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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Dhawan dropped for West Indies Tests; Mayank, Indian archer India's Yuvraj Wadhwani clinches Siraj rewarded with maiden call-ups Verma wins World U-13 title in Asian junior Squash NEW DELHI, Sept 29: India A in the recently-concluded Cup Final bronze CHENNAI, Sept 29: stronger in the third, hit winners quadrangular series featuring and forced Yuvraj into making Shikhar Dhawan was today SAMSUN (TURKEY), Sept 29: Australia A and South Africa A. India's Yuvraj Wadhwani errors. dropped for the two-match Test His exploits included brilliant fig- India's star compound defeated Anas Ali Shah of The young Indian player held series against West Indies after his ures of 8/59 in one of the games. archer Abhishek Verma put up a Pakistan by 13-11, 11-5, 6-11, 12- his nerve to win the fourth on horror run in England while The first Test will be played at dazzling display to down Kim 10 in the final today to win the extra points to seal a memorable Mayank Agarwal and Mohammed the Saurashtra Cricket Association Jongho of Korea and bag a boys under-13 title in the 25th triumph. Siraj's domestic exploits were Stadium in Rajkot from October 4 bronze medal in the season- Asian junior individual squash Arnav Sareen, the other rewarded with maiden India call-up. ing for India A in England earlier to 8, followed by the second match ending World Cup Final here championship here. Indian in line for a title, however, The selectors decided to rest the this summer. at the Rajiv Gandhi International today. He became the second Indian came a cropper and went down to duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Winners of Billiards and Snooker Championships posing "Taking stock of the recent Stadium in Hyderabad from Verma partnered with Jyothi to win the U-13 title after Veer Mohammad Hamza Khan of Jasprit Bumrah, taking into account along with the dignitaries during valedictory function at Billiards workload, the selectors have decid- October 12 to 16. Surekha Vennam to clinch a sil- Chotrani had won in 2014 in Iran. Pakistan in the under-15 final. their "workload" in recent months, Hall, MA Stadium in Jammu. -Excelsior/Rakesh ed to rest Jasprit Bumrah and The five-match ODI series will ver in the exhibition compound The Mumbai schoolboy, seed- India finished the champi- effectively thrusting upon Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Both Ishant begin on October 21 at Guwahati, mixed team event. ed number one, came up with onship with a gold, a silver and Mohammad Shami the responsibil- Sidhharth, Sanjeev honour cueists as Billiards Sharma and Hardik Pandya were followed by the second ODI on Drawn against hosts Turkey some spectacular volleys to win a four bronze medals (Kavya ity to lead the pace attack. not considered for selection, as they October 24th at Indore and third in the final, the Indian pair of close first game. With his confi- Bansal, Tiana Parasrampuria, Dhawan had a forgettable out- & Snooker Championships conclude are yet to recover from their ODI at Pune on October 27th. The Jyothi Surekha Vennam lost dence up after going one game Sanya Vats and Tushar Shahani). ing during the Test series against injuries," BCCI acting secretary final two one-dayers will be held at 152-159. up, Wadhwani stroked his way to Pakistan dominated the boys Excelsior Sports Correspondent played under the aegis of J&K State England with just 162 runs in 8 Amitabh Choudhary said in a state- Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram The final day of the season- a 2-0 lead, wrapping up the sec- section with three gold medals, Sports Council. Around 350 play- innings. Mayank, on the other hand, JAMMU, Sept 29: 26th ment. on October 29th and November 1, ending meet will see Indian ace ond 11-5. while Malaysia and Hong Kong ers participated in this month-long was the top scorer in the last Ranji Billiards and Snooker With this being the final assign- respectively. recurve archer Deepika His Pakistani rival was not the won two gold medals each in the tournament, which had begun on Trophy season with 1160 runs in 8 ment before the team embarks on one to give up as he returned Championship (Junior and Senior September 1, 2018. The one-dayers will be fol- Kumari, a four-time World Cup girls.(PTI) Billiards and Snooker) and 3rd Six matches. the tour of Australia, Dhawan's lowed by the three T20 Final silver medallist making a In Sub Junior Snooker, Sankalp Mumbai's Prithvi Shaw has chances for an imminent Test recall Red Balls Championship and 2nd Soni was the winner, while Sourav Internationals to be held at seventh appearance. Sub Junior Championship conclud- retained his place in the side after looks bleak. His Man of the Series Kolkata (November 4), Lucknow The Korean, who is the Santoy was the runners-up. failing to make the playing XI in the winning effort in Asia Cup ODI ed at Billiards Hall, MA Stadium, In Sub Junior Billiards, (November 6) and Chennai most consistent compound here today. last two Tests in England. tournament was not enough to save (November 11). Saksham Gupta was the winner, archer to have qualified with Sidharth Sharma, Chairman of Considering that Dhawan has his place in the traditional format. India squad: Virat Kohli (cap- while Sankalp Soni emerged run- the highest average arrow JKBSAwas chief guest on the vale- been shown the door, young Shaw Karun Nair, who was not played tain), K L Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, ners-up. (9.82), led by a point till the dictory function, while Sanjeev could finally get his chance to open in a single Test against England, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar In Junior Snooker, Rohit Chib third end against Verma in the Gupta, President JKBSA was the the batting with K L Rahul, who also got the axe in a surprising Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice- was the winner, while Stanzin bonze playoff. guest of honour, who distributed seemed to have saved his place with move. captain), Hanuma Vihari, Stobdan was the runners-up. But the Indian archer dis- prizes among the winners and run- a fine knock in the final Test against Hanuma Vihari, who made a Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R In Junior Billiards, Basit Wani played a super consistent show, ners-up cueists on the occasion. England. battling half century on his debut Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, was the winner, while Stanzin shooting 149 out of a possible Vishal Abrol, General Secretary Mayank, who is also enjoying a at the Oval in the final Test, was Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Stobdan was the runners-up. 150, to edge out the Korean by of the Association, Sr Vice good run of form, is another option preferred over Nair. Shami, Umesh Yadav, In Senior Billiards, Sohail two points in the fiercely-con- President Jaideep Manocha, Vice for one of the opening slots. Both The other new face, pacer Siraj Mohammed Siraj, Shardul tested match.(PTI) Khaled was the winner, while Mayank and Shaw had a good out- was picked after he performed for Thakur. (PTI) President Nikhil Kapahi, Treasurer Vishal Abrol was the runners-up. Advani settles for Sohail Khalid and Organising In Senior Snooker, Ishuk Shuttlers posing for a photograph during All India Jammu Secretaries Ishuk Chowdhary and Choudhary was the winner, while bronze in Asian Masters Badminton Championship in Jammu. Gurjeev Singh were present on the Abhishek Pathania was the run- Snooker Tour occasion. ners-up. All India Jammu Masters Badminton C'ship Satish Gupta, Manager Indoor In Six Red Balls Tournament, DOHA, Sept 29: Sports Complex also graced the Vidit Gawri was the winner and J&K's Wattal-Daljeet duo among occasion with his presence. Abhishek Pathania was the run- Nineteen-time world champi- Rakesh Sharma was the marker ners-up. on Pankaj Advani settled for a of the tournament which was bronze medal in the Asian 10-red shuttlers to enter QFs on Day-3 Snooker after losing to Ireland's Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Atul of Maharashtra; Anil Jammu District Kho-Kho Championship gets underway Gurkha and Sunil, who defeated Brendan O'Donoghue 5-0 in the JAMMU, Sept 29: In the semifinal here Saturday. Satpal and Jaswinder of SAI Club, NIS, New Era emerge Combined age of 115+ years, Haryana; Nazneen and Showkat The Indian appeared off- the duo of Kiran Wattal and Winners posing along with dignitaries and officials at the concluding function of Inter-District colour a day after storming into drubbed Manmohan and Gopal Daljeet defeated their counter- of Uttrakhand and the pair of winners in women's section Tournaments. the semifinal. parts from Haryana, the pair of The first frame saw Preeti and Sheetal, who Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ajay Gupta, Anil Sharma, Dheeraj Inter-District Handball, Fencing competitions conclude PC Tiwari and H Gian Sagar trounced Sunita and Suchitra of Sharma, Amrinder Singh and O'Donoghue score two 20-plus JAMMU, Sept 29: Defeating convincingly to enter the quar- Haryana. Vishal Malhotra. Prominent among breaks to win it 48-1. In the sec- their rivals convincingly in the terfinals of the ongoing All India The winners from other others present on the occasion were ond, a break of 61 made it 2-0. opening contests, Sai Club, NIS Jammu wins twin Handball Jammu Masters Badminton States in different age categories General Secretary of the The third frame was a close and New Era emerged winners in Championship, being organised included Manik and Abhishekh Association, Harjeet Singh, Gagan encounter but with a fluke snook- women's section of Jammu District by the Tigers Badminton of Uttarakhand, Harshdeep and Kumar and Dalbir Mehta, observer er from the Irish cueist, the scores Kho-Kho Championship, which titles; Udhampur bags U-14 title Association, under the Aman of Delhi, Srikant and from J&K State Sports Council.