Short Corner — Chandigarh

Karnataka are the Irani Trophy champs
Karnataka, already assured of their fourth title triumph in five appearances in the championship, were formally declared champions on Monday evening on the basis of their 105-run first innings lead after the five-day Irani Trophy match petered out into a draw at the KSCA Stadium. Rest of India simply did not have the resources to make a match of it.

Aussies win
Australia needed only 13 minutes and 3.5 overs today to skittle out the last batsman and register their first Test win against Pakistan in 39 years. The final day’s play in the first of a three-Test series was a formality as Pakistan resumed at 137 for 9, trailing by 107 runs on the first innings. Salim Malik was 48, Saqlain Mushtaq was 3.

Hry-Rly final
Surinder Kaur was the cynosure on Monday. The young centre-forward scored three goals for Haryana, who gave a pleasing display to shunt out Bombay 5-0 in the semifinals of the Bank of Baroda 49th Senior National Women’s Championship.

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Challenger squads
Mohammed Azharuddin will lead Indian side while Ajay Jadeja and Saurav Ganguly have been named captains for `A’ and `B’ teams for the N K P Salve Challenger Trophy to be played at Ahmedabad from October 15 to 18.

Paes-Bhupathi win
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi moved into second round of doubles in the $ 315,000 Hieneken Shanghai Open.