MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2015 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU 2nd Col RN Chopra Challenge Cup to take on J&K in Group SCA to lock horns with Axil Club in title clash on Jan 7 A Ranji Trophy match today Excelsior Sports Correspondent (SCA). HUBBALLI, Jan 4: more from Pandey, Uthappa and They started their campaign In the second semifinal other top-order batsmen, who magnificently by drubbing the JAMMU, Jan 4: Sidhanth match, Chopra Cricket Academy Aiming to continue their have been among runs. Indian powerhouse in a Cricket Academy (SCA) will won the toss, elected to bat first imperious form which has Uthappa, one of the strong historic outcome, but they lost the lock horns with Axil Club in the and scored 105 runs for the loss fetched them three comprehen- hopefuls of making the final 15- next match against Tamil Nadu. title clash of the 2nd Col RN of 8 in allotted 20 overs. sive victories in the new season, member World Cup squad, has Jammu and Kashmir bounced Chopra Challenge Cup at Col Arya Sachivansh Thakur scored defending champions Karnataka been in tremendous form and back, grabbing most points from a RN Chopra Cricket Academy 27 runs and Ayush Slathia made would take on giant-killers scored three fifties including a 97- drawn match, riding high on tons ground on January 7. 16 runs. Jammu and Kashmir in their run knock in the previous match from the blades of Earlier, in the first semis, For Axil Club side, Anubhav Group A Ranji Trophy cricket against Railways. Parveez Rasool and pacer Ram SCA registered win over DPS by and Sahil Lotra were the pick of match at the KSCA Stadium here Captain Kumar is leading Dayal, against Baroda. 29 runs and registered berth in bowlers with 3 wickets each. tomorrow. from the front, having picked 16 Teams (from): final of the tourney. In reply, Axil Club chased Fresh from their third compre- wickets including the six- Karnataka: Electing to bat first, after the target by losing just 2 wick- hensive triumph against haul in the second innings of (capt), , Footballers in action during a match at GGM Science College football ground on Sunday. winning the toss, SCA scored ets in 14.3 overs. Sahil Lotra Railways, Karnataka are the team Bengal at Eden Gardens. Sreenath , Shishir — Excelsior/ Rakesh 152 runs for the loss of 7 wickets smashed some crispy shots and to beat in the current season and Aravind has given him good sup- Bhavane, , CM in the stipulated 20 overs. Pavit scored 64 runs, while as the selection of their players -- port by collecting 18 wickets. Gautam (wk), , XXIII State Football Championship Singh was the top scorer with 60 Kanhiya contributed 37 runs. , India discard Abhimanyu Kunal Kapoor, , runs and Dipesh also made 31 For Chopra Cricket and Stuart Binny -- in the 30- Mithun finished with a match- , , J&K Bank XI, Lone Star Kashmir FC, DFA runs. Academy side, Abhishek and member World Cup probables list haul of eight wickets in the previ- Manish Pandey, Udit Patel, For DPS side, Satyabrat, Marutwan took 1 wicket each. has made matters interesting for ous game against Railways and , HS Sharath, Aryan, Anmol and Santanu Axil Club won the match by the hosts. would like to continue the form in Robin Uthappa. shared 1 wicket each. 8 wickets and Sahil Lotra of Karnataka began this year's the upcoming match. Jammu and Kashmir: Parvez Srinagar smash rivals, qualify for semis campaign with great authority by On the other hand, Jammu and Rasool (C), Ram Dayal, Shubham Excelsior Sports Correspondent scored the goal and brought the Ajay and Bendral managed to In reply, DPS failed to chase Axil Club was awarded man of the target and bundled out at 123 the match award. beating Tamil Nadu and Bengal Kashmir are placed third on the Khajuria, Obaid Haroon (W), Ian opponent team under pressure of score the goals. before facing Railways who were table, which signifies that they Chauhan, Hardeep Singh, JAMMU, Jan 4: J&K Bank 2-0 goals. Lone Star Kashmir FC regis- runs for the loss of 4 wickets in Axil Club will now clash 20 overs. Aryan Gandral scored with SCA in the final match to thumped royally by the champion have performed far better than Samiullah Beigh, Waseem Raza, XI, Lone Star Kashmir Football The aggressive Aman Thapa tered win over J&K Police XI by team. expected before start of the sea- Bandeep Singh, Aamir Aziz, Adil Club and DFA Srinagar smashed of J&K Bank XI netted the goal 4-2 goals and entered into semifi- 36 runs, while as Satyabrat con- be played on January 7 tributed 24 runs. (Wednesday). Karnataka are topping the son. Resh. (PTI) their rivals in their respective in the 66th minute and raised the nal round of the Championship. points-table with 18 points from quarterfinal matches and quali- scoreboard to 3-0 goals, which In the third and last quarterfi- For SCA side, Pavit and The semifinal matches were Munish took 2 wickets each. officiated by Chief Coach of three matches and Jammu and fied for the semifinal stage of the the opponent DFA Baramulla nal match of the day, DFA Kashmir has ten points from four ongoing XXIII State Football team players failed to equalize Srinagar trounced AG’s Office The man of the match award Col RN Chopra Cricket was presented to Pavit of Academy Sukomal Ganguly matches. Home captain Vinay Championship, being organized till the end of the match and J&K XI by 4-3 goals and qualified for Kumar couldn't have asked for by Jammu and Kashmir Football Bank XI registered win by the semis of the Championship. Sidhanth Cricket Academy and assisted by Akash Manhas. Association (JKFA) at GGM straight 3-0 goals and entered In the first and second half, Science College football ground into semifinal stage of the players of both the team could New Year Veteran T20 Cup here today. Championship. not manage to net even a single In the first quarterfinal In the second quarterfinal goal and in the extra time (15 match, J&K Bank XI defeated match, Lone Star Kashmir FC minutes), they too failed. In tie- JKP Sr XI, Sr Advocates XI emerge winners DFA Baramulla by straight three crushed the last year winner of breaker, Irfan, Shayik and Feroz Excelsior Sports Correspondent while as Baldeep Singh and wickets. Ranjeet Bali with 40 goals to zero (3-0) and secured the 22nd State Football from DFA Srinagar scored goals, Riaz made 25 and 24 respec- runs and Rupinder Pal with 23 berth in the semis of the Championship J&K Police XI while as Khalid, Qasir, Bilal JAMMU, Jan 4: JKP Senior tively. runs were the main scorers. Championship. team via tie breaker. from AG’s FC XI netted goals XI and Senior Advocates XI For JKP Sr XI side, Naresh For Sr Advocates XI side, Deputy Commissioner Dr Shah Faisal inaugurating In the first half, players of In the first and second and equalized the scorebaord. emerged winners and entered in took 2 wickets, whereas Rajesh Sanjay, Ravi and Irfan shared 2 Bandipora Premier League at Srinagar on Sunday. both the team strived hard to halves, players of Lone Star In Sudden death, Amir of the next round of the ongoing Gill, Kuldeep, Shamsher and wickets each, whereas Guru raise the scoreboard, but failed. Kashmir FC and J&K Police XI DFA Srinagar netted the goal but JKP New Year Veteran T20 Cup Jagpal Sharma shared 1 wicket Partap took 1 wicket. In the second half, Toufeeq sweated well to raise the lead but Amir Farooq of AG’s Office XI at Parade Cricket ground, here each. In the second inning, Sr Bandipora Premier League commences of J&K Bank XI netted the first failed and the match ended with missed and thus the match was today. In reply, JKP Sr XI achieved Advocates XI chased the target Excelsior Sports Correspondent officials from District goal of the match in the 28th no goal. won by DFA Srinagar by 4-3 In the first match, JKP Sr XI the target in 17 overs for the loss in 17 overs for the loss of 4 Administration. minute and raised the lead on In tie-breaker, Farhan, goals. defeated Aircel XI by 6 wickets of 4 wickets and won the match wickets. Surinder made 35, SRINAGAR, Jan 4: In the league, a total of 16 opponent team by 1-0 goal. In Wasiq, Amir, Faisal from Lone In tomorrow fixture, the and entered into next round of by 6 wickets. Madan scored 40 Guru Partap scored unbeaten 29 Bandipora Premier League being teams will be seen vying for the 50th minute, Umer of J&K Bank Star KFC netted the goals, while fourth quarterfinal match will be the tourney. runs, Rajesh Gill made 33 runs runs and Ravi Dogra contributed organised by Army's 14 coveted trophy. The league will XI with his good footwork as from J&K Police XI side, played between J&K Forest and first, Aircel XI and Shishu scored 32 runs. 23 runs. Rashtriya Rifles (RR) com- witness 18 matches. Young Rovers. The semifinal scored 150 runs in stipulated Rajesh Gill was declared For Parade Sports menced today at Sher-i-Kashmir Players like Saleem Jahangir, 3rd Budding Cricket Tourney matches will be played on 20 overs for the loss of 6 wick- man of the match. Association XI side, Sanjay January 6. Stadium in Bandipora. who represented the State in ets. Anand Tripathi made 41, In the second match, Sr Sharma took 2 wickets and The Bandipora Premier Ranji from 2003 to 2006, Umar Muneer's century helps ICC Advocates XI scripted a com- Ranjeet claimed 1 wicket. League was inaugurated by llahi a member of State under 19 fortable win over Parade Sports Guru Partap was adjudged Deputy Commissioner team from 2010-12 and Nasseer Association XI by 6 wickets. man of the match. Bandipora Dr Shah Faisal in Lone presently playing for the to crush ACC by 7 wkts Batting first, Parade Sports The matches were officiated presence of players from all the under 19 team are among the Excelsior Sports Correspondent and registered win over ACC by 7 Association XI made 124 runs by Suhail Yusuf, Bunty, Sandeep participating teams, Army offi- stars and crowd favourites in the wickets. Munner with his classic in 18 overs for the loss of 7 Manchanda, Vinod and Farooq. cials, police officials including League. JAMMU, Jan 4: batting performance scored 106 Addition Superintendent of Shah Faisal, while tossing the Commendable century by Muneer runs, while as Aditya made 19 Police and Deputy coin for the opening match, helped Ishar Cricket Club (ICC) to runs. Carrom & Chess C’ship starts Superintendent of Police and wished the player luck. crush ACC by 7 wickets and to From ACC side, Anmol and Excelsior Sports Correspondent matches will be played with advance in the ongoing 3rd Krish shared 1 wicket each. finals on January 9. Budding Cricket Tourney, being The man of the match award SRINAGAR, Jan 4: Carrom The local RR unit of Army in De Villiers century gives organized by Jammu Tawi Cricket was presented to Muneer for scor- Selected Baseball players posing for group photograph at and Chess Championship started Sogam described it to be a way Club at GGM Science College ing 106 runs and taking 1 wicket. Srinagar. at Gujjarpatti area of Sogam in to promote these indoor sports Hostel ground, here. The match was officiated by Lolab. and to develop a spirit of compe- the edge Batting first, ACC scored 145 Surinder and Indraj Bagal as In this championship, eight tition and confidence in youth CAPE TOWN, Jan 4: passed the West Indian total and runs for the lost of 3 wickets. umpires, while as Sandeep J&K squad for National teams from Charkut, Putshai, and to further strengthen the reached his hundred with his Athrav and Harsh scored 36 runs Manchanda maintained the score- A century by AB de Villiers third audacious reverse sweep in each, while as Harsh and Anmol board. and two early strikes by the an over from off-spinner Marlon contributed 31 and 21 runs respec- In tomorrow fixture, Mayank Baseball C'ship selected bowlers gave South Africa the Samuels which yielded 14 runs. tively. Goswami Cricket Academy Excelsior Sports Correspondent ers of both men and women edge on the third day of the third His 21st Test century - and From ICC side, Muneer, (MGCA) will clash with Chopra teams and 4 officials selected for and final Test against the West his sixth against the West Indies Deepash and Prince claimed 1 Karnal Academy and Ishar Cricket SRINAGAR, Jan 4: After the said tour will represent the Indies at Newlands today. - was made off 144 balls with 11 wicket each. Club will lock horns with Star conducting State championships State at the PJL Nehru Stadium, De Villiers was last man out fours. In reply, ICC chased the target Cricket Club. and selection trials successfully, Margao, Goa under the banner of the J&K squad for the 29th J&K State Sports Council from for 148 as South Africa were As he ran out of partners, Senior National Baseball January 12 to 16. bowled out for 421, a lead of 92. with two men run out, he hit a Championship was selected. Fidvi said that the players for South Africa then dismissed six off Samuels before being The squad was selected by J&K were selected through a both West Indian openers before caught at wide long-on attempt- the screening committee of J&K screening committee conducted Leon Johnson and Marlon ing to clear the boundary again. State Sports Council under the by J&K State Sports Council in Players in action during Chess and Carrom Championship. Samuels took the tourists to 88 His innings lasted for 194 balls chairmanship of Mushtaq both the men and women's cate- —Excelsior/ Aabid Nabi for two at the close, four runs and he hit 15 fours and a six. Ahmad, Divisional Sports gory. The players selected are behind. It was a day of toil for the Officer Kashmir besides two drawn from both the province/ Wowura, Sogam, Paseran, Gund bond between people and Army. De Villiers started the day West Indian bowlers in front of a members of the committee regions of the State. Manchhar, Chandigam and The prizes for the team, with an array of attacking capacity crowd but they bowled Bilquis Mir and Fayaz Ahmad The said championship is Tekipura are participating. The which will bag first, second and strokes, but he was forced to with discipline and kept the scor- Mir were also present. being organized by the Goa team members are of the age third teams, are sets of Carrom change gears when captain ing under control for the most Fida Hussain Fidvi, general Baseball Association under the group of 14-17 years. Board and Chess along with Rs was caught behind part with defensive field placing. secretary of J&K Baseball auspices of Amateur Baseball The championship will con- 5000, Rs 3000 and Rs 1000 cash and Temba Bavuma followed Holder and Samuels took Medal winners posing for group photograph. Association said that the State Federation of India, Fidvi added. tinue for 6 days and a total of 23 prizes respectively. soon after the second new ball two wickets each, while there contingent comprising 32 play- was taken. were three run-outs, two of them He accelerated again on direct hits by Jermaine J&K Speedball team wins Quiz, drawing Imperious Sangakkara double either side of lunch as South Blackwood and Leon Johnson. competitions held Africa moved closer and then (Agencies) 15 medals in nationals Excelsior Correspondent gives Sri Lanka control Johnson ruled out of 4th Test against India Excelsior Sports Correspondent Pranay Gupta, Gurmehar Singh WELLINGTON, Jan 4: innings became the fifth and 103 of the next 134 runs, adding SYDNEY, Jan 4: Sodhi, Ankit Sharma, Mansi BHADERWAH, Jan 4: As a fastest player to reach 12,000 a further 11 fours and three sixes JAMMU, Jan 4: J&K Salathia, Aryan Kangotra and part of "Army Day provided Test runs, batted for nearly seven as he despatched the New Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson was today ruled Speedball team won 15 medals Sahil Janjua, while as the silver Celebrations", the Rashtriya a cricket master class Sunday hours and faced 306 deliveries. Zealand bowlers to all points of out of the fourth and final cricket Test against India after failing to and secured first place in the medals were pocketed by Rhea Rifles located at Bhaderwah with an exquisite 203 to lift Sri It took a stunning catch by the ground. recover from a hamstring strain. junior and senior national Tikku, Ashutosh Singh and under the aegis of Counter Lanka off the ropes and put them Trent Boult diving high to his Through the slow hauling in "Mitchell Johnson has been ruled out of the fourth championships which was held Mradima Gupta. The bronze Insurgency Force (Delta) organ- in command of the second Test left at point to send Sangakkara of New Zealand's total, Commonwealth Bank Test against India due to a hamstring injury at Kanpur, UP. medals were claimed by Pranav ised quiz and drawing competi- against New Zealand. back to the shed after he slashed Sangakkara had an admirable he picked up during the third Test in last week," Cricket J&K team was followed by Sharma, Dixit, Ekjot Kour, tion at Bhalla and Sitengal in It was the 10th highest score at a loose Jimmy Neesham deliv- partner in Dinesh Chandimal. said in a statement. New Delhi on second position Ashish Preet Singh, Amandeep order to commensurate the of Sangakkara's illustrious ery. Determined not to waste his Kountouris said the 33-year-old was expected to be fit in time and UP at third position. Sharma, Paramjeet and Manika importance of the day as well as career and the 11th time he has After New Zealand dominat- recall after not being required for for the ODI Tri-Series with India and England, starting on January In this championship, 19 Sharma. to remember heroes of war. reached 200, putting him one ed the first day when 15 wickets the first Test, Chandimal shared 16, ahead of the World Cup next month. Australia have already players from J&K participated The team was led by Sunny The quiz competition was behind Australian legend Don fell, their frontline seamers a 130-run partnership with won the ongoing Test series by taking a 2-0 lead with the and secured medals thus brin- Nanda, general secretary, J&K organised for children at Bhalla, Bradman for the most double Boult, and Doug Sangakkara for the sixth wicket. Melbourne match ending in a draw. ing laurels not only to the State Sports Speedball Association. in which a total of 82 students tons. Bracewell never looked strong He posted 1,000 runs in Tests "Mitchell had some right hamstring soreness during the Boxing but also to their respective In this competition, around participated. A drawing compe- Sri Lanka were all out for on day two. on his way to 67, his sixth Test Day Test and we have been closely monitoring his recovery since schools. 500 students from 16 units of tition was organised at Sitengal, 356, a 135-run lead, and at It was master batsman half century which ended when that match but feel he has not fully recovered," said Kountouris. The gold medals were Speedball Association of India in which a total of 68 students stumps in their second innings Sangakkara, who unusually he edged an attempt to drive a Australia coach said he does not want to risk claimed by Puneet Kumar, participated. participated. New Zealand were 22-0 with failed twice in the first Test, who full Neesham and was Johnson's fitness. (PTI) The winners of the quiz and Hamish Rutherford on 12 and appeared determined not to go caught by wicketkeeper BJ drawing competitions were Tom Latham on nine. cheaply again as Sri Lanka Watling. awarded with prizes. Sangakkara, who early in his resumed at 78-5, 143 in arrears. Neesham and Watling com- Sangakkara put away his bined again to remove attacking instinct as he patiently Dhammika Prasad for 11 to have Yuki crashes out in Chennai Open qualifiers led his side out of trouble taking Sri Lanka 242-7. CHENNAI, Jan 4: third sets to stun his fancied rival. 191 balls to reach his 38th Test added 15 It was a bad beginning to the century cutting Mark Craig for before was caught by Watling off Indian Davis Cupper Yuki season for Yuki, ranked 249 on the three. Boult, and in a 67-run ninth Bhambri's hopes of playing in the ATP circuit. It looked he was not With a three off Neesham in wicket stand with Sangakkara, main round of the Aircel Chennai able to bear the hot and humid the next over he led Sri Lanka Suranga Lakmal provided only Open were dashed as he lost to conditions this afternoon against past New Zealand's 221 with five runs. local lad N Prasanth in the second local boy Prasanth, ranked outside four wickets to spare and then The innings closed with round of the qualifiers, here today. 500. dramatically lifted the tempo as Lakmal's stumping to give Yuki squandered a set advan- Other Indians to make it to the the bowlers tired in the final ses- Watling a hand in five dis- The winners posing for group photograph after clinching tage to lose 6-1 6-7(3) 3-6 in his third round of the qualifiers today sion. missals. medals in the 10th National Matsogi-Do Championship, being Students posing for group photograph after being awarded second qualifying match of the were another Chennai lad S When Sri Lanka put their For New Zealand, Neesham organized by Matsogi-Do-Association of Goa at Padam Stadium certificates by Nat Manch. The certificates were awarded by 2015 season opening ATP tour Mukund, who disposed of nose in front after 74 overs was the most successful bowler Mapusha, Goa. In under 14 category, Ashish Kumar and Rohit Tarun Sharma, President and Founder, Nat Manch to Ranjeet event. German P Torebko 6-4 1-6 6-2, Sangakkara had a century on day two with three for 42 Singh claimed gold medals, while as Avinash Chhetri and Singh, Rahul Verma, Sourav Mehra, Nikhil Sharma, Rishav Yuki stated off well and while K Kaza played superbly to including seven boundaries to while Doug Bracewell finished Divyansh Nadh secured bronze medals. In under 19 category, Salgotra, Amit Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Nikhil Verma, Priya looked favourite to pocket the withstand the onslaught of his name. with three for 93 without adding Rishabh Bhatt bagged gold medal, Aman Sharma pocketed silver Kashyap, Riya Sharma, Kashish Sharma and Pari Verma. Yash match in straight sets but Prasanth Russian A Kudryavtsev 6-4 6- When he was dismissed 28 to the trio of wickets he took late medal, Prashant Sharma and Gourav Sharma claimed bronze Pal Nirmal, writer and Mahatma Tilak ji were also present. fought gallantly in the second and 7(5)7-6(4). (PTI) overs later, he had contributed Saturday. (Agencies) medals. Narayan Dass, coach accompanied the players.