Zol to lead India U-19
New Delhi: Vijay Zol will lead a 15-member Indian under-19 cricket team in a quadrangular one-day series against Australia, South Africa and Zimbabwe starting September 23 in Visakhapatnam. Squad: Vijay Zol (c), Akhil Herwadkar, Ricky Bhui, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Shubham Khajuria, Ankush Bains, Atul Singh, CV Milind, Ateet Seth, Abhimanyu lamba, Kuldeep Yadav, Aamir Gani, Jagdish Jope.
Munde pads up for MCA POlls
Mumbai: BJP leader Gopinath Munde has become the latest senior politician from Maharashtra to evince interest in being part of Mumbai’s cricket administration. A local club on Tuesday sent a letter to the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), saying the former Deputy Chief Minister would represent it at the biennial elections of the association’s office-bearers scheduled on October 18. However, it’s not known whether Munde, deputy leader of BJP in lok Sabha, would be contesting the elections after his name was forwarded to MCA by Stylo Cricket Club from Mazgaon as its representative at the polls.
ODI team to be named on Sep 30
Mumbai: The senior selection committee of the BCCI headed by Sandeep Patil will meet in Chennai at the end of this month to choose the Indian squad for the one-off T20 game and subsequent ODI series against Australia scheduled to be held next month. “The meeting is on September 30 in Chennai,” a BCCI source said on Tuesday.
Jadeja still on top
Dubai: Ravindra Jadeja continued to jointly top the bowlers’ list, while Virat Kohli was the highest-ranked Indian batsman at fourth in the latest ICC ODI rankings issued on Tuesday . Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was unchanged at seventh in the batsmen’s list followed by Suresh Raina at a distant joint 16th. In the bowling chart, R Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar held on to their 18th and joint 20th position respectively. Jointly heading the list with West Indian Sunil Narine, Jadeja, however, slipped a rung to fourth in the all-rounder’s list. Elsewhere, Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is back in the top-10 of the Rankings for ODI Bowlers after he jumped six places to eighth in the latest update.
ONGC reach durand cup final
New Delhi: ONGC on Tuesday booked their maiden Durand Cup football tournament final after they prevailed over Indian Navy 1-0 in a hotly-contested second semifinal match here. Striker Henry Ezeh scored the match-winner in the 53rd minute at the Ambedkar Stadium. ONGC play Mohammedan Sporting Club of Kolkata in the summit clash on Thursday.
Gujrathi, Sethuraman are 2nd
Kocaeli: Indian Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and S P Sethuraman registered victories to jump to joint second spot on 3.5 points after the end of the fourth round of World Junior Chess Championship here. While Gujrathi outclassed Jurab Javakhadze of Georgia, Sethuraman got the better of Vahe Baghdasaryan of Armenia in their fourth round encounters.
PNS/Agencies