Bangalore: Goalkeeper Pawan Kumar was the hero as Bengaluru FC broke their away jinx in splendid fashion with a nerve-wracking 2-1 victory over a formidable Salgaocar in their Ileague encounter, here on Tuesday .
In an exciting match where tempers flared up, the Blues pocketed their first full points in an away game at the Duler stadium with Pawan parrying away Darryl Duffy's spot-kick. With Sean Rooney missing the game against his former club owing to a sore calf, Bengaluru FC started with Robin Singh up front.
Going for the jugular from the start like they always do, Bengaluru FC's passing and quick runs posed searching questions for the local giants' defence. The breakthrough came in the 21st minute off a Bengaluru FC corner. Beikhokhei Beingaichho played it close to Rino Anto who in turn, set it up for John Menyongar to calmly curl home past ’keeper Karanjit Singh.
The visitors’ joy was short-lived as Salgaocar found an answer barely two minutes later and in spectacular fashion. Finding space and freedom 30 yards out, Gilbert Oliveira unleashed a scorcher that beat Pawan all ends up before smashing into the top corner on the right.
In the second session, Sunil Chhetri came close after Robin slid one in only to see the ball needle past the skipper and the Salgaocar ’keeper. Chhetri was at it again and in the 57th minute, began a brilliant move that gave Bengaluru the lead for a second time.
Shrugging off and squirming between two defenders on the left, Chhetri picked out Thoi Singh who slid one into the box for an onrushing Beikho to bundle home his first goal in the league. Tempers began to flare up when Menyongar was booked for bringing down Matthew Foschini. The Australian defender gave the midfielder a mouthful and Menyongar didn't take kindly to it.
Bengaluru survived some anxious moments towards the end where Salgaocar, using the flanks more, kept sending in crosses that were either dealt with by Pawan or went abegging.
However, just as Bengaluru thought they had the match in the bag, Salgaocar were awarded an injurytime penalty after John Johnson was claimed to have brought down Darryl Duffy . The Scottish striker stepped up to take the kick only for Pawan to bring off a super save, making it three out of three penalty saves in the League.
RESULTS: Salgaocar 1 (Gilbert 23) lost to Bengaluru FC 2 (Menyongar 21, Beikhokhei 57)
STATE JUNIOR SNOOKER: Lakshman wins junior crown
STATE JUNIOR SNOOKER: Lakshman wins junior crown
Bangalore: M.L. Lakshman defeated Arjun Mehta 184-150 to be crowned the state junior snooker champion at the KSBA. In the event sponsored by Indian Oil Servo and Bank of Baroda, Laksh man was in fine form and had easy outings against Leonard Rozario and Bharat Padagi in the semifinals and quarterfinals respectively.
Results: Junior snooker: Final: M.L. Lakshman bt Arjun 184Â150; Semifinal: M.L. Lakshman bt Leonard 221Â127; Arjun bt Asif 178Â144; Quarterfinals: M.L.Lakshman bt Bharat Padagi 366Â107; Leonard Rozario bt Samson Raj 140-73; Asif Altaf bt Saheel Anees 220Â140; Arjun Mehta bt Pranav Prabhakar 236-82 Sub Junior snooker: Samson Raj bt Asif Altaf 2Â1; Leonard Rozario bt Syed Suffiyan 2Â0; Karan Bhatia bt Puneet Chawla 2Â0; Pranav Prabhakar bt Siddharth Prasad 2Â1; Bharath B.Padagi bt Abrar Fraheed 2Â0; M.L. Lakshman bt Rishi Murali 2Â0; Saheel Anees bt Karan Bhatia 2Â0; Arjun Mehta bt Bharath B.Padagi 2Â0; Samson Raj bt Leonard Rozario 2Â1; Pranav Prabhakar bt Saheel Anees 2Â1.
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?Gymkhana bags Acharya Shield
Malleswaram Gymkhana bagged the Sri M.A.T. Acharya Shield in style with a massive 212-run victory over Bangalore United Cricket Club (1), here recently. In their final league game, Gymkhana were served well by M. Kranthi Kumar, who scored two fifties in the game while Shimon Luiz and Mitrakant delivered a standout performance bagging a match haul of 9-35 and 7-65 respectively .
Brief scores: Malleswaram Gymkhana: 193 all out in 46.4 overs (Gaurav Goel 50, M Kranthi Kumar 53, Santrupath Chandra 4/63, Vikram Venkatesh 2/23, Noel M Jayaprakash 2/17) and 216 all out in 50.3 overs (Gaurav Goel 47, M Kranthi Kumar 79, Santrupath Chandra 4/91, Vikram Venkatesh 2/42) bt Bangalore United CC (1): 100 all out in 86.5 overs (Mitrakant 4/39, Shimon Luiz 5/20) and 97 all out in 33.1 overs (Mikrant Kumar 3/26, Shimon Luiz 4/15) by 212 runs.
Malleswaram Gymkhana: 5 Points and Bangalore United C C (1): (-1) Standard CC: 262 for 7 Decl. in 66 overs (Ajay Surya 32, Anil Mohapatra 31, Pawan D 38, Yuvaraj 53, Karthik B R 43, Kiran K 32, K Hoysala 2/33, Nihal F S 2/46) and: 58 for 2 in 13 overs (K Hoysala 2/30) drew with Neptune CC: 374 all out in 77 overs (AS Mahesh 105, Arjun Gowda 75, Nihal F S 58, Vijay Kumar 52, Vinay Vaishnav 2/139, K Kiran 2/40) Neptune CC: 3 Points and Standard CC: 1 Point Vijaya CC, Malur: 221 all out in 73.4 overs (Pavan G 38, Anchit Aiyappa 74, Tilak Karthik 33, Yathish Kumar 6/77, Raju Kalal 2/49) and 159 for 7 in 28.4 overs (Pavan G 28, Vijay Gowda 56, Anchit Aiyappa 38, Dominic 2/39, Raju Kalal 4/79) drew with Jayanagar Colts: 166 all out in 58.2 overs (Anurag 51, Ramlinga Patil 28, Manoj Acharya 4/41, Avainash 2/32, Shashank 2/41) and 150 for 7 in 35 overs (Yathish Kumar 51, Avinash 2/21, Pavan 2/22) Vijaya CC, Malur: 3 Points and Jayanagar Colts: 1 Point Friends Union CC (2): 255 all out in 70.3 overs (Kunal Nagpal 54, Prasanna 37, Lokesh Singh 58, Darshan MB 3/60, Santhosh Kumar D 3/53, Giridhar Koppikar 3/62) and71 No loss in 17 overs (Abhijt S 27 n.o, AS Krishna 25 n.o) drew with Young Lions Club: 340 all out in 74 overs (Santhosh Kumar D 32, Gopinath Sandra 121, Shivam Mishra 79, Giridhar Koppikar 53, Lokesh Singh 3/26, Abhijit 2/53, AS Srikrishna 3/42) Young Lions Club: 3 Points and Friends Union CC (2): 1 Point Jolly Cricketers: 368 all out in 81.5 overs (KL Shrijith 140, Sujith N Gowda 157 n.o, Abhishek Baadkar 2/52, VS Pawar 2/ 56, Gopal Shetty 3/48) drew with Sir Syed Cricketers: 303 all out in 60.5 overs (Laggan Jain 68, Rishab Krishna 51, BV Shashank 101, Chetan 2/95, Suraj Sheshadri 3/54) Jolly Cricketers: 3 Points and Sir Syed Cricketers: 1 Point Jaidur Cricketers: 255 all out in 67.5 overs (Shaik Laiquddin 53, KV Naveen 106 n.o, PS Bharath 36, Abhishek Sharama 2/17, Umang Chordia 2/29, Sarfaraz Ashraf 3/21) and 107 all out in 27 overs (KV Naveen 28, PS Bharath 30 n.o, Abhishek Sharma 2/24) lost to Modern CC: 373 all out in 66.5 overs (Sahban Khan 102, Nirmal Selvaraj 52, Milad VR 120 n.o, Tejas Thrishul 28, Kuldeep 26, Bhavesh Gulecha 3/108, Alok Kumar 2/83, Abhishek F 3/73, Pavan Gonagar 2/79) Modern CC: 5 Points and Jaidur Cricketers: (-1) Point
Assassin bags win
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Patrick Quinn-trained Assassin was ably guided by Pradeep Chouhan to bag the Roubaix Cup (Division I), the feature event on Tuesday .
Results: 1. The Fastnet Plate. 1100M: Tempa Rossa 52½ (Arman Khan) 1, Chennai Express 55 (P. S. Chouhan) 2, Clear Opportunity 53½ (Shailesh Shinde) 3, Melody 53½ (Ali Khan) 4.
Won by: ½, 6½, 3¼. T: 1:08.82 2. The Cap-A-Pie Handicap. 1100M: Jacqualine Postill 58½ (Md. Azharuddin) 1, Hurricane Andrew 58½ (Md. Javed) 2, Elusive Legend 62 (Shailesh Shinde) 3, Ijlal 56½ (Afzal Khan) 4. Won by: Lnk, 2½, 2. T: 1:08.09 3. The Star Of Italy Handicap. 1400M: Piaffe 59 (P. S. Chouhan) 1, Stamp Act 61 (Shailesh Shinde) 2, Deccan Princess 50 (Nelson Maseyk) 3, Fire Dragon 57½ (Nitin Singh) 4. Won by: 1, 4¼, Hd. T: 1:28.28 4. The First Flier Handicap. 2000M: Afrah 54 (F. Dasilva) 1, Eros 50½ (Nitin Singh) 2, Stiling Veil 56½ (Sandeep Rajput) 3, River Pride 60 (V. Jaiswal) 4. Won by: Nk, 5, 1¼. T: 2:09.59 5. The Kiltoi Handicap. 1400M: Bengal King 62½ (Kishore Kadam) 1, Blue Lightning 51½ (Shailesh Shinde) 2, Seafarer 53 (A. Sandesh) 3, Gararo 58½ (J. Paswan) 4. Won by: ½, 1¼, 5. T: 1:26.97 6. The Rouba ix Cup (Divi-I). 1200M: Assassin 53½ (P. S. Chouhan) 1, Luck Luck Lucky 57 (A. Sandesh) 2, Snow White 53½ (Ali Khan) 3 Xavier 60 (Shailesh Shinde) 4. Won by: 5½, 1½, ½. T: 1:13.63 7. The Roubaix Cup (Divi-II). 1200M Calypso Girl 56½ (Md. Azharuddin 1, Gorgeous Girl 57½ (Munna Alam 2, Mama's Delight 54 (Ali Khan) 3 Exxin 58 (Jorawar Singh) 4. Won by Lnk, Snk, 1. T: 1:15.15 8. The Brogue Handicap. 1100M Smooth As Silk 62½ (P. S. Chouhan 1, Broken Arrow 60½ (Shailesh Shinde) 2, Hurricane Star 62 (Al Khan) 3, Alacrity 54 (V. Jaiswal) 4 Won by: 3¼, Lnk, 1½. T: 1:06.24 dividends at bengaluru 1. Win: 81 Place: 34, 23 Shp: 41 Fc 191 Qn: 46 Trn: 199 & 170 2. Win: 79 Place: 25, 15, 15 Shp: 44 Fc: 184 Qn: 78 Trn: 575 & 211 3. Win: 18 Place: 12, 23, 105 Shp: 65 Fc: 84 Qn: 58 Trn: 1,639 & 1,826 4. Win: 100 Place: 28, 21, 22 Shp: 61 Fc: 424 Qn: 204 Trn: 2,622 & 843 5. Win: 39 Place: 21, 16 Shp: 42 Fc 49 Qn: 33 Trn: 162 & 72 6. Win: 18 Place: 12, 14, 22 Shp: 31 Fc: 26 Qn: 17 Trn: 98 & 55 7. Win: 77 Place: 18, 25, 46 Shp: 72 Fc: 281 Qn: 93 Trn: 10,869 (C/O) 8. Win: 39 Place: 17, 17, 29 Shp: 44 Fc: 114 Qn: 44 Trn: 677 & 307 Jackpot: 47,357 & 4,059. Mini Jackpot: 1,949. 1st Treble: 1,412. 2nd Treble: 691. 3rd Treble: 847. 1st Exacta: 1,384 & 939. 2nd Exacta: 7,618 & 4,081.s 3rd Exacta: 16,406 & 4,219. 4th Exacta: 27,094 & 23,223. 5th Exacta: 1,980 & 5,516. 6th Exacta: 293 & 116. 7th Exacta: 19,466 & 25,027. 8th Exacta: 9,873 & 7,405.
