MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2021 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Union Secretary Tourism attends 5th Rohit reaches career-best eighth rank; DYSS XI drubs Income Tax XI by 62 runs Skiing Graduation Ceremony at IISM Ashwin, Patel also move up Sportspersons are messengers DUBAI, Feb 28: position. *Distributes prizes among participants England spinner Jack Leach Opener Rohit Sharma has entered the top 30 for the of peace, unity: Mona Singh Excelsior Sports Correspondent touched his career-best eighth first time, moving up three position in the ICC Test places to 28th after taking four SRINAGAR, Feb 28: Union Batsmen's Rankings today with wickets. Captain Joe Root's *Dr Saleem gets MoM, Parminder adjudged best batsman Secretary Tourism, Arvind Singh a six-place jump after his maiden five-wicket haul has lift- Excelsior Sports Correspondent today attended the 5th Skiing impressive show in India's 10- ed him 16 places to 72nd among Graduation ceremony at Indian wicket win over England in the bowlers while he is now joint- JAMMU, Feb 28: Terming Institute of Skiing and low-scoring third Test in 13th among all-rounders. sportspersons as the messengers Mountaineering (IISM) Ahmedabad. Opener Zak Crawley's knock of peace, unity and prosperity, Gulmarg. Rohit top-scored in the first of 53 in the first innings has Commisioner Income Tax On the occasion, the innings with 66 and remained helped him advance 15 places to Jammu, Mona Singh lavished Secretary, Ministry of Tourism unbeaten on 25 in the second to 46th in what was the only praise on the organisers of exhi- distributed prizes among the move ahead of compatriot notable gain for any of their bition cricket match for provid- players who excelled in the com- Cheteshwar Pujara among oth- batsmen. ing opportunity to the employees petition of different snow games. ers. Meanwhile, the ICC said that of Income Tax Department and Union Secretary, Tourism Department Arvind Singh present- Among others, Economic His rating points aggregate is player rankings will move to a the Department of Youth ing prize to a player. Advisor, Union Ministry of 742, 20 more than his best of weekly updating system from Services & Sports to showcase Tourism, Gyan Bushan, Director Narendra Modi is to transform Kashmir will increase manifold 722 in October 2019 when he March 2021 for both men and their cricketing skills and Tourism, Kashmir, G N Itoo, the tourism sector as a major besides the travel restrictions on was ranked 10th. women. enhance their fitness levels. Director Tourism, Jammu, She said this during a vale- DYSS XI team receiving winning trophy at GGM Science source of employment genera- foreign tourists will also be sub- Player of the match Axar "The change will not impact College Hostel ground in Jammu on Sunday. Principal, IISM, SDM, tion in the country. sequently relaxed. Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin the way the rankings are calcu- dictory function of the exhibition Tangmarg, MD, Cable Car Singh said sustainable When asked for renewing have also made solid gains after lated but what it means is that cricket match, organized by Parminder Singh top scored Singh, Parminder Singh, Anmol Corporation and other officers tourism is the only way of and development of the infra- playing a crucial rile in India's instead of rankings being updat- Young Star Cricket Club and with 64 runs off just 40 balls, Bhan, Vikram Dogra and were present at the event. expanding this sector and bring- structure at the Gulmarg, win on a spin-friendly track. ed at the end of a series (in ODIs Jammu District Cricket studded with 9 boundaries, Amaan claimed 1 wicket each. While congratulating the ing expected change in J&K Secretary Tourism said that Left-arm spinner Patel's 11- and T20Is) or a Test match, they Association at GGM Science while Dr Saleem-ur-Rehman For his all-round display, Dr players who took part in differ- Tourism. Besides, he said adven- under different schemes Union wicket match haul has helped may be updated while a series or College Hostel ground, here and skipper Suresh Singh con- Saleem-ur-Rehman was ent events like Intermediate ture tourism will serve as the Govt is funding States to him gain 30 slots to reach 38th match is ongoing without per- today. tributed 27 runs each. Vikram adjudged as the man of the Slalom, Intermediate Tech, Basic main attraction for domestic and upgrade the Tourism infrastruc- position while off-spinner formances in those matches Mona said that the employ- Dogra also chipped in with 19 match, while Parminder Singh Slalom, Basic Tech, Advance foreign tourists. ture. Ashwin's seven wickets have being considered," ICC said in a ees of these departments hardly runs, while Dinesh contributed and Abhay were adjudged as the Slalom, Advance Tech etc, He also said that as the vacci- Economic Advisor Union lifted him four places to third release. (PTI) get much time to improve their 10 runs to the total. For Income best batsman and best bowler Arvind Singh asked them to take nation program will be complet- Ministry of Tourism, Gyan fitness levels, adding that such Tax XI, Abhay, Sonu and respectively. these sports as a professional ed in the country, the flow of Bushan said that IISM as a part events serve as a launching pad Rakesh claimed 1 wicket each. The organisers also hon- career. tourists to Gulmarg and entire of the National Center of for them in making proper use In reply, Income Tax oured outstanding performers at He said the vision of PM Excellence, needs to prepare a of their leisure time. Department managed to score the higher levels namely Abdul 'Friendship Cup T-20 Cricket Series’ calendar of events to be conduct- She was all praise for Dr 106 runs to lose the match by a Samad, Shubham Khajuria and ed to let everyone in the country Saleem-ur-Rehman, DG Sports big margin of 62 runs. Aarav Mahajan, whose awards know in advance about the pro- and Rakesh Kumar, Additional Harvinder and Hardeep con- were received by their parents Media XI CC defeats grammes and activities being Commissioner Income Tax for tributed 12 runs each, while Mohd Farooq, Pardeep Khajuria held at Gulmarg. helping the organisers in hold- Gurminder and Rakesh Kumar and Abhishek respectively. Director Tourism Kashmir ing the event in a befitting man- made 10 runs each. Dr Saleem The proceedings of the vale- Jammu United XI by 7 wkts during his address said that the ner. was the pick of the bowlers for dictory function were conducted She was accompanied by DYSS XI, who scalped 2 impor- by Cricket commentator Rajesh Excelsior Sports Correspondent he was out on 26. Gurdeep Singh Tourism Department conducted MP Singh, Commissioner tant wickets, while Suresh Dhar. contributed 20 runs to the total a Snow festival here at Gulmarg JAMMU, Feb 28: Media XI during which several Bollywood Income Tax (Appeals), Dr and Media XI chased the required Saleem-ur-Rehman, DG Sports Cricket Club Jammu defeated celebrities participated which Sports Officer JKSC Ashok Singh inaugurating Kathua 2nd Khelo India National Winter Games runs in 13.4 overs. and Ankush Abrol, former Jammu United XI by 7 wickets in sent a positive message to the District Boxing Championship at Sports Stadium, Kathua on From Jammu United, Yasir, Member BCCI as the special the ongoing 'Friendship Cup T-20 entire country. He said various Sunday. Karnataka bags 2 gold, J&K clinches Ajeet and Arif picked up 1 wick- guests, while Vinod Sharma, Cricket Series', being played at et a piece. festivals would be organized MA Stadium, here today. which includes Badamwari festi- president Jammu District On the occasion, Parveen Cricket Association and Rajesh 3 medals in SnowShoe event Earlier, Jammu United skip- Choudhary, Sarpanch Kehli val followed by Tulip festival Sports Officer JKSC and literary festival at Gulmarg. Dhar, former Chairman Media Excelsior Sports Correspondent clinched silver medal for J&K. Later, Union Secretary Committee JKCA were the Zehra Akhter bagged bronze SRINAGAR, Feb 28: On the Arvind Singh gave away prizes inaugurates Boxing meet guests of honour. medal for Ladakh. Earlier, batting first, DYSS third day of the ongoing 2nd In junior girls, Latha AA of to the top three position holders Khelo India National Winter Excelsior Sports Correspondent and mountaineer, Sajjad Ahmed. XI scored a good total of 168 Karnataka bagged gold medal in separate competitive events. Games 2021, Karnataka girls In the Advance Slalom, Earlier, general secretary of runs in the stipulated 20 overs, while as Rutba Saleem of J&K KATHUA, Feb 28: Sports the Association, Rajan Sharma emerged winner in both the long bagged silver. Mannat Mushtaq of Imityaz Ahmad obtained 1st losing 3 wickets in the process. distance girls SnowShoe events at Officer of the J&K Sports said, "We are holding first dis- J&K bagged bronze medal. prize, Ankit Dev Singh and Yasir Gulmarg today. Council (JKSC), Ashok Singh trict boxing championship after Cricket Tourney In SnowShoe events, around got 2nd and 3rd prizes respec- today inaugurated the two-day Today, competition of Long 24 athletes from eight different tively. Also, in Advance Tech, last year's encouraging response Distance SnowShoe in senior and 1st District Kathua Boxing from district. A regular coaching from Mar 4 States and Union Territories are Aamar Rafi took the Ist prize Championship being organised junior girls' categories were held. participating. centre has been established at Excelsior Sports Correspondent while Faisal Hussain Khan and by J&K Amateur Boxing Karnataka girls bagged both Later, officials from Ministry the Sports Stadium where a the gold medals, J&K also Mohammad Aftab Bhat shared Association at Sports Stadium, JAMMU, Feb 28: Babu of Youth Affairs and Sports 2nd prize, Mian Mohammad trained senior boxer is imparting clinched three medals while as Government of India alongwith here. training. The district administra- Jagjeeven Ram Memorial Ladakh pocketed one medal. Dignitaries presenting trophy to the winning team. Haris got 3rd prize. The opening day witnessed Cricket Tournament is going to officials of J&K Sports Council Similarly, in Basic Slalom, tion is very supportive and The SnowShoe Senior and interacted with athletes and offi- preliminary round of the compe- be held at MA Stadium here Junior girls' long distance events Danish Bhat, Danish Khatana efforts are being made to give cials. Mandi Samba was the chief tition in youth and senior cate- impetus to the activities." from March 4. were inaugurated by senior jour- per Pawan Parihar won the toss and Waseem got 1st, 2nd and 3rd gories. Around 60 boxers of the The competitions of guest, while the guest of honour The technical penal com- Former Deputy Chief nalist Peerzada Ashique. SnowShoe will continue tomor- and decided to bat first. On a dou- prizes respectively while in district turned up for the compe- was Ravinder Singh Sarpanch prised Gautama Sharma, Minister Jammu and Kashmir In senior girls, Dhanalakshmi row also with scheduled Sprint ble paced wicket with low Supwal Samba. Basic Tech Asif Ahmad, tition in different age groups. Tara Chand will be the chief of Karnataka bagged gold medal bounce, batsmen of Jammu Mohammad Huzaifah Magray Rajneesh and Pardeep Sharma. events of Senior Men and Junior While speaking on the occa- Speaking on the occasion, In Seniors, (56 kg), Yuvraj guest during the opening cere- while as Muskaan Shabaan boys. United were not comfortable and sion Parveen Choudhary said, and Karan Kapoor claimed first, chief guest, Ashok Singh patted mony, while senior Congress they kept on loosing wickets at a second and third prizes respec- Singh and Sumit Mankotia "Media professionals are the real the young local boxers, who secured first and second posi- leader Raman Bhalla and regular interval. warriors as they have been per- tively. strive hard to excel in the National President NSUI Neeraj Volleyball team flagged Skipper of Media XI Cricket Also, in intermediate Slalom, tions respectively, whereas in 75 forming duties during the chal- Olympic event. He was all kg, Naresh Kumar beat Panjeet Kundal have consented to be Club Vivek Suri rotated his lenging times of COVID-19 pan- Maira Khan, Mehdi Hussain and praise for the Association for the guests of honour. bowlers wisely which paid divi- Mohammed Ali took the top Singh. In Youth (49 kg), demic and both the teams have set taking the game at the district Himmat Kumar beat Sakshi Around 16 teams are going off for nationals dend as they restricted Jammu a great example for the youth to three prizes in the order of 1st, level and encouraging the to participate in this tourna- United to 95 for all out in 20 2nd and 3rd respectively. Sharma in semifinal. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Mohammad Javed Treasurer break the shackles and pick up youngsters from far-flung areas In Juniors semifinal (44 kg), ment. Ladakh Volleyball Association. overs. Vishal Sharma scored 19 sports again". Besides, Danish Bashir got ist of the Union Territory. The opening match of the KARGIL, Feb 20: Volleyball runs and Pawan Parihar con- prize in Intermediate Tech while Ranjit Singh beat Ritishek President Ladakh Volleyball He later presented runners up Also present on the occasion Kuashli, whereas in 48 kg, tournament will be played team of Ladakh comprising 7 Association Haji Mirza Hussain tributed 10 runs for the team. trophy to the Jammu United XI Taymam Feroz and Ayesha Khan were former chief football coach between Media-XI Cricket Club boys and 3 girls has been flagged From Media-XI, Rahul Khatri received 2nd and 3rd prize Sulamen beat Pawan Singh. wished good luck to the team. He followed by Man of the Match of SAI, Satish Kumar Sharma In Sub-Junior semifinal (42 Jammu and Baba Jitto Cricket took 3 wickets, Nitin Thakur, award to Rahul Khatri. respectively. Club. Faheem Tak and Ranjit Singh kg), Kulshan Singh beat Mohit Later, Media XI skipper Kumar, whereas in 44 kg, Rishi For any query, contact the took 2 wickets whereas Vivek Vivek Suri was presented the organiser on mobile number Suri took 1 wicket each. Lalotra beat Pushbinder and winning trophy by the chief Danish Sajjad beat Ian Mahajan. 99061-99260. Chasing the target, Media XI guest. started on a brisk note as Amit In the end, Rahul Khatri from Kumar was on a cracking mood. Media-XI presented the vote of Second Integration T-20 Cup, He hit two towering sixes before thanks. One Day series conclude Excelsior Sports Correspondent est 27 runs, while Jahangir and Tawi Trekkers organizes Gowhar scored18 runs each. JAMMU, Feb 28: The From Game Changer, Second Integration Cup T-20 and Ankush, Atish, Aryan and 7th one day trek one day series organised by the Ritansh took 2 wickets each. Excelsior Sports Correspondent beautiful panoramic views of the Winners and dignitaries posing for a group photograph. Game Changer Cricket Club Sachin and Raghav took 1 wick- concluded here today at Gharota Volleyball players and dignitaries posing for group photo- lofty Trikuta hills which unfolded et apiece. graph. -Excelsior/Basharat Ladakhi JAMMU, Feb 28: As a part of before them as they trekked on a its Sunday series programme to narrow stones strewn trail along a Inter District UT level Yoga off for 69th Senior National promote heritage sites and poten- small concrete stream of water. informed that rest of the team will Volleyball Championship to be tial tourism spots of Jammu for Down below the trekkers wit- be flagged off from Leh tomor- held at KIIT University soft adventure activities, Tawi nessed grand spectacle of crystal Competition concludes row. Bhubaneshwar, Odhisa from Trekkers J&K organized its 7th clear, gushing and cascading Dawood Iqbal Baba while Excelsior Sports Correspondent (Udhampur) got Gold medal, March 5 to 11. one day trek to Devi Pindian for waters of Jhajjar rivulet which has interacting with the players said Meraz (Baramulla) got silver The team was flagged off by 40 students including 25 girls of its origin at Devi Pindian. JAMMU, Feb 28: Inter that it is a great opportunity for medal and Sayad got Bronze Director, Department of Sports Oriental Academy Senior However, the trek had to be nego- District UT level Yoga the sports fraternity of Ladakh to medal, whereas 4th and 5th posi- and Physical Education Jammu Secondary School, Jammu and 11 tiated carefully at some of the Competition for all age group exhibit their talent at national tions were secured by Raghav University, Dawood Iqbal Baba oThe group was flagged off by the points where the narrow trail just a category of boys organized by level. He impressed upon the (Jammu) and Sayad Nadeem along with Sanjay Lecturer Principal of the school Vivek foot wide is, in fact, a side wall of Department of Youth Services team to give their 100 per cent (Baramulla). Muzamil Physical Education, Padma Dev Chauhan who also participated in the concrete stream. and Sports District Reasi con- and win medals in this (Baramulla) got trophy in Singh Hockey Coach and the trek along with students. Reaching the Devi Pindian cluded at SMVDU Sports com- Championship. President of Tawi Trekkers Rhythmic and Munish shrine the trekkers were enchant- plex Katra. (Udhampur) got trophy in Chairman Nirbhay Bharat Foundation Tarun Uppal present- Ram Khajuria, Vice President of ed by the sublime atmosphere and Mementoes and medals ing title trophy to the winner team. Mountaineering Association of Artistic. serenity of the place where as per were awarded by chief guest In U-19 boys, Owais J&K Sumit Khajuria, senior legend the Goddess Vaishno Devi Nirmala Devi District stadium. The series was organ- member Sonam Sidharth, Er (Baramulla) got Gold medal, Game Changer Cricket Club resides for nine months in a year. Development Councilor Husaib (Baramulla) got Silver ised in association with Country won the match by15 runs. Rajiv Sharma, Abhinav Khajuria, On their return, the group pre- Constituency Katra and guest of Cricket. Rajnish Samnotra and two teach- medal and Dushant from Jammu For all round performance, ferred a short but steep trek and honour Rajesh Sharma Nodal got Bronze medal, whereas The last match of the series Ankush (Googly) was declared ers of the school Suresh Thakur finally a 2 kilometers road walk Officer SMVDU Sports was played between Game and Nitika Thapa were also a part Fazan (Baramulla) and Neeraj as Man of the Match. was selected amidst the calm and Complex to players who secured (Udhampur) secured 4th and 5th Changer Cricket Club R S Pura Farhan was declared as Best of the group. cool trees. first, second and third positions and Kashmir Strikers Cricket Starting the 8 kilometers to places respectively. Irfan Batsman of the series and Sachin Now the club has planned to during the competition. (Baramulla) got trophy in Club Srinagar wherein Chairman Sharma was declared as Best and fro trek for Devi Pindian from undertake the Dhergarh trek While addressing, Nirmala Nirbhay Bharat Foundation Kunia Nursery, 2 kilometers from Artistic and Sohail (Baramulla) Bowler. Aryan Dassi and Tauhid which was postponed earlier due Devi stressed upon the impor- got trophy in Rhythmic. Tarun Uppal was the chief guest. Albi were given best wicket- Panthal, the trekkers enjoyed tance of sports and education. Earlier, Game Changer won Dignitaries presenting Man of the Match trophy to Shubam. to certain unavoidable reasons. The matches were officiat- keepers award. -Excelsior/Romesh Mengi Both sports and education play ed by Anubhav Dev, Rajesh the toss and elected to bat first. Tarun Uppal said that the an important role in development Bandral, Dheeraj Singh Jamwal, In the first inning Game Changer twin divisions of the UT have Chess Championship held of human personality, Nirmala Aman Singh Sabmyal and scored 144 runs by losing 7 immense talent and again they wickets in 20 overs. Vansaj President XI registers Excelsior Sports Correspondent In U-7 age category, Paras Devi added. Ashoka Kumari. have proved their mettle and Sharma won Gold medal while In the end, Subash Chander Among others were present scored 29 runs while Mohit made J&K proud. “There is a KATHUA, Feb 28: Amandeep Silver medal went to Nirbhay. Sharma presented vote of thanks. Ashok Kumar, Saroj Bala, made 25 runs, Goldi scored 24 dire need to further development Singh won the Chess title in open berth in RPL final A total of 31 players partici- In U-14 boys, Irshad from Romesh Chander, Jawant Singh, runs, Ankush made 18 runs and of sports infra with which the category while Mriganka Sangra pated in the event. District Baramulla got Gold Janveer contributed with 17 sportspersons would be able to Excelsior Sports Correspondent Shrya scored 24 runs. won the title in women section in Rakesh Kumar, Jasbir Kour, The Championship was held medal, Shurya from Jammu got Vikas Verma, Balbir Singh, runs. prove themselves besides pro- Abhishek from Sunderbani the Kathua District Chess under the banner of J&K Sports Silver medal, Faisel from From Kashmir Strikers, REASI, Feb 28: President XI took 2 wickets. Championship held at Rakesh Kumar, Harpreet Kour, viding them a suitable playing Council and All J&K Chess Baramulla got Bronze medal Manzoor took 2 wickets, while Sunderbani defeated Shree Ram In reply, Sunderbani team Government Middle School, Rakesh Kumar, Sahil Sharma, platform,” Uppal said. Association. whereas 4th and 5th places were Mehraj, Tanveer, Jahangir, Cricket Club Jyotipuram in the chased the target in 20th over Rajbagh here today. Sapna Devi, Madhu Rani, Naveel Koul Sports semis and registered berth in the Ravi Sharma, President secured by Surinder and Nikhil Jagdish Raj, Rahul Jandial, Priya Adnan and Faheem took 1 Secretary NBF was the guest of with 3 balls remaining. Shubam Shivang Gupta won the silver Kathua District Chess Association from Jammu. Mohiz (Baramulla) wicket each. final of the ongoing Reasi medal while Karam Samyal won Sharma, Tahir Bilal, Usha Devi, honour. played a splendid inning of 88 supervised all the matches. got trophy in Artistic event and While chasing down the tar- Batting first, SRCC sets the tar- the bronze in open section. Surbhi Anthal, Rajan Kumar, Amit Dassi, Mohammad runs while Sumit scored 34 runs. All the matches were con- Rahul got trophy in Rhythmic get, Kashmir Strikers scored 129 get of 168 runs for the loss of 6 Shubam was adjusted as Prananjali Sharma won Silver in ducted as per International rules of Vishal Dubey, Danish Singh, Iqbal, Vikrant Sharma, Amit wickets in 20 overs. Raman women section while Komal Devi event. runs by losing all the wickets in Man of the Match for his bril- Chess with Swiss software. Mohammad Arif, Raqib and all Padha and Jasbir Singh were also scored 54 in just 27 balls while won Bronze in women section. In U-17 boys, Sunil REKs. 19.2 overs. Farhan scored high- present. liant batting performance.