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TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2017 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India 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 wickets. Senior pro Dinesh Karthik Rahil Shah, Aswin Crist 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 Tamil Nadu' s disciplined what was required to defend a by Australia's perseverance as The Indian bowlers, especially ensured that the Australians bowling effort saw them beat small total. Steve Smith'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. Shreevats Goswami (23) con- in the third cricket 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. Manoj Tiwary (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 Mohammed Shami 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 wicket 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 David Warner 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 Baba Aparajith 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 not out 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 Glenn Maxwell 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 Cheteshwar Pujara 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- Wriddhiman Saha'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 batting 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 captain 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 Ravichandran Ashwin 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).