THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Kohli touches career-high Praneeth crashes Pant earns maiden call-up to Indian out; Subhankar, Test team, Rohit ignored again 911 points, sixth best ever Ruthvika progress SINGAPORE, July 18: LEEDS, July 18: be available for selection from the Test against West Indies A at DUBAI, July 18: Rashid (eighth) and Yuzvendra second Test onwards, the state- Taunton last week, helping his Chahal (10th). Defending champion B Sai Young wicketkeeper-batsman ment added. team pull off a five- victo- India England batsman 's Praneeth crashed out of the was today named in The sole fresh face in the ry and the series win. strengthened his position at the back-to-back centuries have Singapore Open after suffering the 18-member Indian squad for The hard-hitting left-hander, top of ICC ODI rankings for helped him vault into second a narrow three-game defeat the first three Tests against who has played four T20 batsmen by touching place in the against Japan's Yu Igarashi in England, but senior batsman Internationals, is currently play- a career-high 911 rankings list. the opening round of men's sin- was once again ing the one-off unofficial Test points, while Kuldeep Root has gles competition here today. ignored for the five-day format. against England Lions at Yadav broke into the leapfrogged Sixth seed Praneeth, who The 20-year-old Pant has been Worcester. top-10 of the bowlers' Babar Azam has been out of form of late, named as the specialist wicket- The other three members of chart at sixth today. (Pakistan), went down 21-16 16-21 18-21 keeper-batsman alongside Dinesh the Test squad -- opener Murali Their rise comes Rohit Sharma to Igarashi in a match that last- Karthik, who had played the Vijay, vice-captain Ajinkya despite India losing (India), David ed an hour and 11 minutes. team's last Test against Rahane and -- are the ODI series against Warner Meanwhile, Subhankar Dey, Afghanistan in the absence of an also part of the India A side play- India’s Salima Tete in action against Belgium during U-23 England 1-2 last night. (Australia) and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and injured . ing in Worcester. Six Nations Womens Hockey Tournament, in Antwerp Belgium, Kohli ended the series with (New Zealand) to a career-high former national champion Saha continues to be out nurs- Nair has managed to retain on Wednesday. scores 75, 45 and 71. He earned second position. Rituparna Das advanced to the ing a thumb injury sustained dur- his place in the team and so has just two points but those were Root had scores of three, 113 second round after notching up ing the IPL earlier this year. , who both did not Indian junior women's hockey team enough to take him to 911 and 100 not out, which contrasting wins in the opening Pacer Mohammad Shami, squad is Pant, who has finally make the playing eleven in the points, highest since Australia's earned him 34 points and have who was dropped from the one- been rewarded for his domestic round. Afghanistan Test. Dean Jones tally of 918 points in now put him 93 points behind off game against Afghanistan performances, including the IPL. While Subhankar saw off The Squads: beats Belgium in U-23 tourney March 1991. Kohli. Root had previously after failing the YoYo test, has The selectors, who picked the Canada's Jason Anthony Ho- India's squad: Virat Kohli ANTWERP (BELGIUM), remained unbeaten in the tour- Yadav has broken into the reached fourth in the Shue 14-21 21-14 21-16, regained full fitness and has made squad here today, had the option top-10 for the first time in his (Captain), , KL July 18: nament. rankings in August 2016 and is Ruthvika prevailed over his way back for the five-match of bringing back an in-form career. The left-arm wrist-spin- Rahul, M Vijay, Cheteshwar After a goalless first and sec- now just one point below his Bulgaria's Linda Zetchiri 21-15 series starting August 1. Rohit into the side but they went ner took nine in the However, there is uncertainly for infusing young blood instead. Pujara, (vice- The Indian junior women's ond quarter, India were finally career-best points tally of 819, 17-21 21-16 and Rituparna series, including six for 25 at over the participation of key He averages 54.16 in 22 First- captain), Karun Nair, Dinesh hockey Team defeated Belgium able to breach the Belgian which he had achieved against emerged victories with , which have been pacer in the Class games with a triple Karthik (wicket-keeper), 2-0 to clinch its third consecu- defence in the third quarter with Australia earlier this year in rewarded with a rise of eight Switzerland's Sabrina Jaquet five-match series after he aggra- and India's fastest hundred at that Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R tive victory at the Under-23 Six Sangita Kumari's goal in the Brisbane. retiring after trailing 3-5 in the vated a "lower back condition" level to his name. He was only 19 Ashwin, , Nations Tournament here. 36th minute. places to a career-high sixth and position, the ICC said in a state- opening game. during the third ODI against when he amassed a stupendous , , Sangita Kumari (36th The 1-0 lead was doubled are the other batsmen to improve India's best mixed doubles England yesterday. 308 against in the , Mohd. Shami, minute) and Salima Tete (42nd when Salima Tete scored ment. their rankings in the latest table. Yadav is the second India pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra "His condition is being 2016-17 season. , , minute) scored to give India the through a penalty corner in the Roy has moved up one place to and N Sikki Reddy beat assessed by the BCCI medical Adjusting to the English con- Shardul Thakur. bowler to feature in the top-10 win, Hockey India stated today. 42nd minute. 19th, while Morgan is now in Germany's Jones Ralfy Jansen team and a call on his inclusion in ditions won't be an issue for Pant BP XI for warm-up fixture In their first match, the India's defence held steady after number-one ranked Jasprit 22nd spot after rising two and Carla Nelte 21-19 16-21 the Test squad will be made as he has already been there with against South Africa 'A': Ishan Indian team had a convincing in the last quarter and ensured Bumrah and the fifth spinner to places. 21-12 to enter the second round. soon," said the BCCI in a state- the A team in England for a Kishan (C & WK), RR Sanjay, win against Ireland 4-1, fol- the team maintained the lead and find a place in the 10 highest- England pacer Liam However, it was curtains for ment. month. AR Eshwaran, Dhruv Shorey, lowed by a 1-0 triumph over eventually won the match 2-0. ranked bowlers. The other four Plunkett, has gained one place are Rashid Khan (second), former Commonwealth Games Pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who He had made an unbeaten 67 , Ricky Bhui, Great Britain. India will take on Canada in and is now 20th, Mark Wood is (seventh), Adil bronze medallist RMV was unfit for the ODI series, will off 71 in the second unofficial Jalaj Saxena, , Last night, the Preeti Dubey- their fourth match. (PTI) on a career-high 26th ranking Gurusaidutt and young , DA Jadeja, led outfit put up a resilient per- after rising two places and Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka. Avesh Khan, , formance to ensure they David Willey has jumped 11 RCC Jammu drubs YCC Ghat Gurusaidutt's fight ended Ishaan Porel, Atith Seth. (PTI) places to claim 31st position. after he went down 14-21 19-21 There is no change in the top to China's Qiao Bin, while by 7 wkts in Gufran T20 five all-rounders, with Friends CC thrashes Vaishnavi lost 19-21 7-21 to Bangladesh's Excelsior Sports Correspondent ing 6 wickets in the process. Japan's Minatsu Mitani. (PTI) Azmat Wani top scored with 30 leading the field. (PTI) DODA, July 18: Rehmat runs, while Imran Hussain con- Bunasthan Club by 121 runs Club (RCC) Jammu out- tributed 20 runs to the total. Excelsior Sports Correspondent ed 20 overs, losing 6 wickets in Logistical nightmare on cards as played Youth Cricket Club For RCC Jammu, Ankush the process. Jaspreet top scored Nagar scalped 3 KISHTWAR, July 18: with 80 runs off 48 balls, stud- wickets while Riding on Jaspreet Singh's bril- ded with 4 fours and 6 sixes, BCCI schedule 2017 domestic games Nabi, Nitin and liant all-round display, Friends while Umar and Khalid con- NEW DELHI, July 18: Trophy from August 13 to 20. Sandy shared 1 Cricket Club defeated tributed unbeaten 59 and 36 The men's calender starts wicket each. Bunasthan Cricket Club by a runs to the total respectively. The inclusion of all North with Duleep Trophy (day/night In reply, RCC big margin of 121 runs in the For Bunasthan Cricket Club, Eastern states has forced BCCI in pink ball) from August 17 to Jammu managed to to schedule an unprecedented September 9. ongoing District Level JKCA Arbaz took 3 wickets, while ADGP Armed AK Choudhary and other dignitaries address- reach the target in Premier Championship at Owais claimed 2 wickets. 2017 (Two thousand and seven- It will be followed by Vijay just 9.4 overs for ing media persons in Srinagar. - Excelsior/Shakeel Choghan Cricket ground, here. In reply, Bunasthan Cricket teen) domestic matches, which Hazare (National One Dayers) the loss of 3 wick- The Championships are Club bundled out for a paltry many fear would lead to logisti- starting September 19 to ets, thus won the Police Martyrs Memorial Football cal nightmare. October 20 (31 days) with 160 being organised in all the dis- total of 100 runs in 13.1 overs. match by 7 wick- A record 37 teams will take matches slotted for the tourna- ets. Jayin tricts of Jammu province, Azhar and Sahiyam contributed Man of the match award being presented part in the this ment. Wadhawan played under the overall supervision 16 runs each. Jaspreet was the Tournament from July 20 to the winner in Gufran T20 Championship at year (starting November 1) with The Ranji Trophy will start a brilliant innings of members of JKCA namely pick of the bowlers for Friends Sports Stadium in Doda. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Singh, S Ahfadul Mujtaaba, and addition of nine new teams and on November 1 and end on of 45 runs, while Jang Bahadur Singh Jamwal, Cricket Club, who took 3 other senior police officers. formation of a 'Plate' Group. February 6, 2019 with another (YCC) Ghat by 7 wickets in the Sandy contributed 41 runs to the retired Judge and Sham Saroop important wickets, while SRINAGAR, July 18: The championship was ini- The addition of Manipur, 160 matches. ongoing All India 14th Gufran total. For YCC Ghat, Najeeb Kalsotra. Danish claimed 2 wickets. Jammu and Kashmir Police is tially introduced in the year Meghalaya, Mizoram, There will be another 140 Memorial T20 Cricket was the pick of the bowlers, who Earlier, winning the toss Jaspreet Singh of Friends organizing 16th edition of Police 1998 in memory of Inspector Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, games slotted under National Championship 2018, being took 3 important wickets. and batting first, Friends Cricket Club was adjudged as Martyrs Memorial Football Mushtaq Ahmad Baba, the then Uttarakhand, Bihar has led to an T20 championship for the Syed played at Sports Stadium, here For his superb all-round per- Cricket Club scored a huge the man of the match. Tournament from July 20, 2018 SHO Kothibagh Srinagar who exponential increase in number Mushtaq Ali Trophy. today. formance, Sandy of Rehmat total of 221 runs in the stipulat- at Srinagar. The tournament is made supreme sacrifice on of matches from senior men, In the men's U23 section, The tournament is being Cricket Club Jammu was being played under the aegis of October 31, 1997 at Regal women to U-16 level (boys and there will be 302 games (151 organized by Young Star Cricket adjudged as the man of the J&K Football Association in Chowk, Srinagar while saving girls). each) across formats while U19 Club Doda and sponsored by 10 match who was given prize by GD Goenka attends memory of brave martyrs who the people. While there will be nine boys will have 286 games (143 Rashtriya Rifles Unit Doda and Video Analyst from Uttar laid their lives for the sovereign- Opening ceremony of the teams each in Elite group A and each) in two formats. J&K Bank. Pradesh, Ashok Sharma. Confluence 2018 ty and integrity of the nation. tournament will be held on July B, there will be 10 teams in The senior women will have Earlier, batting first after The match was officiated by This was stated by the 20, 2018 at 5 pm, while first group C. 295 matches in the season with winning the toss, YCC Ghat Harish Raza and Yousuf Raza as Excelsior Correspondent Chancellor, GD Goenka Additional Director General of match of the tournament will be The notable addition of the U23 having 292 games. scored a modest total of 103 umpires, while Sandeep University. Police, AK Choudhary while played between JKSRTC and nine teams that will form the While many in BCCI want- runs in stipulated 20 overs, los- Kaushik was the scorer. JAMMU, July 18: GD The second session wit- addressing a press conference at Fort View FC on July 21, 2018 Plate Group this season are ed the North Eastern states to Goenka family organized a 3- nessed some brilliant reflec- Synthetic Turf TRC ground at Polo View. Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, be integrated through a robust Mixed day for India at World day training programme titled tions on the burning topic, Srinagar. "Winning team will be given Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, junior programme, the Lodha 'Confluence' at G D Goenka namely, Artificial Intelligence 34 teams representing differ- prize money of Rs 1,00,000 and Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim Reforms on having NE states Junior Squash C'ship University, Sohna, Gurgaon, (AI) by Prof M.M Pant, which ent departments, organisations trophy., while runners- up team & Uttarakhand. playing Ranji Trophy has left CHENNAI, July 18: here. opened new doors of innova- and associations are participat- will get Rs 75,000 and a trophy. Top two teams from each of everyone in a tight corner. Indian players had mixed fortunes on the opening day of the Delegates hailing from dif- tions for one and all. ing in this Championship. The 2nd runners-up team will the four groups will qualify for "It will be a logistical WSF-World Junior squash championship with Rahul Baitha and Yash ferent parts of the country G. Balasubramanium, for- Officers who were present in get Rs 50,000 and a trophy," Mr quarter finals. nightmare. We will have over- Fadte progressing to the third round in the junior men's section while attended the 'Confluence' and mer Director (Academics) dis- the Press Conference included Choudhary informed. The quarter finalists from worked match officials like three others bowed out of the competition. exchanged their views. cussed on Energy, Celebration, IsGP, Shafkat Ali Watali, JP Plate Group will be promoted to umpires and match referees, Baitha beat Swiss player Nils Roesch 11-5, 12-10, 11-8 while On the first day of the Neuro Science and emphasized Elite Group C while top two who wouldn't get time to Yash Fadte ousted lanky German Abdel Rahman Ghait with a mix of Confluence, Managing on learn, unlearn and Re-learn. Taide, Badoni slam tons to put from Elite C will be promoted to recoup after one round. They intelligent play and resilience. Director, GD Goenka Group, a Day-2 was conducted by Elite A and B respectively. will be constantly on the The domestic calender starts move," a senior BCCI official However, Advait Adik and Utkarsh Baheti bowed out along with recipient of the youngest Sister BK Shivanijion, who India U-19 in strong position with senior women's Challenger said today. (PTI) Sankalp Anand. Entrepreneur Award, addressed inspired the audience to stay The top-seed and defending champion Marwan Tarek of Egpyt the gathering thus opening the calm and composed. She COLOMBO, July 18: over, Nehal Wadhera (81) and opened his campaign with a win over Adik in the second round after doors of knowledge for each invoked the spectators to trans- Badoni (107) shared an uncon- receiving a first-round bye. form their respective institu- Atharwa Taide (113) and quered partnership of 183 runs The Egyptian did not have it all too easy as Adik matched his rival one gathered. tions into a 'No Anger Zone'. Ayush Badoni (107) slammed to put India U-19 in a strong stroke for stroke at times. The No.1 seed was consistent and that The session started with Mr Palety, implored on individual centuries to put India position. proved the difference in the end as he won 11-5, 11-7, 11-7. (PTI) Prof Suku Bhaskaran, Vice Creativity (C Force) where U-19 team in driver's seat on The duo threw caution to the wind and took the bowlers to relationship, Relevance, Rigor the second day of the four-day first Youth Test at the the cleaners at will. Wadhera were discussed at length. Nondescripts Cricket Club slammed nine fours and three Prof Shanta Kumar shared Ground here today. sixes in his 117-ball innings, views on safety and security After dismissing Sri Lanka while Badoni had 11 hits to the (POCSO) of children in U-19 for 244 yesterday, India fence and he cleared the ropes schools by NCPCR, while Dr. U-19 side reached 473-5 in twice in a strokeful 115-ball Raunica talked about the why, their first innings at stumps innings. whom, what and how to go for today. India are scheduled to play the brand building. Resuming India U-19's two Youth Test matches and On the third day, Dr VS innings at 92-1, opener Taide five ODIs. Ravindran elaborated on moti- hit a deserving hundred, amass- The second Youth Test vation factor for adolescents ing 113 runs in 160 balls with begins on July 24 in and precautions to be taken the help of 13 boundaries. Hambantota while the ODIs while dealing with students. He provided stability to the begin from July 30 in Colombo The last session which con- Indian innings, adding crucial and will be played till August cluded the confluence was runs with D Padikkal (25) and 10. most informative by Rakshit Pawan Shah (38) for the second Brief Score: Tondon on Cyber security and third wicket as India U-19 Sri Lanka U-19: 244 allout where all pros and cons related team crossed the 250-mark. in 70.3 Overs. to cyber usage were discussed. After he was dismissed in India U-19: 473-5 in 107 The Confluence proved to the 64th over and YV Rathod overs (A Taide 113, A Badoni be a success. (34) was removed in the 71st 107; EKV Perera 2/98). (PTI)