Ajay Sharma to lead DelhiNEW DELHI: Prolific run-getter Ajay Sharma, who led the team into the final early this year, was retained skipper of the Delhi for the coming season's North Zone Ranji Trophy and the one-day games that precede them to decide the qualifiers for next year's Wills Trophy.The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) today named two separate lists of 17 players each for the two versions.Delhi take on Haryana in the opener at the Kotla on October 18 (one-dayer, to be followed by the four-day game).Team for Ranji: Ajay Sharma (capt), Atul Wassan, Raman Lamba, Ashu Dani, Vijay Dahiya, Akash Malhotra, Rajneesh Chopra, Pankaj Joshi, Nikhil Chopra, Robin Singh, Feroz Ghayas, Ashish Malhotra, Rahul Sanghvi, Mithun Minhas, Aakash Chopra, Ashish Nehra and Davinder Sharma.Team for one-dayers: Ajay Sharma (capt), Raman Lamba, Vijay Dahiya, Atul Wassan, Ashu Dani, Nikhil Chopra, Robin Singh, Rajneesh Chopra, Akash Malhotra, Rahul Sanghvi, Aakash Chopra, Mithun Minhas, Oniel Wilson, Haninder Dhillon, Summet Dogra, Amit Bhandari and Harinder Chaudhary.Jeev, Atwal in SINGAPORE: Leading golfers including India's Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal, American Mike Cunnin Korean Mo Joong Kyung, Taiwan's Chang Tse Peng and Indonesia's Kasiadi will be seen in action in the Omega Tour's $200,000 Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship starting here from tomorrow.Hockey jrs laudedCHANDIGARH: Punjab will honour the Indian junior hockey team that made its maiden entry into the final of the World Cup at Milton-Keynes, England, last month.Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal declared here today that the team would be given a rousing reception on Nov 24 on the inaugural day of the National junior football championships at Mahilpur, Hoshiarpur).Thais rout IndiaPATNA:Thailand today drubbed hosts India 5-1 to enter the final of the 26th Asian Schools football championship at the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, here today.In the other semifinal played earlier, strong contender South Korea edged past last years winners Indonesia 2-0. The final will be played tomorrow with the India-Indonesia match for third place preceding it.Chauhan's grouseNEW DELHI: India must have a permanent opening pair to provide a good start in both Tests as well as in one-day matches, former cricketer Chetan Chauhan has said.A veteran opener, Chauhan, who had played in 40 Tests and a few one-dayers as well, was critical of the Indian selectors for `ignoring' promising players.
