SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Sangakkara fails in farewell, Karun Nair's century helps India A earn a draw against SA A Lankans end Day 2 at 140/3 WAYANAD (Kerala), Aug 21: The best part about the Nair- Shankar partnership was their COLOMBO, Aug 21: overnight score, India were the one to miss out on a wicket Talented Karnataka batsman bowled three overs after lunch as this time. With these many lives positive intent as they added the Retiring legend Kumar Karun Nair's patient hundred runs in 43.3 overs. Rangana Herath took 4/81. given, it was no surprise that the ensured a hard-earned draw for Sangakkara failed to get a big Wicketkeeper-batsman batsmen decided to settle down In fact, the duo played first knock in his swansong Test India A against South Africa A in innings' wrecker-in-chief Dane Wriddhiman Saha, who had and curb their shots, and run the first unofficial cricket 'Test' appearance but Sri Lanka over- Peidt with a lot of ease. The off- scored a 60 in the first Test, scoring was very slow as a here today. came an early jolt to reach 140/3 break bowler managed 1/125 in played a 56-run knock to take result. Chasing a mammoth victory after dismissing India for 393 in 43 overs in the second innings India past the 350 figure. Saha and Mishra built a slug- target of 444, the hosts were the first innings of the second and 5/88 in India A's first The Indians scored at a slow gish partnership of 46 runs for happy to bat out the day as they cricket Test here today. innings. pace in the morning session as the eighth wicket and it helped ended at 309 for four when the Resuming at the overnight Saha shepherded the lower order India cross the 350-mark in the In the morning, the Rayudu- Winners posing alongwith Zonal Physical Education Officer Akhnoor, Anju Gupta and other score of 319/6, India were umpires decided to call off the to avoid a below-par total in the 101st over of the innings. match after consulting the two Abhinav Mukund partnership officers and officials at GHSS Akhnoor on Friday. bowled out shortly after the first innings of this match. Just as Mishra looked to yielded 51 runs before the India lunch break and the hosts tread- captains Ambati Rayudu and The visiting side could pull open up a bit, he was dismissed Dane Vilas. A captain was snapped up by ed cautiously to keep the match off a mere 67 runs in this first caught behind, with close-in fielder Theunis de on an even keel at the end of the The highlight of the final Players show composure in session of play in 23.4 overs. Dushmantha Chameera (2-72) Bruyn off left-arm spinner second day's play. day's play was 23-year-old The Indians were in fact getting the breakthrough in the Keshav Maharaj's bowling. Opener Kaushal Silva (51 off Nair's unbeaten 114 off 192 lucky to survive on more than 106th over. Saha then reached balls, which was laced with 18 With an aim to draw the 117 balls) played a watchful his second Test fifty off 106 balls one occasion. Saha, on his previ- boundaries and a big six. match, left-handed opener Inter-School Tournaments innings to ensure that the early and with Ishant for company, ous evening's score of 19, was In the company of Tamil Mukund downed the shutters Excelsior Sports Correspondent for boys of Akhnoor Zone were Sharma, Ram Murti, Surinder loss of fellow opener Dimuth avoided further loss until lunch. fortunate not to be bowled off the Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar, early as he hardly attacked the held at Govt Boys Higher Singh, Gulbir Singh, Rash Pal, Karunaratne did not trigger a After folding up rather JAMMU, Aug 21: Players of seventh ball of the morning. Nair added 148 runs for an bowling but at the same time Secondary School Akhnoor. Ram Pal, Pritam Lal, Champki top-order collapse. quickly in the post-lunch ses- various zones showed promise Dhammika Prasad (2-84) was unbroken fifth-wicket stand to was rock-solid in defence, scor- The Tournaments were held Pandita, Jagjeet Singh, Surinder His dismissal towards the fag sion, the Indians struck early and composure in the Zonal the unlucky bowler as the ball shut out any chances that the ing 65 off 200 balls with eight under the chairmanship of Pal Singh, Alka Manhas, Tarsem end of the day, however, put the with the ball but Silva thwarted Level Inter-School Tournaments kissed the off-stump but didn't Proteas harboured of a win. boundaries. Mukund's four-hour Madan Lal, Joint Director Youth Kumar, Nitin Sethi and Shweta side slightly on the backfoot their visiting bowlers' attempts of Gandhi Nagar, Satwari, dislodge the bail. Six balls later, Shankar, on his part, con- vigil ended with De bruyn taking Services and Sports and Pandita. given that the home team is still to run away with the advantage. Akhnoor, RS Pura, Miran Sahib, Lanka did get their first wicket of tributed 74 off 142 balls with 12 another close-in catch off Piedt's Sukhdev Raj Sharma, DYSSO The District Level Inter 253 runs behind. After tea, Silva and Bhalwal and Marh Zones, being the morning, with R Ashwin (2) boundaries to his credit. bowling. Jammu. The events were con- School competitions in the dis- Sangakkara was given a Sangakkara looked to continue organized by the Department of hitting Angelo Mathews (2-24) The duo came together when However that was the last ducted under the supervision of ciplines of Kho-Kho, Volleyball, guard of honour by the Indians as straight to short extra cover. their partnership for the second Youth Services and Sports, here. wicket, while cutting down on India were in a bit of trouble at success that South Africa tasted Anju Gupta and Om Prakash Kabaddi and Wrestling Under- he walked in to bat when the Saha survived another close In a combined venture of RS the hiccups. But they were only 161 for four in the 64th over of on the day with both Nair and Sharma, ZPEO's Akhnoor and 19 boys concluded at Govt High hosts lost their first wicket with call in the 91st over, Prasad again Pura and Miran Sahib Zones, able to add 10 runs to their the innings and there was more Shankar batting with a lot of Chouki Choura respectively. School Jammu Cantt, here. just one run on the board. the unlucky bowler, as his loose the District Level Inter-School teatime total, when R Ashwin (1- than 50 overs left in the day at confidence as India A, for the In Kabaddi final, HSS Raj Rani, Headmaster Govt. However, it did not quite turn shot didn't quite carry enough to Tournament was inaugurated by 37) dismissed the left-hander for that point of time for the South first time, enjoyed upper hand Chouki Choura beat HSS High School Jammu Cantt was out to be a fairytale ending for the keeper. District Youth Services and the third successive time in this African side to get the remaining during the final two sessions of Akhnoor by 2 points (22-20), the chief guest, while ZPEOs the veteran batsman, who was TV replays proved sufficient Sports Officer, Jammu, Sukhdev series.(PTI) six wickets. the match. (PTI) while in Volleyball final, HSS Sher Singh (Gandhi Nagar dismissed by off- spinner doubt to rule the batsman not out Raj Sharma at City Middle Akhnoor trounced HSS Chouki Zone) and Kiran Jyoti (Satwari Ravichandran Ashwin for 32 who still hadn't added a single School RS Pura. Choura by (2-0) sets. Zone) were present on the occa- after facing 87 deliveries. run to his overnight score. He The Tournament is being The Zonal Level Inter- sion. After Sangakkara's departure, finally got going on the 14th ball conducted under the supervision School Tournament of Marh and Lahiru Thirimanne (28 batting) he faced while Amit Mishra (24 of Poonam Kotwal, ZPEO In Kho- Kho Under-19 boys Bhalwal Zones in the disciplines and Silva added 39 runs for the runs, 50 balls, three fours) joined Miran Sahib and Chander final, Govt. HSS Mandal beat of Kho-Kho, Kabaddi and third wicket before India took the him at the other end. Kanta, ZPEO R S Pura. Govt. HSS Bhour Camp by 6-3 slight edge by snaring the latter. The latter too was lucky to In Volleyball Under-19 boys Volleyball was held under the points, while in Volleyball When stumps were drawn for survive, without opening his final, Govt HSS Sai defeated chairmanship of Madan Lal, Under-19 boys final, Govt. HSS the day, Thirimanne and skipper account off 10 deliveries, when Adarsh Niketan Senior Joint Director Youth Services Sunjwan trounced Govt. HSS Angelo Mathews (19) were hold- in the 94th over, umpire Bruce Secondary School, Badyal and Sports, Jammu and under Bhour Camp by 2-0 sets (25-10, ing fort for the Lankans. Oxenford failed to detect a faint Brahmana, while in semifinal the overall supervision of 25-13) and in Kabaddi Under-19 Earlier, resuming at the edge to the keeper with Mathews matches earlier, GHSS Sai out- Sukhdev Raj Sharma, DYSSO boys final, Govt. HSS Mandal played GHSS Chakroi and Jammu at Govt HSS Domana. beat Govt. HSS Bhour Camp by Adarsh Niketan beat GHSS The event is being organized by 25-15. KC International excels in Dablehar. Veena Tickoo, ZPEO Bhalwal In Wrestling Under-19 boys, Inter-School Tournaments and Jasbir Singh, ZPEO Marh. -55 K : Prabdayal of Govt. HSS Newly elected Students Council of APS Damana posing for a group photograph. under the age group of 19 years In Kho-Kho girls final, Mandal, 1st; -60 Kg : Shubam Roller Skating Championship GHSS Domana beat GHSS Sharma of Govt. HSS Mandal, Excelsior Sports Correspondent medal, Praful singh of 3E won 2 Bhalwal by (8-4) points, while 1st; -65 Kg : Ravinder Singh of silver medals, Saboor Ganai of APS Damana organizes State Level Handball tourney in Volleyball boys final, GHSS Govt. HSS Mandal,1st and -75 JAMMU, Aug 21: K C 5C won one silver medal, Ayush Jhiri defeated APS Domana by Kg : Ranjeet Singh of Govt. International School won 25 Raina of 5D won bronze medal, (2-0) sets and in Kabaddi boys HSS Mandal, 1st. medals in Inter District Roller Harmandeep Singh of 4A won 2 investiture ceremony gets underway at Udhampur final, GHSS Gharota drubbed The matches were officiated Skating championship held silver medals, Vanika kaw of 7A GHSS Ghou Manasan by 5 by Hardev Singh, Lata Sharma, Excelsior Correspondent of class VI as Junior Head Boy Excelsior Sports Correspondent the chief guest and gave brief recently at M.A Stadium, here. won 1 silver and 1 bronze points. Popinder Kour, Saleem-ur- and Anjali Langeh as Junior account of the tournament . He JAMMU, Aug 21: Army The matches were officiated Rehman, Vishal, Ravinder and Head Girl. Besides, the four UDHAMPUR, Aug 21: 3- said that as many as 415 boys Public School Damana organ- House Captains, Sports days State Level Inter District by Dinesh Sharma, Hardutt Rajesh Bandral. ized the investiture ceremony in of 33 teams from 14 districts of Captain, members of editorial Under 14, Under 17 and Under- the state are being participated the School premises, here today. board, discipline in- charge etc 19 Boys Handball tournament Brig BS Bisht, SM, in the tournament. Gunjan, Akshay emerge were also given sashes and being organized by District The opening match was Chairman of the School was the badges. chief guest on the occasion. The Head Boy of the School Speed Skating Champions The programme was organ- Ayushman Koul administered Excelsior Sports Correspondent Agarwal in the presence of Vice ized to entrust the elected oath to the newly appointed Principal, Rajesh Gandwal and appointees of School Council Students Council. JAMMU, Aug 21: ZPEO Marheen, Kailash with the responsibility of main- The elected members of School Displaying anticipation, sharp Chander. taining discipline and acquiring Council pledged to maintain the reflexes, motor ability and In boys section, Vishav leadership qualities in the high standards of the school. extraordinary skating skills, Sharma of St. Xavier Convent Students posing for photograph alongwith Principal KCIS, School. The chief guest also hon- Gunjan Baba of Little Angel School Hatli bagged silver, Maya Mishra, Activity Co-ordinator, Rajni Malhotra and Coach The chief guest conferred oured the Principal, Teachers HSS Kathua and Akshay while Ramandeep of DPS Rajiv Kalhotra. the students with sashes and of class X and XII and merito- Mahajan of KV Lakhanpur Rajbagh and Kanav Sharma of Krishav Pargal of 1B won badges. rious students of class X and emerged champions in speed medal, Arihant Sudan of 6B won Little Angel HSS Kathua gold medal, one silver medal Prominent among them were XII with certificate of appreci- skating in the Inter-School and one bronze medal, 2 silver medals, Anaya Anand of Ayushman Koul of class XII as Tournaments in the disciplines claimed bronze medal. 3C won 1 silver and 2 bronze ation given by Minister of Divyakshi Gupta of 4E won 2 the Head Boy, Sushmita of class of Speed Skating, Roller Skating In girls section, Mandeep silver medals , Angel Badyal of medals and Aryan Anand of 7B HRD as a mark of appreciation XII as the Head Girl, Shobit and Roll Ball, which got under- Kour of Little Angel HSS 2D won 2 gold medals, Akhilesh won silver medal. Skating coach for their excellent perform- Gupta of class XI as the Vice way at Delhi Public School Kathua claimed silver medal. Balotra of 3B won one silver Rajiv Kalhotra won bronze ance in class X and XII Board Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Udhampur Rajeev Head Boy, Examination. Rajbagh, here. In Roll Ball Under-19 boys, and one bronze medal, Nalin Medal in Senior Category . Magotra interacting with players while inaugurating State Level Little Angel HSS Kathua defeat- Kachroo of 4B won bronze Astha Sharma of class XI as The programme ended with Handball Tournament in Udhampur on Friday. The Tournament is being the Vice Head Girl, Rohit Koul the National Anthem. organized by the Department of ed St. Xavier Convent School Youth Services & Sports played between U-17 Boys Youth Services and Sports under Hatli by 2-1. Lone Star FC, Maharaja Sports Department Udhampur got Udhampur and Anantnag team the overall supervision of The matches were officiated underway today at Mini Sports which was won by U-17 Boys District Youth Services and by Kamal Kumar, Subash Singh register convincing victories in football Stadium Udhampur. Udhampur by 20-03. Besides Sports Officer, Kathua, Sunil of DPS, Ajeet Raj, Naveen Assistant Commissioner other match was won by U-17 Kumar. Singh, Harvinder Singh and Excelsior Sports Correspondent goals to nil (2-0). For Lone Star, Revenue, Udhampur, Rajeev Boys Leh by defeating U-17 The events were inaugurated Sanjay Sharma. the first goal was pelted by Magotra was the chief guest on boys Baramulla by 19-10. by chairman Delhi Public ZPEO Kailash Chander pre- SRINAGAR, Aug 21: Lone Farhan through penalty kick in the occasion who declared the The match was officiated School Rajbagh, Ram Avtaar Star Kashmir Football Club and 79th minute, while the second sented vote of thanks. tournament open. by Ravi Singh and Vipen Maharaja Sports scripted goal was scored by Ifham in Speaking on the occasion resounding victories over their 80th minute. Photra while Mr. Jaswinder the chief guest complimented rivals in the ongoing Khyber In another match, Maharaja Singh and Mr. Bupinder Singh the efforts of the organizers Super Division Big Premier Sports thrashed Arfat Sports by conducted the proceedings of and stressed upon the partici- Football League, being organ- eight goals to one (8-1). Basit the tournament. ized by the Jammu and Kashmir scored 4 goals, while Imran and pants to take more part in Among others, Chief games and sports and be phys- Football Association at Momin netted 2 goals each for Education Officer, Bishan Synthetic Turf, here. ically and mentally fit. He Maharaja Sports, while Ubaid Singh, Principal GHSS Girls In the first match, Lone Star called upon the students to play scored the lone goal for Arfat Udhampur, Manjula, ZPEO defeated Jhelum Sports by two Principal GHSS Bakshi Nagar, Sashi Thappa interacting with sportsman spirit for bet- Sports. Panchari, Pawan Dev and a with players while inaugurating Inter-School Tournament in terment of sports. Jammu. District Youth Services and large number of students were Kabaddi Asso invites Sports Officer, Sunil Singh present on the occasion. Inter-School competitions held at Sambyal, Udhampur welcomed players for registration Dhian S Bhau, Director Sports and Physical Education JU KC Public School holds Inter- presenting trophy to winners of Inter-Collegiate Chess Excelsior Sports Correspondent Championship is that the maxi- Jammu, Dansal, Jourian, Khour Zones Tournament on Friday. mum weight for men is 80 kg Excelsior Sports Correspondent At GHSS Bakshi Nagar, in JAMMU, Aug 21: President and for women 70 kg, while for Volleyball Under-19 boys final, House Roller Skating Competition of J& K Amateur Kabaddi JAMMU, Aug 21: The Zonal Junior National events the max- BSF Paloura defeated GHSS Excelsior Sports Correspondent Kashmir, Ladakh and Poonch GCW Parade wins Inter- Association, Anil Kumar Gupta Level Inter-School competitions imum weight and age for boys Kathar Manwal by (2-0) sets, participated with enthusiasm in the disciplines Kabaddi, Gupta has informed the State is below 65 kgs and age below WHILE IN Kabaddi under-19 JAMMU, Aug 21: To give and fervor and vied for the top Kabaddi players to register 20 years and girls below 60 kgs Volleyball and Kho-Kho were boys, BSF Paloura lost to Hari fillip to sports and games in the honours. Collegiate Chess Championship themselves with the J& K and age below 20 years and for held in Jammu and Dansal Zone Singh HSS by 12 points and in School, KC Public School held Kashmir House bagged first Excelsior Sports Correspondent Udhampur by 3-1 points. Amateur Kabaddi Association as participation in Sub-Junior at GHSS Bakshi Nagar and in Debanshu Sambyal (GDC Kabaddi Under-19 girls, GHSS JAMMU, Aug 21: per the decision of Amateur National, the maximum weight Jourian and Khour Zones at Samba) trounced Rahul Sharma Mubarak Mandi beat HSS Government College for Kabaddi Federation of India. and age for boys are below 50 GHS Jourian, here. (Sr.), Vikas Singh Sambyal Bazar Qasaba by 10 points, HSS Women (GCW) Parade won the He said that those players of kgs and age below 16 years and The Tournaments are being (GDC Samba) outplayed Nowabad got better of HSS Inter-Collegiate Chess the State who will not register girls below 50 kgs and age held under the Chairmanship of Canal Road by 6 points and HSS Abhinav Parasher, Neeraj below 16 years. Madan Lal, Joint Director Youth (Women) Championship 2015- Singh Sambyal (GDC Samba) with J& K Amateur Kabaddi Mubarak Mandi drubbed HSS 16, beating PG Department, JU Kuldeep Kumar Gupta, gen- Services and Sports, Jammu and Nawabad by 7 points. beat Rahul Sharma and Janish Association will not be allowed team by 3-1 points in the sum- eral secretary J&K Amateur Sukhdev Raj Sharma, DYSSO The matches were officiated Jai Manyal (GDC Samba) lost to participate in the Nationals. mit clash, here today. Kabaddi Association said that all Jammu. by Jaswinder Kour, Tilak Raj, to Shivang Gupta. The eligibility of the players Earlier, Sushmita Jamwal for Senior National Kabaddi State Kabaddi players will be At GHSS Bakshi Nagar, the Rajani Billowria, Mohd Farooq, In the 2nd semifinal match (GCW Parade) beat Ravleen registered before September 30, Tournament of Jammu and Sunita Sharma and Mousmi. of men's section, PG Kour, Hansja Sharma (GWC Aainaa Mahajan, D/o Dr 2015. Dansal Zones was inaugurated At Jourian, in Volleyball Department, JU prevailed over Parade) drubbed Anita, Sanjeev Gupta by Principal of the School, Sashi final, Pallanwalla defeated HSS GGM. Science College. Ishann Aman Khajuria, S/o Kamal Navneet Kour (GCW Parade) and Dr Sonia Thappa in presence of Zonal Jourian by (2-0) sets, while in Skaters posing for a group photograph alongwith Principal, Sarna (PG Deptt.) defeated Kumar and Physical Education Officer outplayed Santosh Kumari and Gupta, student Kabaddi final, HSS Jourian Amarendra Kumar Mishra at KC Public School in Jammu on Sunil Singh, Hiteshwar AKesar Anita Sharma, Jammu Zone, Saroman Dogra, Anchal Chiber (GCW Parade) of Presentation defeatred HSS Pallanwalla by Friday. (PG Deptt.) got better of Akhil student of while at GHS Jourian the lost to Sanmeet Kour. Convent School 17 points and in Cricket, HSS Singh, Utkarsh Pathania (PG Gandhi Nagar, Adarsh Niketan Tournament in boys section con- Jourian drubbed Jagrati Shiksha Inter-House Roller Skating Prof. Dhian S Bhau, spot, while Jammu and Poonch Deptt.) beat Kunal Sharma and who won four Senior Seco- cluded with Headmaster of the Kendra HSS Khour by 9 wick- Competition at its Basketball Director Sports and Physical Houses claimed second and third Kulveer Singh Parihar (PG medals in State level Inter ndary School School, SL Shastri as the chief ets. Court in the School premises, positions respectively. Education, University of Deptt.) lost to Sukhdev Singh. District Open Roller Skating Badyalguest on the valedictory ceremo- Ther matches were officiated here today. Principal of the School, Jammu was the chief guest of Championship recently. She Brahmana in RS Pura, who ny.by Ashok Kumar, Uma Kant, Quad races for boys and girls Amarendra Kumar Mishra dis- the function who awarded tro- The final match of men's won silver medals in rink race won bronze medal in the 2nd The Tournament was held under Sham Krishan Singh, Ramesh in different age categories were tributed trophies and medals phy to the winners. section between PG 500 mtrs, 1000 mtrs and musi- National Cadet Kyorugi the supervision of Veer Ji Bhat, Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Devinder conducted during the competi- among the winners and runners- Meanwhile, in men's sec- Department, JU and GDC cal chair on skates and a bronze Taekwondo Championship ZPEO Jourian and Ramesh Singh, Darshan Lal and Vijay tion. Participants from all the up teams on the valedictory tion, in 1st semifinal match, Samba will be played at the medal in fancy dress on skates. held at Hyderabad recently. Choudhary, ZPEO Khour. Kumar. four Houses namely Jammu, function. GDC Samba beat GDC same venue tomorrow at 10 am.