Gill Misses out on Century, India a in Driver's Seat
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MIER Academy lifts Pulwama Martyrs Memorial Cricket Cup Gill misses out on century, India A in IGP Jammu, cricketers pay floral driver’s seat against South Africa A tributes to brave hearts THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, by the hard-working Piedt, 10 and attacked when presented Excelsior Sports Correspondent holding the event in a befitting Prominent among those who Sept 10: runs short of a ton. with bad deliveries to take the manner and lauded the efforts of graced the occasion were Rajesh Captain Shubman Gill missed Wicketkeeper-batsman K S game away from the visitors. JAMMU, Sept 10: Inspector the young players for exception- Dhar, Chairman Media out on a century by 10 runs while Bharat, who has been a consis- Saxena, who started slowly, General of Police (IGP) Jammu, al performances in hot and Committee JKCA, Surjeet Jalaj Saxena struck 61 not out as tent performer in domestic crick- then opened up and hit some Mukesh Singh and a good num- humid conditions. Singh, former Ranji Trophy India 'A' dominated the proceed- et and for India 'A' in recent lovely shots while Thakur ber of junior and senior crick- He said J&K Police is leav- Player; Inderjeet Singh, Selector ings on the second day of the first years, made 33. Bharat played showed he could bat. eters paid floral tributes to the ing no stone unturned in organ- JKCA; Aman Deep Singh, unofficial Test against South impressively and cracked five After Thakur fell leg-before martyrs’ rather the brave hearts ising various sporting activities Karunesh Gupta, besides organ- Africa 'A' here today. to Ngidi, the innings lasted eight during a closing ceremony of the After gaining a first innings more balls as Piedt dismissed Pulwama Martyrs Memorial lead of 139 by making 303 in Shahbaz Nadeem and Cricket Cup-2019, organised by 87.5 overs in reply to South Mohammed Siraj for ducks to Players in action during PKL match in Kolkata on Tuesday. Trikuta Cricket Academy at Africa 'A' score of 164, the home stop India 'A' at 303 all out. Railway Cricket ground, here. side bowlers yet again produced For SA 'A', Ngidi (3 for 50) U Mumba trounce Telugu IGP Jammu, the chief guest an impressive performance at the and Piedt (3 for 84) were the best on the occasion was accompa- Greenfield stadium to reduce the bowlers while Jansen and nied by Ranjeet Kalra, Advisor visitors at 125 for 5 at stumps. Sipamla picked up two wickets Titans, jump to top-five South Africa 'A' now trail apiece. for Sports & Youth Affairs KOLKATA, Sept 10: On the back of a two-match India 'A' by 14 runs with five sec- In the second innings too, Government of Lakshadweep 'Super 10' streak, Abhishek Singh ond innings wickets in hand. South Africa 'A' lost the openers and Vinay Sharma, SP South as Iranian defender Fazel and Deshwal then helped the The talented opener Gill (90) early with Siraj castling Pieter the guests of honour. Mumbai side reduce Titans to just missed out on a well-deserved Malan for 4. Skipper Aiden Atrachali clinched a 'High Five' Earlier, in the summit clash, and led their defence with perfec- one player. MIER Cricket Academy defeat- century, getting bowled by off- Markram, on whom a lot depend- spinner Dane Piedt. The home ed, went for 4, nicking one from tion to help former champions U But Farhad Milaghardan ed RN Chopra Cricket Academy Mumba trounce Telugu Titans saved the Telugu team the blush- in an easy contest by 44 runs to side captain hit 13 fours and a six Thakur to keeper Bharat. from the 153 deliveries he faced. Zubayr Hamza, who has 41-27 in a rescheduled Pro es by picking up two points in the lift the title. Kabaddi League fixture here on final raid of the half to prevent an Batting first, MIER Cricket After Gill's dismissal, India played a solitary Test so far, 'A' appeared to be in danger of boundaries in his 53-ball knock, showed a lot of resilience as he Tuesday. All-Out as both teams were Academy scored 196 runs, while missing out on a huge lead as the before the pacy Lutho Sipamla handled the India 'A' pace The Iranian defender also locked 15-all at the break. in reply, Col RN Chopra Cricket middle-order failed to live up to had him caught by Zubayr bowlers and spinners with assur- scored six tackle points from U Mumba got their 'All-Out' Academy managed to score 154 expectations and succumbed to Hamza. ance. eight attempts and was ably sup- in the second minute after the runs. Snoop Bhagat and the Proteas bowlers, who stuck to Mumbai all-rounder Shivam The steady Nadeem got into ported by Arjun Deshwal with restart with Atrachali's tackles Shahzad were the star perform- their task. Dube, who shone in the five- the act to induce an edge from nine points as the Season II cham- helping them open up a sizeable ers. However, Shahzad over- However, all-rounder Saxena match ODIs between the two Khayelihle Zondo (10) which pions recorded an easy victory lead. powered Snoop in the race of underlined his utility, scoring 61 teams, didn't last long, nicking was taken by Bharat. that saw them leap to fifth place Left corner Vishal Bhardwaj achieving man of the match not out (96 balls, 11 fours), with Lungi Ngidi to the keeper Senuran Muthusamy (5) did- in the table. of the Titans pulled off a mighty award. Shahzad scored 65 runs his 100-run partnership for the Heinrich Klaasen for 8. n't stick around for long and Initially, both teams tried to Super Tackle in the seventh and took one wicket. Jahanveer eighth wicket with Shardul Karnataka all-rounder K became Nadeem's second scalp. minimize their mistakes in the minute of the second-half to delay Singh, who had scored brilliant Thakur (34, 79 balls) sparking Gowtham was bowled by Klaasen, who joined Hamza match, which was slated for what was beginning to look like 210 runs in one of the matches, MIER CA players posing along with IGP Jammu Mukesh Singh at Railway Cricket Ground in Jammu. the revival and ensuring that Sipamla off the second ball he in the middle, curbed his aggres- Friday, had to be brought forward an inevitable All-Out. was declared as the best bats- India 'A' got a sizeable lead. faced for a duck and India 'A' sive instincts and defied the India due to unavoidable circum- But Atrachali executed anoth- man, while the best wicketkeep- in the State under Civic Action iser Balbir Singh, Bhupinder Resuming at the overnight slipped from 177 for 3 to 199 for 'A' attack, helping Hamza add 42 stances. er ankle hold en route to his 'High er award went to Sameer Programme (CAP) and assured Singh, Manjeet Singh, Arun 129 for 2, India 'A' lost Ankit 7 and the Proteas had made a runs. Siddharth Desai, playing Five', while Arjun Deshwal pro- Sharma. Snoop Bhagat was of organising more such events Sharma, Mukesh Sharma, Bawne for the addition of just good comeback. Hamza fell against the run of against his former side, was easi- duced a smart raid to finally give adjudged as the man of the in near future in order to Sameer Makin and coaches four runs, bowled by left-arm However, Saxena and Thakur play, caught by Ricky Bhui off ly the best raider on the mat in the Mumbai the 'All-Out' in the 13th series. strengthen police-public relation Sukomal Ganguly and Deepak paceman Marco Jansen for 6. responded in a positive manner Gowtham. (PTI) initial minutes, and it was not sur- minute that gave a nine-point lead. Speaking on the occasion, and promote sports and games. Dogra. Gill, who was striking the ball prising to see Telugu Titans clinch Resolute defending helped after paying homage to the mar- Earlier, Ranjeet Kalra pre- The proceedings of the clos- beautifully and looked good to an All-Out in the 14th minute of Mumbai inflict another All-Out tyrs, the chief guest lavished sented an overview of the tour- ing ceremony were conducted get to his century, was dismissed Sports Ministry de-recognises the first half and open up a four- with two minutes remaining as praise on the organisers for nament. by Commentator Rajesh Dhar. point lead. they ensured Titans were given no PCI for Sports Code violation Mumbai quickly initiated opportunities to plan a comeback. All J&K State Ranking/Selection their comeback by tackling Desai Meanwhile, it was announced NEW DELHI, Sept 10: and the SGM, on January 25 and off the mat. The star raider's that Ahmedabad will host the February 25, were deemed absence in the closing minutes of PKL play-offs and final matches Badminton C’ship concludes The Sports Ministry has de- invalid, contributing to the sus- the half meant the Titans strug- at the EKA Arena by TransStadia Excelsior Sports Correspondent defeated Sarabpreet & Pranjal recognised the Paralympic pension. gled to dominate the mat. between October 14 and 19. (PTI) to bag the title. Committee of India (PCI), citing "Bye-laws of PCI have been JAMMU, Sept 10: All J&K In Men’s Singles, Raghav violation of the National Sports amended without bringing the State Ranking/ Selection Dogra emerged champion and Code in the body's decision to same to the consideration of Badminton Championship- Vipul Saini remained runners- sack President Rao Inderjit District Registrar of Societies, in 2019 organised by J&K up, while in Women’s Singles, Singh.