FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Double centurion Agarwal puts Indian men’s hockey team beat Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019 Belgium by 5-1 in final match Brilliant Rasool guides J&K to India on top in first Test ANTWERP, Oct 3: However, some resolute defend- ing saw India take their lead into VISAKHAPATNAM, Oct 3: second day certainly belonged to session at the loss of four wick- Indian men's hockey team on the half-time break. emphatic win over Railways Agarwal, who made full use of ets. Thursday produced an attacking The visitors started the third Mayank Agarwal showed friendly batting conditions. South Africa struck through masterclass to outclass reigning quarter with attacking intent, and insatiable appetite for runs, con- * Gujarat routs Bihar; Bengal posts win Barring lead pacer Vernon pacer Vernon Philander first ball World and European Champions were rewarded immediately, verting his maiden Test hundred Philander, the South African after lunch, raising hopes of a Belgium 5-1 in the fifth and final with Lalit Kumar Upadhyay Excelsior Sports Correspondent Railways who took 3 wickets by Bengal rode on Abhishek Kumar into a brilliant double before the bowling put up an ordinary South African fightback. match and maintain a hundred bagging his first goal of the conceding 66 runs in his 10 Raman's 122 not out (108 balls, Indian spinners tightened the per cent record in their Tour of JAIPUR, Oct 3: Skipper overs. 11 fours) to register a five-wick- show with their three specialist Cheteshwar Pujara (6) was the match in the 35th minute to Parvez Rasool hammered an noose around the exhausted spinners failing to get much out man dismissed, bowled off a Belgium. extend India's lead to 2-0. Earlier, put into bat, et win over Rajasthan. South Africans on the second World No 5 India won all unbeaten 118 (112 balls, 9 fours, Railways scored a good total Brief scores: Railways 285 of the dry and slow surface. Philander beauty that moved Another attack in the next four sixes) to power Jammu & Rohit and away just enough to rattle his five matches during the Tour, minute saw youngster Vivek 285 runs for the loss of 6 wick- for 6 in 50 overs (Dinesh Mor Kashmir to a four-wicket win ets in 50 overs. Dinesh Mor top 70, Arindam Ghosh 64, Karn Agarwal, who off-stump. over Railways in Vijay Hazare began the day Captain Virat Kohli (20) scored with 70 runs, while Sharma 40, Umar Nazir 3/53) Trophy Elite Group-C match at Arindam Ghosh and Karn lost to Jammu & Kashmir 287 on 115 and 84 joined Agarwal in the middle KL Saini Stadium, Jaipur today. respectively and looked in sublime touch Sharma contributed 64 and 40 for 6 in 49.1 overs (Parvez Chasing a good total of 286 runs to the total respectively. Rasool 118 not out, Shubham with India at during his short stay. runs, Jammu and Kashmir rode 202 for no loss, He was disappointed to get Speedster Umar Nazir took 3 Singh Pundir 38, Abdul Samad on a magnificent century by wickets by conceding 53 runs. 36, Ram Dayal 22 not out, converted their out after getting set. A regulation Parvez Rasool after the early opening partner- ball stopped on Kohli, who Gujarat posted an impressive Himanshu Sangwan 3 for 66). dismissal of openers Ahmed seven-wicket win over Bihar in J&K: 4 points, Railways: 0. ship into a ended up offering a simple Omar Banday (4) and Qamran record breaking return catch to debutant Senuran a Vijay Hazare Group 'C' match Bihar 126 all out in 42.2 Iqbal (0) to chase the target on here today. overs (Sachin Kumar Singh 44 one with a 317- Muthuswamy, giving the South the very first ball of the 50th run stand before African his first international After Bihar was bundled out not out, Babul Kumar 27, CT over. Stylish Southpaw for 126 in 42.2 overs, Gujarat Gaja 2/19, Rush Kalaria 2/22) lunch. wicket. Shubham Singh Pundir and With their In the morning session, rattled up the required runs in lost to Gujarat 128 for 3 in 19.1 youngster Abdul Samad con- 19.2 overs to notch up a fifth overs (Priyank Panchal 40, Axar massive stand, Agarwal completed his maiden tributed valuable 38 and 36 runs Sagar Prasad also register his straight win. Patel 27 not out, Dhruv Raval they surpassed Test hundred while Rohit to the total respectively, while beating Belgium 2-0 in the open- name on the score-sheet as he The Bihar batting collapsed 25). Gujarat: 4 points, Bihar: 0. Virender Sharma made 176 on his open- dependable Shubham Khajuria ing match, and registering 6-1 produced a crafty finish to beat against the face of a disciplined Rajasthan 265 for 4 in 50 Sehwag and ing debut. and wicketkeeper batsman Fazil day of the series opener here and 5-1 wins over Spain in the the Belgian Goalkeeper. Gujarat attack with Rush Kalaria overs (Mahipal Lomror 79, A Rahul Dravid to record India's Rohit, who too hit 23 fours Rashid scored 29 runs each. today. next two games, before finishing The 38th minute saw impressing with a haul of 2 for R Gupta 56, RK Bishnoi 42 highest partnership for any and half a dozen sixes like Reliable all-rounder Ramdayal Playing his first Test in India, off their Tour with two more Belgium penetrate and win a 22 to be bowled out in the 43rd not out, Arnab Nandi 2/32) lost wicket against South Africa. Agarwal, was eventually dis- contributed brisk unbeaten 22 Agarwal showed remarkable wins (2-1 and 5-1). Penalty Corner, but PR over. to Bengal 266 for 5 in 49 overs Agarwal stole the show after missed in the 83rd over. At runs off just 14 balls. It was concentration and endurance for In the fifth match on Sreejesh's diving save kept the Gujarat opener Priyank (Abhishek Kumar Raman 122 Rohit's departure and keeping lunch, India were 324 for one in Rasool who led from the front his monumental 215 off 371 Thursday, Simranjeet Singh score down to 3-0 in India's Panchal hit some lovely shots as not out (108 balls, 11 fours), the requirement of the team in 88 overs with the host scoring (7th), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay and gave his side a much needed balls that allowed the hosts to mind, increased the intensity of 122 runs in the session at 4.28 favour. However, a brilliant the team coasted home in the Abhimanyu Easwaran 66, R M declare their first innings at 502 (35th), Vivek Sagar Prasad strike from the retake by victory. Himanshu Sangwan was 20th over. Bishnoi (3/49). Bengal: 4 points, his innings. His first hundred runs per over. (36th), Harmanpreet Singh the most successful bowler from for seven in 136 overs. came off 204 balls and second Like on day one, Philander Alexander Hendrickx made it 3- In the third match of the day, Rajasthan: 0. In response, South Africa (42nd) and Ramandeep Singh 1 in the 39th minute. off 154 balls. created some discomfort for the (43rd) -- all scored a goal each to were staring down the barrel at The Bengaluru-based crick- batsmen in the opening hour but But Belgium could not stay close of play, losing Aiden earn a scintillating victory for the in the match for too long as India Puneri Paltan pip Telugu eter, whose previous four Tests apart from that, it was smooth Indian team. Markram (5), Theunis de Bruyn were in Australia and West sailing for the home team. scored twice in two minutes just (4) and night watchman Dane Brimming with confidence before the end of the third quar- Indies, collected 23 fours and six Rohit was dropped on 125 after an invincible run, India Piedt (0) under floodlights to be maximums, most of them com- off Philander when keeper ter to extend their lead to 5-1. 39 for three in 20 overs, trailing started the match on the front- India's fourth goal was scored Titans by 53-30 in PKL ing against the spinners. Quinton de Kock, who was foot and produced a stunning India by 463 runs. He batted for the majority of standing up to the stumps, fum- by drag-flicker Harmanpreet PANCHKULA, Oct 3: Ravichandran Ashwin pro- move in the 7th minute to take Singh, who converted a Penalty the afternoon session, which bled to take a sharp catch. Puneri Paltan edged out vided the breakthroughs by get- the lead through forward Corner in the 42nd minute, while was extended by 30 minutes to Two balls from Philander Telugu Titans 53-50 in a closely- ting through the defences of Simranjeet. the fifth goal came through make up for overs lost due to kept low, taking both Rohit and fought Pro Kabaddi League match Markram with a classical off- Belgium did try to force a Ramandeep Singh, who scored in rain on the first day. Agarwal by surprise but after at the Tau Devilal Sports Complex break that turned sharply. He comeback but their Penalty the 43rd minute to finish off a Agarwal's memorable knock that they toyed with the opposi- here today. then had De Bruyn caught Corner was saved by Krishan B great team-move. (PTI) came to end when he smashed a tion attack. They got the bound- Manjeet (12 points), Sushant behind before Ravindra Jadeja Pathak in the 9th minute, helping full ball from Dean Elgar aries at will, especially against Sail (11 points) and Sureejet crashed through Piedt's India to maintain their one-goal District Poonch TT towards deep mid-wicket and a the spinners and with the surface Singh (7 tackle points) were the defences. advantage at the first break. diving Piedt took a diving catch. not doing much, playing reverse The second quarter saw C’ship from Oct 6 stars for the Pune side. While day one was all about At tea, India coasted to 450 sweep became less risky. World No. 2 Belgium win back- The defeat meant Telugu Rohit Sharma (176 off 244), the Excelsior Sports Correspondent for five, scoring 126 runs in the After reaching three figures to-back Penalty Corners in the Titans' chances of making it to the with a single, Agarwal stepped 16th minute, but India's Pathak POONCH, Oct 3: Under the playoffs came to a halt with UP Kohli, Bumrah maintain top position in up the offensive. He dispatched made sure that their lead stayed auspices of Jammu and Yoddha securing the final spot in Dane Piedt for a massive six intact. Kashmir Table Teniis the top six. latest ICC men’s ODI Player ranking over deep mid-wicket before It was a difficult period for Association, District Poonch Telugu Titans were the only Players in action during PKL match between Puneri Paltan reverse sweeping him for a four the Indian team as Belgium tried Table Tennis Association is team playing for a playoff berth DUBAI, Oct 3: left-arm fast bowler from and Telugu Titans at Panchkula on Thursday. in the same over. (PTI) to look for the equalizer. organising 29th Poonch District but it was Pune who showed more Pakistan, made a significant rise, The Titans did claw back gave the Titans some much-need- India skipper Virat Kohli and Table Tennis Championship grit in a dominant first-half per- gaining 28 slots to reach 43rd through some strong raids by the ed impetus to push for an All-Out, pace sensation Jasprit Bumrah from October 6 to 9, 2019 in the formance. position after finishing with six Siddharth Desai but two Super which they secured in the 9th today maintained their numero Multipurpose Hall of Govt Titans' star raider Siddharth wickets in the series, including a Tackles (by Sushant Sail and minute of the second half. uno status in the latest ICC Degree College, here. Desai was successfully tackled by five-wicket haul that won him Surjeet Singh) ensured they pre- Pune continued to approach men's ODI player rankings. According to a handout Manjeet in the very first minute the player of the match award in vented an All-Out. 'all guns blazing' instead of seeing In the ODI batting chart, the second ODI. issued here by Er Saleem and that set the tempo for Paltan as they picked raid points with Surjeet clinched his High 5 as out the remainder of the time Kohli and his deputy Rohit Left-handed batsmen Fakhar Banday, Secretary of Poonch ease. the first half ended with the scores which allowed the Titans to clinch Sharma held on to their number Zaman (up two places to 16th) District Table tennis one and two positions respec- Both Vishal Bhardwaj and 31-16 with Pune well on top. another All-Out with 6 minutes and Haris Sohail (up three Association, the championship tively, while Bumrah remained AbozarMighani? left and right Sushant Sail started the sec- remaining to make it a 9-point places to 32nd) are the others to is being organised under the at the top in the bowling list. corners respectively? were absent ond half with a massive four-point game. gain from Pakistan, while Sri banner of J&K Table Tennis Pakistan's Mohammad Amir, in the starting seven for a much- Super Raid as Pune rushed to The match became a tense Lanka's Danushka Gunathilaka Association in different age cat- who grabbed four wickets in the changed Titans side and the Pune another All-Out in the third affair in the closing minutes but a has reached a career-best 70th egories viz Cadet, Sub-Junior, minute of the second half. three-point Super Raid by Iranian three-match home series against Junior and Men's. raiders, particularly Sushant Sail, Sri Lanka, grabbed a career-best place after a century in the final exploited the lack of experience in Rakesh Gowda was having an Emad Sedaghatnia helped Pune match. The players desirous to take seventh position after jumping Peddlers in action during Jammu District TT Championship the defence and picked points impressive game as the raider for open up a sizeable lead which In the ICC men's ODI team part in the Championship can six spots. at Indoor Complex, M A Stadium in Jammu on Thursday. with ease. the Titans and his four-point raid their defenders could hold on to rankings, Pakistan and Sri register their names with Ajit in the fourth minute of the match till the final whistle. (PTI) The left-arm fast bowler, Singh, President of the The Pune side inflicted the who retired from Tests earlier Lanka have retained sixth and Jammu District Open TT Championship first All-Out in the 6th minute of eighth positions, respectively. Association, Salil Raina, DDCA nominates president Rajat Sharma this year to concentrate on Narinder Singh and Sandeep the match to move to a 7-point Namibia, Oman and the lead and continued their good white-ball cricket, had taken a Hargun faces Mishti in cadet girls’ Luthra on mobile numbers USA, who have ODI status, work to secured another All-Out as its representative at BCCI AGM three-wicket haul in the final 9906202261, 9419662925, meet the minimum requirement in the 14th minute to open a 14- NEW DELHI, Oct 3: Representative Nomination match. His previous highest finals; Mahesh lifts veteran title 9419610021 and 9419613231 ranking was 10th in June this of eight qualifying matches and point gap. Form." Excelsior Sports Correspondent quarterfinals, Mahesh beat Jain respectively. The Delhi and District While secretary Vinod year. are now on the rankings table. Cricket Association (DDCA) (PTI) 3-0, Abrol outclassed Ashok 3-0, Tihara, who has been Sharma's Usman Shinwari, another JAMMU, Oct 3: Trouncing Kalsi prevailed over Rishu 3-0 today nominated president Rajat their rivals convincingly in their biggest opposition in the state and Vipan defeated RP Singh 3- Sharma as its sole representative unit had raised objection, the Tough task awaits Indians in World respective semifinals, Hargun 0. for the BCCI AGM scheduled and Mishti made it to the cadet resolution on the day settled the Prominent among those who on October 23. issue once and for all. Artistic Gymnastics C’ships girls' finals and will lock horns were present during the matches In a resolution passed by the against each other in the summit Joint Secretary Rajan STUTTGART (Germany), Oct 2018 Gymnastics World Cup. on day03 today included Ravi DDCA Apex Council, 11 out of clash of the ongoing Jammu Manchanda said that there was 3: But World Championships Singh (Divisional Sports Officer the 15 members, have fully District Open Table Tennis never any doubt over Sharma Medal is too far-fetched a are a different ball game where J&K State Sports Council; backed senior journalist Championship, being organised being their representative in the thought and Indian gymnasts, even reaching the finals has Satbir Singh, Rajan Sharma, IP Sharma's name as their sole rep- by Jammu and Kashmir Table BCCI. sans an injured Dipa Karmakar, proved to be a difficult task for Singh, Satish Gupta, Ajay resentative at the BCCI meet- Tennis Association at Indoor "It's unfortunate that some will face an uphill task when Indian gymnasts in the past. Sharma, Er Saleem Bandey, ings, including its AGM, and Complex, MA Stadium, here. people started a negative cam- they begin their campaign at the In the men's section, the Vasu Dewan, Sandeep Khadotra, take part (as voter member) in Earlier, in Cadet girls semifi- paign with their own vested World Artistic Gymnastics focus will be on 2010 Asian Narinder Singh, Sheetal the board's elections as and nals, Mishti beatt Airya (3-1), interests in mind, thus tarnishing Championships, here today. Games bronze medallist Ashish Gandotra, Sanjeev Gupta, when held. while Hargun also got the better DDCA's image." The only Indian to have ever Kumar, while the team will also Suresh Sharma and Vikas The resolution forwarded to of Seerat (3-1). Meanwhile, the members qualified for Olympics, Dipa, have Yogeshwar Singh and Magotra. the BCCI electoral officer and Mahesh drubbed Kalsi (3-0) through their resolution also who had finished fourth in vault Aditya Singh Rana. The matches were officiated CoA stated: "We, the members cautioned BCCI against the to lift the veteran singles title. Winners of debate competition posing along with dignitaries finals at the Rio Games, remains Olympic quotas will also be by Vasu Dewan, Satish Gupta of Apex Council of the DDCA, "self-nomination" of Tihara as In sub junior boys quarterfi- and officials at APS Udhampur on Thursday. the country's premier gymnast up for grabs with the top nine (Manager Indoor Sports hereby convey our complete and the representative of DDCA. nals, Akhilesh outplayed Arya but she is out of the tournament teams in each discipline (exclud- Complex MA Stadium), unequivocal trust in the leader- "We, the undersigned, wish (3-0), Vishav outclassed Harman after failing to recover from a ing the three already qualified Gurvinder Singh Sasan (NIS APS Udhampur wins Northern ship of Mr. Rajat Sharma, to assert that this action of Vinod (3-2), Tejas prevailed over nagging knee injury. from 2018) set to qualify for the Table Tennis coach), Sandeep President, DDCA. We also Tihara is in utter defiance of the Satyam (3-0) and Rohan In Dipa's absence, the onus Tokyo Games. Khadotra (NIS Table Tennis Command Debate competition declare and affirm his nomina- decision of the Apex Council of trounced Aarit (3-0) tion as DDCA Representative on will be on Pranati Nayak, Individual Olympic berths coach), Meenu Rajesh and Asad Excelsior Correspondent bound to see the great competi- which he had full knowledge, Earlier, in veteran singles the BCCI, including for inclu- Pranati Das and Aruna Budda will also be at stake as the top 12 Sharma. tive spirit of the speakers as well and is in breach of the Articles sion of his name in the electoral Reddy to make an impact in the male and top 20 female gym- UDHAMPUR, Oct 3: Army as of the interjectors. After the of Association of the DDCA, roll for the forthcoming BCCI women's category after they nasts, which will be decided by Spinners Deepti, Radha shine as Public School (APS) Udhampur culmination of the competition, both amounting to serious mis- elections." were selected in the six-member rankings in the all-around com- hosted the Northern Command the winners were felicitated by conduct." "Our formal resolution so Indian team last month. petitions, will qualify for Tokyo India women seal series with 5-wkt win Debate competition 2019, here the chief guest. The resolution, while point- today. nominating him under Article Pranati Nayak had won a Games. (PTI) SURAT, Oct 3: cial 50 runs for the fourth wick- Mukesh Sharma of APS ing out to his anti-DDCA activi- The event commenced in the 18(4)(q) of the Articles of bronze in vault event at the et with Deepti (16). Udhampur was declared the best ties, further stated that Tihara is Praggnanandhaa, Divya traditional manner with the Association of the DDCA has "not a person fit or appropriate Senior Asian Artistic Indian women's team pro- The Indian captain finished speaker arguing for the motion duced another authoritative per- lighting of the ceremonial lamp been separately sent to you for such a responsible role as Gymnastics Championships in score second successive the match with an exquisite in Hindi debate and Pragati formance to comfortably defeat by the chief guest, Alpana along with the prescribed DDCA Representative." (PTI) Mongolia earlier this year, while drive off seamer Ayabonga Aanshi was declared the best wins in WYCC South Africa by five wickets in Sehrawat, Chairperson FWO, 71 Aruna had claimed bronze at Khaka to finish the proceedings speaker for the motion from MUMBAI, Oct 3: the fifth T20 International, tak- Sub Area. and also completed 2000 runs in APS Nagrota. Aaira excels in ing an unassailable 3-0 lead in The School Choir presented Indian prodigies GM the shortest format. Sweta Patil of APS the six-match series. a welcome song in the honour of Praggnanandhaa R and WIM "I am very happy with the Udhampur was adjudged as the Skating With two games being com- the esteemed chief guest, partic- Divya Deshmukh notched up performance of our team, espe- best speaker arguing against the Excelsior Sports Correspondent their second straight victories in pletely washed out, the series ipating teams and the digni- motion in Hindi debate and cially the spinners. They read taries. JAMMU, Oct 3: Aaira of the second round of the World was extended from five to six AKashika Mate of APS the pitch very well and bowled There were six participating KC Public School Jammu Youth Chess Championship matches and India needed to win Udhampur was awarded the best accordingly. The primary reason teams, namely APS Srignagar, excelled in here today. on the day to seal the series. speaker arguing against the for playing more spinners is APS Nagrota, APS Akhnoor, Roller Chennai's Praggnanandhaa Off-spinner Deepti Sharma motion in English Debate. because of the nature of the APS Rakhmuthi, APS Dhar Skating, got the better of Poland's Antoni (2 for 19) and left-arm spinnner Sativk Magotra of APS Dhar wicket. On personal front, I am Raod and APS Udhampur. winning Kozak in the Open U-18 while Radha Yadav (3/23 in 4 overs) Road was declared the best happy to have scored runs," The competition commenced three medals Nagpur's Diya routed bowled brilliantly to restrict the interjector in Hindi Debate and with the Hindi debate, which with one Bhagyashree Patil in the girls' Proteas women to 98 for 8. They Harmanpreet said after winning Sahil of APS Udhampur and was followed by English one. gold in U-14 event to underline their got able support from leg-spin- 'Player of Match' award. Mridul Magotra of APS Dhar Sanjay Purohit and Sonali Artistic form and preparedness for the ner Poonam Yadav, who gave Earlier Deepti kept a tight Road were declared the best Dadwal were the adjudicators Skating and 11-round mega event -- India's away only 15 runs in her 4 overs leash upfront while Radha and interjectors in English debate. for Hindi debate, while English a silver and bronze in Quads biggest chess tournament in and got a wicket. Poonam put the brakes in the APS Nagrota was adjudged Debate Competition was J&K’s Rakesh Kumar, who bagged gold medal in Master cat- Speed Skating in the J&K State The chase was an easy one middle overs to set the platform as the runners-up School and the recent times. adjudged by Dr Rippy Bawa, Dr egory (110 kg) in the recently held National Powerlifting Skating Championship held in and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur for the batters. host School, APS Udhampur India's second youngest GM, Kamal Deep and Suman Lata. Championship, organised by Delhi Amateur Powerlifting Jammu recently. (34 not out off 32 balls) was in South Africa couldn't wrig- bagged the trophy of the winners Praggnanandhaa, playing white, All the speakers and interjec- Association, being honoured by General Secretary of Amateur Aaira bagged gold in 7-9 her element as the Women In gle out of the spin web as none of the NC Debate Competition. opened with the King's Indian. tors argued well and gave each Powerlifting Federation of India, Deepak Bagul. For this age group of Artistic Skating, Blue won 17.1 overs. of their batswomen built on their The event culminated with the On the 17th move, he sacrificed other a tough competition. achievement, Mr Rakesh has been selected for upcoming World silver in 100 meters race and a Harmanpreet's innings had starts, losing wickets in regular vote of thanks of the Principal of his Rook for a Knight as he put The audience was spell- Powerlifting Championship to be held in December at Guwahati bronze medal in 500 D race. pressure on Antoni's king. (PTI) four boundaries and added cru- interval. (PTI) the School, Sanjeev Kumar. in Assam.