62nd Santosh Trophy

No Baichung Bhutia in Sikkim Squad:

Gangtok: Sikkim will miss the services of India captain Bhaichung Bhutia, who is doing national duty, during the 62nd National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy to be held in Jammu and Kashmir from May 25.
Three more key players, besides Bhutia, would not be available for the same reason, SFA General Secretary Menla Ethenpa said.
The three are East Bengal player Nirmal Chhetri and two members of national under-16 team -- Ashish Chhetri and Bigendra Rai.
Keeping these limitations in mind, the Sikkim Football Association has picked a 20-member squad, Ethenpa said adding the boys should do well in the national football tournament as it would be held in similar weather condition as prevailed back home.
Sikkim has been drawn with Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Chandigarh in Pool A and play their lung opener with Tamil Nadu on May 26.
A five-day training camp for the state team was held at Paljor Stadium recently.
The squad: Bimal Bagdas, Karma Tsering Lepcha, Tashi Rapden, Rupen Rai, Karma Lhendup, Robin Gurung, Sonam Bhutia, Don Tshering Lepcha, Sagar Rai, Rohit Ansari, Milan Lepcha, Sanju Pradhan, Tshering Lepcha, Kiran Tamang, Ong Tshering Lepcha, Sisil Karthak, Engphuhang Subba, Bikash Jairu, Nim Tshering Lepcha and Bir Bahadur Pradhan.
Source: The Press Trust of India

Cooch Behar Trophy (Under-19)

Tripura bite the dust against underdogs J&K:

Patiala, Dec 5: Jammu and Kashmir beat formidable Tripura by 13 runs on the final day of their four-day Cooch Behar Trophy (Under-19) encounter at Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday.

Overnight 143 for 6 in 46 overs, Tripura required 48 runs for victory with four wickets in hand, but lost the nerves to fall short by 13 runs as they were bowled out for 177 in the morning session.

Mohammad Muddassar ripped through the strong Tripura batting line-up to capture five wickets while conceding 61 runs. He was ably backed up by Manik Gupta, who bagged four wickets for 59 runs.

With the victory, Jammu and Kashmir earned five points. They will now play against Goa here from December 8 to 11.

Brief Scorecard:
Tripura 275 all out and 177 all out
J&K 77 all out and 388 all out (after the follow on)