FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Saina enters quarterfinals of eye series win in Dhoni's last match Indian women lose second All England Championships RANCHI, Mar 7: BIRMINGHAM, Mar 7: On Wednesday, Srikanth had Mahendra Singh Dhoni's final T20, series to England disposed off France's Brice homecoming forms a poignant Ace Indian shuttler Saina Leverdez 21-13 21-11 in the open- subplot of an utterly dominant GUWAHATI, Mar 7: Nehwal progressed to the quarterfi- ing round to set up a clash against Indian team's quest for an unassail- The Indian women's cricket nals of the All England Asian Games gold medallist Jonatan able 3-0 lead in the third ODI Championships with a come-from- team suffered a five-wicket defeat to Christie. against Australia here tomorrow. England in the second T20 behind win over Denmark's Line Sameer Verma, however, squan- A 3-0 lead in the five-match Højmark Kjaersfeldt in the International, surrendering the series dered a first game advantage to go series will be a perfect parting gift with a sixth straight loss in the short- women's singles competition for Ranchi's favourite son, who, in here today est format. all likelihood, will be seen wearing Chasing 112 for an unassailable A 2015 finalist, Saina was the India Blues for the last time at blown away by world no 19 Football Kits being distributed by Administrative Secretary 2-0 lead in the three-match series, his home ground. England completed the task in 19.1 Line in the opening game but There has been a sense of déjà Sarmad Hafeez in Jammu on Thursday. the experienced campaigner overs, holding nerves after losing a vu every time Dhoni has stepped few quick wickets. kept her cool to take the match on to the field in the ongoing series. Sarmad Hafeez inaugurates Sports to the decider and eventually Opener Danielle Wyatt was It reminded many of Engalnd's star performer with the come up trumps against her Tendulkar's penultimate Test series Council's Youth Football League Danish rival. bat, top-scoring with an unbeaten 64 against Australia in 2013, when the Excelsior Sports Correspondent both boys and girls category at The eighth seeded Indian off 55 balls. During her stay in the down fighting 21-16 18-21 14-21 to cheer from the stands would ampli- Parade Ground Jammu. The for- middle, Wyatt struck six boundaries, rallied her way to a 8-21 21-16 21- JAMMU, Mar 7: Jammu and former world champion and world fy with each passing match. mat of the competition is round and was ably supported by Lauren 13 win over the 24-year-old Line in Kashmir State Sports Council is no 1 of Denmark to Something similar has been robin league system in which Winfield (29). a 51-minute match and is expected organizing Youth Football bow out of the tournament. happening at every ground in this matches will be played on home While Wyatt held one end firm to take on her nemesis and two-time League in all districts of the State The women's doubles pair of series, with the fans possibly and away basis in all districts of on the way to her fourth T20 half- champion Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese reaching out to the far off places Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki beginning to realise that the legend both the genders under the age century, England needed three back- , an opponent who defeated with the aim to enhance the stan- Reddy fought a gruelling battle may not be around when India next group of 18 years. to-back boundaries by Winfield to Indian women’s cricket team celebrate the fall of an England her in last 12 outings. dard of sports in every nook and before losing 21-16 26-28 16-21 to play at home. The competition will be take the game away from India. wicket during the second International T20 cricket match in Earlier, Saina had defeated corner of the State. seventh seeded Japanese pair of Amidst the emotional side played in all 3 divisions of the Opting to bowl, England pro- Guwahati on Thursday. Scotland's Kristy Gilmour 21-17 21- The opening function was for- Shiho Tanaka and Koharu story, the Indian team is grappling State and all the matches will be duced a brilliant performance to pre- SCOREBOARD 18 in 35 minutes in her opening mally inaugurated by Yonemoto. with a few teething issues regard- played under the aegis of JKFA vent the hosts from putting up a big India Innings: match on Wednesday night. Administrative Secretary Sarmad Sikki and Pranaav Jerry Chopra, ing its top-order batting, especially and rules governed by AIFF. score at the Barsapara Cricket Harleen Deol c Sciver b Smith 14 In men's singles, former Hafeez who was the chief guest who is coming back from an injury, senior opener Shikhar Dhawan's Later-on, chief guest also dis- Stadium, with Katherine Brunt Smriti Mandhana (c) c Jones b Brunt 12 Singapore Open champion B Sai on the occasion. lost 21-23 17-21 to Hong King's poor form, which has affected tributed the Football Kits among emerging as the most successful Jemimah Rodrigues b Brunt 2 Praneeth's fight lasted just 35 min- Director General Youth Chang Tak Ching and NG Wing India's starts of late. all the participating teams from bowler. Mithali Raj c Winfield b Cross 20 utes as he went down 12-21 17-21 to Services and Sports, Saleem-Ur- Yung in the mixed doubles. Despite Dhawan having gone Jammu Province. The veteran seamer returned fig- Deepti Sharma run out (Shrubsole/Jones) 18 24-year-old Angus, Rehman; Secretary J&K State The men's doubles pair of Manu off the boil with only two half-cen- ures of 3/17, sending back stand-in Bharati Fulmali b Brunt 18 who had denied Sameer Verma a Sports Council, Dr Naseem Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy also lost turies in the last 15 ODIs, India are skipper Smriti Mandhana (12) and Shikha Pandey b Smith 3 title win at the 2016 Hong Kong Javeed Chaudhary; Treasurer All Nazia qualifies Taniya Bhatia c Knight b Shrubsole 1 19-21 21-16 14-21 to the Chinese unlikely to tinker with the winning Jemimah Rodrigues to put India on Super Series. It was his third loss to India Football Federation and Radha Yadav not out 3 combination of Ou Xuanyi and Ren combination of the first two PhD in EVS the backfoot. the World no 15 from Hong Kong. President JKFA, Zameer A Ekta Bisht not out 2 Xiangyu. (PTI) encounters. The wicket of Mandhana was Thakur; Vice President JK Excelsior Correspondent Extras: (B-7, LB-3, W-8) 18 KL Rahul, who is back in form, important for England as the opener may have to wait till India clinch Football Association, Nazir A Total: (for 8 in in 20 Overs) 111 JAMMU, Mar 7: Nazia had powered India to 24 for no loss the series, but the team manage- Bhat, Chief Sports Officer Sports Bowling: N Sciver 1-0-9-0, A Shrubsole 4-0-23-1, K Brunt 4-0-17-3, Rasool Latifi, in 2.3 overs before Brunt had her ment could well try him out at the Council, Haji Abdul Qayoom, L Smith 3-0-11-2, L Marsh 4-0-24-0, K Cross 4-0-17-1. Head Department caught behind. No. 3 position. Divisional Sports Officer Jammu, England Innings: of Environmental Coming in to bat at one drop, the Daniella Wyatt not out 64 The two victories -- by six wick- Ravi Singh and other officials Sciences, PG young Rodrigues (2) did not last Tammy Beaumont b Yadav 8 ets and eight runs -- weren't exactly from Sports Council were also College for long, getting bowled by Brunt. Amy Jones c & b PYadav 5 convincing but pulling off close present on the occasion. Women, Gandhi In the next over, the dismissal of Natalie Sciver lbw b Bisht 1 matches under pressure will certain- On the opening day two exhi- Nagar, daughter Harleen Deol by left-arm spinner Heather Knight lbw b Bisht 2 ly add to the confidence.(PTI) bition matches were played in of Ghulam Rasool Mir and Linsey Smith (2/11) left the hosts in Lauren Winfield c Rodrigues b Sharma 29 Grappling team posing along with VC Prof Manoj Dhar dur- Mohtarma Haneefa Begum and a spot of bother at 34 for three. Katherine Brunt not out 2 ing felicitation function on Thursday. wife of Mubassir Latifi, resi- The experienced Mithali Raj, in Extras: (LB-2,W-1) 3 dent of Jammu has been the last leg of her career, top-scored Total: (for 5 wickets 19.1 Overs) 114 VC JU honours Grappling team for emerging declared qualified for the award with 20 off 27 balls, while Deepti Bowling: S Pandey 4-0-21-0, E Bisht 4-0-23-2, D Sharma 3.1-0- 18-1, R Yadav 4-0-26-1, P Yadav 3-0-18-1, H Deol 1-0-6-0. of the Degree of Doctor of Sharma and Bharati Fulmali con- runners-up in Inter-University C'ship Philosophy (PhD) in tributed 18 each. Excelsior Sports Correspondent gories. Environmental Sciences by the England were off to a steady Rouvin of KC Public wins It is for the first time in the University of Jammu. start but slow left-armer Radha JAMMU, Mar 7: Prof Manoj history of University of Jammu She worked under the super- Yadav did not let the opening part- Dhar, Vice Chancellor, that 17 medals have been won vision of Dr Raj Kumar nership flourish, disturbing Tammy prestigious Music Scholarship University of Jammu facilitated by any team in any Inter- Rampal, HoD Environmental Beaumont's stumps in the fifth over. Excelsior Correspondent of the famed Guru Shri TK Jalali, the Grappling contingent former Principal of the College of University Championship. Sciences, University of Jammu. (PTI) JAMMU, Mar 7: Rouvin (M&W) of University of Jammu In men's section, Munish Music and Fine Arts, Srinagar & for emerging runners-up in All Koul, a 6th grade student of KC Jammu. The renowned exponent Jamwal won gold, Vishesh Public School, is the only student India Inter-University Grappling Thakur bagged one silver and KU cricketer selected for Vizzy Trophy of Indian Classical Music (M&W) Championship organ- of Indian Classical vocal music one bronze, Anurudh Singh Students presenting Ramayana while celebrating Annual Day Excelsior Sports Correspondent the probables for Vizzy trophy is a from the State of Jammu and ized by Maharshi Dayanand claimed one bronze, Vishabjeet landmark achievement for the at Kidzee Rehari in Jammu. SRINAGAR, Mar 7: Nasir Kashmir to qualify for the award University, Rohtak, recently. Singh clinched one silver and Directorate of Physical Education Lone from Bandipora who repre- of Cultural Talent Scholarship Prof Dhar eulogised the one bronze, Akhil Sharma and Sports, Kashmir sented Kashmir University 2017-18 for Hindustani Music efforts of Directorate of Sports bagged one bronze, ADaleep Kidzee Rehari celebrates Annual Day University. in the recently concluded (Vocal). & Physical Education in general Singh claimed 2 silver, Excelsior Correspondent lamp by the chief guest and Vizzy trophy is one of North Zone Inter It is a Special Drive launched and medallists in particular and Shubham Kerni clinched one sil- other dignitaries. the prestigious tourna- JAMMU, Mar 7: Kidzee University Tournament - by the Centre for Cultural encouraged the Department to ver and one bronze and Ankit Director of the school, ments of the country Rehari Jammu celebrated its 2018 has been selected for Resources & Training, Ministry of participate in all the sports Manhas won 2 silver medals, Kuldip Gupta presented wel- being organised by AIU in Annual Dat with pomp and coaching -cum -selection Culture, New Delhi. events in future. while in the women's section, come address and also highlight- collaboration with the show at Abhinav Theatre, here trials of North Zone He appeared for an interview It is pertinent to mention Ritu Bala, Roshni Devi and ed the achievements of the Board of Control for today. Combined Universities for the Scholarship arranged by here that the University of Nandni Sharma claimed 2 silver school. Cricket in India (BCCI). Mlc Vibodh Gupta was the team for participation in Vizzy the Regional Selection Committee Jammu remained runners-up in each, while Sanjana Manhas A variety of cultural items On such a landmark achieve- chief guest on the occasion, Trophy on the basis of his out- of CCRT at Sehgal Hall of the men and second runners-up in bagged one silver and one were presented by the students, ment Dr Nisar Khan, Coordinator, while Arun Khanna, Corporator standing performance in the Inter- J&K Academy of Art, Culture and women section of the Inter- bronze. among which the Ramayana Act Directorate of Physical Education Ward-25 and Dr Chaand Trehan, University Cricket Tournament. Languages in October last year. University Grappling Dr. Daud Iqbal Baba, was the centre of attraction. and Sports and Nadeem Ahmad, eminent psychologist were the The coaching camp is being The selection process consist- Championship. Director, Directorate of Sports Speaking on the occasion, Assistant Director lauded the stren- describes his young disciple as a guests of honour. organised by MD University ed of vocal performance of Indian Apart from University of & Physical Education, the chief guest lauded the efforts uous efforts of the player and his 'child prodigy' and foresees a great Before the start of the pro- Rohtak from March 5, 2019 in classical music and verbal com- Jammu, about 50 Universities University of Jammu also of the teachers in training the lit- coach. future for him as a torch-bearer of gramme, two minutes silence which the shortlisted players from munication. The results were from all over the Country also applauded the efforts of the tle kids in a befitting manner. Other staff members of the the rich Indian classic music tradi- was observed to pay homage to all the Universities of the North declared recently by the CCRT. participated in the whole team including the coach- Vote of thanks was presented Directorate of Physical Education tion which faces the threat of Pulwama martyrs. Zone with exceptional perform- Rouvin has been undertaking Championship. es Pushap Thakur, Sahil Dogra by the Principal of the school, also congratulated Nasir and extinction in view of onslaught of The Jammu University team The programme began with ance have been invited. rigorous training in vocal Indian pop music into the sensibilities of and Jai Bharat. Havi Gupta. wished him best of luck for future classical music under the tutelage won 17 medals in different cate- the lighting of the ceremonial The selection of Nasir lone in endeavors. the contemporary youth of India.

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Outstanding sportspersons of district Poonch posing along INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY with dignitaries and officials during felicitation function in Poonch. MARCH 8, 2019 EHSAAS Foundation Poonch State Resource Centre for Women, Social felicitates outstanding sportspersons Welfare Department J&K congratulates the Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ahmed Dar,Vijay Kumar, Ravinder Singh, Narinder Singh, women of the State on the eve of International POONCH, Mar 7: EHSAAS Rajinder Singh, Imran Mir and Foundation Poonch felicitated out- Bilal Makdoomi. Women's Day 2019 standing sportspersons of Poonch Speaking on the occasion chief in an impressive function, here guest said that the felicitation of today. these players is a step forward n The players who were hon- enhancing sports culture in the THINK EQUAL oured included Saqlain Tariq, District. International Volleyball player, who The programme was organised BUILD SMART recently represented U Mumba by Pervaiz Malik Afridi, Chairman team in Pro Volleyball League EHSAAS Foundation Poonch and INNOVATE FOR CHANGE Pawan Kumar Sharma, who was Imran Shah, Secretary. Following Women Centric Schemes are being implemented appointed as strength and condi- tioning trainer for National Cricket Jammu District Cycling for the welfare, safety and upliftment of Women in the State. Camp of Under-19 Boys 2018- 2019 by BCCI and National C'ship on Mar 10 Cricket Academy; Nawaz Rather, Excelsior Sports Correspondent  One Stop Centre for Women in distress. the first cricketer from Poonch  Women Help Line 181 who represented J&K in Syed JAMMU, Mar 7: Jammu  Mahila Shakti Kendra Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, organ- and Kashmir Cycling ised by the BCCI); Rydham Association is holding Jammu  Family Counselling Centres (FCC) Sharma, the first player from District Cycling Championship  Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) Poonch who represented JKCA in on March 10, 2019 here. Under-14 Tournament, organized According to a handout  Pradhan Matri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) Erstwhile by the BCCI and Urvashi Sharma, issued here the cyclists from IGMSY. the first Under-19 woman cricketer Jammu district desirous to take  Ladli Beti: from Poonch to represent JKCA in part in the Championship will tournament organized by the have to submit their entries with  Beti Bachao Beti Padao BCCI. S Sarwant Singh Gill, General  State Marriage Assistance Scheme Malikzad Seharaz-ul-Haq, Secretary of the Association DIP/J-13240/18 ADC Poonch was the chief guest (9419108337), Om Prakash  Social Security Schemes, (NSAP, ISSS) Dated: 7-3-2019 on the occasion. Sharma, Associate Secretary, Prominent among other digni- Senior Cyclist Vikesh Kumar or taries and officials present on the NIS Coach, Ajay Kumar. occasion were Sheezan Bhat, The entries are to be submit- DySp DAR; Kasturi Lal Raina, ted along with a fee of Rs 50, 2 DYSSO Poonch; Nirdosh Kumar, passport size coloured photo- BBBP Manager Sports Stadium Poonch; graphs, date of birth certificate Prof Babar, Tariq Khan, Farooq and copy of Aadhar Card.