SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Mumbai end losing streak with Sania, Cara win first title Arjuna Awardee Krupali's role lauded of season in Portugal Bhalla honours ace gymnast a five- win over Punjab OEIRAS (PORTUGAL), May 3: rivals back but also snatched MUMBAI, May 3: new opening combination for the behind mistiming a flick, to end lead by the seventh game. title holders, and the stand and left MI with the Sania Mirza and Cara Black Stunned by the fightback of Palak for World Cup selection Defending champions then repaired the innings with a task of scoring 46 runs in 27 won their first title of the season the Czech-Russian pair, Sania with a hard-fought 6-4 6-3 win Excelsior Sports Correspondent Championships at Ukrain in present on the occasion were the finally snapped stand of 47. balls. and Cara broke Eva and Valeria their losing streak on the back of over Eva Hrdinova and Valeria 2013, Asian Championships at members of Gymnastics After the power play, MI MI were dealt another blow in the eight game to make it 4-4 a collective effort as they Solovyeva in the final of the JAMMU, May 3: Minister Uzbekistan in 2013 and Association including Ranjeet were 49 for two and then when the well-set Anderson and one more time in the 10th to defeated Kings XI Punjab by five WTA Portugal Open, here today. for Housing, Horticulture, Children of Asia Games at Kalra, Member BCCI and J&K advanced to 70 for 3 following spooned a drive to long off pocket the first set. in an Indian Premier The top seeded Indo- Culture and Youth Services & Russia in 2008. State Sports Council; Kuldeep the exit of Gautam who was dis- fielder David Miller off Rishi After trading a break each, League contest, here today. Zimbabwean pair, playing their Sports, Raman Bhalla today missed by Rishi Dhawan. Dhawan in the next over, leav- the two pairs were 3-3 in the facilitated ace International smashed New batsman Anderson ing Kieron Pollard to win the third finals of the season, was second set. A double fault by gymnast Palak Kour and her Sandeep Sharma for a six over smashed a six off Dhawan over game for them. tested by the Czech-Russian long-off in the first ball of the team in summit clash, which Cara put the top seeds down a coach, Arjuna Awardee, Krupali long on to make a good start. The However, it was Tare who breakpoint but they saved it to final over as MI surged past left hander from New Zealand, gave the impetus as he smashed lasted one hour and 18 minutes. Singh for their selection in the Kings XI score of 168 for 5 by Before, this Sania and Cara be up 4-3. FIG-World Cup in Rhythmic They broke the fighting scoring 170 for five. had ended runners-up at Indian Gymnastics to be held at Today’s Fixture rivals in the next game and Pollard remained uncon- Wells in March and at Stuttgart Tashkent in Uzbekistan from Sania served out the match in quered on 28 off 12 balls and put RCB vs Hyderabad Bangalore 8:00 pm event, last week. May 22 to May 25, 2014. on 44 runs in only 15 balls for the Courtesy an early break, the the ninth game. SCOREBOARD Sania and Cara shared euro The World Cup will be con- unfinished sixth wicket with top seeds raced to 3-1 lead in the ducted by Uzbekistan Aditya Tare (16 off 6 balls) at the Kings XI Punjab: opening set but Eva and Valeria 9,919 as prize money and earned C Pujara c Gautam b Anderson 19 280 ranking points each for the Gymnastics Federation, under Wankhede Stadium. V Sehwag run out 1 raised their game by a few the aegis of International Prior to their quick-fire part- W Saha 59 notches to not only break their win. (PTI) Gymnastics Federation. nership, MI were put on the vic- G Maxwell c Dunk b H Singh 45 G Bailey c Anderson b H Singh 15 tory path by significant contribu- Bhalla lauded the efforts of D Miller c Dunk b Malinga 16 the players and coaches, espe- tions from opener C Gautam M Johnson not out 0 Shubam Khajuria (33), skipper Rohit Sharma (39) Extras (B-1, LB-6, WD-5, NB-1) 13 cially gymnastics coach, Total (For 5 wickets in 20 overs) 168 and Corey Anderson (35). Krupali Singh's hard-work and Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-24, 3-93, 4-130, 5-165. leaves for ZCA camp conviction for honing the skill Minister for Sports Raman Bhalla felicitating gritty gymnast The dismissal of Sharma and Bowling: Z Khan 3.3-0-28-0, J Bumrah 4-0-25-0, C Anderson 2-0-17-1, L Malinga 4- Palak and Arjuna Awardee Krupali Singh in Jammu. Anderson in successive overs 0-25-1, Harbhajan Singh 4-0-34-2, K Pollard 2.3-0-32-0. Excelsior Sports Correspondent while representing India in the of the State gymnasts and Mumbai Indians: brought Punjab back into the B Dunk c Saha b S Sharma 5 Under-19 Series against Sri enabling them to reach at the Palak has also an honour of Handoo, National Wushu coach game but Pollard and Tare shat- C Gautam lbw b R Dhawan 33 JAMMU, May 3: J&K's Lanka and in four nation quad- International level and keep being selected as the core proba- and Member J & K State Sports tered their hopes. A Rayudu lbw b S Sharma 8 promising Under-19 opening rangular series in India. their State's flag high. ble for the forthcoming Council and former R Sharma c Saha b Balaji 39 It was MI's first win in six C Anderson c Miller b R Dhawan 35 batsman Shubam Khajuria has The ace opening batsman, Wishing the duo best of luck Commonwealth Games to be International gymnasts games. It was also their their first K Pollard not out 28 left for a month long camp at for the upcoming World Cup, held in Scotland in the month of Manpreet, Mayank Jain, Ravia game at home in this edition and A Tare not out 16 Zonal Academy (ZCA) Mr Bhalla hoped that the talent- July, 2014 and Asian Games in Verma, Honey Mehra, Tejpal Extras (LB-3, WD-3) 6 to be organized by the Board of they have now extended their Total (For 5 wickets in 19.1 overs) 170 ed gymnast would continue to South Korea in November, 2014. Kour, Gourav Sharma and winning run at this venue to nine Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-23, 3-70, 4-123, 5-126. Control for Cricket in India bring laurels for the State and Prominent among others Honey Mehra. since the last edition. Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 3.1-0-29-2, L Balaji 4-0-38-1, M Johnson 4-0-37-0, A (BCCI) at Dharamshalla in Patel 4-0-40-0, R Dhawan 4-0-23-2. the Country as well. It was Punjab's first defeat Himachal Pradesh from May 5, Mr Bhalla reiterated the 2014. after a glorious winning streak of whose highest score has been 39 Balaji for a four and a six over resolve of J & K Government in Another cricketer from the GMS Khearian five out of five. batting at no. 3 against Chennai in the 18th over. Pollard then promoting sports and games and State, Nasir Lone is also part of Mumbai's run-chase started Super Kings, then hit left-arm plundered 20 runs in the penul- the camp having 30 probables fulfilling the interest of on a none-too-promising note spinner Akshar Patel for three timate over from Mitchell from allover the Country. sportspersons of the State. when they lost opener Ben Dunk fours and a six in the next - the Johnson. organizes symposium While Nasir has been picked It is pertinent to mention in the fifth ball of the innings and 13th - to swing the game in MI's Earlier, Saha cracked his Excelsior Sports Correspondent on the human being. They gave in the party for his 10 wickets in here that the selection of Palak also Ambati Rayudu to be down favour. Patel conceded 20 runs in maiden half-century of the sea- message to the society especial- Under-19 4-day matches, has been done during the trials 33 for two. that his last over for expensive son to help Punjab compile a JAMMU, May 3: ly the younger generation to besides 6 in one-dayers, Shubam conducted by Gymnastics Dunk was caught brilliantly figures of 0 for 40. challenging score after they Government Middle School, keep away from drug addiction. was picked in the probables for Federation of India at Allahabad by a diving Wriddhiman Saha With the 100 coming up in opted to bat first. scored 575 runs in 6 innings' of Khearian, Block-Marh, Jammu ZEO, Marh, Sham Lal, his outstanding batting display on April 22, 2014. behind the wicket off by Sandeep the 13th over, MI were well on Saha started slowly but then 4-day matches, with a double organized workshop to generate Incharge Head Master, Ganesh in 4-dayers and one-dayers Student of 12th Class, Palak Sharma who also accounted for way to their first win in six gained confidence in the com- ton, 150, 90 and 45 being the awareness among the general Datt Sharma, and Sarpanch while representing the State in Rayudu by trapping the batsman games. The breezy fourth-wicket pany of the in-form Glenn major contributions; while in 4 is undergoing training at Indoor masses about ill effects of Trilokpur, Raj Kumar appreciat- BCCI Under-19 Tournaments in front with a ball that moved in partnership between Rohit and Maxwell, who slammed a one-dayers, Shubam scored a Sports Complex, MA Stadium in Tobacco and allied products ed the efforts of the children for last season, besides a good show sharply and also kept low. Anderson added 53 runs in 35 quick-fire 45 in 27 balls, to magnificent century and three Jammu. here. organizing such attractive cul- Chidambaram Gautam, pro- balls. Sharma was dismissed by remain unconquered on 59 in 47 splendid half-centuries, besides Champion gymnast, Palak The ZEO, Marh, Sham Lal tural programme to create moted in the order in yet another Laxmipathy Balaji, caught balls.(PTI) Inter-School scoring 52 and 36 in Sri Lanka, has earlier also made her State was the chief guest on the occa- awareness among the young representing India and 42 runs proud by representing the sion. generation about the ill effects tourney concludes in one off innings in quadrangu- Country in the World The students of the school of tobacco. lar series. Rajasthan Royals thrash Delhi Excelsior Sports Correspondent presented skits and colourful They said it is the duty of bonanza of cultural items high- every citizen to work for eradi- DODA, May 3: The Inter- lighting the adverse effects of cating the bad evil from the soci- Daredevils by 7 wkts School tournament U-17 and U- the drugs, alcohol and tobacco ety. NEW DELHI, May 3: 153, the Royals made merry of go over the in-field but spooned 14 age group Boys/Girls in the the Delhi bowlers as they over- a simple catch to Shane Watson disciplines of Kabaddi, Volley Ananya wins gold as Jodhamal Riding on rookie opener hauled the target with nine balls in the circle. Ball, Kho-Kho and Wrestling , Karun Nair's (73) brilliance, to spare and register their fourth Skipper Kevin Pietersen organized by Department of dominates in swimming Rajasthan Royals (RR) thrashed Youth Services and Sports in win to stay third in the points joined (43) at Excelsior Sports Correspondent ed by the technical panel Delhi Daredevils (DD) compre- City Middle School Doda con- tally of the seventh edition of the crease and the duo added 36 including Sarita Padha hensively by seven wickets at cluded. the . runs for the second wicket JAMMU, May 3: Host (ZPEO), Rajesh Sambyal, the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium 250 students drawn from Nair proved his worth as he before veteran leg-spinner Jodhamal Public School dom- Rachpal Singh, Ravinder here tonight. different schools including boys notched his maiden half century Pravin Tambe got Pietersen out inated the girls' Under-14 and Singh, Mahadev Singh, Suraj Chasing a modest target of and girls participated in the from just 50 balls to guide the caught at long-on. Under-17 inter-school swim- Dev Singh and Harpreet tournament that was held under visitors home in just 18.3 overs. It was double whammy for ming competition of Jammu Bhalla. the supervision of ZPEO Doda. St Stephen's Nair's innings comprised of the visitors, as Tambe stroke district, organised by the The Detailed Results: District Youth Services and eight fours and two sixes. The again to dismiss de Kock with a Department of Youth Services Under-17 yr: 50 mts free Sports Officer Doda S.R Convent organizes visitors started on a shaky note brilliant caught and bowled on a and Sports (DYSS), here style: Ananya of GD Goenka, Kotwal Katoch was the chief as they lost opener Ajinkya flighted . Students of GD Goenka Public School posing for a photo- today. Ist; Stuti of Jodhamal Public debate competition guest during the valedictory Rahane (12) cheaply with the De Kock was looking to go graph after winning medals in Kickboxing Championship. Jodhamal girls secured School, function. Excelsior Sports Correspondent score on 20. Sanju Sampson over the bowler but ended up most of the medals in both the 2nd and In Kabaddi U-17 years cate- (34) then joined Nair and the hitting straight back to the age categories thus made their Ashmita of gory (Boys) HSS Doda defeat- Goenkans excel in SAMBA, May 3: St duo forged a 51-run second bowler, who managed to hold presence felt. The medal win- Jodhamal, ed HS Trown by 07 points Stephen's Convent, Sukhiane wicket stand to stabilise the onto the ball. The South African ners were encouraged by 3rd. 100 while as in 14 year age group Talab, organized debate compe- Royals' innings. Sampson was hit five boundaries and a six. Kickboxing Championship Principal of the Jodhamal mts free GMS City Boys defeated M.S tition in its School premises, by Dinesh Karthik off Vice- Dinesh Karthik Excelsior Sports Correspondent by Danish Padha, who apart Public School, Tarlok Singh style: Stuti Doda by 08 points. here today. the bowling of Shahbaaz (12) failed to fire and was from imparting training to play- Bist, who was chief guest in of In Volley Ball U-17 years The Chairman of the School Nadeem. Sampson's innings caught at deep square leg by JAMMU, May 3: Goenkans ers was adjudged as the best ref- the closing function. Jodhamal , category (Boys) HS Pangsoo was the chief guest on the occa- comprised of two fours and as Stuart Binny off Faulkner. It won 30 medals, with 10 gold, 10 eree of the Championship. The swimming meet held Ist; Navi of beat HSS Boys Doda by 01 set sion. many sixes. was Duminy's and Kedhar silver and 10 bronze and The Principal Dr R P Singh as part of annual calendar of KC Public, 2nd and Barbie of and in U-14 years category M.S 20 students participated in Skipper Shane Watson (16) Jadhav's (28) late strikes which emerged runners-up in the was the guest of honour. He activity under the overall JK Public, 3rd. 50 mts back Shalote beat City Middle the competition, in which hit two brilliant sixes to finish guided the hosts to some sort of Jammu District Kickboxing stressed upon the players to supervision of Deputy stroke: Ashmita of Jodhamal School Doda similarly by 02 Krishna and Disha Thapa from off the game in style. respectability as the duo sent the Championship held at M A achieve the pinnacle of success Director DYSS, Ved Prakash Public, Ist; Shreya of KC sets . class 1st; Numan and Diksha Earlier, Jean Paul Duminy's Rajasthan bowlers to leather Stadium, here. and become international play- Sharma. Public, 2nd and Epista of Similarly in Kho - Kho U- from class 2nd; Neelakshi and (39) late strikes propelled Delhi hunt in the fag end of the first The Staff and students of G ers. Competition was officiat- Presentation Convent, 3rd. 50 17 category Girls , HS Paryote Ashia from class 3rd; Rahul Daredevils (DD) to set a modest innings. D Goenka Public School, mts breast stroke: Epista of defeated HS Pul Doda by 09 from class 4th and Shikhil and target of 153 runs for Rajasthan Duminy's 39 comprised of Jammu governed by Om Presentation Convent, Ist; points and in U-14 Kho-Kho Zulfikar from class 6th dis- Royals (RR). four fours and a six while Prakash Bansal Charitable Trust Pramati of KC Public, 2nd category City Middle Schools played excellent performance. The hosts started on a cau- Jadhav hit two fours and as lauded the efforts of the winners and Mehak of Jodhamal Doda defeated Middle School Earlier, School Principal tious note with both the openers many sixes. for this achievement. Public, 3rd. Akramabad 0-5 points. Ramnik Kour presented wel- making a quickfire 33 in four Earlier, Royals' skipper The students were coached Under-14 yr: 50 mts free Meanwhile in Boys Kho- come address, while the chief overs before Murali Vijay (13) Shane Watson won the toss and style: Saba Jamwal of Kho U-17 years category AIER Rachna Kumari, D/o guest distributed prizes among was dismissed by James had elected to field against Jodhamal Public, Ist; Yatiksha Academy Doda beat Green Rashpal Chand the toppers of the competition. Faulkner. Vijay was looking to Delhi Daredevils. (UNI) of KC Public, 2nd and Mitali Model Higher Secondary and Chanchala Gupta of Heritage School, School by 03 points and in U- Devi, R/o Rakh- 3rd. 100 mts free style: Saba 14 years category Green Model Khroon, of Jodhamal Public, Ist; Higher Secondary School Doda Akhnoor, Akshita of KC Public, 2nd defeated City Middle School Jammu, who has and Mitali of Heritage Boys by 01 point qualified School, 3rd. 50 mts back The matches were officiated National Eligibility Test (NET) stroke: Yatiksha of KC Public by Subash Kumar PEM, Fayaz in Education, the result of School, Ist; Bhavya of Amed PEM, Ifroz Hussain which was declared by the Jodhamal Public, 2nd and PET, Ravinder Rana PET, University Grants Commission Srishti of KC International, Salma Rozi PET, Satya Devi (UGC) recently. Students of Lawrence Public School, Jammu namely Sonam, 3rd. 50 mts breast stroke: PET, Anayatullah Gattu PET, Sajeed, Ranveer, Mohd Abrar, Divyanshu and Khalid, who won Yatiksha of KC Public, Ist; Farooq Ahmed PET, Irshad Poonam, D/o Ashok medals in the Inter-School Speedball Championship organized Bhavya of Jodhamal Public, Ahmed PET and Jagdish Kumar and by the Department of Youth Services and Sports, recently. Also 2nd and Nandini of Jodhamal, Chander PET. Sudesh Kumari, seen in the picture are Principal, Shakuntla Joshi and coach R/o Upper Sunny Nanda. 3rd. Gumat, Jammu, Sahil Bangotra S/o Charan J&K’s Sumitpal who has quali- Abdul Wajid Zargar, S/o Radha Kumari, D/o Pritam Dass Bangotra excels in All India fied National Abdul Wahid Lal and Sarfo and Santosh Eligibility Test Zargar, R/o Devi, R/o Kothey Kumari, R/o Students of Humanity Public School posing for a group photograph after clinching medals in Tennis Series (NET) in Commerce, the Thathri, Doda, Chorli, Bishnah, Pakhian, Taekwondo Championship. result of which was declared who has quali- Jammu, who has Mishriwala, who Excelsior Sports Correspondent by the University Grants fied National qualified has qualified Commission (UGC) recently. Eligibility Test National National JAMMU, May 3: Sumitpal Students of Humanity Public School excel (NET) in Eligibility Test Eligibility Test (NET)-JRF in Singh of Jammu and Kashmir Noorien Dar, D/o Mohd Computer Sciences, the result (NET) in Education, the result Physics, the result of which Excelsior Sports Correspondent in this Championship. 39 stu- Kokhar (7th), Bhanu Pratap entered the 4th round of the All Gafoor Dar and of which was declared by the of which was declared by the was declared by the University dents of HPS participated in it (6th), Yogesh (6th), Rambabu India Talent Series under-18 Safia Mir, R/o University Grants Commission University Grants Commission Grants Commission (UGC) JAMMU, May 3: The stu- and won 8 gold, 7 silver and 10 (6th), Ramu (5th), Abhimanyu boys at Chamunda Centre for Thannamandi, (UGC) recently. (UGC) recently. recently. dents of Humanity Public bronze. (4th) and Manyata Charak (4th) Tennis Excellence Academy at School, Bassi Kalan, Bari The medal winners included (all bronze). Rajouri, who JP Internationl School at Swarn Singh, S/o Rattan Shallu Sharma, W/o Sunil Yogesh Sharma, S/o Yash Brahmana brought laurels to the Rahul (9th), Aryan Jamwal These students were accord- has been Sonipat in Haryana. Chand and Dutt Sharma, Paul Sharma, School by winning 25 medals in (9th), Kuljeet Singh (9th), Neha ed warm reception by Gaurav declared quali- He claimed the third round Sarishta Devi, D/o Sheela Devi R/o Sailanwali, the 17th District Jammu Jaral (8th), Tamana Dogra (7th), Charak, School Principal along- fied for the in a draw of 124 players. R/o Marheen, and Sansar Pallanwala, Taekwondo Championship- Anshu Kumari (7th), Shefali with Anku Charak (Vice award of the degree of Master Earlier, in the second round, Billawar, Chand, R/o Akhnoor, 2014. Attri (5th) and Koushal Singh Principal), Pankaj Mehra of Philosophy (M Phil) in Sumitpal defeated Ridhim Kathua, who has Vijaypur, Jammu, who has The Championship was (4th) (all gold); Vishal Sharma (coach), Poonam Sharma Botany by the University of Malhotra of Delhi by (8-1), qualified Samba, who has qualified organized by the Jammu and (10th), Shivani Sharma (10th), (coach) and the staff members. Jammu. She worked on the while in the third round, National qualified National Kashmir Association at Multi Ankush (8th), Mansi Lalotra On this occasion, the topic, "Morpho-Taxonomic Sumitpal got better of Shubam Eligibility Test (NET) in Life National Eligibility Test Eligibility Test (NET) in Purpose Hall, M A Stadium in (7th), Deepak Kumar (7th) and Principal said that the School and Ethnobotanical Studies on Malhotra of Delhi by (8-4). Sciences, the result of which (NET)-JRF in Dogri, the Botany, the result of which Jammu. Arti (5th) (all silver); Nikhil Management is committed to the Asteraceae Flora of The fourth round, pre-quar- was declared by the Council of result of which was declared was declared by the University About 300 students from 12 Jaral (10th), Yashwant (8th), promote Physical Education in District Rajouri," under the terfinal will be played tomor- Science & Industrial Research by the University Grants Grants Commission (UGC) schools and 5 clubs participated Insha Malik (7th), Meenu the School. supervision of Prof Yash Pal row. Sharma. (CSIR), recently. Commission (UGC) recently. recently.