CHENNAI THE HINDU WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015 SPORT | 21 VOLLEYBALL TV Schedule ț Hockey World League: STAR Sports 1 & HD 1, 6.30 p.m. & TN slips on a spinning wicket Chennai Customs, IOB advance 8.30 p.m. Punjab takes first innings lead; 21 wickets fall on day one SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Prabhu proved their worth as veristy (Chn) bt Chennai Spikers (Chn) well for the team with some 15-25, 25-21, 25-23. Group B: IOB Shabbir Dhankot RAJEEV VISWANATHAN UDHAGAMANDALAM: Defending stinging smashes and well dis- (Chn) bt Indian Bank (Chn) 25-18, 25- champion Customs Recreation guised drops. 14; Income Tax (Chn) bt TN Police 25- tops group DINDIGUL: Punjab ended the day Club and runner-up Indian “Our players did not give 15, 25-23. Group C: Sports Hostel Ex. at 36 for one in its second in- Overseas Bank (IOB) from their cent per cent. It was not (Chn) bt Teen (Kan) 25-11, 25-17. BENGALURU: Former national nings to finish with an overall Chennai took some time to set- necessary as well. At the start, I Group F: Popes (Sayerpuram) bt DJ champion Shabbir Dhankot lead of 174 as Tamil Nadu was tle down before defeating their did expect some fight from In- (Kan) 25-19, 25-19. Group G: St.Jo- topped the combined men’s bowled out for paltry 68, in re- opponents in their men’s open- dian Bank as it is loaded with seph’s EC bt Kulikarai (Tiruv) 25-13, group at the end of round one of ply to Punjab’s first innings ing league fixtures of the 65th guest players. But it was not to 25-10. the Accident Relief Care 26th score of 206, in their Ranji Tro- State senior volleyball cham- be,” said P. Sundaram, its coach. Group I: TNEB (Chn) bt MMT National tenpin bowling cham- phy Group B clash at the pionship at the Government Customs started slowly but (Mdu) 25-23, 25-23. Group J: Life pionship here on Tuesday. NPRCET grounds here on HSS courts here on Tuesday. stepped up the accelerator mid- Sports (Chn) bt SAI (Slm) 24-26, 25- Dhankot recorded a score of Tuesday. Customs accounted for STC way through to oust a young 21, 25-19. Group K: Eagle Sports (Hsr) 1345 pins, at an average of Tamil Nadu’s innings was (Pollachi) 25-19, 25-17, while and fighting STC unit from bt Appokodu (Nlg) 25-15, 26-24. 224.17, at the end of the first similar to the South African IOB defeated Indian Bank 25-18, Pollachi. Group P: SRM Academy bt Pananugu- block of six games. The Tamil first innings in Nagpur where it 25-14. But the match that went up to di (Tiruva) 25-12, 25-12. Group Q: AL- Nadu bowler holds a healthy was bowled out for 79. IOB, the tournament favou- the wire was the one between WEAL (Cbe) bt Christian Fellowship lead of 135 pins over second- Tamil Nadu struggled to rite, proved its superiority in all Chennai Spikers and SRM Uni- 25-11, 25-9. placed Pratyek Satya (Karnata- cope with the excessive turn departments. The team looked versity. The latter staged a bril- Women: Group A: Jeppiaar (Chn) ka). Defending champion and uneven bounce in the pitch a bit rusty at the start. Indian liant fightback from a set down bt JBAS (Chn) 25-9, 25-5; Dr. Sivanthi Dhruv Sarda (Delhi) lies third after losing the toss on day one. Bank cashed in on the chance to defeat the former 15-25, 25-21, Club (Chn) bt PSGR Krishnammal with a 200.67 average. — Sports It was total chaos right from and reeled off quick points. 25-23. (Cbe) 25-19, 25-22. Group B: GKMF Reporter the time Baba Aparajith swept But that did not deter the IOB S. Dakshinamoorthy, the (Kan) bt Panimalar (Chn) 25-22, 26- Rajwinder Singh to Sarabjit men. They played a wait and SRM coach, pointed out that 24. Group C: Sports Hostel (Chn) bt Jagadeesan Ladda at square leg. K. Dinesh watch game and attacked when the mistakes by his attackers Nedugadu Sports 25-15, 15-25, 25-18; Karthik was out it mattered most to clinch the cost the team dear in the first Bharathiyar (Attur) bt Perumal Amba- scores century leg before to set 25-18. G.R. Vaishanav, the set. However, he had words of lam 25-16, 25-8. Group D: GKM Mini Harbhajan Singh team’s captain and the coun- praise for Saravanan and Rama- bt Christian Fellowship 25-20, 25-13; before Abhinav COCK-A-HOOP: Punjab players greet Rajwinder Singh (centre), who took six Tamil Nadu try’s best blocker, and Ukkra- nathan for turning the table in Vels University bt MSG VBC (Mdu) COIMBATORE: N. Jagadeesan Mukund mis- wickets on day one. — PHOTO: G. KARTHIKEYAN pandian, rated the finest setter, the team’s favour. 25-4, 25-3. Group E: Star Sports, struck a century as Sri Ramak- timed a pull off planned it well in the second set The results: Madurai bt Blue Star Foundation E 25- rishna Mills SC defeated Kovai Rajwinder Singh miss Uday Kaul off Malolan Punjab went in to lunch at 139 Singh (not out) 23, Sarabjit Ladda run to steer the team through. Men: Group A: Chennai Customs 13, 25-15 Group F: TN Police bt MKK Knights by 174 runs in the to Harbhajan Rangarajan. for six. Harbhajan was out to a out 1; Extras (b-10): 10; Total (in 57 Naveen Jacob Raja and Selva bt STC, Pollachi 25-19, 25-17; SRM Uni- (Mdu) 25-7, 25-4. TNCA-CDCA first division Singh at square D.T. Chandrasekar then slog immediately after lunch. B. overs): 206. cricket league here. leg. struck twice. Jiwanjot Singh, Brainder Sran used his reach to Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-29, 3-49, 4- The scores: Rajwinder con- who came up with some good clear the boundary twice and 70, 5-123, 6-136, 7-140, 8-164, 9-197. I div.: Sri Ramakrishna Mills SC GOLF tinued to trouble sweep shots, was trapped leg his useful contribution along Tamil Nadu bowling: J. Kousik 4- Match ends 280 for four in 50 overs (C. Harinish- the Tamil Nadu before while Mandeep Singh with Rajwinder got Punjab past 1-10-1, Rahil Shah 17-0-68-2, Malolan anth 68, N. Jagadeesan 106, S. Sujay batsman as the was castled leaving Punjab 200. Rangarajan 18-3-67-2, D.T. Chandra- in a draw 68) bt Kovai Knights 106 in 40.2 overs. left-arm spinner struggling at 70 for four. Rajwinder was very happy sekar 13-2-43-3, B. Aparajith 5-1-8-0. Lahiri to tee off Suryabala 180 in 44.2 overs (M. HYDERABAD: The four-day Cooch got sharp turn and bounce from Looking at the match situa- with his bowling effort and said, Tamil Nadu — 1st innings: B. Ap- Shajahan 49, A. Prabhu 44, J. Sure- Behar Trophy (under-19) crick- the wicket. tion and what followed later on “I really enjoyed bowling on arajith c Ladda b Rajwinder 8, Abhinav shkumar 35, C. Madhu three for 22) bt et tournament Elite Group B While Baba Indrajith, playing in the day, Yuvraj Singh proba- this wicket. If one plays posi- c Harbhajan b Rajwinder 1, Dinesh Kar- Cosmo Vil- with Spieth match between Hyderabad and forward, was caught at slip by bly played the innings of the tively he can score runs also as thik lbw b Harbhajan 3, Vijay Shankar lage SA 121 Gujarat ended in a draw at the Mandeep Singh, R. Prasanna tournament for Punjab. Punjab Yuvraj Singh showed. We are c Sidhana b Harbhajan 7, B. Indrajith c RAKESH RAO exemptions. “I think wind is go- in 38.5 overs Gymkhana on Wednesday. was caught playing back to desperate for an outright win to planning to set them a challeng- Mandeep b Rajwinder 1, R. Prasanna c ing to come into play here,” said (F. Rias 41, The scores: At Hyderabad: Guja- Harbhajan. qualify needed someone to stay ing target in the second Mandeep b Harbhajan 2, R. Sathish b NASSAU (BAHAMAS): Anirban Lahi- Lahiri looking at the open course S.M. Sunda- rat 232 & 269 for seven decl. in 141 R. Sathish’s dismissal was the in the middle to get to a fighting innings.” Rajwinder 0, J. Kousik c Sran b Ladda ri will tee-off with World No. 1 on Monday evening. I am looking resan four overs (S.N. Thakor 44, Rahul V. Shah worst of the lot as the ball kept score in the first innings. Kousik felt that the batsmen 30, Malolan b Rajwinder 5, Rahil Shah Jordan Spieth on Thursday as forward to play a practice round for 40); Sea- 54, Manan Hingrajia 30 n.o., Karan low and crashed into his He found an able ally in May- crumbled under the pressure. lbw b Rajwinder 7, D.T. Chandrasekar some of the leading names from (a day before the pro-am on hawks 197 Trvedi 35, Azmath Khan three for 66) stumps as Tamil Nadu went in- ank Sidhana as they put on 53 “We tried to play positively (not out) 0; Extras (lb-4): 4; Total (in the golfing world form the field Wednesday). Obviously, I don’t for nine in 50 drew with Hyderabad 259 & 141 for to tea tottering at 29 for six. for the fifth wicket. Yuvraj was but it did not work.