WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2017 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU J&K climbers bring laurels to State, win 18 medals Australia level T20 series with emphatic win over India Excelsior Sports Correspondent only also put up his best perform- packed moves in lead climbing and GUWAHATI, Oct 10: T20 Internationals. The series from those two boundaries to trap ance to win two silver medals for bouldering to win the two titles but decider will be played in Rohit plumb in front with an JAMMU, Oct 10: J&K the state in bouldering and Speed she was disqualified in speed climb- India had a forgettable outing Hyderabad on Friday. inswinger. climbers held the State flag flying climbing. Another J&K climber ing and her dream of repeating a hat with both bat and ball as Australia The lefthand-righthand com- Kohli departed two balls later high during the 23rd North Zone Ajay Deep Singh bagged a bronze trick this year was shattered. bounced back in the T20 series bination of Head and Henriques after getting a faint inside edge Sport Climbing Competition held medal in speed climbing. The Shilpa Charak also put her best with a crushing eight-wicket win took the game away from India while attempting a flick and the in the second game here today. after the visitors lost their danger- looping ball was caught by the at Mira Model School, New Delhi remaining one gold medal in lead performance to win three silver Rookier pacer Jason ous openers, David Warner and left-arm pacer himself. with nine climbers winning 18 and two bronze medals in lead and medals for the State in Women cat- Behrendorff (4/21) ripped Aaron Finch, by the third over. Behrendorff then had Manish medals including 6 gold, 9 silver bouldering went to Karan Singh of egory. Ambreen Fatima, another through the high-profile Indian After faltering with the bat, Pandey caught behind with one and 3 bronze medals. The compe- Haryana and Sangram Singh and senior climber, also bagged a batting to restrict the home team the Indian bowlers put up an ordi- that swung away just enough tition was organized under the Rohan of Delhi respectively. bronze medal in speed climbing. J&K Ranji team players posing for group photograph at Jaipur. to a below par 118 at the nary performance, offering too before Dhawan fell to a spectacu- aegis of Indian Mountaineering The next best performance of All the three gold medals in this Baraspara Stadium, which hosted many loose balls to Head and lar running catch by opposition Found-ation, North Zone State climbers came in the Sub category were bagged by J&K Ranji team earns 3 points its first international match Henriques. The dew also was a captain David Warner. Shivpreet Pannu, an international tonight. factor with the ball not turning as His spell of four overs was climber of Punjab. against formidable Rajasthan Later, Travis Head (48 off 34) much as it did in the first innings. enough to break the backbone of Another good performance and Moises Henriques (62 off 46) The end result was that India's Indian batting which was hardly came in the Sub Junior Boys cate- Excelsior Sports Correspondent In reply, J&K openers Ahmed shared an unbeaten 109-run stand wrist spinners, Kuldeep Yadav tested in the ODI series. The fig- gory in which Ritesh Sharma Banday and Shubham Khajuria off 76 balls to fire Australia to a and Yuzvendar Chahal, leaked 75 ures were also Behrendorff's best clinched 2 silver medals in lead JAMMU, Oct 10: J&K Ranji gave a solid foundation to their series levelling win in just 15.3 runs in 7.3 overs. Yadav especial- in the T20 format. and speed climbing. The other trophy team began the season team making an opening partner- overs. ly had an ordinary day as he With India in deep trouble at J&K climbers who impressed with 2017-18 in style as they earned ship of 109 runs before Shubham The victory was also bowled too many boundary balls 27 for four, Kedar Jadhav (27) their climbing skills in various cat- crucial three points, scripting a was dismissed at his individual Australia's first over India in eight to Head and Henriques, who hit a and MS Dhoni (13) tried to get egories but remained medal less win over formidable Rajasthan by score of 53 runs. Pranav Gupta combined nine fours and five going in the middle and ended up were Rudra Partap Singh,Tanisha virtue of the first innings lead in joined Ahmed in the middle and Inter Division Volleyball sixes. Four of those big hits with a 33-run stand. Chopra, Sonia Sharma, Zuffishan, the Ranji Trophy Group B match made a partnership of another 100 came off Henriques's bat. However, Australia were able Hardev Singh and Sonakshi. at Savoy Mann Singh Stadium, runs. All three batsmen were in Tournament commences Earlier, Behrendorff, playing to tighten their noose around Meanwhile, on their return Jaipur. sublime touch, hitting the ball Excelsior Sports Correspondent only his second international India in the middle overs through from the zonal competition, the Earlier, J&K skipper Pervaz with fluid, grace and utter bril- match, ended with dream figures Adam Zampa (2/19 in four medal winners called on the Joint Rasool won the toss and elected to liance. After the fall of these 2 POONCH, Oct 10: Inter of four for 21 in four overs. overs). He had a charging Dhoni Secretary J&K State Sports field first. Put into bat, Rajasthan wickets, it was Ian Dev Singh and Division Volleyball Tournament The 27-year-old from stumped with a perfect leg-spin- Council Shiv Kumar Sharma. He J&K climbers posing for group photograph with dignitaries ended day one at 250 for 4 with Pervaz Rasool who helped the for all age group girls, being Western Australia swung the ner before finding Jadhav's promised all possible help from at Jammu on Tuesday. the help of middle order batsman team to score a decent total of 432 organized by Department of ball both ways on a helping stumps to leave India in more the State Sports Council for their Robin Bist, who made century runs thus gaining the first innings Youth Services and Sports com- pitch with Rohit Sharma (8), trouble at 67 for six. Committee. The J&K team was Junior Girls category in which further preparation for the (113) runs. However, J&K lead. Pervaz made masterful 97 menced at Government Degree Shikhar Dhawan (2) and Virat Hardik Pandya (25) hit a sponsored by J&K State Sports J&K climbers won 2 gold, 1 silver National Climbing Competition bowlers Mohammad Mudasar, runs and Ian scored magnificent College, here today. Kohli (0) among his high-profile cracking six over midwicket, Council. and 1 bronze medals. While Asma scheduled to be organized at Pervaz Rasool and Sami Ullah 79 runs. Aditiya Pratap Singh also In under-19 inaugural match, scalps. much to the entertainment of the The best performance of the Gul won 3 medals including 2 Indore from December 27 to 30. Beigh wrecked havoc on day 2, contributed valuable 32 runs. Jammu beat Kashmir by 2-0 sets, It was the first international home crowd but it was not state team was on full display in gold and 1 silver medals in boul- Among others present were restricting Rajasthan to a total of For Rajasthan, Khalil Ahmed whereas in under-17 category, game played at the venue and enough to take India to a compet- the boys’ category. Mrityunjay dering, speed and lead climbing Ravi Singh, Divisional Sports 330 runs in the first innings, and Tanver-ul-Haq claimed 3 Jammu lost to Kashmir by 2-1 the packed crowd was in for a itive total. Sharma, an international climber, respectively, Samiksha Manhas, Officer, Jammu, J&K Sports adding just 80 runs to their wickets each, while Pankaj Singh sets. shock after Rohit hit two crisp The new international venue won the bouldering as well as comparatively a new climber also Council, Naveen Sharma, a overnight score. and Aniket Choudhary scalped 1 Earlier, DDC Poonch Tariq fours in the opening over did experience some teething speed climbing titles and also showed her class by winning a renowned Cricket coach, Ram From J&K, Mudasar took 5- wicket each. Ahmed Zargar, who was the chief bowled by Behrendorff. issues as journalists complained clinched a silver medal in lead bronze medal in speed climbing. Khajuria, Secretary, Yogeshwar wickets haul while Rasool bagged In the second essay, Rajasthan guest declared the tournament Behrendorff showed remark- about the lack of basic facilities in climbing. Arun Deep Singh who Shivani Charak regaled the Kumar, Vice President and 3 wickets and Nadeem Beigh sailed on Bisnoi's splendid 100 open along with SSP Poonch able maturity to bounce back the media centre. (PTI) entered boys’ category this year crowd with her clean and power Shawetica Khajuria, Joint claimed 2 wickets. ended the day at 264 for 4, thus Rajeev Pandey and Joint Director Secretary of Mountaineering From Rajasthan, apart from match ended in a draw and J&K Education Poonch Ved Prakash in Association of J&K, Sonam Robin Bist's ton, Ashok earned 3 points. From J&K, presence of DYSSO Ayaz Khan, Sidharth, Shashi Kant Sharma and Minaria(69) and Amit Gautam Mohammad Mudasar claimed 1 Krishan Lal Retd SO, Narjeet senior climbers of the Association. (51) were the main contributors. wicket. For his superb bowling Singh, Mohammad Qasim and display, Mudasar was declared as Tej Kour, all ZPEOs, Pawan DB allows J&K Cricket team man of the match.