SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Bopanna serves big in Tata India face Thailand in AFC India inch closer to maiden series Asian Cup campaign opener win before bad weather stops play Open title win with Sharan ABU DHABI, Jan 5: Football Federation SYDNEY, Jan 5: Championship. PUNE, Jan 5: smartly in this tournament even as ahead of the Australian Open. Divij Underdogs India will look at India are placed 97th in the India closed in on their maiden Sharan would require to do more has variation and movement in his their impressive results in recent Test series triumph in Australia Rohan Bopanna combined his FIFA charts compared to when they compete against tougher serve and he will get better. He def- months for inspiration when they Thailand's 118, but rankings will before bad light and rain combined booming serves with exquisite opponents at the Australian Open. initely outs pressure on the oppo- open their AFC Asian Cup football to delay the inevitable, adding more backhand winners during his blos- hardly matter in the continental Before this, Bopanna won the nents when he is at net," said 38- campaign against Thailand here showpiece. In fact, India are the hours to a wait of 71 years. soming partnership with Divij Vienna event in October 2017 with year-old Bopanna, supporting his Sunday. Bad light stopped play in the Sharan as the Indian pair won its second highest-ranked team in the Pablo Cuevas and Sharan won the partner. With the continental showpiece group after the UAE. final session of day three of the maiden ATP tour title at the Tata Antwerp trophy with Scott Lipksy It is the first title for both event being expanded to 24 teams fourth Test as the hosts, responding Open Maharashtra here today. Historically, India and in the same month. Bopanna and Sharan on the ATP for the first time from the earlier Thailand have played against each to India's mammoth first-innings Bopanna lost just four points on The Britons had won two titles World Tour after more than a year 16, the Indian side have a real total of 622 for seven declared, were his serve during the entire title- other 24 times with the South East on the ATP World Tour last year - after ending the 2018 season with- chance to make it to the knock-out Asian nation winning on 12 occa- reduced to 236 for six in 83.3 overs clash as the top seeded Indians pro- Stockholm and Eastbourne - and out a trophy even as they grabbed rounds, which will be a first after on Saturday. duced a dominating 6-3 6-4 win sions. India have won five times suffered their first defeat in a final. an Asian Games gold and immedi- their runners-up finish in 1964. while the remaining seven were With two full days play left in over British pair of Luke Sharan dropping the serve in ately decided to join forces, keep- Both in 1984 and 2011, India the game and Australia still 386 runs Bambridge and Jonny O'Maara. drawn. the eighth game of the second set ing in mind the 2020 Tokyo were knocked out of the tourna- But the two sides are more or adrift of India's score, the visitors This was veteran Bopanna's was the only blemish as there was Olympics. ment at the group stage. will fancy their chances of winning Kuldeep Yadav (2nd L) celebrates with captain Virat Kohli (L) 18th ATP tour title while Sharan has less unknown quantities as they no drama in the final after they Bopanna said the chemistry The two top sides from each of have played very few matches the four-match rubber 3-1. and teammates after dismissing Australia's captain Tim Paine. now won his fourth tournament on played two intense and dramatic was always there between them the six groups made up of four India first went Down Under the circuit and first on the Indian against each other in recent times. and the batsman, going for a drive, after. matches en route the title clash. even as they would look to have countries as well as four third-place The last time the two sides played back in 1947-48 under Lala failed to counter it and was bowled. Travis Head (20) added 40 runs soil. "This win surely is a big boost "perspective from outside" on their teams will advance to the Round of Amarnath's captaincy, and are yet to Bopanna carried the team against each other was in 2010. Cummins and Handscomb then for the fifth wicket with Handscomb combination. He also added that 16. Thailand won both matches -- 2-1 achieve series triumph there despite put on 38 runs for the seventh wick- for the fifth wicket and brought they focused more their service India, playing in their fourth and 1-0. eleven attempts. et. India requested for the second some respite to the desperate game. Asian Cup, are entering the tourna- The last time India beat At the Sydney Cricket Ground, new ball after 81 overs but were Australian middle order. Sharan said he could serve bet- ment on the back of a goal-less Thailand was way back in the 1986 the players went off with an hour's denied owing to bad light. But once again, as things looked ter than the previous days. stalemates against World Cup-win- Merdeka Cup in Kuala Lumpur. play pending in the day as bad light They kept the batsmen in the settled down, they manufactured a "The conditions were faster and ning Italian coach Marcello Lippi's On the eve of match, hampered proceedings, before rain middle for only a couple more overs wicket with Head hitting a full toss playing during the day made it easy. China and Oman in the lead-up to Constantine said that he "can't wait SCOREBOARD straight back at Yadav and was out Playing together at the Oil compa- the tournament. They lost narrowly for the match to begin". caught. ny's tournament helped and we (1-2) to Jordan in their third big Asked about Thailand losing to India 1st innings: 622/7 declared Earlier Harris' half-century had have to nurture this partnership," match ahead of the Asian Cup. Oman a few days ago while India Australia 1st innings: helped Australia reach 122 for one the 32-year-old from Delhi said. These results were preceded by drew with the West Asian country, Marcus Harris b Jadeja 79 at lunch. A little opening for a break a 13-match unbeaten run in inter- Constantine said, "They are differ- Usman Khawaja c Pujara b Kuldeep Yadav 27 Starting from overnight 24 for emerged for the top seeded Indians national friendly matches and the ent teams with a different set of Marnus Labuschagne c Rahane b Shami 38 no loss, Australia quickly got off the when Bambridge served a double Intercontinental Cup at home last players. Oman were trying out dif- Shaun Marsh c A Rahane b Jadeja 8 blocks in the morning session. summer. A kid being honoured by former Minister Sham Lal Sharma fault to go down 0-30 in the sixth ferent players, and so were Travis Head c & b Kuldeep Yadav 20 There wasn't much help from the Constantine's players will also during Annual Day celebration at Kids Dream PS Akhnoor. game but they came back strongly. Thailand." Peter Handscomb batting 28 pitch for the two pacers Shami and Left-handed Sharan was down be keen to improve upon the disas- India will look to their talis- Tim Paine b Kuldeep Yadav 5 Jasprit Bumrah (0-43) who started Kids Dream Public School celebrates Annual Day a deciding point in the next game trous performance of the country in manic striker to get Pat Cummins batting 25 proceedings. when Bopanna made an error on 2011 edition, when it badly lost all them the goals, but the recent form Extra: (B-4, LB-2) 6 It could be seen from Jadeja Make Physical, Mental Education the overhead smash volley but the its group matches. of his strike partner Jeje Total: (for six wickets, 83.3 overs) 236 being brought on to bowl in the fifth Indians managed to hold. Sunday's Group A match Lalpekhlua could be a cause for Bowling: Mohammed Shami 16-1-54-1, Jasprit Bumrah 16-4- over of the morning, while left-arm Then followed a super show against Thailand at the Al Nahyan concern. The Mizo, though, has it 43-0, Ravindra Jadeja 27.3-9-62-2, Kuldeep Yadav 24-6-71-3. wrist spinner Yadav came on to as compulsory subject: Sham from Bopanna, who unleashed his Stadium will be crucial for India as Excelsior Sports Correspondent essential to accept defeat without in him to produce an impressive bowl three overs later. single-handed backhand thrice to a positive result will boost the performance. intervened and brought out an early before the umpires stopped play Australia sped to 50 within any sense of bitterness, ill-will or earn the first break of the match and -coached stumps. JAMMU, Jan 5: Former grudge. has spear- altogether owing to a thunderstorm seven overs of play on this third Minister and senior Congress then served out the set in the next. team's chances of making it to the headed the defence well and he This was after Kuldeep Yadav in the vicinity. morning, adding 27 runs in 29 min- He further expressed concern The Coorgi lost just three points Round of 16. (3-71) and Ravindra Jadeja (2-62) leader, Sham Lal Sharma said that over lack of emphasis on physical will pair up with Anas Anas Earlier, India struck four times utes of play in the morning. Later, Physical Education should be made in his three service games as he was If India beat Thailand on Edathodika at the heart of the shared five wickets to put India in a in the middle session as Australia they crossed 100 in the 30th over. activity in schools and said that it is the standout performer in the sum- Sunday, then a draw in the remain- commanding position. At stumps as a compulsory subject in Schools. quite worrisome that there has been backline. Goalkeeper Gurpreet were reduced to 198 for five at tea. India's lone success came from He said this while addressing mit clash. ing two matches -- against hosts Singh Sandhu has been in top then, Australia were trailing by 386 Post lunch, Australia made the Yadav as Usman Khawaja (27) a mushrooming of a significantly He continued to serve big UAE (January 10) and Bahrain runs, with Peter Handscomb (28 not Annual Day function of Kids large number of schools without form as the last defensive bul- worst start possible with Marcus played a loose stroke against the Dream Public School, Akhnoor even as Sharan's serve was under (January 14) -- could be enough for wark. out) and Pat Cummins (25 not out) Harris (79) getting out before he spin and hit straight to Cheteshwar playgrounds. pressure again in the fourth game them to qualify for the knock-out at the crease. today. Former Minister called for Constantine will look forward could settle in again. In the third Pujara at mid-wicket. Sham said that children and when he went down 0-30 but the round. to his first-choice wingers, Udanta Post tea, Yadav struck on the over after the restart, he played on Jadeja though struggled to find coordinated efforts of society, Indians escaped with the left-han- Defensive discipline will be sixth ball as Tim Paine (5) was com- youth as well all human beings schools and governments to Singh and Halicharan Narzary, to off Jadeja. his control and was even hit for have a right to mental and physical der holding his own with an ace. one of the key factors for India supply enough deliveries upfront pletely foxed by the turn he was get- In the 49th over, the left-arm three fours in one by Harris, who encourage children to take up Sharan hit a crushing service against a Thailand team that scored ting. The spinner pitched the ball up education. sports as a profession. for Chhetri and Lalpekhlua.(PTI) spinner made it a double blow six brought up his second Test half-cen- He further said that this has to return winner off Bambridge a lot of goals at the ASEAN overs later as Shaun Marsh (8) was tury off only 67 balls. He said that conduct of regular before another good return to be recognized and action has to be sports festivals and tournaments at Inter Zone Sports Meet caught at slip. Australia had added 56 runs in taken to realize this vital require- draw level, which he could not Australia barely managed to the first hour of play, and then added all levels must be encouraged to pick up. ment for a good quality life. recognise and reward the young tal- cross 150 in the 52nd over as India another 38 post drinks in the morn- "Physical Education is an It gave the Indians a break Shooters fire, boxers combat, athletes piled on the pressure. Unlike in the ing session, as they comprehensive- ent. chance, which was converted important part of our lives and it "It is evident that a healthy and first session, only 35 runs came in ly dominated the Indian bowling improves our physical fitness, when Bambridge faltered, netting the first hour of play. The pace of attack for only the second time in strong body is not possible without a return. compete, shuttlers dazzle on penultimate day improves our cognitive abilities and mental and physical activities and Excelsior Sports Correspondent bagged silver and the bronze went Banoo of Training, Kanya Kumari scoring did improve in the second this series (after Perth). in the case of team games, enhance Bopanna came out firing once hour with 41 runs taken, but India India waited for reverse swing we cannot aspire to become a again, serving at love, to make it to Faisal Qureshi of Jammu Zone, of Training and Tsering Dolma of our social skills," Sham added. wealthy nation without being a JAMMU, Jan 5: Shooters while in Carbine 40 Mtrs Standing Training claimed gold, silver and again struck twice to peg them back. and brought back both pacers for 4-2 which became 5-2 when they fired, boxers thrilled, athletes Sharma said that participating healthy nation," Sham said. Position, Sanjeewan Jyoti of bronze medals respectively, while Ajinkya Rahane held a brilliant another spell in the second half of broke O'Maara in the next.(PTI) sweated-it-out and shuttlers dis- in games and various sports will In the end, Sham Lal presented Armed, Surya Bano of Armed and in 800 Mtrs Women, Tsering catch at short midwicket to send this session, but both batsmen were played grit and guts as the partici- improve the concentration levels of a memento each to meritorious stu- J&K dominates Day-1 Sarishta Devi of Armed won gold, Spaldon of Training Zone won back Marnus Labuschagnge (38) set until then even if there was more pants of various disciplines showed an individual, promote the concept dents and appreciated the role silver and bronze medals respec- gold, Bharti Devi of Training Zone off Mohammed Shami (1-54) soon control from the bowlers.(PTI) of team work and help in develop- of 3rd North Zone extraordinary skills to vie for the tively. bagged silver and the bronze went played by the students and staff for top honours in the ongoing Inter ing an attitude of stoicism, which is making this event a success. In Shooting Men 100 Mtrs to Tsering Diskit of Training. Pencak Silat C'ship Zone Sports Meet, being organised Prone Position, Mohd Arif of In Discus Throw Women, Excelsior Sports Correspondent by the Jammu and Kashmir Police Training Zone, Mohinder Kumar of Jasvinder Kour of Armed, Seema Department at various venues here. JAMMU, Jan 5: J&K Pencak Training Zone and Arun Gandothra Devi of Armed and Murup Dolma In GO's event Glock Pistol of Armed Zone bagged gold, silver of Training claimed gold, silver and Silat players excelled on Day-1 Shooting Men, VK Jamwal of the 3rd edition of North Zone and bronze medals respectively, bronze medal respectively. emerged winner and Joginder while in Rifle 100 Mtrs Kneeling In Boxing Men, the gold medls Pencak Silat Championship Singh was the runners-up, while in Position, Mohd Shafiq of Armed in different weight categories went 2018 by winning 14 Gold , 14 GO's event Glock Pistol Shooting Zone, Arun Gandothra of Armed to Kartar Singh of Armed, Shakeel Silver and 5 Bronze medals at Women, Manjit Kour was the win- Zone and Mohd Arif of Training Ahmed of Armed, Sunny Bakaya Panchayat Bhawan, Hisar in ner and Usha Kher ended runner- Zone claimed gold, silver and of Armed, Vikas Narwalia of Haryana. up. bronze medals respectively. Armed, Rohit Kumar of Training, Medal winners of Tangsoodo Championship posing along The 3rd edition of North In Shooting Men Pistol 25 Mtrs In Shooting Women Rifle 100 Gourav Pikhan of Training, Balbir with dignitaries and officials. Zone Pencak Silat Standing Position, SI Rakesh Mtrs Prone Position Sareeta Singh of SDRF and Ishfaq Ahmed Championship 2018 was organ- Sharma of Armed Zone won gold, Sharma of Training Zone, Devi of Kashmir, while in Boxing ized by Pencak Silat Association SGCT Harish Singh of Armed Ranim of Armed Zone and Asha Women, the gold medals were J&K claims 19 medals in Haryana under the banner of Zone bagged silver and ASI Babu Rani of Training Zone won gold, bagged by Darshana Devi of North India Pencak Silat Ram of Training Zone claimed silver and bronze medals respec- Armed, Yasmeen Choudhary of Federation. bronze, while in Pistol 15 Mtrs tively, while in Rifle 100 Mtrs Training, Sameena Gulzar of Tangsoodo Championship The three days North India Squating Position, SGCT Mohd Kneeling Position, Sareeta Sharma Training, Sadiqa Bano of Training, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Technical Director J&K Sports Championship was inaugurated Arif of Training Zone won gold, won gold, Asha Rani bagged silver Madhu Rani of Armed and Veenita Taekwondo Association while by Baljeet Singh Lehra, while silver and bronze medals and Devi Rani claimed bronze. Bharti of Training. JAMMU, Jan 5: J&K Sports Ronika Rathore accompanied went to SGCT Harish Singh and SI Commisioner, Excise & In Athletics 10 Kms Cross In GO's event Table Taekwondo Association bagged the team as a Manager. Rakesh Sharma respectively. Taxation, Bupinder Gangwa, Country Team Men, Armed A won TennisMen's Singles final, 19 medals in the 10th Over 300 students of differ- In Shooting Women Pistol 25 International Tangsoodo Chairman, Haryana Pradesh 1st place, Armed B bagged second Paramvir Singh drubbed Nikhil ent States and countries partici- Mtrs Standing Position, gold, silver Championship held at Talkatora Congress Committee. spot and Jammu Zone won the Rasgotra to win the title, while in pated in the Championship. and bronze medals wen to Sarita Indoor Stadium, New Delhi. 350 players from J&K, Uttar third position, while in Athletics 10 Badminton Men's Doubles, the pair The gold medals were Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Sharma of Training Zone, Renu Kms Cross Country Individual of SSPs Tejinder Singh and RC The Championship was Rattan of Armed Zone and Sunita organized by World Sports bagged by Aryan Gupta, Garv Pradesh, Delhi, Chandigarh, event, Ram Raj of Jammu won Kotwal defeated the duo of SSP Sharma and Shivyansh Gupta, Punjab & host haryana are par- Devi of Armed Zone respectively, gold, Barkat Ali of Armed bagged Pawan Parihar and SP Liyaqat Ali Tangsoodo Federation. Sanjay while in Pistol 15 mtrs Squating while silver medals were ticipating in this mega event. silver and the bronze medal went to to lift the title. Singh, Special Commissioner of Position, Sanjeewan Jyoti of claimed by Manya Verma, The players of the senior Parshotam Kumar of INTELSECT. In Badminton Singles, the win- Delhi Police was the chief guest Jammu Zone, Sarita Sharma of Ananya Krishna, Suzen Nanda, men and women will be selected In 400 Mtrs Women, Rigzin ners included SSP Sanjeev on the occasion, while Kamal Training Zone and Rashika Sharma Gurpreet Singh, Aarav Kumar for the All India Inter Zonal Dolma of Training Zone bagged Khajuria, SSP Swarn Singh Kant Sharma, Ex-Chairman of Training Zone clinched gold, sil- Menia and Bijoy Nanda and the Pencak Silat Championship gold, Satnzin Lazes of Trsaining Kotwal, DySP Kameshwar Puri, APMC Delhi Government was ver and bronze medal respectively. bronze medals went to Aaditi 2018-19 to be held at Guru Zone claimed silver and Neelam SSP Ravinder Kumar, SP Liyaqat the special guest and Ajay Vats, In Shooting Men Carbine 50 Jamwal, Mansi Koul, Akshra Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Devi of Training Zone clinched Ali, SSP Vijay Soodan and DySP Organizing Secretary Delhi Mtrs Kneeling Position, Rakesh Sharma, Aadishwar Jamwal, in Punjab from February 8 to bronze. Sunny Gupta. Olympic Games 2018 was also Bandral of Training Zone won Adhyan Gujral, Lakshya Gupta, February 10, 2019. In Shot Put Women, Seema In Judo, the gold medals in dif- present on the occasion. gold, Junaid Wali of INTELSECT Devi of Armed, Jasvinder Kour of ferent weight categories went to J&K Team participated in Mohd. Haseem, Sahas Armed and Stanzin Lazes of Rohit Kumar of Training, Rohit the competition under the super- Gandotra, Kartikay Angurana State Kalarippayattu C'ship gets underway Training won gold, silver and Singh of INTELSECT, Vishal vision of Anil Nanda, Chief and Advit Verma. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Handoo, Atul Pangotra and bronze medals respectively. Singh of Armed, Shabir Ahmed of Ambedkar Gupta. In Athletics 100 Mtrs Women, Kashmir, Rakesh Singh of Armed, PLACEMENT REAL ESTATE JAMMU, Jan 5: J&K State The Championship was con- Raqia Begum of Training, Priya Gulshan Singh of Armed and Javid Kalarippayattu Championship ducted under the supervision of Kumari of Training and Sewang Khan of Training Zone. JDA PLOT REQUIRED 2018-19 got underway at Kotli Danish Sharma. Dolma of Training won gold, silver Bhawan, Rehari Colony, here. Dr SM Bali dwelt upon the and bronze medals respectively. Majit Kour, SSP CO IRP 15 7 Marla Ramesh Arora, MLC was the importance of Kalarippayattu in In Javelin Throw Women, Bn, who won chief guest on the occasion, while self-defence, fitness and develop- Seema Devi of Armed, Stanzin gold medal in JDA PLOT REQUIRED Anu Bali (Councillor) and Arun ment of physique. besides charac- Lachun of Training and Murup GO’s event of at Upper Roop Nagar Khanna (Councillor) were the ter building. Dolma of Training claimed gold, pistol shoot- guests of honour. 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