The International Master drew his ninth round game to keep a half point lead in the National 'B' championship.
"There is a large body of cricket fans that is 'happy' at the loss in the Bangalore Test," says Sriram Anand
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
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South Zone beat Central Zone by seven runs in the Deodhar Trophy limited overs league match.
After skittling out Tamil Nadu for 218, they were tottering at 32 for 3 on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match.
Chasing 260 for victory, the visitors reached the target in 101.3 overs and collected four points from ther Ranji Trophy match.
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K Sriram Reddy ended his life after he was unable to pay back the money he had borrowed for agricultural purposes.
Ramesh tied with Alexander Fominyh and Marat Dzhumaev but was declared winner on the basis of better progressive score.
Somdev Devvarman joined compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan in the singles main draw of the ATP Chennai Open with a come-from-behind victory over Briton James Ward in the final qualifying round in Chennai on Sunday.
Central Zone beat South by eight wickets on the fourth and final day of the Duleep Trophy League match in Surat on Sunday.
A dominant Delhi Dreams registered their second successive win in the Champions Tennis League (CTL), defeating a fighting Mumbai Tennis Masters 27-19 in a North Group match in New Delhi on Tuesday night.
Sanam Singh enjoyed a good day in office, reaching the men'[s singles quarter-finals and doubles semi-finals in the US $15,000 ITF men's Futures tournament in Toronto, Canada.
According to the latest rankings issued on Monday, the left-handed Sharan is ranked 50th after gaining a place. He had reached the final of the last three tournaments he participated in, winning the ATP 250 European Open, while ending runner-up at Challenger events in Brest and Tashkent with different partners.
Hindi cinema witnessed unique facets of womanhood, her complexities and morality this year.
Yuki Bhambri emerged triumphant in the contest between the country's leading tennis players, brushing aside the challenge of India No 1 Somdev Devvarman in straight sets to breeze into the final of the ATP Challenger in Chennai on Friday. Ranked 71 places below his compatriot at 174, Yiki beat the top seeded 6-2, 6-4 in an hour and 41 minutes in the semi-finals of the US $50,000 hard court event.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
They beat England 'A' by two wickets in the second one-dayer to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match cricket series.
Dheeraj Jadhav struck a fine 89 to propel India 'A' to a six-wicket win over Pakistan 'A' in the final.
Test opener Shiv Sunder Das will lead the team on the tour of England, from June 22 to August 3.\n\n
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East Zone reduced South to 93 for three in the first innings on the second day of the Duleep Trophy league match.
The Shiv Sena has particularly been upset with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has repeatedly attacked him.
It was disappointing for Jinson Johnson not to win the 800m but the 1500m Asiad champion was far from surprised that compatriot Manjit Singh pipped him for the top prize in his pet 800m event.
Chasing a victory target of 260, Tamil Nadu were 81 for two at stumps.
Karnataka were 23 for 1 in their second innings, after bowling out Tamil Nadu for 184, taking a first innings lead of 24 runs.
The third seed held defending champion and S Vijayalakshmi to win the National 'A' women's chess title.
The team was given a solid platform by the opening pair, captain Shiv Sunder Das and Jaffer, who put on 151 runs for the first wicket.
Following-on India 'A' were 52 without loss on day 3 of the four-day match against Warwickshire.
A 69-run victory enabled the Indians stay unbeaten on their England tour.
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