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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India rise to 2nd in ICC ODI rankings; Angels, Queens vie for top honours as Kohli, Bumrah remain on top T20 Cricket C'ship gets underway DUBAI, Feb 4: victory for the visiting side. The 29-year-old left-armer, The Indian cricket team who swung the ball prodigiously *KC Sports Club outplays Media CC Monday rose a rung to second in to claim five for 21 and helped Excelsior Sports Correspondent the ICC ODI rankings in which New Zealand to a win in the fourth captain Virat Kohli and pacer match, has moved up seven JAMMU, Feb 4: Budding Jasprit Bumrah continued to top places, the International Cricket female cricketers of Jammu the respective charts for batsmen Council said in a statement. divided in two teams of Jammu and bowlers. Boult topped the rankings in Angels and Jammu Queens India have accumulated 122 January 2016, and is again on his while vying for the top honours points on the back of series wins way up, with only Bumrah and took on each other in the inaugu- over Australia and New Zealand Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid ral tie of the T20 Cricket and are placed behind England Khan ahead of him. Championship, which got (126) in the fresh list, the ICC said India leg-spinner Yuzvendra underway in an impressive, Players ready to go during Ice Hockey Tournament in Drass. —Excelsior/Basharat Ladakhi in a statement. Chahal (up one place to fifth) and colourful and well attended Mahendra Singh Dhoni also fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar function at KC Sports Club moved up owing to a strong show- (up six places to 17th) are among ground, here today. DG Sports Dr Saleem-ur-Rehman testing cricketing skills City Red lifts Fire & Fury Winter ing against Australia last month, others to move up in the latest Transport Commissioner while inaugurating T20 Cricket Championship in Jammu. which fetched him the player of rankings. J&K was the chief guest on the the series award. Dhoni has moved The latest update also takes occasion, while Dr Saleem-ur- He said the sportspersons are won the match by 8 wickets. Carnival Ice Hockey Cup up three places to 17th position in into account India's preceding Rehman, Director General the real messengers of peace, Sonika was the top scorer with three-match series against Youth Services and Sports was prosperity and security as well. 38 runs, while Tanisha and Excelsior Sports Correspondent was the chief guest. India at International Level. the batting list for a run, which Australia, the five-match series the guest of honour. The guest of honour, Sanjana contributed 16 and 15 Appreciating the natural cli- They urged upon the Chief included three consecutive half- between South Africa and The other dignitaries present Saleem-ur-Rehman, DG Sports runs to the total respectively. DRASS, Feb 4: City Red mate favourable for Ice Hockey of Army Staff to further boost centuries against Australia. Pakistan, and the three matches on the occasion were Ajaz while speaking on the occasion Pushpa and Rudrakhi claimed 1 lifted the Ice Hockey Cup of the in Drass, Brig Naveen Kumar the game in Drass by developing New Zealand fast bowler between the United Arab Emirates Abdullah, Additional Transport said that the budding sportsper- wicket each. Fire & Fury’ Corps, ‘Forever In Goel, assured the players and infrastructure like all weather Trent Boult surged to third in the and Nepal. Commissioner; Vikas Sharma, sons are the best medium to pro- In another match of senior Ops’ Division Winter Carnival locals that all efforts will be Ice Hockey Rink, and support- rankings for bowlers after finish- Kedar Jadhav (up eight places Joint Transport Commissioner; mote any kind of activity. boys, KC Sports Club trounced 2019 by defeating City Blue by made by the Indian Army to fur- ing youths with Ice Hockey ing with 12 wickets in the series to 35th) is another one to advance Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, Additional The proceedings of the inau- Media Cricket Club in an easy 3 goals at Bhimbhat Ice Hockey ther popularize Ice Hockey as a Equipments which are very cost- against India, which culminated in for India in the list led by Kohli. Secretary; Mohd Amin, Under gural function were conducted contest. Rink, here. sport in the Western Ladakh ly to purchase by a poor youth. Wellington on Sunday with a 4-1 For South Africa, Quinton de Secretary, SRSC; Esha Chib, by Commentator Rajesh Dhar. Batting first, Media Cricket As part of ‘Sadhbhavna’ ini- region and appreciated the Kock (up one place to eighth), Assistant Transport In the first match of girls, Club bundled out on paltry 68 tiative by Indian Army in enthusiasm of participating Hashim Amla (up three places to Commissioner; besides Organizing Jammu Angels defeated Jammu runs in 19 overs. Ashu and Sahil Jammu and Kashmir, ‘Fire & teams in showcasing the sports- 13th) and Reeza Hendricks (up 36 Secretary SSP RK Bhat, MD KC Queens by 8 wickets. scored 15 runs each, while Arif Fury’ Corps, ‘Forever In Ops’ man spirit. places to 94th) have moved up Sports Club Arjun Choudhary and Batting first, Jammu Queens contributed 12 runs. From KC Div Winter Carnival 2019 is A total of eight teams from among batsmen while Andile Coordinator of the event, Chief scored 87 runs in the stipulated Sports Club, Vivek took 4 going on in Drass and the Ice Drass participated in this tourna- Phehlukwayo's eight wickets have Prosecuting Officer and former 12 overs, losing 3 wickets in the important wickets, while Basit Hockey Tournament was part of ment. seen him gain 13 places and reach Ranji Trophy Player, Rajesh Gill. process. Nadia Chowdhary top bagged 3 wickets. Anchal also this Winter Carnival. The winners and runners-up 19th position and Dwaine The tournament in which 10 scored with 25 runs, while Sarla picked 2 wickets and Abhinav The Ice Hockey Tournament teams will be felicitated during Pretorious has moved up from teams of senior cricketers, two and Rudrakshi contributed 23 claimed one. was organized by Army in collab- ‘Closing Ceremony’ of ‘Winter 53rd to 44th slot. teams of girls and two teams of and 21 runs to the total respec- In reply, KC Sports Club oration with the Civil Carnival 2019’ on February 18. In team Rankings, New under-12 boys are participating tively. For Jammu Angels, chased the target in just 6 overs Administration and Himalayan While talking Media Zealand have slipped behind is being organized by the Sanjana, Ananya and Tanisha without losing any wicket. Sports and Cultural Development International players South Africa to fourth place. Nepal Transport Department in collab- shared one wicket each. Vicky (29) and Abhinav (23) Organization, Drass. Mohammad Iqbal Junior and Zia now have a full ranking after oration with KC Sports Club, Jammu Angels, in reply, were the main scorers. KC On this occasion Brigadier Ul Haq said that its Indain Army crossing the threshold of eight Jammu. achieved the target in the last Sports Club won the match by Naveen Kumar Goel, Dy who has supported the youths of matches and are now tied with the While speaking on the occa- over by losing 2 wickets and 10 wickets. General Officer Commanding this region to excel in this sport Students Skiers posing along with dignitaries during flag-off UAE at 15 points with their 2-1 sion, the chief guest lauded the ‘Forever in Operations’ Division and has helped them to represent function before leaving for Russia. win but marginally behind on dec- efforts of the organizers in con- Sarwate, Karnewar put Sarmad Hafeez flags-off imals. (PTI) ducting this mega cricketing event. Hero Club wins 12th Christmas Vidarbha on top in Ranji final student skiers to Russia NAGPUR, Feb 4: by 154 runs as only Snell Patel offered resistance with his fight- Excelsior Sports Correspondent cers that these participants should Gold Cup Football Tournament Left-arm spinner Aditya ing knock of unbeaten 87, which be provided with the all requisite Excelsior Sports Correspondent was the chief guest, who distrib- Sarwate scalped the prize wicket came off 160 balls and had 14 SRINAGAR, Feb 4: logistic support. uted prizes among the winners of Cheteshwar Pujara in a game- boundaries. Secretary Youth Services & Hafeeza Akhtar, international JAMMU, Feb 4: Defeating and runners-up teams on the changing spell to complement a Patel had survived an appeal Sports and Information, Sarmad skiing coach said that the partici- J&K Power Development occasion. splendid rearguard action that put for a close catch off Wakhare's Hafeez, today flagged-off a group pants have been selected after Corporation (PDC) by five goals Yudhvir Singh Sethi, Vice defending champions Vidarbha bowling when he was on 75. The of student skiers to Russia to par- their due performance in Skiing to four via tie-breaker in the sum- President BJP (Jammu); Sheikh on top in the Ranji Trophy final TV replays showed that the ball ticipate in SAKHALIN 2019, 1st and Snow Boarding at state level mit clash, Hero Club lifted the Mehmood, District President against Saurashtra, here today. did kiss his gloves before going to Winners of Inter-College Symposium posing along with dig- Children of Asia Winter competitions. She added that four title trophy of the 12th Christmas JKFA; Kuldeep Singh, Vice After a depressing Sunday, it the forward short-leg fielder. nitaries and officials at Udhampur. International Sports Games. participants will take part in Gold Cup Football Tournament, President DFA Kathua; Romesh was an engrossing Monday that All-rounder Prerak Mankad While interacting with partici- Alpine skiing and one in snow- organised by All J&K Christian Chander Vice President, DFA entirely belonged to the home was batting on 16 with Patel pants, Secretary YSS encouraged boarding.