TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Set world record target of 420, J&K Premier League Vijay, Hero Clubs register wins in trouble at 39/1 Excelsior Sports Correspondent and another ex-International , 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 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 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), 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 even set a new record and take a 1-0 Ashwin removed 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 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, 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 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, exults after taking his 300th again helping the adding to his first innings no balls. test 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 Tournament Hemant, Aftab Ahmed, Subash ners are Khushi, Eeshita, Riya lead of 241 runs. could not replicate Thakur, Rakesh, Mohit and Charak, Gagandeep Kour and With opener 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) 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 (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. efforts, the hosts still fell way second session. showman in Novak Djokovic just had to come out. and is now being trained by crick- the game in his son, Tauqeer’s father Nath From Vridhi Royals, Sannat Top-ranked Djokovic has won eight titles at the Australian Open. eter Shubham Khajuria in Jammu. took him to a nearby ground along Dogra Cricket Club by a huge took 4 wickets whereas Vishal He began his quest for a ninth with a clinical, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Jammu District Karate C'ship concludes A cricket enthusiast, Tauqeer with a kit to check his talent out. margin of 145 runs and register and Sachin shared 3 wickets Jeremy Chardy in the closing act of the day 1 program on Rod Laver Nayeem, 17, who is currently “While playing, cricketers on berth in the final of the ongoing each. Arena. Excelsior Sports Correspondent The Gold medal winners were studying in class 11th, is carrying the ground were impressed by his KCSC U-19 (40 overs) Cricket Sumit Kumar of Vridhi The total crowd Monday at Melbourne Park was 17,922, including Sachin Manhas, Aashish Bahl, on with his career as well as taking talent which motivated me to go Tournament here today. Royals was declared as Man of day and night sessions in three divided zones. It was well down on the JAMMU, Feb 8: Two days Yanchan, Shivam Kumar, Harsh along his passion for cricket which further in allowing him to hone his In the second semis, batting the Match and was presented 64,387 fans that crammed onto the grounds on Day 1 of last year's Jammu District Karate Dhotra, Piyush Choudhary, he started playing at a very early cricketing skills,” his father said. first after winning the toss, with a trophy and gift coupon Australian Open, but way more than any other major since then. Championship organised by Honey, Anjali Kumari, Bobbey age of his life. Notably, Tauqeer has also Vridhi Royals made 284 runs in from West Side. The State Government is allowing up to 30,000 people per day into Melbourne Park, about 50% of capacity. There were no fans allowed Traditional Karate-Do Association Kumar, Raghav Saini, Samarth His father, Nayeem Ahmad attended the trials that were held by 40 overs. Sumit Kumar played The match was officiated by at the U.S. Open, only about 1,000 per day were allowed at Roland of District Jammu concluded. Jain, Diya Sharma, Sufyian, Vasu a splendid inning of 103 runs Ashok Singh, Dinesh Kumar Bhat who himself is associated cricketer in Mattan Garros and Wimbledon was canceled. (PTI) Around 12 clubs and schools Gupta, Sargun, Pranya Rekhi, with the sport, has always been last year and was also selected. whereas Archit Mahajan scored and Sebastian. participated in the championship. Aum Gupta, Samardeep Singh, supportive to his son in letting him Tauqeer is now working on his Rajiv Gupta, Managing Aham Sharma, Ashita Sadhotra, reach new heights. He is the man skills with the help of cricketer Taekwondo C’ship Director Hotel Ashols New Adit Sadhotra and Soliha Adil. who is behind Tauqeer, who, he Shubham Khajuria whose cricket Diamond was the chief guest, Rizwan Badshah, Tanisha said, is excelling the game with academy he joined more than a on Feb 20, 21 while Gul E Surkhab vice chair- Mahajan, Divyanshu Radha, every passing day. month ago and is working hard to Excelsior Sports Correspondent man TKADL was the guest of Razaq Ahmed, Tanish Kumar, “He perhaps got it from my get an opportunity to play for the honour. They distributed medals to Bhanu Partap Singh, Ritish, genes as I am also a cricket enthu- U-19 J&K side this year. JAMMU, Feb 8: A meeting the winners and applauded the Rudhra, Arslan Choudhary, Ayant, siast, and now that I have seen a Earlier this month, Tauqeer of Taekwondo Association of efforts of the participants. Tarika Jain, Saeeda Durra, Anoush spark in him, I am offering a help- was seen taking cricketing tips J&K was held under the chair- Naresh Chander president Jaral, Aquib, Shashwat Gupta, ing hand to him to achieve new from star players of J&K, Abdul manship of its President Ram TKAJK, Umesh Rekhi, general Vishnu Kumar and Divyanshi heights in the game,” his father told Samad, Auqib Nabi and Parvez Krishan. secretary TKAJK, Manoj Mehra, Mahant clinched Silver medals. Excelsior. Rasool. The agenda of the meeting Noor Mohammad and Suhail The Bronze medal winners was to streamline the activities Ashraf were also present. were Jenica, Priya Devi, Suraj, of Taekwondo in J&K Union The officials and judges were Vidhan Zutshi, Rahul Kumar, Territory. Naresh Kumar, Rohit Thakyal, Amir Sheikh, Santosh Kumar, In this regard, the Ranjeet Singh, Bobby Kumar, Asmit Kumar, Haziq Farash, Association will organize J&K Piyush Choudhary, Bhawna Manish Kumar, Ishmeet Singh, UT Open Taekwondo Sadhotra, Tanisha Mahajan, Krishna Manhas, Abhimanyu, Championship in PEE/WEE, Sheetal, Tanvi, Janice Sotra, Manav Kumar, Vansh, Sahil Sub Junior, Cadet Division, Ganesh Gupta, Mohammad Amin, Sharma, Yuvraj, Mahi, Kairav Junior and Senior category at Manish Gill, Nabeel Bhat, Lomit Gupta, Samya, Shardha Bharti, J&K Sports Council sports Yadav, Ishmeet Singh, Harsh, Aabis Javed, Saksham, Sohaib, complex Bhagwati Nagar Shivam, Bhanu Partap Singh, Ravi, Irfan Ahmad, Raghav and Tanu Jammu on February 20 and 21. Vansh and Amit Kumar. Kumari. All the Taekwondo players of J&K UT are invited to par- Dignitaries awarding a student during Foundation Day func- ticipate in the event. tion by Sai Shyam Educational Society. Among others present in the meeting were Keemiti Lal Sai Shyam Educational Society Jain, General Secretary of the Association, Tarsem Sharma, Joint Secretary, Jai Bharat, celebrates Foundation Day Gourav Arora, Sahil Sharma, Excelsior Correspondent guest as well as to the guest of Danish Sharma, Mohammad honour. Sadiq, Mohammad Zulf, etc. JAMMU, Feb 8: Sai Shyam The chief guest also felicitat- Educational Society Ghou- ed the position holders of Class Pakistan beats S Africa Manhasan, Jammu celebrated its 8th and 10th of the Institution Dignitaries and players posing for group photograph. Foundation Day today. namely Kirti Choudhary, Suhani by 95 runs in Balbir Lal Member District Choudhary, Sakshi Chib and Jammu Sports clinches three Development Counsel Block Sneha Mehra. 2nd test, wins series Marh was the chief guest and Principal of the School Anita RAWALPINDI, Feb 8: Ram Rakha Zonal Educational Ganjoo presented the vote of matches series title Officers Marh was the guest of thanks. Fast bowler Hasan Ali's 10- DIP/J-11192/20 wicket haul gave Pakistan its Excelsior Sports Correspondent During the series, Arnav honour on the occasion. The whole programme was Dated : 06.02.2021 The programme started by anchored by Leenu Malla and first series win over South Gupta performed very well with Africa in 18 years as they beat JAMMU, Feb 8: Jammu ball and bat. Another top per- lighting of traditional lamp fol- Sapna Devi. lowed by Sarswati Vandana. the Proteas by 95 runs in the Sports clinched the U-19 three former of Jammu Sports was second test today. matches series title by outplaying Rahul Jamwal, who took nine Dr Usha Tickoo Principal Sai Badminton C’ship Shyam College of Education wel- Hasan, who bagged five Friends Cricket Club Marheen at wickets in this series, whereas comed the guests and threw light from Feb 20 to 23 wickets in the first innings, tor- sports ground Hiranagar. Sahil Kumar also performed on the history of this institution mented the Proteas again In the title clash, batting first, well by scoring 50 runs and Excelsior Sports Correspondent which came into existence on 8th returning figures of 5-60 as Friends Cricket Club made 131 scalping seven wickets. Rahul February, 2001. She highlighted South Africa collapsed to 274 runs in 25 overs. Bagal also performed well with JAMMU, Feb 8: Jammu the achievements of College as City and District Badminton all out after lunch on the last For Jammu Sports, Rahul ball and bat. Outstanding wicket well as Sai Shyam Public School day to give him his maiden 10- Jamwal, Rahul Bagal and Sahil keeping was done by Kanav Association is organizing 35th during last 20 years. Jammu District Badminton for in a test. Kumar took two wickets each, Jamwal. The students of College of The last time Pakistan beat while Arnav Gupta clinched one Man of the match was award- Championship from February Education and Sai Shyam Higher 20 to 23, at MA Stadium, here. South Africa in a test series was wicket. ed to Dhruv Sharma. Secondary Public School present- in 2003 when it won 1-0 at In reply, Jammu Sports The events will be U-19 Abhiudhay Sharma, S/o ed different cultural items which Boys and Girls (Singles), U-19 home. chased the target in 21 overs with- enthralled the audience. Aiden Markram hit a res- out losing any wicket. Dhruv Ashok Boys and Girls (Doubles, Sharma, R/o Chief guest Balbir Lal Mixed Doubles). Men & olute 108 the opener's first test Sharma made 63 runs and Rajvir stressed upon the local people to hundred in almost three years Jamwal scored 48 runs. Shakti Nagar Women (Singles) and Men and District cooperate with the Management Women (Doubles & Mixed and Temba Bavuma made 61 Anu Radha, D/o Tarsen Jammu, a stu- in order to fulfil their dream of Doubles) before Hasan got two wickets educating the rural masses of this Kumar, R/o dent of Class The last date of registration off two deliveries with the sec- area. Ward Number 12th of Ranbir is February 18, 2021. ond new ball to spark the col- Ram Rakha, ZEO Marh in his 4, District Higher All the interested players of lapse. address was pleased to see that Samba, who Secondary School Jammu, who Jammu District can participate Markram and Bavuma put this Institution is extending its has won Gold Medal in in this Championship and can on 106 runs for their fourth- has qualified educational activities to the rural International Boxing registered their names with wicket stand and had given joint CSIR- belt of Marh Block. Championship, which was held Vikram Saini, SAI, Badminton South Africa hope of chasing UGD-NET in CL Tickoo Chairman of the Life Science, in Nepal. He played first qualifi- Coach MA Stadium Jammu and down the 370-run target after Institution presented mementoes the Proteas resumed on 129-1. the result of which was declared er match with Singapore and as token of honour to the chief Sukhdev Singh, Incharge Police recently. final with Nepal team. Line Badminton Hall Jammu. (PTI)