TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Dhoni jumps two places to New field restriction rules Windies confident of Gayle 8th in ODI chart affected Yuvraj's : Dhoni fitness for New Zealand clash MELBOURNE, Mar 16: "Yuvraj of 2011" in the ongoing WELLINGTON, Mar 16: I'm sure he'll be up for it even if MELBOURNE, Mar 16: spearhead Mohammed Shami, edition. he's not 100 per cent." who is just behind Australia's 's 15 in West Indies believe Chris Having regained his form Dhoni has never been a big Gayle, 35 has had a roller- Mitchell Starc in the -tak- the 2011 ICC Cricket World Gayle will have a major impact with two unbeaten knocks in the advocate of the four-fielder the- coaster tournament with his ers list in this edition of the quad- Cup was one of the major fac- on Saturday's World Cup quar- league stage of the cricket World ory as he feels that a lot of his World Cup record 215 against rennial event, is ranked tors which contributed to ter-final against New Zealand Cup, India part-time bowlers including the Zimbabwe in Canberra on Mahendra Singh Dhoni lifting even if he's only half fit. Mahendra Singh Dhoni 11th above Pakistan's likes of Sachin Tendulkar, February 24 being the only time ADGP Armed, SM Sahai alongwith office bearers of Hockey the coveted trophy but the Gayle missed Sunday's six- has gained two spots to Mohammed Irfan. became far he has got past 50. J&K during its executive meeting in Jammu. Indian captain says last edition's wicket win over the United Arab be placed eight in the lat- Starc, who has less effective in changed cir- Johnson's half century 'Player of The Tournament' is no Emirates in Napier, which est ICC batting rankings. bagged 16 wickets in the against the UAE will put the longer as effective as he used to cumstances. secured the West Indies' place in Sahai convenes Executive body Dhoni, who made an tournament so far, is pressure on Gayle's opening be in the current set-up. "In the pre-field restriction unbeaten 45 against ranked third behind Dale the last eight, after failing to partner Dwayne Smith to keep Dhoni points to the change days, Viru paaji, Sachin Paaji shrug off his latest back prob- West Indies and a bril- Steyn and the duo are and Yuvi used to bowl a lot and his place after a miserable tour- meeting of Hockey J&K liant 85 against closing in on top bowler in field restrictions (with only lem. nament in which his top score is four fielders outside the 30-yard we depended on them. But they In his absence, Johnson Zimbabwe, has led the Saeed Ajmal's rating were all part-timers and on good just 31 in six innings. circle) being precisely the rea- Charles, originally summoned to "Obviously, Johnson had a *Stresses for talent hunt, promotion of game team to 10 consecutive World points. batting tracks, they would find son why India lost "Yuvraj replace Darren Bravo, seized his very good day. And I would say Excelsior Sports Correspondent J&K will immediately start talent Cup wins surpassing Clive Indian spinners Ravichandran it difficult to bowl well. Singh, the handy left-arm spin- opportunity to impress with a he's pretty much secured a spot hunt exercises across the State Lloyd's streak of nine win for Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are "Like Raina is a good option JAMMU, Mar 16: Working ner." fine innings of 55. for the next game. But we'll sit and new players be registered as West Indies and is now second placed 16th and 18th respectively if there is some help from the president of Hockey J&K, S M "If you see, after the rule "Chris had the same back down, discuss and see what con- per the latest guidelines of only to 's 21 with medium-pacer wicket. Also, he bowls a good Sahai , yesterday convened a change happened, Yuvi didn't problem over the last year, and ditions we're up against and Hockey India. "To explore fresh straight wins for Australia in the (17) sand- line to the left-handers. I felt I meeting of Executive Board of talent and register new players 50-over showpiece event. wiched in between. bowl a lot. We must admit that sometimes he has good days and make a decision," said Holder. Hockey J&K to discuss various needed him during the Ireland from every district of the State is Opener Shikhar Dhawan is Jadeja though is tied seventh once the rule change (field sometimes he has bad days. New Zealand have won 23 issues related to functioning of game. Like Shikhar (Dhawan) a must exercise, which has to be ranked seventh ahead of Dhoni restriction) happened, it did Obviously, he's a key player for of the 53 completed ODIs Hockey J&K and improvement with Australia's Glenn Maxwell and Rohit (Sharma) are also taken in hand for improvement of while Virat Kohli (4) is the high- affect his bowling although he us, and his fitness is key going against the West Indies but lost of the game across the State. in the all-rounders list led by Sri the game and to encourage the est-ranked Indian in the batting is a regular with the ball in part-timers but I can only use into the quarter-final," said cap- their last meeting, in Hamilton During the meeting various Lanka's Tilakaratne Dilshan. talent", he added. chart led by South African cap- T20s," Dhoni said in context of them when conditions are con- in 2014, by 203 runs. issues related to functioning of The rankings though will see tain Jason Holder. Among others, the meeting whether Suresh Raina can do a ducive," said Dhoni. (PTI) However, the Black Caps the executive body of Hockey tain AB de Villiers. Sri Lanka's a rise and fall once the knockouts "I'm sure he'll be up for it was attended by IGP Mukesh will still be favourites to make J&K, improvement of the game Kumar Sangkkara and Hashim kickstart on Wednesday. (PTI) even if he's not a hundred per- Singh, associate vice president Amla are placed at second and Gould, Dar appointed umpires cent. It's an important game and the semi-finals, having won all by better utilization and identifi- Hockey J&K, senior vice presi- cation of the talent were dis- third respectively. Rohit wins bronze in he's a big player, you know what of their six group games in the dent Jaswant Singh, vice presi- Outside the top-10, India's big players can do on big days. first round. (Agencies) cussed. The participants also dis- dent Sham Lal, secretary G S Power-Lifting Nationals cussed the amendments required Suresh Raina, who mesmerised for India-Bangladesh WC QF Bakshi, Treasurer Rajinder Singh, the Auckland crowd with his Excelsior Correspondent in the constitution of Hockey DUBAI, Mar 16: Kettleborough (third ), Sports Officer J&K Police unbeaten 110 in India's win Kalmadi inducted as Asian J&K for its smooth functioning. Kuldeep Handoo and other exec- JAMMU, Mar 16: J&K (fourth umpire) For increased interest of peo- against Zimbabwe, has jumped England's Ian Gould and and David Boon (match referee) utive members including three spots to be placed 17th. Power-Lifting Pakistan's have been ple in the sport and development Charanjeet Singh, Dalbir Mahila Association team March 19: Bangladesh v India, of Hockey in J&K State, revival The bowling chart is without appointed the on-field umpires for Athletics Association Life President and Joginder Singh. brought laurels to Melbourne Cricket Ground of erstwhile Hockey Gold Cup any Indian in the top-10 as pace the cricket World Cup quarterfinal the State in the (MCG); Ian Gould and Aleem Dar NEW DELHI, Mar 16: chief Dahlan Al-Hamad of Qatar was proposed and in this regard between India and Bangladesh to (on-field), (third in a close contest in July 2013 in National Bench- be played in Adelaide on March 19. the members were asked to come umpire), (fourth Tainted Indian sports admin- Pune just before the start of Asian Press Powerlifting Steve Davis has been named up with suggestions and other Harbhajan to lead Punjab umpire) and Roshan Mahanama istrator Suresh Kalmadi has been Athletics Championships in his Championship at the for the game, modalities for revival of the erst- MOHALI, Mar 16: The other players are Manan (match referee) made Life President of the Asian home town. Jamshedpur, recently. while Paul Reiffel has been while championship. Vohra, Jaskaranveer Singh Sohi, March 20: Australia v Athletics Association for his Kalmadi, a former President Out-of-favour India spinner Rohit Singh Jamwal won appointed the fourth umpire. The working president said Ravi Inder Singh, , Pakistan, Adelaide Oval; Marais "work in the development of ath- of Indian Olympic Association, will lead Punjab bronze medal in 66kg category Roshan Mahanama will act as the letics in the continent" during his that Hockey J&K will host vari- Yuvraj Singh, Himanshu Chawla, Erasmus and also lost the membership of the in the inter state T-20 Tournament in senior group. match referee. 13-year tenure as the head of ous championships for providing Taruwar Kohli, Rajwinder Singh (on-field), highly influential Council of the platform to the players of the for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Golu, Gurinder Singh, Sandeep For this achievement, he was The appointments for semifi- organisation from 2000. nals and the final will be done (third umpire), Billy Bowden IAAF, the world governing body State. He directed the office bear- The senior selection commit- Sharma, Barinder Singh Saran, honoured today by the Kalmadi, who was jailed and later. (fourth umpire) and Ranjan of the sport, after losing the elec- ers to come up with blue prints tee of Punjab Cricket Association Siddharth Kaul, Anmolpreet Managing Committee of the later released on bail in connec- The match official appoint- Madugalle (match referee) tion to Al-Hamad. for the forth coming Junior and (PCA) met here today and select- Singh, Subek Gill and Anmol Association comprising of tion with the 2010 ments for the quarterfinals and March 21: New Zealand v ed a squad of 17 players for the Malhotra. Rajan Jain, general secretary, Commonwealth Games scam, The influential Al-Hamad is sub junior national Hockey cham- semifinals is as follows: West Indies, Wellington Regional pionships being organised by North League, where Punjab will Standbyes are Beant Singh, Inderpal Singh, joint secretary, was nominated for the honorary all set to be re-elected as AAA Quarter-finals: Stadium; chief in June for another term and Hockey J&K in the month of play their opening match against Amitoze Singh, Navneet Singh, Rakesh Pandoh, joint secretary and Bruce Oxenford (on-field), post at the 80th Council Meeting March 18: Sri Lanka v South he is also currently one of the May this year. Haryana at the Ferozeshah Kotla Anil Sihag, Sukhjinder Singh and and Vinay Sharma, media secre- (third umpire), Nigel of the AAA in Jakarta on March Africa, Sydney Cricket Ground vice-presidents of the IAAF. Mr Sahai said that Hockey ground on March 24. Karan Kaila. (PTI) tary. Llong (fourth umpire) and Chris 12. (SCG); Rod Tucker and Nigel Al-Hamad, who chaired the Llong (on-field), Richard Broad (match referee). (PTI) "The Council resolved to include Mr Suresh Kalmadi, for- AAA Council Meeting in mer president of AAA as a Hon Jakarta, also announced the stag- Life President of AAA for his ing of a two-week long training work in the development of ath- camp for the selected elite ath- letics in Asia during his tenure," letes of member federations with the AAA said in a statement. limited resources to prepare for Kalmdai's reign as the head the Asian Athletics of AAA ended when he lost the Championships to be held in presidential election to current Wuhan in China in June. (PTI) 'Dhoni success is because of world class batting line up'

Students during Environmental Science Exhibition at GD KARACHI, Mar 16: credit to Dhoni that after the dis- Goenka Public School in Jammu on Monday. astrous tour of Australia before Former Pakistan captain and the World Cup he managed to GD Goenka organizes coach Mushtaq Muhammad reinstall the self-belief back in believes that Indian captain his team for the World Cup," Mahendra Singh Dhoni is privi- Mushtaq a big name in Pakistan leged to have a world class bat- cricket said. Science Exhibition ting line up at his disposal in the Mushtaq, an allrounder, said Excelsior Correspondent ‘Means of Transport and ongoing cricket World Cup. that India at the moment had a Communication’, ‘Land Forms "I don't want to take any- JAMMU, Mar 16: G D and Water Bodies’, ‘Value of thing away from Dhoni because very solid and stable batting line Goenka Public School, Jammu Food’, ‘Live Experiments on I rate him highly but it is also a up and this made things easier governed by Om Prakash Bansal Properties of Air and Water’, fact that he is privileged to have for Dhoni. Charitable Trust organised “A ‘Living and Non-Living Things’ such top batsmen playing for "The strength and depth in Fair of Wonders”, the and ‘Our Festivals’. him right now," Mushtaq said. the batting line up gives him the Environmental Sciences Live models were put on dis- He said that a captain was luxury of experimenting while Exhibition, here today. play. The students moved around only as successful as the team he fielding and he knows whatever Varsha Bansal, the chief guest as planets of the Solar system and had. the total the opposition puts up inaugurated the Exhibition and explained the reasons for days "It is always easier to captain his team is capable of chasing it was highly impressed with the and nights. a winning side but I do give down," he said. (PTI) display of the creative expression The models of different types of children. of houses were put on display. She appreciated the content The concept of people who help of their respective topics like us was creatively shown with a Inderjeet Kour, D/o S Gian Farm, a Hospital, a School, and Singh, W/o Traffic Police etc. Randhir Singh The value of nutritive food R/o F/54 New and problems like obesity Rehari, Jammu, because of junk food was high- who has been lighted with models. declared quali- The parents and other digni- fied for the taries appreciated the efforts of award of the degree of Doctor the students and teachers who put of Philosophy (PhD) in an interesting and creative event. Chemistry by the University of Sanya Bansal, Director of the Jammu. She worked on the School and Principal, Dr R P topic “Syntheses and Singh congratulated Characterization of Xanthates Nishita Sharma and Shipra Bali Anil Gupta, Chairman Amateur Karate Do Association of of Oxovanadium (IV), Nickel along with their team of teachers Jammu and Kashmir (AKAJK), being awarded with black belt (II) and Copper (II) and their for putting in their efforts in 1st DAN by Bharat Sharma, General Secretary, Karate Adducts with Nitrogen and equipping the students with dif- Association of India (KAI) who himself is 7th Dan black belt Oxygen Donors”, under the ferent skills and techniques to from world Karate Federation (WKF) and member of WKF supervision of Prof Renu help them to be responsible citi- Referee Council. Mr Gupta was honoured for his contribution to Sachar. zens. the sport of Karate for three consecutive years as chairman of the Association.