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Page 18 Sports.Qxd SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2016 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Inter-Collegiate C’ships at JU India flounder, disciplined New GDC Kathua lifts Kabbadi (M) trophy, Zealand grab Day 1 honours PG Deptt wins Volleyball (M) title KOLKATA, Sept 30: heat and energy-sapping humid- skipper. Excelsior Sports Correspondent 24. ity. Kohli got carried away after Earlier in 1st semi-final of India's vaunted batting line- JAMMU, Sept 30: GDC The duo's stand spanned an exquisite cover drive that Volleyball (M) tournament, PG up failed to recover from the three hours and nine minutes but was cheered by the small Kathua lifted the Inter- Department beat GDC early blows dealt by New Collegiate Kabaddi (Men) Udhampur by (2 – 1) sets with Zealand's concerted bowling Trophy while PG Department set score 19 – 25, 25 – 19, 15 – effort and wobbled to 239 for 7 won Inter-Collegiate Volleyball 12 and in 2nd Semi-final, GDC on the opening day of the second (M) Championship title in the cricket Test here today. Barring Cheteshwar Pujara Students displaying their talent in Western vocal contest at JU on Friday. -Excelsior/Rakesh (87) and Ajinkya Rahane (77), none of the batsmen came good Display Your Talent after skipper Virat Kohli opted to bat on the relaid pitch of the historic Eden Gardens stadium, Western Vocal, Clay Modeling, hosting India's 250th home Test. Ravindra Jadeja (0) and Instillation events held Wriddhiman Saha (14) were holding fort for the home side Excelsior Sports Correspondent In Western Vocal (Group), event. when stumps were drawn at the the team of SPMR College of In Instillation, the team of end of the 87th over due to bad JAMMU, Sept 30: The Commerce stood First, GCW, Chetan Bandral and Sachin light. events of Western Vocal (Solo & Gandhi Nagar stood Second and Kumar from Institute of Music The Kiwis, who were dealt a Trent Boult celebrates the wicket of Virat Kohli during the Group), Clay Modeling and the Third position was shared by and Fine Arts stood First, Mehak blow this morning when regular first day of second test at Kolkata. Instillation were conducted PG Integrated Team and GCW and Kanav Chopra from Govt skipper and top batsman Kane today in the ongoing 'Display Parade. The Certificates of Merit MAM College stood Second and Winning Kabaddi team posing with trophy at Gymnasium the Kiwis made an impact in the turnout and went for an IPL-like Williamson was ruled out of Your Talent-2016-17', organ- were awarded to the teams of Radhay Mahajan and Sachi Jain Hall, JU in Jammu. final session snapping four shot chasing a ball way outside match owing to illness, showed ized by the Department of Govt MAM College and The from GCW Gandhi Nagar stood wickets. the off-stump to be caught bril- tremendous resilience to put up Students Welfare, University of Law School, JU. Suman Gupta, Third. Dr Tirath Ram was the Hiranagar defeated GDC Pujara was set up brilliantly liantly by Tom Latham. ongoing Inter-Collegiate a fine first day show. Jammu. Jagmeet Singh and Naresh Teacher In-Charge of the event. Akhnoor by (2 – 0) sets with set by left-arm pacer Neil Wagner, The dismissal less than half Championships being held at Medium-pacer Matt Henry In Western Vocal (Solo), Sharma were the judges for the Jagpal S Bandral, Amarjeet score 28 -26, 25 – 22. who put a short cover for him, an before the lunch break dis- University of Jammu (JU). was the Black Caps top wicket- Shumalini Goswami from event. Dr Sadaf Shah was the Singh, Mukul Mangotra and Prof Avtar Singh Jasrotia, and the Indian holed out to turbed India's recovery plan The final match of the taker with a haul of 3/35 in his SPMR College of Commerce, Teacher In-Charge. Vikas Dogra were the Judges of Director, Directorate of Sports Martin Guptill. before Pujara and Rahane held Kabaddi (M) tournament was miserly 15 overs, while off-spin- Asif from KC Law College and In Clay Modeling, Sachin both the events of Fine Arts. and Physical Education, JU, However, it was not a good firm in the second session. played between GDC Kathua ner Jeetan Patel, brought into the Vishal Pandita from Govt Verma and Trishla Kumari from The event was coordinated awarded the trophies to the win- day at his favourite ground for Pujara, who played a crucial and PG Department at side due to the injury-forced exit MAM College were declared Institute of Music and Fine Arts by Sumeet Sharma (Drama ning teams. Rohit Sharma (2), who was dis- role with his 62 and 78 in the Gymnasium Hall, JU, in which of Mark Craig, chipped in with First, Second & Third respec- and Diksha Andotra from Deptt Instructor) and Ifra Kak The championships were missed by Patel. The right-han- Kanpur Test, again showed the GDC Kathua beat PG Dept by two wickets. tively. The Certificates of Merit of Life Long Learning, JU, (Cultural Officer). Hemant, organized by the Directorate of der also looked to have hurt his kind of application needed with 54–39 whereas the final of India, who will regain the were awarded to Shubhangni stood First, Second and Third Neha, Sunakshi, Rajni, Sameeta, Sports and Physical Education, left shoulder while attempting a his team off a bad start. Volleyball (M) championship top spot in ICC rankings if they Jamwal IDS Sehora, Ayushi respectively. Certificates of Radhika, Samiksha, and Surbhi University of Jammu under the single. After aiding seam move- was played between GDC seal the three-match series in Chowdhary and Deskyong Merit were awarded to Vijayta did the Hall Management. The overall Supervision of Prof For the Kiwis, it was a tale of ment and offering variable Hiranagar and PG Department, this match, did not make a very Angma from GCW Gandhi Kashyap from GDC Hira Nagar event of Debate would be con- Avtar Singh Jasrotia, Director, two comeback men as first 24- bounce in the morning, the pitch in which the later defeated the good start and lost their top- Nagar. Dr Sarika Manhas was and Rashmi Singh from GDC ducted tomorrow at Brig. Directorate of Sports and year-old Henry (3/35), who had turned slower on a sultry after- former by (3 – 0) sets with set three batsmen even before the the Teacher In-Charge of the Akhnoor. Dr. Savita Nayyar was Rajinder Singh Auditorium from Physical Education, University replaced their pace spearhead noon, offering occasional turn. score 30 – 28, 25 – 20 and 26 – score had touched 50. event. the Teacher In-Charge of the 10:00 am onwards. of Jammu. Tim Southee created quite a flut- However Pujara and Rahane Pujara and Rahane's dogged ter by removing both the open- batted sensibly to resurrect the District Veterans Athletic Championship fourth-wicket stand of 141 was ers -- Shikhar Dhawan (1) and innings. the high point for India today. Murali Vijay (9). They were never in a hurry Janak, Mohinder, Ram win 1st place For the in-form Pujara, it Off the second ball of his and played according to the was his third half-century from first over, Henry bowled merit of the ball, collecting as many innings but a lapse in Dhawan who tried to cut in an timely boundaries in the in various categories of Long Jump concentration ended his patient angled delivery only to drag the process. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Prakash Luthra, Jatinder Singh Chander secured 3rd position. innings for 87 that came off 219 ball back to his stumps. Giving him a able support at and Raj Kumar secured 1st, In 45 - 50 age group, Ram deliveries and was studded with Replacing Lokesh Rahul, the other end was Rahane, who POONCH, Sept 30: District 2nd and 3rd positions, respec- Parkash secured 1st place, 17 hits to the fence. Poonch Veteran Athletics Dhawan's stint lasted just 10 hit 11 fours in his 157-ball stay tively in 75-80 age group. In 50 Ajaya Kumar won 2nd and From being 46/3 in a jittery balls with scorecard reading 1/1 at the crease. Rahane's resolute Association in collaboration - 55 age group, Ravinder Singh Mohinder Singh claimed 3rd first session, Pujara and Rahane with district unit of Sports in the second over. Vijay also knock came to and end when got 1st prize, Mohinder Pal position. batted with grit and determina- perished to a beauty from the Patel trapped him LBW with Council organized District Bali claimed 2nd and Narinder In High Jump, Muneer tion under the blazing afternoon Veterans Athletics youngster playing only his fifth India exactly at 200. Singh had to satisfy with 3rd Hussain won 1st position, Janak Test. Down the order, Championship here at Sports Players selected for Junior/ Senior National Speed Ball Billiard & Continuing a rare lean patch, Ravichandran Ashwin played a Stadium. Championship posing with team coach, team manager and others. 32 veteran athletes of the Snooker C'ship skipper Kohli (9) was steadying useful knock of 26 that was district participated in this the ship with a set Pujara, but laced with four hits to the championship. The champi- 45 players selected for from Oct 5 Trent Boult (1/33) dismissed the boundary. (PTI) onship was organized under the Excelsior Sports Correspondent supervision of Nirdosh Kumar Sharma, Incharge, Manager National Speed Ball C'ship JAMMU, Sept 30: J&K Sports Stadium, Poonch. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Raina, Sumit Kumar and Aditya Billiards and Snooker Pawar. The competitions were JAMMU, Sept 30: J&K Association is organizing a organized in various categories Players selected under Billiard and Snooker Open Speed Ball Association selected Senior category are Gurmanjeet for Shot Put, Discus Throw, 45 players for Junior/Senior State Level Championship from Singh, Aryan Kangotra, Rahul Javelin Throw, High Jump, National Speed Ball October 5 in various categories.
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