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MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2021 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU KKR begin with 10-run win over SRH Veterans Cup commences CHENNAI, Apr 11: ing six. He went after a slower to find the stumps. one but only to be caught by Eoin Rana though kept going Ever Shine Jammu beats Jammu Sports Opener (80) and Morgan. strong, completing his half-centu- (53) hit fluent The 19-year-old Abdul ry with a six off Vijay Shankar half-centuries to script Kolkata Samad, who hails from Jammu after surviving an LBW appeal off Knight Riders' a comfort- Rashid. He got the Veterans in inaugural tie able 10-run win against Today’s Fixture decision overturned, Excelsior Sports Correspondent runs by losing in RR vs (Mumbai) 7:30 pm taking the DRS call. all the JAMMU, Apr 11: Ever Shine in 19.5 overs. SCORE BOARD Jammu beat Jammu Sports Vinayak scored Veterans by a huge margin of 97 half century, Nitish Rana c Shankar b Nabi 80 runs in the inaugural tie of the while Varun and Dignitaries declaring winner of IBBFF Mr and Miss J&K b Rashid 15 Veterans Cricket Cup Akhnoor, Ajay made 15 Championship. Rahul Tripathi c Saha b Natarajan 53 which commenced at Ground and 11 runs c Pandey b Rashid 5 Higher Secondary School respectively. c Samad b Nabi 2 22 IBBFF Mr & Miss J&K Akhnoor here today. For Ever c Samad b Bhuvneshwar 3 first after winning Shine Jammu, SHO Akhnoor Inspector Hilal Azhar giving Extras (w-7) 7 Championship held the toss, Ever Shine Jammu Preetpal Singh tips to cricketers. Total (For 6 wkts, 20 Overs) 187 scored 200 runs by losing just 4 was the pick of Rajinder Sharma President Fall of Wickets: 1-53, 2-146, 3-157, 4-160, 5-160, Excelsior Sports Correspondent More and JKSABBA chief wickets in 20 overs. Hardeep the bowlers, who scalped 4 Management Little Flower High 6-187 Patron Sahil Agarwal and clus- Singh played a splendid inning wickets, while Tarsem and Bansi School Akhnoor, Raman Gupta : Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-45-1, Sandeep JAMMU, Apr 11: Indian ter of dignitaries who attended of 56 runs, while Jasvinder shared 2 wickets each. Hardeep Chairman Chander Bhaga High Sharma 3-0-35-0, T Natarajan 4-0-37-1, Bodybuilding and Fitness the championship included for- celebrating after taking a . Singh also smashed some crispy and Narinder took one wicket School Akhnoor, Atul Sudan Mohammad Nabi 4-0-32-2, Rashid Khan 4-0-24-2, Federation (IBBFF) Mr and mer Deputy CM Kavinder shots and made 52 runs. apiece. Vice President Press Club their and Kashmir, creamed Vijay Shankar 1-0-14-0. (MORE) PTI Miss J&K Championship was Gupta, Health Minister Dr DK Lakhvinder Singh scored 36 Hardeep Singh was adjudged Akhnoor, Deepak Sharma, match, here today. off two sixes and a four Sunrisers Hyderabad: held under the guidance of Dr Manyal, Mayor JMC Chander runs, Balvinder Singh made 35 as Man of the Match. Raman Sharma, Parveen Kumar, SRH's Rashid Khan (2/24) off Cummins in the Wriddhiman Saha b Shakib Al Hasan 7 Sanjay More General Secretary Mohan Gupta, Advocate Sunil runs and Ashwin and Narinder The match was officiated by Sunil Kumar, Raman, Deepak was yet again at his best, asking penultimate over to c Karthik b Prasidh Krishna 3 IBBFF/AFBF, here today. Sethi, Rajiv Charak, Dy Mayor not out 61 scored 11 runs each. Dayal Singh and Vikas Bali as Mangotra and Rajesh Sharma. tough questions to the KKR bats- keep SRH in hunt. In a grand event, organized JMC Advocate Purnima c Rana b 55 For Jammu Sports Veterans, umpires, while Sushil Gupta The Tournament is being men but most of his bowling col- Requiring 22 runs by Jammu and Kashmir Sharma, JMC Secretary Tina Mohammad Nabi c Morgan Koushal and Pawan Sharma maintained the scoreboard. organized by Singh Cricket Club leagues proved ineffective on a from the last over, Amateur Body Building Mahajan, Ishant Gupta, b Prasidh Krishna 14 shared 2 wickets each. Earlier, Station House Akhnoor under the supervision slow yet decent batting wicket. KKR's Andre Russell Association, a total of 210 com- Choudhary Lal Singh, Director Vijay Shankar c Morgan b Russell 11 In reply, Jammu Sports Officer (SHO) Akhnoor of Sham Singh Langeh General Hyderabad lost skipper David held his nerves to deny Abdul Samad not out 19 petitors from J&K participated. Tourism OP Bhagat, Ranjeet Veterans failed to chase the tar- Inspector Hilal Azhar inaugurat- tary JKCA District Jammu. Warner (3) and Wriddhiman Saha SRH a win. Extras (B-1, LB-1, WD-5) 7 In the championship, Kalra Member BCCI and Dr. get and bundled out at paltry 103 ed the tournament in presence of (7) early and were always play- Earlier, left-handed Total (For 5 wickets in 20 overs) 177 Dhananjay Singh Charak Suresh Ajay Magotra UT ing a catch-up game despite opener Rana struck the Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-10, 3-102, 4-131, 5-150. clinched Senior Mr J&K Secretary BJP. Teams for 3rd PPCPL framed Jonny Bairstow's fighting half- ball hard and clean to Bowling: 1-0-8-0, Prasidh Champion’s title, whereas Speaking on the occasion, Krishna 4-0-35-2, Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-34-1, Pat century. They could manage 177 provide his side a con- Junior Mr J&K title was won by former Deputy CM Kavinder Cummins 4-0-30-1, Andre Russell 3-0-32-1, Varun Gupta said that sports and for five in the end. fident start after they Chakravarthy 4-0-36-0. Jatin Pal Singh. Mr Classque Most of J&K players seal berth Warner was dropped on were asked to take first award was bagged by Jatinpal games like body building helps nought by Pat Cummins in the strike. Rana's six-hitting continued Singh, whereas Vikram in keeping youth away from the first over bowled by Harbhajan His strokes on the off-side -- after getting his fifty as he pun- Khajuria wins Men’s Physique menace of drugs and violence. in different teams Singh but he could not make the drives and cuts - were of ished Natarajan and Sandeep title and 1st Miss Fitness J&K He congratulated the associa- good use of the life and became a highest quality and a treat to the again. title was clinched by Shaheen tion for the successful conduct Excelsior Sports Correspondent from J&K in their respective Archit Mahajan, Jasbir Singh, victim of pacer Prasidh Krishna eye. His colleague at the other end Kanwal Bagee. of the event and also congratu- teams. The verification of doc- Teg Vansh Singh, Vanshaj while Saha was cleaned up by Neither Bhuvneshwar Kumar Rahul Tripathi also stroked con- Actor and Mr Asia Sidhant lated the winners. JAMMU, Apr 11: Teams uments of the participating Sharma, Prince Rana, Arjun Shakib Al Hasan. nor T Natarajan could stop Rana fidently and fluently. He were framed in the presence of players was also conducted in Singh, Toheed, Vishal Kumar, Jonny Bairstow (55) and from hitting boundaries even as smashed a massive six off Ace of Spades organises Rajesh Gill former Ranji the presence of Rajesh Gill, Satyam Sharma, Anuj Thakral, Manish Pandey (61 not out) Subhman Gill was quiet initially. Bhuvneshwar and then followed Player, Member Indian Cricket Sudhir Singh, Avinash Uttam, Kawalpreet Singh, Ahaan formed a partnership at a steady Sandeep Sharma was hit for three it up with a cheeky four in the Association and the Davinder Sharma, Saleem Ur Poddar, Tarun Bisht, Yash run rate. Australian pacer boundaries in a row by him. third-man region. Marathon Coordinator of the league at Rehman and Sanjeev Mahajan. Bhatia, Ashotosh Mahajan, Bhumesh Mahajan, Ahmad Cummins broke their 92-run Gill opened up his arms to hit He completed his fifty with Excelsior Sports Correspondent Goodwill Public School, as a KC Sports Club Jammu today Seven teams will partici- Shehzad and Nikhil Manhas. stand when he had Bairstow a massive straight six off another boundary off run-up to Rajouri Day on April for the forthcoming "3rd pate in the tournament which Samar Strikers: Sumit caught at backward point by Natarajan to make it even better Bhuvneshwar but was dismissed RAJOURI, Apr 11: 13. Police Public Cricket Premier includes The Game Changer, Chikara, Hemant, Tejasvee, Rana. for KKR. by Natarajan soon after when he Continuing with the best & Taking COVID restrictions League for Under-19 boys". Friends Club Kathua, Vriddhi Kamal Singh, Harsh Rana, SRH needed 70 off the last However, the run-flow was top-edged a ball. unique traditions of the Indian into consideration, only a limit- The PPCPL is going to be Royals, Samar Strikers, Elite Gursimran Singh, Achintiya five overs. affected when ever-reliable Rashid Rashid too sent back danger- Army and to commemorate the ed gathering of fewer than 200 organized by Zonal Police Tigers, CAP Smashers and Mohammed Nabi (14) was got the ball in his hands. He also ous Andre Russell (5) back. Headquarters Jammu in col- Game Changers Rising Stars. Khajuria, Sarvashish Singh, sacrifices of martyrs who laid civilians and defence persons Jai Pal Singh, Mohammad hit on his neck by Krishna but the provided the breakthrough when Mohammed Nabi (2/32) got down their lives for the libera- were permitted, although the laboration with Senior The franchise owners Afghan responded with a crack- he deceived Gill with a wrong'un rid of Rana and Eoin Morgan (2) Cricketers of J&K and KC include Amit Sharma, Sanjeev Umar, Arnav Gupta, Yuvraj tion of Rajouri, a Marathon was applications for the event were Saini, Jugjab Singh, Atharv off successive balls in the 18th today organised by 'Ace of heavily oversubscribed. Sports Club from April 18 to Mahajan, Rohit Gupta, Raj over. (PTI) 30 at KC Sports Club Jammu. Singh Khadyal, Tajinder Singh and Zaheer Shiekh. JK Tourism, BDA organize bike rally Spades' Division at Army The event was conducted KAP Smashers: Krishna under three categories. Category The most reputed Under-19 Singh, Avinash Kumar and players of Union Territory of Ramanpreet Singh Wazir. Sharma (C), Arman Sharma, Excelsior Sports Correspondent a brief halt, the enthusiastic bikers I & II being 5 & 10 km run for Paras Singh, Rydham Sharma, embarked on 40 km Jaie-Gandoh civilians and Category III of 10 Jammu and Kashmir have For the safety of all partic- sealed berth in different teams ipating players during the Rahul Viktri, Azar Amin, BHADERWAH, Apr 11: With stretch for off road biking. The bik- km run for defence personnel. Kafeel Ahmad, Amanpreet a theme 'Learn to Live with ers after having night halt at The Marathon was flagged of the league. league, the participating Team The league will be organ- Owners were also directed to Singh, Harsh Arora, Sagar COVID-19', a group of 24 local Gandoh and exploring new destina- off by Reema Puri, Regional Sawal, Paras Vinayak, Aman bikers, set off on a maiden 160 km tions will reach back Bhaderwah President, AWWA,. ized under the guidance of follow the SOPs issued by the Senior Police Officers and the Government, including social Solanki, Yuvraj Gupta, Ayush, long rally to Bhalessa region via tomorrow evening. Medals were awarded to all Mohammad Imran, Aryan famous tourist spot Jaie Valley "These bikers, all of them locals participants. Cash prizes were reputed Cricketers of the distancing, regular use of sani- Union Territory. tizers and all players must Verma, Sharad Agrahari, today with a mission to explore will help in promoting the untapped also awarded for participants Shohaib Akhter and Nikhil new adventure destinations of and unexplored adventure tourism securing 1st, 2nd and 3rd posi- The executive committee wear masks except playing of the league includes eleven of fielding side during Tiwari. tourist interest while adhering all potential of Chenab region espe- tions in each category. Raj The Game Changer: Kumar Saini and Nb Sub Sukh Chandan Kohli SSP Jammu, the matches. the SOPs. cially that of virgin Bhaderwah- Manzir Parray, Akash Bhat, Singh stood first in category II SSP Pawan Parihar SO to DIG The cash prizes includes Rs A joint venture of Tourism Bhalessa circuit," said CEO BDA, Mohammad Hurair, Asif Nabi, and III in the age group of 45-60 Jammu, Rajesh Gill CPO and 1.50 lakh for winners, Rs 1 Department, Bhaderwah Rajinder Prasad Khajuria. Ram Pandey, Pankaj Tripathi, years respectively. Subham won former Ranji Player, Shahid lakh for runners-up, Rs 2000 Development Authority (BDA), "In view of second wave of Dignitaries inaugurating Junior DPS at Trikuta Nagar Sachin Sharma, Aqib Rather, the prize in the youngest catego- Parvez, Surinder Singh Bagal, for man of the match in all and 'Camp and Hike', the first of its COVID-19, we have formed a Amit Moudgil, Ranjot Singh, ry. Guddi Devi won the heart of Rakesh Koul former Ranji matches, LCD for Best kind in amidst second wave of strategy to carry on with our efforts Talib Mushtaq Wani, Shouraya everyone with her enthusiasm Players, Arjun Choudhary MD Batsman and Bowler, Rs COVID-19 was flagged off by to attract tourists especially adven- Junior DPS inaugurated Charak and Divanshu Jamwal. whereas Master Shahad who is KC Sports Club, Ashish Singh 25,000 for man of the series, CEO Bhaderwah Development ture enthusiasts and encourage Friends Club Kathua: just 12 yrs of age completed 10 MD Horizon Sports Club, besides trophies and certifi- at Trikuta Nagar Km Marathon. Shamshad Sudhir Singh, Sanjeev cates will also be given to the Nikhil Sharma, Vansh Khadyal, Anubav Andotra, Excelsior Correspondent fun-learning games for kids. The Akhtar, a young girl, too mes- Mahajan and Saleem Ur runners up and winning teams, Manit Jasrotia, Ritesh Sharma, parents were updated regarding merized everyone with her zeal Rehman BCCI Level 1 informed the Organizing Rishav Pangotra, Bishmaad JAMMU, Apr 11: Junior DPS- the safety precautions for their and vigour. Umpires. Secretary. Singh, Saryan Gupta, Piyush -a prodigy of Choudhary child during pandemic. The event was aimed at rais- It needs to mention here The list of the teams are as Sharma, Mohammad Sahil Charitable Trust, was inaugurated The new build included fully- ing awareness about the necessi- that in order to avoid major under: Zulfi and Pawan Preet Singh. at Trikuta Nagar, here today. Air Conditioned centre and other ty of staying mentally and phys- gatherings the participating Elite Tigers: Musaif Aijaz The Game Changer Rising The occasion was honoured by infrastructure details like Audio- ically fit as also bringing togeth- teams have composed their (C), Rohan Gill, Kinshuk Stars: Samarpit Raina, Sanoop Dr Panna Manhas Choudhary, Visual Room, Activity Room, er the armed forces and the civil teams at their own and have Mahajan, Akshit Gandral, Bhagat, Jahanveer Singh, Nagar Choudhary and board Gym area and a separate Dining population. included most of the players Sukhman Singh, Sumit Rana, Participants during bike rally in Bhaderwah. Vansh Sharma, Aryan Darsi, members along with proud par- Area. It will accommodate up to Sahil, Abay Tondan, Dhruv -Excelsior/Tilak Raj Shouraya Sharma, Nishank ents. 300 plus pupils. Singh Parmar, Harmandeep Mahajan, Kannav Saini, Authority (BDA) Rajinder Prasad locals as well as visitors to learn to The programme implemented Principal said, "In an effective Singh, Shivansh Sharma, Arun Sports Trust distributes playing kits, Aman, Aryan Sharma, Harjeet Khajuria along with SP Bhaderwah live with Corona", CEO added. an experiential curriculum to pre- classroom, students should not Naman Sharma, Shavac, Dogra, Ishan Thakur, Varun, Raj Singh Gouria and President "We are having a wonderful pare students for the world beyond only know what they are doing, Kartik Gill, Rishav Kumar and Rishab, JP Singh, Parth, Bhaderwah Municipal Committee experience and every biker will tomorrow. It was followed by an they should also know why and organizes friendly match of ex-Intl players Anuj Kumar. Mohit, Dhruv Sharma, Akash Dr Shahid Mughal from Tourist love to explore this kind of locale ice-breaking session and other how". Excelsior Sports Correspondent Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Vridhi Royals: Dhikshant Sharma and Arihant Sharma. Reception Centre Sarna. and be a part of reviving adventure (SMVDSB), Ashok Kumar was Kundal (C), Aryan Suvansh, The bike rally was primarily tourism amidst second wave of UDHAMPUR, Apr 11: To chief guest in today's event, who aimed at to encourage visitors as Covid-19. This place is heaven for encourage budding players, Arun along with other guests encour- well as locals to participate in out- riders and I think every adventure Sharma Sports and Social Welfare aged the young Handball trainees door adventure activities while lover should come to this part as Trust today distributed playing kits from the district. He appreciated adopting precautionary measures well", said Yaser Najar of Camp among young players of district the initiative of the Trust and and to make them understand to and Hike. Udhampur and also organized an hoped that such gestures would go learn to live with COVID-19 while "This will go a long way to exhibition match of international a long way in boosting the game in carrying on with routine activities. build a positive image of players and coaches to showcase emerging sports hub of Udhampur. The bike rally after passing Bhaderwah and will surely attract talent of the handball players of The chief guest recalled the through main market reached tourists, especially adventure the past. contributions of Arun Sharma for famous tourist destination Jaie enthusiasts, as this part of the UT is The handball match was the growth of Handball in J&K Dignitaries during inauguration of Akhnoor Premier League meadow at 12.30 noon where after a safe haven", he added. Winning team players posing for group photograph. organised between the teams of and his association with the former Cricket Tournament. Jammu XI and Udhampur XI, in coach as Deputy Director of the Asian Olympic qualifiers which Jammu XI emerged win- Department of Youth Services and APL Cricket Tournament commences RSCC sails into final of Navreh Cup ner. From Jammu XI, Varun Dev Sports (DYSS). Free style wrestlers return Excelsior Sports Correspondent runs, while Rajesh Salhotra and Singh, Gaurav Sharma, Surinder International SAI Handball Singh Lions outplays Akhnoor Ajay Salhotra made 18 runs Dogra, Kartar Dogra, Chandan coach, Dev Raj retired SAI coach, JAMMU, Apr 11: RSCC each. Singh Chauhan, Ashish, Bir Bhan Sudesh Kumar and National hand- empty-handed from Almaty defeated Friends Cricket Club From bowling side, and Rohit Vardan participated ball player, Vandana Sharma were Avengers by 9 wkts in opening tie ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN), Apr 11: Gulomdzhon Sharipov 6-2. and sailed into the final of the Deepak, Sandeep and Sajjad However, in the all-important ongoing Navreh Cup 2021, took 2 wickets each. Excelsior Sports Correspondent made 17 runs in 19 balls and National champion Sandeep semifinal, Sandeep lost to Iran's being played at In reply, players of Friends Sachin scored 16 runs in 12 balls. Singh Mann (74kg) failed to qual- Yones Aliakbar Emamichoghaaei Stadium Amb Gharota, here Cricket Club played well but JAMMU, Apr 11: Singh For Akhnoor Avengers, ify for the Olympic Games at the by technical superiority. today. lost the match by just 12 runs. Lions Akhnoor outplayed Mohit was the lone player who Asian Qualifiers here today, He will now fight for bronze Batting first after winning Shailendra Slathia made highest Akhnoor Avengers by 9 wickets took one wicket. keeping veteran Sushil Kumar's with China's Menghejigan the toss, RSCC scored 154 runs 59 runs. in the opening tie of the Akhnoor Binay Singh was adjudged as Tokyo hopes alive in the weight Menghejigan. by losing 8 wickets. Vicky Raina Vicky was adjusted as Man Premier League (APL) U-17 Man of the Match. category. Sushil, a two-time Olympic- played a splendid inning of 59 of the Match. Cricket Tournament, which com- Earlier, Rakesh Malhotra Also missing out on qualifica- medallist who did not compete menced at Ground Higher Councillor Ward Number 6 tion was Satywart Kadiyan here after missing the trials, can Secondary School Akhnoor, here Akhnoor, Deepak Manni (97kg) and Sumit Malik (125kg) get one last chance book a ticket Poetry competition held today. Councillor Ward Number 10 and in the three-day competition that for the Tokyo Games, starting Electing to bat first after win- DN Abrol Ex-President MC concluded here on Sunday. July 23, should he be picked for Budding handball players posing with former International ning the toss, Akhnoor Avengers Akhnoor inaugurated the the world qualifiers. All those who missed out in GDC Pouni players and coaches. scored 99 runs by losing all the Tournament. have one last chance to make the In 97kg, Satywart Kadiyan wickets in 20 overs. Paras made Others present on the occa- defeated Korea's Minwon Seo 6-2 Excelsior Correspondent poetry. while Udhampur side was repre- guests of honour, who earlier inter- cut for the Tokyo Games at the 26 runs off 40 balls, Ujwal made sion were Sham Singh Langeh and then lost his semifinal by Prof Jaspal Singh, Assistant sented by Sanjeev Sharma, Jasbir acted with both the teams. Dev World Olympic Qualifiers, sched- 16 runs in 19 balls and Taruwar General Secretary JKCA District uled to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria technical superiority to Iran's JAMMU, Apr 11: The Professor of Punjabi expressed his Singh, Rajeev Sadotra, Vipan Raj encouraged the young trainees chipped in 13 runs in 11 balls. Jammu, Davinder Chanan, Dr from May 6-9. Mohammadhossein Askari Government Degree College own works of `shyaari'. Photra and Sourav Pandit. and also appreciated Udhampur For Singh Lions Akhnoor, Romesh Kashyap, Sushil Young guns Sonam Malik and Mohammadian. (GDC) Pouni today organised a Other faculty members present On the occasion, over 40 district unit. Dhoni clinched 3 wickets, while Sharma, Sunita Devi, Rajinder Anshu Malik were the only ones Sumit, on the other hand, `Musshairrah-cum-poetry compe- on the occasion include Prof young boys and girls were present- The trust has been formed with Arun, Neeraj and Sachin shared Sharma, Raman Gupta, Raman to qualify for the Games in defeated Makhsud Veysalov 7-0 tition' under the guidance of Prof Balbir Kumar, Dr Liyaquat Bashir, ed playing kits by the Trust so as to the sole aim to continue with the 2 wickets each. Nanit pocketed 1 Sharma, Parveen Kumar, Sunil Almaty, taking the country's but lost the semifinal 0-2 to local Rajni Bhagat, Principal which was Prof Sapna Sharma, Prof Bindu encourage the youngsters in the legacy of former international wrestler Yusup Batirmurzaev. wicket. Kumar (Bendy), Deepak quota in women's wrestling to convened by Prof Jaspal Singh. Sharma, Prof Harjinder Singh, game of Handball. Important to coach and player, Arun Kumar In men's free style, Bajrang In the second inning, Singh Mangotra and Rajesh Sharma. three. Over 20 students of the Prof Rajnish Kumar and Prof mention here that Mini Stadium, Sharma, who retired from the J&K Punia (65kg), Ravi Dahiya (57kg) Lions Akhnoor chased the target The Tournament is being Sandeep began by beating College participated in the compe- Manshad Begum. Udhampur has got the synthetic Sports Council (JKSC) as Sports Qatar's Abdullrahman Ibrahim A and Deepak Punia (86kg) had in 10.1 overs by losing only one organized by Singh Cricket Club tition. Students from Departments In her remarks, Prof Rajni handball court developed by the Officer. He was the man behind Ibrahim in the Qualification qualified for the Tokyo Games wicket. Binay Singh played a Akhnoor under the supervision of English, Dogri, Punjab, Hindi Bhagat appreciated the efforts of Department of Youth Services and producing many international match and followed that up by through the 2019 World magnificent inning of 51 runs off of Sham Singh Langeh General and Urdu expressed their ideas in organizing committee for the Sports. players from J&K, informed defeating Tajikistan's Championship in Nur Sultan. 29 balls, while Nanit Radhay Secretary JKCA District Jammu. (PTI) the form of `shayaari', songs and event. Former Director Sports of Shri Ashutosh Sharma.