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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Senior Hockey Tournament concludes Inter-Collegiate Cricket Tournament (Men) Kohli rested from Lanka T20 Khalsa Club lifts title trophy in men's GDC Samba, MBS College register series, Negi included category, Platinum Club in women's convincing victories over rivals NEW DELHI, Feb 1: for Ravindra Jadeja. While the ODIs are scheduled Excelsior Sports Correspondent scalped 2 wickets. Manish Pandey has also for February 15, 17 and 19, the Excelsior Sports Correspondent goal of the match in the 20th majestic hockey skills netted the In another match, MBS India's in-form vice-captain minute. goal and raised the scorecard to JAMMU, Feb 1: GDC been rewarded for his match- T20s will be held on February JAMMU, Feb 1: Khalsa College thrashed GDC Paloura Virat Kohli was today rested winning century in the Sydney 22, 24 and 26. With two goals lead, Khalsa 3-2 goals, which the opponent Samba and MBS College regis- by 40 runs. MBS College scored from the upcoming Twenty20 Club, Gole Gujral and Platinum Club were seen striving hard to team failed to equalize till the tered convincing victories over ODI against Australia and has Squads: Club smashed their rivals in the a fighting total of 133 runs in 20 series against Sri Lanka as found a place in the squad T20I Team (Men): MS equalize the game before the end final whistle by the umpire. their rivals in the ongoing Inter- overs for the loss of 9 wickets. selectors included all-rounder men and women categories of the first half, but could not as In the men's category, BSF Collegiate Cricket Tournament, announced by BCCI Secretary Dhoni (Captain), Rohit Sharma, finals of the Senior Hockey Jatinder Singh, Rahul Kumar, Pawan Negi in the 15-member Anurag Thakur in a press Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Kashmir remained at third place. being organized by the Gourav Singh and Mansagar squad for the three-match rub- Earlier, in women's category, Directorate of Sports and release. Rahane, Manish Pandey, Suresh Singh made 26, 18, 17 and 16 ber, beginning February 9. The selection panel chose to Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik the final match was played Physical Education, University runs respectively. Kohli was in supreme form between Platinum Women's of Jammu, here. drop Rishi Dhawan, Gurkeerat Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, For GDC Paloura side, in the just-concluded T20 series Mann and Umesh Yadav from Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Club and Jammu University, in In the first match, GDC Tribhuvan, and Sajjad claimed 2 in Australia, where he scored which former registered win by Samba defeated GDC Billawar the squad. All three had strug- Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, wickets each, while Nipun, 199 runs at an average of 199 gled during the tour of Australia, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar 4-3 goals via tie breaker. by 7 wickets. Batting first, GDC Sahil and Ramandeep Singh with three half-centuries. In first and second half, the Billawar scored 78 runs in 16 for failing to produce any Notable Kumar, Pawan Negi. took one wicket apiece. The world number one in performance. T20I (Women): Mithali Raj players of both the team dis- the loss of 9 wickets in the In second inning, GDC ICC T20 rankings, Kohli has played excellent hockey and the process. Vishal was the top scor- Making a comeback was (Captain), Smriti Mandhana, Paloura scored 93 runs in 20 played 10 one-dayers and five paceman Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Veda Krishnamurthy, match ended with 1-1 goal. er with 23 runs, while Yuvraj overs for all out, thus lost the T20s apart from four Test In the tie-breaker, Platinum Singh made 14 runs. who had missed the T20 series Harmanpreet Kaur, Anuja Patil, match by 40 runs. Nipun, Rahul matches from the month of after injuring himself during the Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Women's Club dashed four For GDC Samba, Anup Kumar and Mohit scored 21, 17 October to end of January. ODIs. Pandey, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, goals, while Jammu University Singh scalped 4 wickets, while and 16 runs respectively. The swashbuckling right- The series will begin in Sushma Verma, Poonam Yadav, smashed three goals. Anupam and Ranjit scalped one For MBS College side, hander's break seems to have Pune (February 9) followed by VR Vanitha, Sneh Rana, On the valedictory function, wicket each. Mansagar Singh and Repu been timed to keep him fresh for matches in Ranchi (February Thirushkamini MD, Ekta Bisht, DIG BSF Sunil Mehta was the In reply, GDC Samba, Dhaman Singh took 3 wickets the World T20 coming up next chased the target in 11.5 overs 12) and Visakhapatnam Niranjana Nagarajan. chief guest, who awarded the each, while Nilhil scalped 2 month in India. (February 14). ODI Team (Women): winners in presence of Rajiv by losing 3 wickets to win the wickets and Balmeet Singh Taking his place in the side match by 7 wickets. Digvijay The selectors also named the Mithali Raj (Captain), Smriti Sharma, Business Executive, claimed one wicket. for the short series is Negi, a squads for the women's limited- Mandhana, Veda who was guest of honour. Dr was top scorer with 29 runs, The matches were officiated rookie all-rounder Negi, who while Reshav and Abhishek overs series against Sri Lanka. Krishnamurthy, Harmanpreet Taran Singh, Jamil Mir (DySP), by Saleem-ur-Rehman, Vijay has played under Mahendra Mithali Raj will leadthe side, Kaur, Thirushkamini MD, Iqbal Singh, Retd Manager, J&K contributed with 20 and 10 runs Dogra, Raj Kumar Bakshi, Singh Dhoni respectively. which is on a high after script- Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Bank, Manmohan Singh, retd Raman Kumar, Suresh Singh For the Chennai Super Kings ing history by beating three- Pandey, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, XEn, Amarjit Singh Saini, Retd For GDC Billawar, Abhishek in IPL. Players of Platinum Women’s Club receiving title trophy from and Manu Khajuria. time world champions Australia Sushma Verma, Poonam Yadav, District Sports Officer, Rajinder His reasonably successful in a T20 series for the first time. Deepti Sharma, Punam Raut, R dignitaries at KK Hakku Stadium, Jammu on Monday. performances in the Mushtaq -Excelsior/Rakesh Singh, Treasurer Hockey J&K, Both their ODI and T20 Kalpana, Niranjana Nagarajan, MS Reen, Resident Secretary, Aryan Mahajan wins Table Ali and Deodhar Trophy events only Surinder Singh succeeded series will be played in Ranchi. Preeti Bose. (PTI) Tournament, which was organ- Gudyal Singh, GS Bakshi, has earned him a spot as a cover in netting the first goal for his General Secretary, Hockey J&K ized by Hockey Jammu and side in the 28th minute. Tennis Tournament in Ohio Rishabh blitzkrieg blows away Kashmir at KK Hakku Stadium, and sports lovers were also pres- Christian Sports The second half started with Excelsior Correspondent ceeding to the finals where he here today. ent on the occasion. 2 goals lead over Khalsa Club, played against Joon Sung from In men's category, Khalsa The final matches were offi- Juniors emerge winner Nepal; India complete hat-trick which was equalized by passion- JAMMU, Feb 1: Aryan Columbus. Mahajan defeated Club, Gole Gujral registered win ciated by Charanjeet Singh, MIRPUR, Feb 1: India cruised to the victory tar- ate Surinder Singh in the 37th Mahajan, a young budding Joon (3-2) after a series of very Excelsior Correspondent over 20-Punjab by 3-2 goals. In Joginder Singh, Jagjeet Singh, get of 170 in only 18.1 overs. minute. Indian table tennis player from close games. Wicketkeeper-batsman the first half, Harpreet Singh of Gurjeet Singh, Kulwant Singh JAMMU, Feb 1: Christian For the record, Pant's 50 In the 50th minute, Jagjeet Cleveland, has won a Under-16 The Indian teenager has Rishabh Pant smashed his way 20-Punjab netted the first goal of and Jaspreet Singh. Table Tennis Tournament, Sports Juniors came off 18 balls. Singh of Khalsa Club with his actively been participating in into the record books with a 24- the match in the 10th minute, organised by the Columbus XI registered Nepal, who have been the other events including the ball 78 as India colts gave Nepal whereas Sukhvinder Singh of Table Tennis Club as part of cel- 34 runs win surprise package of the tourna- Aurora Cup last month in over KC Sports a rude reality check by handing ment, were blown away as 20-Punjab smashed the second Shastri Club, Simula win ebrating the Chinese New Year. them a seven-wicket hammering The tournament had varied Chicago, where he also proved Juniors XI in Rishabh and skipper Ishan Dr Indu Bhushan his mettle by reaching the quar- the 2nd JKP to finish their league engage- Kishan (52)-- both Ranji Trophy events including awards for ments unbeaten in the ICC U-19 league matches Under-16 years and various terfinals. New Year Tri- players -- added 124 runs in 9 awarded UGC-Raman He has been extensively Kanhaiya Series, which World Cup here today. overs giving the 1500 odd peo- Excelsior Sports Correspondent overs. Puneet, Javed and Atul other game ratings. Wadhawan India will either meet training with Ohio's top player was played at ple some breathtaking shots to Fellowship scored 42, 29 and 25 runs respec- Mahajan ended up pacing his Bangladesh or Namibia in the JAMMU, Feb 1: Shastri Cricket and mentor Samson Dubina, Parade ground, here today. savour. tively. way through the event, winning quarter-final of the tournament. Excelsior Correspondent Club and Simula Cricket Club From Wave Club side, Sunny his group quarterfinals by who is preparing him for the Christian Sports Juniors bat- Earlier, Indian bowlers, led crushed their rivals in league match- ting first scored 171 runs in the Left-hander Pant, who is in by Avesh Khan (3/34), restricted JAMMU, Feb 1: The faculty took 2 wickets, while Simranpreet defeating all opponents in the upcoming Arnold Sports the IPL wishlist of many fran- es and entered into next stage of the and Charanjeet shared one wicket Under-16 years event.