India File

THE TEAMS

Group A: Bihar, India Cements, IOC amp; District XI; Group B: IOB, IAC, MRF amp; Bangladesh; Group C: Hyderabad XI, Indian Railways, India Pistons amp; Vidarbha; Group D: KSCA, Chemplast, HCA President XI, ONGC amp; IPCC.

Inter-city cricket

NEW DELHI: A six-city cricket tournament for Under-16 schoolboysis planned in the second edition of the Pepsi Youth Cup this year. The series will be played in Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Calcutta. A 14-member team will be selected after the intra-city final from each city. Former Test players Shivlal Yadav, Roger Binny, K Srikkanth and Saba Karim will supervise the series.

IHF gets sponsor

MUMBAI: The Indian Hockey Federation IHF, the Taj Group of Hotels and Tata Tea today signed over a million-rupee sponsorship deal that will boost Indian Junior and Senior teams in its preparations for World Cup and Sydney Olympics respectively. The sponsoring companies have promised further help if needed to groom about 150 juniors.