DECCAN HERALD 19

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Sport

Kumble, Shastri
present roadmap. P 20

Cavaliers record
thrilling victory
BENGALURU, DHNS: Suraj
Reddy BNs five-for went in
vain as Wilson Garden Cricket Club lost by one wicket
against Cavaliers Cricket
Club in the KSCA Group I, Division III league for the Nassur memorial shield here.

Batting first, Wilson Garden

made 223 for eight in 50 overs.
Anirudh Kulkarni bagged
three wickets for Cavaliers CC.
In reply, Cavaliers CC rode
VS Pawars 78 to reach the target (226) in 44.5 overs. Suraj,
with figures 5/57, was the main
wicket-takerforWilsonGarden.

Brief scores: Wilson Garden CC:

223/8 in 50 overs (Sharana Basava
40, Vishal S Dalodiya 30, Satish J 26,
Asif Basha S 26, Samarth Hegde 39
n.o.; Anirudh Kulkarni 3-36, Darshan
MR 2-51) lt to Cavaliers CC: 226/9 in
44.5 overs (Shiv Nayaka 44, VS
Pawar 78; Samarth Hegde 2-44, Suraj
Reddy BN 5-57, Satish J 2-40).
City Cricketers (1): 206 all out in 49
overs (Venkatesh MV 95; Vinay Vaishnav 2-42, Mayank Kedia 2-36, Vishal
Sanjay Kumar 2-41, Anil K 2-32) lt to
Standard CC: 207/4 in 37 overs (Sasi
43, Anil K 47, Karthik BR 43 n.o.).
Century Cricketers: 170 all out in 38
overs (Syed Ibrez 30, Arun T 25;
Vinay Gowda 4-41, Pranav Bhatia 252, Indu Kumar 2-17) bt Chintamani
Sports Association, Chintamani: 95 all
out in 18.4 overs (Abdul Rehman J 2-

Vani starts favourite

at Clover Greens
BENGALURU, DHNS: In red-

37, Arun T 3-23, Mahesh K 2-23,

Samuel S 3-8).
Vijaya Cricket Club, Malur: 89 all out
in 26.3 overs (Arun Sunny 37, Sanath
Naik 26; D Santosh Kumar 3-16, Sudhir R Kolewad 4-40) lt to Visweswarapuram Cricket Club (2): 92/4 in 19.5
overs (Raja M 25; Chetan J 2-21).
Neptune CC: 205/6 in 48 overs (Madan
94, Akshay V Angadi 39, HR Vijay Kumar 28; Alok Kumar 2-35, Akhil G 220) bt Jaidur Cricketers: 153 all out in
43 overs (Yash Kothari 25, Abhilash F
29; N Arun Kumar 3-24, Raghavendra
D 2-21, NJ Deepak 2-29).
Hammonds CC: 115 all out in 40
overs (Srihari P 44, Vinay R 28; Tony
3-20) lt to Puneeth Dooravani Cricketers (1): 117/8 in 36.4 overs (Harsha
B 25 n.o.; Swamy MV 2-20, Tarun
Manohar 4-34).

hot form and with her rivals

struggling to match her, Vani
Kapoor starts overwhelming
favourite in the ninth leg of the
Hero Womens Pro Golf Tour
that tees off at Clover Greens
near here on Wednesday.
Just last week at the Eagleton Golf Resort, the talented
Delhiite wrapped up a crushing
pole-to-finish 16-shot victory as
the rest of the field battled for
the lesser spoils since the completion of the opening round.
Vani played just four out of
the seven events in the opening
half of the season but she triumphed thrice. When the season resumed last week, she
picked up from where she had
left off, playing some fine golf

to rise back to the top in the

Order of Merit list.
Two golfers though would be
seeking to pour cold water in
Vanis pursuit of a fifth title.
Neha Tripati, who led Merit
List until Vani reclaimed it, has
blown hot and cold but if she
finds the much-needed consistency she can definitely aim for
her third win of the season.
Local pro Sharmila Nicollet,
desperately seeking the form
of old, would be hoping for a
fresh start.
Other players who could offer stiff competition will be the
likes of Gursimar Badwal and
Amandeep Drall.
Amandeep, who won the
event last year, will be hoping
to retain her crown.

Johnsonextends In brief
contractwithBFC
BENGALURU, DHNS: Bengalu-

ru FC have signed defensive

mainstay John Johnson on a
new two-year deal that keeps
him with the I-League champions till the end of the 2017-18
season, the club announced on
Monday.
Johnson was named the
leagues Best Defenderfor the
2015-16 season as the Blues
brought back the title to Bengaluru.
Im delighted to have signed
a new contract. Bengaluru FC
is home to me. Ive enjoyed
every minute of the three seasons that Ive spent here and I
still feel I have a lot more to offer and achieve with this team.
Its going to be an important
season ahead and Im already
looking forward to it, the defender said.

Avenues

Blanc to leave
PSG this week

Coach Laurent Blanc will

leave Ligue 1 champions
Paris St Germain by the end
of the week, despite signing a
two-year contract extension
in February, his agent Jean
Pierre Bernes said on Monday, reports Reuters from
Paris.

Aiyappa, Chiran
power RBI

Len Aiyappa slammed a

brace while Chiran
Medappa scored the winner
as RBI edged out Jude Felix
Hockey Academy 3-2 in the
DS Murthy and V
Karunakaran memorial hockey tournament on Tuesday.

Results: RBI: 3 (Len Aiyappa 22nd,

28th, Chiran Medappa 57th) bt Jude
Felix Hockey Academy: 2 (Infant
11th, Robin 44th).

Arvind shines in
Thamarai win

Arvind scored two goals

(27th, 39th minutes) as
Thamarai Kannan defeated
Bharath Matha 4-0 in their
Group M fixture in the BDFA
C Division football league on
Tuesday.
Kaneyan (42nd) and
Suresh Kumar (48th) also
netted as Thamarai completed the rout.
Results: Group O: Young Blues: 2
(Ravi 19th, Karthik 59th) bt
Vivekananda: 0; Group M: Thamarai
Kannan: 4 (Arvind 27th, 39th,
Kaneyan 42nd, Suresh Kumar 48th)
bt Bharath Matha: 0; Group N:
Konkan W/o from Active Union.