TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2016 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Kanaihya scores fifty, Aarav shows guts, grit Eye on World T20, India, Australia District Jammu Sr Hockey Tournament Junior Warriors XI lifts Jammu BSF Kashmir drubs renew fierce rivalry GNNHC by 4-3 Budding U-16 T20 title , Jan 11: that might also relieve Dhoni. The lanky Sran looked Excelsior Sports Correspondent first goal in 29th minute and The fact that may impressive in both the practice Excelsior Sports Correspondent and was well supported by overs by losing 8 . Zahoor Sikander Pal Singh who scored India will look to get their not be available for better part of matches with both pace and Sarthak and Musaif. For top scored with 27 runs, while JAMMU, Jan 11: BSF the other two goals in 56th and combination right as they renew the series and with Mitchell Starc swing in his armoury. With a JAMMU, Jan 11: Outplaying Budding Young Star, Vishal, Bilal and Vijay contributed 24 Kashmir defeated Guru Nanak 59th minutes of the match. their fierce rivalry against a con- or the now retired Mitchell deceptive short ball, Sran could Budding Ayush and Raghav claimed one and 20 runs to the total respec- Nagar Hockey Club (GNNHC) in From Pool A, Khalsa Club fident Australia in the first of the Johnson not there, the Aussie prove to be a handful, comple- Young Star each. tively. For WCC, Bharat took 2 a close contest by four goals to Gole Gujral and 20- Punjab five-match ODI series starting attack comprising Josh menting Ishant and Umesh. Cricket Club In reply, Budding Young Star wickets, while Deepu, three (4-3) to advance in the have qualified for the semifi- here tomorrow, marking the Hazlewood, Joel Paris, Scott Squads by a big margin Cricket Club managed to score 85 Kamalpreet and Rahul claimed ongoing District Jammu Senior nals, while BSF Kashmir quali- onset of a long limited-overs Boland and Jimmy Faulkner India: Mahendra Singh of 71 runs in runs in the allotted 20 overs by one wicket each. Hockey Tournament, being fied for the semifinals of the schedule stretching until the looks thin on experience. Dhoni ( and wk), Shikhar the summit losing 5 wickets, thus lost the In reply, WCC scored the organized by Hockey J&K at KK Tournament from Pool B today. World T20. As far as his own bowling Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat clash, Junior match by 72 runs. Raghav was the reqired runs in 19.5 overs by losing Hakhu Astroturf Hockey The matches were officiated The short limited overs attack is concerned, Dhoni has Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Warriors XI top scorer with 25 runs, while 9 wickets in the process. Rahul Stadium, here. by Charanjeet Singh, Karanjeet Aarav series, including five ODIs and been fretting the possible Mann, Manish lifted the title young Aarav Mahajan con- was the top scorer with 27 runs, For BSF Kashmir, Gurjeet Singh, Gurjeet Singh, Kulwant three T20 internationals, Down playing XI combinations. Pandey, Ravichandran Ashwin, trophy of the Jammu Budding tributed unbeaten 22 runs. The while Latif and Viraj contributed Singh scored the first and the 4th Singh and Gurmeet Singh, while Under will initiate the Indian Under-16 Boys T20 Cricket stylish youngster, Aarav showed 26 and 23 runs respectively. goal in 2nd and 50th minutes, the Tournament is being held team's preparations for the mar- Tournament, organized by Jammu composure, promise, guts and grit Mushtaq and Sajad bagged 2 wick- SCHEDULE while the second and third goals under the supervision of GS quee ICC World T20 scheduled Tawi Cricket Club at GGM Science in his unbeaten knock. Tallah also ets each, while Sunil claimed one DATE MATCH DETAILS GROUND TIME were scored by Rajinder Kumar Bakshi, general secretary of in March-April. College Hostel ground, here. chipped in with 6 runs. For Junior wicket for Secretariat Blue XI. 1st ODI: January 12 (Tuesday) Perth (WACA) 8.50 AM IST and Kuldeep Ikka in 15th and Hockey J&K. The T20 games will be 2nd ODI: January 15 (Friday) (Gabba) 8.50 AM IST Earlier, winning the toss and Warriors, Ankush Gill took 2 The matches were officiated by 29th minutes respectively. In tomorrow’s fixture, MBS played after the five ODIs, and 3rd ODI: January 17 (Sunday) Melbourne (MCG) 8.50 AM IST batting first, Junior Warriors wickets, while Sanat and Saleem-ur-Rehman, Sadiq The goal scorers for Nanak Simbal Camp will take on Guru Dhoni's boys would like to carry 4th ODI: January 20 (Wednesday) Canberra (Manuka Oval) 8.50 AM IST rode on a splendid knock of 61 Kanaihya claimed one wicket Hussain Malik, Rajinder Singh, Nagar Hockey Club were Nanak Nagar Hockey Club at 2 the momentum in the shortest 5th ODI: January 23 (Saturday) Sydney (SCG) 8.50 AM IST runs by Kanaihya Wadhawan each. Sandeep Manchanda and Vinod , who netted the pm. format. 1st T20: January 26 (Tuesday) Adelaide (Adelaide Oval) 1.08 PM IST and valuable contributions of 23 Meanwhile, in 3rd Jammu Kandyara. 2nd T20: January 29 (Friday) MCG 2.08 PM IST While India won both their and 20 runs by Sarthak Peshin Tawi Premier T20 Cricket In tomorrow’s fixture of quar- 3rd T20: January 31 (Sunday) SCG 2.08 PM IST warm-up games -- a T20 and 50- Sehwag to captain Gemini Arabians and Musaif Ajaz respectively, to Tournament, WCC defeated terfinals, New Challenger will take over match each -- against the His most experienced Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, set a decent target of 156 runs for Secretariat Blue XI in a thrilling on Krishna Cricket Club at 9 am, second string bowler Ishant Sharma did not Umesh Yadav, Barinder Sran, Young Star Cricket Club, losing contest by one wicket. Batting while RCC Srinagar will lock in Masters Champions League XI, it is certainly not the best play any of the two warm-up Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar 6 wickets in the process. first, Secretariat Blue XI scored a horns with Rising Star Cricket indicator of the kind of challenge games, so it's not known Patel, Rishi Dhawan DUBAI, Jan 11: Children from various schools Kanaihya was in sublime touch fighting total of 137 runs in 20 Club at 12: 30 pm. they will face from 's whether he would be playing in Australia: Steve Smith (cap- were present to cheer the Gemini men. the opening game. tain), , David Gemini Arabians, a team par- Arabian stars, represented by I've let the boys know about Sran, says Smith India did not have a great With three pacers almost cer- Warner, George Bailey, Glenn ticipating in the upcoming Masters Sehwag, Saqlain Mushtaq, 2015 when they came to the 50- tain to play at the WACA, which Maxwell, , Champions League, today named Richard Levi, Paul Harris, Jacques PERTH, Jan 11: "I know some of the young "It's traditional that we can use over format as they lost back-to- is the bounciest of Australian , James Faulkner, Virender Sehwag as its captain and Rudolph, Graham Onions and guys that are going to get an oppor- a left-arm seamer here who can use back series to Bangladesh (away) pitches, there are high chances Matthew Wade (WK), Kane team director. Saqib Ali. He may be an unknown entity in tunity through IPL – the likes of the breeze and swing the ball. The and South Africa (at home). that left-arm pacer Barinder Sran Richardson, Josh Hazlewood, Players and management Team Patron Medha Ahluwalia international cricket but Barinder Manish Pandey, who I think has wicket looks like it'll be a good one. Skipper Dhoni will like to could win his maiden India cap Joel Paris, Scott Boland. descended into Dubai from various announced Sehwag to be the leader Sran is not quite unfamiliar to progressed really well and played We are happy to start at the WACA parts of the world to reveal the of the side. Australian captain Steve Smith, who some good cricket of late. And and Gabba for the first two match- turn the tables in the new year alongside Ishant and Umesh The match starts at 0850 hrs but will rue the fact that one of Yadav. (IST). (PTI) team logo and team jersey. "We are extremely pleased to says the rookie pacer has impressive obviously the experience of Virat es of the series. They have been Team owner and CEO Nalin announce Virender Sehwag as our variations in his armoury and was Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit fortresses for us in ODI cricket for his best pace weapons, Khaitan said they wanted to Captain and Team Director. He has discussed in the dressing room. Sharma in the top order – they are a while. Obviously, the conditions , has been Army organizes Slogan Writing, "I haven't seen much of Sran's pretty crucial wickets for us, and are a bit different to what the ruled out due to a hamstring attempt something totally out-of- been a cricketer par excellence and one-day cricket back home in hopefully we can get them early," Indians are used to back home and injury even before the first ball the-box to present the team. we are sure his experience and India, but I saw him bowling in the Clarke said. hopefully we can exploit that," he has been bowled. Painting Competition "All the cricketers have shown knowledge of the game will see us great enthusiasm and excitement in through to victory. There has been IPL with and he Smith hoped that the pitch at added. (PTI) But there are certain aspects Excelsior Correspondent The chief guest presented was quite impressive. He's a tall the WACA will aid his seamers. order to make this event a success. an overwhelming demand across prizes to the winners on the occa- We look forward to translate this social media networks to make lad, swings the ball early and he's The hosts have named an all-pace JAMMU, Jan 11: As a prelude sion. passion on to the field and produce him the captain and we felt obliged got a few change-ups – I've let the attack for the first of the five-match to ‘Army Day Celebrations’, A ‘Painting Competition’ was exciting cricket at the upcoming to listen to our fans," Ahluwalia boys know about them," said Smith series. Rashtriya Rifles Battalion under of his IPL teammate on the eve of "There wasn't much pace and organized at Channi. MCL," he said. said.(PTI) Delta Force organized ‘Slogan the first of five-match ODI series bounce in it when we played against Om Prakash Kotwal, Sarpanch starting here tomorrow. New Zealand. Hopefully, tomorrow Writing and Painting Jalga inaugurated the competition. India could opt to hand their it can have that," said Smith today, Competition’ for school children A total of 38 students partici- Sania maintains top spot, Bopanna left-arm seamer Sran a debut, while on the eve of the series. at Channi and Dharmkot, here. pated in the competition. Gurkeerat Mann and Rishi "It looks a little bit soft at the A ‘Slogan Writing Native persons and children’s Dhawan wait in the wings. Thanks moment, underfoot, but obviously Competition’ was organized at of the school have appreciated the ninth in doubles rankings to his half-century in the warm-up we're still a day out from the game. Dharamkot, which was inaugurat- efforts of the Indian Army in match on Saturday, Manish Pandey We'll see how it looks tomorrow. ed by Raj Kumar Kotwal, organizing such event which will NEW DELHI, Jan 11: Rohan Bopanna is the only one looks set to bat at number five on Hopefully, it has more pace and Nambardar, Puneja. infuse the values of belongingness to feature in the top 10 of the Tuesday. bounce than in that Test." A total of 37 students partici- and sacrifice in the children and India's Sania Mirza contin- doubles rankings, which is being pated in the competition. the youth of the region. ues to top the women's double headed by Marcelo Melo of IAS aspirants attending the CSAT workshop at SR College of chart while her partner Martina Brazil, followed by Horia Tecau SMVDSB Field XI drubs Competitions, Jammu on Monday. Hingis of Switzerland main- of Romania and Netherlands State Bench-Press Equipped tained her second spot in the lat- Jean-Julien Rojer. SR College holds CSAT workshop est tennis WTA rankings issued At 95th position, Yuki Central Office XI by 66 runs Powerlifting C’ship on Jan 20 today. Bhambri is the highest placed Excelsior Correspondent ical questions easy. “The overall Sania is atop the list with Indian in the men's singles rank- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Office XI, Sumit Gandotra took Excelsior Sports Correspondent 2016 and also for Asian JAMMU, Jan 11: The SR importance of the need to develop 11395 points while Hingis has ings even though he dropped 3 wickets, while Rajeev Sukral Powerlifting Championship. KATRA, Jan 11: Shri Mata College of Competitions, State’s aptitude was also discussed,” 11355 points in her kitty. two places. and Vishal bagged 2 wickets JAMMU, Jan 11: Jammu and According to a handout issued Vaishno Devi Shrine Board top IAS/ KAS Academy today informed Vivek Sharma. Sania and Martina, the world Saketh Myneni is the next each. Kashmir Sports Powerlifting here, the Association has invited (SMVDSB) Field XI (Blue) organised a comprehensive work- Mr Sharma urged the partici- number one women's doubles best Indian at 168th spot ahead In reply, Central Office XI Association is organizing State the players desirous to take part in team, have stitched a 26-match defeated SMVDSB Central shop of CSAT (Civil Services pants to not take any chances and of Somdev Devvarman (173rd). bundled out for a paltry total of Bench-Press Equipped the Championship and asked them winning streak together, which Office XI (Red) by a big mar- Aptitude Test), the preliminary test remain ready with aptitude prepa- Novak Djokovic of Serbia 58 runs, thus lost the match by a Powerlifting Championship and to report at RKM Gym at 5 pm. has brought them six titles in a gin of 66 runs in the first conducted by the UPSC for the ration as the select committee tops the chart ahead of Andy big margin of 66 runs. Sumit State Federation Cup Powerlifting The body weighing will be row at the US Open, match of the Goodwill Cricket IAS aspirants in the country. looking into the examination pat- Murray of Great Britain and and Gandotra top scored with 18 Championship (M&W) on held on January 19, 2016 at the Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing, Series, being organized by the The workshop was conducted tern of IAS may decide to increase Swiss Roger Federer.(PTI) runs, while Dr MK Kumar and January 20, 2016 at RKM Gym, office of the Association, 3-A/C WTA Finals and now here. Sports Wing of SMVDSB at by senior and regular faculty of the the aptitude qualifying percentage Ajit Kumar Sahu contributed 10 upper Gummat Kanji House, here. Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. It is the longest winning Playing Field of Sports College, Vivek Sharma, who has any time. Gourav Sharma brings runs each. For Field XI Blue, The Championship will be The decision in this regard was streak since Italians Sara Errani Complex, here. over 15 years of experience in apti- “The two-hour long workshop Shakti took 3 wickets, while held to pick the State team for the taken during the meeting held at and Roberta Vinci's 25 in a row laurels to State Earlier, Batting first, Field tude training. attracted a healthy participation Bali and Chandan claimed 2 upcoming National Bench-Press the Office of J&K Sports in 2012. Sara and Roberta had XI scored a modest total of 124 The workshop covered the from the young IAS aspirants from Excelsior Correspondent wickets each. Equipped Powerlifting Powerlifting Association in pres- won five titles in a row, at runs in the stipulated 20 overs. game changing effect of CSATas a the State, who evinced keen interest The next match of the Series Championship and Federation ence of Rajan Jain, general secre- Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, the KATRA, Jan 11: Master Neeraj Katoch, Parshotam and test component wherein trainer in the deliberations took part in the will be played between Central Cup Powerlifting Championship tary, Narinder Singh Manhas, sec- French Open and 's- Gourav Sharma, a student of 11th Mangal contributed 20, 33 and deliberated on the power of training session,” said Director of Office XI (Blue) and Field XI to be held at Riat in Himachal retary and Irfan Qadri, senior vice Hertogenbosch. class of Shri Mata 33 runs respectively. For Central assumptions in making mathemat- the SR College, Parveen Sharma. (Red) on January 17, 2016. Pradesh from March 27 to April 1, president. Among the Indian men, Vaishno Devi Gurukul, Charan Paduka, Katra, Awadhe score 4-1 win over Chennai, Hunters out of hunt in PBL has brought lau- HYDERABAD, Jan 11: with a win in the Mixed Doubles Sony Dwi Kuncoro, an experi- rels to the clash, which was the Trump match enced Indonesian shuttler. Gurukul, Shrine The Awadhe Warriors virtually for both sides, and bagged two Praneeth lost the first game 12- Board and the State of Jammu assured itself a berth in the semi- more points by defeating Chennai 15, but fought back to win the and Kashmir as well by winning finals but it turned out to be a dis- in Men's Doubles and one of the remaining two games 15-8 and a gold medal at the National appointing day for the Hyderabad two Men's Singles' matches. 15-13. With both players leaving Level Jyotish Shilakha Pariksha Hunters in the ongoing Premier Chennai secured two points, no stone unturned, the decisive at 54th All India Sanskrit Shastric Badminton League (PBL) here including the win of India's star third game turned into a tense bat- Contest recently organized by today. shuttler PV Sindhu in Women's tle and Praneeth had the last laugh. The Warriors registered an Singles, but lost one point after the After winning the match, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, emphatic 4-1 win over Chennai team's loss in the Trump match. Praneeth said: "It's never easy to New Delhi at Sri Venkateswara Smashers in the evening match The win for Awadhe came come back after losing the first Vedic University, Tirupati in but the Hunters were out of con- despite the absence of its star shut- game. I committed a lot of mis- Andhra Pradesh. tention for a semi-final berth fol- tler Saina Nehwal, who was not takes in the first game and Sony Master Gourav Sharma was lowing their 1-4 loss against part of the team today. took full advantage of it. I knew if presented with a gold medal, Mumbai Rockets early in the day It was World No. 34 Sai I get rhythm I will play better and gold shilakha, certificate and at the Gachibowli indoor stadium Praneeth who earned the first win that's what happened in the rest of Rs10,000 in cash for winning here. for Awade after pulling off a hard- the match and the result is in front the first prize in this contest. Awadhe gained two points fought victory over Chennai's of all."(PTI) “Governor N N Vohra, who is Chairman of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, has congratulated Master Gourav Sharma on his outstanding per- formance at the All India Sanskrit declamation contest and asked me to arrange a befit- ting function at the Raj Bhavan for honouring this brilliant stu- dent of the Shrine Board’s Gurukul. The Governor has also lauded the Principal and his team of Acharyas and Teachers Alumni of MHAC School Nagbani posing for a group photograph alongwith the dignitaries on the outstanding performance during 1st Alumni Meet. of the students of the Gurukul in academics and extra-curricular It's advantage India at activities,” informed Ajeet MHAC School Nagbani Kumar Sahu, CEO, SMVD World T20: Zaheer Khan Shrine Board. organizes 1st Alumni Meet MUMBAI, Jan 11: Sukhleen Kour, D/o S Amrik Singh and Excelsior Sports Correspondent The students were encouraged Former pace spearhead Zaheer Khan today said the Davinder Kaur, to play various games like Cricket, R/o Gadi Garh JAMMU, Jan 11: MHAC Shot Put, Long Jump, Handball, Indian cricket team's proficiency in playing spin will make the side Lower, Jammu, School, Nagbani organized 1st Basketball and different Races. who has been Alumni Meet in its School premis- School felicitated the ex-stu- a firm favourite when it guns for a second World declared quali- es, here. Around 150 Ex-students dents by offering them snacks & fied for the from 1984 batch onwards attended the lunch. The students enjoyed the Championship title on home turf come March-April. award of the degree of Doctor Meet. day & presented a cultural bonan- of Philosophy (PhD) in Life The Meet began at 11 am in the za by singing songs, gazals etc. "I am sure India will come out Sciences by Jawahar Lal School Conference Hall, wherein The ex-students decided to reg- with flying colours. Though the Nehru University, New Delhi. the Principal, Alok Betab ister themselves to the School web- format is T20, it is to be played in She worked on the topic, addressed and welcomed the ex- site www.mhacnagbani.com the sub- continent. Spin can be a “Functional Characterization students with lot of enthusiasm. Everybody parted off with a part of it and the ability to play of the Noncoding RNAs from Ex-students also introduced promise to see and meet each other spin well can be an advantage," the Repetitive DNA of themselves and revisited their old in the school or outside at least said the former left-arm pacer, Mammalian Genome,” under memories by taking a stroll in the once or twice in a year to strength- who has retired from all forms of the supervision of Prof School Campus. en the spirit. cricket except IPL.(PTI) Pramodh C Rath.