Sehwag most difficult: Narine
Kolkata: Sunil Narine might be troubling batsmen with his ‘mystery’ spin but the West Indies offspinner on Friday revealed that out-of-form India opener Virender Sehwag is the “toughest” to bowl to. “The toughest batsman would be Virender Sehwag,” said Kolkata Knight Riders spinner. “No matter what the situation of the game is, he goes out there and plays his role. So he makes it difficult to bowl at him,” Narine told reporters on the sidelines of his team’s practice session at the Eden Gardens here. He rated Muttiah Muralitharan as the best spinner.
‘monks’ concerns addressed’
Colombo: Sri lanka’s cricket board said it has addressed the concerns raised by the island’s powerful Buddhist clergies on the participation of its cricketers in the ongoing sixth edition of the IPl. Upali Dharmadasa, Chairman SlC, said he had written to the monks groups responding to concerns expressed by them. The contents of the letter, however, were not released to the media. Dharmadasa, while telling the monks about SlC’s talks on the players’ safety with the external affairs and sports ministries, said that the players had signed their respective IPl contracts long time back.
eves whitewash Bangladesh
Vadodara: The Indian women’s cricket team rode on a disciplined bowling performance to register a 10-run win over Bangladesh in the third and final T20 International and inflict a 3-0 whitewash on the visitors here. Electing to bat, India posted 123 for nine and then restricted Bangladesh to 113 for seven in their allotted 20 overs. Brief scores: India: 123 for nine (Smriti Mandhana 39, Mona Meshram 22; Panna Ghosh 2/24) beat Bangladesh: 113 for seven (lata Mondal 32, Shukhtara Rahman 25; Poonam Yadav 3/21, Ekta Bisht 2/28) by 10 runs.
SSP 3rd at Panasonic Open
New Delhi: India’s SSP Chowrasia was lying at third position after he shot a second straight 69 to be six-under at the end of the second day at Panasonic Open India here on Friday. Australian Wade Ormsby, seeking his first professional title, added a second straight 67 to move to 10-under 134, while lam Chih-bing had a bogey-bogey finish to drop from 10-under to eight-under to be at second place at the Delhi Golf Club. Chowrasia, India’s two-time winner on Asian and European Tours, is now four behind the leader. Placed along with the Indian is seasoned 56-year-old Thai Boonchu Ruangkit, who added a four-under 68 to his first round 70.
Camp for 34 core probables
New Delhi: The 34 senior men core probables will be a part of the training camp, commencing in Bangalore on April 6, to prepare for the FIH World league Round 3 to be held at Rotterdam, Netherlands from June 13 to 23. The camp will be held at the Netaji Subhas Southern Centre (NSSC) from April 6 to 26. Probables: Goalkeepers: PR Sreejesh, PT Rao, Sreenivasa Rao Katharu, Nanak Singh. Defenders: VR Raghunath, Sandeep Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Harbir Singh Sandhu, Amit Rohidas, Sampath Kumar Maylaram. Midfielders: Sardar Singh, Kothajit Singh, Birendra lakra, Manpreet Singh, MB Aiyappa, Pardeep Mor, Gurmail Singh, Vivek Dhar. Forwards: SV Sunil, Gurvinder Singh Chandi, Chinglensana Singh, Shivendra Singh, Danish Mujtaba, SK Uthappa, Pradhan Sommanna, Nithin Thimmaiah, Yuvraj Walmiki, Dharamvir Singh, Akashdeep Singh, MG Poonacha, Prabhdeep Singh, Pl Thimmanna, Sukhdev Singh, Gurpreet Singh.
Former athlete sends missive
Mumbai: In a missive to the Athletics Federation of India, former sprint champion Ashwini Nachappa has demanded that no representatives of states, whose elections are due, be allowed to take part in the AFI’s upcoming elections later this month. Attaching a copy of the letter addressed to the Karnataka Athletics Association, Nachappa, who heads the Bangalore Urban District Athletic Association, has questioned how president G Parameshwara and secretary Satyanarayana could represent the state body in the AFI’s AGM and elections, scheduled on April 13 and 14, as their terms had expired. She has demanded that Adille Sumariwalla, AFI president, postpone the elections. PNS/Agencies