FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Formidable India look to wrap Raj, Bisht, Harmanpreet selected Chief Minister's T20 Premier League in ICC teams of the year Team work helps Rajasthan Scorchers, up series against Sri Lanka DUBAI, Dec 21: Cup victory in front of a packed Lord's on July 23 in what was a Jammu Princess to script wins INDORE, Dec 21: considering the home team's managed to carve a niche for India game-changer for women's Excelsior Sports Correspondent Chennai Sharks by 6 . Flamingos by 34 runs. domination in the absence of a themselves immediately after was today named in the ICC . first, Chennai Sharks Batting first, Kolkata A dominant Indian team is good opposition in favourable making their International Women's ODI Team of the Year While the world's top-ranked JAMMU, Dec 21: Team scored 148 runs. Saima (42), Flamingos scored 137 runs in 20 expected to maintain its stran- conditions. debuts. while left-arm spinner Ekta T20I batter Taylor was given the work helped formidable Sunita (29) and Somaya (23) overs. Pooja scored splendid 56 glehold on a miserable Sri The Indian batsmen have Sri Lanka need captain Bisht was the lone cricketer to nod as captain of the inaugural Rajasthan Scorchers and clinical were the main contributors. runs, while skipper Rubina and Lanka and wrap up the three- made merry against a toothless Thisara Perera, Upul Tharanga find a place in the both the ODI ICC Women's T20I Team of the Jammu Princess to register wins Pooja and Neha shared 1 wick- Sarla Devi contributed 30 and match series when the two mis- attack. Runs and wickets always and Mathews to lead by exam- and T20 Teams of the year Year, introduced as part of the against their rivals in the ongo- et each. 23 runs respectively. matched teams face off in the give confidence to the players ple. They have been part of the announced by the world body. ICC's commitment to enhance ing Chief Minister's T20 second International but there is a question mark over side for long and only strong Besides the duo, the profile of women's cricket Premier League, being jointly here tomorrow. how much these performances performances by them can Harmanpreet Kaur has found out and bring greater equity with the organized by J&K Police There seems no end to the will count in the South African infuse life and hope into this a place in the ICC Women's men's game. HG/CD/SDRF and State Sports woes of the visitors, who conditions. dejected side. T20I Team of the Year. The ODI side comprises Council at Parade ground, here. slumped to a heavy 93- Absence of regular skipper Players such as Dusmantha The ICC today announced players from five countries, Bharti Vaid, Chairperson defeat in the series-opener in Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan Chameera and Dhananjaya De the women's ODI and T20I including two Australians (Meg PWWA was the chief guest and Cuttack. and a transformed Bhuvneshwar Silva have shown promise and teams of the year with England's Lanning and ), four Dr Ruby was the guest of hon- While the Indian youngsters Kumar has not given any respite need guidance to be consistent. Heather Knight named as cap- England players (Tammy our in the second match, while have put their hands up to deliv- to the Sri Lankans, who overtly India does not need its best tain of the 50-over side and Beaumont, Heather Knight, in the first match earlier, SD er the goods, the Lankans are rely on seniors such as Angelo team to prevail over the current of the West and ), Jamwal, IGP Jammu was the going through a terrible phase of Mathews. Sri Lankan combination, yet it is Indies appointed skipper of the two Indians (Raj and Bisht), one chief guest and Nisha Nathyal, transition during which they are However, even the senior imperative that they keep per- 20-over side. New Zealander (Amy SSP Traffic Jammu was the badly in need of reliable per- Lankan players have struggled forming well. The teams were selected tak- Satterthwaite) and two South guest of honour. formers. to counter the Indian bowlers They may not get big credit ing into consideration player Africans ( and The dignitaries were intro- The result has been a lack of and batsmen. for success but failure against performances from September ). duced with the participating Bharti Vaid, Chairperson PWWA along with Dr Ruby pre- contest and one-sided results, A robust domestic structure weaker opponents would surely 21, 2016 to date. The side includes the world's teams in the presence of Ranjeet senting woman of the match award to winner in Jammu. prompting many to question the coupled with Indian Premier put them in negative light. Bisht is the only cricketer to top four ranked batters in Raj, Kalra, Vice Chairman Sports In reply, Rajasthan Scorchers From side, Neeru, very logic of India playing such League (IPL) has prepared a Mahendra Singh Dhoni, feature in both the ODI and T20I Perry, Lanning and Council Jammu, SSP Rashmi chased the target in 19.4 overs, Navina and Sapna claimed 1 a weak side again and again. good bench strength for the whose finishing prowess has teams of the year. The 31-year- Satterthwaite, while amongst Wazir, SSP Shabir Malik and losing 4 wickets in the process. each. Kolkata Flamingos This series has hardly proved hosts. been under the scanner for some old from Uttarakhand is ranked the bowlers, Kapp is ranked Rupali Slathia, ace cricketer and Neha top scored with 54 runs, could not chase the target and to be a good preparation for the Players such as Yuzvendra time now, got some runs under 14th in ODIs and 12th in T20Is, number one, van Niekerk BCCI's Level-II coach. while Jaya contributed 43 runs made 103 runs, thus lost the challenging South Africa tour Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have his belt after being promoted to and took 34 wickets in 19 (ninth), Perry (13th), Bisht On the occasion, Bharti Vaid to the total. Sheraja took 2 wick- match by 34 runs. Diya (35), that awaits India next month, number four in Cuttack and is matches and 11 wickets in seven (14th) and Hartley (18th). said that the event apart from ets while Kousar claimed 1. Elizbath and (29) were the main likely to continue in the same T20Is in the period under con- Wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor is providing opportunity to the Neha was adjudged as the scorers. position so that he gets enough sideration. ranked 10th in the batting table, women cricketers to hone their woman of the match for her all- From bowling side, Puja overs in match situation before Knight was named captain while her team- mate Beaumont skill and talent is a step forward round performance. took 3 wickets. Puja Pandey was the ODI and T20 challenge in after she inspired her side to a is ranked 15th.(PTI) towards women empowerment. In another match, Jammu declared as the woman of the South Africa.(PTI) stunning ICC Women's World Earlier, in the first match Princess defeated Kolkata match. 63rd National School Games Wushu C'ship Rajasthan Scorchers defeated J&K's Karan drubs Roshan of Delhi to enter semis Narinder Mahajan, president JKMSA inaugurating second Excelsior Sports Correspondent Punjab trounced Rohit of Manipur prevailed over Toshihid day events of 11th Motorbike Dirt Track Racing at Mini Stadium, Jharkhand, Samson of Manipur of Goa, Brijesh of Delhi defeated Parade in Jammu. JAMMU, Dec 21: Defeating drubbed Abhijeet of Assam and S. Vijaya of Talengana, while in 70 Roshan of Delhi in the quarterfi- Balaji of Maharashtra got the bet- kg, Rinku of Vidhabharti defeated 11th Motorbike Dirt Track Racing nals of Under-19 56 kg category, ter of Abhishek of MP, while in 52 Basu of Jharkhand, Gamrchad of J&K's Karan sealed berth in the kg, Sumit of Delhi defeated Kavad Manipur beat Birkang of Assam, Narinder Mahajan flags off day-2 events semifinals of the ongoing 63rd of Gujarat, Vishal of Assam Ashtosh of Delhi defeated Jayant Excelsior Sports Correspondent ence of Rajesh Gupta, MLA Jammu National School Games in the dis- Manjay of J&K, H. Romesh of of Maharashtra and Hardeep of East in a well attended function yes- cipline of Wushu Under-17 and Jammu and Kashmir State Softball teams posing for a group photograph before leaving for JAMMU, Dec 21: President of Manipur beat Ashutosh of MP, CBSE trounced Ravinder of terday. Under-19 boys Championship, Senior Nationals. Jammu and Kashmir Motor Sport Suraj of CBSE defeated Sheikh of Punjab. Thirty bikers drawn from being organized by the Maharashtra. In 75 kg, Ajay of Maharashtra Association (JKMSA), Narinder Jammu City and adjoining areas par- Department of Youth Services and Ibrar CC drubs Wazir Mahajan inaugurated the second day In 56 kg, Anand of Jharkhand outplayed Umad of Goa, J&K Softball teams ticipated in this mega event, the Sports at Indoor Complex MA events in the ongoing 11th beat Sidharth of CBSE, Pandaya Shubham of MP beat Monti of UP, Club by 99 runs objective of which is to promote Stadium, here. Motorbike Dirt Track Racing of Gujarat trounced Gopi of Bihar, Rohit of CBSE defeated Chouhan In 40 kg category, Sahil of UP Excelsior Sports Correspondent Championship, being organized by local talent in this adventurous sport. Misdul of Assam outplayed P. Dipul of Gujarat and Harmeet of selected for Sr Nationals Meanwhile, after hard fought defeated Jayraj Singh of JKMSA at Mini Stadium, Parade Premananda of Manipur, while in Punjab beat Tushar of Delhi. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Singh Chib, Ayush Singh, REASI, Dec 21: Ibrar Cricket contest in the semifinal rounds, the Maharashtra, Anoj of Bihar beat ground, here. 6o kg, Junaid of J&K defeated In 80 kg, Pretik of Gujarat beat Sachin Singh, Shahnawaz Club Jammu defeated Wazir contestants for the final have been Dipanshu CBSE, Sunil Singh of JAMMU, Dec 21: Men and He was accompanied by Ranjit Ravi of Jharkhand, Ranjan of Danesh of CBSE, Parnav of Baba, Ghar Singh, Parshant Cricket Club Nagrota by a big cleared in the Championship. Manipur beat Nasib Singh of women teams of Jammu and Singh Chib, Patron of the Bihar thrashed Reval of Assam, Jharkhand defeated Salman of MP, Singh, Amit, Aman Singh, margin of 99 runs in a T20 match, The finalists included Punjab and Uttam of Assam got Kashmir have been selected for Association and Vikram Singh, Gurdeep of Punjab beat Palav of Assam got the better of Vikram Singh Chib, Pardeep here today. Gagandeep Singh, preetpal Singh, the better of Ayushraj of 39th Senior National Softball General Secretary. Hafezullah of Telangana and Rajesh of Delhi, Gurvinder of Singh, Sagar Chib, Sumeet Batting first, ICC scored 171 Jharkhand, while in 45 kg catego- Championship which is going to The first day of the Amit Bhandari, Pradeep Manjotra, Menergy of Manipur beat Md. Punjab beat Sidhant of Singh, Sahil Thappa, Roshan, runs in 20 overs for the loss of 5 ry, Uma Kant of Manipur beat be held at Dattapulia, Kolkata, Championship was inaugurated by Jarnail Singh, Sunil Chauhan, Afreen of Goa. Maharashtra, while in 85 kg, Arun and Ishfaq and in women wickets. Ashu top scored with 70 Rathwa of Gugrat, Manish of West Bengal from December Kavinder Gupta, Speaker J&K Sanjay Sharma and Amardeep In 65 kg, Musvi of Assam Abhishek of UP beat Ajay of section who were selected for runs, while Jatin and Samad con- Jharkhand drubbed Ranjeet of 25 to December 30, 2017. Legislative Assembly in the pres- Singh. defeated Karan of Bihar, Suresh of Delhi, Kushwinder of Punjab the Senior Softball (Women) tributed 45 runs each. From WCC, Delhi and Anmol of Punjab pre- The players who were CBSE got the better of Mohi of defeated Manish of Goa, Vaibhav National team are Komal, Rajender took 2 wickets, while vailed over Ram Kumar of Goa. selected in the Senior Softball Punjab, M Malingnagba of of MP trounced Gourav of Zanab, Nanya, Zaiba, Jagdish, Jatinder and Raghuveer In 48 kg category, Rashid of (Men) team included Jasbir Vidhyabharti and Fidan of J&K Harseerat, Harshpreet, took 1 wicket each. Singh, Ajay Singh, Vikram Guv to inaugurate 4th Edition of thrashed Thumair of Gujarat. Harvinder, Navya, Pihu, Neha In reply, WCC bundled out for Chib, Reetika, Madhu, 72 runs in 16.4 overs. J&K's 4 players to represent India Gulshan, Harshleen, Shilpi, For WCC, Jagdish scored 18 Volleyball Silver Rolling Trophy Japleen, Arshiya, Bhoomi, and runs. For ICC, Raman Datta took Excelsior Sports Correspondent Championship was instituted in in South Asian Roll Ball C'ship Monika and the Coaches with 4 wickets, while Manik claimed 2 the College by the Hon'ble the team are Rawat Singh and wickets. Ashu was adjudged as the UDHAMPUR, Dec 21: Excelsior Sports Correspondent the performance of the players Rohit Jamwal. man of the match. Governor, NN Vohra himself in in the 14th Senior National at Governor of J&K State, NN 2014 with the aim to promote JAMMU, Dec 21: Four play- Vohra will inaugurate 4th Edition Belgaun in Karnataka. understanding, brotherhood ers of Jammu and Kashmir It is pertinent to mention of State level 'Silver Rolling' including three girls and one boy among the youth of all the three here that J&K girls won bronze, Trophies (Men and Women) for regions viz Jammu, Kashmir and namely Mahima Khajuria, Dignitaries during Annual Day celebration at Tiny Tots HSS while boys bagged silver medal Volleyball at Govt Degree Ladakh of the State through Simran Raina, Kavneet Kour in Jammu. at the Nationals. College here tomorrow. sports activities and since then the and Bhanu Sunil Khajuria have Secretary J&K State Sports This was disclosed by Dr SK College has been organizing the been selected to represent India Engage with children to bring Magotra, Principal of the College championship successfully on in South Asian Roll Ball Council, Waheed-Ur-Rehman while addressing media persons annual basis. Every year scores of Championship, being held from Parra applauded the achieve- today. teams from different colleges December 27, 2017 to ments of the players and flagged out best; Asiea urges teachers Dr Magotra informed that the them off for Jaipur to take part in Excelsior Sports Correspondent need to lay focused attention to from across the state do come and December 31, 2017 at prestigious 'Silver Rolling the preparatory Camp being held identify different aptitudes, abili- compete to win the championship Kathmandu in Nepal. Trophy' for State Level Volleyball there from tomorrow. JAMMU, Dec 21: Minister of ties and interests of children for trophies, he added. The selection was made on State for Housing & Urban proper development of their indi- Development, Social Welfare, vidual potential. NLF organizes Quiz Competition, Health & Medical Education, The Minister congratulated Asiea Naqash today asked the the students for their success in Kashmiri Mushaira Kavinder Gupta, Speaker J&K Legislative Assembly felicitat- teachers to engage with children studies and wished them best for ing winners of Six-A-Side Hockey tourney in Jammu. and bring out the best from them Excelsior Sports Correspondent included Prem Nath Pandita their future endeavours. (Prem), Brij Nath (Hali), Chaman for society and for their own life. Earlier, MD of the School, JAMMU, Dec 21: Nagrai The Minister was speaking at Pinguri, TN Vishwas, Sarita Raina, Kavinder honours winners Deepak Handa presented wel- Literary Forum supported by JL Jawhar, Kundan Paras, Ashok Annual Day celebrations of a Tiny come address, which was fol- Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Tots HSS, here today. Dilbar, RL Tashna, Naveen lowed by Ganesh Vandana and a Arts, Culture & Languages organ- Pandita, Dr Kuldeep Raina, Dulari of Hockey tourney Vice Chairman, Medical ized a quiz competition and variety of cultural items. Pandita, Meenakshi Koul, BN Excelsior Sports Correspondent the organizers of the tournament, Supplies Corporation J&K, Kashmiri Musharia program at The founder Chairperson of Ablash and Pyara Ji Hatash. the Speaker said that more such Choudhary Manmohan Singh was Mixed Higher Secondary School the school, Veena Handa also JAMMU, Dec 21: First of its events need to be held to explore also present in the function. Muthi, here. spoke on the occasion and high- Jammu United registers kind 'Six A Side' Day Night the new talent and enable youth The Minister said that it is nice Twelve students participated in lighted the achievements and Hockey Tournament concluded to develop their physical and to be with young people. Apart the competition, wherein the gener- progress of the School. win in football here this evening at Gadhi Garh mental health. "Hockey is India's from making feel younger our- al questions related to social, cultur- President Kissan Cell, Sat pal with 7 teams including 3 school National Game and our main selves, one is able to share the joy al events, basic scientific skills and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Charak, Patron Yuva Rajput level Junior teams participating focus should be to promote it at energy and spirit that are com- current national and global issues Sabha Rajinder Manhas besides SRINAGAR, Dec 21: in the sports event. all levels. I advise youth to take monly associated with youth. were asked. students, parents and teachers Despite a solitary goal defeat at The tournament was organ- maximum benefits by enthusias- The Minister said there is a Kashmiri Mushaira programme were present on the occasion. the hands of State Football ized under the aegis of Bhargava tically participating in such was also held on the occasion, in ASP Udhampur Faisal Qureshi being felicitated at Gulshan Academy, Jammu United qual- Sports Academy to promote events," Speaker asserted. which SK Pandita, Principal of the Ground in Jammu. Pankaj Advani storms into last ified for the Play Off of AIFF physical fitness among the youth. The Speaker reiterated that school was the chief guest. The pro- Under-15 Youth League 2017- Speaker, Legislative the government is committed to gramme was attended by story 18 at trc ground, here today. Assembly Kavinder Gupta was provide full support for the pro- writer ML Pandita and social Faisal Qureshi wins gold 16 of National 6-Red Snooker At the end of scheduled Chief Guest at the concluding motion of sports culture in the activist and writer PL Swadeshi and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Gulshan Ground, here today. CHENNAI, Dec 21: He took the first two frames in matches all teams finished on ceremony. He wished the final- state and appealed the parents to was conducted by Tej Sagar. The competition is as part of quick time with attacking play. equal points and as per the reg- ists a great success in their sports motivate their children for taking Defending champion Pankaj The participating students of JAMMU, Dec 21: Faisal the Inter Zone Sports Meet- Shah came back strongly in the ulations, a draw of lots was held career. part in the co-curricular activities Advani blanked Pandurangaiah by the quiz were given letters of appre- Qureshi, Additional 2017, being organized by third frame with a phenomenal in presence of team AIFF The final match was won by for their overall development. five frames to nil to advance to the ciation and top 3 students were Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jammu and Kashmir Police break of 71. Officials and Managers / Hockey Hockers Gadhi Garh by Organising Secretary, last 16 of the 7th National 6-Red rewarded with prizes. Udhampur today brought laurels Department, wherein the com- Ishpreet retaliated by winning Management of respective defeating Classico Yellow Upper Tournament, S Amarjit Singh, Snooker Championship here Other poets and scholars who to Jammu Zone in general and petitions are being held in a the next two consecutive frames to teams wherein Jammu United Gadhi Garh by 2 goals. Principal Bhargava Public today. were present on this occasion Udhampur district in particular number of games including lead by 4-1. emerged winner. Later, the Speaker also felici- School, Vikas Bhargava, senior Also advancing were former by winning gold medal in Judo, Shooting, Boxing, Rupesh held his nerve and Manmeet Kour, D/o Late tated the winners and other par- leaders and a large number of Asian billiards champion Sourav Niharika D/o Bharat Singh Carbine (men) category in Badminton Lawn Tennis and played his best to level it at 4-4 Prof Amarjeet ticipants of the tournament. sports lovers were present on the Kothari, who ended the run of and Vanshu, shooting competition held at Table tennis etc. with brilliant safety play and pot- Singh and While lauding the efforts of occasion. Lucky Vatnani, winning 5-1. ting. Paramjeet R/o Bari In another match, Varun In the deciding the frame Kour, R/o Brahmana, Udhampur District Indian Style Madan defeated former Asian bil- Ishpreet made a break of 41 to Greate Samba, who KV-1 Udhampur, Happy liards champion Dhruv Sitwala 5- secure his win. Kailash, has been Wrestling C'ship tomorrow 3 to move up. Results: Vinayak Agarwal bt Jammu, who declared qual- Advani, the 18-time world Digvijay Kadian 5-4 (15-38, 30-5, has been ified for the Excelsior Sports Correspondent Model School win Football ties champion, started slowy and was award of the Excelsior Sports Correspondent Programme, being organized by 36-7, 30-40, 8-46, 41-17, 50-17, declared qualified for the KATRA, Dec 21: Udhampur District Indian Style Wrestling trailing in the first frame, but he 12-43, 32-7); Ishpreet Singh award of the degree of Doctor degree of Master of 187 Battalion CRPF, Battal cleared the table in the end to Championship will be held on December 23, 2017 at Raghunath Mohalla UDHAMPUR, Dec 21: Chadha bt Rupesh Shah 5-4 (59-7, of Philosophy (PhD) in Philosophy (M Phil) in near Raghunath Mandir, National Highway, here. Ballian Camp, in collaboration clinch the frame. Kendriya Vidyalaya No1 59-0, 0-71 (71), 46-9, 55 (55)-8, English by the University of Zoology with 'O' Grade by the The decision to this effect was taken in a meeting held under the chair- with Delhi Public School, He did not look back after that Udhampur and Happy Model 22-34, 32-40, 13-40, 41 (41)-27); Jammu. She worked on the University of Jammu. She manship of President J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association Shiv Kumar Udhampur at DPS, here. as he took the next four to win in worked on the topic 'Diversity School Udhampur registered In the matches played today, Varun Madan bt Dhruv Sitwala 5- topic, "Shifting Paradigms: A Sharma, who is also Treasurer of Indian Style Wrestling Association of wins over their rivals, while an hour's time. 3 (16-43, 39-6, 33-29, 8-36, 35-9, Study of Works OF Anita Seasonality, Habitat prefer- India. KV-1 defeated KC Gurukul by a Ishpreet Singh Chadha pulled ence of Zooplankton of some Delhi Public School held solitary goal and Happy Model 31-32, 37-7, 45-13); Sourav Desai, Bharati Mukherjee, General Secretary of the state Association Bansi Lal Tidyal said that the Braham Rishi Bawra to (1-1) off an upset, beating former world Kothari bt Lucky Vatnani 5-1 (40- Thampa Lahiri and Kiran perennial ponds of Samba weigh in of wrestlers will start at 10 am sharp and bouts will start at 11 am. School got the better of KC and Asian champion Rupesh Shah District," under the supervi- draw in the ongoing Football Gurukul again by the same mar- 8, 65 (41)-4, 30-10, 8-55, 42-14, Desai," under the supervision According to a handout issued here, the wrestlers have been advised to tournament, under Civic Action 5-4, taking the final frame 41-27. 35-20).(PTI) of Prof Posh Charak. sion of Dr Sarbjeet Kour. bring their Jangia (Red and Blue) for the Championship. gin.