SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2018 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU CMC Basohli registers narrow win over Young Hearts Dominant Indian women crush New Challenger outplays Cantt by 7 Club by 63 runs Excelsior Sports Correspondent Nishu of New Challenger KUALA LUMPUR, June 9: spell. The others chipped in with did not come in the way of Club was adjudged as a scalp apiece, although pace 's win. JAMMU/KATHUA, June 9: man of the match. A dominant India sailed into spearhead Jhulan Goswami went India were off to a disastrous New Challenger Cricket Club The match was officiated by the final of the women's Asia -less surprisingly. start as they lost Raj and Sharma defeated Cantt Cricket Club by Ravi Manchanda and Dayal Cup Twenty20 tournament with Bisht was named Player of with just five runs on the board 63 runs, while CMC Basohli got Singh as umpires, while Saleem- a seven-wicket drubbing of the Match. in the third over, but the low tar- the better of Young Hearts XI ur-Rehman was the scorer. get allowed them the liberty of Lachipur by a narrow margin of At Sports Stadium, Kathua, taking things easy. 13 runs in the JKCA Premier CMC Basohli trounced Young The duo of Mandhana and Cricket Championship, being Hearts XI Lachipur by a narrow Harmanpreet then added 65 runs organized by the Jammu and margin of 13 runs in a high scor- for the third wicket, a recovery Kashmir Cricket Association, ing match. act that powered the team to under the supervision of Jang Young Hearts XI won the within striking distance of Bahadur Singh Jamwal in toss and put CMC Basohli into Jammu and Kathua districts. another victory. Jubilant Media XI players posing along with chief guest Ankush Abrol after scripting win in bat. Batting first, CMC Basohli At GGM Science College Even as Mandhana got out opening tie of Integration Cup. scored 213 runs in 29.5 overs. with three runs for win, Hostel Ground, Jammu New Skipper Rohit top scored with Harmanpreet was there to guide Ankush inaugurates Inter-State Integration Cup Challenger Cricket Club 43 runs, while Lal Singh and her side home. thrashed Cantt Cricket Club in Rohit contributed 37 and 26 runs Earlier, Pakistan's decision Media-XI thrashes RDCC an easy contest. to the total respectively. Nikhil, to bat did not yield the desired Put into bat, New Challenger Rohit Raina and Sahil shared 2 result as they lost wicket at reg- Cricket Club scored a good total wickets each. ular intervals, and were stopped Mumbai by 59 runs in opening tie of 210 runs in 30 overs, losing 7 In reply, Young Hearts at 72. wickets in the process.Nishu Lachipur scored 200 runs in 30 Excelsior Sports Correspondent NSF state president and main contributors, scoring 72 scored 67 runs, while Vasu and , one of the most Devender Padha were the guests runs first 6 overs. Yash Khajuria overs by losing 9 wickets, thus well-known names of Pakistan JAMMU, June 9: Media-XI Sahil contributed 49 and 30 runs lost the match by 13 runs. Sahil of honour. Upender Parmar and and Kunal also contributed 25 to the total respectively. For women's cricket, top-scored for Cricket Club, Jammu remained Rajinder Dabholkar, RDCC and 20 runs respectively. scored magnificent 84 runs off Indian women celebrating dismissal of Pakistani batswoman Cantt Cricket Club, Ashish took the side with 20, but she con- better off Raju Dabholkar chairman and Sumedh Pawar, For RDCC Mumbai, Tushar 64 balls, studded with 11 fours during Asia Cup Match at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. 3 wickets, while Raj Kumar sumed as many as 38 balls. Cricket Club (RDCC) Mumbai RDCC coach were the special was the pick of the bowlers, and one six, while Manjit and Opener Nahida Khan (18) by a margin of 59 runs in the claimed two. Simranjit contributed 26 and 24 arch-rivals Pakistan in their last guests. scalping 4 important wickets, Chasing a meagre target, was the only other Pakistan inaugural match of the Interstate In reply, Cantt Cricket Club runs to the total respectively. round robin match here today. Speaking on the occasion, while Sahij, Mowalik and Mihir India completed the task with as batswoman to reach double Integration Cup being played at managed to score 147 runs in Vishav was pick of the bowlers, Electing to bat after winning Mr Abrol lavished praise on the also shared wicket apiece. many as 23 balls to spare. digit. Country Cricket Stadium, here. 25.3 overs, thus lost the match who took 4 important wickets, the toss, Pakistan were restricted organizers for providing oppor- Chasing the target, RDCC Opener Smriti Mandhana This was India's fourth win The Inter-State Integration by 63 runs. Dheeraj top scored while Yuvraj Singh bagged 3 to 72 for seven in the allotted 20 tunity to the players to test their Mumbai bundled out for 103 top-scored with 38 off 40 balls in five matches, their only Cup is being organized by the with 26 runs, while Lal Singh wickets. Vishav of CMC Basohli overs at the Kinrara Academy cricketing skills, besides helping runs in the penultimate over of while skipper Harmanpreet Kaur reverse being the shocking Game Changer Cricket Club R S and Rohit contributed 37 and 26 was declared as the man of the Oval. them to exchange culture. He the innings, thus lost the match made 34 in 49 deliveries. defeat to Bangladesh. But they Pura in collaboration with runs to the total respectively. For match. Left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht assured full support to more by 59 runs. Veteran Mithali Raj and bounced back in style, winning Country Cricket Academy. New Challenger Cricket Club, The match was officiated by was the most successful India such initiatives. Viraj (31 runs) remained the Deepti Sharma failed to open against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The match was inaugurated Sumit, Happy, Nishu and Rajesh Gupta, Mr Lal and bowler, claiming impressive fig- Earlier, put into bat, Media top scorer for RDCC while their account, but their failures (PTI) by chief guest Ankush Abrol, Manjeet took 2 wickets each. Kulbhushan Singh. ures of 3/14 in her four-over XI posted a challenging 163 Mowlik (20 runs) and Mayank former Member BCCI and runs target in the stipulated 20 (11) were the others to reach Working Committee Member overs. Openers Surya (43 runs) double figure mark. United Kathua crushes Thrilling fightback gives JKCA, while Dr Vikas Sharma, and Suryansh (21 runs) were the Sunil Bali and Sunil Sambyal from Media -XI CC Halep first Grand Slam title Krishna Hero, Young Churchill grabbed 2 wickets each while Billawar FC Ashu, Rajiv, Lucky, Kunal and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Senior Advocate and social PARIS, June 9: which she made only five found herself being forced onto Ravi also shared wicket apiece. unforced errors, breaking her the defensive as Stephens 'B' log wins in Football activist, Ankur Sharma was the Simona Halep fought back Surya of Media XI was KATHUA, June 9: United chief guest on the occasion, major duck in style. moved 4-1 ahead. Excelsior Sports Correspondent goal scorer for Krishna Hero FC adjudged as the man of the Kathua Football Club crushed from a set and a break down to Halep celebrated her victory The 25-year-old, who was was Aditya Gupta, who netted while Dr Ajay Chrangoo, finally claim her first Grand JAMMU, June 9: Krishna match for good batting display. Billawar Football Club by a big Advocate Anil Andotra, in a way usually seen at ranked 957 in the world less the goal in 39th minute of the Kunal and Tushar of RDCC margin of 9 goals (10-1) in the Slam title by beating Sloane than a year ago after her injury Hero Football Club and Young match. Advocate Rajat Sharma, Arun Churchill 'B' registered convinc- were adjudged best fielder and ongoing 1st Mufti Mohammad Jamwal and Gautam Sangra woes, was using her bigger fore- In another match, Young best bowler respectively. Sayeed Memorial Football hand to good effect as Halep ing victories over their rivals in Churchill 'B' defeated Alexandra were the guests of honour. the ongoing 1st Mufti Mukesh Sharma and Avinash League of Kathua at Hiranagar The match was organized by struggled to make any inroads Football Club by three goals to Uttam are the members of Sports Stadium, here. into her opponent's serve. Mohammad Sayeed Memorial nil (3-0). The 1st goal was Hiranagar Football Club under Gold Cup Football League Organizing Committee. With this win, United Kathua the supervision of Surinder She did manage to make scored by Kunal Koul early in Football Club sealed berth in the Stephens serve for the set, Tournament 2018 (C Division the 2nd minute, while Jai Pathania. League), being organized by Vani makes cut semifinals and will take on the Yash of United Kathua FC though, and was stepping into Vikrant and Ashiq Hussain net- winners of the quarterfinal the court with more authority, District Football Association ted the other two goals in 14th in Finnish Open was the star performer of the (DFA) Jammu, under the aegis match between Falote Football match, who scored a hat-trick, bringing up her first break point. and 39th minutes respectively. Club and Hiranagar Football But Halep wasted the chance of Jammu and Kashmir Football The matches were officiated NEW , June 9: which fetched him man of the Association (JKFA) at GGM Club. with her 10th unforced error and by Honey Mehra, Mr Sethi, Indian golfer Vani Kapoor match award. Stephens made her pay, drilling Science College Hostel Ground, Mannat Gupta and Sanju here. made the cut in the Viaplay an unreturnable backhand into Jangral, while the Tournament is Ladies Finnish Open after mak- the corner to wrap up the set In the first match, Krishna being organized by JKFA, under Gaurav Bidhuri enters final Hero Football Club scripted a ing a jump of eight places to lie after just 41 minutes. the Chairmanship of Sheikh tied 14th at the end of second A first-ever Grand Slam solitary goal win over State Mehmood, President DFA Alexandra Football Club. The round in Messila, Finland. of Russian boxing tourney final defeat in straight sets for Jammu. Vani shot an even par score , June 9: injury. Halep looked likely as soon as in round 2 at the Messila Golf However, the other Indian Stephens claimed the first game Club. World Championship male boxer, Rohit Tokas (64kg), of the second set on her fourth Ronaldo's Portugal arrive Vani's two rounds of 75 and bronze-medallist Gaurav lost his quarterfinal bout to local break point. 72 gave her a total of 3-over Bidhuri (56kg) continued a fine favourite Ramazan Daudi to Romania's Simona Halep holding trophy after winning first The Romanian knows better par, which is currently seven comeback from injury as he bow out of medal contention. Grand Slam title at Paris. than anyone how Grand Slam in Russia for World Cup shots off the leader and defend- advanced to the semifinal of the Among the women, Saweety finals can turn though after her MOSCOW, June 9: The Spaniards arrived at ing champion Ursula Wikstrom Umakhanov Memorial boxing Stephens 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a gru- (75kg) was the lone Indian to Wimbledon, climbing into her 2017 heartbreak against their own base in the southern of Finland. tournament in Kaspiysk, Russia elling French Open final today. Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal box to greet friends and family. Ostapenko, and she broke back Russian city of Krasnodar on Vani made a climb of eight today. make the final after she defeated The world number one had arrived today in Russia to begin "I tried to not do the same to love to the delight of the Thursday. spots after being placed tied Bidhuri defeated Russia's Russian Kyubov Yusupova. lost all three of her previous final preparations for a World thing as last year. It's a dream crowd. Portugal are ranked fourth by 22nd at the end of round 1. She Magomed Shakhbanov to enter However, world youth cham- major finals, including two at Cup campaign that pits them and it's so special to do it here in Suddenly Halep had won 12 FIFA and won nine of their 10 will play the final round today. the final. pion Shahsi Chopra (57kg), for- Roland Garros, but staged a against arch-rivals Spain. Paris," she said. of 13 points and snatched the European qualifying group A total of top 45 ladies made Bidhuri had been out of mer thrilling comeback to win after The European champions "When I was down a break momentum, and she made it matches. the cut at the end of the second action ever since his bronze bronze-medallist Pinki Jangra two hours and three minutes. play their Iberian neighbours in in the second set I just tried to four games on the spin as It will be the team's seventh round of the event which had a medal at the World (51kg) and Pavitra (60kg) lost "In the last game I felt like I the 2014 Winter Olympics host relax and enjoy the match." Stephens dumped consecutive World Cup appearance and the total 139 golfers in the fray. Championship in September last their respective bouts to settle could not breathe anymore", The fans at Roland Garros forehands into the net. city Sochi in the opening match for bronze medals. (PTI) said Halep. 33-year-old Ronaldo's fourth (PTI) year owing to a nagging back preceded the match with a Stephens briefly looked out for both nations on Friday. and likely last campaign. It was the perfect way for standing ovation for seven-time on her feet, but raised her game The winner will be in pole the Romanian to banish the Their best result saw them Grand Slam champion Maria by shortening the points to position to come out on top in a finish third in 1966. demons of her painful final Bueno after the Brazilian's break straight back before level- Group B that also includes defeat by Jelena Ostapenko 12 Portugal are based next door death on Friday aged 78. ling the set at 4-4, helped by the Morocco and Iran. to the Zhukosvky Airport where months ago, when she blew a Halep had vocal support first ace of the match. But Halep The top two teams from each lead of a set and 3-0. they landed on the southeastern from the start on Court Philippe dug deep, squaring the final by group qualify for the last 16. outskirts of Moscow.(PTI) US Open champion Chatrier, but Stephens was the winning the next two games, as Stephens had looked set to lift a better player in the baseline ral- Stephens fired a backhand wide second Grand Slam trophy lies and made an early break- on the first set point. Khatri, Pawan qualify for when leading 6-3, 2-0, but the through as two big forehands The American had fatigued NEW DELHI, June 9: The result in the 57kg cate- American 10th seed wilted in left the top seed scrambling. irreparably, and it was her turn gory has been withheld as hot conditions and Halep Grappler Mausam Khatri, Sandeep Tomar, the 2016 Asian The early exchanges were to fall 2-0 down at the start of bronze medallist at the 2010 pounced. brutal in the Paris heat, but it the deciding set. Championship gold medallist, The 26-year-old played a Asian Games, and Pawan Kumar Utkarsh Kale and Ravi finished was the world number one who The match was all but ended booked their places in India's scintillating deciding set in as Halep clinched the double on equal points and may grapple men's squad for the upcoming again. break in game four after some Asian Games in even High jumper Tejaswin wins magnificent defending in one of Commonwealth Games gold as the Federation of medallist Rahul Aware (57kg) the points of the match. India withheld the result of the and bonze medallist Somveer American Inter-University title Stephens managed to land a 57kg category after trials were couple of late blows, but Halep (86kg) did not take part in trails EUGENE (US), June 9: thrower Vikas Gowda (in 2006), held in Sonepat today. confidently served it out, seal- since they couldn't control their who recently quit the sport. Celebrated wrestler Sushil ing victory on her first match weight, according to WFI National record holder high Tejaswin, who was represent- Kumar, a two-time Olympic point when her opponent netted sources. jumper Tejaswin Shankar, who ing Kansas State University, was medallist, and CWG gold medal- has decided to skip the upcoming a return. (Agencies) The WFI also announced the fifth freshman to win the list Bajrang Punia were exempt- Asian Games citing a strained names of Greco Roman national championship in high ed from the trials by the WFI neck, today won gold in the India's skeet wrestlers for the Games, sched- jump. He is studying business because of their past perform- United States' National uled to be held in and administration at the University shooters fail to ance. They will carry India's Collegiate Athletic Association Palembang from August 18 to on a four-year scholarship. hopes in the 74kg and 61kg (NCAA) Track and Field September 2. Tejaswin took just one impress respectively. Championships here. Khatri edged out Satyawrat Gyanendra (60kg), Manish attempt each in clearing 2.08m, SIGGWEI (MALTA), June 9: The 19-year-old Delhi athlete Kadiyan in the final round of (67 kg0, Gurpreet Singh (77kg), Tejaswin, who holds the national 2.13m, 2.18m and 2.21m. There Harpreet Singh (87 kg), Hardeep were four jumpers who cleared Indian shooters Ganemat trails for a place in the 97kg cat- record of 2.28m, cleared 2.24m Shekhon and Parinaz Dhaliwal egory while Pawan will repre- (97kg) and Naveen (125 kg) to win the American Inter- 2.21m and the bar was raised to were selected by the WFI. 2.24m. Tejaswin was unsuccess- finshed a lowly 39th and 57th in sent India in 86kg category. University (NCAA) title. Sumit booked his place in the The trials for female ful in his first two attempts to the qualifying of the women's He became only the third skeet event at the ISSF Shotgun 125kg category. wrestlers will be held tomorrow Indian to win the NCAA title clear 2.24m but eventually suc- in Lucknow. (PTI) ceeded in his third and final World Cup here. after Mohinder Singh Gill, who Ganemat shot 96 out of 125 attempt, celebrating the win by District Samba JKCA Premier Championship won five titles from 1969 to 1971 in the qualification while thumping his chest.(PTI) in the triple jump, and discus Parinaz shot 73. Scoring was tough under the Shahid CC drubs Smailpur Army organizes Cricket Tournament conditions and even the gold Excelsior Sports Correspondent fierce and tough fight, the medallist, Amber Hill of Great Britain, shot 112 to top the qual- Club by 5 wkts Langate Team won the champi- Excelsior Sports Correspondent tors with 29 and 25 runs respec- SRINAGAR, June 9: To onship. ification chart. imbibe a competitive spirit In the men's skeet, all three tively. Susheel took 4 important He said a huge gathering SAMBA, June 9: Shahid wickets from Shahid Cricket amongst the youth of the Valley, including Civil Dignitaries, Indians in fray -- Anantjeet Cricket Club defeated Smailpur Army had organized "Langate Singh Naruka, Gurihal Singh Club by conceding 30 runs in his Police Officials, Village Cricket Club by 5 wickets in the 4 overs, while Surinder bagged 3 Ramadan Cricket Tournament" Sarpanches, Nambardars and Garcha and Ayush Rudraraju -- ongoing District Samba JKCA at Langate in Kupwara district could find it tough to make it to wickets by giving away 13 runs local youth witnessed the finale. Premier Cricket Championship, in his 3 overs. from May 28 to June 7 wherein Both the winner and runners up the final six after they were being organized by the Jammu In reply, Shahid Cricket Club 16 teams participated in the team were rewarded with tro- placed 53rd, 87thand 94th after and Kashmir Cricket chased the target in 13.5 overs tournament with great zeal and phies and medals. day one of qualification. Association at Smailpur Cricket by losing 5 wickets, thus won enthusiasm. "The locals expressed their Anantjeet shot 42 out of 50 ground, here. the match by 5 wickets. Shotu An Army spokesman said gratitude to the Army for organ- to be the best placed Indian Earlier, winning the toss and that on June 7, the final match of ising this tournament which pro- while Gurnihal and Ayush shot batting first, Smailpur Club and Mithi contributed 21 and 17 the Tournament was played vided a platform to the budding 38 and 37 respectively after the scored a modest total of 106 runs to the total respectively. between teams from Langate sportspersons of the Valley," he first two rounds of qualifica- runs in 18 overs. Deepak and Anku took 3 wickets for and Baramulla wherein after a said. tion. (PTI) Anku were the main contribu- Smailpur Cricket Club.