MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2019 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU All-round Krunal, Rohit power India to Chess: Aditya P Melani of Gujarat Satwik-Chirag creates history by becoming first series-clinching 22-run win against WI emerges sole leader after Round-5 Indian pair to win BWF Super 500 tourney *Mayor JMC inaugurates 5th round BANGKOK, Aug 4: silver medallist at the 2018 Rankireddy. LAUDERHILL (Florida), India up for a challenging total, the bowler, and then brought up Excelsior Sports Correspondent games are shown live on Commonwealth Games. "I have some shoulder Aug 4: before Krunal (20 off 13 balls) his 17th half-century in this for- Internet. 109 players from 22 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy During the thrilling summit issues so we had decided that I and Ravindra Jadeja propped up mat with a single to long-off. JAMMU, Aug 4: Mayor states are currently participating and Chirag Shetty today creat- clash against the World No. 2 would play more from the front Krunal Pandya's all-round the innings by smashing 20 runs Nicely getting underneath JMC Chander Mohan Gupta ed history by becoming the Chinese team, Rankireddy dis- and Chirag from the back. I exploits and Rohit Sharma's in the final over, which was the flight of left-arm spinner in this event," Atul added. inaugurated the 5th round of the The event is being organized first Indian pair to win a BWF played brilliant anticipation was focussing more on the characteristically sublime half- bowled by Keemo Paul. Khary Pierre, Kohli got going ongoing 28th National Youth Super 500 badminton service and the net," he century powered India to a Krunal hit the first two balls with a neat six. (PTI) by Crown Trust under the banner Under-25 Chess Championship of All J&K Chess Association tournament, stunning added. of the final over for sixes before at IDPS School, Bathindi, here. reigning world champi- Rankireddy and Shetty Jadeja also found one maxi- and J&K State Sports Council. Rohit surpasses Gayle He appreciated the efforts of Event is being played under ons Li Jun Hui and Liu started attacking from the mum. AJKCA for organizing record Yu Chen in the final of word go and after breaking During his knock, Rohit in six-hitting FIDE Laws of chess under Swiss 14th National level event in J&K System in which total 9 rounds Thailand Open here. away from a tied 3-3, they became T20 internationals' most India's top men's LAUDERHILL (Florida), under the guidance of its presi- will be played. moved ahead to open up a prolific six-hitter, going past doubles duo of Aug 4: dent Atul Kumar Gupta. Raj Kumar, DySP 10-6 lead, but their Chinese Chris Gayle with 106 maxi- Rankireddy and Shetty The Mayor said that such Prosecution is the Organizing opponents kept breathing mums. He struck six fours and Rohit Sharma today became posted a hard-fought type of competitions will divert Secretary of this event. Also down their necks and made three sixes in the match. the most prolific six-hitter in 21-19, 18-21, 21-18 the energies of youth towards present on the occasion were it 14-14. India were off to a quick start T20 Internationals while his win to claim its biggest sports and positive direction and Baldev Raj, Taranvir Singh It was a closely-fought as they crossed 50 in the seventh skipper Virat Kohli attained career title after bat- keep them away from drugs and Gujral, Kuljeet Singh Jamwal, affair after that and the over, with Rohit doing the bulk pole position among Indians in tling for an hour and other social evils. Vikas Nanda, Dr AS Bhatia, Indian pair could take a of scoring. the shortest format across all two minutes against the third Meanwhile, Aditya P Melani Rakesh Kumar Gupta and and extraordinary placements slight edge only at 20-18. Rohit found the gaps with competitions. seeded Chinese combo. from the front court, while Although Li and Liu nar- of Gujarat emerged sole leader Madhu Abrol. ease, clipping Paul off his pads Rohit surpassed Chris with 5 points after 5 rounds, reg- This was not only their first Shetty controlled the backcourt rowed the gap further down to for a six over deep midwicket. Gayle's record of 105 sixes by Suminder Singh, Managing triumph at Super 500 level and series-clinching 22-run win over istering a tough fought victory in effortlessly. 19-20, the Indians managed to The World Cup highest scorer hitting three maximums on his Director, IDPS is monitoring all above but also the most presti- West Indies in the rain-affected 4th round. Kumar S of Tamil Li and Liu had earlier this win the crucial point to wrap then swept him for a four as the way to a 51-ball 67 in the sec- the arrangements. gious doubles title for India second T20 International here Nadu and Bharadia Yash of year beaten the Indians at up the first game. Indians upped the tempo. ond T20 International against Nitin Shenvi and Pranesh since the inception of the rank- today. Rajasthan were closely follow- Australian Open. In the second game, the Keemo Paul gave West West Indies here. Yadav are Chief and Deputy ing system. Batting first, India scored a ing him at 4.5 points each. "When we played them at Rankireddy and Shetty man- Indies their first breakthrough The World Cup's highest Chief Arbiters appointed by This achievement will also challenging 167 for five and "20 players from J&K state the Australian Open, we lost to aged to take an upper hand at scorer needed four sixes to go Federation for this event. propel the current World No. then had West Indies in all sorts when he bowled Shikhar are participating in this event them very closely. We under- the beginning as they moved past Gayle's record at the start Other supporting Arbiters are 16 Indian combination into the of trouble at 98 for four in the Dhawan with the Indian score- which will give lot of exposure stood they were under pressure up to a 6-2 lead, but the card reading 67 for one in the of the three-match series. Anil Kotwal and Bindu Pathania. top 10 for the first time, mak- today but we had none since Chinese soon bridged the gap 16th over when lightening and to the local players,"said Atul Technical help is also being pro- eighth over. During his knock of 24 in the Kumar Gupta, President AJKCA ing it the first-ever Indian we were very excited to play to 5-6 before catching up with thundershowers struck. The opening game, Rohit had hit vided by Ravi Sharma and Sunil Duckworth-Lewis par score at Two quite overs followed as and Chairman Organizing men's doubles duo to enter the our first final," said them at 11-11.(PTI) two sixes. Today, he smashed Sharma among others. that point was 120, and West Indian captain Virat Kohli Committee. elite bracket. another three to lead the tally This is the record 14th All Indies were 22 runs behind. joined Rohit, who broke the "Four more rounds are still to This was the first final of shackles with a six over deep with 107 sixes.(PTI) India level event being organised the 2019 season for the Rohit Sharma top-scored be played in this event. Top 3 by AJKCA. with 67 off 51 balls, setting midwicket, Sunil Narine being unseeded Indian pair, doubles J&K age-group trials postponed due to security Vinesh wins 3rd successive gold Mankotia organises 10th issues; mentor Pathan, aspirants leave for home in 53 kg in Poland Open NEW DELHI, Aug 4: The top Indian woman Marathon Run against drugs NEW DELHI, Aug 4: "I myself personally wrestler had stood atop the podi- Excelsior Sports Correspondent during the past three years due Former India all-rounder ensured, at least for a few boys, Star India grappler Vinesh to which many of the youngsters um at Grand Prix of Spain and at UDHAMPUR, Aug 4: With Winners of Fun Run cum Exhibition organised by Burn-a- Irfan Pathan, who is the mentor that they can reach their homes Phogat has bagged her third con- have lost their lives. safely. I can understand that the Yasar Dogu International at an aim to channelise the energy Ton' Unisex Fitness Club in Jammu. of Jammu & Kashmir State secutive gold in women's 53kg Istanbul, Turkey last month. He informed that during the teams, along with age-group their parents were tensed and category after winning the of youngsters in a positive direc- previous days he has made door rightly so. I called up some of "The biggest positives from tion, Chief Patron Dogra Kranti aspirants left for their respec- Poland Open wrestling tourna- wrestling against strong oppo- to door awareness campaign Unisex Fitness Club organises tive homes after ongoing U-16 them to confirm that they have ment in Warsaw. Dal (NGO), Former MLA and against drugs and also made indeed reached their homes. nents are it forces me out of my NPP President, Balwant Singh and U-19 trials in Srinagar have The 24-year-old prevailed 3- comfort zone, makes me push huge rallies to eradicate such a Now that everyone has left, I 2 over local wrestler Roksana in Mankotia today organised 10th Fun Run cum Exhibition been postponed due to prevail- my limits, and teaches important menace and to take stern action left today," said Pathan. the final of the competition. Marathon Run in series against ing security situation in the lessons! Happy with my per- against drug peddlers. Excelsior Sports Correspondent The organizers declared that Valley. He agreed that due to the Vinesh had earlier beaten drug abuse which commenced Later, Mankotia also felici- it would make every effort to formance at the #PolandOpen JAMMU, Aug 4: Owner of The State administration has current situation, the training Sofia Mattson of Sweden, the from Jaganoo at 6:30 am and tated first three winners with a ensure that the message of Excited by this start as a 53 kg Burn-a-Ton' Unisex Fitness issued an advisory for all schedule got hampered but Rio Olympics bronze medallist, concludes at Talmara, here. cash prize. healthy youth, healthy Jammu & wrestler, now onwards and Club, Nidhi Abrol organized a tourists and Amarnath Yatris to expected that things will be in the quarterfinals of this inter- The Marathon in which The 1st prize was bagged by healthy nation is taken to every upwards," Vinesh tweeted.(PTI) Fun Run cum Exhibition, here leave the valley due to a poten- back on track in no time. national tournament. around 300 youth participated Arun Kumar who was presented corner of the city. today. tial terror threat. "We have got an elaborate was organised by NGO Dogra a cash prize of Rs 3100, while Health Service was provided The aim of the event was to Pathan was in Srinagar to blue print ready. We wanted to Army’s Motorcycle expedition Kranti Dal despite heavy rain. Farjat Ali clinched 2nd spot with by SMVDNSH Narayana promote a habit of staying oversee the trials for the U-16 have a heads up in our prepara- Showing deep concern over a cash prize of Rs 2100 and the Hospital, while RED FM was healthy and fit through physical (Vijay Merchant Trophy) and tions and that's why we started increasing drugs at Udhampur 3rd prize was bagged by the radio partner in the show. on such fast rate, Mankotia said exercise and dance. U-19 (Cooch Behar Trophy) the camp as early as June so team reaches Rajouri Amandeep with a cash prize of Heavenly Crafting, Let's that making Udhampur drug free The Exhibition started at and prune the list of probables. that when this camp starts, we JAMMU, Aug 4: Spades Division, the spokesman Rs 1100. Celebrate, Modicare, Tien, was his prime goal and organis- 5.30 am at River Tawi Front, We have for the time being can shortlist the boys easily. Sarpanch Sanjeet Sharma, Super Shake, Food Box, said. near Ware House Jammu and postponed the second phase of Also our boys will be playing A motorcycle team of Indian ing such events is the way to do Naib Sarpanch Mohan Lal, He said 'Rane Hawaipatti' is was flagged off by the chief Optimal Living, The Glam junior team trials. We had the an All-India pre-season tourna- Army, set to traverse through so. besides Panches Rakesh Kumar, named after major R R Rane of guest, Vinay Sharma, SP City Closet, Marigolds and Drinks first phase from June to July. ment and I will monitor their challenging terrains to cover a Mankotia expressed his anx- Gopal Krishan and Radhey 37 Assault Field Company who South. Unlimited displayed their rich This was the second phase. performance," the 34-year-old distance of 3800 kms from iety over the spread of ‘Chitta’ Sham were present on the occa- was awarded 'Param Vir Chakra' The event was based on the stalls. However, since there has been a said. Drass to Pune over a period of named drug at such a fast rate sion. during liberation of Rajouri theme of friendship & universal The event was anchored by Government advisory, I had a While he remains hopeful 22 days, today reached Rajouri wherein the officer displayed brotherhood. The fun race com- Kritika Gandotra. meeting with Jammu and that camp will resume in a few district of Jammu and Kashmir, exceptional courage while clear- memorates with Friendship Day Those 20 winners who were Kashmir Cricket Association days time after the current secu- a Defence spokesman said. SMSSA Charitable Trust distributes ing the road from Naushera to that is celebrated on 1st Sunday felicitated included Balvinder (JKCA) CEO Mr Bukhari and rity issue is taken care of, he The Bicentenary Motorcycle Rajouri. of August every year. Singh, Dalvir Singh, Hansraj, Administrator Justice Prasad. also didn't rule out the option of Expedition is being undertaken During the ceremony, the tracksuits among promising athletes The event included many fun Mukesh Kumar, Sahil Sharma, Accordingly, it was decided training in any other State. by a 13 member team of Army team members interacted with Excelsior Sports Correspondent function and welcomed the ath- games for young buddies and Bhushan Kumar, Rakesh that boys need to be sent back "If a situation demands, of Bombay Engineer Group and military and civil dignitaries as letes and the guests. He prom- the winners were given prizes. Kumar, Parmveer Singh, Rohit home," Pathan said today. there could be a contingency Centre, Kirkee in view of the well as eminent citizens of JAMMU, Aug 4: In its ised to support the athletes in Top 20 winners were chosen, Sharma, Harsh Kumar, Sahil Pathan left Srinagar only plan where JKCA can use the 20th Anniversary of Kargil Vijay Rajouri town present at the endeavour to promote sports in future also. who were given prizes by the Kumar/Sahil-ul-Islam, Sahil after all the boys, from other training facilities of any other Divas and to commemorate 200 venue, the spokesman said Jammu, Shiv Mandir Sant Sewa He also wished good luck to chief guest. Sambyal, Aquib regions like Jammu reached State association," said Pathan. years of Bombay Sappers, the adding the team members were Ashram (SMSSA) Charitable the Jammu Athletes Club for The club announced that it Mushtaq/Nishant Sharma, home. (PTI) spokesman said. felicitated by the locals who also Trust distributed tracksuits their upcoming event ‘Jammu has drawn a health calendar of Prabjot Singh, Sulakshya Singh, He said the expedition was gave their best wishes for the among the promising and needy Half Marathon’. such events and plans to make Rakesh Kumar, Darsu, flagged off from Drass on July remaining part of the expedition. athletes, here today. Parbhat Singh, retired IPS such events a regular feature in Ravindeer Pal Singh, Arjun 26 and honours the elite units of The Motorcycle Expedition Officer and gold the City of Temples. Saini and Sadam Malik. the Bombay Engineer Group would continue its journey from medallist in Tata who have participated in the Rajouri towards Jammu on Mumbai successful operation during the August 6 and will finally culmi- Marathon con- Kargil War, as well as to traverse nate on August 17 at Pune, the ducted the pro- the famous battleground on spokesman said adding the ceedings of the which the First Bombay Sapper expedition is also aimed at function and to win a Param Vir Chakra had inculcating a sense of adventure, encouraged the physically cleared the path, pride and achievement among athletes to do eventually to liberate Rajouri. the troops. well in their life The Motorcycle expedition The challenging expedition and bring laurels reached Rajouri after covering a and the outreach to war veterans to the State. distance of 1308 kms and a and 'Veer Naris' at earmarked Retired SAI 'Flagging In Ceremony' was places is a remarkable tribute to coach, Ramesh organised at 'Rane Hawaipatti', the immortal courage and brav- Sharma extend- Advance Landing Ground ery and spirit of adventure ed thanks to Shiv (ALG), Rajouri wherein the A scene of Play 'Bum Bum Bhole' presented by BLSKS in amongst the brave soldiers of Mandir Trust for Winners posing alongwith dignitaries at Synthetic turf, TRC team was received by General Jammu. the Indian Army, the spokesman Tracksuits being presented to needy athletes this gesture. in Srinagar. Officer Commanding, Ace of said. (PTI) by the representatives of SMSSA Charitable Prominent Trust in Jammu. among other JKFA Annual League Football Tournament BLSKS presents Musical members of the SKCC wins Peace Cricket Series The Trust organised an Trust present on the occasion Excelsior Sports Correspondent suffered initial blows, however, impressive and well attended were YR Gupta, KK Pangotra, J&K Bank blanks JKP Play ‘Bum Bum Bhole’ Mohsin (33 runs in 22 balls) and function in premises of Mandir Vishwamittra, BB Vaid, JAMMU, Aug 4: Sher-e- Parul (31 runs off 25 balls) at Railway Station, here. Excelsior Correspondent generate awareness among the Kashmir Cricket Club (SKCC) Krishanan Kutty and Ashok helped SWCC to recover as the President of the Trust, Shiv Gupta. Football team by 4-0 masses about various social lifted the 3-Match Peace T-25 Pratap Gupta inaugurated the JAMMU, Aug 4: To pro- duo scored 58 runs in the bat- Excelsior Sports Correspondent In 78th minute, J&K Bank made evils through theatre/drama Cricket Series by 2-0, defeating ting power-play. Later, SWCC mote the rich traditional cul- which are still very powerful another spectacular move which Sunrisers Warrior Cricket Club could not held their nerves under SRINAGAR, Aug 4: In the ture of J&K, Bhartiya Lok medium of communication. resulted in a nice goal scored by (SWCC) in the summit clash by pressure and got collapsed like ongoing Annual League Sangeet Kala Sansthan Earlier in his address, ML Muneeb. The match ended with 21 runs at RS Pura ground, here house of cards as they ended up Football Tournament two (BLSKS) presented its 272th Dogra, Chairman, BLSKS 4-0 in favour of J&K Bank. today. on 154-courtesy the disciplined matches were played at Regular Saturday Series highlighted the story of Amar With this win, J&K Bank Earlier, Sher-e-Kashmir bowling performances by SKCC Synthetic Turf TRC Ground, Musical Play 'Bum Bum Katha, the cave which was team emerged as the topper of its Cricket Club led by Aman bowlers. here today. Bhole' in close coordination chosen by Bhole Shankar for pool with 18 points. Cheema won the toss and elect- Anmol took 2 wickets while In the first match of Super with Sangam Tru Art narrating the secrets of immor- The tournament is being ed to bat first. Skipper Cheema Jimmy, Rohan, Ravi, Pankaj and Division played between Young Production & National tality and creation of Universe organized by the District top scored with 50 runs off 41 Maharaja FC and Rahim Green College of Computer to Maa Parvati Ji. Football Association Srinagar, FC, the first half ended goalless. Education at open air theatre, Welcoming the dignitaries, Medical Partner Rahim Green & However, a self goal in the sec- Durga Bhawan, Janipur, here. Usha Handoo, Troupe leader Football Sponsor Sports ond half helped Young Maharaja The programe was inaugu- STAP explained aims and International (VECTOR). Media XI and JU teams posing for a group photograph dur- to win the match by a solitary rated by the chief guest, VK objectives of the programme ing a friendly match at JU on Sunday. goal. Magotra, Former Regional which have been assigned to Eisha Verma, D/o Janak Raj The second match of the Director, Directorate of Field the Sansthan for betterment of and Asha Premier Division was played Publicity , Government of society. Rani, R/o Teamwork helps Media XI end between Arch Rivals J&K India, while JK Raina, The singers, musicians and Tapyal, Police XI and J&K Bank XI. Freelance Producer/Director actors who performed were Samba, who Both the teams played quali- Films, Dr Anju Dogra, Health Rajni Gupta, MC Kotwal, KK JU’s 19-game winning streak has been Department, Dr Tara Singh ty football from the word go. Joshi, Kuldeep Raj, Sumeeta Excelsior Sports Correspondent wickets in the process. declared Charak, former Deputy Adnan of J&K Bank scored a Bhat, Sakshi, Rishab Manhas, Amar (25 off 23 balls), Irfan qualified for Director, Health Department goal in 33rd minute of the 1st Ishu Sharma, Anil Bhat, JAMMU, Aug 4: Teamwork (20 off 17 balls), Sachin (23 off the award of and Vinod Dogra, Chief half. There were attacks & Neelam Gandotra, Kamla helped skipper Vivek Suri led 8 balls) and Rajneet 20 off 18 the degree of Service Engineer Excide & RP Players of SKCC team posing for a group photograph after counter attacks which marked Devi, Chahat Chadha, Mehak Media XI Cricket Club to regis- balls were the main contributors. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Amla, Event Director were the winning T-25 Peace Series at RS Pura in Jammu. the specialty of the match. The Sharma, Shiv Kumar, Jeet Raj, ter a convincing 23-run win over And then Media XI bowlers Education by the Central guests of honour. first half score was 1-0 in favour Suhani Rathore, Shaan Khan, balls to help his team score a Jammu University (JU XI) in a spearheaded by Faheem Tak University of Jammu. She BLSKS presented tradi- Naveen took 1 wicket each. of J&K Bank XI. The second Mohd Afroz, Sunil Kumar, challenging total. Rohit Jatt friendly T-20 match, thus ended 3/19 restricted JU on 115 for 9 to worked on the topic, "Self-effi- tional folk culture of Jammu Aman S Cheema from SKCC half started with J&K Police Uttam Singh Manhas, Tilak scored power-packed 32 off 19 Rajesh Salgotra led JU's win- register their maiden win against cacy and Achievement province by displaying variety was declared as the man of the team trying to equalize but could Raj, Bindia Arora, Ajay, balls and Rohan contributed ning streak of consecutive nine- JU by 23 runs. Vivek Suri (2 for Motivation as Determinants of of songs and other items. match. not find the net. Danish of J&K Mukesh Arora, Bhanu Partap quick-fire 29 runs of 19 balls. teen games at University of 14) was also instrumental in his the Career Preferences of The chief guest lauded the Providing rural youth a plat- Bank XI scored another goal in Singh, VijayRaina,Sahil Gill, For SWCC, Parul scalped 3 Jammu Ground, here. team's win, while Nitin and Yash Adolescents," under the supervi- role of Bhartiya Lok Sangeet form to showcase their talent, 58th minute. J&K Bank players Surinder Verma, Bodh Raj and wickets while Mohsin, Sunny Earlier, winning the toss and also shared one wicket apiece. sion of Dr Ritu Bakshi, Kala Sansthan and underlined Peace Series T-25 Cricket tour- consolidated their position and Shiv Kumar. Master Deepak and Mussafar shared 2 wickets batting first, Media XI scored a Amar (25 runs) and Faheem Department of Educational the importance of staging such nament witnessed some thrilling succeeded in scoring another Kumar presented vote of each. fighting total of 138 runs in the (3 wickets) were jointly declared Studies, Central University of plays in all parts of the state to matches. goal from a header from Danish. thanks. SWCC, in their run chase stipulated 20 overs, losing 5 as the players of the match. Jammu.