4th ASBC Asian Women Boxing Championship

‘Asian boxing will provide a good platform for Asom boxers’
Guwahati, Sep 21: Guwahati is all set to host the 4th ASBC Asian Women Boxing Championship which would be held at the Karmavir Navin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium at Sarusajai from September 23.

Talking to The Sentinel exclusively, B Kalyan Chakravarthy, secretary general of the organizing committee assured that it would be one of the most memorable tournament for the participants and they would return home with sweet memories of Asom. Here is the excerpts.
Q. Would you kindly highlight the preparation of the mega event?

A. As we all know that it is the first official international tournament in Guwahati so you can understand the magnitude of the event. Till date everything is going on according to the plan. Several teams have already arrived in the city and rest of the participating teams would reach Guwahati by tomorrow.
Q. How many teams are taking part in the championship?

A. We have received confirmation of 12 countries including Sri Lanka, Nepal, Macaw, China, Chinse Taipei, Vietnam, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Kazaksthan, Indonesia and India. The number of participants would be more then one hundred.
Q. What would the inaugural and closing ceremonies be like?

A. We will organize small functions to showcase the culture of the northeastern region. Asom Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will attend the inaugural function as the chief guest. On the other hand, we have invited the recent Olympics bronze medal winning boxer Vijender to grace the inaugural function.
Q. There is always a chance to get hurt in boxing. What about the medical facilities?

A. We have already made such arrangement so that we can provide the participating boxers best medical facilities, including ICU, whenever it is necessary. At the same time we have insured the boxers also and if anything happened they will get compensation.
Q. The State Government played a big role in the National Games that was held in Guwahati. What about this time?

A. This time it is completely different story. The host of the meet is Assam Boxing Association and they are doing everything to make it a grand success. This is for your information that except me there is no involvement of Sate Government officials in this championship and Government even not offered financial assistance. Yes, a few ministers including Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi extended helping hand but they too providing helps on their individual capacities, not as a minister.
Q. What about your experience of working with the local sports organizers?

A. It is undoubtedly a big event and I think Assam Boxing Association has done a good job till date to host the meet. However, I found professional attitude missing among few officials which is very essential particularly when you are going to arrange such a big event.

Q. The sports organizers had complained that the response from the Government was very slow when they approached them for different reasons. Your comments.

A. I don’t ignore. But you know we have to make a lot of formalities before we reach to a decision and it needs few times but I feel the problem would be perished when more and more such events would be held in Guwahati.
Q. What response you receive from the sponsors?

A. To be honest except a few big companies, the response from the sponsor is not satisfactory at all. Actually, I think there is a lack of awareness among the local companies. They yet to know what mileage they would get by sponsoring such type of tournaments. Frankly speaking, if we can organize this event in places like Delhi or Mumbai, I am sure that Asom Boxing Association could easily make a good fund for their future expenditure.
Q. It will be the first major international meet in Guwahati. What are the positive things we would get from it?

A. I feel it is the platform for the boxers like Kalpana and Pranamika to start their campaign for the next Olympics. I am very optimistic that if women boxing is introduced into the London Olympic then few boxers from Asom would definitely bring laurels to the country.
Q. Any arrangement to make the championship a memorable one for the boxers?

A. Definitely. We have planned to take the boxers and the officials to Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary and cruise ride in the mighty Bramhaputra. On the other hand will honour them with the finest tea of Asom.

Source: The Sentinel

Earlier Story:

Five from NE in national boxing squad

Ranji Plate Division Match

Assam on back foot against Services:

Guwahati, Dec 1: Poor fielding forced Asom to the back foot on the first day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Group tie against Services at the Nehru Stadium on Saturday.

Electing to bat first and riding on a fine century by Tahir Khan, Services scored 272 for the loss of five wickets when stumps were drawn for the day.

The match is a crucial for Asom as they need a win to stay in the competition. But poor fielding, particularly in the first session, pushed the home team on the back foot on the first day.

Unless the remaining five wickets of the Services are the wiped off early on Sunday, it could be very difficult for Assam to earn full points from the match.

Tahir Khan, who opened the innings for Services, produced a splendid knock of 142 runs, which helped his side strongly placed at the draw of stumps on the first day.

Tahir’s 142 came off 254 balls with 19 boundaries. Tahir was also involved in two good partnerships with captain Yashpal Singh and vice captain Jasvir Singh during his stay at the wicket. Tahir and Yashpal added 83 runs for the fourth wicket while his partnership with Jasvir for the third wicket was worth 72 runs.

Of the five wickets that fell today, Krishna Das and Arlen Konwar bagged two wickets each while S Suresh picked up one.

Assam had so far played three matches. The team lost the first match against Gujarat and drew with Vidarbha in the second. Asom defeated Kerala in their last group match to earn full points from the game.

Brief Scorecard: Services 272 for 5 in 88.1 overs (Tahir Khan 142; Yashpal Singh 40; Krishna Das 2/42; Arlen Konwar 2/71)

Assam team: S Sarath (capt), Nishanta Bordoloi (vice-capt), Sadagopan Ramesh, S Suresh, Tajinder Singh, Palasyjyoti Das, Rajdeep Das (wk), Dhiraj Goswami, Bichitra Baruah, Arlen Konwar, Krishna Das, Mrigen Talukdar, Sourav Bhagawati, Souvik Das, Touhid Ali Talukdar, Bitop Mahanta.

Coach: Sanath Kumar; Manager: Umananda Bora; Physio: RB Kannan

Polly Umrigar (East Zone) Tourney

Asom-Tripura match ends in draw:

Guwahati, Nov 27: The three-day match between Asom and Tripura in the Polly Umrigar (U-15) East Zone Cricket Tournament ended in a draw on the final day at Maligaon Railway Stadium here on Tuesday.

Asom bagged three points from the match by virtue of the first innings lead. Tripura on Tuesday were bowled out for 159 runs in their second innings with Prabal Barkatoky bagging five wickets for 33 runs.

Chasing 150 runs to win, Asom were found to be struggling when the match came to an end with the hosts were on 93 for the loss of six wickets in their second knock.

On the second day on Monday, Assam had taken a slender first innings lead of 10 runs.

In reply to Tripura’s first innings total of 154, Assam were all out for 164. Rahul Hazarika was top scorer with 55.

Ranji Trophy Plate League: Group A

Asom crawl back after batting slump:

Nov 23: Asom fought back strongly after being bowled out by Kerala for 198 runs in their first innings on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Plate Group tie which got under way at the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium in Silchar today.

Kerala were tottering at 23 for five when the stumps were drawn for the day.

The way the wicket was behaving, as 15 wickets had gone down on the first day of the match, a result is expected. Whoever lakes a lead in the first innings should be in the driver’s seat.

Asom, which won the toss this morning, elected to bat first. But the start was not good for the home side as Souvik Das walked back to the pavilion before Asom was yet to open its account.

The damage was somewhat repaired by S Suresh and Palash Das by adding 70 runs for the second wicket. But once the partnership was broken, wickets started falling like a pack of cards.

Suresh was the top scorer for the side with 57 runs. The other notable contributors were Palashjyoti Das (23), Sadagopan Ramesh (27) and Rajdeep Das (30).

Tinu Yohannan and S Nair bagged three wickets each for Kerala.

It was Dhiraj Goswami who led Asom’s fight-back bagging three wickets for just five runs.

Source: The Sentinel

Under-22 CK Nayudu Cricket

Humiliating defeat for Asom against Bengal:

Nov 7: Bengal defeated Asom by an innings and 79 runs on the second day of the Under-22 CK Nayudu Cricket Tournament played at the Dibrugarh District Sports Association (DDSA) Outdoor Stadium.

Asom were bowled out for 95 runs in their second innings after Bengal had compiled 225 in their first innings in reply to Asom’s 51 in their first essay.

Resuming the second day at the overnight 136 for 2, Bengal were all out for 225. Bengal then shot out the hosts for 95 in their second innings to win the match by an innings and 79 runs.

Asom now have four points from three outings. Bengal lead the East Zone tally with 16 points.

Scorecard: Asom 51 and 95; Bengal 225

C.K. Nayudu Trophy

Bengal take command against Asom:

Nov 6: Asom were bowled out for a paltry 51 runs in their first innings against Bengal in the opening day of the U-22 CK Nayudu Cricket tournament played at the DDSA Outdoor Stadium at Dribugarh.

In reply, Bengal were 136 runs for the loss of two wickets in their first innings when stumps were drawn on the first day.

Asom, which elected to bat first after winning the toss, struggled from the very beginning. Except Y Islam (14), none of the batsman could face the three Bengal bowlers -- Chayan Ghosh (4/13), Sourav Roy (3/29) and Debabrata Paul (3/5).

Both the Bengal openers -- Devapam Das and Partha Sarathi Bhattacharjee -- returned to the pavilion without opening their accounts, Susam Ghosh and Arindam Ghosh repaired the damage beautifully and remained not out on 71 and 54 runs respectively.

Source: The Sentinel