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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.