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TT team for AsiansHe said the TTFI was planning to send Anindita Chakraborty as the fifth member in the women's team but it will depend on...

TT team for Asians

He said the TTFI was planning to send Anindita Chakraborty as the fifth member in the women’s team but it will depend on government clearance.

RCF win

BANGALORE:

Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, beat Calcutta Port Trust 5-0 in a Group B encounter in the 60th All-India Railway hockey tournament on Saturday.

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Former champions Western Railway defeated Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi, 2-1 in Group C and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works were held to a 3-3 draw by South Eastern.

Ramesh to lead

MUMBAI: BC Ramesh of State Bank of Mysore would lead the Bank Sports Board (BSB) in the 47th Senior National kabaddi championship to be held here from May 16-20.

Team: BC Ramesh (captain), Srinivas Moorthy, Naveen Kumar (all from State Bank of Mysore), Amol Mathre (vice-captain) and Mahendra Belose (both from Central Bank of India), Honnappa, Dinesh Prabhu and Muni Raj (all three from Vijaya Bank), Prashanth Surve and Pranil Jadhav (both from Union Bank of India), Dayanand Maskar (Dena Bank) and Santoshi Pawar (Bank of India).

Reserves: GVS Reddy (Andhra Bank), Rajesh Padave (Dena Bank) and Santhoshi Khole (Bank of India).

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Coach: Ravindra Surve (Bank of Maharashtra). Manager: Amarnath Rai (Vijaya Bank).

Kenya draw

PUNE: The two-day match between Kenya and Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) XI ended in a draw at the Poona Club ground. Kenya made 432-8 in 90 overs. Steve Tikolo (173) and opener Ravindu Shah (103) were the main run-getters.

MCA XI slammed 374-7 in 90 overs. Sanjay Kondhalkar (60 not out), Jaideep Narse (60), Test discard Hrishikesh Kanitkar (56), Shantanu Sugvekar (50) and Kaushik APhale (54) helped the hosts.

Padukone honoured

CALCUTTA: Former badminton ace Prakash Padukone was accorded this year’s PC Chandra Puroshkar for lifetime achievement. The Puroshkar, carrying a cash award of Rs 1 lakh and a citation scroll, was handed over to the nine-time National champion by the West Bengal Governor Viren J Shah at a simple ceremony here.