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Journalism of Courage
India mess up chase again
India once again lived up to their tag as poor chasers as lost their way in the late stages to crash to a 26-run defeat against South Africa in the final of the LG Cup quadrangular one-day cricket tournament today. Chasing 236 for victory on an easy paced track, young wicketkeeper M S K Prasad top-scored with 63 braving cramps but both Rahul Dravid (30) and skipper Ajay Jadeja (30) failed to stay put as India lost wickets steadily in the later stages to be bowled out for 209 in 47.3 overs at the Nairobi Gymkhana.
India clinch gold
Indian spikers reaffirmed their supremacy in style as they demolished their opponents to win both the men’s and women’s gold medal in the SAF Games volleyball championship today. The Indians put up a sterling performances when they mattered most to drub Pakistan 25-19, 25-17, 25-18 to retain the men’s title they won in Chennai while the Indian eves recovered from a second set slump to carve out a 25-21, 21-25, 25-16, 25-15 victory over the spirited Sri Lankans to take the honour.
Kothak hits ton
Sitanshu Kotak (116 batting) might be the most ungainly left hand batsman in the game. But he is the sort of package that Ranji Trophy champions Karnataka’s nightmares are made of. On Sunday, in the Irani Trophy tie, the Saurashtra player batted with monumental patience to wear down the home team bowling attack and place Rest of India in the driving seat. At stumps, Rest were flying high at 298 for six in reply to Karnataka’s 170.
Gold eludes India
A gold medal continued to elude the Indian teams as they added two silver to their two bronze medals on the third day of the Asian Junior Championships at the National Stadium here. India took two silver and one bronze even as China continued their dominance of the biennial championships. China took five of the 10 gold available on the day and took their overall tally to 12 gold after three days.
