FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Rahul dropped, Gill included; Rohit set Patna pip Jaipur, keep PKL to play as opener against South Africa playoff hopes alive NEW DELHI, Sept 12: the team management thinks on those lines. Let's leave it to KOLKATA, Sept 12: Opener KL Rahul was today them. Also in India, 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- Rohit Sharma to the opener's Jaipur Pink Panthers 36-33 in a ter that Umesh Yadav plays thrilling Pro Kabaddi League role in red-ball cricket. 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: Virat Kohli 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 New Delhi, 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, Ajinkya Rahane (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 (Wicket-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 batting 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), Ravichandran Ashwin, 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, Mohammed Shami, 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 Jasprit Bumrah, 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- Visakhapatnam 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 Pune "My answer is same. Let's register resounding victories career, BJP State General those taking part (October 10-14) and Ranchi 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 wickets, 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.