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THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Ishuk, Vidit, Abhishek make it to semis India survive last-ball scare of Six Red Ball Tournament to clinch T20 series Excelsior Sports Correspondent third and fourth sets to enter into Gawri and Adnan Lone made a HARARE, June 22: succession turned the match was quick to deposit them into the semis of the tournament. good start, but luck favoured in favour of India. the stands over mid wicket. JAMMU, June 22: Cueists In the first quarterfinal match, Vidit, who won the frame by 44- India survived a mighty Masakadza was adjudged The leggie finally removed Ishuk Chowdhary, Vidit Gawri Ishuk Chowdhary beat Sourav 31 points. last-ball scare before clinch- lbw after attempting a sweep Moor but the target was very and Abhishek Pathania defeated Dogra by 3-1 frames. Sourav reg- In the second and third ing the T20 series 2-1 with a off left-arm spinner Axar Patel much within reach as their rivals and made it to the istered win in the first frame by frames, Vidit played magnificent nervy three-run victory over a before Kulkarni trapped Zimbabwe needed 51 off the semifinals of the ongoing Open 47-09 points, while Ishuk with his game and registered berth in the spirited Zimbabwe in the third Sibanda in front of the last 36 balls. J&K State Six Red Ball Prize excellent skills, equalized the semis of the tournament by win- and final Twenty20 Money Tournament, being game by clinching the second ning the frames by 38-11 and SCOREBOARD International here today. organized by the J&K Billiards frame by 34-18 points. 36-22 points. India: The series decider went and Snooker Association at Ishuk again proved his met- Abhishek Pathania also KL Rahul b Madziva 22 right down to the last ball made it to the semifinal stage of Mandeep Singh c Maruma b Tiripano 4 after Zimbabwe restricted the tournament by crushing Ambati Rayudu c Chigumbura b Cremer 20 India to 138 for six and got Aseem Ghai by 3-2 frames. In Manish Pandey run out (Chigumbura) 0 close to the target before end- the first frame, Abhishek Kedar Jadhav c Chigumbura b Tiripano 58 ing at 135 for six. Earlier, emerged winner by 38-23 MS Dhoni b Tiripano 9 Kedar Jadhav bailed India out points, while Aseem made a Axar Patel not out 20 Dignitaries posing alongwith wrestlers at Gurah Kalyal, tehsil of trouble with a timely 58 off come back and won the second Dhawal Kulkarni not out 1 Billawar, district Kathua. 42 balls. frame by 37-10 points. Extras: (LB-1, W-3) 4 Zimbabwe, needing 21 Abhishek clinched the third Total: (For 6 wkts; 20 overs) 138 Cueists aiming at their target during matches in the ongoing runs off the final over, were in frame by 38-21 points, while Gurjeet, Kala share first Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-27, 3-27, 4-76, 5-93, 6-122. Six Red Ball Tourney at Billiards Hall, MA Stadium, Jammu on touching distance of a famous Aseem again equalized the game Bowling: T Chatara 4-1-34-0, D Tiripano 4-0-20-3, N Madziva Wednesday. —Excelsior/Rakesh series win until Barinder Sran by winning the fouth frame by 4-0-32-1, C Chibhabha 4-0-19-0, G Cremer 4-0-32-1. held his nerve for a dramatic Billiards Hall, MA Stadium, tle and won the third frame by 46-32 points. In the last and the position in wrestling competition Zimbabwe: finish to the game. here today. 36-12 points and also made a deciding frame, Abhishek came Excelsior Sports Correspondent Shiva from Dina Nagar, Chibhabha c Chahal b Sran 5 Elton Chigumbura (16) and Vidit had no difficulty to clean sweep in the fourth frame out to be winner by 40-17 points Sunny from Himachal Pradesh, Masakadza lbw b Patel 15 Timycen Maruma (23 not out) mark a win over Adnan, while by 42-00 points. and sailed into the semis of the KATHUA, June 22: A wrestling Sukha from Amritsar, Vicky Sibanda lbw b Kulkarni 28 almost pulled off the chase in Ishuk after losing the first frame Vidit Gawri outplayed tournament. competition was organized by from Shimla and Sunny from Moor c Mandeep Singh b Chahal 26 the final over as Sran conced- to Sourab, equalized the game in Adnan Lone in the second quar- Marker Rakesh Sharma Modern Dangal Committee, Gurah Rajasthan exhibited outstanding Waller c Bumrah b Kulkarni 10 ed a six off the first ball, fol- the second frame and continued terfinal by straight 3-0 frames. acted as scorer of the matches. Kalyal, tehsil Billawar. performances. Chigumbura c Chahal b Sran 16 lowed by two fours including the winning momentum in the In the first frame, both Vidit On the occasion, SDM The members of the organiz- Maruma not out 23 one on a no-ball. Billawar Rajesh Basotra was the ing committee were Randhir Extras: (LB-8, W-3, NB-1) 12 A four was needed off the chief guest, while Tehsildar Singh Kotwal, Dr Tara Chand, Total: (6 wickets in 20 overs) 135 final ball but Chigumbura Vikas through to quarters, closes Ramkote, Tehsildar Billawar Babu Ram, Kuldeep Kumar Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-57, 3-60, 4-86, 5-104, 6-135 ended up hitting a low full and SHO Billawar were guests Gupta, Mohammad Rafiq, Shiv Bowling: Sran 4-1-31-2, Kulkarni 4-0-23-2, straight into the hands of of honour. Dass, Feroz Din, Krishan Chand Bumrah 4-0-23-0, Patel 4-0-18-1, Chahal 4-0-32-1. in on Olympic berth Gurjeet from Amritsar and Padha, Vipan Sharma, Verinder Yuzvendra Chahal at cover, BAKU, June 22: too hard for this win. The the summit clash of his weight Kala from Dina Nagar shared Singh Kotwal, Dharmesh Gupta, triggering wild celebrations stumps. However, two tight overs Georgian guy tried his best but category to clinch a Rio spot. first place, while second posi- Sanju Gupta, Ramesh Verma, by the away side. Peter Moor got into the act by Jaspirt Bumrah and Patel Former Asian Games gold- Vikas kept his composure and in After a rest day today, Vikas, tion was shared by Nisar from Rakesh, Ali Mohammad and The second-string Indian after Sibanda's dismissal, pun- made life tougher for the medallist Vikas Krishan (75kg) the end it was easy for him," Manoj and Sumit will compete Doda and Kulbir from Jammu. Puran Singh. team had to work a lot hard- ishing a wayward Chahal for opposition, who had to depend became the third Indian boxer to national coach Gurbax Singh in their respective quarterfinal er in the T20 series in com- three sixes. Chahal offered a on Malcolm Waller and enter the quarters of the World Sandhu told PTI. bouts tomorrow. Devendro, on parison to three ODIs where couple of long hops and Moor Chigumbura. (PTI) Olympic Qualifying Vikas, a former World the other hand, will be seen in they blanked Zimbabwe eas- Tournament here and be just one Championships bronze-medal- action on Friday. ily. win away from booking a berth list, joined Manoj Kumar (64kg) Devendro will face Spain's The home team made a in the Rio Games this August. and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) in Samuel Heredia, who stunned confident start to the run Seeded second in his draw, the quarterfinals. All three have top seed Dmytro Zamotaev of chase, reaching 40 for one in Vikas out-witted Georgia's to make the semis to book an Ukraine. Zamotaev is a World the first six overs. Kvachatadze Zaal 3-0 late last Olympic berth besides being Championships and European After the early departure night to advance to the last-eight assured of a medal. Championships bronze-medal- of Chamu Chibhabha, the stage where he will take on Commonwealth Games sil- list. experienced duo of Vusi Korea's Lee Dongyun. ver-medallist L Devendro Singh Manoj, a former Sibanda (28) and Hamilton "Vikas dominated all three (49kg), seeded fourth, is through Commonwealth Games gold- Masakadza (15) looked com- rounds and did not have to work to the semifinals but has to be in medallist, will face Tajikistan's fortable against the Indian Rakhimov Shavkatdzhon. pace attack. Sumit, on the other hand, will be Sibanda came out with an Painting, Theatre Workshop conclude up against Russia's Petr aggressive intent and put pres- Khamukov. sure on the bowlers especially Excelsior Correspondent work as a mission to promote art, Dignitaries awarding winner of 53rd Aghar Jitto Kesari Dangal. Selected students posing for photograph. The tournament has 39 Dhawal Kulkarni, who was culture and literature. —Excelsior/Mengi hammered for three consecu- JAMMU, June 22: Jammu and qualifying spots up for grabs - Giving details Director tive boundaries in his second Kashmir Centre for Creative Art - two in the 49kg category, JKCCA, O P Sharma, said that over. Placement drive held (JKCCA) Jammu in collaboration five each in 52kg, 56kg, 60kg, Amir wins 53rd Aghar Centre is working with missionary Sran, who ended with fig- Excelsior Correspondent On the basis of their merit in with Kala Kendra Jammu con- 64kg, 69kg, 75kg and 81kg, zeal for promotion of art, culture ures of 4/10 on his T20 debut the test, the students were called cluded valedictory function of and one each in 91kg and and languages since 1999. It has Jitto Dangal title on Monday, was not at his best JAMMU, June 22: Training for final round of personal inter- Theatre and Painting Workshop at +91kg.