THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Sehwag lashes out at 'inefficient' Jubin puts Haryana in Tripura beat J&K by four wickets semis, TN women KOCHI, Jan 6: Only Bandeep managed to score from one end but others surprise Maharashtra Medium fast bowler Sanjay hardly put up any resistance. state assns, team selection HYDERABAD, Jan 6: Majumder sclaped three bats- Tripura kept losing batsmen men before Samrat Singha hit a and never put up a strong part- NEW DELHI, Jan 6: young cricketers would be situations in his playing days, Jubin Kumar-led Haryana groomed but would love to be but Sehwag said he made calculated 45 as Tripura defeat- nership but the target was not overpowered Tamil Nadu 3-2 to ed Jammu and Kashmir by four Swashbuckling former India part of a state association in changes in his techniques early big enough to be in real trouble. sail into the men's semifinals of wickets in a Syed Mushtaq Ali opener Virender Sehwag, who another capacity. in his career to emulate iconic Opener Singha played solid the 77th Senior National and Trophy Group B match, here recently retired from interna- "No, there is a conflict of Sachin Tendulkar. from one end, scoring a bulk of tional cricket, has lashed out at Inter-State Table Tennis today. interest. I have my Sehwag "When I was growing up, I the runs in the Tripura chase. selectors who picked players Championships at the Kotla Electing to bat, Jammu and International School (in played a lot of 10- and 12-over Players in action during a match of the ongoing JK-UAE His 45 came off 42 balls with six under the influence of "people Vijay Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Kashmir batsmen failed to put Haryana). So I cannot be a part games, I would bat in middle Friendship Cup 2016. boundaries, including a six. in power" and at inefficient Stadium, here today. up a big total as they folded for of it. I cannot be a selector but order. I got only 10-odd balls to Manishankar Murasingh running of state associations. JK-UAE Friendship Cricket Cup Haryana were joined in the 119 in 19.1 overs at Nehru if any association wants me to face and I tried to score as (23) and Majumder (12) took Asked if it's a problem that men's semifinals by PSPB, who Stadium. be a part of it, I would love to much as I could. I applied the the side to finish line after being state associations were not run beat Rajasthan 3-0, Gujarat who Bandeep Singh was top scor- do that. There are other crick- same approach in domestic and Simula, Simax seal berths in semis reduced to 89 for six in 16th efficiently, Sehwag, who won 3-1 against Railways and er for them with a 33-run knock eters who have a reputation but international cricket and people Excelsior Sports Correspondent claimed 19/5 for Simax. Javed over. For J&K, off spinner, recently shifted to Haryana Maharashtra who downed West that came off 32 balls with one they are not getting the oppor- were appreciating my strike bagged 3 wickets while Amir Parvez Rasool was the pick of from Delhi in domestic cricket, JAMMU, Jan 6: Simula and Bengal 3-1. four and two sixes. Openers tunity to be a part of the selec- rate being more than 80 or 90 in and Bhanu took 1 wicket each. the bowlers, who took 3 impor- said, "Yes. It's not just Delhi. Simax J&K have sealed berth in It was Jubin who master- Shubham Khajuria (15) and Ian tion panels. Test cricket," Sehwag said In another close contested tant wickets by conceding 25 There are other associations the semifinals of the ongoing JK minded Haryana's triumph as he Dev Singh (18) provided a fiery "What is happening is that when asked if his approach match, Simula defeated Simax runs in his 4 over, while Omar which have problems. UAE T20 Friendship Cup which won both his singles matches, start but once they were dis- the guys in power introduce changed how batsmen opened by 3 wickets. Batting first, Alam also bowled brilliantly, "You need to change things is being organized at Sharjah by paving the way for another missed their innings fell apart. taking 2 wickets. (PTI) names to the selectors and the the innings in a fundamental Simax scored 134 runs in 20 at U-19 and U-16 level because Simula Sports Club J&K, in selectors then act according to way. overs. Imran Haroon was bril- bronze medal at least. that's problem area. If you pick association with Ministry of these people's whims," he said. "I was just playing my game liant with the bat and played a Last year, too, Haryana had over-age players, it is a problem Youth Services and Sports and State Cross Country Sehwag, now 37, last played magnificent innings of 78 runs claimed a team bronze but this that needs to be identified. If and not thinking that I have to J&K Police Department. for India in 2013 after scoring time they are in a good position you have a player whose name score quickly or do something In the first match played against the strong bowling line 8586 runs from 104 Tests and different except when I joined up of Simula. Javed also to overhaul Maharashtra who and stature is big, you won't here, winning the toss and bat- will be their opponents in the team flagged off have this problem," he said. 8273 runs from 251 ODIs. the team and wanted to bat like ting first, Simax J&K scored chipped in with quick 29 runs. He might be known to have Tendulkar. I realised there Sameer Khajuria, Sameer Ali semis. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Officer and Sidharth Sahrma, Sehwag said that he cannot 159 runs in the stipulated 20 Jubin started with a win over Member J&K State Sports become a selector as that could unflinchingly stuck to his 'see could be only one Tendulkar and Raman Dutta claimed 1 JAMMU, Jan 6: The Jammu overs. Rajesh Gill was the top Ravichandran Abhishek in a Council. be a 'conflict of interest' as he the ball and hit it' batting and I changed my stance and wicket each. and Kashmir State Cross Country scorer with 42 runs in 36 balls, tough opening rubber which Prominent among others pres- has opened a school where approach irrespective of match backlift. I realised I should while Imran Haroon and Amir Simula in reply chased the team for 50th National Cross was carried on nicely by ent on the occasion were change my game and I did it. Aziz contributed 32 and 27 runs target and won the match by 3 Country Championship, being Sarthak Gandhi. But Tamil Ravinder Singh, Secretary J&K After that, I was playing with to the total respectively. Asif Ali wickets. Sameer and Gulzar held at Balewade in Pune on Nadu fought back well to Athletic Association, SS Gill, my own technique," he said. claimed 4 wickets, while Mosin helped Simula in chasing down January 9 and January 10, 2016, restore order through L Sharat Chander Singh, Gurcharan Asked if there was only one bagged 3. the target easily. Sameer scored was flagged off, here today. Sathiswaran and R Abhishek, in Sehwag as well, he said, "Yes, Omfori, J&K in reply col- 41 runs and Gulzar contributed The team was flagged off Singh and Vinod K Bhatia. because of my mindset and the lapsed at 106 runs, losing the 31 runs. Sameer hit 3 massive reverse singles when they after it was screened by Shiv The selected athletes included impact I had on the team but match by 53 runs. Shabbir sixes and 4 boundaries, while accounted for both Mohit Kumar Sharma, Joint Secretary Naresh Kumar, Imtiyaz Ahmed, there was only one Tendulkar." Hussain Rather bowled an Gulzar hit 2 sixes and a bound- Verma and Sarthak Gandhi, J&K State Sports Council, Rajan Riyaz Ahmed, Younis Mushtaq (PTI) excellent spell of 4 overs and ary. respectively. (PTI) Sharma, Divisional Sports and Aryaveer Singh. JKP thrashes FCC in 3rd Jammu J&K Basketball teams District Jammu Sr Hockey Tournament Winners of various event of the ongoing Winter Camp pos- 20-Punjab, Young Star ing for a group photograph at KC Sports Club. Tawi Premier T20 Tourney leave for Sr Nationals Martial Arts, Aerobics organized in Excelsior Sports Correspondent In reply, FCC was bundled Excelsior Sports Correspondent The Men team includes out for a paltry total of 61 runs Harpreet Singh (Captain), Iqbal script emphatic wins JAMMU, Jan 6: JKP XI in 16.1 overs, thus lost the JAMMU, Jan 6: The State Singh, Sumeet Kumar (J&K Excelsior Sports Correspondent 15th minute. thrashed Friends Cricket Club Winter Camp at KC Sports Club match by a huge margin of 93 men and women Basketball Police), Ranbir Singh, Shubham From Pool A, Khalsa Club by a huge margin of 93 runs in teams left for participating in the JAMMU, Jan 6: 20-Punjab Gole Gujral and 20- Punjab Excelsior Sports Correspondent Both boys and girls took part runs. Harmeet Singh (13) was Sharma, Amanjot Singh, Rohan and Young Star Hockey Club in the Aerobics contest and the ongoing 3rd Jammu Tawi the top scorer, while Kulraron 66th Senior National Basketball Kundal, Jaskirat Singh, Aviral have qualified for the semifinals Simbal Camp defeated their of the Tournament. JAMMU, Jan 6: The partici- exhibited grace and suppleness Premier T20 Cricket contributed 7 runs to the total.