FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU 2nd ODI: Kohli to be back at No.3 after Sania enters women's doubles Dhoni dropped from BCCI's semifinals of Hobart International all-openers-on-board strategy backfires HOBART, Jan 16: Kichenok to draw level in the central contracts list RAJKOT, Jan 16: So, like in the last game, has not been as effective as ear- contest. NEW , Jan 16: Head coach Ravi Shastri had very much expected to Indian tennis ace Sania Rohit and Dhawan, who made a lier and he would like to change However, the third set was a recently said that Dhoni may Super Kings in the 2020 Skipper is set to Mirza's comeback from maternity dogged 74 off 91 balls in the perception. stroll in the park for Sania and her Mahendra Singh Dhoni was soon end his ODI career but IPL. be back at his regular number leave continued to be a success as Wankhede, could open, and It would be interesting to see partner as they dominated their today dropped from the BCCI's could be in contention for a spot Since the World Cup, he has three position after the strategy she entered the there could be a toss-up between whether play Delhi speed- opponents with superior list of centrally contracted play- in the T20 World Cup squad pro- missed the tour of the West Indies of coming two-down Rahul and young at ster or persist women's doubles serves. ers, raising fresh doubts on the boomeranged in the lung-opener vided he does well in the IPL. and the home series against number four. Iyer had a rare fail- with , who gave semifinals of the The 33-year-old Sania future of the former India captain as India take on a resolute Test opener Mayank South Africa, Bangladesh, the ure on Tuesday. away 43 runs in . Hobart International is returning to WTA circuit who has not played since the Australia in the must-win sec- Agarwal, who has done well West Indies and the ongoing one Pant's absence could pave looks a cer- with Ukrainian part- after two years. During her World Cup semifinal loss to New ond ODI here tomorrow. since making his debut during the against Australia. the way for the inclusion of tainty and so the choice would ner Nadiia Kichenok two-year break, she bat- Zealand last year. India go into the game 0-1 tour of Australia in 2018-19, has One of the biggest names in batsman Manish be between chinaman Kuldeep here today. tled injury breakdowns The BCCI announced the down after Australia registered a been included in the list in Grade Indian , Dhoni led India to Pandey, who made optimum use Yadav, who conceded 55 runs in Sania and before taking a formal central contracts for the period of 10- win in the lung-open- B, which also features Hardik two world titles — the 2007 of the opportunity that he got in the first ODI and Yuzvendra Kichenok defeated the break in April 2018 to give October 2019 to September er at Mumbai, courtesy David Pandya and World T20 in South Africa and the third T20 against Sri Lanka Chahal as the lead spinner. American duo of birth to her son Izhaan. She is 2020. Dhoni was in the A catego- Warner and , who along with two others. the 2011 ODI World Cup at in Pune. On the other hand, a high on Vania King and Christina McHale married to Pakistani cricketer ry, which fetches a player Rs 5 hit unbeaten hundreds. Pacer Navdeep Saini and T20 home. It would also be interesting confidence Australia will be 6-2 4-6 10-4 in a contest that last- Shoaib Malik. crore, until last year. In a bid to field all three in- specialist are The veteran has played 90 to see which among the experi- looking to seal the issue to regis- ed one hour and 24 minutes. Before the ongoing event, Skipper Virat Kohli, his form players -- , new entrants in Grade C along- Tests, 350 ODIs and 98 T20 enced and rookie ter back to back series wins in The fifth-seeded Indo- Sania last played at China Open white-ball deputy Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul - side Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Internationals for India, accumu- Shivam Dube makes the squad. India, a rare feat for any visiting Ukrainian combination will now in October 2017. and top pacer -, Kohli dropped himself down Chahar and Shardul Thakur. lating 17,000 runs and Rohit, who had a phenome- team. The Finch-Warner combi- lock horns with the Slovenian- A trailblazer in Indian tennis, were retained in the highest A+ the order but the plan backfired The dropped list also includes effecting a staggering 829 dis- nal 2019, failed in the first nation will look forward to carry Czech pair of Tamara Zidansek Sania is a former world No.1 in bracket of Rs 7 crore. Among spectacularly as he was unable the retired and missals behind the stumps. game, but given the form he is the momentum. and Marie Bouzkova. doubles and has six Grand Slam others, batsman K L Rahul has BCCI Central Contracts for to convert his start. . in, the opener is expected to Their middle-order compris- Zidansek and Bouzkova got titles to her credit. been promoted from B grade to October 2019 to September Opener Dhawan later said he Outgoing chief selector MSK bounce back strongly here. ing the experienced , the better of Canada's Sharon She retired from the singles A. 2020: was ready to bat at number three Prasad has already made his Ditto for Kohli, who is just in-form Marnus Labuschange, Fichman and Ukraine's Kateryna competition in 2013 after becom- Dhoni's contract not being Grade A+: Virat Kohli, Rohit if asked to by the team manage- stance clear on Dhoni, saying the one hundred short of equalling Ashton Turner and Bondarenko 6-3 3-6 10-4 in their ing the most successful Indian renewed is not exactly a surprise Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah. ment, but since Kohli has been World Cup-winning captain can cricket icon 's looks more or less settled. last-eight stage clash. woman tennis player. In 2007, she as he has not played a competi- Grade A: Ravichandran successful at that position, the only be selected again on the record of most hundreds on If all of them fire in unison, Sania and Kichenok made a attained a career-high 27th posi- tive game since that World Cup Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, skipper would be more than basis of performances. home soil for India. along with the openers, then it strong start and broke their oppo- tion in the WTA singles chart. semifinal on July 9. He has been , willing to walk in one-down. While Dhoni has not revealed The bowlers led by Jasprit will hard for the opposition nents twice to take the lead. They (PTI) on an sabbatical and has refused , Ajinkya Kohli at three also anything about his future, he is Bumrah had a forgettable outing bowlers. also did well to save four break to divulge his future plans. Rahane, K L Rahul, Shikhar provides stability to the middle- at the Wankhede and they would However, it will be quite a points in the opening set. Dhawan, , order. be more than eager to make a test of their middle-order at the The second set went on serve , , With a concussed Rishabh strong comeback and prove their Saurashtra Cricket Association till the eighth game before King . Pant out of the second game, mettle. stadium. (PTI) and McHale broke Sania and Grade B: , Rahul is a certainty as he will Bumrah, since his comeback, , Yuzvendra keep . 6th Road Safety T20 Cricket Championship Chahal, , . KC Sports Club to take on Grade C: Kedar Jadhav, Navdeep Saini, , , Hanuma Vihari, Horizon Club in summit clash Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Raman Dutta, Abhinav Khajuria Footballers posing along with dignitaries and officials after exhibition match in Jammu. Washington Sundar. (PTI) and Vivek took 2 wickets each, JAMMU, Jan 16: Outplaying while Vicky and Sohaib claimed Himalayan Avengers B wins CK Nayudu U-23 Trophy their rivals convincingly in their 1 wicket each. respective semifinals, KC Sports In reply, KC Sports Club J&K batsmen dominate Day-4; but Club and Horizon Cricket Club chased the target in 9.5 overs by exhibition Football match have sealed berth in the finals losing 5 wickets, thus won the Excelsior Sports Correspondent organiser of the event. Railways earn 3 points via 1st innings lead and will take on each other in match by 5 wickets. Nawaz top The chief guest and the guest summit clash of the ongoing 6th JAMMU, Jan 16: Himalayan Excelsior Sports Correspondent Chaudhari took 2 wickets, while Congress leader Jugal Kishore Sharma declaring winner of scored with 30 runs, while of honour lauded the efforts of Road Safety T20 Cricket Avengers B got the better of Yuvraj, Karthik and Adarsh Dangal at village Pamote Nalla in Reasi. Puneet contributed 18 runs to the organisers for holding the JAMMU, Jan 16: Jammu Championship, being organized Himalayan Avengers A in an Singh claimed 1 wicket each. the total. Usman took 2 wickets match to promote ant-drug cam- and Kashmir batsmen showed by Transport Department Union exhibition Football match held Earlier, Railways scored 239 while Arif, RK Bhat and Dinesh serenity, composure and prom- Nisar of JKP wins Territory of Jammu & Kashmir at GGM Sciecne College paign. runs in their first innings to earn claimed 1 wicket each. Raman ise to dominate the proceedings at Parade Ground, here. Football ground, here today. Speaking on the occasion, a sizeable lead. Skipper Navneet Dutta was adjudged as the man on Day-4 of the CK Nayudu The slogan of the Manish Sharma, All Morcha the chief guest said such events Virk top scored with 49 runs off Sool-Pamote dangal title of the match. Under-23 Trophy, while visitors Championship is “Sadak Prabhari BJP J&K was the chief apart from promoting sports and 57 balls, studded with 9 bound- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Sharma of Laden Power House In second semifinal, Horizon Railways bagged three points by Suraksha- Jeevan Raksha”. guest on the valedictory func- games, serve as a launching pad aries, while Soumyabrata Nath Club defeated Singh Club virtue of the vital first innings (Udhampur) beating Ammar of The Championship is being tion, while Kuldeep Singh Vice to help youth not to derail from contributed 48 runs off 91 balls REASI, Jan 16: Wrestler Akhnoor by 40 runs. lead to win the battle by three Iran. He was awarded with a conducted under the overall President JKFA was the guest of the mainstream by keeping with the help of 6 boundaries. Nisar of J&K Police lifted the Batting first, Horizon club points to one at GGM Science cash prize of Rs 18,000 while supervision of Transport honour. themselves away from the drugs Kathik contributed unbeaten 25 10th International Annual Sool- College Hostel Ground, here runners-up, Ammar got Rs Commissioner, Dr Owais scored 95 runs in the allotted 12 Shivam Mehra was the and other allied evils. runs, while Yuvraj and Ankush Pamote Dangal title defeating today. 13,000. Ahmad, while the Coordinators overs. Kashish top scored with Singh scored 27 and 26 runs National silver medalist, Kapil After conceding a first Third main bout clinched by of the Championship are SSP 33 runs, while Jatin contributed respectively. Sahim Hasan also Dhama of Uttar Pradesh in the JK players to represent innings lead of 112 runs to Lallu of J&K Police who RK Bhat, Additional Secretary 21 runs to the total. Sunil, Sunny chipped in with 25 runs. From main bout at village Pamote Railways, Jammu and Kashmir defeated Gamma of Punjab Road Safety Council and Rajesh and Rishab took 2 wickets each. Jammu and Kashmir, Sunil Nalla, here today. were 272/5 in 72.3 overs in their while fourth bout went to Gill, former In reply, Singh Club man- CBSE in 65th NSG Kumar and Vivrant Sharma took Dangal was organized by second essay and were 160 runs Muneer of Nagrota beating Player. aged to score 57 runs for the loss Excelsior Sports Correspondent Manish from Jammu Sanskriti 3 wickets each, while Trag Jahid Sool-Pamote Dangal ahead at the draw of stumps on Vikas of Delhi. In the first semifinal, KC of 9 wickets. Rakesh and Sunny School and Hardeep Singh from Nazir, Taizeem Younis Tak and Committee in technical support JAMMU, Jan 16: Jammu & the fourth and the final day, thus Dangal was organized under Sports Club defeated Road were the only two batsmen to APS Udhampur will take part in Majid Yousuf shared 1 wicket with J&K Indian Style Kashmir Speedball players will the match ended in a draw. the supervision of organizing Safety Club by 5 wickets. cross double figure mark, scor- Under-17 boys doubles, apiece. Wrestling Association. represent CBSE team in the Muneeb Munaf top scored with committee including Rattan Lal Batting first, Road & Safety ing 11 and 10 runs respectively. The event will be organised Earlier, after day-1 washout, The title winner wrestler 83 runs off 122 balls, studded Sharma (chairman), Raj Kumar XI scored 74 runs for the loss of Sawan, Imran and Sukhjinder Jammu and Kashmir had bun- Nisar was awarded with a cash with 12 boundaries, while skip- (Baboo), Panch Gian Chand, 9 wickets in the allotted 12 took 2 wickets each while dled out for 127 runs in their prize of Rs 25,000 by chief per Vivrant Sharma contributed Mohan Lal, Panch Des Raj, overs. Rohit and Usmaan con- Tanmay, Piyush and Ashish first innings, with Lone Nasir guest, former Minister, Jugal 75 runs off 148 balls, with the Joginder Kumar, Naresh Kumar tributed 23 and 15 runs respec- claimed 1 wicket each. Kashish Muzzafar top scoring with 40 Kishore Sharma in presence of help of 7 fours and one six. (Pappu Lakri), Om Parkash tively. was declared as the man of the runs and Sunil Kumar contribut- president J&K Indian Style Abhishant Bakshi scored 41 off Verma, Tulinder Kumar Satbir, From KC Sports Club, match. ing 20 runs to the total. Ayan B Wrestling Association, Shiv 56 balls including 5 fours and Sunny Sharma (Airtel) and Chaudhari was the pick of the Kumar Sharma, who presided one six, while Lone Nasir Murli Dhar (Munna). bowlers who claimed 5 impor- over the function. WFA delegates visit India to inspect Muzaffar made unbeaten 40 Congress leader, Sardari Lal The proceedings were con- tant wickets by conceding 16 runs off 57 balls with the help of runs in his 6.4 overs, while Dubey and Naresh Kumar ducted by Naresh Kumar venues for Asian Wushu C’ship one four and 2 big sixes. (Pappu Lakri) were guests of (Pappu Lakri), while welcome Yuvraj took 3 wickets and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Championship at IG Stadium Sufiyaan also contributed sedate Karthik claimed one wicket. honour while Chairman of address was presented by Rattan 25 runs off 51 balls including 2 Dangal Committee, Rattan Lal Lal Sharma. from November 2 to November Railways earned 3 points, JAMMU, Jan 16: The trio 8, 2020. fours. Sharma and Raj Kumar (Baboo) The vote of thanks was pro- of Julian Camacho, Vice while Jammu and Kashmir He said more than 600 play- From Railways, Ayan B secured one point. were among those prominent posed by Raj Kumar (Baboo). President Wushu Federation of present. ers from 32 countries will par- Asia and Executive Member of ticipate in the championship. Among the distinguished PPS Jammu International Wushu Dharun bags 2 Gold in Skating gathering were Sarpanch Jarnail Dr Batra assured full sup- Excelsior Sports Correspondent 30, 2019. Federation (IWUF); Jian Selected J&K Speedball players posing for group photograph Singh, Sarpanch Sudesh Kumar, student Aman wins port from the Indian Olympic In Quads category of 9 to 11 Xiaobing, Technical Chairman before leaving for Palampur on Thursday. former Sarpanch, Ramesh Association for the success of JAMMU, Jan 16: Dharun age group, Dharun bagged Gold bronze medal Wushu Federation of Asia & the event. Sharma Chander, Lal Singh Choudhary Technical Member of upcoming 65th National School each in 1000 meters and 500 and Surinder Kumar Bhagat Excelsior Sports Correspondent by the School Game Federation excelled in meters race. Games in Speedball to be held at of India (SGFI). 65th (president Kabir Sabha Reasi). JAMMU, Jan 16: Student Palampur in Himachal Pradesh At present, Dharun is study- In all, 52 bouts decided in President of the J&K National ing at KC International School of Class 12th of J&K Police from January 18 to 21, 2019. School this day-long dangal. The sec- Speedball Association, Ravi in class 4th and taking the Public Harshdeep Singh from Tikku congratulated the players Games ond main bout won by Ajay School Banyan International School coaching from Madan Khajuria, and wished the team good luck. Roller a well reknowned skating coach (PPS), will take part in U-14 singles Sunny Nanda, who has been Skating Qualifiers of National Miran Sahib event, while Dhruv Sharma and his fitness care taking by appointed All India CBSE coach Championship, held at Belgaum, Daleep Sharma. Eligibility Test has bagged from Jammu Sanskriti School was also present on the occa- Karnataka from December 28 to bronze will be participating in Under-17 sion. The following candidates medal in boys doubles. The duo of continues to rule have qualified National Yug-Mun- Eligibility Test (NET) conduct- Do Championship in under 19 category. in Khelo India Youth Games ed by National Testing Agency, GUWAHATI, Jan 16: Haryana have 28 gold at the Aman Sharma, class 12th the result of which was declared moment and will hope to student of Police Public School, WFA delegates posing along with Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra by the University Grants Defending champions reclaim the mantle of champi- Miran Sahib, Jammu has won and other dignitaries during a meeting in New Delhi. Commission (UGC) recently. Maharashtra continued to rule ons that they had lost last year. bronze medal in the 65th Later the delegation also the Khelo India Youth Games, Komal Gupta D/o Surinder International Wushu Delhi could not muster any National School Games organ- met Joint Secretary (Sports) adding five more gold to their gold on the day, allowing Uttar Gupta, R/o Federation and Cristina Chan ized by School Games Ministry of Youth Affairs and tally on the back of a strong Pradesh to claim sole posses- Gadwal Office Secretary WFA visited Federation of India (SGFI) at Sports, Inderjeet Dhameja, who show by their weightlifters, sion of the third place with 18 Vijaypur, India today to inspect the ven- Durg Chhattisgarh. also assured support from the here today. gold. Delhi are now fourth on Samba, who ues for holding 10th Asian Chairperson, PWWA, Dr Ministry. Second-placed Haryana the table, with 17 gold, while has qualified Wushu Championship. Rubinder Kaur, Danesh Rana, The other officials who kept snapping at Maharashtra's took the next place with NET in They visited Olympic IGP Armed Jammu/ attended the meeting were heels, picking up five gold, 13 gold. Library and Association Office and met Dr Administrative Officer of J&K Vijay Saraf & Manish Kacker, including two at the shooting The Karnataka cycling Information Narinder Dhruv Batra Dignitaries distributing prizes among winners in Udhampur Police Public School Jammu Vice Presidents; Suhel Ahmed range. quartet of Danamma Science. (President) and other officials on Thursday. and Renuka Guleria, Principal (General Secretary); Shivendra Maharashtra have a clear Chichakha, Sahana Kudiganur, of the IOA. President Wushu Meenakshi, D/o Mela Ram and JKPPS Jammu has congratulat- Nath Dubey (Treasurer); lead in terms of total medals Keerthi Ramaswamy and Usha Rani, ed Aman Sharma of class 12th Association of India, Sudershan (Jt Secretary) and District level quiz (125) but their 33 gold may not Meghna Gugad won the W/o Vijay student of the school for bag- Bhupender Singh Bajwa briefed Kuldeep Handoo, Chief Wushu be unbreachable, especially as women's U-21 team pursuit Kumar, R/o ging bronze medal in the 65th the president that India is host- Coach of India. the Games enter the last leg in gold, fetching the only yellow H.No. 62, National School Games organ- ing 10th Asian Wushu competition organised which Haryana usually come medal for the southern State. Upper ized by School Games Excelsior Sports Correspondent student of class 11th of Zone into their own. (PTI) Krishna Federation of India at Durg Kabaddi trials at Shastri Ghordi clinched second posi- Nagar, Chhattisgarh. UDHAMPUR, Jan16: A dis- tion and now, both the teams Sindhu loses in QF’s of Indonesia Canal Road trict level quiz competition was will participate in the state Sheetal Devi, D/o Mohan Lal Jammu, who Nagar ground from Jan 20 organised in Government level competition which is Masters, Indian campaign ends and W/o Dr has qualified NET in Excelsior Sports Correspondent Surinder Mohan Gupta in a Higher Secondary School, Garhi scheduled to be held at Jammu JAKARTA, Jan 16: against the 14th ranked Ajay Kumar Education. handout issued here today. under the guidance of Chief on January 20. Japanese before Thursday's Sharma, R/o World champion shuttler P V JAMMU, Jan 16: Jammu Those players within 20 Education Officer (CEO), Prior to district level compe- match. C. A Rahul Gupta, S/o Vijay Badyal and Kashmir Amateur Kabaddi years of age with weight below Udhampur. Sindhu suffered a quarterfinal Takahashi had defeated Kumar Brahmana, tition, a zonal level competition Association will be holding tri- 70 kg in boys sections and 65 A committee was constituted defeat at the hands of Sayaka another top Indian, Saina Gupta and R S Pura was organised at every zone als for selecting J&K team for kg in girls sections are only by Chief Education Officer, Takahashi of Japan in a closely- Nehwal, in the second round. Prem Gupta, Jammu, who wherein two students were the upcoming Junior National eligible for selection trials. comprising of Principal of fought women's singles contest With the defeat of Sindhu, R/o Talab has been selected to participate in district Kabaddi Championship to be The general secretary Higher Secondary School, Garhi to bring curtains on the Indian India's campaign in the BWF Tillo, declared qualified for the award level competition. held at Rohtak in Haryana advised all the affiliated dis- and Principal of Higher challenge in the Indonesia Super 500 tournament came to Jammu, Who of the degree of Doctor of Lecturer Atul Kashyap and from February 13 to February tricts and clubs of the state to Secondary School, Salmeri to Masters here today. an end. has qualified Philosophy (PhD) in Dogri by Dr Gopal Krishan conducted the 16. send their registered players organise the competition at dis- Sindhu frittered away a one- World championships NET in the University of Jammu. She proceedings of the competition game lead to lose 21-16 16-21 The trials will be held at for trials along with two pass- trict level. bronze medallist B Sai Economics. He has already worked on the topic "Dogri Rameshber Goswami and while Sunil Sharma, Principal 19-21 in a thrilling quarterfinal Shastri Nagar Play Fields, here port size photographs, Aadhar Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth and qualified NET-JRF in Kahani Ch Bal Vimarsh: Ik for three days from 3 pm Sheetal Sharma of class 12th HSS Garhi and Sarita Gupta, match that lasted one hour and Card, Bank account passbook Sourabh Verma crashed out of Commerce, NET in Mulyankan," under the super- onward. and Amateur Kabaddi and 11th , Zone Babey got Principal HSS Krimchi distrib- six minutes. the tournament in the second Management and NET in vision of Prof Shiv Dev Singh This was stated by general Federation of India registration first position while Ashok uted the prizes among the partic- World number six Sindhu round on Wednesday. (PTI) Labour Welfare/HRM. Manhas. secretary of the Association, Card. Kumar and Suram Chand, both ipants. had a 4-2 head-to-head record