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SC Railway outplays SBI

HYDERABAD: South Central Railway outplayed State Bank of India 8-2 in the semifinals of the Justice K. Madhava Reddy Memorial hockey tournament for seniors at Begumpet Police Stadium here on Tuesday.

The two teams were locked two-all at the break.

Bharat and Prabhakar Singh struck twice each and winger Dung Dung, Shashi Topno, Chengappa and Amit Shrivas once each for the winner while Sanjay Kumar and Harinath Reddy one each for the loser.

But, the Bankmen lodged a protest against the rival for fielding more than 18 players. The technical committee of Hyderabad Hockey Association will deliberate, verify and if found guilty, might even debar SCR from the rest of the competition.

Eight-wkt win

IAF (Hakimpet) recorded an eight-wicket win against APSEB in the A-Institution league cricket championship match here on Tuesday.

The scores:

A-Division (two-day) league: SA Sports Amberpet 273 bt Continental 99 (D. Satish five for 30) & 128 (Anil Reddy 70, K.V. Srikanth four for 69).

A-Institution league: APSEB 106 (Srinivas 50) lost to IAF Hakimpet 108 for two (Tiwari 63 not out).

C-Division one-day knockout: Imperial 169 (Vijendranath four for 26, Arvind Yadav five for 26) lost to Sportive CC 170 for eight (Abhi 40, R. Sandeep 52, R. Susheel four for 42).

Royal 162 bt Raju's 129 (Sonal six for 18).

Sunshine 136 for eight lost to CK Blues 140 for seven.

Karimnagar 104 lost to Reliance 106 for one (S. Ali Akbar 45).

ML Jaisimha 243 for nine (Sharat 96, Sai 40, Shanker 45, Laxman four for 36) bt Picket 94 (Sainath six for 33, Rammurthy four for 20).

D-Division one-day knockout: Lucky XI 216 for seven (Basheer 75, Rahul five for 40) bt RR District 169 (R.C. Rahul 51, Alexander five for 25).

YMRC 167 (Habeeb 51, Teja five for 29) bt Times 140 (Bhanu Prasasd 59, Anawar four for seven).

Proteas to face HCA XI

The visiting South Africans will take on Hyderabad Cricket Association XI in a practice match ahead of the November 16 one-day international against India at Uppal Stadium here. The players are to report at Gymkhana Grounds on November 9 at 6.30 a.m.

The Hyderabad team:

N. Arjun Yadav (captain), S. Daniel Manohar, Ibrahim Khaleel, Abhinav Kumar, Anirudh Singh, D. Vinay Kumar, P.S. Niranjan, Alfred Absolom, Vishnu Vardhan, P. Indrasekhar Reddy, Sashank Nag, S.M. Shoaib, S. Anoop Pai, Amol Shinde, P. Kaushik Reddy. Coach: N. Rajesh Yadav. Assistant coach: Vivek Jaisimha.

Under-19 squad

Hyderabad selectors named the under-19 team to play in the all India Cooch-Behar Trophy cricket tournament in Delhi from November 18.

The team: R.A. Vishwanath (captain), Pragyan Ojha (vice-captain), D.B. Ravi Teja, P.S.S. Bharath Kumar, T. Aaron Paul, Abhishek Ponia, Vishal Sharma, S.M. Shoaib, Habeen Ahmed, Shayne Madge, Ashwin Yadav, Paramveer Singh, Md. Shakeer, Suvarth Jain, Prithvi Reddy and Kushal P. Jilla. Coach: Youraj Singh. Manager: M. Narender Goud (Gouds XI).

Sports for differently abled

Over 800 sportspersons from 28 organisations have confirmed participation in the three-day meet for the `differently abled' of the Twin Cities.

It will be conducted jointly by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) and the Commissionerate of Disabled Welfare at the Victory Play Ground (VPG) from November 9 to 11.

Competitions in athletics, kabaddi, cricket, chess and throwball will be conducted in different age groups for boys and girls suffering mental, physical, audio and visual disabilities.

Raichur wins

Raichur fought back to defeat Vizag 23-25, 25-19, 15-12 in the Life Insurance Corporation's (LIC) South Central zonal volleyball tournament at the Lal Bahadur stadium here on Tuesday. About 14 teams from two states are in the fray.

The results: Bangalore bt Udipi 25-10, 25-18; Raichur bt Vizag 23-25, 25-19, 15-12; Mysore bt Dharwad 25-13, 25-18; Warangal bt Belgaum 25-21, 25-12; Machilipatnam bt Rajahmundry 25-23, 25-17; Kadapa bt Karimnagar 25-23, 25-23.

PG College triumphs

PG College (Saifabad) defeated Sardar Patel College 2-0 in the final of the Inter-collegiate tenni-koit tournament here.

Y. Nagesh defeated Ramulu 21-7, 21-11 and K. Rajesh put it across Narender 21-5, 21-5 to complete the formalities.

Semifinal results: PG College Saifabad bt OU Science College 2-1; SP College bt Nizam College 2-1.

SBT beats SBH

State Bank of Travancore (SBT) defeated State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) by 43 runs in the eighth all-India inter-associate banks' cricket tournament at the NFC Grounds here on Tuesday.

The scores: State Bank of Indore 154 (Tanpreet Indersingh four for five) lost to State Bank of Patiala 155 for three (Rakesh Rehni 61, Manish Bali 51).

State Bank of Travancore 249 for eight (Jagadeesh 75, C. Prasanth 43) bt State Bank of Hyderabad 206 (Anirudh Singh 52, T. Pavan 62).

Athletics squads

The Hyderabad squads for the National inter district athletics championships at Haridwar from November 13 to 15 are as follows: Boys: Hari Prasad, B. Ashok, Suresh Kumar, Abhishek, S. Raju. Girls: S. Anusha, G. Monika, Y. Harini, Laxmi Reddy, P. Shravanthi, D. Aashrita, Shruthi. Manager: K. Laxmipathi.

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