SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Iyer stands out after 18 teams to participate in 4th Sant Gurbaksh Singh Memorial Hockey Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent Eleven and Pathankot Eleven Australia pile up big total etc. JAMMU, Feb 18: In the lov- All the matches shall be MUMBAI, Feb 18: overs. for three sixes, and left-arm ing memory of Sant Gurbaksh The batsman unbeaten at the spinner Stepen O'Keefe, who played KK Hakku Astroturf Shreyas Iyer stroked his way Singh Danna, the 4th Hockey Stadium Jammu other end with Iyer, who has was hoisted for two over the tournament is going to be organ- to an unbeaten half-century in faced 93 balls in 147 minutes' ropes by the youngster. The tournament will be an otherwise unimpressive bat- ised by Sant Pura Danna played at KK Haku Stadium on stay, was another youngster - All the sixes were hit over Charitable Trust headed by Sant ting display by India 'A' in reply Rishabh Pant of Delhi - who long-on as Iyer, who is 15 runs knock-out basis. to Australia's first-innings total Tejwant Singh Ji, under the The tournament will com- was on 3. short of his ninth first-class hun- aegis of Hockey J&K at KK of 469 for seven declared on the Starting his innings in stun- dred in 38 games, danced down mence on February 20, 2017 and second day of the three-day Hakhu Astroturf Hockey will conclude on February 26, ning fashion with a six over the track. Stadium, here from tomorrow. practice game here. long on off the first ball he faced The 22-year-old batsman's 2027. Iyer, who has been knocking The Tournament is spon- Teams posing alongwith organizers before start of Chief Minister's Cup match at from , Iyer domi- innings was the pick of the India While addressing the Press Country Cricket Academy ground Gharota in Jammu. on the doors of the national sored by Bibi Updesh Kour and Conference the organizers of the 'A' reply in which opener S. Joginder Singh Bali of Hong SCOREBOARD Priyank Panchal made 36 with tournament S. Rajinder Singh, Kong and by S. Baldev Singh of Balvinder Singh, P.P Singh, S. Yudhamanyu stars as KCSC scripts Australia 1st innings: six fours in 77 minutes, but was Peaks Auto Ltd J&K. c Ishan Kishan b Saini 25 beaten often by lanky pacer Gurdeep Singh, G.S Bakshi, S. Matt Renshaw c Ishan Kishan b Saini 11 . win in Chief Minister's Cup Steven Smith retired out 107 The other opener Akhil Herwadkar struggled his way Excelsior Sports Correspondent mer Chief Minster, late Mufti and Uttraksh claimed one wick- retired out 104 Mohammad Sayeed by Director et. c Panchal b Pandya 45 to 4 in 48 minutes, Ankit JAMMU, Feb 18: Bawne made an attractive but Country Cricket Academy, In reply, KC Sports Club c sub (B Indrajith) b Nadeem 75 Yudhamanyu's unbeaten 71 and Vikrant Sharma and its rode on brilliant knocks of 71 c Pant b Herwadkar 64 all-too-brief 25 in 39 minutes equal contribution from young with four hits to the fence while Managing Director, Vivek runs each by Yudhamanyu and 16 Talha helped KC Sports Club to Sharma, former Talha chased the target in 40.1 Steve O'Keefe not out 8 skipper Hardik Pandya too got beat Cosmo Cricket Club by 6 a start before departing late in player. overs by losing 4 , thus Extras: (B-5, LB-2, W-1, NB-6) 14 wickets in the ongoing Chief Earlier, first, Cosmo won the match by 6 wickets. Total: (For 7 wkts dec; 127 overs) 469 the day for 19, caught behind Minister's Cricket Cup, being off Bird. Cricket Club scored a decent Ridham (15), Kaif (11) and Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-55, 3-211, 4-288, 5-305, 6-434, 7-454. organized by Country Cricket total of 221 runs in the stipulat- Zamin (9) were the other con- : Ashok Dinda 21.2-1-78-0, Hardik Pandya 22-3-84-1, Iyer and Pandya, dropped Academy in collaboration with on 3 at first slip by Matt ed 50 overs. Muzzafar, Yasir and tributors. For Cosmo Cricket Navdeep Saini 19.4-7-42-2, 33-1-126-1, Jammu and Kashmir State Shoaib were the main contribu- Club, Shakil took 3 wickets, Akhil Herwadkar 15-0-64-1, Shreyas Iyer 12-0-57-0, Priyank Renshaw off Bird, had consoli- Sports Council at Gharota, near dated the innings after the fall tors with 43, 38 and 25 runs while Shoaib claimed one. Panchal 4-0-11-0. Organisers of Hockey Tourney addressing media persons in here. respectively. For KC Sports Yudhamanyu was declared man India A 1st innings: of Bawne with a partnership of Jammu on Saturday. -Excelsior/Rakesh The Championship is being 52. Club, Yudhveer took 3 important of the match for his magnificent Akhil Herwadkar c & b Lyon 4 organized in the memory of for- wickets, while Kaif bagged 2 innings. Priyank Panchal c Handscomb b Lyon 36 Iyer and Bawne had earlier While addressing the press Swarn Singh Chief organising Shreyas Iyer not out 85 steadied the innings after the conference S. Tejinder Singh, Secretary, Janak Singh, Amrik Ankit Bawne lbw b Bird 25 loss of the two openers with a Press Secretary Hockey J&K Singh Sasan, Jagjit Singh, S. Hardik Pandya c Wade b Bird 19 stand of 57 for the third . elaborated the details of the Sharanjit Singh and S. Rajinder Rishabh Pant not out 3 For Australia, Lyon - tournament. Singh Kala Veteran Hockey although punished by Iyer - Extras: (LB-4) 4 He stated that total 18 teams payer, appealed to the general showed good form as he got Total: (For 4 wkts; 51 overs) 176 from J&K and from other public to come forward and wit- purchase off the track to pick Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-63, 3-120, 4-172. adjoining States shall participate ness the matches for encourag- up 2 for 72 while Bird, easily Bowling: Jackson Bird 11-7-15-2, Mitchell Marsh 9-2-26-0, in the tournament. ing the youths, so that more n the most impressive of the vis- Nathan Lyon 17-3-72-2, Steve O'Keefe 14-1-59-0. Some of the important teams more youths are attracted iting team's bowlers, did not which are participating are J&K towards the sports, especially nated the rival bowling, barring allow the batsmen any freedom toward hockey which is our team over the past couple of Police BSF Jammu, BSF Children of Stephen International Public School posing for a photograph alongwith dignitaries Jackson Bird, who was the pick and also got rid of Pandya to National Game, while in the seasons with his attacking bat- Kashmir, Punjabi University during Sports Day on Saturday. of the Australian bowlers with end with excellent figures of 2 present time large numbers of ting in domestic cricket, could Patiala, team of Shiromani his pace and movement at the for 15 in 11 overs. youths are becoming addict and Sports Meet not have chosen a better plat- Gurudwara Parbhandak Hockey Stephen IP School Brabourne Stadium. In the morning, Mitchell Academy Amritsar, Gurdaspur alienated from the mainstream. form to showcase his talent, Iyer gave just once chance, Marsh and Matthew Wade concludes at smashing 5 sixes and 7 fours in off Lyon, soon after reaching his utilised the one-off opportunity PTTI Vijaypur an almost run-a-ball innings to half century in 44 balls, but oth- to hit individual half centuries, Martial Art Festival organizes Annual Sport Day remain unconquered on 85 in a erwise dominated the Aussie ahead of the Test series open- Excelsior Sports Correspondent The Chairman of the school, Excelsior Sports Correspondent team score of 176 for 4 in 51 spin duo of Lyon, whom he hit er.(PTI) Dr Kamal Saini, (IGP Retd) inaugurated at Islamia College JAMMU, Feb 18: Stephens VIJAYPUR, Feb 18: Two Excelsior Sports Correspondent the field of Martial Art. declared open the well attended International Public School, sports gala which included frog days long Sports Meet, organ- While speaking on the occa- SRINAGAR, Feb 18: Miran Sahib, organized Annual race, sack race, crawling, tug of ized by Police Technical sion Khawaja Renzushah said Martial Art Festival, organised Sports Day, 'Jashn-e-Bachpan', war, chocolate race, back walk- Training Institute (PTTI) that It is from era of Hazrat by Renmei-Goju-Ryu-Karate- of Dr. Aparna Kids Kingdom its ing race and balancing the bal- Vijaypur concluded, here today. Bulbul shah RA & Hazrat Amir Do- Federation of India, was Pre-primary wing with pomp loon among other games for the The sports events conducted inaugurated by the Chief Kabir Syed Shah Hamdan (RA) and show, here today. students and lemon spoon race during the meet included Commissioner J&K Scouts, that Martial art started from Sham Lal Choudhary, for their parents. Volleyball, Badminton, Tug of Khawaja Farooq Renzushah Kashmir and reached to Kashgar Minister for PHE, Irrigation and The Director of the school, War, Table Tennis and Athletics. Islamia College, here. where from it has spread to Flood Control was the chief Satvinder Saini, Vice-Chairman, Before the valedictory func- On this occasion, Mr Japan and Korea. guest on the occasion. The Amarjeet Singh and Vice- tion today, the tug of war com- Renzushah was honoured with a Renzushah said that Kashmir Principal of the school, Shibu Principal, Vikesh Sandhal high- petition and 100 meters race Black Belt for his outstanding youth is passing through Mathew K in his welcome lighted the efforts of the school were held which were keenly contribution in the field of extreme crises and it is responsi- speech, acknowledged the hard in ensuring a holistic develop- watched by a large gathering of Scouting and Martial Art. bility of all of us to provide them work put in by the sports and ment of the students by laying audience. Iqbal Peerzada, head of positive platform than to usher physical education teachers equal emphasis on sports and Principal of PTTI Vijaypur, Kashmir Chapter and Sanjeev them towards suicidal paths for Jaswinder Kaur, Muneshwar academics. Ranjit Kanwar distributed tro- Jamwal, Gautam Sharma and phies and other prizes among Participants of Collage Making Competition posing for a group photograph at GD Goenka Deevan, Chief Instructor at prolonging abnormal sway. The winners in the different Gurdeep Singh. the winners and advised them to Public School in Jammu. National Level were appreciated He advised jam-packed categories and events were felic- for presenting 50 fully trained youth present on the occasion to He encouraged the students itated and given prizes by the always take part in sports and to do their best and compete in a Martial Art and Karate youth be symbols of love to make our chief guest. allied activities. Goenkans organize Collage Competition spirit of sportsmanship. who have the distinction of pre- civilization as proud figure at The welcome programme Excelsior Correspondent The students' horizon was sections of the society. The stu- senting extraordinary show in Global level. certainly broadened by the dents were dressed in complete included a musical and dance Players show composure, JAMMU, Feb 18: The continual support, help and traditional Arabic attires with a performance by the young tod- Goenkans of class V and VI guidance from their faculty. Dishdash (white scarf) and Jammu District Squash dlers, flag hoisting by the chief serenity in State Handball C'ship were all pepped up for another It was not just a Collage Agal (white robe). The stu- guest and freeing of balloons Excelsior Sports Correspondent nineteen goals to three (19- interesting British Council Competition but a methodolo- dents also represented various with the message 'Save 3).The main scorer of the STC Activity, a Collage Making gy of drawing comparisons Models where the emphasis Environment'. Championship gets underway JAMMU Feb 18: Players was Rahat who netted 8 goals. Competition, where they got between the three powerful was on "Go Green". About 200 young athletes Excelsior Sports Correspondent Championship. The showed composure, promise and In women's section, District an opportunity to exhibit their countries thereby making the Apart from all this, to sati- from the kindergarten up to Championship is being organ- serenity, besides displayed Udhampur defeated District skills and talents. children confident, capable, ate one's hunger pangs, Dates, JAMMU, Feb 18: Rajan grade 2, dressed up smartly in ized by J&K Squash Rackets extraordinary skill on Day-2 of Bararmulla by twelve goals to The theme of the Collage independent and self assuring Falaphal, Briyani, Figs, Sharma, Divisional Sports sports gears, marched in front of Association, with the support of the J&K State Handball nil (12-0).From Udhampur, Competition was "The Culture young adults. Kebabas and other such delec- Officer, J&K State Sports the invited guests and the spec- KC Sports Club Jammu, and is Championship, being organized Shivani was the star performer & Educational System of USA, Meanwhile, another British table food items too were on Council inaugurated the Jammu tators. being sponsored by Jammu and by Jammu and Kashmir with 3 goals. UAE & India." Council Activity was organ- display. District Squash Championship Kashmir State Sports Council. Handball Association at MA In another match in women's It was a delight to witness ized for the students of Class Another group of students in an impressive and well East Zone crush President J&K Squash Stadium, here. section, Jammu Red defeated the students pre-prepared with V. The theme of the Activity represented America- the Rackets Association, In the first match in men's District Jammu by ten goals to all their materials. It was evi- was "Celebration of Festivals, largest Democracy (Area West to lift Mushtaq Waseem Raja section today, District two (10-2) and the main scorer dent that at such a young and Languages, Costumes and Life wise). Since America was a extended thanks to Ali T20 trophy Baramulla defeated District for Jammu Red was Kashish tender age, they learned the styles of USA and UAE". colony of Great Britain, sever- the organizing chair- Rajouri by ten goals to two (10- Baru, who scored 4 goals. concept of self dependence- a A group of students repre- al influences of the British MUMBAI, Feb 18: man, Arjun 2). The main scorer from In the finals to be played key life skills of the 21st sented UAE and displayed the Culture too were displayed. Chowdhary and Teenager was Baramulla was Nissar Ahmed tomorrow, STC will take on Century. The agenda of the glittering and renowned Dubai The students conversed in organizing secretary, again in the limelight with a who scored 5 goals. Jammu in men's section, while activity was to focus more on Shopping Festival that focuses French, German and American Sanjeev Sharma for cracking half-century which In another match in men's in women's section, Jammu Red the concept and not just the on the elite and aristocratic English. providing logistic guided East Zone to an eight- section STC defeated Poonch by will lock horns with Udhampur. content of the topic. America is often called a support for this wicket victory over West Zone melting pot of cultures. Championship. to clinch the National T20 Therefore, to celebrate their Pliskova, Wozniacki in Qatar The inaugural Championship for the Syed unity in diversity, a bevy of Chief guest and other dignitaries inau- match was played Mushtaq Ali Trophy. dances like Rock, Jazz, Hip gurating Jammu District Squash between Col Jasrotia East Zone annexed the title Hop etc were showcased. final after longest day Championship. and Ajay Kapoor, in by virtue of an all-win record The Principal of the DOHA, Feb 18: 18. which latter won by with the tournament being School, Rajesh Rathore lauded attended function at KC Sports Incredibly, it also means the (9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 15-13). played in round-robin format. Karolina Pliskova and the effort of the students, the Club, here today. rain-ravaged tournament may The other matches of the After restricting West to a Caroline Wozniacki will meet support and co-operation of the Twenty two players drawn even finish on time, despite the Championship will be played manageable 149 for 5 despite each other in the Qatar Open final parents and continual guidance from various Clubs of Jammu schedule being battered because tomorrow. Sheldon Jackson's 44-ball-52, after both won two matches on a of the teachers to make this district participated in this of the terrible weather conditions East romped home in only 13.4 long, soggy and gruelling Friday event, a grand success. throughout the week. overs with 19-year-old in Doha. Friday was one of the worst National Snow Jaggi included in IPL pool left-hander Virat On another day punctuated by days yet, with delays up to around scoring an unbeaten 58 off 34 heavy showers and thunder- five because of thunderstorms. It storms, meaning long delays for Winners posing alongwith former Minister Ajay Sadhotra Rugby 7's C'ship balls with five boundaries and took some 12 hours to complete the players, Czech Pliskova beat and other dignitaries at Mandal in Jammu on Saturday. after Mushtaq T20 show three sixes. just five singles matches. Zhang Shuai of China 6-2 6-0, inaugurated NEW DELHI, Feb 18: But scores of 51 no off 37 His senior statemate Ishank If the final does go ahead on then Dominika Cibulkova in an balls vs Central Zone, 90 off 51 Jaggi, who smashed his way to Saturday it will come as a great Excelsior Sports Correspondent exciting semi-final 6-4 4-6 6-3. SKCC outplays Jharkhand right-hander balls against South Zone and 58 56 off 30 balls that had six relief to organisers. Indeed, just Her playing day began at GULMARG, Feb 18: The 2- Ishank Jaggi has been included off 34 balls against West Zone huge sixes including a hook hours before Pliskova and 12:30 local time (0930 GMT) days 3rd National Snow Rugby in the auction pool as one of the forced the franchises to do a shot off fast bowler Ishwar Wozniacki won through to ending just before 11pm. Media-XI by 94 runs 7's Championship 2017 was late entrants after a string of rethink and include him in the Chaudhary. Saturday's shootout, organisers Similarly Dane Wozniacki Excelsior Sports Correspondent out for 152 runs and lost the inaugurated by the Assistant good performances in the final pool. His base price is Rs 10 Virat had earlier impressed were talking about the tourna- match by 94 runs. Director Tourism at Golf leg of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 with his unbeaten 74 against first beat American qualifier ment finishing without a winner JAMMU, Feb 18: Sher-e- lakh. Yash Khajuria scored highest Course, here today. Trophy. North Zone in the previous Lauren Davies 7-5 6-1, then because of the huge number of Kashmir Cricket Club (SKCC) Some of the other late 25 runs off 26 balls for the team, Teams from 10 states of Jaggi was not kept in pruned game. Olympic gold medallist Monica rain delays during the week as drubbed Media-XI Cricket Club entrants are former India U-19 while Nitin contributed 22 runs Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, list of 351 players that BCCI East Zone won with the Puig 6-1, 6-2, finishing past mid- Qatar experiences some of its by a big margin of 94 runs in a pacer Monu Kumar, Chaitanya in 22 balls. From SKCC, Anil Chhattisgarh, Punjab, announced after consultation match between Central and night. wettest weather in years. friendly match played at Phylian Bishnoi, Kshitij Sharma to name took 3 wickets. Sachin Manhas Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, with the franchises. South Zone being rendered Puig was also playing her sec- Tariq Darwish Zainal, secre- Mandal cricket ground, here a few. (PTI) was adjudged as man of the Gujarat, Rajasthan and host inconsequential. ond match of the day having ear- tary general of the Qatar Tennis today. match. Jammu and Kashmir took part The tournament was being lier completed her victory against Federation, said play would not The match was organized by Sohan Bharti maintained the in both men's and women's played in the Zonal format for Daria Kasatkina of Russia, 6-4, 5- continue after Sunday even if the the Subash Chander, former Joshna enters quarterfinals scorebook. events. the first time with an aim to 7, 6-4. final matches could not be Sarpanch of Mandal, Jammu. Former Minister and Senior Speaking on the occasion give all the players without an "It's been really tough condi- played. After winning toss, SKCC National Conference leader, the chief guest lauded the IPL contract grab eyeballs of tions with all the waiting and Rain has delayed play on choose to bat first and set a tar- of Cleveland Classic Ajay Sadhotra was the chief efforts of the Association for the interested franchises. everything," said Wozniacki. every single day, virtually wiping get of 246, losing 5 wickets in OHIO (USA), FEB 18: Naughton of Canada. guest during the match, while holding big events. In the tournament, East Pliskova, speaking before she out all matches on two separate the stipulated 25 overs. Joshna won 11-9 11-4 11-5 Subash Chander was the guest The organizers extended India's top ranked player skipper Tiwary won all the knew who her final opponent days. Sachin Manhas scored high- to enter the quarterfinal round, of honour on the occasion. thanks to J&K State Sports Joshna Chinappa moved into the tosses and mostly chased on a would be, said "every final is "The WTA gives us one est 103 runs off 62 balls, while where she will take on Emily The guests distributed partic- Council for providing support quarterfinals of the Cleveland small Wankhede ground. The tough". (extra) day, if we don't finish all Anmol Manhas scored 72 off 55 Whitlock, the fifth seed from ipation medals and certificates and assistance. Classic, USD 50,000 PSA event bowlers were all upto the task The pair have met three times the matches the tournament fin- balls. England. among both teams while win- Jammu and Kashmir men's here. in each of the matches as they before, with Wozniacki winning ishes without a winner," said For Media-XI, Desraj took ning trophy was presented to team defeated Rajasthan by 15- Playing after a month's gap, The only other Indian who restricted every opposition on every occasion. However they Zainal. The forecast for Saturday two wickets. Mir Imran, Yash SKCC team. 0, while in other match, the 14th ranked Indian, seeded had come for this event was under 200 runs which is con- have not met since 2014. is indifferent and Wozniacki Khajuria and Nitin took one Earlier, Media-XI, Chhattisgarh defeated Punjab third in this tournament, needed Sachika Ingale but she could not sidered a par-score at the Pliskova, 24, is ranked number added that she was "just hoping wicket each. Mir Imran felicitated guests with by 5-0. Bihar got better of Uttar less than half an hour to counter cross the qualification phase. Wankhede in a T20 match. three in the world, Wozniacki, for good weather" for the In reply, Media-XI bundled souvenirs. Pradesh by17-0. the challenge of qualifier Hollie (PTI) (PTI) who is two years older, is number final.(Agencies)