MUMBAI: National champion Chetan P Baboor heads the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) rankings for 1997. Arup Basak, Arjun Dutta and S Sriram are in the second, third and fourth position respectively.

The ranking: 1 Chetan P Baboor (PSCB), 2 Arup Basak (PSCB), 3 Arjun Dutta (PSCB), 4 S Sriram (PSCB), 5 V Srinivasan (IA), 6 Ganesh Kundu (Rlys), 7 S Raman (PSCB), 8 S Ramaswamy (PSCB), 9 Nupur Santra (Rlys), 10 Himanshu P Kala (Del).

Two seeds out

JALGAON: Two seeded players made their exit from the junior boys' section in the second Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis tournament on Tuesday. Fourth seed Kanade of Thane was knocked out in the third round by unseeded Santosh Wakradkar of Nanded 21-18, 15-21, 21-19. Eighth seed Karan Kapoor of Mumbai Suburban was also knocked out in the third round by unseeded Nimish Patankar of Thane 19-21, 21-15, 21-18.

Srinath doubtful

MUMBAI: The convalescing Indian fast bowler Javagal Srinath most probably will miss the trip to Colombo for the forthcoming Asia Cup.

Srinath suffered from a rotator cuff tear in his right shoulder and was forced to return from the West Indies without playing a match in March. He was not ready for the Independence Cup and is yet to inform the national selection committee about his full recovery from an operation he went through in South Africa subsequently.

India triumph

CHENNAI: Indian boys defeated Thailand 5-3 on the third day of the inaugural Asian Youth (u-19) Fast Pitch Softball Championship here on Wednesday.

With their fourth in six matches and two more to go in the double-header round-robin league, India are sure to qualify for the knock-out stage.

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