THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India crush NZ by 8 in first Saina wins; Praneeth, Subhankar lose in ODI after sun-induced stoppage JAKARTA, Jan 23: Indonesian Fitriani, against NAPIER, Jan 23 : whom she has a 4-0 head-to-head The Indian trio of P V Sindhu, record. India produced of the and Kidambi In men's singles, eighth seed calibre that has become synony- Srikanth dished out superb per- Srikanth eased past Malaysia's mous with 's men to formances on the opening day to Chong Wei Feng 21-12 21-8 to set crush New Zealand in the first advance to the second round of the up a showdown with Japan's Asian ODI but a bizarre and unprece- USD 350,000 Indonesia dented sun-induced interruption Masters World Tour overshadowed the on-field Super 500 badminton action here Wednesday. tournament here today. Entering the five-match rub- Olympic and World ber following maiden Test and Championship silver ODI series triumphs in medallist Sindhu opened Australia, India signalled their the new season with a intent with a clinical display, fighting 22-24 21-8 21-17 Governor Satya Pal Malik posing along with football players during an exhibition match at achieved a new milestone in first ODI at win over 2012 London which saw them chase down a Napier as he became the second-fastest Indian after Virat Kohli Games champion Li Xuerui of Games bronze medallist Kenta BSF ground, Paloura in Jammu. -Excelsior/Rakesh revised target of 156 by eights to score 5000 ODI runs. China in a 54-minute women's sin- Nishimoto. wickets in 34.5 overs. SCOREBOARD gles match. But compatriots B Sai Governor witnesses Exhibition match between The Duckworth-Lewis The second seeded Indian will Praneeth and Subhankar Dey method came into the picture for New Zealand Innings: b Shami 5 now be pitted against Indonesia's failed to cross the opening hurdle at an interruption which was not b Shami 8 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. the tournament. caused by rain for the first time. (c) c Vijay Shankar b Kuldeep 64 Eighth seeded Saina, who had 2017 Singapore Open champi- JKP Team, Real Kashmir Football Club On a near-perfect day, the c & b Chahal 24 reached the semifinals at the on Praneeth was sent packing 12- only thing that didn't go their c & b Chahal 11 last week, recov- 21 16-21 by Olympic champion *Presents Rs 2 crore cheque to Real Kashmir FC way was the toss. But India Henry Nicholls c b Kedar 12 ered from a first-game loss to Chen Long of China in 40 minutes, made light of that by lbw b Shami 14 secure a 7-21 21-16 21-11 win over while Subhankar, who had won his Excelsior Sports Correspondent Rs 2 crore as per the decision teams of the country and praised out the home team for a paltry Doug Bracewell b Kuldeep Yadav 7 local hope Dinar Dyah Ayustine, maiden title at SaarLorLux Open JAMMU, Jan 23: Governor of the State Administrative the J&K Police Football Team 157 in 38 overs. 9 ranked 50th, in another women's in Germany last year, fought hard Satya Pal Malik witnessed an Council (SAC) taken on January for fighting so well against a st Dhoni b Kuldeep Yadav 0 Wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav singles match. It was Saina's third before going down 14-21 21-19 exhibition Football match which 14, 2019, under the chairman- strong team in this Exhibition c Rohit b Kuldeep Yadav 1 win over Ayustine. 15-21 against former World cham- was the most successful bowler, Extras: (W-2) 2 was played between Real ship of Governor Satya Pal match. returning figures of 4/39 in 10 Total: (all out in 38 Overs) 157 The 28-year-old from pion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. Kashmir Football Club and J&K Malik, who had accorded sanc- Governor observed that per- overs, while seamer Mohammed Bowler: 5-0-20-0, 6-2-19-3, Hyderabad will next face another (PTI) Police at BSF Stadium Ploura tion to the grant of Rs 2 crore as formances of the Teams in Shami finished with an excellent Vijay Shankar 4-0-19-0, 10-0-43-2, Kuldeep Yadav 10- here today. financial assistance to the Real today’s Match generate hope 3/19 in six overs. There were 1-39-4, 3-0-17-1. Nirmal to get Parshuram award Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, KK Kashmir Football Club annually for a bright future of game of also two wickets for leg-spinner India Innings: Sharma and K. Vijay Kumar, for a period of three years, Football in the State and his Yuzvendra Chahal. c Guptill b Bracewell 11 Excelsior Sports Correspondent Nrmal is among top six Advisors to Governor; BVR beginning 2018-19. Administration will provide Shikhar Dhawan not out 75 Kane Williamson coaches of the State in various Subrahmanyam, Chief The J&K Police was present- every possible support to help top-scored for the hosts with 64 Virat Kohli (c) c Latham b Lockie Ferguson 45 not out 13 JAMMU, Jan 23: For his sports disciplines, who have Secretary; Dilbag Singh, DGP; ed a cheque of Rs. 10 lakh as the the players in pursuing their pas- off 81 balls. Extras: (LB-5,W-7) 12 excellence in the field of been nominated for this award. RK Goyal, Principal Secretary prize money for today’s Match. sion for the game. He urged the In response, Shikhar Total: (for 2 wickets in 34.5 Overs) 156 Athletics as The other five being Mushtaq Home; NS Jamwal, IG BSF; Complimenting both the youth to take interest in the Dhawan began the innings with Bowler: Trent Boult 6-1-19-0, Tim Southee 6.5-0-36-0, Lockie Ferguson coach and Ahmed Zargar, Inderpal Singh, Sarmad Hafeez, Commissioner teams for their outstanding per- sports and extra- curricular a flurry of boundaries, eventual- 8-0-41-1, Doug Bracewell 7-0-23-1, Mitchell Santner 7-0-32-0. trainer, ace Manisha Gupta, Dalbir Kumar Youth Services and Sports and formances in today’s Match, activities for their holistic devel- ly finishing as the top-scorer have lost his focus after the din- Earlier, opting to bat, the coach and Anil Sharma. Naseem Javid Chowdary, Governor observed that the opment. with 75 off 103 balls. ner break, Kohli and Dhawan New Zealanders were off to an Nirmal The selected awardees will Secretary State Sports Council Real Kashmir Football team has A large gathering was pres- The left-handed opening bat- didn't let the sun-induced stop- inauspicious start, losing both Singh, who be honoured by a medal, a cita- were present on the occasion. performed exceptionally well at ent to cheer both the teams in man, battling indifferent form, page distract their minds when openers Martin Guptill and works as tion, a cash prize of Rs 51, 000 Both the teams were the national level where it this Exhibition Match. studded his innings with six play resumed. Kohli, though, Colin Munro within the first Lecturer of and a scroll of honour besides a declared as joint winners of the defeated many top level Football boundaries. got out five short of a fifty. five overs with just 18 runs on Physical ceremonial dress. Match which was organised by India were comfortably The Indian captain hit three the board. Education It is pertinent to mention the Jammu and Kashmir State After dinner, sun stops placed at 44 for one when, in a boundaries in his 59-ball knock By sending back Guptill in in the Department of Youth here that Nirmal has been instru- bizarre turn of events, players Sports Council in collaboration before pacer Lockie Ferguson his 56th match, the 28-year-old Services and Sports, has been mental in shaping the careers of walked off the ground after din- with the J&K Police. had him caught behind with a Shami became the fastest selected for the conferment of good number of students in play at McLean Park ner because the setting sun made The Real Kashmir Football quick that caught the Indian to reach 100 wickets in prestigious Parshuram Award. sports field. Team was presented a cheque of NAPIER, Jan 23: stoppage in his life. it difficult for them to spot the batsman by surprise. ODIs. (PTI) "Never in my life," he said ball at McLean park. In the course of his 26th Sun stops play after dinner. when asked about the halt due to This led to an interruption ODI fifty, Dhawan became the Aneesha excels in Rifle Shooting Sounds bizarre? But this is what which the target was revised by that has never been seen in inter- joint fourth fastest batsman to happened in the first India-New two runs and the match shortened national cricket before. Shami becomes fastest Indian to reach 5000 runs. Dhawan need- Excelsior Sports Correspondent She represented J&K Youth Zealand ODI at the McLean Park by an over. Because of the nearly half- ed 118 innings to reach the today. "It was funny. In 2014, I got an-hour delay, the target was Services and Sports Department, mark. reach 100 ODI wickets JAMMU, Jan 23: Ace young General Zorawar Singh Rifle Rain interruption in interna- out once with the sun in my eyes revised to 156 in 49 overs, tional cricket bringing the and this rule wasn't there then," This knock will bring some NAPIER, Jan 23: (Virat Kohli) who has always shooter of Jammu and Kashmir, Club and Jammu and Kashmir which the visitors chased with- relief for Dhawan as he hasn't Duckworth-Lewis method into Kohli said at the post-match pres- out much ado. encouraged me," Shami said after Rifle Association. consideration is nothing new. But entation ceremony. scored a half century in his last Pacer Mohammed Shami a haul of 3/19 in six overs that She scored an impressive While Rohit Sharma may nine innings. here it was the sun that troubled The decision to halt proceed- Wednesday became the fastest fetched him the man of the match 609.1 in under 17 women’s Rifle the batsmen by coming right in ings was taken after the dinner Indian to claim 100 wickets in award. category. She has been training the line of their view, forcing break of the day-nighter, keeping Kohli rested for last two ODIs, T20 series One-day Internationals, reaching Shami's number 100 under the able guidance of her play to stop for about half an the players' safety in mind, on- the mark in the opening match was New Zealand opener Martin coach Vishal Mehra for last one hour. field umpire Shaun George said. against New Zealand, Rohit to lead against New Zealand here. Guptill, who played onto his year. Indian captain Virat Kohli, "The setting sun is in the This was his 56th game in the stumps a delivery that moved in The Director of the School whose side's eight-wicket demo- eyes of the players and we need NAPIER, Jan 23: 39th hundred, taking his tally 50-over format. after pitching on a good length. across formats to 64. Ruchi Charak and the Principal lition of New Zealand was some- to think of their safety as well as India captain Virat Kohli was "I made a comeback after a With his brilliant opening umpires. There was an awareness Prior to the Australia tour, Anita Bhatia lauded the efforts what overshadowed by the on Wednesday rested for the last long time and spent a good time burst at McLean Park, the 28- Aneesha Sharma, student of of the shooter for this achieve- bizarre turn of events, said he has of it by the players (they didn't Kohli was rested for the home at our rehab centre which is world two games of the five-match year-old Shami continued his Rich Harvest School, Bari ment. never experienced a sun-induced appeal)," said the umpire. (PTI) T20 series against the West class. The management and sup- ODI series against New Zealand good showing in the limited overs Brahmana, Jammu excelled in and the following T20 series Indies. port staff have been really cooper- format, having impressed in He was also given a break ative, as has been my captain the prestigious Khelo India owing to his "workload in the Australia prior to this five-match Youth Games held at Pune in for the Asia Cup in September ODI series. last few months". Maharashtra recently. Vice-captain Rohit Sharma and Rohit led the team to the Qualifiers of National Before Shami, Irfan Pathan will lead the side in his absence. title in the event held in the reached the 100-wicket mark in Anand draws with Rapport The selection committee and UAE. Eligibility Test 59 ODIs, while (65 the team management took the The Indian players have a The following candidates matches), Ajit Agarkar (67) and to stay in joint lead hectic schedule going into the Javagal Srinath (68) are the other call in view of his packed sched- have qualified National WIJK AAN ZEE (THE World Cup to be held in May- Indian bowlers to complete a cen- ule over the past couple of Eligibility Test (NET), the result NETHERLANDS), Jan 23: months during which he led July. tury of wickets in the quickest of which was declared by the Viswanathan Anand played India to their maiden Test and After the ongoing New time. University Grants Commission out an easy draw as black with bilateral ODI series wins in Zealand tour which ends with "Till now, whatever we have (UGC) recently. Richard Rapport of Hungary to Australia. the third T20 on February 10, Shahida Parveen, D/o Alif achieved has been a team effort. We enjoy each other's success and stay in joint lead on six points "Considering his workload India will host Australia for five Din, W/o Mohd are able to execute our plans. If after the end of the ninth round of in the last few months, the team ODIs starting February 24 and Sayed we have a plan A that doesn't Tata Steel Masters chess tourna- management and Senior selec- soon after the IPL follows. Chowdhary, R/o work, there's always a Plan B. As ment here. tion committee is of the view Star pacer Rajouri, who has a bowling unit, we decide things Tackling his first of the two that it would be ideal for him to has already been rested from the qualified together," he said. back-to-back black games in a get adequate rest ahead of the limited-overs tour of New National "Injuries changed my out- row with ease, Anand had a level home series against Australia," Zealand. Eligibility Test look. Pitches were similar to position on board for the major said the BCCI in a statement. India lead the ongoing ODI (NET) in Computer Science. Australia but the grounds there part and is now in a three-way tie "There will be no replace- series against New Zealand 1-0 Mohd Naseem Baloch, S/o were bigger and climate was with four rounds still remaining in ment for Mr. Kohli in the squad after winning the opening match Saber Bi and warmer, here the venues are the first super tournament of the for the New Zealand series. by eight wickets here Mohd Saleem, smaller with pleasant tempera- year. Rohit Sharma will captain the Wednesday. The second game R/o Mendhar, tures. Important to adapt and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia side in the final two ODIs and will be played in Mount Poonch, who has we're enjoying it," he added. joined Anand and world champi- T20I series," it added. Maunganui on Saturday. qualified Shami has endured an injury- on Magnus Carlsen of Norway in The 30-year-old on Tuesday The three-match T20 series National marred career and had even failed the lead following a fine victory became the first cricketer to win begins in Wellington on Eligibility Test the 'Yo-Yo' fitness test last year. over Indian Grandmaster Vidit all three major ICC awards -- the February 6. (PTI) (NET) in Economics. (PTI) Gujrathi. (PTI) Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the Year, Test Player of the Year and the ODI Player of the Year --, following an extraordinary 2018. In the historic Test series win in Australia, Kohli scored 282 runs at 40.28, including a hard fought hundred on a testing Perth pitch. In the following ODI series, he completed his Sanjita's provisional suspension revoked NEW DELHI, Jan 23: The International Weightlifting Federation has revoked the provisional suspen- sion on weightlifter K Sanjita Chanu for a failed dope test, a major reprieve for the two-time Commonwealth Games gold- medallist who has claimed innocence. In a case that has dragged on for almost a year and has been marred by an "administrative" goof-up in Sanjita's sample number, the IWF informed that a final decision on the matter is expected in the coming days. "On the basis of the infor- mation at its disposal, the IWF has decided that the provisional suspension of the athlete (Khumukcham Sanjita) shall be lifted as of today (22 January 2019)," IWF's legal counsel Eva Nyirfa said in an e-mail sent to the national federation and Sanjita. (PTI)