Indian sports activities wrap, October 20: Olympian Jitu Rai supervises pistol capturing workshop; Bengal reaches Vinoo Mankad semifinals

SHOOTING

Jitu Rai supervises pistol capturing workshop

Olympian and Khel Ratna awardee Jitu Rai supervised a three-day pistol workshop named ‘Khojj’ on the Howrah Fashionable Faculty capturing vary in West Bengal, which concluded on Sunday.

The workshop from October 18 was performed by Crew GC (Ganguly consultancy), in collaboration with the West Bengal Rifle Affiliation and noticed 16 athletes within the first camp from varied models throughout the state.

Shooters in motion on the pistol capturing workshop on the Howrah Fashionable Faculty capturing vary in West Bengal.
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After the camp ended, Jitu mentioned that an annual growth program for the shooters might come good in the long term and that he was able to dedicate himself to uplifting pistol capturing in Bengal.

He was additionally hopeful of getting a lot of gamers within the nationwide rating subsequent 12 months.

-Crew Sportstar

GOLF

Bhullar slips to tied-Seventh as Maguire wins in dramatic playoff in Thailand

In-form Gaganjeet Bhullar slipped within the closing spherical, dropping an important double bogey and a bogey over the past 11 holes to lose his grip on the title on the Black Mountain Championship right here.

After giving freely simply two bogeys in his first 61 holes and main by three after three rounds, Bhullar, who was 19-under going into the ultimate day, might solely handle an even-par 72 to remain at 19-under, slipping to a tied-seventh end.

Regardless of being his greatest results of the season, it was a disappointing consequence for the 11-time Asian Tour winner.

In the meantime, little-known American Michael Maguire shot a 7-under 65 and tied along with his in-form compatriot John Catlin (66) at 23-under, continuing to win the playoff.

It denied Catlin a 3rd win of the 12 months and gave Maguire his first success as an expert, enjoying his second season on the Asian Tour.

Maguire gained on the second playoff holes with a par. Catlin missed his 15-footer for par.

-PTI

Varun Parkh wins Haryana Open

Varun Parikh receives the Haryana Open golf trophy from the Normal Supervisor of Panchkula Membership, Col. A.S. Dhillon.
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Varun Parikh of Ahmedabad edged out Rahil Gangjee on the fourth play-off gap after being tied at 17-under 271 within the Haryana Open golf match on the Panchkula Membership on Sunday.

After having trailed the chief Gangjee by one shot in a single day, the 26-year-old Varun got here up with spectacular birdie putts to bridge the hole.

The title was price Rs.15 lakh and helped Varun climb from forty eighth to sixteenth spot within the PGTI rating.

“The turning level was the seventeenth gap once I made a 30-footer for birdie. That gave me the momentum and helped me make the par putt on the following gap to pressure the play-off,” mentioned Varun.

Dhruv Sheoran was third with 16-under 272, whereas Sachin Baisoya, Akshay Sharma and Veer Ahlawat tied fourth with 14-under 274.

Veer Ahlawat additionally crossed the one crore prize cash mark for the season along with his effort.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

HOCKEY

Sangrur Hockey Academy beats Ghumanhera Risers Academy 7-2 in Nehru junior hockey match

Sangrur Hockey Academy recovered from being down 0-2 within the first quarter to attain a convincing 7-2 victory over Ghumanhera Risers Academy within the league part of the Kanwarji 52nd Nehru junior hockey match on the Shivaji Stadium on Sunday.

Yuvraj Singh and Pankaj Phalswal put Delhi forward 2-0 by the fifteenth minute. Sangrur dominated the following three quarters, particularly with Ankur Ror and Nishant scoring two targets every.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

BASKETBALL

DPS Vasant Kunj beats DPS RK Puram in quarterfinals of Hansraj Prabhakar basketball match

Anvay scored 26 factors to assist Delhi Public Faculty, Vasant Kunj, to a 51-37 victory over Delhi Public Faculty, RK Puram, within the under-18 boys quarterfinals of the thirty fifth Hansraj Prabhakar basketball match on the Oxford Faculty courts, Vikaspuri, on Sunday.

Raunak scored essentially the most for the RK Puram with 18 factors.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

CRICKET

Bengal reaches semifinals of Vinoo Mankad Trophy after 11 years

Participant-of-the-match Vishal Bhati’s all-round displaying (35, 4/23) enabled Bengal to document a complete 96-run win over Maharashtra and enter the under-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy semifinals after 11 years.

Electing to bat within the quarterfinal conflict on the Sanosara Cricket Floor ‘B’ in Rajkot on Sunday, Bengal rode on captain Chandrahas Sprint (82, 112b, 6×4, 1×6) and Agniswar Das’ (73, 87b, 4×4, 1×6) half-centuries to submit 269 for 9 earlier than proscribing Maharashtra to 173.

Southpaw Bhati (35, 39b, 4×4, 2×6) added 74 runs with Ankit Chatterjee (30, 24b, 4×4, 1×6) for the opening stand. Later, he claimed the wickets of Devendra Patil, Neel Gandhi, Kiran Chormale and Yogesh Chavan along with his left-arm spin.

Jeet Thakur and Ashutosh Kumar claimed two wickets apiece.

“It was a workforce effort. Maharashtra is among the strongest groups. Each member of our workforce stepped up when it mattered,” Bengal under-19 head coach Sourashish Lahiri mentioned.

Bengal will play the winner of Hyderabad and Chhattisgarh within the last-four.

-Crew Sportstar