WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Chappell rubbishes but teammates Semis lineup drawn in 6th BCCI postpones selection meet Pawan Memorial T20 Tourney as confusion reigns supreme back Tendulkar's claims Excelsior Sports Correspondent Deepak Magotra scored 16 and MUMBAI, Nov 4: is over and we were thinking of tion for Australia. We have AKHNOOR, Nov 4: 11 runs respectively. For Singh involving the other seniors who decided that only the Test team NEW DELHI/MELBOURNE, only ever visited Sachin's home took "Indian cricket backwards" Semifinals position has been Club, Rajesh Sharma was the In a mysterious turn of are out or some of the juniors will be picked at some point. Nov 4: once, and that was with our during his two-year tenure as the cleared in the 6th Pawan wrecker-in-chief, scalping 5 events, the national cricket who are out but then we came to Either 9th or 10th after the physio and assistant coach dur- national cricket team's coach. Memorial T20 Cricket important wickets, while skip- selectors today met here but did the conscious decision to wait Hyderabad game. We will also Sachin Tendulkar's scathing ing Sachin's rehabilitation from "After he was appointed the Tournament as the hosts Singh per Sham Singh Langeh took 3 not select the team for the final for another two ODIs because have to see if there needs to be attack on Greg Chappell today injury, at least 12 months earlier coach of the Indian team, he Cricket Club was the last team wickets. Pankaj Verma and two ODIs against Sri Lanka and for three games the team is any change for the remaining received the backing of three of than what was reported in the once came upto me and told to enter the last four stage by Sumit Rajput claimed one wick- the upcoming Australia tour, already there," Patel said. ODIs," Patel said. his then teammates --VVS book," he said. "Zaheer, you will not be playing defeating DCC Jammu in a low et each. triggering speculation on the "And this particular injury The sudden postponement Laxman, Zaheer Khan and Chappell said he enjoyed a for India till I remain the coach," scoring affair at Government In reply, Singh Club reached actual reason behind the post- (Varun Aaron) required a raised speculation whether the Harbhajan Singh -- even as the pleasant afternoon at Tendulkar's Zaheer said. Higher Secondary ground, here the target easily in 6.1 overs by ponement. replacement which we have Justice Mudgal Committee Australian hit back at the batting home and the captaincy issue Zaheer said that Chappell's today. losing just one wicket, thus won A brief BCCI release only decided. Who else can be tried, report had prompted the selec- maestro's claim that he tried to never came up for discussion. two-year phase in Indian cricket The other three teams, the match by 9 wickets. Sunil stated the postponement of the what is the performance of the tors not to announce the squad. topple Rahul Dravid as captain. Tendulkar, in the book, said was "easily the worst and darkest which qualified for the semifi- Sharma and Sumit Rajput con- meet without giving a definite team in the three ODIs, like However, Patel denied that it A day after Tendulkar's reve- that he was shocked by phase" that he could remember. nal stage included Street tributed 43 and 32 runs to the reason for not picking the Rohit is sitting out, he is fit. All was a reason behind the post- lations that Chappell tried offer- Chappell's suggestion and the "I understood one thing. This Warriors Akhnoor, New total respectively. For DCC, squads. these things will be considered," ponement of the selection. ing him the captaincy at the lack of respect shown to Dravid. man had agendas and was get- Challenger Cricket Club Mehta took one wicket. Rajesh However, BCCI Secretary he added. "Mudgal Committee is a expense of Dravid barely a few Tendulkar is scathing in his ting personal. He had his set Jammu, Krishna Nagar Cricket Sharma was adjudged man of Sanjay Patel later told some Asked what the selectors dis- matter related to the honourable months before the 2007 World criticism of Chappell, who was ideas and if you didn't fall in Club, Jammu. the match for his brilliant bowl- waiting reporters that they want- cussed in the meeting, which Supreme Court. First of all, we Cup, the Australian denied dis- the national coach from 2005 to line, then you have to be pre- Earlier, in the last quarterfi- ing display. ed to see the performance of the lasted three hours, Patel said have not received the report. cussing such a possibility with 2007, describing him as a "ring- pared to fall by the wayside. He nal, Singh Cricket Club The match was officiated by team in the first three ODIs they zeroed in on many aspects. The matter is sub-judice. the now-retired legend. master who imposed his ideas on tried to finish my career but I thrashed DCC Jammu in an Sagar and Rajat as umpires, against Sri Lanka before finalis- "Three hours we were dis- Selection committee's meeting In his autobiography -- the players without showing any believe I came back even easy contest by 9 wickets. while Lucky was the scorer. The ing the squad. cussing at length about every has nothing to do with the 'Playing it My Way' -- which is signs of being concerned about stronger in South Africa during Winning the toss and batting tournament is being held under "Right now, only one match thing. What can be the combina- Mudgal Committee report and due for release on Thursday, whether they felt comfortable or the end of 2006," said the left- first, DCC Jammu bundled out the supervision of Sham Singh we haven't been restrained by Tendulkar has claimed that the not". arm pacer, who has 311 Test and for a paltry total of 79 runs in Langeh, president Singh Cricket the court in that regard," he said. Australian visited his house and However, VVS Laxman, 282 ODI wickets in his 14-year- 14.1 overs. Pawan Singh and Club, Akhnoor. Rathore jr wins gold at Asian "We have time. There is still tried to convince him to take Zaheer and Harbhajan supported international career. a fortnight to go for the team's over the captaincy from Dravid. Tendulkar's version of the Zaheer didn't stop short of departure. We have enough But Chappell said he was events, stating that they too had calling him a "control freak". Shotgun Championships logistics support and we will stunned by the claims. been victims of Chappell's dicta- "He had some issues with the AL AIN (UAE), Nov 4: ed to a Grand prix which eluded manage it," he said. "Whilst I don't propose to get torial style of functioning. senior guys in the team. He tried Manavaditya of an Asian The events leading to the all- into a war of words, I can state While Zaheer claimed that many ways to stop my come- Manavaditya Rathore, son of Championship Gold but with the important meet were also con- quite clearly that during my time Chappell tried his best his to pre- back into Indian team during the Olympic silver medallist precision and accuracy that he fusing after two selectors gave as Indian coach I never contem- vent his comeback into the phase when I was out of the team Rajyavardhan Rathore, today has showcased I am sure he is contrasting information regard- plated Sachin replacing Rahul national team and called him a for nearly a year. I came to know clinched the gold medal in jun- not far away from earning many ing the meeting agenda after TV Dravid as captain," Chappell "control freak", Harbhajan said later that everytime when my ior men's trap at the 4th Asian other big international medals reporters asked them questions. said in a statement. that the Australian "temporarily name was discussed, he Shotgun Championships here for India." While one selector stated "I was therefore very sur- destroyed Indian cricket" and (Chappell) would find means to today. Other members of the junior that the meeting was regarding prised to read the claims made in targetted the senior players. delay my comeback by 3-4 This was India's third gold in trap squad Sharan Susheel and the selection of the squad for the the book. During those years, I Laxman said the Australian months," added Zaheer. the continental tournament. Kismat Chopra shot 113 and 105 final two ODIs against Sri Harbhajan echoed the senti- Rathore shot 114 out of 125 to respectively. In the senior trap Lanka, the other said that the ments but added that a few play- win the junior trap event in a event for men, Kynan Chenai team for the Border-Gavaskar ers in the team were complicit in shoot-off. finished 5th in the finals, after series in Australia will be feeding wrong information to The 15-year-old has been having shot an impressive 120 picked. Chappell. making steady progress over the in qualification. Even chief selector Sandip "Chappell destroyed Indian years. Nicknamed 'Milo', he The senior men's trap team Patil left the the meeting half- cricket to such an extent that it won the junior trap shooting title finished fourth overall with an-hour early and chose not to required at least 3 years to again at the National Championships other members of the team speak to the waiting media, who get back on track. The worst part A young peddler executing a backhand shot during a match last year. namely Manav and Prithvi Raj were left guessing about the out- was some players in that team, of Jammu District Open Table Tennis Championship in This is by far his best inter- Tondaiman shooting 115 and come till the BCCI statement who sucked upto the coach and Jammu. -Excelsior/Rakesh national performance in a short 114 respectively to add to arrived. (PTI) would supply selective misinfor- career, bettering his third-place Kynan's tally. (PTI) mation creating bigger rifts," Jammu District Open Table Tennis Championship finish at the Asian Shooting Harbhajan said. Championships in Almaty last Harbhajan also made another Jhanvi, Surbhi in women's finals; year. Mohali to host World Kabaddi shocking claim that Chappell Commenting on was writing a damaging e-mail Manavaditya's performance, League semifinals, finals Winners posing along with the dignitaries during programme to the BCCI about erstwhile semis lineup drawn in men's event Raninder Singh, President, NEW DELHI, Nov 4: Featuring eight teams and on Adolescence Education conducted by J&K BOSE in Jammu. skipper Sourav Ganguly, when Excelsior Sports Correspondent nals, Jhanvi beat Sonali by (11-2, NRAI said, "I would like to con- comprising players from different India were in the midst of a Test 11-2), Shreya trounced Archita by gratulate Manavaditya on win- Mohali has got the nod to be countries, the teams have so far match against Zimbabwe in JAMMU, Nov 4: Outplaying (11-5, 11-6), Surbhi defeated ning the Gold today. This is the host for the semi-finals and played 64 matches and there are JK BOSE conducts prog Bulawayo. their rivals Shreya and Shazar in Iknoor by (11-8, 11-7) and Shazar India's third gold in the champi- finals of the Wave World Kabaddi still 20 more league games to go "Sourav was batting out there the last four stage respectively, outplayed Bhavya (11-6, 11-9). onship and this showcases league. before the final matches. in the middle and this man was talented Jhanvi and gutsy Surbhi Men's singles semifinals posi- India's strength in the world of Mohali drew huge crowds in The top four teams in the on Adolescence Education typing a critical e-mail against have qualified for the finals of the tion has also been cleared as in the shooting and how our young- the WKL bonanza four weeks League will qualify for the play- Sourav, sitting right there in that ongoing Jammu District Open quarterfinals, Sandeep defeated sters like Manavaditya are the Excelsior Correspondent The themes included Process ago. The four-day Kabaddi feast offs with the first placed team dressing room. He had no inter- Table Tennis Championship, Vasu Dewan by (11-5, 11-9, 11- rightful stars of the future that of Growing Up, Charms and was a runaway success from playing the No. 3 team in first est in the proceedings of the being organized by the Jammu 8), Ritvik Gupta outclassed Vishal India is going to bank on for JAMMU, Nov 4: The J&K Challenges of Adolescence, October 2 to 5 over the long semi-final and the second playing match," he recalled. and Kashmir Table Tennis Ghai by (14-12, 11-9, 11-9), years. State Adolescence Education Healthy Relationship among weekend coinciding with Gandhi against fourth-placed side. The "There were seven guys that Association at Indoor Hall, MA Jayesh Singh beat Mnandeep "However the lack of the Cell, Jammu and Kashmir State Adolescence, HIV/AIDS Jayanti. The weekend witnessed final between the winners of the he wanted to get rid of. Sourav Stadium, here. Singh by (11-5, 11-4, 11-1) and required entries resulted in the Board of School Education con- Stigmatization and Cause and eight action packed matches. two semis will be preceded by a was his primary target followed Earlier, Jhanvi drubbed Adhiraj defeated Divyam by (11- Junior trap event being convert- ducted State Level Role Play Impact of Drug Abuse. The final was originally match for third place. by myself, Virender Sehwag, Shreya by (11-9, 11-8, 11-9) in the 9, 8-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9). Competition on Adolescence Dr Sarbjeet Kour, Dr Shivali planned for Mohali but then Currently, the League is being Ashish Nehra, Zaheer Khan and first semifinal, while Surbhi pre- In youth boys 1st round, State Yoga Education Programme at GHSS Gupta, and Dr Pawan Khajuria Lahore came into the picture later led by Khalsa Warriors, who have Yuvraj Singh," claimed vailed over Shazar by (11-9,9-11, Manmeet Singh beat Anirudh by (B), Gandhi Nagar, here today. were the adjudicators of the com- on. 31 points from 18 matches. Harbhajan, who is India's third 11-9, 8-11, 11-9) in another semi- (11-6,11-5, 11-8), Sandhanshu Championship 10 teams from ten DIET's of petition. But looking at the over- California Eagles are placed sec- highest wicket-taker in Test final. outplayed Nitin by (11-7, 7-11, Jammu division participated in The teams from District on Nov 7 whelming audience response in ond with 20 points from 17 cricket. (PTI) In women's singles quarterfi- 11-8, 11-6), Anuj Gupta trounced the programme. Jammu, District Reasi and the October weekend, the matches and United Singhs are Ninad by (14-12, 11-9, 11-6), Excelsior Sports Correspondent Prof Nutan Kumar Resutra, District Poonch were declared Governing Council of Wave third at 18 points from 16 match- Asad beat Jatin by (11-9, 7-11, 11- Chairman, J&K State BOSE was 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. JAMMU, Nov 4: Jammu WKL in a recent meeting decided es. Sports Committee organizes 7, 11-8), Ashank prevailed over the chief guest on the occasion. Earlier, Dr Yasir Hamid and Kashmir Yoga Association to hold the finals at International Punjab Thunder (17 points Sohail by (11-2, 11-2, 11-3), He thoroughly inspired the Sirwal, Project Officer-JD pre- is organizing State Yoga Hockey Stadium in Mohali. from 16 matches), Lahore Lions participants with his matured per- Sunpreet Singh defeated Ketan by sented welcome address, while Championship on November The WKL, which is now in its (12 points from 14 matches), matches at MIER College (9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7), ceptions and thought provoking 7, 2014 at Handa College of last stages of the League matches, Vancouver Lions (12 points from Tahira Parveen, Principal GHSS Arnav beat Abheet by (11-7, 11-8, speech on adolescence education. Excelsior Sports Correspondent The basketball matches were was inaugurated in London and 16 matches), Yo Yo Tigers 9 (B), Gandhi Nagar also spoke on 11-6) and Amber defeated Education, Sainik Colony, Prof Veena Pandita, Secretary held for both boys' and girls' then travelled to Birmingham, points from 14 matches) and the occasion. Anirudh Bhargav by (11-7, 11-8, here. J&K BOSE who was the guest of JAMMU, Nov 4: Basketball teams. before returning to India, where Royal Kings USA (9 points from Sureshta Dogra, Deputy 11-7). The Championship will honour on the occasion delivered matches were organized by the In the boys competitions, the crowd response has been ter- 17 matches) follow. Director Academics presented The matches were held under begin at 10 am sharp on the insightful speech with her vision- Games and Sports unit of Co- team 'White Warriors' led by rific. Each team will play a total of vote of thanks. the supervision of Satish Gupta, S said date. ary ideas and thoughts. curricular Committee of MIER Manoj Kumar defeated team The matches have so far been 21 League matches, before the Narinder Singh and Meenu. The Association has direct- College of Education at its B C 'Red Warriors' led by Anil held in New Delhi, Ludhiana, four toppers are decided. Only Meanwhile, according to the ed all the players desirous to Road Campus. Kapoor to win the finals whereas Bathinda, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Royal Kings USA are out of run- Australia outplay India 4-0 organizers, the finals of the take part in the event to report The students of BEd and BEd in girls category Team 'Red Mohali and Bhopal. Of these ven- ning for a place in the semis, Championship will be held the organizers along with their Special Education Departments Roses' led by Nancy Gill took ues, Jalandhar and Bathinda have while Khalsa Warriors are the tomorrow followed by the prize date of birth certificates by or participated with great enthusi- over team 'White Lotus' cap- had two stints and now Mohali only team assured of a place in in series opener distribution ceremony at the same asm and commitment. tained by Deepti Sharma to win before November 7, 2014 at gets to host the final matches. last four. (PTI) PERTH (AUSTRALIA), Nov 4: few opportunities but failed to Dr Renu Gupta, Director the gold medal. venue at 5 pm. Handa College of Education. find the the back of the net. In MIER, Dr Adit Gupta, Joint Dr Renu Gupta motivated the The Indian men's hockey suf- the 30th minute, Australian for- Director MIER along with the participants and appreciated their fered a 0-4 loss against the ward Jacob Whetton sneaked staff members and the students of zeal and eagerness towards Ramachandran, Sandhu in mighty Australia in the first of into the Indian defence-line and the College witnessed the match- sports and games which will the four test match series here scored the team's second goal. es and encouraged the partici- prove to be an asset to their per- today. Trailing 0-2, India persisted pants. sonality and career. main draw of squash nationals Both the teams started with with attack in the third quarter aggression and challenged each but to no use. Australia, the MUMBAI, Nov 4: second set, while Sandhu, other's defence. It was Australia champion team that it is, counter Preparatory camp for players younger sibling of India star who earned the first penalty cor- attacked to score in 34th minute Sandeep Ramachandran of Harinder Pal, prevailed over ner of the match in the 15th through Jeremy Edwards. of 35th National Games Tamil Nadu and Maninder Pal Abhay Singh of Tamil Nadu by minute and forward Jeremy In the 39th minute, midfield- Singh Sandhu of Punjab the same margin. Hayward successfully converted er Glenn Simpson converted a JAMSHEDPUR, Nov 4: "As per the schedule, athletes, advanced to the main draw of In contrast, Mann endured a it to give his team a lead. penalty corner for his team's big players of hockey, wrestling, the Senior National Squash strong challenge before halting The second quarter also saw win. A senior official of Jharkhand swimming, along with officials, Championship and CCI-Western Naveen Jangra of Services with Varunpreet Singh (Centre), a student of class 12th of Guru a fierce battle between both The second match will be Sports Department today said the have arrived in Ranchi to take India Junior Open here today. an exciting 3-1 win after the first Harikrishan Public School, Nanak Nagar, who has done the teams. India managed to create played tomorrow. (PTI) State Government has decided to part in the first phase of the Joining Ramachandran and and fourth sets stretched into institution proud by bagging 2nd position in 6th international hold preparatory camps for the preparatory camp from tomor- Sandhu were Arjun Agnihotri of extra points, while Agnihotri Speedball Championship, organized by Speedball Federation of 35th National Games under the row," Choubey said. Services and junior national run- tamed Rajat Sharma of Delhi 3- India at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Delhi recently. The Principal of Ashwin continues to top Test player supervision of officials of respec- However, JOA's interim sec- ner-up Robin Singh Mann of 0. the school lauded the efforts of the students and their coach, tive sports association. retary Shivendu Dubey said no Delhi. Ramachandran beat The significant winners in Sunny Nanda for this achievement. Also seen in the picture are rankings for all-rounders The Jharkhand Olympic sports association has participat- Abhishek Agarwal of the Western India Junior Open School Principal, class teacher and physical education teacher. DUBAI, Nov 4: Sri Lanka in Karachi in 2009, had Association (JOA) had demanded ed in the camp as the government Maharashtra 3-0 after being were Velavan Senthilkumar and entered the series in 11th place on release of funds directly to it like did not release funds. (PTI) stretched into extra points in the Navaneeth Prabhu of Tamil Ravichandran Ashwin is the 759 ratings points. the last 34th National but the state Nadu, national champion Yash lone Indian to feature in the top 10 During the series, in which he government decided to hold Fadte of Goa and sub junior of the latest Reliance ICC Test aggregated 468 runs, Younus camps this time under the super- national champion Jeh Pandole Player Rankings as he continues to gained five places and 101 ratings vision of officials of respective of Maharashtra. (PTI) lead the way in the all-rounders points, and is now just three rat- sports associations, Director list. ings points behind South Africa's Sports of Jharkhand Dadan Dr Sheveta Sharma, D/o South Africa's Vernon fifth-ranked Hashim Amla. Choubey said. Sudershan Philander is second in the Reliance Misbah, who scored 69 and Funds could not be released Sharma and ICC Test Player Rankings for All- 101 not out, which was the joint due to model code of conduct in Anu Radha rounders behind Ashwin, while fastest century in the history of force following the ensuing elec- Sharma, R/o Bangaldesh's Shakib Al Hasan is Test cricket, has risen three places tions, the Director Sports said. Udhampur, who placed third. to eighth position. The Pakistan "We have assured them that has been Meanwhile, Pakistan batsmen captain scored 271 runs in the the government will provide all declared quali- Younus Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq and series, as a result of which he facilities for the camps to be held fied for the award of the Azhar Ali have all improved their gained two places and 56 ratings under the supervision of the offi- degree of Doctor of rankings in the latest Reliance ICC points. Misbah now trails cials of the sports associations Philosophy (PhD) in Political The students of S D Tara Puri High School who brought lau- Test Player Rankings, which were Australia's David Warner by 40 qualified for the games," NCC Cadets of GCW Parade, Jammu, who brought laurels to Science by University of rels to the Institution by winning medals in International released today. ratings points. Choubey said. the College by winning 4th position in athletics, 8th position in Jammu. She worked on the Speedball Championship, posing for a photograph along with Younus, who scored 213 and Azhar Ali, who scored two The Director Sports claimed TT, 9th position in kho-kho and 10th position in kabaddi at DG topic, “From Estrangement to School Principal, Neeru Puri. The medal winners included 46 in Pakistan's 356 runs victory, centuries in the Abu Dhabi Test, many players have reached National Games held at New Delhi. 20 NCC Cadets were select- Partnership: A Study of US Gurmanjeet Singh of class 8th (gold), Aryan Kangotra of the has climbed one place to sixth. has rocketed nine places to 18th Ranchi to take part in the first- ed for All India DG NCC National Games held in Delhi, recent- Policy towards India in the same class (silver) and Ankit Sharma (silver). The Principal of The middle-order batsman, who position. Azhar, who also scored phase preparatory camp even as ly. The College Principal, Dr Hemla Aggarwal and Physical Post Cold War Era,” under the the School and Vice Principal, Saroj Goel congratulated the stu- rose to number-one position fol- 53 and 30 in Dubai, had started the Jharkhand Olympic Association Director, Suman Sharma lauded the efforts of the players for this supervision of Prof Baljit dents and their coach, Sunny Nanda for this splendid achieve- lowing his triple century against series in 26th position. (PTI) (JOA) denied the claim. achievement. Singh. ment.