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Worcestershire’s batting capitulated in pursuit of 152 at Edgbaston, to hand their Midlands rivals, Warwickshire, a comprehensive 38-run victory. Though none of Warwickshire’s batsmen made much of an individual impression, the top three all chipped in with breezy performances – the best of which was Jonathan Trott’s 37 from 31 balls – while Michael Powell smacked 25 from 19 balls from No. 6 to provide a late impetus. In reply, however, only Graeme Hick – in his 1197th first-team performance – provided any stickability. He made 28 from 23 balls, but of the remainder of the top seven, the next highest contributor was Vikram Solanki with 10. From 77 for 7 there was no way back for Worcestershire, although Kabir Ali’s 23 from 22 balls did at least massage the deficit.Having won their first four games, Northants slumped to their second consecutive defeat in a rain-affected encounter with Glamorgan at Cardiff. The match was reduced to 17 overs a side, in which time Glamorgan made 154 for 6 thanks largely to Robert Croft’s 46 from 29 balls. They were 106 for 2 after 12 overs when rain forced a 75-minute delay, and when Northants began their chase, they were set a revised target of 158. It came down to 23 off the final over, but when Niall O’Brien was bowled by Ryan Watkins, the contest was as good as over.

North Division

Click here for John Ward’s report on a thrilling Roses clash between Lancashire and Yorkshire at Old Trafford.Leicestershire remain rooted to the bottom of the table after their sixth straight defeat, as Durham routed them by eight wickets at Chester-le-Street. After winning the toss and batting first, Leicestershire lost HD Ackerman in Shaun Pollock’s first over, and never gathered any momentum whatsoever. Steve Harmison pinned them to the crease with four superbly economical overs – he took 2 for 12 – while Gareth Breese capitalised on some wild attempts to up the run-rate and finished with 3 for 17. Leicestershire were all out for 119, and it was game over at the halfway mark. In reply, Michael di Venuto and Phil Mustard launched a blistering assault on the new ball, adding 58 runs in 21 minutes before Mustard fell for 42 from 23 balls. Di Venuto finished with 40 from 25, and when Dale Benkenstein wrapped up the match with 21 not out from 13, Durham had sealed their victory with 39 balls to spare.A three-wicket new-ball burst from Darren Pattinson propelled Nottinghamshire towards a thumping eight-wicket victory against Derbyshire at Derby. Paul Franks and Andre Adams chipped in with two wickets each, as Derbyshire slipped to 47 for 6. The wicketkeeper, James Pipes, salvaged the innings with 45 from 38 balls, but a target of 115 was never going to tax Nottinghamshire. Their openers, Will Jefferson and Adam Voges, added 84 inside 13 overs and Samit Patel and Chris Cairns got the team home with 21 balls to spare.

South Division

Middlesex’s six-match unbeaten record came to a soggy end at Beckenham, as a Justin Kemp-inspired Kent overpowered them in a rain-reduced eight-overs-a-side contest. Kemp belted three fours and two sixes in a 10-ball 28, to hoist Kent to an impressive 86 for 7, and thereafter Middlesex were always playing catch-up. Dawid Malan did his best, batting until the final over for 25 from 19 balls, but James Tredwell’s offspin stopped the middle-order in their tracks. He took 3 for 9 in two overs, and from 24 for 5, there was no way back.Somerset’s home encounter with Gloucestershire at Taunton was abandoned without a ball being bowled.Ryan ten Doeschate claimed 4 for 24 as Essex subjected Surrey to a 70-run drubbing at Chelmsford. Ten Doeschate, who had earlier chipped in with 35 from 16 balls to propel Essex to an imposing 164 for 9 in their 20 overs, was superbly backed up by his fellow bowlers, not least Danish Kaneria who claimed 2 for 5 in three overs, and Graham Napier, who trapped Scott Newman lbw for a first-ball duck. Surrey were shot out for 94, with only Ali Brown’s 22 from 19 balls providing any resistance.Chris Liddle enjoyed a dream Twenty20 debut for Sussex at the Rose Bowl, as Hampshire were rolled over for a meagre 85 in just 18.2 overs. Liddle, a lanky left-armer, hit the perfect length for the conditions to claim 4 for 15 in 3.2 overs, and stopped Hampshire in their tracks just when it seemed they were ready to post an imposing target. From 38 for 0 they slumped to 43 for 5, with Michael Carberry, Chris Benham and Sean Ervine all making second-ball ducks, and Nic Pothas was forced to occupy the crease for a 34-ball 19, in a vain attempt to bat out the full quota of overs. It made little difference. Murray Goodwin led Sussex’s charge with 46 from 26 balls, as victory was sealed by nine wickets and with 10.3 overs still remaining.

Sri Lanka arrived in Adelaide less than a week ago promising aggression and focus as they bid for their first Test win on Australian soil. On the day they landed, their captain MahelaJayawardene made it clear that to compete against Australia in any form they must be on the ball for at least four days of the five.In the first warm-up match against the Chairman’s XI in Adelaide, they could not even concentrate for four sessions as their fielding fell apart over the last two of the three days. Five catches were dropped, with Jayawardene culpable in two instances – missing sitters at second and leg slip. He admitted that it was a “bad habit” the players must shake off, but was keen to downplay the fielding and happy to put it behind them.”It was just a lack of concentration,” Jayawardene said after the game ended in a draw. “We’ve had a long chat about it yesterday and today as well. The guys concentrate a lot on the batting and the bowling but it’s just on the field it seems to not have the same kind of concentration which is a bad habit obviously. We just need to make sure we don’t get into these kind of things, especially when playing Australia.”He was candid, too, about his batting performance which involved a first-innings duck and a fair fifty, with both innings ending in the softest of dismissals, popping up on the off side. “The first innings was a shambles the way I got out. I just wanted to spend some time out there in the middle. The way I was hitting the ball, that was pretty good, but towards the end I was just trying to do a few too many things.”And he took away some positives – “The way Sanath [Jayasuriya] played and the way we handled the conditions. A bit of a tough start, losing a bowler [Chanaka Welegedera] early wasn’t the best thing because we didn’t want to tax a lot of guys as well, we just wanted to get them into a rhythm.”The biggest plus was Muttiah Muralitharan who took four wickets. Jayawardene confirmed Murali was “100 per cent” and would be rested for the warm-up. Malinga Bandara will come in to replace him for the tour match in Queensland. “He bowled pretty well, I was very happy withthat – all in all it was a good outing for us.”That may be, but Kumar Sangakkara was injured in the process – tearing his left hamstring while batting. Chanaka Welegedera also tore his right quadricep muscle and will have a replacement – Sujeewa de Silva – flown in for him, hopefully in time for the next tour match whichbegins on Friday.

The ICC might have washed its hands of Darrell Hair, but the elite umpire just won’t go away as quietly as the mandarins in Dubai must have hoped he would.A week after being told that he would not be allowed to officiate in another international match, rumours continue to rumble that Hair might be seriously considering suing for damages. Hair’s case appears to have been strengthened by leaked reports in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph which state that he received an excellent rating from the ICC immediately before the infamous Oval Test last August. The ICC report effectively ranked Hair as second best in the world, and on decision-making statistics alone, measured from video evidence, he was rated top, with 253 correct out of 263 – a success rate of 95.5%.The newspaper claims to have a copy of the ICC’s individual report on Hair in which states that “you do not shirk your responsibilities in this area, putting your faith in the process to get the correct outcome.” It continues: “Your pragmatic approach to problem-solving has enabled you to find commonsense solutions that arise. You display a first-class knowledge of laws and regulations.”Cricket Australia has demanded that the ICC explain the decision to sack Hair, but as yet there has been no public response.In the same paper, Robert Craddock wrote that if the case did go to court then “the ICC will have a major challenge explaining how a man ranked the world’s No. 2 umpire one season could be dumped out of the game the next … by throwing Hair out of international cricket, the ICC has also completely undermined its own staff.”

Sachin Tendulkar, named captain of the West Zone team for the Duleep Trophy league opener against South Zone, is unlikely to play in the tie as it coincides with the three-day camp for the Indian team to prepare for the forthcoming seven-match one-day international series against Sri Lanka. Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan, Tendulkar’s West Zone team-mates, would also miss the match due to the same reason.SK Nair, the Indian board’s secretary, told PTI, “All the team members selected on October 14 for the first few ODIs against Sri Lanka should attend the camp at Bangalore from October 19-21 that has been proposed by coach Greg Chappell and agreed upon by the Indian cricket board”.Tendulkar is set to return to competitive cricket during the October 10-13 Challenger Trophy after a fourth-month post-surgery lay-off. He had another full practice session at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday along with his Mumbai Ranji Trophy mates and was seen batting with more freedom during his 25-minute stint at the nets than witnessed on the first two days. He was, however, not available for comment to mediapersons and is expected to address them on Friday after another net session before proceeding to Mohali on October 8 to play in the Challenger Trophy.West Zone team: Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Sairaj Bahutule (vice-captain), Dheeraj Jadhav, Satyajit Parab, Wasim Jaffer, Neeraj Patel, Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper), Ramesh Powar, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Akash Christian, Vinit Indulkar, Jaydev Shah, Rakesh Patel.

On how hard it was to break out from his bad run of form
It was difficult. But I knew I had the ability to come back, and it was only a matter of one big innings. I was determined that if I cross 50, I’ll convert it into a century. I was playing well at Bangalore when I made 39 in the first innings, but I failed to convert that. Here, though, I converted my start into the hundred that my team needed.Did he, or India, have a specific gameplan for this game?
Our gameplan in this match was the same as in the last one. We knew the first spell from the bowlers was the most dangerous, and we planned to play carefully, take no risks, and see that through. And so we did.On the role of Sunil Gavaskar, India’s batting consultant, in the gameplan
Strategies and so on are decided at team meetings, but he [Sunil] has been a help to us, by sharing his experience of international cricket. If anyone has a problem, he helps out with that, and motivates us all.On the pitch
It’s a good track to bat on. Yes, the ball kept low at times, but that [only] happened when the ball was really old, after 75 overs had been bowled. After the new ball was taken there was no uneven bounce. It was good to bat on today, and I expect the same tomorrow. Perhaps in the fourth and fifth days it will take even more spin than it already is, and get slower.On missing his double-century
[Somewhat bemused] I still had 45 runs to go for my double-century. Had I got out in my 190s you could have said that I missed making 200, but I was far away from it.On why he became more aggressive and played some reckless strokes after reaching his century
I thought the team would benefit if I went for my strokes and got some quick runs. But I guess my shot selection wasn’t good enough. I wasn’t picking the right balls to hit. But I realised at one point that it was more important for me to bat through another session rather than score quick runs. Unfortunately, I couldn’t do that.Was he affected by all the wickets that fell at the other end?
No. My plan was the same throughout, to punish the loose ball but to minimise risk otherwise. The number of wickets that had fallen at the other had had no impact on the way I was playing.How did he react to the criticism of him, and the calls for his being dropped, during this recent bad phase?
When you don’t perform, everybody puts pressure on you. When you do, those same people acclaim you. I wasn’t worried, and besides, I had got some confidence from my innings of 146 in the warm-up game before the first Test. I knew that if I spend time at the wicket, the runs would come. And that’s just what happened.On his making around two-thirds of the runs scored while he was at the crease
Look, some of our batsmen were unlucky. Rahul [Dravid] got an inside edge, [VVS] Laxman got a ball that kept really low: had these strokes of luck not gone against us, we would perhaps have been just three or four wickets down at close of play today. We could have set them a bigger target for tomorrow.On how many runs he thinks India can make on the third day
I think 100 more is possible, that’ll give us a lead of 150, and we’ll be well on top.On which of the Australian bowlers he was most impressed with today
[Jason] Gillespie bowled really well.… And Warne?
Well, he took wickets, but I don’t think he bowled quite that well.

Cricket has joined a much more lucrative club as a result of its financial arrangements with the Global Cricket Corporation (GCC). The amount distributed to the members after the 2003 World Cup was US$143 million more than that distributed after the 1999 edition.A total of US$194 million has been budgeted for paying out this year, compared to US$51 million in 1999.Malcolm Speed, chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), commented in the ICC annual report: “In past years, cricket has been criticised because it has not taken full advantage of its commercial power. This year was the first in which the full effect of the ‘bundling of rights’ under the Global Cricket Corporation agreement has been experienced.”The ICC’s motivation in negotiating and delivering revenue-driving deals is its commitment to the support and development of cricket around the world.”Speed said a study of the ICC’s accounts showed that 89% of the organisation’s expenses were monies paid directly to members.In the overall financial performance, the ICC returned a net profit of US$10,632,000 this year compared to a loss of US$4,791,000 last year.Revenue went up from US$9.7 million last year to US$224.7 million this year. The cash flow at year’s end was US$51.2 million compared to US$47.7 million last year.Salaries and allowances for the year increased from US$1.3 million last year to US$2.7 million this year. Significant cost increases occurred in the funding of the Anti Corruption Unit (ACU) which spent an extra US$501,000 this year, while the implementation of the umpires and referees panels cost US$344,000.The ICC television costs went up from nothing last year to US$1.263 million this year. The cost of the annual conference and reporting more than doubled from US$64,000 last year to US$142,000 this year.Out of the ICC’s total core operational expense base of US$22 million, 26% was spent on cricket events and 27% on development. The remainder was involved in the commercial programme, the ACU, the umpires and referees’ panels and the central administration costs.Contractural disputes still dog the ICC, however, and Speed said it was regrettable that a compromise reached with Indian players before their participation in the ICC Champions Trophy tournament had to be taken further before the World Cup.”This was achieved on the basis that the ICC will initiate legal proceedings in the form of arbitration between the ICC and the BCCI.”He also defended the ICC stance on the Zimbabwe issue and said that after considering the matter the ICC board resolved that the only factors in moving World Cup matches from their designated venues would be safety and security.”Considerable pressure was imposed on the ICC from many quarters, including governments, to change this view and to take a moral stand against the Zimbabwe regime.”Throughout the debate, the ICC was prepared to articulate its view and it did this consistently and forcefully. There are many people who hold contrary views to that taken by the ICC board. We respect their right to express those views and hope that they respect the ICC’s right to focus on cricket issues to the exclusion of political issues.”

Sussex County Cricket Club have confirmed their reluctance to release Matthew Prior for the second Under-19 Test which will clash with our CricInfo Championship match against Derbyshire.Chairman Don Trangmar said: “We were initially approached for Prior’s release for one game to which we agreed although it meant him having to miss the wonderful opportunity to play the all-conquering Australians. We were then told, not asked, that he would be required for two Test matches rather than the original one.”This approach is discourteous to say the least and lacks the flexibility that all counties were promised in dealing with U19 team selection.”

The Western Warriors made light work of KwaZulu Natal in the opening match of the preseason tour with a 79 run win. This limited overs pre-season clash played at the Kingsway ground in a northern suburb of the Western Australian capital city was supported well by the local community. The West Aussies won the toss and elected to bat first.Australian keeper Adam Gilchrist and Wanneroo local Mike Hussey played themselves in on a moist wicket but then hammered the attack. – Gilchrist especially. In the latter half of his innings ‘Gilly’ bolted from 25 to 101 runs before a drinks break was called and both batsmen retired with Hussey on 55 and WA effectively 2 wickets down for 163 from 33 overs.Dighton returned to the pavillion first ball after drinks. Then in his first WA game for quite a while Tom Moody took a few overs to get started but also picked up the scoring pace in the latter part of his innings, supported well by debutant Shaun Marsh. Moody miss cued high into the air and was caught at cover by former West Indian and KZN captain Eldine Baptiste after a flourish and having scored 55 runs just three balls shy of the end of innings. At the close of the innings Shaun Marsh was unbeaten on 22 and Rogers had been unable to score four down for 245.The KwaZulu Natal bowling seemed to be very inconsistent as they struggled with the soft conditions. A stand out performance from John Kent snapping up the only 2 real wickets of the innings. Kent was supported by his captain Baptiste and Veenstra who both bowled without a success.Chasing 245 Brown was very slow, surviving his opening partner Gobind’s early loss but falling in the 18th over LBW to the overlooked Nikitaras with just 8 runs to his name with the team total at just 44/2.Kent came in next and blazed away making 22 runs in a brief spell of 20 balls hitting a ball up for Michael Hussey to catch. Amla’s sheet anchor roll of 31 was useful but too little too late as KwaZulu Natal had floundered to 78/4 in the 25th over. Former South African test batsman Andrew Hudson was brief with 7 trapped LBW to big Jo Angel. Then the only high-light in them that followed was Pietersen with 30 from as many balls including 2 fours and 2 sixes. KwaZulu Natal slumped to be all out in the 47th over with 166 on the board.3 wickets each to Cary, Nikitaras and Harvey will send a strong message to the WA selectors. Angel performed solidly with his solitary wicket and Nicholson bowled freely but not waywardly and was unrewarded.The game was played in warm spirits, WA looked to be very focussed, while KZN were happy to enjoy their first outing inunfamilliar surroundings. Eldine Baptiste seems larger than life – an entertainer he keeps the morale of his troops high. And they will need it. Unlike Yorkshire who toured here for a preseason warm up at the end of the last Australian season, KwaZulu Natal are not being supported by club members and the players families whilst on tour. South African supporters living in Perth (of which there is usually no shortage) are urged to support this team at Kingsway, Wanneroo, tomorrow and at Lilac Hill, Caversham, this weekend, and in Broome on the 24th.

Todd Murphy is in the mix to play in the fourth Ashes Test at the MCG after he was named as Australia’s replacement for the injured Nathan Lyon in their 15-man squad but coach Andrew McDonald did not rule out playing four quicks at the MCG as the selectors also debate the make-up of the top seven with Steven Smith confirmed to return as captain.Jhye Richardson is also in contention to play his first Test in four years, with Pat Cummins ruled out of the remainder of the series as he continues to manage his back injury. Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland are fit to play in Melbourne despite Boland copping a knock on the hip while batting in Adelaide. It appears unlikely that Richardson would leap-frog either Michael Neser or Brendan Doggett if Australia played a spinner but that could change if they opt for four quicks depending on how the surface develops over the next few days, with McDonald not ruling anything out on Tuesday.Lyon, who turned 38 last month, tore his right hamstring while fielding on the final day of Australia’s 82-run win at Adelaide Oval and Cricket Australia confirmed that he will be sidelined for “an extended period” after undergoing surgery on Tuesday morning, having seen a specialist in Melbourne on Monday. McDonald said that Lyon is going to face a “long” recovery.Related

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Meanwhile, Australia’s coach also said that the selectors face some difficult decisions around the batting order in Melbourne with Smith set to return at No.4 and putting a squeeze on the middle order. McDonald said he liked the Travis Head-Jake Weatherald combination at the top and was keen to maintain it. He also believed Usman Khawaja was back to his best in the middle-order and hinted that the 39-year-old could well keep his spot and potentially slide to No.5.”I’m not willing to say Uz will be a lock but what he’s done is he’s performed really well, [122] runs in that game at late notice,” McDonald said on Tuesday. “I felt as though he’s back to that attacking sort of play.”He’s still a good player, and age shouldn’t factor into any of our decision-making.”McDonald said that he would push for Carey to stay at No.6.”Alex Carey at six, I like what he’s doing there,” McDonald said. “So my assumption is, and I’ll have a little bit of a say in that, that he’ll stay six.”What that means for Cameron Green and Josh Inglis is an unknown. Green started the series at No.6 and has moved to No.5 in his last three innings but after butchering two starts in Perth and Brisbane he endured a tough game with the bat in Adelaide. McDonald was careful with his words around the 26-year-old allrounder.”The returns haven’t been there, but we’ve also seen what capabilities and the upside that he has and he’s an important part of what we’re setting out to achieve in the short-term and the long-term,” McDonald said. “He’s a very good cricketer, and I’m sure that his next opportunity, he’ll be able to show that whenever that may.”If the only spot for the allrounder was at No.7, that would open the possibility for a Beau Webster recall given he is clearly more comfortable in the No.7 role given his experience with Tasmania, albeit Green remains a key part of Australia’s future.Murphy, the 25-year-old offspinner, has been chosen as his replacement ahead of CA-contracted Matthew Kuhnemann, leading Shield offspinner Corey Rocchiccioli and four-Test veteran legspinner Mitchell Swepson.Murphy has taken 22 wickets at 28.13 in his seven Tests to date – all of them away from home – and has taken six wickets at 25.33 in his three Sheffield Shield games at the MCG for Victoria.If he plays in Melbourne it will be the first time Australia have selected a lone specialist spinner at home who isn’t Lyon in 14 years.Murphy replaced Lyon during the 2023 Ashes, playing at Headingley and The Oval as Australia’s sole spinner. He was part of a three-man spin attack alongside Lyon and Kuhnemann in his most recent Test in Galle earlier this year, but was left out of the second Test at the same venue when Australia opted for some extra batting and part-time spin from Cooper Connolly, with Kuhnemann’s left-arm orthodox preferred as the best tandem option with Lyon.Steven Smith will return to captain Australia•Getty Images

However, in home conditions Kuhnemann is not seen as Lyon’s clear understudy with left-arm orthodox traditionally having little impact in Australia. Murphy has bowled well this year after a difficult Shield season last season due to a shoulder issue.He has 10 wickets at 23.70, striking at 55.80, but has not bowled a lot due to the dominance of Victoria’s seamers. He was selected ahead of Rocchiccioli for the Australia A game in the recent game against England Lions in Brisbane where he took three wickets.Rocchiccioli, 28, can count himself unlucky having been the leading spinner in Shield cricket in recent years with his extra height and bounce proving a handful for Shield batters on his home ground at the WACA. He has 20 wickets at 28.20 so far this summer, striking at 53.30 after taking 38 at 27.71 last season.He has played two games at the MCG including for Australia A against India A last year and against Victoria last month, taking eight wickets at 23.50. Rocchiccioli only took three in the recent game against Victoria, with the home side’s spin-bowling allrounder Matt Short taking a match-winning 4 for 57 in the third innings while Murphy was away on Australia A duty.”It’s always pretty robust around when you’ve got three, three potential candidates, or even four,” McDonald said. “Todd’s been an important part of key overseas series. He played in the last ashes back in 2023, and we feel as though Todd’s back to to his best.”I spoke to Todd this morning, really excited for him to be back around the group. We’ve got some decisions make. I just had a look at the wicket then. Do we play spinner? Don’t we play spinner? We’ll work through that. But it was an interesting conversation with the spin depth we do have, which is full recognition to those also that were discussed.”MCG curator Matt Page said spin would play a role in the Test as it did in the Shield game last month and when Lyon and Travis Head took key wickets on the final day in the win over India.”We had a great Shield game here,” Page said. “We obviously had some really challenging weather leading to that. I think the pitch sat under covers for three days. It was really cool, which is not ideal for pitch prep. But the pitch did everything that we wanted it to. I think we had two fast bowlers get five-fors, a couple of guys got hundreds, and Matt Short got four in the [third] innings.”So for us, it’s about trying to give everyone a chance in the game at certain points. The Shield pitch has done that. I guess that gives us good confidence, leading into this.”Australia squad: Steven Smith (capt), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Todd Murphy, Michael Neser, Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc, Jake Weatherald, Beau Webster.

MSK Prasad, the former India wicketkeeper, will lead a 15-member Andhra Ranji squad to take part in the Ranji Trophy Super League.Prasad was made captain after former captain Venugopala Rao shifted allegiance to Maharashtra. The team will also be without the services of KS Sahabuddin, who signed up with the Indian Cricket League.The player to watch out for will be Bodipati Sumanth, the former India Under-19 batsman, who impressed on the U-19 team’s tour to England in 2006. He scored an unbeaten 97 in the third one-dayer in Cardiff. Sumanth has played three first-class and five domestic Twenty20 matches for his state.The squad will be coached by former Test player, Syed Abid Ali, who had guided Andhra to the top of the South Zone in 2002-03, when the Ranji Trophy was zone-based.The squad’s 20-day conditioning camp in Visakhapatnam ends tomorrow.Andhra squad
MSK Prasad (capt, wk), Arjun Kumar, Mohammad Faiq, Gnaneswara Rao, Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna, I Raju, Prasad Reddy, Reddy, V Sandeep, Shankara Rao, Bodapati Sumanth, Marripuri Suresh, Satya Kumar Varma, P Vijay Kumar, Hemal Watekar
Coach: Syed Abid Ali