MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Holi Cup Tournament Sri Lanka scrape past India end World Cup jinx against HNCC drubs Star Club by 30 runs Excelsior Sports Correspondent Star Club, Nitin took 2 , while Anil Choudhary, Shiva Afghanistan by 4 wickets Proteas, crush them by 130 runs JAMMU, Feb 22: Hind and Bawa claimed one DUNEDIN, Feb 22: did the grinding bit for 28 odd struck 8 fours and a six in his MELBOURNE, Feb 22: able show by the Indians, who part of the innings. National Cricket Club (HNCC) each. came into the tournament with a The unit fired in uni- defeated Star Cricket Club overs as the duo combined the 120-ball stay, soon after to take In reply, Star Club was bun- A spirited Afghanistan gave right dose of caution and aggres- them by the sword. Riding on another strong bat- string of poor results in the tri- son as never recov- Kathua by a margin of 30 runs to dled out for 122 runs in 19.5 Sri Lankan a mighty scare but vet- ting display powered by Shikhar series preceding the mega-event. ered once skipper AB de Villiers advance in the ongoing Holi overs, thus lost the match by 30 eran batsman Mahela TODAY’S FIXTURE Dhawan's strokeful century, Mohit Sharma (2/31 in 7 (30) fell short of his crease with Cup T20 Cricket Tournament at Jayawardene struck a resilient runs. Ram Singh top scored with England VS Scotland (Christchurch) 3:30 IST India today crushed South Africa overs), Ravichandran Ashwin Mohit's accurate throw on top of Mandal cricket ground, here century to help the Islanders pull 40 runs, while Anil Choudhary the stumps sending the destruc- today. off a slippery 4-wicket win in their sion. Jeevan Mendis (9 ) tive player back in the pavilion. Winning the toss and contributed 33 runs to the total. Pool A match of the cricket World Nitin and Arun chipped in with But just when the Lankans and Thisara Perera (47 not out) De Villiers and Du Plessis first, HNCC scored a fighting Cup, here today. thought that they are running then stitched an unbeaten 58-run 18 runs each. Mithun captured 3 were going strong at one stage total of 152 runs in the stipulat- Chasing 233 for a win at the away with the game, Mathews partnership, maintaining a run- adding 68 runs for the third wick- ed 20 overs, losing 5 wickets in wickets by conceding 25 runs in University Oval, Sri Lanka were was run out in the 41st over and rate of over 8, to take Lanka over et as South Africa reached 108 the process. Puneet played a 4 overs, while Karan and Puneet reduced to 51 for four before a Hassan scalped Mahela, who line. (PTI) for two before the skipper got brilliant innings of 52 runs off bagged 2 wickets each and 126-run fifth wicket partnership run-out. 46 balls, studded with 8 fours Mashqoor claimed 1. between Mahela (100) and skip- Du Plessis (55) tried his best and one six, while Shiva, Ashish The match was officiated by per Angelo Mathews (44) helped them scrape to their target in 48.2 to stem the rot but once he mist- and Sabi contributed with 22, 21 Sachin Singh, Gulshan Kumar overs. imed a pull-shot off Mohit to and 16 runs respectively. For and Sohan Bharti. Openers Lahiru Thirimanne Dhawan at covers, it was just a (0) and Tilakaratne Dilshan (0) mere formality for the 'Men In disappointed big time with new- Members of the Indian team celebrate after they ran out South Blue', who hardly put a foot ball bowlers Dawlat Zadran (1- Africa's AB de Villiers for 30 runs during Cricket World wrong in front of the 86,786 44) and Shapoor Zadran (1-48) Cup match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. (UNI) crowd of which at least 75,000 making early inroads. by a massive 130 runs to were Indian supporters. Kumar Sangakkara (7) could- beat them for the first time SCOREBOARD With Sachin Tendulkar n't stay long as first-change pacer in World Cup cricket. SCOREBOARD cheering them from the Hamid Hassan (3-45) got the vet- India now appear set for India innings: stands, it was an electric eran batsman cleaned up and Rohit Sharma run out (de Villiers) 0 atmosphere at the MCG as soon sent Dimuth Karunaratne a berth in the quarterfinals Shikhar Dhawan c Amla b Parnell 137 after their two comprehen- Dhoni's men cantered home (23) back in the hut. Virat Kohli c du Plessis b 46 Mahela, registering his 35th sive wins over Pakistan and Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Steyn 79 in style. The Indian dress- South Africa which places c sub (RR Rossouw) b Morkel 6 ing room erupted in joy and ODI century, and Mathews then Triumphant Allah-A Volleyball team posing for a group pho- them on top of Group B. MS Dhoni c †de Kock b Morkel 18 the players hugged each tograph along with chief guest and other dignitaries at Bishnah run out (de Villiers) 2 other after last man stand- Participating teams posing for a group photograph along Sr Hockey tourney on Sunday. They have yet to play the with the dignitaries during inaugural function of J&K Premier only other team of sub- Ravichandran Ashwin not out 5 ing Imran Tahir was postponed Mohammed Shami not out 4 trapped LBW by Ravindra League T20 Cricket Tournament at GGM Science College Hostel stance, the West Indies, with Extras (lb 2, w 6, nb 2) 10 ground in Jammu. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Allah-A Volleyball Club the remainder of the group Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 307 Jadeja. being made up of Ireland, Bowling: 10-1-55-1, 4-1- Earlier, Dhawan bludg- J&K Premier League T20 Cricket Tournament JAMMU, Feb 22: The Zimbabwe and UAE. 19-0, Jean-Paul Duminy 7-0-39-0, Morne Morkel 10- eoned his way to a career- inclement weather conditions lifts Police Volleyball title Dhawan's career-best 0-59-2, Imran Tahir 10-0-48-1, 9-0-85- best knock as India posted a have forced the organisers of the Excelsior Sports Correspondent splendid display throughout the 137 propelled India to a 1. commendable 307 for Wave Club outplays TTCC ongoing Senior Hockey Tournament. South Africa innings: JAMMU, Feb 22: Allah-A Trophies, Medals, Sports comfortable 307 for seven seven against the title con- Tournament, Hockey J&K to Volleyball Club won the final of Amla c Shami b Mohit 22 postpone the tournament. Dresses and Certificates were dis- today before the bowlers Q de Kock c Kohli b Shami 7 tenders. the Volleyball Tournament organ- performed brilliantly to bun- Dhawan's 137 off 146 by 8 wkts in opening tie The tournament which has tributed among the players and Du Plessis c Dhawan b Mohit 55 ized by J&K Police, District supporting staff. dle out the Proteas for 177 in De Villiers run out 30 balls coupled with Ajinkya Excelsior Sports Correspondent with 6 boundaries, while Aryan entered the semifinals stage, has Jammu under the aegis of Civic Deliberating on the aim and 40.2 overs in what turned Miller run out 22 Rahane's 60-ball 79 set the been rescheduled and the first Action Programme (CAP), which Dogra contributed 12 runs to the the objective of Civic Action out to be a rather lopsided Duminy c Raina b Ashwin 6 platform for a commend- JAMMU, Feb 22: Wave semifinal match between Ajit concluded at Bishnah, here today. total. For Wave Club, Programme undertaken by J&K contest at the packed Parnell not out 17 able total despite yet anoth- Cricket Club got better of Talab Kamalpreet bagged 3 wickets, Club Gole Gujral and Hiranagar Earlier, Allah-A Volleyball Philander lbw b Ashwin 0 Police, S Randheer Singh, SP Melbourne Cricket Ground. er mini-collapse at the Tillo Cricket Club by 8 wickets while Gurpreet, KD Singh and Club and the second semifinal Club defeated Allah-B Volleyball Steyn c Dhawan b Shami 1 between MBS Simbal Camp and Headquarters Jammu maintained This was India's maiden death when the winners lost in the inaugural match of the Sunny bagged 2 wickets each. Club by 27-25, 25-20, 18-13 and Morkel b Ashwin 2 Zorawar Club will be played on 25-14 rounds to clinch the title that the programme comprises World Cup win against Tahir lbw b Jadeja 8 five wickets for 46 runs in J&K Premier League T20 In reply, Wave Club chased February 25, 2015. trophy. several schemes for the promo- South Africa after having Extras: (LB-1, W-6) 7 the last 6.3 overs. Cricket Tournament, being the target by losing 2 wickets to Meanwhile, Sub Junior In the prize distribution cere- tion of youths in sports & cultur- lost the clashes in 1992, Total: (all out in 40.2 overs) 177 En route his seventh organised by Jammu Tawi win the match by 8 Hockey matches will commence mony, Dr Kamal Arora, MLA al arena. 1999 and 2011. Bowling: Yadav 6-0-34-0, Shami 8-1-30-2, Mohit 7-0- ODI ton, that had 16 Sports Club at GGM Science wickets.Rimple top scored with The CAP activities in this area With two wins from as 31-2, Jadeja 8.2-0-37-1, Ashwin 10-0-41-3, Raina 1-0- from tomorrow as per the sched- Bishnah was the chief guest on boundaries and two sixes, College Hostel ground, here 46 runs off 25 balls, studded the occasion, while S Randheer are being organized under the many matches, India now 3-0. ule. Dhawan earned the distinc- today. with 6 fours and one six, while Singh SP Hqrs. Jammu, SHO P/S directions of J&K PHQ, Jammu, have a very good chance of (3/41 in 10 overs) and tion of achieving the highest Earlier, batting first, TTCC Bobby and Sunny contributed Jammu Squash Bishnah Inspector, Narinder ZPHQ Jammu, RPHQ Jammu & qualifying for the quarterfinals as Mohammed Shami (2/30 in 8 score by any batsman in a World collapsed on a meagre total of 13 and 12 runs to the total Singh Jamwal & SHO P/S Arnia overall supervision of SSP group leaders. overs) kept the opposition bats- Cup game against South Africa. 90 runs in 18 overs. Nitin top respectively. For TTCC, C'ship from Mar 2 Inspecto Jatinder Singh Sambyal Jammu Uttam Chand, SP Hqrs. It was yet another commend- men under tight leash for better (PTI) scored with 38 runs, studded Shubham claimed 2 wickets by Excelsior Sports Correspondent were also present on the occasion. Jammu S.Randheer Singh, SDPO conceding 35 runs in his 4 Devinder Guleria from Allah- R.S.Pura, S. Devinder Singh and JAMMU, Feb 22: Jammu and KC Sports Club Cricket Cup overs. A Volleyball Club was adjudged SHO P/S Bishnah Inspector, Kashmir Squash Rackets The Tournament is being man of the Tournament for his Narinder Singh Jamwal. Association will be holding sponsored by BHS Reality Pvt- KCCC trounces Tiger Jammu Open Squash The Vilas Luxury Today- Championship for juniors, seniors Luxury Tomorrow and Renault. and veterans from March 2, 2015 Earlier, the Tournament was Club by 85 runs at Jammu Club, here. declared open by Arun Kumar The decision in this regard Excelsior Sports Correspondent some 41 runs, Thaploo con- and Vikram Singh in a simple was taken by the Association in a tributed valuable 25 runs to the function, which among others JAMMU, Feb 22: Kishan meeting held under the chairman- team's formidable total. Shashi was attended by Indraj Bagal, Chand Cricket Club (KCCC) ship of JP Singh. Kumar and Sameer Khajuria Surinder Mehra, Vivek, Vikram thrashed Tiger Cricket Club by The meeting was attended by also chipped in with 22 runs Gupta and organising secretary a big margin of 85 runs to move Dr Taran Singh, Arshid Khan, each, while Raman Dutta Shashi Paul. into the next round of the ongo- Joginder Singh, Supinder Deep scored 14 runs. For Tiger Club, Tawi Sports Cricket Club ing KC Sports Club Cricket Singh and GS Bakshi. Sanjeed was the pick of the will take on Krishana Cricket Cup at KC School ground, here The Association has invited bowlers, who captured 3 impor- Club and Sarveshwar Cricket Winners of Athletic Meet posing for group photograph. today. entries from the players desirous tant wickets. Club will face Chandan Club Earlier, winning the toss and to take part in this Championship, Dignitaries during annual day function organized by In reply, Tiger Club col- Samba at the same venue batting first, KCCC scored a which will be played on knockout Himalyan Education Mission at Rajouri on Sunday. Kashmiri students shines lapsed at a meagre total of 75 tomorrow. decent total of 160 runs in the runs, thus lost the match by a basis. allotted 20 overs, losing 6 huge margin of 85 runs. Himalayan Education Mission in Aryans 8th Athletic Meet wickets in the process. Sanjeed top scored with 19 Struggling at 40/4 at one stage runs. For KCCC, Raman Dutta celebrates annual day Excelsior Sports Correspondent The whole event was divided with Vimarsh Kaw, Pradeep bagged 3 wickets, while into three parts- Indoor Games, Excelsior Correspondent demic and extra-scholastic areas JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Feb Bali, Shashi Kumar and Hrithik Sameer Khajuria and Akash were presented to the students Outdoor Games and Fun Games. RAJOURI, Feb 22: 22: 8th Athletic Meet was held Gupta back into the pavilion, Choudhary clinched 2 wickets who exhibited outstanding per- The Outdoor Games included Himalayan Education Mission today at Aryans Group of the duo of middle-order bats- each. Pardeep Bali and Sahil formances during the last academ- 100m and 200m Races, man Bandeep Singh and wick- Sharma also claimed one wick- Society celebrated 35th annual ic session at District, State and Colleges, Chandigarh. Volleyball, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, day of Himalayan School Rajouri Over 2500 Students of var- etkeeper batsman Raman et each. National Level competitions. The Long Jump, Javelin Throw, Relay Thaploo consolidated the The match was officiated by and 11th Annual Day of highest ranked award Himalayan ious courses like MBA, B.Tech, Race, Discuss Throw, Shot put Himalayan Degree College innings with a brilliant partner- Shamsher Singh Manhas and Activity being performed during Celebrate Diversity at KC Paragon of the year were clinched BBA, BCA, B.Ed, BA, GNM and etc. The Indoor Games included Rajouri. ship of 50 odd runs, to give Sandeep Manchanda as by Mohammad Ibrar, Razaaq Polytechnic participated in this Table Tennis, Chess, Carom Public School in Jammu. The programme was chaired umpires, while Deepak acted as Ahmed, Bushra Fatima and Athletic Meet. Jim Whiteway, Board and Badminton. The Fun respectability to the team's by Dr Haseeb Mughal, Senior the scorer. Nevadita Gupta in School Dean, Loyalist College, Ontario, Games included 3 Legged Race, total. Bandeep scored hand- Superintendent of Police (SSP) Canada was the chief guest and J KC holds 'Celebrate Diversity' Category and Uzma Saleem Tug of War, Sack Race, Eating Excelsior Correspondent Fest Greek, Sri Lankan and and Mohammad Saleem Malik, Malik, Minakashi Sharma, Kushal K Jain, SDM, Rajpura was the Noodles, Finding Balls in Mud, Additional Deputy Commissioner guest of honour on the occasion. Indian folk dances were present- Gupta and Raghav Gupta in Dog and the Bone, Balloon Stomp JAMMU, Feb 22: The theme ed. presided over the function. Dr JA College Category besides more The Meet was inaugurated by Dr Qazi Principal GDC Rajouri, Prof and Catch the Tail of the Dragon. 'Celebrate Diversity' under the The Fest with its pageantry than 131 brighter students bagged Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Dr Praveen Kataria, Director SH Shah Principal GDC Mendhar, Group. British Council ISA Projects of colours, exotic costumes and medals, citations and mementoes. General, Aryans Group gave away was held in KC Public School to Prof MA Lone Principal GDC On the occasion, Himalayan rhythm was a mesmerising visu- Surankote, Dr Shakeel Ahmed Master Suryansh Sharma, the prizes to the winners and con- develop appreciation for the Civil Services Aspirants Club was gratulated them. Speaking on this al delight of coordination and Raina Principal Government S/o Narinder realities of a racially and cultur- also constituted with an objective to occasion, she said that sports con- supple grace. Degree College Budhal and Dr Bharadwaj, stu- involve the brighter and younger tribute an important role in devel- ally diverse world and foster School Principal, Amarendra Basharat Hussain Asstt dent of Ranbir lot in for substantial preparation opment of overall personality of a cultural sensitivity and critical Kumar Mishra lauded the efforts Commissioner Development were and guidance from the experts to Institute of student. Citing the example of var- thinking about diverse. of the students for their dance the guests of honour. Besides this a qualify the prestigious exam. Martial Arts, ious eminent sports personalities, In this International Dance performances. myriad of people from cross sec- The annual report was present- Jammu, who she encouraged the students to tion of society including academi- ed by Aalia Iqbal whereas clinched bronze adopt sports as profession too. State Power Lifters posing along with officials. cians, bureaucrats, socio-educa- Muskhan Farooq, Chakshu Gupta, medal in the 16th Open Prof B S Sidhu, Registrar, tional activists, parents, teachers Saral Sabha and Utkarsh Sharma Taekwondo Championship Aryans Group; Prof A P Jain, and students attended this mega conducted the proceeding. 2015, organised by Taekwondo Director, Aryans Group; Tejinder Bench-Press, Power Lifting event. Among others present were Association of Jammu and Kaur, Deputy Director, Aryans The colourful, thematic and Kuldeep Raj Gupta, Khurshid Kashmir at Dogra Brahmin Group; Kusum Sood, spectacular stage performances Bismal, Iqbal Shawl, Manzar Pratinidhi Sabha, Parade, Coordinator, Aryans Group and team selected for North-India including skits, songs and thought Khayyam, Prof Musaraf Shah, Jammu. Coach Pankaj Kumar Punika Mahajan, Coordinator, Excelsior Sports Correspondent players are Deepak, Aditya provoking messages invited huge Subash Gupta, Azam Shah, Molvi lauded the efforts of the player Aryans Group were also present Pandoh, Vishal Kohli, Sourav, applause from the jubilant audi- Lalu Din, Sarvarkar Singh, Nazeer ences. for this success. on the occasion. JAMMU, Feb 22: J&K Deshant Khajuria, Firoz Khan, Qureshi, MN Qureshi and Lovely Umpteen awards in both aca- Gupta. Sports Power Lifting Akansh Dadwal, Pankaj Verma, Association organized State Rohit Singh Jamwal, Rajiv, (M&W) Bench-Press and Power Faisal Paul, Vijay Choudhary, Prof Purshottam gets prestigious Lifting trials and selected State Manjeet Singh and Dhanuj Bench-Press and Power Lifting Rajan Jain will accompany Emeritus Fellowship Men and Women team for their the team along with other offi- Sat Sharma MLA, Jammu West along with little kids during Excelsior Correspondent Prof. Purshotam is very bril- participation in the North-India cials. (M&W) Bench-Press and Power annual sports day at Annizone Meadow of Angels in Jammu. liant and reputed in the field of JAMMU, Feb 22: Prof Sanskrit Grammar, Vedas, lifting Championship-2015 to be Dr Deepika Sharma, D/o Purshotam held at Shimla from March 22 to Jyotish and Sanskrit Literature Ravinder Baru, Annizone Meadow of Angels Sharma, former with 33 years of post-graduate 25,2015. W/o Vinod Head, Depart- teaching and research experience. The team was selected by the Sharma, R/o ment of Sanskrit, He has produced 36 PhDs, 40 M Association on merit basis in the 3/173, Shant celebrates annual sports day Univ-ersity of Phils and also has 12 books to his presence of Rajan Jain, general Nagar, Janipur, Excelsior Correspondent balloon dance and tug of war Jammu has been credit. awarded with secretary along with officials who has been were highly appreciated by all He has held very responsible prestigious Emer- Narinder Singh, secretary; declared quali- JAMMU, Feb 22: Annizone and sundry. academic positions in the itus Fellowship for a period of University of Jammu such as Vinay Sharma, media secretary; fied for the award of the Meadow of Angels, a premier Sat Sharma MLA, Jammu two years bringing laurels to the member board of studies, Preet Dutta, joint secretary and degree of Doctor of Pre-School in Rehari celebrated West was the chief guest on the Gurumukh Singh, joint secre- its annual day at Girls Higher Department of Sanskrit in partic- Chairman Departmental Students of Tiny Tots Higher Secondary School, who Philosophy (PhD) on the topic, occasion, who complimented ular and University of Jammu in tary. Secondary School, Rehari, here Research Committee and per- brought laurels to the institution by winning galaxy of medals "Culture and Social Dynamics Mrs Annu Singh, Director of the general. formed these duties to the best under different categories in the 16th J&K State (Juniors) In women’s team, the select- of Food Patterning among today. Event was attended by School and the Faculty members 140 students and 300 parents in Prof R D Sharma, Vice- satisfaction of the University Teakwondo Championship 2014-15 held at Dogra Brahmin ed players included Renu Kashmiris," under the super- for putting up such wonderful Chancellor, University of Jammu authorities. absorbing 2 hours. Mesmerizing Pratinidhi Sabha, Parade, Jammu recently. The medal winners Sharma, Nidhi Sharma, Suman vision of Prof Abha Chauhan, performance. congratulated Prof Sharma and Prof Sharma is the first aca- included Royal, Brighu Sharma, Gouri Shanker, Harison, Devi, Arti, Noori Devi, Sunita, Head, Department of performances of the students The function came to the end hoped that he will continue to put demician in the Department of Ananya, Palak Verma, Suhail Mehdi, Sourabh Chandan and Ruhi, Monika and Preeti, while Sociology, University of were simply a delight to watch. with the presentation of in best in his chosen sphere of Sanskrit, University of Jammu to Vikas Kumar. in men’s category, the selected Jammu. Attractive competitions like National Anthem. activity. be awarded Professor Emeritus.