MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2020 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Bangladesh shock India to win India lose by 2-3 to Belgium DG Sports honours players as 65th NSG Kho-Kho C’ship concludes maiden U-19 World Cup title in FIH Pro League match Maharashtra thrashes POTCHEFSTROOM, Feb 9: BHUBANESWAR, Feb 9: The Kalinga Stadium has been a happy hunting ground for A sprightly bunch of India fought hard but a Belgium as it is the same venue Kerala to lift title Bangladesh boys created history defensive lapse from where they lifted their maiden Excelsior Sports Correspondent by winning their country's first Harmanpreet Singh cost them World Cup title in 2018. global cricket title, shocking dear as they slumped to their The Red Lions took the lead JAMMU, Feb 9: Thrashing defending champions India by first defeat in the second edition as early as in the third minute Kerala by 1 innings and 5 points three wickets in the summit of the FIH Hockey Pro League, when Hendrickx scored from a in the summit clash, formidable Maharashtra lifted the title tro- clash of the ICC U-19 World losing 2-3 to world champions penalty corner after the the ini- phy of the 65th National School Cup here today. Belgium here today. tial two efforts of Sebastien Games Under-19 Boys Kho- In a low-scoring final, After defeating world num- Dockier and Thomas Briels Kho Championship, which con- Bangladesh first choked India to ber three the Netherlands in their were brilliantly saved by India a meagre 177 in 47.2 overs and opening two matches of the FIH cluded at Khel Gaon, Nagrota, custodian PR Sreejesh. here today. then did well enough to score Pro League, India beat world India drew level eight sec- revised target of 170 in 42.1 Bangladeshi batsmen shaking hands after defeating India in The Championship was number one Belgium in a onds before the end of the first overs under Duckworth-Lewis U-19 World Cup final on Sunday. thrilling match on Saturday to organised by the Department of quarter when Vivek tapped in method. continue their unbeaten run, Youth Services and Sports J&K, not out off 77 balls, which in 10 overs) came into the attack after Surender Kumar's fine Once play resumed after which lifted them to number under the auspices of School negated more fancied opponent and started bowling his rain, target was revised to 170 work from the right flank. Games Federation of India Jubilant Maharashtra players, winners of NSG U-19 Boys Yashasvi Jaiswal's 88 off 121 googlies. four position in the world rank- and with seven runs to get and Belgium restored their lead (SGFI). Kho-Kho Championship posing along with DG Sports, Dr balls. First he got Tanzid holed out ings. three wickets in hand, it became But the Manpreet Singh-led two minutes into the second In the final, the players of Saleem-ur-Rehman and other dignitaries at Khel Gaon, Nagrota. a cakewalk for the 'Tiger Cubs' Akbar's cool quotient was in the deep and then had quarter through Plennevaux, Maharashtra displayed extraor- side could not repeat Saturday's and Tamil Nadu, the other four prizes among the winners and as they scripted a golden chapter there for everyone to see as he Mahmudul Hassan Joy (8) who deflected in a beautiful pass dinary skills and showed sereni- performance and went down places up to the 8th spot were runners-up teams. in their country's cricket history. marshalled his resources bril- played on with another wrong from Simon Gougnard. ty and promise to outplay the fighting in their second match bagged by Uttar Pradesh, West Joint Director Youth India's cricketing battles liantly and then batted responsi- 'un and Towhid Hridoy was also But it took India just 30 sec- rivals in a one-sided affair. against world number number Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Services and Sports, Jammu, with Bangladesh have been bly, seeing out India's threats rapped on the pads and Dhruv onds to level the scores when Rohan Kore was the star per- one Belgium. Karnataka respectively. Madan Lal and his counterpart filled with acrimony since 2015 from leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi Jurel effected a smart stumping former for Maharashtra who Alexander Hendrickx scored Rohidas scored off a rebound The coaches and managers from Kashmir, Bashir Ahmed World Cup quarter-final at the and fast bowler Kartik Tyagi's to make it 65 for 4. scored 6 points by playing for spells before reaching the finish- With Emon back in the hut from a penalty corner in the from a penalty corner. of the visiting contingents were were the guests of honour. MCG and it had only amplified The Indians matched 2.30 minutes. The performance ing line with ease. due to hamstring injury, it was third minute for Belgium but it fetched him the man of the all praise for the organisers Balbir Singh, Assistant Director with the kind of boorish behav- Belgium in every aspect of the There were two things that on skipper Akbar to show com- was Maxime Plennevaux's match award. especially the Director General (Central) and District Youth iour that some of the (17th, 26th) two field goals that game but a howler from Bangladeshi players displayed. cost India dearly. While batting, posure in the hour of crisis even Earlier, in the hardliner for holding the event in a befit- Services and Sports Officers of India lost their last seven wick- as left-arm seamer Sushant ensured the win for the visiting Harmanpreet cost the home side (match for the 3rd place), ting manner. various districts of the Union On Sunday also, a few play- side. dear as Belgium again took the ers from both sides nearly came ets for 23 runs. And then while Singh in his second and third Haryana got the better of Tamil They lavished praise on the Territory were present on the India's goals came from the lead just four minutes from half- to blows at the end of the game defending, the number of extras spell got a couple of wickets. Nadu in a close contest by 4 technical panel of the occasion. sticks of Vivek Sagar Prasad time. and it was India coach Paras (33) bowled did matter in the Then, it was Emon who points. Championship headed by Jaffar Joint Director Jammu pre- (15th) and Amit Rohidas (17th). Mhambrey, who was seen urg- final context of the game. again came back at 102 for 6 as Harmanpreet was guilty of a Dilip Kahndavi of Haider, DYSSO Kishtwar, for sented vote of thanks and high- The win enabled Belgium to ing his boys to keep calm as Bangladesh's chase started in Akbar finally got hold of giving away a loose ball which Maharashtra was adjudged as preserving spirit and sanctity of lighted the achievements of the keep their top position at the opposition leading pacer earnest with Parvez Hossain Bishnoi's googlies as there was was picked up by Nicolas de the man of the tournament for the game. Department. Shoriful Islam was seen swear- Emon (47 off 79 balls) and one slog sweep for six. With standings with 14 points from Kerpel, who passed it on to his outstanding performances. The Director General Youth He gave credit of establish- ing expletives on camera. Tanzid Hasan (17) adding 50 in Bishnoi not having an effective six games, while India are Plennevaux and he made no Apart from the first four Services and Sports was the ing Khel Gaon as a sporting hub Even then, credit should go quick time, primarily due to for- leg-break, he was taken out of placed second with eight points mistake in scoring his second places, which went to chief guest on the concluding to the Director General Youth Bangladesh's 18-year-old cap- mer's impressive off-side play. the attack.(PTI) from four matches. goal of the day.(PTI) Maharashtra, Kerala, Haryana ceremony, who distributed Services and Sports. tain Akbar Ali, who showed However, things changed nerves of steel with a patient 43 once leg-spinner Bishnoi (4/30 Naseem breaks hat trick record Gill hits unbeaten ton, Belarus, Russia claw out as Bangladesh face defeat guides India A to 234/1 Fed Cup victories RAWALPINDI, Feb 9: missals of Taijul Islam (lbw) and NEW ZEALAND, Feb 9: unbeaten on 103 off 222 balls MADRID, Feb 9: beat Romania 3-2 in Cluj- Mahmudullah (caught) with the Napoca. Teenage paceman Naseem during which he struck 10 bound- next two deliveries. Aryna Sabalenka's day of Spain swept Japan aside 3-1. Shah became the youngest play- Shubman Gill struck an aries and a six. Naseem had figures of 4-26 wild extremes ended with Belarus Switzerland beat Canada, er to record a Test hat trick as unbeaten 107 as India A made Besides, Glenn Phllips made before he left the field with a clawing their way into the Fed Belgium beat Kazakhstan and Pakistan closed in on victory 234 for one in their first innings in 65, while wicketkeeper Dane shoulder injury. Shanto and Cup final while Naomi Osaka's Slovakia beat Britain, all 3-1. against Bangladesh in reply to New Zealand A's 386 for Clever scored 53. Mominul Haque, unbeaten on participation ended more tamely Germany thrashed Brazil 4-0 in Rawalpindi today. nine declared on the third day of For India, Sandeep Warrier 37 at the close, had added 71 for when she was benched as Japan warm conditions in Florianopolis.