Neutral venue likely for EB-Bagan tie

The derby clash between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on February 27 may end up being staged in a neutral venue because of lack of security personnel here. “Police said that there won’t be adequate staff on that day so we are still in a dilemma. We may have to shift the match to one of the neutral venues,” a source in IFA said. However, there are only three neutral venues — Delhi, Gurgaon and Calicut — at the moment. According to the IFA, they have already informed the All India Football Federation for necessary arrangements.

National HS champions

National High School emerged champions in the CAB under-19 inter-school cricket tournament, defeating St James’ School by nine wickets at the Eden Gardens on Friday. Debatanu Biswas top-scored for the winners with 47, while Chandan Singh hit an unbeaten 40.

BRIEF SCORES

St James’ School 120 in 42 ovs (Saim Karim 42, Suvrajay Nanda 29; Abhijit Kar 2/12, Rajiv Singh 2/12). National High School 121/1 (Debatanu Biswas 47). National HS won by 9 wkts.

MSCA win

Mainland Sambaran Cricket Academy (MSCA) made it to the pre-quarter finals of the CAB Ambar Roy Sub-junior (95 points) cricket tournament, beating Videocon School of Cricket (VSC) by 9 wickets on Friday.

BRIEF SCORES

Videocon School of Cricket (VSC) 108 (Anitra Mukherjee 30, Sumil Sarkar 1/3, Kuntak Ghoshal 3/22). Mainland Sambaran Cricket Academy (MSCA) 112/1 (Souvik Dey 40, Ayan Gupta 35 n.o.). MSCA won by 9 wkts.

TODAY IN SPORT

FOOTBALL: National League — Mohammedan Sporting vs Mahindra United at the Barasat stadium from 2.30 pm.

GENERAL: Inter-City Sports Carnival at various venues.