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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU All except one indoor sports halls still Saina, Sindhu enter quarterfinals To test bench strength or not? India face incomplete despite lapse of extended deadlines of Malaysia Masters selection dilemma ahead of third T20 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9: before going through a rough PUNE, Jan 9: absence of senior pacers has will be raring to go full tilt in Goldi Sharma Asgotra deadline, not even a single halted due to funds’ paucity. patch, dispatched eight seed An To go with a winning com- opened the doors for Shardul the final game. Saina Nehwal and reigning Se Young of South Korea 25-23 bination or give much needed Thakur and Navdeep Saini to If he gets to bat, Dube will JAMMU, Jan 9: Except world champion P V Sindhu 21-12 after a thrilling 39-minute game time to Sanju Samson and make an impression, which have do something spectacular one, all indoor sports halls in produced dominating perform- contest to make the last eight. Manish Pandey? That is the they did in the previous game to retain his place in side after each district of Jammu ances to progress to the women's This is Saina's first win over dilemma India are facing ahead by sharing five wickets among Pandya returns to action. province, announced under a singles quarterfinals of the the South Korean, who got the of the third and final T20 themselves. Thakur and Saini were special package by the Union Malaysia Masters Super 500 better of the Indian in the quar- against Sri Lanka here tomor- Washington Sundar and impressive in Indore. Thakur Government in 2016-17 budg- badminton tournament here terfinals of the French Open last row. Shivam Dube, who took the was brilliant in the death overs et, are still incomplete even today. year. An inexperienced Sri Lanka injured Hardik Pandya's place, while Saini rattled the batsmen after the lapse of extended Sixth seed Sindhu notched The two-time was no match for India in have got significant opportuni- with pace and bounce. deadlines. up a commanding 21-10 21-15 Commonwealth Games champi- Indore and considering that, a ties to show what they are capa- With Sri Lanka having sev- The Union Ministry of victory over Japan's Aya Ohori on will next take on Olympic case could be made for the ble of. eral left-handers, spinners Youth Affairs and Sports had in a pre-quarterfinal match last- champion Carolina Marin. inclusion of Pandey and After the win in Indore, Kuldeep Yadav (2-38) and announced a Special ing just 34 minutes. It was Saina had defeated Lianne Samson. skipper Virat Kohli spoke on Washington Sundar (1-29) are Development Package worth Sindhu's ninth successive win Tan of Belgium 21-15 21-17 in Pandey has played just one how his team is getting better likely well retain their place, Rs 200 crores for Jammu and over Ohori. the opening round on in the last three series, includ- with each passing game. which effectively means that Kashmir in the financial year The 24-year-old Indian, who Wednesday. ing the current one, while Most of the players select Ravindra Jadeja and Yuzvendra 2016-17 for the construction of won the World Championships In the men's singles, India's Samson is yet to get a game themselves while he hinted that Chahal will have to sit out. indoor sports halls and other in Basel last year, will take on challenge ended after both since he made a comeback with someone like a Prasidh Krishna Sri Lanka, on the other infrastructure. world number 1 Tai Tzu Ying in Sameer Verma and H S Prannoy the Bangladesh series in could be the surprise package hand, have a lot to work on if Outside view of Bhagwati Nagar indoor Stadium. Under the package, an the quarterfinals after the crashed out in the second round. November. he is looking for the mega event they are to trouble the home amount of Rs 88 crores was indoor hall was completed. “Out of Rs 400 lakhs for the Chinese Taipei shuttler got the While Verma lost to India have been experiment- in Australia. team. The batsmen will have to allocated for construction of Later the deadline was extend- each hall, the Council had better of South Korea's Sung Ji Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia 19-21 20- ing ahead of the T20 World Cup Samson and Pandey must be make it count after getting indoor sports halls in each dis- ed for one year but the result sanctioned only Rs 160 lakhs Hyun 21-18 16-21 21-10. 22, Prannoy was shown the door in October-November but these a tad frustrated to sit out game starts, which they were not able trict while Rs 80.86 crores was again the same as none of each for Doda and Ramban Saina, who had won the by top seed Kento Momota of two players are yet to be tested. after game but Friday could be to do in the second T20. were allocated to two premier the hall was completed”, indoor halls. As per sanc- Indonesia Masters last year Japan 14-21 16-21. (PTI) On the other hand, the their day. However, what can All-rounder Isuru Udana sports stadiums viz-a-viz sources said. tioned amount, the construc- also not be discounted is the being ruled out of the game is MAM Stadium Jammu and It was only in the financial tion work has been completed fact that the team management also a setback. Their main Bakshi Stadium Srinagar. Rs 6 year 2019-20 that the Jammu but for the remaining works, will pick the eleven with the bowler, as put by skipper Lasith crores were allocated for Water Kashmir Sports Council suc- the department has been sole aim of winning the series. Malinga, did not bowl in Indore Sports Infrastructure and some ceeded to complete one hall of repeatedly inviting the ten- Focus will also be on after injuring himself during other infrastructure. However, Ramnagar in Udhampur dis- ders, which are not getting Shikhar Dhawan, who is com- warm-up. most of these projects are still trict, which was recently inau- matured due to low cost of peting for the second opener's The Sri Lankans can defi- incomplete. gurated by Union Minister Dr works”, he explained. slot alongside K L Rahul. At the nitely do with some experience Sources in Jammu and Jatinder Singh, sources said. He further informed that moment, Rahul seems ahead in in the batting department. Kashmir Sports Council The remaining three halls that the issue had been taken the race to partner Rohit Angelo Matthews, who has informed that for the construc- being constructed by JKSC are up before the Advisor to Sharma in Australia. made a T20 comeback after 16 tion of these indoor sports also almost completed but it Governor K K Sharma as well Jasprit Bumrah did not have months, was not picked for the halls, 10 locations were iden- would take time to make them as Divisional Commissioner the best of outings in his come- second game in a row. But he tified in Jammu division, which available for sports activities. Jammu, Sanjeev Verma during Indian Ice Skating contingent after excelling in Ice Rink International Championship 2020 at back game on Tuesday and he could be in the eleven on include Bhagwati Nagar in During a visit to Bhagwati their tour to the districts. Singapore. Friday. Jammu district, Ramnagar of Nagar’s indoor hall, it was Executive Engineer of "After that batting perform- Udhampur district, Gool of found that the construction of JKPCC in Kishtwar, Raman 2-Day Taekwondo ance, everybody has a chance Ramban, Billawar of Kathua, indoor hall’s building structure Kumar informed that the con- Team India dominates Ice of playing," said coach Mickey Samba, Poonch, Kishtwar, along with the pavilion was struction work was at its initial Championship concludes Arthur following the seven Doda, Reasi and Rajouri. wicket loss. almost completed. The white- stage due to hostile weather Rink International C’ship Excelsior Sports Correspondent mental wellbeing; he said that Out of these 10 indoor Squads: wash works and mast lights’ conditions as well as delayed Excelsior Sports Correspondent 14 countries participated in BARAMULLA, Jan 9: A efforts are being made to sports halls, the construction of installation was going on but tendering process. “In a recent India: Virat Kohli (c), four sports halls viz-a-viz the championship. two-day long Taekwondo upgrade the sports infrastructure the earth filling work around meeting, we promised the JAMMU, Jan 9: Ice skating With the coordination, team Championship concluded at in the district. Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Ramnagar, Bhagwati Nagar, the hall, was yet to be done by Deputy Commissioner team of India dominated the Ice Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant Samba and Billawar was taken work and strategy of five inter- Sopore today marking over- ADC Sopore, Ashiq Lilly, the executing agency. “Even Kishtwar to complete the Rink International national experienced coaches whelming participation from District Youth Services and (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam up by Jammu and Kashmir after the completion of all remaining works within six Championship 2020 by winning namely Mohd Ashraf Dijoo different clubs and academies of Sports Officer Vipan Kumar, Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sports Council. The construc- works, the hall will be thrown months, if everything goes 28 medals at Singapore, recent- (J&K), Souboot from Mumbai, the district. Vice president Jammu and Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit tion of five others at Rajouri, open for the indoor sports’ well”, he said.