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

56th Bordoloi Trophy

Port Authority vs ONGC final on Saturday:

Nov 23: Port Authority (Bangkok) will take on ONGC, Mumbai, in the final of the 56th Bordoloi Trophy football tournament under flood light at Nehru Stadium at Guwahati on Saturday.

It will be the fourth appearance for the Thai outfit while ONGC will be seen in action for the first time.

Both the sides played some exciting football on way to reach the final of the championship. ONGC, Mumbai defeated Abahani Limited of Bangladesh 5-4 in sudden death in the second semi-final after the match ended in a goalless draw at the end of normal time and extra time.

On the other hand, Port Authority of Thailand defeated Oil India Limited, Duliajan in the first semi-final by 2-1 to earn a berth in the final.

The two teams did some practice at the Nehru Stadium ahead of the final. The team from Mumbai came out in the morning while the Thai outfit enjoyed the afternoon sun while stretching their muscles for the final match.

Both the teams looked confident to win the final match which will be televised live by Doordarshan. The local crowd will have something to cheer about as local lads — Bilifang Narzary and Sanjiva Rongpi — will turn out for the ONGC team. It may be mentioned here that both Sanjiva and Bilifang were instrumental in the team’s victory over Abahani Limited in the second semi-final.

Meanwhile, considering the response of the crowd in the two semi-finals of the tournament, which was much better than what had been in the earlier matches, the Gauhati Sports Association, the organisers of the meet, is optimistic that the final will see many people in the stadium. The GSA, for the benefit of the audience, has started selling tickets for the final encounter from today itself.

Semi-final Results:
Nov 22: ONGC (Mumbai) vs Abahani Limited (Dhaka) 5-4 (in sudden death penalty shootout; 0-0 after regulation and extra times)
Nov 21: Port Authority (Bangkok) vs Oil India Limited (Duliajan) 2-1

Source: The Sentinel

56th Bordoloi Trophy

Nov 20 Results (Group B Quarter-final League):
(Last Quarter-final League tie at Nehru Stadium):
Assam State Electricity Board Sports Club (Guwahati) vs Abahani Limited (Dhaka) 0-0

Semi-final line-up:
Nov 21: Port Authority of Thailand (Bangkok) vs Oil India Limited (Duliajan)
Nov 22: Abahani Limited (Dhaka) vs Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (Mumbai)

Other Quarter-final Results:
Nov 19 (Group A Quarter-final League):
Port Authority of Thailand (Bangkok) vs Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (Mumbai)
Scorers: For Port Authority: Niroot Kamsawad (53rd); For ONGC: Lalmuan Puia (88th)

Nov 18 (Group B Quarter-final League):
Abahani Limited (Dhaka) vs Oil India Ltd. (Duliajan) 2-0
Scorers: Mohd Shaifur Rahman (35th, 59th)

Nov 17 (Group A Quarter-final):
Port Authority vs Food Corporation of India 9Guwahati) 7-0
Scorers: Weerapong Sripech (13th), Khanueng Buransuk (26th), Ekachai Preechakul (43rd), Pitipong Kuldilok (44th), Wittava Nontalee (53rd), Nirongrit Samonpan (58th), Nirot Kamsawad (85th)

Nov 16 (Group B Quarter-final):
Oil India Limited (Duliajan) vs ASEB Sports Club (Guwahati) 1-0
Scorer: Marlanki Suting (53)

Nov 15 (Group A Quarter-final):
ONGC (Mumbai) vs FCI Sports Club (Guwahati) 2-0
Scorers: Jatin Bist (13), Kaushik Bose (76)

Quarter-finalist teams:
Group A: Port Authority (Bangkok), FCISC (Guwahati), ONGC (Mumbai)
Group B: Abahani (Dhaka), OIL (Duliajan), ASEB (Guwahati)

56th Bordoloi Trophy

SAI Sports Club beat Green Valley 1-0 in inaugural match:

Nov 8: SAI Sports Club moved into the next round of the 56th Bordoloi Trophy football tournament defeating Green Valley Sports Club by a solitary goal in the inaugural tie at Guwahati’s Nehru Stadium today (Nov 8).

In a mediocre encounter, the all-important goal of the match was scored by Santosh Chutia in the fourth minute of the game.

Santosh, who missed a golden opportunity in the second minute of the game, headed in corner kick taken by Jibeswar Boro.

In the second half, Green Valley came near to scoring the equaliser but Abhijit Nandy missed the target. Their Nigerian striker Abraham Goodluck created several openings combining with Daithun Basumatary and Saurav Ghosh, but the SAI defence line, led Raju Basumatary, foiled all the Green Valley moves.

Asom Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the tournament and the organizers -- Guwahati Sports Association (GSA) – which is celebrating its golden jubilee year, felicitated veterans like Ananda Lahkar, Badal Thakur, Tayabun Nesa, Mukut Medhi, Binoy Medhi, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Bijoy Hazarika, Ranjit Singh, Zakir Ahmed, Dipu Choudhury, Tarini Barman, Pulin Das and Nripendra Narayan Singha.

A march past competition for the school children was organised to mark the opening ceremony where seven schools of the city took part.

Meanwhile, Tata Tea has also come forward to become one of the sponsors of the meet. The company will provide Rs 2 lakh to the GSA for organising the meet.

Match on Nov 8:: City Police vs New Model Club; Udalguri, FCISC vs 2nd ASRF (kick-off at 2 pm).

Source: The Sentinel; The Assam Tribune

Ranji Trophy Plate Division League

Assam suffer 248 run loss to Gujarat:

Nov 6: Assam lost to Gujarat by 248 runs on the final day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Division league match at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium at Motera near Ahmedabad today.

Gujarat’s debutant off-spinner Mohnish Parmar took five wickets in Assam’s second innings to bundle out the visitors from 158.

Resuming on overnight 15 for 2, Nishant Bordoloi and wicketkeeper Rajdeep Das defied the Gujarat bowling for nearly 20 overs but once Das was caught behind off Timil Patel, Assam's resistance broke down.

There were not too many meaningful contributions and Assam could manage only two more double-digit partnerships. Sridharan Sharath, the captain, hung around for his 27 and was the last man out, falling to medium-pacer Siddharth Trivedi.

Gujarat got five points for their efforts while Assam took none.

Brief Scorecard:
Gujarat 228 (DM Popat 63, Parthiv Patel 49; S Suresh 4/46, Krishna Das 4/73) and 367 for 4 declared (Nilesh Modi 151 not out, Niraj Patel 124, Parthiv Patel 62; Dhiraj Goswami 3/80, S Suresh 1/59) beat Assam 189 (Sadagopan Ramesh 43, S Suresh 25; Timil Patel 4/38, AM Makda 3/47) and 158 (Nishant Bordoloi 36, Rajdeep Das 35; Mohnish Parmar 5/52, SK Trivedi 3/28) by 248 runs

Full Scorecard:
Gujarat 1st innings: Nilesh Modi c Tarjinder b K Das 17, HR Joshipura lbw b Suresh 14, Parthiv Patel c Tarjinder b Goswami 49, Niraj Patel c Rajdeep Das b K Das 31, BD Thaker c Rajdeep Das b K Das 15, DM Popat c Tarjinder Singh b K Das 63, Timil Patel c Rajdeep Das b Suresh 2, N Raval b Suresh 0, MB Parmar b Konwar 5, AM Makda lbw b Suresh 1, SK Trivedi not out 22
Extras (lb 6, nb 3) 9;
Total: (all out; 66.3 overs; 265 mins) 228 (3.42 runs per over)
Fall of wickets:1-23 (Joshipura, 12.2 ov), 2-61 (Modi, 21.5 ov), 3-88 (PA Patel, 28.4 ov), 4-120 (Thaker, 40.6 ov), 5-134 (NK Patel, 44.3 ov), 6-145 (TK Patel, 52.1 ov), 7-145 (Raval, 52.4 ov), 8-152 (Parmar, 53.4 ov), 9-155 (Makda, 54.3 ov), 10-228 (Popat, 66.3 ov)
Bowling: Krishna Das 19.3-4-73-4; Dhiraj Goswami 10-3-30-1; S Suresh 16-3-46-4; A Konwar
20-5-66-1; Tarjinder Singh 1-0-7-0

Assam 1st innings: Saurav Bhagawati c Parthiv Patel b Trivedi 1, Souvik Das c Niraj Patel b Makda 0, Nishant Bordoloi lbw b Makda 13, Tarjinder Singh c Parthiv Patel b Timil Patel 19, Sadagopan Ramesh run out 43, Sridharan Sharath b Parmar 18, S Suresh lbw b Timil Patel 25, Rajdeep Das not out 14, Dhiraj Goswami c Modi b Timil Patel 0, Arlen Konwar b Makda 22, Krishna Das c Popat b Timil Patel 20
Extras (b 6, lb 2, nb 6) 14
Total: (all out; 72.5 overs; 321 mins) 189 (2.59 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Bhagawati, 0.4 ov), 2-2 (Souvik Das, 1.5 ov), 3-29 (Bordoloi, 9.5 ov), 4-56 (Tarjinder Singh, 21.6 ov), 5-91 (Sharath, 42.3 ov), 6-126 (Ramesh, 56.1 ov), 7-142 (Suresh, 64.4 ov), 8-142 (Goswami, 64.6 ov), 9-167 (Konwar, 70.5 ov), 10-189 (Krishna Das, 72.5 ov)
Bowling: SK Trivedi 23-7-52-1; AM Makda 21-9-47-3; N Raval 9-4-19-0; Mohnish Parmar
8-1-25-1; Timil Patel 11.5-1-38-4

Gujarat 2nd innings: HR Joshipura c Rajdeep Das b Goswami 1, Nilesh Modi not out 151, Parthiv Patel c Rajdeep Das b Suresh 62, Niraj Patel c Tarjinder b Goswami 124, DM Popat b Goswami 5, BD Thaker not out 10
Extras: (b 8, lb 3, w 2, nb 1) 14
Total: (4 wickets declared; 112 overs; 471 mins) 367 (3.27 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Joshipura, 3.3 ov), 2-118 (Parthiv Patel, 51.5 ov), 3-333 (Niraj Patel, 108.6 ov), 4-341 (Popat, 110.4 ov)
Bowling: Krishna Das 23-5-86-0; Dhiraj Goswami 24-4-80-3; S Suresh 19-4-59-1; Arlen Konwar 32-7 -78-0; Saurav Bhagawati 1-0-1-0; Tarjinder Singh 9-2-32-0; Souvik Das 4-0-20-0

Assam 2nd innings (target 407 runs):
S Bhagawati c Joshipura b Trivedi 4, Souvik Das lbw b Raval 1, Nishant Bordoloi c Popat b Parmar 36, Rajdeep Das c Parthiv Patel b Timil Patel 35, Sadagopan Ramesh lbw b Parmar 9, Tarjinder Singh b Trivedi 10, Sridharan Sharath c Thaker b Trivedi, S Suresh c Thaker b Parmar 5, Dhiraj Goswami c Joshipura b Parmar 5, Arlen Konwar c Joshipura b Parmar 4, Krishna Das not out 13 Extras: (b 5, lb 3, nb 1) 9
Total: (all out in 64.1 overs; 259 mins) 158 (2.46 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Bhagawati, 4.4 ov), 2-15 (Souvik Das, 13.6 ov), 3-80 (Rajdeep Das, 32.2 ov), 4-82 (Bordoloi, 33.6 ov), 5-89 (Sadagopan Ramesh, 35.4 ov), 6-127 (Tarjinder Singh, 56.5 ov), 7-134 (Suresh, 59.4 ov), 8-140 (Goswami, 61.1 ov), 9-144 (Konwar, 61.3 ov), 10-158 (Sharath, 64.1 ov)
Bowling: SK Trivedi 13.1-4-28-3; AM Makda 13-5-24-0; Timil Patel 13-3-32-1; N Raval 5-1-14-1; Mohnish Parmar 20-6-52-5

Assam Squad: Sridharan Sarath (captain), Nishant Bordoloi, Sadagopan Ramesh, S Suresh, Saurav Bhagawati, Souvik Das, Tajinder Singh, Palashjyoti Das, Deepak Sarmah, Arlen Konwar, Dhiraj Goswami, Krishna Das, Rajdeep Das, Bitop Mahanta and Mrigen Talukdar

Assam-Gujarat Plate Division Ranji match

Gujarat well placed against Assam in Ranji Trophy Day One

Ahmedabad, Nov 3:

Despite scoring just 228 runs in the first innings, hosts Gujarat were comfortably placed after sending back four top order batsmen of the visiting Assam team for just 56 runs on the first day of four-day plate division Ranji Trophy match at the Sardar Patel Guajrat Stadium at Motera near here today.

Gujarat, who are aiming to regain their berth in the Elite Group after being relegated to plate division on the basis of their dismal performance in last Ranji season of 2006-07, got into a comfortable position, thanks to their main strike bowler Siddharth Trivedi, who missed the last season due to injury.

The speedster took two early wickets to bring his side back into the game. Trivedi struck in the first over and claimed the wicket of S Bhagawati, Assam's opener, who was brilliantly caught by wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel when team's total was just two runs and his individual contribution was just one run.

As if this was not enough, second opener S Das also made an early exit, at the same score, when he was caught by Niraj Patel off the bowling of Makda.

At this point, Assam's scorecard read two runs for the loss of two wickets. Before the close of play, the visitors lost two more wickets -- N H Bordoloi, who was the second victim of Makda, and Tarjinder Singh, who fell prey to T K Patel. Bordoloi and Singh
made 13 and 19 runs respectively.

When stumps were drawn, the visitors were four down for 56 runs, with S Ramesh and S Sharath unbeaten on individual scores of 16 and zero respectively.

Earlier, Gujarat, who were asked to bat first by rival captain S Sharath, made a slow but steady start. However, debutant opener Hem Joshipura returned to pavilion when he was adjudged LBW off the bowling of S Suresh. His individual score was 14, while his team's total was 23. The other opener, Nilesh Modi, also made early exit by scoring just 17 runs.

Then skipper Parthiv Patel, along with Niraj Patel, gave some steadiness to Gujarat's batting. But at the team total of 88, Parthiv was caught by Singh off Goswami's bowling.
He made a personal contribution of 49 runs, while Niraj scored 31.

Other batsman who played significant innings for the hosts was Digant Popat who hit 63 runs. He was the only bastman to keep one end intact while witnessing the fall of wickets at the other end as Gujarat lost their four bastmen -- number seven to 10 – for just eight runs.

For the visitors, the most successful bowlers were K Das and S Suresh, who took four wickets each for 73 and 46 runs respectively. D S Goswami and A Konwar took one wicket each.

Earlier, both the teams introduced new faces in their squads. Wicket-keeper Rajdeep Das and K Das got their debuts while Gujarat included N Raval in their team.

The Teams:
Gujarat: N D Modi, H R Joshipura, Parthiv Patel (wk; captain), A M Makda, N Raval, M H Parmar, N K Patel, T K Patel, B D Thaker, S K Trivedi

Assam: S Sharath (captain), Rajdeep Das (wk), S Bhagawati, NH Bordoloi, K Das, S Das, DS Goswami, A Konwar, S Ramesh, S Suresh , Tarjinder Singh

Umpires: S L Dendapani, V N Kulkarni
Match Referee: S Chaturvedi