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Page12sports.Qxd (Page 1) THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India trounce Zimbabwe by 10 1st Summer T-20 Cricket Tourney commences Anchal, Amandeep guide MBCC to wickets to complete whitewash HARARE, June 15: milestones that he achieved from there was only one team which register win over UCC in inaugural tie A dominant India predictably the series. With 107 wins as cap- had its foot on the pedal. Excelsior Sports Correspondent in the inaugural tie of the 1st winning the match, MBCC completed a 3-0 whitewash by tain, he equalled Allan Border While chasing, Rahul Summer T-20 Cricket Tourney, made 139 runs for the loss of 8 bulldozing a sub-par Zimbabwe for the second highest number of enjoyed the pedestrian bowling JAMMU, June 15: Four being organized by Lieutenant wickets in allotted 20 overs. by 10 wickets in the final ODI wins in ODI history behind attack helping himself to a half- wickets haul by Anchal and 44 Thakur Dass Cricket Club, Amandeep Singh was the top cricket match here today in what Ricky Ponting (165). century, his second 50 plus runs by Amandeep Singh guide Akhnoor at GGM Science scorer with 44 runs, while turned out to be one of the most Also he became the first score after a hundred on debut Market Bulls Cricket Club Shiv Kumar Sharma awarding Wrestler Benia Min. College hostel ground, here Jarnail Singh and Sunny made one-sided series in recent times. Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to while old domestic warhorse (MBCC) to register 28 runs win today. 19 and 17 runs respectively. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's complete 350 dismissals in 50- Faiz Fazal celebrated his maid- Benia Min lifts 53rd Annual over United Cricket Club (UCC) Electing to bat first after For UCC side, Abhihant boys outclassed the hosts in all overs cricket. en India cap with a polished Bakshi scalped 2 wickets, while departments by first bowling However, there wasn't much knock. 8th Pawan Memorial Cricket Tournament Sidhant Vivek and Anil Naushad With only 124 to get, the Bharnara Dangal title took one wicket each. SCOREBOARD Indian openers did not need to Zimbabwe innings Excelsior Sports Correspondent Rajesh Sharma, Sarpanch Singh Bataira crushes Street Warriors In the second inning, UCC take any risks yet scored runs at Balwant Raj, Sarpanch Dharam failed to chase the target and Masakadza c Rahul b Kulkarni 8 a quick clip to finish off the for- UDHAMPUR, June 15: Chibhabha c Bumrah b Chahal 27 Singh, etc. by 68 runs, sails into next round bundled out at 111 runs for all malities with minimum fuss. Wrestler Benia Min of J&K Other Results: Kapil of out in 19.1 overs. Ashishant Sibanda c & b Chahal 38 Left-handed Fazal looked Police smashed Jagdev of Excelsior Sports Correspondent scalped 2 wickets each, while Delhi defeated Sukha of made 11 runs, while Saharvkh Maruma b Bumrah 17 elegant as he hit a few gorgeous Ludhiana and lifted the title tro- Rahul took one wicket. Rajasthan, Vikas of Delhi JAMMU, June 15: Singh scored 10 runs. Waller run out 8 shots through the cover as well In the second inning, Singh phy of 53rd Annual Bharnara Bataira crushed Street Warriors For MBCC side, Anchal was Chigumbura c Dhoni b Bumrah 0 as back past the bowler. Fazal smashed Sukha of Ludhiana, Warriors could not chase the tar- Kesari Vishal Dangal, organized by a huge margin of 68 runs and the wrecker-in-chief, who Mutumbami c Rahul b Bumrah 4 lifted skipper and leg-spinner Tariq of Mallerkotla beat Talab get and lost the match by 68 runs by Bharnara Dangal Committee sailed into the next round of the scalped 4 wickets, while Binay Cremer lbw b Patel 0 Graeme Cremer for a straight of Delhi, Surinder of Ludhiana for all out in 15 overs. in collaboration with J&K ongoing 8th Pawan Memorial and Amardeep Singh took 2 Madziva not out 10 six. crushed Sachin of Delhi, Javed For Singh Bataira side, Indian Style Wrestling Cricket Tournament, being wickets each and Robin clinched Mupariwa c Pandey b Bumrah 1 While Fazal's innings had of Meerut defeated Anayat of Happy, Tinku and Binny scalped Association at Bharnara, Tehsil organized by Singh Cricket Club one wicket. Tiripano run out 2 seven fours and a six in 61 balls, Manwal, Liakat Ali of 2 wickets each, while Lovely, Majaltha. (SCC) Akhnoor at Government Amandeep Singh of MBCC Extras: (LB-3, W-4, NB-1) 8 Rahul was more partial towards Mallerkotla beat Bhim of Vikram and Panday took one President, J&K Indian Style Higher Secondary School, wicket apiece. was adjudged as Man of the Total: 123 all out in 42.2 overs the cut shot and he also hit some Rohtak, Rashid of Mallerkotla Wrestling Association Shiv Akhnoor. Anil of Singh Bataira was Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-55, 3-89, 4-104, 5-104, 6-104, 7-104, 8- cover drives. defeated Sanjay of Amritsar, Match. Kumar Sharma was the chief Batting first after winning declared as Man of the Match. 108, 9-110 When Cremer tried to flight Anil of Amritsar beat Bittu of The match was officiated by guest, who presented cash prizes the toss, Singh Bataira made 135 The match was officiated by Madan Lal and Sanju as Bowling: Sran 8-0-40-0, Kulkarni 6.2-1-17-1, Bumrah 10-1-22-4, the ball, the Mangalore-lad was Delhi, Sonu of Kathua thrashed runs for the loss of 9 wickets in to the wrestlers in presence of Rajinder Sharma and Sunny umpires, while Sandeep Axar 10-2-16-1, Chahal 8-0-25-2. quick to pounce on it hitting Gurpreet of Rajasthan, Rajesh allotted 20 overs. Anil played social activist, wrestling pro- Kumar as umpires, while Ashu Manchanda maintained the India: him into the sightscreen for a Sharma of Jindrah trounced some crispy shots and scored 55 moter and Contractor Ashok maintained the scorecard. scorecard. KL Rahul not out 63 six. He hit another six off Kumar, Naib Tehsildar Yash Sagar of Meerut, UP, Nigma of runs, while Binny chipped in 14 Faiz Fazal not out 55 Chamu Chibhabha over long- Paul Singh, National Volleyball Delhi beat Gopal Sharma of runs. Extras (B-1, LB-1, W-6) 8 on. In all he hit four boundaries player Swarn Singh, President, Jindrah and Makhan of Kathua For Street Warriors side, Total (0 wickets; 21.5 overs) 126 and two sixes in 70 balls. Dangal Committee Sarpanch crushed Pawan of Rajasthan. Aman, Munna and Arush Bowling: DT Tiripano 5-1-15-0, N Madziva 5-0-25-0, T The century stand came in Mupariwa 6-0-43-0, G Cremer 4-0-26-0, C Chibhabha 1.5-0-15-0. 113 balls while Fazal finished the match with a pulled bound- them out for their lowest total of else to draw from the three ary. 123 in the series with Jasprit matches as it was one rare series Rahul finished the series Bumrah grabbing 4/22 and then where only four batsmen -- with 196 runs from three romping home in 21.5 overs. namely openers Rahul, Karun innings that had a century and a Openers KL Rahul (63 not Nair, Fazal (this match) and half-century. (PTI) out) and debutant Faiz Fazal (55 Ambati Rayudu -- got a decent not out) flayed with what seemed hit in the middle. Women archers keep like a club-level bowling attack The entire middle-order -- to guide India home. skipper himself, Kedar Jadhav, India in medal hunt at India also completed a hat- and Manish Pandey (two balls) - World Cup trick of whitewashes against the - did not get a chance to bat Participants posing for group photograph after creating Guinness World Record. hosts, having won earlier ODI thanks to the impressive effort ANTALYA, June 15: series by 5-0 and 3-0 margin in by the bowlers led by Jasprit Recurve and compound Model Academy creates second J&K Golf Association 2013 and 2015 when Virat Kohli Bumrah with 9 wickets from 3 women teams kept India in the and Ajinkya Rahane led the sides games. medal hunt after advancing to condemns misuse of name respectively. The nature of the contest has the bronze playoffs but it turned Guinness World Record Excelsior Sports Correspondent For Dhoni, there were two been of very poor quality as out to be a disappointing day for Excelsior Correspondent Actor, Motivational Author and JAMMU, June 15: J&K the men's team in the third stage the Founder of Superpositivity Golf Association condemned JAMMU, June 15: Model Movement. Vickrant has already Archery World Cup, here today. Academy wrote history by creat- the misuse of its name fraudu- Quality Enhancement created Guinness World Records lently by the persons, who are The compound women's trio ing its second Guinness World for longest speech, longest play, not associated with the of Lily Chanu Paonam, Divya Record. The school created the largest book signing and the Association. Dhayal and Purvasha Shende largest playing card mosaic in Prog concludes largest greetings card and is In a handout issued, IB sprang the surprise of the day the world yesterday under the Excelsior Correspondent The programme was com- ousting top seed Germans by working towards becoming the Singh, General Secretary, J&K pared by the senior teacher Anita theme "Yes Thank You first person in the world to cre- Gold Association said that some JAMMU, June 15: Two day six points in the quarterfinal. Sharma, while the faculty mem- Universe: The Spirit of ate 100 Guinness World Records persons including Sanjay Wahi, Quality Enhancement Seeded eighth, the Indian bers who participated as speak- Superpositivity".
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