
Basak, Dutta enter final
CALCUTTA: Arup Basak and Arjun Dutta entered the final of the men8217;s singles of the Eastern India table tennis at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra.In the women8217;s singles final, Kasturi Chakraborty will play Anindita Chakrabarty.
Basak beat Shibaji Dutta 21-11, 20-22, 22-20, 21-11 while Dutta PSCB upset Subhajit Saha 14-21, 21-19, 21-19, 21-18 in the semi-finals.
Kasturi beat Mouma Das 23-21, 17-21, 21-15, 16-21, 21-9 while Anindita surprised Montu Ghosh 16-21, 21-15, 21-8, 15-21, 21-12 in the semis.
Air-India win
NEW DELHI: Punjab XI Pakistan lost 2-4 to Air-India in the quarter-final league match of the Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey.
Bharat Petroleum upset Punjab and Sind Bank PSB 3-2 while Border Security Force BSF were held to a 1-1 draw by Northern Railway.
UP, AP in final
HYDERABAD: Uttar Pradesh will take on Andhra Pradesh in the boys8217; final of the 21st Sub-junior National volleyball. Uttar Pradesh will play West Bengal in the girls8217;final.
Jacob8217;s century
BARODA: Martin Jacob8217;s unbeaten 103 enabled Baroda share three points with Maharashtra in the West Zone Ranji Trophy league encounter. Brief scores: Maharashtra 488 vs Baroda 308-4 M Jacob 103 not out, R Swaroop 66, C Williams 91.