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Indian squash teams in semis
MUMBAI: India made the semi-final grade, posting a facile 3-0 win over Korea in the Asian Junior Team Squash Championship at Kuala Lumpur, according to information received here. The Indian girls also beat Sri Lanka by a similar margin in a league team match. This was Pia Abraham, Rhea Bhandare and Jyotsna Chinappa8217;s second win, assuring them a berth in the semi-finals.Parth Doshi, Abhijit Kukreja and Anshul Manchanda took about 51 minutes overall to wipe out the Korean challenge. The Indians now take on Pakistan in the last group match on Sunday.
Banned players will be allowed to explain
CHENNAI: The 26 players who were disqualifed to play in the individual events of the ongoing Sub-junior National Table Tennis Championship at Indore on Friday, after the medical board found them overage, will be given a chance to explain their stand.
DV Sundar, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Table Tennis Federation of India, said he spoke to Mool Chand Chowhan, Secretary, TTFI, atIndore, who assured him a meeting will be convened to discuss everything threadbare.
India ranked 5th in Asia, Baboor 101st
INDORE: India has moved to the fifth spot in table tennis rankings in Asia, from where the best teams in the world hail, after impressive performances lately, particularly at the Bangkok Asian Games.
Stating this yesterday, Table Tennis Federation of India general secretary M C Chowhan said the International Table Tennis Federation, which announced the world rankings for 500 players recently, placed Chetan Baboor at the 101st position. Baboor had recently, in the Europe circle table tennis tournament, defeated 13th and 16th ranked players.
A four-member Indian team would leave tomorrow for Teheran to participate in the Fazal International Championship, scheduled to begin there from February One.
Wadekar pays tribute to Krishnamurthy
CHENNAI: Ajit Wadekar remembered with nostalgia his team-mate P Krishnamurthy, former India wicketkeeper, who passed away onThursday.It was under Wadekar8217;s captaincy Krishnamurthy made his debut in India8217;s tour to West Indies in 8217;71. 8220;So impressive was Krish8217;s wicketkeeping that Rusi Jeejibhoy, the second wicketkeeper, could not play a single Test,8221; said Wadekar.
8220;He was such an influence with his sure gathering and for a debutante, he showed no nerves. He was a useful batsman too and above all, a good human being.8221;
