THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2018 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Kohli may bat at No. 4 as India Home Ministry has cleared Pakistan’s India A falter in first innings Sharan, Sitak out of participation at Asian Jr C’ship: WFI again, all out for 192 start as favourites against England NEW DELHI, July 11: Pakistani wrestlers. We have to TAUNTON, JULY 11: Wimbledon after close defeat India A once again struggled in LONDON, July 11: hold. However, Sharan and Sitak NOTTINGHAM, July 11: series' defeat came in India in Yuzvendra Chahal is a cer- ensure that Pakistani wrestlers Decks were today cleared for do not go anywhere except the the first innings, folding up for 192 brought it back to level terms, January 2017, with only a freak tainty as the wrist spinner and in response to West Indies A's 302 Divij Sharan and Artem making it 4-4. On a high after an impressive one-off loss to Scotland in the Kuldeep Yadav, who has created participation of Pakistani grap- hotel and the venue," Tomar plers at the Asian Junior added. on day two of the second unofficial Sitak's remarkable run at the In the fifth game, Sitak saved series win, an upbeat interim. all sorts of doubts in the minds Test here. Wimbledon championships five breakpoints before conced- India will eye another dominant The series will also enable of the batsmen, may just come- Championship after Wrestling The WFI official also said West Indies A could only add a came to an end following a close ing the crucial break as he performance against hosts Indian team management to mix back into the playing XI as the Federation of India (WFI) agreed that wrestlers from Iraq and run to their overnight score, ending defeat against experienced served two consecutive double England in a three- match ODI and match the various combina- Trent Bridge ground is much to give an undertaking that the Afghanistan have not sent any at 302 in 90.5 overs Shamarh Americans Mike Bryan and Jack faults from deuce. The series, which can be termed as a tions, keeping World Cup in bigger than the one at Bristol. movement of the contingent entry for the competitions. from the neighbouring nation WFI President BB Sharan Brooks scoring an unbeaten 122. Sock in the men's doubles quar- Americans served out the match 'dry run' ahead of the World Cup mind. If the team management Like the previous game, Indian next year. KL Rahul's stupendous form thinks of playing an extra pacer, will be restricted to the competi- Singh had sought a meeting with terfinals. in the next. tion venue. Home Minister Rajnath Singh batsmen had a hard time facing the The Indo-Kiwi pair troubled "It's not easy to have lost With 's blue riband has been a happy headache for the Siddarth Kaul or Shardul Thakur red ball in the first innings. After much delay, WFI had today to sort out the issue but the Grand Slam winners before today as match is bigger oppor- tournament scheduled to be held team management and there is a might come into play. Raymon Reifer (5/50) and got the clearance yesterday for eventually it was not required. bowing out with a 6-7 (4) 6-7(5) tunity going forward. It was a in UK next year, the ODI series possibility that the might If Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/66) wrecked the six-day event, starting July Federation secretary V N 7-6(3) 4-6 after three hours and really close match today against will give Virat Kohli an ideal come at No 4 in order to give recovers from the stiff back, he the Indian innings that lasted 48 opportunity to get a drift about the Rahul a chance to make optimum will be sharing the new ball with 17, but the Home Ministry had Prasood welcomed the develop- 14 minutes. Sock and Mike, who will ment. overs. In their last two matches, conditions that his men are use of his current form. Umesh Yadav. put on hold participation of In the absence of openers become the number one player expected to encounter at exactly Rahul scored a 70 against For England, the series Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan. "It's a good for us and for the left-handed Sharan and Sitak in the world again. Jack Sock championships. Last time also Prithvi Shaw and Mayank had eked out thrilling five-set same time next year. Ireland and followed it by an against Australia was a real A miffed WFI feared that it Agarwal, Ravikumar Samarth (10) has been a champion here at While India will be buoyed by unbeaten 101 against England in morale booster where the team could be be penalised by the Pakistani wrestlers had not got wins after trailing by two sets Wimbledon," Sharan said. clearance and it created problems and Abhimanyu Easwaran (23) did their 2-1 T20 series win, England, the first T20. scored a world record total 481 world body United World and raised hopes of an upset by "But we played some really for us. They had complained to not make the most of the opportu- the top ranked ODI team in world He will, in all likelihood, be in one of the ODIs. Wrestling (UWW), if Pakistani nity. taking the third set. good tennis and came through cricket, come into the series hav- the missing jigsaw puzzle at the Buttler, whose dream run has grapplers will be denied Visa. the United World Wrestling. This In the fourth set, Sitak was time they had spoken to the Captain Karun Nair (42) and physical and mental tests in the ing crushed a below-par Australia top of the order for skipper Kohli. continued since the start of the The MHA had not cleared broken in the first game and that UWW in advance," Prasood said. Ankit Bawne (43 not out) were the last couple of matches to come 6-0 in their last bilateral engage- With both Shikhar Dhawan and IPL, will like to continue his rich participation of Pakistani was the first break of the match. "We organise these champi- only ones to show some resistance from behind to win in five sets," ment. Rohit Sharma being automatic vein of form. He is one of the Sock too was on the verge of wrestlers for the Asian Cadet onships for the development of against the West Indies A attack. the Delhi lad said. (PTI) England have been one of the selections at the top of the order, batsmen, who has been able to dropping serve but managed to Championship in 2015. the sport and our athletes. We are Rishabh Pant (3), playing his finest 50 over sides in recent Rahul, who is also a specialist read the two wrist spinners quite "We got a call from a home glad that now we can conduct it first game of the series, lasted only times and India will have their opener comes in at No 3. well. ministry official today that smoothly," he added. 13 balls. Djokovic into Wimbledon semi-final, task cut against a line-up If the same batting order is Along with Roy, the duo will wrestlers from Pakistan can More than 300 wrestlers, At the time of writing, West comprising Jos Buttler, Jason followed, skipper Kohli, who like to take advantage of the come to India and compete. They India A had made a promising start Powerplay overs knowing fully including 100 women, from 18 Roy, , Jonny Bairstow has been world's best ODI bats- will be granted visas," WFI countries will compete in the in their second innings, reaching blasts ‘unneccesary’ warnings and Eoin Morgan. Add Ben man by a distance, will have to well that some of the middle assistant secretary Vinod Tomar Freestyle and Greeco Roman 40 for no loss in 13 overs. LONDON, July 11: "The umpire said he didn't see. Stokes to it and England bear a drop himself a notch down at No order batsmen including Test said. style competitions in the six-day The first unofficial Test had I don't think it's fair but it is what it formidable look. 4. captain Joe Root and skipper "We have to give an under- championship which is offering ended in a draw after India A Three-time champion Novak is." Despite his anger, Djokovic It is a reputation built on fear- The seasoned pair of Suresh Morgan himself are not exactly taking to the Crime Branch that 10 gold, 10 silver and 20 bronze amassed 609 for six following Djokovic reached his eighth still reeled off 10 of the last 12 less, attacking cricket that has Raina and Mahendra Singh picking up Kuldeep's wrong we will take responsibility of the medals. (PTI) their 133 in the first innings. (PTI) Wimbledon semi-final on games of the quarter-final. seen England win 46 out of 69 Dhoni along with all-rounder 'uns. (PTI) Wednesday with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6- "It feels great to be back in the ODIs since a disastrous 2015 Hardik Pandya are expected to 2 win over Japan's Kei Nishikori in last four of a Slam. I've been build- World Cup. Their last bilateral form the middle-order. United CC outplays Warriors Doda at Bhaderwah Sindhu, Prannoy enter pre- a stormy Centre Court clash. ing in the last couple of weeks and Djokovic, 31, will be playing in my level of tennis is going up," he Green Star, FCC register quarterfinals of Thailand Open his 32nd Slam semi-final where he said. will face either world number one "I am peaking at the right BANGKOK, July 11: quarterfinal match against Japan's moment." big wins at Kishtwar Kanta Tsuneyama. After racing through the Excelsior Sports Correspondent XI by 56 runs. FCC scored 198 Top shuttlers P V Sindhu and Meanwhile, men's doubles pair first set, Djokovic was runs by losing 8 in 20 HS Prannoy progressed to the of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth handed his first code viola- JAMMU, July 11: Green overs. Rafi top scored with 70 women's and men's singles pre- Reddy prevailed over Chinese tion for unsportsmanlike Star Cricket Club defeated runs, while Mosiver and Owais quarterfinals with straight game Taipei's Chen Hung Ling and conduct after bouncing his Poochal XI and FCC got the chipped in with 26 and 25 runs wins on a mixed day for India at Wang Chi-Lin 21-18 15-21 21-17 racquet into the grass in the USD 350,000 BWF World to reach the prequarterfinals. better of Vikkings XI at respectively. Azhar took 3 wick- frustration at squandering Tour Super 500 tournament here However, it was curtains for Choghan ground Kishtwar, ets, while Naffez claimed 2 three break points in the today. Swiss Open champion Sameer third game of the second while United Cricket Club wickets for Vikkings XI. Olympic silver medallist Verma and young Vaishnavi set. trounced Warriors Doda in the In reply, Vikkings XI scored Sindhu brushed aside Bulgaria's Reddy Jakka in the opening round. "Do you think I ruined ongoing JKCA Premier 142 runs in 19 overs. Azhar top Linda Zetchiri 21-8 21-15 in the Sameer lost 18-21 16-21 to Rafael Nadal or fifth-seeded Juan the court?" he bellowed at Ramos. Championships at Choghan scored with 41 runs, while opening round to set up a clash Thailand's Tanongsak Martin del Potro. The 2011, 2014 and 2015 Chairman Team Jammu, Zorawar Singh Jamwal declaring ground Kishtwar and Degree Mustkeem chipped in with 23 with Hong Kong's Yip Pui Yin. Saensomboonsuk, while Vaishnavi winner of the Wrestling event at Sumb in Samba. College ground, Bhaderwah, runs. Owais was the wrecker-in- Playing only his second tourna- was shown the door by eighth seed It will be Djokovic's first semi- champion was clearly unsettled by today. chief from FCC, who took 6 ment after recovering from an Sayaka Sato of Japan after notch- final at a major since the 2016 the dispute, quickly surrendering 10th Mahaveer Kesri Dangal held at Sumb At Choghan Cricket ground, important wickets, which inflammation in his ankle, Prannoy ing up a 21-13 21-17 win over the French Open when he completed the set. Green Star defeated Poochal XI fetched him the man of the defeated Spain's Pablo Abian, who Indian. the career Grand Slam. Djokovic saved three break by a big margin of 92 runs. match award. had clinched the White Nights title Also bowing out of the tourna- The 12-time major winner pre- points in the fifth game of the third Sports play important role in personality Batting first, Green Star scored At Degree College ground, last Sunday, 21-16 21-19 in a men's ment was rising men's doubles pair vailed despite picking up two code and made the Japanese star pay by 164 runs in 24.2 overs. Amir Bhaderwah, United Cricket singles match at Nimibutr Stadium of Arjun MR and Ramchandran violations and accusing umpire breaking for 4-2 and an eventual development of youth: Team Jammu and Jaleel scored 37 runs each, Club defeated Warriors Doda by here. Shlok after losing 18-21 21-13 16- Carlos Ramos of "double stan- two sets to one lead. Nishikori, who while Asif contributed 27 runs 76 runs. Batting first, United The fourth seeded Indian will 21 to Wahyu Nayaka Arya dards". had won only two matches in 15 Excelsior Sports Correspondent to which youth are unable to to the total. Umar, Khalid and Club scored 187 runs in 25 face experienced Sony Dwi Pangkaryanira and Ade Yusuf "I think the first warning was meetings with the 12-time major JAMMU, July 11: "Sports exhibit their calibre despite hav- Ufkar took 2 wickets each. overs. Suffian (37) and Salman Kuncoro of Indonesia tomorrow. Santoso of Indonesia. unneccessary," said Djokovic, who winner, broke for 1-0 in the fourth activities play important role in ing capacity and talent. In reply, Poochal XI bundled (29) were the main scorers, Returning to action after recov- Another men's pair of was sanctioned in the second set but was broken straight back. for spearing his racquet into the Djokovic's mood was not personality development of Rahul Sambyal, Chairman out for paltry total of 72 runs, while Fazil and Hanan Mir con- ering from a stress fracture on his Mandiraju Anilkumar Raju and court. improved by Ramos choosing not youth," said Chairman Team Youth For Society said such type thus lost the match by 92 runs. tributed 25 runs each. Pankaj, shin, 2014 Commonwealth Games Venkat Gaurav Prasad also put up a "It didn't harm the grass. Kei to punish Nishikori for imitating Jammu while inaugurating 10th of events revives our culture & Imran (20) was the top scorer, Tewar and Aqib shared 2 wick- champion Parupalli Kashyap saw fight before going down 21-14 12- did the same in the fourth set but his earlier offence of bashing a rac- Mahaveer Kesri Dangal organ- are the beautiful example of while Mubasher contributed 14 ets each. off Canada's Jason Anthony Ho- 21 14-21 to Chung Yonny and Tam Shue 21-15 21-17 to set up a pre- Chun Hei of Hong Kong. (PTI) wasn't warned. quet into the ground. (PTI) ized in remote belt of Sumb in communal harmony. runs to the total. Arif took 3 Warriors Doda managed to Samba district. He also endorsed the view wickets, while Jaleel claimed 2 score 111 runs in 20 overs. A huge number of spectators point of Mr Jamwal chairman wickets. Viney top scored with 20 runs. from Sumb, Goran, Samba and Team Jammu on the well In another match at Choghan Danish took 3 wickets, while other adjoining villages wit- planned policy regarding sports. ground, FCC defeated Vikkings claimed 2. nessed the Dangal and appreci- 86 bouts were played during ated the bouts played and efforts the event. The first bout was of organizers for holding this held between Ajay of Udhampur mega Wrestling event. and Kaka from Jammu which Inter-zonal Volleyball, Handball, Women Wrestlers were ended in a tie. The 2nd bout was greatly applauded by the rural in between Kalu of Himachal Kho-Kho tournaments conclude masses especially women folk and Sukha of Haryana in which Excelsior Sports Correspondent ous by defeating Sankoo Zone who in thousands witnessed the kalu defeated Sukha. In the third in Hand Ball and Volley Ball event and expressed a deep bout, Murad Ali of Reasi defeat- KARGIL, July 11: The matches. sense of gratitude to the man- ed Monu of Jalandhar. But the Inter-zonal Volleyball, Deputy Commissioner and agement of the event. main attraction of the Dangal Handball and Kho-Kho tourna- CEO, LAHDC Kargil Vikas In his address, Chairman was female Wrestlers Ashwani ments organized by the District Kundal was the chief guest on Team Jammu, Zorawar Singh and Pooja from Haryana who Youth Services and Sports the occasion. In his address the Jamwal appreciated the Dangal defeated male wrestlers of more Office Kargil concluded at DC while congratulating the Committee especially its weight and size. Wrestler Pooja Khree Sultan Chow Sports players for their active partici- President Pankaj Sharma Latto from Haryana fought in three Stadium here today. pation in the tournaments for arranging such mega Dangal. bouts and won all. She In the finals played on the expressed hope that they will He said Dangals played an enthralled the spectators by her occasion, the Under 17 Kho continue to strive hard so that important role in keeping the Wrestling skills. Kho and Hand Ball matches they are in a position to excel in youth on the right track and Others who were present on under the Girls category were their sporting talents. away from drug abuse. He said the occasion are Chandan Dutta, won by Kargil Zone by defeat- The DC also underlined the if female Wrestlers from Surjeet Singh, Rinku Singh, ing Tai Suru Zone and Sankoo importance of games and sports Haryana can come & compete in Yashpal Master Shambu Dutt, Zone respectively. Under the in maintaining physical and Dangals with men then why not Surinder Singh and Des Raj Boys Category also, Kargil mental activity and said that from J&K State. He rued lack of Sharma. proper sports policy in state due Zone yet again emerged victori- engagement in sporting activi- ties play a greater role in orient- ing the energy of youth towards constructive activities. Later the DC also distrib- uted mementoes, medals and certificates among the players. District Youth Services and Sports Officer Kargil Muhammad Hussain Rehnuma, a number of senior officers from the Civil Administration besides a large number of stu- dents from different schools were present on the occasion. Coaching Committee of JKOA holds meeting Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, July 11: National Games Preparation and Coaching Committee of J&K Olympic Association (JKOA) held a meeting at Ranjit College of Education Jammu where coaches and Secretaries of Athletics, Boxing, Fencing, Wrestling, Basketball, Gymnastics and Weightlifting attended the meeting. 100 players have been selected for the Coaching Camp which will be held from July 15 to July 30, 2018 at MA Stadium, Police Lines and Jammu University. According to a handout issued here the inaugural cere- mony of the Coaching Camp will be on July 15 at 4.30 p.m. at Amar Singh Club. The com- mittee decided that the players will be given refreshment and T-Shirts.