WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2018 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Uncapped Chakravarthy fetch big money crash to 140 all out, Senior National Open Chess Championship Australia draw level with big win GM Aravindh emerges overall at IPL auction, Yuvraj finds a buyer at last PERTH, Dec 18: over within 65 minutes of play. JAIPUR, Dec 18: once again with a Rs 8.4 crore bid England players in a World Cup This was Australia's first Test from but the year, the teams went after the West India crumbled in the face of win since the ball-tampering Unheralded architect-turned- spotlight was firmly on Indians. Australia's remarkable metamor- scandal broke out in winner, qualifies for World Cup cricketer Chakravarthy, the 27-year-old Out of the 20 overseas slots phosis and crashed to a 146-run earlier this year. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Crown by winning 10 points out of Master norm and Srijit Paul, defeat in the second Test here Having won the opening Tuesday fetched a sensational bid mystery spinner from Tamil Nadu available, six were sealed by the 13 rounds. Navalgund Niranjan, Ritviz Parab, Tuesday, surrendering a rare hard- game by 31 runs to go in front a of Rs 8.4 crore, more than 40 times who gave up a career as freelance Caribbean players including JAMMU, Dec 18: Grand The second position was Harsh Vardhan achieved IM earned ascendancy in a series week ago, India had been talked his base price, before veteran architect to pursue . , Carlos Master (GM) Aravindh clinched by International Master norms. Varun Kumar, Kirti up as a threat finally found a buyer "We had to wait and see how Brathwaite , , Score Board Chithambaram secured 10 points (IM) CRG Krishna of RSPB by coming into the Sharma, Anil Kotwal and Bindu at the IPL players' auction that had the bid was going (for Oshane Thomas, and Australia first innings: 326 capital of and emerged overall winner in the securing 9.5 points and a cash Pathania got International Arbiters an unmissable Caribbean flavour Chakravarthy). He can bowl in . India first innings: 283 Senior National Open Chess award of Rs 4 lakh was presented norms from this event. to it. the Powerplay and in the death Royal Challengers Bangalore Western Australia 2nd Innings: 243 Australia, but Championship, organized by All to him. The third position having While speaking, Naveen Chakravarthy, with a base price and can also bat," said KXIP paid Rs 4.2 crore for Hetmyer. India 2nd Innings: J&K Chess Association at Gurjar cash prize of Rs 3 lakh was Kumar Choudhary Principal of Rs 20 lakh, went to Kings XI coach Mike Hesson. , Rajasthan they wilted as K L Rahul b Starc 0 the pace-spin Secretary Finance Punjab after a bidding war that also Chakravarthy has risen to Royals and Capitals also bid b Lyon 20 appreciated President involved , Chennai prominence owing to a strong for the stylish West Indian bats- duo of Mitchell Cheteshwar Pujara c Paine b Hazlewood 4 Starc and of AJKCA Atul Kumar Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. showing in the Tamil Nadu man, who had a base price of Rs 50 c Khawaja b Lyon 17 Nathan Lyon Gupta for bringing such KXIP, who had the maximum Premier League. He has been lakh. c Head b Hazlewood 30 worked in tan- a great event in J&K money going into the auction, also widely credited for Madurai His teammate Brathwaite, the c Marcus Harris b Starc 28 dem at the and providing chance spent big on England all-rounder Panthers maiden TNPL title win star of 2016 World T20, was sold c Handscomb b Lyon 30 Optus Stadium. to State players to to KKR for Rs 5 crore after a bid- c & b Starc 2 Starc (3-46) enhance their chess Rasikh Dar becomes third Kashmir ding war between the Dinesh c Paine b 0 and Lyon (3-39) skills. Karthik-led side and Kings XI 0 finished with This historic nation- cricketer to be picked Punjab. Jasprit Bumrah c & b Pat Cummins 0 three al was organized by All SRINAGAR, Dec 18: The all-rounder had entered the Extras: (B-6, LB-0, W-3) 9 apiece, while J&K Chess Association auction with a base price of Rs 75. Total: (10 wkts, 56 Overs) 140 Josh Hazle- under the aegis of All Teenager Rasikh Salaam Dar of Jammu and Kashmir could not Another West Indian to get an control his emotions after Indians bought him for his base Fall of Wickets: 0-1, 13-2, 48-3, 55-4, 98-5, 119- wood (2-24) India Chess Federation. attractive deal was wicketkeeper Around 160 players price of Rs 20 lakh at the IPL auction in Jaipur today. 6, 137-7, 139-8, 140-9, 140-10. and Pat Top ten winners of Senior National Chess Championship and dignitaries Nicholas Pooran. The 23-year- including 19 Grand "What an exciting moment to go through. I can't control my Bowler: Mitchell Starc 17-3-46-3, Josh Cummins (2- posing for group photograph at Jammu on Tuesday. — Excelsior/Rakesh old, who came with a base price of 25) took a brace Masters and 20 emotions, a dream come true," said 17-year-old Dar, who hails Hazlewood 11-3-24-2, Pat Cummins 9-0-25-2, Rs 75 lakh, went for Rs 4.20 crore each. Desh Charitable Trust, here today. clinched by Srijit Paul of West International Masters and some from restive South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Nathan Lyon 19-3-39-3. to KXIP. He is a T20 find and is While Starc Cash prize of Rs 5 lakh was Bengal by clinching 9.5 points. Arjuna Awardee players from 27 The right arm quick, who made his List A debut in Vijay Hazare yet to play Test cricket. Delhi Down Under. and his pace colleagues were awarded to GM Aravindh GM Venkatesh MR of PSPB States and 8 special units--Air trophy this year, had attended trials in October. Capitals paid Rs 2 crore and Rs 50 The hosts levelled the four- expected to thrive on the lively Chithambaram. secured 9.5 points and a cash India, Railways, Defence, Dar said he can't wait to join the Mumbai Indians family. lakh for Rutherford and Keemo match series 1-1 after India were track, it was off-spinner Lyon's By emerging overall winner, award of Rs 2 lakh was presented Petroleum Sports Promotion Dar is the third cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to have Paul respectively while Royals bowled out for 140 runs in 56 exceptional outing that gave GM Aravindh Chithambaram has to him, whereas fifth position hav- Board, LIC, etc. are participating been picked by an IPL franchise. State team Parvez Rasool bought Thomas for Rs 1.1 crore. overs in their second innings on Australia the edge. He finished qualified for World Cup. It was not ing cash prize of Rs 1.50 lakh was in this event. Total 50 titled players was the first cricketer from the Valley to feature in IPL when he Amongst other Indians, spinner the fifth and final day. the match with eight wickets, clear till the end of 13 rounds who win by GM Sengupta Deep of are also playing in this historical was signed by the now-disbanded Pune Warriors. (Rs 5 cr to Delhi Starting from overnight 112 including a five-for in the first will win the event. There were PSPB by securing 9 points. and strongest ever national of He was later picked by Sunrises Hyderabad but did not find Capitals), pacer (Rs for five, India lost their last five innings and a deserving Man-of- many ups and downs, but Arvind GM Vaibhav Suri of PSPB India till date. any takers at the previous auction. 5 cr to CSK) and Mohammad wickets for 28 runs and it was all the-Match award. (PTI) held his nerve high and won the secured sixth position by securing This is also a Asian Zonal 3.7 Manzoor Dar became the second cricketer from the region to be Shami (Rs 4.8 cr to KXIP) were 9 points and a cash prize of Rs 1 event as India is a separate zone in picked by an IPL franchise when he was signed by Kings XI the other names to fetch big bids. lakh was presented to him, where- Asia. Top 10 board games were Punjab ahead of 2018 IPL. However, he did not get a game. Patel, who made his name at as the seventh position having shown live on internet by expert KXIP, was bought by Delhi cash prize of Rs 1 lakh was Ganesh Babu of Tamil Nadu. , buying him for Rs 7.2 this year. Capitals after a bidding battle with clinched by GM Vishnu Prasanna Total prizes of Rs 20 lakhs will be crore, the most for an overseas Unadkat, on the other hand, is the Punjab franchise. V of Tamil Nadu by securing 9 distributed among top 10 players player today. was the back in the RR fold after being Shami, who turned up for points. and first prize being Rs 5 lakh. second-highest paid overseas play- released at the end of the 2018 Delhi last season, was sold to IM Akash G Tamil Nadu All the matches are played er with Delhi Capitals shelling season. He had been bought for KXIP while Mohit went back to secured eighth position by secur- under the overall supervision of out Rs 6.4 crore for the South Rs 11.5 crore by RR earlier this after a stint ing 9 points and a cash prize of Rs All J&K Chess Association Africa -keeper batsman. year. On Tuesday, the Royals with KXIP. 1 lakh was awarded to him, President Atul Kumar Gupta. Yuvraj fans must have also lapped him up him after a bidding Indian Test player Hanuma whereas ninth position having International Arbiter heaved a sigh of relief when the battle with KXI, CSK and Delhi Vihari was sold to Delhi Capitals cash prize of Rs 75,000 was Dharmendra Kumar is Chief 37-year-old was bought by Capitals. for Rs 2 crore, four times his base clinched by Arbiter of this event who is sup- Mumbai Indians for his base price Besides Chakaravarthy, the price. GM Chanda Sandipan of West ported by 7 other Arbiters. of Rs 1 crore after going unsold other uncapped players who Pacer Ishant Sharma, who had Bengal by securing 9 points and Soham Kamotra of J&K per- initially. attracted huge amounts were 16- a base price of Rs 75 lakh, went to Jubilant JRG runners posing with their medals won in Tuffman Kasauli Hills Half Marathon. the tenth position was clinched by formed well and scored 7.5 points. Yuvraj secured a last minute year-old all-rounder Prayas Ray Delhi Capitals for Rs 1.1 crore IM Stany G A of AAI by securing Other J&K players, who partici- deal but his IPL fortunes have Barman from Bengal (Rs 1.5 cr to while wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Two females emerge as podium finishers 8.5 points and cash award of Rs pated in this event, were Sumit been declining rapidly. In 2015, RCB), Punjab wicketkeeper Prab Saha was bought back by Sunrisers 75,000 was presented to him. Grover, Khalid Amin, SP Sharma, he fetched a record Rs 16 crore Simran Singh (Rs 4.8 cr to Hyderabad for Rs 1.2 crore. On the valedictory function, Ajit Singh, Ashutosh Jamwal, deal with the Delhi franchise but KXIP), Mumbai batsman Shivam The high-profile unsold players 20 runners of JRG participate Naveen Kumar Choudhary, Surinder and Ankush Bhardwaj. was picked up by KXIP at his base Dube (Rs 5 cr to RCB) and Uttar were Cheteshwar Pujara, Brendon Principal Secretary Finance was J&K players got very high level of price of Rs 2 crore last season Pradesh batsman Akshdeep Nath McCullum, Shaun Marsh, Chris the chief guest, who distributed the exposure by this historic and before the team released him. (Rs 3.6 cr to RCB) , who was Woakes and Dale Steyn. cash prizes of Rs 20 lakh among strongest event of India. Both uncapped and capped bought after he re-entered the auc- Out of total 60 players sold at in Tuffman Kasauli Marathon the top ten position holders in All J&K Chess Association Indians were in demand at the tion pool. the auction, 40 were Indians and 20 Excelsior Sports Correspondent gories-20 km, 10 km, 5 km and 3 10km category and ambassador presence of Talat Parvez, Excise members present in today match- auction. Medium pacer Jaydev With uncertainty over the foreigners, costing teams Rs 106.8 km. also. Seven-years-old, Aaidah Commissioner, Chief Accountant es include AR Wani, Ashiq Unadkat became a millionaire availability of Australian and crore. (PTI) JAMMU, Dec 18: Two Kritika Gandotra and Mrs Nabi, a small little champ from Officer USBRL Project of Ahmad Kolu, Baldev Raj, female runners of Jammu Pawan Sharma from JRG defied Jammu, became Tuffgirl by run- Northern Railway, J&K GS Hira Taranvir Singh, Kuljeet Jamwal, Runners Group (JRG) brought these conditions and brought lau- ning 3 km. and Divisional Sports Officer Farooq Ahmad, Mohammad Taekwondo Association felicitates players laurels to the State by winning rels once again for the State by Besides this, 20 runners of Jammu Ravi Singh. Shafi, Khalid Amin, Raj Kumar, Excelsior Sports Correspondent DYSSO, Prem Parkash Luthra, Sharma bagged best girl in Sub podium finishes in 21 km and 10 winning two podium finishes in JRG in different categories of On the conclusion of 13 Vikas Nanda, Rakesh Gupta and Sunil Gupta State Secretary BJP, Junior, best player in Junior boys km categories of Tuffman Kasauli woman 10km and 21km category, 10km and 21km got finishers rounds, GA Stany achieved Grand Mohit Bharti. JAMMU, Dec 18: Annual Shakti Sawroop Dutta Principal was bagged by Ashiq Hussain, Hills Half Marathon, which was respectively. Both Kritika and medals. While Sandeep Singh function to felicitate Taekwondo Nanak Academy, Rajesh Kumar best sportsman spirit award in held on December 16 (Sunday) in Pawan Sharma got 3rd rank in (ex-Ranji player), Sanjay Saini, players was organized by Poonch Municipal Councilor, Javed Sub Junior boy was bagged by Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. their respective categories. Ajit Sharma, Mudasser, Sharat BHSS Junior, Poonch-XI District Tàekwondo Association Ahmed Municipal Councilor and Vishvas Sudan, award of best The event was kickstarted by Apart from this, Rajesh Padha Sharma, Sarish Gupta, Anuj under the aegis of Jammu and Ravinder Singh Secretary player in mini group was bagged Brigadier Vikram Sharma at 7 once again made the State proud Malthora, Harinderpal Singh, register wins Kashmir Taekwondo Association District Veteran Athletic by Krishna Dutta and best sports- AM by flagging off the runners of by becoming pacer for 21km and Mukesh Kumar, Rakesh Excelsior Sports Correspondent Matinder scored two goals each in collaboration with District Unit Association. President Poonch man spirit award in mini group 21 km category from Army ambassador for the fourth time. Sharma, Miss Rovleen Kour, of J&K State Sports Council. District Taekwondo Association was bagged by Prabjot Singh. in 11th, 22nd, 30th and 50th min- Ground Kasuali, situated in the As he is few among India's veter- VK Dogra, Anoop Sharma and POONCH, Dec 18: BHSS utes. Jaswinder and Rohit scored A total of 120 students of Makhan Lal Bhaglal was also The whole function was middle of Kasauli Hills, near Bus an pacers, it is the pride moment Nakul Saraf got finishers Taekwondo from district Poonch present. presided over by Vijay Kumar Junior and Poonch-XI registered one goal each. For BHSS Senior, Stand, Kasuali. About 750 run- for JRG when he was given 2 medals in 21km, Abishiekh wins in their respective matches Shaid scored three goals while attended the function, in which Later, Pardeep Sharma MLC PEM. Prominent others who ners from across the Country par- medals, one finisher and another Gupta, Rajeshwer and Miss National players and State gold along with others distributed were present were Rajinder on the Day-2 of the ongoing Rudhar, Noib and Shoib scored ticipated in this Half Marathon, for being a pacer. Himmat Sharma bagged finish- Poonch District Hockey one goal each. medalists were felicitated. medals, certificates and trophies Singh Joint Secretary District which was organized in four cate- Dilawer Khan was pacer in ers medals in 10 km category. On the occasion, Pardeep among the outstanding taekwon- Football Association, Pawan Championship, being organized Xen PHE Rajinder Kumar Sharma MLC was the chief do players of district Poonch. He Kumar lecturer Physical 26th J&K State Billiards & Snooker C'ship concludes by Hockey Poonch under the and Nirdosh Kumar Manager guest, while District also announced Rs 60,000 from Education, Parvaiz Ahmed aegis of Hockey J&K and spon- Sports Stadium Poonch were the Development Commissioner his CDF to Poonch district Chairman Ehsas Foundation sored by J& K State Sports at chief guests of matches played Poonch Rahul Yadhav was guest Taekwondo Association for pur- Poonch and Ram Parkash, Vidit Gawri outplays Abhishek sports stadium, here today. today. Vijay Kumar PEM, Pawan of honour. The special guests on chasing Taekwondo mats. Ground Incharge. In Junior category boys, Kumar Hockey Coach, the occasion were Nirdosh Khalida Jabeen bagged best In the end, Makhan Lal BHSS Junior registered win over Matinderpal Singh Hockey Sharma Incharge Manager Sports player award in Cadet girls, Bhaglal President Poonch Pathania, lifts Six Red Ball trophy City Club Poonch by 3-0 goals. Coach, Sourab Sharma and Stadium Poonch, Bisham Dubey Manpreet Kour bagged best District Taekwondo Association For BHSS Junior, Shoib scored Rajinder Singh were also present. DySP Ops, Rajinder Singh Retd sportsman spirit award, Prakriti presented vote of thanks. one goal in 5th minute, whereas The matches were officiated *Winners, runner-ups awarded with trophies, certificates Agrim netted two goals in 18th by technical panel comprising of and 45th minutes of the match. Ranveet Singh, Vikas Raina, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Stadium and Ashok Singh, In Junior Snooker, Arjun In Senior (Men) category, Shobit Tandon, Shokat, Akshay Manager, KK Hakku Stadium Singh lifted title trophy, whereas BHSS Senior lost to Poonch XI and Gunpreet. JAMMU, Dec 18: Vidit Gawri were also present. Aman Choudhary bagged runner- by 4-3 in penalty shoot out. The championship is being outplayed Abhishek Pathania and JKBSA Chairman Siddarth up position and in Junior During the match, both the teams conducted under technical super- lifted the title trophy of the Six Sharma, President Sanjéev Billiards, Aman Choudhary scored 6-6 goals. vision of Mukesh Kumar, Hockey Red Ball event, organized during Gupta, General Secretary Vishal emerged winner and Vasu Dev For Poonch-XI, Pawan and Coach. the 26th J&K State Billiards and Abrol, Senior Vice President, Gupta secured runner-up posi- Snooker Championship by J&K Jaideep Manocha, Vice President tion. Billiards and Snooker Association Jammu Nikhil Kapahi, Vice In Senior Snooker, Younis Vijay Club, Bank Academy emerge winners (JKBSA) under the aegis of J&K President Kashmir Umer Kuchey clinched winner trophy, Excelsior Sports Correspondent State Sports Council at JAMMU, Dec 18: Vijay Club and Bank Academy sailed into Billiards Hall, MA the next stage of the Senior Division Football League Tournament, Stadium, here being organized by District Football Association Jammu under the today. aegis of J&K Football Association, here today. In the final In the first match, Vijay Club got walkover against Mussa match of the Six Football Club and in the second match, Bank Academy registered Red Ball event, win over Jammu Sports by six goals to zero. Vidit Gawri beat The match was officiated by Ricky Kumar, Romesh Chander, Abhishek Pathania Dheeraj Menia and Amit Verma. by 5-2 frames. During the match, the guests were Sheikh Mehmood, President In the first Jammu Wing, Romesh Chander, Vice President, JKFC, Yousuf frame, Vidit regis- Don Secretary, Charan Dass and Amardeep Singh. tered win by 30- In tomorrow's fixture, Young Sports will take on Christian Star 11 points against and Churchill Brothers will lock horns with Shaheen Blue. Abhishek and continued the win- Winners and runner-ups of 26th J&K State Billiards and Snooker District level Athletics meet held ning spree in the Championship and dignitaries posing for group photograph at Billiards Hall, Excelsior Sports Correspondent and 3rd positions respectively. second and third MA Stadium Jammu on Tuesday. — Excelsior/Rakesh In under 20 years category, frames also by 31-14 and 49-9 Himayun, Treasurer Suhail whereas Wasim Iqbal bagged run- SAMBA, Dec 18: Khelo- Akashdeep, Shubham Kumar points respectively. Khalid, Organizing Secretary ner-up rank and in Senior India-Sports for peace and devel- and Aman Singh bagged 1st, 2nd In the fourth frame, Vidit reg- lshuk Chaudhary and members Billiards, Sohail Khalid emerged opment event today witnessed and 3rd position respectively in istered win by 38-17 points. In the JKBSA Gurjeev Singh, Ishan winner and Nikhil Kapahi close competitions in district 200 m race event while Sahil fifth frame, Abhishek registered Chaudhary, Abhinav Anand and secured runner-up position. level matches in athletics at Sharma, Aman Sharma and Amit win by 38-35 and also won the Harpreet Oberoi also attended the In Six Red Ball, Vidit Gawri sports stadium here. Kumar clinched 1st, 2nd and 3rd sixth frame by 31-29 points. In valedictory function. emerged winner, while Abhishek IR 12th Batallion Comman- positions respectively in under 20 the seventh frame, Vidit regis- On the occasion, winners and Pathania secured runner-up posi- dent, Sharief Chouhan, who was years category. tered win over Abhishek by 54- runner-ups in Sub Junior tion. the chief guest on the occasion, In shotput event above 20 22 points and lifted the Six Red Billiards, Sub Junior Snooker, While speaking, JKBSA exhorted upon the participants to years category, Abhishek Ball title. Junior Snooker, Junior Billiards, members expressed gratitude to play with true sportsmanship. blowria, Bhanu Partap, Dharam On the valedictory function, Senior Snooker, Senior Billiard J&K State Sports Council for pro- Later, Chauhan distributed Paul won 1st, 2nd and 3rd places Dr Naseem Javaid Chowdhary, and Six Red Ball were awarded viding all logistic support for suc- prizes and trophies among the respectively while Shabbir Secretary, J&K State Sports with medals and certificates. cessful completion of this cham- winners and consolation prizes to Ahmed, Parush Singh and Sula Council was the chief guest, In Sub Junior Snooker, Ansh pionship. runner-ups. Singh bagged 1st, 2nd and 3rd while Abdul Qayoom, Chief Chopra emerged winner, whereas During the championship, all In athletics, 173 participants position respectively in under 20 Sports Officer was the guest of Umar-ul-Islam clinched runner- the matches were officiated by in different age categories took years category. Besides, Rakshit honour. Ravi Singh, Divisional up title and in Sub Junior Rakesh Sharma, Marker, who part in which under 100 m race Singh, Reshav Singh Salathia Sports Officer J&K State Sports Billiards, Ansh Chopra emerged was engaged by J&K State Sports event under 17 years category, and Neeraj Tagotra clinched 1st, Council Jammu, Satish Gupta, winner and Saksham Mahajan Council to conduct the Naresh Sharma, Ajay Kumar and 2nd and 3rd positions respective- Manager Indoor Complex MA bagged runner-up position. Championship. Goldy Singh claimed 1st, 2nd ly under 17 years category.