WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Jalaj, Rasool adjudged ‘Best All-Rounders’ Brilliant Belgium rip Kundal XI registers narrow win Kohli star attraction at into Costa Rica Laxmi Cricket Club drubs BRUSSELS, June 12: who opened brightly and even took the lead through Brian Ruiz Bhatia CC to enter semis BCCI awards function A powerful brace from with a slick finish after some Excelsior Sports Correspondent studded with 8 boundaries and 3 Gulshan top scored with 66 runs, Romelu Lukaku and a glittering early pressure from the visitors. sixes, while Shivam contributed while Sunil, Sunny and Raj BENGALURU, June 12: Pataudi Memorial lecture, was Pandya were all feted for their performance from Eden Hazard But the side that beat Egypt also present. consistent domestic performanc- JAMMU, June 12: Getting valuable 24 runs to the total. For Kumar 30, 24 and 23 runs saw Belgium beat Costa Rica 4- 3-0 last week, with a world-class the better of Bhatia Cricket Club Laxmi Club, Kulvinder took 2 respectively. Vicky and Shekar He is not a part of the his- It was an evening in which es. Jalaj and Rasool were 1 in Brussels in their final World Hazard pulling the strings, was toric one-off Test match against the past and the current genera- adjudged 'Best All Rounders' in by a narrow margin of 12 runs in wickets, while Aman, Rahul, took 2 wickets each from Vicky Cup warm up on Monday. 2-1 up by half-time thanks to fin- the quarterfinals, Laxmi Cricket Govind and Sameer claimed 1 XI Kathua. Afghanistan but India captain tion of Indian cricketers came Ranji Trophy while Krunal was But Belgium fans will have ishes from Dries Mertens and Virat Kohli was the star attrac- Club sealed berth in the semifi- wicket each. Abhishek of Bhatia In reply, Vicky XI managed watched in horror as Hazard, Lukaku. nals of the ongoing JKCA Cricket Club was adjudged as the to score 185 runs, thus lost the tion at the BCCI Annual Awards showing great form lately, The giant Manchester United function today as he received the Premier Cricket Championship, man of the match for his brilliant match by a narrow margin of 7 limped off in the 70th minute. target man got his second with a runs. Vicky top prestigious Polly Umrigar His teammates later dispelled powerful header after running Trophy (Cricketer of the Year) scored with 58 any fears of lasting damage to into space with great speed. runs, while Aashu award for two consecutive sea- the diminutive Chelsea forward. He then set up strike partner sons. and Tarun con- "I'm not too worried about Michy Batshuayi for the fourth tributed 28 runs The Indian skipper, who has Eden, he's a tough guy. He gets and the pair did a little dance to been in prolific form, received each. Sunil and kicked all the time, but soon gets celebrate. Gulshan took 3 the award for his stupendous over it," said Lukaku after the Belgium's Group G rivals performance during the 2016-17 wickets each, while game. from the World Cup will have Sohan Lal claimed and 2017-18 seasons. He is cur- Coach Roberto Martinez's been warned, with unpleasant rently undergoing rehabilitation 2 wickets. Gulshan multi-talented Red Devils were viewing for England, Panama of Kundal XI for a neck injury sustained dur- just too much for Costa Rica, and Tunisia. (Agencies) ing the IPL, which ruled him out Kathua was of his much debated County declared as the man assignment for Surrey. Hosts Russia have point to of the match. Kohli is expected to appear The match was for a fitness test at the NCA on prove in World Cup opener officiated by ICC chief Shashank Manohar presenting award to Virat Triumphant Laxmi CC players posing alongwith organizers and officials in Sanjeev Singh, June 15. Kohli at Bengaluru. MOSCOW, June 12: Russia has spent more than The Awards function was Jammu on Tuesday. Rajesh Gupta and $13 billion on preparations for Kulbhushan Singh. also attended by the Afghanistan together under one roof. rewarded for his performance in Host nation Russia are under the big event, and President being organized by the Jammu batting display. The Tournament is being national team which will take on Anshuman Gaekwad and Sudha the Hazare one-day champi- enormous pressure to perform as Vladimir Putin called on the and Kashmir Cricket Association The match was officiated by held under the patronage of India in their first ever Test Shah received the CK Nayudu onship. they head into Thursday's World team to pull themselves together (JKCA) at GGM Science College Ashok Singh, Rahul and Saleem- JKCA Administrators namely match, starting Thursday. Lifetime Achievement award. However, Krunal did not Cup curtainraiser against Saudi as they look to progress from a Hostel ground, here. ur-Rehman. Justice CK Prasad and Justice Former England captain Kevin The domestic cricketers got turn up to receive the award as Arabia in a contest between the section also featuring Uruguay Pietersen, who delivered the key their due recognition as Jalaj he is on national duty with the two lowest-ranked nations in the and Egypt. Earlier, winning the toss and At Sports Stadium Kathua, Riffat Alam, while CEO JKCA, note address for the MAK Saxena, Parvez Rasool, Krunal India A team. (PTI) tournament. “As far as the team are con- batting first, Laxmi Cricket Club Kundal XI scripted a narrow win AH Bukhari is the Chairman of Stanislav Cherchesov's side cerned, I must acknowledge the scored 206 runs for the loss of 9 by 7 runs over Vicky XI in the the Tournament and the matches will walk out onto the pitch at fact that, unfortunately, our team wickets in 30 overs. Nipun JKCA Under-25 Premier Cricket are held under the overall super- Bangladesh women cricketers get cash promise after Asia Cup the 80,000-capacity Luzhniki have not achieved big results in Verma top scored with 68 runs, Championship. vision of retired Judge, Jang DHAKA, June 12: The Bangladesh Cricket Board month plus $100 as match fee stadium, the historic crucible of recent times," Putin said. while Vikram Dogra and Bobby Batting first, Kundal XI Bahadur Singh Jamwal, announced a 20 million taka for an international. Russian sport, ranked a lowly “But we very much expect -- contributed 43 and 39 runs to the scored 192 runs in 30 overs, los- Member, Committee of Bangladesh showered its ($236,000) cash reward for the On their return the women 70th in the world, three spots all fans and lovers of football in total respectively. Nipun hit 6 ing 8 wickets in the process. Members JKCA. women cricketers with cash team and promised to review players were garlanded by a below Group A rivals Saudi Russia -- expect the team to play fours and one six in his knock. rewards today for their upset tri- salaries. welcoming committee that Arabia, and without a victory in with dignity, for them to show For Bhatia Cricket Club, Shivam Saweety strikes gold at umph over India in the Asia Cup "Each player will get one included government officials eight months. modern, interesting football, and took 3 wickets, while Jaipal and Twenty20 tournament. million taka ($14,800) as a cash and members of the Bangladesh A 1-1 draw in Moscow with to fight until the end." Ashwani claimed 2 wickets each. The women's team defeated reward," BCB spokesman Jalal men's team. Turkey last week made former Igor Akinfeev, Russia's most In reply, Bhatia Cricket Club Russian boxing tourney six-times champions India by Yunus said today. About A video of the male crick- national team goalkeeper recognisable player and first- managed to score 194 runs, thus three wickets in Sunday's final $75,000 will be shared by the eters celebrating in the dressing Cherchesov the first Russian or choice goalkeeper for more than fell short of 12 runs and lost the NEW DELHI, June 12: respective summit clashes to end in Kuala Lumpur to claim their coaching and management staff, room at the Sher-e-Bangla Soviet manager to go winless in a decade, admits his team-mates match by the same margin. with silver medals. maiden title. Bangladesh he added. National Stadium, after bowler seven consecutive games, four of must take the game to the oppo- Abhishek played a brilliant Saweety Boora was the lone While Yadav lost to Russia's became the first side ever to beat The BCB will review the Jahanara Alam hit the winning those ending in defeat. sition. (Agencies) innings of unbeaten 87 runs, Indian boxer to clinch a gold, Murad Rabadanov, Kumar was India in the group phase of the salary and match fees of con- run, went viral on social media. while two others signed off with beaten by Sweden's Alexandr tournament before repeating the tracted women players this Jahanara scored two runs off the Inter-State Integration Cup at Gharota silver medals in the Umakhanov Mvalbale. feat in the tense final. week, Yunus said. final ball to take Bangladesh to Memorial Tournament in Earlier, world youth champi- The team returned late Currently they earn a maxi- 113-7 after Bangladesh restrict- Kaspiysk, Russia today. on Shashi Chopra (57kg), former Monday to a heroes' welcome. mum 30,000 taka ($445) each ed India to 112-9. (Agencies) RDCC Mumbai humbles GCCC by 8 runs Saweety, who is also a former Commonwealth Games bronze- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Journalist and Rajesh Dhar Chasing target, GCCC could world championships silver- medallist Pinki Jangra (51kg) and JKCA working Committee not manage to climb target and medallist, prevailed over home Pavitra (60kg) had lost their JAMMU, June 12: Raju member. kept losing wickets on regular favourite Anna Anfinogenova in respective semifinal bouts to set- Dabholkar Cricket Club (RDCC) Earlier, RDCC Mumbai won intervals only ending up on the a unanimous verdict to finish on tle for bronze medals. Mumbai defeated Game the toss and elected to bat first. losing side as the Team lost the top in the middleweight (75kg) Among the men, world match by 8 runs. category. bronze-medallist Gaurav Bidhuri Sachin Kumar However, in the men's draw, (56kg) had finished with a bronze (28), Avinash (23) Brijesh Yadav (81kg) and after going down in his semifinal and Vikrant (11) Virender Kumar (91kg) lost their bout. (PTI) were the top con- tributors for I didn’t lose my place to a normal GCCC. For RDCC cricketer, it was Dhoni: Karthik Mumbai, Tayde remained the pick BENGALURU, June 12: ahead of his comeback Test of the bowlers by against Afghanistan. taking 4 wickets, It wasn't easy being Dinesh Karthik, who came in as a whereas Saish and Karthik in an era where replacement to injured Mahendra Singh Dhoni rede- Mowlik also Wriddhiman Saha, has not fined the role of a keeper-bats- played 87 Tests since he played shared 2 wickets man. the last of his 23 Tests against each. Kohli of Having last played a Test Bangladesh in 2010. RDCC was Players of RDCC Mumbai posing after registering win in Inter-State match way back in 2010, In fact, a statistician will declared as the best Integration Cup at Gharota in Jammu. Karthik, during all these years of reveal the plight of the keepers batsman of the soul searching, was honest in his during 'Dhoni era'. Karthik's 87 Changer Cricket Club (GCCC) Kohli 29 runs off 32 balls and match, while Tayde was declared analysis as to why he didn't get a Test match gap is an Indian R S Pura by 8 runs in the ongo- Kunal 29 runs off 36 balls as best bowler of the match. chance to wear the white flan- record but then the earlier record ing Inter-State Integration Cup remained the top scorers while Prominent person present on nels. was held by Parthiv Patel, who being organised by Game Mowlik, Vaibhav and Viraj the occasion include Gaurav "Look, I think I wasn't good made a comeback after 83 Test Changer XI Cricket Club R S played important innings by Sharma president GCCC, enough, rather I was not consis- matches and eight year hiatus Pura in collaboration with scoring 17 runs each to help Mukesh Sharma, Head Coach tent enough. That was a highly from the longest format. Country Cricket Stadium RDCC post a challenging total of GCCC besides members of the competitive environment and "So, I didn't lose my place to Gharota under the guidance of 165 runs on scoreboard. Inter-State Integration Cup there was someone called MS some normal cricketer; he Ankush Abrol Ex. Member For GCCC, Vikrant scalped 3 organising committee Vijay Dhoni breathing down my neck, (Dhoni) was special. I respect BCCI and presently JKCA work- wickets to remain pick of the Raina and Ashok Singh were the which caused a lot of stir in him for that. At that stage, I ing Committee member and Dr. bowlers while Agastya and field umpires for the match, world cricket at that point of could not produce enough per- Vikas Sharma State President Abhinav also shared 2 wickets while Rajeev Gupta and Anchit time. He went on to become one formance to hold on to my side. (NSF), Devender Padha Sr. each. Mahajan maintained scoreboard. of the greatest captains India has I need to be honest with myself. ever produced," Karthik said (PTI) Pawan Goyal to represent India in IPhO 2018 Excelsior Sports Correspondent Pawan obtained highest marks 350 out of 360 in JEE JAMMU, June 12: Pawan (Main) 2018 and secured AIR 6. Goyal, student of Resonance since Last year Pawan bagged 8th standard, will be representing Silver Medal at IPhO. In the India in the International Physics same year (2017), he secured Olympiad (IPhO) this year. AIR 2 in Kishore Vaigyanik The information in Protsahan Yojana this regard was provided (KVPY). He also tasted by RK Verma (MD & success in National Founder of Resonance). Talent Search He said, “IPhO Examination (NTSE), DIP/J-1202-P/18 (International Physics in the year 2016, Dated: 11-06-2018 Olympiad) will be held at besides qualifying in the capital of Portugal, National Standard that is Lisbon. The Exam in Physics Olympiad will start from July 21 (NSEP) and National Standard and will end on July 29, 2018.” Examination in Astronomy The students from various (NSEA) in 2016. In the year countries will showcase their tal- 2015, he bagged Gold Medal in ent and will give a strong compe- International Junior Science tition to each other. Olympiad (IJSO). Murali becomes 2nd fastest Indian in 10,000m NEW DELHI, June 12: run faster than Kumar on four occasions. Young long distance runner Kumar's earlier best was Gavit Murali Kumar bagged a 29:33.85 during the Federation gold in men's 10,000m race at the Cup in Patiala in March. Gouden Spike meeting in Leiden, The men's 10,000m bronze Netherlands to become the sec- medal winner in the 2014 Asian ond fastest Indian in this event as Games had clocked 28:45.65. the country's track and field ath- The Gouden Spike is one of letes continued their build-up for the top meetings in The the upcoming Asian Games. Netherlands. Its current The 21-year-old Kumar, a European Athletics status is bright talent from Gujarat, Outdoor Meetings with National clocked a personal best of 28 Permit. minute 43.34 seconds, the best Meanwhile, Indian athletes by an Indian in the ongoing sea- continued their preparations by son. Current long-distance coach taking part in various competi- Surendra Singh, who holds the tions during their training-cum- national record of 28:02.89, has exposure tour of Europe. (PTI)