SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2014 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Bandeep, Hardeep score brilliant fifties Yuvraj fashions Punjab Afghanistan script history, beat Bangladesh by 32 runs victory; Manhas scores J&K loses to Services in FATULLAH (BANGLADESH), runs from last 10 overs as the duo third wicket but both were dis- Mar 1: of Stanikzai and Shenwari first missed in quick succession to 98 for Delhi thrilling contest by 2 runs stressed on building the innings leave Bangladesh reeling at 88 for NEW DELHI, Mar 1: Afghanistan notched up their and then unleashed an array of 4 halfway through their innings. Yuvraj Singh showed requi- Excelsior Sports Correspondent NH Verma and D Lochab con- first major win against a Test play- powerful strokes at the death to Momimul was castled by site patience before exploding tributed 28 and 22 runs to the ing nation as they produced an all- SCOREBOARD as his sparkling unbeaten 96 JAMMU, Mar 1: Despite total respectively. For J&K, round performance to script an Afghanistan innings scripted Punjab's six-wicket upset 32-run victory over superb half-centuries by the duo Parvez Rasool, Ramdayal and Mohammad Shahzad lbw b Rubel Hossain 2 win over Delhi in the second of middle-order batsmen Waseem Raza took 2 wickets Bangladesh in their Asia Cup north zone match of the Vijay match, here today. Karim Sadiq c & b Arafat Sunny 12 Hardeep Singh and Bandeep each by giving 33, 20 and 22 Najibullah Zadran b Arafat Sunny 21 Hazare Trophy here today. Singh and good job done by the runs in their 7,4 and 4 overs Chasing 255 for victory, Students and the dignitaries during distribution of scholar- Asghar Stanikzai not out 90 Chasing a target of 229, bowling trio of skipper and offie respectively, while Samiullah Bangladesh could not recover ships by NHPC in Jammu. Nawroz Mangal run out 24 Yuvraj shouldered bulk of the Parvez Rasool Zargar, speedster Beigh and Mohd Muddasir from a top-order collapse and kept on losing wickets at regular inter- Mohammad Nabi c Nasir Hossain b Mominul Haque 7 responsibility on a track where Ramdayal Punia and left-arm claimed one wicket each by con- Samiullah Shenwari run out 81 batting became difficult due to spinner, Waseem Raza, the ceding 53 and 35 runs in 9 and 6 vals to be bundled out for 222 in NHPC distributes scholarships 47.5 overs at Khan Shaheb Osman Mirwais Ashraf not out 0 overcast conditions. Jammu and Kashmir team fell overs respectively. Ali Stadium to slump to their sec- Extras (B-1, LB-6, W-10) 17 Punjab chased down the tar- short of just 2 runs to lose to In reply, J&K rode on bril- ond consecutive loss in the five- Total (for six wickets in 50 overs) 254 get in exactly 47 overs as Yuvraj Services in a thrilling contest of liant 60 runs by Hardeep Singh worth Rs 21,22,000 nation regional tournament. Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-40, 3-43, 4-74, 5-90, 6-254. scored 96 off 95 balls with 10 Vijay Hazare One-Day and unbeaten 55 by Bandeep Barring Mominul Haque (50), Bowling: Rubel Hossain 10-0-61-1; Abdur Razzak 10-1-57-0; fours and two sixes. Excelsior Correspondent to complete school education. Tournament at Palam-A ground Singh to reach to 169 runs in the Nasir Hossain (41) and Ziaur Arafat Sunny 10-0-44-2; Sohag Gazi 0.3-0-0-0; Nasir Hossain 2.3- The conditions required the The benefit will form the foun- in Delhi today. allotted 32 overs, thus losing the Rahman (41), none of their bats- 0-8-0; Mominul Haque 10-0-38-1; Ziaur Rahman 7-0-39-0. mentality of a grafter which JAMMU, Mar 1: NHPC dation for their educational Earlier, batting first, Services match by just 2 runs. Manish men showed enough patience to Bangladesh: Sehwag lacked and as usual Limited, Regional Office, attainment and provide a level scored 171 runs in the curtailed Dogra was the another notable stay at the crease and grind it out. Anamul Haque lbw b Hamid Hassan 1 looked miserable in another Jammu distributed scholarship playing field in the competitive 32 overs, losing 8 wickets in the contributor, who scored 29 runs Rahman tried to change the Shamsur Rahman b Shapoor Zadran 0 failure while Yuvraj was ready worth Rs 21,22000 today among employment arena. process. RS Palliwal top scored off 35 balls. For Services, A course of the game with a few Mominul Haqueb Samiullah Shenwari 50 to be patient initially before 225 students of Government Empowerment through edu- lusty blows towards the end but launching a swift counter with 54 runs off 43 balls, stud- Sinha took 4 wickets, while S Mushfiqur Rahimlbw b Mohammad Nabi 23 Schools in a simple function cation, which is one of the his efforts could not stop attack. ded with 7 boundaries, while Yadav bagged 3 wickets. Nasir Hossainc Samiullah Shenwari b Mirwais Ashraf 41 presided over by Tarsem Lal, objectives of this initiative, has Afghanistan from creating a crick- A cover drive off Nehra, a Naeem Islam c Nawroz Mangal b Hamid Hassan 35 Chief Education Officer, Jammu the potential to lead to uplift- eting history. flick and square cut off Rajat Ziaur Rahman b Mohammad Nabi 41 at Govt Higher Secondary ment of the socio economic con- Afghanistan's inexperience at the Bhatia were signature Yuvraj South Africa colts lift ICC U-19 Abdur Razzak run out 0 School, Bahu Fort, here. ditions of the girl community. international level was on full display shots. The standout shot cer- Arafat Sunny c Mohammad Shahzad b Shapoor Zadran 0 These scholarships were Earlier, Ekramul Haque, when their butterfingered fielders tainly was a pull off Nehra Rubel Hossain c Nawroz Mangal b Mohammad Nabi 17 given to the students of Chief (HR) presented welcome dropped as many as four catches and where he got on top of the ball World Cup beating Pakistan Sohag Gazi not out 2 Government Higher Secondary address and advised the students gave away few easy runs. and every blade of grass must DUBAI, Mar 1: Markram (66) and Greg Oldfield Extras(b 4, lb 2, w 6) 12 Schools, Bazar Qasaban, to take interest in their studies But the gutsy team from the have felt the punch in the (40) being the chief contributors. strife-torn nation held its nerve to Total (all out in 47.5 overs) 222 Sunjwan, Bahu Fort and Govt and make their Institutions and stroke. South Africa lifted the ICC Earlier in the day, Pakistan pull off a dramatic victory over Fall of wickets 1-1, 2-1, 3-69, 4-88, 5-161, 6-165, 7-165, 8-165, 9- High Schools, Dogra Hall, parents proud of them. Earlier, Mithun Manhas (98) U-19 World Cup defeating were reeling at 72 for seven when Bangladesh, kicking off jubilant 205, 10-222. Sandwan, Chowadi and Speaking on the occasion, again turned out to be Delhi's Pakistan by six wickets in a low- Zafar Gohar (22) and Amad Butt celebrations in their camp. Bowling: Shapoor Zadran 8-0-39-2, Hamid Hassan 6.1-1-26-2, Bhatyari. Tarsem Lal, Chief Education saviour after overcast condi- scoring final encounter here (37) added 45 runs for the eighth This was after rearguard half- Karim Sadiq 2-0-9-0, Mirwais Ashraf 9-0-51-1, Mohammad Nabi Prominent among others Officer said that the initiative tions and some disciplined today. wicket stand to take the team total centuries from Asghar Stanikzai 9.4-0-44-3, Hamza Hotak 7-0-24-0, Samiullah Shenwari 6-0-23-1. present on the occasion were taken by NHPC Limited will go bowling and fielding had the Batting first, Pakistan were past 100-run mark. (90 not out) and Samiullah Ekramul Haque, Chief (HR), B a long way in helping students hosts in deep trouble. bowled out for a paltry 131 in Most of the top order bats- Shenwari (81) took the visitors to post a competitive total. Samiullah Shenwari just after the M Gupta Chief (Finance) from obtain education at the school Unmukt Chand (0) got a 44.3 overs with right arm medi- men like captain Sami Aslam 254 for 6 after being put in to bat. Bangladesh started their run batsman completed his half-centu- NHPC Limited and Principals level, which is need of the hour. beauty from Siddharth Kaul um pacer Corbin Bosch grabbing (16), Imam-ul-Haq (12) and Afghanistan were once in trou- chase on a disastrous note, losing ry, laced with six fours. and Headmasters of concerned He further said that NHPC ble at 90/5, but Stanikzai and openers Shamsur Rahman (0) and Hossain cashed in on two first up. The ball pitched on the four for 15 in 7.3 overs. In reply, Hasan Raza (2) (15) were guilty schools. Limited, besides its core busi- Shenwari got together and added Anamul Haque (1) with just one dropped chances to score a patient off-stump and moved a shade South Africa chased down the of playing poor shots. Distribution of these scholar- ness of Construction of 164 from 138 balls for the sixth- run on the board. 60-ball 41 and also raised a 73-run taking outside edge of target in 42.1 overs with Aiden Once the top order was ships was aimed at encouraging Hydroelectric Projects, is con- wicket partnership to take Mominul and Mushfiqur stand for the fifth wicket with Naeem Unmukt's blade into Khera's blown away, it was difficult for parents to send their SC/ST and cerned about its responsibility Afghanistan past 250.