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Page16.Qxd (Page 1) TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Sunrisers open account with KC Sports Club Cricket Tournament JCC drubs TCC by 17 runs convincing win over RCB Excelsior Sports Correspondent BANGALORE, Apr 13: started on a scintillating note with JAMMU, Apr 13: JCC defeated TCC by a margin of 17 runs to openers Warner and Dhawan advance in to the next round of the ongoing KC Sports Club Sunrisers Hyderabad rode on accumulating 16 runs in the Cricket Tournament, being sponsored by the Club at KC School the individual brilliance of David innings' first over bowled by Sean ground, here. Warner and Trent Boult to open Abbott. Earlier, batting first, JCC scored a decent total of 182 runs in their account in the eighth Indian The second over was even bet- the stipulated 20 overs. Jasvinder Singh was the top scorer with 78 runs, while Sidharth Magotra contributed 36 runs to the total Premier League (IPL) with a con- ter as Warner smashed Harshal Jubilant members of Kashmir FC posing after their round-6 respectively. For TCC, Sakib and Gibby took 1 wicket each. vincing eight-wicket win over Patel for 20 runs to take the visit- match at Siliguri in West Bengal. Royal Challengers Bangalore here ing side's total to 36 by the time Winner of Domel Dangal title being declared by the digni- In reply, TCC scored 165 runs and lost the match by 17 runs. today. the hapless bowler finished his taries on Monday. Suman was the top scorer with 41 runs, while Arvind contributed 35 Opting to field, pace spearhead over. The left-handed batsman hit runs to the total. Jasvinder Singh was declared as man of the match. Kashmir FC holds Hindustan Boult picked up three wickets in Patel for three boundaries before The match was officiated by Rajinder Singh, Sadiq Hussain one over to help Sunrisers bowl depositing the final ball over mid- JKP wrestler Benia lifts Malik and Suresh. out the hosts for 166, and then wicket for a six. FC to goalless draw skipper Warner stole the show Warner picked Varun Aaron Excelsior Sports Correspondent Naveen made two vital saves in with a sizzling 27-ball 57. for special treatment, hitting the Domel Dangal title the first half. Shikhar Dhawan (50) chipped pace bowler for 15 runs with the SILIGURI, Apr 13: Kashmir Valiant efforts in second half Excelsior Sports Correspondent Punjab. FC held Hindustan FC to a well also helped the team to maintain Today’s Fixture State General Secretary BSP, fought goalless draw in round-6 of the position at the 2nd spot in the KATRA, Apr 13: 26th Annual Rakesh Wazir was the chief guest Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians at 4:00 PM I-league division 2nd at Siliguri in table with 13 points just a game to Domel Kesari Dangal was organ- on the occasion who gave away North Bengal. go before the 1st round of I- Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings at 8:00 PM ized by Domel Dangal Committee cash prize money to the winner The players of both the teams League Division 2nd comes to an in Association with J&K Indian and runners-up wrestler. Treasurer displayed superb attacking soccer end. in with a fluent half century, guid- help of a couple of fours and a Style Wrestling Association under Indian Style Wrestling Association skills and defended their areas Executive Director KFC, ing the team home with 16 balls to cracking upper cut six over the the overall supervision of Shiv of India and President Senior when it mattered the most.. It was Nazir Ahmed Khan and president spare and leaving the packed third man boundary. He then Kumar Sharma its president at Citizens Welfare Forum Katra a neck in neck contest with both JKFA, Zameer A Thakur lauded crowd at the M Chinnaswamy pulled Abu Nechim Ahmed, the Domel, near here. Shiv Kumar Sharma presided over teams trying their level best to cre- the efforts of the players and the Stadium disappointed. Lokesh ball soaring over long-on for The 1st malli main bout was the function. ate chances, however, the defence team management for this Rahul made an brisk 44 off 28 another maximum. fought between wrestler Benia Members of Domel Dangal was such that none of the teams achievement. balls and added 78 runs for the The Australian raced to his Min of Basant Garh of J&K Police committee and technical officers Players in action during Jammu Division Chess Tournament succeeded in converting chances Chairman KFC, Iftikhar A third wicket with Dhawan, who fifty in the next over, the milestone and Farooq Khan of Sarore, who help in the conduct of this in Jammu. into goals. Lone has joined the team at was also involved in a 82-run coming in just 24 balls. Jammu. This bout was won by event included Sarpanch Mohd Fayaz from Kashmir FC made Siliguri to witness some matches. wrestler Benia that lasted for 16 Jammu Division Selection Chess Tournament opening-wicket stand with Yuzvendra Chahal was greeted Sadiq, Sarpanch Ramesh Chander, superb attempt but his shot missed Kashmir FC will take on minutes. Jambal Dass, Puran Chand, Warner. to the bowling crease with a six the target by a whisker, while acro- United Sports Kolkata in round-7 In all, 62 bouts were played in Makhan Lal, Punjabi Ram, batic goalkeeper of Kashmir FC, match on April 16. Rahul hit the winning six off over backward square-leg but the a day-long Dangal. Purshottam Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Arushi wins U-25 open title Varun Aaron. bowler had his revenge three balls The second main bout was Joginder Kumar, Shanty Lal,Ram Excelsior Sports Correspondent respectively, while in Under-7 Earlier, Boult pegged back later as he had Warner, who was fought between Nisar of Doda and Kumar, Raj Kumar Seth, boys category, Divyam Gupta NYK sports meet held at Budgam RCB by taking the wickets of the shaping himself up for sweep shot, Babba of Kot Bhalwal which was Sudershan Sharma, Raj Kumar, JAMMU, Apr 13: Arushi clinched first place, Anand Excelsior Sports Correspondent marauding AB de Villiers, who trapped in front of the wicket. won by Nisar. Third bout was won Davinder Kumar, Yog Raj Kotwal emerged winner in Under- Swaroop bagged second spot and top-scored for his side with a 28- Chahal then had Kane BUDGAM, Apr 13: District Youth Coordinator Nehru Yuva by Roshan Lal of Muthi of J&K Sharma, Mohd. Fareed, Vijay 25 Open category, while Menal Pranav Sharma claimed third posi- Kendra (NYK) Budgam conducted district level inter block youth ball 46, Sean Abbott and Harshal Williamson, promoted in the bat- Police who defeated Akram of Singh (Vijju), Naresh Kumar Gupta bagged second spot and tion. club sports meet at Delhi Public School (DPS), here today. Patel in the innings' penultimate ting order, smartly stumped by Bajrangi Akhara Jammu. Fourth (Pappu Lakri), Rajinder Kumar Abhishek claimed third place in Anil Kotwal, FIDE Arbiter The competition was held in Kho-Kho, Volleyball, Kabaddi, over to finish with impressive fig- Dinesh Karthik in his next over as bout was won by Bobari of Sarore Ramotra, Raj Singh, Tulinder the ongoing Jammu Division officiated all the matches played Athletics and Wushu. ures of 3/36. SRH closed in on 100 around the who defeated Prem of Amritsar in Kumar and Murli Dhar (Munna). Selection Chess Tournament, today, under the overall supervi- Around 200 participants including boys and girls drawn from dis- In their chase, the SunRisers halfway mark.(PTI) being organized by All Jammu and sion of president All J&K Chess trict Budgam participated in the meet. Kashmir Chess Association, here. Association, Atul Kumar Gupta. Narkura Club lifted the Volleyball title, while Arth Club and DPS In boys Under-9 category, top All the events are being played Club emerged winners and runners-up in kho-kho respectively. President Mukherjee confers three positions went to Ayush, under FIDE Laws of Chess under District Youth Services and Sports Officer, Budgam was chief Deewang Gupta and Divay Jain Swiss System. guest and Principal DPS Budgam was the guest of honour, while The events in Under-13 cate- prominent among others present on the occasion were Nazir Ahmad Award on Prof Romshoo 15th Jammu District gory will be played tomorrow. Shah and Mr Mir. Excelsior Correspondent been awarded the prestigious Sport Climbing National Geoscience Award 2013 SRINAGAR, Apr 13: in recognition of his outstanding C'ship on Apr 20-21 President Pranab Mukherjee achievement in the field of Excelsior Sports Correspondent presented the National Remote Sensing and Resource person delivering a lecture during research collo- Geoscience Awards 2013 to Geoinformation System for Earth quium organized at MIER in Jammu on Monday. JAMMU, Apr 13: 15th Jammu and Environmental Sciences. Prof. Shakil A Romshoo, Head, District Sport Climbing Department of Earth Sciences, Alumni of the University of Championship will be organized by Kashmir University at a func- Tokyo, Japan and Asian Institute Research colloquium organized at MIER Mountaineering Association of tion held in Rashtrapati Bhavan, of Technology (IIT), Bangkok, J&K in collaboration with Prof. Romshoo has worked in Excelsior Correspondent Research MIER and Dr. Annie recently. Koul, HoD B.Ed General. The Sprawling Buds School, Lakshmi various national and internation- Prof. Shakil A Romshoo, JAMMU, Apr 13: A research colloquium was attended by all the Puram, Chinore on April 20 and 21. Head Department of Earth al organizations before joining colloquium was organized by the staff members of B.Ed. and the Two hundred climbers from Sciences, Kashmir University has Kashmir University in 2004.
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