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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2017 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU J&K to enjoy slight edge over Chhattisgarh Kohli named captain of year in Vijay Hazare Trophy today Excelsior Sports Correspondent ported by military medium at ESPNcricinfo Awards Manzoor Dar, besides having NEW DELHI, Feb 27: his 6 for 27 against South Africa in of the Year award for her match- KOLKATA, Feb 27: the services of experienced off- the Tri-Nation series in Guyana. winning 66 off 45 balls perform- Formidable Jammu and Kashmir spinner and skipper Parvez India Test skipper Virat Kohli Carlos Brathwaite received the ance in the World T20 final against will be enjoying a slight edge over Rasool, Chhattisgarh, though has been named T20 Batting Performance of the three-time champions Australia. Mohd Kaif led Chhattisgarh in their have a good number of talented as the 'Captain Year award for his 34 not out Leigh Kasperek, the talented second outing of the Group-D bowlers in their kitty, but it is yet of the Year' at against England in the World T20 New Zealand offspinner, took the the 10th annual final in Kolkata, in which he hit Bowling Performance of the Year match of the ongoing Vijay Hazare to be seen as to how they per- ESPNcricinfo four consecutive sixes off the last award for her 3 for 13 spell, Trophy, being hosted by Cricket form at the higher levels. Awards. over to win West Indies the match. defeating Australia in the teams' Association of Bengal (CAB), The surfaces in Kolkata, Kohli led Bangladesh left-arm fast World T20 group match. under the aegis of Board of Control whether it is Eden Gardens, Kalyani India to nine bowler Mustafizur Rahman took Speaking about the awards, for Cricket in India (BCCI), here or any other ground, are believed to wins out of 12 away the T20 Bowling Sambit Bal, Editor-in-chief of tomorrow. be batting friendly in this season of Tests in the year goneby. Performance of the Year award for ESPNcricinfo and ESPN South While Chhattisgarh, which is the year and it will be interesting to Englishman Ben Stokes won his 5 for 22 during the World T20 Asia said, "The ESPNcricinfo playing in their debut season in see bowlers hitting good areas on the Test Batting Performance of against New Zealand in Kolkata. Awards are about meaning and Vijay Hazare Trophy, suffered a better batting wickets. the Year for his incredible counter- Mehedi Hasan Miraz, one of context, so we are chuffed a ten- Footballers posing for a group photograph alongwith dignitaries during opening ceremony of heavy thrashing against Mahendra However, cricket being the attacking innings of 258 runs off the brightest young stars of ball innings sits beside a score of SSB organized Football Tournament at Parade Ground in Jammu. Singh Dhoni led Jharkhand in game of glorious uncertainties, 198 balls against South Africa in Bangladesh's national team, was 258 in the list of winners. There is their first match on the other day, noting can be predicted, until the Cape Town. declared Debutant of the Year for delight and irony in the fact that Kehli Mandi Samba, Young Rovers script wins Jammu and Kashmir on the other last ball is bowled. So, come Stokes team-mate Stuart his 19 wickets in the two Test these two performances belong to hand suffered a narrow defeat in tomorrow and see the result. Broad's 6 for 17 in the third Test matches against England, one of Carlos Brathwaite and Ben Stokes, Lal Singh declares open SSB an evenly contested first match of SQUADS: ensured a series victory for those being possibly their finest whose names will be forever the season against strong S. Jammu & Kashmir : Parvez England and fetched him the Test Test win ever. entwined for those dramatic four Badrinath led Hyderabad. Rasool (Captain), Ian Dev Singh Bowling Performance of the Year This year ESPNcricinfo intro- balls in the World T20 final. Jammu and Kashmir have a (Vice Captain), Ramdayal Punia, award - for the second year run- duced awards for women's cricket "The tenth year has seen some ning. across all three international for- inspirational talent come to the organized Football Tourney good number of in form batsmen Umar Nazir, Shubham Khajuria, Winners were selected by an mats. fore, we are pleased to introduce Excelsior Sports Correspondent Later the minister congratulat- Jamwal CO 66 Bn SSB, S B in Shubham Khajuria, Parvez Zahoor Sofi, Ahmed Banday, ed SSB for undertaking such ini- Chand 2ic SSB, Barjeet Singh independent jury including former West Indian Hayley Williams winners from women and Rasool, Ian Dev Singh and Amir Aziz, Manik Gupta, Puneet cricket greats, ESPNcricinfo's sen- received the Batting Performance Associates cricket this year." (PTI) JAMMU, Feb 27: Minister tiative for the youth of J&K. DC, Jeet Lal DC, Raj Ranjan DC, Ahmed Banday to support their Bisht (WK), Manzoor Dar, Mohd for Forest Environment and First phase of tournament was Kasturi Lal DC, Jitender Meena ior editors, writers and global cor- cause, the debutant team of Muddasir, Mehjoor Ali, Aditya respondents, comprising Ian Ecology, Chodhury Lal Singh played at district level in Jammu, AC, Dr Mrinalini Singh AC Chhattisgarh will heavily be Pratap Singh, Pranav Gupta, Chappell, Mahela Jayawardene, today said that 'team spirit' is Samba, Kathua, Udhampur, (med), Surinder Singh Bunty, banking on their skipper Mohd Vishwajeet Singh, Owais Shah Ramiz Raja, Isa Guha, Sambit Bal, important for bringing positive Ramban & Doda from 19th to 24th Vice president JKFA and Mohan Kaif and wicketkeeper batsman and Anshuman Singh. Courtney Walsh, Mark Butcher developments both in the game as February 2017. Young rovers & Lal from JKFA were also present Manoj Singh in the batting Chhattisgarh: Mohd Kaif and Simon Taufel among others. well into the governance. Param FC from Jammu, Thapa FC the occasion. department. J&K also have the (Captain), Pankaj Kumar Rao, Quinton de Kock's 178 against The Minister while speaking from Udhampur, Kehli Mandi FC In the matches played today, likes of explosive Manzoor Dar Shubham Aggarwal, Ashutosh Australia in Centurion was the at the Inter-district football tour- from Samba, United FC from Kehli Mandi FC Samba crushed and wicketkeeper Puneet Bisht in Singh, Vivek Borker, Abhimanyu second-highest individual score by nament, organized by Sashatra kathua & Ramban FC have quali- Ramban Football Club by a big their ranks. Chauhan, Avnish Daliwal, Manoj a South African player, and it was Seema Bal, said that forces have fied for the inter district football margin of 14 goals (14-0), while On the bowling front, Singh (WK), Amandeep Khare, voted the ODI Batting played a vital role in country's tournament. Inter-District Football Young Rovers Jammu defeated Jammu and Kashmir possess Shourab Khairwal, Omkar Performance of the Year. development and security. He matches will be played from 27th Thapa Football Club Udhampur quality medium pacers in Verma, Sumit, Suresh Rao Mystery spinner Sunil Narine said that the sacrifices laid down Feb to 02nd March 2017. in a close contest by two goals to was awarded the ODI Bowling Ramdayal Punia, Mohd Ruikar, Shahnawaz Hussain and Players in action during competition held under Khelo India by the forces shouldn't go waste. Sashastra Seema Bal has one (2-1). Mudhasir and Umar Nazir, sup- Shubham Thakur. Performance of the Year award for "Forces as an institution have taken this initiative to provide a Scheme at Pulwama. shown a remarkable growth from platform to the young football last many years," he said. "Not players of J&K to display their ZCC Nishat outplays SCC in 800 sportspersons participate in different only serving the nation but they sporting skills and techniques. It are into many things, including will also encourage other football Chief Minister’s Cricket Cup games under ‘Khelo India Scheme’ Sports activities now," he said. lovers to explore their potential in Excelsior Sports Correspondent to the total respectively. For The Minister declared the the game. This venture by Excelsior Sports Correspondent ferent disciplines of sports SCC Akhnoor, Sameer Khajuria including Kabaddi, Volleyball inter-district football tournament Sashastra Seema Bal will help to JAMMU, Feb 27: Zabarwan and Sunny took 3 wickets each, open at Parade Ground Jammu in spread the message of gaining fit- PULWAMA, Feb 27: Block and Wushu on Day-1. Cricket Club (ZCC) Nishat defeat- while Sunil took 2 and level competitions for Khelo It is pertinent to mention the presence of Shri Ravinder ness by outdoor gaming, incul- ed Singh Cricket Club (SCC) Rajkumar claimed one. Raina, MLA Nowshera and cate team spirit in the players & India have started in Lassipora here that J&K State Sports Akhnoor by a narrow margin of 17 In reply, SCC Akhnoor could and Shadimarg blocks of district Council has organized largest Swami Paramanand Saraswati. promote healthy competition runs in the 1st State Level 50- manage to score 222 in 48 overs, Manavendra Negi, DIG SSB among the youth of our state. Pulwama. ever sports festival in the history Overs Cricket Tournament for losing all their wickets, thus lost According to the in-charge of state where 120000 players Jammu welcomed the chief guest Joginder Singh DIG CRPF, Chief Minister’s Cup, being the match by a narrow margin of in the opening ceremony. Harinder Kr CO CRPF, Vijay S. Stadium Pulwama, more than are participating across 22 dis- organized by Jammu and Kashmir 17 runs. Nadeem and Saleem 800 aspiring sportspersons are tricts of J&K. Selected State Body Builders posing for a group photograph State Sports Council in collabora- scored 53 and 51 runs respec- participating in the competitions Competitions under the Sports week concludes before leaving for Haryana in Jammu on Monday.