SATURDAY, JULY 6, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India seek answers to middle-order Nadal teaches Kyrgios lesson at Wimbledon, Pakistan wins but predictably loses semifinal race LONDON, July 5: ness as usual for them. The world number one all- champion Kerber knocked out All they could manage was rounder kept Bangladesh interest- puzzle ahead of big semi-final LONDON, July 5: ing British wild card Jay Clarke 6- 'Mission impossible' 315 for nine after electing to bat, ed in the contest but did not get LEEDS, July 5: record-equalling four tons, has Kohli will like his "guiding 1 7-6 (7/3) 6-2 to equal American remained unaccomplished for courtesy Imam-ul-Haq (100) and support from his colleagues. been the stand-out player and light" to succeed as his role will Rafael Nadal may not end up legend Jimmy Connors's record of Pakistan, who expectedly missed Babar Azam (96), who added 157 Saumya Sarkar (22), Mushfiqur A wobbly middle order has skipper Virat Kohli, with five be immense should India winning a third Wimbledon sin- 17 appearances in the last 32. the semifinal bus but wrapped up runs for the second wicket. Rahim (16) and Liton Das (32) been a cause of concern despite half-centuries and 400 plus remain in the competition for On the women's side, there their World Cup campaign with a They bowled out Bangladesh got starts but could not convert the winning run and India aggregate, has also had a good the final next Sunday. will be a new name adorning the consolatory 94-run win over for 221 in 44.1 overs to record them into impact innings. would be desperate for the likes World Cup but perhaps not But the Sri Lanka game is trophy as defending champion Bangladesh, here today. their fourth win on the trot since Once Shakib was dismissed of Mahendra Singh Dhoni to exceptional by his standards. also one such encounter where Angelique Kerber went out in Aware that the situation suffering defeat at the hands of by left-arm pacer Shahin Afridi, it find some form ahead of the In this backdrop, there can- Indians can breathe a bit easy three sets to lucky loser Lauren demanded them to beat arch-rivals India. was over for the 2015 quarterfi- semifinal when they take on Sri not be a better opposition than and check out some other com- Davis 2-6 6-2 6-1. Bangladesh by 300-plus runs to Friday's result means that nalists. Afridi returned career-best Lanka in their last preliminary Sri Lanka for Dhoni to check binations, including giving the Federer said his game had not make it to the knockout stage, New Zealand have joined India, figures of six for 35, while leg- World Cup clash here tomor- his bat swing at the death overs fiery Ravindra Jadeja, some been perfect but Clarke had Pakistan needed to put on board a Australia and hosts England in spinner Shadab Khan took two row. when Lasith Malinga will be game time ahead of the last four helped his cause. total of no less than 450 to stand a the knockout stage. wickets. Already assured of the sec- firing in at the block-hole or clash. "I struggled to take care of chance. Pakistan (-0.525) finished at Earlier, Imam, aged 23, Jadeja is the only player, business a bit from the baseline," The way Pakistan batted, it number five in the table with 11 became the youngest Pakistani to Today’s Fixture apart from the the just joined gles title but he will take joy from said 37-year-old Federer who seemed the 1992 champions were points, tied with New Zealand score a hundred in a World Cup resigned to the fact that such a (0.175), but were beaten on Net- game but Azam missed out on his India Vs Sri Lanka (Leeds) 3 pm Mayank Agarwal, who hasn't having beaten his 'bete noire' Nick has now reached the third round mammoth victory would remain Run-Rate by the Kiwis. second century in the tournament yet got a game but it is unlikely Kyrgios in an engrossing but bad- at the Slams for the 70th time. Australia Vs South Africa (Manchester) 6 pm out of their reach and it was busi- Bangladesh ended at number by just four runs. to happen considering there are tempered grudge match. (PTI) The 33-year-old Spaniard seven with as many points. Imad Wasim's quick-fire 26- ond spot and a last-four spot, a bowl his variation of slower too many left-handers in the came through in four sets 6-3 3-6 Shakib Al Hasan's incredible ball 43 took Pakistan past 300. win against Sri Lanka can take deliveries. Lankan line-up. Dream XI scripts 9-wkt win 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (7/3) which saw run at this World Cup culminated The intent to get that improb- Virat Kohli's men to the top of Sri Lankan off-spinner Squads: fiery but talented Australian with a 64-run knock. He totalled able total was missing in opener the points table provided Dhananjaya de Silva has been India: Virat Kohli (captain), in Sikh Cricket League Kyrgios receive a warning for 606 runs with an average of Fakhar Zaman as he took 31 balls Australia lose their final game pretty economical, going at Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, unsportsmanlike behaviour after a Excelsior Sports Correspondent contributed 21 runs. From Dream 86.57. to score his 13. (PTI) against the already ousted South sub-5 rate in the matches that Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, running argument with the umpire XI, Gurjot Singh took three wick- Africa. he has played. If Dhoni gets to Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), while twice serving under-arm. POONCH, July 5: Dream XI ets. So they might have a lot to play more balls during the mid- Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Jang Bahadur resigns as Nadal's pleasure was evident registered a comfortable nine Chasing a target of 164 runs, play for as a pole position and a dle overs against De Silva and Chahal, Mohammed Shami, when he sealed the match against wickets win against Banda Singh Dream XI made 168 for the loss possible semi-final against a score some runs, it will only Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar a man he had accused of lacking Bahadur Club in the Sikh Cricket of only wicket of Tejinder Singh Member Committee JKCA New Zealand team on a down- boost his confidence. Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, respect for the sport as he fist- League Tournament underway at in nine overs. Both Tejinder Singh Excelsior Sports Correspondent continue as Member of ward spiral will be more wel- In all the matches so far, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra pumped and jumped in the air Government Boys Higher (51) and Gurjot Singh (81 not out) Committee of JKCA. Hence I JAMMU, July 5: Citing per- submit my resignation with coming than facing a dangerous Dhoni has managed only 47 Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav. yelling to his camp seated on Secondary School ground, here played brilliant knocks thereby sonal reasons, Member Judicial immediate effect which may be England which is on an runs in 81 balls against the Sri Lanka: Dimuth Centre Court. today. helped the side win the game. State Human Rights Commission, accepted with immediate effect. I upswing. spinners, his widely accepted Karunaratne (captain), Kusal "I was aware of everything," It was brilliant knock of Hardeep Singh was other batsman Jang Bahadur Singh Jamwal, who hereby disassociate myself from The middle-order puzzle has weakness against the slower Mendis, Kusal Perera, Lahiru said Nadal, who was winning his unbeaten 81 from Gurjot that at the crease with 15 runs. was instrumental in running crick- all the activities of JKCA". remained unsolved and it has bowlers during middle overs Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, 50th match at Wimbledon. guided the side to win the game. Gurjot Singh was obvious et in Jammu smoothly and suc- In the resignation letter, Jang increasingly looked that Indian coming to the fore. Lasith Malinga, Jeevan Mendis, "I was just next to him so I Earlier, batting first, Banda Singh choice for the man of the match cessfully for the last around two Bahadur has also extended thanks team management has been Dimuth Karunaratne may Dhananjaya De Silva, Kasun don't want to comment on this but Bahadur Club set a challenging title. He made 81 and took three years, has resigned as Member to all the cricket lovers and play- heavily dependent on Plan A, fancy using his left-arm spinner Rajitha, Isuru Udana, Suranga potentially he is a Grand Slam target of 165 runs for seven wick- wickets. In today's match, Committee Jammu and Kashmir ers for supporting him in raising which is success from their top- Milinda Siriwardana knowing Lakmal, Milinda Siriwardana, ets in 10 overs. Football coach, Mohinder Bali winner." Earlier, his great rival, Cricket Association (JKCA) today the slogan of selection on merit, order. Dhoni's problems against slow Jeffrey Vandersay, Thisara Paramjeet Singh hit the was special guest, who interacted eight-time champion Roger with immediate effect. besides thanking all the Vice-captain Rohit Sharma, left-arm orthodox bowlers. Perera, Avishka Fernando. Federer had no such problems as bowlers hard in his 91 runs with the teams and witnessed the with 544 runs that include No one more than captain (PTI) His resignation letter Coordinators of J&K State for he eased into the third round, beat- innings while Gurvinder Singh game. addressed to Chief Executive organising cricket in full swing. Officer (CEO) JKCA, Syed It may be recalled that other Ashiq Hussain Bukhari and copy three JKCA Committee Members of the same to Justice CK Prasad, including Sham Swaroop Kalsotra, Administrator JKCA, read: "For Shiban Lal Trakroo and Ashraf personal reasons I am unable to Bhat had resigned earlier in 2018. 15th Gufran Memorial T20 C’ship Friends CC Ghat outplays RW Andhra Pradesh by 28 runs Excelsior Sports Correspondent winning the toss, FCC Ghat scored 130 runs in the stipulated DODA, July 5: Friends 20 overs. Raman Dhiman top Cricket Club (FCC) Ghat regis- scored with 66 runs, while Ajay tered a convincing victory over Dahiya contributed 18 runs to Raja Warriors (RW) Andhra the total. From bowling side, K Pradesh in the ongoing All India Sahu and R Thata Babu bagged 15th Gufran Memorial T20 3 wickets each. In reply, Raja Warriors Cricket Club bundled out for 103 runs, thus lost the match by 28 runs. Muralu VSP top scored with 59 runs while Jagadish added 10 runs to the total. From bowling side, Ankit Tomar took 3 important wickets while Pardeep and Rahul Redhi took 2 wickets each. Raman Winner receiving man of the match Dhiman of Friends award in Gufran T20 at Sports Stadium Cricket Club Ghat was in Doda. declared as the man of the match for his brilliant Cricket Championship, being batting performance who was played at Sports Stadium, here. given prize by Inspector Sanjay The tournament is organized Manhas along with Ravinder by Young Star Cricket Club Kumar. Doda with the support of District The match was officiated by Administration and District Harish Raza and Yousuf Raza as Police Doda. umpires while Sandeep Kaushik Earlier, batting first after maintained the scorebook.

IG BSF Jammu Frontier, N S Jamwal and other dignitaries present during the felicitation of sports teams of BSF School at Jammu on Friday. IG honours bronze winner team of BSF School Excelsior Sports Correspondent The championship was organised under Khelo India JAMMU, July 5: Inspector scheme of the Government of General (IG) of Border Security India held at TRC ground, Force (BSF) Jammu Frontier, N Srinagar between June 11 and 15 S Jamwal today felicitated the and BSF School represented dis- bronze winner team of State trict Jammu. In total, 22 teams level football championship of from different districts of the the BSF Senior Secondary state took part in this tournament School in under-17 age group so in two age groups of under-17 as to encourage and motivate and under-19. them for further excellence. The IG congratulated The IG also presented the Rs Principal, Dr S K Shukla and his 8000 cheque won by the team, team Amarjeet Singh, Veerji which was escorted by Arjun Pandita, Arjun Sharma and Sharma. The IG BSF also Sangita Bhatt (Sports Incharges) awarded a cash prize of Rs for nurturing the students for 10,000 to the team for bringing various events. He stressed the laurels to the school. importance of participating in such events for the overall Vishal Gupta, S/o Vijay Gupta development of the child. and Jeet Other dignitaries present Gupta, R/o during the felicitation were Ward No-2, DIG/PSO, JC Singla, Nowshera, Administrator, Indraj Singh and Rajouri, who other DIGs. has been In the meantime, the IG BSF, declared quali- N S Jamwal also felicitated the fied for the winners of Summer Olympiad award of the degree of Doctor of 2019 held at University of Philosophy (PhD) in Commerce Jammu which was organised by by the University of Jammu. He Department of Youth Service worked on the topic "Exploring and Sports (DYSS) in which Attitudinal and Behavioural Prakul won gold medal in 3000 Purchase Intentions among meters and Bronze in 400 meters Youth Toward Green Products,” as also Sandeep bagged Silver in under the supervision of Prof 200 meters and Bronze in 100 Neetu Andotra. meters in Athletics track events.