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May 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Cricket trials for Bharti Vij Academy today Trials to select trainees for the Bharti Vij’s Saint Soldier Cricket Academy in the variuos age groups will be conducted on May 27 at Saint Soldier International School, Sector 28, Chandigarh at 8.30 a.m. Bharti Vij who is the highest wicket taker for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy till now is the chief coach at the academy. He is qualified Board of Control for Cricket in India level-2 coach. Also, Vij was coach of BCCI Zonal Cricket Academy (North Zone) for two years. He has also worked with Punjab Cricket Association as senior cricket coach for four years. Interested players should report at the venue of the trials ahead of the schedule time.

Teams announced for cricket tourneyPanchkula: The Cricket Federation of Haryana have announced Haryana U-17 team and Cricket Federation Rest of India team for the upcoming Second Chaudhary Ranbir All India U-17 Cricket Tournament to be held in Panchkula and Chandigarh from June 1 to 4.

The teams are : Haryana U-17 team : Ajay Duhan (Captain), Sumit Kumar (V/C), Ankit Chaudhary, Ajay Kashyap, Gaurav Tondon (W/Keeper), Ashish Kumar , Sahil Preet Singh, Ankush Dhaliwal, Amit Chaudhary, Naveen Baloda, Gaurav Garg, Gaurav Kumar, Jatin Arora, Avinash Kumar, Kamaljeet Singh, Ashok Saini, Om Prakash (Coach); CFI Rest of India : Animesh Goyal (Captain), Amit Dhiman (v/c), Chankya Batta (W/K), Yash Kumar, Paramjit Singh, Mohit Rana, Deepak Saroha, Mukesh Saroha, Jaswinder Singh, Vinayak, Kawanjit Singh, Himanshu Sharma, Sachin Kumar, Vishal Kumar, Raj Pal (Coach).

Chinappa finish first on Day TwoCOIMBATORE: Trishul Chinappa returned with a par 72 in the Category A & B on the second day of the Toyota Etios Junior Tour being played at the par 72 Coimbatore Golf Club on Wednesday. Chandigarh’s Tarundeep Chadha was lying sixth after he returned with a par 83. Meanwhile, Trishul returned with an even par 72 to enjoy a 10-stroke lead over Sumeir Malhotra of BPGC in category A (16-18 years).In Category B (14-16 yrs), Shiv Srinivasan from TNGF, Chennai who had started the day at tenth position pole vaulted to the top position after returning with a card of 5 over par 79. Similarly, in Category C (14-12 yrs), Piyush Sangwan of DLF CG who started the day on second position grabbed the top position from arch rival Viraj Madappa of Tollyganj GC, Kolkata, who was the overnight leader. In Category D (10-12 yrs), Kshitij Seghal from RCGC, Kolkata returned with a card 17 over par 89 to finish at the top in his category. Nitika Arjun of Bangalore GC, Bangalore, returned with a card of 13 over par 85 to make her self comfortable in the leader’s position in Category A&B girls’ section. In Category C girls’ section, Ridhima Dilawari Army GC, Delhi returned with a card of 16 over par 88 to end the day as leader. Sehar Atwal of Delhi GC lies second with a card of 20 over par 92

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Uday ton assures Chandigarh win

May 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Being Punjab’s highest run-getter in the Ranji Trophy (582 runs in eight matches), the attention was solely focussed on southpaw Uday Kaul. The 22-year-old had failed to come up with decent scores in the on-going Punjab Inter District Senior Cricket Tournament for the Katoch Shield. But on Saturday he cracked a polished century that not only put Chandigarh in a strong position but also signalled his return to form in the final match going on at the PCA stadium. His ton ensured Chandigarh a strong first innings lead of 91 runs.

Resuming from their overnight score of 135 for 2, Chandigarh suffered their first setback when their skipper Vishwas Bhalla perished after adding just five runs to his overnight score of 39 runs to return to the pavillion for 44 runs. At 144 for 3, Uday joined Gurkirat Walia and the duo stitched a healthy 78-run partnership to take the team’s total to 218 before Walia was dismissed by medium pacer Mohit Mohindra for 37. Instead of holding back their attacking instincts, Uday and new batsman Gaurav Gupta went after Patiala bowlers and raised a century partnership of 114 runs for the fifth wicket in 37.1 overs. Gupta stayed at the crease for 144 minutes and consumed 97 deliveries for his 31 runs. At that moment when Chandigarh were threatening to take the match away from them, Patiala’s Mohindra struck to give the team much needed breakthrough by dismissing Gupta. Still trailing by six runs at the moment, Chandigarh then took lead when Simrat Bawa and Uday took the team to a 48-run first innings lead. Then Gaurav Gambhir and Uday took the team’s total score to 410 when Uday’s scintillating knock of 177 run came to an end. His innings included 27 boundaries. At the end of the third day’s play, Chandigarh were strongly placed at 429 for 7 in 148 overs with Gaurav Gambhir and Amit Uniyal batting on 11 and 17 runs, respectively.

Brief scores:Patiala:1st innings: 338 for all out in 136.1 overs (Reetinder Sodhi 108, Amitoze 79, Kunwar Raina 53, Pankaj Dharmani 40, Amit Uniyal 6 for 71, Karanveer Singh 3 for 81); Chandigarh: 1st innings: 429 for 7 in 148 overs (Uday Kaul 177, Sarul Kanwar 75, Vishwas Bhalla 44, Gurkirat Walia 37, Gaurav Gupta 31, Amrinder Singh 2 for 101, Mohit Mohindra 2 for 119).

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Cricket fever in Kashmir

September 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Srinagar, Sep 3 (ANI): Cricket fever has gripped the youth in Kashmir Valley as scores of them have turned out for the Ranji trophy selection camp in Srinagar.

The Ranji trophy trials were held at Sheri-Kashmir Cricket stadium on Wednesday. On the inaugural day itself, around 200 players got their names registered for the trials.

“Earlier around 50-70 boys used to turn up but for the first time around 200 boys have come here for net practice. For Ranji trophy alone there around 50–60 boys have turned up not only here but also in Jammu. The selection process is going on for Ranji and other games as well.” said Saleem Khan, General Secretary JK Cricket Association.

Youth from various parts of Kashmir valley, even from the border areas like Kupwara showed up for trials. Those participating are really happy to have got opportunity to showcase their talent.

“More and more talent is coming forward for cricket. Besides, parents are also backing their children now and encouraging them to join cricket. This is good for cricket and new talents are also getting opportunity,” said Omer Alam, a youth participating in Ranji trials.

The trials will continue for 11 days. The intended players can directly participate and need not have any club affiliation.

The players who perform will be short-listed.

Ranji trophy trails are being organized by the Jammu Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) with the help of the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI)(ANI).

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