SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Sindhu enters final, sets up ‘Khelo Khel Bhulo Nasha T20 Championship’ Little Flowers Akhnoor, MIER Shining Stars, title date with Marin NEW DELHI, Apr 1: match, will witness a rematch of Satwari Cantt Challengers register wins the Olympic final tomorrow. Excelsior Sports Correspondent main scorers. scorers. Olympic silver medallist P V Earlier, Olympic and two-time From bowling side, From Bowling Side, Nanit Sindhu set up a summit show- JAMMU, Apr 1: Little world champion Marin of Spain, Karmanya and Aditya took 2 took 2 while Stephan down with Carolina Marin after a Flowers Akhnoor, MIER defeated Japan's Akane wickets each. took 1 for the team. hard-fought win over World No. 4 Shining Stars & Satwari Cantt Yamaguchi, seeded fourth, 21-16 MIER Shining stars, in reply, Little Flower Akhnoor, in Korean Sung Ji Hyun in the semi- Challengers registered emphatic achieved the target in 15.2 overs reply could not achieved the tar- finals of the India Open Super 21-14 in an easy contest. wins in their last league matches Coming into the match with a for the loss of 7 wickets. Snoop get and made 100 runs in 13.2 Series here today. Under-13 Boys teams posing alongwith Chief Guest and other dignitaries at MA of the ongoing "Khelo Khel 6-4 head-to-head record, Sindhu (32) and Nirbaya (9) were the overs for the loss of all wickets Cheered on by a sizable crowd Stadium in Jammu on Saturday. Bhulo Nasha T20 Championship main scorers. From Bowling and thus lost the match by 55 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, displayed nerves of steel and pro- for Junior Cricketers", at Parade Sindhu dished out a superb per- duced some scintillating low lifts. 3-Match U-13 Boys Cricket Series gets underway Ground, here today. formance to outwit the second "I was prepared from the start However, the victories in seeded Hyun 21-18 14-21 21-14, because it's always a long match. Sidhant CA drubs JRA Jallandhar their respective matches were in a battle of nerves, in which for- So, in the second game, I was not enough for these teams to tunes fluctuated. leading 5-2 but made simple take them to the finals as Jammu Fans, who kept chanting errors as I hit a mid court smash by 4 wkts in Itech Emperor's Cup Rising Stars and Vishal Kings 'Sindhu' and 'India' throughout the outside.(PTI) Excelsior Sports Correspondent Earlier, winning the toss and as the man of the match. have already made it to the first, JRA Jallandhar The match was officiated by finals in this Tournament. JAMMU, Apr 1: Sidhant scored a modest total of 137 runs Sadiq Hussain Malik and Ashok The Cricket Series for Junior Cricket Academy (SCA) Jammu in 29.4 overs. Manit top scored Singh as umpires and Shiv Kumar Cricketers in which 8 teams are trounced JRA Jallandhar by 4 with 32 runs, while Aryan and as scorer, while the Series is being participating is being organized wickets in the 3-Match Under-13 Ronak contributed 19 and 16 runs organized by Incharge SAI Sports by District Police Jammu under Boys Cricket Series for Itech to the total respectively. For Training Centre, Jammu, Varinder Civic Action Programme by Emperor's Cup, which got under- Sidhant Cricket Academy, Jatinder Sharma. Sunil Gupta SSP Jammu, SP way at MA Stadium, here today. Pal Singh and Bismaad bagged 3 City North is the head of the The Series was inaugurated in wickets each by conceding 17 and 1st State Universities organizing team, while Rajesh a simple function by Haji Abdul 8 runs in their 5 and 4 overs Gill, Chief Prosecuting Officer Rajesh Gill, former Ranji Trophy Player presenting match Qayoom, Chief Sports Officer, respectively. Sports Championships & former Ranji Trophy Player is ball to Hanjala for his 5-wicket haul. J&K State Sports Council in pres- In reply, Sidhant Cricket the Coordinator and the other side, Shavac, Abu and Uday runs. Manav was the main who ence of Manav Gupta, Director Academy chased the target in 23.2 from tomorrow Committee members include Itech Group; Varinder Sharma, shared 1 wicket each. Snoop was scored 36 runs and Sugam also overs by losing 6 wickets, thus Excelsior Sports Correspondent Vivek Shekhar, DySP City and declared as the man of the made 12 runs for the team. incharge Sports Authority of India won the match by 4 wickets. Dheeraj, SHO Pacca Danga, (STC) Jammu; Ravi Singh, match. Hanjala was the wrecker-in- Jatinder Pal emerged top scorer JAMMU, Apr 1: The Jammu. In another match, Satwari chief, who took 5 important Divisional Sports Officer, Jammu; Directorate of Sports and Media XI team posing for a group photograph after register- with unbeaten 45 runs, while Today, in the first match Cantt Challengers defeated wickets for his team, while Arun Ashok Singh, Manager MA Physical Education, University ing win against SKCC in Jammu. Devesh Puri contributed unbeaten Little Flowers Akhnoor defeated Little Flowers Akhnoor by 55 bagged 2 wickets and Kartik Stadium, Jammu; Baljinder Pal 26 runs and Chitwan chipped in of Jammu is organizing the 1st KC Warriors by 7 wickets. Singh, Athletic Coach; Kalyani runs. claimed 1 wicket. Hanjala was with 15 runs. For JRA Jallandhar, State Universities Sports Batting first, KC Warriors Batting first, Satwari Cantt adjudged as the man of the Media XI outclasses SKCC Dewedi, Wushu Coach; Vikrant Aryan was the pick of the bowlers, Championships from April 3, scored 91 runs for the loss of 8 Taggar, Former Ranji Trophy Challengers scored 155 runs for match for his great bowling per- claiming 3 wickets by conceding 2017 at the University Sports wickets in the stipulated 18 the loss of 5 wicket in 18 overs formance. Player and Managing Director 14 runs in his 4 overs, while Gopi Stadium, here. overs, with Johnson (17), Itech Group and Jackson, Coach , with Tanveer 32,Rohit 20 and The final will be played in cliffhanger tie and Sourav claimed 1 wicket each. The event which will con- Ashvardhan (16) and Uttkarsh Hanjala 18 being the main tomorrow from 1.30 pm. Excelsior Sports Correspondent opponent brought SKCC back JRA Jallandhar, Punjab. Jatinder Pal Singh was adjudged clude on April 9, 2017 will wit- (13) being the main scorers. into the match as they managed to ness the participation of the For Little Flowers, Stephan, JAMMU, Apr 1: The Media drag it till the final over. teams from the University of Smile and Manik took 2 wickets XI Cricket Club outplayed Sher- With 7 needed in just 6 balls in Jammu, University of Kashmir, each, while Sajan claimed 1 E- Kashmir Cricket Club (SKCC) the final over Arun bowled really SKUAST (J), SKUAST (K), wicket. with boundary count after the well to restrict Media Xi just SKIMS Srinagar, Rashtriya Little Flowers Akhnoor, in game remained as leveled even before the line as the managed to Sanskrit Sansthan Jammu, reply achieved the target in 12.3 after Super Over in a thrilling level the score with a double in the BGSB University Rajouri, overs for the loss of 3 friendly Twenty20 match played last over. Ravi and Vinayak also SMVDU Katra, NIT Kashmir, wickets,thus won the match by 7 here at Phallain Mandal Cricket contributed with 20 and 24 Islamic University of Science wickets. Manav (28) and Sugam Ground today. respectively in the total. Arun with & Technology Kashmir, Central (12) were the main scorers. Opting bat first, after winning his exceptional bowling that University Jammu and Central From KC Warriors, Johnson the toss SKCC posted what had earned him 2 crucial wickets University Kashmir. and Uttkarsh took 1 wicket each. looked like a taxing 146 runs tar- remained the pick of the bowler The Championships will be Manav was adjudged as the man get on board after a wonderful, for SKCC who kept SKCC on the held in Cricket (M&W), of the match. half century from Manmohan line with Media XI until the Super Football (M), Volleyball In the second match, MIER Khajuria (54) whereas Anil 30 and Over. (M&W), Basketball (M&W), Shining Stars defeated RRL Sumit 25 also contributed to the Badminton(M&W) and Table- Royals by 6 wickets. Media XI batted first in their Winners posing alongwith dignitaries at Tawi Technical SKCC total. Tennis (M&W). Batting first, RRL Royals Super Over and scored 10 runs Campus in Pathankot. For Media XI exceptional with Amit Sudan made 6 runs of 3 The opening ceremony of scored 89 runs for the loss of 4 bowling spell from Ashu Mehra balls laced with a boundary at the Championships will be held wickets in 18 overs, with Udhay Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, and Rahul Khatri sharing two square leg. Tawi Technical Campus holds on April 3 at 10.30 a.m. (31) and Aditya (10) being the Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali posing with medal winners of National wickets each with economical fig- Manmohan Khajuria and Power Lifting Championship in Jammu on Saturday. ures restricted the SKCC well Shalu then batted for the SKCC Ace cricket coach Roopali qualifies under 150 who once were looking but sloppy fielding by Media Xi Prize Distribution Function JK producing international very fancy on the scoreboard. gifted four extras on very first Excelsior Sports Correspondent won the final match of Yash Khajuria, Sunil Bali shared ball, however Sunil Bali bowled Volleyball. Ranjit Singh of BCCI-CA Level-B Course wicket apiece. PATHANKOT, Apr 1: Prize Hostel Warriors was adjudged with heart and made a comeback Distribution Function of 4th Excelsior Sports Correspondent It is pertinent to mention here level sportspersons: Zulfkar While chasing the target, for media XI by eliminating Shalu as man of the series in cricket that Roopali successfully did her Annual Abhishek Sports Meet JAMMU, Apr 1: J&K's ace Media XI had a decent start even on the 4th ball of the over. With tournament. Kajal Diman of Level-B in the year 2011 at RCA, * Honors medal winners in National Power-Lifting C’ship was held at tawi Technical woman cricketer and coach, after losing initial wicket as the SKCC needed 2 runs from the last Tawi Technical Campus won Jaipur and then went for refresher Excelsior Sports Correspondent producing shinning stars at Campus,here today. Roopali Slathia has become the stellar batting performance by ball direct hit from Yash Khajuria first prize in Badminton. course at NCA, Bangalore in 2013. National and International lev- Thakur Dinesh Singh first woman cricket coach of Amit Sudan 50 off just 33 balls from long off ended up SKCC Talwinder Singh of Tawi She started her cricketing career JAMMU, Apr 1: Minister els and this is a healthy sign Babbu, MLA Sujanpur, Punjab Jammu and Kashmir State to suc- made SKCC bowlers helpless. well before the line again. Later Technical Campus bagged first at the age of 15 years as top order for Food, Civil Supplies & for the overall development of was the Chief Guest who dis- cessfully complete Re Level-B But reckless running between the Media XI declared winner after prize in Table Tennis, while batswoman, who later-on turned Consumer Affairs, Chowdhary sporting culture in the state. tributed prizes among the win- course, organised by the wickets by Media Xi batters cou- boundary count. Nitin and Vikram from into an all-rounder. Zulfkar Ali has said that sports He congratulated all the ners. Board of Control for pled by the tight fielding by their Yogananda College of She has the distinc- play an important role in medalists including Narender Er. Vidhi S. Singh, Cricket in India (BCCI) in building healthy nation. Engineering & Technology tion of playing Junior Pal Singh for winning silver Chairman Tawi Group of collaboration with Cricket While interacting with clinched 2nd and 3rd prize in and Senior State, Senior medal in National bench- Colleges & Er.Renu Bangroo, Australia (CA) for Level-B J&K based National Table Tennis respectively. Zone and National Level press, gold in North-India, Managing Director, Tawi Group In his Presidential address coaches of India at NCA, Powerlifting Championship Cricket Tournament Achint Kour for winning of Colleges were the Guests of the chief guest lauded the per- Bangalore. Medal winners, Chowdhary many a time, besides bronze in National bench- Honour. formance of Tawi Group of The Course is equiva- Zulfkar Ali said that sports having the honour of press, Neha for winning silver While welcoming the Chief Colleges in all the spheres and lent to the Australian keep body and mind fit to do producing a galaxy of in powerlifting, bronze in Guest, Er. Vidhi S. Singh appreciated the free academic Level-2 Course that has got an productive works. expressed gratitude for sparing budding cricketers with her superb National bench-press, Rabia support offered to financially international accreditation. coaching skills. He said that sports play his precious time for gracing the weak and downtrodden children Top cricketing nations includ- pivotal role in building a Khan for winning bronze occasion. During her Level-B course medal, Shubam Aryan for win- under "Abhicare Society". ing South Africa, Australia, from NCA, Bangalore, she was the healthy nation and government He also announced cash England, New Zealand and India ning gold in deadlift as well as Prof BR Moza, Convener, only female intern out of the chosen is committed to boost sports prize to the winners. are part of this scheme of things to activities in Jammu & gold in National bench-press, presented vote of thanks. and top four coaches for the National Star Eleven of Tawi produce quality coaches and pro- Kashmir so that to keep the Jagbir Singh for winning silver he Er. Anuj Tidyal, Member level camp. Technical Campus won final mote cricket in nooks and corners. young minds healthy. in National bench-press and Secretary and other Sports The Lecturer in Physical match of cricket, while Committee Members were pres- Talking to EXCELSIOR, Appreciating J&K Players Vickramjeet singh for winning Education in the Department of Pathankot Group of Colleges ent on the occasion. Roopali said that this course has for bringing laurels to the state silver in power lifting. Students of Environment Educational Institute posing along- Youth Services and Sports, Roopali been her best achievement in terms in National Power lifting The team was honoured by with dignitaries during Annual Day celebration. of knowledge as she got an oppor- said, "Jammu and Kashmir has got Championship, the Minister the Minister in presence of Federer denies Kyrgios, will tunity to train herself under tremendous potential to blossom at said that J&K is producing Managing Committee compris- EEI organises 21st Annual Day International faculty from the national and international scene, very efficient players in differ- ing of Rajan Jain, General Excelsior Correspondent guest and Baldev Kullar was the battle Nadal for Miami crown Australia, headed by Paul but needs better infrastructural ent sports. Secretary of J&K Power lifting Montenary from Cricket Australia. facilities". He said that J&K youth are Association. guest of Honour. MIAMI, Apr 1: to go 4-3 up but Federer, with JAMMU, Apr 1: Environ- She said that the Course also Roopali aims at producing and Dr MK Zutshi presented the loud crowd behind him, ment Educational Institute (EEI) provided her opportunity to meet nurturing more and more budding welcome address, while Roger Federer beat broke back to level at 5-5 when organised 21st Annual Day cum former Indian Test Stars like WV female cricketers from the State Principal Usha Anand highlight- Australia's Nick Kyrgios 7-6 the Australian missed with an Prize Distribution at its ed the activities and achieve- (11/9), 6-7 (9/11), 7-6 (7/5) to Raman, Narendra Hirwani etc. and make them sparkle at the Auditorium at Jullkha Mohalla, attempted big return. International Level. ments of the Institution. set up a mouth-watering Miami The big-hitting Kyrgios was Jain Bazar, here. The fuction started by the Open final against Rafael Nadal. In the function, Razia frequently booed by the crowd Saraswati Vandana, which was Federer and Kyrgios pro- for racquet throwing and lan- Kulasekara leads Sri Choudhary, Principal Govt. Hr. followed by the cultural items. duced an extraordinary range of Sec. School Jullkha Mohalla guage -- and sometimes for very The vote of thanks was pre- shots in an enthralling, fiercely little -- but appeared to be enjoy- was the Chief Guest, while sented by Shekhar Sharma , intense semi-final that kept a Lanka to series draw Zorawar Singh, General ing the role of pantomime vil- COLOMBO, Apr 1: Bangladesh Mashrafe while Alka Saraf was the stage capacity crowd at Key Biscayne lain. Secretary Press Club and Leader secretary and Khashma Mengi Mortaza earlier, on the edge of their seats. The first set tie-break was a claimed Team Jammu was the special was the announcer. When Federer won the third top-scored with 54 and Thisara gripping affair with the four wickets as beat Perera added 52 off 40 balls to Participants sweating-it-out during 'Run for Fun' at tie-break a furious Kyrgios ham- Australian twice having set point Bangladesh by 71 runs in the mered his racket into the ground give Sri Lanka a competitive Bhaderwah on Saturday. before it was decided when his third one-day international, secur- score. three times as the frustration of a return went wide. The boos rang ing a 1-1 draw in the three-match remarkable near-miss came Bangladesh went onto the IRP 5th Bn organizes out again as he hurled his racquet series here today. back foot soon after they started flooding out. in frustration.(Agencies) , Dilruwan Kyrgios broke in the first set their chase losing their first three Perera, all wickets for just 11 runs. 'Run for Fun' Kohli's IPL availability to be chipped in with two wickets each Kulasekara, who was not part helping the home side to success- of Sri Lanka team in their 90-run Excelsior Sports Correspondent Secondary School, Berarru, in fully defend 280-9 at Sinhalese loss in the opening match, led the which 10 students participated Sports Club ground. BHADERWAH, Apr 1: IRP- and delivered speeches on the assessed in 2nd week of April way for home side striking twice 5th Bn organized Marathon Kulasekara claimed 4-37 as in his first two overs. given topic. NEW DELHI, Apr 1: the BCCI said in a release. the visitors were bowled out for 'Run-for Fun', under Civic Omais Ahmed, Class 10th, A host of top Indian players Lakmal put Bangladesh in Action Programme-2017 at India captain 's 215 runs in 44.3 overs, avoiding dire straits when he hit Mushfiqur Mohd Asif, Class 11th and will either miss the IPL or be their first series loss to Bhaderwah, today. Pinky Bhagat, Class 10th of availability for IPL-10 will be rested from some initial matches Rahim on the back foot for an lbw The Run covering a distance Chief guest opening new branch of Astro Kids Playway & known only in the second week Bangladesh. -- the first ball he faced. Govt HSS Berarru won 1st, 2nd Daycare at Sunjuwan in Jammu on Saturday. of the cash-rich event. These Shakib Al Hasan remained the of 5 Kms, started from Bhalla and 3rd prize respectively and of this month as he undergoes players will need some rest after Shakib and Soumya Sarkar and ended at Parnoo. rehabilitation for an injured top scorer with 54 runs while (38) rebuilt the inning with a 77- received cash prizes alongwith a gruelling home season to be Mehedi Hasan hit 51 -- his maid- The students from various participation certificates from Astro Kids Playway & shoulder, the BCCI said today. fully fit for the Champions run stand for the fourth wicket Schools of the area participated Updating the fitness status of en ODI fifty. but Dilruwan put Sri Lanka back the chief guest. Trophy coming up in England in Put into bat first by in the event. Satya Kumar Katoch, Indian players, who took part in June. India are defending the title in control removing both bats- Naresh Kumar, Class 12th, Daycare opens its new branch the just-concluded home Test men. Principal Govt HSS, Berarru they won in 2013. Abhishek Dutta, S/o Vicky Kumar, Class 11th of Excelsior Correspondent Minister and Mufti Manzoor series against Australia, the The game ended as a contest was the Chief Guest on the occa- Premier India off-spinner Surinder Kumar Govt.HSS Berarru and Vikas Ahmed Ashaati. BCCI said Kohli will undergo when Shakib drove Perera sion, who distributed cash JAMMU, Apr 1: After its Ravichandran Ashwin, who was Dutta and Chand Sharma, Class 12th of Govt.HSS Mr Niaz congratulated the rehabilitation for the injury sus- straight to prizes/certificates among the successful run for 6 years in set to represent Rising Pune Bala, R/o District Malothi bagged 1st, 2nd and 3rd chairperson Archana Sharma for tained during the Ranchi Test. at cover to leave Bangladesh participants in presence of Mohd Sainik Colony, Astro Kids Supergiants, will not be available Poonch, who has position respectively. this endeavour. "The Indian captain will 118-6. Arif Rishu-SSP, Commandant, Playway and Daycare School for the entire IPL due to recur- qualified the They were given cash prizes undergo rehabilitation after sus- Bangladesh earlier did a com- IRP-5th Bn, who also spoke on has opened its new branch in ''Our basic focus is child's rence of sports hernia while Test National Eligibility Test- and participation certificates by taining an injury to his right mendable job in the field to the occasion and urged the par- Firdausabad, Jalalabad Chowk, overall development as it lays a openers Murali Vijay (last year's Junior Research Fellowship the chief guest and other digni- shoulder. His recovery will be restrict the home side to less than ticipants as well as civil soci- Lane No-10, Sunjuwan, here. strong foundation. We are a captain of Kings XI Punjab) and (NET-JRF) in Life Sciences taries. assessed in the second week of 300 runs despite an initial ham- eties to join hands to help eradi- The new branch of the home away from home and a Lokesh Rahul (RCB) are also vir- (Botany), the result of which Seminar on the topic "Drug April to determine an exact mering by openers Gunathilaka cate menace of Drug Addiction school was inaugurated by great aid for working couples'', tually ruled out due to imminent was declared by CSIR-UGC Addiction & Alcoholism" was return to play date for IPL 2017," and Upul Thranga.(Agencies) and Alcoholism from the socie- Mohd Shareef Niaz, Former said Archana Sharma. shoulder surgeries.(PTI) recently. also organized at Govt Higher ty.