CALCUTTA: The Cricket Association of Bengal have started selling the tickets for the final of the Coca-Cola Cup cricket tournament on May 31, but the response so far has been "very poor". In fact, the CAB has not even been able to persuade their affiliated units to pick up their quotas.

This time the CAB will have to depend on public sale as the affiliated units have bought tickets worth only Rs 6 lakh. The CAB is banking on Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin and Saurav Ganguly's popularity.

In spite of the lukewarm response, CAB is confident of a crowd of atleast 50,000. The tickets have been priced at Rs 300 and Rs 200. The demand, as usual, is more for the lower denomination.

India unlikely

MUMBAI: India, a leading Asian nation in squash, is unlikely to figure in the event at the September Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur on the evidence of the entry list received for the sport's debut at the quadrennial, multi-event extravaganza.

A total of 24countries, including four from Asia, have sent in their entries -- which had closed last month -- according to the World Squash Federation and India does not figure in the list.

The four Asian countries which have entered the event are powerhouses Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Games hosts Malaysia.

Humpy shocked

AHMEDABAD: In the day's only major upset, Abhijit Gupta of Bhilwara, Rajasthan, ranked 13, defeated World champion, second-seeded Koneru Humpy in the fourth round under-12 boys section of the 11th Centurion Bank National Children's chess championships for under-12s and under-14s at the Indian Institute of Management Campus here on Wednesday.

Abhijit Gupta, who is just eight years old played like a veteran and he inflicted defeat in just 33 moves.