MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU score upset win Tourney ‘Salute & Tribute to Siachen Martyrs’ inaugurated RCC Srinagar thrashes Singh to keep hopes alive MIRPUR, Feb 28: overs) complemented bowled in the blockhole to trap Club Akhnoor in opening tie Mustafizur well as their six him leg before. The ball slanted *Huge gathering of young and old cricketers attends function Bangladesh registered a 23- overs produced only 35 runs and with the angle and no footwork upset victory over defending also got them three . caught the left-hander in the Excelsior Sports Correspondent champions Sri Lanka in a round The loss of four wickets for crease. robin league encounter to keep 16 runs in between the end of was JAMMU, Feb 28: T20 their hopes alive of qualifying 11th and 15th over was the turn- caught by Sabbir off Mashrafe Cricket Tournament ‘Salute and Tribute to Siachen Martyrs’, for the final of Asia Cup T20 ing point for the 'Tigers', as the Mortaza in the deep mid- being organized by Parade Sports cricket tournament here today. home team is fondly referred to to make it 92 for five Association in association with Batting first, Sabbir in this part of the world. as a Bangladesh victory looked Teams posing for a group photograph alongwith coaches dur- Jammu Municipal Corporation, Rahaman's 54-ball-80 helped took a lovely inevitable. ing exhibition cricket match at GGM Science College Hostel cricket lovers and a galaxy of the home team reach a competi- catch running backwards from Earlier, Sabbir took on the ground in Jammu on Sunday. sponsors, got underway at Parade tive 147 for seven in 20 overs. his mid-off position to dismiss Sri Lankan attack, Cricket Ground, here today. In reply, Sri Lanka looked Tillekaratne Dilshan (12). blasting his way to a 54-ball-80 MGCA-A outplays Academy-B The Tournament was formal- like chasing the target easily till (37) and that had 10 boundaries and three ly inaugurated by Mehboob the first 10 overs but suffered a Shehan Jayasuriya (26) added sixes as Bangladesh posted a dramatic batting collapse as Iqbal, chairman Jammu and 56 runs for the second wicket as respectable 147 for seven in 20 in exhibition cricket match Kashmir Cricket Association and they could only score 124 for Sri Lanka were cruising along at overs. eight in the end. Excelsior Sports Correspondent also chipped in with 16 runs, PDP leader as chief guest, while Mehboob Iqbal interacting with players after inaugurating 76 for one as the 11th over was The 24-year-old Sabbir, who while Arin and Sumit made 10 senior Congress leader, Vikram Mustafizur Rahaman (1/19 coming to an end. is easily the best T20 batsman in Cricket Tourney ‘Salute & Tribute to Siachen Martyrs’ at Parade in 4 overs) again bowled bril- JAMMU, Feb 28: MGCA- and 8 runs respectively. For Malhotra and Yudhvir Singh, vice Cricket Ground in Jammu on Sunday. But then, Chandimal played Bangladesh at the moment, has A defeated Academy-B XI by a MGCA-A team, Kanaihya took president State BJP were the liantly at the death using all the an ugly reverse slog pull which carried on his form from the senior NC leader were also pres- Wadhawan was the top scorer variations in his armoury to help narrow margin of 12 runs in a 4 wickets, while Tarun claimed guests of honour. Deepak Handa, ent on the occasion. Vijay with 68 runs, studded with 5 fours landed in the safe hands of Bangladesh Premier League high scoring Under-14 boys 2 and Karan bagged one. senior PDP leader and Mr Ayoub, his team notch up their second stationed at deep (BPL) in the tournament. Sabharwal, president, Parade and 4 sixes, while Ateev Saini win in the tournament. exhibition cricket match, Sports Association was also pres- contributed 55 runs with the help point. Jayasuriya was then His innings is more praise- organized by Shashi Pal, under Skipper off 's worthy, considering the fact that Ist Kuldip Sharma Memorial ent on the occasion. of 10 boundaries and one six. kept three overs of his best the auspices of Mayank Jammu’s cricketers of repute Satish Kumar also played a bril- bowling as Sri Lanka suddenly Bangladesh were reduced to 26 Goswami Cricket Academy bowler at the back end which slumped to 78 for three. for three with openers were honoured by the dignitaries liant knock of unbeaten 39 runs proved to be really useful. (MGCA) at GGM Science Cricket Tournament concludes for their achievements, in pres- including 3 fours and one six. For It soon became 85 for four Mohammed Mithun (0), Sarkar College Hostel ground, here Spinners Shakib Al Hasan Excelsior Sports Correspondent of first inning lead in favour of ence ofa huge gathering of young SCC Akhnoor, Sunny, Vinay, when (4) failed (0) and veteran Mushfiqur today. (2/21 in 4 overs) and Green Fields Academy. The and old cricketers who attended Binny, Anchal and Sham Singh to capitalise on the dropped Rahim (4) back in the dug-out. The match was organized Riyadh (1/14 in 2 JAMMU, Feb 28: The finals match was officiated by Shugal the function. Langeh claimed one wicket each. catch by Taskin as Mustafizur However, the fall of the with an objective to provide of Ist Kuldip Chander Kumar and Sadiq Hussain. Earlier, Dr Anil Kumar In reply, SCC Akhnoor man- wickets at the other end did not opportunity to the budding Delta Force organizes Football Tournament deter Sabbir from playing his Sharma(Tyagmurti) Memorial Former Minister, Bali Mahajan, general secretary, aged to score 167 runs in the cricketers to hone their skill by Parade Sports Association pre- allotted 20 overs by losing 7 natural game. Cricket Tournament at was held Bhagat, MLA Raipur Domana Excelsior Sports Correspondent playing in a 40-over game. sented welcome address and wickets, thus lost the match by a It started in the fourth over between the Green Fields Constituency was the chief Winning the toss and bat- threw light on the functioning and margin of 38 runs. Sunny was the JAMMU, Feb 28: Rashtriya Rifles Battalion under Delta Force bowled by , Cricket Academy and Sehwag guest, who lavished praise for ting first, MGCA-A scored a Cricket Academy at Country achievements of Parade Sports top scorer with 39 runs, while organized Football Tournament for Boys at Village Bihota under when Sabbir muscled him the organizers on holding the decent total of 213 runs in the cricket grounds , here today. Association since its inception in Sonu contributed 34 runs to the Sadhbhavana initiative. through vacant mid-wicket event which provided platform stipulated 40 overs by losing 9 Green Fields Academy 1992. total. Anchal and Sourav chipped The final match was played today between Friends Club Bihota region. The next shot was a six to budding cricketers to show- wickets. Kanaihya Wadhawan defeated Sehwag Cricket Speaking on the occasion, the in with 15 and 14 runs respective- and Butt Guhari Tigers and Friends Club Bihota Club won the through the same region, fol- case their skill. was the top scorer with unbeat- Academy by virtue of first chief guest and the guests of hon- ly. For RCC, skipper Kuldeep match by four goals to three (4-3). lowed by a cover drive and back He applauded the role of the en 56 runs, while Vasu and innings lead. our assured the organizers all help Kumar was the pick of the cut for a boundary. sportsmen in the Nation building. Eight teams of different Clubs/Schools from Bhadarwah tehsil Aarush contributed 22 and 21 for development of Parade bowlers, who scalped 3 important participated in the tournament. These matches were played on In the sixth over bowled by runs to the total respectively. ground and its maintenance. Mr wickets, while Dilbagh Singh knockout basis. Seven matches were played during the tourna- Thisara Perera, young Sabbir hit Tanveer and Cherain also Iqbal, in particular said that his bagged 2. Satish Kumar and ment. All the teams exhibited sportsman spirit and displayed com- another three boundaries to keep chipped in with 12 and 10 runs priority would be to make Parade Akash Choudhary claimed one mendable skills and showed enthusiasm. the scoreboard moving. (PTI) respectively. For Academy-B ground a wonderful cricketing wicket each. team, Arin Sharma took 4 facility if he remains chairman of The match was officiated by wickets, while Praful Dhar JKCA. JD Singh and Madan Verma as bagged 2 wickets. Sayam and The opening match was umpires, while the Tournament is Abhinav also claimed one played between RCC Srinagar being organized by Parade Sports wicket each. and Singh Cricket Club Akhnoor. Association, with 92.7 Big FM In reply, Academy-B team Winning the toss and bating and Swabhiman Charitable Trust managed to score 201 runs by first, RCC Srinagar scored a as its partners. losing all their wickets 31 mammoth total of 205 runs in the The proceedings of the inau- overs, thus lost the match by stipulated 20 overs, losing 6 gural ceremony were conducted 12 runs. Praful Dhar was the wickets in the process. Jatin by Rajesh Dhar. top scorer with 35 runs, while Arjun Parth and Prashmit con- Winners of Ist Kuldip Sharma Memorial Cricket Tournament tributed 31 and 27 runs to the posing alongwith MLA Bali Bhagat and other dignitaries at SSP Ramban, Randeep Kumar flagging off motor bike rally on Sunday. total respectively. Arun Tak Gharota in Jammu on Sunday. Ramban Police organizes bike rally Green fields in the 1st The Tournament was organ- Speed Climbing champions innings scored 203 runs in 53 ized joint by Country Cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent road safety measures saying overs. Harman Preet Singh Academy and Project Model that several lives would be scalped 5 wickets and Jasbir School, under the supervision of RAMBAN, Feb 28: To saved if bikers wear helmets. Shivani, Aman felicitated Singh took 3 wickets. In reply, Vikrant Sharma and Vivek aware the people for adhering He said that people should Sehwag Cricket Academy made Excelsior Sports Correspondent Saleemm, Manik Slathia and Sahrma. traffic rules and ensuring safe strictly follow the traffic rules as 87 runs. Shivansh and Sajad Hussain Bhat were hon- Prominent among others and comfortable driving, over these are imperative while driv- Harmanpreet Singh scored 32 an JAMMU, Feb 28: Shivani oured. present on the occasion, apart 100 bikers from across the dis- ing on the roads besides also 16 runs respectively. Sant Archers in action during Army’s 4th Harka Bahadur Charak and Aman Dogra, the The Chief Guest also hon- from some Working committee trict Ramban participated in a 10 creating a sense of safety Baksh took 5 wickets and Tayab Memorial Archery Competition in Kargil. two National Speed Climbing oured a number of schools with members of the Jammu and Km “Zindagi Nahi Sasti–Safe among the pedestrians. bagged 3 wickets. Champions were felicitated dedication awards for having Kashmir Cricket Association, riding” motor bike rally which Apart from other senior offi- In their 2nd innings, Green Army’s 4th Harka Bahadur Memorial today at the 29th Anniversary promoted adventure activities were Sarpanch Gharota, was flagged off by Senior cers of police and civil authori- Fields scored 165 runs with the and Prize Distribution Function among their students. The Narinder Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) ties, Additional Superintendent contribution of Raghav Sharma of Mountaineering Association prominent schools in this cate- Advocate JP Nanda, Sandeep Archery Competition concludes Ramban, Randeep Kumar from of Police (ASP) Ramban Arun 47 and Aryan Chopra 24. The Singh, Ashwani Kumar and of J&K held at K L Saigal Hall, gory were Sprawling Buds Excelsior Sports Correspondent areas of Kargil district participat- Bus Stand Ramban and culmi- Gupta, Deputy Superintendent match was decided on the basis Surjit Singh. nated at Kowbagh after covering of Police (DySP) Ramban Rafiq Abhinav Theatre, here. School, Chinore, Oriental ed in the Competition. After Ramban Town, Maitra Village Choudhary, Deputy B R Sharma, Chief Secretary Academy Hr. Sec. School, St. KARGIL, Feb 28: To honour competing in league matches and and District Police Line Superintendent of Police J&K was the chief guest on the Xavier Convent Sr. Secondary JKP Masters’ T20 Cricket the bravery of Sub Harka semifinals, Green Valley Chandrog, here today. (DySP) Traffic Ramban, occasion, while an eminent sci- School, Barnai, Shangrilla Bahadur, MC, (5/1 GR), the sav- Kirkitchoo and Chanchik Archer, The rally was organised Kameshwar Puri and Social entist and writer, Professor Lalit Series gets underway at KCSC iour of Kargil, 16 Maratha LI Kargil emerged as the finalists. under civic action programme of Activist Mohammad Arif Wani, under the aegis of Kargil After a closely contested final Jammu and Kashmir Police. On besides others were also present Excelsior Sports Correspondent Choudhary Managing Director Sentinels in collaboration with match, Chanchik Archer, Kargil the occasion, SSP Ramban on the occasion. KC Indoor Complex for helping Social & Educational Welfare emerged as the winner. emphasised the importance of JAMMU, Feb 28: JKP Police department in conducting Society (S&EWS), Kargil & Col Manish Priyadarshan was the Masters' T20 Cricket Series for the said event and providing all Nehru Youth Kendra Sangathan chief guest, while Aga Sayyed the Senior Police Officers, being available indoor cricket facilities. (NYKS) organized the 4th Harka Abass, Chief Executive 1st T-10 Cricket organized jointly by Jammu and JKP Stars Alok Puri Bahadur Memorial Archery Counselor, LAHDC, Kargil was Kashmir Police Department and won the toss and elected bowl Competition, here. the guest of honour. Both the dig- KC Sports Club got underway at first. The event was organized at nitaries gave away prizes to the Warrior Cup concludes KC Sports Club here today. JKP Dare Devils scored 59 the Army Goodwill School, winners and runners-up teams. Excelsior Sports Correspondent In reply, Faridia Fighters The Coordinators of the JKP runs in 17.2 overs by losing 7 Harka Bahadur from February Haji Akbar of Chanchik Archer, chased the target on the last ball Masters' T20 Championship are wickets in which Rajesh Gill , 14, 2016. Kargil was declared as the player DODA, Feb 28: Doda Faridia of the match. Uttam Chand SSP Jammu, Pawan Parihar and Rajeev A total of 15 teams from all of the tournament. Fighters and Chenab Cricket In Under-17 final, Chenab Ramesh Kotwal SP Headquarters Pandey were the main scorers Club defeated their rivals in the Cricket Club defeated Doda Jammu, Arjun Choudhary with 24,16,10 runs respectively. Range level ‘Chhoona Hai 1st T-10 Cricket Warrior Cup to Director KC Sports Indoor From the bowling side SS Stunners. Chenab Cricket Club Ace climbers posing for a group photograph alongwith Chief win title trophies in Under-14 and Complex and Rajesh Gill Chief Kotwal took 2 wickets while won the toss and elected to bat Secretary, BR Sharma and other dignitaries during felicitation Under-17 categories respectively. Prosecuting Officer NHRC Alok Puri and Akshay shared 1 first. Zeeshan captain of the function in Jammu on Sunday. Aasman’ contest organised First final of the day was played Chenab Cricket Club scored 54 Jammu. And the event is being wicket . Excelsior Correspondent give the meaningful direction to in Under-14 category between runs and helped his team to set Public School, Shiksha Niketan organized under the overall In reply, JKP Stars chased the youth to shine. He said that such Green Gladiators and Faridia target of 117 runs for the loss of Magotra presided over the func- Group of Schools, S O S Supervision of Danish Rana IGP target in 17.5 overs for the loss of UDHAMPUR, Feb 28: With programmes would prove sup- Fighters. Green Gladiators won 3 wickets in 10 overs. tion. Secretary, J&K State Hermann Gmeiner School, Jammu,. six wickets. Akshay Khujuria, the aim to encourage the talented portive for us to bring the people the toss and elected to bat first. In reply, Doda Stunners Sports Council Jawaid Ahmad National Academy, Udhampur “The objective for conduct- Ranjeet Singh and Alok Puri con- youth of the area, J&K Police of the area close to the police Green Gladiators captain Tushar could manage to score 106 for Shah and Chairman, Indian and Amba Kids Home, Panthal, ing this three matches cricket tributed 19,10 and 7 runs to the Udhampur-Reasi Range organ- thereby helping to strengthen the and vice-captain Vishal scored 23 the loss of 6 wickets. Mountaineering Foundation Reasi. series on Sundays for the Police total. From JKP Dare Devils ized a Range level Talent Hunt police public relations. and 12 runs respectively and Tehsildar Doda, Mr Nasir North Zone Committee, S Teachers of various schools Officers is for recreational pur- Pawan Parihar, Ashok Sharma, competition "Chhoona Hai In senior female category, helped their team to set target of was the chief guest who distrib- Bhattacharjee were the guests of along with members of the poses”, Rajesh Gill, Coordinator Rajesh Gill and Jagpal Sharma Aasman" Season-5 under its Shivi Badyal, Mehak Gupta and 67 runs in 10 overs. Momin took uted prizes among the winners honour. Divisional Sports Association were also felicitated of the event informed. shared one wicket each. Akshay Civic Action Programme. Mumtaz and in male category one wicket. and runners-up teams. Officer J&K State Sports for their exemplary service Earlier, Alok Puri IGP was declared as man of the match. Council was the special guest. towards promotion of trekking Vigilance Jammu inaugurated the From KC Sports Club side A total of 24 talented contest- Suraj Dogra, Chaman Lehari and Dhanu B Super Heroes, Marh While Shivani who won a and sport climbing. tournament in an impressive and present on the occasion are ants 12 each from Udhampur and Ashish Kumar were adjudged as Gold medal in Speed Climbing Earlier, Shawetica Khajuria, colourful function. While speak- Dr.Ram Thakur,Sanjeev Sharma Reasi districts reached the finals first, second and third respective- and a bronze medal in boulder- Joint Secretary of the ing on the occasion, IGP Alok . The match were officiated by after district level screening held ly. Rangers register convincing wins ing competition in the 21st Association welcomed the Puri lauded the efforts of the Ajay Kumar and Touqeer under both Senior and Junior In junior female category Excelsior Sports Correspondent Rangers decided to bat first and National Sport Climbing guests and Ram Khajuria, gener- Coordinators in conducting this whereas the Proceedings and Categories. Aarshi Kals, Razia and Smile and scored 125 runs setting 126 runs Championship was presented a al secretary highlighted the cricket event for all aPolice Comentary conducted by RP District Development in male category Rohit Khanotra, BAJALTA, Feb 28: Dhanu B to win for Surinsar Teachers. cheque for Rs 15,000 and Rs major achievements of the Offices.He also thanked Arjun Singh. Commissioner, Dr. Shahid Iqbal Sourab Singh and Afiq-Ul- Super Heroes today defeated Surinsar Teachers scored 113 5000 by Mountaineering Association in his report. Choudhary was chief guest on Rehman secured first, second Chilla Challengers and Marh runs losing all wickets in 14 Association & IMF North Zone Arti Sharma, Director of Div Com inaugurates the occasion and distributed and third positions respectively. Rangers won a match against overs and thus lost the match by Committee respectively along Sprawling Buds School con- prizes among the winners. The prize winning contest- Surinsar Teachers in the Maruti 13 runs. with a glittering Trophy she was ducted the proceedings of the While speaking on the occa- ants would participate in the Suzuki Nagrota Premier League Akbar Ali for his 34 runs also given Rs. 1000 by Rakesh function, while Sonam Sidharth sion, DDC lauded the efforts of Zone Level competition, Tournament, an initiative of and 2 wickets was declared man Goswami, Secretary, Shivalik presented vote of thanks. cricket tourney at Pulwama J&K Police to explore talents "Chhoona Hai Aasman Talent MLA Devender Singh Rana. of the match. Mountaineering & Adventure Prominent among others Excelsior Sports Correspondent urged the players to work hard among the youth of the districts Hunt Show Season 5". Chilla Challgengers won the The matches were officiated Sports Club, Jammu. present on the occasion included for achieving better perform- saying that such programmes are Renowned artists from toss and elected to bat first and by Saleem Ur Rehman from Similarly, Aman Dogra Er. H R Padha, Director, St. PULWAMA, Feb 28: ance in sports activities, as these bound to improve children's self Jammu, Vijay Attri, Ravi Sharma bundled out for 80 runs in stipu- J&K Youth Services and Sports received a total prize money of Xavier Convent Sr. Secondary Divisional Commissioner events provides much needed confidence and esteem and and Kamal Sharma acted as jury lated 14 overs. and Mohammad Gul. Rs.16000 and a trophy. Both School, Rahul Sharma and Kashmir Dr. Asgar Hassan platform for exhibiting their tal- encourage them to pursue and members of the contest. Deputy Dhanu B Super Heroes Besides hundreds of cricket champion climbers were pro- Ramesh Khajuria, both Samoon today inaugurated a ent. improve upon their talents. This Chief Warden Civil Defence, played well and chased the tar- lovers from Nagrota and Jammu fusely cheered during the pres- Directors of Sprawling Buds cricket tournament here at sports District Development would also help in channelizing Advocate Swatantra Dev Kotwal get in 11 overs after losing 5 Sarpanch Surinsar Subash entation ceremony. School, Chinore; Vivek stadium Pulwama. The tourna- Commissioner Pulwama said their energies to constructive pur- conducted the proceeding of the wickets. Singh, Sarpanch Bajalta Ch. Asma Gul, Shilpa Charak, Chauhan, Administrator of ment is being organized by that the district has no dearth of poses rather than towards anti- function. For his all round perform- Rehmat Ali, Jagdish Raj Mrityunjay Sharma and Ajay Oriental Academy Hr. Sec. Valley Super League (VSL). talent, but needs to be explored social activities. SSP Udhampur, Suleman ance Wasim was declared man Khajuria, Amjad Beg, Girdhari Deep who also excelled in the School; Vishav Mohan Sharma, District Development in a bigger way. Congratulating the winners, Choudhary, SSP Reasi, Sujit of the match with 23 runs and 2 Lal, Dr. Manzoor and others national championship but nar- Principal National Academy Commissioner Pulwama Neeraj International Cricket player Dr. Shahid called upon them to Kumar, Adl. SP, M.L. Kaith, wickets. were present. rowly missed medals were also High School, Udhampur and Kumar and S S P Pulwama were from Kashmir Parvaiz Rasool make more efforts to achieve the Project Officer DRDA, Dr. The second match of the Both the matches were honoured with a cash prize of Rs Ashwani Katoch Principal also present on the occasion. was guest of honour on the occa- goal in the next Zonal round to be Jagdish Mehra, DySP Bodh Raj, Maruti Suzuki Nagrota Premier played under the overall super- 1000 each and a trophy. Amba Kids Home, Panthal, Speaking on the occasion, sion. held at Jammu. DTO Romesh Singh, officers and League Tournament was played vision of Faheem Tak, Vice For excellence in the field of Reasi. Yogeshwar Kumar, Divisional Commissioner said Youth Services and Sports DIG Udhampur-Reasi Range, officials of Police, CRPF & Civil between Marh Rangers and President Take-1 Channel and Mountaineering Everester Ram Rakesh Goswamy and Navneet extra-curricular activities are Officer, media persons besides Surinder Gupta said that the Department, prominent citizens Surinsar Teachers. Member Organizing Committee. Singh Slathia along with Sajad Gupta. imperative for the overall devel- huge gathering of locals were Talent Hunt Programme is a and large number of people were Winning the toss Marh Hyder, Stanzin Youthog, Mohd opment of the students. He also present on the occasion. major initiative of J&K Police to present on the occasion.