MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MIER blanks KC Gurukul in U-14 basketball KKR improve play-off chances with Sakshi of MHAC Nagbani comfortable win over SRH HYDERABAD, May 18: in the penultimate over, leaving KKR to score 10 runs from the Putting up an all-round last. Ryan ten Doeschate's (25 show, ) six in the second ball wins sprint gold consolidated their fourth posi- ended all SRH's hopes of a tion in the points table with a Excelsior Sports Correspondent In 800 meters Under-17 KB Public claimed bronze. miraculous win. comfortable seven- win KKR remain in fourth posi- girls, Shiksha Koul of MHAC Under-14 girls 100 meter over in an JAMMU, May 18: Sakshi Nagbani bagged gold, Bandana gold went to Sapna Sharma of tion but have taken their tally to Koul of MHAC Nagbani IPL match, here today. 12 points while SRH remained Sharma of HS Barui won silver MHAC Nagbani, while Ikra None of the Hyderabad bats- clinched gold in Under-17 girls and Priya of GHS Khara Khan of KB Public School and in sixth with eight points. 100 meter sprint in District men could play an innings of When Gautam Gambhir was clinched bronze. Zanib Bibi of Maira Mandrian substance as the hosts settled Level Inter-School Athletic In long jump Under-17 girls, claimed silver and bronze given caught behind despite not Meet, organized by the for a modest 142 for eight after nicking Dale Steyn, it was not medals respectively. electing to bat. They paid the In shotput Under-14 girls, the start KKR were looking at. price of not building partner- And when Steyn deserved a Arti Devi of HS Deoli won gold, ships on a wicket that had Shweta Pandita of BHMPS wicket, he did not get it as bounce but still offered plenty Shikhar Dhawan failed to latch Winners of Yoga Championship posing for a group photograph alongwith dignitaries and offi- claimed silver and Asha Devi of to batsmen. cials in Srinagar. HS Kot Garhi bagged bronze, on to a mis-hit from Robin David Warner was the top Uthappa. The KKR batsman while in 600 meters Under-14 scorer for SRH, smashing his girls, Kirtashi Kotwal of MHAC added salt to the wound by way to 18 ball 34. Had it not flicking the next ball from the Srinagar District Yoga Nagbani bagged gold, Mareena been for some small contribu- Bibi of GHS Sagoon won silver tearaway paceman for a six. tions from Naman Ojha (22) Nevertheless, SRH bowlers and Rabeena Bibi of Maira and Irfan Pathan (23 not out), Mandrian got bronze. were well in control, allowing SRH Championship concludes In long jump Under-14 girls, the would Harsimran Kour of Boys High Today’s Fixture hosts to Excelsior Sports Correspondent prizes among the position holders Shahzaib of Kashmir Harvard have School Simbal won gold, score on the valedictory function. and Ubair of CMP got first, sec- struggled RR Vs MI -Ahmedabad (4 pm) SRINAGAR, May 18: 3-day Barsha Devi of Barui bagged only 30 Earlier, in 5-8 girls, Maryam ond and third position respective- to get long District Srinagar Yoga silver and Sonia Devi of GHS DD Vs KXIP -New Delhi (8 pm) runs in Mubashir, Hija Mufti and Zara ly. close to Championship 2014 concluded at Sangrampur claimed bronze. six overs. Uthappa was trying Hussain of RCC Srinagar got In 14-17 girls, Tanzeelz 150-run mark. Sher-e-Kashmir Discus throw Under-14 girls too hard hard but was not get- first, second and third positions Muzaffar, Muqdus Majeed of KKR easily knocked off the Indoor Sports Complex, here. gold went to Harsimran Kour of ting his timing. respectively, while in 8-11 girls, RCC Srinagar and Ifra Irshad of Players sweating-it-out during an Inter-School Basketball target with two balls to spare as The Championship was Saba Jan, Fatima Hussain of Kashmir Harvard got first, sec- GHS Simbal Camp, while SRH bowlers kept tighten- organized by the J&K Yoga match in Jammu. veteran batsman Yusuf Pathan ing the noose as boundaries RCC and Anusha of Kashmir ond and third position respective- Rupali Chib of MHAC Nagbani Association in collaboration anchored the chase with an almost dried up as KKR man- Havard got first, second and third ly, while in boys, Raveen Deep Rajni of GHS Simbal Camp bagged silver and Simranjeet with the J&K State Sports Department of Youth Services claimed gold, Bandana Sharma Kour of APS Miran Sahib won unbeaten 39-knock, which had aged only 60 runs at half-way position respectively. Singh, Afridi Maharaj and Council. and Sports, under the patronage of HS Barui won silver and bronze. two fours and as many sixes. mark. In boys category, Bilal Aauqib Rasheed Wani won first, Over 100 players including of its Director General, Navin Palvi Manhas of Carmel Meanwhile, in basketball Pathan's 45-run stand for the They had in hand Ahmed, Ankit Sharma of second and third position respec- boys and girls participated in var- Mehboob Public High School tively. Agarwal at BSF Stadium Convent got bronze. Under-14 girls, MIER blanked third wicket with Manish and that was a big advantage. ious age groups. and Tabish Hameed of CMP got In 17-21 girls, Sabreena Paloura, here today. Rift Choudhary of GHS KC Gurukul by (9-0), KC inter- Pandey (35) was crucial as it Yusuf Pathan cut his brother Joint Secretary (Kashmir), first, second and third position Yousuf Badam, Pariha and Hapsa The silver medal in this Chowadi bagged gold in Under- national beat MHAC Nagbani came in a quick time and when Irfan for a boundary and Manish J&K State Sports Council, J B respectively. Maqsoodi got first three posi- event went to Kulbinder Kour of 17 girls shotput, while Suman by (4-2) and Heritage got KKR did not have much runs on Pandey opened his arms by APS Miran Sahib, while Palvi Singh Bali was the chief guest on In 11-14 girls, Fatima Aziz of tions respectively, while in boys, Kumari of Boys HS Simbal and walkover against KC Public, the board. creaming off Amit Mishra for a Manhas of Carmel Convent the occasion, while Fareda RCC, Mukaram and Abeena of Shariq Shabir, Tabish Mehraj and Noor Jahan of KB Public School while in basketball Under-17 Pandey was dismissed when two fours and a six, providing Kunjwani bagged bronze. Shabir, Joint Secretary Kashmir Harvard got first, sec- Iqbal Kahan of RCC claimed claimed silver and bronze girls, DPS trounced KC he tried to accelerate more but the innings much-needed impe- Earlier, in 3000 meters (Kashmir), J&K Yoga ond and third position respective- first, second and third position medals respectively. International by (14-10), GD Pathan ensured that he stayed tus. Under-17 girls, Nishada Bibi of Association was also present on ly. respectively. Owasia Khan of In Under-17 girls discus Goenka outplayed Carmel till the end to see the side home. Pandey was dismissed by GHS Sagoon won gold, the occasion. The chief guest and In boys section, Rizwan RCC Srinagar got first position in throw, Suman Kumari of Boys Convent by (6-4), Jodhamal He hit Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Karn Sharma but Doeschate Chameli Devi of GHSS Bishnah the other dignitaries distributed Rashid Wani of RCC Srinagar, 21-25 girls. High School Simbal won gold, Public School defeated Heritage a six at the start of the 18th over supported Pathan well, sharing got silver and Naseev Kour of Rift Choudhary of GHS by (11-8) and KC Gurukul and eventually took 14 runs. a 42-run stand. (PTI) Nari Bala claimed bronze. Chowadi got silver and Sonia of thrashed MIER by (10-0). Steyn conceded just six runs ‘Best Dancer of J&K' Sourav Kothari stretches Gufran T20 Tournament Aditya Mehta Late flourish gives Bangalore competition held MUMBAI, May 18: Excelsior Sports Correspondent Over 160 participants par- Rafath Habib of Railways and FCC Pranoo, Royal Club ticipated in two categories jun- JAMMU, May 18: Acharya Himanshu Jain of Andhra Pradesh ior and sub junior. registered crucial wins to qualify 5-wkt win over Chennai Academy for Dance and Speaking on the occasion, for the snooker prequarter finals register wins RANCHI, May 18: Bangalore was out in the Earlier, Raina overcame early from Group D in the CCI Classic 15th over. jitters to hit an unbeaten half-cen- Billiards and Snooker Tournament Royal Challengers Bangalore Excelsior Sports Correspondent In another match played Gayle and de Villiers then tury and guide Chennai to a mod- here today. today, Royal Cricket Club made a stunning late flourish after decided to have a go at the est 138 for four. Playing his sixth and conclud- DODA, May 18: Friends Dhrabshala defeated Natnoo initial struggle with A B de Cricket Club Pranoo and Royal Chennai bowlers who were get- During his 48-ball 62-run ing tie in the group, Habib, who Cricket Club Doda by 7 wickets. Villiers playing a cameo of 14- suffered just a solitary loss to India Cricket Club Dhrabshala defeat- first, Natnoo Cricket ball 28 to pull off a five-wicket SCOREBOARD No. 5 Faisal Khan, overcame ed their rivals to advance in the Club Doda set a target of 154 victory over Chennai Super Kings Chennai Super Kings: Arvind Kumar 3-1 for his fifth win ongoing All India 10th Gufran runs by losing 5 wickets in 20 in a thrilling IPL match here Dwayne Smith c de Villiers b Aaron 9 that helped him top the group. Memorial T20 Cricket overs. Abdul Bari Natnoo scored today. Brendon McCullum c Starc b Aaron 19 Jain, who endured two losses Chasing 139 for a win, Suresh Raina not out 62 including a 2-3 defeat to Kumar Bangalore found the going tough David Hussey c Starc b Muralitharan 25 earlier where he fired a break of with the Chennai slow bowlers M S Dhoni c Gayle b Ahmed 7 102, beat Raj Khandwala of CCI 3-1 for his fourth win to finish sec- seemingly tying them into knots Ravindra Jadeja not out 10 in the first half of their innings ond in the group. Extras:(LB-3 W-3) 6 before exploding towards the end Railway cueists Aditya to overhaul the target with one Total: (For 4 wkts in 20 overs) 138 Agrawal and Rovin D'Souza also ball to spare in a low-scoring Fall of wickets: 1/29 2/29 3/104 4/115 recorded crucial wins in Group D Bowling: Muralitharan 4-0-29-1, Starc 4-0-23-0, Aaron 3-0-29-2, to keep alive their hopes of enter- match that went down the wire. Winners including Pramya Gulati posing for photograph Chennai captain Mahendra Ahmed 4-0-18-1, Chahal 4-0-27-0, Sachin Rana 1-0-9-0. ing the knock out. Agrawal beat after receiving prizes at Police Auditorium Gulshan Ground on D'Souza 3-1, while D'Souza Singh Dhoni used his four slow Royal Challengers Bangalore (Target: 139 from 20 overs) Sunday. -Excelsior/ Rakesh shocked Faisal Khan in a 3-2 bowlers -- R Ashwin (2/16), b Ashwin 46 Indira Bhalla appealed the thriller. Suresh Raina (0/20), Ravindra Parthiv Patel c Raina b Ashwin 10 Aerobics organised a mega youth to participate in such India No. 2 and Asian Jadeja (0/31) and Samuel Badree Virat Kohli st Dhoni b Jadeja 27 dance competition "Best Championship bronze medallist (0/15) -- for long spells and, as events so that talent of J&K AB de Villiers c Jadeja b Hussey 28 Dancer of J&K" at police audi- will be represented on national Kamal Chawla of Railways com- they were getting the turn on not out 13 torium Gulshan Ground today. pleted a clean sweep, winning all JSCA International Stadium, level. Sachin Rana c McCullum b Hussey 1 On the occasion, Indira Later, winners were award- his six ties to top Group B. The Bangalore struggled to reach 45 Abu Nechim Ahmed not out 4 Bhalla, was the chief guest, Bhopal based cueist prevailed over Manzoor Ahmad Bhatt, patron Young Star Cricket Club Doda for one at the halfway mark. ed with prizes by the digni- Extras: (B-1 LB-8 W-4) 13 while guest of honour Surinder Manan Chandra 3-2, winning the presenting man of the match trophy to the winner. Opener Chris Gayle, who top- taries. decider on the blue in his conclud- Total: (For 5 wkts in 19.5 overs) 142 Singh Shingari, senior scored for Bangalore with an Congress leader Congress. ing tie.(PTI) 48 runs, while Bilal contributed Fall of wickets: 1/14 2/75 3/110 4/125 5/138 Tournament, being organized by 43 runs to the total. For Royal uncharacteristic 50-ball 46, Nidhi Sharma and Raghu Vaid Bowling: Mohit Sharma 2-0-13-0, R Ashwin 4-1-16-2, Samuel Young Star Cricket Club Cricket Club Doda, Mohd Imran played and missed several times were also present. Wazir & Pichi Company (YSCC) Doda at Sports scalped 3 wickets, while but to his credit he stayed at the Badree 3-0-15-0, Suresh Raina 4-0-20-0, Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-31- In the competition, several Stadium, here. Mubbasir claimed one wicket. crease. Bangalore, however, had 1, David Hussey 2.5-0-38-2. participants from across the The tournament is being In reply, Royal Cricket Club wickets in their hands so that they ting the odd ball turn. The duo hit knock, Raina struck a six and six Jammu division took part and wins pigeon race sponsored by J&K Bank, Bajaj Dhrabshala chased the target in can go all out in the last five left the audience spell bound Allianz and Rashtriya Rifles some lusty blows to put pressure boundaries to help his team to a 18.4 overs by losing 3 wickets overs. on the Chennai bowlers. decent total after they struggled to with their commendable per- Excelsior Sports Correspondent pm to emerge winner of the Rajput Unit Doda. and won the match by 7 wickets. That was exactly what they formances. event. In the first match of the day, When Gayle was out, force the pace for a major part of JAMMU, May 18: Mohd Aamir was the top scorer did as Bangalore scored 97 runs in Mohd Imran, S/o Saber The last pigeon of Philli Friends Cricket Club Pranoo Bangalore needed 29 runs from the innings. Outplaying the pigeons of Philli with 50 runs followed by Sawan 9.5 overs to reach 142 for five Hussain, R/o Company reached the final des- outplayed Kings Eleven Cricket the last three overs and de Villiers Bangalore bowlers were very Company, Khatika Talab con- Parihar who added 29 runs. For from 19.5 overs to win the match Gurdhan Bala, tiny at 2:23 pm. Club Kashtigar by 5 wickets. took 15 runs from the 18th over economical with Varun Aaron vincingly, Wazir and Pichi Natnoo Cricket Club Doda, and stay afloat for a play-off Aitti, Rajouri, It is pertinent to mention Batting first after winning the bowled by David Hussey (2/38) being the most impressive with Company, Panjtirthi won the Kawaldeep took 2 wickets. berth. who has quali- here that in this unique contest, toss, Kings Eleven Cricket Club to almost settle the issue for his figures of two for 29 from three pigeon race title, organized Aamir of Royal Cricket Club With today's win, Bangalore fied National which is historic annual feature Kashtigar bundled out for paltry side. Before he was out in the 18th overs. jointly by these Companies, here Dhrabshala was declared man of jumped to fifth place with 10 Eligibility Test in Jammu, the pigeon which 73 runs in 14 overs. Ashfaq over, de Villiers hit one four and Opting to bat, Chennai did not today. the match for his all-round per- points from 11 matches while (NET) in flies in the air for more time scored 28 runs, while Gourav three sixes and took his side to have an ideal start as they lost 5 pigeons of each Company formance. Chennai, who were virtually Geography, the result of which emerges winner. contributed 9 runs. For Friends just 14 runs away from victory. both their openers within the first began the race at 8 am today and Manzoor Ahmad Bhatt, through to the play-off stage, was declared by the University The pigeons of Wazir & Cricket Club Pranoo, Babloo Bangalore needed 10 runs five overs, with Aaron accounting one of the pigeons of Wazir & patron Young Star Cricket Club remained on second spot with 16 Grants Commission (UGC), Pichi Company began the race and Aarif shared 3 wickets each. from the final over bowled by for Dwayne Smith (9) and Pichi Company after displaying Doda was the chief guest, who points from 11 games. recently. from Panjtirthi, while the In reply, Friends Cricket Hussey and Yuvraj Singh (13 not Brendon McCullum (19).(PTI) lot of stamina and skill of flying presented man of the match The fightback began with out) smashed a six from the first pigeons of Philli Company start- Club chased the target in 10.5 Gayle and Virat Kohli (27) stitch- in the air for a longish period ed the race from Khatika Talab. awards to the winners, while ball before Abu Nechim Ahmed reached the final destiny at 5:30 overs by losing 5 wickets, thus Ranjeet Kalra, Chairman, ing 61 runs for the second wicket Saina and Co rout Canada 5-0, won the match by 5 wickets. (4 not out) hit a four to win the District Sports Council Doda from 10.4 balls before the match. Muzaffer made 15 runs, while lauded the efforts of the office Malaysia drub men's team 4-1 Babber Parry contributed 10 bearers of Young Star Cricket Chowrasia finishes 10th in runs to the total. For Kings Club Doda for organizing this NEW DELHI, May 18: Thulasi then spanked Brittney Tam Eleven Cricket Club Kashtigar, 21-11 21-13 to make it 4-0 in sporting extravaganza. Saina Nehwal today guided the Gourav and Masood took 2 India's favour. The match was officiated by Manila; Lahiri 22nd Indian women's team to a crushing wickets each. Babloo of Friends Doubles pair of Pradnya Gadre Amit Bansal and Sanjay Singh MANILA, May 18: rookie Nathan Holman (70) of 5-0 win over Canada to launch Cricket Club was declared as and Sikki Reddy N then bounced as umpires, while Rinku Australia, Thailand's Arnond their Uber Cup campaign in style man of the match for his superb back from a game down to edge Bhadouriya acted as scorer. SSP Chowrasia rounded off Vongvanij (70) and home heroes but their men's counterpart came a bowling performance. the ICTSI Philippine Open with a out Grace Gao and Rachael Antonio Lascuna (70) and Jay cropper against former champions Honderich 20-22 21- 18 21-16 to three-under 69 to finish 10th here Bayron (72) finished two shots Malaysia as they suffered a crush- complete the whitewash. The today. back for tied second on 284. ing 1-4 defeat in Thomas Cup here. Indian eves will next take on Hong For Chowrasia, this was the Overnight leader Chan Kim of After RMV Gurusaidutt sal- Kong tomorrow. vaged some pride for the Indian third top-10 of the year and he has the United States carded 76 and Earlier, promising shuttler also finished tied 11th once. mean with a hard-fought win in the Gurusaidutt was the only bright slipped to 10th at the Wack Wack third singles in group C, home stars Anirban Lahiri landed two Golf and Country Club. spot on an otherwise dismal day eagles besides one birdie, one Saina and P V Sindhu enthralled for the Indian men's team. Both was almost reduced to the handful of crowd with their bogey and one double bogey in tears after winning his third Asian Playing the first singles, his 70 to finish tied 22nd, the dominating performance at the Siri Kidambi Srikanth saved five game Tour title and ending a five-year Fort Sports Complex. same as Abhijit Chadha, who title drought on the region's pre- points in the opening game before closed with a 72. Skipper Saina first started the going down fighting to world No 1 mier Tour. proceedings with an easy 21-4 21- Meanwhile, Marcus Both of Lee Chong Wei 19-21 12-21 in a The victory was even sweeter 12 win over Joycelyn Ko in 25 Australia secured an emphatic 35-minute match, while doubles as the Australian lost his playing minutes and Sindhu then brushed pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and victory to revive his career after rights last year and had to rely on off the initial jitters to crush thinking of quitting the game last Manu Attri were thrashed 14-21 a sponsor's invite this week. Rachael Honderich 21-16 21-3 in a 11-21 by Boon Heong Tan and year. "It was an emotional year on 26-minute lop-sided second sin- Arihan Gupta and Aman Malik, the students of Model Thien How Hoon in the first dou- The towering Aussie, who lost and off the golf course after I lost gles match. Academy, B C Road, Jammu, who were the part of gold medal bles match as India trailed 0-2. his Asian Tour card last year for my Tour card. I had to return to Commonwealth Games gold Students of Tiger Army Pre Primary School, Jammu, who winner Jammu zone team in the Inter-Zonal Under-14 Boys Skipper Parupalli Kashyap the first time since 2003, posted a Qualifying School earlier this year medallist pair of Jwala Gutta and won one gold and 4 silver medals in the recently concluded Inter- Cricket Tournament, organized by the Department of Youth then took the court to play the sec- two-under-par 70 for a winning and I missed the cut by one shot. Ashwini Ponnappa then completed ond singles but the Indian failed to District Open Roller Skating Championship at MA Stadium, Services and Sports in Jammu, recently. Also seen in the picture total of six-under-par 282 at the It was so bad that I even thought the rout with a 21-11 21-12 Win gauge the game plan of his rival, Jammu. Daksh Sharma bagged 1 gold and 2 silver medals, while are Rupa Gupta, Management Representative; Dr Chitra over Bruce Alex and Phyllis Chan USD 300,000 Asian Tour event. of quitting the game," said the 34- Chong Wei Feng to eventually suf- Tsering Namgyal and Vivek Singh claimed 1 silver medal each. Mishra, Principal; Usha Gadoo, Vice Principal; Usha Chunni, in the first women's doubles. EurAsia Cup star Siddikur year-old Both, who won USD fer a 13-21 6-21 loss as India lost Also seen in the picture are School Principal, Anju Sharma and Sports Officer and Deepak Dogra, Cricket Coach. Playing the third singles, P C Rahman (69) of Bangladesh, Tour 54,000.(PTI)x the rubber 0-3. (PTI) Skating Coach, Kamal Anand .