Eklakh, Sayak in U-22 team
Syed Eklakh Ahmed and Sayak Ghosh were drafted in in place of Manoj Tewari and Asok Dinda in the under-22 Bengal squad for Col. C. K. Naidu knockout match against Uttar Pradesh starting Saturday. Both Tewari and Dinda have been inducted in the Ranji Trophy squad. The squad leaves for Lucknow on Wednesday.
THE SQUAD ? Anustup Majumdar (captain), Subhajit Paul, Partha Sarathi Bhattacahrya, Soham Ghosh, Ayan Nandi, Wriddhiman Saha, Sayak Ghosh, Ritam Kundu, Michael Behera, Sourav Sarkar, Syed Eklakh Ahmed, Santadeep Pal, Debabrata Pal, Soumya Roy Chowdhury. Coach: Udaybhanu Banerjee.
Rohan to lead
Rohan Banerjee will lead the 14-member under-17 Bengal squad for the Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Tripura, in Agartala commencing on Thursday. The squad will leave for Agartala on Tuesday.
The Squad ? Rohan Banerjee (captain), Abhishek Bhowmick, Kunal Chowdhury, Sayan Sekhar Mondal, Manish Biswas, Tarak Mistry, Soumya Pakre, Srivats Goswami, Writam Porel, Jayojit Basu, Abhishek Nanda, Chandan Paul, Tapan Dey, Ranjit Kumar Prosad.
Coach: Palash Nandy.
Sub-junior meet
Mainland Sambaran Cricket Academy (MSCA) defeated Benrec by eight wickets in the Priyak Memorial Sub-junior cricket tournament on Sunday. In reply to Benrec?s 90 runs in 21.5 overs, MSCA achieved the target in 10 overs losing just two wickets.
SUMMARISED SCORES
Benrec 90 in 21.5 ovs (Silaj Dutta 45; Sankalan Das 3/17, Koushik Patra 2/10, Snehendu Biswas 2/13) MSCA 93/2 in 10 ovs (Arijit Seal 26, Snehendu Biswas 25 n.o). MSCA won by 8 wkts.
Khurut Satyenkar (M) CCC 160/7 in 25 overs (Arpan Dutta 52, Souren Roy 26; Himalay Das 2/15, Goutam Das 2/32) Bulan CA 155/7 in 25 overs (Anurag Lahiri 90, Dibyendu Mondal 25 n.o; Souren Roy 3/10). Khurut Satyen Kar MCCC won by 5 runs.
Alam lifts title
Mubassar Alam lifted the under-10 boys title defeating Harsh Gurmani 6-4. 4-6, 6-1 in the final of the 41 st Floodlit Tennis tournament at the Saturday Club on Monday.
OTHER RESULTS
Men?s: Manoj Sewa bt Arpit Sharma 6-0, 6-3; Farid Alam bt Arkoprovo Rakshit 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Sourav Sukul bt Anirban Dutta 6-1, 6-1. Ladies: Sharmistha Choudhury bt Rachna Sethia 6-3, 6-4; Madhurima Choudhury bt Suchismita Ghosh 6-0, Rohini Das bt Urmila Mandapaka 6-0, 6-0; Reshmi Somani bt Raseina Chablani 7-6,6-1. Boys? U-14 (semi-finals): Ayush Dhereva bt Nirmal Yadav 6-1, 6-0; Neil D?Souza bt Aswhray Bhasin 6-1, 6-4.
State snooker
Brijesh Damani defeated Raju Dutta by 3-0 frames in the State Senior Snooker Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club on Monday. In another match, Abdul Miraz defeated Rohan Guha 3-1.
OTHER RESULTS ? Sandeep Dhahdhania bt Prakash Mehrotra 3-2; Niraj Khemka bt Ramesh Jaiswal 3-0.
Olympian dead
Former Olympian cyclist Netai Chand Bysack passed away on Monday morning, following a cardiac arrest. He was 84. Bysack represented the country in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and in the first Asian Games in 1951.
