India triumph despite heroic hundred from Andy Flower It was at Colombo that a youngster shyly accepted the Under-19 World Cup winners' trophy two years ago. Mohammad Kaif is still young, not as shy, but once again he claimed the limelight after a brilliant match-winning 111 that led India to a 14-run win over Zimbabwe in the ICC Champions' Trophy on Saturday. After Sourav Ganguly opted to bat in the morning, Kaif and Rahul Dravid (71 off 81 balls) were responsible for rescuing India after Douglas Hondo had reduced them to 87-5 in the 14th over. The duo put on 117 runs for the sixth wicket before Dravid was run out. Kaif, then, dominated an unbeaten 84-run partnership with Kumble for the seventh wicket as India ended up with a score of 288-6. When Zimbabwe replied, Andy Flower was in fine form. The prolific left-hander made 145, the highest one-day score by a Zimbabwean in ODIs, but lack of support at the other end meant that he could only ensure that his team made a good fist of chasing a daunting victory target.

Ganguly: I thought we bowled pretty well There was no trace of pressure on Ganguly's face as a smiling Indian skipper addressed the media after his team had pulled off a 14-run victory over Zimbabwe in a high-scoring game at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday. Playing under lights, the Indian bowlers stuck to the task, even though they were being mauled by the best batsman in the African continent, Andy Flower. Ganguly paid rich tributes to the left-handed master batsman from Zimbabwe: "Andy is always the danger man against India." The Indian skipper observed that chasing 289 runs for victory was always going to be a tough ask for the Zimbabweans. "We always had the run rate under control. Scoring 10 runs an over batting second is not always easy," he observed. Ganguly also praised his fast bowlers. "I thought we bowled pretty well in this game. Zaheer bowled fantastically. Nehra bowled very well except one over in the end. We could have had better effort from our spin bowlers. It is a flat wicket and I thought we did a pretty good job. This was a great performance. We travelled a long way and the guys are really tired," he said. Man of the Match award winner Mohammad Kaif, meanwhile, was happy to have played a big part in yet another Indian victory. He was instrumental in India winning the NatWest Trophy this English summer, and he rates that innings as his best so far. When asked about his success batting at No 7, Kaif said: "It is just a matter of how you prepare yourself back home when you practice in the nets. I have been practising a few shots and that came off very well."

Indian team sponsor cancels lucrative contract Sahara India decided to cancel the sponsorship after the BCCI removed their logo from Indian team shirts during the ICC Champions Trophy. The BCCI decision followed the ICC's decision to bar India from displaying the Sahara India Group logo on the players' clothing because of a product conflict with South African Airlines (SAA), one of the tournament's official sponsors. The sponsorship deal with the BCCI, which was worth a massive USD $ 13.6 million, was due to run until 2004. The International ICC had initially approved a proposed compromise solution under which their sponsor's logo would have been modified by replacing the name of Sahara with that of its owner, Subrata. But SAA protested, saying green and orange strokes in the logo made it too similar to the Sahara brand, and the ICC changed its decision.

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