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Gavaskar, Kapil in World XI
MUMBAI: Kapil Dev will play under Sunil Gavaskar for Rest of the World XI in a charity match against Australia XI in Victoria on Dec 8. The match is being organised by Multiple Sclerosis Society of Victoria to raise money for research.

Rest of World XI: Gavaskar (cap), Dev (India), Sir Richard Hadlee, Lance Cairns (NZ), Barry Richards (SA), Graham Gooch, John Emburey (Eng), Colin Croft, Carl Hooper, Gus Logie (Windies), Asanka Gurusinghe & Athula Samarasekera (Lanka)

Australia XI: Ray Bright, John Dyson, Rodney Hogg, David Hookes, Merv Hughes, Kim Hughes, Geoff Lawson, Tim May, Len Pascoe, Richie Robinson, Jeff Thomson, Doug Walters

Mongia departure
MUMBAI: Nayan Mongia will join the Indian team in Australia tomorrow night well in advance of the December 10-14 first Test at Adelaide Oval, to replace the injured Mannava Prasad. Prasad was injured after banging his knee against a suitcase at Kuala Lumpur Airport, en route to Australia.

Muzumdar to lead
MUMBAI: Amol Muzumdar will lead West Zone for the Duleep Trophy match against East Zone, beginning on Dec 9, in place of Nayan Mongia. Mongia's place will be taken by Gujarat wicketkeeper Pathik Patel.

Asian Youth Chess
AHMEDABAD: The second Asian Youth Chess Championship will be held here from Dec 15-25. Players from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Singapore, Australia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Almaty, Iran, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and India will participate.

CV Rao in the lead
HYDERABAD: CV Rao from Vizag (Group A) and Sunil Machhar (Group B) led the fray with 152 VPs and 158 VPs respectively after eight rounds in the 15-round team of four duplicate event in the 41st Bridge Nationals today.