AA Infotech tame Tata Indicom

Patna, January 24, 2010: AA Infotech cruised to three-wicket victory over Tata Indicom in the second CAB Telecom Cup cricket tournament at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday.

Batting first Tata Indicom collected 129 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs. In reply, AA Infotech reached the target off 15.4 overs losing seven wickets.

Alok Sahay of Tata Indicom, who took five wickets for 36 runs, was declared man of the match.

Abhijit (33, 4x4, 1x6) emerged as the top scorer for Tata Indicom. Kaushal (28, 2x6), Praveen (15) and Sudhir (11 not out) were other notable contributors. Sharique Ahmed and Lav Kumar bagged two wickets each for 12 and 21 runs respectively.

Lav Kumar was the architect of AA Infotech victory. He scored 42 runs with five hits to the boundary and three over it. Kumar Kislay (38, 4x4, 2x6) and Raaj Kumar Raja (21 not out, 1x4, 1x6) were the important scorers. Alok Sahay captured five wickets for 36 runs.

Earlier results
January 17, 2010:
Accord Engineers beat Uninor by 45 runs
Accord Engineers: 219 for six wickets in 20 overs (Rajesh Choudhary-63, Mukesh-56, Anand-30, Sanjay-21, Manish-2/30, Pritpal-2/53).
Uninor: 174 for nine wickets in 20 overs (Neeraj-52, Shashi-22, Bhagwan Jha-20, Mithilesh-20, Vinay-2/43, Rajan-2/17, Anand-2/34).

AA Infotech thrashed Aircel by 115 runs.
AA Infotech: 214 for eight wickets in 20 overs (RK Raja-66, Kislay-32, Praveen-31, Kundan-18, Ranjit-18, Rishi-15, Pankaj-4/38).
Aircel: 99 all out in 15.2 overs (Laxmikant-17, Chandan Bose-14, Sahin-13, Ranjit-3/22, Sarique-3/22, RK Raja-1/22).

January 16, 2010
Vodafone defeated Tata Indicom by five wickets
Tata Indicom: 163 fo five wickets in 20 overs (Praveen-42, Amit-47, Alok-20, Rahul-10, Raj-3/22, Rupesh-2/26).
Vodafone: Vijay-76 not out, Rajnish-29, Alok Sahay-2/30, Abhijit-2/40, Ejaz Ahmad-1/16).

January 15, 2010
Vodafone crushed Frontline by eight wickets
Frontline: 137 all out in 18.4 overs (Dinesh-39, Vikas-28, Binod-27, Vivek Kumar-4/17, Samir Ahmad-2/22, Binod-2/13)
Vodafone: 138 for two wickets in 16.4 overs (Samir Ahmad-49, Rajnish-32, Vijay-28, Rakesh-1/21).
AA Infotech beat Uninor by two wickets
Uninor: 115 all out in 18.5 overs (Itesh-30, Rajiv-12, RK Raja-4/25, Sarique Ahmad-2/26, Nishant-2/22, Lav Kumar-2/26)
AA Infotech: 119 for eight wickets in 14 overs (RK Raja-34, Nishant-15, Manish-5/24, Rajiv-2/31)

January 14, 2010
Uninor beat Airtel by five wickets
Airtel 147 for 4 off 20 overs (Mukesh 39, Mohan Verma 36, Sudhir 27, Keshav 19, Shashi 2 for 21).
Uninor: 151 for r5 off 19.1 overs (Alok 46, Rajeev 21, Bhagwant Jha 21, Vivek 2 for 16).
Man of the match: Alok
Aircel beat MTS by two wickets
MTS 125 all out off 18.3 overs (NP Singh 41, Sourav Dey 16, Rohan Dubey 16, Manish 3 for 23, Pankaj 2 for 25, Rajesh 2 for 26).
Aircel 138 for 8 off 15.5 overs (Manish 27, Kanhaiya 24, Laxmikant 19, Abhishek Sinha 2 for 30).
Man of the match: Manish

Ajay Tiwary to lead BSNL Bihar cricket team

Patna, January 23, 2010: Ajay Tiwary will lead a 15-member BSNL Bihar team in the 9th All-India BSNL cricket tournament to be held in Ahmedabad from January 29, according to PN Jha, secretary, BSNL Bihar Sports Board.

Team: Ajay Tiwary (captain), Navin Chandra, Dilip Kumar Singh, Nimai Prasad, Amit Kumar, RP Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Manikant Kumar, Vikas Kumar Mishra, Sanjay Kumar, Satish Kumar, Raj Kumar Sinha, Anil Kumar Singh, Arun Kumar and Vijay Prasad.Manager: Rajiv Lochan Singh.

BSNL volleyball from February 2

Patna, January 23, 2010: Patna will host All-India BSNL volleyball tournament at Telegraph Recreation Club court from February 2 to 6, according to PN Jha, chief PRO, BSNL Bihar Telecom Circle.

As many as 20 circle teams would take part in the tournament which would be organized under Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) rules, he added.

BSNL Bihar basketball team named

Patna, January 22, 2010: A 12-member BSNL Bihar team will participate in the 9th All India BSNL basketball tournament to be held in Bhubaneshwar from January 24 to 28.

Team: Binay Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Kamlesh Kumar, Sunil Boyal, Raymond Osta (captian), Basant Kumar Singh, Sharamnath Kumar, Shiv Shankar Kumar, Naushad Alam, Viraj, Janardan Kumar Singh, Ujjwal Kant. Manager: Mohan Kumar K. Player-cum-coach: Binay Kumar.

Photo caption: BSNL Bihar basketball team.

Bihar tenni-koit team announced

Patna, January 22, 2010: Bihar tenni-koit team left for Bardhman (West Bengal) on Tuesday to participate in the East Zone championships to be held in Bardhman (West Bengal).

Announcing the team Bihar Tenni-Koit Association (BTKA) Secretary Neeraj Kumar Pappu said Manoj Kumar would the coach while Ekta Kumari would be the manager of the team.

Women: Akanksha Lal, Sarita Singh, Sima Kumari, Shobha, Priyanka and Vandana.

Men: Deepak Kumar, Chandan, Rajesh and Chanchal.

Photo caption: Bihar tenni-koit team.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Hard-fought win for Tata Indicom

Patna, January 13, 2010: Tata Indicom clinched a cliff-hanger two-run win over Frontline by in the second CAB Telecom Cup tournament at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Wednesday. In the second match of the day, Accord Engineers tamed MTS by 153 runs.

Bating first Tata Indicom collected not so healthy 95 runs off 18 overs. Amit Singh struck 20 while Abhijit Singh made 13 runs. Sumit, Sanjay and Rakesh bagged two wickets each for Frontline. In reply, Frontline could made 93 off 15 overs. Rehan and Shekhar scored 16 runs each. Abhijit Singh, Ravi and Sudhi claimed two wickets each.

In the day’s other match, Accord Engineers put up a challenging 245 for 7 off 20 overs. Mukesh (74) and Rajesh Choudhary (63) contributed well with the bat. In reply, MTS were all for 92 runs. Rajesh Choudhary took four wickets for 14 runs.

In the first match Abhijit Singh (Tata Indicom) was adjudged man of the match while in the second match Mukesh Kumar (Accord Engineers) was declared man of the match.

Brief scores:
Tata Indicom: 95 all out in 18 overs (Amit Singh-20, Abhijit Singh-13, Ejaz Ahmad-12, Sumit-2/6, Rakesh-2/21,Sanjay-2/28).
Frontline: 93 all out in 15 overs (Rakesh-15, Rehan-16, Shekhar-16, Vikas-14, Abhijit Singh-2/34, Ravi-2/17, Sudhi-2/21).
Accord Engineers: 245 for seven wickets in 20 overs (Mukesh Kumar-74, Rajesh Choudhary-63, Anand-43, Abhishek-2/38, Sarvda-2/32)
MTS: 92 all out in 15.3 overs (Rijju Ghosh-22, NP Singh-16, Amar-10, Rajesh Choudhary-4/14, Utpal-3/16).

CAB Telecom Cup begins; Airtel lose first match

Patna, January 12, 2010: Defending champions Airtel began their title hunt on a disappointing note losing their first match in the second CAB Telecom Cup cricket tournament at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday.

Infotech outplayed Airtel by 64 runs. Earlier, in the first match, runners-up Aircel recorded easy five-wicket win over Accord Engineers.

Batting first, Accord Engineers made 140 for seven wickets off 20 overs while Aircel raced to the target losing five wickets off 19.4 overs.

Infotech put up decent 197 for five wickets off 20 overs with half centuries coming from the bats of Kislay (51) and Amalesh Kumar (57). In reply, Airtel could manage to score 133 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Amlesh Kumar (Infotech), who scored 57 runs and claimed three wickets for 27 runs was adjudged man of the match while in the second match RK Diwedi (Aircel), who scored 42 runs, was named man of the match.

Earlier, Manoje Nath, Director General, Bihar State Sports Authority (BSSA), and former India under-19 cricket team captain, Amikar Dayal jointly inaugurated the championships.

Brief scores: Accord Engineers: 140 for seven wickets in 20 overs (Ajay-25, Kundan-25, Sanjay-17, Utpal-13, Manish Kumar-3/32 and Gaurav-2/14). Aircel: 141 for five wickets in 19.4 overs (RK Diwedi-42, Rahul Kumar-41, Chandan Bose-12, Vinay-3/29)

Infotech: 197 for five wickets in 20 overs (Kislay-51, Amalesh Kumar-57, Ashok-16, Manish-2/43). Airtel: 133 for nine wickets in 20 overs (Nitesh Kumar-20, Keshav-16, Amalesh-3/27, Nishant-2/25)

Bihar girls win two National carrom titles

Patna, January 1, 2010:
Bihar sub-junior and junior girls won team championship titles at the Sub-Junior National and Junior National carrom championship at Jeevan Deep Educational Institution, Varanasi, recently. The championship was held from December 27 to January 1, 2010.

According to information reached here, about 1500 boys and girls had participated in the tournament that was hosted by Uttar Pradesh Carrom Association. Three tournaments, 37th Sub Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship along with 38th Junior National and 17th All India Federation Cup for seniors were organized.

In the junior boys’ National, Hyderabad annexed the team championship title while Maharashtra and Assam were placed at 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Bihar lost to Chandigarh in the quarter-finals 1-2.

In the sub-junior boys’ National, host Uttar Pradesh clinched the team championship title while Manipur and Chandigarh were placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. Bihar lost to Manipur in the quarter-finals 1-2.

In the 37th Sub-Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship, Bihar girls defeated strong contender Tamil Nadu 3-0 in the semi-final. In the final Bihar beat a spirited Bengal 2-1 to win the title.

In the 38th Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship, Bihar girls defeated Chandigarh 2-1 in the semi-final while in the final Bihar outplayed host Uttar Pradesh 2-1 to win the crown.

Results:
37th Sub-Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship
Semi-final: Bibha (Bihar) beat S.Suganthi (Tamil Nadu) 08-0,00-14,11-04; Kajal (Bihar) beat Abhirani (Tamil Nadu) 09-06,10-05; Archana and Neha (Bihar) lost to Praveen and Kuga Kumari (Tamil Nadu) by 03-05,08-07,00-11.
Final: Bibha (Bihar) lost to K.Singh (Bengal) 02-05,03-17; Kajal (Bihar) beat Rinku Das (Bengal) 18-00,15-00; Archana and Neha (Bihar) beat Priyanka and Bani Das (Bengal) 02-05,08-04,12-07.

38th Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship:
Semi-final: Deepika (Bihar) beat Farheen (Chandigarh) 06-04, 09-07; Kajal (Bihar) beat Tuba (Chandigarh) by 23-00,23-00; Bibha and Priti (Bihar) lost to Anjali and Kudarat (Chandigarh) 04-06,10-00,00-23.
Final: Deepika (Bihar) beat Tulika (U.P.) 14-00, 11-04; Kajal (Bihar) beat Kamna (U.P.) 10-04, 08-06; Priti and Bibha lost to Shreya and Shamama (U.P.) by 03-16,05-15

Bihar fencing team for senior National named

Patna, January 10, 2010: Bihar team for 20th senior National fencing championships to be held in Salem (Tamil Nadu) from January 13 to 16 has been announced.

Announcing the team, Bihar Fencing Association secretary Ramashankar Prasad said Deepak Kumar and Renuka Kumari would lead the men and women teams respectively.

Men: Kumar Kush, Devraj, Rajan Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Ashutosh Kumar, Vikas Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Pranav Raj, Brajsh Kumar, Gopal Kumar, Shubham Kumar and Ravi Ranjan.
Women: Renuka Kumari, Priyanka Kumari, Pinki Kumari Jaiswal, Khushbu Singh, Shruti Kumari, Anuradha Kumari, Jyoti Kumari and Ambika Kumari. Coach: Manish Kumar, manager: Vikas Sharma.

Photo caption: Members of the Bihar fencing team pose for a group photograph in Patna on January 8, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui