SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2018 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India suffer heartbreaking Indian bowlers restrict South Sensational Sindhu seals second Africa 'A' to 246/8 on 1st day successive World Championship final (), Aug 4: loss in series opener BENGALURU, Aug 4: Second stitched 59 runs with Senuran Muthusamy for the fifth Olympic silver medallist P V BIRMINGHAM, Aug 4: South Africa 'A' wicketkeep- wicket to resurrect the South Sindhu continued her incredible er Rudi Second missed a century India suffered a heartbreak- Africa 'A' innings before a 39- run of form in the World by six runs as India 'A' bowlers ing 31-run loss to England as run stand with Shaun von Berg Championships, earning a second produced a disciplined perform- skipper Virat Kohli's heroics helped his side near the 250-run successive final spot after seeing ance to restrict the visitors to went in vain amid yet another mark. off Japan's at 246 for eight in the first 'unoffi- abject batting capitulation in a Siraj rocked the South Africa the women's singles semifinals cial' Test here. riveting opening Test at the 'A' innings early with a two- here today. Pacers Mohammed Siraj Edgbaston today. wicket burst in the space of two World number three Sindhu, It was virtually Kohli versus (3/56), Navdeep Saini (2/47) overs. He first removed opener and Rajneesh Gurbani (2/47) who had finished runners-up at England and when the Indian Pieter Malan (7) in the fifth over the Glasgow edition last year captain was trapped lbw off Ben shared seven wickets between before claiming the wicket of them, while leg-spinner after losing to another Japanese Stokes in the 47th over, the English players celebrate victory (L) Virat Kohli mum after Zubayr Hamza (0) in the seventh in an epic sum- absorbing game was only head- defeat.(R) Yuzvendra Chahal picked up over. one as India kept a tight leash on mit showdown, notched up a ing the home team's way. SCOREBOARD After that, there was a 50-run superb 21-16 24-22 win over Resuming on overnight 110 the South Africans, who opted to stand between Erwee and cap- I was down, I still had hope that World Championship final. England 1st innings: 287 world number two Yamaguchi in for five, India folded up for 162 bat after winning the toss. tain Khaya Zondo (24) for the till the last point it wasn't over for Sindhu looked a bit nervous India 1st innings: 274 a 55-minute hard-fought match. in 54.2 overs despite Kohli's Except for Second (94) and third wicket. Saini ended that me, so I kept trying. I had to work and took time to get into the England 2nd innings: 180 Sarel Erwee (47), none of the "It was a good match overall. combative 51 off 93 balls and partnership by sending Zondo to I hope this time it would be a bet- hard to get each point." groove, resulting in Yamaguchi Hardik Pandya's 31. India 2nd innings: (Target: 194) other South Africans could make the pavillion. Another wicket The 23-year-old from racing away to a 5-0 lead. M Vijay lbw b Broad 6 a significant contribution. ter result then the last time. I have All-rounder Stokes (4-40) fell as South Africa 'A' were to prepare well for tomorrow, so Hyderabad, who also won two The Indian earned the first S Dhawan c Bairstow b Broad 13 Coming out at the fall of came to the party on the morn- reduced to 93 for four before its not yet over," Sindhu said after bronze medals in 2013 and 2014, point with a precise smash but a KL Rahul c Bairstow b Stokes 13 Erwee with his team tottering at ing of day four by removing Second took charge. the match. will face Olympic champion and couple of wide strokes on both V Kohli lbw b Stokes 51 93 for four, Second held the Kohli and Mohammad Shami in Brief Scores: Sindhu entered the match former two-time gold medallist sides of the court helped the A Rahane c †Bairstow b Curran 2 South Africa 'A' innings together the same over. James Anderson South Africa 'A': 246 for 8 in with a 6-4 head-to-head record Carolina Marin of Spain tomor- Japanese move to 6-3. R Ashwin c †Bairstow b Anderson 13 before he was the last man out (2-50) and Stuart Broad (2-43) 88 overs (Rudi Second 94, Sarel against Yamaguchi, who had row. At 4-8, Sindhu reeled off five D Karthik c Malan b Anderson 20 on the first day of the four-day took a brace each as England Erwee 47; Sarel Erwee 3/56, defeated the Indian in big-ticket Marin had robbed Sindhu off straight points to grab a 9-8 lead. HH Pandya c Cook b Stokes 31 game. He hit 12 boundaries in drew first blood in what promis- Navdeep Saini 2/47, Rajneesh events such as All England a gold medal at the Rio Olympics However, the Japanese managed Mohammed Shami c Bairstow b Stokes 0 his 139-ball innings. es to be an engrossing five- Gurbani 2/47). (PTI) Championship this year and after defeating the Indian in the to hold a slender 11-10 lead at the I Sharma lbw b Rashid 11 match series. Dubai Superseries Final last year. summit clash. break after Sindhu failed to cross U Yadav not out 0 The Indian bowlers did their The duo faced off twice this year Overall, Marin has a 6-5 the net. Extras (B-1, LB-1) 2 job in both the innings but the with each registering a win. advantage over Sindhu, who had After the breather, Sindhu Total: (For 10 wickets in 54.2 Overs) 162 batsmen, with the exception of "We know each other's game, beaten the Spaniard in their last stepped up her retrieving skills Kohli, let the team down again. Bowling: J Anderson 16-2-50-2, S Broad 14-2-43-2, B Stokes we play very often, we played at encounter at the Malaysia Open and covered the court better as The second Test begins at 14.2-2-40-4, S Curran 6-0-18-1, A Rashid 4-1-9-1. the All England Championship. in June. Yamaguchi tried to put the shuttle Lord's on August 9. 17th Test half-century off 88 diately. Two fours off his blade So we needed to be patience and "Tomorrow is going to be an close to the lines and ended up The sun was out at balls. meant that England had to consistent to win. I was prepared aggressive match. Again we committing many unforced Edgbaston but the ball was Thanks to those boundaries rethink their plans once again. for long matches because both know each other's game, so no errors. doing enough to trouble the off Pandya, the bowling Adil Rashid (1-9) then was Yamaguchi and Okuhara are very easy matches, no easy points, just At 10-12, Sindhu rode on batsmen. India got off to a poor changes came and they worked brought on after the drinks good players and can go on and have to turn up and give my best eight straight points to reach 18- start as Dinesh Karthik (20) fell for England. In the 47th over break and for the second time on in the rallies," Sindhu said. tomorrow," Sindhu said. 12. However, she went out twice on the sixth ball of the day, then, Stokes trapped Kohli lbw in this Test, he trapped Sharma Ace skaters of the State posing along with President of J&K "So I had to be on the court Marin today beat Chinese and also sent the shuttle long once caught at second slip off as the batsman moved too far lbw with a googly. Skating Association, GS Khurmi after returning from Italy. always. In the second game when eighth seed He Bingjiao 13-21 to allow Yamaguchi make a Anderson. forward and across to counter At nine down, it was but a 21-16 21-13 to make her third recovery.(PTI) It brought Pandya to the the incoming delivery. The matter of time even as Pandya crease, but Kohli was not yet skipper did check for DRS tried to stay at the wicket and Five skaters of J&K represent ready to farm strike and trusted review but it went in England's fight until the very end. He Qualifiers of National Eligibility Test his partner. It meant that Pandya favour. tried rotating strike with India, young Hiteshwar shines Ruby Qureshi, D/o Haji Shivali Khajuria, D/o Sheetal Lalotra, D/o Desraj hogged majority of the deliver- Surprisingly, Shami (0) Umesh Yadav and attacked Excelsior Sports Correspondent and emerged highest scorer for Mohd Fazil Sudershan Lalotra and ies early in their partnership, but came out to bat next and Stokes Rashid as well. India. Qureshi, R/o Khajuria and Poonam Lalo- the skipper didn't mind. made it a double blow in four But Stokes, who might not JAMMU, Aug 4: Five ace These skaters were selected Saaj, Thanna- Gulshan Khaj- tra, R/o Ward Kohli only faced six balls in balls as the batsman was caught play the second Test owing to skaters of Jammu and Kashmir by the Roller Skating Federation mandi, Rajouri, uria, R/o Indira No. 3, Shivpuri the first 15 minutes of play, but behind. his court case, managed to nick namely Arjun, Tarun Gandotra, of India (RSFI) afer conducting who has quali- Nagar, Miran Colony, Kathua, Pandya grew in confidence as Ishant Sharma (11), who out the edge England wanted. Dhruv Pant, Abhinav Gupta and selection trials at Noida and fied (NET) in Sahib, Jammu, who has quali- the duo put on 29 runs for the has a county half-century this Pandya was caught at first slip young Hiteshwar Singh repre- coaching camp at Jodhpur and Psychology. who has quali- fied (NET) in seventh wicket as he struck sented Indian team in the World summer, came down as low as to signal India's defeat in a see- Noida respectively. Ravi Kumar Sharma, S/o fied (NET)-JRF in Education. English Literature. some lusty blows off Broad. Inline Hockey Championship number ten, and looked more sawing Test. The President of Jammu and Vidya Ram The skipper reached his held recently at Asiago/Roana in Sonakshi comfortable than Shami imme- On day one, Joe Root's 80 Kashmir roller Skating Sharma and Rachna Chanyal, D/o Vijay Italy. Malhotra, R/o runs helped England score 287 Association, GS Khurmi along Savitri Devi, R/o Kumar, R/o Gandotra is International Udhampur, who runs in their first innings. On with other members accorded a Village Banol, Sambal Danga, player, State Awardee and Sher- has qualified day two, Kohli scored a mas- warm welcome to these skaters Premnagar, Udhampur, who e-Kashmir Awardee, Tarun is (NET) in terful 22nd Test hundred to res- after their return from Italy and Doda, who has has qualified also an International player, English. cue India from 169-7 as they lauded them for their efforts to qualified (NET) (NET) in Dhruv Pant (National player), finished with 274 in reply. On get the National selectors nod. in English. Commerce. day three, Ishant's 5-51 saw Abhinav Gupta (International He also encouraged the players Pooja Lask- England bowled out for 180 player) and Hiteshwar Singh and motivated them for the Aakriti Suresh, D/o Suresh Harsha Gupta, D/o Sushma otra, D/o Neena runs and setting up a 194-run (National player) has represent- upcoming Championships. Kumar and and Vinod Gupta, Kumari and target. (PTI) ed the country for the first time Anjali Badyal, R/o Jeevan Sham Lal, R/o Inter-district Boxing, R/o Shiva Lane, Nagar, Digiana, Vijaypur, Sam- GGHSS Satwari eves win Poonch House, Jammu, who has ba, who has Karate C'ship Talab Tillo, qualified (NET) qualified (NET) Jammu, who has in Environmental in English. Inter-School C'ship concludes in Kargil qualified (NET) Sciecne. Excelsior Sports Correspondent School and the 3rd position was Excelsior Sports Correspondent in History. Monika Rani Bilques Winners of Inter-APS Tournament receiving trophy from the claimed by Tannu Baloria of May Bhardwaj, D/o JAMMU, Aug 4: Trouncing KARGIL, Aug 4: State- Shiwani Rani, D/o Late Sat Fatima, D/o Ali chief guest Col Naveen Kumar and other dignitaries on Fair HSS Jammu. Sham Lal and DPS Jammu convincingly by (2-0) level inter-district boxing and Pal Adgotra and Rahim and Saturday. Meanwhile, Gourav Chettri of Radha Rani, R/o karate championship-2018 for Neelam Kumari, Zahara Khan, sets, Government Girls Higher Banyan International Jammu Nanak Nagar, all age groups of boys and girls R/o Village R/o Hussain Secondary School (GGHSS) clinched 1st position in Artistic Jammu, who has APS Kaluchak lifts Inter-APS concluded today here at Indoor Barian (Chha- Abad, Kargil, Satwari won the Badminton title in Gymnastics, while Manav Gupta qualified (NET) Stadium. jwal), Vijaypur, who has quali- the ongoing Inter-School District of DPS Jammu and Dhruv Dewan in Education. Senior Superintendent of Samba, who has fied (NET) in Economics. Level Tournament for Girls Under- of Ranbir HSS Jammu claimed Football Championship Police (SSP) Kargil, Tsering qualified (NET) 19 years in the sports disciplines of 2nd and 3rd position respectively. Pankaj Kum- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Championship. Gyalpo attended the closing in Commerce. Swati Sharma, D/o DK Badminton, Yoga, Thang-tha, In all, 100 players drawn from ar, S/o Shaillo The purpose of the compe- ceremony of the event. He said Sharma and JAMMU, Aug 4: Wushu, Sqay, Judo, Fencing and 14 zones of Jammu District took Zatoon Akhter, D/o Mohd Ram and Sudesh tition was not only to foster that the organizing of state- Kiran Sharma, Outplaying APS BD Bari in a Gymnastics of District Jammu part in the competitions, organized Sadeeq and Rani, R/o Baran, virtues and sportsmanship level championship in the dis- R/o Colonel close contest by two goals to concluded at Indoor Complex, by the Department of Youth Bashira Bi, R/o Kot Bhalwal, spirit amongst the children but trict would provide a platform Colony, Jammu, one (2-1) in summit clash, MA Stadium, here. Services and Sports under the Dharana, Men- Jammu, who has to help them display their to the youth to achieve excel- who has quali- APS Kaluchak lifted the title In Gymnastics Girls Under-19 patronage of Shiekh Fayaz Ahmad dhar, Poonch, qualified (NET) skills at the higher levels. lence in the sports and also fied (NET) in trophy of the ongoing Inter- years, Shweta Gupta of SM Jain , Director General and under the who has quali- in Commerce. Col Naveen Kumar was the help in promoting sports cul- Geography. APS Cluster-1 Boys Football HSS Jammu bagged 1st position overall supervision of Madan Lal, fied (NET) in chief guest on the valedictory ture. Vasu Siotra, Championship, here today. in Artistic Gymnastics, while Joint Director. Sociology. function, who distributed He said holding of such Arpana Devi, D/o Sher S/o Ramesh The competition witnessed Sudipiti Khanna won second spot Chanchal Kour, DYSSO prizes among the winners and events will also help players to Madhu Fak- Singh and Satya Chander Siotra dominant performances and and Aakashika Sharma of KC Jammu was the Organising runners-up teams. get chance to compete at waria, D/o Devi, R/o and Ramni Devi, close contests. It was head to Public School claimed 3rd place. Secretary of the tournament. He lauded the efforts of the national and international Mangat Ram, Kalibari, Kath- R/o Kharote, head between the teams of In Rythmic Gymnastics, 1st The main objective of the com- players for their brilliant per- level. R/o Jassore, ua, who has Kathua, who has APS Kaluchak and APS BD position went to Sneha Dewan of petitions was to select the teams of formances. The tournament was inau- Kheeper, Jam- qualified (NET) qualified (NET) Bari who had qualified for the Oriential Academy Jammu, the Jammu District for the next level of Hem Lata Vishen, gurated on August 02, 2018 by mu, who has in Library and in Geography. finals. 2nd position was bagged by competitions. Principal APS Kaluchak qualified (NET) Information Sci- Eight schools including Tawishi Singh of KC Public the Deputy Commissioner and Kavita Choor, D/o Subhash enthused the players by postu- Chief Executive Officer in Education. ence. APS Jammu Cantt, APS lating that one can't let the Chander and LAHDC Kargil. Shveta Sharma, D/o Hari Damana, APS Ratnuchak, highs make one feel overcon- Oil India awards Rs 20 Sheetal Kapoor, D/o Mamta Devi, The Kargil district won Har Sharma and APS BD Bari, APS fident nor can one let the loss Saudagar Kap- R/o Jaswan, both boxing and karate games Isha Sharma, R/o Miransahib, APS Samba, APS be a reason to dampen one's oor, W/o Rahul Marh, Jammu, lakh to sprinter Hima Das while as Leh district bagged Rajinder Nagar, Sunjwan and APS Kaluchak spirit. Singh, R/o RS who has quali- took part in this four days GUWAHATI, Aug 4: the IAAF World Under-20 2nd position and Jammu dis- Pura, Jammu, Bantalab, Jam- fied (NET) in Athletics Championships in trict got the 3rd position. mu, who has Hima Das, the first Indian to who has quali- Hindi. Adam Peaty breaks own 100m Finland last month. The SSP felicitated the fied (NET) in qualified (NET) win a gold medal in a tract event Monika Bhagat, D/o Babu Bora also said a scholarship teams who participated in the Sociology. in Psychology. breaststroke world record at the World Junior Athletics of Rs 17,000 per month was event and showed the best per- Ram Bhagat and Championships in 2018, has being paid to sports persons formance during the tourney. Swati Vijay, Mridu Shar- Santosh Kumari, GLASGOW, Aug 4: been awarded a grant of Rs 20 from Assam, including 2018 Senior officers of YSS D/o Payal and ma, D/o Lalita R/o Rajpur lakh by Oil India Ltd. and Ashwani Adam Peaty broke his own world record for the 100 metres Under-19 Cricket World Cup Department and district admin- Vijay Atri, R/o Kouler, Bari The public sector oil major's Kumar Badyal, breaststroke on Saturday with a time of 57.00 seconds in the final squad member Riyan Parag and istration and a good number of Paharian Street, Brahmana, Sam- CMD Utpal Bora told reporters who has quali- of the event at the European Championships in Glasgow. promising table tennis player sportspersons were present on Jammu, who has ba, who has here today that the financial aid fied (NET) in The 23-year-old shattered the mark of 57.13 he set at the Rio Trisha Gogoi, to help them par- the occasion. qualified (NET) qualified (NET) was being given to the champion English. Olympics two years ago. ticipate in tournaments. (PTI) in English. in Commerce. sprinter, hailing from Assam, to Peaty remains the only man in history to go under 58 seconds help her prepare for upcoming over the distance. tournaments, including the The Olympic gold medallist struggled to reach his own lofty Olympics. standards at the Commonwealth Games, pipped to the 50-metre Das clinched the top spot in breaststroke title and failing to show his best form in the the women's 400m final race at 100m.(PTI)