TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Semis lineup drawn in SCA T20 After Ramkumar’s decisive defeat, KC Sports Club, KCCC enter last four stages Yuki gets consolation win Excelsior Sports Correspondent of 6 wickets in 18 overs. Kannav good total of 177 runs for the loss of scored 48 runs, while Sawan and 3 wickets in 20 overs. Shubam EDMONTON, Sept 18: said. some sharp returns, earning two JAMMU, Sept 18: KC Sports Mena chipped in with 19 and 17 Khajuria top scored with valuable Talking about the positives breakpoints, but Shapovalov Club and Kishan Chand Cricket runs respectively. From Bowling 63 runs, while Jatin Wadhawan and India were left to battle it out from the tie, he said, "We worked used his big serve to save both Club (KCCC) registered resound- Side, Vivek took 3 wickets while Bandeep Singh scored brisk 48 and in the Asian zone yet again after and fought hard and we are very and served it out with an ace. ing victories over their rivals and Shubam and Bhanu claimed 1 quick-fire 45 runs respectively. Ramkumar Ramanathan's defeat close to making the world group. The Indian grew in confi- entered into the semifinal stage of wicket each. From Bowling side, Narinder in the must-win fourth rubber as Next year this time, I expect both dence and put up a much better the ongoing State Cricket In reply, KC Sports Club took 2 wickets while Chamkor Denis Shapovalov steered Yuki and Ramkumar to be in top fight in the second set as he Academy T20 Championship, chased the target in 15.5 overs for Singh claimed 1 wicket. Canada back to the elite Davis 100." served two games at love. The wherein formidable teams of the loss of 5 wickets, thus won the In reply, Diamond Cricket Governor N N Vohra presenting awards to achievers and promot- Cup World Group, here. In a nervous start, Ramkumar chip and charge strategy paid Jammu Cricket Club and National match by 5 wickets. Abhishant Club managed to score 157 runs ers of Yoga during 2nd International Yoga Festival at Srinagar India needed Ramkumar to lost 11 straight points but gradu- good dividends as he led 5-4. Cricket Club have already entered Bakshi, Ateev Saini and Bhanu for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 on Monday. create some magic on the final ally the serve and volley strategy However, the good work into the last four stages at MA contributed 35, 30 and 25 runs overs, thus lost the match by 20 day of the tie but his failure to helped him negate Shapovalov's came to a naught as he could not Stadium, here. respectively. runs. Chamkor Singh scored thun- Governor inaugurates convert chances proved crucial as fiery ground strokes. convert any of the four set points Former Ranji Trophy players From bowling side, Abhinav derous 41 runs, while Parveen and world number 51 Shapovalov The Chennai youngster took he earned in the 12th game and Rajesh Gill amd Vivek Sharma took 2 wickets, while Sawan and Narinder contributed 28 and 26 shut the door on the visitors with some time to settle but by the eventually lost the tie-breaker presented man of the match Aman claimed 1 wicket each. runs respectively. International Yoga Festival a decisive 6-3 7-6(1) 6-3 win. time he controlled the butterflies with his fifth double fault of the awards to the players in today’s Abhishant was declared as the From bowling side, Bandeep Excelsior Sports Correspondent and balanced life. Their fate already sealed, Yuki in his stomach, Shapovalov had match. proceedings. man of the match with a cash prize and Akash took 2 wickets each, Earlier, inspiring performances Bhambri won the dead fifth rubber gone up 4-1 with a break of serve Despite put under pressure, In the first match, KC Sports of Rs 500. while Ramdayal, Ankush and SRINAGAR, Sept 18: of rhythmic and artistic yoga were against Brayden Schnur 6-4 4-6 6- in the opening set. Shapovalov won 13 of the last 15 Club defeated Shastri Cricket Club In another match, KCCC Manik claimed 1 wicket each. Governor N N Vohra today inau- presented by a Yoga group from 4 as India lost the World Group It was one-way traffic till the points of the second set. That was by 5 wickets. defeated Diamond Cricket Club Bandeep Singh was declared as gurated the 2nd International Yoga Jharkhand and Sourabh Singh Play-off tie 2-3 to the hosts. eighth game as the Canadian left- the difference between the two Batting first, Shastri Cricket by 20 runs. the man of the match and was pre- Festival cum International Yoga from Amritsar. In a see-saw battle, Yuki hander lost only three points till players. While Ramkumar could Club scored 126 runs for the loss Batting first, KCCC scored a sented a cash prize of Rs 500. Sports Championship organized by Governor N N Vohra, First overcame lapse of concentration he came out to serve out the take none of the six break Now in the semifinals tomor- the Yoga Society of Kashmir at the Lady, Usha Vohra, Minister for and an early break in the deciding opening set. chances he got, Shapovalov lifted 2nd KPL Pink Ball Cricket Tournament row, KC Sports Club will lock horns Sher-i-Kashmir International Education Altaf Bukhari and Dr. set to finally convert his fifth Ramkumar tried to serve and himself from tricky situations with NCC at 9.30 am and JCC will Conference Centre. Shehnaz Ganai, MLC presented match point and finish the indoor volley but Shapovalov was quick easily. Dream, Sharda, Kongposh take on KCCC at 1.00 pm. About 300 participants from awards to the achievers and pro- away tie. with his returns, hardly giving Shapovalov broke the Indian various parts of India, Vietnam, moters of Yoga. It is now fourth straight year time to the Indian to charge the at love in the sixth game to open Army organizes Inter Taiwan, Canada, Bulgaria, U.S.A. In appreciation of the yoga per- that India have not managed to net finish the points. up a 4-2 lead and clinched the tie Cricket Clubs win ties and Nepal are participating in this formances which were demon- cross the Play-offs hurdle, having Ramkumar did pose a few in the ninth game on an unforced Excelsior Sports Correspondent total respectively. Anil took 3 Village Kabaddi Festival. Usha Vohra, First Lady, strated before the large audience lost to Serbia, Czech Republic question in the ninth game with error from Ramkumar. (PTI) wickets for Kongposh Club, while Competition was present on the occasion. Governor announced a cash prize and Spain in previous three JAMMU, Sept 18: Dream Gokul, Ronak and Sanjay Moza Welcoming the participants, of Rs. 31,000 to be distributed attempts. Cricket Club, Sharda Cricket claimed 2 wickets each. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Vohra, complimented Shabir among the 10 young yoga practi- Canada thus have earned their Club and Kongposh Cricket Club Kongposh Club, in reply DODA, Sept 18: Army organised Ahmed Dar, Yoga therapist & tioners from Jharkhand and com- spot back in the 16-nation World outplayed their rivals in the ongo- scored the required runs in 19.3 an Inter Village Kabaddi Competition Coach, for establishing the Yoga plimented their Coaches Pooja Group after losing the first round ing 2nd KPL Pink Ball Cricket overs by losing 6 wickets to win at Sports Stadium, here. Society of Kashmir and organizing Rani and Nanda Dula Dutta. The to Great Britain in February this Tournament, being played at KC the match by 4 wickets. Arvind, Commanding Officer, Army this Championship. He also com- Governor also announced a cash year while India will again strive Sports Club ground, here. Vishal and Rajesh were the main inaugurated the event by cutting plimented Altaf Bukhari, Minister prize of Rs. 21,000 for the out- in the Asia/Oceania Group I in Dream Cricket Club defeated contributors with 29, 20 and 16 the ribbon amid a big number of for Education and Chairman of standing performance given by 2018 to get to the Play-offs stage. players and audience. Lions Cricket Club by 10 wickets runs to the total respectively. the Yoga Society for providing the Sourabh Singh from Amritsar, Indian team captain Mahesh For the first time in Chenab in a one-sided contest. Batting Dilip and Bakshi claimed 2 wick- required encouragement to Dar. Punjab. Bhupathi rued the missed Valley the synthetic mat is being chances on all the three days. first, Lions Club bundled out for a ets each. used for Kabaddi. Observing that Yoga is enor- Altaf Bukhari, Minister for paltry total of 76 runs in 18.3 In yet another match, Sharda mously beneficial for the growth of Education, stressed the importance "We did not take our chances. Army provided standard infra- We had few on all the days overs. Sidharth and Sarthak con- Cricket Club defeated Surinder structure to the players in this tour- a healthy mind and body, Governor of Yoga for a healthy life and said tributed 14 runs each. Chander Cricket Club by 17 runs. Batting emphasized that learning to prac- that very soon he shall enable yoga including today when Ramkumar nament. had four set points in the second took 4 wickets from Dream Club, first, Sharda Club scored 111 runs 16 teams drawn from Doda tise yoga, especially from a young instruction to be given in various MLA Rajouri Ch Qamar Hussain interacting with players while to even the match," Bhupathi while Sahil and Vicky claimed 3 in 20 overs. Rakesh top scored District are participating in this age helps in developing the schools in the State. inaugurating cricket tournament on Monday. and 2 wickets respectively . with 42 runs, while Sagar con- Tournament, the final match of required mental and physical disci- In reply, Dream Club scored tributed 16 runs to the total. From which will be played on pline which enables the practition- India win four medals in 3-Days Sports Festival under the runs in 6.2 overs without los- Surinder Club, Romi and Raju September 20, 2017. er to lead a wholesome, stress free ing any wicket, thus won the bagged 2 wickets each. match by 10 wickets. Chander In reply, Surinder Cricket Asian Martial Arts Games CAP starts at Rajouri and Deepak scored unbeaten 41 Club bundled out for 94 runs, thus Pawan Gupta declares open ASHGABAT Games Record throw of 19.60m. Excelsior Sports Correspondent nessed a huge participation of and 30 runs respectively. lost the match by 17 runs. Romi (TURKMENISTAN), Sept 18: Sanjivani, on the other hand, youth, especially from govern- In another match, Kongposh and Provin contributed 15 and 12 District Cricket Tournament clocked 9 minutes 26.34 seconds RAJOURI, Sept 18: A three ment and private instituitions. Cricket Club got the better of runs to the total respectively. Indian opened its medal to win the silver in women's days sports festival began here While speaking on the occa- Excelsior Sports Correspondent role to channelize the youth ener- WCC Blues by 4 wickets. Sunil and Amit took 3 wickets account in style by grabbing one 3000m race. Mohammed Alia today in District Police Lines sion, MLA Rajouri congratulated gy, physical and mental health Put into bat, WCC Blues each for Kongposh Cricket Club, gold, two silver and one bronze Mohammed of United Arab Rajouri. The festival is being the police authorities for organiz- UDHAMPUR, Sept 18: MLA and character of the future gener- scored a modest total of 115 runs in while Rakesh claimed 2 wickets. through track and field athletes on Emirates won the gold with a organized by the district police ing such sports festival which will Udhampur, Pawan Gupta ation of the Nation. 20 overs. Rajesh Dutta top scored The matches were officiated the third day of fifth Asian Indoor time of 9:25.03s. under Civic Action Plan, an initia- go a long way in inculcating the declared open District Cricket He also said that very soon with 24 runs, while Dilip and V Raj by Sanjay, Rahul, Bittu, Vikas and Martial Arts Games, here In women's long jump, tive of J&K Police Department sports culture in the youth of the Tournament in a Impressive func- Subash Sports Stadium contributed 16 and 13 runs to the and Vicky. today. Neena took the bronze with a for providing platform to the district. He also called upon the tion at Subash Sports Stadium, Udhampur will be facilitated with Purnima Hembram bagged modest leapt of 6.04m. Olga youth of the state to achieve youth to actively participate in here today. all modern facilities. the lone gold in the women's pen- Rypakova of Kazakhstan and Thi excellence in sports field. various categories of sports dur- MBS College wins Inter- The Tournament is being The opening match of the tathlon event as she collected Thu Thao Bui of Vietnam won The festival was declared ing the festival so that they get organized by Udhampur based tournament was played between aggregate 4062 points from five the gold and silver respectively open by MLA Rajouri Ch Qamar prepared for participation in state Working Committee members of Singh XI and Rising Stunner. Collegiate Football title events. with efforts of 6.43m and 6.36m. Hussain in presence of DIG and national level sport events. Jammu and Kashmir Cricket After winning the toss, Rising Tejinder Pal Singh Toor and With the four medals won Rajouri-Poonch Range Deepak Terming the sports as bedrock Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Physical Education, Association (JKCA) namely Stunner scored 138 runs in 20 Sanjivani Jadhav won a silver today, India is now at 11th spot in Kumar Slathia, SSP Yougal for mental and physical health, University of Jammu was the Sham Swaroop Kalsotra, overs after electing to bat first. medal each in men's shot put and the medals tally, which is led by Manhas & ADDC A.S. Chib. Mr. Deepak Slathia, DIG Rajouri- JAMMU, Sept 18: chief guest on the occasion,. Who Chander Mohan Sharma, Ajay Manmohan and Manjeet were women's 3000m respectivley hosts Turkmenistan (26 gold, 21 Present on the occasion were Poonch said sports create cama- Outplaying SPMR College of distributed prizes among the win- Sharma and Rajan Singh. the top scorers, contributing 26 while Neena Varakil took a silver, 12 bronze). ACR Ab Qayoom, Addl. SP raderie among the youth and Commerce by a solitary goal in ners and runners-up teams on the 16 teams will be participating runs each. While chasing the bronze in women's long jump. India is being represented Mohd Yousuf, Dy.SP Shazia Mir, shape physique of youngsters. It the finals, MBS College won the occasion. in the tournament. While address- target, Singh XI bundled out for Tejinder sent the iron ball to a by 203 athletes in 15 sports disci- Dy. SP Dr. Imtiaz Chowdhary, promotes mental development by title trophy of the Inter-Collegiate Prof Neeraj Sharma, H S Gill, ing a large gathering of players 115 runs in 19.3 overs and best distance of 19.26m which he plines in the Games, touted as the Dy. SP Iftkhar Choudhary and creating high standards of disci- Football (Men) Tournament Charanjeet Singh and and sports enthusiasts, Pawan Rising Stunner won the match came up in his third attempt to second biggest multi- sporting DYS & S Officer Sawarn Singh. pline and maintaining physical 2017-18, organized by the RavishVaid were present on the Gupta said that sports have a vital easily. Directorate of Sports and occasion . bag the silver. Ivan Ivanov of event of the continent after the The first day of the event wit- fitness. Physical Education, University of The officials of the match Kazakhstan won the gold with a Asiad. (PTI) Jammu at University Football were Suresh Kumar Gupta,Vijay All eyes on Sindhu as ground, here today. Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Dil State Football League 2017 Jagandeep Singh scored the Bahadur and Gagan Kumar. Japan Open begins lone goal for the MBS team in CAPTION: Jubilant MBS TOKYO, Sept 18: Pornpawee Chochuwong, an oppo- Real Kashmir, Court the 9th minute of the match. College team posing for a group nent she had defeated in the finals Prof Avtar Singh Jasrotia, photograph after winning Inter- Newly-crowned Korea Open en route to the Malaysia Masters Road FC win ties Director, Directorate of Sports Collegiate Football title. champion, P V Sindhu will take title early this year. aim at a third Super Series title this Unseeded Saina might clash Excelsior Sports Correspondent Taj-ud-Din FC, for Biscoe team season even as Kidambi Srikanth with two-time former world cham- Araib was the scorer. In the SRINAGAR, Sept 18: In fourth match of the day Kashmir and Saina Nehwal return to action pion and reigning Olympic cham- the ongoing State Football United FC crushed Royal Sports at the USD 325,000 Japan Open pion Carolina Marin in the second League event, six matches were by five goals to nil in a one-sided starting with the qualifiers here round if the Spaniard can get across played at different venues of affair. Ubair played some exep- tomorrow. China's Chen Xiaoxin. Kashmir on Sunday with Real tional football throughout the Sindhu, who had dropped the Commonwealth Games cham- Kashmir, Court Road FC, Syed game scoring four goals for the Former MLA Ashwani Sharma inaugurating Sport Climbing second game before defeating pion Parupalli Kashyap will look to Taj-ud-Din FC, Kashmir United winning team while Zahid Shafi Championship at Sprawling Buds School in Jammu. Minatsu Mitani last week in the continue his battle to get back to the FC and Real Kashmir FC emerg- scored one. Korea Open, will once again take top when he plays the qualifiers ing winners. In Super-Division match Shilpa Charak blossoms in on the Japanese in the opening against Denmark's Emil Holst. In the first A-Division match played at Synthetic Turf TRC, round this week. In the main draw of men's sin- played at Polo Ground, Real Real Kashmir FC defeated State The 22-year-old Hyderabadi gles, H S Prannoy, B Sai Praneeth Kashmir FC played a goalless Football Academy by a solitary NZ Sport Climbing C'ship yesterday avenged her World and Verma brothers -- Sameer and draw with Arfat Sports. Both the goal. Both the teams played Excelsior Sports Correspondent Meanwhile, in the Sub Junior Championship heart-break by beat- Sourabh -- will also look to put their teams got several oppurtunities aggressive football throughout Boys category J&K climbers ing Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a best foot forward. to score, but wasted them. In the the match, but in second half of JAMMU, Sept 18: Shilpa Ritesh Sharma, Randeep Singh pulsating summit clash of Korea US Open champion Prannoy second match of the day at the the match Shahid scored a goal Charak of J&K created the and Rahul Sharma made a clean Athletes on their marks during District Level Athletic Meet on same venue, Court Road FC for the winning team. Shahid Monday. Open to claim her second super will face Denmark's Anders biggest upset to claim Women's sweep by winning the first three series title of the season. Antonsen, while Praneeth and thrashed Alfatah FC by four was declared man of the match Title of the 2nd Round of positions. Sindhu might meet world Sameer will square off against Monthly Series of North Zone In the Sub Junior girls catego- District Level Inter-School champion Okuhara for the third qualifiers but Sourabh will have the Sport Climbing Competitions ry, 8 climbers led by Asma Gul of straight tournament if she can get arduous task of getting across the being conducted by J&K had entered the final round. Athletic Meet begins past Mitani and the Japanese does legendary Lin Dan in the opening Mountaineering Association of The others included Kovel Haldar the same against Hong Kong's round. J&K at Sprawling Buds ICSE and Nandini Dass of Delhi and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Choudhary of HSS Sunjwan won Cheung Ngan Yi in their respective Mixed doubles pair of Pranaav School, Bantalab, here. Samiksha Manhas, Sonakshi, silver and Munish of JSS claimed openers. Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy Making some fine climbing Simran, Saina Sharma and JAMMU, Sept 18: District bronze. World No. 8 Srikanth, who will meet fifth seeded Thai pair of moves Shilpa topped the 40ft Radhika Sharma (all of J&K). Level Inter School Athletic Meet for In High Jump Under-17 boys high wall to leave Shivpreet Earlier, the competition was clinched the Indonesia Super Series Dechapol Puavaranukroh and boys and girls under the age groups final, Manu Kumar of GHS Pannu of Punjab, an international inaugurated by former MLA premier and Australia Super Series, Sapsiree Taerattanachai in the of 14, 17 and19 years got underway Panjgrain clinched gold, Shahid climber, at the second place. Asha Ashwani Sharma in the presence will face a tricky customer in opening round, while Ashwini at BSF Paloura, here today. Choudhary of GHS Chowadi Gautam of Delhi who slipped at a of Chairman, Indian China's World No 10 Tian Houwei Ponnappa and Sikki will try to In all, 851 students from bagged silver and Imtiyaz of crucial hold secured the third Mountaineering Foundation in the opening round. overcome Korean third seeded Private and Govt. Institutions of KBPS claimed bronze and in place. North Zone Committee, New Srikanth, who had also reached combo of Chang Ye Na and Lee So District Jammu are taking part in Under-14 boys final, Zaffron of In the semifinal, Shilpa and Delhi S. Bhattacharjee, the final at Singapore Open, has Hee. the competitions. KBPS won gold, Anas Khan of Shivpreet had attained the same Chairman, Rahul Sharma, lost six times to Houwei in their In the qualifying round, Manu Earlier, the Meet was declared GHS Bansultan clinched silver height to lead other climbers in Principal Arti Sharma of seven meetings and five of those Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy will open by Madan Lal, Joint and Tabish of BSF Paloura Winners of football match holding banner while posing for a the final round. Sprawling Buds ICSE School; matches have gone into the decider. face Malaysian combo of Jian Yi In the final Vishali and General Secretary, Ram Khajuria; Director Youth Services and claimed bronze. group photograph in Srinagar. Glasgow World Championship Lee and Zhen Ting Lim, while Shaweta of Govt. College for Vice President Yogeshwar Kumar Sports, Jammu in a simple and In Shot Put Under-19 boys goals to nil. Zubair scored two for his perfromance. bronze medallist Saina, who had a Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Women, Parade, Jammu also did and Shawetica Khajuria, General well attended function. final, Mohd Saleem of HSS goals for the winning team while The J&K State Football slight thigh strain, will return to Chirag Shetty, who had reached well to finish at 4th and 5th Secretary of Mountaineering While addressing the partici- Sunjwan won gold, Dushal Singh Himayoun and Zubair scored League – 2017, involves district action with a clash with Thailand's their maiden Super Series quarterfi- places. Association of J&K. pants, he said that sports and of HSS Pargwal bagged silver one goal each. level leagues across all 22 dis- nals at Korea last week, take on the games are the best media to and Hardeep Singh of APS Miran Kamal Deep Singh, S/o S In the third match of the day, tricts. The event is being organ- local pair of Hirokatsu Hashimoto remain fit and develop personality. Sahib claimed bronze, while in Prithipal Singh and Amarjeet Syed Taj-ud-Din FC played 1-1 ized by the Jammu and Kashmir and Hiroyuki Saeki in men's dou- Chanchal Kour, District Youth Shot Put Under-17 boys final, Kour, R/o draw with Biscoe XI FC. While Football Association (JKFA) bles. (PTI) Services & Sports Officer Karma Dowa Dechan of SRML Village Ranjeet Feroz scored the only goal for under the auspices of State Jammu, who is Organizing won gold, Mukhtar Ali of HSS Pura, Gole On selectors’ instruction, Ishant in Sports Council and on the direc- Secretary of the Meet, was also Kheri bagged silver and Manya Gujral, Jammu, tions of All India Football Federation (AIFF). The premier present on the occasion. Mir of Banyan International who has been Kanpur to play Duleep Trophy division teams include JK Bank The Meet is being organized claimed bronze. In Shot Put declared quali- NEW DELHI, Sept 18: XI, Forest XI, Police XI, Food & by the Department of Youth Under-14 boys final, Sumit fied for the Supplies XI, Accountant Services and Sports, District Sharma of BSF Paloura won award of the degree of Doctor Acutely short of match practice, senior fast bowler Ishant General’s XI, Maharaja FC, Jammu under the patronage of gold, Mohd Asif of KBPS of Philosophy (PhD) in Sharma is set to play the next Duleep Trophy match between India Iqbal FC, I-League Lone Star Sheikh Fayaz Ahmed, Director clinched silver and Aryan Sharma Punjabi by the University of Blue and India Green, starting tomorrow. KFC, I-League Real Kashmir Youth Services & Sports, J&K. of DBN clinched bronze. Jammu. He worked on the Ishant was supposed to play a few county matches but it has FC, Power Development Students of DPS Jammu, who won medals in National The main objective of the In 5000 meters boys final, topic, "Punjabi Kahani Da been learnt that no favourable deal could be worked out. Corporation and State Football Kickboxing Championship held at Raipur in Chhattisgarh Meet is to select the athletes for Ajay Kumar of SRML, Arjun Birtant Shastri Adhiyan (1991 "Yes, Ishant has reached Kanpur. He will be playing for the India Academy. recently. Akshat Gupt, Vaibhav Zutshi, Aman Bargotra and the upcoming Meet. Singh of HSS Rabta and Rohan ton 2010 tak)," under the Blue team led by Suresh Raina. He has been way short of match prac- The funds for the event had Tehmoor Javed bagged gold, while Amar Sethi won silver and the Earlier, High Jump Under-19 Singh of HS Surinsar claimed supervision of Dr Baljinder tice and high time he hits the straps. It was the national selectors, who been earmarked by the govern- bronze medals went to Ayush Gupta, Rakshit Verma and Azim boys final, Sourav Kumar of KV gold, silver and bronze medals Narvali and Dr Baljeet Kour, instructed him to play this particular Duleep Trophy game," a senior ment during the budget session Iqbal. Principal DPS Jammu Ruchi Chabra lauded the efforts of No-2 bagged gold, while Abrar respectively. HoD Punjabi. BCCI official said on conditions of anonymity. (PTI) in January. the students for this achievement .