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MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU South Africa outplay by Indian men's recurve team settles nine for first win in World Cup CARDIFF, June 16: massive role if you win those for silver in Archery World C'ships games. So we need Hashim to DEN BOSCH (THE Asian Games individual silver with a score of 51 with Rai slipping Leggie starred in score runs for us, hence he need- NETHERLANDS), June 16: medallist, said. to the outer 7-circle to trail 1-3 at South Africa's impressive bowl- ed a not-out innings today." The men's recurve team, who the midway stage. ing performance over Sent into bat, Afghanistan The Indian men's recurve team had slumped to number 17 in rank- Needing a 10 to seal the issue Afghanistan, leading the Proteas were slow and steady to reach 69 cracked under pressure against ings from being number one in in the third set, Ding narrowly to their first win of the World Cup for two at the end of the 20th over China to settle for a silver in the May 2011, had also surprised missed the inner ring for a 56-56 here and keeping them alive in when rain came for the second Archery World Championships everyone by sealing the Olympic draw that kept India's hopes alive. the tournament. time and when play resumed after here today. quota place ahead of the fancied India needed a win in the Tahir (4/29) triggered a one-hour break, they lost four Seeking a maiden gold in the women's team. fourth set to take the match into the Afghanistan's dramatic quick wickets for the addition of World Championships, India led This was also for the first time shoot-off but the nerves got on to collapse which saw them being just eight runs. 27-26 midway into the first set but since 2014 that the Indian men's them as the trio ended with three bundled out for 125 in 34.1 overs They were reduced to 77 for the trio of Tarundeep Rai, Atanu team made the final of a world 8s, while the Chinese shot three from 56 for one in the 16th over. seven in the 26th over, losing five Das and Pravin Jadhav let the event. India had ended up with a 10s to take the fourth set 57-52 and South Africa, in another rain wickets in the space of 4.4 overs. opportunity slip later in the sum- silver at the Wroclaw Stage IV seal the gold by a distance. affected tie that was reduced to 48 The Afghanistan innings was mit clash. World Cup in 2014 with Rai being The silver and two bronze at overs a side after the second inter- also halted for 25 minutes in the The Chinese team of Ding a member of the team, alongside the 2019 World Championships ruption, chased down the paltry sixth over due to rain. After the Yiliang, Wei Shaoxuan and Feng Das and Jayanta Talukdar. took India's overall count to eight target in 28.1 overs with openers second rain interruption, the Hao produced a solid and consis- Describing this as a break- medals in the premier biennial (68) and match was reduced to a 48-over tent performance as they capi- through moment for Indian men's competition. (41 ) shar- side with South Africa set a talised from the second set to seal recurve team, the 35-year-old The Indian women's recurve Kuldeep Yadav celebrates with teammates after taking of Pakistani player during ing a 104- stand. revised-target of 127. a 6-2 win. Army archer further said: "We team of Chekrovolu Swuro, World Cup 2019 match at Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester on Sunday. (UNI) It was a much needed win for Morris chipped in with three India thus ended their cam- have struggled a lot since last four- Laishram Bombayla Devi and South Africa who had lost their first wickets while his pace colleagues paign with one silver and two five years. Putting us in question Deepika Kumari had won a silver three games before they shared a and Kagiso bronze medals won in the mark can we win medals. in Turin 2011. Rohit, Kuldeep ensure India maintain point with the West Indies follow- Rabada took two and one wicket women's compound team and "This time we could proved At Copenhagen 2015, India ing a washout. For Afghanistan, it respectively as the Afghans hard- individual events. them wrong and hope in future our had a memorable outing bagging was their fourth loss in as many ly put up any fight against the The men's recurve team was archers will come to win medals two silver medals -- one individual clean slate against in World Cup games after another disappointing Proteas. featuring in the final of World and not just for participation." by Rajat Chauhan (men's com- Championships after a gap of 14 Up against the fifth seed China pound) and another in team by the MANCHESTER, June 16: Duckworth Lewis method. Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz batting performance. Phehlukwayo removed a South Africa Faf du struggling years. This was India's sixth silver who had upset top seed Korea in women's trio of Laxmirani Majhi, If Rohit pummelled a pedes- Ahmed erred in his decision mak- at the World Championships the semifinals, the Indian trio lost Rimil Buriuly and Deepika produced an trian Pakistan attack with a bril- ing throughout, first with team Plessis listed out the positives (8 off 22 balls) in the fourth ball from the game on Saturday. after the long rain interruption where the country is yet to win a the first set by a point as the scores Kumari. elegant hundred before Kuldeep liant 140 off 113 balls in India's selection and then by opting to gold medal. were levelled at 53-all. Two years ago in Mexico, the Yadav flummoxed the Pakistani 336 for five, Chinaman Yadav fieldf. The defensive approach "Morris (Chris) and Tahir before Tahir took two wickets in were fantastic in the middle overs the next over, dismissing well-set "Feeling good and also bad. It The young Chinese team spear- women's compound team of batsmen as India inflicted a (2/32) broke the rival batting spine throughout the game, also did not was a big chance for us. We have headed by 23-year-old Yiliang were Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Lily humiliating 89-run defeat on their by removing set batsmen Fakhar help his side. as they got wickets. He (Tahir) (32 off 58 balls) and (0) in the won so many silver medals (at at its best in the second set where Chanu Paonam and Trisha Deb arch-rivals in a much-hyped Zaman (62) and Babar Azam (48) Knowing that rain could play has single handedly made us a space of five deliveries. World Championships) but we they shot four perfect 10s to score had a bagged a silver. (PTI) World Cup match, which eventu- in successive overs. spoilsport, they never took the strong team in the last two years Phehlukwayo then had have never won a gold. This time 58 out of 60 while India wobbled ally turned to be a lop-sided affair. The Indian vice-captain Duckworth-Lewis par score into with his ability to take wickets in (1) in the next too, we could not able to convert Chasing a stiff 337-run target, scored his 24th ODI hundred - 140 account, letting India bowlers dic- the middle overs. Naturally over before Tahir got his third this into a gold," rued Rai, who Pakistan were already down and off 113 balls while KL Rahul (57) tate the terms. Quinton plays quite freely but it was important for him to see off wicket of the day in the 26th over was also a member the men's out when rain stopped play after played the perfect second fiddle in It was a match where two wrists in the form of captain Gulbadin recurve team that last won a silver 35 overs. They had managed just an opening partnership of 137 -- Rohit's supple wrists and the new ball," he said. "It was important for Amla to Naib (5) to leave Afghanistan at Madrid 2005. 166 runs for loss of six wickets , runs. Kuldeep's power -- won it for India. innings in disarray. Rai, along with Jayanta nowhere near the DLS par-score Skipper switched The old adage ‘Revenge is a get amongst the runs, he will be important for us in the upcoming It was number nine and top- Talukdar and Gautam Singh, had of 252. gears effortlessly during his 77 off dish best served cold' couldn't have scorer who delayed lost to Korea 232-244 in the final When play resumed, the 65 balls and also became the been more apt in cold and wet games. In the next four games, net run rate is not going to play a the end of Afghanistan innings of World Championship in Madrid match was reduced to 40 overs quickest to 11,000 ODI runs, Manchester evening as 'Men In with a 25-ball 35. 2005. with a revised target of 302, which eclipsing a 17-year record held by Blue' exacted the revenge of the Indian men's junior He stitched a 34-run stand "But we have learnt so many meant that Pakistan required 136 iconic Sachin Tendulkar. 2017 Champions Trophy final with wicketkeeper things, hope it will help us to recti- runs from five overs. This is India's seventh win defeat. hockey team loses (9 off 33 balls) for the eighth fy our mistakes and change the (46) and Shadab over Pakistan in World Cup and The first half was all about wicket before falling in the penul- colour of the medal in future," Rai, Khan (20) remained unbeaten to like the previous six times, the Rohit pulverising Pakistani 1-2 to Great Britain timate over of the innings. (PTI) a two-time Olympian and 2010 end at 212 for six, handing India a quality of the contest did not live bowlers with cuts and pulls while Players of Doda Warriors Sports Club posing for a group pho- comprehensive victory via up to the hype created. the second belonged to Yadav, MADRID, June 16: 15th Gufran Memorial Cricket Club tograph after scripting big win at Bhaderwah. who first bamboozled Babar with The Indian men's junior hock- JKCA District Level Cricket Tournament Today’s Fixture a break-back and then ey team lost 1-2 to Great Britain Joura CC Doda outplays Vs West Indies (Taunton) 3 pm forced Zaman to play a suicidal in their 5th-6th place classifica- Virat CC wins thriller, Doda paddle shot. (PTI) tion match of the eight-nations U- SCOREBOARD 21 invitational tournament here Friends Club by 19 runs India Innings: Kohli becomes fastest cricketer on Sunday. Excelsior Sports Correspondent good total of 181 runs in the allot- Warriors log easy win KL Rahul c Azam b Riaz 57 to reach 11k runs India were looking to finish ted 20 overs for the loss of 8 wick- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Warriors Sports Club, who scored Rohit Sharma c Riaz b Ali 140 the tournament on a winning note DODA, June 16: Joura Cricket ets. Sandeep Kumar top scored 73 runs and took 2 wickets, was Virat Kohli c Sarfaraz b Amir 77 MANCHESTER, June 16: and grab the 5th place. They went Club (JCC) Doda registered con- with 46 runs while Pardeep Mansh JAMMU, June 16: Virat adjudged as the man of the match. c Azam b Amir 26 Adding yet another feather to into the game with a positive vincing victory over Friends contributed 35 runs to the total. Cricket Club scripted a thrilling 1- At GGM Science College MS Dhoni c Sarfaraz b Amir 1 his already decorated cap, India approach and were intent on hold- Cricket Club (FCC) Thathri by 19 From the side, Umar run win over Amco Cricket Club, Hostel ground, Jammu, batting Vijay Shankar not out 15 skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday ing as much of the possession as runs in the ongoing All India 15th Ganai, Imran Latief and Adil Jan while Doda Warriors Sports Club first, Virat Cricket Club scored a not out 9 became the fastest cricketer to possible while maintaining a tight Gufran Memorial T20 Cricket bagged 2 wickets each. got the better of Youth Cricket big total of 257 runs in 35 overs. Extras: (B-1, LB-1, W-9) 11 reach 11,000 runs in One-day defensive structure. Championship, being played at In reply, Friends Cricket Club Club Ghat in an easy contest by Jagandeep Singh top scored with Total: (for 5 wickets in 50 Overs) 336 internationals, breaking Sachin They were the better side in Sports Stadium, here. (FCC) Thathri managed to score 130 runs in the ongoing JKCA 47 runs, while Rajeev contributed District Level Cricket 42 runs to the total. Vivek Singh Bowling: 10-1-47-3, 9-0-84-1, Wahab Tendulkar's 17 year-old record. the earlier exchanges and reaped The tournament is being 162 runs for the loss of 9 wickets the reward at the end of the quar- Tournament, being played at vari- and Gurvinder also contributed 34 Riaz 10-0-71-1, Imad Wasim 10-0-49-0, 9-0-61-0, The Indian skipper needed 57 organized by Young Star Cricket to lose the match by 19 runs. Umar ter as Maninder Singh finished off ous venues in Jammu division. and 30 runs to the total respective- 1-0-11-0, 1-0-11-0. Club Doda with the support of Ganai played a fine knock of 100 runs to reach the milestone a superb move to score the opener The Tournament is being held ly. From Amco Cricket Club, Pakistan Innings: before the start of India's high- in the 15th minute. District Administration and runs off 62 balls while Adil Jan under the patronage of Justice CK Nabeez took 3 wickets, while Imam-ul-Haq lbw b Vijay Shankar 7 District Police Doda. contributed 12 runs to the total. profile World Cup match against Knowing that they held the Prasad, Administrator JKCA; Sanjay claimed 2 wickets. Vikas c Chahal b Kuldeep Yadav 62 Pakistan at Old Trafford. advantage, India were intent on The event is sponsored by From bowling side, Pardeep Chairmanship of Syed Ashiq also picked one wicket. Babar Azam b Kuldeep Yadav 48 Kohli was unbeaten on 71 keeping Great Britain at bay in the J&K Bank Ltd, Zum Zum Sweets Mansh bagged 4 important wick- Hussain Bukhari, CEO JKCA and In reply, Amco Cricket Club Mohammad Hafeez c Vijay Shankar b Hardik Pandya 9 when rain stopped play in the second quarter. They held their (Kud Wale), Mumtaz Building ets while Anjesh Singh took 2 the supervision of Jang Bahadur fell short of just one run as it man- b Vijay Shankar 12 match. line brilliantly while looking to Material Doda, Hotel Doda wickets. Pardeep Mansh of Joura Singh Jamwal, Member JKCA aged to score 256 runs to lose the Shoaib Malik b Hardik Pandya 0 Tendulkar had reached the attack on the counter. Darbar, Green Model Hr Cricket Club Doda was declared and Member Judicial State Human match in an exciting contest by 1 Imad Wasim not out 46 11,000-run mark in ODIs against But, in the 29th minute, Secondary School Doda, Shaheen as the man of the match for his all- Rights Commission. run. Suresh top scored with 78 Shadab Khan not out 20 on January 28, 2002 in Great Britain had their break- Pub Hr Secondary School Doda, round performance who was given At Bhaderwah, Doda Warriors runs, while Ajay contributed 53 Extras: (LB-1, W-5, NB-1) 8 Kanpur. He had taken 276 through from a Penalty Corner. Chenab Valley Pub Hr Sec School prize by District Health Officer, Dr Sports Club defeated Youth runs and Sunil made 31 runs. Total: (for 6 wickets in 40 Overs) 212 innings and 284 ODIs to get Daniel West slotted home his Doda and Natnoo Furnishing Tariq Masood along with Ashok Cricket Club Ghat by a big margin From Virat Cricket Club, Bowling: 2.4-0-8-0, Bumrah 8-0-52-0, Vijay there while Kohli took just 222 drag-flick to drag them level as House. Shan. of 130 runs. Jagandeep, Jagjot Singh and Shankar 5.2-0-22-2, Hardik Pandya 8-0-44-2, Kuldeep Yadav 9-1-32- innings to join the elite list of the two teams went into half- Earlier batting first after win- The match was officiated by Earlier, batting first, Doda Gurvinder took 2 wickets each. 2, 7-0-53-0. players. (UNI) time at 1-1. (PTI) ning the toss, FCC Doda set a Irshad Malik and Harish Raza as Warriors Sports Club scored a Jagandeep Singh was declared as umpires while Abdal Shenali and good total of 248 runs in 40 overs. the man of the match. Sandeep Kaushik were the scorers. In reply, Youth Cricket Club The match was officiated by Doda bundled out for 118 runs in Ashok Singh and Vijay Raina as DDC inaugurates 20 overs, thus lost the match by a umpires, while Saleem-ur- big total. Parmod of Doda Rehman was the scorer. Fitness Camp at Poonch Excelsior Sports Correspondent POONCH, June 16: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Poonch, Rahul Yadav declared open the Fitness Camp as chief guest in the presence of guest of honour, SSP Ramesh Kumar Angral and special guests, DySP DAR, Sheezan Bhat at Sports Stadium, here today. JU Employees’ team posing for a group photograph after The Coaching and Fitness beating Media XI at University ground on Sunday. Camp, an initiative of a group of individuals, involved around 100 young sportspersons from JU outplays Media XI by 4 wkts different parts of the district. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Shammi Bhagat chipped in with Prominent among others 16 runs. present were Harcharn Singh JAMMU, June 16: Jammu JU team manager Pawan (senior cricketer), Nirdosh University Employees team Singh Bhau, while lauding the Kumar (Manager Sports defeated Media XI by 4 wickets efforts of the team for this big Stadium), Mohd Qasim in a friendly match at Varsity win, also informed that the win (Incharge DYSSO Pooch), ground, here today. was JU’s 14th consecutive win Vijay Kumar (PEM), Kewal Earlier, batting first Media under Salhotra’s captaincy. Krishan (PEM) and Sajjad XI scored a modest total of 113 Rather. runs in the allotted overs. Dr Sapana Jangral, D/o Rani Speaking on the occasion, Rohit, Rahul and Amit con- Devi and amidst interaction with the tributed 24, 22 and 16 runs to Joginder Paul, young campers, the DDC and the total respectively. From W/o Manoj SSP Poonch applauded the Jammu University, Balwant Thapa, R/o efforts of the organisers for this Singh was the wrecker-in- Greater Kailash, Jammu, who initiative. chief, who bagged 5 important has been While advising the young wickets, while skipper Rajesh declared qualified for the award of cricketers to stay away from Salhotra, Avtar, Gurpal and the degree of Doctor of drugs and other allied evils, Sandeep shared 1 wicket Philosophy (PhD) in Zoology DDC stressed upon them to apiece. (Life Sciences) by the University work hard and excel in sports In reply, riding on a brilliant of Jammu. She worked on the and studies as well. innings of 48 runs by Rajesh topic "Studies on the Impact of Both DDC and SSP assured Salhotra, Jammu University Pollution on the Biology and the organisers of all possible team chased the target by losing Bioaccumulation in Some Fishes help in promoting sports and 6 wickets to win the match by 4 Inhabiting Water Bodies of games in the district by organis- wickets. Vishal Sudan also con- Jammu (J&K)," under the super- ing bigger events. tributed valuable 21 runs, while vision of Prof Roopma Gandotra.