TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2017 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU denied by Aussie grit, Karthik, bowlers guide TN to Vijay Hazare triumph NEW DELHI, Mar 20: tenterhooks in his eight overs third Test ends in draw spell. RANCHI, Mar 20: to perfection and remained unbeat- match haul of nine . Senior pro , and en after holding the fort for 200 But Handscomb and Marsh, produced an innings of character Mohammed Mohammed all did Indian bowlers were thwarted deliveries. whose 53 came off 197 balls, before ' s disciplined what was required to defend a by Australia's perseverance as The Indian bowlers, especially ensured that the Australians effort saw them beat small total. 's men survived a bat- pacer Ishant Sharma (1/30), stayed afloat to fight another day. Bengal by 37 runs in the Vijay Trying to be extra cautious, tle of nerves today to force a draw looked menacing in the pre-lunch Earlier in the morning ses- Hazare Trophy final, here today. (23) con- in the third Test here and session but the Aussies managed sion, India looked good for a win This was the third time that sumed a lot of deliveries at the keep the series alive. to hold their ground in the last two by claiming Renshaw and first Tamil Nadu prevailed over onset increasing the pressure. A Young Footballers posing for a group photograph alongwith International Footballer Arun Starting the day at a nervy 23/2 sessions. innings unbeaten centurion Smith Bengal in the National One-Day poor call led to Abhimanyu Malhotra and other dignitaries at MA Stadium in Jammu. in reply to India's 603/9 declared, With today's result, the series in the space of four balls. meet having beaten them in Easwaran's (1) run out. Australia were 204/6 in 100 overs remained locked at 1-1 setting up a The Australians found them- 2008-09 and 2009-10. (32) was in their second innings when the mouth-watering finale in selves at a rather precarious 63/4 Arun provides kits to young footballers two teams decided to end the pro- Dharamsala, starting March 25. in a gripping end to the first ses- Karthik (112) was the only bowled by opposite number ceedings. The hill town would be hosting its sion on the fifth and final day. significant scorer for Tamil Vijay Shankar while trying to maiden Test match. But thereafter Australia got a Nadu en route to their meagre play a pull shot as the ball Week-long U-16 Football Camp gets underway total of 217 in 47.2 overs as seemed to have kept low. SCOREBOARD The simmering ten- grip of the situation while India Excelsior Sports Correspondent attended by a galaxy of digni- Officer Jammu; Rajinder, Former bowled with Sudeep Chatterjee (58) and Australia 1st Innings: 451 sions between the two struggled to break the partnership JAMMU, Mar 20: A week- taries from the sports fraternity. National Footballer; KPS a lot of fire, scalping 4 for 26. Anushtup Majumdar (24) added India 1st Innings: 603/9 dec sides have only added on an eased-out track of the JSCA long Under- 16 Football The dignitaries included Jasrotia, Former Footballer; Ashok Dinda (3/36) also rattled 65 runs for the fifth for Australia 2nd Innings: (Overnight 23/2) to the drama with today International Stadium. Coaching Camp got underway at Vipan Gupta, AGM J&K Bank; Ranjit Singh, Former the top order. Bengal but a dodgy leg before b Jadeja 14 being no exception. But just when the crowd went MA Stadium, here today. Zameer Thakur, President JKFA; International Footballer and There was animated silent, Ranchi's icon Dhoni lifted But Tamil Nadu bowlers off started anoth- Matt Renshaw lbw b Sharma 15 Around 100 players including Nazir Ahmed, Former National Chief Coach JKP ; Rajesh chatter between the atmosphere when he made an showed unbelievable discipline er collapse. Nathan Lyon b Jadeja 2 boys and girls are participating in Footballer and Member J&K Sumbria, Former National Renshaw and Ishant in entry and watched the match restricting Bengal to 180 on a Steve Smith b Jadeja 21 Chatterjee then played an the Coaching Camp, which is State Sports Council; Ajay Footballer; Rakesh Kumar, the latest round of ver- from the second session onwards. pitch that didn't have any Shaun Marsh c Vijay b Jadeja 53 atrocious sweep shot to get being conducted by State Sharma, Superintendent of Police Former International Footballer; bal altercations before Back from Delhi after leading demons. Peter Handscomb 72 bowled round the legs off left- Awardee, International and Former International Player; Deepak Sangral, Format National the Indian pacer had the Jharkhand in the national one- Off-spinner MS Washington c Vijay b Ashwin 2 arm spinner Sai Kishore as Footballer and Member J&K Chran Das, Former National Footballer; Atul Gupta, General last laugh by trapping dayers, Dhoni was seen in a Sundar (0/17) didn't get wickets Matthew Wade not out 9 Bengal's hopes ended. State Council, Arun Malhotra in Footballer; Zindi, Former Secretary J&K Chess the opener LBW. relaxed mood and waved at the but kept the Bengal batsmen on Extras (B-9, LB-4, NB-3) 16 Having turned the cheering crowd. Earlier Karthik hit 14 bound- collaboration with J&K State National Footballer; Abdul Association; Shri Goswami, J&K Total (For six wickets in 100 overs) 204 tide yesterday, riding on On the field, Smith's ploy to aries to score more than 50 per Sports Council. Qyoom, Chief Sports Officer; Mountaineering Association and Bowling: R Ashwin 30-10-71-1, Rvindra and give his top four the maximum Government designates cent of Tamil Nadu's runs Arun will be bestowing Ravi Singh, Divisional Sports Members from Engineers XI. Jadeja 44-18-54-4, Umesh Yadav 15-2-36- 's workload when they bowled 206 12 Olympians as despite a good effort by Bengal coaching tips and imparting basic 0, Ishant Sharma 11-0-30-1. marathon partnership, overs meant that Indian could not bowlers. techniques and skills to the bud- India were in contention score quick runs. National Observers The former India stumper ding players during the entire The visitors managed to hold for an unassailable lead in the By 200-plus overs and played shots all around the camp, besides the players will on thanks largely to Peter series. with a lead of just over 150, India NEW DELHI, Mar 20: wicket playing the drives and also come to know about the pro- Handscomb and Shaun Marsh's However, Handscomb and had no more than 100 overs to pulls with equal ease. He lost fessionalism of the game and gritty vigil at the crease. Marsh absorbed the pressure with force a result. The Government of India has designated 12 Olympians, includ- partners at the other end but how to be professional at the Handscomb (72 not out) and their calculated knocks to deny the But Jadeja gave the side a never stopped attacking as national and international scene. Marsh (53) combined to share a hosts, who apart from the sizeable good shot at a result by using the ing Beijing Olympic gold medal- 91 runs from 20 overs On the inaugural ceremony, 124-run fifth-wicket partnership to crowd, were also cheered on by wearing track brilliantly. He list shooter Abhinav Bindra, as National Observers in their bowled by Amir Gani (0/42 Mr Arun provided sports kit/stuff steer Australia to safety after the former and local favourite cleaned up Smith after Ishant's in 10 overs) and Pragyan cheap dismissal of skipper Steve Mahendra Singh Dhoni. dismissal of Renshaw in an event- respective disciplines to assist in to all the participants for their Ojha (0/49 in 10 overs) Smith (21) and Matt Renshaw (15) Premier off-spinner ful 29th over. preparation and implementation encouragement. had given the visitors' dressing was a The breakthrough came after of the long-term development proved crucial.(PTI) The inaugural ceremony was room moments of anxiety. major disappointment for the Smith and Renshaw held on for plan. Marsh was eventually dis- home team. He managed just one one and half hours in the morn- Besides Bindra, other named as missed by India's bowling star wicket in the second innings to go ing. National Observers are P T Usha and Anju Bobby George (athletics), Ravindra Jadeja, who continued with his solo scalp in the first Smith, who scored a spectacu- Sanjeev Kumar Singh (archery), his purple patch to finish with fig- essay. lar 178 not out in the first innings Winners posing alongwith dignitaries during prize distribu- Aparna Popat (badminton), MC ures of 4/54. On the docile surface, Jadeja, to lead Australia to 451, mis- Mary Kom and Akhil Kumar (box- tion function of State Cycling Championship in Jammu. Handscomb, on the other however, followed up his five judged a probing line from Jadeja ing), Jagbir Singh (hockey), hand, played the anchorman role wickets in the first innings for a with the ball pitching between Somdev Devvarman (tennis), middle and leg. State Cycling Championship concludes Karnam Malleshwari (weightlift- He shoulder-armed the deliv- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ahmed (Srinagar), Akash Bhat ing), Sushil Kumar (wrestling), I M JAMMU, Mar 20: State (Jammu) stood first, second, third ery and the ball turned viciously Vijayan (football), Khajan Singh after landing on the roughs of the Cycling Championship, organ- and fourth respectively, In girls (swimming) and Kamlesh Mehta ized by Jammu and Kashmir section Kajal Devi (Samba), footmarks to uproot his off- (table tennis). Cycling Association concluded at Tamana Sharma (Samba), Priya stump. "Apart from providing inputs Just in the previous over, M.A Stadium, here today. In this Sharma (Samba) stood first, sec- for their respective disciplines, the Chief guest Ajeet Kumar Sahu, CEO Shrine Board lighting Sharma set it up brilliantly to dis- National Observers would also to Championship more than 100 ond and third respectively. the ceremonial lamp to inaugurate an impressive show at miss the left-handed Aussie open- be consulted as a group on cross- cyclists of state took part and vied Ashutosh Sharma vice president er. cutting issues impacting sports HMGHPS in Jammu. for the top honours. JK Cycling Association and Noticing some activity near development in the country." Prises were distributed among General Secretary J&K Olympic the sight-screen, Renshaw decid- According to the statement Impressive show by students of HMGHPS the winners of various categories. Association, Ravinder Singh ed to pull out. Ishant, having the National Observers would Adnan Muzaffar (Badgam), President J&K Cycling already bowled four overs at a be playing a key role in imple- Sahu for quality education in schools Bashart Ahadmir (Srinagar), Association, Om Parkash Sharma stretch, threw the ball in his fol- mentation of action plans for Mashooq Maqbool (Badgam) General Secretary J&K Cycling Winners posing alongwith dignitaries at Bhaderwah on Monday. low through out of Mission Olympics 2020, 2024 Excelsior Sports Correspondent lighting of the traditional lamp by stood first, second and third Association, Rahul Kumar Indian —Excelsior/Tilak Raj frustration.(PTI) and 2028. (PTI) the chief guest and other digni- respectively in under 14 boys sec- Cycling Coach, Ravi Salgotra, JAMMU, Mar 20: Ajeet taries on the occasion. tion, in sub junior boys section Treasurer J&K Cycling Volleyball Tournament Kumar Sahu, Chief Executive Kids in their beautiful attires Suhail Ahmed Dar (Badgam), Association, Vikesh Kumar, Officer Shrine Board advocated presented unique talents and also Sheikh (Badgam), Mashooq Ah Balvinder Singh (Goldy), Puneet for providing quality education to participated in Colouring (Srinagar) stood first, second and Kour, Lecturer Education organized by 33 Bn CRPF the students in Government as Competition in different cate- third respectively, in junior boys Department, Rakesh Verma, well as Private Schools. gories. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Dr. Rana distributed honorari- section Abid Rehman (Badgam), Karan Digpal were also present on Mr Sahu was speaking during Chairman S. Bhupinder Momis Ismeil (Badgam), Mushtaq the occasion. BHADERWAH, Mar 20: 33 um for Referees, Commentator, an impressive show of talent by Singh, General Secretary, S. Bn CRPF continuing its initiative Scorer, besides a volleyball and the students of Holy Montessori Balbir Singh and Chairman work of peace building and net to each participating team. Guru Harkrishan Public School Banyan International School, Greatness cannot be measured only increasing sportsmanship He also presented trophy, (HMGHPS), Guru Nanak Nagar, Vicky Mahajan were also present amongst local youths of medals and cash prize to the win- here today. on this occasion. on Olympic showing: Advani Bhaderwah and nearby area ners and runners-up teams. He lauded the efforts of the Principal of the School, Rita MUMBAI, Mar 20: organized Volleyball Tournament, Neeraj Tyagi, second in School Management for estab- Popli appreciated the efforts of under Civic Action Programme Command 33 Bn CRPF lishing the school to provide qual- the kids and encouraged them to Ace cuiest Pankaj Advani believes the greatness of athletes 2016-17 at Govt. Boys Higher addressed and highlighted the Ranjeet Kalra chairing a meeting of Council members to ity education. participate in extra co-curricular cannot be solely measured on their performance in quadrennial Secondary School, here today. social activities being done review arrangements for Khelo India Games. Over 100 kids participated in activities. events like the Olympics. The Tournament was declared through CRPF in the area. the function. She also presented vote of "What I feel is that our perception of sport... Or rather we meas- closed by the chief guest,Dr. Brijesh Kumar, SDPO, The function began with the thanks. ure sporting greatness based on our performance in four years, that Owaish Ahmed Rana, SDM, Bhaderwah, Tahir Malik, BDO, Sports Council Jammu reviews I find very difficult to understand and I feel that needs to be Bhaderwah while prominent Bhaderwah, Annie Kotwal, changed," Pankaj said when asked whether he feels frustrated that amongst dignitaries who attended Principal of Govt. Boys Higher arrangements for Khelo India Games both snooker and billiards are not in the Olympics. the closing ceremony were Govt Secondary School, Bhaderwah Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ministry, Government of India. "Just because a sport is not in the Olympics, just because our Boys Higher Secondary School, and many other senior officers sport is in not in the Olympics, doesn't mean we are working less Bhaderwah. The final match was and local personalities were pres- The Games will be held at the JAMMU, Mar 20: The State Block, District and State level. harder than others," the 16-time World Billiards and Snooker played between The Mugal Doda ent during the moment. Champion said. and Saronda Star Volleyball TT Zou, Assistant Sports Council today reviewed The Games in Jammu will be the arrangements for organizing commencing from March 26, He was speaking before the Times of India Sports Awards teams, in which Saronda Star Commandant presented vote of scheduled to be held this evening in suburban Sahar. Volleyball team emerged winner. thanks. the forthcoming Khelo India 2017 in different blocks of Games in Jammu. District Jammu and will culmi- "Whether a sport is in the Olympics or not, it still requires skill, A meeting in this regard was nate on March 31, 2017 at MA hard-work, mental toughness, and also the fact that we are putting held at the Sports House MA stadium, Jammu. our focus on quadrennial events where is the consistency, today an Stadium, Jammu which was The arrangements for organ- athlete may win tournament after tournament year after year, may chaired by Ranjeet Kalra, Vice izing the Games in Districts of win 3 World Titles in four years, but when it comes to Olympics, Chairman Sports Council of Rajouri and Poonch were also that person may not come close to a medal , so our sporting great- Jammu. reviewed in the meetings. ness or our sporting performance cannot be defined by what we do in once four years and that for me is something we need to change The Games are being organ- The Meeting among others Wrestler being felicitated by Shiv Kumar Sharma, Joint our perception on," explained Advani. (PTI) ized by the Jammu and Kashmir was attended by International Secretary State Sports Council and other dignitaries on Monday. State Sports Council in various footballer Arun Malhotra and districts of the State under the Nazir Ahmad, Members of the Jammu Wrestler Akram lifts patronage of the Chief Minister, State Sports Council, Haji Abdul who is also the President of the Qayoom, Chief Sports Officer State Sports Council. J&K Sports Council, Ravi Singh, Bhagtha Dangal title Selected J&K veteran athletes posing for a group photograph The Games are being held Divisional Sports Officer and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Gopal Sharma of Jindrah who before leaving for Allahabad. under the aegis of Union Sports Iqbal Singh. defeated Pritam Singh of Jammu. KATRA, Mar 20: Wrestler Joint Secretary J&K State 30-member J&K team selected for Scouts, Guides complete Ski Mohd. Akram of Chouadi, Sports Council, who is also Jammu lifted 7th Bhagtha Dangal President J&K Indian Style title 2017 by defeating Ajay Wrestling Association and National Master's Athletic C'ship Course at IISM Gulmarg Kumar Sharma of Landen Power Treasurer Indian Style Wrestling Excelsior Sports Correspondent March 27, 2017. Excelsior Sports Correspondent of skiing but also develop their House, Udhampur in the first Association of India was the chief The team was screened by the overall personality, adding that malli main bout that lasted for 17 Guest on the occasion who dis- JAMMU, Mar 20: Jammu Screening Committee of Jammu JAMMU, Mar 20: Indian the Institute trains hundreds of minutes at Bhagtha. tributed cash prize among the and Kashmir Veteran's and Kashmir State Sports Council Institute of Skiing & youth every year. Dangal was organized by Peer winner and runner-up wrestlers. Major General Ashok Narula inaugurating upgraded youth Association selected a 30-mem- at MA Stadium, here today. Mountaineering (IISM) complet- 14 youth form Kashmir were Baba Jakh Devta Dangal Deputy Divisional Manager club in Budgam on Monday. ber State team to participate in the The veteran athletes from the ed its 6th ski course at Gulmarg in sponsored by J&K Scouts and Committee in collaboration with SMVDSB Katra Vakil Singh and 38th Master's Athletic State will be vying for the top which 14 local youth sponsored Guides under the leadership of J&K Indian Style Wrestling Sham Singh Sarpanch were the Army youth club upgraded in Budgam Championship to be held at honours in this prestigious by J&K Scouts and Guides also Farooq Renzu Shah a social Association, under the overall guests of honour. Excelsior Sports Correspondent the District Collector and SP Allahabad (UP) from March 24 to Championship. took part. worker. supervision of President Reasi Prominent amoung others Budgam respectively. "The event Over 80 students including In a separate function he hon- District Indian Style Wrestling present on the occasion were BUDGAM, Mar 20: Army highlighted the positive effect of Army conducts pre-recruitment students from the State and from ored the Scouts who completed Association, Naresh Kumar Naresh Kumar (Pappu Lakri), today said Chinar 9Jawan Club at the Chinar 9Jawan Club initiative across the Country graduated in the course and gave them medals (Pappu Lakri) and Sat Paul Singh, Satish Kumar and Ram Paul. Qasba village of Nagam area of on the youth of Budgam and also an impressive ceremony. of success. President Bhagtha Dangal The bouts were officiated by Budgam district, which has been demonstrated the close coordina- training-cum-counselling camp Shabir Ahmad Wani, Mr Wani said that the Institute Committee. Tulinder Kumar, Ravi Kumar, very effective in skill develop- tion between the people and Excelsior Correspondent Kiuhnus, , MS Mir, Assistant Director Youth Services under the leadership of Mr 31 bouts were played in this Nasib Chand, Murli Dhar ment of the youth since its incep- Army," he said. Wanagam, Kulus, Qazipura, and Sports was the chief guest on Dhillon has gained new heights one day dangal. (Munna) and Naresh Kumar tion in 2014, today saw an upgra- The spokesman said the BANDIPORA, Mar 20: With Watapur etc. underwent the train- the occasion, while GM Dar, and is now one of the best ski The winner of 1st malli bout (Pappu Lakri). dation in its infrastructure with highlights of the event were recruitment rally round the cor- ing. Tourist Officer was guest of hon- schools in the South East Asia. Mohd Akram was cash awarded The vote of thanks was pre- the construction of an additional felicitation ceremony where a ner, army camp based at Paribal "The aim of the training cap- our, who gave away the prizes to He said the facilities provided with Rs 4,000 along with Maa Ki sented by Sat Paul Singh, hall, installation of 12 worksta- total of 80 youth received certifi- in North Kashmir's Bandipora sule was to orient and acquaint the winners of different ski by the Institute are world class Chunni while runner-up wrestler President Peer Baba Jakh Devta tions for an upgraded computer cates besides, presentation of district organised a 10-day pre- the youth about the recruitment events. and it has best equipment and a Ajay Sharma got Rs 3,000. 2nd Dangal Committee. training laboratory, projector for sewing, knitting and printing recruitment training-cum-coun- procedure and included prepara- JS Dhillon, the Principal of centrally heated building. main bout was fought between Members of Dangal better training and sewing machines for women skill devel- selling camp. tion for written examination, IISM welcomed the chief guest Students who were part of the Salman Khan of Chopra Shop, Committee who helped for the machines and knitting machine opment. "Appreciating the youth A defence spokesman said the physical training and medical and briefed about the various course were very happy and Udhampur and Mustaba Kamal smooth conduct of this Dangal for women skill development. for the vigour and zeal with pre-recruitment training was examination. Not only this, rele- activities being undertaken by the praised the excellent facilities of (Bablu) of Basantgarh. were Sat Paul Singh (President), A defence spokesman said the which they were utilizing the organised at two different places vant books were also prescribed Institute. training and administration pro- This bout was won by Salman Ram Singh, Angrej Singh, Vipan new facilities were dedicated to facilities of the centre, the Victor to facilitate maximum participa- to the candidates which will assist He said Institute has provided vided to them by IISM. Khan, he was cash awarded with Kumar, Vakil Singh, Heemat the public by Victor Force Force commander appealed to tion and a total of 56 boys from them in preparing for recruitment the best platform to the youth of The Institute is planning vari- cash prize of Rs. 3,000 while run- Singh Wazir, Hari Saran, Ravi Commander, Major General them to continue to strive neighbouring villages like scheduled at Pattan in April," he the Nation especially the youth of ous summer adventures courses ners-up wrestler Bablu got Rs Kumar, Dharam Chand, Jagdev Ashok Narula, in presence of a towards excellence for a brighter Ashtiung, Gujjarpatti, Watlab, said. Kashmir to not only learn the skill in the coming months. 2,000 and 3rd bout was won by Singh and Vinod Kumare Katwal. healthy gathering which included future," he added.