MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2014 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India aims to grab top 3 : J&K bundle out for paltry 236 spot in ICC Test ranking MUMBAI, Dec 7: Dhawal Kulkarni, who made a caught at long leg by Kulkarni, Gautam stars for quick unbeaten 42 off 61 balls hooking a short ball from Shardul DUBAI, Dec 7: both India and Australia maintain Jammu and Kashmir shocked inclusive of four sixes and one Thakur, but then had a slice of their pre-series rankings, although 40-time champions Mumbai by Karnataka against four, that helped Mumbai's cross luck when the same bowler put India would look to grab the Australia would drop to 114 points bundling them out for a meagre TN on day one 200. down next man Bandeep Singh in number three position in the ICC while India will rise to 99 ratings total of 236 in the first innings on J&K skipper Parvez Rasool, the same over. Test Team Rankings as they take points. the opening day of their Ranji BENGALURU, Dec 7: who came on to bowl after the on Australia in a four-Test series However, if Australia wins the Trophy Group A game here today. 45th over, picked up two tailen- Further tightening the grip, the Chidambaram Gautam's 94- Ton-up Gambhir which gets underway with the series 4-0, it would close the gap ders while the other two medi- visitors reached 88 for one at run knock was the highlight for opening match in Adelaide on on South Africa to four ratings um pacers Samiullah Beigh, leads from front stumps to take away the opening Karnataka before Tamil Nadu December 9. points, with India dropping to sev- who was hit for six fours in two day's honours. Opener Shubham bowled them out for 290 in their Currently placed sixth in the enth, while a 3-1 win will reduce overs by Shetty in his first as score ranking, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Khajuria (47) and one-down bats- first innings on day one of their the Proteas' lead to six ratings NEW DELHI, Dec 7: men will have a chance to rise as man Bandeep Singh (34) were at opening Ranji match here today. Winners of Petanque Championship posing along with the points. Kaushik Gandhi was high as third if they can come up the crease at the end of day one. Sudeep, Shreevats Skipper Gautam Gambhir chief guest and other dignitaries at KC International School in Number-one ranked South on 12 and giving him company with a dominating performance Opting to bat, Mumbai raced led from the front with a gutsy Jammu. Africa will face West Indies in a was India discard Abhinav against the second-placed Aus- to 50 in less than 10 overs with take Bengal unbeaten century while the oth- three-match Test series that starts Mukund on 10 as Tamil Nadu tralians, who will aim to reduce debutant openers Kevin Almeida ers floundered as Delhi strug- Petanque Championship concludes on 17 December at Centurion. reached 22 without loss at to 255/3 South Africa's lead at the top of the (19) and Bravish Shetty (35) put- gled to 260 for six at stumps on In Player Rankings for Test stumps. VADODARA, Dec 7: Excelsior Sports Correspondent 1st place, while Tahir, Shahnawz table. the first day of their opening Batsmen, middle-order batsmen The heroes for Karnataka on Young left-hander Sudeep Shreef and Prashant won 1st Yuvraj scores 59 but Ranji Trophy fixture against JAMMU, Dec 7: The 2-day It would take a 4-0 win for Cheteshwar Pujara (17th) is high- day one were Chidambaram Gau- Chatterjee again gave display of runners-up title and Aditya, Saurashtra, here today. 2nd J&K State Petanque India to rise to 107 ratings points, tam, who missed his century by six his talent as his patient unbeat- Saksham, Rohit and Sparsh est-ranked Indian, while Virat Haryana bundle out When the stumps were Championship, organized by the one behind Australia, while a 3-1 runs, and Kunal Kapoor (87), who en 91 took Bengal to a claimed 2nd runners-up title. Kohli (27th) and MS Dhoni (30th) drawn, Gambhir was undefeat- Jammu and Kashmir Petanque series victory will see the visitors Punjab for 273 gave respectability to the hosts' respectable 255 for three Team event Under-17 boys: are next. ed on 123 off 270 balls, having Association, under the aegis of join England on 104 points, total after they were struggling at against Baroda in an opening Winners-Shoaib Shawl, Danish For Australia, opener David PATIALA, Dec 7: shared a 88-run stand for the Petanque Federation of India although Alastair Cook's side 97 for five in 25.4 overs. (PTI) Group A encounter of the Ranji Gupta and Akshit; Warner is placed sixth, while fifth with another veter- concluded at KC International would hold a slender 0.4 point India discard 's Trophy, here today. 1st runner-up-Nipun Gandhi, Michael Clarke (11th) and Steven an Rajat Bhatia (47). School, here. advantage when the ratings are 59 was the only saving grace ing effort from the visiting team's Courtesy Sudeep and anoth- Vishavajeet Singh and Harseerat Smith (13th) are also inside the top While Virender Sehwag was Chaitanya Chowdhary, Vice for Punjab as a six-wicket haul medium pacers applied the brakes er southpaw Shreevats Singh. calculated beyond the decimal 20. run out for 9, 's Chairman of the School was the by off-spinner at regular intervals to pack off the Goswami (61 batting), Bengal Team event Under-11 girls: point. Australia is currently In the Player Rankings for Test (28) downfall came due to atro- chief guest on the occasion, helped Haryana bundle them fancied Mumbai batsmen and skit- didn't face much problems Winners-Dhanya, Kaashmi and ranked second on 117 ratings Bowlers, Ryan Harris (second) is cious shot selection while while Dr Ravi Bhushan, out for a mere 273 in their first tle them out for 236 in 61 overs at against a Baroda attack Milagros; runners-up-Priya, points, seven points adrift of the the highest ranked bowler, 54 Vaibhav Rawal (9) was cleaned Principal of KCIS and Subhash innings on the first day of a the stroke of tea. that didn't have seamer Irfan Chahat and Muskan. Proteas, while India is 21 ratings up playing to a wrong line. Sharma, vice president, Jammu points behind number-one ranked Ranji Trophy Group A match Ram Dayal was the pick of the Pathan or their primary wicket- Team event Under-14 girls: points behind in sixth position, on (14), who was and Kashmir Petanque Dale Steyn of South Africa and here today. bowlers with figures of three for taker left-arm spinner Bhargav Winners-Riya, Mumtaz and 96 ratings points. surprisingly promoted to No. 3, Association were the guests of two places ahead of his team-mate At stumps on day one, 51 from his two eight-over spells. Bhatt. Nikita; 1st runners-up- A 2-2 series deadlock will see was done in by a short ball onto honour. Mitchell Johnson (fourth). (PTI) Haryana reached 19 for one He was ably supported by impres- The duo added 111 runs for his rib-cage. (PTI) The Championship was con- Vidhushi, Sneh and Khushi; 2nd with Abhimanyu Khod (10) and sive left arm spin from Waseem the unbroken fourth wicket ducted under the supervision of runner-up-Mrinmmay, Shriya Yuzvendra Chahal (1) at the Raza (3/29) that brought Mumbai partnership after Bengal were Tarsem Sharma, organizing sec- and Shivani crease. to their knees. reduced to 144 for three when Brief scores: retary. Doubles Under-14 boys: Spin duo of Yadav (6/85) Mumbai were undone by in-form Manoj Tiwary was Mumbai: 236 all out in 61 Around 160 students drawn Winners-Syed Mehdi and Mehdi and Amit Mishra (3/72) some excellent wicket to wicket trapped leg-before with an in- overs ( 57, from various districts, schools Muzaffer; 1st runners-up- wreaked havoc as they shared bowling by mainly Dayal -- cutter by veteran seamer Munaf Dhawal Kulkarni 42 , and clubs participated in the Yujutsu Sharma and Divjot nine between them to among the new ball bowlers -- Patel. (PTI) Bravish Shetty 35; Ramdayal Championship. Singh; 2nd runners-up-Tanish, skittle out Punjab for less than and teasing flight by Raza. 3/51, Waseem Raza 3/29, Rasool Detailed results: Karan. 300 runs. (PTI) For Mumbai, skipper spell, and Umar Nazir got one 2/21). Doubles Under-17 boys: Suryakumar Yadav top-scored each. J&K: 88 for one (Shubham Team event Under-11 boys: ting up a fine show. Winners-Shoaib Shawl and with a 55-ball 57. But it was J&K began their reply poorly Khajuria batting 47, Bandeep Harmandeep Singh, Aryan and However, a disciplined bowl- Bhagyesh Koul emerged win- Umar Dar; 1st runner-up- some lusty late order hitting by when opener Adil Reshi was Singh batting 34). (PTI) ners, while Paras, Smarth, Bhavik and Deepak; 2nd run- Owais and Ritanshu claimed 1st ners-up-Kaushal Garg and India slump to second Jubilant team of Col R N Chopra Academy posing for a runners-up title and the 2nd run- Danish Sharma. group photograph after qualifying for finals. straight defeat ners-up were Sharan, Arkit and Mixed doubles: Winners- Atharv. Sanath Sareen and Aakriti and BHUBANESWAR, Dec 7 : runners-up-Manzoor Ahmed Team event Under-14 boys: India squandered their hard- and/ Poonam Thakur. Col Chopra Academy Asrahy, Deekshant, Rahat won earned lead on two occasions as 25th Senior National Tennis Bal Cricket C’ship they slumped to their second enters finals of U-14 T20 successive defeat losing 2-4 to Excelsior Sports Correspondent tively. For UCC, Avinash World Cup bronze medallists J&K boys in pre-quarters, bagged 3 wickets. Argentina in the Hero JAMMU, Dec 7: Trouncing In reply, UCC Udhampur Champions Trophy, here today. UCC Udhampur by a big margin collapsed at 119 runs in 19.1 girls drub Uttrakhand of 75 runs in the semifinals, Col India's perennial problem, overs, thus lost the match by 75 Excelsior Sports Correspondent outplayed R N Chopra Cricket Academy their fragile backline came to Uttrakhand and Gujarat trounced runs. Bansal was the top scorer hurt them again as their lead JAMMU, Dec 7: Outplaying entered the finals of the Under- Bihar. 14 boys T20 Cricket with 39 runs, while Aniket and didn't even last a minute on both Delhi convincingly by 22 runs, In the girls’ section, Jammu Shivansh contributed 17 and 16 the occasions in the second Pool the Jammu and Kashmir boys Tournament at Academy and Kashmir trounced runs to the total respectively. B match of the day, played in- entered the pre-quarterfinals, grounds, here today. Winners posing along with the chief guest, Nutan Resotra, chairman State Board of School Uttrakhand by 3 wickets in an Marutwan and Jugjap bagged 3 front of 7000 strong capacity while the girls got better of Winning the toss and batting Education and other dignitaries in Jammu on Sunday. easy contest. wickets each, while Nitin, Umar crowd at the Kalinga Stadium. Uttrakhand in the opening first, Col Chopra Academy Uttrakhand bundled out for scored a mammoth total of 194 and Sarthak claimed one wicket For India, Akashdeep Singh match of the Championship at 29 runs in 6 overs and none of Sunder Nagar in Himachal runs in the stipulated 20 overs. each. (30th) and Gurjinder Singh 9th Gold Cup Roller Skating the batswomen could contribute Arya Sachivansh Thakur, Harsh The match was officiated by (37th) scored the goals, while Pradesh, today. much. For J&K, Sumaiya and Earlier, in the boys contest, Dev Singh and Aryan Gandral Academy’s chief coach Lucas Villa (30th), Juan Lopez Amreena Bashir took 2 wickets scored unbeaten 57, unbeaten 56 Sukomal Ganguly and Akash (37th), Gustin Mazzilli (49th) J&K after winning the toss and each, while Aratrika Razdan Championship concludes deciding to bat first, scored a and 44 runs to the total respec- Manhas. and Joaquin Menini (59th) claimed one wicket. found the net for the winners. Excelsior Sports Correspondent In 12-14 boys, Vrijesh won Jhanvi claimed silver. decent total of 74 runs in the In reply, J&K chased the tar- allotted 8 overs by losing 2 While Indian forwards cre- gold, Subhag bagged silver and In 10-12 boys, Anirudh won get in just 3 overs, scoring 32 for JAMMU, Dec 7: 9th Gold Gurpreet claimed bronze, wickets. Rajat Sharma was the ated chances today, the defence gold and Arnav got silver, the loss of 5 wickets and won Cup Roller Skating while in 12-14 girls, the gold, top scorer with 32 runs, while were chasing shadows on a while in 12-14 boys, Aarush the match by 3 wickets. Championship, organised by silver and bronze medals went and Ankit won gold and silver Burhan contributed 24 runs to number occasions when the the Jammu and Kashmir Roller Sumaiya contributed unbeaten to Nikita, Swardhini and respectively and in 12-14 girls, the total. Argentines counter-attacked. Skating Association concluded 14 runs to the total, while Dhrishti respectively. Raj Manya claimed gold. In reply, Delhi bundled out (PTI) at Skating Rink Peerkho, here Amreena chipped in with 12 The gold, silver and bronze In above 16 boys and girls, for 52 runs in 6.5 overs to lose today. valuable runs. medals in 14-16 boys were the gold medals went to Akhil the match by 22 runs. For J&K, Federer shows his Nutan Resotra, chairman In other matches of girls’ claimed by Amritpal, and Kavneet respectively. Zubair Bakshi and Abrar Beigh State Board of School section, Uttar Pradesh trounced magic on India debut Chandeep and Shrishti respec- In roller hockey, Addition bagged 2 wickets each, while , Chhattisgarh Education was the chief guest tively. Pavit Singh Ishar and Aman NEW DELHI, Dec 7: on the valedictory function, Club bagged gold, while silver defeated Maharashtra and In above 16 boys, Jugraaj and bronze medals went to Sharma claimed one wicket Jharkhand beat Uttrakhand. while Bhupinder Singh Raina, Thousands of lucky tennis won gold, Aryaveer silver and Shiva Roller Skating Club and each. The Jammu and Kashmir president Indiana Roller fans experienced a lifetime Vinay bronze, while in above Roller Athlete Skating Club In other matches in boys sec- teams have been selected by B K Skating Club was the guest of 16 girls, Rasleen clinched gold. moment today when they respectively. tion, Rajasthan defeated HP, Tickoo, Saleem-ur-Rehman and honour, who distributed medals Meanwhile, in inline 500 Delhi prevailed over AIIB, watched global icon Roger and trophies among the win- In inline hockey, Indiana Madan Mohan. Federer play on Indian soil for mtrs 8-10 boys, Ridham, ners. Mayank and Vanshdeep bagged Club, Roller Athlete Club and the first time at the Delhi leg of Shiva Club claimed gold, sil- Jubilant Glamorous Club players posing for a group photo- In quads 500 mtrs 8-10 gold, silver and bronze respec- the International Premier Tennis boys, gold, silver and bronze ver and bronze medals respec- graph along with the chief guest. League (IPTL). tively, while in 8-10 girls, went to Kartikay, Rachit and Anshika bagged gold and tively. The Federer-represented Ansh, while in girls of this age Glamorous CC wins Manjeet Indian Aces defeated Singapore group, Ananya bagged gold, Slammers 26-16. Shine bagged silver and Sangakkara stars in Sri Lanka's Singh Memorial T20 Cup It was a perfect India debut Vanshika claimed bronze. for Federer, who along with In 10-12 boys, Vatsal win over England Excelsior Sports Correspondent chase the target and bundled out Sania Mirza blanked Bruno bagged gold, Abhirab clinched COLOMBO, Dec 7: England were left to rue for 121 runs in 19.5overs, thus Soares and Daniela Hantuchova silver and Akshunn claimed JAMMU, Dec 7: Glamorous 6-0 before winning his men's bowling 12 wides in what even- lostthe match by 25 runs. Asif bronze, while in 10-12 girls, Kumar Sangakkara hit 86 as Cricket Club, Poonch won the singles against Tomas Berdych tually turned out to be a close and Yasir scored 34 and 31 runs Diya, Akriti and Vasumnya Sri Lanka squeezed past Eng- 2nd Shaheed Manjeet Singh and men's doubles with Rohan game. Steven Finn, Chris Jordan respectively. Glamorous Club won gold, silver and bronze land with six wickets and two Memorial T-20 Cricket Bopanna. (PTI) and Joe Root sent down three was captained by Pawan medals respectively. balls to spare in the fourth One- Tournament, beating LOC Sharma, trainer Board of each. Cricket Club by 25 runs in the day International today to take a "It was a good, close game," Control for Cricket In India 3-1 lead in the seven-match summit clash. (BCCI). said Mathews, who hit the win- Earlier, after winning the India players can’t use BCCI series. ning boundary off Finn. "We Mohd Hussain Malik, James Taylor missed a maid- toss and electing to bat first, District Development had to fight hard. I was a bit Cyclists ready to go during Samba District Cycling en one-day century by 10 runs Glamorous Club scored 146 Commissioner, Poonch was the nervous at the end, but I knew Championship. logo in domestic matches as England, electing to take first runs in the allotted 20 overs. chief guest on the occasion, we had wickets in hand. It was Samba District Cycling Championship Sachin and Sahil scored 42 and while SSP Poonch was the guest NEW DELHI, Dec 7: stuff, there should be taping on strike, scored 265 before they a good team effort." 40 runs respectively. Firdous the helmet crest or caps. That's were all out off the last ball of of honour. Chairman Shaheed In a fresh diktat for players Taylor, given a chance to took 3 wickets, while Aqib took the reason match referee Sanjay their 50 overs in Colombo. Lovejeet, Navdeep, Manjeet Singh Club, Mohd representing various teams in play his third one-day match 2 wickets for LOC Club. Tariq was also present on the Raul intimated both Delhi and But Sangakkara's 90th one- domestic competitions, the only because skipper Alastair In reply, LOC Club failed to occasion. Saurashtra managers about day half-century laid the foun- BCCI has instructed match ref- Cook was serving a one-game Yougesh, Anjali claim gold BCCI diktat," the source added. dation that enabled Sri Lanka to suspension due to slow over- erees to ensure that none of the Since most of the players pass the target in the day game Excelsior Sports Correspondent In Under-19 girls 1 Lap, India players -- current or dis- rates, seized the chance with JKOA holds Annual were not following it, it was seen at Premadasa stadium. Anjali Choudhary and carded -- sport the Board logo delectable strokeplay. (AGEN- SAMBA, Dec 7: Lovejeet during Deodhar final that Kedar The left-hander put on 96 for Manmeet Kour clinched gold either on their gear as that will be CIES) Singh, Navdeep Singh, Jadhav got his India helmet the third wicket with fellow vet- and silver respectively. considered a violation of the Yougesh Sharma and Anjali General Body Meeting patched with white plaster and eran (44) Assistant Prof Vishal association's code. and 49 for the fourth with skip- Chowdhary bagged gold in Chess tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent National Games to be held at opposition skipper Manoj Sharma, S/o Normally, the moment a per . Under-14, 17 & 19 boys and Kerala from January 31 to Tiwary did cover his India ODI Shruti Paul player breaks into the Indian Sangakkara was dismissed Under-19 girls respectively of on Dec 14 JAMMU, Dec 7: An Annual February 15, 2015. cap with brown coloured leu- Sharma and team and then subsequently in the 42nd over when 52 was the ongoing Samba District Excelsior Sports Correspondent General Body Meeting of coplast. Kanta Devi, R/o Prof Ashutosh Sharma, gen- comes to domestic cricket, they still needed, but the fifth-wick- Cycling Championship, Jammu and Kashmir Olympic Today Gautam Gambhir, Basohli, Kathua, JAMMU, Dec 7: The eral secretary of the Association have a habit of wearing India hel- et pair of Mathews (51 not out) organized by J&K Association Association (JKOA) was held, Virender Sehwag, Unmukt who has been Jammu District Chess informed the house that till now mets, jerseys or caps. The BCCI and Lahiru Thirimanne (19 not from Vishwakarma Mandir, under the chairmanship of S Chand had taped the BCCI logos conferred with Association will be organiz- confirmation of 9 disciplines wants to stop that. out) saw the hosts home. Vijaypur to Kirpalpur Pond, Rangil Singh its president today on their helmets. Best Presentation Award in the ing Jammu Division Senior at Association’s Office, 41-B, have been received from "The rule has been there from Vijaypur and back, here today. When a BCCI office-bearer International School on Open Selection Chess Karan Nagar Extension, here. National Sports the start of the season but has In Under-14 boys 1 Lap, was contacted, he said: "For long Charanjyot Singh Madaan, Material Science and Tournament on December 14, Besides office bearers of Federations/Association, which only been implemented in all Technology, organized by Gangandeep Singh and Nikhil this has been a trend but it should a student of 2014 (from 9 am) at ACE JKOA, 19 State Sports included Archery, Athletics, earnestness during the recently- JNCASR, Indian Institute of Randhawa bagged silver and change. Even if you have played Army School Chess Academy, Sector 1- Associations affiliated to it Fencing, Gymnastics, Shooting, concluded Deodhar Trophy final Sciences in collaboration with bronze medals respectively, for India, when you are playing Kaluchak, who A,Trikuta Nagar, here. attended the meeting. Triathlon, Water Sports, between West Zone and East Cambridge University, UK. He while in Under-17 boys 2 for your state, you should respect wo gold medal in According to a handout Apart from passing of the Wrestling and Wushu. Zone," a BCCI official, in the the 9th Gold Cup was presented the award by Laps, the silver and bronze the state cap and the jersey. issued here, any player of minutes of the last meeting, President was authorized to know of things, told PTI today. Roller Skating Bharat Ratna Awardee-2014, medals went to Kanhiya Lal "I agree not all states provide Jammu division can partici- adoption of the secretary gener- constitute a committee of 5 "The clear instruction given Championship Prof C N R Rao. 150 research Sharma and Shubham Digpal helmets with association logos pate in the tournament. al report, passing of the accounts members for making arrange- to the match referees is to tell held at Peerkho in Jammu. He scholars, young faculty mem- and in Under-19 boys 2 Laps, (Mumbai and Tamil Nadu does), For further details, players of the 2011-12, 2012-13, the ments for smooth and successful team officials that the players are attributed his success to coach bers from various IITs, Karan Digpal and Makhan but you can always try to be a part can check site members had a threadbare dis- participation of State contin- not permitted to use India jer- PP Singh and GS Khurmi, Universities from India and Singh claimed gold and silver of team rather than be portrayed www.alljkchess.com or con- cussion on the participation of gents and coordinate with the seys, caps or helmets. If the play- president J&K Olympic abroad including Cambridge respectively. as superior player." (PTI) tact at mobile no: 796274768. the State contingents in the 35th J&K State Sports Council. ers inadvertently wear India Association. participated in the event.