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Page12.Qxd (Page 1) FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2014 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Badminton, TT Tournament Hales blitzkrieg scripts sensational concludes at SMVDSB Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Randeep Singh by (21-9, 17- England win over Lanka 21, 21-12). CHITTAGONG, Mar 27: in the tournament. first over, without a run on the KATRA, Mar 27: The Annual Meanwhile, in Table Tennis Sri Lanka posted a huge 189 board. Zonal Tournament organized by singles, Vishal Singh outplayed Alex Hales hit a sensational for four as Jayawardene came up However, Hales and Eoin the Sports Wing of Shri Mata Sanjeev Koushal by (21-15, 21- unbeaten hundred as England with a blistering 89-run knock Morgan turned the match on its Vaishno Devi Board, Katra con- 18), while in the doubles event, the pulled off a dramatic six-wicket while Dilshan played a perfect head with sensational hitting as cluded in an impressive and well pair of Vishal Singh and SK win over Sri Lanka to throw open second fiddle with a 47-ball 55 in the two batsmen joined hands to attended function at Darwar, Sharma drubbed the duo of the Group I for semifinals places their huge 145-run second-wicket rattle up a 152-run stand for the here. Sanjeev Kumar and Rohit Abrol in the ICC World Twenty20, here The concluding day witnessed by (21-14, 21-16). today. Today’s Fixture the singles and doubles finals in The selected teams of Bhawan Chasing a huge 190-run target, West Indies Vs Australia both the disciplines. Zone and Katra Zone will take on England rode on Hales' magnifi- In the badminton singles sum- each other in the Inter-Zonal cent maiden T20 hundred to over- India Vs Bangladesh mit clash, Neeraj Katoch defeated Tournament, beginning from haul the target with four balls to Jagdish Chand in a tough contest March 28, 2014 at Katra. spare after losing two wickets for partnership after being invited to third wicket. by (21-17, 21-19), while in bad- The Tournament was held no score in the first over. bat. They batted intelligently as minton doubles, the duo of under the overall supervision of Medal winners posing alongwith chief guest ADGP, S M Sahai in Jammu on Thursday. In an extraordinary display of England, who chose to field, they steadied the ship by rotating Bagwan Singh and Charan Dass Ashok Kumar, Director Sports power hitting, Hales punished the were guilty of dropping at least the strike and then hammered the got better of the pair of Rajdeep SMVDSB. Lankan bowlers with half-a-dozen four catches. Twice they let Lankan bowlers around the park. sixes and 11 boundaries as his Jayawardene off the hook. It all started with Ajantha Mendis' ADGP Armed presents trophies to winners blistering 116-run knock came off England could not have over when Hales punished the BLSKS celebrates 9th just 64 balls. He finished the dreamt of a worse start as they lost spinner with two sixes and two match with a huge six off Angelo Michael Lumb and Moeen Ali to fours as England creamed off 25 of Youth Promotional Coaching Camp Foundation Day Mathews to keep England afloat Nuwan Kulasekara in the very runs in the 15th over.(PTI) Excelsior Sports Correspondent events. best. Excelsior Correspondent Director and M L Dogra, chair- Mr Sahai who was also the Speaking on the occasion, man and Vijay Malla, Director SA survive scare to beat Netherlands by 6 runs JAMMU, Mar 27: Chairman of the organizing Mr Sahai said that the JAMMU, Mar 27: BLSKS in Ek Sath Rang Mandal threw light Additional Director General of Committee of this event was the Programme has proved quite coordination with Unison Cultural on the aims and objectives of the CHITTAGONG, Mar 27: 28-ball 51 from opener Stephan fast bowler Dale Steyn chipped in Police (ADGP) Armed J&K, S chief guest on the occasion. useful for youth, as it has pro- Troupe/ESRM Cultural Academy Programme. Myburgh, needing just 40 runs with two wickets. Beuran South Africa survived a mighty M Sahai presented medals and The chief guest accompanied vided them a right platform to Jammu celebrated 9th Foundation The chief guest honoured the from more than seven overs with Hendricks, Lonwabo Tsotsobe and trophies to the winners of com- Day at Open Air Theatre, Durga renowned artists Neeraj Verma, scare before their bowlers brought six wickets in hand. J P Duminy took a wicket apiece. by organizing secretary of the showcase their hidden talent. the turnaround to pull off a narrow petitions held in different disci- event P R Manhas, IGP He said that the main objec- Bhawan, Janipur with funfair, here Darmash and Vijay Malla for their But, they lost way after that and With today's result, South today. outstanding contribution in the six-run victory over minnows the their six batsmen fell for just 20 Africa are on four points from two plines during week-long ongo- Armed/IR Jammu and other sen- tive of introducing Youth Netherlands in their World ing Youth Promotional Sports ior officers also distributed track Promotional Coaching Camp is Divisional Commissioner field of art and culture. runs to be all out for 139 in 18.4 wins and a loss and remain in the Jammu, Shantmanu inaugurated The chief guest and the guests Twenty20 match here today. overs. race for a place in the semifinals. Coaching Camp, here today. suits to around 400 boys hailing to aware the Youth of far-flung Put into bat, South Africa suf- The camp organized by J&K the programme with lighting of of honour were presented memen- Ben Copper (5), Tom Copper They had lost to Sri Lanka in their from far-flung and down-trodden areas about the significance of the traditional lamp fered a batting collapse after a Police under its Civic Action (16), Pieter Seelaar (2), Logan van campaign opener bit had bounced areas of the districts of Kathua, Sports of different disciplines alongwith a galaxy strong start to post a modest 145 for Programme had commenced at Beek (1), Timm van der Gugten (8) back with a win over New Samba, Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi, for physical and mental fitness of distinguished nine as paceman Ahsan Malik and Mudassar Bukhari (11) could Zealand. Gulshan Ground Jammu on Doda, Udhampur, Kupwara, besides its multiple benefits in guests. Jamil recorded career-best figures not apply themselves and take their The Netherlands, on the other March 22, 2014. Ganderbal, Pampore, Jammu, terms of seeking jobs in differ- Ajeet Sahu of five for 19. side to what could have been the hand, are yet to open their account. An impressive Medal Anantnag, Pulwam and ent public and private sectors. District The Proteas were on course for biggest upset of the tournament so They had lost to Sri Lanka in their Presentation Ceremony was Baramulla districts, which par- The ADGP further disclosed Development an embarrassing defeat before the far. opening match, in which they could held at Gulshan Ground Jammu ticipated in the event. that J&K Police is contemplat- Commissioner, inexperienced Dutchmen left them Leg-spinner Imran Tahir was score just 39, the lowest ever today to present medals to the District Baramulla secured ing to operate small academies Jammu and off the hook in the Super 10 Group the pick of South African bowlers Twenty20 International innings winners of the Youth first position in three events at far-flung areas of the State for Kuldeep Khajuria, 1 match at Zahur Ahmed with four wickets for 21 runs while total. (PTI) Promotional Sports Coaching namely Handball, Football and nourishing the youth, besides vice chairman JDA Chowdhury Stadium. Camp Boys Under-19 in Basketball. carrying out different youth and were present on the The Netherlands were seemed cruising at 116 for four in the 13th Volleyball, Basketball, The players of the District public friendly activities under occasion. over, thanks to a brilliant innings of Handball, Football and Kabaddi Ganderbal were declared overall Civic Action Programme. The chief guest Children alongwith organisers posing for lauded the efforts of a photograph during Foundation Day. the organizers in State Wushu Championship making the cultural Programme toes and books written by M L colourful, effective and result ori- Dogra on the occasion. commences ented. Ramesh Chander, president Excelsior Sports Correspondent Renowned artists of the State Cultural Unison Troupe presented namely, K L Verma, Darmesh vote of thanks. JAMMU, Mar 27: 3-day 10th Lakhotra, Iqbal Koul, Usha The other artists participated in J&K State Wushu Championship Handoo, Raju Bajgal, Neeraj the programme were Deepak got underway at Indoor Hall, MA Verma and Vijay Malla writer, pro- Kumar Dogra, Raj Kumar Stadium, here today. ducer and director of the theatre. Lakhnotra, Neelam Gandotra, 450 players drawn from 15 dis- Arunima Sinha, general man- Avtar Kour, Santosh Bandral, tricts of the State are taking part in ager Training Art and Living Muskan Koul, Kamli Devi, Dr the Championship. Students of Shanti Swaroop Memorial School presenting a enthralled the audience by singing Aman (GMC), Zulakha Farid, The Championship was inau- cultural item during Foundation Day on Thursday. a melodious Bhajan on the occa- Shivani Disgotra, Rajni Gupta gurated by Kuldeep Handoo, sion. Hemraj, M C Kotwal, Sunil National Wushu coach and general Earlier, welcoming the audi- Kumar, Sooraj Sharma and secretary of Wushu Association of SS Memorial School ence, V K Magotra, Managing Kuldeep Raj. J&K. Speaking on the occasion, Mr celebrates Foundation Day Winners of 'Chhoona Hai Aasman Season-4' posing alongwith the dignitaries at Udhampur on GGM Science College organizes Handoo informed that 4 players of Thursday.
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