THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2015 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Debutant Pranav scores gritty fifty India capitulate for 215 J&K wins 3 medals in Ian slams cracking ton, Manhas before hitting back on Day 1 Speedball Nationals Excelsior Sports Correspondent clinched bronze medals in the unbeaten on 95 as J&K scores 325/5 NAGPUR, Nov 25: Cheteshwar Pujara (21) and skip- his third low score in the series doubles event. Excelsior Sports Correspondent men Ian Dev Singh and Pranav Ian continued in the company of per Virat Kohli (22) got decent after bagging a pair in the opening JAMMU, Nov 25: Jammu J&K got overall third place Gupta put on 100 runs together Mithun Manhas and the pair Indian batsmen capitulated starts only to throw them away. Test at Mohali followed by an and Kashmir won 3 medals with in the Championship. JAMMU, Nov 25: Ian Dev for the third wicket. shared a crucial 156-run stand meekly against both pace and spin For South Africa the early unbeaten 45 in the rained out sec- 2 gold and one silver in 61st The Director General Youth Singh scored magnificent centu- While Ian, after resuming on for the fourth wicket to take the to be shot out for 215 before hit- damage was done by lanky pacer ond game at Bengaluru. National School Games in the Services and Sports, Jahangir ry (115), while skipper Mithun 13, scored a 184-ball 115 that team past 250-run mark. ting back at South Africa with two Morkel, who grabbed a superb 3 South Africa, then, hit back discipline of Speedball Under-19 Mir has lauded the efforts of the Manhas was unbeaten on 95 runs included 20 hits to the fence, At stumps, Manhas was early scalps on Day one of the for 35 in three spells before limp- strongly through Morkel in the boys and girls at Rajnandgaon in players and the coaches and to help Jammu & Kashmir reach debutant Pranav scored a quick- unbeaten on 95, studded with 12 third and penultimate Test here ing off the field after bowling the first hour post lunch. Chhatisgarh, yesterday. managers accompanying them. 325 for five on the third and fire 56 off 60 balls with the help boundaries and one six and giv- today. first ball of his fourth. His wicket- The loss of both the batsmen The State team was spon- The Tournament was held penultimate day of their Group C of 11 delectable boundaries. ing him company was Aamir The home team, leading 1-0 in taking spells, the second and third, in the second hour before lunch sored by the Department of from November 20 to November Ranji Trophy cricket match Both the batsmen were in awe- Aziz on unbeaten 12. the rubber, once again fell back on read 4-2-8-1 and 4-2-8-2. followed by a dramatic post-lunch Youth Services and Sports, J&K. 24, 2015, wherein majority of against Goa at GGM Science some touch, hitting the ball with Brief scores: their spin force to dismiss opener Off spinner Simon Harmer, middle-order collapse undid the The gold medal was bagged States across the county partici- College ground, here today. fluid grace and utter brilliance. Goa 1st innings: 552 for five Stiaan van Zyl for a duck and dropped from the team in the initial good work. by Gurmanjeet Singh in singles pated and vied for the top hon- J&K still needs 227 more Pranav held his nerves in the declared Imran Tahir (4), who came in as a drawn Bengaluru Test after play- The batsmen dismissed, most- event, while Ankit and Suryansh ours. runs with five wickets in hand to first match of his First Class J&K 1st innings: 325 for 5 in nightwatchman, before the visi- ing in the series opener at Mohali, ly to poor shots, were Pujara (21), surpass the visitors' massive first career and send the bowlers on a 77 overs (Ian Dev Singh 115, tors ended the day at 11 for two supported him with a fine haul of skipper Virat Kohli (22), Ajinkya innings total of 552/5 declared. leather hunt, hitting series of Mithun Manhas batting 95, after 9 overs at the VCA ground at 4 for 78, by getting good purchase Rahane (13) and Rohit Sharma, Resuming from an overnight boundaries. Pranav Gupta 56; Shadab Jakati Jamtha. off the turning track. who did not play in the first two score of 43/2, the overnight bats- Even after Pranav got out, 2/76). Openers Dean Elgar (7) and Young fast bowler Kagiso Tests. captain Hashim Amla (0) were at Rabada and spinners Elgar and In the space of 15 overs after the crease to face Indian spinners Tahir accounted for the other lunch India lost four wickets for Ravichandran Ashwin and wickets. the addition of only 31 runs after Ravindra Jadeja, who tasted early There were only two signifi- being 95 for two -- Morkel and blood by plucking a wicket apiece cant partnerships in the Indian Harmer doing the damage. to threaten mayhem on a spinning innings -- 50 between openers Morkel, who got rid of Vijay track tomorrow. Vijay and Dhawan and 48 in the first session, added the Earlier, on a pitch that offered between Saha and Jadeja. wickets of Kohli and Rahane to plenty of turn to the spinners and The Indian innings got off to a his kitty in a fiery third spell of 4- reverse swing to fast bowler fine start when Vijay, who struck 2-8-2. Morne Morkel, the home team a six and 3 fours in his 84-ball Pujara was taken out by off batsmen came a cropper after opt- knock, and Dhawan (12) put on spinner Simon Harmer who- ing to bat first and were gasping at their second successive half cen- trapped him leg before and later 125 for 6 before the tail wagged tury stand of the series. got rid of a struggling Rohit Selected Power Lifters posing alongwith Dr Pawan Kotwal, and took the total past the 200- An opening stand on 50 runs Sharama (2) as India slumped to Divisional Commissioner, Jammu on Wednesday. mark. set the innings in the morning 125 for 6 from 50 for no loss in This is the third time that India before losing Vijay and Dhawan 32.2 overs on either side of lunch have been dismissed in the vicini- in the second hour to adjourn to and then made a recovery of sorts. State Bench Press, Power ty of 200 in the series, having fall- the interval at 85 for 2. Wicketkeeper Saha (32) and en for 201 and 200 in the opening Dhawan, denied strike for Jadeja (34) then repaired the Test they won at Mohali to take a long, was lured out by Elgar soon damage with a stand of 48 in 106 Lifting team selected 1-0 lead. after the 50 was raised in 13.4 balls. Excelsior Sports Correspondent in presence of Rakesh Jain, pres- In-form opener Murali Vijay overs and spooned a drive back to Jadeja played some attacking ident, Jeevan Batta (member), Medal winners of Taekwondo Championship posing for a group photograph alongwith digni- top scored with an innings of 40, the left arm slow bowler who shots against the spinners before JAMMU, Nov 25: Jammu Shambhu Gupta (member) and taries on Wednesday. while wicketkeeper batsman accepted a return catch to his he threw away his wicket by try- and Kashmir State (M&W) Narinder Pal Singh, media secre- Wriddhiman Saha (32) and right. ing a wild heave off Rabada after Bench-Press, Deadlift and Power tary. Ravindra Jadeja (34) revived the The left hander's 12 came off a brisk 73-minute knock that con- Lifting team has been selected Dr Pawan Kotwal, Divisional 1st State ITF Taekwondo C’ship concludes tottering innings briefly. 23 balls and 68 minutes and was tained 6 fours. (PTI) for Subrata Classic International Commissioner, Jammu was pres- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Dakshit, Vivek Sharma, Penuika Sharma, Anushka, Aditi Parihar, Releases Rs 5 lakh for Hr Sec School Nadiwala Deadlift, Bench-Press and ent on the occasion. Sharma, Ichcha Bhat, Tanish Mansi, Avantika Basotra, Anita Powerlifting Championship to be In men category selected SAMBA, Nov 25: 1st State Katwal, Arushi Sharma, Shranya Gupta, Vasundhara Khajuria, held at Milanee Hall Jamshedpur, players included Vijay ITF Taekwondo Championship, Khajuria, Jessica, Kamakshi Divya Sharma, Muskaan, Govt committed to all round Jharkhand from January 4 to Chaudhary senior 93 kg category, organized by Taekwon-Do Dutt, Palak Chalotra, Priyanka, Mehak, Aniya Parihar, Tavishi January 9, 2016. Tarun Dev Singh, junior 66 kg Sports Association of J&K (ITF) Khushi, Simran Sharma, Amla, Samya, Shivani, Earlier, J&K Sports Power category, Pankaj Verma, senior concluded at Hotel Jyoti Place Priyanka Jogdand, Liza Kulwinder Singh, Sohan Pal, Lifting Association organized a 93 kg category, Rohit Singh Railway Road, Vijaypur, here. Karloopia, Suhani, Sumit,Vishal Pritpal Singh, Daksh Jeet Singh, development of State: Priya State (M&W) Bench-Press, Jamwal (senior 66kg category), Around 200 players partici- Sharma, Aryan Gupta, Shivam, Nikhil, Jyoteer Aditya, Abhinay Excelsior Correspondent MLA, Akhnoor Rajeev demands of education infra- Deadlift and Power Lifting trial Sandeep Kumar (senior 93 kg pated in the Championship, out Sayam, Surjeet, Hrithik Koul, Sharma, Sumit Sharma, Amitaj Sharma was also present at the structure in the town, the at RKM Gym, Upper Gummat, category), Narinder Pal Singh of which 94 were presented with Nikhil Sharma, Kashish Thapa, Singh, Anubhav Majotra,Nitish JAMMU, Nov 25: camp. Minister sanctioned Rs 5.0 lacs Kanji House, Jammu and select- (senior 83 kg category). medals. Shivang Dhar, Shubam Kumar Attri, Raj Singh and Agreem Reiterating commitment of the Director School Education from her CDF for the higher ed the men and women team. Rajan Jain, general secretary Dr. Ashwani Jojra, State pres- Ravat, Balwinder Kumar, Manhas. Government towards all round Smita Sethi, SDM Akhnoor, secondary school Nadiwala. The team has been selected of the Association will accompa- ident Special Olympics was the Pratinav Singh, Raksham The winners of bronze medal development of the State, SDM Chowki Chowra and other On the occasion, Priya also by the Association on merit basis ny the team. chief guest on the occasion, who Sharma, Hardeep Singh, Keshav, were Neeraj, Ankush Sharma, Minister of State for Education, senior officers from education, felicitated the students who had felicitated the winners on the Sohan Lal Panotra and Siddharat. Goutam Choudhary, Udhay Veer, Culture and Information Priya civil and police administration excelled in their field and called occasion. The silver medals went to Vishwansh, Vinod Kalotra, upon the youngsters to work the gold medal winners Shivang, Akshit Chand, Krish Akshit Chadgal, Manik Sharma, hard toward reaching excellence included Surya, Raghav, Rohan, Samarth, Shreyas Gohil Kumar, Krish Sharma, in their chosen streams. Gourang, Yuvraj, Harshit Dev Kotwal, Taksh, Karmanya, Vasu Dev Singh, Rakshita, The people of the area pre- Singh, Rudra Prapad, Arsh Abhay Pratab, Kartik, Danish, Tamanna, Angeliva, Mandvi sented their demands with Dhotra, Sunil Kumar, Akhil, Vikram Choudhary, Arinakshu Jamwal, Angelina, Tania Mehra, regard to development, educa- Himanshi, Vanshika, Mimomsa tion sector and other issues of Sharma, Manya Antal, Kabir, public importance. Vishal Club outplays Manik, Vishal Singh, Vishal The Minister gave a patient Choudhary, Pritesh Dutt, Akshit hearing to the issues projected Sharma, Vihaan Sapori, Akshay, by the people and assured that Khalsa Club via super over Anish Bakshi and Payal Sharma. all genuine demands would be redressed in a time bound man- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Satish chipped in with 41 runs. Minister of State for Education, Culture and Information, ner. For Vishal Club, Prithvi took 2 Little Flower Priya Sethi felicitating a student for her excellence during Public Later, Priya reviewed the JAMMU, Nov 25: Vishal wickets, while Vishal claimed A scene of play ‘Baba Jitto’ staged by Natrang at Jhiri Mela. Grievance Redressal camp at Akhnoor. progress of the schools in the Cricket Club defeated Khalsa one. School drubs City Sethi said that with active sup- attended the camp. area and directed the Director Cricket Club in a thrilling con- In reply, Vishal Club also Riders by 63 runs port from the Central Underscoring on the initia- School Education to ensure that test via super over in the ongo- scored 200 runs and the match Natrang stages ‘Bawa Government mega development tives taken in the Education best possible human resources ing 4th Ravi Singh Charak ended in a tie, which later-on Excelsior Sports Correspondent initiatives have been taken by Department, Priya said that and education infrastructure is Memorial T20 Cricket was decided via super over. AKHNOOR, Nov 25: Little the coalition Government in the under the guidance of Education made available to the students. Jitto’ at Jhiri Mela Tournament at Satwari Cantt Prithvi scored 51 runs, while State. She said the present dis- Minister Naeem Akhtar series of She said that the performance of ground, here today. Romi and Pinkal contributed 37 Flower School drubbed City Excelsior Correspondent leave his native village. Riders Akhnoor by a big margin pensation is steadfast on the decisions have been taken to teachers would be judged and Earlier, batting first, Khalsa and 35 runs to the total respec- resolve to provide a transparent, improve the quality of education best performers would be Accompanied by his nine-year- Club scored a mammoth total of tively. Inderjeet scalped 4 of 63 runs in the ongoing 7th JAMMU, Nov 25: Natrang’s old daughter, he takes shelter in Pawan Memorial T20 Cricket corruption free and responsive in the State and all out efforts rewarded and non performers 200 runs in the stipulated 20 important wickets for Khalsa administration. are being made to bring a posi- would be punished. globally acclaimed mega Dogri the house of a friend in overs. Jatin was the top scorer Club, while Rahil took 2. Tournament, being organized play ‘Bawa Jitto’ kept thou- Shamachak, a nearby village. by Singh Cricket Club Akhnoor "The recent package of tive change in the education sec- with 80 runs off 44 balls, stud- In the super over, Khalsa 80000 crores sanctioned by the tor. India to take on sands of the audiences spell- The lead role of Bawa Jitto ded with 12 boundaries and 2 Club scored 13 runs, while at Govt Higher Secondary bound at Jhiri Mela-2015 here was played by the senior actor School ground, here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi "We have made efforts to Bangladesh in U-19 sixes, while Inderjeet Singh con- Vishal Club chased the scored is a big boost for the State and ensure that the people get best this evening where 2nd consec- Neeraj Kant whereas the role of tributed 47 runs of 27 balls and with one ball to go. Batting first, Little Flower utive show was presented by Bua Gauri was played by young School scored a big total of 197 the funds would be utilised to education in Government tri-series final take the State to new heights of schools and the age old confi- Natrang. The ultimate magic of artist Sanchita Dubey. Other runs in the stipulated 20 overs, KOLKATA, Nov 25: theatre was visible all-over in senior profile artists of the state Football trials to select World with Atul Gupta (68) and development," she added. dence of people in Government The Minister was speaking run institutions is won back," the Jhiri Mela when the who mesmerized the audiences Rajinder Sharma (26) being the Bangladesh spinners shared supreme sacrifice of the folk through their superb acting main scorers. For City Riders, at a public grievance redressal she added. Cup probables on Nov 27 camp at Akhnoor, today. While listening to the seven wickets among them to hero of the farmers and a devo- included Suresh Kumar, Vijay Atul Sharma took 3 wickets , notch up a eight-wicket victory tee of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Bhatt, Subash Jamwal, Juhi Excelsior Sports Correspondent ciation wth SAI Training while Sanju and Sandy claimed over Afghanistan and set up a ‘Bawa Jitto’ enlivened by the Singh, Aishwarya Sathe, Mohit Centre Jammu. 2 wickets each. Delhi fighting to save innings summit clash against India in electrifying acting of seasoned Sharma, Rahul Singh, Pawan JAMMU, Nov 25: In the Players born on or after City Riders, in reply bun- the Under-19 Triseries one-day artists of Natrang. This is the Verma, Mohd. Yaseen, Ankush ongoing talent hunt across the January 1, 2000 are eligible to dled out for 134 runs in 16.1 defeat; stare at elimination cricket tournament here today. major attraction of Jhiri Mela Lakhnotra, Rajan Thakyal, country to select the probables appear in the trials and they overs, thus lost the match by a Offspinner Saeed Sarkar attracts lakhs of the audiences Pankaj Verma, Masood Qadir, HUBBALLI (KARNATAKA), India discard, who just about for the Indian team, which will will have to report Prem Singh, big margin of 63 runs. Sanju (3/6) and leftarm spinner Saleh and people wait for a year for Shivam Singh, Pallavi Mathur, Nov 25: managed to survive. participate in the Under-17 senior SAI Football coach, and Sunny scored 23 runs each, Ahmed Shawon Gazi (3/32) this superb mega theatrical Meenakshi, Vandana, Geet- Delhi side led by Gautam When he managed to break Football World Cup to be host- alongwith 2 passport size pho- while Rohan contributed 18 claimed three wickets each to event to happen. The staging of anjali, Rohit Kumar, Sumit Gambhir are staring at a humilat- the shackles, it was part-time off- ed by India in 2017, the selec- tographs and orginal date of runs to the total. Rajinder, skittle out Afghans for 99 in Bawa Jitto is supported by Shri Sharma, Kuldeep Angral, Vishal ing innings defeat against breaks of Karun Nair, that saw tion trials will be conducted in birth certificate issued by the Sunny and Sunil took 2 wickets 26.2 overs after they opted to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Sharma, Piyush Anand, Rishabh defending champions Karnataka him edge one to CM Gautham Jammu from 8 am onwards on Municipal Corporation. each. bat in a must-win match. Board and the Bawa Jitmal Sharma and Mahikshit Singh. in a Ranji Trophy group A league behind stumps. November 27 at Parade Bangladesh then returned to Shrine Mela Committee, The traditional narrative encounter, here today. Earlier, talented Dhruv ground, here. chase down the target in less Jammu. singers Girdhari Lal and At stumps on third day, Delhi Shorey (16) was padded a wrong Former chief coach of than 25 overs, losing two wick- Set in the rural backdrop, Harbans Lal who are working were 22 for no loss as they were one from Shreyash Gopal as Sports Authority of India, ets. story of ‘Bawa Jitto’ portrays the with Natrang since 1986 are the enforced follow-on after being Delhi lost wickets at one end. Beeru Mal, who is member of Bangladesh were 29 for 2 in age-old saga of exploitation of real hero of the play and they bowled out for 301 in their first Left-handers Nistish Rana the screening committee, 7.2 overs, losing two wickets in landless farmers by landlords. received special appreciation innings in reply to Karnataka's (32) and Vaibhav Rawal (54) which is looking over the space of five runs, but skipper Due to the constant and persist- The lights were designed and huge score of 542. were out after getting set. In the preparations of the India Team Mehedi Hasan Miraz (37 not ent pressures of relatives, with a executed by Suraj Ganjoo. With 241 runs in arrears, lower order, Manan Sharma (56) will conduct the trials in asso- out from 50 balls; 6x4) and piece of land as bone of con- Sumeet Sharma coordinated the skipper Gambhir (13 batting) and hit 11 lusty boundaries en route Nazmul Hossain Shanto (38 not tention, Bawa Jitto, a hard work- event and the show was assisted Unmukt Chand (3 batting) are his half-century but Delhi were JKTBCA holding out from 60b; 4x4) put on an ing, farm less farmer is forced to by Neeraj Kant. battling at least get a point as never in serious contention of unbroken 72 at a fairly brisk trials for Sub Jr they still need 220 runs to avoid chasing down the mammoth first clip to steer their team home in Nationals on Dec 1-2 innings defeat. innings target set by the hosts. 24.3 overs and bag a bonus If Delhi lose the match, they Karnataka bowlers hunted point against Afghanistan who Medal winners of CBSE Judo Nationals posing alongwith Excelsior Sports Correspondent would be practically out of con- down Delhi as a team with seam- failed to notch any win. dignitaries at BSF School Paloura in Jammu. tention for a berth in the quarter- ers HS Sharath (2/46), Sreenath Bangladesh finished with JAMMU, Nov 25: To pick finals from Group A as they will Aravind (2/41) and Abhimanyu nine points to finish second the team for 20th Sub Junior BSF School shines at CBSE finish their league engagements Mithun (2/52) sharing the spoils. behind India as both teams will National Tennis Ball Cricket with 24 points from eight games. Leggie Gopal also chipped in lock horns in the Sunday final Championship to be held at If they happen to manage a with a couple of wickets while R clash. (PTI) Paonta Sahib in Himachal National Judo Championship point and finish on 25 points, still Vinay Kumar and Karun shared Pradesh in first week of Excelsior Sports Correspondent the Championship. they have very little chance of one apiece. Abhijeet Singh Chib, S/o December, 2015, the Jammu Director Sports, Pushkar making it as it will depend on the Brief Scores: Karnataka 1st Narinder Singh and Kashmir Tennis Ball JAMMU, Nov 25: National Vahara presented medals to the equation of the last round match- Innings 542 Chib, student of Cricket Association (JKTBCA) Judo Championship was organ- winners including Tanisha es. Delhi 1st Innings 301 all out All Jammu and will be holding selection trials ized by CBSE at Bhavan’s SL Jamwal and Sonam Choudhary, Starting the day at 60 for one, in 104.1 overs (Gautam Gambhir Kashmir Seifu- on December 1 and December Public School, Amritsar, recent- who won bronze medals in 50kg Delhi batsmen could never set 75, Manan Sharma 56, Vaibhav kan Karate-Do 2, 2015 at Green Field ground, ly. under- 14 and 55 kg under-16 the tempo during the 104.1 overs Rawal 54, Sreenath Aravind Association, who here. Over 100 schools from all categories respectively. Principal that they batted. 2/41, HS Sharath 2/46). clinched gold The screening of the State over the country participated in Dr. S.K Shukla felicitated the Skipper Gambhir top scored Delhi 2nd Innings (Following medal in Kumite in the Senior Medal winners of Jammu and Kashmir Sqay Martial Art team will be held by the mem- Championship. winners in special morning with 75 off 151 balls that had 10 on) 22/0 (Gautam Gambhir bat- category in 6th International Association, who claimed 23 medals with 6 gold, 10 silver and 7 bers of J&K State Sports BSF School bagged 3rd posi- assembly. He appreciated sports fours, but it was yet another ting 13). Match to continue. Karate Championship held at bronze medals in the 16th National Sqay Martial Art Champion Council on December 2, 2015. tion and won bronze medal in staff of his School. patchy effort from the veteran (PTI) Jaipur in Rajasthan, recently. held at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium at Sholapur in Maharashtra.