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Page18sports.Qxd (Page 1) FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2015 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Inter School competitions in full swing India A in big trouble against SA-A Rahul slams ton as India HSS Jourian to take on HSS Pallanwalla after another batting collapse WAYANAD (Kerala), Aug 20: Karun Nair can at least earn a recover to score 319 for six draw. in Kabaddi, Volleyball summit clash A distinct lack of application At the close of play today, COLOMBO, Aug 20: from India 'A' batsmen saw the Excelsior Sports Correspondent said that sports serves for Services and Sports, under the Mukund was batting on 32 in Opener Lokesh Rahul struck hosts staring at a defeat against company of skipper Rayudu (13 delight for ornament and for supervision of zpeo Akhnoor, South Africa 'A' at the end of a a fluent century as India recov- JAMMU, Aug 20: agility. Anju Gupta and ZPEO Chouki batting). ered from early jitters to reach rain-hit third day of the first Opener Jiwanjot Singh (1) Outplaying their rivals convinc- Earlier, Veer Ji Bhat, Zonal Choura. unofficial 'Test', here today. 319 for six in their first innings ingly in the semifinals today, Physical Education Officer Baljit Singh, Principal HSS was run-out while Ankush Bains to leave the second cricket Test Needing 392 runs to avoid (27) hit five boundaries before Akhnoor was the chief guest on follow-on after South Africa against Sri Lanka evenly poised the occasion. being done in by left-arm spin- here today. posted a mammoth 542 in their ner Keshav Maharaj. In Kho-Kho final, HSS first innings, India A were shot Opting to bat, the visitors Akhnoor defeated St Francis It was the third consecutive lost opener Murali Vijay (0) and out for a meagre 204 in 66.3 day where South Africans com- HSS by 15 points, while in overs in their first essay, thereby Ajinkya Rahane (4), surprsingly Kabaddi, HSS Narrari Bela pletely dominated as Indian first promoted to number three, with conceding a huge lead of 338 innings turned out to be a total trounced GHSS Akhnoor by 10 runs. only 12 runs on the board before points, while in Volleyball disaster. young Rahul (108) and skipper For the visitors, off-spinner KL Rahul celebrating his second Test century at Colombo. GHSS Akhnoor was awarded a Starting the day on 122 for Virat Kohli (78) resurrected the Dane Piedt (5/88) was the three, the remaining seven wick- walkover. wrecker-in-chief and was a far innings with an attractive 164 SCOREBOARD At Jammu zone, in ets fell for a mere 82 runs. run third wicket partnership. India 1st innings better bowler on view as com- It was Karun Nair (9), who Volleyball Under-19 boys, Govt pared to the Indian duo of Axar Rohit Sharma also chipped Murali Vijay lbw b Prasad 0 HSS Sarwal lost to SRML HSS was first to go, beaten by a in with a strokeful 79 but was Lokesh Rahul c Chandimal b Chameera 108 Patel and Jayant Yadav. flighted off-break from Piedt to by (2-0), hss Muthi beat GHSS The South Africa A team dismissed at the fag end of an Ajinkya Rahane c Karunaratne b Prasad 4 Dansal by (2-0), KC Public get leg before. All-rounder Vijay engrossing opening day's play Virat Kohli c Mathews b Herath 78 then decided against enforcing a Shankar (3) was done in by sheer School trounced GHSS Jindrah follow-on and scored 105 for which saw both the teams shar- Rohit Sharma lbw b Mathews 79 by (2-0) and Kathat Manwal pace from Dane Paterson as he ing the honours. Stuart Binny c Chameera b Herath 10 Dr Kusum Chib, Tehsildar Jourian interacting with players one declared to set up a gigantic was also adjudged leg before. while inaugurating Inter-School Tournament at GHS Jourian defeated MIER by (2-0), while victory target of 444 for the This was Rahul's second Test Wriddhiman Saha batting 19 in Kabaddi Under-19 boys, Skipper Rayudu, who scored hundred as he faced 190 balls Extras: (B-8 LB-8 W-2 NB-3) 21 on Thursday. hosts. 46 with seven boundaries, held GHSS Nowabad defeated GHSS In reply, Indians were 73 for hitting 13 boundaries and a six Total: (For 6 wkts in 87.2 overs) 319 HSS Jourian and HSS (ZPEO) Jourian presented wel- Paloura by 13 points, GHSS one end but saw his teammates in the process. Kohli, who Bowling: Dhammika Prasad 20-5-72-2, Angelo Mathews 10.2-4- two at stumps, needing another depart one after another at the Pallanwalla sealed berth in the come address and gave brief Nagrota beat GHSS Muthi by 10 371 runs on the final day to win looked good for another Test ton 17-1, Dushmantha Chameera 13-0-59-1, Rangana Herath 21-2-73- finals of Under-19 boys report of the Tournament. points, GHSS Central Basic other end. Bains (5) was caught scored 78 off 107 balls with 2, Tharindu Kaushal 23-2-82-0. the match. by Quinton de Kock off Piedt's Kabaddi and Volleyball and will In Kabaddi, HSS HSS Jindrah by 11 points, eight boundaries and a six. Herath's bowling. the new ball, the dependable As of now an India A win is bowling. lock horns with each other in the Pallanwalla beat HSS Pargwal SRML HSS prevailed over Hari The Indian captain was Under-fire Rohit Sharma, Rahane was sent at the crucial completely out of question but it Finally, Rayudu also ran out summit clash at Govt High by 18 points, HSS Dhakkar Singh HSS by 14 points and unlucky to miss out on his 12th however, justified the immense number 3 position and he started will be interesting to see of patience as he tried to hook School Jourian, here tomorrow. defeated HSS Khour by 12 BSF Paloura beat GHSS Central Test hundred after rival skipper faith shown in him by the team with a boundary. whether the likes of Ambati Maharaj to reach his fifty but This 3-day Zonal Level points and HSS Jourian drubbed Basic by 20 points. Angelo Mathews took a smart management as he somewhat However, Prasad got him Rayudu, Abhinav Mukund and was holed out in the deep.(PTI) Inter-School Tournament in the HSS Dhakkar by 5 points, while diving catch off Rangana redeemed himself with a stylish with an outswinger that he tried disciplines of Kabaddi, in Volleyball, HSS Dhakkar knock after his twin failures in to drive on the up and was Volleyball, Cricket and trounced HSS Kharah by 2 sets, Girls show promise in GDC Samba outplays SPMR College the 63-run defeat at Galle. caught in the slips by Dimuth Wrestling, being organized by HSS Pargwal beat HSS Khour Indian team management's Karunaratne. the Department of Youth by (2-1) sets, HSS Pallanwalla Inter-School competitions of Commerce in Chess C’ship decision to try Stuart Binny (10) It was then that skipper Services and Sports, was inau- outplayed HSS Pargwal by (2-1) as an all-rounder did not work in Kohli joined Rahul and the duo gurated by the chief guest Dr sets and HSS Jourian beat HSS Excelsior Sports Correspondent by Rajesh Bandral, Harvinder Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Rahul Sharma( Jr.) prevailed this Test match as the Karnataka started the repair work cautious- Kusum Chib, Tehsildar Jourian Dhakkar by 2 sets. Singh and Ravinder. over Rajesh Kumar. player looked totally out of sorts ly but were positive in their in an impressive function, here In Wrestling, Yuvraj Singh JAMMU, Aug 20: Girls of Wushu Under-19 girls, - JAMMU, Aug 20: In women’s section, in the 1st during his 40-ball innings before strokeplay. Rahul got a reprieve today. of HSS Pallanwalla defeated district Jammu show promise and 44Kg: Palak of Govt. HSS Canal Government Degree College semifinal match PG Department playing a terrible shot which when he was on 11 and made the Headmaster GHS Jourian, Amit Singh in 55 kg category, composure during the District Road, 1st; -48 Kg: Anu Radha of (GDC) Samba defeated SPMR outclassed GDC Kathua by 2.5 – brought about his downfall. most of it. Sham Lal Shastri was the guest while in Cricket, HSS Jourian Level Inter-School competitions Govt. HSS Canal Road, 1st; -52 College of Commerce by 2.5- 1.5 1.5 points. Sanmeet Kour (PG in the discipline of Volleyball, Kg: Priya of BHMP HSS, 1st; - At stumps, Wriddhiman India went into lunch at 97 of honour. got better of HSS Pallanwalla by points in the ongoing Inter- Dept. JU) beat Pallv, Ravleen Saha was unbeaten on 19 as play Kabaddi, Judo, Wushu and 56 Kg: Ancy George of Govt. Collegiate Chess Championship, Kour (PG Deptt. JU) lost to Swati for two as Kohli-Rahul duo had The Tournament is being 6 wickets and Jagrati Shiksha HSS Canal Road, 1st; -60 Kg: was called off immediately after Thang-Tha, which got underway being organized by the Saini and Santosh Kumari (PG added 85 runs by then. conducted under the overall KENDRA Khour drubbed HSS here today. The competi- Riya Chib of Govt. HSS,1st and - Sharma's dismissal. supervision of Madan Lal, Joint Kharah in an easy contest. Directorate of Sports and Deptt) was awarded walkover. Post lunch break, the pair tions were declared open by Raj 65 Kg: Monika of Govt. HSS It was Indian captain Kohli, carried on their partnership in a Director Youth Services and The Inter-School competi- Rani Headmaster Govt.
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