Gujarat beat Bengal, to enter PKl final
mumbai: A solid all-round performance by rampant Gujarat Fortunegiants saw them reach the final of Pro Kabaddi Season 5 hammering Bengal Warriors 42-17. Almost everyone chipped in with vital contributions as Gujarat were relentless in their pursuit of a place in the summit clash. Sachin led the raiding charts with 9 points and was ably supported by Mahendra Rajput who scored eight points. In defence, Abozar Mighani and Parvesh Bainswal scored four points apiece. It was a disappointing night for Bengal Warriors as they produced a terrible display in the second half and could score just seven points. Both Maninder Singh and Jang Kun lee couldn't deliver when it mattered the most and scored just one point each.
WIndies beat Zim by 117 runs in 1st Test
Bulawayo (Zimbabwe): legspinner Devendra Bishoo finished with nine wickets in the match as the West Indies swept to a 117-run victory over Zimbabwe in the first Test on Tuesday. Bishoo followed up his 5 for 79 in the first innings with figures of 4 for 105 in the second as Zimbabwe were bowled out for 316 on the fourth day at Queens Sports Club. Although Hamilton Masakadza and Brendan Taylor struck half-centuries as Zimbabwe put up a better fight with the bat in their second innings, they were derailed by some clever bowling from Bishoo and a couple of calamitous run-outs, ensuring they were always unlikely to pull off a world-record chase of 434.
Siraj celebrates India call-up with 4 wkts
Shimoga (Karnataka): Mohammed Siraj celebrated his India call-up with a four wicket haul as Hyderabad dismissed Karnataka for 183 on the first day of a Ranji Trophy group A encounter. At stumps, Hyderabad were 51 for 3 with Kolla Sumanth unbeaten on 34. Siraj grabbed 4 for 42 in 15 overs as India international Kl Rahul was castled by medium pacer Ravi Kiran for 4 runs. He looked rusty during his 27-ball stay at the crease. Siraj removed his India A teammate Ravikumar Samarth (19) and IPl specialist Mayank Agarwal (0)
BCCI set to pay compensation to Tuskers
New Delhi: The BCCI is set to pay a huge compensation of more than Rs 800 crore to disbanded IPl franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala for terminating their contract in 2011. "Kochi Tuskers has demanded Rs 850 crore as compensation. Today we discussed the matter at IPl GC meeting and we will now place the matter before general body. let them take a call but obviously some negotiations are needed," IPl chairman Rajiv Shukla said after the meeting. Kochi Tuskers owners in 2015 had won an arbitration challenging BCCI decision to encash bank guarantee citing breach of contractual agreement. The RC lahoti headed panel had directed BCCI to pay Rs 550 crore as compensation with 18 percent annual penalty on failing to do so.