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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Dhoni’s fitness a concern as Shashi Jamwal of SoI wins Australia in sight of victory CGEWCC Chess Tournament India take on Bangladesh Excelsior Sports Correspondent organized under the supervision and top world ranking Ashok Chadha, AG,s Office, MIRPUR, Feb 23: earnest having won back-to- back in his elements, since that JAMMU, Feb 23: Sham Lal, CWC, Rajinder CHRISTCHURCH, Feb 23: untroubled and effortlessly three runs short of what would back series against Australia last six in Sydney. Outplaying RK Sharma of Gupta, Vikram Abrol and moved to 19 off 23 deliveries. have been a 14th Test century India enter the final phase of 'Down Under' and Sri Lanka at Squads: National Sample Survey (NSS) Ravinder Kumar Wali, IIIM. Joe Burns and Usman Although Australia have and two balls later removed their preparations for next home. India: Mahendra Singh in the summit clash, Shashi While Shashi Jamwal Khawaja had Australia in sight been dominant for much of the Southee for a duck. month's World with In the six T20 internationals Dhoni ( and wk), Rohit Jamwal of Survey of India defeated RK Sharma in the of victory after an absorbing Test, New Zealand put up a Williamson had spent 340 the Asia Cup starting tomorrow (SoI) won the Chess Date Match Venue Time final, the third place mattch was fourth day of the second Test valiant fight with two century minutes in the middle defying but a cloud of uncertainty over Tournament as part of the ongo- Feb 24 Bangladesh v India Mirpur 1900 IST played between Sanjeev today marked by stubborn resist- partnerships as they battled to the Australians whose frustra- skipper Mahendra Singh ing Indoor Games, being organ- Feb 25 Sri Lanka v Qualifier Mirpur 1900 IST Kumar, Survey of India and ance from New Zealand and save the contest. tions spilled over just before Dhoni's availability threatens to ized by the Sports Committee Feb 26 Bangladesh v Qualifier Mirpur 1900 IST Vishal Gupta, Custom umpire abuse by the tourists. Kane Williamson made 97 lunch with a Josh Hazlewood disturb the side's momentum of Central Government Feb 27 Pakistan v India Mirpur 1900 IST Department, wherein Sanjeev With Burns on 27 and when adding 102 for the fifth shout for lbw when Williamson going into the tournament-open- Employees Welfare Feb 28 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Mirpur 1900 IST Kumar emerged winner. Khawaja 19, Australia were 70 with Corey Anderson. was on 88. er against Bangladesh here. Coordination Committee at the Feb 29 Pakistan v Qualifier Mirpur 1900 IST The final matches were offi- for 1 at stumps requiring a fur- The loss of Anderson for 40 After Australia sought a Dhoni has suffered a muscle Recreation Complex of IIIM, Mar 1 India v Sri Lanka Mirpur 1900 IST ciated by BS Bhan, NSSO, ther 131 at Hagley Oval here to was the start of a Bird strike that review of umpire Ranmore spasm during the team's training Canal Road, here. Mar 2 Pakistan v Bangladesh Mirpur 1900 IST Anoop Magotra, AG Office and sweep the series and reclaim the claimed three in six Martinesz's decision and session yesterday, prompting the The Competitions are being Deepak Balotra, SoI. BCCI to rush Parthiv Patel as Mar 3 India v Qualifier Mirpur 1900 IST world number one ranking. balls. Williamson and Tim the third umpire concurred there his back-up. Mar 4 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Mirpur 1900 IST 4th Amit Memorial Tournament Jackson Bird, with his first Southee also fell before BJ was bat on ball, the Australians The skipper's fitness is a Mar 6 FINAL Mirpur 1900 IST five-wicket Test haul, and James Watling and Henry mounted converged on the umpires. concern going into tomorrow's Pattinson combined to end the rearguard resistance. The stumps microphone match against the sprightly played this year, India have won MCC outplays YCC to seal New Zealand second innings at They added 118 for the picked up an obscenity from Sharma, , Virat hosts, who have built a reputa- five of them with the only 335, giving Australia a 201-run eighth wicket to get New Hazlewood as the players made tion of being giant-slayers on defeat coming against Sri Lanka Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj berth in finals target. Zealand up to 328 for 7 before their feelings known. more than one occasion. on an unusual Pune pitch in the Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik David Warner, who has another meltdown saw Where Williamson and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Handoo, Pintu, Amit and Vinod The continental champi- last series. Pandya, , struggled on New Zealand sur- the final three wickets fall for Anderson had been the epitome took 2 wickets each. onship will be played in a If India reach the finals of Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit faces, was the Australian wicket seven runs. of caution, Watling and Henry REASI, Feb 23: Muslim In reply, YCC bundled-out Twenty20 format from the usual the Asia Cup, it will be another Bumrah, Ajinkya Rahane, to fall, caught behind for 22. Anderson, having pocketed took a more aggressive route to Cricket Club (MCC) defeated for103 runs in 18.1 overs , thus ODI keeping the World T20 in five T20 matches, taking the , Bhuvneshwar Neil Wagner, using the short his usual attacking instincts, try to disrupt the line of the Young Cricket Club (YCC) by lost the match by 19 runs. mind and the need for the Asian number of matches to 11 before Kumar, Pawan Negi, Parthiv ball that provided him with six occupied the crease for three bowlers who were finding some 19 runs in the semifinals of the Handoo, Pintu and Amit con- teams to get some much-needed the start of the World T20, and Patel. wickets in the first innings, hours before shelving caution reverse swing. ongoing 4th Amit Memorial tributed 17, 15 and 11 runs match time before the marquee according to Team Director Bangladesh: Mashrafe Cricket Tournament at Parade caught Warner's glove and BJ and driving at a wide Henry, in his fourth Test, had event starts next month. Ravi Shastri would be "just Mortaza (captain), , respectively. For MCC, Sadiq Watling completed the dismissal which he edged on to the 12 fours in his 66, easily surpass- ground, here today. Earlier, win- took 3 wickets, while Mehran For India, who are consid- what the doctor ordered". , , ning the toss and batting first, down the leg-side. stumps. ing his previous best 27. ered as title contenders, a good The team under Dhoni has Nasir Hosain, Shabbir and Sajjad took 2 wickets each. Burns offered chances but When Bird took the new ball For Australia, Bird took five MCC scored a modest total of Sajjad from MCC was declared Asia Cup performance will give looked set in the shortest format Rahaman, 122 runs in the stipulated 20 luck was on his side. On 19, he in his next over he bagged the for 59 and Pattinson four for 77. them the much-needed boost but the real test starts with the Riyadh, (wk), as man of the match for his all- pulled Henry through square leg wicket Australia had fought all (Agencies) overs for the loss of 9 wickets. round performance. going into the World T20. Asia Cup as the business end of , Al-Amin Nazeem Malik top scored with where Wagner was unable to morning for Williamson While Dhoni has always the preparations commences. Hossain, , The final of the tournament hold a difficult chance. On 23, 30 runs, while Aasif and Salman will be played tomorrow stated that "revenge is a very Momentum will be key from Mustafizur Rahaman, Abu Magray contributed 28 and 27 an inside edge off Matt Henry strong word in sport" but the now onwards and Dhoni's men Hider, Mohammed Mithun, between Kalika Cricket Club sailed close to off stump. runs respectively. For YCC, and Muslim Cricket Club. Indian team will be keen to get will be keen to seize the initial . (PTI) Khawaja, however, looked even against a strong advantage even though it won't Bangladesh side that beat them be easy by any means against a fair and square in a three-ODI Bangladesh side, which will be Tennis Ball Cricket trials series at the same venue last more than a handful on home year under hostile circum- soil. stances with a partisan crowd The Indian captain has indi- on Feb 27-28 backing its team. cated that he will like to give Excelsior Sports Correspondent selection trials on February 27 This was against the back- game time to all the 15 players and February 28, 2016 at drop of the controversial Rohit in the squad although it is the JAMMU, Feb 23: To pick Green Field, Gandhi Nagar, Sharma decision during the winning combination that is the players for All India here. quarter-final of the 50-over expected to play against National Tennis Ball Cricket According to handout World Cup in Melbourne. Bangladesh tomorrow. Championship to be held at issued here the screening of Winners alongwith other participants of seminar on 'Save The ODI series last year saw The looks set Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu the team will be held at the Girl Child' organized by District Police Reasi on Tuesday. the emergence of left-arm pacer with the tried and tested combi- from March 5 to March 7, same venue on February 28 at Mustafizur Rahaman, who bam- nation of Shikhar Dhawan and 2016, the Jammu and Kashmir 3 pm by the Screening boozled the Indian batsmen at the top of the Tennis Ball Cricket Committee of J&K State District Police Reasi holds with his variations. This tourna- order. comes back at Association is organizing Sports Council. ment will also give 'Men in No. 3 after a much needed three- Students presenting colourful cultural activity while cele- Blue' an opportunity to crack week break from cricket post brating Annual Day at SHEMROCK Apple Orchid School seminar on ‘Save Girl Child’ the 'Mustafizur Code', having Australia tour. (AOS), Akhnoor. Excelsior Correspondent The position holders were failed miserably the last time India's premier shortest for- awarded by the chief guest, VK REASI, Feb 23: A seminar round. mat specialist Suresh Raina will Soni, CEO Reasi accompanied SHEMROCK AOS on 'Save Girl Child', under Civic The Indians have started be at No. 4 followed by Yuvraj by the guest of honour, their T20 preparations in right Singh, who is slowly coming Action Segment was organized Sulakshna, AD Employment celebrates Annual Day by District Police Reasi at Reasi, who was also a jury Govt. Higher Secondary member alongwith PD Sharma, Shreya wins two medals in Excelsior Correspondent the occasion. School Girls, here. Principal GHSS Girls Reasi, Graduation Ceremony of the Around 15 contestants, both AKHNOOR, Feb 23: Mohan Lal,.DySP Hqrs Reasi, SHEM Prep Senior (UKG) was male and female from the Inspector Romal Singh, SHO SHEMROCK Apple Orchid also held on the occasion. Schools of district Reasi partic- Fencing Nationals School (AOS), Akhnoor cele- P/S Reasi. The Principal of the School, ipated in the seminar. brated its Annual Day in the The programme was organ- Excelsior Sports Correspondent category, Shreya won a bronze Shilpa Mahajan presided over Mamta Sharma of GHSS medal and in the individual cat- School premises here today. ized by Mohan Lal, Dy.SP the function and gave a detailed Girls Reasi bagged 1st position JAMMU, Feb 23: Shreya egory, she won silver. Rajeev Sharma, MLA Hqrs. Reasi alongwith Gupta, a sixth class student of record of the activities of the with cash reward of Rs 3,000, Shreya has been continuous- Akhnoor was the chief guest on School. Inspector Romal Singh, SHO Presentation Convent School, ly participating and winning the occasion, while Principal while Gurpreet Kour of GHSS P/S Reasi under the supervi- has brought The chief guest lauded the DPS students who won Inter School Dance Competition pos- medals for the State at National Army Public School Akhnoor, Pouni clinched 2nd position sion of Sanjay Singh Rana, laurels to her efforts of the students, teachers ing for group photograph along with dignitaries. Level in last few years, under KCS Mehta was the guest of with cash reward of Rs 2,000 Additional SP Reasi and over- School and and the management of the the guidance of chief coach, honour. and Satakshi claimed 3rd posi- all supervision of Sujit Kumar, the State by School for overall development tion with a cash reward of Chotu Lal and Ujwal Gupta. The students presented vari- of the School. DPS Jammu wins Inter School SSP Reasi. winning two She won silver medal in ety of cultural and allied activi- Rs1,000. medals in the Guest of honour also spoke individual U-14 category in ties to entertain the audience on on the occasion. Dance Competition 17th Sub-jun- XVII Sub Junior and XII Cadet Goenkans reverberate with ior and 12th Fencing National championship, Excelsior Correspondent Tamil and Dandia Fusion Cadet National Fencing won bronze medal in team event Dhoni skips practice session but Dance. JAMMU, Feb 23: Police Championships at Maharashtra, of Under-14 category and partic- They also received cash Vocal, Instrumental recitals recently. Public School, Miran Sahib ipated in 61st National School can't be ruled out altogether prize of rupees 7,000. It was Excelsior Correspondent Raj Deo on the Tabla. With this performance, she organized an Inter School Dance choreographed by the dance Games 2015-2016 held at FATULLAH, Feb 23: In a nutshell, Dhoni can't be The audience witnessed a has qualified for playing in the Competition in the School teachers of school, Sheetal JAMMU, Feb 23: GD Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh from ruled out till the playing XI is mesmerizing Dogri Folk Song Sub-Junior Internationals. Campus, here. Chalotra and Sanjeet Mehra. Goenka Public School, Jammu December 30, 2015 an GGot Uncertain for tomorrow's Asia announced before toss tomorrow. and Dance performance. In the team event of sabre In all, fourteen schools par- Ruchi Chabra, Principal DPS governed by Om Prakash Consolation Prize. Cup opener against Bangladesh, Dhoni has been suffering from The folk dance enthralled ticipated in the competition. The Jammu congratulated the win- Bansal Charitable Trust, organ- captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni back spasms which resulted in the audience. children dressed in beautiful and ners and encouraged them for ized the ongoing Annual today skipped the entire training Parthiv Patel being flown in on To felicitate the guests, the Debate Competition held colourful costumes danced very continual efforts in this field. Edition of Sa Ma Pa Aalap session of the Indian cricket team SOS basis as cover for the Indian Director of the School, Sanya gracefully to the beats of the Meenu Gupta, Headmistress Festival (Sopori Academy of Excelsior Correspondent the society to follow traffic rules, here even though he accompanied captain. Bansal and the Principal of the music in perfect synchronization DPS Jammu also congratulated Music and Performing Arts) in participants expressed their views the side to the ground. While he did not take part in School, Dr RP Singh presented UDHAMPUR, Feb 23: and won the heart of the audi- the participants for their good collaboration with Department openly with enthusiasm and Nursing back spasms, Dhoni's the training session, Dhoni keenly mementos, a bouquet of flowers Debate Competition was organ- ence. effort and bringing laurels to of Tourism, Jammu, J & K thanked Police for such awareness availability for the match at watched his teammates go through Delhi Public School, Jammu and shawls to the artists and ized by District Police Udhampur programmes from time to time. school. Academy of Art, Culture and under Civic Action Programme of Mirpur tomorrow is not clear with the paces at the Khan Saheb bagged the second prize for the guests. Chief guest was Principal of Languages and Department of J&K Police at Government his vice-captain Virat Kohli also Osman Ali Stadium, here today. Star Santoor player, Abhay GDC Ramnagar and guest of hon- Information and Public Degree College, Ramnagar, here. refraining from giving a clear A keen footballer, who would Khanna named principal advisor to Rustum Sopori and Sufi our was BMO Ramnagar. response. never miss a game, Dhoni stood Relations, here. Vocalist, Ragini Rainu were The topic of the debate was The Goenkans witnessed "Violations of Traffic Rules and The programme was organ- While a lot of players don't behind the goalpost at the pavilion committee scanning WC ties also present. ized under the overall supervision train on pre-match days, Dhoni end, watching his teammates enchanting instrumental music The Principal of the School Rights of Road Users". NEW DELHI, Feb 23: tuted by him for T20 World Cup by renowned and eminent 20 students from different of District SP Suleman normally plays football and does warm-up. presented vote of thanks and matches," DDCA vice-President Artist, Pandit Satish Vyas. He institutions participated in the Choudhary, SDPO Ramnagar, batting practice in the nets. Later, when the nets started, he appreciated the talent. Senior BCCI vice-president Chetan Chauhan said in a was accompanied by Mukind event, wherein the winners of 1st Abhisheik Sharma and SHO PS Although, he never does any keep- watched the Suresh Rainas and the Ramnagar, Dr Azhar Rashid. ing drills during training sessions, Rohit Sharmas bat. In between, he and top DDCA official CK release. prize was awarded a cash prize of Khanna has been appointed as A 12-member committee District Tennis Ball Cricket Rs 5,000, while winners of the The 1st prize was bagged by he does gather a few before taking did give some catching practice to Yash Paul of GDC Ramnagar, the field on match days. Ajinkya Rahane, who is unlikely principal advisor of the comprising DDCA officials will 2nd and 3rd prize were awarded Supervisory Committee consti- be monitored by a five-man C'ship on Feb 25-26 Rs 4,000 and Rs 3,000 respective- while the 2nd prize was clinched to feature in the XI now that Virat Advani eyes record tuted by Justice Mukul Mudgal committee consisting of Justice ly. Certificates were also distrib- by Sukanya Gupta of GDC Kohli has made a comeback. Excelsior Sports Correspondent for the ICC World T20 matches Mudgal, Amrit Mathur (Board uted among the winners and other Ramnagar and the 3rd prize went Dhoni's replacement Parthiv 6th Asian title at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium Representative), MV Sridhar POONCH, Feb 23: District Poonch Tennis Ball Cricket participants on the occasion. to Pritksha Gupta of HSS Patel did arrive by afternoon but NEW DELHI, Feb 23: here. (Tournament Director), Sunil Association is organizing District Tennis Ball Cricket While floating the message in Ramnagar. was given rest as he has flown in The titles keep piling up but from Mumbai this afternoon. If the Justice Mukul Mudgal Valson (former cricketer and Championship on February 25 and February 26, 2016 at Governor Dhoni, Rohit, Yuvraj to appear Pankaj Advani's hunger remains pint-sized wicket-keeper batsman (Retd) has appointed Sr DDCA GMR representative) and High School, Chhajjala, Mendhar, here. unsatiated and India's star bil- from Gujarat gets to play, it will be and BCCI vice-President C K Suresh Chopra (veteran DDCA According to a handout issued here, the Association has liards player will now be eyeing without a proper net session with Khanna as principal advisor to official). advised the teams desirous to take part in the Championship to in 6th World T20 in a row a record sixth Asian title when the team. (PTI) Supervisory committee consti- The Feroz Shah Kotla stadi- contact Shafaq Mir personally or on mobile no: 949659243. MIRPUR, Feb 23: ous events, which were staged he competes in the event from um will be hosting four matches in South Africa, England, West March 1 in Colombo. during the World Cup T20, India captain Mahendra Singh Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. He has amassed a record 15 which is starting with a clash Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Dwayne Bravo, and world titles across all formats of between Hong Kong and Singh are among 19 cricketers set Denesh Ramdin have played for billiards and snooker, but the 30- Zimbabwe on March 8 at to feature in their sixth succes- the West Indies. year-old is eager to break his Nagpur. (PTI) sive ICC World Twenty20 Nathan McCullum, Ross own record of the maximum beginning next month in India. Taylor (both New Zealand), AB de Renu Pawar, D/o Tarsem number of Asian titles. Singh Pawar There are 29 women's crick- Villiers, JP Duminy (both South A finalist in the previous sea- eters, including India's Mithali Africa), Tillakaratne Dilshan, and Nita Rani, son after losing to compatriot, R/o Sainik Raj and , who Lasith Malinga (both Sri Lanka), Dhruv Sitwala, Advani was the will make their fifth consecu- (Pakistan) and Colony, Jammu, first to admit that the challenge who has been tive appearance in the mega Shane Watson (Australia) are the of winning the title after three event. other players to attend their sixth Outgoing students of BA /BSc/BCom -III and Management declared quali- years would be tough, yet In the men's event, straight ICC World Twenty20. of Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu dur- fied for the extremely exciting. Bangladesh will field a team In the women's event, which ing the Farewell Function organized by 2nd Year and Semester- award of the degree of Master that boasts five players who has been staged alongside the "None of the competitions IV students of the College to accord tearful adieu to the outgoing of Philosophy (M Phil) in have played in all the previous men's event since 2009, the West that I have ever participated in students. On this occasion, Dr Kiran Bakshi, Principal of the Environmental Science by the Students of KC Gurukul Public School who excelled in five events. They are Mashrafe Indies will enter the competition have been easy. Every competi- College was the chief guest. A variety of cultural items and beau- University of Jammu in 'O' "Maitre De Grammaire du Francais" (Master of French Bin Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan, with six players having played in tion in all formats of the sport ty contest was also held in which Ms. Namrata Chib was crowned Grade. She worked on the Grammar), an Inter School Fresnch Grammar Competition, , Mahmudullah and all tournaments to date. These are has always presented its own as Miss GCW, Gandhi Nagar, while Priyanka Bhagat and U S topic, "Impact of Treated & organized by French Club at GLS Public School, Jammu, Mushfiqur Rahim. , Merissa challenges and competition and Lima were declared as first and second runners-up respectively. Untreated Industrial Effluent recently. KC Gurukul got 2nd position in this Competition and India and West Indies sides Aguilleira, , Stacy- it's the excitement in conquering Afreen was declared as the third runners-up. The adjudicators on Vigna Mungo L. var. p-19," students who excelled included Agrim, Suhani, Aayush, Paavni, include three players each who Ann King, and those challenges that keeps me included Prof. Minnie Sharma, Prof Aekta Gupta and Prof. under the supervision of Dr Parul and Chahat. Arvind Mahajan, Chairman of KCGPS laud- have participated in the previ- . (PTI) going," Advani said. (PTI) Shivani Manchanda. Raj Kumar Rampal. ed the efforts of the Students and their teachers.

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