WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Family affair as Serena, JKCA's Jammu District 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 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 -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 , 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, , 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, , 6-4, 6-2 against "That's crazy," laughed In reply, Simula Cricket der injury ruled him out of action , 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, , KS Bharat three hours to battle seems like every tournament play of captaincy by Manik With 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, , 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 , 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, , 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, , 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, 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 and pacer India A squad for 3rd multi- a bleeding knee in the IPL by the Department of Youth Sharma of KC Gurukul, Ist. Below 42 kg: have not been day match against West Indies A final against , picked as they are likely to ply is as follows: Shreyas Iyer (C), an act which earned him effu- Vimal Aghori of GHS Patta Bohri, their trade in county cricket. Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, sive praise from the fans. The selectors also announced Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, While his blood-stained Ist. Below 46 kg: Paras of MIRLD the squads for the home series Wriddhiman Saha (WK), KS lower was missed by the TV against Sri Lanka A beginning Bharat (WK), Shivam Dube, crew, his IPL teammate Jammu, Ist. Below 50 kg: Aditya May 25. Jharkhand wicketkeeper Mayank Markande, K Gowtham, revealed that batsman Ishan Kishan will lead S Nadeem, Navdeep Saini, the Australian required six Sharma of KV No. 1, Ist. Below 54 India A in the two four-day games Mohammed Siraj, Shardul stitches after the game, which in Belgaum and Hubli while Thakur, Avesh Khan. (PTI) side lost kg: Sayeed Mohd by just one run. of Doon Harbhajan posted a Watson International, Ist. Participating players posing for a group photograph along with selectors during the trials for picture on his Instagram page, Below 58 kg: 2nd PPCPL in Poonch. revealing the blood stains on Sanjeev Sharma of his left knee as he struck one BSK Public hard. School, Ist. Selection trials of 2nd PPCPL held at Poonch "Can you guys see the UNDER-17: Excelsior Sports Correspondent Choudhary MD KC Sports Club, in the trials and fifteen cricketers blood on his knee.. He got 6 Below 35 kg: Ranjeet Kalra, Hilal Rather, were selected for the auction of stitches after the game..Got Mandeep Singh of POONCH, May 14: The Rajesh Dhar, Prashant Mahajan 2nd PPCPL. The selected players injured while diving but con- Manik Public selection trials for picking proba- CPO, Farooq Ahmad SP included Rydham Sharma, tinue to bat without telling School, Ist and ble for the auction of the 2nd Headquarters Jammu, Suram Arpanjot Sinjgh, Imran Khurshid, anyone," wrote the Indian off- Players in action during Basketball inter- Vikas Singh of Police Public Cricket Premier Singh SP Rural, Hamid Toheed Ahmad, Junied Khan, spinner on his Instagram page. school finals in Jammu. GMS Patta Bohri, League (PPCPL) were conducted Choudhary Dy.SP DAR Jammu, Ayaz Ahmad, Mushaid Ali Watson was run out in the 2nd. Below 38 kg: Winners of different disciplines of girls teams posing with at Sports Stadium Poonch for the Sudhir Singh, Sanjeev Mahajan, Hassan, Hamad Ali Mir, Sohail last over after scoring 80 runs Services and Sports (DYSS), at Manik Kumar of BSK Public players of Mandi, Surankot, Sham Singh Langey, Saleem-Ur- Sakinder, Mohd Sahil Zulfi, but it proved insufficient in MA Stadium, here. School, Ist. Below 41 kg: Om officials at Sports Stadium Poonch on Tuesday. Mendhar and Poonch. Rehman, Vijay Saberwal, Sanjeev Zaheer Shiekh, Aditya Misri, the end. Earlier, in under-14 age Baloria of BSF School Paloura, The trials were conducted by Sharma, Karan Singh, Madan Abaid Ur Rehman, Mohd Javid Later, the same picture group, Jodhamal trounced Ist and Udyaveer of MRLD Inter-zonal girls’ meet of Poonch concludes the team of selectors which Kumar and Rajesh Gill, Chief and Shdaib Akhter. was released by CSK on its Heritage Public School 6-5 in a Jammu, 2nd. Below 44 kg: Anil Excelsior Sports Correspondent the titles. In under-14 age group, included Pawan Kumar Sharma, Prosecuting Officer/Former Ranji The auction of the selected official twitter handle, closely contested final. Kumar of SRML School, Ist and Nangali defeated Kanuyion Gurvinder Singh, Parvez Ahmad Trophy Player and Organizing players will be held at 9.30 am on prompting fans to appreciate Meanwhile, the boysunder- Mohd Sameer of Manik Public POONCH, May 14: Annual Zone whereas in under-17 final, and Imtiaz Khawaja. Secretary of the event. May 18 at Police Auditorium the dedication of the 14 and under-17 age group com- School, 2nd. Below 48 kg: inter-zonal competitions of girls' Nangali defeated Balakote The league is being organized The participating teams under the supervision of IGP Australian all-rounder. petition in the discipline of Goutam Sharma of SM Jain under-14 and under-17 cate- Zone. under the Chairmanship of MK include AKN Strikers, Horizon Jammu. A lot of CSK fans said Hupkwando got underway at School, Ist and Abhimanyu Dub gories in the team disciplines of The Kho-Kho under-14 final Sinha IGP Jammu and the execu- Kings, KC Sports Club, Vriddhi they want Watson to come Government Boys HSS Gandhi of DBN School, 2nd. Below 52 Volleyball, Kabaddi and Kho- won by Poonch Zone beating tive/organizing committee mem- Royals, Patel Cricket Club, Count Northern Command back as opener next season. Nagar, here. kg: Mayank Bhasin of SRML Kho concluded at Sports Kanuyion Zone. bers of the league include Sujit & fitness Hurricanes, Samar (PTI) The Results: School, Ist and Rohit Kumar of Kumar DIG Jammu, Tejinder Strikers, KC Royals, GSI Tigers Badminton MRLD Jammu, 2nd. Below 56 Stadium, here under the banner The competition conducted Singh SSP Jammu, Rajesh and Game Changers. kg: Manik Singh of Manik of Department of Youth Services under the supervision of Mohd Sharma SO to IGP Jammu, Arjun Total 86 players participated Tournament concludes Public School, Ist and and Sports (DYSS). Kasam, Narinder Singh, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Abhimandan of MRLD Jammu, In Volleyball, Harni Zone Surinder Singh, Jasbir Kour, 2nd. Below 60kg: Andeep Singh won both under-14 and under-17 Virta Devi, Sarla Bakshi (all JAMMU, May 14: APS of SRML School, Ist and Rahul titles. While in under-14 Harni ZPEOs). Also present were Akhnoor organized Northern Sharma of DBN Jammu, 2nd. Zone defeated their counterparts Vijay Kumar (PEM), Rajinder Command Inter Army School Below 64 kg: Parmeet Sing of form Surankote Zone and in Singh Toofan (PET), Jasmeet Badminton tournament under DBN Jammu, Ist. Above 64 kg: under-17 age group, Harni Kour (PET), Jasbir Kour, the aeges of HQ Northern Vishal Chib of Bright Future trounced Bufflaiz Zone. Gurdeep Kour, Nnirmal Kour, Command, here. School, Ist and Shubam Similarly, in Kabaddi, Ruchika Sharma and Parvaiz Total 12 teams, including 6 Pangotra of BSK Jammu, 2nd. Nangali Zone took away both Malik. boys and 6 girls from APS Leh, APS Udhampur, APS Dhar Road, APS Nagrota, APS Akhnoor and APS Rakhmuthi participated in the event. The Tournament was inaugurated by Col Rohit Menon along with ZPEO interacting with players during Inter-zone Football Maj K Tiwari and Principal Mr match at Samba. KCS Mehta. Sajad Choudhary being felicitated by the dignitaries in Brig Vikas Chaudhary Jammu on Tuesday. Vijaypur zone wins U-17 Chairman APS Akhnoor has sent best wishes to all teams. In J&K's Sajad to represent India boys Football final boys category, APS Udhampur Excelsior Sports Correspondent Championship held at Pune in emerged winners and APS JAMMU, May 14: Sajad Maharashtra. Excelsior Sports Correspondent The tournament was held Akhnoor were runners-up and Choudhary of State Taxes He was honoured for his under the guidance of DYSSO in girls category APS Department, J&K, has brought remarkable achievement by SAMBA, May 14: The Samba, Sunil Kumar. All the Udhampur were winners and laurels to the Department and Additional Commissioner State Department of Youth Services five zones participated in the APS Akhnoor claimed the run- the State as well for being select- Taxes (Adm & EnF) Jammu, and Sports District Samba, tournament. ners-up spot. ed in the Indian team for repre- Mohammed Shahid in an organised District Level Inter The final match of Football The trophies were presented senting country at World Classic impressive and well attended Zone Football under 17 boys Under-17 boys was played by Maj K Tiwari and T P Singh, and Equipped Bench Press function held here. Tournament at Maharaja Suchet between the teams of Vijaypur senior Badminton player. Championship 2019 to be held Prominent among others Singh Stadium, here. zone and Ghagwal zone, where- The officials of the tourna- at Tokyo in Japan from May 18 present on the occasion were in Vijaypur zone emerged win- ment were also appreciated and to May 25, 2019. Inspectors Satish Koul, Vidhya Selection trials of ner by (1-0). honoured with mementos. Earlier, Sajad has won silver Bhasker, Deepak Singh and The officiating panel of athletes on May 18 The tournament was coordi- medal at National Bench Press Adarsh Thakur. experts conducted the whole nated by Sunita Puttu, In-charge Excelsior Sports Correspondent tournament meticulously. CCA. Rampal wins 3rd spot in SRINAGAR, May 14: J&K Pencak Silat Association is KC International dazzles in IIMUN going to conduct selection trials Excelsior Sports Correspondent Best Delegate Prize in JKLA Ultra Jaipur Marathon of athletes for National sub jun- Committee, while Suhani Rajput Excelsior Sports Correspondent athletes Rampal Kapoor and ior and Pre Teen Pencak Silat JAMMU, May 14: KC fetched Best Delegate Trophy in Satish Kumar participated and Championship on May 18 at International School dazzled in Special Summit on Nuclear JAMMU, May 14: Veteran excelled in recently concluded Indoor Sports Complex, oppo- the three day conference of Issues Committee and Vasu Dev Hot Ultra Jaipur site Amar Singh College. IIMUN, Jammu organised at Singh Chib was bestowed with Marathon 2019, one of Those boys and girls who Heritage School, here. Best Delegate award in Lok the toughest Marathons in won first three positions in the Model United Nations Sabha Committee. Vansh Dhar India. last Open Kashmir champi- (MUN) is an educational simu- grabbed Best Delegate award in Rampal Kapoor onships are seeded for the final lation of the United Nations ICC Committee. Aasmi Abrol clinched 3rd position in rounds of the trials to be held on allowing the students to step into and Aditi Sharma were awarded open category. May 18. The participants shall the shoes of today's diplomats. with Special Mention certifi- These athletes have the have to arrange the transporta- 350 students from 17 schools cates in UN Women and Niti distinction of participating tion, board and lodge, etc them- across the State participated in Aayog Committees respectively. and performing in Delhi, selves for the selection process. the Jammu Chapter conference, Akhilesh Magotra, Deeptish Mumbai and others The entry forms would be wherein the Best Delegation Thappa and Arnav Chopra were Marathons conducted by available at the venue. The par- Trophy was lifted by the exul- conferred with Verbal Mentions PROCAM. ticipants must bring two pass- tant delegates of KC in Special Summit on Nuclear Rampal Kapoor at the port size photographs with International School, Jammu. Issues, Lok Sabha and IP age of 63 achieved mile- them. Vanshika Sharma lifted the Committees respectively. stone in open category