FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Saina, Sindhu sail into Asia CSK look to consolidate position Rajasthan Royals beat KKR by 3 at top against Mumbai Indians wickets, keep play-off hopes alive C'ship quarters CHENNAI, Apr 25: games, are coming off a defeat against Rajasthan Royals and KOLKATA, Apr 25: The Royals made a flying The Royals were looking They might have already will be keen to keep themselves start with openers Sanju Samson down the barrel with the match WUHAN (CHINA), Apr 25: gles event. finals. reached the cut-off limit of 16 in the hunt for the playoffs. Teenager Riyan Parag led a (22) and Ajinkya Rahane (34) drifting towards KKR before Saina, seeded seventh, has a Besides the female duo, points needed for the play-offs, Ace Indian women shuttlers While CSK's must have wel- dramatic late fightback along scoring 53 off the first five overs Parag and Archer enacted a mem- tough next encounter as she will too continued his but Chennai Super Kings would Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu comed Watson's return to form, with Jofra Archer as Rajasthan but a sudden batting collapse saw orable run chase and a win. be up against third seed Akane impressive run by progressing to like to consolidate their position registered straight-game wins to the team would be hoping for Royals recovered from a batting then being reduced to 63 for 3 in Earlier, under-fire skipper Yamaguchi of Japan. the men's singles quarterfinals. at the top when they take on an sail into the quarterfinals of the Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu slump to snatch a thrilling three- the eighth over, losing three wick- Dinesh Karthik silenced his crit- The other Indian in fray, Sameer brushed aside Hong inconsistent Mumbai Indians in Asia Badminton Championship and Kedar Jadhav to get going wicket win over Kolkata Knight ets in two overs for just 10 runs. ics with a career-best 97 not out Sindhu, seeded fourth, took just Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus 21- an IPL match here tomorrow. here today. ahead of the knockout phase. as Kolkata Knight Riders recov- 33 minutes to beat Indonesia's 12 21-19 in his second round The MS Dhoni-led side London Olympic bronze It is important for Jadhav to Today’s Fixture ered from an atrocious start to Choirunnisa 21-15 21-19 in encounter. roared back to form after two medallist Saina, who was the get his touch back with the Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians (Chennai) 8 pm post a competitive 175 for six another second round women's But a Herculean task awaits losses, with a six-wicket win last Indian to take the court on singles match. Sameer in the last eight round as World Cup looming. against Rajasthan Royals in their over Sunrisers Hyderabad here Riders in a dramatic IPL match Thursday, needed just 38 min- The world number six will he will clash with second seed The bowlers have played a Spinners Sunil Narine and must-win IPL fixture here on Tuesday night, riding on here today. utes to get the better of Kim Ga next play the unseeded Cai Shi Yuqi of China. big role in CSK's success so far, Piyush Chawla threaten to change Thursday. Shane Watson's big hitting. The 17-year-old Parag from Eun of Korea to enter the last Yanyan of China in the quarter- Among other Indians, mixed especially at home, on sluggish the complexion of the game with Under pressure to perform Come tomorrow, the hosts Assam played without any fear in eight round of the women's sin- doubles pair of Utkarsh Arora tracks. The much-improved a burst of two wicket apiece. after a string of five straight would be looking to continue the only his 14th T20 match to score and Karishma Wadkar crashed Deepak Chahar will be key in Narine had Rahane LBW in defeats, the World Cup-bound momentum. a 31-ball 47 in a determined rear- out in the second round after los- the matches to come with his the sixth over with a gem of deliv- Karthik promoted himself to No. The visitors, currently in guard innings as the Royals ing 21-10 21-15 to intelligent bowling at the start ery which turned a bit from the 4, shrugging off criticism, and third spot with 12 points from 10 chased down the target of 176 and and at the death. (PTI) middle before Chawla got the smashed nine sixes and seven with four balls to spare. of Indonesia. (PTI) wicket of Samson the next over fours in his 50-ball unbeaten Parag, who hit five fours and with the googly finding the tim- knock, as KKR hit top gear in Advani wins two sixes, added 44 crucial runs ber through the gate. the back end of the innings, with Archer -- who remained not Captain Steve Smith (2) was scoring 126 from the last 10 inaugural Asian out on 27 off just 12 balls with the out in the eighth over with Narine overs and 75 off the last five help of two fours and two sixes -- getting him. overs. (PTI) Snooker Tour title for the seventh wicket from 3.3 overs to turn the match on its head BENGALURU, Apr 25: after the Royals were reduced to India's ace cueist Pankaj 98 for 5 in the 13th over. Advani defeated Ehsan Heydari The Royals needed 54 runs Nezhad of Iran 6-4 to claim the from the final five overs with just inaugural Asian Snooker Tour four lower order batsmen to come Players in action during 15th J&K State Wushu title here today. and the match was definitely for Championship in Jammu. Advani, a 21-time world KKR's taking at that stage but the 15th J&K State Wushu Championship snooker and billiards champion, Medal winning skaters posing along with President, J&K script changed altogether as the beat Nezhad 52-40, 66(58)-0, 1- Skating Association, GS Khurmi and other dignitaries in home side slumped to their sixth 63(62), 78-4, 35-47, 0-51, 47-35, Jammu. loss on the trot. Neck to neck fights among 38-39, 53(49)-35, 51(50)-20 in Archer, who was playing his the final. last IPL match of the season as he The Indian had earlier defeat- IHRSC J&K wins 13 medals is leaving for England, hit a six to ed Aung Phyo of Myanmar (5-2) win the match as the Royals Players in action during a match of Arun Kumar Memorial districts for top slot Gold Cup Football tournament in Jammu on Thursday. Excelsior Sports Correspondent on the State Championship. 50-27, 92(92)-0, 86(86)-15, 12- in All India Championship reached 177 for 7 in 19.2 overs. 62, 54-30, 24-70, 79-5 in the With the win, the Royals General Secretary of the Excelsior Sports Correspondent ver, one bronze), Samarjot Singh JAMMU, Apr 25: On Day-2 semifinal. moved up one place to seventh Ist Arun Kumar Memorial Gold Cup Football Association, Bhavneet wit- (2 golds, one silver), Prageet of the ongoing 3-Day 15th J&K Advani had earlier won the with eight points from 11 match- nessed the Junior and Sub- JAMMU, Apr 25: Showing Kour (One silver), Tamanna State Wushu Championship in second leg of the Tour in China. es, the same as KKR, who Junior bouts and distributed extraordinary grit and agility of Saini (One bronze) and Puneesh Raghav strucks twice as Hero Sub-Junior Boys and Girls, Advani was leading the rank- remained at sixth spot, from the medals among the winners later- highest class, the roller skaters Puri (Two golds, one bronze). Jammu, Srinagar and Samba ing before the final leg of the Tour same number of matches. on. (Speed) of Indian Hawks Roller Later, G.S Khurmi also districts were fighting neck to in Bengaluru. Three teams -- KKR, the Club seals berth in finals While addressing on the Skating Club J&K brought lau- interacted with other skaters of neck for the top slot of the The final leg was to determine Royals and Royal Challengers occasion, she lavished praise on rels to State by winning 13 the Indian Hawks contingent Excelsior Sports Correspondent only goal from Jammu United Championship. the overall Asian Tour champion Bangalore -- now occupy the last the organisers for holding the medals in the 1st All India including Dhruv Gandotra, came in the last minutes of the Jammu was having edge in and the local hero did not disap- three spots in the table with eight JAMMU, Apr 25: Two goals event in befitting manner. Roller Skating Championship Ruhika Sharma, Manya Sharma, play through Munish Manhas. both boys and girls sections, point. point each from 11 matches and that too in the first 10 minutes of Prominent among others 2019 organised by Roller Abhinav Bakshi, Devansh Now, in the second semifi- while Srinagar and Samba dis- "I'm ecstatic to have won the all of them still have a theoretical the play from Raghav Gupta present on the occasion were Skating Federation of India Kapur, Surya Narayan Sharma, nal, scheduled for tomorrow, tricts were leaving no stone inaugural Asian Snooker Tour and chance of making it to the play- today guided Hero Club to a fine Ajay Paul Gill, Maqsood Rather, (RSFI) in collaboration with Angad Singh, Uday Narayan Shine FC shall face Young unturned to dominate each other for it to culminate in my home- offs, provided they do not lose 3-1 win against Jammu United Jabeena Akhter, Mudasir, Yash RSFI unit of Uttar Pradesh at Sharma, Viraaj Gandotra, Rovers at 5 pm. while vying for the top honours. town is an absolute dream. The any of their remaining three on way to the final of the ongo- Pal, Chran singh, Junaid, Greno Speed Skating Rink in Vedant Jamwal and Vanshaj. In today's semifinal, Chief Junior boys and Senior boys success of this event is owed to Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, matches. ing Ist Arun Kumar Memorial Engineer, Power Development Rajinder Singh and Surya Bhanu Gold Cup Football Tournament will fight for the yellow petal Partap Singh. the organising committee headed recently. Department (PDD), Gurmeet by Arvind Savur and was ably at Mini Football Stadium, tomorrow. The Organising Secretary of While felicitating the medal- Singh was chief guest. He was supported by those involved in Parade, here. Kuldeep Handoo, during his the Championship, Kamal list skaters in a function held introduced with the teams by ensuring every aspect of the tour- Hero Club took the first lead interaction with the players, said Kishore (International here today at Shiva Roller organising secretary of the tour- nament was managed extremely in very fourth minute of the play that the Senior boys selection for Medallist) presented vote of Skating Rink Peerkho, President nament, Rakesh Khanna and well," Advani said. (PTI) through Raghav. Four minutes the Federation Cup will be based thanks. J&K Roller Skating Association president of the host Climrate G.S Khurmi, the chief guest on later, Raghav netted another Club, Ashutosh Sharma. Rajesh the occasion, lauded the young goal to help the side take an Sharma (Assistant Engineer) skaters for their matchless per- invincible lead. was special guest. formance in the national skating However, in the second half, Also present were president arena. He said that the outstand- Hero Club maintained their DFA Jammu, Sheikh Mehmood, ing show of skating skill and offensive and added yet another secretary DFA, Yusuf Don, endurance by these skaters has goal when Amit Rajput made a Chandan Singh Chouhan, raised hopes that J&K will soon powerful kick on a pass from the Bachan Dogra and Kiranjeet become top stakeholder as far as centre to the surprise of the goal- Singh. medal tally in the national and keeper in the 64th minute. The international events is con- cerned. Players in action during Table Tennis competition organised The parents of medal win- by DYSSO Jammu at Indoor Complex, MA Stadium on ning skaters appreciated the Thursday. Teams posing along with organisers and officials at Country Cricket Stadium, Gharota in entire team of Indian Hawks Jammu. Roller Skating Club especially DPS girls bag U-14 Badminton, ace skater Arjun Gandotra for inspiring young skaters and giv- Musaif's ton helps BRSCC to outplay ing special tips necessary for Table Tennis titles excelling in speed skating. Excelsior Sports Correspondent to the final along with Heritage NCC by 8 runs in Patriots Cup Applauding the performance School. In Semifinals: Heritage of skaters of Indian Hawks Club, JAMMU, Apr 25: Delhi trounced APS Nagrota by 2-0 Excelsior Sports Correspondent overs, losing 6 wickets in the contributed 68 and 66 runs Arjun Gandotra, who was spe- Public School (DPS) Jammu and DPS Jammu defeated KC process. Musaif Ajaz scored respectively, while Pranav Gupta, cial guest on the occasion, said clinched girls' under-14 JAMMU, Apr 25: Brilliant Public School by 2-1. magnificent 139 runs, studded Manish Dogra and Abdul Samad that J&K is in no way behind Badminton and Table Tennis unbeaten century by Musaif Ajaz Meanwhile, the under-17 with 15 boundaries, while scored 43, 37 and 25 runs respec- any other State as far as sporting titles after defeating Carmel Young footballers posing along with Secretary J&K State helped Brigadier Rajinder Singh Carrom single title went to Raghav Sharma, Abhishant tively. From BRSCC, Raghav talent is concerned but the only Convent and Presentation Sports Council in Jammu before leaving for Gurgaon. Cricket Club (BRSCC) to out- Government Girls Higher Bakshi and Kanan Sharma con- Sharma bagged 3 wickets, while flaw here is the dearth of facili- Convent in the final of inter- play National Cricket Club Secondary School (GHSS) tributed 61, 55 and 29 runs to the Nitish, Sourav Singh and Sanchit ties to hone the skills of school (girls) competitions of (NCC) by a narrow margin of 8 Sohanjana, who beat Carmel Secretary Sports Council flags total respectively. From NCC, claimed 2 wickets each. sportspersons. district Jammu, organised by the runs in the ongoing Patriots 50- Convent School by 2-0. Vijay Dogra bagged 2 wickets, Rajesh Padha, ace fitness The vote of thanks was pre- Department of Youth Services Overs One Day Cricket The girls' under-14 Table while Tanmay, Vishwajeet and exponent of the State along with sented by Dr Rakesh Shan. and Sports (DYSS) at Indoor off U-13 SFA I-League team Tournament, being organised by Tennis final was won by DPS Umran Malik claimed one wick- Sandeep Singh (Sunny), former The medallist skaters of the Complex, MA Stadium, here Excelsior Sports Correspondent The tournament will feature Country Cricket Club at Country Jammu, beating Presentation et each. Ranji Trophy Player were promi- Indian Hawks Skating Club today. teams including Lonestar Cricket Stadium, Gharota, here Convent by 3-0. JAMMU, Apr 25: Secretary In reply, NCC scored 319 nent among others to witness the include Kartikeya Puri (2 golds, In the semifinals, again Kashmir FC, Param Sports today. Semifinals: DPS beat Jammu and Kashmir State runs to lose the match by a nar- match. 1 silver), Ranveer Shan (One sil- decided today, Carmel Convent Jammu, Just for Kicks Batting first, BRSCC scored Jodhamal School by 3-0 and Sports Council, Dr Naseem row margin of 8 runs. Sahil beat Army Public School (APS) Coimbatore and SFA. a big total of 327 runs in 50 Presentation Convent drubbed Javaid Choudhary flagged off Bhalwal and Aditya Partap Singh Leh, Srinagar emerge victorious as JKSSC Nagrota by 2-0 while DPS Earlier, Secretary interacted GD Goenka by 3-0. Under-13 SFA team for the 1st trounced KC Public School by with the young footballers and In Under-17 Table Tennis Round Under-13 Sub Junior I- 2-1. Meanwhile, in under-17 age encouraged them by assuring Youth Football League concludes final, G D Goenka outplayed League tournament to be held at group, DPS Jammu has made it support and assistance. Excelsior Sports Correspondent rious by a scorline of 3-1. Heritage School by 3-2. Gurgaon. Moonis scored a brace and He wished them good luck SRINAGAR, Apr 25: for the tournament. Parvaiz also netted a goal. Sheetu Meenia, D/o Raj JKSSC Youth Football League Tabish was the lone goal scorer which ran with SFA Academy Kumar and for Anantnag. Champa Devi, Raspreet Kour, D/o Satmeet teams from all the 22 districts of Jigmet Chunzin from SFA Kour and Late S. J&K finally ended with SFA R/o Bishnah, Leh and Parvaiz from SFA Jammu, who has Charanjeet Srinagar in boys category and Srinagar were the star players. Singh, W/o SFA Leh in girls category been declared The special guests on valedicto- qualified for the Gurprince Singh, emerging as champions at TRC ry function were Executive R/o Karan Bagh, Turf Stadium, here. award of the Chief JKFA, SA Hamid; General degree of Master of Philosophy Jammu, who has The first game of the day Secretary JKFA, Prof Bashir been declared was played between SFA Leh (MPhil) with 'A' Grade in Ahmad Shah; SFA In-charge Education by the University of qualified for the award of the and SFA Jammu girls in which and ace footballer Mehrajuddin degree of Master of Philosophy Leh continued their tremendous Jammu. She worked on the topic Wadoo; besides iconic "Educational Empowerment of (MPhil) with 'A' Grade in Women in Jammu and Kashmir Education by the University of Players in action during Jammu division selection events at Jammu. She worked on the topic Swimmers posing along with dignitaries and officials during Hotel Nek in Jammu on Thursday. State: Article 370 and 35 A of inter-school competitions in Samba. Constitution of India," under "Growth and Transition of the supervision of Prof (Dr) Higher Education in Jammu Inter-school swimming Soham, Arushi emerge Renu Nanda, Department of Division of Jammu and Education JU. Kashmir State," under the supervision of Prof (Dr) Renu Nanda. meet of Samba held winners in U-15 Chess Anu Chirotra, D/o Ashok Excelsior Sports Correspondent All the matches were con- Kumar and Kumari Shipu, D/o Darshan Excelsior Sports Correspondent Arun Singh Katal, Ist; Keshav ducted by Vivek, Chess coach of Darshana Lal and Asha Singh of NVHSS Dhalhote, 2nd JAMMU, Apr 25: Soham J&K State, under Swiss System Kumari, R/o Devi, R/o Nanak SAMBA, Apr 25: Annual and Varun Singh of NVHSS Kamotra and Arushi Kotwal and International Chess Rules. Trikuta Nagar, Nagar, Jammu, inter-school boys Swimming Dalhote, 3rd. Under 17 yrs: 100 won the Under-15 events in Young footballers posing along with special guest at TRC All the matches were con- Jammu, who has who has been meet district Samba held under mts: 50 mts Free Style: Shimat boys and girls categories respec- Turf in Srinagar on Thursday. ducted under the guidance of been declared declared qualified the banner of Department of Singh of HSS Goran, Ist; tively in the ongoing Jammu Atul Kumar Gupta, President qualified for the for the award of Youth Services and Sports Abhinandan of GHSS Ghagwal, sportspersons including Mohd division selection events, here. winning form and dominated the AJKCA and under the supervi- award of the degree of Master of the degree of (DYSS) in Under-14 and 7 cate- 2nd and Harbhajan Singh of Yousuf Dar, Mohd Sultan Young Amrita Gupta gave game from the beginning and sion of Baldev Raj, Vice Philosophy (MPhil) with 'A' Master of Philosophy (MPhil) gories at Nonath Ashram HSS Goran, 3rd. 100 mts: Wadoo, Mohd Amin Khan, very tough fight to Arushi scored two goals through Sonam President AJKCA. Grade in Education by the with 'A' Grade in Education by Ghagwal under the supervision Rakesh Singh of HSS Sumb, Ist; Bilquis Mir, Ishfaq Ahmad, Bilal Kotwal and was placed 2nd. She Angmo and won the final. Selected players from these University of Jammu. She the University of Jammu. She of district officer, Sunil Kumar Nitesh Channel of HSS Sumb, Punjabi, Showkat Khanyari and also played well in boys group The second and final match events along with selected play- worked on the topic worked on the topic "Sociology and ZPEO, Rakesh Kumari. 2nd and. 100 mts Back Stroke: SFA coach Satpal Singh. and got 6th position. of the day was played between ers from Kashmir division will "Perceptions of Post Graduate of Career Orientations among The Results: Shamit Singh of HSS Goran, Ist The tournament was organ- Ojaswani Mengi got 3rd SFAAnantnag and SFA Srinagar represent J&K State in forth- Students towards Massive Open Different Castes in Relation to Under-14: Free Style: 50 and Happy Singh of Shiva HSS ized by State Football Academy position in girls U-15 age cate- in the boys category. It turned coming Nationals. Online Courses (MOOCS)," Achievement Motivation," mts: Arun Singh Katal of NV Sumb, 2nd. 100 mts Breast under the supervision of J&K gory, while Pranav Abrol got out to be an intense battle U-25 age category selection under the supervision of under the supervision of Prof HSS Dhalote Samba, Ist; Stroke: Vishal Singh of Shivaji State Sports Council and was 2nd position in boys U-15 cate- between the top two teams of the events will be held tomorrow at Assistant Prof (Dr) SK Panda, (Dr) Rajeev Rattan Sharma, Keshav Singh of NVHSS HS Patyari Samba, Ist; Nitesh supported by J&K Football gory and Ayush Gupta got third league. 9.30 am at Hotel Nek, below Department of Education, HoD Education, University of Dalhote, 2nd and Pawan Singh Channel of HSS Sumb, 2nd. Association. position. of HSS Sumb, 3rd. 100 mts: SFA Srinagar emerged victo- Gummat, here. University of Jammu. Jammu.