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Laxman to lead Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: V.V.S. Laxman will lead Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy cricket championship against Bengal and Punjab.

The team: V.V.S. Laxman (capt.), N. Arjun Yadav (vice-capt.), D.B. Ravi Teja, S. Daniel Manohar, S. Anoop Pai, Amol Shinde, Habeeb Ahmed, P. Pragyan Ojha, M.P. Arjun, S.M. Shoaib, Ashwin Yadav, A. Lalith Mohan, Vishal Sharma, Mohd. Shakeer and Danny Derek Prince. Coaches: Vivek Jaisimha & Kanwaljeet Singh. Manager: Vinod Kumar (Cambdrige).

Under-19 team

The following will represent the Hyderabad under-19 team in the all-India Vinoo Mankad Trophy knock-out cricket tournament to be held in Agartala.

The team: Kushal P. Jilla (capt.), N. Yuvraj Yadav, Ashish Reddy, Eashwar Prasad, Neeraj Bist, V.E. Sundeep Rajan, Praneet Kumar, J. Parth, Mohd. Fareed, Shiva Prasad, G.V. Vishwak (wk), Syed Ali, Vivek Krishna, Asad Ali, K. Chandrakanth and Akshit Reddy. Coach: R. Sridhar (SBH). Manager: K. Pradeep (Adilabad).

SCR beats EME Centre

South Central Railway scored a 2-0 win over EME Centre in the SAAP Premier League prize-money football tournament here on Monday.

Winger and substitute Andrews put SCR ahead in the 45th minute and later Alfred struck off a solo effort.

In another match, Hyderabad Globe notched up a 2-0 win over Shastri Club with Hannan striking a brace — first through a solo effort in the 15th minute and then converting a penalty-kick in the 65th minute.

St. Patrick’s wins

St. Patrick’s HS recorded a hard-fought 4-3 win via the tie-breaker over St. Joseph’s School (Trimulgherry) in the Dr. John de Souza inter-school football tournament here.

The teams were locked goalless at the end of regulation time. Anvesh, Sandeep, Avinash and Theo were on target in the tie-break for the winner while Rodricks, Chuchitran and Rahul scored for the loser.

Other results: St. Andrew’s HS 3 (Sohail, Clinton Amalraj and Nagarjuna) bt Model Mission 0.

Double for Osama

S.M. Osama bagged a double, winning the boys’ under-10 and 12 singles titles in the Twin Ci Tennis Academy mini-junior tennis tournament here.

The results (finals): Under-8: Anvesh Rao bt Mourya 6-3; Under-10: S.M. Osama bt Wahab 6-2; Under-12: Osama bt L. Anuragh 7-3; Doubles: Akash & Anirudh bt Numan & Rawal 7-5.

Girls: Under-8: Y. Pranjala bt Raveena Reddy 6-1; Under-10: Shruta Keerti bt Pranjala 6-3; Under-12: Harshita Rao bt P. Rashmitha Reddy 7-2.

Victory for Veva

Veva Infomatrix recorded a seven-wicket win over Vikas Plywood in the final of the Friendship Monsoon Cup cricket tournament here.

Rajesh and Fareed, both from Veva Infomatrix, were named as ‘best batsman’ and ‘best bowler’ respectively of the tournament.

The scores: Vikas Plywood 106 lost to Veva Infomatrix 110 for seven.

Ramu triumphs

N. Ramu of Broadcom won the men’s singles title in the Hyderabad Software Exporters Association annual table tennis tournament here.

The results (finals): Men’s singles: N. Ramu (Broadcom) bt Ali Khan (HSBC) 10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9.

Doubles: Denzil & Ali Khan bt Ramu & Amitabha Sen (Broadcam) 11-6, 11-6, 11-9.

Women’s singles: Mausam (HSBC) bt Hima Bindu (Knoah Solutions) 11-5, 11-2, 11-8.

CEO: Singles: A. Sateesh (Metro Mela) bt Sharath (Intoto) 11-8, 11-5, 11-7; Doubles: L. Suresh (HYSEA) & A. Dayakar (TietoEnator) bt Vishwanathan (De Shaw) & Susanta Misra (Motorola) 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10.

No sweat for Microsoft

Microsoft recorded an eight-wicket win over Monster.com in the JDA Corporate Olympiad cricket tournament here.

The scores: Deloitte 128 for eight bt SBH ‘B’ 125 for six.

Capgemini 134 for seven bt Google 130 for six (Srikant 51).

Monster.com 91 for one (Krishna four for four) lost to Microsoft 95 for two (Srikant 47 not out).

Vodafone 160 for nine (Pramod 91) bt HDFC Bank 145 (Sreekant Jr. 54).

Infoknox 161 for five (Amar Lakhatia 89 not out, Gurjinder Singh four for 18) bt UBS 156 (Ryan 41).

Tania Solutions 76 lost to UBS II 82 for four.

Dr. Reddy’s 167 for seven (Doli 47 not out) bt Patni Computers 126 (Phillips 56).

Hindi Milaap 44 lost to ICICI Bank 46 for one.

Wrestling selections

Osmania University will organise selections in wrestling (men and women) on November 1 at OU Indoor Stadium from 9.00 a.m. For details contact 9849685414.

Hockey coaching

An Osmania University hockey coaching camp for women will be held from November 5 on the campus grounds. For details, call 9848216891.

Volleyball camp

The Hyderabad District Volleyball Association will organise a selection-cum-coaching camp for men and women at Lal Bahadur Stadium from November 1. Players should report to T. Pramod Kumar Reddy, SAAP coach, at the venue. Teams for the 35th AP senior inter-district championship in Nalgonda in November will be picked during the camp.

Road races

Athletic Coaching Academy will organise the C. Devender Yadav memorial road races at BJR Statue (Lal Bahadur Stadium) on November 2 from 6.00 a.m. Spot entries will be accepted. For further details, call 9246529013.

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