FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Hit-Man's 'Maha' show: Rohit guides India to Senior Billiards Satwiksairaj-Chirag enter quarters; Ishan, Nikhil, Vidit, series-equalling 8-wicket victory in his 100th game Kashyap, Praneeth crash out RAJKOT, Nov 7: Sohail enter into semis FUZHOU (China), Nov 7: win is their second straight over world, ran out of steam after a Skipper Rohit Sharma made Endo and Watanabe. The Indians decent start against seventh seed Excelsior Sports Correspondent whereas Nikhil Kapahi regis- India's men's doubles pair of it a memorable 100th T20 had defeated the Japanese duo in Victor Axelsen and went down tered berth in the semis by out- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and International blending grace JAMMU, Nov 7: Four straight games in Paris last 13-21 19-21 in a match that last- playing Abhishek Pathania by 2- Chirag Shetty today stunned with brutality in his 85 off 43 cueists entered into the semis in month. ed 43 minutes. Praneeth's loss 0 frames (100-96 and 101-78). sixth seed Hiroyuki Endo and balls as India cantered to a Senior Snooker, being organized Vidit Gawri registered win Rankireddy and Shetty will marked the end of India's cam- Yuta Watanabe of Japan to enter series-levelling eight-wicket during the ongoing 27th Sub over Vishal Abrol by 2-1 frames face Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen paign in the singles. the quarterfinals of the China victory over Bangladesh here Junior, Junior and Senior (100-81, 79-100 and 101-55 and of China in the quarterfinals This is the second time Open here. today. Billiards and Snooker Sohail Khalid defeated Mohit tomorrow. Kashyap had lost to Axelsen this Rankireddy and Shetty Chasing an easy target of Championship at Billiards Hall, Mahajan by 2-0 frames (100-55 Rankireddy and Shetty were year. The former played their hearts out to get the 154 on far better track com- MA Stadium, here tomorrow. and 101-65). the lone Indians left in the tour- Commonwealth Games champi- better of their Japanese oppo- pared to Feroz Shah Kotla, The cueists, who entered the It is pertinent to mention nament after the others bite the on, who reached the semifinals nents 21-18 21-23 21-11 in a pul- Rohit showed the gulf in class semis, are Ishan Choudhary, here that 27th Sub Junior, Junior dust today. of India Open and Korea Open sating second round contest that between him and the others on Nikhil Kapahi, Vidit Gawri and and Senior Billiards and Parupalli Kashyap and B Sai earlier this year, had lost to the lasted an hour and six minutes. the park, hitting six fours and Sohail Khalid. Snooker Championship is being Praneeth were both ousted in the world number six at the India For Rankireddy and Shetty, half a dozen of risk-free sixes Earlier in the quarterfinal organized by J&K Billiards and second round of the men's sin- Open in March. who had reached the French as India chased the target in matches, Ishan Choudhary Snooker Association under the gles event. It was also the end of the Open final last month, the latest 15.4 overs. Indian players celebrating victory over Bangladesh. defeated Ishuk Choudhary by 2- aegis of J&K State Sports World No. 11 Praneeth road for the mixed doubles pair 0 frames (100-50 and 100-88), Council. The three-match T20 series stand that it managed to over- Indian captain got boundaries Wrestling fought hard for one hour 24 min- of Rankireddy and Ashwini now stands at 1-1 and the final shadow Shikhar Dhawan's (31 and sixes at will. utes against fourth seed Anders Ponnappa. The unseeded Indian game will be played in Nagpur off 27 balls) wretched form. Pacer Shafi-ul-Islam was Championship Antonsen of Denmark before duo lost 21-23 16-21 to fifth Earlier, given the charge and hit over going down 20-22 22-20 21-16. seeds Seo Seung Jae and Chae SCOREBOARD Indian bowlers long-on for a six and slow on Nov 14, 15 Kashyap, ranked 25 in the Yujung of South Korea. (PTI) Bangladesh Innings: led by Yuzvendra sweep off spinner Afif Hossain Excelsior Sports Correspondent Liton Das run out (Pant) 29 Chahal made an brought up his 18th half-centu- JAMMU, Nov 7: Jammu Mohammad Naim c Iyer b Sundar 36 impressive ry in this format. and Kashmir Association is Soumya Sarkar st Pant b Chahal 30 comeback to When off-spinner organizing Men Free Style, Mushfiqur Rahim c Pandya b Chahal 4 restrict Mosaddek Hossain Saikat (0/21 Greco Roman Style and Women *Mahmudullah c Dube b Chahar 30 Bangladesh to a in 1 over) tried to come round Senior Wrestling Championship Afif Hossain c Rohit b Khaleel 6 sub-par 153 for 6 the wicket to try a negative line, at Wrestling Hall, University of Mosaddek Hossain not out 7 and then the dew Rohit hammered him for three Jammu on November 14 and 15 Aminul Islam not out 5 also played its under the auspices of Wrestling sixes in the arc between long- Students posing for photograph with dignitaries after being Extras: 6 b:2 lb:0 nb:1 w:3 part on a good Federation of India, J&K Sports Total: 153-6 (20) | Curr. RR: 7.65 on and mid-wicket. awarded scholarships. track where the Just when a fifth hundred in Council and J&K Olympic President, Shiv Kumar Sharma, accompanied by other office Fall of Wickets: Liton Das (60-1, 7.2), Mohammad bearers of Kreeda Bharati J&K, interacting with media persons ball was coming this format looked there for the Association. Naim (83-2, 10.3), Mushfiqur Rahim (97-3, 12.1), onto the bat. All the men and women in Jammu on Thursday. Soumya Sarkar (103-4, 13), Afif Hossain (128-5, taking, the skipper was out try- Jodhamal Kuthiala Rohit teed off ing to hit a seventh six. Shreyas wrestlers are requested to report 16.3), *Mahmudullah (142-6, 18.3) in the fourth over at Wrestling Hall, University of India Innings: Iyer and KL Rahul then com- Kreeda Bharati to present Jijabai of the innings pleted the formalities with 26 Scholarship awarded Jammu on November 14 at 8 Rohit Sharma c (sub) Mithun b Aminul Islam 85 when he hit an balls to spare. Excelsior Correspondent educationist of the area. am for weigh-in along with Shikhar Dhawan b Aminul Islam 31 off-drive, fol- Aadhar Card, Date of Birth Sports Awards on Nov 10 Lokesh Rahul not out 8 Put into bat, Bangladesh Nandan Kuthiala and Aarti lowed by a cover JAMMU, Nov 7: For past Certificate issued by Competent Excelsior Sports Correspondent Meenal Gupta (Chess, Shreyas Iyer not out 24 could not capitalize on a good Kuthiala represented the Rai drive and then a many years the Jodhamal Authority and two photographs. International Medalist), Maan Extras 6 (lb 1, w 5) start as Chahal's (2-28) double Bahadur Jodhamal Kuthiala JAMMU, Nov 7: Kreeda straight six off Kuthiala Scholarship are being Selected wrestlers will rep- Singh (Boxing, Emerging Star) Total 154 (2 wickets, 15.4 overs) breakthrough in the 13th over Educational foundation on the Bharati Jammu and Kashmir Mustafizur awarded to girl students in the resent J&K in the forthcoming and Pankaj Malhotra (Kho- Fall of Wickets:118-1, 125-2 pegged the visitors back. A occasion. will be honouring outstanding Rahaman. State of J&K. The 2019-20 64th Men Free Style, Greco Kho, International Test quick-fire 30 off 21 balls by Speaking on the occasion, and emerging sportspersons of It was diffi- scholarship for J&K are likely Roman Style and 22nd Women Matches). skipper Mahmudullah Riyad Ashish Butal hoped that other the Union Territory with Jijabai on November 10. cult to comeback from that to be awarded on November 24 Senior National Championship, “Kreeda Bharati was found- helped them cross the 150- trusts and social associations Sports Awards in Bir Mata Such was Rohit's dominance point for Bangladesh as the and 25. which is being organized by ed in the year 1992 with a mark. (PTI) would come forward to help Jijabai Samman Samaroh to be during the 118-run opening For the year 2019-20 it was Punjab Wrestling Association at vision to build a ‘Fit India-Hit the cause of girl education. held at Bhartiya Vidya Mandir decided to add a Himachal PAP Complex Jalandhar Punjab India’. Kreeda Bharati envis- He also announced grants Ambphalla here on November Pradesh chapter as well for from November 28 to ages participation and develop- from his constituency fund 10 at 4 pm. scholarship. In a recent cere- December 1. ment of all Indians by promot- for the three Government The Awards will be present- mony the Himachal Pradesh For any clarification, the ing traditional sports along with schools of the area to develop ed by the chief guest, Sports Chapter of J&K, scholarships wrestlers can contact Dheeraj the playgrounds in these Minister of Uttar Pradesh and established sports. Kreeda were awarded at village Nagari Sharma (9419685822) and Jai institutions. National President Kreeda Bharati aims to empower near Palampur in HP. Around Bharat (87170-24777). Bharati, Chetan Chowhan along Nation building through char- 25 girls studying in classes with other dignitaries. acter building by sports,” between 3rd and 12th were First Sport Climbing Competition Pertinent to mention here informed president of Kreeda awarded scholarship for the that the Awards will be present- Bharati J&K, Shiv Kumar year 2019-20. ed to parents of the sports Sharma. The scholarship was award- of Union Territory on Nov 16 achievers for their dedication Kreeda Bharati dedicatedly ed by Ashish Butal, MLA Excelsior Sports Correspondent Charak, both international and sacrifice in raising the works for building India a lead- Palampur. sport climbers, will be the sports stars. ing nation on all international The ceremony was also Selected swimmers of KC Public School posing for group photograph with their Principal JAMMU, Nov 7: The first Route Setters-cum-belayers of In total, 14 sportspersons sports platform and develop a attended by senior officials and Amarendra Kumar Mishra and Coach Babita Jamwal. Sport Climbing Competition of the competition. Other techni- have been selected from and sports culture across the nation, Union Territory of J&K will be cal officials include Sakshi among the profiles received he maintained. 15 students of KC Public School Mandhana, Rodrigues lead India organized by Mountaineering Magotra, Deepika Dutta, both across various sports disci- Among others present were Association of J&K on local judges, Sonam Sidharth, plines by the committee set up Dr Sanjogita Soodan Vice selected for National Swimming meet November 16 in collaboration Vishali Sharma, Sunil for the purpose by the Kreeda President, Rajesh Chander Vaid to ODI series win in Caribbean with Sprawling Buds ICSE Chakharia, Sourav Deep Bharati J&K. Secretary, Vikas Sharma Excelsior Sports Correspondent Gupta, Anushka Koul, Anika School, Bantalab, here. Gandotra, Chetna Shree, Jhanvi NORTH SOUND (Antigua), Stafanie Taylor kept fight- Singh, Sahil Khajuria and The selected sportspersons Cashier, Ambedkar Gupta JAMMU, Nov 7: On the Nov 7: ing for the hosts with a combat- Over 200 climbers from Khola, Xena Bandhu and Narinder Singh, a senior are Arun Malhotra (Football, Assistant Secretary, Rahul basis of their performance in the ive 79-run knock but ran short various districts of the Union mountaineer. SAF Games medalist), Saqlain Sharma and Raj Kumar Garima Bhat have been selected Comeback-girl Smriti Inter District Swimming of partners as other West Indies Territory of J&K are likely to The winners of this compe- Tariq (Volleyball, International Executive Members. for the competition, whereas in Mandhana and Jemimah Competition organized by the batters struggled to negotiate vie for honors in the competi- tition are likely to be selected Medalist and Professional play- the boys’ category, Mujtaba-ul- Rodrigues hit contrasting half- Department of Youth Services India's attack. tion which may extend to the for participation in the forth- er), Rakesh Kumar (Archery, Sandeep Kour, D/o Ravinder Hassan, Ehsaas Digra, Sushant centuries to lead the Indian and Sports in Jammu last month, Apart from Taylor only next day in case the competi- coming North Zone Sport Selected for 2020 Olympics), Kour and Singh, Sawan Vaid, Arnav Vaid women's team to a 2-1 series 15 girls and boys of KC Public Atacy-Ann King showed some tions are not completed on the Climbing competition to be Kumari Nisha (Archery, Bronze Balbir and Vikas Koul have made it to victory over the West Indies School have been selected to stomach for fight with a 45-ball first day. organized by Indian and Silver medalists in Singh, W/o with a comfortable six-wicket represent the UT of J&K at the the national level. 38. The competitions to be con- Mountaineering Foundation Nationals), Shweta Thakur Simarjeet win in the deciding third ODI, National Level Swimming Meet School Principal Amarendra Left-handed Mandhana was ducted on the 40ft high fiber North Zone Committee during (Judo, World University Singh, R/o here. scheduled to be held at Talkatora Kumar Mishra has congratulated her usual aggressive self, pun- glass Tenzing Norgay Sport November/ December, 2019. Games), Shivani Charak (Sport Jammu, Mandhana, who missed the Gardens Indoor Sports the students and their swimming ishing the West Indies bowlers Climbing Wall in Sprawling For further details, the Climbing, Asian Championship who has first two matches of the series Complex, New Delhi from coach Babita Jamwal for their with nine shots to the fence and Buds ICSE School campus will clubs, institutions and climbers and Asia Cup), Vasu Sapolia been due to a toe injury, smashed a November 17 to 23. great achievement and wished three over the ropes. be held in Lead climbing only interested to participate in the (Athletics, Bronze, Silver declared qualified for the Award 63-ball 74 and raised a match- In the girls’ category, Samya them success at the national It was her first ODI since the in seven categories of Women competition can contact the medal in Junior Nationals), of Degree of Doctor of winning 141-run partnership Vaid, Sanvi Andotra, Tanisha level. home series against England in (born in 2002 and earlier), Organizing Secretary of the Divum Gupta (International Philosophy (PhD) in LPM by with fellow opener Rodrigues February and third half-century Boys and Girls (born in 2003, Competition Abhimanyu participation and State Men’s SKUAST-Jammu. She worked (69 off 92) today night. in a row, having scored 63 and 2004 and 2005), Sub Junior Sherpa on Mobile Number Champion), Shreya Gupta on the topic, "Study on Anand, Carlsen top draw in Tata Steel A solid foundation in place, 66 against the British team in Boys and Girls (born in 2006 8899224319 or the (International Fencer), Josh Pal Traditional Livestock India cruised to the 195-run tar- Mumbai. and 2007) and Mini Boys and Coordinator Sakshi Magotra Singh (Roller Skating, Management Practices of Grand Chess Tour penultimate leg get in 42.1 overs after the Rodrigues, who had scored Girls (born in 2008 and after). on Mobile Number International medallist), Azmat Gujjars and effect of UMMB Indian bowlers did a commend- KOLKATA, Nov 7: currently competing in the 41 in India's defeat in the open- The competition will be 9682658009. Last date for sub- Bibi (Karate, Commonwealth supplementation on perform- able job of bowling out the ing ODI, took 92 balls for her organized under the overall ance of buffaloes", under the Five-time World Champion Superbet Rapid & Blitz GCT mission of entries is November Championship Bronze medal), hosts for a sub-par 194 in exact 69-run knock which had six supervision of General supervision of Dr Asma Khan. Viswanathan Anand will aim to circuit in Bucharest where he 14, 2019. 50 overs. boundaries. Secretary of Mountaineering seal a World Finals berth in the started his campaign emphati- During the course of her The two teams will now play Association of J&K Ram star-studded Tata Steel Chess cally, taming Russia's Vladislav innings, Mandhana became the a five-match Twenty20 series, Khajuria who is also Secretary India Rapid and Blitz 2019, to Artemiev with black pieces. fastest Indian woman to score beginning Sunday at Gros Islet. Indian Mountaineering be held here from November 22- Anand is currently lying low 2,000 runs in One-Day Brief Scores: Foundation North Zone 26. with 24 GCT points at eighth Internationals. The 23-year-old West Indies: 194 all out in Committee, New Delhi. The second edition of the place but he has two events left reached the milestone in her 50 overs (Stafanie Taylor 79, Abhimanyu Sherpa, a pio- Tata Steel event has now including the ongoing meet in 51st innings. Stacy Ann King 38; Jhulan neer sport climber of J&K will become part of the Grand Chess Bucharest. Seasoned pacer Jhulan Goswami 2/30) be the Organizing Secretary of Tour and the showpiece annual Anand is virtually in a three- Goswami (2/30) and leg-spin- India: 195 for 4 in 42.1 overs the Competition, Manik circuit will be held in Asia for way race with fourth-placed ner Poonam Yadav (2/35) (Smriti Mandhana 77, Jemimah Slathia and Shashi Kant the first time. Levon Aronian who is just ahead shared four wickets between Rodrigues 69; Hayley Mathews Sharma, trained Belayers and The five-day meet, which by 1.5 points, and ninth-placed them, troubling the rival middle 3/27). (PTI) Mrityunjay Sharma and Shilpa will be held at the Bhasha Wesley So (23.5), as they have two tournaments left. order after the West Indies Bhawan Auditorium at the icon- elected to bat. ic National Library, will serve as The Kolkata circuit has India face Saudi Arabia AFC attracted a top-draw with reign- It was pacer Shikha Pandey the penultimate leg to determine and leg-spinner Rajeshwari the top-four spots for the GCT ing World Champion Magnus Carlsen leading the field that Gaekwad, who removed the U-19 Championship Qualifiers Finals slated in Olympia London top-order as five of the six from December 2-8. will see eight of the top 15 play- ers. (PTI) Indian bowlers in action, were AL KHOBAR (Saudi Arabia), to finish and should have The Indian chess wizard is among wickets. Nov 7: scored many more goals. India will take on hosts "As expected, it will be a Saudi Arabia in their second difficult game against them. I match of the AFC U-19 am confident that the players Championship 2020 Qualifiers will recover from the previous here tomorrow. result -- both physically and India went down to a strong mentally -- and continue to put Uzbekistan 0-2 in their opening their best efforts in," he stated. match on Wednesday. The head coach also "It was not the result that we stressed on the importance of wanted. But there's no time to keeping composure and focus sulk on the first loss," head throughout the 90 minutes as coach Floyd Pinto said. the two goals against "We have to pick-up and Uzbekistan were scored in the dust ourselves. The recovery second half. process has started and all the "I cannot blame the players players are determined to do for the effort put in. We played everything it takes to win the a good first-half but in the sec- next match." ond, we started slowly, dropped Saudi Arabia, who clinched too deep and gave the ball away the AFC U-19 Championship in too much. There was one of 2018, picked up three points in lapse of concentration and they their opening qualifier against scored," Floyd explained. Afghanistan and talking about The match against Saudi the challenge they pose, Floyd Arabia will be India's second in stated that it will be a "difficult" three days and according to 18- game. year-old Jitendra Singh, who "Even though they won led the team to the SAFF U-18 (against Afghanistan) 1-0 title earlier this year, it is the through a penalty kick, they "small things" that enable faster dominated the game from start recovery for a player. (PTI)