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Manoj Tiwary had led from the front to ensure Bengal a draw in the last match against Karnataka and will be in charge once again against Saurashtra at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday as regular captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla was left out after failing a fitness test.

After the drawn first Test in Ahmedabad, questions were raised about the spin bowlers in general and the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, Muttiah Muralitharan, in particular.

bai's 19-year-old left-arm spinner Abdulla credits his 11 wickets in 3 innings in the Ranji season so far to mentor Murali On November 12 — Day Three of the Mumbai vs Orissa Group A match — Iqbal Abdulla watched videos of Murali Kartik bowling in the nets over and over again, as the evening wore on into the night.

Away from the hustle bustle of people squeezed into share-autos and two-wheelers vying for space with HMVs on single-lane highways, the Dr Akhilesh Das Stadium stands in relative tranquility inside an educational institution on the Faizabad highway.

The inaugural Albatross International Junior Golf Championship 2009, to be staged at the par-72 Classic Golf Resort in Gurgaon from November 25-27, will see the participation of at least 25 girls in five different age categories.

Simla Youngs registered a 2-1 victory over Sports College, Dehradun in the 31st in the North Zone qualifying round for the Federation Cup played at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Gurgaon on Monday.

Following the chaos towards the end of the Vadodara Marathon on Sunday, the organisers have decided to have different venues for the beginning and the end of the run for the next year's edition.

Standing in between the two sets of bowlers steaming into adjacent nets, Mumbai coach Praveen Amre formed the focal point of the 'V' between Rohit Sharma and Mumbai skipper Wasim Jaffer, carefully scrutinising the echo effect provided by his frontline batsmen.

Dhoni, Sangakkara mull over combination as attention shifts to the drawing board With the sun starting to warm an exceptionally cold November morning at the Green Park Stadium, Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara placed his hands on the pitch, trying to gauge the moisture hidden below its hard exterior.

It was a day of draws in the senior Nehru hockey tournament on Monday, the last day of the league stage.

The Indian cricket board's crackdown on bowlers with suspect actions has become the talking point of the new Ranji season, with officials patting themselves on the back and players complaining that they're being victimised.

Chances of India escaping a ban slimmed further on Saturday with the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) saying it will take a "strong action" against the Indian body after six of its lifters tested positive for banned substances recently.

Drag-flicker Sandeep Singh has been ruled out of the Champions Challenge I hockey tournament next month due to a back injury and will be replaced by Diwakar Ram in the 21-member squad, a Hockey India media release said on Saturday.

When India take on the visiting Sri Lankans in the one-day international at the Eden Gardens next month, the stadium will achieve a first in Indian cricket history.

When sailor Nitin Mongia takes his yacht out to the sea, it's not always with an Olympic or Asian Games medal in mind.

Not surprisingly, the Motera pitch has been the butt of all criticism after a high-scoring drawn Test, in which 1,598 runs were scored.

India's top paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal proved no match to Japanese world No 11 Mizutani Jun and went down 4-0 in the third round as India's challenge in singles at the Asian Table Tennis Championships came to an end on Friday.

It has been a discouraging period for spinners in India. Over the last two weeks, it's not their flight or guile but the legality of their actions and the degrees of their arms while bowling that have been under the spotlight. The BCCI has taken a stern view of the chucking issue this season, and if ever spin in India required an antidote it was now.

The Indian archers had an impressive outing in the 16th Asian Archery Championship in Bali, Indonesia on Friday, bagging a gold medal and two silver medals in the team event.

India's chief coach Jose Brasa and Hockey India president A K Mattoo on Friday continued to spar with each other over the fitness, availability and leadership role of defender Sandeep Singh in the team bound for the Champions Challenge in Argentina from December 6.