Maiden National Para Beach Volleyball tourney from Sept 27 at Malpe
Udupi, September 25: Indian Paralympics Volleyball Federation President H. Chandrashekar said that the first Para Beach Volleyball Senior Standing National Championship would be conducted in association with the Federation at the Malpe Beach from September 27-29.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, he said that total 16 para beach volleyball teams would participate in the three days event which was organized for the first time in association with the Karnataka State Physically Disabled Volleyball Association.
Karnataka, Goa, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Jharkhand and Delhi teams have confirmed their participation in the event. Two teams could play from each state, he said.
Normally beach volleyball team would have two players in each team. But in this event, each team would have three players and they would play both by sitting and standing. But in this event, the players would play by standing, he said.
Each team could have three men or two men and a woman. But because of the dress code in the beach volleyball, women in India would not prefer the match, he said.
Youth in the coastal area should evince interest in the tournament for which, a demonstration would be conducted at Malpe beach since morning on September 26 and interested youth could participate in it.
District Minister Dr. Jayamala would inaugurate the tournament at 10 am. MP Shobha Karandlaje, MLA K. Raghupathi Bhat, ZP President Dinakar Babu, DC Priyanka Mary Francis, CEO Shivananda Kapasi would be present. The valedictory programme would be held in the evening on September 29, he said.
The event would be conducted under the World Para Volleyball norms and Rs 1 lakh cash prize would be distributed to the winners. In the end of the event, Indian National Para Beach Volleyball team would be selected and it would participate in the world para beach volleyball tournament to be held in Goa in February 2019.
NICF Director Dr. Jagannathan, Federation marketing head Ranjith Martin, Shivakumar Shetty, Uday Kumar Shetty, CMC Commissioner Janardhan, District Youth Empowerment and Sports Officer Dr. Roshan Kumar Shetty and others were present.
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Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 58 runs
Ahmedabad, Apr 9 (PTI): Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 58 runs in their Indian Premier League match here on Wednesday.
Chasing 218 for a win, the Royals were all out for 159 in 19.2 overs.
Shimron Hetmyer top-scored for RR with a 32-ball 52 while captain Sanju Samson chipped in with a 28-ball 41.
For GT, Prasidh Krishna took three wickets while Rashid Khan and Sai Kishore got two each.
Earlier, Sai Sudharsan struck a breezy 82 to help GT post 217 for 6.
Sudharsan's 53-ball innings was studded with eight fours and three sixes, while M Shahrukh Khan and Jos Buttler made 36 each.
Brief Scores:
Gujarat Titans: 217 for 6 in 20 overs (Sai Sudharsan 82, Jos Buttler 36, M Shahrukh Khan 36; Maheesh Theekshana 2/54, Tushar Deshpande 2/53).
Rajasthan Royals: 159 all out in 19.2 overs (Shimron Hetmyer 52, Sanju Samson 41; Prasidh Krishna 3/24, Rashid Khan 2/37, Sai Kishore 2/20).
