WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU England have edge against Kohli reclaims top spot in ICC Saina, Sindhu win ODI rankings for batsmen in Indonesia Open Pakistan in first semifinal LONDON, June 13: 125 against Sri Lanka and 78 time in his career. JAKARTA, June 13: Anggraini to crash out of the against South Africa. Amongst the England bats- tournament. CARDIFF, June 13: Bairstow for the last- four clash. ditions. captain Virat Kohli Dhawan's rise means his men, Joe Root has moved up Top Indian shuttlers P V Saina made a good start to Pacers Jake Ball and Liam And Sarfraz, too, knows too today reclaimed the top spot in team-mates Rohit Sharma and one place to fourth and Ben Sindhu and Saina Nehwal the match, leading 10-4 at one England will fancy their Plunkett have been doing the job well the opposition they are up the latest ICC ODI rankings for former captain Mahendra Singh Stokes has rocketed nine places notched up contrasting wins to stage but she blew the advan- chances of extending the search with the ball, while a fired-up against. batsmen following the conclu- Dhoni have slipped one place to a career-high 20th place, make a positive start to their tage after the break as for an elusive major global ODI Mark Wood revelled in his role as "England is a very good team, a sion of the last round each to 13th and while in bowlers' list, Liam campaign at the Indonesia Ratchanok clawed her way silverware despite drawing a Morgan's strike bowler, pro- very, very good team. They've been of league matches in 14th, respectively, Plunkett has jumped seven Super Series Premier bad- back to 14-14 and then marched mercurial Pakistan in the first pelling the side to the semifinals. playing really good cricket for the the Champions Trophy. while Yuvraj Singh places to a career-best ninth minton tournament here today. ahead to earn the bragging semifinal of the ICC Champions Wood has returned this sum- last two years. If you're playing a Kohli had entered has gained six places spot, Adil Rashid has shot up Fourth seed Sindhu brushed rights. Trophy here tomorrow. mer after three bouts of ankle world class team, definitely, you the tournament 22 to be at 88th spot. nine places to 11th spot. aside World No. 20 Pornpawee In the second game, Saina Three-time World Cup final- surgery but his pace remained play more positive cricket against points behind number- Fast bowler There has been no change in Chochuwong of Thailand 21- opened up a 12-7 lead and ists England have been trying for intact, often bamboozling oppo- England," Sarfraz said. one ranked AB de Bhuvneshwar Kumar the top five of the all- rounders' 12 21-19, while world No. 11 despite the Thai girl levelling the past 42 years to lay claim to a sition batsmen with his 90mph Teams (from): Villiers of South has led the charge of list, which is headed by Saina rallied her way to a 17-21 scores at 16-16, the Indian trophy in a major 50 -over tour- TODAY’S FIXTURE Africa, who had been India's bowlers by 's Shakib Al Hasan. 21-18 21-12 win over the surged ahead to bounce back nament. England Vs Pakistan (Cardiff) 3 PM No.1 since 25 February vaulting 13 places to Stokes has gained one spot eighth seeded Thai Ratchanok into the match. In Eoin Morgan's well-bal- this year, and 19 points share 23rd spot with and is now sixth, while Jadeja has Intanon in women's singles. In the decider, Saina dished anced unit, the world sees a missiles. England: Eoin Morgan (cap- behind Australia's David Warner. Afghanistan's Hamza Hotak. broken into the top 10 in eighth Three-time champion out a dominating game as she chance for England to realise England have by far been the tain), Moeen Ali, Jonny But with brilliant knocks of Umesh Yadav has gained two position after rising three places. Saina, who had a 7-5 head-to- lead right from the start 8-2 and their dream. best team in the tournament. Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam 81 not out against Pakistan and places to be at 41st position, In the upcoming semifinal head record against Ratchanok, didn't give any chance to Notwithstanding Pakistan's They are the only team still Billings, Alex Hales, Jos Buttler, 76 not out against South Africa, while Jasprit Bumrah is at 43rd matches of the Champions will face another Thai player Ratchanok to make a come- remarkable turnaround after a unbeaten in the competition as Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Kohli leapfrogged de Villiers and after climbing up three spots. Trophy, India will have a chance Nitchaon Jindapol in the next back. embarrassing loss to arch-rivals they sailed into the semifinals Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Warner into the number one spot. However, Indian spinners to top the table. round. If Saina wins her next In another women's singles India in their tournament open- with three victories on the trot in David Willey, Chris Woakes, Kohli had enjoyed just four have slipped in the latest rank- But for that to happen, they match, she is likely to clash match, Sindhu hardly broke a er in Birmingham, hosts the group stage. Mark Wood, Steven Finn. days at the top in January 2017. ings with Ravichandran Ashwin will not only want to face with World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying sweat as she got across England will take to the field at Even as Sarfraz Ahmed's Pakistan: Sarfraz Khan Indian opener Shikhar dropping two places to 20th and England in the final but also need in the quarterfinals. Pornpawee without much ado Sophia Gardens with their nose unpredictable Pakistan stand (capt.), Ahmed Shahzad, Azhar Dhawan has continued his love- Ravindra Jadeja falling three to retain the title. Olympics silver medallist in the opening game after lead- ahead. between them and a second Ali, Babar Azam, Faheem affair with the Champions Trophy places to 29th. In that case, Kohli's men Sindhu, who has won the Syed ing 6-2 early. England have come a long straight Champions Trophy final Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris by returning into the top 10. Australia's pace ace Josh will join South Africa on 119 Modi Grand Prix Gold and In the second game, Sindhu way in a short space of time since appearance, England will fancy Sohail, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, The left-hander has vaulted Hazlewood has achieved the points but will be ranked ahead India Super Series this season, once again opened a 10-3 lead a humiliating first-round exit at their chances. Junaid Khan, Mohammed Amir, five places to 10th following number-one position in the of them by a fraction of a point. will square off against USA's but the Thai girl managed to the 2015 World Cup in Australia Pakistan will be boosted by Mohammed Hafeez, Shadab scores of 68 against Pakistan, bowlers' rankings for the first (PTI) Beiwen Zhang in the next claw her way back with seven and New Zealand. Sarfraz's match-winning knock Khan and Shoaib Malik. (PTI) round. straight points. They thrashed Pakistan 4-1 in in the team's three-wicket win In mixed doubles, B The Indian, however, soon a bilateral ODI series last year at over Sri Lanka, which put them ‘Oorja’ Football Talent Hunt Tournament Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini surged to a 15-10 lead and home, including a world record into the semis. Ponnappa suffered a 12-21 9-21 despite some fightback from score of 444 for three at Trent That they managed to hold Sikkim, Assam boys register loss to Indonesian combo of Pornpawee, Sindhu managed to Bridge, which provides ample their own in a match where there Irfan Fadhilah and Weni shut the door on her rival. (PTI) proof of their resurgence in was quite a few twists and turns, wins, HP eves drubs J&K recent times in a format they are should boost Pakistan's morale. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Neha pelted 2 goals for HP, still in the process of mastering. The green shirts are also while Rekha scored one. In Ben Stokes, they have one excited about the explosive entry JAMMU, June 13: Sikkim In the evening session, of the world's best all- rounder, of opener Fakhar Zaman, who and Assam boys defeated their Assam boys team thrashed HP who can inflict damage on the slammed 50 off 36 balls against rivals convincingly, while HP boys by five goals to nil (5-0). opposition with both bat and ball. the Sri Lankans. Another round girls thrashed their counterparts Puluak Baruah scored 2 goals, It was not for nothing the of enterprise at the top by the new from Jammu and Kashmir and while Biplap, Bishnu and Tenson Durham player was paid a hand- man would do Pakistan a world Uttar Pradesh girls held Assam claimed one wicket each. some USD 2.16 million to take of good. Jubilant RCC Srinagar players posing for a group photograph girls to draw in the ongoing Meanwhile, in girls section, part in the lucrative Indian While the middle order bat- after thrashing Col RNCCA at Country Cricket Academy ground, ‘Oorja’ Football Talent Hunt Assam girls held UP to (1-1) Premier League (IPL) this sea- ting remains a concern, Sarfraz Gharota in Jammu. Tournament, being organised draw. Anjali was the goal scorer son. said Pakistan will address it so by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) from Assam, while Puja Kumari Joe Root is a world-class that the likes of Mohammad in collaboration with University pelted the goal for Uttar Pradesh. batsman and is the fulcrum Hafeez and Shoaib Malik click Praful, Abhinav, Ridham sparkle of Jammu at varsity grounds, Prominent among those who around whom the England bat- when the situation demands. here. witnessed matches were ting revolves. Pakistan have a potent pace Clinical RCC Srinagar drubs In the first match played Manvendra, DIG SHQ Jammu; Morgan and Jos Buttler com- bowling attack in Mohammad today, Sikkim boys defeated PK Gupta, DIG Training; Ajay Players of Singh Cricket Club Akhnoor posing for a photo- plete the middle order, while Amir, Junaid Khan and Hasan Ali Telangana boys by three goals to Kumar, Commandant 66 graph after registering win over BCC on Tuesday. openers Alex Hales and Jason with Faheem Ali adding a fourth Col RNCCA to enter finals two (3-2) in a closer contest. Battalion SSB Jammu; Rakesh Roy have the ability to be devas- dimension to the triumvirate. Excelsior Sports Correspondent overs. Sachin Sharma claimed Nikesh Gurung scored 2 goals Kumar, Commandant 7 tating at the top. Roy, though, has England are aware that the one wicket. SCC outplays BCC in Jammu for Sikkim, while Amrit Tomang Battalion SSB Batote; K Ranjit, not been in the best of form and Pakistani pacers are adept at JAMMU, June 13: Riding In reply, RCC Srinagar pelted 1 goal. Commandant SHQ Pilibhit; VS could be replaced by Jonny exploiting helpful seaming con- on a superb all-round show by chased the target in 33.2 overs In the match of girls section Jamwal, Second-In-Command, Praful Dhar, 5-wicket haul by by losing 6 wickets, thus won Motors T20 Cricket Tournament in morning session, HP girls besides Deputy Commandants Abhinav Khajuria and magnifi- the match by 4 wickets. Ridham Excelsior Sports Correspondent overs, thus won the match by 7 defeated Jammu and Kashmir Barjeet Singh, Jeet Lal, Sanjeev FIH open to introducing HIL’s cent 50 by Ridham Mahajan, Mahajan was the top scorer wickets. Nadeem (29), Sonu eves by three goals to nil (3-0). Kumar and Kasturi. Rainawari Cricket Club (RCC) with 50 runs off 37 balls, stud- JAMMU, June 13: Singh Manhas (33), Chander Kiran (33) Srinagar registered a clinical ded with 4 fours and one six, Cricket Club Akhnoor got better And Sunny (17) were the new goal rule in world hockey victory over RN Chopra Cricket while Dikshant scored 31 off 38 JPPF, CYC organize of Burajj Cricket Club main contributors. NEW , June 13: we later implemented in interna- Academy (RNCCA) to seal balls with the help of 4 bound- Mishriwala by 7 wickets in the For BCC, Sandy took 2wick- tional hockey after reviewing it," berth in the finals of the 1st aries. Musaif Ajaz contributed ongoing Jammu Motors T20 ets, while Lucky claimed 1 wick- Hockey India League's revo- the Kiwi said. Summer Cup Endurance 50- 23 off 20 balls with 4 bound- cricket tournament Cricket Tournament at Daskal, et. Sunny Mahi was adjudged as lutionary 'two-goals-for-one- "We have seen so many Akhnoor, near here today. man of the match. Over U-16 Boys Cricket aries, while Sachin chipped in Excelsior Sports Correspondent the tournament. field-goal' rule has caught the changes. Rules are changed to Earlier, winning the toss and The match was officiated by Tournament, being organized with 14 runs. However, it was Team JPPF is headed by attention of world body FIH, make the game faster and more batting first, BCC scored a mod- Joravar Singh and Vinod Kumar by Country Cricket Academy at Praful Dhar and Aditpal Singh, JAMMU, June 13: Jammu Paviter Singh, president of the which is seriously considering exciting and to score more goals. est total of 118 runs for the loss of as umpires, while Rocky was the Ghrota , near here. who held their nerves at the Province People's Forum(JPPF) Forum WHO IS being assisted by implementing the "innovative" We introduced things like self 9 wickets in 20 overs. Anil top scorer. Winning the toss and batting crucial juncture to take their in collaboration with Choudhary M S Katoch, Avinash Bhatia, PR system in the international arena. pass, overhead pass, one-on-one scored with 51 runs, while Lucky Kuldeep Sharma (Sarpanch first, RN Chopra Cricket side to home. Praful scored Youth Club (CYC) Chak Paana Slathia, Sunita Sharma, Rajesh In the last few years, the penalty shoot-out etc. To make and Raman contributed 23 and Daskal) was the chief guest on Academy scored a decent total valuable (27 not out) off 37 Jattan, Bishnah organised a crick- Thakur, Surinder Veer and International Hockey Federation the game more exciting. We at 18 runs respectively. For Singh the occasion. of 192 runs in 42 overs. Udhay balls with 3 brilliant bound- et tournament in which 32 teams Kuldeep Sharma. (FIH) has made a host of changes FIH will always continue to look Cricket Club, Sunny Mahi He appreciated the players for Pratap was the top scorer with aries, while Aditpal contributed of the various adjoining villages Preeti Choudhary, president in playing rules to make the game at innovations," he added. scalped 3 wickets, while Sunil showing sportsman spirit and 58 runs off 74 balls, studded unbeaten 15 off 17 balls with participated with full enthusiasm. of Choudhary Youth Club pre- fast and attractive. The just-announced Hockey and Dheeraj Singh shared 2 enthusiasm. He was accompa- with 7 boundaries, Harsh Gupta the help of 2 fours. 25 teams are participating in sented vote of thanks. With the experience of more Pro League from 2019, FIH's first contributed 45 off 50 balls From RNCCA, Umar Sadiq, wickets each. Sham Singh nied by the organizers namely than two decades as a hockey major event in its 10-year Hockey including 7 fours, while Harsh, Udhay Pratap and Shreeya Langeh claimed 1 wicket. Sham Singh Langeh, Vivek umpire, referee and technical offi- Revolution strategy, will witness Ayush Andotra, Anish, bagged 2 wickets each. Chhetri strike seals India In reply, Singh Cricket Club Sharma, Pankaj Sharma and cial, FIH's new CEO Jason the revival of India-Pakistan Shivansh and Jatin chipped in Now RCC Srinagar will Akhnoor scored 123/3 in 13.3 Jimmy Manni. McCracken is personally very rivalry on the turf. with 25, 10, 9 and 8 runs face Kishan Chand Cricket 1-0 win over Kyrgyzstan impressed with the innovative And McCracken said revival respectively. For RCC Srinagar, Club (KCCC) in the finals. DPS Jammu organizes rule, which is aimed at increasing of the rivalry come 2019 is huge BENGALURU, June 13: taking shots on his own. left-arm spinner Abhinav Vivek Sharma, former Ranji With the win, India sat atop the percentage of field goals. for world hockey. Khajuria took 5 wickets in his Trophy Player and Ranji "I have been in India earlier "Any India-Pakistan sporting Captain the group with six points -- from English Language Workshop 10 overs by giving away 50 Trophy Selector JKCA wit- stamped his class yet again as two wins -- ahead of Kyrgyzstan this year during the Hockey India rivalry is massive. It's huge for runs, while right-arm off-spin- nessed the match and praised Excelsior Correspondent teaching for everyday class room he scored the match-winner to and Myanmar who both have use and to explore ways of mov- League and I was personally very the game because the rivalry has a ner Praful Dhar bagged 3 wick- the cricketers for braving out in fire India to a 1-0 win over three points from two matches. JAMMU, June 13: Delhi ing beyond the text books. impressed with the two goals for long, deep history," he said. ets by conceding 41 runs in 9.1 the sweltering heat of June. a field goal rule. It has revived the Hockey Pro League is a Kyrgyzstan in a fast-pace and Macau are yet to open account Public School (DPS), Jammu Earlier, Principal, DPS attacking style of hockey. The home-and-away league, where entertaining Asian Cup qualifi- from their two matches. organized a workshop on English Jammu, Ruchi Chabra inaugurat- rule is very interesting and inno- nine teams each in both men and KC Sports Club organizing er match here today. All the four teams will play Language Teaching in the ed the workshop and asked vative," McCracken told PTI in women's categories will feature. Chhetri drilled a lot shot home and away matches and Multipurpose Hall, here. teachers to utilize the opportuni- an interview from London. Each team will play the other with his right foot off a fine the two top sides will qualify Around 50 English teachers ty and make the programme "We at FIH will certainly look eight in a double round-robin for- T20 from last week of June pass from in for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup to of DPS Jammu, Nagbani and more participatory and interac- at it and consider it. But it gener- mat at home and away, culminat- Excelsior Sports Correspondent the 69th minute to lead India to be held in United Arab Katra attended the workshop tive. ally takes time to implement a ing in a grand finale at the end of a crucial win in the home leg tie Emirates. which was aimed at equipping Headmistress, Meenu Gupta new rule because we have to give the year between the top four JAMMU, June 13: KC Sports Club Jammu is organizing T20 of the Group A third round The hosts, who had beaten the teachers with the new trends was also present on the occasion time to national teams to get used teams. Cricket Tournament on its newly laid turf from the last week of this qualifiers of the 2019 Asian Myanmar 1-0 in their first in English Language teaching. and presented vote of thanks. to it. While Pakistan has signed a month. Cup. match of the qualifiers, notched The Resource Person for the up their seventh official inter- "Till the 2018 World Cup, we Memorandum of Understan- According to a handout issued here 20 teams will participate in Chhetri, who scored his workshop was Manju Sehgal, Boxing Camp national match on the trot. can't make any changes to play- ding (MoU) with Scottish the tournament which will be played on league cum knockout basis. 54th goal in his 94th match, led who is a subject expert for CBSE Kyrgyzstan had better ball from tomorrow ing rules but we will seriously Hockey to conduct its home Cash prize and attractive trophies will be presented to the win- from the front throughout the and NIOS consultant. She has match. Playing behind the lone possession and more attack but consider it after that. We at FIH matches in Scotland because of ners and runners-up teams, besides individual prizes. worked as team leader and has Excelsior Sports Correspondent striker Jeje, he was in the thick they found wanting in their fin- are open to innovative ideas. The security reasons back home, For further information, the teams desirous to take part in the in also organized and participated in of things, at times falling back ishing. The Indian back-four of video umpire was first introduced India are scheduled to host the the tournament can contact Sanjeev Sharma on mobile number: Evaluation workshops with CSE JAMMU, June 13: Jammu deep to help the defenders, set- , Anas in European Hockey League and arch-rivals. (PTI) 9086061653. & NCERT Curriculum design. and Kashmir Boxing Association ting up his team-mates and also Edathodika, and The Resource Person is conducting a Summer were also superb Coaching Camp from June 15 to in defending. acquainted the teachers with the ideas of NCF and demonstrated June 25, 2017 at Boxing Ring, The visiting side were MA Stadium, here. denied by the upright in the sec- and discussed how language According to a handout ond half while Indian goalkeep- classroom processes / activities issued here, boxers desirous to er made should be organized to promote at least three brilliant saves to language learning through pair take part in the Camp can contact ensure that the hosts walked work, group work, assignments, Boxing Coach, Anil Wadera on away with all three points. project work etc. She also mobile No: 9419212497. Kyrgyzstan, who are ranked equipped the teachers to develop material for English language Kavita Rani, D/o Tarsaim at 132 as against India's 100, Paul and Shashi suffered a jolt as soon as the Bala, R/o Chak match started with their key Megha Gupta, D/o Dhar- Tara, Bishnah, midfielder Anton Zemilanukhin mender Gupta being stretchered out after a and Meenakshi who has quali- collision with Gurpreet in the Gupta, who has fied National fourth minute. Edgar Bernhardt qualified Nat- Eligibility Test took his place. ional Eligibility (NET)-JRF in The 15th minute was all Test (NET) in Education, the result of which about Kyrgyz onslaught which Environment was declared by Central Board kept the seizable crowd at the Sciences, the result of which of Secondary Education quiet. was recently declared by (CBSE)-UGC, recently. During this period, the visi- Central Board of Secondary tors had most of the ball posses- Education (CBSE)-UGC. Rubby Sandhu, D/o sion with the Indians leaving a Amarjeet and lot of space in the midfield. It Megha Sharma, D/o Ved Savita Kumari, was due to the brilliance of Prakash Sharma W/o Er Rajeev Gurpreet India did not concede and Sunita Sha- Kumar, R/o a goal in the 15th minute. rma, R/o Udha- Gandli, RS Pura, Bakhtiar Duyshobekov had mpur, who has Jammu, who has a low shot from a nice buildup qualified Nati- qualified Natio- but Gurpreet brilliantly saved onal Eligibility nal Eligibility Test (NET)-JRF diving to his right. Test (NET) in in Genetics and Plant India slowly clawed their Sociology, the result of which Breeding, the result of which way back into the match and was declared by Central Board was declared by Indian even threatened to take the lead of Secondary Education Council of Agricultural soon. (PTI) (CBSE)- UGC recently. Research (ICAR), recently.