FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Rahul dropped, Gill included; Rohit set pip , keep PKL to play as opener against South Africa playoff hopes alive NEW , Sept 12: the team management thinks on those lines. Let's leave it to , Sept 12: Opener KL Rahul was today them. Also in , we need a dropped from the Indian Test Record-breaker Sandeep 'keeper with some more skills Narwal was once again at his squad for the upcoming Test playing at home, let's see how series against South Africa, best as Patna continued their it goes," he said. winning momentum, edging out propelling senior batsman Prasad also felt that it's bet- to the opener's 36-33 in a ter that Umesh Yadav plays thrilling Pro League role in red-ball . domestic cricket as he has no Rookie Punjab batsman J&K's ace chess player Arushi Kotwal being honoured after fixture here today. chance to fit in the playing XI winning bronze medal in Western Asian Blitz Chess Coming on the back of a big Shubman Gill, as reported by when one among Ishant and PTI on Wednesday, has been Championship. victory against Tamil Thalaivas Shami will be dropped at home. here on Monday, three-time rewarded with a place in the "Issue right now, we couldn't Test side as back-up floater, Umesh Yadav was dropped J&K’s Arushi wins bronze in champions Patna thus picked from the side as, in Indian con- have Umesh here as it will be their second win in a row to who can fit in both as an open- two seamers who will play. If er and a middle-order batsman. ditions, one can't have the lux- jump from rock bottom to ninth it's really a seaming track, we go Western Asian Blitz Chess C’ship Players in action during a PKL match between Patna Pirates "Yes, we are definitely ury of four specialist pacers place in the 12-team table and for the third one. So Umesh may and Jaipur Pink Panthers at Kolkata on Thursday. looking at him (Rohit) and when only two will finally Excelsior Sports Correspondent kids by AJKCA. keep their playoff hopes alive. play. not play. For him, it is better to "Kids are now continuously Patna now have 30 points, Lee, followed by a smart tackle as Jaipur began the half on a want to give him an opportuni- JAMMU, Sept 12: Ace Rohit will captain the Board play domestic cricket as we are showing good performances at while the Jaipur outfit remained by Neeraj Kumar helped Patna high. ty up the order. He is keen (on Chess player Arushi Kotwal of President's XI in a three-day in domestic season. He is in National and International in top-six with 42 points, having open up a two-point cushion in But Lee chipped in with opening) and the selection Jammu and Kashmir won warm-up match against the India A side," Prasad added. events," Atul added. played 15 matches each. the final minute to seal their fifth vital points for Patna as they committee as well as everyone bronze medal in Western Asian Proteas in Vizianagaram from The Squads: With this medal, Arushi has Captain Narwal led by exam- win of the seventh season. eventually clinched that All- (team management) is keen. Blitz Chess Championship at September 26, where he will Test Squad: become first player from Jammu ple with 14 raid points as he was Patna's fragile defence also Out in the eighth minute of the We want to see where he , recently. also test himself in the new (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, and Kashmir to win medals in ably supported by Jang Kun Lee seemed to be a concern as they second-half. stands and then take a call," Hailing from Chinta in role. Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar all three formats, viz; Standard, (eight points) as the Korean squandered an opportunity to Despite the All-Out, the said Chairman of Selectors Bhaderwah, Arushi won the The 32-year-old's stupen- Pujara, (vice- Rapid and Blitz. made a fine comeback to the inflict an All-Out on the Pink Pink Panthers had a one-point MSK Prasad after the meeting medal in Under-16 girls age cat- dous success in white ball captain), Hanuma Vihari, It is pertinent to mention side to put up a formidable Panthers. lead, thanks largely to their of the panel. egory. cricket has prompted the selec- Rishabh Pant (-keeper), here that Arushi has the distinc- attack. Sandeep Dhull then pulled raiders who always picked up "With regards to Shubman She also played very well in tors to take a call on his Wriddhiman Saha (Wicket- tion of winning four medals in However, it was Pink off a mighty Super Tackle with the Bonus Points when on Gill, we look at him as an Classical and Rapid sections in position. keeper), , prestigious Asian School Panthers who took a slender 10 minutes still to go for the offer. opener as well as middle-order the same event but was unlucky "He is opening in white-ball Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Championship in Sri Lanka and one-point lead at half time and half time to start a revival for Pardeep Narwal picked his batsman. We are looking at to miss the medal closely in cricket for a decade now (for Yadav, , silver medal in Western Asia challenged them till the final the Jaipur side as the Pirates Super 10 with nine minutes him as back-up for both the these events. six years) and I am sure he has , Ishant Sharma, Chess Championship 2018 at minute of the match when had an implosion. remaining while Jaipur's Dhull slots. As he keeps playing A total number of 377 play- that ability to bat up the order. Shubman Gill. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She was Deepak Niwas Hooda ousted But a late surge by Narwal secured his High 5 with a more and more, he will get his ers from 10 Asian countries par- We have seen that in red ball Board President's XI: Rohit awarded WCM title by FIDE to Narwal with the score reading ensured the three-time champi- mighty tackle on Narwal. opportunities, because he is a ticipated in this Championship. cricket and if he can replicate Sharma (Captain), Mayank become first titled Chess player 33-32 in favour of Patna. ons remained in better shape as Patna's three-point lead was player for all three formats," he President All Jammu & that in white ball cricket, noth- Agarwal, Priyank Panchal, AR from the State. But a clever bonus point by the sides went into the break evened out by Sushil Gula's observed. Kashmir Chess Association, ing like it," Prasad said. Easwaran, Karun Nair, with scores at 15-14 in favour three-point Super Raid for the Another significant devel- Atul Kumar Gupta congratulat- Prasad also gave a fair indi- Siddhesh Lad, KS Bharat of the Pink Panthers. Pink Panthers as the match opment was that Rishabh Pant, ed Arushi for this wonderful cation that team management's (wicket-keeper), Jalaj Saxena, ‘Khelo India’ initiative transforms Amit Hooda joined Sandeep entered the final minutes with despite retaining his place in Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Avesh show. the squad, could lose his spot in patience with Rishabh Pant is Dhull in the Super Tackle party the teams par on points. (PTI) finally running out even though Khan, Ishan Porel, Shardul Atul said that it is because of sports culture in J&K: Yudhvir the playing XI to a more Thakur, Umesh Yadav. (PTI) the platform provided to J&K accomplished Wriddhiman he remains the first-choice for Saha. the selection panel. Inter-Collegiate (Men) Cricket Tournament *Felicitates grappler Rajeshwar India's first Test against Asked who among Rishabh Excelsior Sports Correspondent Yudhvir, while applauding South Africa will start in or Wriddhiman is the first YCET, PG Arts, GDC Billawar Rajeshwar Singh for his superla- on October 2, choice, Prasad gave a twisted JAMMU, Sept 12: Raising tive performance in grappling while the second and third reply. pitch for joining sports as a sports asked youth especially games will be held in "My answer is same. Let's register resounding victories career, BJP State General those taking part (October 10-14) and see. Rishabh definitely to begin in sports to take a with but we will see whether Excelsior Sports Correspondent scored with 52 runs. From (October 19-23) respectively. YCET, Aqib Naiz took 3 wick- cue from his JAMMU, Sept 12: YCET, ets. career and bring APS Akhnoor wins Sahodaya PG Arts and Government In reply, YCET chased the laurels for the Degree College (GDC) Billawar target in 14.3 overs by losing 3 State and the registered emphatic victories , thus won the match by country. Badminton Tournament over their rivals in the ongoing 7 wickets. In this cham- Excelsior Sports Correspondent this Tournament in singles and Inter-Collegiate Cricket In another match, PG Arts pionship more doubles events. Tournament, being organised by crushed GDC Khour by 10 than 60 countries Participants posing for a group photograph after taking part JAMMU, Sept 12: APS In boys doubles event, APS the University of Jammu at wickets. Batting first, GDC from all over the in World’s Highest Daulthon. -Excelsior/Morup Stanzin Akhnoor emerges winner in Akhnoor claimed the top spot. Varsity ground, here. Khour bundled out for 59 runs. world are partici- Badminton Tournament for boys Ansh Kumar Singh and Keshav In the first match, YCET In reply, PG Arts chased the Grappler Rajeshwar Singh posing along pating. World’s Highest Duathlon and girls, organized by RM Manhas played fabulously. defeated GDC Thanamandi in target in 4.5 overs without losing with Yudhvir Singh during felicitation function Rajeshwar Public School under the aegis of In girls' singles, Vanya an easy contest by 7 wickets. any wicket, thus won the match in Jammu. has also won Jammu Sahodaya School Batting first, GDC gold medals in Verma emerged winner, while in by 10 wickets. Hinan Malik top Secretary Yudhvir Sethi along concludes at Leh Complex, here. girls doubles, Arshia Sirohi and Thanamandi scored 183 runs in scored with unbeaten 32 runs, last senior national 2019 and with Vikram Singh, Convener Excelsior Sports Correspondent bringing Running, Cycling and Eight teams participated in Payal Yadav were the winners. 20 overs. Kashib Pervez top while Rahul Manhas contributed South Asian Championship State Sports Cell BJP said that Swimming events to sports 15 runs to the total. 2019. sporting culture in the State has LEH, Sept 12: World’s enthusiasts. In the third match of the day, Yudhvir asserted the sporting DDCA renames been completely transformed Highest Duathlon concluded All events are organized in GDC Billawar defeated GDC fraternity that there is no dearth after the Khelo India initiative here today. various beautiful destinations Mahanpur by 26 runs. Batting of facilities and funds after the by Prime Minister Narendra It was a different experience and major cities in India, which first GDC Billawar scored 137 Narendra Modi led government as stadium Modi was launched with influx for the people of leh as students, everyone wishes to visit like runs in 20 overs. Manish and has taken over the reins of the NEW DELHI, Sept 12: Weightlifting Hall of the of Jaitley, the gala evening was of adequate funds and support- businessmen, doctors, teachers, Shimla (Mashobra), Leh, , Rajveer contributed 53 and 44 country. Vikram Singh extended Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. also attended by Sport Minister ing expertise by the renowned adventurists chose to participate Kasauli, Jaisalmer, Andaman & runs to the total respectively. best wishes to Rajeshwar and The Delhi and District Besides the family members Kiren Rijiju, former sports sportspersons from across the in Tuffman MTB Ladakh Nicobar, Manali, Gurugram, From GDC Mahanpur, Surjit anticipated that he will give his Cricket Association (DDCA) minister Rajyavardhan Singh country. Duathlon powered by Cyclofit (Half Marathon, took 3 wickets. best in the upcoming champi- on Thursday renamed the Feroz Kohli turns nostalgic Rathore, Delhi BJP chief Manoj He said this after felicitating which is together a running and Triathlon, Stadium Run). In reply, GDC Mahanpur onship in Kazakhstan. Shah Kotla as Arun Jaitley sta- Tiwari, ex-skipper Grappler Rajeshwar Singh today a cycling event in their own city. The Runners & Cyclists in after DDCA unveils a managed to score 111 runs in 20 Guljinder Singh, General dium in memory of the late and former India opener Chetan for his selection in the Grappling The race had a vision of all categories were flanked by overs to lose the match by 26 Secretary of Grappling politician-cum-sports-adminis- Chauhan, among others. World Championship 2019, exploring the latent talent of cheering crowds at the NDS stand in his name runs. Surjit top scored with 21 Association of J&K also lauded trator. "For Arun ji, cricket was his which is being hosted by United running & cycling at an altitude Stadium. The race was also NEW DELHI, Sept 12: runs from GDC Mahanpur, the efforts of Rajeshwar Singh In a glittering function, passion and life. He remained World Wrestling in Astana, of 12000 ft and empowering the against the use of single use India skipper Virat Kohli while Mohit took 3 important for his achievements. Home Minister Amit Shah dig- DDCA chief for 13 years and he Kazakhstan. participants for displaying their plastic and all water was served turned nostalgic today after the wickets from GDC Billawar. itally inaugurated the renamed Delhi and District Cricket played a great role in making passion, especially locals. in paper based cups which are Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Australian Megan Schutt becomes first People visiting from outsta- Association (DDCA) unveiled the likes of Virat, Pant, Sourabh enters eco-friendly in nature. presence of late finance minis- a new pavilion stand bearing Dhawan, Nehra, Sehwag as tions enjoyed the spirit of the Travel of the participants ter's family. woman to claim two white ball hat-tricks healthy lifestyle which helps to his name at the Feroz Shah great players. All these players quarterfinals at was taken by Desert Bloom and DDCA also unveiled a new Kotla in recognition of his con- love him very much," Sharma NORTH SOUND (Antigua), missing the trio of Chinelle create a positive impact on our refreshments by the Turnip, pavilion stand at the Feroz tribution to the game. said. Vietnam Open Sept 12: Henry, Karishma Ramharack society by keeping fit and Proathlix, official nutrition part- Shah Kotla after skipper Virat The DDCA also renamed India's 1983 World Cup Australia fast bowler Megan and Afy Fletcher in the final healthy. ner and Gatorade was the hydra- Kohli, who recently became the Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Rigzin Spalgon, Assistant the Feroz Shah Kotla as Arun winning captain Kapil said: Sept 12: Schutt scripted history be three deliveries of the West tion partner, where the event had most successful India captain Jaitley stadium in memory of "Wonderful to have a stand in becoming the first woman to Indies' innings to bundle out the Commissioner Revenue, Leh, local guidance and expertise by in , surpassing MS A gritty Sourabh Verma dug LAHDC, flagged off the 63 Km the late politician-cum-sports- name of Virat. And whatever deep to get the better off claim two hat-tricks in white hosts for 180. The Ladakh Scouts and was sup- Dhoni. administrator during DDCA's DDCA does for Arun Jaitley is ball cricket after she cleaned up The 26-year-old Schutt had Cycle + 10 Km Run & 50 Km ported by Leh Administration, A short video and an anima- Japan's Yu Igarashi and enter Cycle + 5 Km Run events Annual Awards function here. not enough given his contribu- the men's singles quarterfinals the West Indies tail in the third claimed her first hat-trick in a LAHDC. tion film on Kohli's journey ODI here. Twenty20 game against India in together. Home Minister Amit Shah tion." of the Vietnam Open BWF The event also had a huge from being an U-19 player to digitally inaugurated the Schutt (3/24), thus, became March last year. She had The 20 Km Cycle + 2 Km Cricketer-turned-politician Tour Super 100 tournament number of local participation India captain was also shown. renamed Arun Jaitley Cricket the first Australian women to removed opener Smriti Run was flagged off by Nisar Chetan Chauhan also paid rich here today. from various local schools in "When I decided to name a Stadium in presence of late claim a hat-trick in ODIs. Her Mandhana and skipper Mithali Abdu, owner of Spic N Span tribute to Jaitley. The second seeded Indian Leh namely, Moravian Public stand in honour of Virat Kohli, Finance Minister's family. feat enabled Australia women to Raj and Deepti Sharma at the Hotel. "Arun Jaitleyji was presi- edged out Igarashi 25-23 24-22 School, Delhi Public School and I told this first to Arun Jaitleyji. "Never thought I would be hon- bowl out West Indies women for in . TUFFMAN is India's pre- dent for 14 years and I was vice to set up a quarterfinal clash Sindh Public School. He told me this is a good deci- oured at such a grand scale. Don't president. He was our friend, a paltry 180. "It was good to actually take miere endurance sports platform with local favourite Tien Minh sion because there is no better know how to address this as my guide. Whenever we needed Later chasing 181, half cen- it all in the one over. It's kind of Nguyen. player than Virat in world family, wife, brother, sister-in-law direction, we would help us. turies by opener Alyssa Healy luck of the draw, it was the last Earlier, Sourabh, who had cricket," said DDCA president are here," said Kohli during the glit- The biggest help he did was to (61) and captain Meg Lanning over of the innings so you're received a bye in the opening Rajat Sharma. tering function held at the rebuilt the Kotla stadium. So (58) helped Australia beat the either getting hit for six or get- round, had defeated Japan's Interestingly, the unveiling Weightlifting Hall of the Jawaharlal befitting to name it in his hon- hosts by eight wickets in the ting wickets," Schutt told crick- ceremony was held at the Nehru Stadium here. (PTI) our," Chauhan said. (PTI) Kodai Naraoka 22-20 22-20 in third game of the five-match et.com.au. the men's singles second round. series on Wednesday. The visi- "I just hoped for the best Sourabh, the reigning tors have now taken an unassail- really, I know my back-of-the- national champion, emerged as able 3-0 lead. hand slower ball is effective on the lone Indian in the fray fol- Schutt bowled an economi- wickets that turn a bit so I just lowing the ouster of Siril Verma cal spell without a wicket looked to take as much pace off and Shubhankar Dey earlier in through 9.3 overs before dis- as I could," she added. (PTI) the day. (PTI) Manish Kaushik claims dominating win, GCW Parade, GDC Chief Guest interacting with players during inaugural cere- Hiranagar, PG advances to Rd 2 of World Championships mony of CLUJ Volleyball Tournament in Jammu on Thursday. EKATERINBURG (Russia), On Tuesday, Brijesh Yadav Deptt script wins Sept 12: (81kg) won his opening bout to CLUJ Volleyball Excelsior Sports Correspondent enter the round of 32. Commonwealth Games sil- Earlier, Asian champion JAAMU, Sept 12: ver-medallist Manish Kaushik Amit Panghal (52kg), and the (63kg) hardly broke a sweat as Tournament gets underway Government College for Asian silver-winning duo of he out-punched Kyrgyzstan's Women (GCW) Parade, Kavinder Singh Bisht (57kg) Excelsior Sports Correspondent defeated Govt College of Government Degree College Uulu Argen Kadyrbek to enter Education by 2-0. and Ashish Kumar (75kg) got JAMMU, Sept 12: Inter- (GDC) Hiranagar and PG the second round of the World The second match was inau- first-round byes. College Volleyball Tournament Department University of men's Boxing Championship gurated by Dr Anil Gupta, here today. The World Championship for Men 2019-20 was organised Jammu registered victories over Principal, Govt SPMR College Kaushik prevailed 5-0 in the was meant to be an Olympic by the Department of Student their rivals in the ongoing Inter- of Commerce in which GGM thoroughly lopsided opening- qualifier and features the revised Welfare, Cluster University of Collegiate Kabaddi (Women) Science College Jammu defeat- round bout. He will next face the eight weight categories (52kg, Jammu (CLUJ) in the premises Tournament, here today. ed Govt. MAM College by 2-0. Netherland's Enrico Lacruz. 57kg, 63kg, 69kg, 75kg, 81kg, of Govt. SPMR College of In the first match, GCW Prominent among those who The only Indian in action on 91kg, +91kg) earmarked for Commerce, here. Parade beat GDC Akhnoor by were present on the occasion Thursday, Kaushik was advised Tokyo 2020, instead of the tradi- The Tournament was inaugu- 20 points (38-18) included Dr Vinod Bakshi, to keep his distance from tional 10 divisions. rated by Pawan Sharma, In another GDC Hiranagar Sports Coordinator CLUJ, Kadyrbek by his corner and he However, the event was Financial Advisor, Cluster defeated GDC Billawar by 2 Malik Ajaz, Physical Director, executed the plan to perfection. stripped of that status after the University of Jammu, who was points (40-38) and in yet anoth- SPMR College, Sumnesh The first round was relative- International Olympic the chief guest. er match, PG Deptt defeated Sharma, Physical Director ly uneventful before Kaushik Committee (IOC) lost patience While appreciating the play- GCW Udhampur by 18 points MAM College, Prof Shafqat took control of the proceedings with the long-standing adminis- ers, Mr Sharma said, students (26-08). Jahangir, Prof Shri Kant with his accurately-placed com- trative mess in the International should more actively involve The matches were officiated Sharma, Prof Sham Singh bination punches. It also helped Boxing Association (AIBA). themselves in various sports by Ajay Gupta, Anil Sharma, Kotwal and Pawan Giri PTI. that his rival was neither quick The IOC took control of the activities for their all-round Ankush Gupta, Dheeraj The matches were officiated nor had the ferocity in punches Olympics qualification process, development. Sharma, Keshav Singh, by Mulkh Raj Sharma, Anil to cause any concern for the which will now start next year In the 1st match, Govt Harpreet Singh, Amandeep Kumar, Parvinder Singh, Neha Indian, who got the unanimous with the Asian qualifiers in SPMR College of Commerce Singh and Gagan Kumar. nod of the judges. February. (PTI) Bhagat and Hritika Sharma.