WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India steamroll Sri Lanka to JU's Inter-Collegiate Cricket Tournament Inexperienced Sri Lanka beat Soumay, Gokul shine as PG enter fifth World Cup final Law & Science enters final India by 5 wkts in T20 opener MIRPUR, Feb 9: pressure to restrict Sri Lanka. ship with Washington Sundar PUNE, Feb 9: ing deliveries that only Yuvraj and a boundary. The final will be a new game. We (43 off 45) after Sarfaraz's Excelsior Sports Correspondent valuable 40 runs to the total with Three-time champions India Singh (10) and Suresh Raina There was no dearth of effort have to prepare well and be ready departure. 2 fours and one massive six. For India's winning sequence in (20) reached the double figures from the Indian bowlers with marched into enter their fifth JAMMU, Feb 9: A brilliant for the challenge," he added. India needed a move on in MAM College, Sujja Batti, T20 internationals came to an apart from Ashwin. Ashish Nehra (2/21 in 3 overs) ICC Under-19 World Cup final all-round show by Soumay Jain Indians, put in to bat on an the last 10 overs and the late Rohit Sharma and Sidhant embarrassing end tonight after a When Sri Lanka batted, they and Ashwin (2/13 in 3 overs) got with an emphatic 97-run win and a magnificent batting dis- overcast morning, were put burst came courtesy Sundar and claimed one wicket each. heavily depleted Sri Lanka lost a few wickets in between a couple of wickets each but it over Sri Lanka in the semifinals under pressure right away with Armaan Jaffer, who smashed 29 play by Gokul Baru helped PG pulled off an upset five-wicket here today. In reply, MAM College man- but the target was too small to was the failure of the batsmen its formidable opening pair of off 16 balls before Mayank Law & Science, University of victory to take 1-0 lead in the India did well to reach 267/9 aged to score 120 runs in 19.5 defend as the 39-run stand that hurt India the most. Rishabh Pant and Kishan falling Dagar's 17-run cameo off 10 Jammu to beat Govt MAM after a shaky start before putting overs by losing all their wickets, three-match series. between skipper Chandimal and Earlier it turned out to be a cheaply to leave their team at balls took his team to a competi- College, Jammu by a narrow up an impressive effort with the thus lost the match by a narrow Put into bat on a lively track, Kapugedara turned out to be a 'Kasun-Dasun' show as Rajitha 27/2 in the 10th over. tive total in a crunch match. margin of 12 runs in the ongoing ball to dismiss Sri Lanka for 170 margin of 12 runs. Varun and which had fair amount of clincher. Milinda Siriwardana and Chanaka made full use of a Batting was not easy but Defending the target, the JU's Inter-Collegiate Cricket in 42.4 overs. Sidhant contributed 27 and 25 bounce and seam movement, struck 21 off 14 balls as he fin- green top bowling out a fancied Anmolpreet and the in form Indian bowlers did not allow the Tournament, being organized by The batting stars were runs to the total respectively, India were skittled out for a pal- ished the match with a flourish Indian batting line-up in 18.5 Sarfaraz steadied the ship with a Lankan chase to take off. the Directorate of Sports and try 101 in 18.5 overs with rook- Anmolpreet Singh (72 off 92) 96-run stand off 126 balls for the India missed quite a few while Rohit and Saif Ali chipped hitting Jasprit Bumrah for a six overs.(PTI) Physical Education, University ie pace trio of Kasun Rajitha and Sarfaraz Khan (59 off 71), third wicket. chances on the field but the in with 19 and 15 runs respec- of Jammu, here. who amassed his fourth fifty While Anmolpreet's was a bowlers were still good enough tively. Soumay Jain was the (3/29), Dashun Shanaka (3/16) India continue domination with plus scores in five innings player gritty 92-ball knock, power- hit- to keep things tight for the oppo- Earlier, winning the toss and wrecker-in-chief for PG Law & and Dushmantha Chameera in the tournament. ter Sarfaraz too played a meas- sition. After a batting cameo, batting first, PG Law & Sciences, who took 5 important (2/14) doing bulk of the dam- The three time champions ured innings considering the cir- Dagar did his bit with the ball as Sciences scored a fighting total wickets by conceding 18 runs in age. another golden day at SAG now await either West Indies or cumstances. The 18-year-old IPL well, grabbing 3/21 in 5.4 overs of 132 runs in the stipulated 20 his 3.5 overs, while Ayesh Sri Lanka reached the target GUWAHATI, Feb 9: hosts Bangladesh in the final to overs, losing 4 wickets in the with two overs to spare. Senior recruit, who came into the match of his left-arm spin.(PTI) bagged 2 and Jyoti claimed one. India plundered most of the gold on offer for a fourth succes- played on February 14. process. Gokul Baru was the top players Dinesh Chandimal (35) with scores of 76, 21*, 74, 74, The match was officiated by sive day with swimmers, archers and track-and-field athletes "To enter the final unbeaten still managed to pierce the field scorer with 47 runs, studded and Chamara Kapugedara (25) Holi Cup T20 from Suresh Singh, Vijay Dogra, ensuring that the host country's top position on the medals tally in the tournament so far shows for six fours and a maximum. with 5 delectable boundaries, made useful contributions. Rajkumar Bakshi and Manu remained unchallenged in the 12th South Asian Games here today. we have executed our plans Anmolpreet, who struck half last week of Feb while Soumay Jain contributed It turned out to be a blow for well," said skipper Ishan Kishan Khajuria. Continuing their terrific show, Indians took their overall medal a dozen fours and a six during Mahendra Singh Dhoni after the "Anmolpreet and Sarfaraz Excelsior Sports Correspondent count to 122 (76 gold, 36 silver and 10 bronze). his stay at the crease, stitched team won 3-0 in the series brought us back in our innings Govt enhances refreshment, Holding on to the distant second spot were Sri Lanka with 84 another handy 70-run partner- JAMMU, Feb 9: Holi Cup Down Under to achieve the top and then the bowlers kept the medals, including 17 gold, 36 silver and 31 bronze medals. T20 Cricket Tournament will be rank in ICC table for shortest The most stunning performance today was by the swimmers, organized under the chairmanship format. food allowance for players who swept 7 gold medals followed by track-and-field athletes and KVS organizes Regional of Ankush Abrol, Member BCCI If Rajitha blew away the top- archers. The archers won all five golds of the day, while the ath- from last week of February at Excelsior Sports Correspondent A proposal to this effect was order, it was Shanaka and letes also won similar number of gold along with six silver and Mandal cricket ground, here. moved by Youth Services and Chameera, who decimated the JAMMU, Feb 9: Gove- three bronze. Incentive Awards Ceremony According to a handout issued Sports Department to address middle and lower-order with rnment has approved the pro- India also won both the men's and women's gold in volleyball Excelsior Correspondent laneous staff members were here, the organizers will provide the said demand of the players. only Ravichandran Ashwin with posal to enhance the refresh- after defeating Sri Lanka in both the finals. honoured with KVS Regional uniforms, apart from match balls Addressing this long pending his unbeaten 31 helping home and refreshment to the participat- ment and food allowance for In the last three days, Sri Lanka had been giving competition to JAMMU, Feb 9: Kendriya Incentive Awards on this occa- demand of the students/players, team cross the three-figure. ing teams. students/players representing the home country in swimming but today it was the local Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), sion for their meritorious servic- participating National as well as Such was the abject surren- "Attractive prizes including the State in National and State favourites who ruled the roost at the Dr Zakir Hussain Aquatics Jammu Region, Jammu organ- es for the cause of education in State level games will go a long der by the Indian batsmen in the cash prize will be presented to the level events held within and out- Complex here. (PTI) ized KVS Regional Incentive KVS Jammu Region. The staff way in boosting sports activities wake of extra bounce and mov- Awards Ceremony-2015 in the winners and runner-up teams, side the State. in the State. members who were awarded besides man of the match in every Auditorium of Kendriya with KVS Regional Incentive Agore Superjets drubs Aithem Super Warriors Vidyalaya No.1, Gandhi Nagar, match," informed Mr Abrol. award included PL Dhiman, The members of organizing committee include Sunil Kumar, Sachin Singh, Ravi Sharma and Bajalta Kings outplays Bain Gladiators Mukesh Sharma. For further information, the teams can contact organizers on in Maruti Suzuki NPL Tourney mobile numbers: 9419115566 Excelsior Sports Correspondent and 8716893365. BAJALTA, Feb 9: Bajalta Northern Command Kings defeated Bain Gladiators while Agore Superjets won a sen- Veteran's Cup organized sational match against Aithem Excelsior Sports Correspondent Super Warriors in the Maruti Suzuki Nagrota Premier League JAMMU, Feb 9: Northern Dignitaries during Regional Incentive Awards Ceremony Tournament, an initiative of MLA Command, Veteran's Cup 2016 2015 organised by KVS in Jammu. Devender Singh Rana, here. was conducted at White Knight Played at sprawling Bajalta Environmental Park and Training Footballers in action during a match of Santosh Trophy at here. Principal, Romi Amrit, Vice play field in the Nagrota Prof. Ashok Aima, Vice Area (WKEPTA) at Nagrota. GGM Science College Football ground on Tuesday. Assembly Constituency, Bain Principal, Mohan Lal, Head The tournament witnessed an -Excelsior/ Rakesh Chancellor, Central University Master, Neelam Gularia, PGT Gladiators won the toss and put of Jammu was the chief guest on enthusiastic participation of thirty Bajalta Kings to bat first. Getting (Chemistry), Sudesh Kumari, Veterans from in and around the occasion, who was received PGT (History), Shashi Kala, a good start, Bajalata Kings Jammu region with some partici- Punjab, Haryana outplay scored 142 runs for the loss of five by presenting flower bouquet by TGT (SST) , Rajinder Badkulia, pants as old as 80 years of age. wickets in the allotted 14 overs. Winners posing alongwith dignitaries and officials during a AVLJ Rao, Deputy TGT (SKT), Santosh Kumari, Commissioner, KVS, Jammu The tournament was keenly Bain Gladiators, in reply man- match of Nagrota Premier League T20 Cricket Tournament on TGT (English), Pawan Kumar contested by the Veterans over Region. rivals in Santosh Trophy aged to score 139 runs, thus lost Tuesday. Sharma, TGT (WE), Subash thirteen holes. the match by a narrow margin of The programme started with Chander Sharma, PRT (Music), Among Veterans the winners Excelsior Sports Correspondent Rajinder Singh Gora of From Bajalta Kings, Hameed 14 overs, losing 6 wickets in the 4 runs. Pankaj Sharma of Bajalta lighting of the ceremonial lamp Ashok Kumar Sawhney, PRT, were Most spirited golfer was Lt Uttarakhand in 48th minute for took 2 wickets, while Iftikhar of process. Rahul Verma and Vikas JAMMU, Feb 9: Punjab and Kings scored 64 runs and Gul by the chief guest .The students Udesh Saini, PRT, Anju Jamwal, Col GK Raina who is 80 years of foul play. Bain Gladiators also bagged 2 Singh were the top scorers with Haryana defeated their respec- Mohammad contributed 32 runs. presented recital of Sanskrit PRT, Rajesh Kumar, UDC, age, Best Net score was Lt Col In another match played wickets. 30 and 25 runs respectively. tive rivals in the ongoing 70th Waris of Bain Gladiators was Shlokas, welcome song and cul- Vinay Kumar Raina and PRT Zorawar Singh and Best Gross today, Haryana defeated In the second match, Aithem Aithem Super Warriors man- National Football the top scorer with 32 followed by tural items during this ceremo- (Music), Jagdish Lal, Sub Staff. score was Lt Col KK Sharma a Himachal Pradesh by a solitary Super Warriors won the toss and aged to score 134 runs in allotted Championship Santosh Trophy Muneer with 24 runs. Pankaj ny. The chief guest was formally Seven other teachers who keen golfer from Nagrota, goal and the goal scorer was elected to field first. 14 overs by losing 6 wickets, thus North Zone, being organized by Sharma was adjudged as man of welcomed by the AVLJ Rao, have received National, KVS Maximum pars were by Maj Gen Arvind, who netted it in 48th Batting first, Agore Superjets lost the match by 12 runs. Vikas the Jammu and Kashmir the match for scoring 64 runs. Deputy Commissioner, KVS National and KVS National Shamsher Singh, Maximum minute of the match. The yellow scored 145 runs in the stipulated and Ajeet of the team claimed two Birdies on the day by Brig OP Football Association and J&K (JR). Innovation & Experimentation card was shown to Amit Bhat wickets each. Vikas Singh was Abrol, Closest to pin was Maj IPS State Sports Council, under the In his address, AVLJ Rao Awards during the session 2015 and Sunil Kumar of Himachal adjudged as man of the match for Bali, Closest to pin on second shot auspices of All India Football Chinar Primary School organizes Sports Day scoring 25 runs and taking 2 apprised the chief guest about were also felicitated and they Pradesh in 37th and 81st min- was Lt Col HS Sambyal and the Federation at GGM Science Excelsior Sports Correspondent prize in 'Set the Time'. In a tough wickets. the contribution and achieve- included Inder Paul, PRT, utes respectively, while Naveen ments of KVS Jammu Region in Longest drive winner was Brig College Football ground, here. Gulia of Haryana was shown competition for Class IV, Master The matches were officiated Sukhwinder Bali, TGT (S.St), JAMMU, Feb 9: Chinar the development of education in OP Abrol followed by the second In the first match played yellow card in 35th minute. Swarit Shukla won the first by Saleem-Ur-Rehman and Lakhbir Singh, TGT (Maths), Primary School, the junior wing the Region. He said that KVS is Longest drive by Brig PS Charak. today, Punjab defeated Rakesh Sharma, IG BSF was prize in 'Fly and Catch the Disk' Pankaj Sasun. Navjeet Kaur, PRT, Kuldeep On behalf of Army of Sainik School Nagrota, a world class and premier organ- Uttarakhand by three goals to nil the chief guest in today's pro- while Master Ankur Rana stood Member BCCI Ranjeet Bhat, Assistant, Subhash Commander Northern Command organized its Sports Day at Maj ization catering services in the (3-0). The first goal was scored ceedings, while SS Wazir, first in 'Ring and Ball Race'. In Kalra, Kuldeep Singh Jamwal, Chander, Lab Attendant, Kewal Lt Gen DS Hooda, Maj Gen Somnath Sharma (PVC) field of education in the country by Pawan Kumar Tiwari in 17th retired ADGP and Iftkar Lone Class V, Master Mandeep Singh besides Sarpanch Bajalta Ch Krishan and Sub Staff. Gajendra Prasad Chief of Staff Stadium. and abroad. minute, while the second goal were also present on the occa- bagged first prize in Making Rehmat Ali , Sarpanch Aithem Two teachers namely White Knight Corps thanked all Colonel Kapil Dev Koushal, While speaking on this occa- was pelted by Ajay Singh in sion. Pyramid' and Master Ansh Balwant Singh and Tejpal Singh Rajinder Badkulia, TGT (SKT), Veterans for participating in the Principal, Sainik School Nagrota sion Prof. Ashok Aima said that 48th minute and the third goal In tomorrow's fixture, Khajuria stood first in from Agore were present on the KV Kathua and Nimi Kaul, tournament and appreciated their and Chairman, Chinar Primary teachers as well miscellaneous was again netted by Pawan Chandigarh will meet Uttar 'Balancing the Balloon'. Finally, occasion. PRT, KV Nagrota were also competitiveness, enthusiasm and School presided over the func- staff are contributing a lot in the Kumar Tiwari in 52nd minute. Pradesh at 10 am, while J&K in the nail-biting relay race, Both the matches were played awarded with KVS Divisional sportsman spirit. tion as chief guest and distrib- under the overall supervision of field of education to raise the Yellow card was shown to will take on Delhi at 2 pm. Team A comprising of Krish Award of BS & G-2015 for their uted medals and certificates to Faheem Tak, vice president Take- KVS to a world class organiza- Raina, Abhi Kumar, Summit contribution in the field of HSS Camp Bohri winners of various sports events 1 Channel and Member tion with a holistic approach Raina and Priyanka Kumari won Scouting & Guiding. conducted on this occasion. Organizing Committee. towards catering quality educa- accords farewell to the first prize. A vote of thanks was extend- Lt Col Deepak Singh tion in the country and abroad. ed by A.S Gill, Assistant Thakur, Academic Secretary and He said that Kendriya outgoing students Commissioner, Kendriya Sqn Ldr VK Sharma, Vidyalayas are an icon in the Vidyalaya Sangathan, Jammu Excelsior Correspondent Administrative Secretary were education system in the country. Region. also present to grace the occa- Sixteen teachers and miscel- JAMMU, Feb 9: Government Higher Secondary sion. School (Camp), Bohri, Jammu Tiny-tots from Class LKG to accorded farewell to the outgo- Vth participated enthusiastically ing 12th class students in an in all the events and demonstrat- impressive, colourful and well ed their abilities. attended function in the School Neena Koushal, premises, here today. Headmistress Chinar Primary The function was organised Sport Climbing medal winners posing alongwith Ram School and the team of staff put by 11th class students. Khajuria and Shawetica Khajuria during felicitation function in in special efforts to make the Colourful cultural items Jammu. day memorable to one and all by were presented by the students introducing very innovative and Winners of Talent Hunt Programme posing for a group pho- on the occasion. J&K wins 6 medals in Sport fun-filled activities such as 'Sort tograph alongwith dignitaries in Ramban on Tuesday. The outgoing students while the Twigs', 'Fix the Shapes', 'Set sharing their experience lav- the Time' etc for the first time. Talent Hunt Programme ished praise for the Principal Climbing Competition The programme began with J&K team posing for a group photograph before leaving for and the staff members of the welcome address presented by Excelsior Sports Correspondent bronze medal in speed climb- 5th Dragon Championship in Jammu on Tuesday. School for providing them qual- Renu, followed by Karate dis- ‘Choona-Hai-Aasman’ held at Ramban ing in the open women catego- ity education. play in which the young stu- JAMMU, Feb 9: Three ry also. Excelsior Correspondent citizens, students and cops were Apart from chanting jokes dents demonstrated their skills member J&K team won 3 sil- The third J&K climber, present in large number on the JK team leaves to participate and pranks, the students pre- ver and 3 bronze medals in the in martial arts. RAMBAN, Feb 9: District Aman Dogra, national cham- occasion. sented mimicry which amused 11th St. Stephen's Open Sport Subsequently, interesting Police Ramban organised a dis- pion in speed climbing, did Farooq Ahmed Khan, one and all. Climbing Competition held at sports events were conducted trict level Talent Hunt in 5th Dragon Championship well to secure third spot in Pradeep Singh and Sahara Principal of the School, Easwaran Memorial climbing for all classes beginning with Programme in singing "Choona Boys lead climbing. Samay District Correspondent, Excelsior Sports Correspondent They were accompanied by Ramesh Kumar Hakim wished wall in St Stephen College LKG. Hai Aasman" season 5 at Mudassar Mir stood 1st,2nd and Deepak Handa and Rahul The three J&K climbers In LKG, Himani Sharma District Police Line, here. JAMMU, Feb 9: A 32-mem- the outgoing students best of premises, Delhi. 3rd respectively in the Senior Kapoor. Shivani, Shilpa and Aman stood first in 'Sorting the The programme was organ- ber contingent of men and luck and lauded the efforts of Shilpa Charak and Shivani category. Azhar-ul-Haq, Imtiaz Speaking on the occasion, were awarded with cash prizes Alphabets' and Divya Bhat won ised under the guidance of SSP, women left for Udaipur, class 11th students for organiz- Charak of J&K had to face a Ahmed Naik and Mohammad Firdous Tak said that the water of Rs 4300, Rs.2400 and Rs. the first prize in 'Balloon Race' Ramban, Randeep Kumar as a Rajasthan to participate in 5th ing a beautiful programme. fierce competition in both the Shakeel stood first, second and sport teams from Jammu and rounds of Lead climbing. 1000 respectively. while in UKG, Master Aarav part of civic action programme. National Dragon and National third respectively in the junior Kashmir have performed excep- Shreya Gupta, D/o Sanjay Finally, Shivpreet Pannu of The team on its return from Goel stood first in 'Ball in Additional SP Ramban Arun Canoe and Polo Championships. category meanwhile Ritisha tionally well in all the national Gupta and Rashmi Mahajan, Punjab, a national medalist, Delhi was felicitated by Bucket' and Master Jalesh Koul Kumar Gupta chaired the pro- Under the banner of Jammu Manhas,Ritansha Manhas and championship. Kayaking and student of emerged victorious and Shilpa Mountaineering Association bagged first prize in 'Snatch the gramme. and Kashmir Water Sports Tabassum Iqbal stood first, sec- Canoeing has been the medal Presentation and Shivani had to contend of J&K at Sprawling Buds Twigs'. As many as 30 contestants Kayaking and Canoeing ond and third respectively in the winning game for Jammu and Convent Senior with 2nd and 3rd places School, Chinore, Jammu. Diksha of Class I stood first from Ramban district competed Association the team will partic- female category. Kashmir and despite shortage of Secondary respectively. Prominent among others in 'Fix the Shapes' and Master in the singing competition in ipate in the events to be held The chief guest along with infrastructure and equipment the Similarly, in the Open present on the felicitation Vansh Garoo won the first prize various languages under differ- from February 11 under Indian School, Gandhi other dignitaries distributed players performed well. women category of lead function were general secre- in 'Jump and Run'. In Class II, ent age categories. The perform- Kayaking and Canoeing Nagar, Jammu, prizes among the winners and He complimented interna- climbing Shivpreet again tary and joint secretary of Master Bhavishya Pandita stood ances were adjudged by the Association. who clinched participants. tional coach, Bilquis Mir for secured the gold medal and Mountaineering Association first in 'Fun with Balloon' and SDM, Ramsu, Ravi Thakur, President of the Association silver medal in sabre individual Later, Ravi Thakur also preparing the teams for national Shivani and Shilpa of J&K of J&K, Ram Khajuria and Shivani Raina bagged first prize Prof.S A Ganai and SDPO, and Member Legislative and bronze in team event of the enthralled the audience with his and international events. secured the Silver and Bronze Shawetica Khajuria; Directors in 'Fill the Bucket'. Gool, Mohammad Tufail Mir. Ghazals. DySP, Choudhary con- Council, Firdous Tak and senior 17th Sub Junior and 12th Cadet The Association wished the medals respectively. of Sprawling Buds School In Class III, Master Sanshrav Besides police and Army cluded function with his 'Vote of vice president and MLA Aijaz team good luck and hoped that Fencing National However, Shivani added Rahul Sharma and Arti Rana stood first in 'Balancing Officers, Major Nipun Sarohi , Thanks' with his Poonchi cou- Mir jointly flaged off the team the players will perform to best Championship held in third medal to her kitty when Sharma, Satish Bhan and the Ball' and Master Aryan Dy SP, CRPF 84 Battalion, plets of Mian Mohammad from Jammu Railway Station. of their capabilities. Maharashtra recently. she performed well to clinch a Akshi. Singh Jamwal won the first Veena Kumari, local prominent Baksh.