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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Foundation of Sports Stadium-cum-Academy laid at Basohli thrash Thailand by nine J&K keen to bring revolutionary for second straight win COLOMBO, Feb 8: and shar- ing two wickets apiece. The reforms in sports: Imran Ansari India shot out Thailand for a leading -taker was Mansi Excelsior Sports Correspondent existing sports infrastructure to ent Government. He said paltry 55 before cantering to a Joshi, who ended with figures of make it at par with the best in Government is committed to nine wicket-win in their second three wickets of four runs in five BASOHLI, Feb 8: Minister the country," he said. upgrade the basic infrastructure match of the ICC Women's overs. for Information Technology The Minister said that it is and the sports department must World Cup Qualifier here today. There was no way back for (IT), Technical Education & the endeavors of the present work for the overall develop- The match turned out be to a the Thai squad which was in dire Youth Services and Sports, Government to organize such ment of all sports across all the lopsided affair with India bowl- straits at six for 20 after opting Moulvi Imran Raza Ansari today events in order to channelize regions by inculcating sports- ing out Thailand in 29.1 overs to bat first at the Colombo said the Government is keen to the energy of youth for con- manship among them. The before jogging to the finishing Club Ground. bring revolutionary reforms in structive purposes. He urged Minister said that the talent line in 12.4 overs with Thirush It was a second straight win sports arena of the State. Kamini and Veda Krishnamurty for India after they thrashed Sri Addressing a mammoth staying unbeaten on 24 and 17 Lanka by 114 runs yesterday. Players of jubilant J&K Under-19 Girls Cricket team showing victory signs while posing for a gathering at Palai, Basohli in respectively. India play their next game group photograph alongwith support staff at University ground in Jammu. Kathua district after laying the Star player Harmanpreet against Ireland on Friday. foundation stone of Sports Kaur was the only player to be Brief scores: Thaliand 55 all 62nd National School Games Stadium-cum-academy here, the dismissed in the Indian . out in 29.1 overs. India 59/1 in Minister said that former Chief It was a collective effort 12.4 overs ( 24, Minister Mufti Muhammad from the Indians bowlers with 17 not J&K eves outplay Gujarat by 19 runs in Sayeed had a great vision for , out). (PTI) developing the State into best sports destination. T20 Cricket Tournament under CAP U-17 Girls Cricket Championship Minister for Forest, Excelsior Sports Correspondent ground. Sonika was the top scor- dled out for paltry total of 43 Environment and Ecology, er with 42 runs, while Ananya runs, while Punjab scored the Choudhary Lal Singh, Principal KC Sorts Club drubs JAMMU, Feb 8: Jammu and contributed 9 runs to the total. required runs in 8.3 overs. Chief Conservator Forests, J&K, Kashmir eves outplayed their For Gujarat, Rajvee scalped 3 In other matches of Cricket AK Singh, Commissioner Spartan CC Udhampur counterparts from Gujarat by 19 wickets and Dhruvi claimed Under-17 Girls, Telangana got Secretary, Sports and Technical runs to stay alive in the ongoing one. better of by 7 wickets at Minister for Sports Moulvi Imran Raza Ansari and Minister Excelsior Sports Correspondent in 17th over. Amrit Pal Singh top Education, Hilal Parray, 62nd National School Games in In reply, Gujarat managed to MHAC School Nagbani ground, for Forest Ch Lal Singh laying foundation stone of Sports scored with 51 runs, while Managing Director, State Forest the disciplines of Under-19 Girls score 86 runs, thus lost the Andhra Pradesh defeated Tamil Stadium-cum-Academy at Basohli in Kathua. UDHAMPUR, Feb 8: KC Suryansh Raina contributed Corporation, Suresh Gupta, Cricket and Under-19 Boys and match by a margin of 19 runs. Nadu by 10 wickets in a one- Sports Club Jammu defeated valuable 40 runs to the total. Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, the participants to spread the among the youth of the State Girls Tennis Cricket, being Ayushi top scored with 18 runs, sided contest at MA Stadium Spartan Cricket Club Udhampur Amaritpal Singh was declared as Ramesh Kumar, Senior message of peace, communal needs to be channelized in a organized by the Directorate of while Anmol scored 9 runs to and Punjab drubbed Haryana by in the ongoing T20 Cricket man of the match. Superintendent of Police, harmony through the spirit of proper direction. He said Youth Services and Sports at the total. For J&K, Ishani was 7 wickets at the same venue. Tournament, being organized by Number of Police and dis- Kathua, Pawan Parihar, Sportsmanship. Government is committed to various venues, here. the wrecker-in-chief, who took 4 Meanwhile in Tennis Cricket Udhampur Police under Civic trict administration officers Secretary Sports Council, Speaking on the occasion, provide every help to the tal- Earlier, J&K won the toss important wickets. at Heritage School ground, J&K Action Programme (CAP) at besides players and prominent Jammu and Kashmir, Waheed Minister for Forest, ented youth to show their abili- and decided to bat first. In another match of Cricket beat Uttar Pradesh by 5 wickets, Subhash Stadium, here. citizens of Udhampur town wit- Para, former MLA Basohli, Environment and Ecology, ty. first, J&K scored a fighting total Under-17 Girls at MA Stadium, while Assam prevailed over Earlier, after winning the nessed the match with great zeal Kanta Andotra among other Choudhary Lal Singh hailed Later, the Ministers visited of 105 runs in the stipulated 20 Punjab defeated Chhattisgarh by DAV by 5 wickets. toss, K.C Sports Club elected to and enthusiasm. Heads and senior functionaries the sports minister for choosing the Government Model Higher overs at Jammu University 10 wickets. Chhattisgarh bun- of Forest and allied wings were Basohli for sports develop- Secondary School, Basohli field first. Spartan Cricket Club The organizers said that the present at stone-laying ceremo- ment. He highlighted the meas- where the dignitaries watched Udhampur scored a fighting Tournament is being organized ny here. ures taken for further improve- the cricket match and interact- total of 135 runs in 18 overs. to promote the essence of sports- Favourites India ready Ansari said the Government ment in the functioning of the ed with the sports persons. Ram Gopal Waghmare con- manship among the youth and to would transform the sports sports department by the pres- tributed unbeaten 35 runs. keep them away from social arena of the State, saying the In reply, KC Sports Club evils and channelize their posi- department is keenly monitor- Sports Minister honours Umar Jammu chased the target easily tive energy. for easy ‘Bangla Test’ ing the sports developments in HYDERABAD, Feb 8: enough. two short of becoming the other States of the country. He All these statistical nuggets fastest ever to reach 250 wickets said under the leadership of Nazir for making it to NZ team Spoilt for choice with a pool make India runaway favourites, and the deadly accurate Chief Minister, Mehbooba of top quality performers in their and they would be aiming to for company, Excelsior Sports Correspondent the performance of Shubham Mufti, several developmental ranks, formidable India are close the deal within four days the likes of , programmes have been Khajuria and Manzoor Dar. overwhelming favourites against in what could turn out to be a or Mahmuddlah launched to uplift the sports SRINAGAR, Feb 8: Young Following his spectacular minnows Bangladesh in a pretty one-sided affair, consider- Riyadh won't exactly find any arena of the State. sensation from Jammu and performance in the qualifying proverbial 'David vs Goliath' ing the composition of the easy pickings. "Government has initiated Kashmir, Umar Nazir, round of the Syed one-off cricket Test that starts teams. In fact, the last time in various policies under which who made his first- Mushtaq Ali Trophy, here tomorrow. The Indian team does have Fatullah none of the the sports infrastructure of the class debut in 2013, Umar Nazir has along- On paper, it is the 'Battle of its share of 'happy problems' as Bangladeshi batsmen were able State will be developed as a has made a mark in the with Unequals' with the world num- they have a number of players to read Ashwin. Not to forget the major sports destination," he domestic cricket by now made it to the ber one taking on the ninth who can walk into the playing lively pace of and said, amid applause from the becoming the highest North Zone squad for ranked side, but in this game of XI, but skipper and disconcerting bounce generated glorious uncertainties, rankings coach will have to by . gathering. He said the wicket taker in quali- T-20 Government is keen to involve often go for a toss. tread the tricky path. The interesting part about fying round of the tournament. The North the youth of the State in sports For Bangladesh, it is a his- Comeback man Abhinav India's home Tests this season Syed Mushtaq Ali activities to boost their morale. Zone squad will be led by toric moment as they are playing Mukund will have to wait unless has been that whether it is by He said various measures are Trophy this year. famous cricketer Harbhajan a Test match on Indian soil for something happens to two regu- choice or design, Kohli have had underway to involve more and Minister for Sports, Youth Singh. The States representing Rajesh Padha and other four athletes of Jammu posing for a the first time but for the hosts, it lar openers. to change his playing XI most of more youth in sports. Services and Technical North Zone include J&K, photograph after participating in AU Jaipur Marathon. will be more about maintaining While the top four batsmen - the times. "Central Government has Education, Molvi Imran Raza Delhi, Himachal, Punjab, the momentum they have KL Rahul, , The XI for tomorrow will sanctioned an amount of Rs Ansari and Secretary Spots Haryana and Services. Rajesh Padha bags 3rd place acquired by winning seven out and the cap- feature some forced changes - 200 crore for revival of sports Council, Waheed-ur-Rehman In a spectacular perform- of the eight matches against tain himself are automatic selec- will be back infrastructure and activities in Parra have felicitated Umar ance J&K won all the three comparatively better sides like tions, the tricky part starts post behind the stumps replacing in AU Jaipur Marathon New Zealand and . the number four slot. while Amit the State adding that the Nazir for his splendid perform- qualifying matches against for- But when it comes to playing Having achieved the distinc- Mishra, who was in the playing Government has decided to go ance making debut in North Excelsior Sports Correspondent and 42 kilometers. midable Punjab, Haryana and the game wearing whites flan- tion of being only the second in , is out with an injury. in for a major upgrade of the Zone team. They also lauded Himachal Pradesh. Umar Nazir Five athletes from Jammu JAMMU, Feb 8: Clocking a participated in the event and nels, Bangladesh have not been Test triple centurion from India, Teams (from): claimed 9 wickets in these timing of 1.56.22 seconds, ace they included Pritam Kumar in able to replicate their perform- Karun Nair has earned his India: Virat Kohli (), matches. athlete Rajesh Padha claimed below 35 kms, Dilawar in below ances in white ball cricket in stripes, but will have to pave the KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, The 2017 season of the Syed 3rd place in the above 55 cate- 45 kms, Sanjay Saini, Sham Suri which they have been different way for in the Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun Nair, Mushtaq Ali T-20 Trophy is gory of 8th Edition of Jaipur and Rajesh Padha in below 55 beasts altogether. playing XI tomorrow. Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman being played in inter-zonal for- Marathon held recently. kms. That they have managed to Kohli made it clear in the Saha (wk), Ravichandran mat wherein five zones includ- Amar Singh Ghuru won first 3845 athletes from all over lose a match against New pre-match press conference that Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant ing Central Zone, East Zone, place by clocking 1.45:59 sec- the Country completed the half Zealand as recently as last Rahane, at whose expense Nair Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Jayant West Zone, North Zone and onds, while Sham Sunder Marathon. month, after scoring nearly 550 was picked to play the final Test Yadav, , in the first innings, shows that against England after the former , Abhinav South Zone will compete in a Chohan bagged 3rd spot by It is pertinent to mention even after 16 years in the five- suffered an injury, is their pre- Mukund, round-robin tournament. clocking a timing of 1.49:08 sec- here that it was Padha's 18th onds. medal in a row. He has the dis- day circuit, they have not been ferred choice. Bangladesh: Mushfiqur The North Zone will take on able to decode the winning for- Rahane is a quality player Rahim (captain/wk), Tamim South Zone in their first match Around 6000 athletes partic- tinction of completing 3 police ipated in this Marathon which half marathons, 1 Pune half mula. and Kohli is known to back Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, of the Trophy on February 12 at included the events in 5, 6, 21 marathon, 1 Ladakh half The last time India played players to the hilt on whose abil- Riyadh, Mominul CCI, Mumbai. marathon, besides claiming sil- Bangladesh in a one-off Test at ities he has complete belief. Haque, Sabbir Rahaman, Shakib Jammu District Senior Hockey Tournament ver medal in National Masters Fatullah, it was the rain God that With Rahane in and Nair out, al Hasan, Liton Das, Taskin Athletic Championship (10 kms) came to the rescue of the 'Tigers' India will have five frontline Ahmed, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Winners being felicitated by the chief guest and other digni- and 4 standard charted Mumbai as their fans affectionately call bowlers at their disposal, in tune Mosaddek Hosain, Kamrul Islam taries at Shemrock Apple Orchid in Akhnoor Khalsa Club to lock horns with Marathon. them. Worse they don't have a with Kohli's attacking captaincy. Rabbi, Subhasish Roy, Taijul Another Jammuite, Sham bowler of Mustafizur Rahaman's With the world's premier off- Islam, Shafiul Islam. Shemrock Apple Orchid celebrates Hiranagar HC in summit clash Suri, Jeweller by profession also calibre in the team, someone spinner who knew this ground well Excelsior Sports Correspondent the match in 52nd minute of the completed this Marathon. 3rd Annual Sports Day match. JAMMU, Feb 8: Defeating The match was officiated by India clinch U-19 ODI series by 3-1 Excelsior Sports Correspondent Shilpa Mahajan presented wel- Guru Nanak Nagar Hockey Club Iqbal Singh, Mukesh Kumar and MUMBAI, Feb 8: dismissed at 13 with the team come address, wherein he high- (GNNHC) by a solitary goal in Joginder Singh. score reading 137-6. AKHNOOR, Feb 8: lighted the importance of games the semifinal today, Khalsa Club AGM J&K Bank, Iqbal Singh The fifth ODI between India Without a run being added to Shemrock Apple Orchid , and sports in students' life and Gole Gujral sealed berth in the and Ajeet Singh Mehta were the U-19 and their English counter- the team score, Radhakrishnan Akhnoor celebrated its 3rd expressed his gratitude to for final and will take on Hiranagar guests of honour in today's match, parts ended in a spectacular tie was then caught by Harry Brook Annual Sports Day in Shemrock providing all kinds of facilities Hockey Club in the summit clash while prominent among others after the hosts lost their final off Rawlins. Apple Orchid Playground prem- for its students to make up their at KK Hakhu Astroturf Hockey present on the occasion were wicket on the last ball of the Unlike the last game, it was ises with great zeal and fervor, personality. Stadium on February 11, 2017. Jaswant Singh, Rajinder Singh, match at the an impressive show by English here today. The programme began with The players of both the teams Tajinder Singh, Vijay Puri and GS here today. bowlers with Henry Brookes (3- Tarun Sharma , Renowned the flag hoisting and flying of displayed extraordinary skills in Bakshi. Chasing a modest 227, India 30) emerging as the most suc- Actor / Director, President & colorful balloons in the air by all both the halves, but it was JS The final match will be played needed one run off the last ball cessful one. Founder of Nat manch and 3rd the chief guest followed by a Reen from Khalsa Club, who suc- at 2:30 pm on February 11, 2017. with just one wicket in hand but Earlier, put into bat, both the dan black belt in karate was the beautiful welcome song present- ceeded in scoring a lone goal of pacer Ishan Porel faltered at the English openers Hary Brook chief guest, whereas Shilpa ed by the Tiny-Tots of the SKCC players posing for a group photograph after register- last moment and was caught by (14) and Tom Banton (16) fell Mahajan , Principal and Director school. ing win over GKCC on Wednesday. Max Holden off Liam White as cheaply. of Shemrock Apple Orchid was Speaking on the occasion, the match ended in a draw. While Brook was caught the guest of honour. The annual the chief guest Tarun Sharma India U-19 team, however, behind by keeper Het Patel off sports day was organised under said that Shemrock Apple Sher-e-Kashmir Club clinched the five-match One- pacer Ishan Porel, Banton was the supervision of Umesh Rekhi Orchid has no leaps and bounds Day International (ODI) series caught at first by S , President & Technical Director as far as its growth is concerned. 3-1. Radhakrishnan off pacer Yash Director of Dhammika Kai He stressed the need of opening trounces GKCC It was a patient 65 (off 93 Thakur. Jammu & Kashmir Karate of more & more Shemrock Excelsior Sports Correspondent Shahrukh, Anmol, Sunil and balls) by S Radhakrishnan and a Dangerman Delray Rawlins Association. Apple Orchid in every district as Jimmy claimed 1 wicket each. quickfire 40 off 38 balls by (17) also did not last long as the Guest of Honour , Principal it is an ever growing organiza- JAMMU, Feb 8: Sher-e- In reply, SKCC chased the Ayush Jamwal and Yash visitors were teetering at 64-3. tion and is providing quality Kashmir Cricket Club defeated target by losing 7 wickets to win Thakur's 30 off 52 balls which One down George Bartlett Inderjeet Kour, D/o S. school education in the country, Greater Kashmir Cricket Club the match by 3 wickets. Suniel brought the hosts near the target. scored 47 (5 fours and 2 sixes), Khushal Singh, where students from every walk by 3 wickets in a friendly match Sharma top scored with 52 runs, India colts had a poor start before being trapped in front of W/o Prof JS of life can sit together and study. played here today. while Happy Singh contributed after pacer Jack Blatherwick the wicket by left-arm spinner Tara, working in He advised students to excel in Participants posing alongwith dignitaries during opening cer- Winning the toss and batting 50 runs to the total. Aman picked up opener Shiva Singh. MC Khalsa academics at par with games emony of Police Badminton Tournament at Udhampur. first, GKCC scored a decent Cheema chipped in with 17 runs. (O) in the first over and then dis- In his first over, left-arm College of &sports and also declared the total of 155 runs in 20 overs. For GKCC, Sachin took 2 wick- missed skipper Abhishek spinner Ayush Jamwal removed Education, sports meet open. Police Badminton Tournament Amit top scored with 55 runs, ets, while Rahul and Ravi shared Sharma (4). Max Holden (3) after he was Jammu, who has The celebrations began with while skipper Rahul Khatri 1 wicket each. Suniel Sharma of Other opener Manoj Karla brilliantly caught in the slips by been declared qualified for the a march past of all the classes scored 28 runs. For SKCC, SKCC was declared as man of (21) too fell cheaply and was Radhakrishnan as half of the award of the degree of Doctor About 150 students partici- begins at Udhampur Navdeep took 2 wickets, while the match. caught by Tom Banton off pacer English side went back to the of Philosophy (PhD) in pated from different classes in Excelsior Sports Correspondent About 84 qualifier Badminton Arthur Godsal. Mayank Rawat pavilion with the team score of Education by the University of the sports day were shem foun- matches of boys and girls in 13th Body Building (1) lasted for just 5 balls as he 121-5. Jammu. She worked on the dation junior, Shem foundation UDHAMPUR, Feb 8: under 14 were played today. was caught by keeper Wicket keeper Ollie Pope topic, "Evaluation of senior , Shem prep junior, Shem Udhampur Police today kick Number of Police and district Championship on Feb 11 off as India were left struggling and then rallied the Elementary Education in prep senior and Primer standard started the badminton tournament administration officers besides at 54-4. innings by sharing a 55-run Jammu Province," under the one at Badminton Hall Mini Stadium players and prominent citizens of Excelsior Sports Correspondent Then Radhakrishnan and stand in 66 balls. They hit the supervision of Prof Lokesh Students participated in vari- town hall Udhampur which is Udhampur town witnessed the JAMMU, Feb 8: Body Building Association Jammu and keeper Het Patel steadied the bad balls and rotated the strike Verma, former Dean & Head, ous races, athletics and sports being organized as part of the matches with great zeal and Kashmir is conducting 13th Body Building Championship on innings and conjured a 47-run taking England colts to 176. As University of Jammu and activities and the winners of var- sports fest Udhampur Olympics. enthusiasm. The matches were February 11, 2017 at Police Auditorium, Gulshan Ground, here. stand for the fifth wicket. they were inching ahead, Jacks presently Dean & Head, ious competitions were awarded The first exhibition match was officiated by the officials of According to a handout issued here by Genral Secretary However, Patel (23) was (28) threw his wicket after being Department of Education , with medals by the chief guest inaugurated by Sh. Shailendra department of Youth services and BBAJK, Rajesh Dutta, the weighing of the participants will be held by Pope off Delray stumped by Het off Mayank Central University of Jammu. and on the occasion. Mishra, IPS SSP Udhampur. Sports. on February 9 from 10 am to 12 noon. Rawlins, while Shiva Singh was Rawat. (PTI)