FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Incomplete indoor stadia angers 1st T20 Int'l: With World Cup in mind, start search for perfect combination sports lovers in South Kashmir AHMEDABAD, Mar 11: unambiguous in his reply that Suhail Bhat projects was progressing at an the seasoned even pace until 5th August last A blend of favourable results will have to wait. PULWAMA, Mar 11: The year. The work resumed partly in the present and finding the "In a situation, Rohit takes delay in the completion of the but was then suspended because perfect combination for the near rest and KL has a niggle or long-awaited multipurpose of COVID-19 pandemic. "The future will be India's main something, Shikhi (Dhawan's sports stadia in South Kashmir's work is ongoing on both the endeavour when they square off nickname in team) obviously Shopian and Pulwama districts projects right now and we are against a well-rounded comes in as the third opener but have dampened the spirits of the hopeful to complete them in a five-match T20 the starting composition, Rohit sports lovers in these areas. International series starting here promptly," he said. and Rahul will be the ones who Winning team posing for a group photograph at Akhnoor. The sports stadia were estab- The sports lovers said the on Friday. will start." lished to provide multi-utility overstretching of the project has For skipper , the While Suryakumar Yadav is Seven Matches Series sports facilities for the youth of damped the spirits of the youth primary aim will be to get an a sentimental favourite for many Chief guest Suresh Chug, Chairman J&K Pollution Control these South Kashmir districts, idea of his core group of players Board inaugurating sports meet at Sidhra Jammu. who were elated with the setting after last year's IPL and his sub- but a delay in completion has up of the facilities in their going into the ICC T20 World sequent non selection for the SCC Akhnoor beats ACC left them in despair. respective areas. "We were hop- Cup in October. And he couldn't Australia tour, fellow FPF holds Divisional Coming up in Rajpora area have hoped for a better opposi- Excelsior Sports Correspondent . ing a boom in sports activities Mumbaikar Shreyas Iyer looks a In reply, ACC bundled out at of Pulwama and Shopian, the with this facility but lag in com- tion than a world-class English likely starter at least in the first JAMMU, Mar 11: Singh projects are being executed by white-ball side under Eoin 170 in stipulated 20 overs with level Sports Meet pletion has discouraged us," couple of games in that middle- Club (SCC) Akhnoor the help of Sonu Malhotra's 48 Jammu and Kashmir Projects Mohammad Ayoub, a resident Morgan, ready to be way more order slot at No 4 or 5 depending defeated Akhnoor Cricket Club Excelsior Sports Correspondent The Director FPF empha- Corporation Company with a challenging on flatter tracks runs, Sumit Rajput's 26 runs and said. He said that there have upon the match situation. (ACC) by 36 runs in the ongoing Deepak Sharma's 40 runs. From sised on development of physi- predicted cost of around Rs 4 been no advancements in the which promise a -feast. The Motera track will cer- Seven Matches T-20 Series, JAMMU, Mar 11: Forest cal, mental and spiritual health crores each. The projects began "This is a fantastic opportu- bowling side, Pankaj Kumar, Protection Force (FPF) organ- project for the last year. tainly be a flat deck, suiting the being played at Govt Higher Abhi and Stiphen shared two of forest warriors and decided to in 2017 and were supposed to The locals maintain that the nity for us to play in conditions needs of the shortest format and Secondary School Akhnoor, ised Divisional level Sports get completed in two years, but wickets each, whereas, Chandan conduct such meets regularly Government's failure to execute where we will be playing the with a lot of firepower in here today. Meet-2021 at FPF Gamma Unit four years have already passed. Sharma and Rohit clinched one both in Jammu as well as in the project on time punctures World Cup," England's explo- both sides, the Ahmedabad sky- Batting first, SCC scored Sidhra, here today While the Pulwama sports each. Kashmir to make the FPF per- their claims of enhancing the sive batsman-keeper Jos Buttler line could witness a lot of fire- 206 runs on the loss of five Suresh Chug, Chairman J&K stadium, as per officials, is in the Chandan Sharma was sonnel mentally sound and boost sports infrastructure in the had recently said, shrugging off works from both ends. wickets in stipulated 20 overs. Pollution Control Board was the final stage, the Shopian stadium declared as man of the match high morale to meet the chal- Valley. They said the construc- the debacle that was the Test Whether it's vice- Chandan Sharma made highest chief guest of the event along will take another six-months to and awarded with cash prize Rs lenges of forest protection in the tion work has been going on at a series. Rohit, the indomitable duo of 98 runs while Abhi and Rahul with J Frankoi, Director FPF. get executed. "The work on 2100 by Kr SS Langeh field. slow pace right from the onset For Indian vice-captain and Hardik Manni contributed 61 and 17 Six teams from different Shopian stadium got delayed as (President SCC) Head of Departments and resulting in overstretching of the , it's all about Pandya for the hosts or captain runs to the total. From bowling Gamma units of Jammu, authorities took over a year and The tournament is being other senior functionaries project. focussing on the present. Morgan, , Jos Buttler, side, Sonu Malhotra and Deepak Kathua, Billawar, Reasi, a half to make land available for Singh Cricket Club Akhnoor and including Suresh Kumar Gupta "If we focus on the present, Sharma shared one wicket each Udhampur, Batote, Doda, the project. 90% of work is com- "The project, which would and at Akhnoor Cricket Club. (Chief Wildlife Warden J&K), have been completed in two the future will take care of itself. the other end, the kookaburra while Jai Pal Singh got two Kishtwar, Rajouri and Poonch SarveshRai Addl PCCF plete in Rajpora stadium and we It's a long series and it's impor- participated in the sports meet have issued tenders for the pend- years, has already moved into white might find itself in the (CAMPA & FCA), Asif Sagar the third year. I don't see it get- tant to see where we stand as a stands more often than not. with zeal and enthusiasm in dif- (Director SFRI), Brij Mohan ing part," Masood Ahmed team and individual," Rohit Training course for ferent sports categories includ- Gongoo, General Manager ting finished in next one year," With the unavailability of Sharma Addl. PCCF (Member Basit Ahmad, a local from said. Thangarasu Natarajan in the ing Football, Volleyball, Tug of Secretary PCB), T Rabi Kumar JKPCC Pulwama told Excelsior. While there are more advan- War, Cross Country and other He said that work on both the Shopian said. bowling department, Chess trainers held Addl. PCCF (CCF Central), tages of having multiple options, will be track and field events. Ramesh Kumar (CCF Jammu), fashionably described as a Excelsior Sports Correspondent Successful candidates will get The chief guest appreciated back leading the attack along Samuel Changkija (CF East "happy headache" for any cap- side another senior Yuzvendra official trainers certificate from the organiser of the event and Circle), Dr MK Kumar tain, there are a few pitfalls that JAMMU, Mar 11: All India AICF. emphasised the importance of Chahal for company. Chess Federation today kick (Regional Wildlife Warden), come with such a situation. The Teams (from): "This course will be proved sports and games towards shap- Irfan Ali Shah (CF Working Plan Indian team understands this started mega programme of useful and effective to develop ing the personality of force per- India: Virat Kohli (captain), Chess trainers organised virtual- & Central Circle), Jatinder fully well, having burnt its Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Chess at grass roots level in sonnel. He expressed that the Kumar Singh (CF Research hands during the 2019 World ly at All India level wherein 25 J&K," said Atul Kumar Gupta FPF should be given more Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, players from J&K are participat- Circle Jammu), Tahir Shawl Cup. Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh president All J&K Chess responsibilities and independ- (Regional Director) and Joint It was one event where till ing in this event. Association. ence beyond the role of just Pant (wk), , Senior Grand Master, Arjuna Director FPF Jammu M. IfatAra last moment, they didn't have a , Senior players including assisting the Forest department were also present during the settled number four. Awardee and former National Vivek Bharti, Sumit Grover, in protecting the forest. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar Champion Pravin Thipsay is event. However on the eve of the Patel, Washington Sundar, Khalid Amin, Arshid Ahmad, first T20 International, skipper being imparting training to rated Mushtaq, Maxim Singh, National Physical Challenged Tournament Chief guest Anukul Bhagat presenting man of the match Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, players of J&K, whereas Grand Virat Kohli made it clear that his Deepak Chahar, Rahul Tewatia, Arvindu Sharma, Ravi Sharma award to a player at MA Stadium Jammu. deputy Rohit Sharma and the Master Sriram Jha is imparting and Meenal Gupta were among J&K PCC XI beats Haryana Ishan Kishan (reserve wkeeper). training to unrated players. flamboyant KL Rahul will be the England: Eoin Morgan (cap- 25 Trainees from the J&K. Babu Jagjivan Ram settled first choice opening com- tain), Joss Buttler, Jason Roy, PCC XI by 10 runs bination going into the World Liam Livingstone, Dawid KL-Rohit is our T20 opening combination; Ashwin Excelsior Sports Correspondent Vinod, Anil and Sunny took one Tournament gets underway T20 with Shikhar Dhawan being Malan, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, wicket each. in the reserves. Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, not in scheme of things till Washy performing: Kohli JAMMU, Mar 11: J&K Excelsior Sports Correspondent made 82 runs, whereas opponent "If Rohit plays, then it's sim- AHMEDABAD, Mar 11: In reply, Haryana PCC XI team chased the target by losing , Mark Wood, Sam Physically Challenged Cricket could not chase the target and JAMMU, Mar 11: Sheregarh ple. KL (Rahul) and Rohit have Curran, Tom Curran, Sam team trounced Haryana only five wickets. been performing consistently at India captain Virat Kohli managed to score 92 runs and beat MCC Awantipura while Sameer was declared as man Billings, Jonny Bairstow, Jofra today said that Rohit Sharma and Physically Challenged Cricket thus lost the match by 10 runs. Bhagwati team trounced GMC the top of the order for us and Archer. XI by 10 runs in All India T-10 of match who made 34 runs and those two will start," Kohli was KL Rahul will be the team's Anil scored highest 51 runs, by five wickets and 21 runs clinched three important wick- Match Starts at 7 pm. (PTI) opening combination in T20 Cricket National Tournament, while Deepak contributed 21 respectively in the ongoing being played at Noida New ets. cricket going ahead as it geared runs to the total. From J&K side, Babu Jagjivan Ram T20 Cricket In 2nd match of the tourna- West Indies beats Sri Lanka up for a five-match series against Delhi by All India Physically Nadeem bagged three wickets, Tournament, sponsored by Challenged Cricket ment, Bhagwati team defeated England starting here tomorrow. Firdous, Vaisno and Jagmohan Abhinav Ayurveda YouTube GMC team by 21 runs. Vijay Kohli also made it clear that Association. clinched one wicket each. Channel at MA Stadium, here by 8 wickets in 1st ODI Batting first, J&K team was awarded with man of the will not Captain Nadeem was declared today. NORTH SOUND (Antigua), passed that total with Shai Hope scored 102 runs for the loss of match trophy. be in the white ball scheme of comeback looking at his impres- as man of the match for his out- First match was played Mar 11: making 110 and his opening three wickets with Captain Anukul Bhagat, organising things till Washington Sundar is sive IPL form last time when he standing performance. between MCC Awantipura and partner Evin Lewis adding 65. Nadeem Bhat scoring 48 runs, secretary of Udhampur ABVP performing. got some big names including Rajesh Gill, former Ranji Sheregarh wherein MCC Sri Lanka slumped after "We got a nice start but but Anayat made 21 runs and unit was the chief guest of the India will start their prepara- the India captain cheaply. player complemented the J&K Awantipura emerged winner opening batsman Danushka we lost a couple of wickets," Jagmohan contributed unbeaten event who presented man of the tions for the T20 World Cup, to "Washington has been doing team for their best performance with five wickets. Sheregarh Gunathilaka was given out for Karunaratne said. "In the end we 20 runs in the stipulated 10 match trophies to players. be held in India later this year, really well for us. So you cannot in the first match of the tourna- obstructing the field and lost by were short of 30-40 runs. If me overs. From the bowling side with the series against England have two players of the same dis- ment. eight wickets to the West Indies and Danushka could have batted India a very difficult side to in the first one-day international. and the skipper did give some cipline, playing in one spot. So longer it would have been a dif- indications about how the core Gunathilaka made 55 and put (this will not happen) unless ferent story." combination would look like. YAJK chalks out programme on 105 in an opening stand with Washy has drastically horrible Karunaratne said 232 was "If Rohit plays, then it's sim- beat in India, says Morgan captain Dimuth Karunaratne, season and things go south for inadequate on a good batting ple. KL (Rahul) and Rohit have AHMEDABA, Mar 11: the World Cup, with a perfect which seemed to put Sri Lanka him," Kohli said about the young for upcoming C’ship pitch. been performing consistently at case scenario that we are play- on course to a commanding total all-rounder. England could get an idea of "They could just get singles the top of the order for us and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Kesar Shafi Khan, Honey ing against one of the best sides after it lost the toss and had been Washington has an impres- where they stand heading into and rotate the strike," he said. those two will start," Kohli was Sharma, Avneet Kour, Sharvi in the world, in their backyard sent in. sive economy rate of less than 7 JAMMU, Mar 11: this year's "Shai got a start and he batted unambiguous in his reply that the Magzine and Utkarsh Bhau were and we know they are very dif- Karunaratne was out for 52, per over (6.95) in 26 games for Yongmudo Association of World Cup well. We kept losing wickets in seasoned Shikhar Dhawan will part of the referee panel. ficult to beat," Morgan said. and by West the country. Jammu and Kashmir (YAJK) at the end of our innings." have to wait. The championship will be He was addressing a pre- Indies captain Kieron Pollard Kohli made it pretty clear held meeting and chalked out their limited Pollard acknowledged the "In a situation, Rohit takes organised under various cate- match press conference here. with his second . that the question didn't amuse detailed programme for upcom- overs of the Sri Lanka open- rest and KL has a niggle or gories including 12, 14, 17, 19 Morgan said the Virat The match became ill-tem- him one bit. ing Yongmudo J&K UT level engage- ers in quick succession with the something, Shikhi (Dhawan's and above in both boys and girls, Kohli-led India are a very diffi- pered when, in the 21st over, "I mean the question has to Championship-2021. ments total 105, and 112, changed the nickname in team) obviously while the event will be organ- cult side to beat in their back- Gunathilaka was judged to have be asked with some kind of logic The meeting was held under against for- course of the innings and the comes in as the third opener but ised at Indoor Sports Complex yard and the limited overs obstructed the field when he trod as well. You suggest where you the presidium of Dr Amit Vaid midable match. Angelo Mathews (5) fol- the starting composition, Rohit Bhagwati Nagar. matches will be a challenge for on the ball while Pollard was would add Ash, and play him in chairman, Sukhbir Singh presi- India, captain Eoin Morgan said lowed at 119 and Nissanka (8) and Rahul will be the ones who The meeting was attended by his team. attempting to affect a . the team?" he countered. dent and Brijesh Bhau general today. when Sri Lanka was 126-4. will start." Tahir Rasool Mir, coordination "I do, I probably replicate Pollard bowled a short ball "Washington already does secretary of the Association. Hosts India and England A half century by Ashen However, Kohli was trifle Kashmir Province; Vikas the answer. India are the team which Gunathilaka fended away. that job for the team. It's easy to During the meeting, Gopal will be engaged in a T20 series, Bandara lifted the Sri Lanka annoyed with a question on Bhardwaj, president Jammu to beat given we are playing Pathum Nissanka set off for a ask a question but you should Dass, Aruna Sharma and Shakti starting here on Friday, and that total but he lacked support. India's no.1 Test spinner District; Aman Sharm, president them away from home. They single but Gunathilaka, after have a logical explanation to it Kumar have been appointed as will be followed by a three- Dinesh Chandimal (12) and Ashwin's chances of making a Samba District; Sankalap are a very difficult side to beat advancing down the pitch, sent yourself." (PTI) referee commission chairman, game ODI rubber. Lakshan Sandakan who was left Kamal, president Kathua in India," Morgan said ahead of him back and stepped back into referee commission president "It is going to be from our 16 were the only other District; Rajesh Thakur, presi- the series opener at the his own crease. As he did so, he After year-long layoff, Federer and tournament director for the point of view a learning Sri Lanka batsmen to reach dou- dent Reasi District and . (PTI) stepped on the ball and knocked upcoming championship besides process, going through what ble figures. it backwards. returns with a win in Doha Tanish Kumar, Priya Devi, Gurcharan Singh, president positions we might find our- "They were 100 without loss Pollard immediately Razad Ahmed, Aashiq Hussain, Poonch district. selves in seven month's time at 19th UT level and we were looking at a chase DOHA, Mar 11: in 405 days after having knee appealed and on-field umpire surgery following the 2020 Athletics C'ship of 300," Pollard said. "We After more than a year out, Joe Wilson gave a soft signal of thought we needed to up the Australian Open. out before television umpire Roger Federer started his 24th "Feels good to be back," intensity in the field. "They lost season on from Mar 19 Nigel Guguid ruled that Federer said in an on-court inter- a couple of wickets and it started tour with a view. "I'm happy to be standing here Excelsior Sports Correspondent Gunathilaka had deliberately the slide." win. attempted to foil the run out. regardless of if I won or lost. But JAMMU, Mar 11: Jammu Pollard praised Hope's It was far obviously winning feels better." There seemed to be little evi- match-winning innings. from easy and Kashmir Amateur Athletics dence the batsman had acted Playing for nearly 2 1/2 Association is going to hold "For us in white-ball cricket, for the for- hours tested the 39-year-old deliberately. mer No. 1, 19th J&K UT level Athletics Hope is the guy," he said. "He's Swiss player's stamina follow- The Sri Lanka innings lost its though, as he been given a role and he gives us ing his long break. Championship from March 19 way from then on and the was pushed to 21 at Jammu University the foundation and others can Federer saved a set point at tourists were all out for 232 in bat around him." (AP) hard by Dan Ground. 49 overs. The West Indies sur- Evans at the Qatar Open before 6-5 down in the first-set The event is being held winning the second-round match tiebreaker and saved two break under the aegis of Athletics 7-6 (8), 3-6, 7-5 . points at 3-3 in the deciding set Federation of India, in collabo- Ministry provides grant of Rs 2.5 lakh It was Federer's first match before sealing the win with a ration with Jammu University break of Evans' serve. and sponsored by J&K Sports to deaf tennis player Jafreen Shaik Srinagar District He showed flashes of his Council. usual brilliance along the way, "The competitions will be NEW DELHI, Mar 11: Deaflympics. Judo C’ship clinching the first set with a per- held in under-14, under-16, Currently, Jafreen is resid- fect cross-court backhand win- under-18, under-20 and open The Sports Ministry has pro- ing in her maternal uncle's from Mar 16 ner as Evans charged into the age categories for both boys and vided financial assistance of Rs house on payment of nominal net. (PTI) 2.5 lakh to deaf tennis player Excelsior Sports Correspondent girls. Athletes are directed to rent and is unable to make ends Azhar Javed, S/o Mohd Jafreen Shaik from the Pandit send their entries through their meet to continue her training. SRINAGAR, Mar 11: Judo Javid and Deendayal Upadhyaya respective District Associations According to a statement Association of Jammu & Safina National Welfare Fund for before March18," official com- issued by the sports ministry, Kashmir is going to organize Begum, R/o Sportspersons (PDUNWFS). muniqué of the Association her father Zakeer Ahmed had to Srinagar District Judo Dodasan The grant was provided to read. sell his only residential house Championship at Indoor Sports Balla help Shaik continue her train- For further details, the in and ornaments to Hall Polo Ground, here from Rajouri, has ing in her quest to win a gold at Athletes can contact with bear her training expenses. March 16 to 18. been the next Summer Deflympics, Ramesh Sharma, senior Jafreen was training in All the judokas are being declared scheduled to be held in Brazil Athletics coach (9419796769), China to participate in the requested to report concerned qualified for later this year. whereas players being also Summer Deaflympics 2017. official for further information. the award of the degree of Jafreen, 23, was the recipi- advised to come with Date of Prior to that, she had under- The championship is being Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in ent of a bronze medal at the Birth certificate, issued by the went training at the Sania organized under the aegis of Biotechnology by the University 2017 Summer Deaflympics in competent authority, 10th class Mirza Tennis Academy in J&K Sports Council & J&K of Jammu. He worked on the the mixed doubles event, where certificate, Aadhaar card and Hyderabad from 2013 to 2017. Olympic Association, whereas topic, "Identification and char- she partnered Prithvi Shekhar. Corona negative report. She now intends to get a the same event will be organ- acterization of chemotypes of That was India's maiden The age verification process sponsorship to undergo her ised under the chairmanship of wild pomegranate for second- medal at the Deaflympics in shall start on March 19 at 7am training at the PBI Academy in Gower Khan, joint secretary ary metabolite production," tennis. She had also represent- onwards at the above mentioned Bangalore ahead of the upcom- and Abdul Hamid Khan vice under the supervision of Dr ed India at the 2013 venue. ing Deaflympics. (PTI) president of the Association. Ritu Mahajan.