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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2013 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Table Soccer India take 4-0 lead with another big win trials on Aug 4 BULAWAYO, Aug 1: Chasing a small total, India suf- Prosper Utseya through the same pocket after having won the first Excelsior Sports Correspondent fered an early blow as they lost region. three games quite comfortably, A merciless India maintained debutant Cheteshwar Pujara with At the other end, Raina was India made two changes in their JAMMU, Aug 1: The their stranglehold over minnows the scoreboard reading 23 for one playing freely after he got into the playing eleven today, handing out Jammu and Kashmir Table Zimbabwe as they cruised to a in the 10th over. groove with a square-driven debuts to Cheteshwar Pujara and Soccer Association is holding resounding nine-wicket win in the The 25-year-old Saurashtra boundary off Chatara's bowling. Mohit in place of Shikhar Dhawan selection trials for the forthcom- fourth cricket one-dayer to extend player was bowled by Tendai In the next over, Raina stepped and R Vinay Kumar. ing 10th National Table Soccer their lead to 4-0 in the five-match Chatara while trying to go for a out of the crease to loft Utseya Mohit impressed in his maiden Championship to be held at series here today. drive to an incoming delivery only straight over his head. The off- ODI as he managed to extract pace Jaipur in Rajasthan from August Opting to field after winning to see his leg-stump getting uproot- spinner was then played towards and movement from the Queens 23 to August 25, 2013. the toss, India bowled out ed. Glimpses of the batsman's tal- the long-of region for another four. Sports Club pitch. According to a handout Zimbabwe for a paltry 144, and ent was evident as he creamed Rohit meanwhile straight The 24-year-old from Haryana issued here, the trials will be then chased down the target with Michael Chinouya for two bound- drove Utseya before pulling Sean soon tasted success and registered held at Shastri Memorial 115 balls remaining at Queens aries through the off-side before Williams through deep square leg. his maiden international wicket in School, Patoli on August 4, Sports Club. being dismissed. Raina hit Chatara for two more just his fourth over when he For India, leg-spinner Amit Pujara's wicket was the lone fours in three balls before Rohit induced an edge from Sikandar 2013 from 9 am onwards. Mishra scalped three wickets for success Zimbabwe tasted as Raina slashed one through the point and Raza which Dinesh Karthik had no For further information, the 25 runs, while debutant Mohit along with Rohit shared a second- short third man region and lofted problems in accepting. players interested to take part in Sharma (2/26) and Ravindra Jadeja wicket partnership of 122 runs to Vitori over long-on for a huge six Pitched on a good length on off the trials can contact Akhil on (2/28) picked up two apiece. take India home. to take India within sniffing dis- stump, the ball nipped away off the mobile numbers: 7298555020 Mohammed Shami and Jaydev Playing sensible cricket, the tance of another big win. seam just enough to take Raza's and 9906140042. Unadkat also accounted for one duo of Raina and Rohit brought up Earlier, barring an 80-run sixth outside edge through to Karthik wicket each. the fifty partnership in 61 balls. wicket stand between Elton behind the stumps. Nanda, Rani return Winners JKP football team posing for a group photograph alongwith DGP Ashok Prasad in Rohit Sharma (64 not out) and While Raina was more flashier Chigumbura (50 not out) and Hamilton Masakadza (10) was Srinagar on Thursday. Suresh Raina (65 not out) were the of the two, Rohit looked content Malcolm Waller (35), Zimbabwe the next to depart, caught short off from Speedball two main contributors with the bat playing second fiddle to the left- had very little to show for in their the crease by a direct hit from Orientation Camp as the visitors extended handed batsman who has not been batting effort as they were bowled Jadeja. JKP playing vital role in Zimbabwe's winless run. in the best of form in recent times. out in 42.4 overs. Captain Brendan Taylor, Sean Excelsior Sports Correspondent Raina struck six fours during Adopting a careful approach, Such was Zimbabwe's struggle Williams and Sibanda departed in his 71-ball knock while Rohit Rohit however did not miss out on that only four batsmen managed consecutive overs to make matters JAMMU, Aug 1: Sunny found the fence five times and the loose balls. Brian Vitori's wide double digit scores after being worse for Zimbabwe, who lost half Nanda and Asha Rani after promoting sports: DGP cleared it once during his 90-ball half-volley was spanked through invited to bat by Virat Kohli. of their side inside the 50-run attending the 4-Day Speedball innings. cover point and then guided With the series already in their mark. National Orientation Camp at Excelsior Sports Correspondent State. Prasad appreciated the JKP team While Jadeja accounted for the Digvijay Stadium Rajnandgaon, wickets of Taylor and Sibanda, Sports activities in the far- for their performance in lifting SRINAGAR, Aug 1: Jammu Jaydev Unadkat removed flung areas of the State have the championship. He stressed Williams. and Kashmir Police has been been carried out to inculcate upon the players to continue But Chigumbura and Waller contributing a lot in encouraging sports talent among the youth of their efforts and refine their tal- came to the home team's rescue the youth to excel in national down trodden sections also. ent to earn a good name for the with a 80-run sixth wicket before competitions. Sports activities Such activities, besides inspiring State. He said that the champi- Zimbabwe witnessed another col- carried out by JKP are proving the youth, have strengthened onship has provided an opportu- lapse. prudent in promoting sports cul- police public relations which are nity to the players to compete Mohit broke the partnership Chhattisgarh, returned back to ture, besides inculcating moral a positive sign to provide better with the reputed teams and iden- when Wallace nicked one to Jammu, yesterday. values among the youth of the policing to the people. tify the areas for improvement. Karthik. Nanda got A+ Rank, while State. 20th State Football DGP also lauded the role of Therafter, Chigumbura was left Rani secured Rank B. This was disclosed by the Championship was organized by ADGP Armed S. M. Sahai for stranded at the other end as wickets The Camp, which was attend- Director General of Police Department of Youth Services his personal efforts for promot- kept on tumbling like nin pins for ed by 28 teachers drawn from 15 (DGP) Ashok Prasad while and Sports in which 38 teams all ing sports culture within the Zimbabwe, who lost their last five states of the Country was organ- receiving the 20th State Football across the State participated. organization. Such activities wickets for just 17 runs. (PTI) ized by the Government of Championship trophy. He said Jammu and Kashmir Police lifted have helped in creating an SCOREBOARD Chhattisgarh. that JKP has been contributing the championship after beating atmosphere of discipline, dedi- Zimbabwe innings: Earlier, after the three days in sports arena and has carried the defending champions Jammu cation and patience among the V Sibanda b Jadeja 24 Camp, the participants went out various sports activities and Kashmir Bank with a solitary personnel. He expressed his Sikandar Raza c Karthik b M Sharma 7 through an examination with under its civic action pro- goal in the final match of the hope that the police sports teams H Masakadza run out 10 regard to the sport of Speedball gramme. Besides its excellence championship at Polo-Ground. in all disciplines would excel in B Taylor lbw b Jadeja 0 and were ranked as per their per- in professional policing, the JKP has won the championship high level competitions and SC Williams b Unadkat 0 formance. force has also stood high in pro- after a gap of eight years. bring laurels for the State and M Waller c Karthik b M Sharma 35 On their arrival, a big gather- moting sports activities in the While interacting, Mr. the organization. E Chigumbura not out 50 ing of officers and officials of the P Utseya c R Sharma b M Shami 1 Department of Youth Services T Chatara c Jadeja b Mishra 1 and Sports welcomed the duo in a Srinivasan to chair BCCI Working Committee meet today B Vitori b Mishra 8 simple function. NEW DELHI, Aug 1: President's post after nearly two over who will chair the conclave Chinouya c Kohli b Mishra 0 Unfazed by a Bombay High months since he stepped aside which will discuss all the legal Extras (B-2, LB-2, WD-4) 8 Indian jr girls enter maiden Court order which declared its pending an internal inquiry into implications of the High Court Total (all out in 42.4 overs) 144 World Cup semis probe into the IPL spot-fixing the spot-fixing scandal which order and chalk out a future Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-36, 3-44, 4-47, 5- scandal "illegal", a defiant N rocked the sixth edition of the course of action. 47, 6-127, 7-130, 8-133, 9-143. MONCHENGLADBACH, Aug 1: Srinivasan will chair the BCCI's IPL. "He (Srinivasan) is the BCCI Bowling: M Sharma 10-3-26-2, Mohammed India scripted history as working committee here tomor- BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel chief and he has already started Shami 8-1-34-1, J Unadkat 7-0-27-1, R they stunned higher-ranked row, signalling his formal return made it clear that Srinivasan will working.