The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-bolstered Jharkhand team arrived in the city on Sunday evening for the East Zone leg of the National Twenty20 meet that begins at the Eden Tuesday. The Jharkhand players will practise at the Eden on Monday morning, while Bengal, Orissa and Assam teams will go for the nets in the afternoon. Bengal will take on Assam in the opening game from 10 am Tuesday. while Jharkhand will face Orissa from 2 pm.
Calcutta Customs rode Satwinder Singh’s brace to a 2-1 win over HAL (Lucknow) in the 112th Indian Oil Beighton Cup hockey meet Sunday. SAI beat Eastern Railway 3-1, while Punjab Sports pipped CC&FC 4-3 via the tie-breaker.
Sporting beat Town Club by 62 runs in a CAB league championship play-off (second round) match Sunday.
BRIEF SCORES — Sporting Union 320. Town Club 258. Sporting won by 62 runs.
B. Madeka won the Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Ferraby Golf Cup at Tolly Club Saturday.
FOOTBALL: National League: Mohun Bagan vs JCT (Salt Lake Stadium, 7 pm)
HOCKEY: Beighton Cup: BNR vs Tamil Nadu XI (CC&FC); CESC vs SAI (Mohun Bagan). Matches from 3 pm
TABLE TENNIS: Inter-club meet: Finals at Kshudiram Anushilan Kendra from 2.30 pm
