SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Used to natural grass, but no advantage for 1st T20 Int'l: Bumrah boost spices up Real FC due to artificial turf: Mohun Bagan Indo-Lanka contest in T20 World Cup year Sanju Samson, Excelsior Sports Correspondent difficult to play. But we are budding football players in the , Jan 4: Rishabh Pant ready to face any challenge and valley, he said they should focus Comeback man Jasprit , Jan 4: A day bag the points,"Antonio told during practice sessions and (wk), Shivam ahead Real Kashmir FC and Bumrah will be cynosure of all Dube, Yuzvendra reporters. study tactics adopted by top eyes during 's first T20 Mohun Bagan are set to clash in Answering a question players of the world. Chahal, Kuldeep the summer capital Srinagar dur- international against Yadav, Ravindra whether Real Kashmir FC has Antonio further said that all UT Ladakh team players posing for photograph with in the year 2020 where its name- ing a high voltage I-League an advantage over them due to the players are excited to play. Jadeja, Jasprit match, the coach from the Chairman/Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC, Leh Gyal P sake global meet will gain Bumrah, Shardul different pitch and weather con- On if the team will start with Wangyal. precedence over everything for giants on Saturday said ditions, the Kolkata giants coach Baba Demora in Sunday's game, Thakur, Navdeep the 'Men In Blue'. Saini and he said, "Football is a famous 3rd Khelo India Games Out for four months with a sport and we don't think of indi- Washington back stress fracture, the 26-year- Sundar. vidual performances and play- UT Ladakh team to participate old Bumrah is that precious dia- ers. But, Baba is an important Sri Lanka: mond in this Indian set-up, and experienced player. He has which had been wrapped in cot- skipper to set the played in top 11 in different in Archery, Boxing sports events (), Danushka ton wool during the rehabilita- ball rolling in this current series. Gunathilaka, Avishka Fernando, teams around the world." Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Farhan Ailyas will partici- tion period. It all starts here at the Angelo Mathews, Dasun The coach said that the team pate in different weight cate- So much so that he was even Barsapara Stadium on Sunday as LEH, Jan 4: A 12 member Shanaka, , has some injury problem, but he gories of boxing. exempted from playing domes- the biggest city in is team representing UT Ladakh Niroshan Dickwella, is not worried about it. The participating team head- tic first-class for Gujarat slowly getting back to normalcy will participate in Archery and Dhananjaya de Silva, Isuru Mohun Bagan arrived here ed by District Youth Services after intervention from BCCI after protests against the Boxing sports events in upcom- Udana, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, on Thursday for its upcoming and Sports Officer, Leh president Sourav Ganguly, keep- Citizenship Amendment Act ing 3rd Khelo India Games at Oshada Fernando, Wanindu high voltage I-League match TseringTashi and Zonal Physical ing in mind the workload he will (CAA). Guwahati Assam from January Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara, against host Real Kashmir FC. Officer Leh Abid Ali today met have to take post international Squads 10 to 22. Kusal Mendis, Lakshan Mohun Bagan held its practice Chairman/Chief Executive comeback. India: Virat Kohli (captain), Headed by Tsering Tashi, Sandakan and Kasun Rajitha. session on Friday at Synthetic Councillor, LAHDC, Leh Gyal If 2019 was all about Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Nodal Officer-cum-Manager Match starts: 7pm IST. (PTI) Turf Stadium TRC, where the P Wangyal. focussing on 50-over format, the Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Officials of Mohun Bagan and Real Kashmir during a press including Kalida Bano Coach two teams will lock horns on Wishing success to the team, current year will witness the conference at Srinagar. -Excelsior/Shakeel Archery, Ghulam Mustafa Sunday. CEC Wangyal expressed hope Indian team playing close to 15 that they have to adapt their Coach Boxing, Rinchen Dolma said that Mohun Bagan is a pro- This is the second time in that the team would excel in the games before their T20 World game as playing on artificial turf Supporting Staff Boxing, fessional team and can't give two years that Mohun Bagan has tournament and will bring laurel Cup campaign starts against is very different from natural Kunzang Dolma, Chef De excuses. "The quality of the come to Srinagar to play an I- to UT Ladakh. Motivating the South Africa in Perth in October. grass, which they are used to. Mission, Yaseen Batool and field doesn't matter? We are a League match against the host. players CEC said, "Winning and There are slots to be locked However, Mohun Bagan Nusrat Rehman will participate professional team and we are Last year, the Kolkata giants losing is part of a game but more and till Indian Premier League coach Joie Antonio during a in Archery while as Nilza expected to adapt to different defeated Real Kashmir in important is the team work and ends, a clearer picture is unlike- press conference here on Angmo, Hajira Tabassum, weather and pitches in every Srinagar though tasted defeat in discipline that you learn during ly to emerge. But that won't stop Saturday said Real Kashmir FC Stanzin Deachen, Saqlin Sharif competition. Real Kashmir FC Kolkata. such sporting events." head coach Ravi Shastri and has no advantage over them due doesn't have an advantage over to artificial turf and they are us and we are ready face them," ready to face any challenge and he added. Broad, Anderson give England bag the points. He said playing in diverse "The pitch is not easy. We weather conditions and pitches crucial edge in second Test Marnus Labuschagne punches the air as he reaches his dou- are used to playing on natural help a team to be the best as they ble century. grass. Playing on artificial turf at get used to play in different situ- CAPE TOWN, Jan 4: rately from the northern end while TRC ground is very different as England captain Joe Root rotated ations. Stuart Broad and James New Zealand on chase after the bounce varies and makes it When asked for his tips for his faster bowlers from the more Anderson led a relentless bowling helpful end. performance as England gained Bess had spells of nine and 14 Labuschagne's double ton in Sydney what could prove a crucial advan- overs and finished the day with SYDNEY, Jan 4: of 185 against Pakistan in Irfan Pathan retires from tage on the second day of the sec- one for 62 off 27 overs. Brisbane last November. ond Test against South Africa at Bess made a vital break- New Zealand made a secure "They batted really well to Newlands today. through when Elgar lost patience start after a Marnus finish the day off. I thought we all forms of cricket Former Chairman JMC Satish Sharma during re-starting of South Africa were 215 for and sliced the ball to Labuschagne double century bowled really well," , Jan 4: ing for since Kapil left the construction work of stadium at Bandu Rakh, Jammu. Root, running back lifted Australia to a massive 454 Labuschagne said. scene. first innings total in the third All-rounder Irfan Pathan on from mid-off. "The looks like it's Pathan, who last played for Elgar and Van der Test today. going to go a little up and down Saturday announced his retire- India in Work of stadium in Bandu The rock-solid number three ment from all forms of cricket, Dussen rescued South and spin a bit but we stuck to our October reached his highest Test score of ending an injury-ridden career Africa from a precari- guns there and hopefully the 2012, fea- 215 in Sydney with the that prevented him from realis- ous 40 for three. rewards will come tomorrow. tured in 29 Rakh re-started Broad took the first Australians dismissed just "It's always a privilege to ing his true potential. before tea on the second day. Tests (1105 Excelsior Sports Correspondent raised the issue prominently to two in a hostile play for Australia and it was nice The 35-year-old's retirement In reply, the Blackcaps gritti- runs and get the stadium work started six-over opening spell to get some runs today and when was on expected lines, consider- ly batted through the final ses- 100 wick- JAMMU, Jan 4: The work of again with the authorities during before Anderson was you're well it's nice if ing he last played a competitive sion without losing a wicket, ets), 120 the stadium on 32 kanals land at first phase of Back to Village pro- given a turn from the you can make them count." game in February 2019 during eight the close, still 54 runs behind leaving skipper Tom Latham on ODIs (1544 Bandu Rakh has re-started by the gram", Sharma said, adding that Wynberg end and dismissed Labuschagne's prodigious the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy for England's first innings total of 269 26 and Melbourne Test centuri- runs and 173 wickets) and 24 Department of Youth Services former Minister Raman Bhalla South African captain Faf du form has notched him a total of Jammu and Kashmir. on a dry pitch which is likely to on Tom Blundell at 34 in their T20 Internationals (172 runs and Sports. also intervened in this and talked Plessis. 837 runs since November and he Before turning up for Jammu get more difficult for batsmen team's total of 63. and 28 wickets). The work was inaugurated in to several officials of the depart- Elgar played solidly in making has now leapfrogged the great and Kashmir as a player cum later in the match. There were a couple of close His India teammates were the presence of former Chairman ment to resume the work of the his runs off 180 balls with ten Neil Harvey (834) for most runs mentor in 2018, Pathan played More than half of South calls -- notably a leg before quick to congratulate him on of Jammu Municipal Corporation stadium and today due to their fours but Van der Dussen had a scored by an Australian during a all his domestic cricket for Africa's runs came in a 117-run wicket appeal off Nathan Lyon social media. (JMC) Satish Sharma, Panch efforts, the work of stadium has precarious existence, especially five-Test summer. Baroda. Ravindra Singh Raju, former fourth wicket partnership between and a possible edge off Pat "Wish you great 2nd inn my started again. early in his innings. He was also Test cricket's Though he remains a non- Naib Sarpanch Satnam Singh Dean Elgar (88) and Rassie van Cummins -- but the Kiwis brother @IrfanPathan. What a Satish said that the officials of His first scoring shot was a leading run-getter last year with playing mentor to the Jammu Kaka and officials of the depart- der Dussen (68). showed plenty of fight after champion bowler and a fighter the department have told that the four edged at catchable height 1,104 runs. The Kiwis finally and Kashmir outfit, Irfan had ment. But Elgar and Van der Dussen enduring five tough sessions in stadium will be constructed at the through a gap in the slips cordon. dispatched him after he was not been playing over the past on the field... God bless you Satish Sharma said that this were unable to dominate as the field in sapping heat. cost of Rs 150 crores and it will He was given out leg before caught and bowled by leg-spin- 12 months and did not even put brother. Lots of love," tweeted was an old demand of the people England dried up the runs, with The day belonged to be ready in seven months. In this, wicket to Anderson but was ner Todd Astle. himself in the IPL auction pool Harbhajan. of the area that a stadium should Elgar eventually falling to a lofted Labuschagne, who sweated on along with hockey, football, vol- reprieved on review because of an Skipper Tim Paine supported last month. Former India batsman VVS be built. He informed that former drive when he tried to lift the scor- 199 for 20 minutes before he leyball, many other sports facili- inside edge and gloved a catch Labuschagne to reach his double The left-arm seamer's bowl- Laxman wrote: "Was such a Sports Minister Raman Bhalla ing rate. thick edged Colin de behind off Broad only to be called century before he was bowled ing was like a breath of fresh joy to see #IrfanPathan evolve approved the stadium in 2014 and ties will be provided to the youth Anderson took three for 34, Grandhomme through the back because of a no-ball. between his bat and pad by de air when he made his India from a aspiring 17yr old crick- its work started but the coalition of the area. while Broad and Sam Curran took vacant slips to the ropes to bring He also survived a difficult Grandhomme for 35. debut against Australia at the eter when I first saw him into a Government of PDP and BJP Among others present were two wickets apiece. up his double ton. Adelaide Oval in 2003. He was Harvinder Pal Singh, Taran Deep chance to Stokes at second slip off Paine faced 92 balls and mature International Cricketer. stopped it. Anderson took two wickets The milestone came off 363 shared in a 79-run stand with all of 19 back then. You can be very proud of what "Panch Ravindra Singh Raju Sanju, Tejendra Singh Raju, etc. with the second new ball, bowling Anderson. Curran took two wick- balls with 19 fours and a six and He never had express pace ets shortly before the second new Labuschagne to take Australia u have achieved not only as a from the northern, Kelvin end. eclipsed his previous Test record beyond 400. (Agencies) but his natural ability to swing cricketer but also in mentoring All the other wickets by the ball was due, dismissing the dan- the ball into the right-handers Serena, Kuznetsova to young cricketers from J&K. A fast bowlers were taken from the gerous Quinton de Kock before got him instant success, also Van der Dussen fell to one of very happy 2nd innings. southern, Wynberg end where drawing comparisons with the Stokes' catches when the second Nadal, Djokovic off to With his elder brother they got bounce and some side- great Kapil Dev. resume rivalry in Auckland new ball was only four overs Yusuf, he made a rare sibling ways movement. It seemed India had found WELLINGTON, Jan 4: problems with the wind and was A crack just outside the line of away. pair to represent India. " (PTI) bundled out in the second round winning starts at ATP Cup the all-rounder they were look- Multiple Grand Slam winners off stump created uncertainty for England earlier added only before going on to win the SYDNEY, Jan 4: one victors Belgium, Bulgaria, Serena Williams and Svetlana right-handed batsmen. seven runs to their overnight total Australian Open a few weeks later. Canada, Norway, Russia and Kuznetsova are set to resume their Twelve of the 18 wickets in of 262 for nine before Anderson Trials for Youth National Ball The 15-year-old Gauff, who hit Rafael Nadal and Novak Australia. 16-year rivalry after being drawn the match have fallen from that was caught at slip off Kagiso the headlines with her first round Djokovic kickstarted their build-up "I'm super, super happy to be Saturday to face each other in the end. Ben Stokes held four catches Rabada, leaving Ollie Pope win over Venus Williams at to the Australian Open with straight here in Perth for first time in my life. Badminton C’ship on Jan 15 first round of next week's at second slip, three of them ath- unbeaten on 61. Wimbledon last year, opens against sets wins at the ATP Cup Saturday, It's an amazing arena and a great Auckland WTA Classic. letic diving efforts. South Africa won the first Test Excelsior Sports Correspondent 24 to 26. World number 56 and 2019 but world number four Dominic crowd," said Nadal. Tournament top seed Williams, Off-spinner Dom Bess played at Centurion by 107 runs. The association has asked Auckland semi-finalist Viktoria Thiem slumped to defeat. "It was tough first match of the SRINAGAR, Jan 4: J&K 38, and Kuznetsova, 34, are in a an important role, bowling accu- (Agencies) all the district level players Kuzmova, while Anisimova has Top-ranked Nadal had little trou- season, not an easy start. But I think Ball Badminton Association is competitive half of the draw in who have participated in been drawn against Ukraine's ble with Georgia's Nikoloz I played a great game." going to conduct selection tri- which the veterans are competing respective State Championship Kateryna Kozlova. Basilashvili, racing to a 6-3, 7-5 vic- Earlier, his teammate Roberto als for the upcoming 2nd against the rising stars of tennis, Sonam shocks Olympic to reach venue of trials on Ostapenko, the seventh seed, tory, while long-time rival Djokovic Bautista Agut crushed a hapless Youth National Ball including American teen sensa- scheduled date and time. The plays Germany's Laura Siegemund was given more of a test by South Aleksandre Metreveli 6-0, 6-0. Badminton Championship for tions Amanda Anisimova and selected players will undergo in the first round. On the other side medallist Sakshi Malik in trials Africa's Kevin Anderson before Serbian superstar Djokovic boys and girls. Coco Gauff as well as 22-year-old coaching camp till the depar- of the draw, fifth seed Caroline , Jan 4: Malik in Gohana. overcoming him 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (8/6). needed to produce some of his best The selection trial is sched- Latvian Jelena Ostapenko. ture of the team. The players Wozniacki, who will be playing Junior Asian champion Their wins ensured Spain and tennis to see off the big-serving uled to be held at Sher-I- Williams leads Kuznetsova 10- Two-time World Cadet have also being asked to come her penultimate tournament before Anshu, who trains with Serbia clinched their ties at the inau- Anderson, admitting it was a testing Kashmir Indoor Stadium 3 in their head-to-heads dating champion Sonam Malik along with passport size pho- retiring after the Australian Open, Jagdeesh, first downed 2018 gural 24-nation team event, where encounter. Srinagar on January 15 from back to 2004 and has won 23 stunned Rio Olympic bronze tograph and age proof certifi- faces unheralded New Zealander World bronze winner Pooja and the countries are split into six groups "What a way to start the year," 11 am onwards. Grand Slams compared to two for medallist Sakshi Malik while cate. Paige Hourigan in the first round. then won her final across Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. he said. "He was on fire tonight -- I The 2nd Youth National the Russian. The top eight from the round For details, the players can Wozniacki will also team up against Mansi (4-4) think the quality of tennis was quite Ball Badminton Championship The last time Williams played robin go onto the knockout phase in contact on Mobile Number - with Serena Williams in the dou- in the 57kg category. high. is scheduled to be held at in Auckland, in 2017, she had Sydney before one is eventually Motiyari Bihar from January 70065-33375. bles for the first time. (Agencies) There were no "I was very pleased with the way surprises in other crowned the winner. I kind of weathered the storm." categories with France, Argentina, Croatia and His teammate Dusan Lajovic Qualifiers of National Eligibility Test/Junior Research Fellowship Vinesh Phogat Japan also began their tournament in outlasted Lloyd Harris 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), (53kg) and Divya style, winning their ties to join day 6-3. (Agencies) Dr Asha Rani, D/o Satpaul Surbhi Surbhi Megha Raina, D/o Omkar Kakran (68kg) easi- and Poli Tak, D/o Gupta, D/o Nath Raina ly winning in their Devi, R/o Rajinder Tak Rama Gupta and Desha respective bouts. Kohli hit on finger during practice Toph and Bala and Krishan Raina, R/o another promising junior Vinesh defeated Nandini by KOLKATA, Jan 4: they are yet to win a bilateral Sherkhania Tak, who has Lal Gupta, Roop Nagar Anshu Malik knocked out 2018 technical superiority but Divya series against India, across all Indian skipper Virat Kohli Jammu, who qualified who has Jammu, who World Championship medallist had to beat at least three formats, since Kohli's debut 12 was hit on the little finger of his has qualified NET in qualified has qualified Pooja Dhanda to seal their wrestlers. years ago. Since then, they have left-hand while taking a catch on NET in Education. NET-JRF in NET in places in the Indian team for She first beat Nisha Dahiya, lost 16 games in a row. the eve of the first T20I against Commerce. Sonika Devi, D/o Ramo Commerce. Computer the Asian Championship, here then avenged her national cham- However, the Lankans Sri Lanka here. Sandhur Singh, S/o Tej Ram Devi and Najma Iqbal, D/o Science and Applications. today. pionship loss to Anita Sheoran defeated India in 2014 World The incident happened in the Bali and Late Pritam Lal, Mohammad Pooja Manhas, D/o Nirmal Pitted against heavyweights and finally beat Suman to lock T20 final. (PTI) first half of India's practice ses- Kanta Devi R/o Upper Iqbal and Devi and in their respective first round, her place in the national side. sion. Bali, R/o Guramers, Farida Rishi Kumar, both Sonam and Anshu cared lit- Nirmala Devi (50kg) and Palvi Mathavan D/o Rakesh Team India physio Nitin Barakund, Panjtoot, Begum, W/o R/o Laxmi tle for reputations, fighting fear- Kiran Godara (76kg) were other Mathavan Patel rushed to attend Kohli as Tehsil Gool, Pallanwala, Muzaffer Nagar, lessly. wrestlers to win the trials. and Vinod he was seen applying the magic District A/p Dream Hussain Muthi, Competing in her first trials The winners will compete at Puri W/o spray. The only notable absentee Ramban, who City Jammu, Chohan, R/o District at the senior level, Sonam was the first ranking series of the Sumit Puri, from India's practice was spin has qualified who has qualified NET in Chillad, Tehsil Arnas, District Jammu, who trailing 4-6 in the second period event in Rome (January 15-18) R/o Gandhi all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, NET in Political Science. Education. Reasi, who has qualified NET in has qualified but produced a sensational four- followed by Asian Nagar, who who was the last to arrive here Parul Sharma, D/o Suman Shubham Singh Charak, S/o Sociology. NET-JRF in Geography. point throw with just three sec- Championships in has been on Thursday. Sharma and Darshna Sharma, Brijman Darshan Kumar, S/o Bhasi Akshma Chadha, D/o Jatinder onds left in the bout to make it (February 18-23) and if they can declared Both teams are playing their R/o Village Singh and Ram and Premo Devi, R/o Chadha and 10-10 and win on criteria of win medals at these two events, qualified for the Award of the first T20 clash after 22 months. Chak Lala, Pushpa Rani, Sungli Anuradha scoring the last point. they will represent India at the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy India defeated the West Tehsil R/o Salehari, (Garh) Tehsil Chadha, R/o The 18-year-old then defeat- Asian Olympic qualifiers, to be (PhD) in Law. She worked on Indies 2-1 in their last T20I Bishnah, Tehsil Bhaderwah, Gurha Bakshi ed Radhika 4-1 in the final to held in Xian from March 27 to the topic "Impact of Cyber series, while the Islanders are District Bishnah, District Nagar, Jammu, seal her spot in the Indian team 29. Crimes on Basic Rights of smarting from a 0-3 rout in Jammu, who District Doda, who who has quali- in the 62kg category. Trials for four non-olympic Women and Children An Australia. has qualified Jammu who has qualified fied NET in Hailing from a small village categories will be held next Analysis of Socio- Legal The task for the Lankans NET in has qualified NET in Defence NET in Computer Madina in Haryana's Sonepat, week. (PTI) Dimension", under the supervi- Political Science. and Strategic Studies. History. Science and Applications. Sonam is coached by Ajmer appears all the more difficult as sion of Prof. Kulwant Singh.