SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Rasool finds place in team Aussies push for series clean Dhoni, Nehra, Rahane to get match Virat takes charge; Yuvi, Nehra sweep over Pakistan time in warm-ups against England make comeback, Pant new face SYDNEY, Jan 6: caught behind off Yasir for 59 off fours and three sixes and was the MUMBAI, Jan 6: Hardik Pandya, who got MUMBAI, Jan 6: Yuvraj was in splendid form Champions Trophy given their 43 balls to finish the series with second fastest in Test history after during the Ranji Trophy and experience in English conditions. Australia were nine injured during the Test series 441 runs at 110.25. Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq's Short of match practice, Indian entered a new scored 672 runs in five games at Top spinners Ravichandran away from a series clean sweep against England, has also been smashed the 21 balls against Australia in Abu Mahendra Singh Dhoni and era as was today offi- an average of 84 with a highest Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will and Pakistan an improbable 410 named in the A squad for the cially anointed for all second fastest 50 in Test history Dhabi in 2014. Ajinkya Rahane will captain the score of 260 against Baroda be playing all six matches while a runs from victory with one day opening warm-up. He finds a three formats as he took over to give Australia a flying start in But Warner perished when he India A team for two warm-up place in both T20 and ODI teams before he took a break due to his fit-again has left in the third Test in Sydney on matches against England at CCI leadership for the limited-overs marriage. been picked only for the ODIs. Friday. their chase for runs and a declara- missed in a lusty swing and was for the England series. series against England where vet- tion. bowled by Wahab Riaz for 55 off here next week. Young -wicketkeeper "We should appreciate how His replacement opener, who Spinner Nathan Lyon grabbed Dhoni, who has not played a erans and Ashish Yuvraj has played. He did is likely to partner KL Rahul in the of debutant opener The explosive Warner 27 balls. Younis Khan was left batsman Rishabh Pant, who has Nehra will make a comeback. smashed leg-spinner Yasir for six, unconquered on 175 as Pakistan competitive game in over two impressed this Ranji extremely well in domestic crick- T20s would be Punjab's Mandeep Sharjeel Khan for 40, caught at months, will lead the While Mahendra Singh six, four, four in the fourth over lost their last two wickets in an Trophy season, has got Singh. Batsman mid-wicket, nearing stumps to India A side in the Dhoni, after more than nine years has of the innings, and then clouted hour's play post-lunch after rain his maiden India call- have Pakistan at 55 for one. opening warm-up here at the helm, will play only as made it to both the Imran Khan for four consecutive up. The attacking keeper-batsman, the national At the close, Pakistan's lead- washed out the first session. on January 10. Rahane, squads. southpaw too has been selection committee under MSK ing series scorer Azhar Ali was boundaries in the seventh over. "We want to finish this Test who is coming back The Indian pace in the A team led by Prasad's chairmanship named 11 with nightwatchman His breathless half-century series on a good note," Younis from an injury, will attack also remains the Rahane. rookie Delhi keeper Rishabh Pant Yasir Shah on three. came off 23 balls with seven said. (Agencies) captain the team in the same in both the for- The Rahane-led in the T20 squad giving an indica- Skipper Steve Smith called a second warm-up on mats with Umesh side for game on tion as to whom they consider halt to Australia's second innings January 12. Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Munro belts New Zealand January 12 is full of Dhoni's successor. at 241 for two with 16 overs left Teams picked the Parvez Rasool Kumar and yorker spe- domestic performers The selection committee on the fourth day and the tourists practice games com- cialist such as Parvez Rasool, Deepak meeting today had its share of facing the herculean task of scor- to T20 series win prise fresh faces as well experi- et, which has been appreciated," sharing the workload with seam- Hooda, Ishan Kishan, Vijay drama and was delayed by three ing 465 for victory. MOUNT MAUNGANUI, Sabbir Rahman and Soumya enced players, who are coming Prasad told mediapersons about er-all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Usman Khawaja was left Shankar, Ashok Dinda, Vinay hours on technical grounds before Jan 6: Sarkar made a bold attempt to run back from injuries or layoffs. a go ahead from the Lodha panel Yuvraj, who is making a come- Team for 3 ODIs: Virat Kohli unbeaten on 79 off 98 balls and Kumar and Shahbaz Nadeem, down the target after Bangladesh Among the star attractions at set the proceedings rolling. back nine months after the World (Captain), Mahendra Singh Peter Handscomb was on 40 off Colin Munro produced a mas- who is the leading wicket-taker slumped to 36-3 in the fifth over. CCI will be Dhoni, who will be Today's meeting was con- T20 last year. Dhoni (wk), KL Rahul, Shikhar this Ranji Trophy. 25 balls. Handscomb finished terclass of controlled aggression The pair piled on 68 off 40 playing his first match since step- vened by BCCI CEO Rahul Johri The two teams saw veteran Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Kedar with a series average of 114.66. to smash 101 off 54 balls as New deliveries, including 21 off a Colin ping down from India's limited India A team for 1st warm-up after joint Secretary Amitabh Nehra, who underwent surgery Jadhav, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya "I think the position we're in Zealand coasted to a 47-run win de Grandhomme over before a overs captaincy. tie: Shikhar Dhawan, Mandeep Chaudhary stood disqualified after sustaining an injury during Rahane, Hardik Pandya, is pretty good, the way the guys in the second against spectacular collapse in which The other big names to feature Singh, Amabti Rayudu, Yuvraj owing to the Supreme Court ver- IPL, make a comeback. His selec- , Ravindra batted today, especially Davy Bangladesh on Friday. seven wickets fell for 44 runs. in the opening warm-up will be Singh, MS Dhoni (captain), dict, which sacked the entire tion indicated the dearth of quality Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Jasprit Warner, to get those runs as The comprehensive victory at With Sabbir and Soumya Yuvraj Singh and Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson, BCCI top brass last week. left-arm seamers in the horizon Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar, Umesh quickly as possible and do some Mount Maunganui gave New scoring with ease, and the who both have made a return to , Yuzvendra Among the notable omissions, and no one can question Nehra's Yadav pretty unselfish batting," pace- Zealand an unbeatable 2-0 lead in required run rate after 10 overs at the national team after a nine- Chahal, Ashish Nehra, Mohit Ajinkya Rahane has been dropped craft with the white kookaburra. Team for 3 T20Is: Virat Kohli man Josh Hazlewood said. the three-match series, and fol- 9.3, New Zealand were forced to month gap. The seasoned players Sharma, S Kaul. from the T20 team and Pant With the three ODIs against (Captain), Mahendra Singh "The wicket's still pretty lows their 3-0 sweep of the 50- bring back Trent Boult, their main last played for India in the World India A team for 2nd warm-up replaces him as a batsman who England, starting January 15, Dhoni (wk), Mandeep Singh, KL good, but I think there's enough over matches. strike bowler, earlier than expect- T20 in March. tie: Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya will also be Dhoni's understudy in being the only 50-over matches Rahul, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh there to create nine more With Munro in sublime form, ed for his third over. Nehra in fact is yet to play a Rahane (captain), , limited overs for the time being. before the Champions Trophy in Raina, Rishabh Pant, Hardik chances, if it's reverse swing or hitting seven sixes and as many Boult immediately removed competitive game after sustaining Deepak Hooda, Ishan Kishan, "We know what Mahi is all England, the selectors named all Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, spin." fours in his whirlwind innings, Soumya for 39 and Sabbir fell to an injury during IPL and subse- Sheldon Jackson, Vijay Shankar, about, he is a captain by nature, a the top players in both teams bar- Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Smith was out in a review New Zealand posted a daunting Ish Sodhi for 48 to start a slide quently undergoing surgery in the Shahbaz Nadeem, Pervez Rasool, leader from the front," Prasad ring Rahane. Chahal, Manish Pandey, Jasprit after 'Hot Spot' detected a faint 195-7. Bangladesh in reply were that saw Bangladesh all out with United Kingdom. He will be mak- Vinay Kumar, , showered accolades on the outgo- Both Nehra and Yuvraj will Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar, Ashish edge off his glove and was all out for 148 in the 19th over. 11 balls remaining. (Agencies) ing a comeback after six months. Ashok Dinda. (PTI) ing captain. also be needed during the Nehra. (PTI) J&K's Ian, Shubham excel Sharan-Raja a win away from third ATP title Pant celebrates India call-up CHENNAI, Jan 6: much but an all-Indian final this year," he said. would be great. The Indians, who will play The ever-improving Divij "We don't think about these the Australian Open main draw, with breezy knock at T20 Cup Sharan and Purav Raja livened things. We try to win each outclassed their rivals in the up the Chennai Open for home match. Playing against Rohan opening set, losing only three MUMBAI, Jan 6: posted a decent 149-5 in 20 overs. fans by storming into the doubles and Jeevan or any other players points on their serve. Both of Later, Reliance 1 lost wickets after final as they scalped the second will give us the same points but them were class act at the net as Delhi's left-handed wicket- Pant's blitzkrieg, but they man- seeded Argentines Guillermo keeper- batsman Rishabh Pant, yes it will be good if the two they played some delectable vol- aged to emerge winners in the end Duran and Andres Molteni, here Indian teams play," Raja said. leys that just dropped dead. named in the national T20 squad, with 10 balls to spare. today. gave a glimpse of his prowess on Sharan also said that they Raja did not lose a single India's ODI batsman Manish Unseeded Sharan and Raja have set themselves the target of point on his serve in the opening the third day of the 13th DY Patil were in complete control of their T20 Cup today. getting into top-30 in 2017. set even as he lost serve twice in semifinal, save two breaks they Reliance 1's Pant, named "It's a great start to the sea- the second. Sharan yet again today in India's T20 squad to take suffered in second set, in a 6-4 6- son. If you are ranked better, it stood out with his service on the visiting England team, 2 win in the quarterfinal lasting helps in getting good tourna- games, losing only five points in slammed a 14-ball 43, a knock 63 minutes. ments. We want to be in top-30 the entire match. (PTI) that included five towering sixes It will be the third ATP level and two boundaries, at the DY final together for Sharan and Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Raja, having won titles in Bogota Kashmir boys to play in It was this innings that set up (2013) and Los Kabos (2016). Reliance 1's narrow three-wicket Shubham Ian Dev Raja has played a final with win over Tata Sports Club. Fabrice Martin in Zagreb where Spanish football club Supplementing Pant's heroics Pandey, playing on the adjoining they ended runners-up in 2015. SRINAGAR, Jan 6: The paramilitary force also was his India T20 teammate University Ground at the same When India's challenge has entered into a contract with the time, scored a 26-ball 30, but his already ended in the singles, and From the shadow of guns in foreign club as part of the talent Hardik Pandya, who scored a Srinagar to football grounds in brisk 28-ball 36 with two sixes side BPCL lost to DY Patil 'B' by a veteran star Leander Paes has drive it undertook. Spain, it will be a long journey for and a boundary. narrow two- wicket margin with also exited, the Sharan-Raja pair "The club has agreed to take Batting first, Tata Sports Club just one ball to spare. has kept the home fans interest- two Kashmiri boys who will be the first from the Valley to play in on contract the two players in the Nimmi Mattoo, who was Earlier in the day, RBI Sports ed in the tournament. January window. This is the first Club beat Canara Bank by seven It can get even better if the prestigious Spanish league. unanimously Basit Ahmed and Md Asrar time that any Indian player will elected as secre- wickets at the DY Patil Stadium Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan be playing for the Spanish club," and CAG posted an emphatic Nedunchezhiyan win their semi- Rehbar, both aged 18, will play tary Welfare a senior official said. nine-wicket win over ONGC at final tomorrow to set up an all- with Sociedad Deportiva Lenense Committee, NCC Both players have played the University Ground. Indian final. They play fourth Proinastur -- a third division pro- Staff of NCC fessional club from the Spanish national juniors, with Rehbar hav- J&K's Shubham Khajuria seeds Nicholas Monroe from the ing played in the Santosh and Directorate of and Iaan Dev Singh hit brilliant USA and Artem Sitak from New La Liga -- for a full season of Jammu and about 6 months. Durand tournaments, and were knocks of 43 and 45 runs while Zealand. chosen from among many who Kashmir. Jatinder Kumar representing ONGC and Tata Paes was impressed with La Liga is the national foot- Sharma, Senior Accounts ball league in Spain. took part in trials by the CRPF Sports Club in Group C and their 'I-formation' style of play committee in coordination with the Officer was appointed as the Group B respectively. and they said it was giving them Ahmed, a centre-forward, and Jammu and Kashmir football club. returning officer, while the The tournament now takes a excellent results. Rehbar, who plays on the wing, All expenses of the two other members include break on the weekend and the "It really helps playing the I- hail from Srinagar and were cho- Gulshan Kumar, Jatinder action will resume on January 9. formation. It keeps the players sen by a special committee youngsters will be paid by the Singh and Kartar Chand. (PTI) guessing which way the ball will formed by the CRPF to pick foot- Spanish club as per the terms of move. It has worked for us," balling talent from the Kashmir the contract signed by the Central OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER, PROJECT WING, Jammu Sharan, who hails from Delhi, Valley as part of its inititiave to Reserve Police Force with them. Gladni Grid Complex, Narwal Jammu, J&K said. engage with the youth. (PTI) Tel./Fax No.- 0191-2476252 email: [email protected] Asked which pair they would No.:- CE/PWD/1796 Dated: 04-01-2017 prefer playing in the final, Raja School girl participating in EXTENSION NO. 1 said it does not matter to them In view of no response the below mentioned -eNIT issued for Rural Electrification works Kohli natural in District Kathua under DDUGJY/PMDP, the last date of submission of e-bid is hereby boxing tournament dies in TN extended as per mentioned details. choice to succeed THOOTHUKUDI, people. S.No District e-NIT Last date for Last date for Opening of TAMIL NADU, Jan 6: After finishing the first round No./Date submission submission of technical bid Dhoni: Ganguly of boxing, she was practicing for of e-bid Hard copies online (extended) A Class 9 girl student died extended extended KOLKATA, Jan 6: while participating in the district- the second round when she sud- 1. Kathua e-NIT No 25-1-2017 27-01-2017 28-01-2017 denly collapsed and fell on the Former India captain Sourav level boxing tournament at 09/CE/PWJ 4 P.M 4 P.M 11 A.M District Sports Ground, here ground this afternoon. She was DDUGJY/ Ganguly today said that Virat rushed to a private hospital where PMDP/ Kohli's elevation to captaincy today. the doctors referred her to the KATHUA across all formats will bring Police said K Mareeswari Government headquarters hospi- under success to the team in equal (14) studying in a Government tal (GH). CE/PWJ/ measure. higher secondary school at 823 dated: The GH doctors declared her Terming Kohli as a natural Soreespuram in Thoothukudi dis- 30-11-2016 trict was selected for participating brought dead. Her body was sent choice to succeed Mahendra Sd/- in the boxing tournament at the Singh Dhoni, Ganguly said: for post-mortem. DIP/J-8092 Chief Engineer district level Khelo India, a The cause of her death would Dt : 6-1-2017 Project Wing (Jammu) "He is the right successor (to national sports event meant to be ascertained only after post- Dhoni) in one-day encourage sports among rural Internationals and T20Is. He mortem, police said. (UNI) will be equally fantastic, there's no doubt about that." Sakshi shines but Jaipur Having led India in Tests format successfully, Kohli was today anointed limited overs post 4-3 win over Delhi skipper ahead of their three ODIs and three T20Is series NEW DELHI, Jan 6: wrestling Stadium was waiting for and Sakshi showed her mettle with against England beginning Pro Wrestling League's new an 8-0 lead over another Indian January 15. (PTI) entrant Jaipur Ninjas continued Pooja Dhanda after the first round Services drubs their brilliant run in the ongoing itself in women's 58kg weight second edition of the tournament division. Telangana 7-0 with a 4-3 win over Delhi Sultans, Starting off with a point, she led by star Indian wrestler Sakshi KOZHIKODE, Jan 6: studied her rival carefully before Malik, here today. pinning her down and flipping her Services drubbed Jaipur had it easy against over to take a huge opening round Delhi as they rode on the brilliant Telangana 7-0 while Tamil lead. performance by the Georgian duo Nadu outplayed Lakshadweep Having taken the mat for the of Elizbar Odikadze and Jakob first time after the Rio Games, 2-0 on the second day's play of Makarashvili, Olympic medallist the 71st Santosh Trophy Jenny Fransson and emerging Sakshi never looked as if she was National football tournament Indian wrestler Vinod Kumar away from the arena for so long, in progress at the corporation Omprakash to take an unassail- as the 24-year-old kept increasing stadium here. able 4-1 lead after five bouts out the points in the second round as Services dominated the pro- of a total seven, but all eyes were well and won it 16-0 via technical ceedings from the beginning set on Rio Olympics bronze superiority in 5 minutes and 32 with Mandeep Singh (86th and medallist Sakshi Malik to restore seconds. The 2014 senior Asian 2nd minute of second half pride for Delhi Sultans. bronze medallist Pooja proved to injury time) and Arjun Tudu Having already lost the match be a cropper against her much superior Indian colleague. (62nd and 3rd min of second to Jaipur, the onus was on Delhi Earlier, Sakshi's fiance half injury time) scoring twice Sultans' captain Sakshi, India's first ever woman wrestler to win Satyawart Kadian, who is also for the winners. representing Delhi Sultans, Jain netted the first goal at an Olympic medal, to give her team something to cheer about and could hardly pose a threat to the third minute of I half injury she did not disappoint. Elizbar Odikadze of Georgia in time while Irshad scored at the It was the tie that the noisy full the men's 97kg weight division in 47th minute. (PTI) house crowd at the KD Jadav the first bout of the evening. (PTI)