IN THE CITY
Abhishek shines
Bhowanipore Club entered the semi-final of the CAB senior knock-out tournament defeating Tapan Memorial Club by 16 runs, on Thursday. Abhishek Das scored 116 for the winners.
Brief scores: Bhowanipore Club 278/6 in 45 overs (266+12 penalty) (Abhishek Das 116). Tapan Memorial 262/5 in 45 overs (Adipya Sengupta 69, Amit Shaw 67; Amit Mehera 3/57). Bhowanipore Club won by 16 runs.
Vashum blow
East Bengal midfielder Reisangmi Vashum, who got injured while playing in the AFC Challenge Cup, may be out of action for about a month, fears coach Trevor James Morgan.
“He is on plaster and may be out for about a month,” Morgan said on Thursday. Mohun Bagan’s Sunil Chetri and Jewel Raja — who also got injured — will join the team after three days and the extent of their injuries will be assessed after that.
TODAY IN SPORT
SOCCER: IFA Shield final, East Bengal vs Prayag United, from 2.30pm at Salt Lake Stadium
IN THE CITY
Big victory for Taltala
Sanchayan Chatterjee scored a brisk unbeaten 46 off 29 balls, while Saikat Das bagged four wickets as Taltala Institute defeated Kidderpore Sporting Club by 78 runs in a Junior Knockout match, on Monday. Batting first, Taltala scored 212 for eight in 45 overs and then bundled out Kidderpore for 134.
Summarised scores
Junior Knockout Tournament: Taltala Institute 212/8 in 45 overs (Sanchayan Chatterjee 46 not out, Gourav Goel 33). Kidderpore Sporting Club 134 in 38.4 overs (Arindam Hazra 34, Saikat Das 4/11). Taltala won by 78 runs.
Senior Knockout Tournament: Dalhousie Athletic Club 188 in 41.2 overs (Olive Chandra 85, Prakhar Ravi 3/29, Anirban Gupta 3/33). BNR 141 in 38 overs (Subhradeep Sinha 4/25, Chatu Sarkar 3/20). Dalhousie won by 47 runs.
IN THE CITY
Telegraph Cup
The Telegraph ‘B’ beat Times of India by five wickets in the CC&FC Telegraph Cup six-a-side invitational match, on Friday. In another match, Mcnally Bharat scored a victory over Reliance Mutual.
Results
Main Plate: HSBC EDP bt L&T Insurance; ICICI ‘B’ bt The Telegraph ‘A’
Bowl Plate: The Telegraph ‘B’ bt The Times Of India; Mcnally Bharat bt Reliance Mutual
Loser Plate: Vodafone bt Uninor; Godfrey Philips bt Birla Tyres
Tennis meet
Cognizant beat Shristi 2-0 in a merchant’s Cup quarter final Gold plate tennis match, on Friday.
Results
Quantam BUSS bt Baljit Group; CESC ‘A’ bt Selvel; CESC ‘B’ bt M. N. Dastur
Quarter final: Silver Plate Match: Future Generali bt KCT Group
TODAY IN SPORT
Football: IFA Shield: East Bengal vs Lajong FC (Salt Lake Stadium); Botafogo vs United Kerala SC (Howrah Stadium). Both matches from 3 pm.
IN THE CITY
BNR rout Port Trust
BNR Recreational Club routed Calcutta Port Trust 6-0 in a BHA league Super division match, on Monday. Vijay Topno netted a brace while Juram Purty, Sushil Kumar, Bipin Ekka and Prem Kumar scored a goal each.
In another 1st division group ‘B’ match, Xaverians beat Behala S.A. 2-0. Harshveer Singh and Varinder Singh Gill scored for Xaverians.
Telegraph Cup
Apeejay Surendra defeated SPS group ‘B’ in the CC&FC six-a-side Telegraph Cup, on Monday.
Results: Apeejay Surendra bt SPS group ‘B’; Telegraph ‘B’ bt Showblitz; Goodricke bt Parcon; India FM bt Mcleod Russel; Assam Tea bt Sun Group; Times of India bt Yes Bank; Godfrey Philips bt Aar Ess Homes.
IN THE CITY
Paul gets 7 wickets
Arindam Das hit 120 while Shib Shankar Paul took seven wickets to help East Bengal defeat West Bengal Police by 192 runs in a CAB first division knockout match on Thursday.
Summarised Scores
Senior Knockout Tournament
n East Bengal 272 (261+11)/5 in 45 (44+1) overs (A. Das 120). West Bengal Police 80 in 16.3 overs (S.S. Paul 7/16). East Bengal won by 192 runs.
First Division Relegation Playoff
Shibpur Institute 381. Monoharpukur Milan Samity 322 in 77.4 overs (P. Joshi 101). Shibpur Institute won by 59 runs.
Ballygunge United 460/9. Young Bengal SA 328 in 61 overs (T. Das 109; M. Nayak 4/100). Ballygunge United won by 132 runs.
Belgachia United 206. Rajasthan Club 207/6 in 70.5 overs (S. Bhattacharjee 61). Rajasthan Club won by 4 wkts.
Barisha Sporting 166. Taltala 170/2 in 54.1 overs (D. Halder 59 n.o.). Taltala won by 8 wkts.
Telegraph Cup
Lohia Securities defeated Yes Bank in the CC&FC Telegraph Cup Invitational — six-a-side tournament match on Thursday.
Results: HSBC EDP bt The Telegraph, Titan bt Srei, IMRB bt MPA Financial Services, Idea Cellular bt Vodafone, India FM Radio bt Future Generali.
Felicitation
Mohun Bagan felicitated five Bengal players and manager Samir Dasgupta, who were part of the Duleep Trophy winning East Zone team, at their club tent on Thursday. While Wriddhiman Saha, Ashok Dinda, Shami Ahmed and Anustup Majumdar attended the function, Sreevats Goswami could not come.
BHA league
Belgachia United Club thrashed Young Society 7-0 in a BHA league match on Thursday.
IN THE CITY
Chowbagha in last four
CMO High School thrashed St James School 10-0 in a Mayors Cup match, at Mohammedan Sporting ground, on Monday.
Faizal Khan scored four while Man of the Match Asif Hossain netted a brace as their team set up a semi-final clash with Chowbagha High School, on Tuesday. In the other match of the day, Man of the Match Balaram Naskar and Shanu Bodhak netted hat-tricks as Chowbagha defeated Narkeldanga DVS 8-0.
BHA league
Edison Guria netted the winner as Ranganathpur Union beat Kolkata Union Sporting 1-0 in a BHA league match, on Monday.
In another match, Xaverians were held to a goalless draw by Entally AC.
IN THE CITY
Negi takes 5 wickets
BSNL defeated Services by 10 runs in a third-round match of the India Post Cup on Tuesday.
Summarised scores
BSNL 239/8 in 40 overs (B S Tomar 86). Services 229 in 38.5 overs (NS Negi 5/30). BSNL won by 10 runs
CAG 285/3 in 37.1 overs (Prinnan Dutta 111). India Post 279/7 in 40 overs (Partha Sarathi Bhattacharya 128, Dhruv Raval 101). CAG won by 6 runs.
Easy for BDSA
Burdwan District Sports Association (BDSA) won the CAB under-14 inter district tournament, defeating Nadia District Sports Association by 10 wickets.
Brief scores
Nadia District Sports Association 61. BDSA 62/0. (Debjati Mishra 3/2). BDSA won by 10 wickets.
Bengal win
Bengal defeated Bihar 25-10, 25-09, 25-11 in a Youth National Volleyball Championship match.
Hockey league
Samrat Adhikary was on target as Behala S.A. held Presidency Muslim HS 1-1 in a Bengal Hockey Association (BHA) league match on Tuesday. Athar Imam scored for Presidency Muslim.
IN THE CITY
IFA clarifies its PLS role
The Indian Football Association (IFA) has clarified to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) that it is conducting the Premier League Soccer (PLS) in association with the Celebrity Management Group (CMG).
IFA secretary Utpal Ganguli said: “The AIFF has sent us a letter yesterday (Tuesday), seeking the details regarding PLS. Today, we replied that we are organising the tournament and CMG is just helping us.”
Meanwhile, the AIFF, who fears that the I-League will get diluted once a tournament where the likes of Fabio Cannavaro and Hernan Crespo will ply their trade, has called an Emergency Committee meeting in the second week of this month to discuss the PLS issue.
Vincent hurt
Kayne Vincent, Prayag United SC’s hero in their last match against East Bengal, was ruled out for the next two matches due to a stress fracture in his ankle. The striker will now miss the side’s vital away matches against Salgaocar & Pune FC. Midfielder Jayanta Sen will also be out of the action for four weeks due to a hamstring injury.
Tennis tourney
Saketh Myneni and local girl Shivika Burman received the top billing in the men’s and women’s singles event respectively in the Indian Jute National Grass Court Tennis Championships, which will be held at the South Club from February 6-11.
Marquis wins
Christopher Marquis defeated fifth seed Abhijit Tiwari in the pre-quarter finals of the Central Excise AITA Open Grasscourt Tennis Championship being played at the club courts, on Wednesday.
Other winners: Singles (pre-quarter finals):
Men: PC Vignesh, Tejas Chaukalkar, Ajay Selvaraj, Shahbaaz Khan, Siddharth Rawat, Suraj Beniwal, Saurav Sukul.
Women: Ankita Raina, Sansitha Nandakumar, Shweta Rana, Nehel Sahni, Amrita Mukherjee, Treta Bhattacharya, Riya Bhatia, S Vaishnavi Peddy Reddy
Revenue meet
South Zone beat East Zone 25-17, 26-24, 25-19 in the volleyball final of the 44th All-India Central Revenue Sports Meet at the SAI Complex. In basketball, South Zone beat North Zone.
In chess, Prakriti Naskar of East Zone emerged champion.
West and East won the men’s and women’s titles, respectively, in table tennis.
IN THE CITY
Md.Sp. drub Bhukailash
Mohammedan Sporting beat Bhukailash SC by a mammoth 260 runs in the two-day 1st division league match, on Sunday. Shamsed Hossain scalped five for 44 to help his team dismiss Bhukailash SC for 164 runs.
Summarised scores
Md. Sporting Club 424/8. Bhukailash SC 164 (Bikramaditya Majumdar 56, Shamsed Hossain 5/44). Md. Sporting Club won by 260 runs.
Mohun Bagan 390/9. Suburban Club 190 (Arka Saha 62, Shankhadeep Chatterjee 56). Mohun Bagan won by 200 runs.
Tapan Memorial 333. Police AC 317 (Tapan Koiri 96, Sultan Ansari 59, Subham Dey 54, Pradip Parashar 5/90). Tapan Memorial won by 16 runs.
Young Bengal SA 297. East Bengal 298/4 (Writam Porel 110 not out, Bidyut Adhikary 84, Jitendra Shaw 3/50). East Bengal won by 6 wickets.
Belgachia United Club 260. Town Club 265/4 (Naved Ahmed 89, Abhishek Banerjee 61). Town Club won by 6 wickets.
Wari AC 454/9. Taltala Ekata Sangha 189 (Rakesh Sharma 5/64). Wari AC won by 265 runs.
Barisha SC 196. YMCA 201/4 (Mirza Danish Alam 91). YMCA won by 6 wickets.
Paikpara SC 372. Kumartuli Institute 273 (Anurag Tiwari 4/66). Paikpara SC won by 99 runs.
Rajasthan 209. Aikya Sammilani 210/3 (Ritwik Roy Choudhury 83). Aikya Sammilani won by 7 wickets.
Dalhousie AC 380. George Telegraph SC 264 (Sunil Upadhyay 80, Deepalok Chatterjee 76, Pappu Roy 3/41). Dalhousie AC won by 116 runs.
Eastern Railway SA 272/9. Bhowanipore Club 181/3 (Abhishek Das 50). Bhowanipore Club won by 7 wickets. (Due to bad light target was rescheduled to 181 runs in 56 overs)
ABP SC 334. NSI 315 (Anup Samaddar 132, Ranabir Nath 60). ABP SC won by 19 runs.
PLS teams
The Camellia Group, with a bid of Rs 11.50 crore, will own the Calcutta franchise of the Premier League Soccer (PLS).
The other franchisee holders are Uro Infra Reality India Ltd (Barasat franchise), Tulip Infonet (India) Pvt. Ltd (Durgapur franchise), Aajay Consultants (Siliguri franchise) and Syncsys Infotech (P) Ltd (Howrah franchise). However, the Haldia franchise went unsold and so the players’ auction, on Monday, will be between the five franchisee owners.
IN THE CITY
Struggle for EB
East Bengal were struggling at 77 for four wickets, when bad light forced the end of the first day’s play during the CAB League tie against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan, at the Eden Gardens, on Wednesday. Sourav Sil claimed all the four wickets.
Brief score
East Bengal 77/4 (Writam Porel 35 batting, Sourav Sil 4/37) vs Mohun Bagan
Cricket meet
Sporting Union’s Aritra Chatterjee picked up four wickets to restrict Kalighat to 229 for eight wickets, when bad light stopped first day’s play of the AN Ghosh Trophy semi-final at the JU Salt Lake Stadium ground, on Wednesday.
Brief score
Kalighat Club 229/8 off 75 overs (Sudip Chatterjee 50, Aritra Chatterjee 4/55) vs Sporting Union
Dav meeting
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) will have a meeting on Saturday to discuss the future course of action with regards to Dav Whatmore, the director for the development of junior cricket in Bengal.
The meeting, which was scheduled on Thursday, was postponed due to unknown reasons. Whatmore had resigned as the head coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
Shabbir coach
Southern Samity have roped in Shabbir Ali to coach their side in the Calcutta Football League Premier Division.
Shabbir is likely to take charge of the team later on Thursday after an official press conference.
Table tennis
Bengal had a good day at the group stage of the team event of the 73rd Junior and Youth National Table Tennis Championships, at the Siliguri Indoor Stadium, on Wednesday.
Bengal entered the second round in the youth girls’ team category and the junior girls’ team championships.
