SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Upbeat India eye semifinal Brilliant Kohli leads India to 3-1 SC asks ex-BCCI prez Thakur to series win over West Indies tender unconditional apology spot against South Africa KINGSTON (JAMAICA), ing fourth ODI in Antigua. NEW DELHI, July 7: very good case on merit through the President of ICC in August July 7: But Kohli meant business as LEICESTER, July 7: them, because individually, They face South Africa, who which it can be proved that he did 2016, after the final judgement he anchored India's chase with South Africa are very good, but are looking to bounce back The Supreme Court today no wrong. and Order of this Court, is nothing A confident India will seek Skipper Virat Kohli led from his 28th ODI century that came when it comes to collective per- from the England loss after the asked former BCCI president "I am ready to tender an but an attempt on the part of the to extend their unbeaten run to the front with a fluent century as off 115 balls balls and was stud- formance, they really depend on hosts amassed the fifth highest Anurag Thakur to tender an unconditional apology. I already head of BCCI to evade comply- five matches and secure a semi- India today wrapped up the five- ded with 12 fours and two sixes "unconditional, unequivocal" and their main players to do well," score in World Cup history to match series 3-1 with a convinc- did so. The problem is that the ing with the Order of this Court," final spot when they take on win by 68 runs. Besides the early "categorical" apology to get relief South Africa in the ICC ing eight wicket win impression should not be con- the apex court had said while But captain dismissal of Shikhar from the contempt proceedings strued that I did some wrong," Women's World Cup here over West Indies, here issuing a show-cause notice to Dane van Dhawan, the Indians initiated against him. Patwalia said. tomorrow. today. were in complete con- The apex court directed him to Thakur. Niekerk believes Asked to bowl, Senior advocate Gopal Coming down heavily on the India are on a rampaging run her bowlers can trol of the chase. file a "one-page short affidavit" having beaten England, West comeback man In the pursuit of tendering apology, making it clear defiant BCCI brass, the reproduce the Mohammed Shami Indies, Pakistan and Sri Lanka the target, India lost that it was not going to consider Supreme Court had on Januray 2 team's stunning bagged four wickets convincingly to be second in the Dhawan in the last his earlier affidavit of apology. removed Anurag Thakur and form that saw as an under-fire India standings behind Australia. A bench comprising Justices Ajay Shirke as the President and them bowl the produced a disci- delivery of the open- South Africa, on the other Dipak Misra, A M Khanwilkar the Secretary for "obstructing" West Indies out plined bowling effort ing over, caught by hand, are fifth with two wins and Evin Lewis off Alzarri and D Y Chandrachud said it was and "impeding" its directions for for 48 at the same to restrict West Indies overhauling governance in the a loss from four games with one Joseph. not going to consider the earlier venue. to a modest 205 for cricket body. It had also appoint- ending in a washout. Mithali Raj Dane van Niekerk But thereafter, it was Kohli affidavit of apology filed by Teams (from): nine. Thakur and asked him to file a Subramanium, who is assisting ed a committee of administrators Not only because of the good and Rahane's show as the duo she added. India: Mithali Raj (captain), Playing only his second ODI "one-page short affidavit" tender- the court as amicus curiae (friend to oversee BCCI's functions. cricket they have been playing dominated the proceedings with India were able to defend Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari after a long injury lay-off, Shami ing unconditional apology. of court) in the matter said if the Thakur had on March 6 ten- in the tournament, India will consummate ease. 232 in their previous game Sri Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, picked up four wickets giving 48 "We will grant you one more court is magnanimous in granting dered an "unconditional and also take heart from their recent While ever-consistent Rahane Lanka although they looked Mansi Joshi, Harmanpreet runs from his 10 overs to pull opportunity. We suggest that you pardon to Thakur, then he has unqualified apology" before the success against South Africa, played the second fiddle, Kohli like posting a bigger total after Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, West Indies back. file a one-page affidavit in cate- nothing to say, but the apology apex court and said he had never whom they beat in the final of a Besides Shami, Umesh Yadav played with aggression from the the launchpad provided by Smrti Mandhana, Mona gorical language that you tender should be unqualified and explicit intended to file any false infor- Quadrangular series in May. gave him ample support from the onset. Deepti Sharma (78) and skipper Meshram, Shikha Pandey, an unequivocal and unconditional in terms. mation before the apex court. "We are quite confident for other end and returned with But Rahane was unlucky to Mithali Raj (53). Poonam, Nuzhat Parween, apology for the misinformation or The bench, however, said it He had filed an affidavit the game against South Africa impressive figures of three for With 206 runs at 68.66, styl- Punam Raut, Deepti Sharma, miss out on his fifth consecutive miscommunication that hap- would not go into the merit of the explaining the circumstances because in the last four or five ish opener Smriti Mandhana Sushma Verma, Smriti 53. half-century of the series as he pened," the bench said. case. For West Indies, Shai Hope under which the averments made games we have played against remains India's leading run get- Mandhana. was dismissed Devendra Bishoo The apex court also asked The court had initiated con- top-scored with a patient 51 off by him led to the initiation of con- them we have done well," said ter despite failures in the last South Africa: Dane van adjudged LBW in the 19th over. Thakur to be present on July 14 to tempt proceedings against Thakur 98 balls during which he hit just tempt proceedings. Veda Krishnamurthy on eve of two games. Niekerk (captain), Trisha He struck five boundaries during tender the apology. on January 2 this year for filing a five boundaries, while his brother On January 30, the apex court the game. Raj has led from the front, Chetty. Moseline Daniels, his knock. The bench indicated that it false affidavit over writing to the Kyle made 46 off 50 deliveries was willing to accept the apology had appointed a four-member "We are aware of their team, scoring 178 runs in four games, Nadine de Klerk, Mignon du But Kohli played a chance- ICC on the issue of BCCI's auton- with nine fours to his credit. and close the contempt proceed- committee of administrators we know what combinations and which includes two half cen- Preez, Shabnim Ismail, less knock and dictated the terms. omy. Later chasing the total, India ings against Thakur, a BJP MP headed by former Comptroller players are there, so we can play turies. Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga He showed his class and brought hardly faced any trouble as Kohli from Hamirpur in Himachal It had slapped Thakur with and Auditor General of India according to our strengths. We The spin trio of Ekta Bisht, Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Lizelle up his 28th ODI century, a record contempt and perjury notices for Vinod Rai to run BCCI's affairs played them a couple of months (111 not out) and ever-consistent Pradesh. Poonam Yadav and Deepti Lee, Sune Luus, Raisibe Ajinkya Rahane (39 off 51) 18th while chasing, with a filing a false affidavit over writing and implement court-approved back so we know their strengths Senior advocate P S Patwalia, Sharma have been the backbone Ntozakhe, Andrie Steyn, Chloe shared 79 runs for the second boundary of Kesrick Williams. appearing for Thakur, said though to the ICC on the issue. recommendations of the Justice R and weaknesses. of India's bowling, sharing 19 Tryon, Laura Wolvaardt, Odine wicket in 17.5 overs to set the Together with Dinesh Karthik his client was willing to tender an "The conduct of the President M Lodha panel on reforms in the "We are more compact than wickets amongst them. Kirsten. (PTI) platform for the comfortable win. (50 not off 52 balls), Kohli unconditional apology, he had a of BCCI in seeking a letter from cash-rich cricket body. (PTI) KC Sports Club Cup 2017 Today's match was a test of stitched unbeaten 122 runs for character for Kohli and his men the third wicket to take India after the unexpected 11 run loss home with 79 balls to spare. MGCA drubs Sidhant Academy by 50 runs Laxmi Cricket Club enters QFs, against the hosts in the low-scor- (PTI) in Hot Weather U-15 Cricket Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent tributed 15 runs with the help of 3 The match was officiated by YWCCC scripts big win boundaries. Though, dropped Sadiq Hussain Malik and Ashok Excelsior Correspondent Ankan bagged 3 wickets. Raja and Ohri and Rakesh contributed 35 JAMMU, July 7: Mayank twice in his 80s after the bowling Kumar as umpires, while Shiv Sachin claimed 2 and one wicket and 25 runs to the total respec- Goswami Cricket Academy of Praful, Dhananjay at one stage Kumar was the scorer. JAMMU, July 7: Defeating respectively. tively. Sumit Dhar took 2 wick- (MGCA) defeated Sidhant Cricket was looking dangerous to take Prominent among others who United Cricket Club by a big mar- In reply, Striker CC managed ets for UCC, while Surinder Academy by 50 runs in the ongoing match away from MGCA. witnessed the match were gin of 120 runs in a one-sided to score 131 runs by losing 9 wick- claimed one wicket. Hot Weather Under-15 Cricket However, MGCA bowlers hit Varinder Sharma, Senior Cricket affair, Laxmi Cricket Club ets in the allotted 20 overs, thus UCC, in reply collapsed at Tournament, being organized by good areas and restricted them to Coach Sports Authority of India stormed into the quarterfinals, lost the match by 43 runs. Raja 62 runs in 12.4 overs to lose by Kishan Chand Cricket Club while YWCCC registered easy a total of 156 runs. (SAI) and In-charge Sports top scored with 46 runs, while a big margin. Surinder and (KCCC) at GGM Science College For MIER CA, Nityam Abrol Training Centre (STC); Suresh win over Striker Cricket Club to Sunny contributed 15 runs to the Uttam contributed 15 runs each, Hostel ground, here. stay alive in the ongoing KC took 3 wickets, while Dhruv Singh, BCCI Level-1 coach; total. Sachin and Amit chipped while Kovid chipped in with 13 The Tournament is being held bagged 2 wickets. Praful Dhar Shashi Paul, Cricket Promoter, Sports Club Cup T20 Cricket in with 13 runs each, while runs. From Laxmi Club, Sameer Nazir Ganai, DySP DAR and other dignitaries presenting under the chairmanship Ankush Tournament 2017, being played on and Suraj claimed one wicket besides coaches Sunil Kumar and Goldy made 12 runs. Rahul was Khajuria was the pick of the man of the match award to Gourav Khajuria in Doda on Friday. Abrol, Former Member BCCI and each. Deepak Dogra (Baba). newly laid turf at KC School the wrecker-in-chief for bowlers, who scalped 4 impor- Member JKCA Working ground, here. YWCCC, who took 4 important tant wickets, while Saksham and Masood CC Bhaderwah drubs City Committee. Indian women’s hockey In the first match played today, wickets, while King Ji bagged 2 Vikram bagged 2 wickets and Earlier, winning the toss and YWCCC defeated Striker Cricket wickets. Karan and Romesh Bharat claimed one. batting first, Mayank Goswami Club by 43 runs in an easy contest. claimed one wicket each. The matches were officiated Boys Madhya Pradesh in Gufran T20 Cricket Academy scored a good team take on South Africa Batting first, riding on brilliant In another match, Laxmi by Madan Lal and Vinod Excelsior Sports Correspondent into the next stage of the ongo- total of 206 runs in the stipulated JOHANNESBURG, July 7: high-altitude camp. We have one 66 runs by Naman, YWCCC Cricket Club crushed United Kandayara as umpires, while the ing All India 13th Gufran 40 overs. Dhruv Parmar was the session planned today (Friday) on scored a good total of 174 runs in DODA, July 7: Masood Cricket Club by a huge margin Tournament is being held under Memorial T20 Cricket top scorer with 66 runs off 88 The Indian women's team will the game pitch which will count as the stipulated 20 overs. Ankush Cricket Club Bhaderwah out- of 120 runs. Batting first, LCC the overall supervision of Arjun Championship 2017 being balls, studded with 12 magnificent take on South Africa in its first our final preparation before the was another main contributor with scored 183 runs in 20 overs, los- Chowdhary, Managing Director played City Boys Madhya played at Sports Stadium, here. boundaries, while Arin Sharma pool B match of the Women's start of the tournament," expressed 32 runs. From Striker Club, Happy Hockey World League Semifinal ing 3 wickets in the process. of KC Sports Club, Jammu. Pradesh by 3 wickets to advance The tournament is being contributed 37 runs off 38 balls to chief coach Sjoerd Marijne on the was the pick of the bowlers, who here tomorrow. Bansi Lal top scored with mag- organized by Young Star the total. Aarav Mahajan scored eve of the match. took 4 important wickets, while nificent 75 runs, while Aakash 34 runs off 82 balls with the help The team led by Rani arrived The women's team also played Cricket Club Doda and spon- here one week prior to the tourna- Dhoni @36: Birthday boy stands of 2 boundaries, while Praful two practice matches against sored by Rashtriya Rifles ment which has helped in prepara- Rameshwar CC thrashes Kameshwar Battalion Doda. Dhar made quick-fire 24 runs off England and Ireland. tions. "Both teams are physically at ‘Corridor of Uncertainty’ In the first match after win- 12 balls including 4 boundaries. Getting acclimatised to the ning the toss, City Boys For Sidhant Cricket Academy, dominating when they play. So, NEW DELHI, July 7: Dhoni’s knock at North conditions in the host city which is CC in U-19 T20 Cricket Tournament Madhya Pradesh set a target of Chitwan took 3 wickets, while the exposure against these two Sound obviously begs a few at an altitude of 1,753 metres was teams before the start of the tour- Excelsior Correspondent In reply, Rameshwar CC Age is just a number if the 117 runs for the loss of 8 wick- Tripjot, Keshav, Dhananjay and easier thanks to the high-altitude made 121/4 in 13 overs to win questions. Some of the answers Devesh claimed 1 wicket each. nament was good. I personally AKHNOOR, July 7: going is good. are available with common crick- ets in allotted 20 overs with the training held at SAI Centre think South Africa plays a lot like the match by 6 wickets. In reply, Sidhant Academy, Shillaroo before arriving for the Rameshwar Cricket Club defeat- But if it’s not the case, then et loving public but the most contribution of 22 runs by Ireland. We controlled the entire Mohinder was the top scorer despite brilliant century hit by event which is also a World Cup ed Kameshwar Cricket Club by the number 36 — whether age or important answer is only avail- Sachin Patel and 21 runs by game against Ireland and against with 44 runs off 30 balls, while the waistline — can always lead Dhananjay managed to score 156 Qualifier. 6 wickets in the ongoing able with the man himself. Utkarsh Pandey. From Masood England we did well first half to some amount of self doubts. runs 32.2 overs, thus lost the "We had some good short Summer Cup T-20 Under-19 Satyam contributed 29 runs. Can he win matches for India Cricket Club Bhaderwah, Adil with better control. On his 36th birthday, match by a big margin of 50 runs. training sessions here over the past Cricket Tournament, being From Kameshwar CC, Mohit at the 2019 World Cup when he and Zahid Mughal scalped 3 "It is important for us to play Mahendra Singh Dhoni finds Dhananjay was the top scorer with week and the girls did well. They organized by Singh Cricket Club took 2 wickets, while Anil and will be 38? Only Dhoni knows. and 2 wickets respectively. disciplined hockey and if we are himself standing at crossroads of 102 runs, hitting 14 magnificent did not tire easily which was one at Govt Higher Secondary Sahil shared 1 wicket each. Are his finishing powers on In reply, batsman of Masood able to do that then we have a an illustrious career — just four boundaries, while Chitwan con- of the main reasons to have the School ground, here. Satyam was adjudged as man of the wane? They certainly seem to Cricket Club Bhaderwah chased great chance of doing well," he matches short of a mammoth 300 Winning the toss and batting the match. be going by his recent struggles. the given target in 16.2 overs for added. ODI games. first, Kameshwar CC scored 120 The match was officiated by Is he still the best wicketkeep- the loss of 7 wickets. Gourav KCC trounces Little India have Chile, USA, One of the best finishers of Argentina apart from South Africa runs in 18 overs, losing 9 wick- Deepak Mangotra and Arun er and one of the fittest in the Khajuria was the highest scorer Kumar as umpires, while Amit the game, played perhaps the team? An emphatic yes. who contributed 41 runs while in their pool. ets in the process. Anil, Mohit most horrendous knock of his 13- Hut School by 24 runs "The mood in the team is quite and Vinay contributed 17, 14 Mangotra was the scorer. It’s a tricky situation for one Abid Rather contributed 24 runs year-ODI career — 54 off 114 Excelsior Sports Correspondent Little Hut School, in reply, upbeat ahead of our first match. and 12 runs respectively. From The Tournament is being of India’s limited overs legends. for the team. From City Boys balls — in an unsuccessful 190- He will win matches here and made 78/10 in 12 overs, thus lost South Africa is ranked around us Rameshwar CC Akhnoor, Kanav organized under the overall Madhya Pradesh, Pradeep Patel run chase against an under- there, will be brilliant behind the AKHNOOR, July 7: the match by 24 runs. Sammy (24) (No.13 in the world) and I feel we and Satyam took 3 wickets each, supervision of Kr. Sham Singh and Utraksh scalped 3 and 2 strength West Indies. stumps with flash reflexes but Kameshwar Cricket Club (KCC) and Manik (21) were the main have improved a lot over the past while Harsh and Sahil claimed Langeh, President Singh Cricket wickets respectively. Gourav His worst effort, ironically, will that be enough to convince trounced Little Hut School contributors. From Kameshwar year and are mentally a tougher 1wicket each. Club Akhnoor. Khajuria of Masood Cricket came at a venue that is named Virat Kohli to give another 45 Akhnoor by 24 runs in the ongoing CC, Rahul took 3 wickets, while team than we were before. I am Club Bhaderwah was declared Summer Cup T-20 Under-17 quite confident we will get off to a after one of the greatest the game matches before the team again as the man of the match for his Gourav, Rohit and Vasu shared 1 has ever seen — Sir Vivian boards the flight to the United Cricket Tournament at Govt good start and then take it match- best batting performance who wicket each. Rahul was adjudged Richards. Kingdom. (PTI) Higher Secondary School ground, as the man of the match. by-match. First goal here is to was given prize by Chief Guest make it to the Quarter Finals," here. Deepak Mangotra, Amit DySP DAR Nazir Ganai along said striker Rani about the mood Put into bat, Kameshwar Mangotra and Raman Sharma Indian racers dominate second with Medical Officer Dr Tanveer in the team. (PTI) Cricket Club scored 102 runs in officiated the match. Dar and Master Bharat Bhushan. 18 overs. Arjun Kumar (31), The matches were officiated Gourav (23) and Vasu (10) were day, win all four gold on offer by Ifroz Rather, and Munish the main scorers. From Little Hut BHUBANESWAR, July 7: country proud. Now my target is Zutshi as umpires while Milind School Akhnoor, Manik, Rishav, World Championships," Sheoran Gore and Waseem Raja main- David and Krishna shared 1wick- Nirmala Sheoran led the said, exuding confidence. tained the scorebook. et each. charge as Indian racers set the Barely five minutes later, track ablaze by grabbing all four Indian men quatermilers gold medals on offer on a sensa- Muhammad Anas and Rajiv tional rain-soaked second day of the 22nd Asian Athletics Arokia finished first and second, Championships, here today. clocking 45.77 and 46.14 seconds Haryana girl Nirmala Sheoran respectively. began the gold spree for the hosts "It's a dream come true. I was by winning the women 400m and emotional after winning today soon Muhammad Anas did an since I ran four races in two encore in the 400 men's event. days," said Anas. Rajiv Arokia and Jisna It was then the turn of unher- Mathew added a silver and a alded Chitra and Saroj to give bronze in men's and women's India two unexpected gold in 400m respectively. 1500m as they come triumphant More domination was in store with the crowd watching in disbe- for the home athletes as P U lief. Chitra and Ajay Kumar Saroj The 22-year-old Kerala girl bagged a yellow metal each in Chitra clocked 4 minute 17.92 men's and women's 1500m race. seconds to win the race to finish Women sprinter Dutee way ahead of second placed Geng Chand, who is embroiled in a Min of China (4:19.15) and gender case, settled for a bronze Ayako Jinnouchi (4:19.90) of in 100m. Japan. HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AT JAMMU The 21-year-old Sheoran "It is a surprise I have won OWP NO. 970/2017 AND MP NO. 1/2017 clocked 52.01 seconds and young gold. I did not expect it. I don't Nuby Sharma (Petitioner) Jisna Mathew (53.32) finish third. know what to say. I am very V/s State of J&K and ors. (Respondents) Vietnam's Quach Thi was sec- happy," said Chitra. In the Matter of: NOTICE TO PUBLIC AT LARGE ond in 52.78 seconds. Veteran Chitra's male counterpart, 20- PROCLAMATION Indian M R Poovamma was year-old Saroj completed the Whereas, the petitioner, resident of village Jassore, Tehsil R.S.Pura, District Jammu for and on behalf of residents of Village Jassore have filed above titled writ petition before the Hon’ble Court seeking direction to the respondent Nos. 2,3 and fourth in 53.36 seconds. four-gold haul in a span of stun- 4 to immediately remove encroachment from the village pond located in Jassore comprised in Khasra No. 297 and restore the water source to its original health. "I knew I could win today but ning 30 minutes by finishing the Whereas, through the medium of this proclamation the public at large is informed that in case the persons interested the rain and delay in the race led race in 3 minutes 45.85 seconds. to exercise their discretion to apply to the Court for being impleaded as party to this petition. If, anyone who has grievance regarding issuance of direction in favour of the petitioner with respect of holding the right to slow timing. We have been It is his first major title. He to use pond/water body for general public. He/they may file objections in person or through counsel by or before 27.07.2017. Given under my hand and seal of this court on this 6th day of July, 2017. waiting for long after warm up was a tad slower than his person- Sd/- and it affected the timing. I am al best of 3:44.4 which he clocked Registrar Judicial High Court of J&K very happy to have done the in April last year. (PTI) Jammu.