SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 2021 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU\ Ton-up Joe becomes ‘Root’ cause of India's Advisor reviews pace of work Delegation of specially abled persons problems, England take vital first innings lead of KK Hakku Stadium meets JKCA Sub-committee members Excelsior Sports Correspondent norms so that the stadium is fully LONDON, Aug 14: balls in that first session along balls) did help him with a 121 run geared to host day & night match- Excelsior Sports Correspondent with (26-3- stand for the fourth as the JAMMU, Aug 14: Advisor to es there. He also passed directions England Joe Root 94-2), who would like to forget first session was a virtual night- Lieutenant Governor, Farooq to install canopy seating area SRINAGAR, Aug 14: A dele- continued his dream run with an this innings in a hurry. mare for Indian bowlers. Ahmed Khan today visited KK besides decorative flag posts and gation of specially abled persons, artistic 22nd hundred to ensure a Old workhorse Ishant Sharma Root's gameplan actually Hakku Stadium Jammu to review modern electronic score boards to led by Javed Ahmad Tak, Honorary morale boosting first innings lead (24-4-69-3) once again did his upset India's strategy as the first the ongoing developmental works facilitate the spectators of the chairman of Humanity Welfare as the second Test against India is part but at times looked tired in hour on third morning produced of the KK Hakku Hockey Stadium match. Organisation today met with poised for an interesting finish in his later spells although the in- 54 runs with a flurry off bound- allotted under PMDP with an allot- The engineering wing of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket the next couple of days. cutter that cleaned up Jos Buttler aries coming off Siraj and Shami. ted cost of Rs 5.5 crore. Jammu and Kashmir Sports Association Sub-committee mem- Root (180 ), who (23) would be any pacer's dream. Kohli's decision to not start While inspecting the ongoing Council was also directed to draft bers including Sunil Sethi and scored his second successive But England batting was all with Ishant or Bumrah first-up works, Advisor Khan directed the and design first of its kind DPR for and Majid Dar at hundred of this series, took engineers of the Sports Council to water harvesting system in all the JKCA office at Sher-e-Kashmir complete the project within the stadia of J&K to save the water for England from a position of weak- International Stadium Sonwar, here ness to strength with the first given timeline so that the facility is reuse. JKCA Sub-committee members posing for a group photo- dedicated to public at an earliest. Executive Engineer, Sports today. innings total of 391 after India graph with delegation of specially abled persons at Srinagar. The Advisor further asked the Council Jammu, Davinder Singh, Shafat Ahmad Sofi, Showkat scored 364 in their first essay. officials of the Council to com- Divisional Sports Officer Jammu, Ahmad Lone, Feroz Ahmad Bhat Council, Nuzhat Gull at her office The Secretary assured that all More than the quantum of plete the remaining components of Ashok Singh, AEE, Imran Khan and Abdul Hameed Itoo were part Bakshi Stadium Srinagar and dis- steps will be taken to accommodate lead which stands at 27 current- the work within the deadline. He and other site engineers were pres- of the delegation. cussed inaccessibility of sports persons with disabilities in all types ly, it is the psychological advan- also pointed out certain deficien- ent on the occasion to brief the The delegation raised various infrastructure including Indoor of sports events and ensured their tage that England gained after a cies and asked them to remove Advisor about the works done and demands before the Sub-commit- halls, Stadium for persons with dis- participation by removing all sorts poor first day which will put them so that the Stadium is future prospects of developing the tee including registration of Blind abilities. of barriers. them in good stead as their equipped with all the modern stadium. They assured the Advisor Cricketers Association, bowlers would go flat out to dis- facilities. He also emphasised on that all his directions would soon Wheelchair Cricketers Association miss the low on confidence landscaping of the Stadiums, be turned into the reality to make and Deaf Cricketers Association of BGSBU organises Volleyball match Indian middle order cheaply on installation of modern electronic this stadium a leading facility in J&K, creation of accessibility in all the fourth day. and electrical systems as per FIH whole J&K. Stadiums so that spectators and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Prof Akbar Masood Vice En route his 321-ball knock, players with disabilities can watch Chancellor of the University was Root became the first England Sqay selection trials conducted and participate in all sorts of crick- RAJOURI, Aug 14: Baba a chief guest on this occasion. In captain to hit five hundreds in a et events. Ghulam Shah Badshah his address, Prof Akbar empha- season and also complete a per- at ISMAA Pampore The delegation also demanded University (BGSBU) organised sised on the importance of games sonal milestone of 9000 Test runs to identify a cricket pitch at a cen- Volleyball match between teach- and sports for the holistic growth while clinically annihilating the Excelsior Sports Correspondent trally located place of Srinagar and development Indian attack which has till now where cricket events for cricketers of the youth. “The SRINAGAR, Aug 14: The failed to crack the 'Root Code'. with disabilities will be organised University is com- If these records were not Joe Root celebrates after completing century in second Test Jammu and Kashmir Sqay mitted to provide Association (J&KSA) today and also create a mechanism to enough, he is also now the first against India at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Saturday. introduce sign language commen- all the necessary English captain with six 150 plus conducted trials at ISMAA facilities and Pampore to select Jammu and tary through LCD and other elec- scores, a testimony to his knack about Root and how he con- didn't help the cause as runs equipment to the Kashmir team for upcoming All tronic gadgets. of hitting 'Daddy Hundreds'. trolled the narrative with superb leaked easily in the form of cover India Sqay Championship Sunil Sethi, member JKCA students for main- His sequence of scores now technique and the sublime range and square drives and along with (AISC) which is scheduled to be assured the delegation that positive taining physical reads 64, 109, 180* in this series. of strokes on the off-side. the whip through mid-wicket held at Pahalgam from August steps will be taken for the inclusion fitness and good What makes him more special is Unlike India's tour of 2018, region. 24 to 26. of persons with disabilities in the health,” Prof the fact that he had made an Root has now a reduced back- It did help that the pitch was Vice Chancellor BGSBU, Prof Akbar Akbar said. About 80 players from differ- cricket sport and promised that they Masood interacting with players before match attack, which otherwise gave a foot trigger movement and the best for batting on the third day ent districts of the Union Territory Prof GM Selected Sqay players posing will discuss with BCCI for provid- at Rajouri on Saturday. decent account of themselves, front-foot rather than going and Root wasn't going to let the participated in the selection trials ing registration to the cricketers Malik, Dean of look pedestrian with his counter- across the off-stump moves a chance of making merry go abeg- in which 30 players including 15 for a photograph with digni- ing faculty and non teaching staff Students; Prof Asif Hussain Dean taries at Pampore. with bench mark disabilities along punches that included 18 bound- shade towards middle-stump. ging on a sunny Saturday. each men and women were select- with financial help will be provided in the University Campus, here of School of Engineering and aries. This slight tweak gives more As many as 97 and 98 runs ed for the upcoming champi- deputed as observer by the J&K to minimise their disabilities. today. Technology, Mohammed Rashid Mohammed Siraj (30-7-94-4) chance of playing the drives were scored in first two sessions, Sports Council who monitored the onship. Meanwhile, the delegation also The match was organised by Chowdhary OSD Sports, had the most number of through the off-side. signalling the plight of the Indian free and impartial selection of Bashir Ahmad, Manager met with Secretary J&K Sports Directorate of Physical Education Mohammed Din Deputy Director but bowled too many boundary Jonny Bairstow (57 off 107 attack. (PTI) Sports Stadium Pulwama was players. and Sports which was won by Sports, faculty members, scholars team of teaching faculty by 2-0 and other staff members were sets. present during the event. SSP Jammu, SP Hqrs give trophies to winners Excelsior Sports Correspondent Central Basic Super Bazar Purani Mandi Jammu, Govt. Girls Hr. Sec JAMMU, Aug 14: Prizes were School Gandhi Nagar, Govt. Hr. today distributed among the win- Sec School Channi Himmat ners of debate competition held in Jammu and Govt. Girls Hr. Sec connection with Azadi Ka Amrit School RS Pura. The competition Mahotsav in DPL Jammu. The was held under the supervision of chief guest of the function was the respective officers of sub divi- SSP Jammu Chandan Kohli. Other sions like Akhnoor, Domana, officers present in the function Nagrota, West, North, South, East were SP Headquarters Ramnish and RS Pura. Gupta, Sr. P.O DPO Pooja Nijhon, The top 27 performers finally DySP DAR KD Bhagat and a competed in the final round today teacher from Police Public school on 14th August in DPL Jammu. Jammu. Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav was organised by Jammu Police in differ- ent sub divisions of Jammu. In this connection, a debate compe- tition was also Winners of debate competition pose with SSP organised in Jammu Chandan Kohli and SP Headquarters which 80 stu- Ramnish Gupta on Saturday. dents from dif- ferent schools participated active- The final winners of the debate ly. competition were: Jasleen Kour St. The schools that participated in Joseph Convent HS Arnia, Aqsa the competition were Govt. Hr. Malik Delhi Public School Sec. School Akhnoor, Govt. Hr. Shaheedi Chowk Jammu and Sec. School Domana, Govt. Girls Riya JKPPS Miran Sahib Jammu Hr. Sec. School Nagrota, Dewan Moreover, participants were Devi Hr. Sec School Rajpura given the winning trophies and Mangotria, Govt. Hr. Sec. School appreciation certificates. Martand Sunrisers beats Vitasta CC by 7 wkts Excelsior Sports Correspondent bagged four wickets, whereas Rajesh took three wickets and JAMMU, Aug 14: Martand Vijay and Rajesh clinched two Sunrisers Cricket Club defeated and one wickets respectively. Vitasta Cricket Club by seven In reply, superb batting dis- wickets in Veterans Cup 2021, played by skipper Rajesh being played at KC Sports Club Salhotra and Manoj who made Ground, here today. 35 and 47 runs respectively Vitasta CC won the toss and helped Martand Sunrisers elected to bat first. Batting first Cricket Club to beat their oppo- the Vitasta CC made 95 runs by nents by seven wickets. losing all wickets. Amit made Bakshi was declared as man highest 35 runs for his team. of the match for his outstanding From the bowling side, Bakshi performance with the ball.

President of Mira Child Welfare Society Dr Sandhya Dhar distributing sports items among orphan inmates of Ved Mandir Amphalla on Saturday. MWCWS donates sports items to Ved Mandir Excelsior Sports Correspondent Carrom boards, Badminton kits and Skipping ropes etc were JAMMU, Aug 14: Mira donated by president of the Women Child Welfare Society Society, Dr Sandhya Dhar to pro- (MWCWS) Pamposh Colony mote sports activities among the Janipur donated sports items to inmates. orphan inmates of Ved Mandir, The Ved Mandir Committee Amphalla, here today. expressed gratitude to president of The sports items including the Society for her kind donation Volleyballs, Cricket kits, Ludo, for the inmates of the Mandir.