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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Time for Pant and Co. to Chance for Rasool, Chahal to Governor invites J&K's Outstanding become India's T20 bowlers: Kohli make it count on big stage KANPUR, Jan 25: erans Ashish Nehra and Suresh Achievers to ‘At Home’ KANPUR, Jan 25: slot alongside Lokesh Rahul. Jadhav waiting in the wings. Raina. Excelsior Sports Correspondent in Asian Youth Karate Laskit, Rigzin Dolkar, and It is difficult to ignore Pant Jadhav came of age in the one- Having led Yuzvendra Ask about Raina, who has Championship, Garvita Gupta, Stanzin Laskit, who scaled India's young guns will get an given the ominous touch he has dayers and was adjudged man of Chahal and Parveez Rasool in not played a match for national JAMMU, Jan 25: Governor Silver Medalist at 2nd Asian World's highest peak Mount opportunity to fire on the big stage shown of late. While Mandeep the series. the Indian Premier League, skip- time since World T20 in March. N N Vohra has invited J&K's Rollball Championship, Everest; Zaira Khan, actress; and carry forward the exceptional could not do much in the first It remains to be seen what per Virat Kohli feels that three- "I think he (Raina) still has a outstanding achievers for the Rajinder Singh, Silver Medalist Aman Dogra, who represented dominance over England when warm-up match against England, bowling choices Kohli would match T20 International series lot to offer. He has not played in Republic Day Celebration "At at 9th Asian Wushu in Asian Youth Sport Climbing they clash with the visitors in the Pant turned heads with a 36-ball make. Fast bowling all-rounder against England will provide a while because there have not Home" function which will be Championship, Ankita Chopra, Competition; Tarun Gandotra, three-match Twenty20 series, perfect opportunity to the duo to been too many limited overs held at the Convention Centre, Silver Medalist at 2nd Asian who represented in World Inline starting here tomorrow. establish themselves as "special- series since the World T20. We Jammu. There will be a separate Rollball Championship; Surya Hockey Championship; India have a different squad for ists" in the shortest format. played a lot of Test matches in enclosure for the achievers at the Bhanu Pratap Singh, Silver Dhananjay Singh Charak, who the T20s compared to the one that A good show by Rasool and between so it seems there is a bit function. Medalist at World Master's represented in 8th World Body was picked for the preceding ODI Chahal may also lessen the of a gap. We still believe he has The achievers invited are Challenge 8th Wushu Sanda Building & Physique Sports series. The six players who were workload on world's premier enough to contribute in shorter Chain Singh, Expert Marksman, World Cup, S. Chandeep Singh, Championship; Sahil Gupta, not part of the 50-over squad are spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. formats. I would say it is a series J&K's First Olympian; Tajamul Specially-abled Skater, Bronze who represented in Asian Roller Rishabh Pant, Mandeep Singh, "The guys who have come in of opportunities for a lot of guys Islam, Gold Medalist, World at National Skating Hockey Championship; Vansh Yuzvendra Chahal, Parvez Rasool, have done pretty well in the IPL, to seal their spots," the skipper Kick Boxing Championship; Championship. Mahajan, who represented in Suresh Raina and Ashish Nehra. in the domestic T20s. The areas said. Frontline spinners Meenal Gupta, under 14th The special invitees include Thailand and Hong Kong Open they are bowling in are pretty "Everyone is included in the Commonwealth Chess Lt. Col. Ranveer Singh Jamwal, Fencing Championships and Ravichandran Ashwin and good and are pretty economical. squad is because we feel that Ravindra Jadeja have been rested, Champion; Rakshak Jandiyal, who conquered over 20 Peaks; Mohammad Akbar Khan, Yuzvendra, everyone has seen they can contribute. At the end 2nd Asian Rollball Parvez Rasool, Cricketer, who Champion Cyclist, have also making way for off-spinner his performances, even Rasool of the day, it is up to the individ- Rasool and the experienced Amit Championship, (Gold Medalist), has been selected for Team been invited to the function. played under me at RCB," Kohli ual (to perform). Hopefully he Mishra, who travelled with the Master Hashim Mansoor, Gold India, Tsering Angmo, Tashi said at the pre-match media con- (Raina) gets back into the ODI squad. ference. groove, he certainly has a lot to Among the unestablished "It is probably a break- offer especially in shorter for- State hosting NSG in Cricket, Tennis Cricket: Director Sports names, the one attracting maxi- mum attention is 19-year-old sen- through series for them. They mats," he further added. sation Rishabh Pant, who earned 59 in the second practice match. Hardik Pandya made an impact in haven't played a big series yet so The skipper made it clear J&K wins record 114 medals in his maiden call-up following a Rahul, on the other hand, too the ODIs and lends balance to the this might be the perfect oppor- that there is not much room for prolific domestic season. would be raring to go after three playing eleven. tunity to seal their spots as T20 changing the team composition The Delhi-based wicketkeeper failures in the ODI series. It is also Squads: specialist spinners for the in the opening game before batsman rose to prominence with an important series for local hero India: Virat Kohli (captain), future," Kohli made it clear as to adding that he can also open the 62nd National School Games his exploits in the U-19 World Cup Raina, who is not a regular in the Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra what is there in stake for young- innings just like he has done it Excelsior Sports Correspondent are yet to be known. said that the Department last year and since then, his career limited overs set up anymore and Chahal, MS Dhoni, Bhuneshwar sters. for the RCB in the IPL. The State won highest num- organised various Pre- graph is only rising. last played for India in the World Kumar, Mandeep Singh, Amit About Rasool, the skipper "It is quite easy as of now JAMMU, Jan 25: Jammu ber of medals in Sqay Martial National coaching camps and The southpaw trained under T20 in March. Mishra, Ashish Nehra, Manish said that he has an ability to (the team combination). The and Kashmir has won record Art with 4 gold, 11 silver and tried to involve experts in the watchful eyes of coach Anil With captain Virat Kohli, Pandey, Hardika Pandya, Rishabh bowl with the new ball. problem always arises when you number of 114 medals in the 17 bronze in different age cate- each discipline, adding that Kumble in the first net session Yuvraj Singh and M S Dhoni cer- Pant, Parvez Rasool, Lokesh "He (Rasool) is pretty confi- don't have consistency. Starting 62nd National School Games, gories and claimed 12 medals the athletes need to be appre- here yesterday and there is a good tain to bat at number three, four Rahul, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh dent, he can bowl with the new now we would be able to figure organised by various States of in Gymnastics, with 2 gold, 4 ciated for this achievement. chance he might be handed the and five; Raina's fight for the num- Raina. ball against the most attacking out the best combination after a the Country in 2016-17 season, silver and 6 bronze in Under-17 Mr Fayaz said, the coveted India cap. ber six spot is with Manish England: Eoin Morgan (cap- guys. These two guys are very few games. In the first game, under the banner of School and Under-19 Girls categories. Department already organised With no Shikhar Dhawan in Pandey, who warmed the bench in tain), Moeen Ali, Jake Ball, Sam smart about their bowling. I am you have a set line-up to start Games Federation of India Wushu, Boxing, Judo, a mega National Level the T20 line-up, there is likely to ODIs against England. Billings, Jos Buttler, Liam sure they will able to replicate with but if there are consistency (SGFI). Taekwondo, Field Archery, Football event in Jammu and be a toss-up between Pant and The pressure is on Raina to Dawson, Jonny Bairstow Chris their domestic success at this issues with a batting position J&K clinched 14 gold, 27 Roller Skating, Kick Boxing is all set to host two more Mandeep Singh for the opener's perform with the likes of Kedar Jordan, Tymal Mills, Liam level." then it becomes difficult , silver and 66 bronze medals, and Thang-Ta are the other National Level events in the Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, The series is also big break whether you want to replace the excluding the 7 medals bagged prominent sports disciplines in second week of February, National Ski, Snowboarding C'ships at Manali Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David for the likes of Rishabh Pant, guy or stick with him for a few by the State in the discipline of which the athletes of Jammu 2017 in the disciplines of Willey. Mandeep Singh along with vet- more games," explained Kohli. Fencing, the details of which and Kashmir fetched medals, Under-17 Girls Cricket and Winter Games Association holding (PTI) besides the lesser known Under-19 Boys Tennis sports disciplines of Super Cricket. selection trials on Jan 28, 29 Sreejesh dedicates Padma Seven Cricket, Rope He further said that organis- Skipping, Speedball, ing such mega events apart Excelsior Sports Correspondent while the open elimination recognition to team Hupkwodo, and Jeet Kune Do.