SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Dhawan dropped for West Indies Tests; Mayank, Indian archer '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 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 and Mohammed the Saurashtra 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 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 , 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 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: (cap- while Sankalp Soni emerged run- the highest average arrow JKBSAwas chief guest on the vale- been shown the door, young Shaw , 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 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. ), 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 (-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, , 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 , 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. swung in his favour, helping him got underway at Green Field Excelsior Sports Correspondent Jammu and Manik of District medals by the Department. Chairmanship of Dilbag Singh, Opinder of Delhi, Nitin and The tournament is being organ- extend the lead. ground, Gandhi Nagar, here today. Samba. The main objective of the DGP J&K at Police Lines Sourab of Uttar Pradesh, Arvind ized in collaboration with J&K JAMMU, Sept 29: District O'Donoghue continued to be In women's section, SAI Club In Under-19 girls, Sabre, competitions was to select the Badminton Hall, here. and Rajesh of Uttarakhand, State Sports Council. Jammu lifted the Under-17 and on song and completed the match defeated Parade Club by 3 points Priyanka of District Reasi teams/players for the next level The other pairs of J&K, who Pawan and Pramod of Kerala, Under-19 boys Handball title with facile wins in the balance (8-5), while NIS drubbed Akhnoor claimed gold, Shine of District of competitions. emerged winners today included Dharmender and Kanwal of Jadhav down with trophies, while District two frames. Club by 5 points (10-5) and New Jammu clinched silver, while The matches were officiated Romesh and Rajinder, who Uttarakhand, Paramdeep and Udhampur claimed the Under- Pankaj returns with a silver Era prevailed over Simbal Camp hamstring problem Riya of District Samba and by a panel of experts of the defeated Jagdeep and Balwinder Rajesh of Punjab, Sunil and 14 boys Handball title in the and a bronze from the Asian tour- by 7 points (17-10) Vanshika of District Reasi Department of Youth Services & of Punjab; Anil and Dr Neeraj Dharmindra of UP, AS Johar and DUBAI, Sept 29: Inter-District competitions naments. (PTI) In the men's section, NIS shared bronze medals. Sports. who got the better of Purshotam Abhishek of Uttrakhand, which concluded at Guru trounced Bajrang Club by 1 point Injuries continue to haunt all- In Under-19 girls Foil, Ishika Sanjeev and Hemant of Harkrishan Public School and and 1 innings, New Era Club lost to rounder as he is of District Jammu and Mannat Exciting competitions Haryana, Ashish and Sunny, MA Stadium, here today. Bhalwal Club by 3 points (7-4) and again down with a hamstring of District Jammu won gold and Shalindra and Pratibha, Ajay Earlier, in Under-14 boys Parivartan Club outplayed Sunjwan strain suffered while batting dur- silver respectively, while Simran witnessed in Khelo and Sanjeevani, Rajesh and Handball final, Udhampur Club by 5 points (10-5) ing India's successful chase in the of District Jammu and Sheepa of Archana, Sanjeev and Seema, defeated Poonch by 7 points, Treasurer Kho-Kho Federation final of the Asia Cup against District Jammu shared bronze India Games Sujaya and Jayashree, Tawanya while in Handball Under-17 of India S. B.S Tirthi was the chief Bangladesh here. medals. Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Prema, Satpal and Maneesh, boys summit clash, Jammu In Under-17 girls Epee, guest in the inaugural ceremony, Jadhav, who returned to the SAMBA, Sept 29: Exciting Dharmendra and Kanwal, drubbed Udhampur by 10 points Mehak of District Jammu won who advised the players to play Indian team after being out of competitions in Badminton, Pritam and Umesh, SP Singh and in Handball Under-19 boys gold, Danushi of District Jammu with sportsman spirit. action for almost three months Football and Wrestling were and Ram Lakhan, Manmohan final, Jammu trounced bagged silver, while the bronze He also welcomed the District nursing a hamstring injury, expe- witnessed as the block level and Nerender, Vijay and Pradeep Udhampur by 17 points. medal was shared by Priyanka Clubs and Institutions and appreci- rienced the problem once again in sports tournament progressed and the duo of Ramesh and Anil. In Fencing Under-19 boys of District Jammu and Narmada ated them for participation. the final of the Asia Cup as he today at Sports Stadium, Suryaveer Sharma, Deepak Sabre, Amit of District Jammu of District Jammu. 15 teams are participating in tried to steal a quick single after Smailpur, here. Kumar and Maitari all from won gold, Saksham of District In Under-14 girls Sabre, this tournament, the final matches hitting the ball to mid-off. The tournament is organised Rajasthan were the officials of Jammu clinched silver, while Twinkle of District Jammu and of which will be played at 3 pm He was looked into by the by the District Administration today's matches. Ajay of District Reasi and Raghi of District Jammu (women) and 4 pm (men) tomor- physio Patrick Farhart and decid- Samba under "Sports for peace The semifinals and the finals Jareson of District Jammu claimed gold and silver respec- row. ed to continue batting before he and development," an initiative J&K High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal inaugurating of all the events will be played shared bronze. tively, while Suhana of District The matches were officiated by went off soon after. (PTI) of Govt. of India under Khelo Legal Eagle Golf Tournament at Royal Spring Golf Course in tomorrow. In Under-19 boys Epee, Jammu and Anita of District India campaign. Srinagar on Saturday. Sawan of District Jammu and Reasi won bronze medals. Nishkersh Saini (U17), Parweshwar of District Jammu In 14- girls Epee, Pranvi of Hitesh Khajuria (U20), Raju won gold and silver respectively, District Jammu won gold, Priya Gita Mittal tees off 'Legal Eagles Sharma (Above 20) emerged while Sohan of District Jammu of District Jammu bagged silver, winners in Badminton, while and Mohd Tanveer of District while Simila of District Jammu A.P.S Bari Brahmana stole the Golf Tournament' at RSGC Jammu claimed bronze medals. and Ananya of District Jammu show by trouncing H.S.S Excelsior Sports Correspondent among the women," Justice In Under-19 boys Foil, shared bronze medals. Prancy of District Jammu and Smailpur by 3-0 in football. In Mittal said. Around 250 participants SRINAGAR, Sept 29: Chief Gourav of District Reasi wrestling competition Razak She stressed that there is a from Jammu Division took part Justice Jammu and Kashmir clinched gold and silver, while Hussain, Sahil Chark (Above huge potential in the youth in the competitions, which were High Court, Justice Gita Mittal, Jareson and Saksham of District 20), Wasim Akram, Harish towards sports that needs to be organized by the Department of today teed off a day-long golf Jammu shared bronze. Bhagat, Gautam Kumar, nourished while asserting that Youth Services and Sports under tournament here at Royal In Fencing Under-14 boys Mukesh Kumar (U20), Ajay the participation of girls in the patronage of Dr Saleem-Ur- Springs Golf Course (RSGC). Epee, Devang of District Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Sahil sports in Kashmir can be the Rehman, Director General Organized by Jammu and Jammu won gold, Somay of and Shabia Ali (U17) emerged inspiration for the rest of the Youth Services & Sports and Kashmir High Court, 'Legal District Jammu bagged silver, winners in their individual country. under the overall supervision of Eagles Golf Tournament' wit- while Sunny of District Reasi bouts. The jurists from other States Madan Lal, Joint Director Youth nessed the participation of and Sufiyan of District Jammu The sports events were con- said there is a huge potential for Services & Sports Jammu. around 50 golfers which include shared bronze medals. ducted by ZPEOs Rakesh Golf as well as tourism in Chanchal Kour, District 30 Lawyers, Judges and retired In Under-14 boys Sabre, Verma and Vijay Singh Salathia. Kashmir which needs to be pro- Youth Services & Sports Officer jurists from various States Harshit of District Jammu While interacting with par- moted on a larger scale. Jammu was the Organising across the country, and 20 regu- bagged gold, Aaryaveer of ticipants, the Chief Guest Managing Director, J&K Secretary of the competitions. lar golfers from Kashmir's legal District Jammu claimed silver Additional Superintendent of Golf Development and The winners were felicitated fraternity. The event was co- and the bronze medal was Police Samba Faisal Qureshi Management Authority, Ghalib by gold, silver and bronze sponsored by the J&K Tourism shared by Chanakeya of District congratulated the winning teams Mohi-ud-Din said that the annu- Department and J&K Bank. and said that Khelo India Sports al tournament is usually organ- The tournament, an annual events will not only benefit the ized by Delhi High Court Bar affair, is being held in Jammu participants physically but emo- Association in various States and Kashmir for the first time. tionally as sports in itself is a across the country. "But, for the While inaugurating the tour- complete chapter of learning. first time, this year they have nament, the Chief Justice said Also present were SDPO chosen Kashmir to play the tour- the event has been organized as Bari-Brahmana Sunil Kesar nament," he added. a goodwill gesture that brings and a large number of sports He said the initiative would the jurists from different parts of enthusiasts. give a fillip to the overall the country at one platform with tourism activity in the State. Ritu Kalgotra D/o Bachan the true spirit for Golf. "This event will not only pro- Lal Kalgotra She said the tournament is mote golf but also sends a good and Late usually held outside the State signal across the country for the Rama Kalg- and they brought it here to send promotion of tourism," he otra W/o Prof. a message across that Kashmir is Satya Paul, added. APS Ratnuchak Basketball team posing for a group photo- absolutely safe for travellers and who has been Director Tourism, Kashmir, graph after emerging runners-up in Western Command Inter- that any tournament could be declared qual- Tasaduq Jeelani said the State in APS C'ship. held here. ified for the "We have brought Delhi and itself was a golf circuit having APS Dagshai, Ratnuchak shine in Western award of the Degree of Doctor Srinagar so close that they are many golf courses which needed of Philosophy (Ph.D) in walking hand in hand in true to be promoted through such Command Inter-APS Basketball C'ship Education by the University of spirit of sports and goodwill. It activities. Jammu. She worked on the is a union of legal experts and Among others, Justice G.S Excelsior Sports Correspondent Corps under the Western topic, "Effect of Intervention has brought women players Sistani, Justice Indermeet Kaur, Command contested in the Programme at Special Schools together as well. We hope this Justice A.K Pathak, Justice JAMMU, Sept 29: APS league based matches, closing on Social Development, Skill tradition will continue for a long Tashi Rabstan, Justice (Retd) Dagshai and APS Ratnuchak with an exciting spectre for the Behaviour, Behaviour time," she said. Bashir Ahmad Khan and other blossomed in the Western final match between APS Disorders and Motor She said many women senior advocates of the HC par- Command Inter APS Ratnuchak and APS Dagshai. Proficiency of Children with Judges participated in the tour- ticipated in the event. (Command Level) Basketball APS Dagshai emerged win- Intellectual Disabilities" under nament who would also invite The RSGC is an 18-hole golf Championship -2018, which ners, while APS Ratnuchak the supervision of Dr. Jaspal other lady golfers to play here. course with about an eight-and- concluded at APS Beas here bagged the runners-up trophy Singh, Sr. Assistant Professor, "We wanted lady golfers also a-half km long cart path and is today. with their perseverance and hard Directorate of Distance to participate and they have spread over an area of 100 The competition witnessed work, besides respect for the Education, University of turned up in good numbers here. hectares of land having three zestful performances wherein game. the winning teams of various Jammu. This is also to promote golfing lakes.