MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2017 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU IGP Jammu declares open Iyer punishes Aussie bowlers with SSB Football Tournament unbeaten 202 in drawn game Excelsior Sports Correspondent The Tournament is being MUMBAI, Feb 19: ners Lyon (4 for 162) and played in two phases-with first O'Keefe (3 for 101). JAMMU, Feb 19: Inspector Young batsman Shreyas Iyer The morning's play belonged phase of Intra-district from pounded the Australian bowlers General of Police (IGP) Jammu, today and the second phase of to Iyer and Gowtham - who used SD Singh Jamwal declared open with his career-best unbeaten 202 the bat like a club and smashed Inter-district from February 26, before the three-day warm-up Football Tournament, being 2017. Lyon for four huge sixes, to dent organized by 66 Bn Sashastra game between India A and the vis- his confidence a bit ahead of the SSB has taken this initiative itors ended in a draw here today. Seema Bal in an impressive and Test series opener. to provide platform to young Iyer, who resumed at Iyer remained unconquered well attended function at Parade footballers of the State to show- overnight 85, completed his cen- ground, here today. and caught the eye with his case their skill and talent. tury in 10 minutes and put the assured stroke-play, both off spin Earlier, Vijay Singh Jamwal, Two matches were played on Aussie attack, especially spinners Commandant 66 Bn SSB as well as against pace. the inaugural day today. Nathan Lyon and Stephen He also bettered his 200 O'Keefe, to the sword. made in October 2015 in the Teams posing for a group photograph alongwith Director Country Cricket Academy during a Along with Krishnappa Ranji game against Punjab at the Gowtham, he shared a 138-run Hyderabad. match of Chief Minister's Cricket Cup at Gharota in Jammu. Gowtham made a whirlwind nearby Wankhede Stadium. Just stand for the seventh wicket. as he had done in the morning The 22-year-old Mumbai 74 in 68 balls smashing 10 fours and four sixes, to help the home when racing from overnight 85 batsman, who has now made nine to 100 with a flurry of fours off RCC Srinagar registers comprehensive first class hundreds, punished the team reply strongly to the visitors' first innings total of 469 for seven speedster Jackson Bird, Iyer gal- Australian bowlers with 27 hits to loped from 184 to 202 with the the fence and seven over the declared.. India 'A' were all out for 403, help of four fours in one over win in Chief Minister’s Cup ropes, all off Lyon and O'Keefe, from left-arm spinner O'Keefe to remain unconquered after bat- conceding a lead of 66 runs to Excelsior Sports Correspondent er. respectively and chased the target Australia, who scored 110 for before the India 'A' innings came Earlier, put into bat by RCC easily in 21 overs by losing 3 wick- ting for 306 minutes. to an end. JAMMU, Feb 19: Team work four wickets in their second skipper Puneet Wattal, Krishan ets to win the match by 7 wickets. Dignitaries interacting with footballers in the inaugural He had also scored exactly He and Gowtham stole the helped Rainawari Cricket Club innings before the game ended Cricket Club Akhnoor bundled out Both Dimple and Puneet played match of SSB Football Tournament in Jammu. 100 in a two-day warm-up game limelight with some brilliant bat- (RCC), Srinagar to script a compre- with mutual consent. for a modest total of 121 runs in with fluidity and grace and applied against Bangladesh in ting as India 'A' reached 347 for 6 hensive victory by 7 wickets over O'Keefe (19 in 71 balls) and 29.3 overs. Chandan was the top themselves to almost a perfection. at lunch by adding 171 runs in Krishan Cricket Club Akhnoor in Jammu welcomed the chief In the first match, Churchill Matthew Wade (6) were the not scorer with 64 runs, studded with 8 Dimple hit 4 magnificent bound- guest and other dignitaries, India beat Pak to make out batsmen at the end. just 32 overs, to the chagrin of the the ongoing Chief Minister's boundaries and one six, while Rohit aries in his 45-ball knock, while Brothers defeated The while DIG SSB Jammu, The visitors must feel disap- visitors. Cricket Cup, being organized by contributed 12 runs to the meagre Puneet's 47-ball innings was stud- Climrates by two goals to one Country Cricket Academy in col- Manavendra Negi presented a final of Women’s World pointed ahead of four-Test rubber The home team lost two wick- total. For RCC Srinagar, left-arm ded with 5 splendid fours. Surya (2-1), while in another match, commencing in Pune on February ets before Gowtham, who was laboration with Jammu and spinner Nitin was the pick of the remained not out on 4 runs. For memento to the chief guest as a Jammu United defeated Cup Qualifier Kashmir State Sports Council at token of gratitude from the 23 with the twin failure of open- unable to bowl in the Australia bowlers, who took 4 important Krishan Cricket Club, Sunny, Christian Stars again by two innings due to a hamstring injury, Gharota, near here. organizers. COLOMBO, Feb 19: ers David Warner, who made 25 wickets by conceding 17 runs in his Pankaj and Pardeep shared one goals to one (2-1). and 35, and Matt Renshaw (11 hammered off spinner Lyon for The Championship is being 7 overs, while another left-arm wicket each. Nitin of RCC The Indian women's cricket organized in the memory of former and 10) as well as the huge num- four sixes on way to his half cen- spinner Dilbagh Singh bagged 3 Srinagar was declared as man of team continued its unbeaten run ber of runs given away by spin- tury off just 43 balls. (PTI) Chief Minster, Late Mufti wickets and off-spinner Praful Dhar the match for his brilliant bowling at the ICC World Cup Qualifiers Mohammad Sayeed, under the claimed 2 wickets. Medium pacer display. by advancing to the final with a supervision of Director Country Majid also picked one wicket. The match was officiated by Cricket Academy, Vikrant Sharma seven-wicket victory over arch- In reply, RCC riding on bril- Ashok and Pardeep Sharma as rivals Pakistan here today. and its Managing Director, Vivek liant knocks of unbeaten 47 and 39 umpires, while Swastik Sharma Sharma, former Ranji Trophy play- India bundled out Pakistan runs by Dimple and Puneet Wattal was the scorer. for a meagre 67 in 43.4 overs after asking them to bat upon Jammu Sanskriti School Kathua winning the toss. The team then achieved the target in just 22.3 overs, scoring 70 for three to celebrates 1st Annual Function ‘Prayaas’ post a comprehensive win Excelsior Correspondent Kathua presented the Annual make the annual function an which helped it top the Super 6 Report highlighting the activi- unforgettable event, while table. KATHUA, Feb 19: Jammu ties and achievements of the Rohini Aima, Vice Chess star Meenal Gupta alongwith her father posing with Dr Ekta Bisht shone for India Sanskriti School Kathua cele- School. Chairperson cum Principal of Jitendra Singh in Jammu on Sunday. with an impressive five-wicket haul, finishing with brilliant fig- Chess star Meenal calls on Dr Jitendra ures of 10-7-8-5. Shikha Pandey (2/09) Excelsior Sports Correspondent standing achievement in a game chipped in with a couple of which is being played in more Children during Painting/ Drawing Competition at CSIR - JAMMU, Feb 19: Ace chess wickets. The two bowlers ran IIIM in Jammu on Sunday. than 180 countries in the World. through the Pakistani batting player and Commonwealth Gold He keenly enquired from her medalist, Meenal Gupta along- line-up. about forthcoming competitions They kept losing wickets IIIM organises Floral with her father, Atul Kumar and assured her full support in Gupta called on Dr Jitendra regularly and only two blossoming at the highest level. Pakistani batters could reach the Painting/Drawing Competition Singh, MoS PMO, here today. Dr Jitendra advised her to Dr Jitendra appreciated and double-digit mark. Excelsior Correspondent Group III (13-16 years). Children work harder to bring laurels to Chasing a modest target, congratulated her for her out- the State and the country as well. of Group I, Group II and Group III India rode on responsible JAMMU, Feb 19: CSIR-Indian were given Gerbera, Nasturtium knocks from Deepti Sharma (29 Institute of Integrative Medicine and Rose flowers for painting not out) and Harmanpreet Kaur (CSIR-IIIM), conducted 'On-the- respectively. Three participants of (24) to reach the target with 165 spot Floral Painting/ Drawing Students presenting cultural item at Jammu Sanskriti School Kathua. each group will be chosen for balls to spare.(PTI) Competition' at CSIR-IIIM Main prizes. Result of the floral painting/ campus here today. This pro- drawing competition will be sent to Chairman, Harpreet Singh Jammu Sanskriti School, brated its first Annual Day Focus on uncapped gramme was organized under the their respected schools and prizes Anand also appreciated the Jammu concluded the pro- 'Prayaas' with pomp and show dynamic leadership of Dr. Ram will be distributed on March 5, hard work of the students to gramme with a vote of thanks. here today. Indians, Afghans Vishwakarma, Director CSIR-IIIM, 2017 during National Seminar- Ramesh Kumar, DC BENGALURU, Feb 19: Jammu and Dr. Suresh Chandra, cum-Exhibition of Kisan Mela, Kathua was the Chief Guest, Ansari honours little Ambassadors Chief Scientist & Secretary. Entrepreneurship Programme and while Rajesh Sharma, DC There will be a strong focus About 562 children from 43 on buying uncapped Indian Flower Show, 2017 at CSIR-IIIM Excise Lakhanpur was the different schools and individuals Farm, Chatha. guest of honour and Yasin of Energy Conservation players with eight franchises from civil society of Jammu region gearing up to pick a maximum The main purpose of this event Choudhary was the special Excelsior Correspondent as part of the Departmental of J&K participated in the event. of 76 out of the 350 plus, who was to ignite the passion for natural invitee. action Plan prepared by the Inter Members of Gold's Gym posing for photograph during 3rd The joy and excitement of children will go under the hammer at the beauty its conservation and attract The programme began with UDHAMPUR, Feb 19: AG Ministerial Committees of Govt. anniversary celebrations at Jammu on Sunday. was evident on their faces and their auction for the 10th Indian the children towards plant biology the ceremonial lighting of the Ansari, General Manager, Salal of India whereby it has been eyes were filled with anticipation. Premier League, here tomorrow. especially flowers and promotion auspicious lamp by all the dig- Power Station felicitated win- decided to hold Essay writing This programme is a part of Gold’s Gym celebrates 3rd anniversary This is the last auction of the of entrepreneurship in future nitaries amidst reciting of ners of essay competitions Competitions / Drawing Comp- 'National Seminar-cum- Exhibition 10-year cycle after which all towards floriculture. shlokas. organized among KV etitions on Energy Conservation Excelsior Sports Correspondent was felicitated by senior Gold's of Kisan Mela, Entrepreneurship players are set to go back into Dr. Suphla Gupta, Dr. A variety of cultural activi- Jyotipuram students, CISF on Monthly Basis to inculcate member and management. Programme and Flower Show, JAMMU, Feb 19: Gold's the auction pool. While the max- Bikarma Singh, Dr. V.P. Rahul, ties were performed by little Personnel and their wards on the Energy Efficiency thought and "Gold's Gym has provided 2017' which will be organized on Gym Jammu, an international imum squad strength can be 27, Rajni Kumari, Chandra Pal Singh, Sanskritians on the occasion. topics 'Don't be Cruel and Save habit among young people. high class fitness services through March 05, 2017 at CSIR-IIIM brand and trusted name in fitness most franchises like to keep Rajendra Gochar and other staff A skit "united we stand, your Fuel' & 'Save Energy for Emphasizing the need to con- its state-of-art fitness equipment Farm, Chatha. industry celebrated its 3rd squad base between 22 and 24. members of CSIR-IIIM Jammu divided we fall" was also pre- the benefit of Self & Nation'. serve Energy, Mr Ansari said that facilities, trained fitness staff and This event was categorized in anniversary here today with an The base price ranges from sented by the students on the AZ. Geelani, Chief Engineer Energy Conservation is the need boasting a membership base of three age groups viz. Group I (5-8 were also present during the exciting event for all its mem- Rs 10 Lakh to Rs 2 crore and occasion. (Electrical), Shiv Prakash, of the hour as energy saved is as approx 3000 members", an offi- years), Group II (9-12 years) and event. bers. there could be a clamour for In his speech Chief Guest, Assistant Commandent CISF, good as energy produced. He cial spokesman said. The event featured special He added that Gold's Gym uncapped Indian players based appreciated the efforts of stu- JK Sharma, Manager (HR), advised the small children to dents and staff for their bril- Officers of NHPC, CISF performance by Russian dhol has successfully succeeded in on their performances during the Sumiya leaves to participate convey the message to their fam- artist. Hard work, willpower and liant performances. Personnel and teachers were creating a healthy foundation of recent Syed Mushtaq Ali ily members, neighbourers and enormous fitness results exhibit- Shuchita Gupta, Principal present on the occasion. future growth in Jammu. Trophy. (PTI) friends to sensitize and motivate ed by Gold's Star Burners 2016 in Eco Cycling Expedition of Jammu Sanskriti School Pertinent to mention that the them to conserve energy. said competitions are organized Excelsior Sports Correspondent financial assistance. However, Sumiya has been sponsored by Umar Nazir listed among ‘Players to 4th J&K State Handball JAMMU, Feb 19: Sumiya Government College for Women Kousar of Mountaineering Parade, Jammu in which she is Association of J&K left today studying. Watch’ during IPL auction today Championship concludes for Delhi to participate in an Eco Meanwhile, participants of a Cycling Expedition from Delhi Excelsior Sports Correspondent the J&K Handball Association, sport climbing coaching camp Excelsior Sports Correspondent from J&K are among the play- to Kathmandu (Nepal). She is which Sumiya was attending at ers listed for IPL auction. Ashwani Kumar Raina welcomed among the 5 girls selected across JAMMU, Feb 19: Twenty- JAMMU, Feb 19: Three days the distinguished guests and pre- Sprawling Buds School, Ban According to CricBuzz, an 4th J&K State Handball the country for this prestigious Talab, Jammu gave her an emo- three year old pacer from influential cricket news web- sented a brief note on the expedition. Jammu and Kashmir, Umar Championship, being organized Championship. tional send off and wished her site, Umar Nazir's performance The expedition being organ- all success. It may be mentioned Nazir, has been listed among by J&K Handball Association at Prominent among others pres- in the recent Syed Mushtaq Ali ized by "Stand With Girls", an here that Sumiya is an ace the 'Players to Watch' during Jammu in collaboration with J&K ent on the occasion were Ranjit Inter Zonal Cricket Trophy, State Sports Council concluded at the auction for 10th edition of with an impressive economy Singh (Selector Handball the Indian Premiere League Dignitaries during Annual Day celebration at Crescent rate of 4.57 would certainly Public School, Janipur in Jammu. spark interest among IPL franchises. "With 2017 IPL auc- Crescent Public School tion set to take place on Monday (February 20) in Bangalore, we decided to celebrates Annual Day zero in on the players who could be in high Excelsior Sports Correspondent the school choir. Bhavna Kaushal welcomed demand," CricBuzz said JAMMU, Feb 19: Crescent while listing Umar Nazir the esteemed guests and read an Public School, Janipur celebrat- exhaustive report elucidating among the eight players ed Annual Day with zeal and zest from across the world to threadbare the events held during in its school premises, here the year. be watched during the Players, Officials and Dignitaries during concluding ceremo- today. auction. A colourful cultural pro- ny of 4th State Handball Championship in Jammu. Avny Lavasa, Additional gramme was presented by the The eight Players to Deputy Commissioner students which included school be Watched who have MA Stadium, here today. Sumiya alongwith other players and office bearers of J&K Federation of India), Krishan Lal Udhampur was the chief guest song Saraswati Vandana, skit, been shortlisted by State BJP President, MLA Sat Mountaineering Association in Jammu on Sunday. Treasurer and Mohammed Ashraf on the occasion, while prominent Dance Performance and CricBuzz include big- Sharma was the chief Guest on Parray (Joint Secretary). guests present on the occasion National Anthem. NGO shall start from Delhi on hitting English batsman the valedictory function, who were Arshad Chowdhary climber of Mountaineering The final match in men's sec- Chief Guest and 1st March and conclude at Association of J&K who had Ben Stokes, another gave away the winners and run- Chairman; Tasneem Kouser tion was played between STC Management felicitated the stu- Kathmandu on 15th March. recently won a silver medal in ners-up trophies as also other English cricket Jason and District Jammu in which Managing Director; Vice dents in various categories like Prior to the commencement of the North Zone Sport Climbing Roy, South African leg individual prizes, while Dr SM Chairman Imran Choudhary; the expedition Sumiya shall District Jammu defeated STC by Academics, sports, co-curricular competition held at Delhi. spinner Imran Tahir, Bali, CEO Handball Federation Director Ambreen Choudhary, attend a 10-day coaching cum 31-16. The main scorer in and House activities. Prominent among others who South African pacer of India was the guest of honour. Academic Director Mobeen practice camp at Delhi. It is the District Jammu was Rahul who The Chief Guests emphasised attended the send off included Kagiso Rabada, Tamil While appreciating the efforts Choudhary and Principal on providing quality education to first time that such a cycling General Secretary and Joint scored 11goals, while in the final expedition exclusively for girls Nadu fast bowler T of the Association, Sat Sharma Bhavna Kaushal. the students and urged upon the Secretary of Mountaineering match in women's section, is being organized. (IPL) 2017 season. Natarajan, New Zealand said the state is rich in sports tal- All the invited guests were teaching faulty to play vital role Jammu Red defeated Udhampur Immediately after her selec- Association of J&K, Ram The auction of the players all rounder Colin de ent and sportsmen from the state felicitated with garlands by the in enlightening the society. Khajuria and Shawetica Khajuria; by 19-3. The main scorer for tion in the cycling expedition for the highly lucrative and Grandhomme, Karnataka all have proven their mettle at differ- Managing Director and The function concluded with Vice President Yogeshwar ent national and international Jammu Red was Kashish Baru Principal. Sumiya had met Chief Minister popular India Twenty-20 rounder Krishnappa Gowtham a vote of thanks presented by Mehbooba Mufti, who encour- Kumar, Executive members domestic cricket competition is and J&K pacer Umar Nazir. Championships, adding that prop- who scored 9 goals. The function started with the Academic Director Mobeen Rakesh Goswami and Sonam er nurturing by the JKHA goes a The matches were officiated aged her to do her best in the going to take place in Besides Jammu and lighting of the ceremonial lamp Choudhary. expedition and bring laurels to Sidharth; trainer Shashi Kant long way in promoting the talent by Gaurav Sharma, Vikram Bangalore at 9 am tomorrow. Kashmir Cricket Association by the distinguished guests, In the end the National the state. Chief Minister also Sharma and climbers Ambreen Parvez Rasool, Umar Nazir and BCCI, Umar also plays for at different levels. Dogra,Chander Shekhar, which was followed by a melodi- Anthem was sung by all present promised her all possible help in Fatima, Sakshi Magotra, Deepika and Ian Dev Singh Chauhan Tata Sports Club Mumbai. Earlier General Secretary of Bhawana and Kartar Dogra. ous rendition of school song by on the occasion. the shape of equipment and Dutta and Juhi Jamwal.