IN THE CITY 17-10-2009

Bhutia

joins practice

In the executive committee meeting Friday, Samir Dasgupta became one of the vice presidents of the club while Sadananda Mukherjee joined the executive committee.

Bagan win

Mohun Bagan beat Eastern Railways 3-2 in a practice match at the club ground Friday. Meanwhile, Palestinian Yousef Mezyan was released by the club Friday as he coudn’t adjust to climatic conditions here.

Keegan out

Chirag United Friday released Australian Keegan Nash Friday. The defender had injured his ankle in Thursday’s practice.

CAB meeting

The Cricket Association of Bengal cricket development committee’s first meeting will be held on Monday under the chairmanship of former India captain Sourav Ganguly. Arun Lal, Ashok Malhotra and Pronab Roy too will be present at the meeting.

Meanwhile, in a T20 practice match at the Eden, Team A, led by Laxmi Ratan Shukla, defeated Sourasish Lahiri’s Team B by 4 wickets.

BRIEF SCORES

Team B 157/9 (A. Jhunjhunwala 71; A. Nandi 2/11, R. Gavaskar 2/24). Team A 158/6 in 18.5 overs. (L. Shukla 59, S. Goswami 21, R. Gavaskar 26). Team A won by 4 wkts.

Sub-jr tennis

Top seed Shreya Das won the under-12 girls’ singles title of the sub-junior state tennis championship, being held at the Bengal Tennis Association complex.

Today in sport

TENNIS: Finals of the sub-junior state championships at BTA from 2 pm