TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2019 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Black Challenge: New Zealand Kashyap loses final of Three J&K mountaineers scale Garhwal peak Canada Open Excelsior Sports Correspondent er from IMF, Wing seam attack vs Indian top-order JAMMU, July 8: Three ace Commander S K CALGARY, July 8: out. Next up US open at LA. Until mountaineers of Mountaineering Kutty was the coor- MANCHESTER, July 8: between them. aggregate of 250 runs is Ross next time Calgary! Cheers !!!," Association of J&K (MAJK) dinator of the selec- Not to forget that all-rounder Taylor (261). Former Commonwealth Kashyap tweeted. namely Stanzin Youthog, Manik tion camp. It has been a dream World Cup Jimmy Neesham (11 wickets) and In terms of batting, they are no Games champion Parupalli Fellow shuttler HS Prannoy Slathia and Ambreen Fatima It is pertinent to campaign for Virat Kohli's men and (5 wickets) match for India where a much crit- Kashyap's impressive run at the had stayed back to help Kashyap have scaled Draupati Ka Danda mention that now everything boils down to hav- take the seamers' tally to 58 wick- icised Dhoni has also scored near Canada Open Super 100 tourna- with oncourt coaching and also peak (5680m) in Garhwal Stanzin Youthog, a ing two perfect days. ets. 300 runs. ment came to an end after he lost acted as a physio after coach Himalaya as a part of selection constable in J&K Amrish Shinde and physio The quest starts with the semi- 'Law of averages' can be a India will fancy first a three-game thriller to China's camp for Pre Everest Police, is an experi- final clash against New Zealand considering Bumrah and Sumansh Sivalanka had to leave Li Shi Feng in the men's singles Expedition. enced mountaineer here tomorrow. And though the for- Mohammed Shami's good early for the US Open World summit clash here. The selection camp was of J&K having the midable Indian top-order, led by form. Tour Super 300 tournament. Sixth seed Kashyap, who organized by Indian distinction of being tournament top-scorer Rohit However, there could A former top-10 player, has produced some gritty per- Mountaineering Foundation the first Indian girl Sharma, is expected to deliver, be some changes in the Kashyap, who has been strug- formances this week, fell short (IMF), the apex body for adven- along with two oth- New Zealand's seam attack will line-up as number of right- gling with injuries for the last against Feng, going down 22-20 ture sports in the country, at ers to scale Shivling also be ready and waiting to knock handers in the New few years, seemed quite fit as he 14-21 17-21 in the finals that Nehru Institute of peak, technically a at the corridor of uncertainty. Zealand line-up may played three-game matches clocked an hour and 16 minutes. Mountaineering (NIM), very difficult peak. It has been a campaign in prompt India to drop one against China's Ren Peng Bo, "Silver it is @yonex- Uttarkashi from June nine to She has also scaled which Kohli and his men have been worry for India simply because the of the two wrist spinners. France's Lucas Claerbout and canadaopen. It was a good fight in June 30. and participated in successfully able to hide their top-order hasn't had a failure as Yuzvendra Chahal, according to the final. Lost to LiShifeng Chinese Taipei's Wang Tzu Wei "A total of 43 mountaineers, Stanzin Youthog, Manik Slathia and chinks even without a suitable 'Plan such, even the loss against Kohli, was a forced change in the many other expedi- (China) ... Can't say it was the best in the run-up to the final. including 10 girls had been short Ambreen Fatima on top of Draupati Ka tions to formidable B' but they don't have an option of England saw Rohit and Kohli last game and it's still not clear I played this week but overall it Kashyap had reached the listed by the IMFI for this selec- Danda (DKD) peak. peaks. letting the script go awry anymore. score runs. whether there's been an injury issue. was a good week here. Thank you semifinals of the India Open early tion camp. Another selection Khajuria. Similarly, The sub-plots promise to be The middle-order hasn't yet Ravindra Jadeja was accurate to all the fans for the support. this year and the final finish at camp was also conducted at Earlier, 43 mountaineers Manik Slathia, a college student, fascinating --- Rohit trying to hook faced a '30 for 3 day' in the compe- in his first appearance and he could Thank you to @prannoy_hs_ for Canada Open is his best perform- Jawahar Institute of from across the country reported a bouncer, KL tition and Boult's first spell under a be in consideration. extending his stay just to help me is also an accomplished moun- ance of the season. (PTI) Mountaineering at NIM, Uttarkashi on June nine. taineer who has successfully Rahul negotiating one from Trent cloudy Manchester sky could In case India go in with three (JIM) Pahalgam in Kashmir Prominent among the trainees completed all the mountaineer- Boult that could tail in, Kohli unsettle the best in the business. seamers, including Bhuvneshwar and a total about 40 moun- were Sheetal, the youngest ing courses and has scaled smashing all around. Also save Hardik Pandya, the Kumar, then Kedar Jadhav, with his taineers are expected to be Or it could be Kane other middle-order batsmen round-arm off-spin apart from mountaineer in the world to Matho Kangri (6230m), Stok selected for the Pre Everest scale Kangchenjunga in 2018 Williamson's near perfect technique haven't inspired the highest confi- cheeky strokes, could once again Massif expedition to a peak Kangri, Kolhai peak in J&K and against spinners or try- dence and that includes Dhoni replace Dinesh Karthik in the mid- and Everest in 2019; Everesters Dharamsura (6420m) in above 7000m scheduled to be Daljinder Singh from Punjab, ing to get a grip of Jasprit Bumrah. despite his 293 runs and a 90 plus dle-order. organized in the post monsoon Himachal Pradesh during an Last but not the least is whether strike-rate. In the end, on a knock-out day, Nanda Dass from Bangalore, Alpine camp organized by IMF. season (August -September)," Khimi Ram from Himachal Mahendra Singh Dhoni is able to He has scored runs on some Kohli wouldn't mind an inside edge Earlier in February this year generals secretary of MAJK, Pradesh and Vineet Joshi from get a hang of 's tricky wickets but he would be cer- to miss stumps or go for a boundary he was among the four moun- Ram Khajuria told SAN. from Andaman- Nocobar Island. slow left-arm orthodox bowling tainly hoping for a lot more against when batting and enjoy the benefits Based on the performance of taineers selected by IMF for an having watched him closely at the the Black Caps. What could go in of a horrible mix-up between oppo- 21 years old Ambreen Fatima of the participants in the Pre Everest J&K had the distinction of being expedition to Everest but unfor- nets. his favour is the pace at which sition batsmen while fielding. expedition final team will be tunately that expedition did not A near flawless campaign Henry and Ferguson would bowl. That's the slice of luck everyone the youngest participant in the selected by the IMF for a major selection camp. mature. On the other hand could come to a naught against a If his horizontal bat shots get needs apart from the 99 percent expedition to scale four prominent Ambreen Fatima of Kargil, a gutsy Black Caps side which has going, Dhoni will be a different effort on a big day. New school building being inaugurated at APS BD The camp started with a peaks in the Everest massif region week- long physical training and student of Govt. College for always asked probing questions in player to deal with. The only time India played in a Bari on Monday. from Everest base camp. Women, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu ICC tournaments. New Zealand's 'achilles heel' World Cup semifinals in England acclimatization which included "The peaks are Mount is a fast upcoming mountaineer To India's comfort, New has been their batting as none from was at the Old Trafford, in their tro- long treks with heavy loads and APS BD Bari New School Everest, the highest peak on the of J&K who has completed the Zealand's tournament has gone on a their top-order, save Williamson phy-winning campaign of 1983 glacial training followed by lat- Earth, Lhotse(8516m), the 4th est techniques of climbing for necessary mountaineering downward spiral during their last (481 runs), have been able to when they had faced the hosts. highest peak in the world, three games but their initial good stamp their authority. England would be up against building inaugurated few days. Then the team shifted courses and has also summited Nuptse (7861m) and Pumori to the base camp of Draupti Ka Matho Kangri (6230m) in work helped them beat Pakistan to Bumrah didn't play the last Australia in the second semifinal on Excelsior Sport Correspondent students. (7161m). The selected moun- Danda peak and finally scaled a last four spot. bilateral series in New Zealand and July 11 in Birmingham. The unveiling of the inaugural Ladakh during an expedition taineers shall also undergo the peak on 25th June. But it couldn't have been more he could prove to be more than a Squads: JAMMU, July 8: In yet anoth- plaque was also done by the stu- organized by MAJK and Deo Winter training during Whereas Anshu Jamsenpa, enticing that Rohit (647), KL handful for the horribly out of form India: Virat Kohli (), er venture in the direction of pro- dents of the school in presence of Tibba (6001m) in Himachal December2019-February, 2020 who has the distinction of scal- Rahul (360) and Virat Kohli (442) (166) and Colin Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Rishabh viding quality education to its stu- the chief guest, Chairman, Pradesh in an expedition organ- before undertaking the expedi- ing Everest five times and twice with a cumulative contribution of Munro (125). Pant, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik dents, APS BD Bari today inau- Principals of Army Public ized by NCC. tion to the peaks," informed within five days was the observ- 1347 runs will meet their match in New Zealand's poor batting is Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, gurated its new school building in Schools of Jammu cluster and Ferguson (17 wickets), Boult (15 reflected from the fact that save Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, the serene campus of BD Bari other dignitaries. wickets) and Matt Henry (10 Williamson, the only other top- Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Cantt, here. Speaking on the occasion, the JKFA Annual League Football Tournament wickets), who have shared 42 order player to have crossed an Mohanmmed Shami, Jasprit Major General Sharad Kapur, chief guest congratulated every- Bumrah, Mayank Agarwal, YSM,SM, Patron of the school body present and wished them all Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav was the chief guest on the occa- a very bright future. New Zealand: Kane sion. The programme concluded J&K Police outplays State Football Williamson (captain), Martin The function began with the with the vote of thanks extended Guptill, , Ross Taylor, Sarv Dharma prayers followed by by Neeta Rawal, Principal APS (wk), , ribbon cutting ceremony by the BD Bari. Academy by a solitary goal Colin de Grandhomme, Jimmy Excelsior Sports Correspondent Neesham, , Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Mitchell SRINAGAR, July 8: In the Samtner, Henry Nicholls, Tim ongoing State Annual League Southee, . Football tournament five match- Match Starts 3 pm. (PTI) es were played at Synthetic Turf TRC Ground, here. Nadal leads charge of In the Premier Division Winners of District Srinagar Table Tennis Championship old brigade into match played between J&K posing for a group photograph on Monday. Police XI and State Football Wimbledon quarter-finals Academy (SFA), both the teams played aggressive football. District Srinagar Table Tennis LONDON, July 8: In the 10th minute of the first Rafael Nadal reached the half, Nanjot Singh converted a free kick directly in the goal, Championship concludes Wimbledon quarter-finals for the Winner receiving man of the match award during Footballers posing for a group photograph during seventh time on Monday as the while in the 25th minute of the Excelsior Sports Correspondent uting prizes among the medal Gufran T20 at Sports Stadium in Doda. JKFA Annual League Football tournament in evergreen 30-somethings of men's 1st half, J&K Police missed an winners, lauded their efforts for Srinagar. tennis threatened to take a stran- open net chance. The first-half SRINAGAR, July 8: The two good show. Senior Division, Qamarwari FC The fourth match of Super glehold at the All England Club. MCC Bhaderwah scripts 78-run ended (1-0) in favour of J&K days District Srinagar Table defeated SFA Blues by one goal Division, Real Kashmir Under- Speaking on the occasion, the Third seed Nadal, the 2008 Police. The 2nd half of the match Tennis Championship 2019, to nil (1-0). In the second match 18 team defeated Hyderya FC by chief guest said that sports is the and 2010 champion, swept to an was dominated by young boys of organized by District Srinagar win over Kishtwar Warriors of Senior Division Radpora FC two goals to nil (2-0). best medium to keep ourselves easy 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 win over out- SFA, who penetrated the defence Table Tennis Association con- defeated Young Mohammedan The tournament is being physically and mentally fit. classed Joao Sousa of Portugal. Excelsior Sports Correspondent side, Adil Wani, Sohail and line of J&K Police, many a time, cluded at Indoor Sports Complex, FC by four goals to nil (4-0), organized by District Football The Championship was He will next play either Sam Mubashir Hussain took 3 wickets but could not find the nets. here. while in third match of Super Association Srinagar, Medical organised by Srinagar District Querrey or Tennys Sandgren in DODA, July 8: Masood each. The match ended with J&K Around 100 players took part Division played between Jehlum Partner Rahim Green and Table Tennis Association under what will be his 39th appearance Cricket Club (MCC) Bhaderwah In reply, Kishtwar Warriors Police defeating SFA XI by a in the Sub-Junior, Junior and FC and Young Maharaja Club, Football Sponsor Sports the aegis of J&K Table Tennis in a Grand Slam quarter-final. thrashed Kishtwar Warriors by 78 bundled out for paltry total of 73 solitary goal. Senior categories. Mushtaq Jehlum FC won by 2-0 goals. International (VECTOR). The 33-year-old Spaniard is runs in the ongoing All India 15th runs in 13.5 overs as none of their Earlier, the 1st match of Ahmad Zargar, Manager Indoor Association and was sponsored chasing his 19th title at the majors, Gufran Memorial T20 Cricket batsmen showed much resistance Stadium was the chief guest, by J&K State Sports Council. which would put him just one Championship being played at against the disciplined bowling of while Manager Gindun Stadium, “District Shopian DDC inaugurates provincial level behind the all-time record of 20 Sports Stadium, here today. Masood Cricket Club Sheikh Tulal Ahmad was the Championship will be held on held by Roger Federer -- his poten- The tournament is organized Bhaderwah. Burhan Qazi top guest of honour. July 13 and 14, 2019,” informed tial opponent in the semi-finals. by Young Star Cricket Club Doda scored with 37 runs while Adil The chief guest while distrib- Secretary of the Association. inter-district sports competition "It was a good, solid match. and sponsored by J&K Bank Ltd, Ahmed added 12 runs to the total. It's true that the serve probably Zum Zum Sweets (Kud Wale), From bowling side, Abid Excelsior Sports Correspondent As many as 1000 students DDC said the administration didn't work as good as two days Mumtaz Building Material Doda, Mushtaq and Rashid Ali bagged 3 from all age groups including is putting all possible efforts to BANDIPORA, July 8: boys and girls from across the support and channelize the talent ago," said Nadal, who had been Hotel Doda Darbar, Green Model wickets each, while Shafqat and District Development state are participating in the of the youth in the right directions. equally ruthless in the third round Hr Sec School Doda, Shaheen Jaleel Bhat claimed 2 wickets Pub Hr Sec School Doda, Chenab Commissioner (DDC) Bandipora sports activities including He said the sports infrastruc- against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga when each. Jaleel Bhat of Masood Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza inaugurat- Throwball, Handball and kick- ture is being developed in every Valley Pub Hr Sec School Doda, he lost just seven games. Cricket Club Bhaderwah was ed the provincial level inter-dis- boxing. Four matches were village of the district and during "Happy to be where I am and Natnoo Furnishing House, Angel declared as the man of the match trict sports competition, here played on the day-one in Under- the recent 'Back to Village' pro- the body is holding well, playing Light and Tent House Doda. for his all- round performance today. 17 and Under 19 Category. The gram numerous playground were some good tennis -- and straight The organisers are being sup- who was given prize by Prop The competition was organ- tourney will continue till 20th of either inaugurated or foundations sets helps." Also joining Nadal in ported by District Administration Zum Zum Sweets Doda Sahil ised by the Department of Youth this month. were laid for providing an oppor- the last-eight was his compatriot and District Police Doda. Choudhary and Rajid Ali Wani. Services and Sports, J&K. On the occasion, DDC tunity for the youth to channelize Roberto Bautista Agut who Earlier, batting first after win- The match was officiated by Bandipora called upon the youth their energy. ning the toss, MCC Bhaderwah reached his first Wimbledon Harish Raza and Yousuf Raza as especially girls to vigorously He said keeping in view the scored 150 runs 19.1 overs. Khalsa CC quarter-final and second at the umpires, while Ashok Sharma participate in sports and athletic interest of the youngsters in Prateek Bhardwaj top scored with majors this year when he defeat- was the TV umpire and Sandeep drubs Friends activities apart from pursuing sports, the administration is duty- ed France's Benoit Paire 6-3, 7-5, 42 runs while Jaleel Bhat con- their academic and curricular bound to provide opportunities to Army Officers presenting trophy to the Captain of winning team Kaushik maintained the score- 6-2. (Agencies) tributed 32 runs. From bowling Club by 7 wkts activities. He said the youth of the youngsters and for the same in Kargil. Excelsior/Basharat Ladakhi book. Bandipora are performing well sports infrastructure is being Excelsior Sports Correspondent in sports activities and have developed on a large scale. He DLS Shimsha lifts Captain Barty, Gauff, Pliskova exit Wimbledon JAMMU, July 8: Khalsa earned laurels for the district at said recently flood lights have national and international level. been installed in SK Stadium Cricket Club defeated Friends He said the district has produced Bandipora and soon day-night Saurabh Kalia LoC Cup as Serena coasts through Cricket Club by 7 wickets in the some of the popular sportsper- matches will be played at the sta- ongoing JKCA District Jammu sons including young kickbox- dium that will be the new attrac- Excelsior Sports Correspondent as an outcome and this tourna- LONDON, July 8: by compatriot Karolina Muchova places too." The prospect of play- Cricket Tournament, being ing champion Tajamul Islam tion for the sports-loving people ment is one of such outcome. World number one Ashleigh 4-6, 7-5, 13-11 Williams, bidding ing Williams did not have her played at GGM Science College while youngsters have also of the district. Joint Director KARGIL, July 8: DLS The GOC while talking on Barty's hopes of becoming the for a 24th Grand Slam title to tie knees knocking together in fear Hostel ground, here. shown extraordinary interest in Planning Imtiyaz Ahmad was Shimsha defeated Yuva Karkit by this occasion appreciated the tal- first Australian women's champi- with Australian Margaret Court, either: "Bring it on!" Earlier, batting first, Friends several other sports activities present on the occasion. 3 wickets and lifted the title trophy ent of the youth of Shingo Zone on in nearly four decades were will play Riske next after trounc- Halep unlike Gauff's previous Cricket Club scored 124 runs in including football. of Captain Saurabh Kalia LoC and encouraged them to try their dashed on Monday, opening the ing Carla Suzarez Navarro 6-2, 6- opponents did not let a partisan 27.3 overs. Yasir top scored Cup 2019 at Captain Saurabh talent at State and National Level. way for Serena Williams to 2. crowd nor some audacious with 48 runs, while Amit and Kalia Ground Kaksar, here. He said the tournament was potentially equal the all-time "It is a tough one to swallow strokeplay by the American Vishal contributed 21 and 11 Waheed's 7-wkt haul guides YCC 32 teams from Shingo Valley an initiative of the youth of Grand Slam haul. but I lost to a better player," said unnerve her and always had the runs respectively. From Khalsa participated in the tournament, Kaksar to pay homage to Late At the opposite end of the age Barty, who had been hoping to upper hand. Club, Pushpinder, Harjot and to big win in Poonch Cricket which is an annual feature being Captain Saurabh Kalia who was scale to 37-year-old Williams, 15- become the first Australian cham- Gauff did save three match Gurpreet took 2 wickets each. year-old Coco Gauff could not pion since Evonne Goolagong points but in the end former world Excelsior Sports Correspondent each. organized by Youth Federation one of them before Kargil War In reply, Khalsa Club chased summon up yet another magical Cawley won her second title in number one Halep had little trou- In reply, Malik Club lost all Kaksar, in collaboration with and used to play cricket with the the target easily in 15.5 overs by performance as the crowd-pleas- 1980. ble in closing out the match. POONCH, July 8: Brilliant 7- their wickets for 123 runs in 20.5 Indian Army since 2005. youth of the Village at the same losing 3 wickets to win the haul by Waheed today overs with Ajaz being top scorer On this occasion, GoC 8 ground. ing American went down 6-3, 6- For Riske it was perhaps an "I'm a really pumped play- 3, to battle-hardened Romanian unexpected early wedding pres- er. That's my personality. Of match by 7 wickets. Harpreet guided YCC to a big win by 130 contributing 32 runs to the total. Mountain Division Major He further added that this Simona Halep. ent -- she gets married after course I still I want it or else I top scored with 61 runs, while runs over Malik Club Seri in the Waheed was the pick of the General, Sanjeev Dogra was the Tournament was started in 2005 Having looked assured last Wimbledon Stephen Amritraj, the wouldn't be here." Williams has Gurdeep and Gurpreet con- ongoing District Poonch Cricket bowlers from YCC, who claimed chief guest and Commander 121 by the youths of Kaksar to pay week, while Williams was not son of former Indian Davis Cup teamed up with another former tributed 17 and 14 runs to the Tournament being organised by seven wickets by conceding 50 Infantry Brigade, Councillor homage to the martyr of Kargil altogether convincing, it was 23- player Anand -- but extremely world number one Andy total respectively. From FCC, Jammu and Kashmir Cricket runs, to restrict opponent to a Hardass Altaf Hussain, Sajjad War particularly to Late Captain year-old Australian Barty who well-earned. Murray in the mixed doubles to Sagar bagged 2 wickets, while Association (JKCA) at Sports small total. Kargili, Social Activist and Saurabh Kalia. cracked and went down in three It will be the 29-year-old's accrue more matches and she Ajay clamed one wicket. Stadium, here today. He was adjudged as the man Mohammad Hamza from The event has now become a sets to unseeded American Alison first appearance in a Grand Slam said that the more she played Harpreet of Khalsa Club was Earlier, batting first, YCC set of match for his magnificent SEWAK and army officers were tourist attraction and people visit Riske 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. quarter-final. she more she was finding her declared as the man of the a target of 254 runs for nine bowling display. also present. Kaksar to witness the tournament There was one consolation for "I had to play aggressive. I rhythm. "It definitely is good, match for his magnificent bat- wickets in allotted 40 overs. The match was officiated by Appreciating the coordination during these days. Barty as Karolina Pliskova could had to take it to Ash," said Riske. I know that I can play and now ting display. Zahid, Ravi and Amit scored 57, Rajinder Singh Toofan and between the people and the Army Later the chief guest distrib- have taken her number one spot "The grass definitely brings that I'm feeling better physical- The match was officiated by 55 and 52 runs respectively. Sanjay Misri as umpires while he said that such coordination is uted prizes and awards among the but the Czech third seed went out out the best in me. Hopefully it ly, I almost feel a relief more Ashok Singh, Vijay Raina and From Malik club, Farooq and Amandeep Sharma maintained required and has a fruitful result winners and runners-up teams. as well in a marathon duel beaten will rub off and happen in other than anything. (Agencies) Saleem-ur-Rehman. Mukhtiar claimed three wickets the scorebook.