THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU GA Mir launches 1st Football Selectors to pick India MS Dhoni steps down as team for England series India's limited overs captain Academy in Jammu despite crisis NEW DELHI, Jan 4: every Indian cricket fan and the Excelsior Sports Correspondent especially football which NEW DELHI, Jan 4: BCCI, I would like to thank MS unquestionably is the most pop- In a surprise move, Dhoni for his outstanding contri- JAMMU, Jan 4: President The selection committee Mahendra Singh Dhoni has bution as the captain of the ular game in the world. He said, meeting to pick the Indian team Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh it will also help the youth to stepped down as limited overs Indian team across all formats. Congress Committee, GA Mir as for the one-day series against captain of the Indian cricket "Under his leadership, the remain away from bad habits England will go ahead on Friday chief guest launched the 1st including drugs etc. team, thereby drawing curtains Indian team has touched new Football Academy in Jammu in despite the BCCI being hit by to his glorious leader- heights and his achieve- Narinder Gupta said that he administrative crisis following an impressive function, organ- himself is a football player and ship career. ments will remain ized by Jammu United Football the latest Supreme Court order. The BCCI today said etched forever in the wants to encourage the youth The BCCI announced today Club at Press Club, here today. towards Football game and that in a statement that annals of Indian crick- that the selection panel headed by Dhoni has informed the et." former India wicketkeeper MSK Board that he wishes to Dhoni, 35, had earli- Prasad will gather in Mumbai on step down as the captain er suddenly quit Test Budding cricketers posing alongwith JKCA Working Committee members Ankush Abrol, Rahul Friday to pick the Indian team for of the Indian cricket captaincy during the Mahajan and other dignitaries at MGCA in Jammu. England series, comprising three team from the One-Day Australia tour in 2014 in ODIs and as many T20 Internationals and T20 Melbourne. Internationals, starting January Internationals. Dhoni has been India's most MGCA thrashes Sidhant Academy by 7 wkts 15. While expressing his desire successful captain. Under his The selectors will also pick to quit captaincy, Dhoni howev- leadership India have won the the India A squad for two warm- er conveyed to the selection ICC T20 World Cup in 2007, the up matches against England to be Ankush, Rahul inaugurate committee that he will be avail- ICC ODI World Cup in 2011, ICC held at CCI, Mumbai. able for selection for the three Champions Trophy in 2013 and However, it remains to seen ODIs and as many T20s against also reached the top of the Test President JKPCC GA Mir and other dignitaries while launch- whether team is chosen by the England starting January 15. rankings in 2009. New Year U-14 Cricket Cup ing 1st Football Academy in Jammu. five-member panel, which was the case earlier, or a three-mem- Commenting on Dhoni's India's Test skipper Virat Kohli Excelsior Sports Correspondent Mayank Goswami Cricket Bhagat top scored with 44 runs, sudden announcement, Rahul is likely to take over captaincy of Academy defeated Sidhant while Samarpit contributed 22 Mr. Mir apart from launch- is why he took the initiative of ber committee as suggested by JAMMU, Jan 4: Working ing first Footbal Academy in the Supreme Court appointed Johri, Chief Executive Officer of the limited overs team following Cricket Academy in an easy con- runs to the total. Keshav took 2 setting up the Football Academy the BCCI said, "On the behalf of Dhoni's decision.( PTI) Committee members of Jammu test in this 60-overs game. wickets for Sidhant Cricket Jammu, also launched its at GM Science College Ground, Lodha panel. and Kashmir Cricket Association Earlier, MGCA skipper Academy. For his four wicket Membership Drive. Speaking on Jammu. As per the Lodha recommen- (JKCA), Ankush Abrol and Praful Dhar won the toss and haul, Nityam was declared as the occasion, he said that youth He said the Academy will dations, senior selection commit- tee was supposed to be a three- Rahul Mahajan inaugurated New decided to field first. man of the match. of J&K are strong enough to provide all sorts of facilities to member team comprising Test Year Under-14 Boys Cricket Cup Batting first, Sidhant Cricket The match was officiated by compete in any game including interested youth free of cost. players. in an impressive and well attend- Academy scored a paltry total of Sadiq Hussain Malik and Sunil football but due to lack of facili- Other members of the Clubs ed function at Mayank Goswami ties, they are not in a position to However, the BCCI had 93 runs in 38.4 overs. Keshav Kumar as umpires, while present were S. Amerjit Singh, announced the new panel in Cricket Academy, Akhnoor top scored with 31 runs, while Deepak was the scorer. compete the best. Sadesh Sharma, Asok Kumar, Road, here today. PCC President lauded the September, with its now sacked Babu and Madhav contributed Speaking on the occasion, the Pravez Iqbal Mir, Ankush president Anurag Thakur and sec- Prominent among others 10 and 9 runs respectively. For chief guest encouraged the stu- efforts of Narinder Gupta, chair- Gupta, Manohar Babber, Vijay man of United Football Club retary Ajay Shirke defying the present on the inaugural ceremo- MGCA, Nityam Abrol was the dents and advised them to play Kumar, Suresh Gujpta, Mukesh court's diktat. ny were former Ranji Trophy pick of the bowlers, who scalped with sporting spirit. He asked and his colleagues for setting up Kumar, Ramesh Kumar, of first ever Football Academy As of now only Prasad, player and coach Ravi Sharma 4 important wickets, while them to make full use of the Rajinder Kumar, Rajesh Devang Gandhi and Sarandeep and MGCA coach Sunil Kumar. Praful Dhar and Parth Singh opportunity provided to them. which will go a long way to Sambyal and Chetan attract youth towards games, Singh -- all former Test players -- The Tournament is being bagged 2 wickets each and Sharma(CA). meet the eligibility criteria set by organized by Kishan Chand Dhruv Singh claimed one wick- the Lodha panel. (PTI) Cricket Club (KCCC) with an et. objective to provide opportunity In reply, MGCA chased the Mohsin elected Jt Secy of to the budding cricketers to hone target easily in 30.5 overs by los- Dignitaries felicitating the winners at Sports Stadium in Reasi their skill. ing 3 wickets, thus won the on Wednesday. In the inaugural match, match by 7 wickets. Snoop Mountaineering Association Excelsior Sports Correspondent es from Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Nanda distributes prizes as NCC DC discusses modalities for JAMMU, Jan 4: Syed Abdul Sports, Pahalgam and has sum- Mohsin of Sunridges Trekking mitted Stok Kangri peak lifts Reasi Police T20 title and Mountaineering Club, (20187ft) in Ladakh in 2016. Udhampur Olympics Ratnipora, Pulwama was unani- An avid sport climber, he has Excelsior Sports Correspondent elected to bat first. Batting first, Excelsior Sports Correspondent so that the event could see the mously elected as Joint SICC scored a paltry total of 94 Players posing for a photograph during inaugural function of also been representing the state REASI, Jan 4: National maximum participation of youth Secretary (Kashmir) of runs in 19.3 overs. KCSC Winter Cup in Jammu on Wednesday. in the North Zone Sport Cricket Club defeated Star India UDHAMPUR, Jan 4: from all sections of the Society, Mountaineering Association of The target of 95 runs in 20 District Development Commis- Climbing Competitions for the Cricket Club (SICC), Thanpal by informed the SSP Dr Shailendra J&K in a meeting held at Press last 4 years, and has also suc- overs was given to National sioner Udhampur Niraj Kumar Kumar Mishra. Club here today. 4 wickets to lift the title trophy of Cricket Club Reasi which was today held a preliminary meet- KCSC Winter Cricket Cup cessfully completed the T20 Cricket Tournament, as part It was also revealed in the It may be mentioned here Belayer's course conducted by chased by NCC after losing 6 ing to discuss the modalities for meeting that certain Paralympic that Mohsin, a trained moun- of Sports Tournament, organized wickets in 15.1 overs, thus claim- organising Udhampur Olympics Indian Mountaineering by District Police Reasi, under Games would also be organised gets underway taineer, has done his Basic and Foundation at New Delhi. ing the title trophy. The man of in the district. on the occasion so that special- Advance mountaineering cours- Civic Action Programme (CAP), the match was given to Dev It was informed in the meet- ly-abled persons could also par- Excelsior Sports Correspondent The inaugural match was here. Karan Singh, who took 6 wickets ing that the district administra- ticipate in the event. played between K C Sports Club Ajay Nanda, Minister of State in this match and man of series tion in collaboration with the JAMMU, Jan 4: The 2017 and Secretariat XI. for Finance & Planning, IT, Law, Detailed deliberation was edition of the Winter Cricket was given to Shubam of Star Police would organize a mega held on various issues like main- Batting first, K C Sports Justice & Parliamentary Affairs, India Cricket Club Thanpal for sports event in the month of Cup 2017 Inter Club tournament tenance of playground, lighten- Club scored a decent total of 174 CA&PD, Tribal Affairs and his 12 wickets and 230 runs dur- February this year with an aim sponsored by KC Sports Club ing, availability of sports equip- in the allotted 20 overs. Bhanu Relief & Rehabilitation was chief ing T20 series. to promote the spirit of sports- got underway today, with 20 ment, advertisement of the was the highest scorer with 53 guest of the occasion, who dis- The winners were presented a manship among the youth. It leading Cricket Clubs of Jammu runs off 45 balls, while tributed prizes among the win- sports event etc. taking part in the tournament. cash prize of Rs 10,000 along- was further revealed that the Among others, PO-DRDA Vishavjeet made brisk unbeaten ners and runners-up teams. event would include a number of Prior to the launch of the with a trophy, while the runners- Jagdish Chander Mehra, DIO 25 runs off just 7 balls. For Prominent among others present sports like Athletics, Shortput, event, all the local clubs availed up team was given a cash prize of Udhampur Esha Chib, Dy SP Secretariat XI, Sukmi and Sami on the occasion were Surinder Javelin Throw, Long Jump, the free facility of indoor prac- Rs.6, 000 alongwith a trophy. HQ S.S Balloria, DYSSO took 1 wicket each. In reply, Gupta, IGP In-charge Udhampur- Volleyball, Kho-Kho, tice in the spacious air-condi- Man of the series Shubam was Sudesh Kumar and Officer of Secretariat XI failed to chase the Reasi Range, Tahir Sajad Bhat, Badminton, Kabbadi etc. tioned Cricket Hall of KC Sports presented a cash prize of Rs Sports Council were also present target and bundled out for 106 SSP Reasi, Sanjay Singh Rana, 2,000 alongwith a trophy. The registration in this mega Club. They put in a lot of net runs, thus lost the match by a big in the meeting. SP Reasi, Babu Ram, ADC The prizes were also distrib- sports event has been kept free practice in the hall both during margin of 68 runs. Kapil top Reasi, Commandant CISF, uted among the teams of other day and night and sharpened scored with 36 runs off 43 balls, Commandant CRPF, Tehsildar sports activities namely Kho- their skills in batting and bowl- while Yasir scored 22 runs. For Reasi, besides Mujeeb-Ur- Kho, Discus Throw, Shot Put, ing to prepare themselves for KC Sports Club, Arjun, Aman Rehman, Dy.SP Hqrs Reasi and Javelin Throw etc. which were forthcoming events. and Yudhveer took 2 wickets Baseerat being honoured by Chairman J&K Bank, Parvez Jugal Kishore Sharma, DySP played under Civic Action The tournament is being each. Bhanu Partap was Ahmed in Srinagar. DAR Reasi. Programme during Sports Meet played on knock-out basis and declared as the man of the Star India Cricket Club at Sports Stadium Reasi. will continue for 20 days. match. Baseerat honoured by (SICC) Thanpal won the toss and Vansh wins sabre gold in 15th J&K Bank Chairman Excelsior Sports Correspondent "We will continue to extend State Fencing Championship appreciation in different ways to SRINAGAR, Jan 4: Excelsior Sports Correspondent silver and the bronze was shared encourage our youth who faced Chairman and CEO J&K Bank, by Simran Anand and Neha. challenges and succeeded Parvez Ahmed today honoured JAMMU, Jan 4: Ace fencer In Under-17 foil boys, despite odds so as to inspire the Syed Baseerat Byhaqi who Vansh Mahajan bagged gold in Saksham Gupta bagged gold, confidence of others in their recently bagged Gold Medal in sabre boys open event of the Rahul Prahar won silver and the own capacities", he added. South Asian Championship of Man of the Match award being presented to winner at Sports ongoing 15th J&K Open State bronze went to Mangal and Baseerat won the Gold Tong Ill Moo Do 2016 held in Stadium in Kathua on Wednesday. Fencing Championship, being Himanshu Spolia. Medal in international Junior Thimpu Bhutan. organized by J&K Amateur Mehak Sharma won gold in Medium weight category where- Baseerat, a 4th class student Fencing Association at Indoor Under-14 foil girls, while the in teams from Sri Lanka, 7th Police Martyrs Memorial T20 Tournament is the daughter of J&K Bank Hall, MA Stadium, here. gold medals in various categories Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, staffer Syed Arif Byhaqi who Sidhant Raina bagged silver went to Sarthak, Sakshi Verma, Malaysia and India participated. in open sabre boys event, while works as an Executive in the Notably, she has been select- Khanna CC Jargaon Bhumi, Narmada Thakur, Riya SDPO RS Pura, Surinder Singh and other dignitaries light- the bronze was claimed by Bank. ed for another international con- Bakshi, Purvak Suri, Sawari, ing the ceremonial lamp during Annual Day Function at Wonder Udaiveer and Amit. Speaking on the occasion, test to be held in Thailand in Parvinder and Tarun Slaria. Kids International School. seals berth in finals In open foil girls, Riya Bakshi Chairman said, "J&K Bank has May 2017 besides a national been encouraging and support- Excelsior Sports Correspondent runs respectively were the top won gold, while Shrira clinched level event at Mumbai in April ing the younger generation of scorers. Vijay of RR Sports Club 2017. Wonder Kids International the State while they pursue their KATHUA, Jan 4:Khanna Delhi was the outstanding bowler The chairman assured her of Indian eves beat Bangaldesh to goals and ambitions in various Cricket Club Jargaon defeated who took 04 wickets by conced- full support in national and celebrates Annual Day Minerva Cricket Club ing just 16 runs. RR Sports Club fields ranging from education to international events to exhibit Chandigarh by 5 wickets in the Delhi could not chase the target win 4th SAFF Championship entrepreneurship and business to her talent and realise dream. Excelsior Sports Correspondent The programme began with semifinals of the ongoing 7th sports." the lighting of the ceremonial and manage to score only 92 runs SILIGURI, Jan 4: sailed out. Police Martyrs Memorial T20 JAMMU, Jan 4: Wonder lamp by the chief guest and the in 16 overs by losing all wickets. However, Bangladesh with- Cricket Tournament, being organ- Kids International School cele- other dignitaries on the occa- Rohan Rathi who scored 16 runs A dominant India defeated stood the storm, regrouped, and Mukund, Indrajith hit tons as ized by Police Martyrs Welfare brated 2nd Annual Day Function sion. was the top scorer. Rahul Chara Bangladesh 3-1 to win their eventually equalised in the Society Kathua at Sports with pomp and show in the The students presented vari- and Sultan Ansari of Vicky X1 fourth consecutive SAFF 40th minute through Sirat Stadium, here. School premises, here today. ous cultural items which includ- Pathankote took 4 and 2 wickets Women's Football Jahan Shopna as both teams desperate TN eye outright win Khana Cricket Club Jargan Surinder Choudhary, SDPO ed Bhangra, Bollywood Masala, respectively. Championship title at the headed into the interval locked RAJKOT, Jan 4: Prithvi Shaw (2 not out) and won the toss and chose to field RS Pura was the chief guest on Dogri Lok Geet and Solo dance Rahul Chara was declared Kanchenjunga Stadium, here at 1-1. Praful Waghela (3 not out) nego- first. Minerva Cricket Club the occasion, while Raj Bhagat, etc. man of the match with cash prize today. After the change of ends, Skipper Abhinav Mukund tiating the remaining five overs Chandigarh set a target of 165 Director of Akash Institute and The chief guest and the of Rs. 3000 and a trophy by The Indian eves, in the India were again faster off the and Baba Indrajith smashed ele- of the day. runs by losing 6 wickets in 20 Manmeet Singh Amn, Chairman guests of honour distributed Rakesh Thakur from Bar process, are now unbeaten in 19 blocks. The hosts pressed high gant centuries as Tamil Nadu, in The match is interestingly overs. Tejnder Singh and of Ranjeet College of Education prizes among the students in Association. matches having won 18 and and hard even as Bangladesh search of an outright win, poised as Mumbai still need 246 Himanshu were the top scorers were the guests of honour. presence of a large gathering. drawn one. depended mostly on counter- declared their second innings at runs to win with a full day's play who scored 49 and 39 runs Kovalik shocks Cilic for 356 for six to set a tricky target remaining for Tamil Nadu respectively. Harpreet was the India's first goal came in the attacks. 12th minute through striker The break came in the 60th of 251 runs before former cham- bowlers to bundle out their Bumrah, R P Singh take Gujarat main successful bowler who took biggest win of his career pions Mumbai in the semifinal opponents and enter the final of 2 wickets by conceding 29 runs Dangmei Grace, who got a slight minute when the irrepressible CHENNAI, Jan 4: touch and the ball slowly rolled Bala was pushed inside the box of the Ranji Trophy, here today. the Ranji Trophy for the ninth in 3 overs. Khanna Cricket Club Mukund made 122 off 186 time in the history of the tourna- to Ranji Trophy final Jargan easily chased the target by Little known Jozef Kovalik into the empty net with rival as the referee pointed to the caused the biggest upset of the goalkeeper Sabina Akhtar spot and 2016 AIFF Player of balls with the help of 11 bound- ment. NAGPUR, Jan 4: Gujarat turned it around in dra- losing 5 wickets. Harpreet and aries, while Indrajith scored 138 Having conceded the first matic fashion after starting the day Ramandeep scored 31and 38 Chennai Open as he knocked caught in a dilemma. the Year, Sasmita Malik glee- out world number six and tour- It set the tone for the match. fully converted the opportunity. off 169 deliveries with 13 fours innings lead on the third day Pacer Jasprit Bumrah produced at 100 for four and were just 82 runs respectively. Rahul of and one six to set the platform yesterday, Tamil Nadu had no his career-best spell in first-class runs ahead of first-time semifinal- Minerva Cricket Club nament-favourite Marin Cilic in The match being a final meant With just 30 minutes for Tamil Nadu's total in the sec- option but to push for an out- cricket as Gujarat staged a sensa- ists Jharkhand. Chandigarh was the successful a gripping pre-quarterfinal, here that Bangladesh had to shrug off remaining, it was quite a task ond innings. right victory. tional comeback to beat Jharkhand Manpreet Juneja and Chirag bowler who took 2 wickets in 3 today. their defensive aspirations and for Bangladesh to come back Mumbai's first-innings total Having entered the fourth by 123 runs and reach their second Gandhi came up with valuable overs. Qualifier Kovalik, winner of that allowed India the width and it went worse for them was revised to 411 when they day with a 101-run deficit, Tamil Harpreet was declared man of just two Challenger titles in his and space. seven minutes later when goal- ever final of the Ranji Trophy knocks of 81 and 51 before Gujarat were awarded five penalty runs Nadu had were forced to seize the match with a cash prize of Rs. career, was up against a Grand In the first 20 minutes, keeper Sabina, who was having cricket tournament, here today. were all out for 252 in their second due to Tamil Nadu's batsmen the momentum with some 3000 and a trophy by Jatin Gupta Slam winner but made Cilic's India had earned four corners a decent game till then, mis- Bumrah finished with figures innings, setting Jharkhand a very running on the pitch in the 74th aggressive batting and they did from Karam Chand and Sons. life as tough as possible with his and every time Bala Devi judged the bounce of a harm- of six for 29 and alongside veteran gettable target of 235. over. That meant their target so by scoring over four runs an Earlier, in the 4th quarterfi- never-say-die spirit and in the touched the ball, she created less Indumathi shot from long pacer R P Singh plotted the down- However, R P Singh and became 251 from the 256 Tamil over in their second essay. nal, Vicky X1 Pathankot won end was a proud winner. something out of nothing. and it rolled in. fall of Jharkhand, who were skit- Bumrah tormented the Jharkhand the toss and chose to bat first and Kovalik, ranked 117, In fact, Kamala Devi should Spurred, the Indians did go Nadu had set. Tamil Nadu was also helped tled out for 111 in their second batting line-up to fire Gujarat into set a target of 133 runs by losing showed nerves of steel in a have doubled the lead in the all out as they smelt more but At stumps on the fourth day by some patchy fielding from innings after being set a target of their first Ranji Trophy final since 8 wickets in 20 overs. Prince hard-earned 7-6(5) 5-7 7-5 win 17th minute when Bala set her but their perseverance failed to and penultimate day, Mumbai Mumbai players who faltered 235 runs on day four of the semifi- 1950-51 when they had lost to and Baltej who scored 26 and 19 over the 'rusty' top seed. (PTI) a free-header, but it narrowly yield any more goals. (PTI) were five for no loss with young when put under pressure. (PTI) nal here. Holkar by 189 runs. (PTI)