Over 200 paddlers to play in state championship
LUCKNOW : The four-day 66th UP State and Inter Zonal Table Tennis Championships begins on Saturday, at the Eklavya Indoor Stadium in Agra with an expected participation of about 225 participants from all parts of the state. International Umpire (Blue Badge), Amit Kumar Singh has been named chief referee for the event, whereas international umpire, Atin Rastogi would be his deputy. The event carries a cash award to the tune of Rs 45, 000.
SUNDARI CRICKET
Mumtaz PG College beat DAV PG College by eight wickets in the opening match to make it to the quarterfinals of the 48th Sundari Devi Memorial Inter PG Collegiate Cricket Tournament, at the JNMPGC Ground here on Friday. In other encounter of the day, BSNV PG College beat Aryavart College by seven wickets.
BRIEF SCORES DAVPGC 112/8 in 20 overs
(Neeraj Kumar 38, Abhishek Singh 20, Akash Kumar 19, Zubair 2/11, Abhishek Sharma 2/11) lost to MPGC 113/2 in 17.3 overs (Areeb Kidwai 57*). Aryavart College 102 in 20 overs (Deepak Tripathi 49, Diptesh
Sachan 22, Arpit Yadav 3/20) lost to BSNVPGC 106/3 in 15.4 overs (Akash Patel 67*). THRILLING WIN
LDA Stadium scored 4-3 win against Police New Boys in the opening match of the Lucknow University Second Soccer Cup, at the LU Ground here on Friday. Shekhar, Mukesh, Arun and Alok scored for the winners, whereas Gaurav and Ravindra (two goals) scored for the losers.
POINTS SHARED
Rain players spoil sport in the Under-16 Vinoo Mankad Trophy match at Surat as former champions Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat had to split two points each after the umpires declared the match abandoned. While chasing UP’s total of 252/7, Gujarat were 17/3 in 8.4 overs when rain stopped play at the Lalbhai Contractor Stadium in Surat.
CRICKET TOURNEY
The six-day Sharmila Niyogi Memorial Twenty20 Tournament begins on Saturday, at the CSD Sahara Ground here.
DISTRICT ATHLETICS
The District Athletics Championship would be held on Monday, at the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium. Lucknow District Athletics Association’s secretary, BR Varun informed thaat Lucknow team for the two-day State Championship would be selected on the basis of the district championship. Regional trials would take place on October 16, at the KD Singh ‘babu’ Stadium at 9.00 a.m.