WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Spotlight on Nehra, India look to Sidhu clinches gold, Deepak gets Battle of equals as J&K faces bronze at C’wealth shooting turn tables in T20s against NZ BRISBANE, Oct 31: Australia won the silver medal Kerala in Ranji Trophy today with a score of 238.2 to Heena's speedster Sandeep Warrier and Sanju Samson, Sachin Baby, NEW DELHI, Oct 31: One-day International series 10-over spell in Kanpur, Heena Sidhu claimed the 240.8 while Kristy Gillman, also Rajesh Dhar likes, while on the other hand, Arun Karthik, Rohan Prem and against the same opponents, Bhuvneshwar has normally been 10m air pistol gold, while from the host country, won JAMMU, Oct 31: It will be J&K will heavenly have to rely of course Jalaj Saxena, who all Ashish Nehra running into India's confidence is high and they a bowler captain Kohli could turn Deepak Kumar fetched a silver in Bronze with 213.7 the battle of equals as Jammu on spinners Parvez Rasool and possess the quality and class to bowl one last time at a place would look to continue the good to. the 10m air rifle event to give India's Harveen Srao finished and Kashmir faces hosts Kerala Manik Gupta, besides medium win matches for you. where it all began will form the work in this slam-bang format. Leg-spinner Yuzvendra India a fine start at the fourth in the final with a score of at home in the Ranji Trophy pacer Mohd Mudhasir. Jalaj For producing a quality per- sub plot as India aim to better With a strong all-round and Chahal will be high on confi- Commonwealth Shooting 194.1 while the third Indian, Shri Group-B 4-day match from Saxena, in particular, will be a formance, J&K players will their abysmal T20 record against in-form team at their disposal, dence after his crucial two-wicket Championships here today. Nivetha Paramanantham was the tomorrow. man to watch as he had a good have to pull their socks, apply New Zealand in the three-match India will fancy their chances of burst at Green Park and he is Sidhu shot a combined score fourth finalist to be eliminated. Though, Kerala boys dis- haul of wickets so far in the to their perfection, enjoy each series starting here tomorrow. improving their record against the again going to be the key spinner. of 626.2 (386+240.8) to claim the She finished fifth with a finals played a good show so far this three outings, including an 8- other's success and play as a The opening match at the Kiwis. Kuldeep Yadav is the other spin- top honours. score of 174.5 season than their counterparts wicket haul, 5-for and 3-for well-knit unit, because the Feroz Shah Kotla will be Nehra's Fresh from his fluent century ner, who could figure in the play- This was Sidhu's second suc- In the men's 10m air rifle, from Jammu and Kashmir, yet twice, besides scoring a fabu- rivals have produced some last game in competitive cricket in the series-deciding third and ing XI. cessive international gold after Narang, first shattered the J&K will slightly enjoy the lous ton. stunning performances so far in and India would look to bid a final ODI, which made him the Then there is Nehra, who will she, along with Jitu Rai, claimed Commonwealth qualification advantage of beating them at the In the batting department, this season. befitting farewell to the seamer, fastest to complete 9000 runs, bring to an end 18 years of inter- the top position in the 10m air record to top qualification with a same venue last season, to over- J&K's fortunes will heavily One gets a feeling that for whose career has been charac- skipper Virat Kohli will be eyeing national cricket journey, and he pistol mixed team event in the score of 626.2. Two other lap the advantage of their rivals revolve on their reliable and making a match of it J&K terised by many injuries and yet another series victory. must be hoping for that perfect ISSF World Cup Finals in Delhi Indians, Ravi Kumar, in second playing at home. promising opening duo of openers, who have the poten- many comebacks. He looked in great touch ending. earlier this month. with 625, and Deepak Kumar, in However, on the one hand, Shubham Khajuria and Ahmed tial, will have to deliver to It is appropriate that the 38- alongside Rohit Sharma, the Against the likes of Kane Among other Indians in fray fifth with 620.3, qualified for the not playing as a cohesive unit Omar Banday, besides the duo make it easy for the rest of the year-old will be hanging up his game's other centurion, and the Williamson, Ross Taylor, Tom here, Deepak Kumar won a eight-man final. will be the point of concern for of dependable but inconsistent batsmen. boots in front of his home crowd two batting stalwarts would eye Latham, Trent Boult and Mitchell bronze medal in the 10m air rifle However, Australian teenager Jammu and Kashmir team and Ian Dev Singh and usually cool Team management will also and nothing would be sweeter an encore. Santner, it will take some doing. event. Alex Hoberg stole the show in on the other hand Kerala boys but presently incoherent Parvez have to play a pivotal role in than an Indian win against a team Besides the vice-captain and Teams (from): London Olympic bronze- the final, claiming gold with a have produced some stunning Rasool, while on the other guiding the players to play as that has been their Achilles heel in the captain, Shikhar Dhawan and India: Virat Kohli (capt), medallist Gagan Narang finished score of 247.6 after the allotted performances to help the cause hand, Kerala have a galaxy of an organized unit. A good con- this format. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, fourth in the same event, while 24 shots. of their team. batsmen in their kitty including test on cards! India have so far lost all their a better record against the Kiwis Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Ravikumar ended fifth. His compatriot Jack Rossiter No-doubt, on the one hand, matches against New Zealand, among Indian players, will look Dhawan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Narang shot 626.2 in the challenged him till the end to win Kerala have the distinction of the fifth and last one coming at to shoulder the batting responsi- Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, qualification to create Silver with 245.5. The Indians registering two big wins this the ICC World T20 in 2016. bility. Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Commonwealth record. finished third, fourth and fifth season against Jharkhand by 9 For a team that has stormed its All-rounder Hardik Pandya Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, Ashish Sidhu was strong through the with Deepak claiming bronze wickets and against Rajasthan way to the top of world cricket adds to the team's strength and Nehra (only for first game), day, topping qualification with a with 224.2. Narang shot 203 to by 131 runs, with a narrow loss with wins over Australia, England the New Zealanders would be Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, high score of 386, her best in finish fourth while Ravi finished against strong Gujarat by 4 and Sri Lanka, among others, this wary of him. Axar Patel, KL Rahul international competition since fifth with a final round score of wickets in a close contest and on piece of statistic certainly sticks In bowling, India will look to New Zealand: Kane the 387 she shot at the Asian 182.2 the other hand, J&K earned 3 out like a sore thumb. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Williamson (capt), Todd Astle, Championship in Delhi two years In the women's Skeet, India's points by virtue of first innings That aside, India have been on Bumrah for breakthroughs with Trent Boult, Tom Bruce, Colin ago. Rashmmi Rathore made the six- lead against Rajasthan and suf- a roll. the new ball as well as in the de Grandhomme, Martin In the final, Sidhu opened up woman final with a qualification fered a heavy thrashing against With series wins over big death overs. Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom a gap of over two points after the round score of 65 out of 75. Saurashtra and Gujarat, yet J&K teams like Australia, India have With his match-turning effort Latham, Henry Nicholls, Adam first five shot series itself over She eventually finished have the weapon to counter firmly stamped their supremacy on Sunday, Bumrah showed why Milne, Colin Munro, Glenn her nearest rival and led through- sixth. Two other Indians, them if they play as a unit. in the limited-overs format. he is considered the best death Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish out, nailing the title with a perfect Maheshwari Chauhan and Sania On the bowling front, Kerala Having emerged a 2-1 winner bowler in the world. Sodhi, Tim Southee. 10.9 in the 23rd and penultimate Sheikh, shot 64 and 62 respec- possesses good spinners in right- Cueists in action during a match at Billiards Hall in MA in a keenly-contested preceding Though he went for 92 in his Match starts at 7pm IST. shot. tively to miss out on a shot at the arm Jalaj Saxena and left-arm Stadium. — Excelsior/Rakesh (PTI) Elena Galiabovitch of medals. (PTI) Karaparambil Mohnish, besides Vidit, Ishan among 6th Eid-Diwali Milan T20 Cup winners in Senior Snooker Khalsa Club to take on Srinagar Excelsior Sports Correspondent Earlier, in the first match of the day, Stanzin beat Sajid Ali Eleven in summit clash today JAMMU, Oct 31: Cueists 3-0 by (58-21, 71-40, 50-35), Vidit Gawri and Ishan Shehwal Mehmood got the bet- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Bandral and Kulvinder Singh Choudhary were among the ten ter of his rival 3-0 by (47-12, took 3 wickets each, Amandeep winners in the State Senior 53-46, 68-10), Shabaz Ali JAMMU, Oct 31: Scripting bagged 2, while Mohit and Snooker Championship, being defeated Rahul Dev Singh by victories over their rivals in the Sunny claimed 1 wicket each.