Date:20/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/20/stories/2008122056672000.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Chargers charge into polo final

NEW DELHI: Four goals each by Gaurav Sahgal and Abhimanyu Pathak helped Chargers to a 9 goals to 5 1/2 victory in the semifinals of the Ratanada Cup polo tournament at the Army Equestrian Centre, Delhi Cantonment, here on Friday.

Ravinder Narwal scored the other goal for Chargers. A. Samantary and Jagat Singh scored two goals each for Dare Devils which started with a 1 1/2 goal handicap advantage.

In the other semifnal, Simran Shergill scored five goals to guide Super Kings to a 7 1/2 to 4 goal victory over Knight Riders. Bhupinder Singh and Mahesh Sharma scored the other goals for the winner which started with a half goal handicap advantage. Akhil Sirohi (3) and Mickey Gupta scored for the loser.

Inter-school T20

A 12-team Cricket Plus T20 inter-school cricket tournament will be held here from December 20 to 25 at three different venues.

Former Test wicketkeeper Saba Karim and first-class cricketer Sandeep Joshi have developed the concept that will encourage school teams to promote budding talent. “We will have a website that will showcase the progress of the tournament and also encourage talent. Players will be able to watch their recording and that will be a big boost for those wanting to improve,’ said Karim.

The matches, sponsored by Sports Unlimited, will be played at Gyan Bharti School, Delhi Public School, Mathura Road and Sardar Patel Vidyalaya.

At a later stage, according to Joshi, the tournament will be held in 20 cities, four in each zone. “We also plan to focus on football,” said Joshi.