TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Set world record target of 420, J&K Premier League Vijay, Hero Clubs register wins India in trouble at 39/1 Excelsior Sports Correspondent and another ex-International CHENNAI, Feb 8: short of the follow-on target after He not just negated but also Player Amar Deep Singh, Rajesh being bowled out for 337. India attacked the spinners with aplomb JAMMU, Feb 8: In the ongo- Sumberia former National Player, India were left with the her- resumed the day at 257 for six. but what Root could not tackle ing J&K Premier Football League Harbans Lal ex-Player, Kamaljeet culean task of chasing a world Hoping to give their bowlers was a delivery that kept low on being played at GGM Science ex-I-League player and Yousuf record 420 after England refused some respite from the sweltering landing before thudding against College ground here, two match- Don Secretary DFA Jammu were to declare in an unfocussed sec- heat, England decided against the English run-machine's pads. es were played as per the fixture. also present. ond essay, cut short by enforcing the follow-on and bat- The umpire had no hesitation In the first match, Vijay Club The matches were officiated Ravichandran Ashwin's brilliance ted again. in raising his finger as Jasprit defeated Param Football Club by Dheeraj Meenia, Satnam on a sharply turning fourth day But the start wasn't the one Bumrah appealed for an LBW. by a solitary goal which was Singh, Aman Sudan and Madav strip in the opening Test here they wanted as Ashwin bowled Ollie Pope (28), Jos Buttler scored by Parth. In the second Sharma. today. his off-spinners to deadly effect (24) and Dom Bess (25) made At stumps, India were 39 for with the new ball, the bounce aid- useful contributions, but England Medal winners and dignitaries posing for a group photograph. one, requiring another 381 runs to ing him in his endeavour. strangely kept on batting even set a new record and take a 1-0 Ashwin removed Rory Burns after the lead crossed 350 and then with the very 400 on a track which is expected J&K Sports Power lifting Association first ball of the to give the bowlers a lot of pur- second innings chase on the final day. when he induced While 16 wickets fell on the organizes Championship an edge for first three days, a staggering 15 Excelsior Sports Correspondent Vinod Mahajan (equipped), Vinod Mayor, Danish, Aman Singh, Ajinkya Rahane fell by the wayside on Monday Mahajan (unequipped), Aditya, Mohit Manhas, Saksham, Nikhil, to take an easy and the Chepauk pitch played a JAMMU, Feb 8: J&K Sports Sparsh, Shubam Kalotra Ayush Gupta, Pratham, Sidhant catch in the first major part. Power lifting Association organ- (equipped), Tarun Sharma, Kumar, Uttam, Vikas, Sahil, Arya slip. While Ashwin did an ized UT level Sub-Junior, Junior Bhawan, Kartik Sharma, Jatin Sharma, Nitish, Raman Mandla, Having admirable job, India captain Virat and Master Bench-Press, Dead Anand, Ipul Singh, Abhi Salotra, Saksham, Karamjeet Singh and ambled to 16 off Kohli may have missed a trick or Lift and Power Lifting (equipped Sourav Bral, Adraj, Saransh Bhat, Shubham Choudhary. 37 balls, two by not trying out Players in action during football match at Jammu. and unequipped) Championship. Rahul Bhan, Nitish Rajput, Ravi The silver medals were won Dominic Sibley Washington's off-breaks when On the occasion, SHO Police Kumar, Jaswinder Singh, Gulshan by Qamer Hussain, Navdeep, was shown the left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem match, Hero Football Club The first of its kind Premier Station Janipur Inspector Nayat Kumar, Pranav Mahajan And Sunil Singh, Sanjay Kumar, door by Ashwin, was leaking runs, including over- defeated NGR Club by five League is going in full swing and Ali was the chief guest, who dis- Aryan. Naresh Singh, Munish Kumar, with the bounce stepping on a few occasions and goals to nil. Both the matches players are enjoying the most. tributed the medals among the The silver medals were won Sahil Pannu, Pawan Kumar Yadav, Ishant Sharma exults after taking his 300th again helping the adding to his first innings no balls. test wicket against England at Chennai. were played well with end to This will be for the first time that winners. by Ibran Ansari, Mohit Dalotra, Arjun, Rinku, William, Aditya, off-spinner. When India came out to bat end attacks. all district teams are competing Ipul Singh lifted the title of Karan, Sajan Sharma, Mohammad Saimon and Rohit Mandla, where- lead in the four-match series. The Veteran pacer Ishant Sharma again, left-arm spinner Jack Today's matches were wit- together and will get equal chance Power-man in Power lifting and Masoom, Ali Haider, Koushik and as the bronze medals were previous best is 418, chased by was rewarded for bowling with a Leach bowled Rohit with a nessed by Ramesh Chander, ex to win the League and claim the Bench-Press categories. Bhanudev Singh. clinched by Ravi Mehra, Shubam, West Indies against Australia in lot of hearth throughout the match peach of delivery that landed on International Footballer and for- champions' title. Meenu Kalotra lifted the title In Bench-Press (Men), the Ankit Kumar and Sourav Kumar. 2003. when he had Daniel Lawrence the leg-stump before hitting the mer vice president JKFA, who The Premier League is being of Power-woman in Power-Lifting gold medals were clinched by In Power-Lifting (Woman), Relishing bowling on a trapped in front of the wicket with off-stump, the turn leaving the was the chief guest on the occa- played in 4 major games and is and Shikha lifted title of Power- Aditya, Ayush Kumar, Pawan, the gold medals were clinched by responsive pitch, the seasoned the one that snaked in. home team with plenty to worry sion. Ranjeet Singh, Ex being organised by J&K Sports women in Bench-Press. Ibran Ansari, Aditya, Arjun Singh, Meenu Kalotra, Samaya, Adeela, Ashwin returned excellent figures That was wicket number 300 about going into the final day's International Footballer and Chief Council in collaboration with In Power Lifting (Men), the Abhinav Singh, Rakesh, Pardeep, Riya Charak and Ankita. of 6/61 to snap England's second for Ishant, making him the sixth play. (PTI) Coach J&K Police Football Team respective associations. gold medals were clinched by Shubam, Rajeev, Saransh, Sahil, In Dead-Lift and Bench-Press innings at 178 after the home team Indian and third pacer from the Nitish, Sameer, Ajay Sharma, (Women), the gold medals win- conceded a massive first-innings country to reach the landmark. North Kashmir’s teenager KCSC U-19 Cricket Tournament Hemant, Aftab Ahmed, Subash ners are Khushi, Eeshita, Riya lead of 241 runs. Ben Stokes could not replicate Thakur, Rakesh, Mohit and Charak, Gagandeep Kour and With opener Rohit Sharma the form of his first innings as he Sumit guides Vridhi Royals Saksham. Shikha. (12) back in the hut, Shubman Gill played away from his body to give eyeing new heights in cricket The silver medals were bagged The team has been selected by (15) and Cheteshwar Pujara (12) Rishabh Pant a catch off Ashwin. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Tauqeer, who is termed as a by Sandeep Hans, Shubam and the association on merit basis in will begin the proceedings for As wickets kept falling at one magical right-arm spinner, plays to register berth in final Ashok. the presence of Rajan Jain General India on the fifth and final day at end, skipper Joe Root (40 off 32 SRINAGAR, Feb 8: A teenag- for PCC Pattan Blues and went on Excelsior Sports Correspondent 52 runs. Arya Thakur and In Dead Lift (Men), the gold Secretary and officials including the MA Chidambaram pitch, balls) looked like he was batting er from to play in many age groups in var- Samarpit chipped in 38 runs medals were bagged by Vinod Irfan Qadri, Narinder Singh, which has started to play tricks. on a pitch different from the one North ious tournaments held in JAMMU, Feb 8: Brilliant each. Mahajan, Sumit Thakyal, Bhanu Dev Singh, Gagandeep India would have been in a where the ball was turning from Kashmir’s Baramulla, Sopore, Handwara, knock of From bowling side, Aquib Gurpreet Gill, Mubashir, Aditya, Singh, Iqbal Singh and Prince. bigger hole had it not been for a one end to the other, scoring runs Pattan area Srinagar and Pattan. 103 runs and Yuvraj took 2 wickets each. seventh-wicket partnership of 80 without much ado. is eyeing He has also been awarded sev- by Sumit In reply, Pt Prem Nath runs between newcomer With all the confidence in the Djokovic has routine win, but big after eral times for his splendid perform- Kumar Dogra Cricket Club failed to Washington Sundar (85) and world, first-innings double centu- perform- ances in almost all the matches. guided chase the target and bundled out Ashwin, who also contributed a rion Root swept and reverse swept crowd is something different ing excep- The seniors in the game in his area, Vridhi at paltry 139 runs in 29 overs by 31 with the bat before picking his the India spinners, including tionally as per his father, are impressed by Royals to losing all the wickets. Dinesh MELBOURNE, Feb 8: career's 28th five-wicket haul. Ashwin, as runs came at a fast clip well in var- his skills and passion for the game. beat Pt made 26 runs, while Sarthak But despite the duo's best when he was in his element in the It's been so long since he had a sizeable crowd to play for, the ious tournaments held in Kashmir After witnessing a passion for Prem and Dhruv scored 25 runs each.