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Page10sports.Qxd (Page 1) MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2015 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India on sticky wicket India take on Nepal in international football friendly PUNE, Aug 30: just four while India have record- despite crucial lead India once again take on their ed victory on 12 occasions. neighbours Nepal in an interna- India coach Stephen COLOMBO, Aug 30: tional friendly football match Constantine predicted a tough India gained a handy 111-run here tomorrow ahead of their game for his wards against first innings lead but Sri Lanka crucial 2018 FIFA World Cup Nepal, a team he had coached hit back with three early strikes qualifiers match against conti- earlier. to roar back into the game on a nental heavyweights Iran early "I would like to welcome topsy turvy Day 3 of the third next month. Nepal to India to play their first and final cricket Test here today. India had beaten Nepal on international friendly post the On a dramatic day which aggregates (a 2-0 win and a 0-0 tragedy of earthquakes. I have saw fortune fluctuating from draw) in the World Cup first fond memories of the lovely one team to the other, India had round qulaifying match and the Himalayan Kingdom and I share the game firmly in control by two sides are once again crossing the pain of the people. Nepal will taking a decent lead which could swords against each other at the always remain close to my have been much bigger but for Balewadi Stadium here. heart," he said at the pre-match Children posing for a group photograph alongwith the chief guest and other dignitaries during some audacious counter attack Nepal, ranked 184th in the press conference. Prize Distribution Function organized by Ucmas Abacus in Jammu. by debutant Kusal Perera (55) FIFA charts, are playing their "Nepal have always been a and Rangana Herath (49). India first senior international match difficult team for India. They Prize Distribution Ceremony for 5th J&K were then left gasping at a pre- after the devastating earthquake have shown in the last two games carious 21 for three in the sec- Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath (L) and Kusal Perera (R) run that hit the Himalayan nation that they can fight. They will give ond innings to allow the between wickets next to India's Ishant Sharma during the third recently. On the other hand, us a difficult game and that's State Level Ucmas Abacus Competition held islanders to neutralise the 156th-ranked Indians are using what we want. We want to be day of their third and final test cricket match in Colombo on Excelsior Correspondent Slathia, while 2nd position went position by Aaditya Pratap advantage. tomorrow's match as a tune-up stretched to the wire. The general Sunday. (UNI) to Prajjawal Kumar Jha, Singh Charak and the merit Captain Virat Kohli (1) and for the big home match on perception stays that they are not JAMMU, Aug 30: Ucmas SCOREBOARD Shrehan Raj Singh and Aditya position holder students were Rohit Sharma (14) were at the September 8 against Iran, cur- that strong as people sometimes Abacus, a Malaysia based crease when play was called off India 1st innings: Sharma and the 3rd position Manisha Kundal and Ayaan rently Asia's highest ranked side. love to go by the FIFA Rankings. organization pioneering in aba- for the day because of rain. It KL Rahul b Prasad 2 was bagged by Arnav Jain, Sharma. India and Nepal have played But no one knows more about cus based brain development turned out to be a highly event- Cheteshwar Pujara not out 145 Rudraksh Bhalla and Drish Overall Champion of against each other 19 times so their spirit than me," he added. program conducted Prize ful day which saw as many as 15 Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Pradeep 8 Mahajan. Intermediate B Group E was far. Nepal have managed to win (PTI) Distribution Ceremony for 5th wickets fall at the Sinhalese Virat Kohli c Perera b Mathews 18 Merit position holder stu- Suvesh Pandita. J&K State Level Ucmas Abacus Sports Club. Rohit Sharma c Tharanga b Prasad 26 dents were Sarvagya Gupta, The Champions of different and Mental Arithmetic Though India had an overall Stuart Binny lbw b Prasad 0 Saransh Gandotra, Mehar category were awarded trophies, Competition 2015, here. lead of 132 with seven wickets Naman Ojha c Tharanga b Kaushal 21 Singh, Suhani Rajput, Rishi certificates and Rs 1100 cash In Basic Level-Group A1, in hand, the series decider was R Ashwin c Perera b Prasad 5 Gupta, Daksh Sharma, Anish prize each. A2, A3, the 1st position holders interestingly poised with both Abhinav Mishra st Perera b Herath 59 Pandita, Aryaman Singh Champion of Champion of included Avikshit Sharma, the teams in a position to wrap Ishant Sharma Herath 6 Jamwal and Hitesh Sharma 5th J&K State Level Ucmas Aryan, Abhishek Abrol and up the series with two full days Umesh Yadav b Herath 4 Overall Champion of Abacus Competition 2015 was Nandan Sharma, while 2nd still left. Extras (LB-2, W-4, NB-7, Pen 5) 18 Elementary-A Level was Aarya Mahajan, who was award- position was claimed by Arihant Resuming at their overnight Total (all out; 100.1 overs) 312 Kanhaiya Gupta ed with a Samsung Tablet apart A Singh, Mudita Gupta, Ryan score of 292 for eight, India Bowling: Dhammika Prasad 26-4-100-4, Nuwan Pradeep 22-6- In Elementary-B Level from trophy and certificate. Vivek Mahajan, Nandani were bowled out for 312 with 52-1, Angelo Mathews 13-6-24-1, Rangana Herath 27.1-3-84-3, Group C2,C3, the 1st position Priya Sethi Minister of Sharma and Utkarsh Gupta and Cheteshwar Pujara (145 not out) Tharindu Kaushal 12-2-45-1. was bagged by Srijan Sharma Education for Education the 3rd position went to Arnav becoming the fourth Indian bats- Sri Lanka 1st innings: and the 2nd position by Ojasvi Information & Culture was the Veer Singh, Kartikain Gupta, man to carry his bat through. U Tharanga c Rahul b I Sharma 4 Koul chief guest on the occasion, who Krishna Mahajan, Vishwas Sunil Gavaskar, Virender K Silva b U Yadav 3 Merit position holder stu- applauded the effort of UCMAS Garg and Divyansh Kumar Sehwag and Rahul Dravid are D Karunaratne c Rahul b Binny 11 dents were Bhavin Sandeep J&K for providing national & Winners of Western Air Command Inter Air Force Schools Bhagat. the other three batsman, who D Chandimal lbw b Binny 23 Bangotra, Shrvan Koul, Rohin international exposure to stu- Badminton Championship posing for a group photograph on Merit position holder stu- carried their bat through in an A Mathews c Ojha b I Sharma 1 Razdan and Sanyam Labroo dents in Jammu. Sunday. dents were Shivansh Semwal, innings. L Thirmanne c Rahul b I Sharma 0 Overall Champion of Madam Vijay Puri, Paceman Dhamika Prasad Sia Aggarwal, Parth Gupta, K Perera c Kohli b I Sharma 55 Elementary-B was Rudraksh Academic Director KC Gurukul, was the pick of the Sri Lankan Pranav Sharma, Abhra Pawan D Prasad st Ojha b A Mishra 27 Western Air Command Inter Air Force Dabee. Vikesh Sandhal Principal Air bowlers with 4/100 while left- Sharma, Daksh Choudhary, R Herath c Ojha b I Sharma 49 In Intermediate-A Level: Force School, G N Tantray, arm spinner Rangana Herath Abhinandhan, Abhishek T Kaushal lbw b Mishra 16 Group D, the 1st position was Director Doon International took 3 for 84. Schools Badminton C’ship conducted Choudhary and Nikhil Vermani N Pradeep not out 2 bagged by Akash Radha and School and Sunny Mahajan, Sri Lankan first innings were Excelsior Sorts Correspondent Air Force School Chandigarh Overall Champion of Basic Extras (LB-1, WD-2, NB-7) 10 merit position holder was Director Pratap World School in dire straits as they were totter- and Air Force School Sarsawa Level was Amrinder Singh. Total (all out in 52.2 overs) 201 JAMMU, Aug 30: The Pranav Singh. Pathankot were the guests of ing at 47 for six at one stage claimed second and third spots In Elementary A Level Bowling: I Sharma 15-2-54-5, U Yadav 13-2-64-1, S Binny 9-3- Western Air Command Inter Air In Intermediate B:Group honour. before Perera and Herath respectively. Group B1, B2, B3, the 1st posi- 24-2, R Ashwin 8-1-33-0, A Mishra 7.2-1-25-2. Force Schools Badminton E2,E3, the 1st position was Mr Rupesh and Sonia launched a gutsy counter attack Group Captain AK Yadav, tion holder students included India 2nd innings: Championship 2015-16 for girls claimed by Moksh Gupta, 2nd Masson, Director UCMAS J&K to put on a 79-run seventh wick- Station Commander, Air Force Reyansh Gupta, Akashay C Pujara b Prasad 0 was conducted at Air Force Station, Jammu was the chief position by Samkit Jain and 3rd presented the vote of thanks. et partnership much to the frus- School, here today. Mahajan and Navarun Singh tration of the Indians. KL Rahul b Pradeep 2 guest on the occasion, who A Rahane lbw b Pradeep 4 Five Air Force Schools of appreciated the sportsmanship Serena chases The hosts were eventually Western Air Command namely bundled out for 201 shortly after V Kohli batting 1 and enthusiasm shown by the Air Force School Sarsawa, Air the tea break but the partnership R Sharma batting 14 students during the tournament. calendar Slam, Force School Hindan, Air Force managed to take them to a Total (For 3 wkts in 8.1 overs) 21 He reiterated that sports pro- School Chandigarh, Air Force history at US Open decent total, which looked high- Bowling: D Prasad 4.1-2-8-1, N Pradeep 3-1-6-2, R Herath 1-0-7-0.
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