PDCA Sr league: Parbha XI shock BSEB; ECR, Danapur maintain their winning streak

Patna, April 22, 2009
Prabha XI chalked out a stunning 8-run win over Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) in the PDCA senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Wednesday. In the other match, East Central Railway, Danapur recorded impressive 72-run win over Navshakti Niketan.

Brief Scores:
Prabha XI: 164 for 8 off 30 overs (Manish 17, K mani 50, Vibhakar Arya 26, Anish 24, Ashutosh Pintu 2 for 20).
BSEB: 156 for 9 off 30 overs (Ranjeet 26, Ashutosh Pintu 22, Saurav 18, Iqbal 36, Rohit Gupta 16, Ravi 2 for 23, Vibhakar Arya 2 for 19)
ECR, Danapur: 193 for 8 (Rakesh Sinha 19, Keshav 44, Ajay Mishra 35, Praveen 23, Saurav 3 for 29, Vinay 2 for 17).
Navshakti Niketan: 121 all out off 28.2 overs (Saurav 50, Vinay 26, Rakesh Sinha 5 for 18, Keshav 2 for 9).

Musallahpur boys and Saidpur girls win Patna district inter-school kho-kho titles

Patna, April 22, 2009
Government Middle School, Musallahpur and Government Middle School, Saidpur won the boys and girls titles respectively in the BN Chowdhary memorial Patna district inter-school kho-kho championships at the outer ground of the Moinul haq Stadium here on Wednesday.

In the boys’ final Musallahpur outsmarted Fatuha High School by six runs while Saidpur girls prevailed over Notre Dame Academy by seven runs. Mukesh Kumar, Bunty and Kanhaiya played well for Musallahpur while Deshraj, Ankur, Sikandar and Ritesh performed significantly for the losers.

Jyotika, Anuradha, Anu, Archana and Priyanka displayed captivating performance for Saidpur school. Julie, Preeti and Nidhi showed their worth for Notre Dame Academy.

Former DGP RR Prasad and Bihar Olympic Association secretary Mushtaq Ahmad gave away the prizes. Bihar Kho-Kho Association secretary, IS Thakur, Mrs Lalita Devi, Mithislesh Kumar Singh and Dr Uttam Kumar Singh were among the other dignitaries present at the prize-distribution function.

Patna school kho-kho: Notre Dame Academy in semi-finals

Patna, April 21, 2009
Notre Dame Academy, Government Middle School, Saguna, Danapur and Julie High School moved into the semi-finals in the girls’ section of the BN Choudhary Patna district kho-kho championship at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday.

In the boys’ section, Government Middle School, Musallahpur, Government Middle School,Paharipar, BD Public School and Fatuha High School made the last four grade with facile wins.

PDCA Sr league: BSEB post 14-run win, Adhikari XI lose

Patna, April 21, 2009
Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) beat Exhibition Road Cricket Club (ERCC) by 14 runs in the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday. Earlier in the first match, Vanijya Mahavidyalaya defeated Adhikari XI by five wickets.

Electing to bat first, BSEB scored 170 for seven off 30 overs with Ashutosh making a half-century (66). In reply, ERCC scored 146 for the loss of seven wickets off 30 overs. Ali Rashid made 32 runs. Avi Prakash took three wickets for 27 runs.

Brief scores:
BSEB: 160 for seven wickets in 30 overs (Ajay-35, Ashutosh-66, Iqbal-29, Abhay Ranjan-3/36, Kabir Sanyal-1/23, Vineet-1/22)
ERCC: 146 for seven wickets in 30 overs (Ajit Kumar-13, Ali Rashid-32, Firoz-23, Vineet-19, Ravi Prakash-3/27, Iqbal-1/24, Ranjeet-1/15, Kunal-1/16)
Adhikari XI: 156 for seven wickets in 30 overs (Sonal Roy-10, Ashish Sinha-46, Manish Anand-32, Manish Kumar-16, Bipesh-14 not out, Kundan Gupta-2/26, Satish Rai-2/23, Abhimanyu-1/11)Vanijya Mahavidyalaya: 161 for five wickets in 23.3 overs (Shasheem Rathore-63, Satish Rai-42 not out, Rana-10 not out, Ravi Anand-2/31, Abhishek-2/25, Manish Anand-1/11)

PDCA Jr league: PAC, Vinoo Mankad Club enter quarter-finals

Patna, April 21, 2009
Patna District Cricket Association junior division league entered the quarter-final stage with Patna Athletic Club (PAC) and Kedia XI booking their berths in the last eight winning their respective matches against Vinoo Mankad Cricket Club Sanskritik Sangh at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Tuesday.

Patna Athletic Club beat Vinoo Mankad Club by 50 runs while Kedia XI got the better of Sanskritik Sangha by four runs.

Brief scores:
Patna Athletic Club: 197 for nine wickets in 30 overs (Ravi-97 not out, Raushan-15, Anshu-14, Sudarshan-2/25, Saurav-3/34, Chandan-1/20)
Vinoo Mankad CC: 147 all out in 28 overs (Sudarshan-30, Manish-31, Arjun-19, Sunny-15, Anshu-4/35, Shahzad-3/30)
Kedia XI: 218 for nine wickets in 30 overs (Manoj Rai-56, Sunny-38, Soni-23, Harjit-17, Vijay-13, Himanshu-3/49, Samresh-2/41, Anupam-2/11)
Sanskritik Sangh: 214 for six wickets in 30 overs (Suraj-97, Himanshu-28, Prashant-26, Ranjit-1/28, Pintoo-1/29, Soni-1/28)

PDCA Jr league: Impressive wins for PMCH and Alliance

Patna, April 20, 2009
Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) beat Boring Road Cricket Club by eight wickets in the PDCA junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Monday. In the second match, Alliance Cricket Club beat City Students’ Club by five wickets.

Brief scores:
Boring Road CC: 82 all out in 18.4 overs (Ayush-32, Pratik-10, Varun-4/25, Sanoj-2/15)
PMCH: 83 for two wickets in 19 overs (Manish Aryan-43 not out, Masoom-13 not out, Manoj-12, AdityaPrakash-13, Sunil-1/20, Vivek-1/19)
City Students Club: 172 for three wickets in 30 overs (Ajay Pandey-80, Anil-27, Vipin-17, Sandeep-12, Atul-10, Gaurav-1/24, Shiv-1/28, Praveen-1/28)
Alliance CC: 173 for five wickets in 29.2 overs (Sunny Mallick-64 not out, Sumit-23, Utkarsh-22, Gaurav-14, Anil-2/21, Ajay Pandey-1/19, Abhishek-1/23)

PDCA Sr. league: Resounding wins for PESU, East Central Railway (Danapur)

Patna, April 20, 2009
Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU) chalked out 59-run victory over Zafar Imam Cricket Club (ZICC) in the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Monday. In the second match, East Central Railway (ECR), Danapur, drubbed Secretariat Sports Club by eight wickets.

Tushar stroked in a polished half-century in PESU 137 all out off 24.1 overs. Amit and Pradeep took three wickets each for 23 and 28 runs respectively. In reply, Zafar Imam were bowled out for 78 runs off 24.5 overs. Nikhilesh Ranjan captured three wickets for 16 runs.

In the second match, Secretariat could manage to score 104 runs off 24.1 overs. ECR had no difficulty to reach the target losing two wickets off 18.2 overs. Keshav made a nice half-century for ECR, Danapur.

Brief scores:
PESU: 137 all out in 24.1 overs (Nikhilesh Ranjan-15, Sanjay Sinha-20, Tushar-51, Chandan-15,Amit-3/23, Pradeep-3/28, Suman-1/11)
ZICC: 78 all out in 24.5 overs (Harshvardhan-20, Amardeep-19, Amit-18, Nikhilesh Ranjan-3/16, Rajesh Sinha-2/17, Vishnu Shankar-2/11)
Secretariat SC: 104 all out in 24.1 overs (S Vijay-40, Wasim-26, Md Rafi-13, Keshav-3/28, Vibhash-2/10, Pravin-1/15, Suman-1/11)
ECR, Danapur: 106 for two wickets in 18.2 overs (Sujeet-26, Keshav-50 not out, Ajay Mishra-13 not out, Ehsan Ahmad-1/8)

Ezaj Hussain is Patna Referees Association chief

Patna, April 20, 2009
S Ezaj Hussain and Jitendra Kumar Singh ‘Jhony’ have been elected president and secretary respectively of the Patna Football Referees Association in a meeting here on Sunday.

Office-bearers: Syed Ezaj Husain (president), Jwala Prasad Sinha, YN Pandit, Rajendra Prasad Yadav and Vijay Kumar Sinha (vice-presidents), Manoj Kumar (treasurer), Fazale Ali, Umesh Prasad Singh, Satrughan Singh and Satendra Kumar (assistant secretaries), Kailash Prasad, Ajit Kumar Singh, Arvind Kumar, Naushadul Hasan, NK Sahani, Harendra Kumar Yadav and Madhu Kumari (executive-members).

Patna school kho-kho: Dream start for Notre Dame Academy

Patna, April 20, 2009
Notre Dame Academy had a dream start in the BN Chowdhary Patna district inter-school kho-kho championships defeating Mount Everest School 11-0 in a grils’ section match here on Monday.
In the boys’ section, Regal International High School beat Mount Everest School 8-2.

Before the start of the championships, players were introduced to Mihir Ranjan, IS Thakur and Dr Uttam Kumar Singh during the opening function. Secretary, Patna District Kho-Kho Association, Mithilesh Kumar Singh welcomed the guests.

Results (girls):
Julie High School beat Regal International High School 8-0; Government Middle School, Saguna beat Government Middle School, Dariyapur 7-0; Notre Dame Academy beat Mount Everest School 11-0; RPS Public School beat Government Middle School, Muradpur 5-0 and Government Middle School, Saidpur drew with Fatuha High School 2-2.
Boys: Government Middle School beat Government Middle School, Saguna 8-0; New Era High School beat IGP High School 5-3; Government Middle School, Musallahpur beat Government Middle School, Ranipur 9 –3; IGP High School, beat Government Middle School, Begumpur 5-4, Regal International High School beat Mount Everest School 8-2 and Marwari Middle School, Patna City drew with RPS High School 9-9.

PDCA jr league: Anisabad edge past NMCC

Patna, April 18, 2009
Anisabad Cricket Club beat Nehru Memorial Cricket Club (NMCC) by eight runs in the PDCA junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Saturday.
Brief scores:
Anisabad CC: 162 for six wickets in 30 overs (Babloo-66 not out, Abhishek-25, Alok-17, Vikas-3/10).
NMCC: 154 all out in 24.4 overs (Rahul-34, Vishal-21, Nitesh-14, Kumar Jaiswal-18, Babloo-3/21,Rajeev Raushan-2/26, Abhishek-1/21, Suraj-1/19).

PDCA Sr league: Big win for Hercules

Patna, April 18, 2009
Hercules Cricket Club trounced Bata by six wickets in the PDCA senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Saturday. Earlier in the first match, East Central Railway (ECR), Danapur, beat Rising Star by 53 runs.

Batting first, Bata could manage to score 59 runs off 20 overs. Harpreet took three wickets for 10 runs. In reply, Hercules achieved the target losing four wickets. Sharwan made 19 runs.
In the first match, ECR, Danapur scored 153 runs for six wickets off 30 overs. Keshav slammed 40 runs while Ajay Mishra remained unbeaten on 34 runs. In reply, Rising Star were all out for 100 runs off 25.2 overs. Deepak took three wickets while Keshav grabbed two.

Brief scores:
Bata: 59 all out in 20 overs (Omprakash-19, Saurav-16, Harprit-3/10, Sharwan-2/11).
Hercules Cricket Club: 60 for four wickets in 11 overs (Sharwan-19, Rohit-10, Raj Kumar-2/14, Omprakash-1/9).

ECR, Danapur: 153 for six wickets in 30 overs (Sujeet-12, Keshav-40, Rakesh-28, Ajay Mishra-34 not out, Birendra-10, Mahesh-2/25, Abhishek-2/30, Ravindra-1/33).
Rising Star: 100 all out in 25.2 overs (Kunal-15, Rajesh-19, Ajay-19, Samir-19 not out, Deepak-3/23, Keshav-2/21, Ajay Mishra-2/12, Suman-1/15).

Sabanayakan re-elected Calcutta Sports Journalists' Club presdient; Saibal new secretary

Kolkata, April 16, 2009
S. Sabanayakan of The Hindu and Saibal Bose of The Times of India have been elected unanimously president and secretary respectively of the Calcutta Sports Journalists' Club at the annual general meeting here today.

While Sabanayakan stayed as the president for the second year, Bose came in as the secretary for the first time. Amitabha Das Sharma of The Hindu also retained the post of treasurer. S Sabanayakan is also the president of the Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI).

The rest of the Executive Council members will be finalised in the first meeting.

Bihar girls finish third in Jr. National throwball

Patna, April 17, 2009
Bihar girls got third position in the junior National throwball championship held in Mumbai recently. Bihar narrowly missed the chance to play in the final losing to Tamil Nadu by just one point in the semi-final.

Throwball Association of Bihar secretary Neeraj Kumar Pappu, who was with the team in Mumbai, said Bihar defeated Madhya Pradesh for the third place clash.

He said Sweta Rai, Neha Rani, Sumedha and Priyanka Dayal performed well in the tournament. He also lauded the efforts of all team members.

Meanwhile, Patna Women’s College principal Sister Doris D Suza, patron-in-chief of the Throwball Association of Bihar, SB Prasad, Patna Central School principal SP Singh and vice-principal OP Singh congratulated all the members of Bihar team for their achievement.

Photo caption: Members of the Bihar team with second runners-up trophy of the Junior National throwball championships in Mumbai.

PDCA Jr League:Cake-walk for City Students

Patna, April 17, 2009
City Students’ Club had a cake-walk in the PDCA junior division cricket league with a commendable eight-wicket victory over Evergreen Cricket Club at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Friday.

Batting first, Evergreen club scored 101 runs in 21 overs. Sachin top scored with 38 runs. Ajay Pandey bowled well to capture three wickets for six runs.
In reply, City Students scored the required runs in 18 overs for the loss of two wickets. Ajay Pandey hit an unbeaten half century (50) to play a key role in his team’s victory.

Brief scores:
Evergreen Cricket Club: 101 all out in 21 overs (Sachin-38, Amit-13, Sharwan-10, Ajay Pandey-3/6, Sudhanshu-2/23)
City Students' Club: 105 for two wickets in 18 overs (Ajay Pandey-50 not out, Bipin-16, Sudhanshu-10, Sachin-1/26, Amit-1/26)

Crescent Club win
Patna, April 16, 2009
Crescent Cricket Club beat Vaishali Cricket Club by 34 runs in the Patna District Cricket Association junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Thursday.

Batting first, Crescent Club scored 186 for eight wickets in 30 overs. Vaishali could manage to score 152 runs in 26.3 overs.
Brief scores:
Crescent Cricket Club: 186 for eight wickets in 30 overs (Banty-30, Sunny-28, Pankaj-21, Punit-16, Ashish-4/18, Abhishek-2/15)
Vaishali Cricket Club: 152 all out in 26.3 overs (Manoj-20, Ashish-34, Sudhanshu-18, Vinayak-10, Vivek-2/30, Shyam-2/28)

Shasheem slams century in PDCA league

Patna, April 16, 2009
State Bank of India (SBI) handed 60-run defeat on the East Central Railway (ECR), Danapur, in the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday.

Electing to bat first, SBI made 143 runs in 29.4 overs. In reply, ECR, Danapur, stumbled against SBI’s bowler Dipendra Kumar Sinha, and were all out for 83 runs in 20 overs.Dipendra captured four wickets for 30 runs. Keshav was the only batsman to reach double figures (43). For SBI, Mridul top scored with 29 runs. Keshav Kumar, Deepak and Ajay Mshra took two wickets each.

The second match of the day saw impressive batting performance by Shasheem Rathore, who struck a fine unbeaten century for Vanijya Mahavidyalaya. Rathore 124 not out was the first century of the ongoing league. His knock contained 10 boundaries and five sixes. Eventually, Vanijya Mahavidyalaya defeated Prabha XI by 62 runs.

Brief scores:
SBI; 143 all out in 29.4 overs (Mridul-29, Arvind Jha-16, Tarun Kumar-14, Sunil Kumar-15, Keshav Kumar-2/31, Deepak-2/14, Ajay Mishra-2/15)
ECR, Danapur: 83 all out in 20 overs (Keshav-43, Dipendra-4/30, Saket-2/12, Sridhar-2/17)
Vanijya Mahavidyalaya: 198 for three wickets in 30 overs (Shasheem Rathore-124 not out, Ankit-13, Kundan-42, Ravi Bharti-1/55)
Prabha XI: 136 for nine wickets in 30 overs (Arup-10, K Mani-13, Arjun-24, Vibhakar roy-30, Aniket-18, Amit Sarogi-4/15, Satish Rai-2/25)
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PDCA senior division league: Rajesh Sinha spins PESU to impressive victory

Patna, April 15, 2009
Taking five wickets in a match has always been a moment to cherish. Old-war-horse Rajesh Sinha did it umpteen times in his career. On Wednesday playing against Kamala Nehru Cricket Club (KNCC), Rajesh Sinha did it again. He took five wickets for 20 runs off 6 overs to help Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU) post convincing nine-wicket victory over KNCC in the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here.

Batting first KNCC could manage to score a meagre 94 runs off 29.2 overs. Cahandan Prakash emerged as the top scorer stroking polished 42 runs with four hits to the fence. Mr Extras (20) was the other noteworthy contributor.

Besides Rajesh Sinha’s five-wicket haul, PESU skipper Nikhilesh Ranjan claimed three wickets for 21 runs in his spell of 5.2 overs.

PESU replied back in an impressive way. Openers Indrajeet and Viswas Gauray put in a half-century partnership for the first wicket before Viswas was adjudged run out making 25 runs with three boundaries. Indrajeet and Kislay Kishore carried PESU to victory without furtherdamage. Indrajeet remained unbeaten on 52 runs. His knock contained three boundaries and two mighty heaves over the fence. Kslay too remained not out on 13 runs.

The second match of the day, however, witnessed a bit of fight between Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) and Vanijya Mahavidyalaya. BSEB prevailed over their rivals by four wickets.
Vanijya compiled a fighting 158 for the loss of nine wickets off 30overs. BSEB reached the target losing six wickets on way in 29.1overs.

Brief scores:
KNCC: 94 for all out in 29.2 overs (Chandra Prakash 42, Sahil 10, Ranjan 13, Rajesh Sinha 20/5, Nikhilesh 21/3).
PESU: 95 for 1 in 23.1 overs (Indrajit 52, Viswas Gaurav 25, Kishlay Kishore 13).
Vanijya: 158 for 9 in 30 overs (RK Rana 41, Kundan Gupta 32, Johny Singh 25, Ravi Prakash 31/4, Vivek 43/2, Iqbal 37/2).
BSEB: 160 for 6 in 29.1 overs (Abhinav 50, Ravi Prakash 35, RK Rana 16/2, Satish 18/1
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PDCA junior division league: FCI, Blue Star match ends in a tie

Patna, April 14, 2009
The junior division league match between FCI and Blue Star Cricket Club (BSCC) in the PDCA junior division league ended in a tie at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Tuesday. This was the first tied match of the season which witnessed a nail-biting finish.

Batting first, BSCC were 131 for nine wickets in the allotted 30 overs. In reply, FCI also scored 131 for nine wickets in the stipulated 30 overs.

In the second match, Gardanibagh Athletic Club (GAC) got a walk-over against
Bhanwar Pokhar Cricket Club as the latter failed to turn up.

Brief scores:
Blue Star Cricket Club: 131 for nine wickets in 30 overs (Saurav-31, Sumit-25, Nilesh-20, Pankaj-19, Dipu-3/30, DK Pal-2/28, Rahul-2/15)
FCI: 131 for nine wickets in 30 overs (Rahul-35, Anil-22, Chandan-20, Nilesh-2/23, Anshu-3/20, Saurav-2/30)

PDCA senior division league: Easy win for Panchsheel; BSEB struggle to beat Adhikari XI

Patna, April 14, 2009
Panchsheel Cricket Club proved too good for Bata in the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday. In a one sided match Pnachseel crushed Bata by 90 runs. Earlier in the first match, Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) beat Adhikari XI by one wicket in a grueling battle.

Batting first, Panchsheel scored 166 runs for the loss of eight wickets with Atish emerging as the top scorer (40), Mani Bhushan claimed three wickets for 20 runs.

In reply, Bata were all out for a paltry 76 on the board off 26 overs. Pintu took four wickets for 13 runs.

The first match of the day saw Adhikari XI making 151 runs off 29.3 overs. Deepak Kumar (44), Sonal Roy (24) and Manish Kumar (27) did the bulk of the scoring. Saurav Singh grabbed four wickets for 25 runs.

In reply, BSEB struggled hard and finally won it in a cliff-hanger by one wicket on the last ball of the innings. Abhinav Verma was the architect of BSEB victory with his unbeaten 79 runs. Amit )3 for 21) and Abhishek Kumar (2 for 22) were the main wicket takers for Adhikari XI.

Brief scores:
Panchsheel CC: 166 for eight wickets in 30 overs (Vijay-13, Pintu-21, Raj Kishan-30, Atish-40, Mani Bhushan-3/20, Raj Kumar-2/26)
Bata: 76 all out in 26 overs (Rajeev-10, Saurav-16, Aditya-10, Raj Kishan-2/10, Pintu-4/13, Pramod-2/9)

Adhikari XI: 151 all out in 29.3 overs (Sonal Roy-24, Deepak Kumar-44, Manish Anand-18, Manish Kumar-27, Bipesh-13, Ravi Anand-11, Saurav Singh-4/25, Ravi Prakash-2/22, Ashish Tiwari-1/28)
BSEB: 152 for nine wickets in 30 overs (Abhinav Verma-79 not out, Ashutosh-21, Vijay-17 not out, Abhishek Kumar-2/22, Amit-3/21, Sonal Roy-1/27, Manish Anand-1/18, Bipesh-1/26)

Ashish stars in Adhikari XI victory

Patna, April 13, 2009
Ashish Sinha scored a brilliant half century as Adhikari XI registered a fluent 6-wicket win over Exhibition Road cricket Club(ERCC) in the Patna District Cricket Association senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Monday.
Ashish Sinha made 62 runs with six boundaries and two sixes.

Batting first, ERCC scored 147 for eight wickets off 30 overs. Ali Rashid (48) and Abhay Ranjan (39) gave some respectability to ERCC total. Manish Anand claimed three wickets for 16 runs.

In reply, Adhikari XI raced to the target off 21 overs. Deepak Kumar (39), Manish Anand (16) and Manish Kumar (19) were the other significant contributors.

Earlier in the first match, Rising Star defeated Navshakti Niketan by 46 runs. Rising Star complied 161 runs off 30 overs and then bowled their rival out for a meager 115 runs off 27. 3 overs.

Brief scores:
Rising Star: 161 for nine wickets in 30 overs (Kunal-51, Anuj Sinha-31, Ajay Anand-17, Praksh-26, Vnay-2/32, Rajesh Choudhary-2/14, Lav-2/30)
Navshakti Niketan: 115 all out in 27.3 overs (Rajesh Choudhary-12, Abhay-22, Chandan-15, Vinay-22 not out, Suraj Sinha-2/16, Anuj Sinha-3/13, Kundan-2/13)
ERCC: 147 for eight wickets in 30 overs (Kabir Sanyal-19, Ali Rashid-48, Abhay Ranjan-39, Abhishek Kumar-2/19, Ravi Anand-2/34, Manish Anand-3/16)
Adhikari XI: 151 for six wickets in 21 overs (Deepak Kumar-31, Ashish Sinha-62, Manish Anand-16, Manish Kumar-19 not out, Abhay Ranjan-1/23, Ali Rashid-1/26, Firoz-1/23)

Blue Star, Pioneer win in PDCA junior league

Patna, April 13, 2009
Blue Star cricket Club (BSCC) thrashed Pirmuhani Cricket Club by 180 runs in the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Monday. In the second match, Pioneer Cricket Clubstrove hard to beat Machhuatoli Cricket Club by 12 runs.

Brief scores:
Blue Star Cricket Club: 245 all out in 30 overs (Saurav-70, Ganesh-33, Sumit-30, Pankaj-27, Ashish-2/42, Raquib-2/24)
Pirmuhani Cricket Club: 65 all out in 19.1 overs (Raquib-18, Bhola-13, Mukul Kashyap-12, Bhupesh-2/16)
Pioneer Cricket Club: 109 all out in 22.4 overs (Gaurav-19, Kunal-19, Shashank-15, Vikrant-2/27, Vinay-4/5, Suresh-1/9)
Machhuatoli Cricket Club: 97 all out in 18.4 overs (Raj Kumar-21, Vikrant-17, Vinay-10, Ankur-3/7, Shashank-2/10)

Jay Prakash Cricket Club trounce Moonlight

Patna, April 13, 2009
Jay Prakash Cricket Club (JPCC) beat Moonlight Cricket Club by four wickets in the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Sunday.

Moonlight made 119 runs for the loss off nine wickets off 30 overs with Sudhakar (30), Kshtiz (22) and Mukesh (22) scoring most of the runs. Chhotu took three wickets for 22 runs.

In reply, JPCC hit up the required runs off 21.5 overs losing six wickets. Chhotu (43) emerged as the top scorer for the winners. Ravish claimed three wickets for 13 runs.

Brief scores:
Moonlight CC: 119 for nine wickets in 30 overs (Sudhakar-30, Kshtiz-22 not out, Mukesh-22, Ashish Ranjan-10, Amrit-10, Chhotu-3/22, Umesh-2/19, Neeraj-2/21)

JPCC: 123 for six wickets in 21.5 overs (Chhotu-43, Naresh-21, Ranish-13, Ravish-3/13)

Gaurav, Kritika win Bihar U-9 chess titles

Patna, April 12, 2009
Gaurav Kumar of Muzaffarpur clinched the Bihar State U-9 chess championships title with five points after the end of as many rounds at Sudarshan Central School hall here on Sunday.

Kritika Choudhary, also from Muzaffarpur with five points in her credit won the girls title. Gaurav and Kritika, both, remained unbeaten in this five-round Swiss league system tournament.

Saurav Anand (Purnia) and Amrit Verma (Muzaffarpur) collected four points each after the end of final round play. Saurav was declared second with 13 progressive points while Amirt had to be satisfied with third position with 11 porgressive points.

Kumar Gaurav of Purnia took the fourth spot with 3.5 points to his credit.

In the girls’ section, Shreya Sankalp of Chapra bagged the second spot with 4 points while Janhavi got the third spot with three points.

All Bihar Chess Association secretary, Arvind Kumar Sinha and Balbir Yadav, district sports officer (Patna) distributed the prizes. Rakesh Ranjan, secretary, Patna District Chess Association welcomed the guests and Rajesh Ranjan of Patna Chess Academy proposed a vote of thanks. Sudarshan Central School principal Neeta Singh presided over the prize-distribution function.

Final position
1. Gurav Kumar (Muzaffarpur) 5 (prog 15)
2. Saurav Anand (Purnia) 4 (prog 13)
3. Amrit Verma (Muzaffarpur) 4 (prog 11)
4. Kumar Gaurav (Purnia) 3.5 (prog 11)
5. Akhauri Harshit (Patna) 3 (prog 11)
6. Shiwansh Senger (Chapra) 3 (progr 10.5)
7. Veer Sharma (Patna) 3 (prog 8.0)
8. Subrat Sengar (Chapra) 3 (prog 8.0)
9. Nayan Kumar (Bhagalpur) 2.5 (prog 8.5)
10. Asutosh Kumar (Muzaffarpur) 2 (prog 8.0)

Girls
1. Kritika Chowdhary (Muzaffarpur) 5
2. Shreya Sankalp (Chapra) 4
3. Janhavi (Patna) 3
4. Garima Gaurav (Purnia) 2
5. Manya Diptam (Patna) 1
6. Akhauri Sakshi (Patna) 0.5

Photo caption: Top four finishers and other participants of the Bihar under-9 chess championships display their trophies and certificates in Patna on April 12, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

PDCA junior division league: Boring Raod, Bank of India earn full points

Patna, April 11, 2009
Boring Road Cricket Club beat Moonlight Cricket Club by 13 runs in the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Saturday.

In the second match of the day Bank of India spanked Anisabad Cricket Club by six wickets.

Boring Road made 146 for the loss of five wickets off 30 overs and then bowled their rivals out for 133 runs off 27.5 overs. Sunil’s 38 was the highlight of the Boring Road innings.

Brief scores:
Boring Road CC: 146 for five wickets in 30 overs (Ayush-21, Akash-17, Sunil-38, Pushap Raj-27, Alok Kumar-2/26, Rajesh Bhushan-2/14)
Moonlight CC: 133 all out in 27.5 overs (Amarit-28, Sudhakar-23, Ashish Ranjan-15, Ravish-14, Vivek-2/22, Sunil-3/27)

Anisabad CC: 94 all out in 25 overs (Ranjit-26, Abhishek-16, Maghvendra-3/15, Raj-2/10)
Bank of India: 98 for four wickets in 16.5 overs (Vivek-18, Ansul-11, Ranjit-1/15, P Ranjan-1/39)

Bihar U-9 chess: Gaurav, Saurav in joint lead

Patna, April 11, 2009
Gaurav Kumar and Saurav Anand with three points each were jointly leading the table in the boys’ section of the Bihar State U-9 chess championships at Acharya Sudarshan Central Scholl hall here on Saturday. At the end of the third round play Gaurav and Saurav had collected three points each.

Kritika Choudhary of Muzaffarpur with three points emerged sole leader in the girls section after as many rounds.

Results:
Girls (third round): Kritika Choudhary (3) beat Shreya Sankalp (2); Jahnavi (2) beat Manya Dipatam (0) and Garima Gaurav (2) beat Akhauri Sakshi (0).

Boys (third round): Gaurav Kumar (3) beat Kumar Gaurav (2); Saurav Anand (3) beat Akhauri Harshit (2); Shivansh (2.5) beat Veer Sharma (1); Amrit Verma (2) beat Nayan Kumar (1.5); Ashutosh Kumar (2) beat Abhinit Kumar (1); Subrata (2) beat Rishi Rishabh (1); Utkarsh Sinha (1) beat Tushar Sinha (1) and Kumar Harsh Vardhan Singh (1) beat Nilesh Kumar (0).

Photo Caption: Future Grand Masters contemplating their moves during the Bihar State U-9 chess championships in Patna on April 11, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

PDCA senior division league: Contrasting wins for SBI and Patna College

Patna, April 11, 2009
Patna College struggled to edge past Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU) by one wicket in the PDCA senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Saturday. In the first match of the day, State Bank of India (SBI) defeated Navshakti Niketan by 48 runs.

Batting first SBI collected 174 runs for the loss of two wickets off 30 overs. Mridul and Arvind Jha slammed half centuries. In reply, Navshakti Niketan stumbled out for 126 runs off 27.2 overs. Deepankar Kumar Sinha ran through the Navshakti innings claiming six wickets for 29 runs.

PESU made 136 for 7 off 30 overs while Patna College achieved the target with eight balls to spare losing nine wickets.

Brief scores:
SBI: 174 for two wickets in 30 overs (Mridul-54, Arvind Jha-52 not out, Rajeev Prasad-13, Tarun Kumar-29 not out, Rajan-1/22, Rajesh Choudhary-1/22)

Navshakti Niketan: 126 all out in 27.2 overs (Ram Kishore-13, Rajesh Choudhary-31, Vinay-26 not out, Mukesh-10 not out, Deepankar Kumar Sinha-6/29, Rajeev Prasad-2/13)

PESU: 136 for seven wickets in 30 overs (Indrajeet-27, Nikhilesh Ranjan-38, Rajesh Sinha-15, Kislay-12, Amit Nicky-5/18, Sunil-1/23, Gyanendra-1/10)

Patna College: 137 for nine wickets in 28.4 overs (Vikas-19, Amit Kumar-23, Amit Nicky-18, Gyanendra-21, Chandan-11 not out, Vishnu Shankar-2/14, Tushar-2/33, Nikhilesh Ranjan-3/23, Rajesh Sinha-2/30)

PDCA senior division league: SBI score 32-run win

Patna, April 8, 2009
State Bank of India (SBI) fought hard to beat Secretariat by 32 runs in the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Wednesday. In the second match, PESU beat YMCC by 5 wickets.

Batting first State Bank of India scored 137 runs and then restricted their rivals for 105 runs. In the second match, YMCC could manage to score 114 runs off 30 overs while their rivals PESU chased the target successfully losing five wickets on the way.

Brief Scores:
SBI 137 for all out in 29.4 overs (Sunil Kumar 20, Saket 23, Sudhansu 31/ 4, Ehsan Ahmed 36/2).
Secretariat 105 for all out in 28 overs (Ghanshyam 33, Amit 24, Sunil Kumar 30/3, Deependra 27/2)
YMCC 114 for all out in 30 overs (Nitish 55, Kislay 12, Rajesh 20/4, Kislay Kishore 23/3).

PESU 115 for 5 in 23.3 overs (Indrajeet 34, Nikihitesh 26, Ravi 19/1, Pramod 1/1).

Secretariat maul Navshakti Niketan
Patna, April 7, 2009
Secretariat Sports Club defeated Navshakti Niketan by 47 runs in the PDCA senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday. Earlier in the first match, NYKCC beat Hercules Cricket Club by eight wickets.
Batting first, Secretariat made 159 runs in 29.4 overs. In reply, Navshakti Niketan could garner 112 runs for the loss nine wickets off 30 overs.

Brief scores:

Secretariat SC: 159 all out in 29.4 overs (Siddhant Vijay-23, Md Rafi-41, Ehsan Ahmad-17, Md Wasim-15, Rajeev Ranjan-2/14, Rajan-2/35, Chandra Mohan Yadav-2/34)
Navshakti Niketan: 112 for nine wickets in 30 overs (Rajesh Choudhary-52, Chandan-10, Sudhanshu Shekhar-2/14, Prem Ballabh Sahay-2/24, Rajesh-1/18 Ehsan-1/22)
Hercules Cricket Club: 39 all out in 25.5 overs (Rakesh-11, Rehan Khan-2/7, A Priya-4/4, Kaushik Raj-2/9)

NYKCC: 40 for two wickets in 15 overs (Nishant Kumar-26 not out, Saurav-2/8)

SBI trounce Raising Star
Patna, April 6, 2009
SBI drubbed Rising Star by 5 wickets in the Patna District CricketAssociation senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here onMonday. In the second match, Bata Cricket Club edged past Amar Cricket Club by 2 wickets

Brief scores:
Rising Star 136 for 9 in 30 overs (Rajesh 62, Ajay 26, Sunil 26/5, Sridhar 9/2).
SBI 140 for 5 in 28.1 overs(Mridul 28, Sunil 23, Rajeev 23, Tarun Kumar 21, Sanjeev 25/2).
Amar CC 108 for all out in 26.5 overs (Santosh 30, Paritosh 23, Bunty 21/4, Om Prakash 19/2,Ranjeet 20/2).
Bata 109 for 8 in 29.4 overs (Shyam 30, Balram 16, Pankaj 19/2, Kastub 21/2).

Exciting 7-run win for Hercules
Patna, April 5, 2009
Hercules Cricket Club (HCC) carved out exciting seven-run victory over AmarCricket Club in the PDCA senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadiumhere on Sunday. Earlier, in the first match, NYKCC beat Panchsheel Cricket Club bythree wickets.
Brief scores:

Hercules CC: 132 for seven wickets in 30 overs (Chandan-11, Sawan-40, Rajiv-30, Kastub-3/29, Rishi-3/18)
Amar Cricket Club: 125 for six wickets in 30 overs Vishwajeet-25, Ashish Jha-37, Pritosh-30, K Anurag-3/30)
Panchsheel CC: 59 all out in 23 overs (Nishant-13, Vijay-15, Kaushik-4/14, Rehan-2/6)
NYKCC: 60 for seven wickets in 19.1 overs (Neeraj-11, Nishant-22 not out, Saurav-10, Raj Kumar-2/10, Sujeet-2/9, Santosh-1/6, Atish-1/11, Pramod-1/14)

Adhikari XI score emphatic win
Patna, April 4, 2009

Adhikari XI chalked out an impressive 28-run win over Prabha XI in the PDCA senior divisionleague at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Saturday.
Panchsheel Cricket Club recorded 71-run victory over Hercules Cricket Club in the day’s other match.

Adhikari XI scored 151 runs off 30 overs with Manish (33) and Ashish (27) doing well with their bats. Veer Pratap took 4 wickets for 20 runs. In reply, Prabha XI were all out for 123 runs.

Brief scores:
Adhikari XI: 151 all out in 30 overs. (Manish-33, Ashish Sinha-27, Ravi Anand-20, Veer Pratap-4/20, Laxman Giri-2/24, Ravi-2/35)
Prabha XI: 123 all out in 27.2 overs. (Laxman Giri-22, Satish Agarwal-19, Lakhan-19, Nikhil-16, Ravi Anand-2/23, Abhishek-2/21)
Panchsheel CC: 148 for six wickets in 30 overs. (Atish-39, Raj Kumar-32, Nishant-33, Rohit-13, Rajeev-3/34, Sachin-2/19)
Hercules CC: 77 all out in 21 overs. (Nandan-21, Mukesh-26, Sachin-14, Sujit-3/19, Pintoo-3/21, Atish-2/7)

PDCA senior division league begins:

Patna College start campaign in style
Patna, April 3, 2009
After a lot of hara-kiri Patna District Cricket Association senior division cricket league began at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Friday. In the first match, Patna College scored an emphatic five-wicket victory over YMCC while Zafar Imam Cricket Club (ZICC) recorded 42-run victory over KNCC in the second match.

Dilip Kumar put Patna College on the front foot claiming four wickets for 13 runs as YMCC could manage to score 105 all out off 27.3 overs after electing to bat first. Sahil Srivastava top scored with 24 runs.
In reply, Amit Nicky (44) guided Patna College to victory. Dililp (19) and Amit (12) were the other useful contributors.

Brief scores:

YMCC: 105 all out in 27.3 overs (Kislay-10, Pramod-13, Sahil Srivastava-24, Ravi-14, Vimal Raj-15, Sanjeev-2/31, Dilip-4/13, Gyanendra-2/10)

Patna College: 106 for five wickets in 25.2 overs (Amit-12, Amit Nicky-44, Dilip-19, Rahul-2/4, Sahil-1/18, Santosh-1/17, Kislay-1/8)
ZICC: 88 all out in 28 overs (Ganesh-18, Rahul-16, Dinesh-14, Anitesh-12, Sahil-2/19, Prince-2/7, Abhijit-2/7, Raj Kishore-1/10)

KNCC: 46 all out in 17.1 overs (C Prakash-13, Amardeep-4/14, Suman-2/10, Ganesh-2/10, Mirtunjay-2/9)

Photo caption: Amit Nicky of Patna College in action at the Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna on April 3, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

PDCA junior league: Hard-fought win for Khagaul

Patna, April 10, 2009
Khagaul Cricket Club struggled to beat Blue Star Cricket Club by two wickets inthe Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Friday.

Brief scores:
Blue Star Cricket Club: 109 all out in 29.2 overs (Sumit-20, Anshu-17, Pankaj-14, Rajnish-20, Amit-2/20, Sonu-4/16, Rajiv-3/10)
Khagaul Cricket Club: 113 for eight wickets in 22.4 overs (Bhim Sharma-37, Lucky-15, Shashi-14, Amit-11, Sunny-10, Rajiv-10, Saurav-4/20, Raj Kumar-2/34, Sumit-2/19)

Fixtures of the junior division league:
April 12: Moonlight CC vs JPCC (7:30 am).
April 13: Blue Star CC vs Pirmuhani CC (7:30 am) and MCC vs Pioneer CC (12:30 pm).
April 14: Blue Star CC vs FCI (7:30 am) and Anisabad CC vs NMCC (12:30 pm).
April 15: BN XI vs Sadhanapuri CC (7:30 am) and Jakkanpur CC vs Pioneer CC (12:30 pm).
April 16: Sinha Biswas CC vs Citizen CC (7:30 am) and Vaishali CC vs Crescent CC (12:30 pm).
April 17: Kedia XI vs National CC (7:30 am) and Alliance CC vs Patna City Students Club (12:30 pm).
All matches will be played at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium.

Boring Road too good for YCC

Patna, April 6, 2009
Boring Road Cricket Club downed YCC, Rajendra Nagar by 50 runs in the PDCA juniordivision league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Monday. In the second match, Science College beat YCC, City by 35 runs.

Brief scores:
Boring Road CC 148 for 4 in 30 overs (Ayush 42, Pratik 26, sumit 27 not out, Pawan 25/1)
YCC Rajendra Nagar CC 98 for all out in 17 overs (Pawan 22, Sachin 15, Vivek 14/2).
Science College 188 for all out in 23 overs (Kaushal 55, Ravi 27, Kundan 19, Danraj 25/2,Rajkumar 36/3).
YCC, City 153 (Manish 33, Rishikesh 24, Rakeshbharti35/5, Ankur 22/2).

Dony Polo School clinch Sheela Devi T20 cricket title

Patna, April 8, 2009
Dony Polo Public School clinched the fourth Sheela Devi memorial under-16 Twenty20 inter-school cricket title defeating Patna Central School by 6 wickets at the Patna High School ground here on Wednesday.

In a low scoring match, Patna Central School could not do much against Dony Polo Public School bowlers and were all out for paltry 80 runs off 17.1 overs. Satyam emerged as the top scorer with well made 42 runs. Nikhil also reached the double figures (18). Kislay Kanan got three wickets for only four runs. Rajnish and Anand took two wickets each.

In reply Dony Polo boys had no difficulty to achieve the target losing only four wickets on the way despite some good bowling performance by Krishnamani, who captured three wickets for 17 runs. Nishant (245) and Kishlay Kanan (19) were the notable contributors for the winners.

At the end, Front Line Group president Birendra Kumar distributed the prizes. Patna High School principal Bisheshwar Prasad was the guest honour at the closing function.
Brief Scores:
Patna Central School 80 for all out in 17.1 overs (Satyam 42, Nikhil 18, Kishlay 4/3, Rajneesh 15/2, Anand 19/2).
Dony Polo Public School 83 for 4 in 11.4 overs (Nishant 24, Kishlay 19, Nitish 13, Krishnamani 17/3).

Bihar U-9 chess: Seeded players post fluent wins

Patna, April 10, 2009

Seeded players in the boys and girls groups won their respective first round matches on the opening day of the Bihar State under-9 chess championships at Sudarshan Central School, Kankarbagh here on Friday.

In the boys’ section, Kumar Gaurav, Akhauri Harshit, Saurav Anand andVeer Sharma earned full points while Kritika Chowdahry and Shreya Sankalp won their first round matches easily.

Earlier, Neeta Singh, principal, Acharya Sudarshan Central School inaugurated the tournament. Patna District Chess Association patron-in-chief Akhilesh Akhil was the chief guest while All Bihar Chess Association secretary Arvind Kumar Sinha was the guest of honour at the opening function.

Results:

First round

Girls: Kritika Chowdhary (1) beat Janhavi (0); Garima Gaurav (1) beat Manya Diptam (0), Shreya Sankalp (1) beat Akhauri Sakshi (0).

Boys: Kumar Gaurav (1) beat Harshraj (0), Akhauri Harshit (1) beat Kumar Harshavardhan (0), Saurav Anand (1) beat Kumar Sambhav (0), Veer Sharma (1) beat Nilesh Kumar (0), Amrit Verma (1) beat Rishi Rishav(0), Avnit Anand (1) beat Subrat Sengar (0), Ashutosh Kumar (1) beat Tushar Sinha (0), Gaurav Kumar (1) beat Utkarsh Sinha (0), Shivansh Sengar (.5) drew with Nayan Kumar (.5).

Photo caption: Neeta Singh, principal, Acharya Sudarshan Central School playing a board at the inauguration of Bihar under-9 chess championships in Patna on April 10, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Praduman, Nasrin deaf chess champions

Patna, April 5, 2009
Praduman Singh clinched the men’s title in the third Bihar state chess championship of the Deaf at the Rana Pratap Bhawan here on Sunday. Nasrin Imam won the women’s crown.

Sujata Rani claimed the girls’ title while Raushan Kumar won the boys’ title.Renowned physician Dr SN Arya distributed the prizes. Renowned orthopedics Dr RN Singh, LabourCommissioner, UN Rai and Rotary Mid Town president Rajesh Gupta graced the closing function. Dr Shiv Kumar Prasad, president, Patna District Deaf Association presided overthe function. Sudhansu Prakash proposed a vote of thanks.

Earlier, Dr Lal Bahadur Singh, Rotary District Governor (RI Dist 3250) inaugurated the two-day meet on April 4 in a simple function. Dr RN Singh was present as guest of honour in the inaugural function. Dr Shiv Kumar Prasad welcomed the guests.

Bihar throwball teams leave for Mumbai

Patna, April 10, 2009
Bihar throwball teams left for Mumbai on Thursday night to participate in the National junior and beach throwball championship to be held at Mumbai from April 11.

Throwball Association of Bihar secretary Niraj Kumar Pappu said he hoped that Bihar would perform well in the championships. “Our boys and girls in good frame of mind and they will definitely do well in the tournament”, he said.

Teams: Boys; Anand, Rajesh, Ankit Kumar, Akash Kumar, Ajay Anand,Shakir, Praveen, Junaid Quamar, Junaid-ur-Rehman, Md Shahab.

Girls: Neha Singh, Rani Priya, Sumedha Sonal, Suman, Micky, Sweta Roy, PrachiKopal, Sareeta singh, Priyanka Dayal, Sakchi, Sweta Pathak, Komal and Seema Bharati.

Manager: Raj Kumar. Coach: Amaresh Kumar.

Photo caption: Bihar junior throwball teams in Patna before their departure for Mumbai.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Tarun Kumar shines as Bihar lift East Zone veterans' cricket trophy; Bengal lose in final

Patna, April 2, 2009
Former Bihar Ranji Trophy player Tarun Kumar Bhola scored a sparkling 60 runs and helped his side retain the East Zone veterans’ cricket championships trophy defeating Bengal by one wicket in a hard-fought final at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday.

Tarun Kumar innings was studded with five boundaries and three towering sixes. For his gallant effort, he was later adjudged man of the match.

Earlier, Bengal skipper Ajay Verma won the toss and decided to bat. They were all out for 139 runs in 36.4 overs. S Mitra (34, 2x4), S Singh (16, 1x4), Ajay Verma (10), S Bhattacharjee (18) and OP Tiwari (23) were the main contributors.

Bihar skipper Sunil Kumar once again shone with the ball in this tournament capturing four wickets for 24 runs off 6.4 overs. Nikhilesh Ranjan claimed two wickets for 32 runs. Vishnu Shankar and Saurav Chakaraborty both took one wicket each.

In reply, Nikhilesh Ranjan and Rajesh ‘Puttu’ opened the Bihar innings. Rajesh (2) was first to go when he was declared leg before wicket off Sagarmoy Sen Sharma (7 for one). Tarun joined Nikhilesh Ranjan for the second wicket partnership but after the addition of six runs to Bihar’s total, Nikhilesh (2) was bowled by medium pacer S Bhattacharjee (13 for two).

Tarun with skipper Sunil Kumar added 45 precious runs for the third wicket. At this stage, Sunil Kumar (15, 1x4) was stumped by wicketkeeper P Das off former international Utpal Chatterjee (58 for three). Finally it was Tarun who guided the side to victory. Bihar hit the required runs in 38 overs for the loss of nine wickets. Sanjay Sinha (21) and Saurav (11) did some good job at the end.
Probir Mukherjee was the most successful bowler claiming four wickets for 26 runs.

Bihar Cricket Association secretary Ajay Narain Sharma was the chief guest at the closing function and he distributed the prizes. Ravi P Sinha, president, Bihar State Carrom Association and office-bearers of several other state associations were present on the occasion.

Brief scores:
Bengal: 139 all out in 36.4 overs (Ajay Verma-10, S Bhattacharjee-18, OP Tiwari-23, S Mitra-34, S Singh-16, Sunil Kumar-4/24, Nikhilesh Ranjan-2/32, Vishnu Shankar-1/19, Saurav-1/14).
Bihar: 140 for nine wickets in 38 overs (Tarun Kumar-60, Sunil Kumar-15, Sanjay Sinha-21 not out, Saurav-11, Probir Mukherjee-4/26, SS Sharma-1/13, Utpal Chatterjee-1/23, Singh-1/11, Ajay Verma-1/38).

Photo caption: Jubilant members of Bihar team display East Zone veterans' cricket trophy in Patna on April 2, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

East Zone veterans' cricket: Utpal Chatterjee spins Bengal into final

Patna, April 1, 2009
Bengal stormed into the final of the 11th East Zone veterans’ cricket championships trouncing Jharkhand by 88 runs at the Moinul Haq Stadium here.

The hero of the Bengal victory was former international Utpal Chatterjee, who took four wickets for 17 runs with his off spinners. Utpal was adjudged man of the match.

Asked to bat first by Jharkhand skipper and former Bihar Ranji Trophy team captain Avinash Kumar, Bengal scored 209 runs for the loss of nine wickets off 40 overs. OP Tiwari emerged as the top scorer for Bengal with his 42 runs. Pulak Das (34) and S Mitra (32) were the other useful run-getters. Leg spinner Avinash Kumar claimed three wickets for 31 runs while Deepak Kumar bagged as many wickets for 46 runs.

In reply, Jharkhand were all out for 121 runs off 31 overs. Sushil Kumar top scored with 48 runs in an otherwise dismal performance by Jharkhand batsmen. Deepak Kumar (14) and Subrato Bannerjee (15) were the other noteworthy contributors.

Besides Utpal Chatterjee’s four-wicket haul, S Bhattacharya and Probir Mukherjee got two wickets each for 19 and 11 runs respectively.

Brief scores:
Bengal 209 for 9 off 40 overs (OP Tiwari 42, Pulak Das 34, S Mitra 32, Probir Mukherjee 26, D sarkar 24, Avinash Kumar 3 for 31, Deepak Kumar 3 for 46, Santosh Singh 2 for 39, Mahesh Jha 1 for 33).
Jharkhand: 121 all out off 31 overs (Sushil Kumar 48, Deepak Kumar 14, S Bannerjee 15, P Sahu 14, Utpal Chatterjee 4 for 17, S Bhattacharya 2 for 19, Prbir Mukherjee 2 for 11 and SS Sharma 1 for 27).

East Zone veterans' cricket: Sunil Kumar leads Bihar into final

Patna, March 29, 2009
Love to see former Bihar Ranji Trophy team skipper Sunil Kumar in action again. This time he was representing Biihar in the East Zone veterans’ cricket championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here. Sunil Kumar began his career in Bihar Rajin Trophy team as a wicket-keeper cum batsman and rose to captaincy for his significant contribution for Bihar. In the later part of his career Sunil turned an all-rounder with his medium pace mixed with fast off spinners.

Sunil was in his full steam in the opening match of the East Zone championships against Orissa leading the side by example, he first scored an attacking 40 runs with five nicely executed shots to the fence and one mighty heave over it and then captured four wickets for 21 runs off 6.3 overs. Sunil Kumar’s heroics enabled Bihar beat Orisaa by an huge margin of 100 runs and enter the final of the four-team event. Sunil was also brilliant on the field taking two good catches. He was later rightly declared man of the match.

Earlier, Orissa skipper, Bikram Mohanty won the toss and asked Bihar to bat first. Bihar made 245 runs for the loss of eight wickets off 40 overs. Former Bihar Ranji Trophy opening batsman Nikhilesh Ranjan opened the innings with Pratyay Amrit. Nikhilesh Ranjan was first to making 40 runs with two boundaries and three sixes. Tarun Kumar joined Pratay and they carried the score to 73 before Tarun (10) was caught by A Mohanty off PC Rout (73 for 2).

Pratyay and skipper Sunil Kumar added 29 runs for the third wickets. At this stage Pratyay (16, 1x4) was caught by S Choudhary off BK Das (103 for 3). In the later part of the Bihar innings Rajeev Prasad made a stroke-filled 52 with six boundaries. Sanjay Sinha was unbeaten with 24 (1x4, 2x6) runs.

For Orissa, BK Das claimed two wickets for 51 runs in his eight overs spell. A Mohanty, SA Jawaid and Saroj Barik all took one wicket each for 44, 19 and 42 runs respectively.

In reply, Orissa were all out for 145 runs in 34.3 overs. Soumitra Choudhary (48, 2x4), Prashant Mahapatra (17, 2x4) and Saroj Barik (32, 3x4, 2x6) were the main contributors. Vishnu Shankar and Nikhilesh Ranjan both bagged two wickets each for 17 and 21 runs, respectively.

Earlier, Additional Director General of Police, Abhyanand inaugurated the tournament in a simple function. Asha Singh, principal, Arvind Mahila College was the special guest at the opening ceremony. Bihar Cricket Association secretary Ajay Narain Sharma and officials of the different sports associations of Bihar were present at the inaugural function.

Brief scores:

Bihar: 245 for eight wickets in 40 overs (Nikhilesh Ranjan-40, Pratyay Amrit-16, Tarun Kumar-10, Sunil Kumar-40, Rajeev Prasad-52, Sanjay Sinha-36 not out, Vishnu Shankar-10, BK Das-2/51, SA Jawaid-1/19, A Mohanty-1/44, PC Rout-1/49, Saroj Barik-1/42)

Orissa: 145 all out in 34.3 overs(Soumitra Choudhary-48, Prashan-17, Saroj-Barik-32, Sunil Kumar-4/21, Vishnu Shankar-2/17, Nikhilesh Ranjan-2/21).

Photo caption: Additional Director General of Police Abhayanand being introduced to the players at the opening of the 11th East Zone veterans' cricket championships in Patna on March 29, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

ICF brings in sea change in carrom rules

Patna, April 7, 2009
International Carrom Federation brought in sea change in the playing rules of carrom to make the game fast-paced and simple keeping in view the interest of players and spectators. The rules have been implemented world-wide from April 1.

Bihar State Carrom Association secretary Bharat Bhushan said the All India Carrom Federation had ratified the playing conditions and four changes in the rules of the game. Bhushan is also the vice-president of the AICF.

New Rules

(a) All matches shall be decided on the basis of best of three sets of four boards or 23 points whichever is earlier. A player who reaches 23 points first or leads on conclusion of the fourth board shall be the winner of the ‘set’.

(b) ‘Game’ shall be called a ‘set’.

(c) A time of two minutes shall be allowed between the 1st set and 2nd set and between 2nd and 3rd sets, to start the next set. Players shall be allowed to consult their coaches during intervening time of two minutes.

(d) Players are not allowed to leave the playing arena till the match is completed.

(e) In the third set, side shall be changed after two boards.

(f) A player shall not take more than 10 seconds to make a stroke and/or to place the penalty/due.

(g) A maximum of 11 points can be scored in a 'board'. Any due and/or c/m shall automatically be written off.

(h) Queen will have the value of two points. The player shall be entitled to be credited with the value of the Queen, only if he wins the board. Loser of the board shall not get any point even if he pockets the Queen.

(i) Queen is not required to be covered.

(j) The player shall not lose the advantage of getting the credit of two points for pocketing Queen even if reaches the score of 21 or 22 points. In other words, a player shall get two points for pocketing Queen at all stages of the set without any consideration of the score.

(k) A player has the right to pocket the Queen provided a c/m of his own has already been pocketed.

(l) Queen can be pocketed even after pocketing one's all his nine white or black c/m.

(m) In case a player pockets all his c/m while the Queen is on the board, the board will not be treated as over. He can pocket the Queen as the last c/m. If he pockets, he wins the board. If he fails, the turn will pass on to the opponent. The opponent can choose to pocket the Queen either at the beginning or in between or in the end. If after pocketing of Queen, few c/m remain on the board, he shall continue his turn till he is able to pocket the remaining c/m. On pocketing all his c/m and the Queen, he wins the board by 2 points since his opponent has already pocketed all his c/m. If he fails to pocket any of the remaining c/m, he will lose the board with the number of c/m lying on the board.

(n) Reporting time shall be five minutes before the scheduled time. A player shall lose the entire match if he fails to report to the Umpire at his match Board 5 minutes before the scheduled time of the match.

(o) During those five minutes, umpires would complete all the formalities as required by them and in the meantime players may have trial testing of the board for two minutes to be completed before the scheduled time of the match.

(p) Matches shall start right at the scheduled time.

(q) In case the score of both the players at the end of four boards is equal, the set will be decided on the basis of TIE-BREAKER. In tie-breaker both the players will be given three chances alternatively to pocket a c/m from the same side they are already sitting.

(r) Tie-breaker c/m will be placed by the Umpire within the outer circle touching the line of the outer circle in straight line of the center circle on the opposite side of the player pocketing the c/m.

(s) If score remains equal even after the tie-breaker, the set shall be decided by ‘sudden death’.

(t) In sudden death, again both the players will be given alternative chances to pocket the tie-breaker c/m from the same side they are already sitting. In sudden death, after one chance to each player, as and when a player fails to pocket the c/m, he loses the set. The same shall continue till a decision is arrived at.

(u) First stroke both in ‘tie-breaker’ and ‘sudden death’ shall be decided by a common toss for both tie-breaker and sudden death. Winner can either choose the stroke or the side. In case the winner chooses the break, the loser shall have the right to choose the side or vice versa.

(v) As soon as any player places the striker on the surface of the board when it is not his turn or for making an out of turn stroke, the umpire shall immediately declare the foul and the board should not be awarded against that player. Both umpire and the opponent shall share the responsibility of being vigilant.

(w) The written protest shall be submitted within 5 minutes of completion of that particular Board. The decision of the Championship/Tournament authorities should be conveyed to the parties concerned at the earlier possible

(x) Matches for cadets, sub-junior and junior players may be conducted with time limit of 22 minutes for each set and total time limit of 70 minutes for each match.

(y) The Chapter of Queen as given in Laws of Carrom of ICF is being revised separately.

(z) All other rules except those mentioned above shall be applicable as provided in Laws of Carrom of ICF.


Source: Bihar State Carrom Association

PDCA junior division league: GAC post big win

Patna, April 3, 2009
Gardanibagh Athletic Club (GAC) scripted a thumping eight-wicket win over Lal Bahadur Shastri Club in the Patna District Cricket Association junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Friday.

Batting first Lal Bahadur Shatsri Club made a paltry 106 all out off 25 overs. In reply, GAC achieved the required runs losing only two wickets on the way.

In the second match, Kankarbagh Cricket Club also chalked out an impressive 10-wicket victory over Bijoy Narain XI. After bowling out Bijoy Narain XI for am meager 78 runs, Kankarbahg Cricket Club reached the winning target without losing a wicket.

Brief scores:
LBSC: 106 all out in 25 overs (Mukesh-28, CP Pandey-20, Sarvesh-16, Mirtunjay-1/12, Aditya Raj-2/17, Kailash-2/34)
GAC: 109 for two wickets in 14.5 overs (Anand-40, Kailash-35, Dharmesh-20, Sanjit-1/12)
BN XI: 78 all out in 12 overs (Raj Abhay-22, Vishal-10, Ahshan-16, Rohit-3/24)
Kankarbagh CC: 82 for no loss in 7 overs (Praveen-26 not out, Anand Aditya-41 not out)

Sinha Biswas win

Patna, April 2, 2009
Sinha Biswas Cricket Club steamrollered Western Cricket Club by 103 runs in the PDCA junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Thursday. In another match, Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) drubbed Crescent Cricket Club by 101 runs.

Brief scores:
Sinha Biswas CC: 210 all out in 24 overs (Ankit-70, Manoranjan-21, Mausam-4/27, Ujjawal-3/23). Western CC: 107 all out in 21.3 overs (Krishna-26, Bobby-17, Ujjawal-11, RK Singh-3/12, Pankaj-2/18, Manoranjan-2/10).
PMCH: 191 for six wickets in 25 overs (Raushan-65, Mukut-35, Aditya Prakash-21, Manish-19, Sunny-19, Punit-3/10, Rikku-2/18).
Crescent CC: 90 all out in 14.3 overs (Banti-32, Vivek-12, Manoj-2/15, Varun-2/10).

NMCC earn full pints
Patna, March 28, 2009
NMCC defeated Bank of India by one wicket in the PDCA junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Friday. In the second match, Sharma Sporting thrashed Youth Union by 126 runs.
Brief scores:
Bank of India: 183 for six wickets in 30 overs (Shubham-83, Lakshay-20, Vishal-2/36, Vivek-1/55).
NMCC: 184 for nine wickets in 19.1 overs (Nitesh-70, Ravi-18, Maghvendra-4/28, Mukesh-2/23, Braj Raj-2/32).
Sharma Sporting: 173 for three wickets in 30 overs. (Sharwan-55,Manish-44, Shivam-1/15, Aman-2/10).
Youth Union: 52 all out in 16 overs. (Aman-10, Shubham-10, Sharwan-3/10, Chandan-2/10, Sonu-2/2, Amar-2/4)

FCI down Pirmuhani
Patna, March 21, 2009
Food Corporation of India (FCI) defeated Pirmuhani Cricket Club by 31 runs in the junior division cricket league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Saturday. In the second match, Sheesh Mahal Cricket Club beat YAC, Mithapur by two wickets.

Brief scores:
Food Corporation of India: 165 all out in 24 overs. (Alluddin-29, Vicky-23, Mohit-27, Rakesh-16, Amit-12, Raquib-6/21, Ajit-2/24)
Pirmuhani CC: 134 for eight wickets in 25 overs. (Ashish-28, Kashyap-21, Bhola-14, Randhir-12, Prince-3/16, Allauddin-2/12).
YAC, Mithapur: 158 all out in 24 overs. (Tushar-31, Vicky-22, Satish-17, Shivnath-15, Aditya-2/31, Shakib-2/45, Saurav-2/33).
Sheesh Mahal CC: 159 for eight wickets in 24.5 overs. (Sugam-34, Vikram-25, Aditya-15, Tushar-2/28, Vikas-2/34, Satish-2/80)

Impressive win for YAC, Patna City
Patna, March 20, 2009
YAC, Patna City steamrollered BSNL, Bihar circle by seven wickets in the junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Friday.
Earlier, in the first match, Vinoo Mankad Cricket Club defeated Triumphant Cricket Club by four wickets.
Brief scores:
Triumphant CC: 154 for 5 wickets in 30 overs (Ranjit-30, Rajesh-23 not out, Suraj-22, Manish-4/15)
Vinoo Mankad CC: 155 for 6 wickets in 23.5 overs (Sudarshan-59, Arjun-22, Saurav-20, Suraj-2/26)

BSNL: 159 all out in 20 overs (Dilip-34, Navin Chandra-20, Vijay Prasad-17, Kamlesh-22, Pankaj-4/20, Rahul-3/28, Raja-2/25)
YAC, Patna City: 164 for 3 wickets in 14 overs (Manish-24, Anis-36 not out, Ranjit-15, Dilip-1/22)

Science College too good for BSNL

Patna, March 19, 2009
Science College defeated BSNL, Bihar circle by five wickets in the junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Thursday.
In the second match played at the same venue, Western Cricket Club beat Citizen Cricket Club by three wickets.

Brief scores:
BSNL: 80 all out in 15.3 overs (Dilip-13, Mukesh-11, Ankur-3/9, Deepak-2/25, Sonu-2/6, viru-2/6)
Science College: 84 for five wickets in 11.3 overs (Kaushal-20, Bharati-16, Aman-15, Dilip-3/22)

Citizen CC: 135 all out in 22.3 overs (Shailesh Pandey-42, Rizwan-25, Alam-16, Krishna-3/22, Shamshad-3/22)
Western CC: 136 for seven wickets in 23.3 overs (Shamshad-30, Rahul-28, Anubhav-15, Binod-1/24, Shailesh Pandey-1/8, Shahzad-1/24)

Engineering College win in style
Patna, March 16, 2009
Engineering College defeated Jakkanpur Cricket Club by seven wickets in the PDCA junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Monday.
Earlier, in the first match, Karbigahiya CC beat Rajbanshinagar CC by two wickets.
Brief scores:
Rajbanshinagar CC: 225 for eight wickets in 30 overs (Anish-90, Ujjawal-50, Yash-13, Amit-2/48)
Karbigahiya CC: 226 for eight wickets in 29.1 overs (Ajit-47, Vikas-43, Sumit-34, Amit-34, Anish-4/52)
Jakkanpur Cricket Club: 96 all out in 23 overs (Saurav-18, Suraj-12, Chanchal-4/10, Nitish-3/4, Anuj-3/8)
Engineering College: 97 for three wickets in 14 overs (Raj Kumar-39 not out, Nitish-17 not out, Mirtunjay-12, Rajiv-11, surendra-1/19, Ashutosh-1/26).

Big win for Anisbad
Patna, March 14, 2009
Anisabad Cricket Club beat Kazipur Cricket Club (KCC) by eight wickets in the PDCA junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Saturday.
In another match, Engineering College defeated Machhuatoli Cricket Club by four wickets at the same venue.
Brief scores:
Kazipur Cricket Club: 109 all out in 20.1 overs (Abhishek-14, Rinku-11, Javed-12, Jitendra-3/15, Ajay-2/14)
Anisabad CC: 110 for two wickets in 8.2 overs (Ajay Rai-42, Rajiv-32, Abhishek-1/12)
Machhuatoli CC: 158 all out in 29.5 overs (Vikrant-58, Alok-25, S Haque-3/21, Omkar-2/31)
Engineering College: 160 for six wickets in 27 overs (Omkar-42, S Haque-26, Lal Babu-33, Vinay-2/25, Ratnesh-2/24)

Hard-fought victory for PAC
Patna, March 13, 2009
Patna Athletic Club (PAC) defeated Lal Bahadur Shastri Club (LBSC) by two wickets in the PDCA junior division league at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Friday.
Batting first, LBSC were 180 for seven wickets in the allotted 30 overs. In reply, PAC reached the target in 23.5 overs for the loss of eight wickets.
Brief scores:
Lal Bahadur Shastri Club: 180 for seven wickets in 30 overs (Rohit-52 not out, Rana-24 not out, Sunil-17, Aftab-1/34, Tipu-1-31, Pankaj-1/29, Dipu-1/17)
Patna Athletic Club: 183 for eight wickets in 23.5 overs (Anshu-51, Shahnawaz-19, Navin-17, Sahil-3/24, Sanjit-3/35)