SAISC best team

SAISC best team

By our Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI, March 13: Sports Authority of India Sports Club (SAISC) lifted the best team title in the GSA Inter Club Athletic competition which concluded at the Nehru Stadium here today. SAISC altogether won 45 medals in the tournament which included 25 golds, 12 silvers and 8 bronze medals. Maharana Athletic Club won the runners-up title collecting 15 golds, 13 silvers and 11 bronzes.

In the individual categories, Rinchu Rava of Maharana collected the best athlete award in the U-18 Boys’ section. The trophy for the U-18 Girls’ section was won by Puja Kumari Gupta of SAISC. The best athlete trophy of the U-14 Boys’ and Girls’ section were claimed by Ramu Das (Manipuri Basti High School) and Krishna Saikia (Sarusajai Sports Club).

It may be mentioned here that altogether 92 athletes from different clubs of the city took part in the championship. The closing function of the championship were attended by the president and secretary of the Gauhati Sports Association Pulak Goswami and Munin Nobis respectively along with few other veteran sports organizers.

It’s Ganguly vs Kumble at Eden

It’s Ganguly vs Kumble at Eden

Kolkata, March 13: Two former India captains are set to be at opposite ends when Sourav Ganguly’s Kolkata Knight Riders, fresh from a stunning win over defending champions Deccan Chargers, take on the Anil Kumble-led Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League here tomorrow.

With confidence sky-high and spirt in abundance, KKR’s performance in Mumbai would definitely enthuse the local fans who are expected to turn up in large numbers.

Nobody expected KKR to win against the champion team from Hyderabad but the unpredictable Twenty20 format had something amazing in offer in the inaugural tie at the Dr DY Patil stadium last night.

Inspirational Ganguly who is back as skipper after last season's humiliation, led the team to an 11-run victory.

The absence of the toe-crushing yorkers of Fidel Edwards or the fiery pace of Ryan Harris in the death overs proved costly for the Chargers as the pace duo of Rudra Pratap Singh and rookie Jaskaran Singh struggled in the middle.

The KKR middle-order comprising Owais Shah and Angelo Mathews looked solid and with Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Wriddhiman Saha in the lower-order, the batting appears good even without the firepower of Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum.

Their new bowling recruit Shane Bond is yet to show up either.

Ganguly admitted that the side, under new coach Dav Whatmore and mentor Wasim Akram, did not bowl well in the beginning but the tactical changes and the wicket of Gilchrist in the middle worked well. (PTI)