Online sale of ODI tickets
Ahead of the first one-day between India and Australia, scheduled to be held in Bangalore on September 29, the Karnataka State Cricket Association unveiled the internet bookings for tickets, and the venture will be handled by Ticketpro India.
Detailing the plan, Brijesh Patel, KSCA secretary, said, “Anyone who has access to a computer anywhere in the world, can book and print these tickets. Ticketpro also promises to help us analyse the pattern of customers who buy our tickets and may be we can use that information when we market our tickets for Test matches,” Patel said.
“The sale of tickets through counters and through the internet, both manned by Ticketpro, will commence on September 24,” Patel added. Those who asipre to buy tickets can log onto www.ticketpro.in or call the toll free number – 18004251115 for their tickets.
Sadiq, Arjun star for SBMJC
Half-centuries by Sadiq K (67 n.o) and Arjun H (64) helped Sree Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College score an easy 174-run win over National College in the BHS First Grade College invitational inter-collegiate cricket tournament on Friday.
Brief scores:
Vijaya College: 157 allout in 23.1 overs (Vineeth 37; Stalin 3-5) bt Baldwin Methodist: 79 allout in 17.5 overs (Arun Naidu 4-5).
SBMJC: 258/4 in 25 overs (Sadiq K 67 n.o., Arjun H 64; Arun 3-77) bt National College: 84 allout in 19.1 overs (D Arun 32; Anish D V 3-5, Nischith 2-35, Dilip Sagar 2-27).
Anand score over Sambi
V Anand edged out Sasha Sambi 150-89, 94-150, 150-145 in the knock-out round of the 38th Senior State-ranking billiards tournament on Friday.
Results: Knock-out: Md Arshad bt Clawin D’Souza (2–0) 152-89, 151-82; Francis Joe w/o M S Arun; Mundir Sherazi bt L Nagaraj- (2–1) 151-148, 143-150, 151-136; V Anand bt Sasha Sambi (2–1) 150-89, 94-150, 150-145; A Satish Kumar bt Sameer Sait (2–1) 151-88, 110-152, 152-143; V K Sadarangani bt Sharan Rajani (2–1) 114-152, 151-87, 152-104; M Lakshman bt S Balakrishna (2–1) 151-96, 84-152, 150-121; B S Suresh bt Michael Rebello (2–1) 102-150, 151-110, 150-110; Sohail Jairaj bt Md Arshad (2–1) 122-151, 152-145, 151-66. Ladies: Semifinal league (best of 5–50 points): Chitra M bt Lakshmi Suryanarayan (3–1) 51-28, 29-50, 50-34, 51-46. Juniors (2 hours duration): Balaji Reddy bt Charan R 694-172; Clawin D’Souza bt Vivan Sequira 363-311; Mansoor Iqbal bt Ashish Kedia 267-216; Mundir Sherazi bt Sushit Hegde 464-252; Md Ali bt Pratik 446-156; Ashish Lunawat bt V Ranjit 333-263; Aditya Navalkar bt Kritish R 311-263; Amit Bhushan bt Sagar K 610-267.
SBMJC bag overall title
Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College bagged the overall championship in the Birla Open Sports Meet 07 inter-college sports fest held at BITS Pilani recently.
Results: Men: Basketball: SBMJC: 75 bt LINPE 59; Cricket: SBMJC: 174/6 in 20 overs (Vinod 74, Prajwal 40) bt BITS Pilani: 140/8 in 20 overs; Hockey: SBMJC: 11 bt Banaras Hindu University: 0; Badminton: SBMJC bt BITS Pilani 2-0; Football: SBMJC: 4 lt to Sangvi, Mumbai: 5.
Women: Basketball: SBMJC: 61 bt Jai Hind Mumbai: 4; Tennis: SBMJC: 2 bt Jai Hind Mumbai 0.
Veterans road race on Sep 30
The Karnataka Masters Athletic Association will conduct the road race for veteran athletes (above-35 age category ) on September 30 at Sreekanteerava stadium.
The race will serve as selection trial for the State team for the National Minithon race to held in Thane on October 28.
Last date for receiving entries is September 25. For further details, contact: 92428-86694.
