SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2014 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Gopichand, Paes get Padma Bhushan; Atul, Shubam among 5 sportspersons Jadeja returns to form as to get State Awards Yuvraj Padma Shree Excelsior Sports Correspondent While Khajuria has been India-NZ match ends in tie named for his outstanding con- JAMMU, Jan 25: Promising AUCKLAND, Jan 25: of the Kiwis bowlers with five for 3rd wicket of the spell, routing NEW DELHI, Jan 25: Indian to win a medal in bad- 293 ODIs, amassing 8329 runs tribution in cricket by repre- cricketer Shubam Khajuria and 63 though he appeared a trifle India's chase in this must-win minton at the Olympics when she with 13 centuries and 51 half- senting State in Ravindra Jadeja very nearly Tennis star Leander Paes and ace taekwondo shaky in the tense last over. encounter. bagged the bronze in the 2012 centuries under his belt. India Under-19 pulled off a sensational victory badminton player-turned-coach London Games. Although he played 40 Test player and During the Indian innings, It brought skipper MS Dhoni team, besides with some lusty hits but could not matches for India, Yuvraj never coach Atul Anderson tied down the two open- and Suresh Raina together, and the his superb take India home in the last over as managed to cement his place in Pangotra are ers with a clever mix of deliveries two put on 67 runs for the fifth show in BCCI's the third one-dayer against New and it resulted in a wicket. wicket. Their runs came in good the side. His Test record stands at among the five Zealand ended in a nail-biting tie 1900 runs which had three tons sportspersons of Cooch Behar Dhawan made 28 runs (off 25 time, off only 60 balls, but the ask- Tournament, to keep the visitors afloat in the and 11 fifties in it. Jammu and five-match series here today. Yuvraj, an Arjuna awardee, Shubam Khajuria Kashmir, who Atul has blos- SCOREBOARD Atul Pangotra somed in the Chasing New Zealand's stiff is a fighter to the core on and off have been target of 315 largely built around New Zealand innings: the field and successfully over- named in the list for the grant field of taek- Martin Guptill c Rahane b Jadeja 111 wondo not only at the National opener Martin Guptill's 111, India came a rare germ cell cancer in of State Awards on the came back from the dead to tie the Jesse Ryder b Kumar 20 but at the International scene as his left lung to make his come- Republic Day in various fields, game, riding on R Ashwin's 65 and Kane Williamson b Shami 65 well. back to the national team. released by the State Jadeja's 45-ball unbeaten 66 to Corey Anderson b Ashwin 8 Pullela Gopichand were today Government, here today. Talented fencer, Rashid Not in the Indian team of late, Dipika recently became the save themselves the blushes of Ross Taylor run out 17 selected for the prestigious 32-year-old Yuvraj, a dashing first Indian to enter the top 10 in The other three outstanding Ahmed Choudhary, apart from another overseas ODI series Brendon McCullum c Ashwin b Aaron 0 Padma Bhushan awards while left-handed middle-order bats- the WSA rankings, the official sportspersons winning gold many a time in cricketer Yuvraj Singh was defeat. Luke Ronchic Rahane b Jadeja 38 man and a utility left-arm spin- women's squash world rankings. include Rashid team and individual events, has In the thrilling dying moments among the seven sportspersons ner, was a vital member of India's She is engaged to Indian cricketer Ahmadrepresented the State at the Nathan McCullumrun out 1 chosen for this year's Padma of the game, India needed 18 off Tim Southee run out 27 limited overs scheme of things. Dinesh Karthik. Choudhary International Level also, while Corey Anderson's last over for a Shree award. M McClenaghan c Jadeja b Shami 3 He was crucial to India's tri- List of awardees: (Fencing), Rita Rita Devi and Zakariya Yaseen victory but Jadeja and last man Squash player Dipika umphs in the inaugural Twenty20 Padma Bhushan: Pullela Devi (Handball) Bhat have brought laurels to Hamish Bennett not out 3 Pallikal, former Indian women's Varun Aaron could get 17 to tie the World Cup in 2007 in South Gopichand (Badminton) and and Zakariya the State in the fields of Extras: (LB-10 W-11) 21 cricket captain Anjum Chopra, game on a good batting track at the Africa and the 2011 ODI World Leander Paes (Tennis). Rashid Ahmad Taseen Bhat Handball and Thang-Ta respec- Total: (All out in 50 overs) 314 Sunil Dabas (Kabaddi), Love Raj Eden Park. Cup at home. Padma Shree: Anjum Choudhary (Thang-Ta). tively. Fall of wickets: 1/36 2/189 3/198 4/224 5/230 6/270 7/280 8/280 Singh Dharmshaktu The visitors needed just two He was named the Man of the Chopra (Cricket), Sunil Dabas 9/288 (Mountaineering), H Boniface runs off the last ball but Jadeja Tournament in the 2011 Cricket (Cricket), Love Raj Singh Prabhu (Wheel Chair Tennis) and could manage just a single. Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 9-0-48-1, Mohammed Shami 10- World Cup and was one of the Dharmshaktu (Mountaineering), India's best players Saina, Though India could not win the 0-84-2, Varun Aaron 7-0-52-1, Ravindra Jadeja 10-0-47-2, R Mamta Sodha (Mountaineering) top performers at the 2007 World were the other sports persons, Dipika Pallikal (Squash), H match, they can still draw the five- Ashwin 10-0-47-1, Suresh Raina 4-0-26-0. Twenty20. Boniface Prabhu (Wheel Chair match series by winning the India innings: selected for this year's Padma Yuvraj, who is presently out Shree awards. Tennis), Yuvraj Singh (Cricket), Sindhu to clash for title remaining two matches in Rohit Sharma c Bennett b Anderson 39 of the national team due to poor Mamta Sodha Hamilton (Jan 28) and Wellington The Padma Bhushan, one of LUCKNOW, Jan 25: untouchable in the first game as Shikhar Dhawan c Guptill b Anderson 28 form, has represented India in (Mountaineering). (PTI) (Jan 31). the highest civilian awards of the she kept a distance right from Virat Kohli c Ronchi b Bennett 6 The tie also ensured that India country, are given for distin- A resurgent Saina Nehwal the start to the end even though Ajinkya Rahane c Ronchi b Anderson 3 remained in the number one posi- guished service of high order and and fast rising PV Sindhu, coun- Xuan kept fighting. Suresh Raina c Ronchi b Southee 31 tion in the ICC ODI rankings, hav- Padma Shree for distinguished try's best women shuttlers, set In the second game, Xuan ing regained it yesterday following M S Dhoni c Southee b Anderson 50 service in any field. These awards up a summit clash against each opened up a slender 6-4 lead Australia's defeat to England in the R Ashwin Guptill b N McCullum 65 are conferred by the President at other at the Indian Grand Prix early on but Saina swiftly made fourth one-dayer. Ravindra Jadeja not out 66 a ceremonial function at the Gold after emerging victorious it 7-7. However, the Chinese Put into bat for the third time in BKumar c N McCullum b Bennett 4 Rashtrapati Bhawan. in their respective semifinals, gathered five straight points to a row, New Zealand piled up 314 M Shami c Williamson b Anderson 2 40-year-old Leander Paes, here today. grab the lead at 15-14 and with with Guptill scoring his fifth ODI Varun Aaron not out 2 who had earlier being conferred Saina reached her first finals Saina succumbing to unforced century and useful contributions Extras: (B-1 LB-3 W-14) 18 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and in 15 months after prevailing errors, Xuan roared back into the from Kane Williamson (65) and Arjuna Awards, is the most suc- over China's Xuan Deng 21-14 contest. Total: (For 9 wkts in 50 overs) 314 Luke Ronchi (38). The score could cessful tennis player of the coun- 17-21 21-19 while Sindhu sur- In the decider, Saina was Fall of wickets: 1/64 2/72 3/74 4/79 5/146 6/184 7/269 8/275 have been much bigger had there try with 14 Grand Slam title -- passed Lindaweni Fanetri from erratic as her shots went wide 9/286 not been not a minor collapse eight men's doubles and six Indonesia 21-6 12-21 21-17 to and long and in a flash she was Bowling: Tim Southee 10-0-74-1, Mitchell McClenaghan 10-0- towards the end of the innings mixed doubles. set up a their first ever interna- lagging 0-7. The Indian drew her 76-0, Hamish Bennett 10-2-41-2, Corey Anderson 10-1-63-5, which pegged the Kiwis back to Last season when he won his tional clash against each other at first point with a crosscourt Kane Williamson 2-0-17-0, Nathan McCullum 8-0-39-1. (PTI) some extent. 14th major at US Open, he Winners of cultural dance event posing alongwith the digni- the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor smash and then engaged in a The Indians got off to a fairly became the oldest players to win taries during ‘Drishti 2014’ on Saturday. Stadium here. fierce rally and slowly climbed balls) and was the first to go, ing run-rate was already over good start but Shekhar Dhawan a Grand Slam title.