SPORT YEAR OVERALL 3

The incident had a ripple effect in Indian cricket and
Delhi's fate as an international venue now hangs in balance
with the Ferozeshah Kotla facing a 1-2 year ban.

Like cricket, boxing too provided some moments to cherish
and much of the credit goes to Vijender Singh.
Whether it was winning India's maiden World Championship
medal in Milan or becoming the world's number one middle
weight boxer, the 24-year-old Vijender, along with female
boxer M C Mary Kom, won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award,
which was also a first for Indian boxing.
Indian boxing also found a new hero in a 22-year-old shy
Manipuri pugilist Suranjoy Singh, who won the gold in the
Asian Championships to end a 15-year drought.
Meanwhile in Pankaj Advani, India had its new world
champion after the babyface cueist upstaged nine-time world
champion Mike Russell of Qatar to become the second Indian --
after Geet Sethi -- to win the World Billiards Championship.
Indian golf, on its part, remained on an upswing with
Kapurthala pro Gaganjeet Bhullar, caddie-turned-pro C
Muniyappa and seasoned customer Jyoti Randhawa winning Asian
Tour titles.
In a year when the Big Three of Indian golf -- Jeev
Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal and Randhawa -- grappled with
mediocrity, Bhullar and Muniyappa earned their breakthrough
wins on Asian Tour.
Among others, Delhi pro Shiv Kapur came tantalisingly
close to winning his maiden European Tour title in South
Africa and Anirban Lahiri signalled he could be the next
Indian to lift an Asian Tour title. MORE PTI AY
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