South retain JK Bose T-20 trophy

South zone retained JK Bose Twenty-20 Cricket title in 42nd SJFI National Convention on Friday by winning all its three league matches. In its last league match, South crushed East Zone by nine wickets.

Batting first, East Zone were bundled out for just 64 runs in 16.3 overs. Lakshyasit Gogoi was the only batsman to reach in double digit (12 runs) while Anirban Roy was the second major contributor scoring just nine runs.

Hardik Worah was the pick of the bowlers. He scalped three wickets giving away just 11 runs while M Ramakrishnan and Ramesh Kote took two wickets each. In reply, South Zone chased down the target in 7.2 overs losing only one wicket. Ashwin Achal remained unbeaten at 1 while Hardik Worah made 18 runs. Gogoi got the only wicket.

Meanwhile, in another match, West Zone defeated North Zone by seven wickets. Batting first, North Zone could only score 45 runs in 15.3 overs. Jayant Singh (10) and Sourabh Gupta (10) were the only two to reach double-digit. Ashwin Ferro and Sanjeev Samyal took two wickets each.

West Zone reached the target in 6.4 overs losing three wickets. G Krishnan and Devendra Pandey made 11 and 14 runs respectively. Rupesh bagged two wickets giving away 20 runs while Jayant Singh took one wicket. Pandey was named man of the match.

Amol bags triple crown

Amol Karhadkar bagged triple crown in the SJFI table-tennis tournament on Friday. He won men’s singles, doubles title and also helped his team SJAM ‘A’ clinched team championship.

In men’s singles, Amol defeated K Keerthivasan in four games 11-4, 10-12, 11-4, 13-11. In men’s doubles, Amol paired up with Ashwin Ferro to defeat the pair of R Kaushik and Anand V in straight games 12-10, 11-4, 11-7.

In team championship, SJAM ‘A’ overpower the challenge of SWAB ‘B’. Amol Karhadkar won the first singles against Ashwin Achal in straight games 11-3, 11-6, 11-7. In the doubles match, Amol and Ashwin Ferro defeated the duo of R Kaushik and Karthik KL in a four-game encounter 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8 to seal title for SJAM ‘A’.

SWAB ‘B’ win putting, free throw titles, Odisha penalty kick

Sports Writers Association of Bangalore (SWAB) ‘B’ emerged winners in putting and basketball free throw competitions organised during the 42nd SJFI National Convention on Thursday.

The day began with putting contest at CP Club’s facility in Civil Lines. SWAB ‘B’ team comprising Vijeth Kumar, Hardik Worah and Ramesha triumphed with 16 points.

Tamil Nadu Sports Journalists’ Association (TNSJA) ‘A’ team finished runners up with 17 points. The team was represented by Santosh Kumar, Deepak Raghav, Krishnakanta Chakraborty. Delhi ‘B’ team consisting Vipin Bahuguna, Rajendra Sajwan and Rupesh Ranjan finished third.

SWAB ‘B’ also walked away with basketball free throw title. In the final they defeated their own ‘A’ team 4-3. The winning team was represented by MS Ramkrishnan, Hardik Worah and Ramesha. ‘A’ team members were Karthik Lakshmanan, Ashwin Achal and Vijeth Kumar.

In penalty kick competition Tripura comprising Sarju Chakraborty, Suprabhat Debnath and Sambit Mahapatra  defeated Odisha in sudden death .Odisha team members were Sanjib, Soubhagya and Tapan Swain.