late Eknath Solkar, which defeated Bishan Singh Bedi’s Delhi team in the 1980-81 final to lift the trophy. “I am excited that the tournament will start tomorrow and will look to open on a winning note,” he said on the eve of his first round. On the other hand, seasoned Services player Sandeep Jangra, the joint 3-4 seed, was packed off by Maharashtra’s Abhishek Agarwal in four games. He tried to hit a shot from a native area, took another penalty drop to go back to the fairway and hit that one into the water. 31 and eventually took visitors over the line after compiling an unbeaten 100-run partnership with tail-end batsman Bhuvneshwar Kumar. “Contrary to a number of reports in the press, I did not undertake a medical with any club at . The top two seeds in the women’s competition, Sachika Ingale of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra’s Urva. rmance at the Biel Chess Festival where he finished third would be a huge morale booster for him. Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Baskaran Adhiban, Deep Sengupta, Sethuraman and Karthikeyan Murali will be the other Indians in the fray. Masters champion Sergio Garcia opened with five birdies on the front nine and then saved his day with a par on his final hole.