THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU All India T20 Cricket Championship India look for redemption Sharan, Shubhneer register wins in Sr Snooker Singh CC Akhnoor outplays Media in Tests under Kohli Mandeep to lock horns with MOHALI, Nov 4: Playing for Saurashtra, Jadeja, whose last Test appear- XI by 8 wkts in low scoring game Outwitted in both the T20 and Rohit in Jr Snooker final ance was against England last Excelsior Sports Correspondent Excelsior Sports Correspondent the ODI cricket series, India will year, has bagged 38 wickets in seek redemption in the Test for- four games to win back the selec- JAMMU, Nov 4: Defeating JAMMU, Nov 4: Singh mat by trying to spin a web tors' trust. their rivals convincingly in the Cricket Club Akhnoor outplayed around the formidable South His left-arm slow bowling, semifinals today, Mandeep Media XI by 8 wickets in a low Africans in the four-match series combined with Mishra's leg-spin Singh and Rohit Chib entered scoring game of the ongoing All starting here tomorrow. and Ashwin's offies could turn into the finals of the Junior India T20 Cricket India failed to make use of out to be the much-needed win- Snooker, while Sharan Singh Championship, being organized the home advantage in the limit- ning formula for the hosts on and Shubhneer Sharma regis- by Bhallessa Cricket Club in ed-overs games while the South what seems to be a track that will tered wins over their rivals in collaboration with Jammu and Africans displayed remarkable favour the home team's strength. the Senior Snooker of the ongo- Kashmir State Sports Council at adaptability to emerge the better On the batting front, India ing 23rd Jammu District Junior MA Stadium, here. of the two teams so far. will be spoilt for choices on with and Senior Billiards and Earlier, winning the toss and In tomorrow's match, Virat Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Snooker Championship, being putting Media XI into bat, SCC Kohli's men would take the field Cheteshwar Pujara and Rohit organized by J&K Billiards and Akhnoor bowlers bowled with a without pace spearhead Ishant Sharma fighting it out for the top- Snooker Association at MA nagging line and teasing length Sharma, who is serving a one- Players of Singh Cricket Club Akhnoor posing for a group order slots. Stadium, here. to restrict the week Media XI to match ban for his aggressive out- photograph after clinching win over Media XI at MA Stadium on Speaking highly of Dhawan Earlier, in the first semifinal, a paltry score of 55 runs in the bursts during the away series Wednesday. and his 187 against Australia at Mandeep defeated Kanav Rohit Chib concentrating hard while aiming shot during a stipulated 16 overs. Media XI against Sri Lanka. the same venue in 2013, Shastri Manwa (3-0) by (52-32, 41-8, the wrecker-in-chief, who took 3 balls, while Chandan Kiran con- semifinal match of Junior Snooker District Championship at lost 8 wickets in the process. Therefore, India will be rely- said, "Getting runs at a venue in 54-19), while in another semifi- important wickets in his 4 overs, tributed 23 runs off 14 balls. MA Stadium on Wednesday. -Excelsior/Rakesh Faheem Tak top scored with 29 ing heavily on their spin brigade your last Test match, nothing like nal, Rohit outplayed Vipan runs off 39 balls, while Vivek while Binny claimed one wick- Sham Singh Langeh was to out-manoeuvre the potent Rohit (3-0) by (88-44, 56-38, izing committee including et. adjudged as man of the match it. But the biggest mistake people Malhi (3-0) by (54-37, 55-54, Suri contributed 7 runs to the opposition batting, which has make is that they mix Test and 48-22). Now, Mandeep will take 64-23), while Shubhneer Sohail Khalid, Jaideep Manocha total. None of the other batsmen In reply, Singh Cricket Club, for his brilliant bowling display. been sublime to say the least. Sharma got better of Jaswinder and Gurjeev Singh, while achieved the target easily by los- The match was officiated by ODI form. Test match form he on Rohit in the summit clash. could do much with the bat With Ravindra Jadeja back in comes back at the back of two In the first round of Senior Singh (3-0) by (43-30, 73-39, Rakesh Sharma is the marker. against the formidable bowling ing 2 wickets, thus won the Vikas Bali and Dayal Singh as the mix of things, Kohli will be 58-31). President JKBSA, Sanjeev match by 8 wickets. Sunny umpires, while Sachin Singh Test hundreds, so he is very Snooker which got underway attack. For Singh Cricket Club, looking to go with three spinners much in form, he is hot. (PTI) today, Sharan Singh defeated The matches are being held Gupta was also present in skipper Sham Singh Langeh was Mahi scored 26 runs off just 14 was the scorer. at the PCA track, hoping to pose under the supervision of organ- today’s proceedings. a threat to the visitors. Paes-Nadal bow Premier off-spinner Selection trial of Senior Kabaddi Ravichandran Ashwin, who out of Paris missed the last four ODIs with a Masters side strain he suffered in the National C’ship from Nov 5 opening game in Kanpur, seems PARIS, Nov 4: Excelsior Sports Correspondent (boys & girls) of State to be fit and raring to go. Indian tennis star Leander Association for trials of Senior Having been India's strike JAMMU, Nov 4: In a hand- Paes partnering Spanish great State teams, which will partici- bowler in the Test series win in out issued here by general secre- Rafael Nadal bowed out of the pate in 63rd Senior National Sri Lanka, Ashwin, who bagged tary of Jammu and Kashmir Paris Masters after going down Kabaddi Championship to be 20 wickets against the Island Amateur Kabaddi Association, in straight sets in their men's held at Bangalore in Karnataka nation, will be key to the home Kuldeep Kumar Gupta, the doubles opening round match from November 24 to team's chances with opposition selection trials of Senior boys here. November 29, 2015. players like Faf du Plessis and and girls will be conducted The Indo-Spanish pair lost Dignitaries from BSF inaugurating Civic Action Programme The Association has advised Dean Elgar acknowledging the from November 5 to November 3-6 4-6 to Dominic Inglot of on Wednesday. the players to bring their Voter in-form spinner's threat. 7, 2015, under NIS coaches of Great Britain and Sweden's Card, or Adhar Card or Passport Team Director Ravi Shastri J&K State Sports Council at Robert Lindstedt. during the trials. though has asserted that even BSF organizes Civic Green Field Gandhi Nagar, here. The experienced British- The trials will be conducted Amit Mishra and Jadeja, who has The president of the Swedish combination took just under the supervision of joint been in stellar form in the current Association, Anil Gupta has an hour and two minutes to get secretary of the Association, Ranji season, will be crucial to Action Programme directed all the affiliated Surinder Mohan Gupta, district the better of Paes and Nadal Districts and Clubs of the State the home side's fortunes. Excelsior Correspondent Ratanpur and Primary School secretary, Dinesh Gupta and Speaker Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta, IGP Jammu, here last night. (PTI) to send their registered players Khanpur. Many dignitaries of organizing secretary, Anil Modi. Danesh Rana and other dignitaries during celebration of annu- JAMMU, Nov 4: 126 Bn al function at KC International School in Jammu on Wednesday. the area were also present dur- BSF organized a Civic Action ing the programme. Pakistan hold egde as England Programme at Govt High Refreshment was also pro- K C International celebrates School, Koulpur, today. vided by the unit to villagers The programme was chaired who attended the Civic Action seek series-levelling win by Hari Lal, Commandant. Programme. The response of the SHARJAH, Nov 4: confident leg-before appeals annual function A large number of people local population was excellent. off Zulfiqar Babar in the dying Pakistan grabbed two early Excelsior Correspondent fusion of Saraswati Mantra and and students from villages Keso, Civil population also thanked moments, much to the relief of wickets to hit England hard in other songs. Koulpur, Ben Galar and Kamour the England camp. JAMMU, Nov 4: K C Border Security Force and their chase of a 284-run target The grand wedding of the participated in the programme. England's best chase in all International School celebrated requested to organize more such as the third and final Test heads Snow White and the prince was Earlier, a friendly cricket Test cricket is 332 they did Spark 2015, its annual function progarmmes in future. for an intriguing finish after depicted through the Grand tournament was organized by On the occasion, Hari Lal, against Australia at Melboure at General Zorawar Singh Finale. The chief guest on the Day four in Sharjah today. 126 Bn BSF at Bn HQ amongst Commandant welcomed in 1928 while they have not Auditorium, here. occasion was Kavinder Gupta, local villages in which village England were 46-2 with Sarpanch, Principal, villagers crossed more than 209-run tar- The function started with the Speaker of Legislative Ben Galar won the tournament. Alastair Cook (17) and Joe lighting of the lamp and floral and students and stated that BSF Root (six) fighting hard against get in Asia, achieved against Assembly and the guest of hon- Winners of Display Your Talent organized by St.