad hits out at Pak Board
Advising the players to join the Indian Cricket League, former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad on Tuesday said that the PCB is an ‘unconstitutional’ body and has no right to stop the cricketers from earning their livelihood, reports PTI from Karachi.
CITY SPORT
AQUATICS: State Senior championshop, BAC and Jayanagar pool, 8.30 am & 3.30 pm.
BOWLING: 19th National ten-pin championship, Star City bowling alley, 4.00 pm.
CRICKET: All-India invitation tourney quarterfinals at KSCA, RSI, IAF and JIRS, 9.30 am.
FOOTBALL: Super Division, Bangalore Football Stadium, 4.00 pm.
HOCKEY: ‘C’ Div league, KSHA stadium, 3.00 and 4.30 pm.
GS Randhawa memorial schools’ tourney, KSHA, 7.30 am.
