East Bengal and Kalighat Club reached the semi-final of the CAB Senior knockout one day tournament on Wednesday. East Bengal defeated BNR by 38 runs in the quarter final at the Eden, while Kalighat thrashed Aikya Sammilani.
Summarised Scores
East Bengal 257/7 (Dibyendu Chakraborty 47, Abhishek Banerjee 40). BNR 219 in 42.1 overs (Arnab Nandi 3/34). EB won by 38 runs.
n Kalighat 317/6 (Amitava Chakraborty 61, LR Shukla 56, Manoj Tiwary 56). Aikya Sammilani 207/5. Kalighat won by 110 runs.
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has instructed its registered players not to play in an office tournament which will be held in Jharkhand later this month. Incidentally, two office teams from the city, Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) and Metro Rail, were supposed to participate in the tourney. CESC has top Bengal players like Manoj Tiwary, Ashok Dinda and Wriddhiman Saha in their side.
Sougata Sarkar will meet Sourav Saha in the Youth Boys’ final of the Kalyan Jayant Memorial Table Tennis tournament being held at the Khudiram Anushilan Kendra. Jit Chanda made it to the finals of the cadet and nursery boys’ events.
Top seed Yuki Bhambri took 60 minutes to beat Uzbekistan’s Vaja Uzakov 6-2, 6-4 in the $15,000 ONGC ITF Futures tennis tournament being played at the BTA Complex.
CRICKET: Mohun Bagan vs Sporting Union (Eden Gardens, 10am); Eastern Railway vs Town Club (JU, Salt Lake ground).
TENNIS: ITF Futures at BTA Complex; AITA Talent series at Ordnance Club.
TABLE TENNIS: Kalyan Jayant Memorial at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra from 9am.
