SPORT www.ahmedabadmirror.com/sport AhmedabadMirror SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012 18 The American influence Rahil Gangjee and Shiv Kapur take second round lead in Gujarat Kensville Challenge; while one banks on his experience of Nationwide Tour, the other takes inspiration from a highly rated song of an American rock band, The Killers KALPESH BHATT berated with the platinum rated melo- Pranjal Protim Boruah [email protected] dious song, Human, from the US rock band The Killers. o much is changing here that Though the song created a lot of it hardly looks like part of confusion, over its lyrics, there was no India. This is what those in confusion in Kapoor’s mind as he shot the city for a golf tour felt an eagle, three birdies and a bogey. S and could not help giving in “Yes I am listening to the song to the urge of loving Gujarat. these days and it is sort of inspiring,” That subtle influence was evident he told Mirror after his game. on the second-round leaders – Rahil Starting with a birdie, Kapur went Gangjee and Shiv Kapur – in the on to sink an eagle in the 14th and Gujarat Kensville Challenge at topped the front nine with a birdie in Kensville Golf and Country Club, on the 17th. Though he started his back the outskirts of the city on Friday. nine with a birdie in the first hole, it The duo ended the day with seven- was a quite round before the bogey in under for the day, a stroke ahead of the sixth pegged him back. Englishmen Seve Benson and Gary “Conditions were easier then yes- Lockerbie and Sweden’s Jens Dantorp. LEADING THE INDIAN CHARGE Rahil Gangjee (left) and Shiv Kapur terday as there was no wind today,” Kapur said. “I got off to a great start and COWBOYISH AGGRESSION approach. But your mindset changes aggressive about your scoring. There hole, had four birdies in his first five then managed to pix up three more On the land of Mahatma Gandhi, when you play in the Nationwide is no time to relax. There is a chance holes before the bogies at 16th and shots without any heroics,” he said. Gangjee who shares his birthdate with Tour,” the Kolkata-based pro whose that you might fall back if you failed 18th hole. Gangjee had a sedate back The time spent at the putting green the Father of the Nation and who forefathers lived at Kutch, three gen- to score four-under consistently.” nine, with just one birdie sixth hole. at the end of the opening seems to traces his ancestry to the state, there is erations ago, had said after his first “Nationwide (Tour) made you go But that was enough to stay at top. have paid well for him. “I changed my a newfound ‘cowboyish aggression’ in round on Friday. deeper and deeper,” he added. putting grip from yesterday, and that his game. Explaining his point, Gangjee said, That was evident once again when SINGING THE KILLER TUNE seemed to help me with my pace,” “There is no change in my “You always have to be positive and Gangjee, who started from the 10th The 29-year-old Kapoor’s mind rever- Kapur said. Rangers up against MUFC Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau in the 50th minute. In the tie-break- Big win for CBCA er, only Vishal Adeshara found the JG Cup in [email protected] net for YCC while Madhurjya, anger’s Football Club set up Saurav and Anand found the net for a final date with Mehsana the winners. In the under-15 sec- February United Football Club tion, it will be Nameless 11 vs Anand Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau R (MUFC) in the under-18 Niketan for the final battle. [email protected] Sintex Cup Football Tournament. Nameless upset hosts Kahaani by a Steven Crasta (40th minute) and solitary goal (Gurudutta, 20th G College of Commerce, along Samip Shaikh (60th) found the net minute) while Anand Niketan with Gujarat State Football for Rangers as they upset home team scored two (Sidharth Shah, 8th, and Priyank Panchal Rajdeep Barad Federation, will jointly organise Kahaani 2-0 in the semis. Kashish Pujara, 47th) past El Nino. J Inter-College JG Cup Football In an exciting second semi-final, Meanwhile in the under-13 cate- contributors. Tournament. MUFC overcame YCC Rajkot 3-1 in gory, YCC Rajkot, SGVP, Anand Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau [email protected] For GDCA, experienced cam- The tournament will start on the tie-breaker. Deep Kansagra gave Niketan School and Vadodara’s paigner Salil Yadav took four wickets February 26 while the final will held YCC the lead in the 14th minute Barca Football Club marched into star-studded Central Board of for 48 runs while Parth Parikh took on March 3. Along with the trophy itself but Krishna levelled the scored the semis. Cricket, Ahmedabad (CBCA) two for 58 as they stopped their the winners will also get a cash prize thumped Gandhinagar Ranji teammates from Ahmedabad of Rs 10,000 while the runners-up will ADistrict Cricket Association from running away with a big total. get Rs 5,000. Interested colleges can (GDCA) by 135 runs in Reliance However, GDCA batsmen failed contact J G College of Commerce, Inter-District (senior one-day) to complement their bowlers and Drive-in Road, Thaltej or can call Tournament on Friday. were bowled out for just 88 runs in 26856448 for registration. Zeel shines in AITA tourneyJIGNESH VORA Fielding a strong team compris- 27 overs. Rajdeep Barad was the ing of some Ranji Trophy regulars, wrecker-in-chief with four for 21 CBCA managed 227 for 8 in their 50 while Siddharth Dave gave him per- overs. fect support with three for 23. Priyank Panchal top-scored with On Saturday, CBCA will play Rajesh shines 64 runs while Niraj Patel (48) and Kheda District Cricket Association Avi Barot (46) were the other notable (KDCA) at Motera C. in Utkarsh win ajesh Thakore took four wick- ets as bowlers set up a four wicket win for Utkarsh CC MKSSS win GLS tourney R against Dinesh CC in Indian Zeel Desai and Utsav Patel Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau centuries from Jay Mori (145) and Bank (Minor) Cup on Friday. Jash Patel (138) to declare their first Electing to bat first, Dinesh CC Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau under-14 and under-16 title while [email protected] [email protected] innings at huge 488 for nine. were bowled out for 123 runs in 28.5 settled for doubles in boys under- ith a brilliant all-round Harsh Shashtri then took five overs. Rajesh took four wickets for 26 ujarat’s Zeel Desai and 16. In the girls under-16, Zeel beat show M K Secondary wickets as MKSS restricted their runs while Dinesh Nirman and Nihad Utsav Patel stole the thun- Aboli Ghoghari 6-2, 7-5 while in School (MKSS) over- opponents to 204 despite Jaydev Baloch also chipped in. der on the final day of ARA the under-14 Zeel outclassed her W whelmed Hiramani Parmar well-made 123. For Dinesh CC, Ravi Mistri top- G AITA Championship Series opponents from Maharashtra 6-3, School by first innings lead to win Following on, Dhrushant Soni scored with 24 runs. Ramesh with five titles between them. 6-3. In the boys under-16, Utsav the three-day under-16 GLS School (47) and Harsh Oza (35*) helped Makwana’s run-a-ball 30 and Mujmil Zeel won girls singles and dou- beat Nagaland’s Kepeville Khate 7- Tournament on Friday. Hiramani to reach 114 for three but Ansari’s carefully constructed 30 then bles under-16 and girls under-14 5, 6-2 while in under-14, he beat Electing to bat, MKSS rode on could not save the day. set up an easy win for the Utkarsh. AM title. While Utsav won boys singles statemate Danish Siddiqui 6-1, 6-3..