MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2016 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Zimbabwe dig in after Kiwis post huge total Abhijeet Gupta wins RIO OLYMPICS BULAWAYO, Aug 7: Commonwealth Championship Zimbabwe's top order finally NEW DELHI, Aug 7: Abhijeet employed the King's showed some backbone today Indian defense as black and but the hosts were nevertheless Grandmaster and former went on to register a smooth vic- facing an uphill battle in the sec- world junior champion Abhijeet tory. Tallying eight points out of ond Test after New Zealand Gupta has added another feather a possible nine, Abhijeet fin- posted an enormous total on day to his cap by retaining the ished a half point ahead of sec- two at Queens Sports Club. Commonwealth Chess champi- ond placed Narayanan. After spending the better part onship crown in Colombo, Sri Tania played well throughout of two days in the field as New Lanka, while International too and finished on seven points Zealand racked up 582 for four Master Tania Sachdev also fin- without losing a game -- scoring declared, Zimbabwe responded ished with a gold medal. five victories and four draws in with a dogged stand between In fact, all the medals in the all. openers Tino Mawoyo and senior category were won by the P V Nandhidhaa matched Chamu Chibhabha to go to Indians players. Tania on points and had the bet- stumps on 55 without loss. Tino Mawoyo tries to get out of the way of a bouncer. Grandmasters S L ter tiebreak but according to the It was a much improved start Narayanan and Deep rules, she had registered for the both Kane Williamson and delivery from Mike Chinouya Chakkravarthy got the silver for the hosts, who slumped to 36 junior category only. Henry Nicholls in the opening straight to gully to fall for 113. and bronze medals respectively Nicholls scored just 15 Despite finishing a very in the open section, while Mary impressive overall fourth in the Scoreboard before he misjudged the length Ann Gomes and Kiran Manisha New Zealand first innings of a Graeme Cremer delivery event, Nandhidhaa had to be Indian women hockey players celebrate a goal against Japan during opening match of Pool B. Mohanty reached the podium in content with the gold medal in M Guptill lbw b Tiripano 87 and was trapped lbw whilst try- the women's section. T Latham c and b Williams 136 ing to sweep. junior girls' category. Abhijeet started on a sedate "It was a slow start and I am K Williamson c Ervine b Chinouya 113 Although that gave note and conceded two draws to obviously pleased with my Indian eves eke out fighting R Taylor not out 124 Zimbabwe some respite, it also lower ranked opponents by the effort towards the end," Abhijeet H Nicholls lbw b Cremer 15 brought Ross Taylor and BJ fourth round itself. Thereafter, it said about his overall perform- BJ Watling not out 83 Watling together and the pair was a daunting task but the Extras (B-12, LB-3, W-1, NB-8) 24 ance. draw against Japan picked up where they had left off Bhilwara-born BPCL employee "Last year when I won it in Total (For 4 wkts dec in 150 overs) 582 in the first Test, when they com- showed his true mettle as the Delhi I had started off with vic- Fall of wickets: 1-169, 2-329, 3-369, 4-389. RIO DE JANERIO, Aug 7: Japan, on the other hand, swift break through Nakashima piled a 253-run partnership. championship progressed. tories and was in lead right till Bowling: Tiripano 25-4-102-1, Chinouya 22-6-64-1, took time to settle down but got who deflected in a cross from On Sunday they added an Coming in to the seventh the end, this time it was a catch- Returning to the Olympics Chibhabha 12-2-45-0, Cremer 36-2-147-1, Nyumbu 34-3- into the groove as the game pro- left which India captain Sushila unbroken 193 for the fifth wick- round his senior namesake up act and I am pleased I was after a hiatus of 36 years, Indian Abhijit Kunte found the going gressed. Chanu failed to cut off. 107-0, Williams 13-0-62-1, Sikandar Raza 4-0-17-0, et, with Taylor backing up the able to cope up with some pres- women's hockey team showed Masvaure 4-0-23-0. tough and then in the penulti- India's first scoring chance Down by two goals, India 173 not out that he scored in the sure." tremendous fighting spirit and came in the seventh minute but came out with more purpose Zimbabwe first innings first Test with an unbeaten 124. mate round M R Lalith Babu came from two goals down to was outdone amidst complexi- For Tania it was a maiden Preeti Dubey, who was lurking after the change of ends and put T Mawoyo not out 20 Watling was 83 not out when eke out a 2-2 draw against high- ties. Commonwealth gold, although in front of Japan goal, failed to pressure on the Japanese goal C Chibhabha not out 31 New Zealand went to tea, but she had won other medals at er-ranked Japan in their opening Extras (B-4) 4 Although a draw might have get a touch to Deepika's cross. A with relentless attacks. turned down an offer from been enough for the overall vic- international events. Pool B match at the Rio Games, minute later Poonam Rani shot The Indians earned their first Total (for 0 wkts, 30 overs) 55 Williamson to join Taylor and "It feels quite good to get the here today. Bowling: Southee 9-8-4-0, Boult 5-3-6-0, Santner 7-1-28-0, tory for Abhijeet in the last wide from inside the circle. penalty corner with the opening Tom Latham on the list of New round, he did not know it at the one gold that I had been really The Indians, ranked 13th in Just 10 seconds from the end move of the third quarter and Wagner 5-2-8-0, Sodhi 4-2-5-0. missing, hope to carry this form Zealanders with centuries in start. the world, were trailing by two of first quarter, India conceded a Rani Rampal was bang on target in the forthcoming chess session, Williamson had already both Tests, allowing the captain Up against talented goals at half time after World penalty corner and Japan broke with a slap shot to reduce the for four and 17 for four during reached three figures to become to declare instead. (Agencies) Grandmaster Vaibhav Suri, Olympiad," said Tania. (PTI) No. 10 Japan scored through an innings defeat in the first the deadlock through a fine margin. the first New Zealand batsman Emi Nishikori (15th minute) and dummy goal from Nishikori. Japan missed their second Test, and gave them some confi- to score centuries against all of Mie Nakashima (28th). dence after their bowlers had In the second quarter, the short corner, but India utilised the other nine Test nations. Woakes at the double as But the Indians made a Indian girls enjoyed more pos- the second of two more penalty proved ineffective on a docile A day shy of his 26th birth- valiant fightback as Rani pitch. session but were guilty of giving corners they earned in the third day, he was also the youngest of Rampal (31st) and Lilima Minz away the ball too easily. quarter when Lilima Minz Zimbabwe endured a tough the 13 Test batsmen to achieve (40th) scored a goal each in the first day in the field as New England eye third Test win Japan doubled their lead two scored from a rebound to level the feat, and did it in fewer Tests third and fourth quarters to minutes from half time from a the scores. (PTI) Zealand put on 329 for two, and than anyone else. BIRMINGHAM, Aug 7: secure points for their side. their fortunes with the ball on The New Zealand captain The Indian girls got off to a the second day were little better. did, however, depart in a soft Chris Woakes struck twice in bright start in the match before Heena misses in 10m Air Pistol; Although they dismissed fashion when he guided a wide quick succession on his losing the plot towards the end Warwickshire home ground as of the first quarter. Sandhu, Chenai too disappoint Pakistan's dramatic middle-order They dominated the share of RIO DE JANERIO, Aug 7: she competes in the 25m pistol May Fair Schools organize collapse left England on the brink possesion but failed to create of victory in the third Test at event scheduled to be held on clear-cut scoring opportunities Indian marksmen continued August 9. Edgbaston today. in the first 30 minutes. Whatever to draw a blank with Heena At tea on the final day, In men's trap shooting quali- bunnies camp chances India created, the strik- Sidhu failing to qualify for the fication, Sandhu and Chenai Pakistan were 148 for seven after Excelsior Correspondent Bharat Scouts and Guides, ers misfired inside the rival cir- women's 10m Air Pistol event could come up with scores of 68 losing four wickets for just one Jammu. cle. while the trap shooters also and 67 respectively in the three JAMMU, Aug 7: May Fair run in 23 balls. Vijay Kumar Basur, endured a disappointing day at rounds after a total of 33 shoot- School branches at Chinore, With all their specialist bats- Chairman, May Fair Schools, Son of soil from J&K the Olympic Games here today. ers participated on day 1 with Chand Nagar and Janipur organ- men now dismissed, the question Jammu, VK Nanda, Vice Heena, who had finished each athlete taking 75 shots of scoring the further 195 runs England’s Steve Finn celebrating after taking wicket during ized a one day bunnies camp. Chairman, May Fair Schools, representing India 12th in her maiden Olympics in each. they needed to reach a victory tar- third test match against Pakistan. On the occasion, Yudhvir Anita Basur, Secretary, May Fair Sandhu scored get of 343 was no longer a live in Olympics Sethi, Vice President, BJP was give the persevering fast bowler superbly for 70 following the 23, 23, 22 out of issue. his first wicket of the series. opener's first-innings 82. Excelsior Sports Correspondent 75 while Chenai Pakistan's priority now was to Asad Shafiq then completed a But a rare misjudgement by posted 22, 23, 22 try to bat out the day's remaining JAMMU, Aug 7: Son of the pair when he was plumb lbw to the 20-year-old left-hander saw in the three rounds 28 overs and prevent England soil Chain Singh has brought all-rounder Woakes for a four-ball him bowled by Finn as he deliber- at the Olympic going 2-1 up in the series ahead of laurels to the State by partici- duck. ately left the ball. shooting centre next week's fourth and final Test pating in the Rio Olympics. The paceman then made it two It was the end of a more than here. The duo will at The Oval. for none in six balls when Sarfraz three-and-a-half-hour innings, Chain Singh is the first from return tomorrow Yasir Shah was seven not out Ahmed was also out for nought as with Aslam facing 167 balls J&K to represent India in the for the second day and Mohammad Amir 15 not out. he edged straight to Joe Root at including 11 fours. Olympics. of qualification Pakistan were 124 for three second slip. Finn had now taken two for "It is a proud moment for where there will when their collapse started, with Sami Aslam, playing his first none in 11 balls and tea was put Jammu that son of soil and a be two more captain Misbah-ul-Haq (10) Test of the series, had again batted back by 15 minutes to see if Dogra warrior Chain Singh is rounds of 25 tar- caught behind off Steven Finn to England could wrap up the game. representing India in Rio gets each. Children presenting item during bunnies camp. But instead they had to content Olympic in Shooting The 2010 Schools, Radhika Basur and Uncertainty over D/N Duleep themselves with a session where Competition", said his support- Heena Sidhu Commonwealth the chief guest, who inaugurated Abhey Basur Trustees, May Fair they took six wickets for 79 runs. er in Jammu. Games gold- the camp. Around 180 bunnies School, Lalita Chadha, School Trophy due to pink ball quality Pakistan's chase got off to a Singh will surely bring lau- London 2012, failed to recover medallist Heena began with a of all the three branches took Administrator Guide Captain, stuttering start as Mohammad rels to the Jammu and Kashmir from a poor start and finished poor 94 in the first series. She NEW DELHI, Aug 7: announce the schedule for part in the camp. Ranjit Kour, Principal May Fair Hafeez (two) fell cheaply for the by winning medal in the Rio 14th in a field of 44 shooters. improved her scoring by one Duleep Trophy but as of now Sethi distributed the prizes School Janipur, Ritu and Arti, second time in the match before Olympics as he had proved his In the men's trap qualifiers, point to finish with a score of 95 The proposed first-ever there is no certainty whether we among the winners of different Pre-Primary Coordinator, first-innings stars Aslam and worth in the national and inter- Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Kynan in the second series but only to Day/Night version of the would be having a Day/Night lie a lowly 26th. She scored 96 activities and certificates to the Kamal, Neha and Ritu Banotra, Azhar Ali repaired the damage national events earlier, he Chenai finished 17th and 19th Duleep Trophy with first ever affair with pink balls. The qual- and 95 in the next two series to participants in presence of Coordinator Activities, staff with a stand of 73. (Agencies) added. respectively after the first day. use of pink balls is still in a ity of pink balls has been an bow out. Mubarak Singh, VC, JDA and members and parents of the stu- He stated that it was very Sidhu, the 26-year-old 2010 limbo due to lack of quality issue," the senior BCCI official The cut for the eight team Manjeet Kour, Assistant dents were also present on the Dipika loses in painful that no leader, politi- pink Kookaburra balls that Guangzhou Asian Games silver finalists was applied at 384 with Training Commissioner, said at an informal gathering cian, bureaucrat and even any occasion. could be used for the four and Victoria Open final medallist, shot an overall 380, seven closest to the centre circle, today. J&K Sport Council official five-day format games. "We had asked the Dukes to which included 13x, to become which was shot by Sonia MELBOURNE, Aug 7: knew about the feat achieved by A senior BCCI functionary supply pink balls and we have the fourth Indian shooter to be Franquet of Spain. Lodha Reforms are illegal and Chain Singh. was asked about the Duleep not still received any samples. India's star player and top eliminated on day two of the In men's trap shooting, Wishes also pour in for Trophy schedule and he seemed As far as the Kookaburra ball is seed Dipika Pallikal suffered a competition. Sandhu was placed at 14th while Chain Singh to clinch the medal unconstitutional: Justice Katju non-committal about the use of concerned, it may not last on shocking defeat against second Russia's Vitalina Batsara- Chenai lay 28th after the com- in the Rio Olympics. NEW DELHI, Aug 7: Lodha Committee Report was pink Kookaburra balls. typical Indian pitches," he seed Millie Tomlinson of shkina topped the qualification pletion of the first round. The submitted to the Supreme Court, "We would shortly added.(PTI) England in the finals of the round with a score of 390 points, former improved a place with a Supreme Court verdict on it should have been forwarded Victoria Open squash event India eye improved including 14x. score of 46 in the second round, BCCI reforms today came to Parliament and State here today. show against mighty The 26-year-old Heena will while Chenai too rose to the 16th under a sharp attack from for- Legislatures. It then should Wrestlet Great Kali met Pallikal lost 11-6, 4-11, 11- now try to make amends when spot with a score of 45.(PTI) mer apex court judge have been left to legislature to 3, 7-11, 9-11 to Tomlinson in Germans today Markandey Katju, who termed accept or not to accept the rec- the all important final match to the reforms as "unconstitutional RIO DE JANERIO, Aug 7: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu ommendations. Judiciary is not Health Minister finish runners-up at the PSA and illegal." supposed to legislate," Katju Tour fixture here. A win in the opening match Katju, who has been said, elaborating his viewpoint. AMBALA, Aug 7: Meanwhile, the Sports After cruising through to the of the Olympics after a hiatus of appointed by the BCCI to Minister Vij hoped that the par- fails to complete her event He gave examples of cases Wrestler Dalip Rana alias title round, Dipika met with 12 years, notwithstanding, advice on SC verdict on imple- ticipants from Haryana in the where a larger bench with four Great Khali met Haryana Health resistance but did not believe Indian men's hockey team will RIO DE JANERIO, Aug 7: clean and jerk -- Mirabai could mentation of Justice Lodha Olympics at Rio would perform or five judges have handled Minister Anil Vij at his this would turn into a stumbling have to lift their game by a pick the weight up just once. committee recommendations, well and would win medals in India's Saikhom Mirabai serious issues. Shastrinagar residence Ambala block. notch if they want to challenge In snatch, Mirabai got only also advised the Board to file a different events especially the Chanu put up a highly disap- Justice Katju's take is that Cantonment today. The two players traded two the might of reigning Olympic her second attempt correct out review petition before a larger wrestling. He said that he was pointing performance at the since BCCI's constitution has Khali according to informa- games each before the English champions Germany in their of the three chances. After fail- bench of the apex court and not going to Rio with other mem- Rio Olympics as she could not been prepared as per Tamil tion, had discussed the problems player ended the 80-min script second pool 'B' match tomor- ing to lift 82kg in her first to meet the Committee as bers from the state to encourage get an overall total in women's Nadu Societies Registration being faced by the wrestlers in in her favour with a confident row. attempt, she managed to some- scheduled on August 9 terming the participants there. (UNI) 48kg after failing to lift the Act, both SC and Lodha Haryana. He made an appeal to finish. (PTI) India were made to toil hard how hold on to the weight in the panel as "null and void". weight in any of her three Committee can't forcibly seek help of the Minister for the by minnows Ireland yesterday her second chance. "What the Supreme Court attempts in clean & jerk sec- change the BCCI by-laws. wrestling event being held at to register a fighting 3-2 win, has done is unconstitutional and "Both Supreme Court and Gurugram under aegis of World their first in the sporting extrav- illegal. There has been violation aganza in 12 years. Lodha Committee violated Wrestling Federation (WWF). of principles of the Going by world rankings, "Tamil Nadu Societies Registrar He also made request to pro- Constitution. Under our India (5th) were the clear Act". They have their own vide protection during the event. Constitution, we have legisla- favourites to dominate the Memorandum and by laws. If The Minister Vij assured him all ture, executive and judiciary. possible help from the state gov- match against Ireland (12th). There is broad separation of you want to change the constitu- Expectedly, the PR Sreejesh-led tion, a special resolution needs ernment to make the event suc- functions. It's the legislature's cessful. side started on a bright note and prerogative to make laws. If to be passed by 2/3rd of majori- played to their potential in the judiciary starts making laws, ty. The society alone can amend 'Time For Fun' wins for majority of the match but one is setting a dangerous the bylaws. There can be com- they handed the initiative to precedent," Katju said at a plaints on financial irregulari- the main race Winners of inter-class cricket matches posing for group pho- their opponents in the final ties or administrative lapses, media conference. HYDERABAD, Aug 7: tograph. quarter. "I have advised them one has to write to Registrar of While dragflickers Rupinder (BCCI) to file a review petition Societies." Three-years-Old,'Time For Pal Singh (2 goals) and VR tion. However, she could not before a larger bench. In this Justice Katju however did fun' ably ridden by N S Rathore Inter-class cricket matches held Raghunath (1 goal) were bang In a field of 12 lifters, she pick up 84kg in her third case, the Supreme Court out- agree that "reforms are needed won the Air Command Cup, the Excelsior Sports Correspondent In boys' category, the Man of on target with penalty corners, was one of two lifters who did attempt, thereby finishing sixth sourced a committee (referring in the BCCI" but he also had a chief event of Hyderabad the Match award was presented the forwardline was not upto the not finish (DNF) her event. in snatch out of 12 competitors to Lodha Committee) to decide counter argument. Monsoon Races held here JAMMU, Aug 7: RM Public to Abhinandan, whereas in girls' mark, missing plenty of scoring Mirabai failed to lift 104kg in the field. on BCCI's punishment," he said. "If we speak about reforms today. School organized inter-class category, Muskan was adjudged chances. in her first attempt in clean and The 21-year-old lifter could BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke in BCCI, then reforms are need- Winner Was trained by cricket matches for its students. as Woman of the Match. Sreejesh was alert as usual jerk, followed by two more not even match the perform- however said that the BCCI will ed in judiciary also. There are Satheesh. The matches were organized On the occasion, Rameshwer in front of the Indian goal, mak- attempts to pick up 106kg. In ance she had given during the study the interim report pre- more than 3 crore cases pending Trainers Deshmukh, Sateesh by experienced sports teachers Mengi, Chairman, RM Public ing quite a few saves but the both her second and third selection trials at Patiala in pared by Justice Katju and then in Indian courts. And if this dan- and Jockies Ajit Singh, N Rajesh Choudhary, Amandeep School was the chief guest, who defence, their perennial prob- attempt, the Indian simply June, where she had bettered take a call. gerous trend starts, tomorrow, Rathore, Akshay Kumar scored Singh and Jyotsana. awarded the winning and run- lem, was found wanting when couldn't lift the weight. her own record by 1kg in "The Supreme Court had the Supreme Court might dic- a double each. The matches were played ner-up teams in presence of the Irish had put relentless pres- Interestingly her personal best snatch, picking up 85kg and appointed the Lodha Committee tate editorial policies of press, Only one first favourite between classes 8th and 9th, Trustee of RM Public School sure in the final quarter, thereby at clean and jerk is 107 kg. equalled the record of N to find the defects in working of tenure of journalists. It will then obliged in a card of seven wherein class 8th boys and girls Rita Mengi and Principal conceding as many as eight In fact out of six chances -- Kunjarani Devi (107kg) in BCCI. That was okay. When the open a Pandora's Box." (PTI) events. (PTI) emerged as winners. Ravinder Kour. penalty corners.(PTI) three in snatch and three in clean and jerk.(PTI)