WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Family affair as Serena, JKCA's Jammu District Cricket Tournament Saha back in mix with India A Manik's captaincy, Jatin's fifty overwhelm call-up, Pant in one-day squad NEW DELHI, May 14: Gujarat's Priyank Panchal will Venus set up Rome rematch captain the side in five one-dayers ROME, May 14: and to be playing, but it hasn't my favourite things to see. brilliance of Satish-Shashi duo in KCCC's win Wicket-keeper Wriddhiman beginning June 6 in Hubli. been able to work out. Obviously the pasta and the food." Excelsior Sports Correspondent District Cricket Tournament, tributed 38 runs to the total. Saha is back in the scheme of Squads: Serena Williams will take on "It felt good to finally be back "It's okay," she said of all the being played at GGM Science Skipper Manik Gupta, Sahil things for India in the the longer India A squad for 2 multi-day sister Venus in the second round out. Hopefully I'll be able to keep tourists. JAMMU, May 14: Manik College Hostel ground, here. Lotra and Soumay Jain chipped format after being named in the A matches against Sri Lanka A is as of the Italian Open more than two it up." "I just smile and take pictures. Gupta displayed brilliant cap- The Tournament is being in with 16, 11 and 10 runs squad for the West Indies tour follows: Ishan Kishan (C & WK), decades after they last met on the Despite her lack of practice, I don't mind so much." taincy skills when it mattered held under the overall supervi- respectively. From Simula Club, comprising five one-dayers and Anmolpreet Singh, Rituraj red clay of Rome after both tenth-seeded Williams was never It will be another family affair Raman Dutta took 3 wickets, three four-day games beginning Gaikwad, Deepak Hooda, Ricky advanced in different styles. threatened by Peterson, despite 22 on the courts of the Foro Italico, while Akash Choudhary, July 11. Bhui, Shubman Gill, Shivam Four-time Rome winner unforced errors by the American when she plays Venus, with the Abhinav Khajuria and Ritik The 34-year-old was India's Dube, Shreyas Gopal, Serena, 37, returned after two in the first set. sisters last meeting in 1998, 21 shared 2 wickets each. Kuldeep number one Test wicket-keeper Washington Sundar, Mayank months out injured easing through "I haven't been able to train or years ago. Kumar also claimed one wicket. until a career-threatening shoul- Markande, Tushar Deshpande, 6-4, 6-2 against "That's crazy," laughed In reply, Simula Cricket der injury ruled him out of action Sandeep Warrier, Ishan Porel, Swedish qualifier Serena. Club after early hiccups, rode for almost one year. Prashant Chopra. Rebecca Petersen. "I mean, it was like the semi- on a brilliant partnership of Saha, who underwent a sur- India A squad for 5 one-day gery in August last year, made his matches against Sri Lanka A is as But 38-year-old finals or the finals. No, the quar- over 100 runs between Shashi Bengal comeback with the Syed follows: PK Panchal (C), AR Venus, whose only ter-finals? I vaguely remember (50) and Satish (59) to be com- Mushtaq Ali and also played five Easwaran, Anmolpreet Singh, Rome title came back that. fortably placed at 130/2 in 22 games for Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ricky Bhui, Siddhesh Lad, Rinku in 1999, needed over "We play each other a lot. It overs. However, brilliant dis- the IPL which ended on Sunday. Singh, Shivam Dube, KS Bharat three hours to battle seems like every tournament play of captaincy by Manik With Rishabh Pant establish- (WK), Rahul Chahar, Jayant past Belgian Elise nowadays we meet early. Yeah, it Gupta and superb bowling ing himself in the Test team in his Yadav, A Sarwate, Sandeep Mertens 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 is what it is. We'll see. show by Sawan Singh, Soumay absence, Saha will have to prove Warrier, Ankit Rajpoot, Ishan (7/4). "She has a tough first round," Jain and part-timer Shubham himself to the selectors again. Porel. Serena has not she predicted. Khajuria made all the differ- The four-day games against India A squad for 5 one-day ence, who restricted the rival played since a hard-fought three- practice a lot, I was out much Venus, meanwhile, came out West Indies A will be played from matches against West Indies A is team to 161 in 30 overs, thus set win also over Petersen in the longer than I expected," she on top of a tight contest that went July 24 and will be preceded by a as follows: Manish Pandey (C), Triumphant KCCC players posing along with their mentor guiding their team to a narrow second round at the Miami Open explained. all the way to a third-set tie-break five-match one-day series from Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Ankush Abrol, former member BCCI in Jammu on Tuesday. win by 4 runs. Sawan took 3 in March before withdrawing with "I did everything I could to despite letting the Belgian back in July 11. The tour has been sched- Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, the most, while Jatin Wadhawan sion of Jang Bahadur Singh wickets, while Soumay and a knee injury. stay fit and keep my cardio up. by missing six match points on uled ahead of the Test series Hanuma Vihari, Rishab Pant The 23-time Grand Slam win- "I love the clay season and her serve. scored fabulous fifty to over- Jamwal, Member Judicial State Shubham claimed 2 and one against the West Indies as part of (WK), Rahul Chahar, Washington ner -- now ranked 11th -- also wanted to do everything to be a She missed a further two power magnificent knocks of Human Rights Commission and wicket respectively. the inaugural ICC Test Sundar, Axar Patel, Krunal withdrew from Indian Wells in part of it and I'm here. match points as Mertens battled to Satish Kumar and Shashi Member JKCA. Ankush Abrol, former mem- Championship which begins right Pandya, Deepak Chahar, March complaining of illness. "I've just been on this diet level the set at 6-6, before finally Kumar and guide Kishan Chand Earlier, batting first, KCCC ber BCCI and mentor of Kishan after the 50-over World Cup. Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed, Watched by her husband basically. It's been awful. When taking the match in the tie-break Cricket Club (KCCC) to a scored a decent total of 165 runs Chand Cricket Club was pres- The likes of Prithvi Shaw, Avesh Khan Alexis Ohanian, Williams sealed you're sedentary, it becomes hard and setting up a 31st clash with thrilling 4-run win over formi- in the stipulated 30 overs. Jatin ent on the occasion, who inter- Mayank Agarwal and Hanuma India A squad for 1st & 2nd victory on her second match point to manage your body. So it's just her sibling. dable Simula Cricket Club in Wadhawan top scored with 52 acted with the players of both Vihari have been picked both in multi-day matches against West against her 64th-ranked opponent basically you have to eat grass. "We're just as fierce, Venus is the ongoing JKCA's Jammu runs, while Suryansh Raina con- the teams. the one-day and four-day squad. Indies A is as follows: Shreyas after 76 minutes on court. "It was a nightmare. But it just as fierce. We both really want Both the openers Shaw and Iyer (C), PK Panchal, AR "I felt good, I wasn't sure how worked and it paid off. I feel like to get some match play. We'll both Harbhajan reveals Watson Jodhamal girls bag Basketball title Agarwal are expected to be Easwaran, Shubman Gill, it was going to feel," said I'm taking it one day at a time." do the best that we can," warned Excelsior Sports Correspondent UNDER-14: Below 25 Kg: picked in the Test squad for the Hanuma Vihari, Shivam Dube, Williams. "It's really fun because I took Serena, who leads 18-12, the most batted with bleeding West Indies series. Wriddhiman Saha (WK), KS "It's been a while, I haven't her to the Colosseum, then I took recent at last year's US Open. Karan Dass of Govt HSS Patta knee in IPL final JAMMU, May 14: Jodhamal Bohri, Ist. Below 29 Kg: Shreyas Iyer will captain Bharat (WK), K Gowtham, S played a ton of matches this year, her to the (Trevi) fountain," she Venus said she remembered India A in the four-day games and Nadeem, Mayank Markande, not by choice, just by force. said. "pretty much zero" about their last NEW DELHI, May 14: Public School today won girls Gourav Singh of Manik Public under-14 Basketball title in the School, 1st. Below 33 kg: Manish Pandey in the one-dayers. Navdeep Saini, Mohammed "I really, really, actually des- "It was really cool to share my meeting in Rome which she won Test regulars including R Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Avesh perately wanted to be on the tour favourite city with her, some of all those years ago. (Agencies) A dedication personified inter-school district level com- Deepak Kumar of BSK Public petitions of Jammu, organised School, Ist. Below 38 kg: Anish Ashwin, Cheteswar Pujara, Khan Shane Watson batted through Ajinkya Rahane and pacer India A squad for 3rd multi- a bleeding knee in the IPL by the Department of Youth Sharma of KC Gurukul, Ist.