SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2016 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU State Jump Rope team wins 15 medals in National C’ship Excelsior Sports Correspondent coach Bua Ditta and was trained by PS Manhas, Technical Director, JAMMU, Jan 9: J&K Jump Jump Rope Association J&K. Rope team brought laurels to General secretary, Jump State by clinching 15 medals, Rope Association of J&K laud- including 14 gold and 1 bronze ed the efforts of Uddit Khullar in the 12th Senior Jump Rope for creating new record in India National Championship held at in Triple Under Event. Pondicherry recently. The team after returning to The gold medalists included Jammu was extended a warm Uddit Khullar, Navjot Singh, welcome by good number of Senior J&K cricketer and promoter, Hilal Rather with legendary cricketer Inzamam-Ul- Aman Rai, Ibrar Khan, Mohit, sports enthusiasts, including Budding cricketers posing for a group photograph alongwith the chief guest, Ankush Abrol, Haq at Sharjah (L). Anshuman Sharma in action at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Amandeep Kour, Tanu Sharma, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Joint Member BCCI during inaugural ceremony of Inter-School Tournament at MGCA in Jammu. Priyanka Kumari, Addil Ahmed, Secretary, J&K State Sport Legendary Inzamam lauds Hilal Rather for initiative while the bronze medal was Council and general secretary of claimed by Karan Singh. Jump Rope Association of J&K, U-16 Boys T20 Cricket Tournament J&K teams Simax, Simula enjoy cricket The team was escorted by Dr Seema Pawan Manhas. North Zone Inter-University Football Tournament gets underway at MGCA at world famous Sharjah Stadium Excelsior Sports Correspondent In the opening match, Little each. SMVDU wins opening match Flower School defeated MGCA in In reply, Little Flower School Excelsior Sports Correspondent invitee for the match. runs off just 27 balls, studded Excelsior Sports Correspondent win. First two goals were scored JAMMU, Jan 9: Inter-School a high scoring match. rode on brilliant knocks by Talah Inzamam congratulated with 5 towering sixes and 4 in the first half by Rubail Under-16 Boys T20 Cricket Earlier, batting first, MGCA (63) and Vishal (58) to chase the JAMMU, Jan 9: Two out of Hilal Rather for his efforts in delectable fours. He was well JAMMU, Jan 9: Displaying Charak and Navdeep Jamwal in Tournament got underway at scored a decent total of 157 runs in target easily. Both the batsmen the three cricket teams spon- bringing the emerging and expe- supported by former Ranji extraordinary soccer skills, 12th and 28th minutes respec- Mayank Goswami Cricket the stipulated 20 overs, losing 8 scored the runs at a brisk rate and sored from the State of Jammu rienced cricketers from Jammu Trophy players Shashi Kumar motor-ability, team combination tively, while the third goal was Academy (MGCA), here today. in the process. Ankush top hit the ball with fluidity and grace. and Kashmir for the prestigious and Kashmir to UAE for giving and Dhruv Mahajan, who con- and making brilliant moves, netted by Sourav Pandey in the The Tournament was inaugu- scored with 52 runs off 33 balls, Aarav chipped in with 8 runs. For JK-UAE T20 Friendship Cup them further exposure and pro- tributed 30 and 21 runs to the SMVD University won its open- 38th minute of the match. The rated by Ankush Abrol, Member while Sarthak contributed 39 runs MGCA, Anurag and Sanat Anand namely Simula and Simax viding them opportunity to total respectively. Anshuman ing tie in the ongoing North tournament is being organised Board of Control for Cricket in off 21 balls. Satyabrath also took 2 wickets each, while played an exciting match at the showcase their skill at the high- Sharma was declared as man of Zone Inter-University Football by Amiety University, under India (BCCI) in an impressive and chipped in with 10 runs. For Little Satyabrat claimed one . For world famous and historical er levels with International play- the match for his magnificent Tournament, being organised by aegis of Association of Indian well attended function in presence Flower School, Aditya Pal took 3 his brilliant batting, Shah Talah venue of Sharjah International ers. batting display. Amiety University Noida at Universities. of galaxy of former and present wickets, while Arshpreet and was adjudged as man of the Cricket Stadium today. In today’s match, Simax won Rohan Gill budding crick- Varsity ground. In the next match SMVDU State cricketers. Saiyam Joshi claimed one wicket match. The venue holds the the toss and elected to bat first eter of Jammu and Kashmir was The team scored 3 brilliant will take on the winner of the Guinness book of world records and set a target of 140 runs. the youngest participant in the goals against Maharishi match between Chaudhary for hosting maximum number of Javed Ali was the top scorer Tournament. Markandeshwar University in Charan Singh University and one-day matches followed by with 79 runs, while Rajesh Gill The tournament was organ- an easy contest to register a big GB Pant University. Melbourne Cricket Ground scored valuable 34 runs. Simula ized by Simula Sports Club, in (MCG) in Australia. played brilliantly and chased the association with Ministry of Legendary Cricketer target in 13th over. Anshuman Youth Services and Sports, J&K ‘Greenathon Run for Fun’ organized Inzamam-ul-Haq was special Sharma scored power-packed 69 and Jammu and Kashmir Police Department with an objective of giving International exposure at Palampur Military Station and providing ample opportuni- Excelsior Sports Correspondent A second event consisting of ty to the State youth to showcase 5 kilometer run saw energetic their skills on a truly interna- JAMMU, Jan 9: A campaign runners gunning for the top three tional platform. namely ‘Greenathon Run for positions. Dempo SC takes on Fun’ was organized by Army at Both the events were flagged Palampur Military Station, today. off by General Officer Lone Star in I-League Eco - Warriors of the DAH Commanding, DAH Division. Paintings by the IInd Division Football children on the Environmental Excelsior Sports Correspondent Players of I-Tech Cricket Club posing for a group photograph after entering quarterfinals in Conservation were the 3rd Jammu Tawi Premier T20 Cricket Tournament at GGM Science College Hostel ground in SRINAGAR, Jan 9: Dempo also displayed as part Jammu on Saturday. Sports Club will lock horns of the event. with Lone Star Kashmir All ranks of the Vikrant Taggar scores big fifty Winners of 1st Pawan Memorial Under-19 Boys T20 Cricket Football Club in the prestigious Palampur Military Tournament posing for a group photograph at Akhnoor on I-League IInd Division home Station carried out a Saturday. Football match at Synthetic special cleanliness I-Tech enters QFs; Striker drubs New Star in Tawi T20 Turf Football Stadium, here drive during the Excelsior Sports Correspondent Club scored a modest total of 111 Vikrant Taggar was the top scorer Little Flower School Akhnoor tomorrow. event. Educative runs in 20 overs. Jassi top scored with unbeaten 71 runs, while The match is being organ- posters and banners JAMMU, Jan 9: I-Tech Cricket with 33 runs, while Amit and Gosha Rajay Singh contributed 16 runs to ized by the Jammu and Kashmir promoting environ- Club defeated Kherian Tawi contributed 15 and 12 runs respec- the total. For Kherian Club, Tarun lifts U-19 T20 title Football Association (JKFA) mental awareness Cricket Club by 7 wickets to seal tively. For I-Tech Club, Ajay was took 4 wickets, while Jassi and Excelsior Sports Correspondent In reply, NCC managed to and is being dedicated to late donned prominent berth in the quarterfinals, while the wrecker-in-chief, who took 4 Sunny claimed one wicket each. score 116 runs in the allotted overs Farooq Ahmad Bhat, popularly places in the canton- Striker Cricket Club got better of important wickets, while Raman Vikrant Taggar was adjudged man JAMMU, Jan 9: Outplaying by losing 8 wickets, thus lost the known as Pele of Valley. ment. New Star Cricket Club by a narrow bagged 3 wickets and Rajay of the match for his brilliant bat- NCC convincingly in the summit match by a narrow margin of 9 The organizers have invited At a time when margin of 18 runs to advance in 3rd claimed one. ting show. clash, Little Flower School runs. Sammy and Akash con- all the fans and enthusiasts to the nation is grap- Jammu Tawi Premier T20 Cricket In reply, I-Tech chased the tar- In another match, Striker Club Athletes sweating-it-out during Akhnoor lifted the title trophy in tributed 47 and 42 runs respective- witness the match, the proceed- pling with issues Tournament, being played at GGM get in 16 overs by losing 3 wickets scored 124 runs in 20 overs, with ‘Greenathon Run for Fun’ at Palampur the 1st Pawan Memorial Under-19 ly. For Little Flower, Nitish and ings of which will be graced by related to pollution, Science College Hostel ground, to win the match by 7 wickets and Sachin contributing highest 47 runs, Military Station. Boys Cricket Tournament, organ- Goutam took 2 wickets each, while the presence of veteran foot- this campaign seeks here. seal berth in the quarterfinals. while Jimmy and Mayur chipped in ized by Singh Cricket Club at Dheeraj and Deepak claimed one ballers of J&K including Abdul Division participated in a 2 kilo- to revive the need to have a In the first match, Kherian Tawi Former Ranji Trophy player, with 22 and 15 runs respectively. Government Higher Secondary wicket each. Nitish Singh was Khaliq, Noor Mohammad, meter run and walk event, where- cleaner and greener environ- For New Star, Vikram took 2 wick- School ground, here today. adjudged as man of the match. in men, women and children ment thereby assuring our pres- ets, while Love and Kamal claimed Winning the toss and batting Mehraj-Ud-Din Khan and Sainik School Nagrota holds 83rd LBA meet Sham Singh Langeh, president enthusiastically spread the mes- ent and future generations with a one wicket each. first, Little Flower School scored Singh Cricket Club, Akhnoor was Mohammad Abdullah as special guests. sage of environmental awareness. healthier life. Excelsior Correspondent In reply, New Star bundled out 125 runs in the stipulated 20 overs the chief guest on the valedictory for 106 runs in 19.5 overs, thus lost by losing 5 wickets. Amit and function, who distributed prizes JAMMU, Jan 9: 83rd Local Board of Administration (LBA) the match by 18 runs. Anmol scored Nitish Singh were the main scor- among the winners and runners-up Batsmen disappoint but India wins meeting of Sainik School Nagrota was held here yesterday. 38 runs, while Anshul and Anshu ers with 42 and 28 runs, while teams. The meeting was chaired by Major General Gajendra Prasad, contributed 19 and 12 runs respec- Goutam and Deepak Magotra The match was officiated by YSM, VSM, Chief of Staff, Headquarters, 16 Corps and Chairman tively. Jimmy and Anmol were the chipped in with 15 and 14 runs Arush and Rishav as umpires, warm-up game against WA XI LBA, Sainik School Nagrota. Bashir Ahmad, Director Finance, pick of the bowlers for Striker respectively. For NCC, Kannu and while Asha and Shubham main- Arun Kumar Manhas, Additional DC, Mohd Javed, Deputy Cricket Club, who took 4 wickets Raghav took 2 wickets each. tained the scorebook. PERTH, Jan 9: they fell to new-ball bowler Drew led side started on a cautious note Director, Dir School Education, AK Kaul, DEPO and Suresh each, while Anson and Sachin Porter, who bagged a five-wicket against a disciplined Indian attack Khajuria attended the meeting. claimed one wicket each. Jimmy of Sania, Martina start off 2016 Rohit Sharma and Manish haul. led by Umesh Yadav (1-29), but Colonel Kapil Dev Koushal, Principal and Member Secretary Striker Cricket Club was adjudged Pandey sparkled with half-cen- The WA bowlers kept peg- soon hit a rough patch after losing apprised the board about progress on the academic and administra- as man of the match. turies but rest of India's batsmen ging things back with regular a couple of wickets. tive activities of the School. The match was officiated by with Brisbane title put up a lacklustre performance wickets and Rahane's departure Yadav drew first blood with Saleem-Ur-Rehman, Sandeep before the bowlers came good to once again spelt trouble for the the wicket of Bosisto (13) and The Chairman and the members lauded the efforts of school in BRISBANE, Jan 9: Manchanda, Rajinder Singh and hand the team a 64-run win over a Men in Blue. Ravichandran Ashwin (2-32) soon achieving excellent UPSC NDA results wherein 22 cadets of the Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis carried the dominance of 2015 into School qualified written examination. Vinod Kandyara. the new season, winning their sixth consecutive title by lifting the WTA second string Pandey then put his hand up to sprung into action to send back XI in the warm-up one-day crick- contribute with a well-made 58 D'Arcy Short (10). Brisbane trophy, here today. et match here today. and stake his claim for a place in Ravindra Jadeja (2-38) and The top seeds quelled the challenge of German wildcards Angelique Having won the first practice the middle-order in the absence of Rishi Dhawan (2-28) also struck Kerber and Andrea Petkovic 7-5 6-1 in mere 69 minutes. , the Indians once man- Suresh Raina. in quick succession as WA soon Sania and Martina, the world number one team, have now stitched aged to hit the right notes in bowl- Pandey, who hit three fours in started losing their way. Jadeja a 26-match winning streak together, which has brought them six titles in ing after an erratic batting per- his 59-ball stay, managed a 60-run trapped opener LBW a row at the US Open, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing, WTA Finals and formance at the WACA. After seventh-wicket partnership with for 45. now here. managing 249 all out in 49.1 Ravindra Jadeja (26) to pace up Left-arm spinner Axar Patel It is the longest winning streak since Italians Sara Errani and overs, the Indians packed WA XI the innings. (2-29) got wicketkeeper-batsman Roberta Vinci's 25 in a row in 2012. Sara and Roberta had won five for 185 in 49.2 overs. But the tail failed to wag and for 17, while Ashwin titles in a row, at Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, the French Open and 's- Electing to bat, the Mahendra Rishi Dhawan's (0) run-out didn't struck again to get Porter (10) Hertogenbosch. Singh Dhoni-led side did not have help matters and the visitors could caught behind. The top seeds drew the first blood by breaking the rivals in the sec- the best of starts, losing two quick not last their full quota of 50 overs. No.7 Jaron Morgan made a ond game but the joy was short-lived as Kerber and Petkovic reeled off wickets but Rohit Sharma (67) Porter (5-37) made life diffi- fighting 50, but his innings came four straight games to take a 4-2 lead in the opening set. and Ajinkya Rahane (41) stitched cult for the Indian batsmen on a too late in the day with the asking Sania and Martina though were not perturbed, having defused such an 88-run third-wicket partnership fast and bouncy track while leg- rate and the target beyond their situations many times in the last few months. They went about their to help the visitors put up a spinner James Muirhead chipped reach. business calmly and restored the parity with another break. respectable score. in with two scalps. Pace spearhead Both the teams were allowed Kerber and Petkovic again served at 5-6 to stretch it to a tie-breaker Shikhar Dhawan (4) and Virat and leg-spinner to play all 14 members of their Kohli (7), who were top- scorers Liam O'Connor bagged a wicket squad in the 50-over game with but offered two break chances to Sania and Martina and the top seeds in the first warm-up T20 game apiece. only 11 allowed to bat and field at obliged on second to nose ahead.(PTI) yesterday, failed to get going as In reply, the William Bosisto- a time.(PTI)