SANTOSH TROPHY | Serial winner Bengal has a tough task on hand as it faces Services.
Thirty-two time champion West Bengal will take on defending champion Services in the first semifinal, while Kerala and Manipur will face off in the other last four encounter of the Santosh Trophy national football championship at GMC Balayogi Stadium here on Sunday.
Services and Bengal have faced each other 32 times, with the later winning 21 times to the former’s six. Interestingly, the two also clashed in the final twice, Services winning its first title in 1960 and Bengal exacting revenge nine years later.
SA vs PAK first Test: South Africa wins thriller against Pakistan, books WTC final spot.
Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen turned batting heroes on Sunday (December 29, 2024) as South Africa edged Pakistan by two wickets to win a thrilling first test at Centurion and book themselves a place in next year’s World Test Championship final.
Rabada scored 31 and Jansen 16 in an unbeaten partnership of 51 off 50 balls to see South Africa over the line and deny Pakistan a dramatic comeback victory after Mohammed Abbas took six wickets as he shredded through the home batting order.