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Page14sports.Qxd (Page 1) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2019 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Cooch Behar U-19 Cricket Tournament Hiranagar Club Pink Test: All-round India lord over to take on J&K scores 194, Assam 41/3 on Day-1 BBSB Club Excelsior Sports Correspondent Bangladesh, hype beats cricket hands down Excelsior Sports Correspondent within 3 overs as the opening Yawer joined Musaif in the duo of Assam medium pacers ninth over of the innings and KOLKATA, Nov 22: dreds under his belt in first-class Bangladeshi batsmen for pace unsettled by the capacity crowd, JAMMU, Nov 22: JAMMU, Nov 22: Riding Dasarath Kumar and Bhibakar the pair took the score to 146/5 cricket, scored a chiselled 55 as with 3 for 29 in 7 overs while something they have never Hiranagar Hockey Club will on splendid half-centuries by Nag removed J&K's opening before Yawer fell for 21 runs Bangladesh won the toss and India took a 68-run lead. It looks Mohammed Shami was deadly encountered even in their home take on Baba Banda Singh Abdul Samad and Musaif Ajaz, pair of Idrees Nisar and including 3 boundaries. Musaif India everything else against a ball like the cricket loving Kolkata bowling the cutters wide off the Tests and the world-class bowling Bahadur Hockey Club Poonch Jammu and Kashmir scored Rhythem Mahajan respectively continued his serenity and they are not acquainted with on public will not have an opportuni- crease with figures of 2 for 36 in made it even more difficult. in the finals of the ongoing 5th 194 runs off 55.5 overs in their for 4 runs each. At this stage composure but fell short of his the first day of their maiden ty to witness even three full days' 10.3 overs. Such was their plight that for Shaheed Baba Banda Singh first innings of the 4-day match J&K were struggling at 8/2. partners as Kawal Preet was Day/Night Test, the quality of action. He also bowled two sharp the first time in the subcontinent, Bahadur Memorial Hockey of Cooch Behar Under-19 However, after skipper dismissed for zero at the team's contest spectacularly failing to The city turned pink, the SCOREBOARD Tournament 2019, being organ- Boys Cricket Tournament, Kanhaiya Wadhawan fell total of 156/6 in 41.4 overs. match the manic pre-match hype. crowd responded to the brainchild Bangladesh 1st Innings: ized by Kashmir Sikh Sangat being hosted by the Jammu and cheaply at his individual score Musaif was the next man to be First the Ishant Sharma-led of its favourite son Sourav Shadman Islam c Saha b Umesh 29 (KSS) under the aegis of Kashmir Cricket Association of 7 runs and team's total of dismissed for 62 runs off 112 Indian pace unit terrorised the vis- Ganguly, who arranged a first-of- Imrul Kayes lbw b Ishant 4 Hockey J&K at KK Hakhu (JKCA) at GGM Science 21/3 in 5.4 overs, it was explo- balls including 9 crispy bound- itors, bundling them out for 106 in its-kind match in less than a Mominul Haque Rohit b Umesh 0 Astroturf Stadium, here. College Hostel ground, here. sive Abdul Samad and serene aries. The team's total at this Mohammad Mithun b Umesh 0 Earlier, n the second semifi- In reply, Assam were 41/3 Musaif Ajaz who took the stage was 168/ 7 in 45. J&K Mushfiqur Rahim b Shami 0 na, Banda Singh Bahadur Club in 19.5 overs in their first essay score to 95/4 in 18.3 overs innings folded at 194 runs as Mahmudullah c Saha b Ishant 6 Poonch defeated National Club at stumps on Day-1 today. before Samad was dismissed at Mujtaba Yousuf (16), Liton Das retired hurt 24 Satwari by six goals to nil (6-0). Earlier, batting first, his individual score of 64 runs, Marutwan (1) and Abhay Nayeem Hasan b Ishant 19 From Banda Singh Bahadur Jammu and Kashmir started studded with 10 delectable Tandon (8) could not last long. Ebadat Hossain b Ishant 1 Club, 1st, 2nd and 4th goals the innings on a disastrous boundaries and one massive Basit Bashir remained unbeat- Mehidy Hasan c Pujara b Ishant 8 were scored by Matinder Pal note, losing both the openers six. en on one. Al-Amin Hossain not out 1 Singh in 13th, 21st and 47th Assam speedsters Dasarath Abu Jayed c Pujara b Shami 0 mintutes, while the 3rd goal was Kumar and Vibhakar Nag Extras: (B-8, LB-6) 14 scored by Nai in 7th minute. shared 9 wickets, with Total: (For 10 wkts in 30.3 Overs) 106 The 5th goal was scored by Dasarath claiming 5 important Bowling: Ishant Sharma 12-4-22-5, Umesh Yadav 7-2-29-3, Inderpreet Singh in 52nd minute wickets by conceding 42 runs Mohammed Shami 10.3-2-36-2, Ravindra Jadeja 1-0-5-0. and 6th goal was scored by in his 15 overs, while Vibhakar India 1st Innings: Gurjot Singh in 59th minute. captured 4 wickets in his 11.5 Mayank Agarwal c Mehidy Hasan b Al-Amin 14 S Jarnail Singh Raina, overs by giving away 54 runs. Rohit Sharma lbw b Ebadat Hossain 21 Executive Director Peaks Group Abdul Ajij Kuraishi also Cheteshwar Pujara c Shadman Islam b Ebadat Hossain 55 was the chief guest on the occa- claimed one wicket. Virat Kohli not out 59 sion, while Babu Sigh and SS In reply, Assam were 41/3 Ajinkya Rahane not out 23 Bali were the guest of honour. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal when inclement weather condi- Extras (LB-1, W-1) 2 The match was officiated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the historic first day-night tions forced the umpires to Total (For 3 wkts in 46 Overs) 174 Balmeet Singh, Angad Singh, pink ball test match between India and Bangladesh at Eden stop play. Denish Das and Bowlers: Al-Amin Hossain 14-3-49-1, Abu Jayed 12-3-40-0, Gurpreet Singh, Rohit Sharma, Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. (UNI) Shavam Mittal were at the Ebadat Hossain 12-1-61-2, Taijul Islam 8-0-23-0. Vishal Verma, Anjali Thakur and crease with (4) and (zero) just under 31 overs even before month's time. GS Bakshi, Tournament Director. respectively. Nibir Deka (1), twilight set in. However, the gulf in standards bouncers, leaving Liton Das (24) batsmen Nos 3, 4 and 5 (skipper Vice Chancellor JU, Prof Manoj Dhar and other dignitaries The final will be played on Bishal Saha (11) and Nihir With two of their batsmen along with the singular lack of and Nayeem Hasan (19) con- Mominul Haque, Mohammad flagging off cyclothon from University of Jammu on Friday. November 24, 2019. Deka (16) were the batsmen concussed, the mentally-scarred intent from the visitors took some cussed. Mithun, and senior-most player 12 teams of Jammu Division sent back to pavilion. Bangladesh attack then found sheen away from the game. Bangladesh lasted just 30.3 Mushfiqur Rahim) were all dis- participated in this tournament. 21 girl students set off on From J&K, Basit Bashir itself at the receiving end of a Earlier, Ishant grabbed his first overs in their first innings with missed for a duck. The Tournament is being con- took 2 wickets by conceding masterclass from the Indian cap- five-wicket haul on Indian soil specialist spinners Ravindra Pushed into the unknown ter- ducted under the supervision of 14 runs in his 8 overs, whiler tain Virat Kohli, who remained after a good 12 years, finishing Jadeja bowling a solitary over and ritory without any practice back month-long cyclothon Tejwant Singh, President Yousuf Mujtaba claimed one unbeaten on 59 off 93 balls, as with 5 for 22 in 12 overs after a Ravichandran Ashwin wasn't home, Bangladesh opening duo of Kashmir Sikh Sangat, while wicket by giving away 17 runs India reached 174 for three at brave decision by opposition cap- even required to roll his arms Shadman Islam and Imrul Kayes Karamjit Singh is the Organizing * VC JU flags off cyclists in his 7 overs. stumps on the opening day. tain Mominul Haque to bat first over. survived some anxious moments Excelsior Sports Correspondent campaign. Secretary. The stodgy Cheteshwar on a seamer-friendly pitch. Clearly the menacing Indian in the first six overs before Ishant Director, Information and Pujara, with two pink ball hun- Umesh Yadav hurried the pace attack exposed Bangladeshi's Sharma trapped the latter. JAMMU, Nov 22:Twenty- Public Relations (DIPR), Syed lack of technical finesse as the Umesh then triggered the col- one students set off on a Sehrish Asgar, gave a pep talk 'Pink Ball Test' was agreed upon lapse in his second spell with two month-long cyclothon from to the students on the eve of the Kidzee Play Way School Rani three days before their tour depar- wickets in three balls, first being Jammu to Kanyakumari for the cyclothon, terming the event ture on the initiative of newly- skipper Mominul who was dis- cause of girls' education. "extraordinary". elected BCCI president Sourav missed by a beautiful diving one- Bagh celebrates annual day The 3,700-km cyclothon "Events like these will help Ganguly. handed catch by Rohit Sharma. has been organised by P N in encouraging other girl stu- Excelsior Sports Correspondent graced the occasion as a chief Bangladesh batsmen looked (PTI) guest and Suminder Singh, Doshi Women's College in dents in breaking the shackles JAMMU, Nov 22: Kidzee Managing Director IDPS was Mumbai in collaboration with and doing extraordinary Play Way School, Main Road the guest of honour.
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