THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Formidable India take on mighty Sehwag, Rawal give KC Sports Club T20 Cricket Tournament Delhi another win in Australia in World Cup semis today Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Chander’s fifty goes in vain as SYDNEY, Mar 25: blockbuster. Not to forget NEW DELHI, Mar 25: Mitchell Starc's guile against skipper Kuldip takes RCC to finals In top form after blowing Virat Kohli's flair. Virender Sehwag's entertain- Excelsior Sports Correspondent In reply, RCC managed to away rival teams one after anoth- All eyes will be on Kohli, ing 39 and Vaibhav Rawal's scored the required runs in 19.3 er, India will face their toughest who has not got a 50 plus score whirlwind 31 not out helped JAMMU, Mar 25: Despite overs by losing 9 wickets to win test when the defending champi- after his century against Pakistan Delhi outplay Punjab by six wick- superb 53 runs and splendid the match in an exciting contest ons take on a formidable in the first game of the tourna- ets to register their second consec- fielding display by Chander of by 1 wicket. Atul Sharma top Australia in what promises to be ment. utive win in the North Zone leg of an explosive semi-final of the However, bigger the occa- Oriental Cricket Club (OCC), scored with 32 runs off 37 balls the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 RCC Srinagar’s skipper Kuldip with 5 boundaries, while Puneet ICC Cricket World Cup here sion, blade of Kohli's bat Trophy, here today. tomorrow. becomes wider. The Delhi lad Kumar, who is usually known Wattal contributed well-made 22 Chasing 160 for a win at the for wrecking havoc with his left- runs to the total. At one stage, One of international cricket's loves a good scrap and nothing Feroz Shah Kotla, the Delhi bats- fiercest rivalries will resume after better than hammering a quality arm spin bowling, today showed RCC needed 41 runs off 30 men put up a concerted effort to class, composure, guts and grit balls, with 2 wickets in hand six weeks when Mahendra Singh Australian attack on which he has achieve the target with three balls Dhoni's men will get down to feasted all summer. with his bat when it mattered the when skipper Kuldip and Honey to spare. business against Michael Clarke's A semi-final of a World Cup most, taking his side to the finals played sensibly to take their side team which will be supremely is not played on paper and there- Sehwag was the top-scorer in the ongoing KC Sports Club near to its wicket target, when Winners posing for a group photograph along with the dignitaries during concluding function competitive with some high-qual- fore there would be very little to with his 35-ball knock, including T20 Cricket Tournament at KC athletic Chander showed motor- of State Wrestling Championship in Jammu on Wednesday. ity performers in their ranks. separate the two teams when they 3 fours and 3 sixes, but was final- School ground, here. ability and plotted the dismissal While the Ashes rivalry has square off at the Sydney Cricket ly done in by a caught and bowled Earlier, winning the toss and of Honey with a magnificent history attached with it and India- Ground (SCG). effort from opposition skipper batting first, OCC scored a mod- throw from long-on. After his JKP emerges overall winners in Pakistan contests their own polit- It will be a match where cur- Harbhajan Singh (1-25). est total of 122 runs in the stipu- dismissal, RCC needing 7 runs ical flavour, the India versus rent form will be pitted against But after the two batsmen lated 20 overs, losing 8 wickets in last six balls, with last pair in Australia rivalry has been equally recent statistics which makes it a departed, Delhi were in some in the process. Chander played a the middle, which Kuldip and State Wrestling Championship intriguing in recent years where Battle Royale before the summit trouble before an unbeaten 48- brilliant knock of 53 runs off 47 the last batsman Dilbagh man- an inch won't be given without a clash against New Zealand at the run fifth wicket stand between balls, studded with 3 fours and 2 aged in the first three balls. For Excelsior Sports Correspondent president J&K Wrestling Amit, Deeraj Sharma, Rakesh, bullish fight. MCG on March 29. Milind Kumar (21 not out) and sixes, while Vineet and Varun OCC, experienced veteran, Association and Former president Sukhdev, Mulkh Raj, Ravi Expect a few battles inside the On basis of current form, Rawal (31 not out, 13 balls, 2x4s, JAMMU, Mar 25: JKP Wrestling Federation of India pre- Sharma, Om Parkash and Kulbir main battle. It could be between India with seven straight wins contributed 21 and 14 runs to the Vikas was the wrecker-in-chief, 2x6s) gave the team another four total respectively. For RCC, who scalped 4 important wick- emerged overall champion, while sented welcome address, while Singh. Ravichandran Ashwin's carrom have been the team of the tour- points. Jammu District remained runners- vote of thanks was presented by Detailed Results: 50 Kg, Anil ball against Glenn Maxwell's nament so far but when it Kuldip Kumar took 2 wickets by ets by conceding 19 runs in his 4 Punjab pace spearhead conceding 17 runs in his 4 overs, overs, while Varun and Pardeep up of the 20th Men and 6th Ajay Vaid, secretary J&K Choudhary, 2 Anil Kumar, 3 pyrotechnics. comes to playing Australia, Women J&K State Wrestling Brainder Sran, who accounted for while Satish Kumar and Sourav claimed one wicket each. Wrestling Association Rahul Kumar; 57 Kg: Lal David Warner's savage attack they have not won a single Chand and Gambhir, bagged two Championship, which concluded Prominent among others Hussain, Pritam Singh and Ajay against Mohammed Shami's match in seven encounters Chopra claimed 2 wickets each The match was officiated by wickets but could not help Punjab at Indoor Complex, M.A. present on the occasion were Bharti; 61 Kg, Lokesh Singh, probing length or Michael across two formats which also by giving away 21 and 34 runs Rajinder Singh, Dilawar and continue their winning run after Stadium, here today. Rajesh Gupta, MLA Jammu Sukhvinder Singh and Joginder Clarke's years of experience includes a warm-up game of in their 4 overs respectively. Shanker. Around 150 wrestlers from all East, S Rangil Singh, president Singh; 65 Kg: Munir Ahmad, against Ravindra Jadeja's restric- the mega event played some 43 they had beaten Haryana in their first game.(PTI) over the State took part in the J&K Olympic Association, Vicky Sharma and Bushan Mehra; tive lines also has ingredients of a days ago.(PTI) Championship and the participat- Ashwani Sharma, Ex MLA, Dr 70 Kg, Kasim Din, Pawan Kumar Paras Sharma takes New ing districts and teams included Ashutosh Sharma, secretary J&K and Pawan; 74 Kg, Rajesh Kumar, Poonch, Doda, Jammu, Srinagar, Olympic Association, Pardeep Balwan Kumar and Sadiqi Al; 86 12th Shaheed Manjeet Singh Samba, Reasi, J&K Police, Sharma, Sports secretary BJP Kg, Nisar Ahmad, Bahadur Khan Challengers to semis in Holi Cup Ramban and Udhampur. Wing, Kuldeep Magotra, H S and Haman Hussian; 97 Kg, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Bansi Lal and Manjeet Singh The closing ceremony was Gill, Abdul Qayum, Rajan Roshan Sharma, Mohd. Akaram Volleyball Tournament concludes contributed 21 and 14 runs to the attended by a galaxy of digni- Sharma, Ravi Singh, Ashok and Ishan Sharma and Open, Diler Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 25: Promising total respectively. For Khalsa taries. Singh, Satish Gupta , SP Singh, Khan, Ishaq Ahmad and Varun Earlier, Dushyant Sharma, Paras Sharma’s all-round show Club, Kallu and Vicky bagged 2 Vikas Gupta, Raju Pahalwan, Sharma. POONCH, Mar 25: Shaheed helped New Challengers Club wickets each, while Nitan Manjeet Singh Volleyball Club defeat Khalsa Cricket Club by a claimed one wicket each. Academy announces Drama Festival awards registered (3-1) sets victory narrow margin of 9 runs to qual- Khalsa Club, in reply, man- over Pinto Club Poonch in the ify for the semifinals in the aged to score 154 runs to lose final clash of Manjeet Singh ongoing Holi Cup T20 Cricket the match by a narrow margin of Dhanesh Dogra is Best Actor, memorial Volleyball Tournament at Mandal Cricket 9 runs. Nitan was the top scorer Tournament organized by ground, here today. with 53 runs, while Rommy and District Police Poonch at Sports Batting first, New Vicky contributed with 39 and Gurmeet Kour Best Actress Stadium, Poonch under Civic Challengers Club scored a 14 runs to the total respectively. Excelsior Correspondent been awarded 2nd best actor and Devdas, Neha Raj Dabia as Action Programme. decent total of 163 runs in the For New Challengers Club, actress respectively. Paro for the play The Last Nine teams of the district allotted 20 overs by losing 5 Paras Sharma and Soumay Jain JAMMU, Mar 25: Dhanesh In the consolation category Séance, Meenu Sharma as participated in the Tournament. wickets. Paras Sharma played a took 2 wickets each, while Dogra and Gurmeet Kour have Sonia Dhamir and Abhishek Bharti Nani, Rakesh Mayus as Mhadu The closing ceremony was brilliant innings of 55 runs off Deepak Singh Manhas, Manjeet been awarded as Best Actor and have been awarded in Makeup and for the play Sandhya Chhayya, attended by large number of 27 balls with the help of 5 Singh and Akash Choudhary Best Actress, respectively as direction category, respectively Dharambeer Choudhary as Prem local people and sports lovers Winners of the Volleyball Tournament being presented trophy boundaries and 3 sixes, while claimed one wicket each. Jammu and Kashmir Academy while Sonia Dubey has been Singh, Javed Gill as Mushtaq, drawn from different parts of in Poonch on Wednesday. of Art, Culture and Languages awarded in Costumes for the play Som Nath Azad as Hawaldar for the district. Farhat Jhangir was was the chief guest on the Mir, social activist were the announced the results of the the play Kandyali Taar, Dilshad declared best player of the occasion, while Col. K Jaiswal guests of honour. Rangil inaugurates J&K 17th State annual Drama Festival. Ahmed as Nawab, Anoop tournament. CO 12 JAT officiating The DDC Poonch stressed According to a release, the Goswami as Boota for the play M H Malik, DDC Poonch Brigadier 93 Brigade and Taj upon youth to take active part Jury has recommended the vari- Wattan Fry, Pardeep Sharma as in extracurricular activities Wrestling Open Judo Championship ous awards to the groups and in Shah, Anuroop Pathania as Gara besides studies and refrain Excelsior Sports Correspondent Bouts are being officiated by individual categories. Gurmeet for the play Shah Shahni, from bad activities as the Kour has been awarded as Best Mousami Thakyal as Noori, Suraj Bhan Singh, Arshinad, Dhanesh Dogra Gurmeet Kour youths are the future of the JAMMU, Mar 25: S Rangil Vikas Dogra, Ritika Slathia, Director and Best Actress for Vijay Sharma as Boota for the nation besides assured people Singh, president J&K Olympic Jugal Kishore, Shakti Gupta and her role as Gandhari and “The Last Colony” and Himanshu play Fasley Aryaveer Singh as that such events would be Association inaugurated the Rameshwar Singh Jamwal. Dhanesh Dogra as Best actor for Darshan has been awarded in Shakuni, Dimpal Sharma as organized in future too. 17th J&K State Open Judo The Championship is being his role as Dhritrashtra in the music for the play The Last Bhishma and Seema Bhatti as S. Jatinder Singh Johar, Championship at Indoor organized by Vikas Gupta, gen- play Komal Gandhar. Séance. Dassi for the play Komal SSP Poonch while speaking on Complex, M.A. Stadium, here eral secretary J&K Judo Best Set has been awarded to The merit certificates in act- Gandhar, Sars Bharti as the occasions paid rich tribute Shalini Sharma for the play ‘The ing have been awarded to Chintak-2 and Soham Kashyap to the martyrs of Police and Last Seance while Best Lights Kanika Sharma as Gandhari , as Kotwal for the play Ik Ha other security forces who laid has been awarded to Juned Kak Vishal Singh as Ashwathama Gadha Urf Aladad Khan. down their precious lives for for the play Komal Gandhar. for the play Andha Yug, During the drama festival, the cause of the nation. He said Best make-up and Best cos- Inderjeet Singh as Jogi, Parul as held recently, fourteen plays in that it is due to the sacrifices of tumes have been awarded to Mubeen for the play Dukh different languages were staged Winners of quiz competition displaying certificates while posing the martyrs that the peace has Shami Dameer and Ravinder Darya, Farooq Sheikh as Malik, by the various theatre groups. for a group photograph alongwith dignitaries at Ramban. been restored in the state. He Sharma respectively for the play Meenal Peer as Usha for the exhorted upon the gathering Andha Yug. Best Music has play Local Tax Extra, Aaditya 97.2 Big FM holds especially youth to contribute been awarded to Abhishek Bharti as Chorus-1 Neha Bhat DIC Ramban organizes Quiz Competition for maintaining the integrity, Bharti for the play Last Colony as Chorus-2 for the play Last World Cup Quiz at Excelsior Correspondent position in painting competition. sovereignty and communal while Mega Ajanbi has been Colony, JR Sagar as Mahatma KC Sports Club harmony of the great democra- awarded as Best Child Artist for Gandhi, Deepak Sharma as Speaking on the occasion, Excelsior Sports Correspondent cy of the world. He said that the play Sandhya Chhayya. Hari Lal Gandhi for the play RAMBAN, Mar 25: District chief guest appreciated the role Dignitaries inaugurating J&K 17th State Wrestling Open Information Centre, Ramban of Information Department in J&K Police is committed for Shadi Lal Koul as Bushan Lal Adalat Mein Gandhi, Archana Judo Championship in Jammu on Wednesday. JAMMU, Mar 25: The sec- today organised a Quiz providing a platform to the stu- providing platform to the play- for the play Local Tax Extra and Sharma as Laxmi, Sahiba as ond edition of the World Cup Competition at Bhartiya Vidya dents and motive them to partic- ers of different games and today. Association, under the aegis of Sapna Soni as Kasturaba for the Champa for the play Sakha Cricket 2015 Quiz was held Mandir High School here. ipate in extra-curricular activi- other activities for channeliz- Around 300 Judokas drawn J&K State Sports Council and play Adalat Mein Gandhi have Ram Binder, Raj Bhagat as today at KC Sports Club by Deputy Registrar Cooperative ties which would boost their ing energy of the youth in a from all over the State are taking J&K Olympic Association. 97.2 BIG FM in the Cricket Department Ramban, Ikar Giri confidence and help to face the positive manner. part in the Championship. Results: Under-8 Girls: 18 Yuvraj bags gold in Kathua Hall of KC Sports Club, here was the chief guest on the occa- competition. Cash prize of Rs 10,000 and Earlier, Thakur Rashpal Kg, Aditi Rajdha, Tavisha today. sion and Principal of the School Principal of the School, Rs 5,000 was given to winner Singh, Ex MLA and president Gupta, Ashita Rajput and About 30 young Cricketers presided over the function. Pardeep Singh thanked the and runners-up teams respec- J&K Judo Association presented Khushi Sher; 20 Kg, Ananya District Judo C'ship receiving training in the game at First prize was awarded to Information Department for tively, besides trophies and welcome address, while the vote Sharma, Arya Khan, Janvee the Club took part in the contest. Excelsior Sports Correspondent while in 30 kg, Samanwai, the team of Bhartiya Vidya organising such events to pro- individual prizes were also dis- of thanks was presented by Kotwal and Ananya; 25 Kg, The training in the game is Kamal Kumar and Samnar Mandir High School (BVMHS) mote the talent of students. tributed on the occasion. Kuldeep Singh Jamwal. Utkarshi Kesar, Manya Sharma, imparted by hand-picked coaches KATHUA, Mar 25: Yuvraj Dogra won gold, silver and while the second and third A colourful cultural pro- Prominent among others Prominent among others Angel Dogra and Shristi Verma; deputed by Yuvraj Singh Centre bagged gold, while Pankaj and bronze respectively and in 35 prizes were clinched by Girls gramme was also presented by present on the occasion were present on the occasion were Dr 30 Kg, Tanisha Gupta, Monika of Excellence (YSCE) in the spa- Mayank claimed silver and kg, Aditya, Govind Sharma and High School Parnote and the DIC Ramban. Mumtaz Chodhary-ADC Ashutosh Sharma, Abdul Suproo, Prism Singh and cious indoor Cricket Hall which Chenab English Medium High Later commendation certifi- bronze medals respectively in Danveer Swali clinched gold, Poonch, Mumtaz Bhati-CMO Qayum, Ravi Singh, Satish Deepanshi Rajput. is a unique facility of its own kind School Ramban respectively. In cates and consolation prizes 20 kg category of District silver and bronze medal respec- Poonch, Maqbool Naik-XEN Gupta, SP Singh, Virender Under-10-Girls: 25 Kg, in north India with superlative another event Inderjeet a stu- were also distributed among the Kathua Judo Championship, tively. PDD, Amit Kumar Gupta-ASP Dogra, Rohit Gupta, Suraj Meenakshi Devi, Vanshika facilities for batting and bowling dents of BVMHS clinched first participants. which was inaugurated by In 40 kg category, Irfan Poonch and Krishan Lal Sharma, Raj Kumar, Shashi Sharma, Parul Sharma and on the world class floor surfaces. Shamsher Singh, Manager Khan, Krishan Dev and Sharma, Ex Divisional Sports Balgotra, Shiv Kumar and Kanishka Sharma; 30 Kg, Nirali The questions were asked by an District Coaching Centre Abhishek won gold, silver and Officer. Sarabjeet Singh. Sharma, Priya Sharma and RJ from 97.2 BIG FM related to Kathua earlier. bronze medals, while in 45 kg, Bhumi Manhas; 35 Kg, Niharika landmark achievements in the in +25 kg, Sumit bagged the gold, silver and bronze Sharma, Mahima Sharma and game of cricket. After several gold and Kamal claimed silver, medals went to Alankrit Patyal, Saniya Choudhary; +35 Kg, rounds at individual level, the Manoj Singh, Divya Akaash and Khushi Gupta, Suhani Kiran, Seema Verma, W/o Kishore best 3 contestants, namely, Mohit Shaurya Jasrotia. Manvi Verma and Samkiya Salaria, R/o Gupta, Pranav Mahajan and In 50 kg, Vipul Verma and Choudhary. 46/1 Talab Sourav Sabharwal were declared Sidhart won gold and silver Under-8 Boys; 18 Kg,Viraj Tilloo Camp winners on the basis of the num- respectively, while Akshit and Koushal, Shourya Kumar, Aarav Road, ber of correct answer and were Nishat shared bronze medal, Sharma and Shourya Vardhan; Jammu, presented with prizes in the form while in +50 kg, Paru Dev won 20 Kg, Ridham Sharma, doing PhD of coupons. gold, Abhishek bagged silver, Chatnya, Hitesh Chibber and under the while the bronze was claimed by Nitish Koul; 25 Kg, Kanshit, supervision Prabal Verma, S/o Late Prem Shubam and Pawan Kumar. Sahil Singh, Shivyansh raina of Prof KK Bamzai in the Parkash Bouts in junior boys under- and Ishan Pandita; 30 Kg, Ritesh Department of Physics and Verma and 17 and under-10 girls were also Tikoo, Arihant Mahajan and Electronics, University of Swarn held on the occasion. Sajak Kesar; +30 Kg, Abijai, Jammu, who has been awarded Verma, R/o Arsh Bakshi, Nityam Sharma the Materials Research Society Around 100 judokas drawn Chamunda and Anirudh Sharma. of India (MRSI) prize for the from all over the District took Mohalla, Under-10 Boys: 25Kg, Om best paper presenter entitled, part in the Championship. Basohli, Biloria, Aditya Singh and “Structural, Microscopic and Earlier, welcome address Kathua, who Dhaniya; 30 Kg, Aditya Parihar, Electrical Properties of was presented by Ravi Gupta has qualified GATE in Hardik Sharma, Amrit Bhat and Nanosired Cerium and the vote of thanks was pre- Computer Science and Mritunjay Kotwal; +35 Kg, Orthovanadate” during 26th sented by Khajur Singh, while Information Technology (CS) Ritish Dhar, Madhav Chalotra AGM held at University of the bouts were officiated by with 544 score, conducted by and Arnav Sharma. Rajasthan, Jaipur. Jugal Kishore and Shakti Gupta. IIT Kanpur 2015.