WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Nair replaces Kohli for Afghan Test, Rohit RR survive elimination with Iyer, Nair to lead dropped from Tests, Rahane from ODIs 15-run win over Kings XI Punjab A teams in UK BENGALURU, May 8: and Vijay Shankar, while the BENGALURU, May 8: Interestingly, Surrey had official- Rahane (Capt), , JAIPUR, May 8: tury of the ongoing league. the legendary Shane Warne likes of and ly announced that Kohli will be M Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar KXIP needed 32 runs in the last applauding from the dugout. The in-from Shreyas Iyer will handle the 's much-hyped available for the entire month of Pujara, , Wriddhiman lived to over and Rahul's six and two Earlier, Buttler led the way was today named of the pace department along- county stint paved the way for June, but the two T20 Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra fight another day with a 15-run fours were not enough. with a 82-run knock before India A team for the upcoming side spinners -- offie K Karun Nair's comeback while Internationals are scheduled on Jadeja, , Umesh win over Kings XI Punjab as The dream start was provid- Kings XI Punjab bowlers fought One-day tri-series in the United Gowtham and left-arm orthodox senior batsman June 27 and 29. Surrey's county Yadav, , KL Rahul's unbeaten 95, com- ed by Krishnappa Gowtham as back. Kingdom while Karun Nair will Axar Patel. was dropped from the 15-strong game against Yorkshire at , Ishant Sharma, ing amidst a surprise the off-spinner sent back the Pacer Andre Tye was the lead the squad in the four-day In the squad for the four-day Indian squad announced today Scarborough is scheduled from Shardul Thakur. meltdown, went in vain in the dangerous with the most successful KXIP bowler, matches. matches, Nair will be assisted for the historic one-off Test June 25-28. India Squad for two-match here first ball of the third over. The returning figures of 4/34, while The two squads comprise a by young talents such as against Afghanistan next month. "Except Virat, all the Test T20I series against Ireland: Virat tonight. spinner slid one down the leg mystery spinner Mujeeb Ur host of players, who have per- and Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane specialists are playing. He is Kohli (Capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Opting to bat in this must- side and Gayle charged down Rahman picked up 2/21 in four formed consistently for their of , will expectedly lead the team in going for a cause as he wants to Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh win game, Rajasthan Royals the , only to be excellent- overs. state teams and IPL franchises Abhimanyu Easw-aran of Kohli's absence, the selection come well prepared for the Raina, , MS could only muster 158 for eight ly by Buttler. Buttler began Royals' over the past couple of seasons. Bengal and Mumbai's Shaw committee led by MSK Prasad England Test series. It is always Dhoni(wk), , despite Jos Buttler's blazing 58- The massive breakthrough in earnest, hitting The India 'A' tour of among others in batting while announced after a meeting in good that he goes there and per- , Kuldeep ball 82 at the Sawai Mansingh spurred Royals and they soon Marcus Stoinis for two succes- England will begin with an ODI , Ankit which multiple squads were forms well. He is very keen to do Yadav, Washington Sundar, Stadium. had more reason to cheer as sive boundaries in the first over. tri-series against England Lions Rajpoot, Mohammad Siraj, picked. extremely well in english condi- , Jasprit The Englishman looked in Today’s Fixture (A team) and West Indies A, Navdeep Saini and Rajneesh Rahane, however, has not tion. It is a great opportunity for Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, rampaging form as he smashed Vs (Kolkata) 8 PM from June 22. Gurbani are the pace bowlers. been dropped from the ODI us to win the series," chairman of Siddharth Kaul, Umesh Yadav. Axar Patel for a six over over India 'A' will also play a India ‘A’ team for One-Day squad for England tour. He was selectors Prasad said at a media India Squad for three-match The home team, however, Gowtham removed KXIP skip- extra cover before going inside four-day Test against England A tri-series in the U.K: part of India's 50-over squad dur- conference. T20I series against England: staged a strong fightback with per , who out to collect a boundary. from July 16 to 19 at Worcester Shreyas Iyer (capt), Prithvi ing the South Africa tour. The 26-year-old Nair has Virat Kohli (Capt), Shikhar the ball as it restricted Kings XI promoted himself up the order, Skipper Ajinkya Rahane was apart from a couple of three-day Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, and KL scored 612 runs for Karnataka in Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Punjab to 143 for seven in the two balls later. dismissed by Tye, who fooled games against county sides. , Hanuma Vihari, Rahul were notable comebacks the last with three Rahul, , Manish stipulated 20 overs. Jofra Archer then got into the batsman with a knuckle ball, in the ODI squad for the England hundreds. Incidentally, the last Pandey, MS Dhoni(wk), Dinesh Languishing at the bottom of the act as he had Karun Nair hit- inducing an edge to extra cover. On expected lines, young- Sanju Samson, , tour while young speedster Test match that he played was Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, the table prior to this game, RR ting one high in the air for But Buttler continued his sters such as Prithvi Shaw, , Vijay Shankar, K. Siddarth Kaul was rewarded against Australia at Dharamasala Kuldeep Yadav, Washington have now moved to sixth place, Jaidev Unadkat to complete a onslaught on the Rajasthan Shubman Gill and Sanju Gowtham, Axar Patel, Krunal with a T20 berth against Ireland in March, last year. Ironically, it Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, while KXIP remained in third well-judged catch. bowlers as he picked two con- Samson were named in the Pandya, , and England for his consistent was Kohli, who had missed the , Hardik Pandya, position. kept falling and secutive boundaries off Tye. India A teams coached by the Deepak Chahar, Khaleel IPL performance. Test match then due to a shoul- Siddharth Kaul, Umesh Yadav. RR reduced Kings to 19 for runs were to hard to come by Gowtham, too, fell quickly legendary . Ahmed, Shardul Thakur. The highlight of today's der injury. India Squad for three-match three in the fourth over and the but Rahul held fort, mixing cau- as he was sent back by Stoinis in As far as selection in the India 'A' team for four-day selection was without doubt Nair has played six Test ODI series against England: visitors struggled to recover tion with aggression with his the seventh over. one-day squad is concerned, the matches in the U.K: India's second ever Test triple matches, scoring 374 runs, but Virat Kohli (Capt), Shikhar from the horrendous start, as team in a crisis situation. A half partnership likes of Shaw, Rishabh Pant and Karun Nair (capt), R. centurion Nair, who is making a after his 303 against England at Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL they soon found themselves Ish Sodhi bowled beautifully then ensued between Buttler Samson were expected to be Samarth, Mayank Agarwal, comeback after 14 months in the Chennai, his sequence of scores Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ambati stuttering at 45 for four and then to not only take a wicket - of and the talented Sanju Samson picked after shining for their Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prithvi wilderness, and it remains to be read 26, 0, 23 and 5, leading to Rayudu, MS Dhoni(wk), Dinesh 66 for five, with eight overs left. -- but also (22) but the run rate dropped as respective states and IPL fran- Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Ankit seen if he makes the playing XI his exclusion. However, it is Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, For Kings XI Punjab, Rahul stymie the KXIP run rate. The the Royals batsmen, including chises. Bawne, Vijay Shankar, KS against the Afghans in the match highly unlikely that Nair will get Kuldeep Yadav, Washington played the lone ranger with 95 New Zealand leg-spinner's turn- the Englishman, struggled to Besides skipper Shreyas, the Bharat, Jayant Yadav, Shahbaz starting June 14. a look-in in the playing XI Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, off 70 balls, his fourth half cen- ing deliveries and variations had find the boundaries. (PTI) batting will be shouldered by Nadeem, , However, Kohli has been against Afghanistan. Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, DDCA defamation suit Shaw, domestic heavyweight Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep named as captain for the two- India Squad for one-off Test Siddharth Kaul, Umesh Yadav. Urdu, MCA, Sociology Deptts Mayank Agarwal, Samson, Pant Saini, Rajneesh Gurbani. (PTI) match T20 series against Ireland. against Afghanistan: Ajinkya (PTI) liable to be rejected: win in JU’s Cricket Tourney Kejriwal to HC Excelsior Sports Correspondent Department drubbed History NEW DELHI, May 8: Department by 7 wickets. JAMMU, May 8: The Batting first, History Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Departments of Urdu, MCA and Department scored 66 runs in the Kejriwal has moved the High Sociology scripted convincing stipulated 10 overs, losing 5 Court here seeking rejection of victories over their rivals in the wickets in the process. the defamation suit filed by crick- ongoing Inter-Departmental In reply, Sociology Depart- eting body DDCA against him Cricket Tournament, being organ- ment chased the target in 6.5 and suspended BJP MP Kirti ized by the Directorate of Sports overs by losing 3 wickets to win Azad for their alleged remarks and Physical Education, the match by 7 wickets. about its functioning and finances. University of Jammu at Varsity In yet another match, MCA The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor has sought rejection of ground, here. Department Team thrashed TBS Winner of 57th Amar Nath Dangal Title being felicitated by the suit by Delhi and District Earlier, Urdu Department by 8 wickets in an easy contest. the dignitaries at Subash Stadium in Udhampur. team beat Botany Department by Bating first, TBS scored 90 Cricket Association (DDCA), Young female footballers posing for a group photograph at Sports Stadium, Hiranagar in Kathua. a big margin of 75 runs. Urdu runs in 10 overs, while in reply, claiming it is not maintainable as Department scored 146 runs in 10 MCA rode on brilliant 61 runs by the alleged defamatory statement Udhampur Wrestler Ajay lifts District Level Inter-School Tournaments overs, without losing any wicket. Pankaj to chase the target easily "does not contain any imputation Asif scored unbeaten 69 runs, in 8.1 overs by losing 2 wickets, concerning any persons whose 57th Amar Nath Dangal Title while Partap contributed 55 runs. thus won the match by 8 wickets. identity can be established". The plea by Kejriwal was list- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Puri, SHO Udhampur Sanjeev In reply, Botany Department The matches were officiated Gupta, Social Activist and in Basketball, Handball get underway managed to score 71 runs in the by Vijay Kumar, Ashok Singh, ed today before Justice Rajiv Excelsior Sports Correspondent School RS Pura in an easy con- trophies respectively. Sahai Endlaw who could not take UDHAMPUR, May 8: Pahal- Wrestling Promoter Ram Paul allotted overs. Amandeep Singh and Rahul wan Ajay Sharma of Landen Sharma and Advocate test. Prominent among those pres- In another match, Sociology Kumar. it up and scheduled it for JAMMU, May 8: Inter School In Under-17 Boys Handball, ent on the occasion were Sudha September 25. (PTI) Power House, Udhampur lifted Swantanter Dev Kotwal were the District Level Tournam-ents for Govt High School Cit6y Chowk Jasrotia, Subash Chander, 57th Amar Nath Dangal Title guests of honour. boys in the sports disciplines of defeated St. Peters High School Joginder Kumar Khajuria and Kohli skipper 2018 by defeating Wrestler In all, 31 bouts were played in Basketball, Handball and Throw BC Road by 6 goals (13-7); APS Kulbhushan Kumar. Muneer Khan of Nagrota, the one day long historic and Ball Under-14 and Under-17 Domana beat Rainbow School by The Department of Youth despite county Jammu in a very tough fight for famous Dangal which was organ- years for the year 2018-19 of 7 goals and Tagore Memorial Services and Sports organised the first malli bout that lasted for ized in the memory of Late Shri commitments 19 minutes at Subash Stadium, Amar Nath Pujari of Udhampur. District Jammu got underway at HSS trounced Heritage School by Inter School Tournament in the NEW DELHI, May 8: MA Stadium and Dogra Ground, 4 goals. disciplines of Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, here today. Winner of 1st malli bout wrestler The Dangal was organized by Ajay Sharma was cash awarded Shastri Nagar, here today. In Under 17 Handball quarter- Volleyball, Cricket and Wrestling The national selection com- In all, 457 boys drawn from 14 final, Govt. High School Pull of Akhnoor Zone at Govt Boys Amar Nath Maha Dangal Samiti with Rs 6,000 along with tradi- mittee's decision to name India in collaboration with J&K Indian tional "Gurj (Gadda) and Patta" Zones of Jammu District are tak- Tawi beat GHS City Chowk by 10 Higher Secondary School skipper Virat Kohli for the two- ing part in the competitions. goals. Akhnoor under the supervision of Style Wrestling Association by the chief guest Kuldeep match T20 series against Ireland under the overall supervision of Singh, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Gita The competitions are being In Under-14 Boys Handball, Sher Singh, ZPEO Akhnoor. has created confusion as it's organised by Department of Youth Heritage School defeated St St Francis HSS Akhnoor chairman Amar Nath Maha Devi and Ram Paul Sharma clashing with his county com- Dangal Samiti, Gita Devi, daugh- while runners-up Wrestler Services & Sports under the Francis HSS Akhnoor by 5 goals. won Under-14 and Under-17 mitments for Surrey. ter of late Amar Nath Pujari and Muneer Khan was presented a patronage of Shiekh Fayaz The matches were officiated Kabaddi titles, while HSS Sohal There were rumours in the General Secretary District cash award of Rs 5,000 by Ahmad, Director General and by Om Parkash, Vishal Bharti, and CBHS bagged Volleyball Players in action during Inter-Departmental Tournaments BCCI corridors that the section Udhampur Indian Style Swantanter Dev Kotwal and under the overall supervision of Mousami, Mulkh Raj, sunny Under-14 and Under-17 titles organized by JU in Jammu. which wasn't happy with Kohli Wrestling Association, Om Sanjeev Gupta. Madan Lal, Joint Director. Dogra, Anil Dogra, Vikram and respectively. skipping the one-off Test match Chanchal Kour, DYSSO Gourav. The Zonal Level Inter-School JU’s Inter-Departmental Tournaments against Afghanistan, has played Parkash Verma. The second main bout was Jammu is the Organising Meanwhile, organized by the Tournaments were also held in a role in cutting short his county ARTO Udhampur Kuldeep won by Gopal Sharma of Jindrah Secretary of the tournament. Department of Youth Services and Bishnah and RS Pura Zones, stint in favour of the T20 Singh was the chief guest on the who defeated Laikat Ali of The main objective of the Sports, the Inter School under the supervision of at Govt Badminton, Volleyball, Chess Internationals against the min- occasion, who distributed cash Bajrangi Akhara Jammu, 3rd competitions is to select the teams Tournament of Hiranagar Zone in Boys HSS Bishnah and Govt nows. prizes among the winners and bout was won by Murad Ali of of Jammu District for Inter the discipline of Football for under- Girls Middle School RS Pura competitions held on Day-2 India are set to play two runners-up wrestlers. Joint Domana Akhara Jammu who District Division Level 14 and under-17 years girls begun respectively. T20's against Ireland in Secretary J&K State Sports defeated Mustaba Kamal (Bablu) Competitions. at Sports Stadium Hiranagar. At Bishnah, the tournament Excelsior Sports Correspondent 15-9; Chemistry Department pre- Dublin's Malahide on June 27 Council, Shiv Kumar Sharma of Basantgarh and 4th bout was In Under-17 Boys Basketball, The Tournament is being was held under the chairmanship vailed over Education Depart- and 29 while Kohli is sched- presided over the function. won by Vijay of Bai Bajaltha St. Francis Akhnoor beat Army organized under the overall of Yashpal Sharma, Principal JAMMU, May 8: Badminton, ment by 2-1 sets with set scores uled to play his last county DySP Udhampur Kameshwar who defeated Shotu of Jindrah. Public School Sunjwam by 20-12 supervision of District Youth Govt HSS Boys Bishnah and Volleyball and Chess competi- as 16-25, 25-13, 15-11; Physics match for Surrey against points; Sainik School Nagrota Services and Sports Officer under the supervision of Jeet tions were held on Day-2 of the Department beat Economics Yorkshire at Scarborough from crushed MIER by 24-0 points and Kathua, Subash Chander Singh, Zonal Physical Education ongoing Inter-Departmental Department by 2-0 sets with set June 25 to 28. (PTI) Jodhamal Public School drubbed Bhardwaj and supervision of Officer Bishnah. Tournaments, being organized by scores as 25-19, 25-12 and DPS by 18-03 points, while in Zonal Physical Education Officer, At RS Pura Zone, ZEO RS the Campus Sports Committee of Electronics Department out- Ankush wins bronze in Under-14 Boys Basketball, Yog Raj Sharma. Pura Kamla Devi was the chief the University of Jammu at dif- classed Mathematics by 2-0 sets Sainik School Nagrota defeated A total of 60 players of four guest on the concluding function, ferent venues of the Directorate with set scores as 25-16, 25-12. mega Powerlifting event APS Domana by 19 -04 points schools of zone Hiranagar partic- while Parshotam Lal Dubey was of Sports & Physical Education, In Chess (Men), Sanskrit Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Jodhamal Public School got ipated wherein Government Girls the guest of honour. University of Jammu, here. Department defeated Law the better of APS Jammu Cantt by High School Hiranagar and 160 students participated in In Badminton (Women), Law Department by 2-0; NOIDA, May 8: Ace Power- 6-4 points. Government Model Middle the girls section, while 260 stu- School beat Law Department by Physical Education Depart- lifter of Jammu and Kashmir, In Under-17 Boys Throw School Hiranagar won the under- dent players took part in boys sec- 2-0; Economics Department ment defeated Geology Depar- Ankush Kumar Ball, KC International School 17 and under-14 years Football tion events. trounced Life Long Learning by tment by 2-1 and Geography bagged bronze outplayed Celestial Mission High 2-0; Psychology Department Department prevailed over medal in mega drubbed English Department by Chemistry Department by 2-0, National Power- Ankita Gupta, D/o Sushma 2-0 and Sociology Department while in Chess (Women), Law lifting event Gupta and Dr got walkover against the Department drubbed MCA Fitline Classic Newly elected Students Council of Vishwa Bharati Public Sat Pal Gupta, Department of Political Science, Department by 2-1 and EVS Deadlift Cham- School posing for a group photograph along with dignitaries. W/o Dr Abhi- while in Badminton (Men), Department got the better of pionship held at shek Dhawan, Sanskrit Department beat Law English Department by 2-0. International Trade Expo Centre Vishwa Bharati organizes R/o Udha- School by 2-0; Law Department Dr Daud Iqbal Baba, Limited, Sector 62, Greater mpur, who has got the better of Chemistry Director, Sports & Physical Noida in Uttar Pradesh. been declared Department by 2-0 and Physical Education, University of Jammu He competed in 67.5 kgs Investiture Ceremony qualified for Education Department defeated visited the different venues of senior category and lifted 192.5 Excelsior Correspondent the elected students and admon- the award of the degree of SHTM by 2-1. the competitions along with kgs to secure bronze. ished them to perform their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in The matches were officiated Gagan Kumar, Vikas Karlopia, The Championship was held Players posing along with dignitaries during the launch of JAMMU, May 8: To enhance devolved duties effectively for English by the University of by Ravish Vaid, Gourav Sharma, Ravish Vaid, Jai Bharat and PD in Junior, Sub-Junior, Senior, Kalarippayattu Demonstration programe in Jammu. the leadership qualities and the smooth functioning and Jammu. She worked on the Tarvinderpal Singh and Sanjeev Singh. Women and Masters categories. shoulder social responsibilities, maintaining the discipline and topic, "Re-locating Sightlines: Sharma. Kalarippayattu Demonstration Vishwa Bharati Public Higher decorum in the school campus. A Postcolonial Study of In Volleyball (Men), Physical Jammu Open TT C’ship Secondary School, Akalpur Meanwhile, Vanshika, Aasvi Australian Aboriginal Drama," Education Department beat Morh Jammu organized an Koul, Jaspreet Kour and Disha under the supervision of Prof Sanskrit Department by 2-1 sets prog commences in J&K Sourav, Iknoor, Saksham lift titles Investiture Ceremony for the Bhat have been elected Captain, Sucheta Pathania. with set scores as 19-15, 25-15, Excelsior Sports Correspondent The event is being organized Excelsior Sports Correspondent Madhav by 3-2, while in Cadet election of Students' Council for Vice Captain, Prefect I and Devya Mahajan, D/o by Kalarippayattu Association of Khalid Hussain, S/o Boys Under-12 semifinals, the session 2018-19. Mohit Koul Prefect II of Vishwa House Mohesh JAMMU, May 8: Kalarip- Jammu & Kashmir. Ghulam Nabi JAMMU, May 8: Promising Sourav beat Rohan by 3-1 and of class 10th was elected as respectively, while Sushant Chand Gupta, payattu Demonstration pro- Dr SM Bali, Joint Secretary and Sajo Beg- peddlers Sourav, Iknoor and Madhav drubbed Tejas by 3-0. Head Boy and Muskaan Bhat, Aastha Pandita, Mehak R/o Phinter, gramme launched by the Indian Olympic Association and um, R/o Chan- Saksham lifted Under-12 boys, In Girls Under-17 finals, Mahajan of class 10th as Head Kar and Ishika were elected Billawar, Ministry's of Youth Affairs and President Kalarippayattu Associ- dimarh, Sura- Under-17 girls and Under-14 Iknoor outplayed Ragini by 3-1, Girl. Besides Nitin Pandita was Captain, Vice Captain, Prefect I Kathua, who Sports, Government of India ation of J&K was the chief guest nkote, Poonch, boys titles respectively on day-3 while in Sub Junior Boys Under- elected as Sports Secretary and and Prefect II of Satyam House has been under the scheme of Ek Bharat on the occasion while Vice who has been of the ongoing Jammu Open 14 finals, Saksham defeated Shagun Bhatt as Academic respectively. declared quali- Shrestha Bharat, got underway at Chairman KC International declared quali- Table Tennis Championship, Manay by 3-1. Secretary. In Shivam House, Krishna fied for the KC Interantional School, here School, Chaitanya Chowdhary fied for the being organized by City Police Earlier, in Sub Junior Boys The oath ceremony took Gupta, Gagandeep, Diya Koul award of the degree of Doctor today. was the guest of honour. award of the degree of Doctor Station, under the supervision of Under- 14 semifinals, Saksham place in School Auditorium. All and Riya Maratha were elected of Philosophy (PhD) in Under this programme, eight General Secretary, Kalarip- of Philosophy (PhD) in SHO Vishal Sharma, here. outplayed Rohan by 3-0 and the elected students were con- Captain, Vice Captain, Prefect I Statistics by the University of teams have arrived in Jammu to payattu Association of Jammu Geography by the University of Mr Sharma and his team wit- Manay Mansotra got the better ferred with badges and sashes as and Prefect II of Vishwa House Jammu. She worked on the participate in the programme. and Kashmir, Tarsem Sharma, Jammu. He worked on the topic, nessed all the matches and of Sourav by 3-1. per their designations. They also respectively and in Sundaram topic, "A Study of Measures of The programme is held under Principal KC International “Assessment of Tourist encouraged the participants by The matches were officiated pledged to hold the school motto House Vanshika Katoch was Entropy, Mutual Information the auspices of Indian Kalari- School Subhedu Sarkar and Resource Potential of Jammu cheering them for their splendid by Meenu Rajesh, Hanumant of loyalty, truth and honour in elected Captain, Ananta as Vice and Their Applications in ppayattu Federation in order to Sports Coordinator, Rajni Province: A Geographical performances. Sharma, Anuj Gupta, Ritvik high esteem. Captain, while Komal and Statistics," under the supervi- promote Indian traditional Malhotra were present on this Perspective,” under the supervi- Earlier, in Cadet Boys Gupta, Vasu Dewan and Asad School Principal, Prof Suksham were elected Prefect I sion of Dr Parmil Kumar. Martial Art all over the Country. occasion. sion of Dr Mohd Sarfraz Asgher. Under-12 final, Sourav bt Sharma. Annapurna Koul congratulated and Prefect II respectively.