MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU England sledged a lot but we did Rajan appointed BFI’s Secy Top athletes seek direct Conway's fifty helps NZ take Olympic qualification not pay attention: Sneh Competition Commission BRISTOL, June 20: Taniya Bhatia (0 and 44*), Rana during IGP 4 control of WTC final Excelsior Sports Correspondent Boxing Federation of India (BFI). PATIALA, June 20: The England players resorted (4/131, 2 and 80*) and Pooja SOUTHAMPTON, June 20: close of play. With having to his credit 16 to "constant sledging" to disturb Vastrakar (1/53, 12 and 12) took Top Indian athletes such as Jamieson decimated India JAMMU, June 20: international participa- India's batting superstars Sneh Rana and Co but they main- the centrestage to eke out a draw Considering his vast Hima Das, Dutee Chand, with marvellous figures of after being followed-on in India's tions and five others at the Tejinderpal Singh Toor and Annu struggled to decode the "big rid- tained their composure to pull off experience and interna- 22-12-31-5 with generous first Test after seven years. national level as technical Rani would seek direct Olympics dle" called Kyle Jamieson while a thrilling draw for the Indian tional exposure, Rajan help from the relentless Neil Needing two in the official, Rajan was the qualification when they compete the bowlers found new batting women's team in the one off Test Sharma of Jammu and Wagner (15-5-40-2) and the final session, England bowlers first choice for the selec- at the Indian Grand Prix series 4, sensation Devon Conway a dif- here. Kashmir has been crafty duo of Tim Southee were on top and used all the tac- tion penal for this impor- here on Monday. ficult customer as New Zealand It was a tale of debutants as appointed as Secretary finished the third day of the (22-6-64-1) and Trent Boult tics with close-in fielders and tant post. The women's 4x100m relay Shafali Verma (96 and 63), Deepti Competition World Test Championship final (21.1-4-47-2). constant sledging but Sneh and As per a notification, team, which will include Hima Sharma (3/65, 29* and 54), Commission of the in a strong position. Head coach Ravi Shastri Bhatia remained unfazed.(PTI) issued by the BFI, the and Dutee, will fancy chances for Jamieson's second five- won't be one bit amused but Competition Commission is led a Tokyo Olympics berth by clock- the sequence of scores of ing less than 43.05 seconds in the haul against India in by S K Shandil as chairman. three Tests had 's Indian batting against New Retired as Divisional Sports one-day event. Zealand's seam attack in last The Maldives women's men all out for 217 in overcast Officer from the J&K Sports conditions. five innings has been less SCOREBOARD Council in the year of 2017, 4x100m relay quartet has entered than 250 --165, 191, 242, 124 the competition, according to the In reply, New Zealand were India 1st Innings: (Overnight 146/3) Rajan had participated in the and now 217. c Southee b Jamieson 34 list provided by the Athletics 101 for two at stumps as 30th London Olympics Games It was 6 feet 8 inch tall Shubman Gill c Watling b Wagner 28 Federation of India (AFI), and Conway (54 off 152 balls) Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b Boult 8 2012 as a technical official. Jamieson, who after last that is a good news for India as scored his third successive Test Virat Kohli lbw b Jamieson 44 year's series in New Zealand, c Latham b Wagner 49 Presently, he is serving the J&K two international teams are half-century before flicking one has once again turned into a Rishabh Pant c Latham b Jamieson 4 Amateur Boxing Association as required for qualification purpos- off to c Latham b Southee 15 nightmare for the Indian general secretary. es. (PTI) before the c Lathgam b Southee 22 batsmen. Ishant Sharma c Taylor b Jamieson 4 Having removed Rohit Jasprit Bumrah lbw b Jamieson 0 Mohammed Shami 4 Sharma on Saturday morn- Extras: (LB-3 NB-2) 5 ing, Jamieson was relentless Total: (all out in 92.1 overs) 217 with his length and the Fall of Wickets: 1-62, 2-63, 3-88, 4-149, 5-156, 6- 182, 7-205, 8-213, 9-213. bounce did the rest with : Tim Southee 22-6-64-1, Trent Boult 21.1- clever traps laid for skipper 4-47-2, Kyle Jamieson 22-12-31-5, Colin de Kohli and the dangerous Grandhomme 12-6-32-0, Neil Wagner 15-5-40-2. Rishabh Pant. New Zealand 1st Innings: Tom Latham c Kohli b Ashwin 30 Kohli and his deputy Devon Conway c Shami b Ishant 54 Ajinkya Rahane walked into a Kane Williamson batting 12 nicely laid traps as India Ross Taylor batting 0 Extras (LB-3, Nb 2 ) 5 failed to reach 250, a good Total (For two in 49 overs) 101 total in the prevailing condi- Fall of Wickets: 1-70, 2-101 tions as per batting coach Bowling: Ishant Sharma 12-4-19-1, Jasprit Bumrah Vikram Rathour. 11-3-34-0, Mohammed Shami 11-4-19-0, Ravichandran The overcast conditions Ashwin 12-5-20-0, Ravindra Jadeja 3-1-6-0. made batting difficult and the and came out trumps with some likes of Jamieson, Boult and incisive seam, swing and short Wagner indulged in a 'who blinks pitched bowling. first' game with the Indian batters BCCI to bid for CT, WT-20, ODI WC during next cycle NEW DELHI, June 20: anonymity. Confident that it can easily Recently the ICC had host big-ticket tournaments every announced that the Champions two years, the BCCI today decid- Trophy, which hasn't been held ed to bid for three global events - after 2017 in England, will be including two World Cups in revived during the next FTP cycle shorter formats - during the next and accordingly India has decided eight-year tournament cycle that to bid for it. starts from 2024. "The Champions Trophy is a The decision was taken at short tournament but is an BCCI's Emergent Apex Council immensely popular one. It was meeting, held virtually. only fair that after the 2023 World It has been learnt that BCCI Cup in India, we bid for the 2025 will bid for one Champions Champions Trophy. India should Trophy, a T20 World Cup and a be in a position to host a global 50-over World Cup in the cycle of event every two to three years and ICC events. hence we are bidding for three "Yes, we would be bidding for events," the official said. the 2025 Champions Trophy The ICC has decided that along with 2028 T20 World Cup from the next cycle, the 50-over and the 2031 50-over World Cup. World Cup will be a 14-team The Apex Council has agreed on event while the T20 World Cup's this, in principle," a senior office teams will be increased from 16 bearer said on conditions of to 20.(PTI)

Winners of Mountain Bike (MTB) race posing for a group photograph with dignitaries at Srinagar. Akbar emerges winner of MTB race Excelsior Sports Correspondent the Valley. "Mountain biking got lot of SRINAGAR, June 20: scope in Kashmir, we only need International cyclist Akbar Khan to tape it," said chief guest, emerged winner, whereas Zameer A Thakur. Parviaz Hussain and Waheed The MTB race was spon- clinched 2nd and 3rd places sored by Pandith Trading respectively in Open Mountain Company, Humhama; AL- Bike (MTB) race wherein about Madina Departmental Store, 50 mountain bikers of Valley Rawalpora; Miraj Joinery Mills participated. (MJM), Baghi Ali Mardan Khan The 12 km race was flagged and Riyaz Gift House, off by Zameer Ahmad Thakur, Rawalpora and supported by senior vice president of J&K J&K Cycling Association, Olympic Association from Syed Kashmir Youth Unity Sports Abad Ompora which passed Club and Kashmir based sports through majestic mountains of personalities. Online singing competition organised Excelsior Correspondent tively, while in Amateur group, Suhani Abrol stood 1st and JAMMU, June 20: Sharda Shri Jas remained 2nd. Sangeet Sadan today organized All the participants were an online singing competition awarded with certificates namely 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' to celebrate World Music Day. This competition was divided into four cate- gories including infant, junior, senior and amateur wherein all the students sang beautiful classical songs. The event was judged by Dr Poonam Sharma, Dental Surgeon by profession and B.A (Music). In Infant group, Pritakshi Bharadwaj stood 1st, whereas Akshiv Gupta and Kavita Gupta remained 2nd and 3rd respectively, whereas in Junior group, top three position were clinched by Participants of online singing Vishudhi Jain, Samvedya competition. Gupta and Rounak Gupta which generated online. respectively and in Senior Satyabhama Dubey pre- group category, Tanishqa DIP/J-2602/21 sented vote of thanks, whereas Bakshi, Bhumika Raina and Mohit Sharma and Kritika Dated: 17-6-2021 Harman Singh clinched 1st, Gandotra prepared the students 2nd and 3rd positions respec- for said competition.