WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Samson hits season’s first ton, Upbeat take on J&K’s Mukta, Afreen win bronze formidable Delhi crush RPS by 97 runs MUMBAI, Apr 11: one for Mumbai as they face an in- as Indian Taekwondo team excels form Sunrisers squaring off after a PUNE, Apr 11: amply clear that he has put those forming the last rites of his father. Confidence bolstered after an couple of comprehensive victories Excelsior Sports Correspondent This was the first ever player award of the issues behind, and an attack that Pant, once again, got into the inspirational run chase against in their previous encounters. International Women Taekw- Championship with cash prize Sanju Samson hit IPL-10's was lacking in both venom and act quickly, sending Rajat , a confi- What must have pleased the JAMMU, Apr 11: Indian ondo Championship organized of Rs 51000, while Kritika first century in Delhi Daredevils' vision would not take away any- Bhatia's dibbly-dobblers, first dent Mumbai Indians is ready to Mumbai team management is the Taekwondo team won 3 silver by any National Federation. Thakur under 46kg and Shivani 97-run annihilation of Rising thing from his knock that hap- straight over the sight-screen fol- lock horns with defending cham- fact that the win against KKR was and 2 bronze medals in 1st The main motive of conduct- Thakur under 53kg won bronze Pune Supergiant here tonight, pened to be his maiden T20 hun- lowed by one over the long-on for pions Sunrisers Hyderabad in an achieved with contribution from Women International Taek- ing this Championship was medals for India firmly putting behind a domestic dred. maximums. encounter, team's younger lot. wondo Championship 2017 at Women Empowerment in sports The Indian team was accom- season he would like to forget Samson got to his maiden T20 Looking good to add some here tomorrow. It was a special knock by Delhi Kathmandu, Nepal, recently. and allied activities. panied by J&K's Atul Pangotra with an innings to remember. century with a straight six off more runs to his name, Pant was It will be a battle of youngsters boy Rana, who had suffered a set- The Championship was Taekwondo Federation of and Harish Tokas from Delhi as With his 63-ball 102, the 22- Adam Zampa in the Daredevils run out for a 22-ball 31 when with the likes of Nitish Rana, back recently during the domestic organized by Women India sent 8-member Women Head Coach and Coach respec- year-old wicketkeeper underlined innings' penultimate over. Mayank Agarwal's brilliant direct on one side and the season when he was sent back Empowerment Committee and National team for this tively. why he is considered talented, as In all, Samson struck eight throw from the point region hit new star in the horizon home by Delhi coachj KP Bhaskar Nepal Taekwondo Association, Championship and players from President, Taekwondo Daredevils notched up a formida- boundaries and five sixes, while the stumps at the non- striker's Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid on selector's insistence after three under the egis of Nepal Olympic across the country selected Federation of India, Chetan ble 205 for four after being sent Morris found the fence four times end, leaving the batsman well Association. included 3 female players from Anand met Indian team after its in. and cleared it thrice during his short of the crease. TODAY’S FIXTURE Around 8 countries partici- J&K namely Mukta Gupta, arrival and congratulated the Chris Morris blazed his way cameo. Meanwhile, Samson reached Mumbai Indians Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (8 PM) Mumbai pated in this Championship. Afreen Hyder and Bazalla medal winners and coaches. to 38 off a mere nine balls, help- Pune lost Aditya Tare early, his half century off 41 balls, hit- Khan with his variations on the failures in the Vijay Hazaare Shaheed Thakur Dass Mushtaq. Secretary General TFI, Prabhat ing the visitors amass 45 runs but Samson took the Pune attack ting six boundaries. The 22-year- other side. Trophy. While Mukt won bronze Sharma lso lauded the efforts of runs in the last two overs of the by the scruff of its neck, and was old scored his first six when he hit Known for their sluggish starts Ironical it was that Rana's hour Sharma T20 Tourney medal in individual Poomsae the winners. innings with a flurry of sixes and soon dealing in boundaries. Zampa over long-off. in previous editions, Mumbai of glory came against Gautam event, Afreen claimed bronze Chairman J&K Taekwondo fours. Samson was severe on He paced his innings well Indians have logged home full Gambhir's team as it was the for- from Apr 16 medal in Under-57kg and Association, Anil Gupta In reply, Pune's innings fell Deepak Chahar, playing the and switched gears by hitting points in their very second match mer India opener who had vehe- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Bazaalla Mushtaq was also part (Annu); President PC Sharma; apart within the first 10 overs as bowler through the point region Dinda for 19 runs in the 18th thanks to Rana's half-century and mently protested the manner in of the Indian team. General Secretary, DN they were reeling at 54 for five. for two back-to-back boundaries, over, which included two sixes brilliant cameo from Hardik which the youngster was axed AKHNOOR, Apr 11: 2nd Other players who won Pangotra; Vice President, Nissar Eventually, the hosts were which got Daredevils off the and a boundary. Pandya. from the squad. Shaheed Thakur Dass Sharma medals for India included Hussain and Organizing bowled out for a paltry 108 at the blocks after an economical first The total proved way beyond This was after Hardik's elder On his part, Rana showed Memorial Golden Cup T20 Shraddha Dixit from Uttar Secretary, Anuj Sharma lauded Association over. Pune as they lost wickets at reg- brother Krunal put up an impres- enormous maturity after departure Cricket Tournament which was Pradesh, who won silver medal the J&K players for this Stadium. In the next over, Samson ular intervals for their second sive performance with the ball of senior players like Kieron scheduled to be held from in under-49kg and also won best achievement. Samson's last domestic season launched into Ashok Dinda for defeat in the tournament, while grabbing three wickets. Pollard and . tomorrow, will now be organ- was marred by disciplinary issues three boundaries, his off-side play Delhi opened their account. However, the third game of the Hardik's 11-ball 29 showed ised at Country Cricket - he had left the team dressing standing out at the Maharashtra (PTI) tournament will be the toughest why Indian team management Academy, Gharota from April room in the middle of a Ranji Cricket Association Stadium, as rates him so highly in limited 16, 2017. Trophy match. Delhi went along fluently. overs format. According to a handout The Kerala Cricket Introduced into the attack Earlier, his brother Krunal put issued here, the winner of the Association (KCA) let him off after the first timeout, Imran Tahir brakes on KKR with two quick Tournament will receive a cash with a warning for his alleged provided Pune their second wickets during the early part of the prize of Rs 20,000 and a trophy, misconduct with a rider that his breakthrough when he cleaned up innings. while the runners-up team will father Viswanadh would not Sam Billings with a slider that Mumbai would now be hoping be presented a cash prize of Rs "interfere with his son's cricketing went through the big gap between that their regulars - Rohit, Pollard 10,000 and a trophy. activities". An unconditional the bat and body. and Harbhajan - also hit the straps Two matches will be played apology salvaged the situation for Billings' dismissal paved the at the earliest. on each day- one at 8:30 am and the father-son duo. way for Rishabh Pant, who Rohit will like to get a good another at 1:30 pm. That was then. showed steely resolve in score under the belt since he is The teams desirous to take Given the way he toyed with Daredevils' first match, having coming back from injury and got a part in the Tournament can con- Winners of Bodybuilding Championship possing for group the bowlers, Samson made it joined the team soon after per- harsh decision against KKR. His tact the organisers on mobile photograph alongwith the chief guest in Jammu on Tuesday. COA to meet BCB chief tomorrow; Winning teams of SMVDU Katra posing along with Vice show of dissent earned him a rep- numbers 9460031281 and Chancellor, Prof Sanjeev Jain and other dignitaries on Tuesday. rimand also. (PTI) 7298007206. Iron Rush Fitness Club BCCI Prez office re-opened VC honours SMVDU teams for good NEW DELHI, Apr 11: in the ICC, including a proposal KC Sports Club organises organizes Bodybuilding C’ship to review full membership status performance in1st State Universities C'ship Excelsior Sports Correspondent Yadav were Chief Judges and The Committee of Adminis- after a certain period of time. Excelsior Sports Correspondent A total number of 96 students Swimming Competition Mukesh Yadav, Sheru and Haji trators (COA) will meet They are also opposed to the participated from SMVDU in JAMMU, Apr 11: In the mega Mohsin were supporting judges Bangladesh Cricket Board proposed two-tier Test format KATRA, Apr 11: Vice various events. The team was Excelsior Sports Correspondent The final turned out to be Bodybuilding Championship of the event. (BCB) chief Nazmul Hasan and have India as their strong Chancellor Shri Mata Vaishno accompanied by Rajiv Kumar quite exciting as the swimmers organized by Iron Rush Fitness There were total 310 partici- Papon tomorrow to discuss the ally. Devi University (SMVDU), Prof (Faculty I/c Sports), Sameer JAMMU, Apr 11: A Swim- put in their best effort to achieve Club in collaboration with pants in the Championship out of proposed constitutional reforms Meanwhile in a separate Sanjeev Jain honoured its Vohra, Assistant Registrar ming Competition for girls the top honours and outdo each Nutrition Heart at Jammu, Nahih which 120 came from outside the in the ICC along with the revenue development, BCCI's Delhi University teams for their per- Student Affairs and Sucha Singh, Under-12 age category was other using their own swimming Shah won the title of Junior Mr. State. sharing model. office that was shut down after formances in the 1st State Sports Coach. organized at KC Sports Club, styles since there was no restric- J&K and Sandeep Verma bgged Cash prizes worth Rs 3.5 It has been learnt that COA Anurag Thakur's ouster by Universities Sports Champion- In Table Tennis SMVDU got here today. tion of using any specific style. Senior Mr. J&K tile, while Men's Lakhs were distributed among the wanted all three office- bearers Supreme Court order, has been ships held recently at University 2ndplace in Men and Women The Competition was held Sharaya Chib bagged 1st Physique title went to Raj Kumar winners of the championship and (acting president CK Khanna, re-opened. of Jammu, here. event, while in Basketball among the participants who had place, while Serena Chib and and Mr. Iron Rush Classique apart from the prize money, gifts joint secretary Amitabh Acting president CK Khanna The teams from all the Women, SMVDU claimed 2nd learnt swimming recently and Pari Khajuria shared second and 2017 title was claimed by Mohd worth Rs. 10,000 each were given Chaudhary and treasurer will be operating from the Universities of the Jammu & position and in Men Basketball, were eager to test their skill in third spot respectively. Arif Qureshi from Uttar Pradesh. to the winners and gifts worth Rs. Aniruddh Chaudhry) to attend President's office. Kashmir State participated in the it bagged 3rd place. the competition. The Competition was con- The Championship was for- 5,000 each were given to all the the meeting but none of the Former Delhi and Mumbai event. The Championships was In Badminton, SMVDU got After a few heats, competi- ducted under the supervision of mally started with lighting of cer- participants. office-bearers have so far con- Indians leg-spinner Chetanya held in various events like 3rd place in both Men and tors made it to the finals on the Swimming Coach Babita emonial lamp by Sham Pushpinder Bharti founder firmed their participation. Nanda has been appointed BCCI Cricket, Football, Volleyball, Women categories. basis of time. Jamwal. Chowdhary, Minister for PHE; member of Iron Rush Classique Bangladesh is one of the Test media manager and will be han- Basketball, Badminton and On the occasion, the VC Sat Sharma, State President BJP and International Bodybuilder of playing member nations which is dling the media operations of the Table-Tennis. SMVDU partici- announced a cash prize for all and Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal, the state, managed the event. against the constitutional reforms North Zone region. (PTI) pated in all the six events. winning tems. MLA Samba and Chief Patron of The event was sponsored by the event. Sindh TMT Bar, Fashion Secret, Kavinder Gupta, Speaker, Viva Fitness, J&K Bank, J&K J&K Legislative Assembly was Tourism department, LIC of the Chief Guest on the occasion. India, Trishul Chemicals, Apart from the main four Vodafone, Optimum Nutrition titles, Best poser of the event was and Absolute Nutrition. given to Devanshu Verma and Prominent among others pres- Most improved Bodybuilder of ent on the occasion were Dr. the state was bagged by Aditya Suresh Ajay Magotra, Vishal Kundal. Choudhary, Rajneesh Sharma The event was conducted (Chairman Iron Rush Classique under the guidelines of 'Indian 2017), Kr Rajeev Charak, Ajay Body Building & Fitness Pargal, Baldev Ballrio, FC Federation (IBBFF)'. Sunil Walia, Bhagat and Rahil Gupta, Vice Vice President, IBBFF and North Chairmain, District Sports India General Secretary Naveen Council, Udhampur.

Participants of play 'Fixing Da Nasha' posing along with CO Rashtriya Rifles renowned actor Tarun Sharma in Jammu. Nat Manch stages ‘Fixing Da Nasha’ inaugurates Girls Sports Event Excelsior Sports Correspondent various educational institutions Excelsior Sports Correspondent Guest on the occasion. participated in the event. The story of the play was DODA, Apr 11: In order to Indian Army aims at pro- JAMMU, Apr 11: Nat based on boy who got involved promote sports amongst girls in moting girls by giving them Manch by continuing its ongo- in match bidding, his father Doda district, Indian Army exposure in sports and allied ing Tuesday Series, presented an spent a lot of money on him for organized a sports event at activities. awareness play 'Fixing Da his education but the path that Sports Stadium, here today. The organizers said that Nasha' at Lord Mahavira Play his child selected took him The event was inaugurated such events engage youths and Way School at Shiv Nagar, here towards a bad society. Now, he by Commanding Officer (CO) channelize their energies in today. started to sell gold jewellery and Rashtriya Rifles posted at positive direction. This was the 262nd play of many more precious items of the Doda. The event which was aimed Nat Manch in its ongoing house to clear his remaining bal- Female sportspersons from at women empowerment, tar- Tuesday series. ance in bid and so on… geted to identify budding The story of the play was The actors who performed in sportswomen and athletes from written and directed by the play were Tarun Sharma, Virat Kohli eyeing rural areas and provide them renowned artist Tarun Sharma. Ranjeet Singh, Aman Kumar, comeback against exposure at District and State Chairman Nat Manch, Mohit Sharma, Ishan Mansotra levels. Madhu Sharma was the chief and Rajinder Singh. MI on April 14 Sporting event will promote NEW DELHI, Apr 11: physical fitness and health Sreejesh to lead India at Azlan awareness amongst girls who India captain Virat Kohli are foundation stones of a Shah Meet, 4 rookies included dropped hints that he may just healthy, progressive & positive BENGALURU, Apr 11: giving juniors the right expo- make a return from injury in society. sure with a vision of building a Royal Challengers The tournament is being Bangalore's IPL encounter PR Sreejesh will lead an 18- team that would bring laurels in organized to promote athletics against Mumbai Indians on member Indian hockey team at the 2018 World Cup and 2020 as a sport in the remote regions April 14. the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Tokyo Olympics. of J&K. Kohli posted a video on his Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, starting As a first step towards that Indian Army, Doda is con- instagram account of his gym April 29. goal, the Chief Coach has ducting the event with all session. He was seen doing a Manpreet Singh will be inducted these youngsters from essential administrative & weightlifting clean and jerk logistics support. Sreejesh's deputy in the squad the junior men's team. drill. The effortlessly that he that also has members from the The team also features drag The event is drawing over- was seen lifting weights is an whelming response from the junior World Cup winning flicker Harmanpreet Singh, indicator that he is slowly and squad. Junior World Cup winning public of Doda and the locals surely regaining full strength appreciated the efforts of Defender Gurinder Singh, skipper Harjeet Singh and for- in his shoulders. midfielders Sumit and ward Mandeep Singh. Indian Army, Doda for promot- "Can't wait to get back ing sports in the district. Manpreet were a part of the The trio, who were instru- onto the field. Almost there Junior World Cup winning mental in the Indian team's suc- now ??????. 14th April ?," his Rahul Kumar Sharma, S/o squad and are slated to make cess at the Junior World Cup, post although had a question Ashok Kumar their debut at the tournament. have played at the Sultan Azlan mark which means that his Sharma and The 21-year-old goalkeeper Shah Cup in the previous edi- return is still not 100 percent Darshana Devi, from Mumbai Suraj Karkera tion where India won a Silver confirmed. R/o Rani Talab, who was part of the junior after losing to Australia in the Kohli injured his shoulder Digiana, Jammu, squad that toured England in Final. while fielding during the third who has been 2016 and participated in the "The idea was to try out Test against Australia at declared quali- EurAsia Cup in Russia and the new combinations ahead of the Ranchi. He subsequently fied for the Award of Degree of Four-Nations Tournament last three important tournaments missed the fourth Test in Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in year, too finds his name in the this year, which are the World Dharamsala. Statistics by University of team. League Semi Final, Asia Cup Kohli has time and again Jammu. He worked on the topic Ahead of the national camp and the Odisha Men's Hockey said that Indian cricket is his “Cost benefit analysis of relia- for the senior men's core prob- League Final Bhubaneswar primary focus and he would bility models under different able group, chief coach Roelant 2017," explained Oltmans. only be back when he is 120 configuration”, under the Oltmans had emphasized on (PTI) percent fit. (PTI) supervision of Prof JP Joorel.