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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2018 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Opening Gambit: Rookies Mayank, Suryansh Raina slams double AHCC seals berth in semis Vihari to open as Vijay, Rahul dropped century; Abhishant, Pundir hit tons Excelsior Sports Correspondent MELBOURNE, Dec 26: ing wickets" for the Australian Left-arm spinner Ravindra Excelsior Sports Correspondent Under-23 Cricket Tournament at JAMMU, Dec 25: A new ball bowlers. Jadeja has recovered sufficiently Gandhi Stadium Balangir, today. Horizon Cricket Club (AHCC) A desperate India will punt Chairman of selectors MSK from his shoulder stiffness and JAMMU, Dec 25: Wicket- Abhishant Bakshi also scored defeated HCC in an easy con- on the rookie opening pair of Prasad, who is present in takes Umesh Yadav's spot in the keeper batsman Suryansh Raina 158 runs off 302 balls, while test to seal berth in the ongoing Mayank Agarwal and Hanuma Melbourne indicated that Vihari playing eleven. scored magnificent double cen- Shubham Singh Pundir was the 2nd Suresh Singh Memorial Vihari in their bid to regain is being looked as a stop-gap This was after off-spinner R third batsman to Cricket Tournament, being momentum against a rejuvenat- solution (with Prithvi Shaw Ashwin was ruled out of this score century (104) organised by A Horizon Group ed Australia when the 'Boxing injured). third Test, as he still needs more runs off 136 balls. under the leadership of Dr Day' Test starts tomorrow. Agarwal though has earned time to recover from his left Muneeb Munaf Harmesh Singh Salathia, Senior After being deflated by 146 his place by sheer weight of runs abdominal strain. scored unbeaten 52 PDP leader and District runs in the second Test at Perth, in domestic cricket as well as for Australia too have made one runs while Sahil President Samba. India after a week's break will be India A and couldn't be ignored change to their playing eleven. Lotra contributed Earlier, batting first HCC Winners posing along with dignitaries and officials during putting their best foot forward, any further by either selectors or Peter Handscomb, who is 45 runs to the total. bundled out for a paltry total of 64th National School Games U-19 Boys Cricket Tournament in an indicator of which is the deci- the team management. short of runs, makes way for all- For ODISHA 59 runs in 15 overs. Mukesh Jammu. sion to finally drop their out-of- While Vihari bats at number rounder Mitchell Marsh, albeit Anshuman Mishra was the top scorer with 15 runs. form openers KL Rahul and three for Andhra, he has previ- the latter isn't in the best form took 3 wickets, For AHCC, Ashish Singh and Murali Vijay. ously opened for Hyderabad ear- himself. From (L) Suryansh Raina, Shubham while Kartik 64th National School Games U-19 Cricket Singh Pundir, Abhishant Bakshi and Muneeb Sant Baksh took 4 wickets each. While there was temptation lier in his first-class career. The hosts have made this Biswal bagged 2 In reply, AHCC chased the to play all-rounder Hardik It suffices to say that he has change keeping in mind the Munaf posing along with Manager Nisar wickets. Sahu, Ahmed (C) on Tuesday. target easily in 10 overs. Jatin Chandigarh drubs Haryana to Pandya, a fit-again Rohit impressed the team management placid nature of the MCG pitch, Raoul and Rai Wadhwan top scored with 24 Sharma will give the cushion of sufficiently in his two Test out- which was rated poor by the ICC tury (228) to help Jammu and claimed 1 wicket each. runs, while Abhinav Puri and an extra batsman. ings thus far to be handed this after a drab draw played out Kashmir score a mammoth total In reply, Odisha were 56/0 at Ashish Singh contributed 16 win title; J&K bags 3rd spot Indian team management in responsibility against Mitchell against England here in of 634/8 against Odisha and stumps on day-1. Skipper and 12 runs to the total respec- a departure from its convention, Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh December 2017. declared their innings at the Sandeep Patnaik (39) and Amrit tively. Ashish Singh was *DG Sports distributes prizes announced their playing XI, a Hazlewood. Teams: same score in the C K Nayudu Kathua (16) were at the crease. declared as the man of the Excelsior Sports Correspondent He congratulated Chandigarh, day prior to the match ending Even so, this new strategy India (XI): Virat Kohli match for his all-round show. Haryana and J&K teams for play- speculations about the possible from the think tank again puts (capt), Mayank Agarwal, JAMMU, Dec 25: Trouncing ing well and making it to first, sec- team combination. the spotlight on Rohit Sharma, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Andhra in formidable Haryana by a narrow ond and third places respectively. Time had already run-out for who will be eager to make an Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit margin of 15 runs in the summit He expressed his gratitude to Rahul, who had scored only 48 impression after yet another bat- Sharma, Rishabh Pant (wk), command against clash, Chandigarh lifted the title all the officers / officials of the runs in four innings this series, ting order shuffle to accommo- Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, J&K trophy of the 64th National department for organizing the including a highest of 44 in the date him. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed School Games Under-19 Boys National event smoothly and suc- second innings at Adelaide. In the past, India have Shami. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Cricket Tournament, organised by cessfully. In this year's overseas cycle dropped Cheteshwar Pujara Australia (XI): Tim Paine the Directorate of Youth Services The Director General distrib- alone, his average had dropped (Sydney, 2014), moved Ajinkya (capt & wk), Marcus Harris, JAMMU, Dec 25: Andhra and Sports at KC Sports Club uted the appreciation certificates down to 20.94 in nine Tests with Rahane to number three Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Pradesh were in command ground, here today. and trophies amongst the winners. only one fifty-plus score. (Colombo, 2015), and even Travis Head, Shaun Marsh, against Jammu and Kashmir in At Jammu University ground, Those present on the occasion Vijay had done no better pre- skipper Virat Kohli has batted at Mitchell Marsh, Nathan Lyon, Cooch Behar Under-19 Boys Jammu and Kashmir boys defeat- were Bashir Ahmad, Joint viously scored 49 runs in four number three (St. Lucia, 2016) Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Tournament at Country Cricket ed their counterparts from Uttar Director, Youth services & Sports, innings this series, including a to make way for Sharma in the Josh Hazlewood. Ground, Gharota, near here today. Pradesh in the hardliner to bag 3rd Kashmir, Kuldeep Mishra, Odisha Ranji Trophy team posing for a group photograph highest of 20 in the second line-up. Match starts at: 5 am IST. After being bundled out for place in the tournament. Observer, SGFI, Chanchal Kour, after beating J&K in Jammu. innings at Perth. Overall in The batsman continues to (PTI) 157 runs in the first innings J&K Dr Saleem-ur-Rehman, DYSSO Jammu, Khursheed 2019, he only averages 18.80 in underwhelm with his indifferent were 134/3 in the second essay, Director General, Youth Services Ahmad Tariq, DYSSO eight Tests, with one hundred Test form, albeit he did score an State Unifight Rasool’s 158 not enough to save still trailing by 44 runs after & Sports, J&K was the chief guest Baramulla, Noor-ul-Haq, DYSSO against Afghanistan. attacking 37 runs at Adelaide out inflicted follow-on. Skipper on the occasion, who while speak- Anantnag, Sukhdev Singh, Otherwise his highest score of India's first innings total of team selected Jiyaad Nazir Magray top scored ing thanked all the participating DYSSO Ramban, Balbir Singh, this year is 46 in the first innings 250. Excelsior Sports Correspondent J&K from defeat against Odisha with 49 runs, while Kanhaiya players for their cooperation dur- DYSSO Budgam and Managers / against South Africa at India's third change is per- Excelsior Sports Correspondent For Odisha, Basant Mohanty Wadhawan was unbeaten on 30 ing the event and the spirit they Coaches of all the 28 teams. JAMMU, Dec 25: A five Centurion. In this year's over- taining to their bowling attack. took 4 wickets, while Dhiraj runs. Abdul Samad and Vivrant exhibited during the matches. A colourful cultural pro- member State Unifight team has seas cycle, his average drops After getting the balance JAMMU, Dec 25: J&K skip- Singh and Poddar bagged 2 Sharma contributed 30 and 18 He lavished praise on the ref- gramme was also presented by been selected to participate in the down to 12.64 in seven Tests. awfully wrong in Perth, they per Parvez Rasool's marathon wickets each and Poddar runs respectively. Durga Kumar, erees and officials for com- the students of MIER and National Unifight (Martial Arts) The sheer numbers indicated have included a spinner along knock of 158 runs off 217 balls, claimed one. Vasu and Reddy took 1 wicket mendable job in conducting the Higher Secondary School, Championship 2018 which will that the two couldn't be persisted with Ishant Sharma, Mohammed studded with 18 fours and 2 In reply, Odisha scored the each from Andhra. tournament. Nawabad, Jammu. be held at Delhi from December with as they had become "walk- Shami and Jasprit Bumrah. sixes was not enough to save required runs in 49.1 overs, with Earlier, in the first innings 26 to December 28, 2018. Jammu and Kashmir from the 5.5 mandatory overs remaining J&K scored 157 runs.