MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2020 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Bangladesh shock India to win India lose by 2-3 to Belgium DG Sports honours players as 65th NSG Kho-Kho C’ship concludes maiden U-19 World Cup title in FIH Pro League match Maharashtra thrashes POTCHEFSTROOM, Feb 9: BHUBANESWAR, Feb 9: The Kalinga Stadium has been a happy hunting ground for A sprightly bunch of India fought hard but a Belgium as it is the same venue to lift title Bangladesh boys created history defensive lapse from where they lifted their maiden Excelsior Sports Correspondent by winning their country's first cost them World Cup title in 2018. global title, shocking dear as they slumped to their The Red Lions took the lead JAMMU, Feb 9: Thrashing defending champions India by first defeat in the second edition as early as in the third minute Kerala by 1 innings and 5 points three in the summit of the FIH Hockey Pro League, when Hendrickx scored from a in the summit clash, formidable Maharashtra lifted the title tro- clash of the ICC U-19 World losing 2-3 to world champions penalty corner after the the ini- phy of the 65th National School Cup here today. Belgium here today. tial two efforts of Sebastien Games Under-19 Boys Kho- In a low-scoring final, After defeating world num- Dockier and Thomas Briels Kho Championship, which con- Bangladesh first choked India to ber three the Netherlands in their were brilliantly saved by India a meagre 177 in 47.2 overs and opening two matches of the FIH cluded at Khel Gaon, Nagrota, custodian PR Sreejesh. here today. then did well enough to score Pro League, India beat world India drew level eight sec- revised target of 170 in 42.1 Bangladeshi batsmen shaking hands after defeating India in The Championship was number one Belgium in a onds before the end of the first overs under Duckworth-Lewis U-19 World Cup final on Sunday. thrilling match on Saturday to organised by the Department of quarter when Vivek tapped in method. continue their unbeaten run, Youth Services and Sports J&K, off 77 balls, which in 10 overs) came into the attack after 's fine Once play resumed after which lifted them to number under the auspices of School negated more fancied opponent and started his rain, target was revised to 170 work from the right flank. Games Federation of India Jubilant Maharashtra players, winners of NSG U-19 Boys Yashasvi Jaiswal's 88 off 121 googlies. four position in the world rank- and with seven runs to get and Belgium restored their lead (SGFI). Kho-Kho Championship posing along with DG Sports, Dr balls. First he got Tanzid holed out ings. three wickets in hand, it became But the Manpreet Singh-led two minutes into the second In the final, the players of Saleem-ur-Rehman and other dignitaries at Khel Gaon, Nagrota. a cakewalk for the 'Tiger Cubs' Akbar's cool quotient was in the deep and then had quarter through Plennevaux, Maharashtra displayed extraor- side could not repeat Saturday's and Tamil Nadu, the other four prizes among the winners and as they scripted a golden chapter there for everyone to see as he Mahmudul Hassan Joy (8) who deflected in a beautiful pass dinary skills and showed sereni- performance and went down places up to the 8th spot were runners-up teams. in their country's cricket history. marshalled his resources bril- played on with another wrong from Simon Gougnard. ty and promise to outplay the fighting in their second match bagged by Uttar Pradesh, West Joint Director Youth India's cricketing battles liantly and then batted responsi- 'un and Towhid Hridoy was also But it took India just 30 sec- rivals in a one-sided affair. against world number number Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Services and Sports, Jammu, with Bangladesh have been bly, seeing out India's threats rapped on the pads and Dhruv onds to level the scores when Rohan Kore was the star per- one Belgium. Karnataka respectively. Madan Lal and his counterpart filled with acrimony since 2015 from leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi Jurel effected a smart stumping former for Maharashtra who Alexander Hendrickx scored Rohidas scored off a rebound The coaches and managers from Kashmir, Bashir Ahmed World Cup quarter-final at the and fast bowler Kartik Tyagi's to make it 65 for 4. scored 6 points by playing for spells before reaching the finish- With Emon back in the hut from a penalty corner in the from a penalty corner. of the visiting contingents were were the guests of honour. MCG and it had only amplified The Indians matched 2.30 minutes. The performance ing line with ease. due to hamstring injury, it was third minute for Belgium but it fetched him the man of the all praise for the organisers Balbir Singh, Assistant Director with the kind of boorish behav- Belgium in every aspect of the There were two things that on skipper Akbar to show com- was Maxime Plennevaux's match award. especially the Director General (Central) and District Youth iour that some of the (17th, 26th) two field goals that game but a howler from Bangladeshi players displayed. cost India dearly. While batting, posure in the hour of crisis even Earlier, in the hardliner for holding the event in a befit- Services and Sports Officers of India lost their last seven wick- as left-arm seamer Sushant ensured the win for the visiting Harmanpreet cost the home side (match for the 3rd place), ting manner. various districts of the Union On Sunday also, a few play- side. dear as Belgium again took the ers from both sides nearly came ets for 23 runs. And then while Singh in his second and third got the better of Tamil They lavished praise on the Territory were present on the India's goals came from the lead just four minutes from half- to blows at the end of the game defending, the number of extras spell got a couple of wickets. Nadu in a close contest by 4 technical panel of the occasion. sticks of Vivek Sagar Prasad time. and it was India coach Paras (33) bowled did matter in the Then, it was Emon who points. Championship headed by Jaffar Joint Director Jammu pre- (15th) and (17th). Mhambrey, who was seen urg- final context of the game. again came back at 102 for 6 as Harmanpreet was guilty of a Dilip Kahndavi of Haider, DYSSO Kishtwar, for sented vote of thanks and high- The win enabled Belgium to ing his boys to keep calm as Bangladesh's chase started in Akbar finally got hold of giving away a loose ball which Maharashtra was adjudged as preserving spirit and sanctity of lighted the achievements of the keep their top position at the opposition leading pacer earnest with Parvez Hossain Bishnoi's googlies as there was was picked up by Nicolas de the man of the tournament for the game. Department. Shoriful Islam was seen swear- Emon (47 off 79 balls) and one slog sweep for six. With standings with 14 points from Kerpel, who passed it on to his outstanding performances. The Director General Youth He gave credit of establish- ing expletives on camera. Tanzid Hasan (17) adding 50 in Bishnoi not having an effective six games, while India are Plennevaux and he made no Apart from the first four Services and Sports was the ing Khel Gaon as a sporting hub Even then, credit should go quick time, primarily due to for- leg-break, he was taken out of placed second with eight points mistake in scoring his second places, which went to chief guest on the concluding to the Director General Youth Bangladesh's 18-year-old cap- mer's impressive off-side play. the attack.(PTI) from four matches. goal of the day.(PTI) Maharashtra, Kerala, Haryana ceremony, who distributed Services and Sports. tain Akbar Ali, who showed However, things changed nerves of steel with a patient 43 once leg-spinner Bishnoi (4/30 Naseem breaks hat trick record Gill hits unbeaten ton, Belarus, Russia claw out as Bangladesh face defeat guides India A to 234/1 Fed Cup victories RAWALPINDI, Feb 9: missals of Taijul Islam (lbw) and NEW ZEALAND, Feb 9: unbeaten on 103 off 222 balls MADRID, Feb 9: beat Romania 3-2 in Cluj- Mahmudullah (caught) with the Napoca. Teenage paceman Naseem during which he struck 10 bound- next two deliveries. Aryna Sabalenka's day of Spain swept Japan aside 3-1. Shah became the youngest play- struck an aries and a six. Naseem had figures of 4-26 wild extremes ended with Belarus Switzerland beat Canada, er to record a Test hat trick as unbeaten 107 as India A made Besides, Glenn Phllips made before he left the field with a clawing their way into the Fed Belgium beat Kazakhstan and Pakistan closed in on victory 234 for one in their first innings in 65, while wicketkeeper Dane shoulder injury. Shanto and Cup final while Naomi Osaka's Slovakia beat Britain, all 3-1. against Bangladesh in reply to New Zealand A's 386 for Clever scored 53. Mominul Haque, unbeaten on participation ended more tamely Germany thrashed Brazil 4-0 in Rawalpindi today. nine declared on the third day of For India, 37 at the close, had added 71 for when she was benched as Japan warm conditions in Florianopolis. Just when Bangladesh their four-day unofficial Test here (2/50), Mohammed Siraj (2/75), the third after they lost lost. They join already-qualified seemed to have fought their way today. Avesh Khan (2/82) and veteran Saif Hassan on 16 and Tamim Belarus beat the Netherlands Australia, France, Czech J&K U-23 Women's team posing for a group photograph back into the match at 124-2 Opening the batting along off-spinner Iqbal on 34. 3-2 in the Hague. Russia was also Republic and Hungary in the 12- after beating Manipur at Cuttack on Sunday. minutes before the close on the side skipper Hanuma Vihari (59), (2/98) shared eight wickets At the close, Bangladesh forced to go the distance as they team finals in Budapest in April. third day, Naseem destroyed Gill scored his runs off 153 balls among them. were 126-6 and needing another The final place was to be them with three wickets off suc- with the help of 13 boundaries India A now trail New Women’s U-23 One Day Trophy 86 runs to avoid an innings Bengaluru lad decided later Saturday in Everett, cessive deliveries. and one six to help India A pile up Zealand A by 152 runs with just a defeat with two days to play. Washington, where the Serena Aged 16 years and 359 days, 234/1 in 53 overs. day's play remaining. Naseem, who burst onto the Eric Nithilan Williams-led USA, who also he becomes the youngest player Middle-order mainstay Brief Scores: Bismah scores 81 as J&K eves scene on Pakistan's Australia boast newly crowned Australian to record a Test hat trick, besting Chesterwar Pujara was giving New Zealand A 1st innings: wins title tour last year, is also the Open champion Sofia Kenin in Bangladeshi who Gill company at the crease on 52 386 for 9 in 131.5 overs (Daryl youngest fast bowler and second CHENNAI, Feb 9: their team, started the second day achieved the feat aged 19 in off 99 balls at the draw of stumps. Mitchell 103, Glenn Phillips 65; crush Manipur by 140 runs bowler overall to take five wick- leading Latvia 2-0. 2003. ets in a Test innings. Earlier, New Zealand Sandeep Warrier 2/50). Bengaluru lad Eric Nithilan Excelsior Sports Correspondent Niruka claimed 2 wickets. In the Hague, Sabalenka Naseem trapped Najumul He achieved that feat at 16 declared their innings at 386 for India A 1st innings: 234 for 1 edged out Boopathy Sakthival in Kiranbala and Preety shared 1 nine in 131.5 overs after the sec- opened the day by losing 6-4, 6-4 JAMMU, Feb 9: Riding on Hossain Shanto leg before off the years and 307 days against Sri in 53 overs (Shubman Gill 107 three sets in the final to win the wicket each. ond day's play was washed out on to Kiki Bertens. It was a match Bismah Hassan's magnificent 81 fourth ball of his seventh over for Lanka in Karachi last not out, Cheteshwar Pujara 52 boys singles title in the BR In reply, Manipur bundled Saturday. notable for an awful miss by the runs and Nadia Chowdhary's 4- 38, then followed up with dis- year.(Agencies) not out; Blair Tickner 1/71). Adityan Memorial National out for 103 runs to lose the Daryl Mitchell remained Belarussian who seemed to start wicket haul, Jammu and (PTI) Series Under-18 tennis at the match by 140 runs. Skipper Gandhi Nagar Club here. crying after netting an easy win- Kashmir crushed Manipur by a Linthoingambi Rajkumari top ner. big margin of 140 runs in the Nithilan quelled a mid-match scored with 28 runs, while VKCC drubs Commando comeback from the Tamil Nadu "It was not the best tennis ongoing Women's Under-23 One Preety and Kalpana contributed from myself," Sabalenka said. Day Trophy at Revenshaw player to post a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win 28 and 26 runs to the total and claim the top prize. When Arantza Rus won the University Ground-1 Cuttack in respectively. For J&K, Nadia opening set of the fourth rubber to Odisha. Club in Samba T20 In the girls singles final, Chowdhary was the pick of the Excelsior Sports Correspondent In reply, VKCC chased the tar- Akanksha Nitture outlasted love and Aliaksandra Sasnovich Earlier, winning the toss and bowlers, who captured 4 impor- took an injury time out in the next batting first, Jammu and get in 18 overs, losing 8 wickets in Vaishnavi Adkar 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to tant wickets by conceding 22 SAMBA, Feb 9: Varun Katal the process to win the match by 2 emerge victorious. rubber in clear distress with a Kashmir scored a big total of runs in her 10 overs, while Cricket Club (VKCC) defeated wrist injury, Belarus seemed 243 runs in the allotted 50 overs, wickets. Raghu top scored with 50 She had earlier won the dou- Ananya Sharma bagged 2 wick- Commando Cricket Club by 2 runs, studded with 4 fours and 4 bles title in partnership with doomed. losing 8 wickets in the process. wickets in Samba T20 Cricket ets by giving away 14 runs in sixes, while Rupa contributed 31 Vaishnavi Adkar. Somehow Sasnovich battled Bismah Hassan top scored with Tournament, which commenced her 3.5 overs. Bismah Hassan, J&K Kabaddi team posing alongwith dignitaries before leav- runs to the total. From Commando Results: Finals: Boys back to win 0-6, 7-5, 6- 81 runs off 78 balls, studded here today. Heena Kouser and Rifat ing for 46th Junior National Championship. Cricket Club, Shashi Chib took 3 Singles: Eric Nithilan beat 2.(Agencies) with 13 boundaries, while skip- The tournament is being organ- Choudhary shared 1 wicket wickets, while Surinder Kumar Boopathy Sakthivel 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. per Tanisha Sharma contributed ised by Samba Cricket Club in the each. bagged 2 wickets. Raghu was Girls Singles: Akanksha 18th Athletics 32 runs to the total and The J&K team is being J&K Kabaddi team leaves memory of martyrs at Keli Mandi declared man of the match for his Rudrakshi Chib made 26 with 4 ground, here. Nitture beat Vaishnavi Adkar 6- accompanied by Payal superb batting display. 3, 4-6, 6-4. Championship boundaries. Rifat Choudhary, Choudhary as manager, Neeru Earlier, batting first, The match was officiated by Nadia Chowdhary and Heena Commando Cricket Club scored Boys Doubles: Boopathy on Feb 13, 14 Manhas as coach, Surekha as for 46th Jr Nationals Rahul Singh and Digvijay Singh. Sakthivel/Aayush Bhat beat Kouser contributed 16, 13 and trainer and -Chetna Dogra 168 runs in the stipulated 20 overs, The tournament is being held Excelsior Correspondent Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Ajay Gupta, Senior Kabaddi losing 4 wickets in the process. Farhan Patrawala/Maan unbeaten 10 runs to the total physio, while the team has been under the supervision of organising respectively. Coach. Raman Sutra, Rakesh Singh and Kesharwani 6-2, 6-3. JAMMU, Feb 9: Jammu selected by the JKCA selectors JAMMU, Feb 9: Jammu and Earlier the teams were committee including Sarpanch Girls Doubles: Akanksha From Manipur, L Linthoi Shashi Chib contributed 36, 34 Lablu, Rajeev Sharma, Aman and Kashmir Amateur Athletics namely Anju Gupta (Chairman), Kashmir Junior Kabaddi team screened by Screening Nitture/Vaishnavi Adkar beat scalped 3 wickets by conceding and 29 runs to the total respective- Sambyal, Surinder Singh, Abhinav Association is going to organise Anuradha, Ravinder Kour, left for 46th Junior National Committee of J&K Sports Abhaya Vemuri/Apurva Vemuri 34 runs in her 10 overs, while ly. Raghu took 1 wicket from Sambyal, Aru Bhatti and Vivek 18th J&K UT Athletics champi- Qurat and Sayima Rashid. Championship to be held at 7-5, 6-4. (PTI) Council including Ravi Singh, VKCC. Singh. onship on February 13 and 14 at Rohtak in Haryana from DSO Jammu and Satish Gupta, February 13 to 16, 2020. BSF Stadium, Paloura here. Manager Indoor Sports J&K Ski team bags The championship will be According to a handout Complex, MA Stadium, Jammu. issued here by General Secretary held in Junior and Senior cate- The Team (Boys): Mohd three medals in gories for both boys and girls. of the Association, Surinder Hussain War, Mohd Altaf, Mohan Gupta, the team will par- Nationals Athletes desirous to take Shawar Gul, Rajan Singh part in the upcoming champi- ticipate in the Championship Manhas,, Vasnsh Deep, Sadam Excelsior Sports Correspondent under the banner of J&K onship shall report on February Hussain, Sourav Singh, Vishal SRINAGAR, Feb 9: On the 12 and bring with them Date of Amateur Kabaddi Association Sharma, Sheraj Ahmed, Mohd. and J&K Sports Council. opening day of National Ski and Birth certificate and Aadhar Asif, Jasvir Singh, Bhagat Snowboarding Championship, card. For any clarification fol- Anil Gupta, President, J&K and Rashpal Singh NIS Kabaddi Amateur Kabaddi Association the J&K Ski team bagged 3 lowing persons can be contact- Coach is the coach of the team, bronze medals in junior events. ed including SS Gill distributed sports kits among the while Jaswinder Singh is the selected players in the presence Arsalan Manzoor won (9419108337), Ramesh Sharma manager. bronze medal in under-18 years (9419796769), Nirmal Singh of Ravi Singh, Divisional Sports Girls: Farhat Anjum, Zule Officer, J&K Sports Council; boys category, while Sadiya (7889401211) and Gurcharan Khan, Priyanka Devi, Pooja Aijaz bagged bronze in under Singh (7006341648). Dignitaries along with students posing for a group photo- Satish Kumar, Manager Indoor Devi, Palak Saini, 18 girls category and Sana graph. Stadium, Kuldeep Kumar Players of winner team along with winning trophy posing for Rashpal Singh, S/o Dan VaishaliKainth, SheetalKumari, Afzal Mir clinched bronze in Gupta, CEO J&K Kabaddi a group photograph. Singh and Siya Saini, Nitya Chaudhary, under-21 girls category. Association; Surinder Mohan, Rachan Samudhani, Rama Sharma and Shoiab Rashid Malik missed JDS Gurukul celebrates General Secretary; Sangram Kour, R/o Sonia. Archana Koshal is the gold medal as he was leading in Singh, Treasurer, Ankush Chib, Indian Army lifts Ice Doda, who manager of the team and the first race of Giant Slalom Sanjit Kumar, Anil Modi, Anil has been Manmeet Kour is the coach. event but missed a gate on his Annual Day Sharma, Senior Kabaddi Coach declared second round and was disquali- Hockey C’ship 2020 qualified Excelsior Correspondent Abhiyan. The dance items of fied. Excelsior Sports Correspondent teams played three rounds, in for award of tiny tots were acclaimed by the The Winter Games KATHUA, Feb 9: JDS each round 30 minutes time was the degree of Master of audience . Hockey J&K UT C’ship Association of J&K expressed LEH, Feb 9: Indian Army's Gurukul today celebrated Joginder Sharma, chairman given. In second round ITBP got Philosophy (M.Phil) in Annual Day with pomp and delight and congratulated the Ladakh Scout Regimental of the School presented the lead by one goal and in final and Commerce by University of show. winners for this achievement. Centre (LSRC) Red team lifted progress report of the school. to commence today third round Indian Army scores Jammu. He worked on the Dr Bharat Bhushan, Meanwhile, the association Khelo India Ice Hockey champi- a nail biting two consecutive The chief guest in his speech Excelsior Sports Correspondent competition will be played topic, "Investigating Investors' Managing Director, J&K is holding Junior Federation Ski onship 2020 (Men) trophy by goals in the last minute and appreciated the academic under the supervision of defeating ITBP in final match by Behaviour In The Stock Scheduled Castes, Scheduled JAMMU, Feb 9: Hockey and Snowboarding Cup in 3rd bagged the overall trophy. achievements of school students umpires, trained by Hockey a score of 3-2 goals at NDS New Market," under the supervi- Tribes, and Backward classes Jammu and Kashmir Union week of February which will be During the occasion, the and wished more splendid India. Four matches will be Ice Hockey Rink, here today. sion of Prof Hardeep Chahal. Development Corporation was Territory championship 2020 followed by First-ever Khelo chief guest congratulated the achievements by the Gurukul played daily. The semi-finals are Deputy Commissioner / the chief guest while Dr (Men) will commence tomor- India (J&K Winter Games) in participating teams and thanked Sonali Salgotra, D/o Babli students in the times to come. scheduled to be played on Chief Executive Officer, Sulakshna Mengi - noted row. first week of March. Nearly 450 the organizers for organising Devi and He also appreciated Sanjay February 13, while final would LAHDC, Sachin Kumar Vaishya Pediatrician of the town and The championship is being athletes and officials are expect- such event in the region. Kuldeep Sehgal who has been conferred be played on February 14 at KK was the chief guest. Sanjay Sehgal, Headmaster of organised by Hockey J&K , ed to take part in this extrava- He further said that the dis- Kumar, R/o best teacher award for keeping Hakku Hockey Stadium. The tournament which start- Government Middle School sponsored by Jammu and ganza snow sporting event. trict administration will take Gurha The teams which will be par- ed on January 30, was organised Khokhyal were the guests of higher academic standards in Kashmir Sports Council at KK The Association will hold every step to groom Ice-Hockey Mundian, ticipating in the tourney include by District Youth Services and honour on the occasion. schools where he remains post- Hakku Hockey Stadium here. 2nd South Kashmir Ski players in the region. Later DC Hiranagar, Srinagar, Baramulla, Anantnag, Sports in collaboration with At the outset, the students of ed. The tourney is being organised Championship shortly. Leh distributed prizes among A/p at B-9, Shopian, Ganderbal, Budgam, Ladakh Winter Sports Club, Gurukul presented Ganesh Later the meritorious stu- on league basis wherein 12 The skiers of that region winner and runners-up teams Doordars- Poonch, Rajouri, Jammu Red, Leh. 13 teams participated in the Vandana, followed by colourful dents were awarded with medals teams from all over the J&K UT have been advised to contact and also honoured Ismail, a han Quarters, Janipur Jammu Blue, Hiranagar and first ever Khelo India Ice extravaganza devoted to and momentous. The pro- are going to participate. training Officer of Jawahar player of ITBP by giving Rs Jammu, who has qualified Kathua, In this championship Hockey championship. National integration, valour of gramme culminated with the The championship will be Institute of Mountaineering and 5000 for his best performance in NET-JRF in Life Sciences daily 4 matches will be played. In the final match, both the our soldiers and Swachhta recital of National Anthem. inaugurated at 9:30 am. The Winter Sports, Pahalgam. the tournament. (Zoology).