MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India cruise to seven-wicket Chevrolet Cricket Cup gets underway Balotelli seals it for Italy, RCC Srinagar outplays KC win in first ODI Costa Rica stun Uruguay Sports Club in opening tie MIRPUR, June 15: hitting the pad. Abdur Razzak and medium Excelsior Sports Correspondent Earlier, winning the toss and Nevertheless it was an pacer Ziaur Rahaman. MANAUS (BRAZIL), June 15: Didier Drogba taking the field as champions Italy and England. batting first, RCC Srinagar Ajinkya Rahane anchored JAMMU, June 15: RCC impressive comeback for While facing pacers a replacement. Played in the heart of the scored a decent total of 183 runs his innings to perfection in the Srinagar got better of KC Sports Uthappa in India colours after a Mashrafe Mortaza and Al- An unmarked Mario Balotelli Wilfried Bony (64th minute) Amazon jungles here, the two in the stipulated 20 overs, losing company of comeback man Club by a margin of 47 runs in break of six years. He seemed Amin, Uthappa showed full headed in the decisive strike and Gervinho (66th minute) teams beat the heat and humidity 4 wickets in the process. Ishan Robin Uthappa and guided the opening match of the to carry his IPL form into inter- face of the bat. against England to give four-time negated Keisuke Honda's first- to dish out an engaging scored 55 runs off 30 balls, stud- India to a comfortable seven- Chevrolet Cricket Cup, the first national cricket, hitting three Rahane was also a delight to champions Italy an impressive 2- encounter. ded with 4 fours and 5 sixes, wicket victory in a rain-truncat- of its kind T20 Cricket fours and as many sixes. watch as he stepped out to lift 1 win in the heart of Amazon The Italians lost skipper and while Jatin contributed 38 runs ed first ODI against Switzerland snatch Tournament, which got under- The best shot was the one Mortaza over extra cover and rain-forests but Uruguay were goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon off 38 balls including 3 fours Bangladesh here today. way at KC Sports Club ground, when he reached to the pitch of then pulled him towards mid- stunned 1-3 by Costa Rica on an win in dying minutes hours before the start of the clash and 3 sixes. Satish and Rohit Chasing a target of 273 in here today. action-packed day three of the due to injury but did not allow Bhat contributed 37 and 29 runs 50 overs, India were cruising The Tournament, in which SCOREBOARD FIFA World Cup here. from Ecuador the setback to affect their per- to the total respectively. For KC along at 100 for one in 16.4 Bangladesh Innings 20 leading teams of the State are The mercurial Balotelli head- formance. Buffon's replacement, Sports Club, Abhishek took 2 overs when the heavens opened T Iqbal c Saha b Yadav 0 ed in the decisive second goal in BRASILIA, June 15: taking part is being sponsored A Haque c Rayudu b Rasool 44 Salvatore Sirigu, was excellent wickets, while Ramandep and up leading to a nearly two-hour by KC Motors. M Haque c Saha b Yadav 6 the 50th minute after Claudio Haris Seferovic smashed a under the bar and made some Akash claimed one wicket each. delay. This lead to a revised tar- M Rahim c Rahane b Rasool 59 According to the organizers, Marchisio struck in the first half winner in dying moments as fine saves. KC Sports Club, in reply, get of 150 in 26 overs courtesy S Al Hasan c & b Raina 52 (35th minute) for the Azzurri in a the objective of the Tournament Mahmudullah b Mishra 41 Switzerland made some superb In a fascinating first half, bundled out for 136 runs, thus of D/L method, which India gripping Group D contest here. is to harness the energy of the achieved with seven balls to N Hossain c Rahane b Mishra 22 substitutions for a dramatic 2-1 Italy surged ahead on a set-piece lost the match by 47 runs. Z Rahman c Raina b Yadav 2 youth to show their talent in the Daniel Sturridge had kept victory over Ecuador in their goal in the 35th minute by Ashwani Bhat was the top scor- spare. M Mortaza b Patel 18 cricketing field. England in the match with a 37th Group E opener of the FIFA World Marchisio and England retaliated er with 49 runs off 31 balls, The foundation was laid by A Razzak not out 16 The Tournament is being Al-Amin Hossain not out 1 minute goal on a busy day at the Cup, here on Sunday. two minutes later through Daniel while Amrit Pal Singh and Rahane, who scored 64 off 70 played on league basis, with Extras (lb-3, w-8) 11 event which featured four match- Substitute Seferovic's goal in Sturridge, brilliantly fed by Suryansh contributed 30 and 17 balls and shared a 99-run open- Total (For 9 wickets; 50 overs) 272 (5.44 runs per over) four pools consisting of 5 teams es. stoppage time changed the out- Wayne Rooney and Raheem runs to the total respectively. For ing stand with Uthappa, who Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-35, 3-87, 4-134, 5-199, 6-229, 7-234, 8-235, 9-267. First up, Columbia trounced each. The organizers have pro- Bowling: Sharma 5.4-1-23-0, Yadav 9-0-48-3, Uthappa 0.2-0-0-0, Patel 10-0- come of the game sensationally as Sterling. RCC Srinagar, Satish, Amit and smashed a quickfire 50 off 44 vided coloured kits to the partic- 59-1, Mishra 10-0-55-2, Rasool 10-0-60-2, Raina 5-0-24-1. former European champions it was headed for a draw. Costa Rica's upset win over Aman bagged 2 wickets each, balls. India innings: ipating teams and the matches Greece 3-0. Pablo Armero (5th Swiss coach Ottmar Hitzfeld Uruguay early in the day in while Dilbagh and Jatin claimed The delay affected the Robin Uthappa lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 50 minute), Teofilo Gutierrez (58th are being officiated by the panel Ajinkya Rahane c Ziaur Rahman b Mashrafe Mortaza 64 made some superb changes and his Fortaleza means that England one wicket each. Satish was momentum and there were of experts. In all, 48 matches Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 0 minute) and James Rodriguez side benefited immensely, coming now have an enormous challenge declared man of the match for umpiring howlers from Ambati Rayudu not out 16 will be played during the (93rd minute) were the scorers back from conceding an early goal. to advance to the second round his all-round display and was Bangladesh umpire Enamul Suresh Raina not out 15 for the Columbian team. Tournament. Extras (W 8) 8 The two sides were locked 1-1 from Group D, which is being presented a cash prize of Rs Haque Moni. Ambati Rayudu Sudershan Mahajan, Total (3 wickets; 24.5 overs) 153 In other matches, two-time after 90 minutes but a frenetic touted as the Group of Death. 1000 by the organizes. (16) and Suresh Raina (15) Bowling: Mortaza 5-0-25-1, Hasan 5-0-32-0, 6-0-27-2, Razzak 5-0-34-0, Chairman of KC Group was the former champions Uruguay were move from right to left handed Uruguay badly missed star The match was officiated by were at the crease when the Rahman 1-0-9-0, Mahmudullah 2.5-0-26-0. chief guest in the inaugural cer- shocked by Costa Rica, a team Seferovic an opportunity and striker Luis Suarez as Costa Rica Sadiq Hussain Malik and winning run was achieved. emony, who declared the a flighted delivery from Shakib wicket for a boundary. which had failed to qualify for slammed home the winner for his rallied from a goal down to stun Rajinder Singh as umpires, The decision that Uthappa Tournament open in a colourful al Hasan to loft him effortlessly He also used the sweep shot the 2010 edition. side. the Copa America champions. while Sandeep Manchanda was got was a poor one as Shakib's over extra cover. The other two against Razzak. Uruguay led through a penal- and impressive function. armer hit the bat first before With two sides meeting for the Two goals in three minutes from the scorer. were hit off left-arm spinner Cheteshwar Pujara (0) ty scored by Edinson Cavani in first time in an international match, Joel Campbell and Oscar Duarte would consider himself the 24th minute but Costa Rica it was expected to be a contest rocked the Uruguay defence. unlucky as he got another turned it around magnificently in between Switzerland's tight Later, substitute Urena made howler from Moni, who the second half to score an upset defence and Ecuador's energetic it 3-1 for his side, capitalising on adjudged him leg before off win. attack but it turned out to be a dif- a pass from Campbell, minutes Shakib with ball hitting him on Later, Ivory Coast got the ferent story.(PTI) before the whistle. the thigh pads and clearly going better of Japan despite trailing 0- In the Group C encolunter above the stumps. 1 in the first half in the fourth and half strike to give Ivory Coast the between Ivory Coast and Japan, Rahane finally completed final match of the day. Ivory win. Drogba's mere presence lifted his his sixth ODI half centiry off 60 Coast headed in two goals, the But the big match of the day team, which trailed 0-1 in the balls while Ambati Rayudu quickest consecutive strikes in a was undoubtedly between former first half.(PTI) seemingly struggled against the World Cup match, within two Artists performing during Sham-e-Mousiqee in Rajouri. slow bowlers before they minutes of inspirational veteran reached home. (PTI) Rajouri Police organizes Udhampur Police organizes T20 Cricket Tournament ‘Sham-e-Mousiqee’ Excelsior Sports Correspondent Udhampur; DySP Hqrs Udhampur, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Pervez Malik conducted the Gourav Mahajan; DySP DAR DPL programme. RAJOURI, June 15: District UDHAMPUR, June 15: As a Udhampur, Mohd Aslam and SHO The DIG of Police, while Police Rajouri organized a sequel to the activities being carried PS Udhampur, Mahesh Sharma. speaking on the occasion said out by District Police Udhampur on The Tournament was organ- colourful cultural programme that J&K Police is organizing Provincial President NC, Devender Singh Rana declaring the celebration of Raising Day of ized to promote the essence of ‘Sham-e-Mousiqee’ at District these programmes to nourish winner during wrestling competition. J&K Police, Udhampur Police sportsmanship among the youth to Police Lines on the eve of Police local talent in cultural and sports today organized T20 Tournament at help them not to derail from the Wrestlers being felicitated by District Development Raising Day celebrations under activities and emphasized Sports Stadium which will contin- main stream and channelize their Commissioner, Reasi, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary. Civic Action Programme, in greater co-operation with public. Rana calls for equitable ue up to June 17, 2014. positive energy. which various artists displayed Speaking on the occasion, The Tournament was inaugu- The initiative taken by District Wrestler Harikesh of Haryana their talent in Singing, Sufiana Mubassir Lattifi, SP Rajouri rated by Mohd Suleman promotion of rural sports Police Udhampur was appreciated Kalam and Gazals. highlighted the significance of Choudhary, SSP Udhampur. by the general public who want the lifts 51st Aghar Jitto Dangal title On this occasion, Deputy The other officers present dur- celebrating Police Raising Day Excelsior Sports Correspondent phy. Eminent wrestlers from Police Department to continue such Excelsior Sports Correspondent guests of honour. Inspector General of Police, and also highlighted the objec- Punjab, Delhi, Haryana and ing the inaugural ceremony were The first main bout was fought Rajouri-Poonch Range, A K Atri JAMMU, June 15: Seeking drive which is aimed at ensuring tives for organizing such pro- Jammu and Kashmir participat- Khaleel Ahmed Poswal, ASP KATRA, June 15: Wrestler between wrestler Hari Kesh of was the chief guest. focused attention towards pro- betterment of the society at large. grammes. ed in the event, which was wit- Harikesh (Chota Khalli) of Rohtak Rohtak in Haryana V/s Wrestler The programme was attend- motion of rural sports in Jammu He also thanked participants nessed by a large number of in Haryana lifted the 51st Annual Vinod of Khanna in Punjab that ed by a large number of promi- and Kashmir, Provincial Aghar Jitto Kesari Dangal 2014 as well as audience for attending people from the adjoining areas. lasted for 13 minutes. nent citizens and senior Civil President National Conference title, here today. the programme in large number The Provincial President Winner Wrestler Harikesh was and Police Officers. Devender Singh Rana on A famous and historic and assured that in future also said traditional and rural sports awarded with cash prize of Rs. The artists who performed in Sunday said these hold promise continue to carry their sheen and wrestling event was organized by 9,000 along with traditional Silver District Police would organize Baba Jitto Development the programme included Sanjay for large segment of youth on special place in the hearts of Gurj (Gadda) and Phatta by SP more sports and other cultural Committee in collaboration with Pashi, Vijay Anand and Party of larger canvass. sports lovers, who feel nostalgic Katra Kulbir Singh and Shiv activities for harnessing the tal- "Though a significant head- J&K Indian Style Wrestling Jammu including Mehran Shah, ent of youth and providing an while witnessing these. He said Kumar Sharma while runner-up Sahil Mehra and Ashfaq Mir and way has been made in promo- Association at Village Aghar Jitto wrestler Vinod got Rs 6,000 by appropriate platform to them for these sports have a big future the party of Rajouri, who mes- tion of sports, especially during in Tehsil and District Reasi in the DySP Katra Rumal Choudhary exhibiting their skills and tal- and therefore need to be promot- merized the audience with their the past over five and half years, memory of great revolutionary and PO DRDA, Dr Jagdish Mehra. ents. ed in a big way. farmer Baba Jitto Ji and Bua Kouri singing talent. yet there is greater need for giv- Mr Rana congratulated those 2nd main bout was won by ing impetus to traditional and as part of annual 3-days Mela. Parveen of Deli who defeated achieving distinction during the President J&K Indian style rural sports", Mr Rana said competition and complimented Major of Ludhiana, 3rd bout went Winners in chess posing alongwith office bearers of the wrestling Association, Shiv Kumar while giving away winner and the prominent wrestlers who to Ajay of Khanna who defeated Association. Sharma inaugurated the Vishal runners up trophies at the con- participated in the event. Ranjeet of Ludhiana, 4th bout was clusion of Kesri Dangal Dangal who was accompanied by won by Bagga of Mallerkotla who Those present at the prize Mohan Lal Baba Ji and Sarpanch Panjgrian at Nagrota this defeated Ajay of Khanna and 5th giving ceremony included Ritwan wins Open Chess Tournament Krishan Singh (Pappu). evening. bout was won by Parveen of Sarpanch Thoru Ram, Sarpanch Excelsior Sports Correspondent Atul Kumar Gupta president, 40 bouts were played in the While Roshan Lal of Jammu Khanna who defeated Pappu of Rehmat Ali, Sarpanch Liaqat All J&K Chess Association, Vijay event wherein local wrestlers and Kashmir Police bagged the Mallerkotla. Ali, Sarpanch Siraj Din, JAMMU, June 15: Ritwan Choudhary, Director and Rama besides wrestlers from Delhi, winners' trophy, Johny from PO DRDA Dr. Jagdish Mehra, Mohammed Bashir and others. Sauntra won J&K Open Chess Manager of the Academy were Haryana, Punjab, and Jammu and Punjab got the runners up tro- DPO Reasi Charanjeet Singh, Tournament, while Sumit Grover also present on the occassion. Kashmir participated. Shamsheer Hussain, SP Poonch flagging off 'Run for Fun' emerged runners-up in a thrilling Naib Tehsildar Katra Gian Chand Cash prizes of Rs 10000 were Dangal was organized under Digra, President District rally in Poonch. blitz match which was played to distributed among the winners. the overall supervision of President decide the winner as both the play- Udhampur Indian Style Wrestling Other prize winners included J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association Varinder Kumar District Police Poonch organizes 'Run for Fun' ers tied at 5 points each. Ritwan Sauntra, Sumit Grover, Association, Shiv Kumar Sharma. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Singh and Rakshit Sharma and in Youngsters got great treat to Sharma, Sarpanch Krishan Singh Soham Kamotra, Meenal Gupta, District Development (Pappu), Headmaster Gupal senior male category Toufiq watch reputed players of J&K POONCH, June 15: As part of Arushi Kotwal, Shivinder Chib, Commissioner, Dr Shahid Iqbal Krishan and General Secretary Ahmed, Mohd Wasim and Inderpal State playing with them. weeklong celebrations on the occa- Maxim Singh and Ravi Sharma. Choudhary was the chief guest on District Reasi Indian Style Singh bagged 1st, 2nd & 3rd posi- sion of Raising Day of J&K Police, 47 players out of which 12 Shruti Choudhary, Bhanupriya the occasion who gave away cash Wrestling Association Naresh tion repectively. were FIDE rated players, partici- and Priyanka Sharma were prizes to the winners and runner-up Kumar (Pappu Lakri), members of District Police Poonch organized SP Poonch Shamsheer Hussain pated in this event, organized by wrestlers. Treasurer Indian Style 'Run for Fun' marathon, here today. declared best women players, Mela Committee, prominent citi- while speaking on the occasion Ace Chess Academy. while Wrestling Association of India zens, Sarpanchs and Panchs of The run was divided into two Shiv Kumar Sharma presided over exhorted the participants especially T S Chib, P A to IGP Jammu Soham Gupta and Arya Aghar Jitto, Local people and a categories of senior and junior. the function. the youth to contribute positively to distributed the prizes among the Naveen Singh were adjudged best Large number of Pilgrims wit- A large number of participants SP Katra Kulbir Singh, DySP the society in eradication of various winners. U-10 players. nessed the dangal. including people from all walks of Katra, Rumal Choudhary were the life took part in the rally and best social evils like consumption of performers in each category were narcotic drugs, alcohol, casteism Rafters in action in Srinagar. Ganai Brothers, Khellani Club SGFI meet concludes; J&K to host provided with trophies and cash and untouchability. awards. Prominent among others pres- Arrangements for Summer script wins in Champions T20 Shamsheer Hussain, SP ent on the occasion were Amit Excelsior Sports Correspondent runs to the total respectively. Roll Ball, Badminton Tournaments Poonch flagged off the rally at wee Gupta, ASP Poonch, Khalid Amin, For Assar Club, Mahesh Excelsior Sports Correspondent strengthen its position in events hours from Eidgah Chowk Poonch DySP DAR, Deepak Digra, DySP Festival finalized BHADERWAH, June 15: bagged 3 wickets, while Aqib like Olympics, Common Wealth to Army Auditorium and back to Hqrs Poonch, Prof Musharaf SRINAGAR, June 15: Two Defeating their rivals in easy claimed 2. Sunil was declared Games and at other levels. He said Fawara Garden Poonch. Hussain Shah, Prof Shamim Excelsior Sports Correspondent Rafting Championship on the day 60th Executive Committee contests, Ganai Brothers and Reliance man of the match. efforts are on to provide more and The winners in junior category Ahmed Bandey, Khursheed Rather waters of river Jhelum in Khellani Cricket Club and General Council meeting of SRINAGAR, June 15: After In another match, Khellani more facilities to the youth of the were Iftiqar Ahmed, Manpreet and S Narinder Talwar. Srinagar. Ten teams from dif- advanced into the next round of School Games Federation of India the success of Spring Festival, Club beat Kings XI State so that they explore their tal- ferent organizations and clubs the ongoing 2nd Edition of (SGFI) concluded at Banquet Hall, the Tourism Department is Bhaderwah by 31 runs. ent and bring laurels to India and are taking part in the Champions Trophy T20 Cricket Srinagar today. organizing weeklong Summer Batting first, Khellani Club the State. Championship. Director Tournament, being organized President, SGFI Padmashree Festival from June 21, 2014. scored 136 runs in the stipulat- Mr. Aggarwal while appreciat- (Operations) Adventure Call, by Rashtriya Rifles located at Satpal presided over the meeting Different sports, adventure and ed 20 overs by losing 8 wick- ing SGFI for publishing the result Muhammad Yusuf informed Bhaderwah, under the aegis of and Director General Youth cultural activities including ets. Sanjeet top scored with 48 booklet of 59th National School that Flat water championship is the Counter Insurgency Force Services and Sports Navin Flat and White water Rafting, Games for the year 2013-14, being organized first time in the (Delta) and Youth Combined runs, while Ajay contributed Aggarwal was the chief guest on Mountain Running, stressed upon the organization to State. Cricket Club Bhaderwah at 28 runs to the total. For Kings the occasion. Paragliding, Trekking, continue such valuable efforts to Director Tourism, Talat Degree College Ground, here. XI, Kashiyan and Mohsin Threadbare discussion was Shikarathon, Water sports, Half enhance transparency in the sys- Parvez said that the champi- Earlier, in the first match, scalped 2 wickets each. held on various issues including Marathon, Triathlon, Sport tem and promotion of sports and onship will be held with an aim Ganai Brothers got better of In reply, Kings XI man- National calendar of sports activi- Climbing, Cyclothon, etc. games. to restore the glory of water Assar Cricket Club by 2 wick- aged to score 105 runs in 20 ties to be conducted during the year Besides, the Jewellery Addressing the meeting, the bodies particularly Jhelum ets. Batting first, Assar Club overs by losing 8 wickets, thus 2014-15. Various decisions were show, cultural programme by President, SGFI called for devel- where many such regattas used scored 133 runs in the stipulat- lost the match by 31 runs. taken with regard to conduct of Hans Raj Hans and some other opment of best sports practices and to be conducted in the past. ed 20 overs, losing 6 wickets Anzar and Mueez contributed such activities. The Apex programmes at Kashmir Haat other facilities for conducting He said, the Mountain in the process. Hafiz scored 28 38 runs each. For Khellani Committee finalized the calendar etc would be conducted at dif- National events in different States. Children of Country Kids Play School, Subash Nagar, Running Championship would runs, while Khalid contributed Club, Sonu claimed 3 wickets, and allotment of various events to ferent places in the Valley. The He asked the delegates to come up Jammu, posing for a group photograph alongwith the staff mem- be conducted in Srinagar and 22 runs to the total. For Ganai while Khursheed and Sunil be conducted in different States festival is dedicated to adven- with the proposal for hosting of the bers of the School and grandmothers of the children during the Dudhpathri on June 22 and Brothers, Momin and Vishu claimed one wicket each. whereas State of Jammu and ture tourism. 60th National School Games under inauguration of Summer Camp dedicated to Grand Maa’s. June 26 respectively. took 3 wickets each. Sanjeet was declared Bajaj Kashmir has been allotted two The Adventure Call Tours various disciplines including Children were asked to seek blessings of all the grandmothers by The J&K Mountain In reply, Ganai Brothers Allianz man of the match. Nationals in the disciplines of Roll and Travels and Kashmir Chess, athletics and others. touching their feet. The gifts were presented to the grandmothers Running Association (JKMRA) chased the target in 16.3 overs The matches were officiat- Ball and Badminton. Adventures have been entrust- Among others, Secretary through children during the Camp. During the 15-days Camp has been entrusted the responsi- by losing 8 wickets, thus won ed by Usman and Mehran as DG, YSS Mr. Aggarwal said ed the responsibility of holding General, Dr. Rajesh Mishra, children will be taught the activities like art and craft, painting, bility of holding these two pres- the match by 2 wickets. Sunil umpires, while Faisal was the that SGFI serves to nurture talent a two day long Flat Water Deputy Director, YSS Haji Mirza sketching, aerobics, dancing, splash pool, skating, language tigious championships. and Anil contributed 39 and 21 scorer. and acts as its source for India to and Kanchan Balla. skills, music and fun race.