FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Upbeat India take on injury-struck Kiwis CK Nayudu Trophy No takers of Govt initiative of promoting Football in J&K as build-up to T20 World Cup continues Musaif, Vivrant power J&K Govt proposal for taking services of AUCKLAND, Jan 23: to 7-wkt win over Tripura Excelsior Sports Correspondent overnight score of 45/3, Tripura international Footballer goes missing Preparations for the World Cup scored 236 runs to set a target of Nishikant Khajuria Council," read the official com- Services and Sports urging to on top of their agenda, India will JAMMU, Jan 23: Magnificent 168 runs for the hosts. Imtiyaz half-centuries by Musaif Ajaz and munication, a copy of which take up the matter with ONGC take on an injury-hit New Zealand Ahmed Ganai was the pick of the JAMMU, Jan 23: At the time skipper Vivrant Sharma powered was also forwarded to then for placing services of Arun in a rare five-match T20 bowlers from J&K, who took 4 when big announcements are International series starting tomor- Jammu and Kashmir to 7-wicket Advisor K Vijay Kumar, who Malhotra at the disposal of important wickets, while Lone being made by the visiting had already taken informal con- Sports Council on deputation row during which seam-friendly victory over Tripura in the ongo- Nasir Muzaffar claimed 3 wick- Union Ministers for develop- sent of Arun Malhotra for his basis, as approved by Advisor wickets would be a major chal- ing CK Nayudu Under-23 Trophy ets. ment of the newly carved Union services to Football game in K Vijay Kumar. lenge for the visitors. at Country Cricket Stadium, Brief scores: Tripura 1st Territory, mysterious disap- J&K. As the State of J&K turned Unlike most overseas tours, Gharota, near here. innings: 178 runs Sankar Paul 73, Needing 168 runs to win, pearance of an official proposal Pertinent to mention that into Union Territory on October this will be a quick start for the strength has come across adequate the shortest format while returning RN Saha 41; Imtiyaz Ahmed for taking services of an interna- Indian team. In a tight season, the J&K chased the target in 38.1 Arun Malhotra of Jammu, 31, 2019 and K Vijay Kumar and raring to go for challenges to the middle-order in the 50-over Ganai 4/32, Rouf Ahmed Bhat tional Footballer to promote the first T20 comes only five days after overs by losing 3 wickets in the presently working as Senior relinquished the post of ahead. format. 3/37; J&K 1st innings 247 Musaif game in Jammu and Kashmir their last ODI against Australia at process, thus won the match by 7 Ajaz 92, Abhishant Bakshi 39 SS Officer in ONGC Dehradun Advisor, the vital proposal It begins at the top where KL Teams (from): wickets. Musaif, who made bril- reveals the fate of such (Uttarakhand), is a well known went missing under mysterious home. Rahul has stepped up as a key part India: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Ghosh 4/24 TR Mandal 4/68; liant 92 runs in the first innings, Government initiatives here. sports personality and former circumstances and hence there The team arrived in Auckland of India's white-ball plans. Sharma, KL Rahul (wk), Manish Tripura 2nd innings 236 BB scored unbeaten 76 runs in the Notwithstanding the keen International Football player of was zero progress on the initia- on Tuesday and chose to rest on He did enough against the West Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Debnath 39, Imtiyaz Ahmed second innings, studded with 8 interest shown by Prime Minister India, who has been honoured tive during the last more than Wednesday. Thursday was when Indies as Shikhar Dhawan's Samson, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Ganai 4/56, Lone Nasir Muzaffar fours and 3 sixes, while Vivrant Narendra Modi himself for with State and national awards three months, sources they hit the nets ahead of the tour- replacement to merit a starting Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep 3/14; J&K 2nd innings 168/3 opening game. contributed 58 runs of 75 balls encouraging football game in for his services in the field of informed. spot, and then formed a solid pair- Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Musaif A Ajaz 76, Vivrant Jammu and Kashmir, for which On the plus side, this hectic with 8 fours and one six. Sharma 58. sports. He has played a number Confirming that there was ing when Dhawan returned while Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Earlier, resuming from Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar was schedule helps the team manage- Rohit Sharma was rested. And Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep of international Football match- no progress on the official ment maintain consistency in team refurbished especially for this es and represented India besides communication forwarded by now, India will once again start Saini, Washington Sundar. particular game by spending Rs selection as they continue experi- this T20 series with Rohit and New Zealand: Kane giving training to prominent him to the Youth Services and menting across the available squad 40 crores and Football Academy teams and Clubs. Sports, Secretary State Sports Rahul pairing up at the top. Williamson (capt), Martin Guptill, was also established with its in a World Cup year. The T20 Skipper Virat Kohli dropped Ross Taylor, Scott Kuggeleijn, Keeping in view of the out- Council, Naseem Choudhary showpiece is scheduled to be held units at District level across standing performance and expe- was, however, still hopeful of a hints that Rahul's newfound confi- Colin Munro, Colin de J&K, some hidden hand in the in Australia in October this year. dence in his dual role as batsman- Grandhomme, Tom Bruce, Daryl rience of Arun Malhotra, the positive outcome on the mat- Despite injury issues to key Administrative Department Government of Jammu and ter. "Being a local, Arun keeper has given vital options to Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Tim managed to stall the vital exer- white-ball personnel like Shikhar the team. Seifert (wk), Hamish Bennett, Ish Kashmir had desired to take his Malhotra can play vital role in cise of taking services of inter- Dhawan, Hardik Pandya, Deepak According to Kohli, Rahul will Sodhi, Tim Southee, Blair Tickner. services on deputation basis and promotion of Football in national footballer for honing Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar continue to keep wickets in both Match starts at: 12.20 pm IST. in this regard, then Advisor to Jammu Kashmir and we need the budding players. this past home season, the bench ODIs and T20Is, but will open in (PTI) the Governor, K Vijay Kumar such sportspersons," he said. It may sound incredible but had personally met this interna- When contacted, Arun is true that the official proposal, tional Footballer and informally Malhotra confirmed that he was prepared on approval of K Vijay discussed with him the proposal called by then Advisor K Vijay DySP Operations, Munish Sharma interacting with the play- Kumar- then Advisor to the for taking his consent, sources Kumar for seeking his consent on ers at Poonch on Friday. Governor Satya Pal Malik, for said. As Arun purportedly the proposal. "I had conveyed placement of services of inter- expressed willingness in extend- him my willingness to serve my Poonch Gladiators take on national Footballer Arun ing his services for promotion of home State but I don't know Malhotra to the J&K State Football game in his home State, whether the process in this regard Royals in Volleyball League final Sports Council has mysteriously the Advisor directed the con- was further initiated by the disappeared from the cerned authorities to take up the Government or not," he told the Excelsior Sports Correspondent Degree College ground, here. Government files. matter with ONGC for deputa- Excelsior and reiterated his Earlier, in the last league Official sources told the tion of the player, sources added. desire to train budding POONCH, Jan 23: Poonch match, Poonch Royals defeated Excelsior that the proposal in In the backdrop of this Footballers in J&K where only Gladiators will take on Poonch Poonch Thunder Bolts by 3-2 this regard was sent by the State development, Secretary State four coaches have been engaged Royals in the final of the (15-11, 15-13, 12-15, 14-15, Sports Council to Secretary Sports Council prepared a for- for training the players at 22 Volleyball League Tournament, 15-10) in a close and entertain- Youth Services and Sports, mal proposal and forwarded the Football Academy units across being organized by Shaheed ing contest. J&K Power Lifting team posing along with Secretary Sports Council in Jammu on Thursday. Manjit Singh Volleyball Club at Civil Secretariat, Srinagar on same to Secretary Youth the UT. Deputy Superintendent of October 3, 2019 vide number Police (DySP) Operations, SC/3130-31, to take up the mat- J&K Power Lifting teams excel Carrom Championship Munish Sharma was the special ter with ONGC for placing serv- Farhana shines in 3rd Excelsior Sports Correspondent Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze guest, who interacted with the ice of Arun Malhotra at the dis- medals in North India Power teams on the occasion. JAMMU, Jan 23: Jammu posal of Sports Council. Khelo India Youth Games Lifting held at Bhiwani Haryana. concludes Amidst message of adopt- "On the basis of his (Arun and Kashmir Power Lifting The team was welcomed by ing sports as a career, Mr Excelsior Sports Correspondent entire team of Youth Services Excelsior Sports Correspondent Manzoor, 2nd Sumiya, 3rd Dua Malhotra) case history and vast teams excelled by winning Dr Naseem Javaid Choudhary, Sharma quoted the example of and Sports Department of medals at International and Jan sports achievements/perform- LEH, Jan 23: Representing Secretary J&K Sports Council, SRINAGAR, Jan 23: Two international spiker, Saqlain Ladakh for putting up an National Championships.