Jiten Lohar nets eight goals as Patna humble Samastipur 15-0

Patna, December 7, 2009: Jiten Lohar struck a record eight goals as Patna humbled Samastipur 15-0 in the 61st Bihar state football championships for the Moinul Haq Trophy in Purnia on Monday.

According to information reached here, in the other match of the day, Saran beat Darbhanga 2-1. With this victories both Patna and Saran moved into the quarterfinals.

Samastipur was just no match to Patna, as the latter scored flurry of goals. Pritam Bahadur (three) Shahbaz (two) and R K Mahto (two) were the other goal scorers. Jiten Lohar was declared man of the match.

In the second match, Santosh Kumar of Saran scored first goal in the 29th minute. Ranjan Kumar of Darbhanga brought in the equaliser in the 32nd minute. Rais Alam of Saran scored the match winner in the 35th minute. Raju Kumar of Saran was adjudged man of the match.

Earlier on Sunday, Munger, Siwan and Danapur won their respective matches. Munger beat Bettiah 4-1, Siwan beat Mansi 3-0 while East Central Railway, Danapur beat Gaya 2-0.

Satish Deogam to lead Bihar sub-junior football team

Patna, December 7, 2009: Satish Deogam will lead a 20-member Bihar team in the 32 sub-junior National football championships (final round) to be held at Gurgaon from December 10, according to S Ejaz Hussain, secretary, Bihar Football Association.

Team: Satish Deogam (captian), Hemant Kumar Gope, Amit Kumar, Sandeep Kachhap, Sumit Das, Baloo Soren, Durga Murmu, Ayush Ranjan, Samu Murmu, Sanjay Biruli, Sajal Mallick, Bibision Horo, Md Sarfaraz, Sunil Lohar, Samu Hembrum, Budhrai Soren, Mangal Kachchap, Avinash Kumar, Jay Prakash Srivastava and Shamsher Alam. Coach; Santosh Kumar. Manager; Md Fahruddin.

Bihar win BCCI Associates and Affiliates U-16 Trophy

Patna, December 7, 2009:
A century opening partnership between Siddhant (75) and Shiv (62 not out) paved the way for Bihar’s stunning nine-wicket victory over Meghalaya in the final of the BCCI Associate and Affiliate under-16 cricket tournament at Shillong on Monday.

This was Bihar’s maiden title win in BCCI tournament after 10-year of banishment.

According to information reached here, Siddhant knock contained nine hits to the fence while Shiv slammed 10 boundaries in his unbeaten innings. Bihar raced to the target of 147 off only 24.3 overs losing one wicket.

Earlier, Bihar won the toss and elected to field first. Bihar bowlers Faisal Gani and Nishant Prakash put hosts Meghalaya in trouble right from the start with their fiery and probing attack. Both the bowlers took three wickets each. Kumar Rajnish bagged two wickets. Meghalaya innings ended at 147 off 44 overs.

Aningisiri Sen (33, 3x4), Ankit Kumar (22) and Sirijit Ghoshal (45,7 x4) were the main contributors for Meghalaya.

Meanwhile, Bihar Cricket Association secretary Ajay Narayan Sharma announced a cash award of Rs 1 lakh for the winning team.

Brief scores: Meghalaya 147 all out in 44 overs (Aningisiri Sen -33, Ankit Kumar -22, Sirijit Ghoshal- 45, Faisal Gani 3 wickets for 16, Nishant Prakash 3 wickets for 32,Kumar Rajnish 2 wickets for 19 runs).
Bihar 148 for one in 24.3 overs (Siddhant -75, Shiv -62 not out, Rajiv Kumar 4 not out).

Photo caption: Members of the Bihar U-16 team pose for a group phtotograph after winning the BCCI Associates and Affiliates Trophy final in Shillong on December 7, 2009.

Donny Polo School clinch Sukhdeo cricket trophy

Patna, December 6, 2009: Donny Polo School lifted 25th all-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket trophy defeating Dev Public School by three wickets in a keenly contested final at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday.

In a low scoring match, batting first Dev Public School could manage to score 60 runs off 19.5 overs. Donny Polo medium pacers wreaked havoc on Dev School batting line up with beautiful demonstration of swing bowling. Pramod Kumar was the pick of the bowlers claiming three wickets for 21 runs. Anurag was the lone batsman who reached the double figures (14). Shasim, Deepak and Rahul took two wickets each.

In reply, Donny Polo boys too lost quick wickets. At one stage, they were struggling at 46 for the loss of six wickets. Nishant (16) and Aditya (12) later guided their side to victory. Donny Polo achieved the target losing seven wickets, Rajkishore and Aditya claimed two wickets each.

Pramod was adjudged man of the match.

Patna Central MLA, Arun Kumar Sinha was the chief guest at the closing function and he distributed the prizes. Vinod Kumar, Dr Achal Kumar Sinha, NK Saini, chief manager, Canara Bank and Bihar Players Association president Mritunjay Tiwari were the special guest at the function.

The organizers also felicitated photojournalists Aftab Alam Siddiqui, Ashish Gupta and Pramod Kumar for their contribution to sports photography.

Photo caption: Donny Polo School boys with Sukhdeo cricket trophy in Patna on December 6, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Grand double for Saurav and Nupur

Patna, December 5, 2009: Patlputra Colony court proved lucky again for Saurav Panja. In an all-Bengal final, Panja overcame the challenge from Manoj Sewa 6-4, 6-2 to win Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad memorial all-India ranking tennis tournament title here on Saturday.

In the same venue about 43 days ago, Panja tamed his state mate Sewa 6-3, 6-3 to clinch Hubnet all-India ranking tennis title. Today was no different as Saurav won in clinical fashion.
Later, partnering with Manoj Sewa, he claimed the men’s doubles title defeating the Assam-Orissa pair of Anshuman Dutta and Chandrashekhar Mohanty 6-1, 6-2 and earned a grand double.

It was a bad day for Rani Smita Jain of IAF as she failed to break the final jinx in this court. Earlier in Hubnet tournament, Rani lost to Karnataka girl Shweta G Khakandaki 2-6, 0-6. This time Nupur Kaul (Mahrashtra) beat Rani Smita Jain 6-3, 7-6(5) to win the title.

As it happened in the men’s section, Nupur Kaul too earned a grand double. Pairing with Dipti Srivastava (WB), she won the doubles title defeating the Bihar-Delhi combination of Shilpi Jaiswal and Nehal Sahani (Delhi) 6-2, 6-3.

DN Sahay, former Governor of Tripura, distributed the trophies and prize money. Dr. Akhouri B Prasad, secretary BLTA welcomed the guests. Shishir Jaiswal (joint secretary, BLTA) and Kunal Aikat (chief coach, BLTA) were present on the occasion.

Photo caption: Nupur Kaul (top) and Saurav Panja (bottom) in action during their singles final in Patna on December 5, 2009.

Photo: Bihar Lawn Tennis Association

Bihar enter BCCI Associates Cup final

Patna, December 5, 2009: Bihar entered the final of BCCI Associates and Affiliates under-16 tournament decimating Sikkim by a huge margin of 225 runs at Silchar (Assam) on Saturday.

According to information reached here, this was Bihar third successive win in the tournament. Elected to bat first after winning the toss, Bihar boys piled up 278 runs for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. In reply sikkim were all out for 53 runs off 27 overs.

For Bihar, Shiv made a blazing 90 with 10 hits to the fence. Siddhant scored 87 runs with 15 boundaries. Kumar Vijay hit a half-century (50) with seven hits to the fence. Deepak took three wickets for Sikkim.

In reply, Nishant destroyed the Sikkim batting taking five wickets for 14 runs. Faisal Gani claimed three wickets for 10 runs.

Brief scores:
Bihar -278 for the loss of six wickets (Siddhant -87, Shiv -90, Kumar Vijay -50, Deepak took 3 wickets, Ravi, Saurabh and Rohit got one wicket each).
Sikkim -53 all out (Jhanudin 12, Nishant 5 wickets for 14 runs, Faisal Gani 3 for 10, Vivek 1 for 16, Rashid 1 for 13).

Photo caption: Bihar team players come out of the ground after winning the match against Sikkim at Silchar on December 5, 2009.
Photo: Joy Roy

Darbhanga rout Jamalpur in Moinul Haq Trophy soccer

Patna, December 5, 2009: Darbhanga outplayed Eastern Railway, Jalampur 4-1 in the 61st Bihar state football championships for the Moinul Haq Trophy in Purnia on Saturday.

According to information reached here, Nani Babu Thapa opened the account in the 29th minute for Darbhanga. Ajay Kumar increased the margin in the 32nd minute (2-0). Ajay made it 3-0 in the 40th minute.

At the breather Darbhanga were leading 3-0. After the break Anjar Guraon swelled the margin to 4-0 with a 46 minute goal. Pawan Kumar of Jamalpur scored the lone consolation goal. Ajay Kumar was adjudged man of the match.

In other match of day, Samastipur tamed Lakhisarai 2-0. Aftab Alam scored the first goal for his team in the 50th minute while Sanjay Kumar increased the tally in the 82nd minute.

Earlier on Friday, West Champaran beat Aurangabad 4-0 while Mansi edged past Rohtas by 2-1. Kundan of West Champaran netted a hat-trick by scoring goals in the 38th, 54th and 66th minutes respectively. Pitambar shot home the fourth goal in the 77th minute. Kundan was adjudged man of the match.

In the other match, Raushan Kumar (6th) and Ismail Rien (48th) scored for Mansi. Rajnikant of Rohtas reduced the margin in the 89th minute.

Lakhisarai edge out Kaimur

Rajesh Yadav’s brilliant goal in the sudden death enabled Lakhisarai beat Kaimur 7-6 on Thursday. The match ended 6-6 at the end of regulation time and penalty shootouts. Dharmendra Kumar of Lakhisarai scored two goals while Amit Kumar hit one.

Imitiyaz Ansari netted two goals and Lavkush Paswan scored one goal for Kaimur. In the shootouts, both the teams scored three goals each.

In the other match of the day, Darbhanga beat Jamui 3-1. Shiv Kumar, Rajan Kumar and Ajay Kumar all scored one goal each for Darbhanga. Sunil Soren of Jamui scored the lone goal for his side.

Earlier on Wednesday, Rohtas beat Nawada 4-3 via in tie breaker. Betia defeated Vaishali 2-0.
On Tuesday, Darbhanga beat Saharsa 4-1 and Lakhisarai got walkover against Seohar.