WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India thrash England by 8 Harmanpreet leads India to Ranji Trophy Group C five wicket win over Pakistan Tanmay slams ton as Hyderabad wickets to take 2-0 lead BANGKOK, Nov 29: clash and emerged on top, avenging their narrow defeat in MOHALI, Nov 29: prowess at the top of the order cause. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur the World T20 at home in reach 234/3 on Day-1 against J&K will give Kohli and coach Anil Root, who was standing led from the front with an all- March. VADODARA, Nov 29: Ruikar helped Chhattisgarh bun- the pick of the bowlers with fig- India spinners once again Kumble another option for open- between India and victory, was round show as India outplayed The win was also India's third dle out Services for a partly 225 ures of five for 73 from 33.1 held centre-stage as the hosts ing slot. dismissed for 78 by Jadeja (2/39 arch-rivals Pakistan by five in as many games. They now sit Tanmay Agarwal slammed on the opening day of their Ranji overs. Skipper Abhimanyu produced a clinical performance Earlier, credit should be in 23 overs), who got one to turn wickets to remain the sole on the top of the table with six an unbeaten (106*) century as Trophy Group C encounter here. Chauhan bagged two wickets, to cruise to a comfortable eight- given to young Haseeb Hameed away sharply as the edge was unbeaten team in the Women's points followed by Pakistan and Hyderabad reached 234 for the Electing to bat at the MCA's while Pankaj Rao, Abhuday wicket victory over England on for his gritty unbeaten 59 off 156 taken by an alert Ajinkya Asia Cup T20 tournament, here Sri Lanka. The other teams in the loss of 3 wickets on Day-1 of Bandra-Kurla Complex ground, Kant Singh and Shivendra Singh the fourth day of the third crick- balls coming in at No 8 due to a Rahane, who reacted quickly to today. competition are Bangladesh, Group C Ranji Trophy match Services, who lost to Hyderabad, took wicket apiece. et Test and thereby take a 2-0 finger injury that helped England stretch his right hand. Kaur bagged two crucial Thailand and Nepal. against Jammu and Kashmir at had a terrible start with skipper At stumps, Chhattisgarh lead in the five-match series. cross 200-run mark. He hit six Root played 179 balls hitting wickets helping India restrict India were in control for the Vadodara today. and opener Aanshul Gupta get- were eight for no loss. six fours in the process. Pakistan to 97 for seven in 20 major part of the match after they Earlier, put into bat by J&K ting out on 15 after being trapped Brief scores: Root got an able ally in overs before taking her team won the toss and put Pakistan in skipper Parvez Rasool, leg before by Abhuday Kant Services 1st innings: 225 all young Hameed as the duo added over the line with an unbeaten to bat. Hyderabad openers started cau- Singh. out in 85.1 overs (Nakul Verma 45 runs in 119 balls for the sev- 26 off 22 balls. They took wickets at regular tiously, before Samiullah Beigh Ravi Chauhan (21) and Amit 54, Vikas Hathwala 50; Sumit enth wicket stand. It was this pair She was batting alongside intervals, not allowing Pakistan to dismissed Akshath Reddy at his Pachhara (28) though got the Ruikar 5/73). that erased the 134 run deficit. Anuja Patil (2 not out) when build a partnership. The Pakistan individual score of 18 runs and start, they failed to convert their Chhattisgarh 1st innings: 8 Once Jadeja removed the India overcame the modest tar- batting line-up put up an ordinary the team's total of 36 runs. S scores into big ones. for no loss. gutsy Root minutes before lunch, get with four balls to spare. effort barring opener Ayesha Badrinath was the next man in, Notable contributions came Summarised scores of other the writing was there on the wall. Mithali Raj's 36 off 57 balls at Zafar (28) and Iram Javed, who who scored valuable 47 runs only from stumper Nakul Verma Group C matches: But Hameed delayed the the top of the order were also of remained unbeaten on 37 off 41 before his dismissal by Parvez (54 off 167 balls) and Vikas Andhra v Goa at Dhanbad inevitable and showed that he is high value and so were the three balls. Rasool at the innings total of 141 Hathwala (50 off 72 balls) -- Goa 1st innings: 115 all out one for the future with correct wickets from left-arm spinner India made a cautious start to runs. Then Balchandran Anirudh both of whom scored contrasting in 52.4 overs (SP Amonkar 29; technique and a temperament to Ekta Bisht. the chase and by the 11th over joined Tanmay in the middle and half-centuries. Bhargav Bhatt 6/36, B Siddharth match with it. There was suspense till the they had seen the back of opener made a partnership of 93 runs to Services kept losing wickets 4/52). During the post lunch ses- end whether India would face Smriti Mandhana (14) and num- take the score to 234 runs, before at regular interval and their last Andhra 1st innings: 159 all sion, it was Mohammed Shami Pakistan in the tournament con- ber three Sabbhineni Meghana Parvez Rasool trapped Anirudh four wickets fell for just 29 runs. out in 34.3 overs (KS Bharat 68; (2/37 in 14 overs) who blew sidering the escalated tensions at (8). LBW at his individual score of For Chhattisgarh, Ruikar was Shadab Jakati 8/53). (PTI) Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel celebrate victory against away the lower order with a bar- the border. Earlier this month, The experienced Raj held the 47 runs and the team's total of England on the fourth day of third cricket Test match in Mohali. rage of short balls. the International Cricket innings together with a fighting 234 runs. For J&K, Parvez Pakistan collapse to first series The trio of Ravichandran fours and a six off Ashwin to Hameed had a 43-run stand Council (ICC) had docked India knock before Kaur took over Rasool took 2 important wickets, Ashwin (3/81), Ravindra Jadeja complete his second Test half- for the 8th wicket with Chris six points for not playing from her and got the job done. while Samiullah Beigh claime (2/62) and Jayant Yadav (2/21) century. It was because of the Woakes (30). With the second Pakistan between August 1 to Brief scores: one wicket. defeat to NZ in 30 years shared bulk of the spoils to dis- teenager that India had to chase a new ball, Shami bowled a October 31 as per the ICC Pakistan 97 for 7 in 20 overs Hyderabad 1st innings: 234 HAMILTON, Nov 29: rankings while New Zealand miss the visitors for 236 in their 100 plus target. bouncer which Woakes missed Women's Championship. (Iram Javed 37 not out; Ekta for 3 in 90 overs (Tanmay remain seventh. second innings. It was a match where and it broke the protective shield As it turned out, India took Bisht 3/20, Harmanpreet Kaur Agarwal 106 batting, S New Zealand took nine wickets After reaching tea on the final Comeback man Parthiv Patel England were outbatted and out- at the back of the helmet. (PTI) the field in the keenly followed 2/16). Badrinath 47 Parvez Rasool in a dramatic final session of the sec- day needing 211 off 204 deliveries, then made a mockery of the tar- bowled by an Indian side that has India 98 for 5 in 19.2 overs 2/43. ond cricket Test against Pakistan to Pakistan could only ponder whether get of 103 runs, smashing his been plagued by injuries. (Mithali Raj 36, Harmanpreet In another match at Mumbai, 7-yr boy bags gold in Asian Youth win by 130 runs in Hamilton today they left their charge too late. way to an unbeaten 67 off 53 But Ashwin as usual put up a Kaur 26 not out; Dar 2/11). a five-wicket haul by slow-left and clean sweep their series by 2-0. Openers Azhar Ali (58 off 161 balls studded with 11 fours and a lion-hearted performance once (PTI) arm orthodox bowler Sumit six. again scoring a 72 and bagging Karate Championship It was New Zealand's first series deliveries) and Aslam (91 off 238) Fittingly he finished the four wickets. Equally creditable Excelsior Sports Correspondent said President J&K Youth Karate win over Pakistan since 1985. laid the platform with a record match with a boundary over was the all-round effort of the Federation, Ghulam Nabi Tantray. Pakistan were faced with an fourth innings opening stand for extra cover in company of Virat other two specialist spinners -- SRINAGAR, Nov 29: In yet “This was possible because of imposing 369-run target in their Pakistan of 131 but it lasted a time- Kohli. Jadeja (90 run and 4 wickets) another feat, a seven-year-old boy hard work of Mansoor's coach second innings but set themselves consuming 60 overs before Azhar Parthiv and Cheteshwar and Jayant (55 runs and 4 wick- from North Kashmir's Bandipora Fasil Ali Dar," he said. up for a run-a-ball slog when they was dismissed. Pujara (25) added 81 runs in only ets).