THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2020 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Khelo India Winter Games conclude; Sindhu advances at All 1st ODI: Hardik adds balance, India medallists denied cash prizes England Open ready for fresh start against Proteas Excelsior Sports Correspondent BIRMINGHAM, Mar 11: between the two players with DHARAMSALA, Mar 11: against New Zealand in the World comprises of seasoned campaign- Sindhu improving the head-to- Cup semi-final in Manchester and ers like Quinton d Kock, Faf du SRINAGAR, Mar 11: The Indian badminton star PV head record to 6-4. The last Hardik Pandya's eagerly- his last international game was a Plessis and David Miller in their medallists of first Khelo India win- Sindhu made a confident start time they met was at the awaited international comeback T20 against the Proteas in ranks. ter games that concluded today at at the All England Open, beat- Korea Open where the adds a lot of context to India's Bengaluru in September last year. The three players automatical- the Ski-resort Gulmarg accused three-match ODI campaign He forced his way back into ly pick themselves in the playing Government of denying them cash ing American Beiwin Zhang American won in three sets. against South Africa starting the national team with his all- XI while Manish Pandey might prizes. in straight games here today. Sindhu will now clash with The players alleged authorities The sixth seed and world Korean Sung Ji Hyun for a Thursday where the hosts would round performances at the DY just get a longer run at No 6 now for adopting double standards with number six Sindhu got the place in the quarterfinals. be aiming to put the 'New Zealand Patil Corporate Cup, where he that Kedar Jadhav has finally been the athletes by denying them cash better of the American, ranked The mixed doubles pair of Nightmare' behind them. looked completely fit and ready to dropped from the squad. Amid the ever-rising danger of go. In the absence of Rohit prizes. They said while eight places below her, 21-14 Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Governments of other States offer Novel Coronavirus and threat of Skipper Kohli and coach Ravi Sharma, who is yet to recover 21-17 in 42 minutes. Sikki Reddy lost 13-21 21- rain once again playing spoilsport, Shastri has spoken openly about from a calf injury, Dhawan's return cash prizes in the Khelo India The second game was a 11, 17-21 to top-seeded events to encourage players, the Pandya's all-round flamboyance ODIs being least of priority in a would lend valuable experience to close affair with the two play- Chinese pair of Si Wei Zheng administration of Jammu and will keep skipper Virat Kohli in a World T20 year. But his men can the Indian top-order, which badly Kashmir is doing opposite. ers locked at 16-16. Sindhu, and Ya Qiong Huang. good headspace as he would be ill-afford to lose another series missed both the openers in New Medal winners being felicitated during concluding ceremony of however, won five points in a Saina Nehwal and Kidambi desperately trying to forget the 0-3 against an inexperienced South Zealand "We were told that we will get Khelo India Winter Games in Gulmarg. -Excelsior/Aabid Nabi cash rewards for first three posi- row to clinch the issue. Srikanth are scheduled to play mauling in the last series in New African side which is buoyed after Dhawan had dislocated his tions. But we received only event if it lacked funds, "cash them, "they said you are not worth It was the 10th meeting later in the day. (PTI) Zealand. crushing Australia 3-0 in their own shoulder during the final ODI medals today. When Government prizes are given all over India. I do than a piece of medal. Take it and Pandya last played an ODI den. against Australia at home and of other States can give cash not know what the issue with our go home," a medallist said. Especially having lost five missed the New Zealand series. rewards why are we being denied. administration is? If funding is the Around 800-900 sportspersons international games (two Tests Bhuvneshwar's return will Are we lesser players," Muskan issue they should not have con- participated in the event at the Ski- included) on trot, the Indian skip- give India good depth during the Singh, a silver medal winner in ducted such an event," he said, resort in Gulmarg in North per, enduring one of his rarest of slog overs where Shardul THakur Alpine skiing told Excelsior. adding that a huge amount was Kashmir's Barmulla district. The rare bad patches in last six years had seemed completely misfit. She added that Government spent on the advertisements and athletes participated in the 30 will be keen to buck the trend. Mohammed Shami has been should ask itself whether the event cultural events but when it comes events including snowboarding, Kohli managed just 75 runs rested for the series after getting a was held to promote sports or to encouraging athletes authorities skiing, cross-country games and a against the Kiwis, and going by his blow on his shoulder in the second downgrade the sportspersons. have no funds. snow show located at the venue standards the Indian skipper would Test in New Zealand. Another medallist asked why The medalists said the authori- located at an altitude of 8,694 feet. be itching to silence his critics, Ravindra Jadeja is expected to Government conducted such an ties treated them unfairly when Union Minister Kiren Rijiju who have raised eyebrows after be the lone spinning option on a they tried to raise the issue with launched the event last week. his statement on ODIs not having seamer-friendly Dharamsala track context in the current calendar. unless team management feels the Advani wins 34th National snooker title The presence of Pandya along urge to include Kuldeep Yadav in with a fit-again senior opener the team. AHMEDABAD, Mar 11: best in the business. He dazzled that changed the course of the Shikhar Dhawan (shoulder dislo- South Africa, on the other Ace Indian cueist Pankaj the Gujarat crowd with sublime match. He dictated the proceed- cation) and seamer Bhuvneshwar hand, are coming into the tour Advani clinched the National 6- potting and supreme safety play. ings from Frame 5 onwards. Kumar (sports hernia surgery) brimming with confidence after Red Snooker Championship After losing the opening Ishpreet often found himself Winners of J&K UT Cycling Championship posing along with dignitaries and officials in makes India favourite on paper whitewashing Australia in the with a convincing 7-3 final over frame, Advani bounced back to on the backfoot as Advani took Jammu on Wednesday. against a South African side that three-ODI series. Maharashtra's Ishpreet Singh draw parity. Then two frames on the attack to his opponent. Faf du Plessis and Rassie van here today. the trot that had Advani's name "I'm particularly glad to win Pt Prem Nath Dogra Memorial Gold Cup Football der Dussen, who were rested for It is the 34th national title on them were snatched by the my 34th National title at the age J&K UT Cycling the ODIs against Australia, are overall for Advani. young Ishpreet as he went 3-1 of 34. Also very pleased to win Punjab Police blanks Young part of South Africa's touring After trailing 1-3 in the sum- up against his accomplished the National title in the short for- party. Since quitting as captain, du mit clash, the 23-time world opponent. mat of snooker. It's unpre- Championship concludes Plessis has not had a good run and champion proved why he is the It was Advani's experience dictability keeps one on their Rovers; Care FC scripts 2-0 win would like to do the course cor- toes and to come out on top is a Excelsior Sports Correspondent Associate Vice President of Indian Olympic Association who was the Excelsior Sports Correspondent winners in 3rd and 34th minutes rection in his most preferred for- great feeling," Advani said. JAMMU, Mar 11: J&K UT mat. chief guest on the concluding respectively. "This win is also special to Heinrich Klaasen and Kyle Cycling Championship which function. He distributed the prizes me as this is my first tournament JAMMU, Mar 11: The for- The matches were officiated Verreynne, both of whom played commenced yesterday concluded in the presence of President of the with a new cue. After playing midable side of Punjab Police by Ricky Mehra, Dil Bahadur, crucial roles in South Africa's at MA Stadium, here today. Association, Ravinder Singh; and winning several champi- thrashed Young Rovers by six Dheeraj Meenia, Rocky and ODI series win over Australia, The Championship was Ravi Singh, Divisional Sports onships with the old one for goals to nil (6-0), while Care FC Vijay, while the tournament is would look to carry on their form declared open by Ravi Singh, Officer and Sanjay Sharma. many years, an upgrade was Jalandhar got the better of Vijay being held under the overall in India while Temba Bavuma, who Divisional Sports Officer J&K Other office bearers of various needed. Adjusting took time and supervision of Rakesh Khanna, suffered a hamstring strain and Sports Council in the presence of Associations and officials present Club by two goals to nil (2-0) in to be frank I'm still getting used President J&K UT Cycling the ongoing Pt Prem Nath Dogra Organising Secretary of this All missed the last two ODIs against to it. However, I'm happy with on the occasion were Sarwant National Conference Provincial President, Davender Singh Association, Ravinder Singh, Memorial Gold Cup Football India Level soccer event. Australia, has also returned. (PTI) how I'm adapting to the cue." Singh, Raj Sharma, Vikas Gupta, Rana inaugurating GD Goenka Playway School at Sidhra in Sarwant Singh Gill-Secretary, Tournament, being organised by On the adjoining table in the Ajay Sharma, Sharat Chander Jammu. Ravi Salgotra-Treasurer, Om women's edition, Aimee Kamani Singh, Yudhvir Singh, Vinod the Jammu and Kashmir Bhalla inaugurates new branch Parkash, Vikesh Sharma, Bhatia, Rajan Gupta, Sahil Football Association (JKFA), overcame Vidya Pillai 4-2 to Gurpreet Singh, Ajay Kumar and Rana inaugurates Playway win the title. Sharma and Mohammad Saleem under the aegis of All India Vikas Gupta. Sheikh. Results: About 100 Cyclists from the Football Federation (AIFF) at of Stepping Playway School Pankaj Advani defeated Results: Under-14 (Road), districts of Jammu, Kathua, Mini Stadium, Parade here. Excelsior Correspondent crises. Ishpreet Singh 7-3 9-37, 30-2, Adnan Bashir-1st, Hashim Nabi- School at Sidhra Srinagar, Samba, Rajouri, In the first match, Punjab He alleged that the condition 25-31, 22-31, 26-18, 57-4, 38-0, 2nd, Aquib Ahmad-3rd; Excelsior Correspondent Rana acknowledged the fact Budgam, Ganderbal and Police blanked Young Rovers JAMMU, Mar 11: Former of most of the Government 45-35, 47-4, 36-8. U-14 (MTB) Zaid-1st, that grooming young minds is a Baramulla participated in the (6-0). Manpreet Singh and Minister and senior Congress schools were not good in terms JAMMU, Mar 11: Describing Amee Kamani beat Vidya Tanmay-2nd, Ajay Kumar- 3rd; crucial challenge and hoped that event. Mahavir Singh scored 2 goals leader, Raman Bhalla today of buildings, availability of basic level schooling as most Pillai 4-2 Under-17 (Road) Adil Altaf-1st, given the educational techniques, The medals and certificates each, while Pawandeep and inaugurated new branch of teachers and most importantly in challenging part of educational 48-60, 41-0, 46-9, 39-17, Harsh Singh-2nd, Hashim Nabi- the teaching community can meet were presented to the winners by Stepping Playway School at quality education. However, the outreach, NC Provincial 18-28, 30-17. (PTI) 3rd; Under-17 (MTB) Harsh Paramjeet netted one goal each. these with fortitude. Prof (Dr) Ashutosh Sharma, Govind Pura, here. good school education can play President, Devender Singh Rana Singh-1st, Harsh Tomar-2nd, Manpreet pelted the goals in 3rd He also underscored the need Principal and owner of the its crucial role in students' build- today called for adopting innova- Akash-3rd; Under-19 (Road) and 84th minute of the match, for imbibing good moral values school, Meenakshi Sharma ing. tive modern techniques to groom Mashooq Maqbool-1st, Adil while Mahavir scored the goals and virtues among children from highlighted the facilities being "Education as a service to toddlers and young children Altaf-2nd, Amit Samyal-3rd; in 22nd and 69th minute of the the very beginning so that they provided in the school. society and imparted with a sole before introducing them to formal Under-19 (MTB) Manav Radha- grow as disciplined and citizens match. Pawandeep netted the Speaking on the occasion, aim of nation building is divine education. 1st, Harsh Singh-2nd, Harsh and contributes towards better- goal in 8th minutes and Bhalla said that in J&K we have phenomenon but same done for While inaugurating GD Tomar-3rd; Senior (Road) ment of society. He said inculcat- Paramjeet scored the same in very far flung areas where the commercial interests and materi- Goenka Playway School at Waheed-1st, Adil Ahmad-2nd, ing moral values in curriculum 67th minute of the match. people are not able to teach their al desires, ruins the sacred aim Sidhra, he said the concept of Parvez-3rd; Senior (MTB) Akash will go a long way in achieving In another match, Care FC children properly. We are living of providing education", he play-way schools is most chal- Bhat-1st, Ansh Dubey-2nd, in an inquiring and innovation- the larger objective of shaping the Jalandhar defeated Vijay Club asserted. lenging and perhaps a crucial Manav Radha-3rd; Time Trial destiny of our children. oriented society. The demand of Amrit Bali, PCC member, aspect of pre-schooling activities, (Senior) Wahid-1st, Mohd Jammu by (2-0). Onkar and Rana urged the management twenty first century is novelty, Pawan Bhagat, Dr Rakesh a combination of nursery, day- Saleem-2nd and Zamin-3rd. Sagar scored the goals for the to ensure all the facilities for chil- creativity and integration of Gupta, Gandhi Singh, Ex. care and kindergarten, one in all. dren of tender age so that they knowledge at global level. Cantonment member, Sona He said that the parents and learn to manage themselves in a Sport Climbers posing along with chief guest and other digni- He further said to prepare the (panch), Ravi Bhagat, teachers could play a pro-active better way. He called for initiating taries during the concluding ceremony of the Camp in Jammu on Bengal fight back but children to cope with the present Parshotam Bhagat, Pritam role in shaping destiny of chil- such programmes that help chil- Wednesday. situation, needs to develop ana- Khanna, Rajinder Gupta, Pankaj dren, saying frequent interactions dren learn through play, develop lytical and critical thinking, skill Sahni, Balak Ram Gupta and could also help in achieving the Saurashtra maintain upper hand communication and creative skills and attitude that would make Dwarka Nath Mahajan were objective. He, however, said while Sport Climbing training RAJKOT, Mar 11: ting on 18, played on to his stumps. them more flexible and innova- among them. The afternoon session was a present on the occasion. teachers can be facilitators to Managing Director, Mohit tive to deal with uncertainty and groom the children, the parents Saurashtra maintained their good one for Bengal as they did not Verma and Coordinator, Rubeena grip over the Ranji Trophy final on lose a wicket and collected 59 runs. cannot escape from their responsi- briefed Rana about the facilities camp concludes bilities. day three despite a fighting stand Tiwary and Chatterjee provided Chinar CC outplays PNB available in the institution. Excelsior Sports Correspondent climbers Shivani Charak and between Bengal veteran Manoj the much needed fight back after As such, greater role is cast Prominent among those pres- Arun Deep Singh. upon parents to mould their chil- JAMMU, Mar 11: Sport Tiwary and Sudip Chatterjee on a Bengal lost their openers -- debu- ent on the occasion included Ch She interacted with the deteriorating pitch here today. tant Sudip Kumar Gharami (26) dren, as home is supposed to be Rehmat Ali, Chairman BDC, Climbing training camp organ- trainees and showed keen inter- XI by 8 wkts the first school. In this context, he ized by Mountaineering Chatterjee (47 not out off 145) and Abhimanyu Easwaran (9), in Shama Akthar, Corporator Sidhra, est to learn the finer points of and Tiwary (35 off 116) took a leaf the morning. Excelsior Sports Correspondent ets. Ajay and Tarun contributed 14 also stressed the need for larger Som Nath Khajuria, Sultan, Ch Association of J&K, under the the game. and 12 runs to the total respective- interpersonal relationship out of Cheteshwar Pujara's book to Gharami, who captains Bengal JAMMU, Mar 11: Chinar Mushtaq, Raj Mohammad, aegis of Indian Mountaineering While congratulating the ly. From PNB XI, Narinder took 1 between students, teachers and share a gritty 89-run partnership off U-23, showed a lot of promise Cricket Club defeated PNB XI in Hameed, Angrez Singh Parihar, Foundation North Zone Association for producing wicket. parents, especially at the basic 226 balls after Bengal were in a before getting caught at short leg an easy contest by 8 wickets in the Ch Haneef, Imran Rasheed, Raj Committee, to identify the tal- national champions and inter- The second match was played schooling level, as an important spot of bother at 35 for two at off left-arm spinner Jadeja. He ongoing cricket tournament at KC Ali and others. ent at the grass-root level con- national medallists, she assured between Sharika Cricket Club and component of learning process,. cluded at Tenzing Norgay Sport lunch. looked more assured than Sports Club under ‘Fit J&K Union the organisers all possible help Batting is only going to get Easwaran who ended a forgettable Media XI. Climbing Wall in Sprawling Territory Movement’ at the Indoor Sharika CC won the toss and for the promotion of the game. tougher on this surface with the ball season with the bat. Cricket facility, here today. RKFC lodge complaint with AIFF Buds ICSE School, Bantalab, On the occasion the chief opted to bat first. here today. keeping low right from day one, Gharami impressed by hitting Earlier, Chinar Cricket Club guest was presented a memento making it a steep challenge for opposition skipper Unadkat for two Batting first, Sharika CC Neelam Khajuria, Joint won the toss and put PNB XI into by Shawetica Khajuria, General Bengal to get past Saurashtra's first boundaries in the same over, one scored 38 runs in the allotted 10 against referee for East Bengal game Director Tourism, Jammu was bat. Secretary of the Association. innings total of 425. coming off a flick and the other overs. Rishu and Mukul scored 15 SRINAGAR, Mar 11: with 23 points from 16 matches, the chief guest on the valedicto- Batting first, PNB XI scored a The 2 days camp in which Bengal reached 134 for three in with a beautiful straight drive. and 13 runs respectively. From while Real Kashmir occupied the ry function who witnessed the modest total of 32 runs in the stip- about 49 local students includ- 65 overs at close of play, trailing Easwaran's fall led to the lunch Media XI, Sachin took 3 important Real Kashmir Football Club fourth place with 22 points from demonstration of lead and ulated 10 overs. Mandeep top ing 22 girls participated was Saurashtra by 291 runs with break but he would consider him- wickets. (RKFC) has filed a complaint with 15 games. speed climbing by international scored with 13 runs, while Nitin In reply, Media XI managed to the All India Football Federation Citing another instance, the held under the technical guid- Chatterjee and Wriddhiman Saha self a tad unfortunate to be Singh contributed 10 runs to the ance of Abhimanyu Sherpa, a (4 off 43) in the middle. adjudged out lbw since the ball score 33 runs, thus lost the match (AIFF) against the referee who club said in the complaint, a copy total. From Chinar Cricket Club, by a narrow margin of 5 runs. officiated their I-League match each of which is marked to I- District Ball pioneer sport climber of J&K Saurashtra, who resumed the appeared to miss the stumps. Ramandeep took 3 wickets, while and under the overall supervi- day at 384 for eight, went on to bat He took the limited DRS on Vivek Suri and Akshay made 12 against East Bengal here. League CEO Sunando Dhar and Tarun claimed 2 wickets. and 9 runs respectively. From Badminton C’ship sion of Shawetica Khajuria, for one hour and 10 minutes in the offer but the third umpire could The ill-tempered match, AIFF general secretary Kushal In reply, Chinar CC chased the tar- Sharika Club, Rishu took 3 wick- who is an international judge morning session to add 41 valuable not overule the on-field umpire's played at the TRC ground in front Das, "was awarded a yellow card from Mar 14 get in 7.2 overs by losing 2 wick- ets, while Sumit and Mukul also. runs with the last wicket pair of call as he did not have ball tracking of 10,000 spectators, saw three red at the 25th minute of the game, ets, thus won the match by 8 wick- bagged 2 wickets each. and several yellow cards being wherein the video evidence con- Excelsior Correspondent Sonam Sidharth, Sakshi Jaydev Unadkat and available, raising questions over brandished by the referee. clusively proves that no contact Magotra, Vishali Sharma and Dharemendrasinh Jadeja producing the restrictive use of the technolo- BUDGAM, Mar 11: The The club, which is playing was made between RKFC's Ajay Deep Singh were the 38 runs. gy. Kaushik wins intense box-off J&K Ball Badminton only in its second season at the I- Mason Robertson and East Judges and Belayers of the On day two, Pujara and Arpit Chatterjee too survived a close Association is going to organise League, cited instances along with Bengal player Abhash Thapa." Vasavada batted together for five DRS call late in the day after the to make Olympic cut District Budgam Ball training camp which was spon- video clips to the AIFF to corrobo- Mohun Bagan have already hours to put Saurashtra in a strong on-field umpire adjudged him lbw AMMAN (JORDAN), Mar 11: side. The top six in the 63kg cate- Badminton Championship from sored by Ministry of Youth rate their claims. clinched the league on Tuesday Affairs and Sports, Govt of position and Bengal too will have off pacer Chetan Sakariya. No run gory were entitled to Olympic RKFC's Danish Farooq, the following their 1-0 win over March 14 to 16, 2020 at Sports to come up with something special came off the bat in the last 59 balls World bronze-medallist berths in the ongoing event. Both Ground Rathsun Magam, here. India, local hero, and Kallum Aizawl FC with four rounds still Prominent among others to stay in the game. of the final session. Manish Kaushik (63kg) today Kaushik and Garside had lost in The tournament is being became the ninth Indian boxer to the quarterfinals. Higginbotham were sent off left. present on the occasion includ- While Saurashtra are aiming for Early in the morning, Bengal sponsored by J&K Sports book an Olympic berth after win- "It was my dream to play at while Edmund Lalrindika was The complaint further stated, ed Secretary General Press their maiden title, Bengal have not pacer Akash Deep took his fourth given the marching orders from "Armand Bazie was punished Council. won Ranji Trophy since 1989-90. wicket by getting through the ning a brutal box-off at the Asian the Olympics and today it has According to a handout Club of Jammu Zorawar Singh Qualifiers as the country recorded finally come true for me and my the East Bengal team. with a yellow card for high boots Jamwal who is also President of The home team's bowlers will defence of Jani, who was helpless The home team, which lost by at the 54th Minute, whereas in the issued here, all the players of its best ever qualifying numbers family. My coaches have made a Mountaineering Association of be aiming for the stumps on day with the ball keeping really low. a solitary goal, alleged that the video evidence attached, it can District Budgam have been for the quadrennial showpiece. huge contribution in this," J&K; Ram Khajuria, Sr Vice four like they did on Wednesday, However, Saurashtra added 38 referee had been biased. clearly and conclusively be seen advised to register their names hoping the pitch does the rest. runs for the 10th wicket to get past Kaushik defeated Kaushik, an Armyman, said after President, Rahul Sharma and Commonwealth Games champion "A red is given inside the that both RKFC's Armand Bazie with the organisers on mobile Tiwary's dismissal clearly showed 400. the win. 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