WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Dream debuts: Rookies Krishna, Zonal level T20 Cricket Krunal shine to give India 1-0 lead Cup inaugurated Excelsior Sports Correspondent bat and ball in the Range level PUNE, Mar 23: Kohli long before making the taining innings. Stokes. matches and got selected for this squad. Rahul also got welcome runs Skipper Kohli joined Dhawan JAMMU, Mar 23: Zonal Zonal level Cricket Cup. Debutants Krunal Pandya and Considering the nature of the after a lean run in the T20 series. and the two rallied the innings. level T20 Cricket Cup of Under- The IGP assured the partici- Prasidh Krishna made the big stage surface, it was a commendable Put into bat here, Rohit Sharma Kohli got his first boundary, a 19 boys, being organised by pating players that more and their own with record-breaking per- effort from the Indian bowlers, who (28 off 42) and Dhawan shared 64 cover drive, on the 17th ball and Zonal Police Headquarters under more sports events will be organ- formances to give an all-round carried on from the T20 series to runs for the opening wicket. was in his elements as he relied on Civic Action Programme was ize in near future with the objec- India a convincing 66-run victory defend gettable targets with Dhawan hammered two suc- drives and pulls. inaugurated at KC Sports Club, tive to help young cricketers for over world champions England in remarkable ease. cessive fours, a square-cut and Dhawan brought up his fifty Chess winners displaying medals after the event at Jammu. here today. their bright career in sports and to the first ODI of the three-match Krishna, who leaked 37 runs in drive, in the seventh over, while with a maximum, a slog-sweep, off A total of eight teams from develop sports culture among series here today. his first three overs, came back Rohit struck two successive bound- 68 balls, in the 24th over, and then UT level Chess C’ship concludes Jammu province including JSK youth of the J&K. After under-fire opener Shikhar strongly and troubled the batsmen aries in the ninth over. changed gears. Strikers, Ravi Tawi Warriors, UR IGP Jammu also appreciated SCORE BOARD Soham emerges winner in Super Kings, UR Daredevils, KC Sports Club Jammu for pro- India Innings: Rajouri Sunrisers, Poonch viding all infrastructures for Rohit Sharma c Jos Buttler b Stokes 28 Panthers, Chenab Valley smooth conduct of the Zonal Shikhar Dhawan c Morgan b Stokes 98 Senior, U/19 & U/17 categories Virat Kohli c Moeen b Mark Wood 56 Excelsior Sports Correspondent while Rujuraj Dhotre and Aryan Shreyas Iyerc (sub) Livingstone b Mark Wood 6 Raj Bali got 2nd and 3rd places, KL Rahul not out 62 JAMMU, Mar 23: J&K UT whereas in boys under-13, Aarav Hardik Pandya c Bairstow b Stokes 1 level Chess Championship, Gupta won gold medal while Krunal Pandya not out 58 organised by All J&K Chess Abhiveer and Amandeep Extras: (LB-3, W-5) 8 Association, concluded at clinched 2nd and 3rd places Total: (5 wkts, 50 Overs) 317 International Delhi Public respectively. Fall of Wickets: 64-1, 169-2, 187-3, 197-4, 205-5 School Sunjwan, here today. In girls under-15, Amrita Bowler: Mark Wood 10-1-75-2, Sam Curran 10-1-48-0, Tom Curran Soham Kamotra clinched Gupta won gold medal while 10-0-63-0, Ben Stokes 8-1-34-3, Adil Rashid 9-0-66-0, Moeen Ali 3- senior open crown, whereas Alankrita Sharma and Manasvi 0-28-0. Sumit Grover and Ashutosh Gupta stood 2nd and 3rd, where- England Innings Jamwal secured 2nd and 3rd as in girls under-13 category, Jason Roy c sub b Prasidh 46 positions respectively. Soham Alankrita Sharma, Manasvi Jonny Bairstow c Kuldeep b Thakur 94 also won the under-19 and Gupta and Radhika claimed 1st, IGP Jammu Mukesh Singh interacting with players during Krunal Pandya playing a shot during a match against Ben Stokes c sub b Prasidh 1 under-17 events, whereas 2nd and 3rd spots respectively. inaugural ceremony at KC Sports Club Ground at Jammu. England at Pune on Tuesday. Eoin Morgan c Rahul b Thakur 22 Meenal Gupta won the under-19 Dr SD Singh ADGP Police Jos Buttler lbw b Thakur 2 event, while Arushi Kotwal got was chief guest while Sohail Superstars and Chenab Raiders level matches. Dhawan delivered with a solid 98, with his ability to generate extra Sam Billings c Kohli b Prasidh 18 2nd position and Mansha Kazmi eminent journalist was are taking part in this champi- SSP Ashok Sharma, SO to Krunal (58 not out off 31) smashed bounce. Moeen Ali c Rahul b Bhuvneshwar 30 Mahajan secured 3rd place. guest of honour. Speaking on the onship. IGP Jammu, SSP Pawan Parihar the fastest fifty by a debutant to fire Thakur once again provided the Sam Curranc sub b Krunal 12 Meenal and Arushi remained occasion, the chief guest appre- The inaugural match was SO to DIG Jammu, Rajesh Gill India to 317 for five following breakthroughs when the team need- Tom Curran c Bhuvneshwar b Prasidh 11 unbeaten in both women and age ciated the organiser for conduct- played between JSK Strikers and former Ranji player and member England's decision to field. ed and senior pro Bhuvneshwar Adil Rashid c Rahul b Bhuvneshwar 0 category events. Both the games ing this wonderful event. Chenab Raiders. Indian Cricket Association, SP At 135 for no loss in the 15th Kumar too chipped in with a couple Mark Wood not out 2 played between Meenal Gupta Atul Kumar Gupta, president Mukesh Singh IGP Jammu Rural Sanjay Sharma, SP over, with Jason Roy (46 off 35) of wickets towards the end. Extras: (lb-3 w-10) 13 and Arushi Kotwal ended in a AJKCA said that soon many big was the chief guest, whereas Telecom Sushil Kachru, Arjun and Jonny Bairstow (94 off 55) England had the game in the Total: (All out in 42.1 overs) 251 draw, while winner in women events are on the cards for J&K. Vivek Gupta DIG Jammu was Choudhary MD KC Sports Club, going strong, England seemed to be bag but were guilty of throwing it Fall of Wickets: 1/135 2/137 3/169 4/175 5/176 6/217 7/237 8/239 category and under-19 were Col. Rushikesh Dhotre , MD the guest of honour of the inau- Rajeshwer Basotra Senior running away with the chase before away, failing to build on the flier of 9/241 declared on basis of Buckloz IDPS Suminder Singh, Swarn gural ceremony. Prosecuting Officer, Kousheen Krishna (4/54) and Shardul Thakur a start given Bairstow and Roy. Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 9-0-30-2, Prasidh Krishna 8.1-1-54- system where scores of oppo- Choudhary, Principal Randeep While speaking on the occa- Koul DySP, Mahesh Sharma (3/37) shared seven wickets Earlier, Dhawan and Virat 4, Shardul Thakur 6-0-37-3, Krunal Pandya 10-0-59-1, Kuldeep nents are counted to declare the Wazir, Arshid Ahmed, secretary; sion chief guest said that the J&K SHO Domana and Inspector between them to script a winning Kohli (56 off 60) shared 105 runs Yadav 9-0-68-0. winner. AR Wani, senior vice president; Police is committed to work hard Rajesh Anand were also present comeback. for the second wicket before Krunal In boys under-19 and under- Baldev Raj vice president; Raj for the welfare and bright future during the event. The 25-year-old Krishna's fig- (58 not out off 31) and K L Rahul Dhawan, who lost his place in He got another life after Moeen 17 groups, Surinder Gupta and Kumar joint secretary; Kuljeet of the youth of J&K UT by pro- The matches were officiated ures were the best by an Indian (62 not out off 43) sent England on the playing eleven for T20s after a Ali dropped a sitter at deep-mid- Saksham Koul got 2nd and 3rd Singh Jamwal organizing secre- viding lots of opportunities in the by Ashok Kumar, Sabastian and debutant as England's innings a leather hunt with their unbeaten wretched run of form, got a 'life' wicket off Adil Rashid. positions respectively, whereas tary of the Chess Association field of sports, so that they can Sanjay, whereas the proceedings ended at 251 in 42.1 overs. 112-run stand off 57 balls to take when he hooked over fine-leg to get Kohli and Dhawan took on Ali, in girls under-17, Arushi Kotwal were also present along with get benefit and may play at the and commentary of the inaugural "It didn't start off well, and they the team past 300. his fourth boundary. and the 29th over fetched India 15 won 1st prize and Ojaswani J&K Basketball Association, highest level in cricket like IPL. match were conducted by famous came hard at us because we bowled Dhawan hammered 11 fours India were placed at 64/0 after runs. Kohli, who raced to his 61st Mengi and Manasvi Gupta stood Ashiq Ahmed. The IGP Jammu also lauded anchor RP Singh and Senior poorly, but we had belief," said the and two sixes in his 106-ball knock 15 overs. However, Rohit soon per- ODI fifty in 50 balls, was dismissed, 2nd and 3rd. The matches were conducted the efforts of the players for dis- Prosecuting Officer, Rakesh Karnataka bowler, who had drawn while Krunal plundered seven fours ished, getting an outside edge to after he was caught in the deep off In boys under-15 category, by Vivek Bharti under the super- playing great performance with Sambyal. high praise from skipper Virat and two maximums in his enter- wicket-keeper Jos Buttler off pacer Mark Wood (2/75). (PTI) Pranav Abrol won gold medal, vision of Atul Kumar Gupta, president and Arshid Ahmad, Shafali regains top spot in ICC T20 rankings secretary of the Association. Online inter-college essay DUBAI, Mar 23: has conceded a decisive 0-2 lead five places to 24th after guiding Hero FC to lock to the visitors in the three-match her team to victory with an writing competition held Big-hitting teenage Indian series. unbeaten 53 in the second match, horns with Engineer batter Shafali Verma rose a rung South Africa opener Lizelle while captain Sune Luus (up five Excelsior Correspondent 1st, whereas Surbhi Sharma of to reclaim the top spot in the ICC Lee is another one to gain in the places to 38th) and Nadine de XI in finals MIER College of Education women's T20 rankings, riding on rankings even though the big-hit- Klerk (up three places to 74th) are JAMMU, Mar 23: Dogra remained 2nd and 3rd prize was Excelsior Sports Correspondent her fine performances in the ting opener lost her top spot in the the other South Africans to College of Education (DCoE) clinched by Vaishali Bhat of Sai ongoing series against South ODI rankings within a week of advance in the batting list. today organized online inter-col- Shyam College of Education. Africa at home. replacing England's Tammy For India, Deepti Sharma has JAMMU, Mar 23: Hero FC lege essay writing competition on Certificates of merit were given to The 17-year-old, who grabbed Beaumont, the ICC said in a state- moved up four places to 40th and will lock horns with Engineer "Water and Climate Change". Ajay Kumar of KC College of XI in the ongoing Aziz William The programme was held Education and Heenakshi Sharma the top position for the first time ment. teenager Richa Ghosh has rocket- Medal winners of senior group posing for a group photo- after helping her side reach the Lee has gained three slots to ed 59 places to 85th among bat- Football Tournament, being under the supervision of Jyoti of Rajiv Gandhi Memorial graph with chief guests at Jammu. knockout phase of the T20 World reach 11th position among T20I ters while young all-rounder organised by Peer Panjal Raina, Lecturer of Environmental College of Education. Cup last year in Australia, has batters after a match-winning 70 Harleen Deol has progressed in Regional Conference with the Science wherein students of 25 The main aim of the event was leapfrogged Australia's Beth helped South Africa to a winning both lists, up 262 places to 99th UT level Karate meet organised collaboration of Alexander Colleges including KC College of to raise awareness among the stu- Mooney with scores of 23 and 47. 2-0 lead. among batters and up 76 places to Memorial Education Society Education, Chenab College of dents and to take actions advocat- The Indian team, however, Laura Wolvaardt has risen 146th among bowlers. (PTI) Excelsior Sports Correspondent Arora. under the auspices of JKFA, Education, Rajiv Gandhi ing the sustainable management Silver medals were clinched here today. Memorial College of Education, of fresh water resources. JAMMU, Mar 23: Traditional by Faizan, Niesa, Uzair, Ranjeet The final match of the ongo- Sai Shyam College of Education, Dr Shefali Sharma, Academic Karate-Do Association (TKDA) Singh, Hina Ishfaq, Mhanoor, ing tournament will be played Sacred Heart College of Coordinator, Indu Puri Senior of J&K concluded two days UT Aarav, Ibrahim, Bandhu Priya, on March 25. Education, Cosmic College of Lecturer and Jyoti Raina, Lecturer level Karate Championship at Saeeda Durra-An-Noor Fatima, The 2nd semi-final match Education, MIER College of in EVS of DCoE were judges of Indoor Complex Bhagwati Ahtishamal, Peer Saqib, Vasu, which was played between Education, Ranjit College of the event. Nagar, here today. Simran Choudhary, Armaan, Engineer XI and J&K Bank Education and Vimal Muni Dr Vikesh Kumar Sharma, The event was declared open Ashish, Vipul, Nyyra, Areeba, Academy on March 20, the College of Education participated. Principal Dogra College of by general secretary of Karate Salman, Irfan, Ayaan, Suhana, result of which was not declared Shivika Thakur, student of Education appreciated the efforts Association of India (KAI), Samriti, Anil, Irtika, Ragahav, due to objections raised by J&K Dogra College of Education stood of participants of various colleges. Rajnesh Choudhary, whereas Karanjeet Singh, Vansh, Aman Bank Academy. Thereafter the Sucha Singh was the chief guest Tariq, Azim, Samardeep Singh, organisers of the tournament of the closing ceremony and Rakshan, Manav Raj, Yadvi constituted a committee to look India Women notch up consolation 9-wicket Guel-e-Sar-Khab and Sanjeev Bakshi, Mohammad Irfan, Wahid into issue. Today, the committee Dewan were guests of honour. Subhan, Ranjeet Singh, Harish, gave decision in favour of win over SA Women in 3rd T20I The players who clinched Esra Binti, Uday Manhas, Engineer XI. LUCKNOW, Mar 23: more sixes in the next three overs, Gold medals including Inam Sabkat, Manish, Faizal Manzoor, including two off Nadine de Ayoub, Fatima, Ekamveer, Mehvish, Bisma, Rahul Kumar, 2nd UT level World number one T20I Klerk's second over. Muneerah, Esra Bint Qaiser, Saksham Khaira, Tushant Gupta, Cycling C'ship batswoman Shafali Verma blasted The South Africa bowlers Sumara, Afeefa, Jamsheed, Hina Ishfaq, Ishmeet Singh, 60 runs off 30 balls after left-arm came in for severe punishment Farhan, Kavish, Aditi, Skakeela, Raghav, Ankush, Nitin Kumar from Mar 26 spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad's from Shafali as she produced a Pranya, Iqra Rasool, Kashif, and Jenice Sotra. fine bowling display to power wide array of shots during her Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ashish, Tahdeen Rafiq, Mohsin, Hurain, Tayab, Shaheer, India to a consolation nine-wicket audacious hitting show. Khansa Rashid, Miratual, Ifaq, Hamid, Aabis, Dyutit, Niharika win over South Africa in the third Nondumiso Shangase ended JAMMU, Mar 23: Cycling Usman, Faizan Farooq, Taja Verma, Aghya Sharma, Tabina, and final match here today. the young Indian opener's knock Association of J&K is organiz- Jaan, Adit Sadotra, Rifat, Sahib Insha, Bhavesh, Anuj, Mansi Gayakwad picked up three by having her caught by Ismail in ing 2nd UT level Cycling Sartaj, Aquib, Zaid, Afeefa Sharma, Hamza Nazir, Saqib wickets for just nine runs to help the deep in the ninth over. But by Championship in various cate- Jamsheed, Ashita Sadhotra, Chopan, Akhil,Adil, Nidhu, India restrict South Africa then, the match was as good as gories including under-12, Tarika, Shaswat , Samarth Jain, Arijum, Rayees, Ansh, Tejal, Women to 112 for 7 and then over in India's favour. under-14, under-17, under-19, Shivansh, Anshita, Arsalan, Sufiyan, Samiya Zehra, Hanan, Verma and captain Smriti Mandhana, who was like a junior and elite (open) for both Iffam Imtiyaz, Mandeep Singh, Krishna, Ayat, Neeti Sharma, Mandhana (48 not out off 28 spectator when Shafali went on the boys and girls, here from March Kanar, Aanas,Fanar, Farhat, Fiza, Manik Banmotra, Farhan, Sahil, balls) shared 96 runs for the open- rampage, showed her class by pro- 26 to 27. Yanchin Lamo, Thinlus Angmo, Mawrah, Sahil Sharma, Rizwan, ing wicket to canter to an easy ducing the final flourish, taking The interested cyclists are Amir, Mohd Tahir Afridi, Musaib Samur Singh, Sachin, Umir, win with nine overs to spare. India to 114 for 1 in 11 overs. required to report at 8 am on Bilal, Shivam Kumar, Uzma Bareera, Shivali Rajput, Vansh, Shafali hit seven fours and five Earlier, Gayakwad (3/9) was March 26 at Sports Stadium of Farooq, Sheetal Devi, Sandeep Aditya, Anwar, Aabid, Mutayub, sixes during his blistering knock the star performer as she bowled Jammu University along with Kumar, Yunika, Jannat, Bobby Kumar, Sahiba, Rahul, while Mandhana had nine bound- with great control and guile to their Aadhaar card, passport Jasmeher, Roof Mohinddin, Anish Sharma Varun, Anmol, aries in his unbeaten innings. flummox the South African batters size photo along with requisite Rumaish, Divyanshu Radhay, Sameed and Adeel Amin were SA Women clinched the three- while fellow slow bowlers Radha fee of Rs 100. Sartaj Farooq, Sahiba Qazi, succeeded to win Bronze medals. match T20I series 2-1, having won Yadav (1/24) and Deepti Sharma For any query, the interest Tanisha Mahajan, Masrat Mir, The tournament was held the first two matches. (1/22) chipped in with impressive players can contact on these Faizan Farooq, Santosh Kumar, under the supervision of Naresh Chasing 113 for victory, the displays. numbers: 9419229044, Arooba Javid, Hud Salil Fayaz, Chander, president, whereas 17-year old Shafali went on a ram- Skipper Sune Luus was the 9419108337, 9419100980 and Adil Memhmood, Zeshan Brijesh Bhau and Manoj Mehra page from the word go by picking top-scorer for South Africa with 9419153980. Farooq, Ansaba Naseer, Zarah were technical director and up 18 runs (3 fours and a six) off 28 while Lara Goodall finished Bilal, Sniha, Nargis Showkat, organising secretary respectively. the first over bowled by Shabnim with 25 not out from 17 balls after Sahil Sabir, Vidan Zukhi, Suhail Ashraf acted as tourna- Ismail. they were asked to bat. Krishna Manhas and Tanuj ment director. She kept attacking the opposi- Sinalo Jafta (16) and Goodall, tion bowlers and smashed three one of the stars of the ODI series One of our sweetest ODI win, took 16 runs in the 17th over UT level Yoga bowled by medium-pacer Simran Bahadur to help the visiting side wins in recent past: Kohli C’ship on Mar 30 get past the 100-run mark. PUNE, Mar 23: right up there with any other. Excelsior Sports Correspondent The Indian bowlers justified Getting nine wickets so quickly is skipper Smriti Mandhana's deci- India skipper Virat Kohli today outstanding. To come back into the JAMMU, Mar 23: Jammu sion to bowl by picking up two described the win in the opening game the way they did is brilliant. and Kashmir Yoga Association is wickets in the powerplay, includ- ODI against England as one of I'm a really, really proud man right going to conduct J&K UT level ing that of the consistent Lizelle their "sweetest in the recent past", now," said Kohli at the post match Tania Sharma, D/o Tilak Raj Yoga Championship at New Lee (10). lavishing special praise on under- presentation post the 66-run win. Sharma, R/o Village Khana Indoor Complex MA Stadium, Gayakwad did most of the fire opener Shikhar Dhawan who England collapsed to 251 all Chak RS Pura, Jammu and here on March 30. damage to the South Africans by struck form in the game. out after a flying start. student of Jawahar Lal Nehru Selected players of different removing Anneke Bosch (0) with Chasing 318, England had the K L Rahul too was back among Government Engineering districts in various groups includ- the third ball of her first over. game in the bag at 135 for no loss the runs after a lean T20 series. College, Sundernagar, Manali ing 8-10, 10-12, 12-14, 14-16 and Then, she had the prize scalp of in the 15th over before Indian "As I mentioned in the past as (Himachal Pradesh) has been 16-18 years both boys and girls Lee, who was castled while bowlers scripted a wining come- well, we promote players who awarded with Gold medal by are directed to report Anil Gupta attempting a whip on the leg-side back with debutant pacer Prasidh have intent. Special mention to Governor of Himachal Pradesh (8713073091) on or before 9 am, from a quicker delivery. Kumar snaring 4/54 -- the best by Shikhar's innings as well. KL as for securing top position in March 30. She returned to bowl in the an Indian on debut. This was after well, back among the runs. We Bachelor of Technology For any further information, 15th over and added the wicket of Dhawan's 98-run knock. want to back the people who we (Electronics and Communic- the players can also mail to secre- Nadine de Klerk (9), bowling her "This is one of our sweetest know will go out and do a selfless ation Engineering) during the tary general Vinod Kumar Bhatia with an arm ball as South Africa wins in the recent past. This one is job. (PTI) Academic Session May-2020. ([email protected]). slipped to 63 for 5. (PTI)