WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU steamroll Sri Lanka in Tendulkar's big no to 4-dayers, Serena powers past Giorgi says don't tinker with Tests second T20 to go 1-0 up NEW DELHI, Jan 7: days to go. That changes the for ‘solid’ start to 2020 thinking and dynamics of the INDORE, Jan 7: backward point and mid-off who got off the blocks with a The iconic Sachin game," said the only man to AUCKLAND, Jan 7: time Grand Slam winner eyes firmly on a record- region. His cover drives seemed delightful cover drive off a juicy Tendulkar has vehemently have played 200 international Svetlana Kuznetsova before the equalling 24th Grand Slam title. K L Rahul maintained his as effortless the backfoot punch- half-volley from Bumrah. It was opposed the International games in the longest format. Serena Williams found her Russian pulled out due to a virus, While Williams is the undis- upper hand over Shikhar es. the first legitimate ball Bumrah Cricket Council's proposed The other worrying aspect power game after a sluggish start said her preparation had been puted face of American tennis, Dhawan in the race for the open- Both Dhawan and Rahul are bowled in his comeback game "four-day Test", urging the gov- could be spinners being ren- as she overcame qualifier Camila helped by playing doubles with she has been joined in Auckland er's slot with a classy knock as competing for the second open- after starting with a wide. erning body to refrain from dered ineffective with a day less Giorgi to open her 2020 season Caroline Wozniacki the previous by the new wave of US tennis India outplayed Sri Lanka by er's slot. Bumrah, playing his first with a straight-sets victory at the evening which allowed her to stars, headed by the tournament seven wickets in the second T20 After the fall of the openers, game in more than three months, "tinkering" with a format in in hand. Auckland WTA Classic today. adapt to the blustery Auckland third seed Amanda Anisimova International here today. Kohli and Iyer enthralled the bowled his two overs in the which the spinners come into "Taking away the fifth day With an eye on the Australian weather. who did not disappoint. The convincing win gave the Indore crowd with some clean Powerplay from different ends, play on the final day. track from a spinner is like tak- Open later in the month, the 38- "I knew it was going to be The 18-year-old, who cap- hosts an unassailable 1-0 lead in hitting. giving away 16 runs. He The ICC wants to change ing away the first day track the three-match series. Earlier, a disciplined Indian removed Dasun Shanaka with a the 143-year old five-day for- from a fast bowler. There is no year-old worked her way into a really tough but I think the dou- tured world attention reaching After reducing an inexperi- bowling attack proved too good slower ball in his third over mat to four days with more fast bowler in the world who the semi-finals of the French before conceding 12 runs in the emphasis on limited-overs wouldn't want to bowl on a fifth Open last year where she lost in 20th. cricket for the next cycle but it day track. three sets to eventual champion Opener Fernando looked all has met with stiff resistance "On the final session of a Ashleigh Barty, needed 78 min- class in the middle until he threw across the globe from leading fifth day, any spinner would utes to dispose of Kateryna it away. stars including Virat Kohli, like to bowl. The ball doesn't Kozlova of the Ukraine 6-3, 6-4. Danushka Gunathilaka (20 Ricky Ponting, Justin Langer turn from the first day or the Unlike Williams, Anisimova off 21), too, looked good at the and Nathan Lyon to name a few. first session. The wicket takes said she felt quite at home in the other end, but just like Fernando, "From a purist's point of time for wear and tear. The fifth Auckland wind. he also departed after getting set. view and being an admirer of day brings with it, turn, bounce "I've been training in Miami Fernando was caught at mid- Test cricket, I don't think it and the unevenness of the sur- and it's really the same," she off in Washington Sundar's first should be tinkered with. The face. It doesn't happen on the said. over before Saini cleaned up format has to be played in the first two days," he explained. The top five seeds were all in left-hander Gunathilaka with a way it has been played for so Tendulkar fully understands action on Tuesday and along fast yorker, something the Delhi many years," Tendulkar told that there's a commercial aspect with Williams and Anisimova, pacer has been doing really well. PTI in an exclusive interview. and audience interest attached blistering performance that bles really helped. I got to come Petra Martic, defending champi- Kuldeep, too, struck in his A day less, according to the to the game but he wants one proved too much for the 1.7 out here and play a little bit in on Julia Goerges and Caroline opening after Oshada Fernando world's highest run-getter format to remain the true Test metre (5ft 6in) Italian. these conditions and get used to Wozniacki also progressed to (10 off 9) failed to pick his goo- across two formats, will lead to of batsmanship. She described her first match them." the second round. Virat Kohli hitting Lasit Malinga for a six during his knock gly, leaving Sri Lanka at 82 for batsmen thinking of Tests as an "We first need to understand since losing the US Open final in After more than three Second seed Martic from of 30 runs against Sri Lanka in Indore on Tuesday. three in the 12th over. extended version of limited- why do they want it and what September as "solid" rather than months off court, Williams took Croatia had trouble at the start Kuldee got rid of the danger- overs cricket. are the reasons for that. That's spectacular. time to settle and was forced to against 21-year-old American enced Sri Lanka to 142 for nine, for the struggling Sri Lankans, ous Perera in his next over. After "The batsmen will start one side of it and obviously it's "Spent a long time off from save an early break point with Usue Arconada and dropped the Rahul (45 off 32) provided a per- reducing the visitors to a below- reverse sweeping the left-spin- thinking that it is a longer ver- got to do with the commercial tournament play, match play, so the first six games all going first set before prevailing 5-7, 6- fect start, taking India to 54 for par total. ner for a six, Perera tried to clear sion of limited overs match side as well," he said. solid is pretty good. It's a great with serve. 4, 6-4. no loss in six overs. On a good batting surface, the straight boundary but was because the moment you bat till "Audience-friendly, yes, it start to build on," she said after But at 3-3 in the first set, Wozniacki cruised against Eventually, Virat Kohli (30 the inexperienced Sri Lanka caught by Dhawan at long-on. the second day lunch, you know is important. But for that, from sealing her 6-3, 6-2 victory with Williams found her range and New Zealander Paige Hourigan not out off 17) and Shreyas Iyer batsmen squandered promising (PTI) that there's only two and half Tests, we have moved to ODIs her eighth ace against the 99th- from there on the result was with a 6-1, 6-0 victory in 53 (34 off 26), who batted ahead of starts. Their job was made hard- and T20s and now we even ranked Giorgi. never in doubt. minutes while Germany's the skipper at number three, fired er by Navdeep Saini (2/18), have T10s. So there should be “It's really good that I still Auckland is an important Goerges came from 2-5 down in India home in 17.3 overs. Shardul Thakur (3/23) and IGP Jammu honours something for the purists and have some power left in my arms tournament for the veteran as the second set to beat Greet Iyer fell just before India Kuldeep Yadav (2/38), who that's Test cricket," the maestro and my legs.” Williams, she prepares for the Australian Minnen of Belgium 6-1, 7-6 crossed the finishing line as shared seven wickets among added. (PTI) originally drawn to play two- Open later in the month with her (7/4). Kohli finished things with a themselves. Insp Rajesh Anand spectacular six over deep fine Coming from a three-month Lakshya out in qualifiers, Rankireddy-Shetty leg. injury lay-off, lead pacer Jasprit Excelsior Sports Correspondent Asian Championship held at The third and final game of Bumrah did not look at his best, in 1989, the series will be played in Pune ending with figures of 32 for one JAMMU, Jan 7: Inspector (1997), Korea (2010), China & duo loses in 1st round of Masters on Friday. in four overs, the most expensive General of Police Jammu Zone, Taiwan (2010) under his captain- , Jan 7: Kashyap will open his cam- Dhawan (32 off 29), return- after Kuldeep. Mukesh Singh felicitated cy. paign against top seed Kento ing to action after missing the In a rare occurrence, death Inspector Rajesh Anand of J&K In the year 2002 he qualified failed to quali- Momota, while Kidambi limited overs series against the overs expert Bumrah conceded Police for winning gold medal in International Referee exam con- fy for the main draw while the Srikanth will take on second West Indies due to injury, was three back-to-back boundaries in 57th Roller Sports Championship ducted in Portugal and thereafter pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy seed Chou Tien Chen of not at his fluent best and could the 20th over. Kusal Perera top- (Roller Hockey) held at participated in various Asian and and Chirag Shetty crashed out Chinese Taipei in the men's not keep up with Rahul at the scored for Sri Lanka with an World Championships in the first round as Indian shut- singles opening round. other end. entertaining 34 off 28 balls. as referee. tlers got off to a poor start at Among other Indian men's The 27-year-old from Both teams went in with the Presently the Malaysia Masters here today. singles shuttlers, Sameer Karnataka carried his sublime same eleven that was picked for Officer is the coach of Rising player Lakshya went Verma will take on 's form against the West Indies into the abandoned series opener. Indian Roller Hockey down to Denmark's Hans- Kantaphon Wangcharoen while effectively what was the first Sri Lanka made a decent start Team since 2004 and Kristian Solberg Vittinghus 21- H S Prannoy will be up against game of the series, following the after Kohli opted to chase on a also functioning as 11 18-21 14-21 in a hard-fought Kanta Tsuneyama of in washout in Guwahati. batting beauty, reaching 48 for National/International Ladakh Ice Hockey Team posing for a group photograph after winning the title. — Excelsior / Morup Stanzin match in the men's singles qual- the opening round. B Sai Rahul's off-side play was a one in six overs. Referee of Roller ifiers that lasted 49 minutes. Praneeth, meanwhile, will face treat to the eye, with five of his The brisk start was provided Hockey and is repre- Lakshya's compatriot Denmark's Rasmus Gemke. six boundaries coming between by Avishka Fernando (22 off 16), senting India in various UT Ladakh eves lift 7th Shubhankar Dey also failed to The Indian women singles Asian and World make the men's singles main shuttlers will also open their Arya Vir wins gold in 57th IGP Jammu, Mukesh Singh honour- Championships. draw after losing 15-21 15-21 campaigns on Wednesday with ing Inspector Rajesh Anand in Jammu. In the year 2003 the National Ice Hockey C’ship to Malaysia's Liew Daren in sixth seed P V Sindhu taking officer name was Excelsior Sports Correspondent Similarly, in Under-20 boys' the qualifiers of the Super 500 on Russia's Evgeniya National Roller Skating C’ship Vishakhapatnam, recently. entered in the LIMCA book of tournament. Kosetskaya, while Sania Inspector Anand of J&K world records for being the team tournament, six teams drawn Excelsior Sports Correspondent level and bringing laurels for the LEH, Jan 7: UT Ladakh from Delhi, Haryana, The biggest upset of the Nehwal will be up against Police represented Masters J&K leader of "Rally on Skates" on the day for India was the ouster of Lianne Tan of Belgium. department. Roller Hockey team as captain in world's highest motorable road Women teams lifted the 7th Maharashtra, Chandigarh and JAMMU, Jan 7: Arya Vir It is pertinent to mention here National Ice Hockey UT Ladakh took part. the world number 12 men's In the mixed doubles, the 57thRoller Sports Championship from Leh to Khardung-la which doubles duo of Rankireddy and Indian pair of Pranaav Jerry Singh Jamwal, an employee of that Arya Vir had represented (Roller Hockey) which was held was organized by J&K Police. Championship (Women) played The Under-20 final match State Taxes Department, Jammu India in many Asians and World here in Leh at Karzoo Ice was played between team UT and Shetty, who fought hard Chopra and N Sikki Reddy are at Vishakhapatnam (AP) where In recognition to his distin- before going down to world up for a tough first round won gold medal in the recently Championships at Japan, South J&K UT team was declared guished services he was conferred Hockey Rink today. Ladakh and team Chandigarh in concluded 57th National Roller Korea, Taiwan and Macau. The tournament was organ- which UT Ladakh defeated number 19 and encounter as they are pitted champion when it defeated the with Sher-e-Kashmir Award in of Malaysia. against top seeds Zheng Si Wei Skating Championship (Masters Moreover the Government had Chandigarh UT team in the final 1991 by J&K State Government, ised by Ice Hockey Association Chandigarh by three goals to Category) which was held at provided him job on the basis of of India (IHAI) with the support two. The India duo lost 15-21 and Huang Ya Qiong of China. match and clinched gold medal. Best Goal Keeper award in 32th 21-18 15-21 against the lower- (PTI) Vishakapatnam, Andra Pradesh. his sports performance. The officer has represented National Championship at of Ladakh Winter Sports Club. IHAI General Secretary Deputy Commissioner Prominent who were present As many as four women Ice Harjinder Singh said that the ranked local pair in a first country in international sports Patiala, Best Sports Person Award round duel that lasted 52 min- Fatima Bano, D/o Abdul (Central Enforcement, Jammu) on the occasion were Kuldeep events from the year 1987 to 2010 by J&K State Government in Hockey teams representing players will be selected for pres- Hussain, R/o Village Kukshow, State taxes Department Vishesh Jandial, Satya Bushan, Raj Chandigarh, Delhi, Maharashtra tigious Challenge Cup of Asia in utes. and has remained captain of the 2006, DGP Medal in 2006, Police It was a bad day in office Kargil Ladakh, who has been Mahajan appreciated the per- Kumar, Kusum, Nitin Sharma Indian team for 13 years. Indian Medal for Meritorious Services and UT Ladakh participated in Thailand from February 0 to declared formance of Arya Vir at national and Bhopinder Singh. the tournament. February 15, 2020. for the Indians as the women's team has won 5 bronze medals in 2018 by GoI. doubles pair of Pooja Dandu qualified for Playing the final match today Likewise girls will also play the award of UT Ladakh won the tournament Challenge Cup of Asia in and Sanjana Santosh also failed to make the main draw. the degree of by scoring 2 goals against the Philippines from February 23 to Doctor of JAMMU MUNICIPAL CORPORATION lone goal scored by Team Delhi. 28, 2020. Dandu and Santosh lost to the Indonesian pair of Siti Philosophy TOWH HALL JAMMU Fadia Silva Ramadhanti and (PhD) in Prajnesh ousted from 15-21 10-21. Agricultural On Wednesday, Parupalli Extension and Communication by Sher-e-Kashmir University of NIT No. 04JCW of 2019-20 Ravail Parihar S/o Joginder Agricultural Sciences and Bendigo Challenger Parihar and Sudeshna Devi R/o Municipal Corporation, Jammu invites Offers from Industrial/ business Houses/Social Technology of Jammu. She BENDIGO (AUSTRALIA), errors. I was aggressive and Baintha (Pallali) Paddar, worked on the topic "Farmers' Organizations /Clubs /Financial Institutions etc., having interest in the Maintenance and Jan 7: tried to attack and that was the Kishtwar Knowledge and Practices about upkeep of the City Rotaries on payment basis to the corporation. The organisations Prajnesh Gunneswaran positive from today's match," who has been Agrochemical Use on Selected fought hard before going down Prajnesh told PTI. declared crops in Jammu and Kashmir stand to gain publicity of their concern while also getting an opportunity to participate against Japanese Taro Daniel in "In the first set I had qualified for State," under the supervision of with Jammu Municipal Corporation to make city beautiful. the second round of the Bendigo chances in the beginning. He the award of Dr Rakesh Nanda, Professor Challenger event, here today. was tentative because it was his the degree of and Head, Division of Prajnesh lost 4-6 6-7(4) to first match of the season. He Master of Agricultural Extension The form for submission of Consent & Rates including eligibility criterion, scope of the the Japanese, ranked 16 places was pushing the second serves Philosophy Education, SKUAST -J. work, terms and conditions etc. can be had from the office of Joint Commissioner above him at number 122 at the a bit but I did not go after that. (M. Phil) in Education by USD 162480 ATP Challenger I could have changed the tempo University of Jammu. He Dr Harjinder Singh, S/o Rani event. of the match, had I been a break worked on the topic "Integration Devi and Lochan Singh, R/o The Indian could convert up early, than being on serve of Information and Village Kathar Manwal, just one of the six break chances and losing at 4-5." Communication Technology Jammu, who he created while he saved six of Further explaining the rea- (ICT) in promoting Teaching- has been the eight break points he faced sons for not doing as well as he Learning Process in Secondary declared in the one-hour-30-minute con- could have, Prajnesh said he School Students" under the qualified for test. still can't unleash his favourite supervision of Dr. S K Panda, the award of "It was a close match but I shot since he has not yet com- Assistant Professor at the degree of had a lot of chances but I could pletely recovered from his Department of Education, Doctor of not convert. I made a lot of wrist injury. (PTI) University of Jammu. Philosophy (PhD) in Physics by the University of Jammu. He Qualifiers of National Eligibility Test worked on the topic, Excelsior Correspondent NET in Public Administration. English. "Investigations on Preparation Archana Monika Rani Bhardwaj, D/o of Coordinated Rare Earth The following candidates Devi, D/o Sham Lal and Crystals for their Electrical, have qualified National Shankar Dass, Radha Rani, Optical and Mechanical Eligibility Test (NET) conduct- R/o Vijaypur, R/o Nanak Applications," under the super- ed by National Testing Agency Reasi, who has Nagar, vision of Prof KK Bamzai. (NTA), the result of which was qualified NET Jammu, who declared by University Grants in Sociology. has qualified Muzaffer Hussain, S/o Mohd Commission (UGC), recently. Masood NET in Hanief and Naseema Begum, (works), Municipal Corporation, Jammu against non-refundable fee of Rs. 200/- (Rupees Ranveer Ahmed, S/o Education. R/o Village Angnool, Gandoh, two Hundred Only) in shape of DD or Treasury Voucher on any working day between Singh, S/o Ghulam Mohd Tariq Khan Doda, who Satya Devi Malik and S/o Mohd Taj has been 10:00 Hrs to 13.00 hrs. upto 20-01-2020. The EOI documents can also be downloaded and Shammi Zainab and Khurshied declared from website www.jmcjammu.org. Kumar, R/o Begum, R/o Begum R/o qualified for Village Village Ari, Mandhar, the award of Poneja, Bharat, Doda, Poonch, who the degree of * The due date and time of submission of bids —20-01-2020 upto 15.00 hrs. Chirala, Doda, who has quali- who has qualified NET in has qualified Doctor of * The date and time of opening of bids —23-01-2020 at 12.00 hrs. fied NET in English. History. NET in Economics. Philosophy Hitash Khajuria, S/o Pooja Pooja Kumari, D/o Rano Bharti Sharma D/o Sukhdev (PhD) in Political Science by Khajuria and Devi and Raj R/o Vill Kamaun University. He worked Joint Commissioner (w) Bhajan Lal, Rattan Singh Dhar Khour on the topic "Centre State Municipal Corporation, Jammu R/o Old R/o Shakti (Pallanwala) Administrative Relations in Railway Line, Nagar, Jammu, who India, with Special Reference to DIP/J-4149-P/19 Miran Sahib, Jammu, who has qualified Jammu and Kashmir," under Dated: - 07/01/2020 Jammu, who has qualified NET in the supervision of Dr Dr DKP has qualified NET in Education. Chaudhary.