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Cricket Nationals CRICKET NATIONALS RANJI TROPHY 2007-08 Gujarat, Goa, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh,Jammu & Kashmir and Jarkhand, Kerala (Semi-finals) and Mumbai (Finals) Team (For 5-day/1-day combined) Sanjay Bangar (Capt.)(WR) Karan Sharma (DLW) Siddarth Joshi (WR) M.Yadav (WCR) Santosh Saxena (SECR) Harvinder Singh (NR) M.K. Khote (CR) Harshad Rawle (CR) K.Parida (ECoR) Mahesh Rawat (WR) Amit Pagnis (WR) Raja Ali (WCR) Sabir Ali (METRO) Deepak Yadav (NER) Rahul Deb (ER) Shohib Manager (RWF) Murali Kartik (NR) S.Ojha (SECR) Coach Abhey Sharma (NR) Asstt. Manager Randhir Singh (NR) Ashok Diwan (RSPB) Manager Devinder Singh (Kutch Railway) Results Ranji (5-Days) Railways lost in finals in Plate Group. Ranji ( 1-day) Railways did not qualify. CRICKET MEN (UNDER 22) CENTRAL ZONE TOURNAMENT Delhi – Meerut – Nagpur : October – November 2007 Team Karan Sharma (DLW) Rakesh Mishra (DLW) Sunil Kumar Jain (RWF) Harshat Bhojnaik (WR) Vineet Kumar (ECR) Arish Aslam (NER) Irfan Ahmed (NER) Ashwani Mandani (NER) Vikram Dhariwal (NR) Anureet Singh (NR) Ashish Sarawat (NR) Vivek Mohan Yadav (NCR) Gaurav Sharma (NCR) Santosh Dass (SECR) Abhishek Gaur (WCR) Arun Rawat (NR) Manish Kumar (NR) Harpreet Saini (SECR) Saeed Sheikh (WR) Coach Dharminder Mishra (NR) Harsh Mathur (NR) Asstt. Manager R. Suresh (RSPB) Results Railway did not qualify for the Knock out stage. CRICKET (JUNIOR BOYS)- UNDER 19 COOCH BEHAR & VINOO MANKAD TROPHY Delhi and Chandigarh : November – December 2007 Team Rahul Sachan Manjoj Kumar Gaurav Kumar Shishpal Pal Sushant Kumar Prashant Awasthi Rahul Jonson Sachin Chopra Saroj Kumar Chuby Aavesh Pathan Sanjay Kumar Singh Danesh Ali Amrender Pandey Pratham Singh Gaurav Meena Coach K.K. Sharma (NCR) Iqbal Thakur (WR) Asstt. Manager Prem Kumar (RSPB) Results Railway did not qualify for the Knock out stage in Vinoo Mankad Trophy and in Cooch Behar Trophy (Plate Group). CRICKET (WOMEN) NATIONALS Senior National (All India Knockout) Championship at Hyderabad and Anantapur :October to December, 2007 Team Rumeli Dhar (NR) Sangita Kamat (WCR) Mithali Raj (SCR) (Capt.) Sunetra Paranjpe (WR) Hemlata Kala (NCR Neetu David (NCR) Sulakshna Naik (WR) Jaya Sharma (NR) Amita Sharma (NR) Priti Dimri (WR) Vijay Laxmi (SR) Reema Malhotra (WCR) Nooshin Al Khadeer (SCR) Gyatri (SR) N. Ojha (SR) Coach Vinod Sharma (CR) Vipin Chibber (NR) Manager S.K. Bali (RB) Results Indian Railways won the Championship. INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION · Sunetra Paranjape (WR), Hemlata Kala (NCR), Nooshin Al Khadeer (SCR), Mithali Raj (SCR), Jaya Sharma (NR), Amita Sharma (NR) and Rumali Dhar (NR) represented Indian Women team in the Quadrangular Series. * Hemlata Kala (NCR), Sulakshna Naik (WR), Priti Dimri (WR), Rajeshwari Goyal (WR), Rumali Dhar (NR), Amita Sharma (NR), Mithali Raj (SCR), Nooshin Al Khadeer (SCR) and Reema Malhotra (WCR) represented Indian Women team in the Asia Cup .
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