TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2020 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU 1st ODI: Opening puzzle solved, India Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C Haryana surges past Maharashtra to top Shubham Pundir scores unbeaten focus on facing full-strength Australia 90; J&K in sight of victory medal tally in Khelo India Youth Games MUMBAI, Jan 13: the challenge of Rishabh Pant's With buzz being about his GUWAHATI, Jan 13: her state's U-21 4x100m relay in a stirring finish that saw the flair. reluctance to bowl off-breaks in Excelsior Sports Correspondent dismissed at his individual score of squad to collect her third gold podium finishers separated only With skipper Virat Kohli step- The young Marnus order to enhance his IPL career, a 45 runs off 67 balls, studded with 6 Haryana scooped as many as medal of the Games. by 0.15 seconds. ping in to resolve India's opening Labuschagne, easily the most few good scores will be required JAMMU, Jan 13: Southpaw delectable boundaries. However, 12 gold on Day 4 of the Khelo Three of Tamil Nadu's gold Similarly, Delhi's Arshad puzzle, the formidable hosts will exciting talent spreading his to keep Ajinkya Rahane and Shubham Pundir displayed ele- Pundir continued his brilliance and India Youth Games here today to medals came in jumps, through Farid and Maharashtra's Pooja look to ensure that their enviable wings on the international cricket Suryakumar Yadav out of equa- gance and class and scored magnif- added another 84 runs to the total surge past Maharashtra to the S Saran (men's U-21 long jump), Danole outsprinted their home run remains intact against a map with some stellar perform- tion when the Indian team for the top of the medal table. Pavithra (women's U-21 pole rivals in the U-17 races but full-strength Australia when the ances in the Test arena, would like ODI series in New Zealand is icent unbeaten 90 runs to help along with wicketkeeper batsman two teams clash in an ODI series to replicate his form in the shorter announced on January 19. Jammu and Kashmir reach 184/5 Fazil Rashid, after the fall of Abdul Pumped up by four gold in vault) and Babisha (women's U- only just. starting here tomorrow. formats. Squads: and gain a lead of 302 runs at Samad at his individual score of 5 kabaddi, three each in archery 21 triple jump). Their gold tally Gujarat's Rushiraj Jadeja, a Kohli said he has no hesita- On current form, Rahul was India: Virat Kohli (Captain), stumps on day-3 in the Ranji runs and the team's total of 100/5 in and athletics and one each in has swelled to seven from track student of the District Level tion coming down the order to miles ahead to partner Rohit Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Trophy Elite Group-C match 33.2 overs. Pundir in particular, cycling and gymnastics, and field, taking them to the fifth Sports School in Ahmedabad, ensure that KL Rahul's consisten- Sharma at the top of the order but K L Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish against formidable Services at who as skipper before this game, Haryana amassed 17 gold after place with 8 gold out of 25 finished sixth in qualification cy and Shikhar Dhawan's experi- Dhawan has had a phenomenal Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Rishabh Palam A Stadium, New Delhi, has the honour of making Jammu Day 4 to catapult from sixth to medals. but came into his own to win the ence are both accommodated in record in white ball cricket Pant (Wicket-keeper), Shivam today. and Kashmir win 3 matches out of top spot. Delhi and Gujarat occupied boys U-21 10m air rifle gold the Indian playing XI. against the Aussies. Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Earlier, resuming from an the four played so far in this sea- Maharashtra picked up only the third and fourth spots. from home favourite Hridhay Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep overnight total of 238/9, Services son, was in sublime touch and hit four gold on Monday for a total Haryana dominated archery Hazarika. Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit added just 6 runs to the total and the ball with fluid grace and utter of 16 to slip to the second posi- too, winning seven medals Parth Makhija (Delhi), who Bumrah, Shardul Thakur and scored 242 runs, thus Jammu and brilliance. He took 177 balls to tion. It has a total of 71 medals. including 3 gold. Himani topped qualifying with 630.6, Mohammed Shami. Kashmir gained a sizeable lead of score unbeaten 90 and struck 12 Defending champions Kumari, who missed out on a finished fifth, three sub-10 shots Australia: Aaron Finch 118 runs. Arun Bamal, Arjun fours and one six in his knock. Maharashtra were well served medal in Pune last year, claimed hurting him. (Captain), Alex Carey (Wicket- Sharma and Diwesh Pathania con- Fazil Rashid also contributed by U-21 gymnast Aditee Ajit the women's U-21 title with an Rudraksh Patil keeper), Patrick Cummins, tributed 48, 47 and 41 runs to the patient 25 off 88 deliveries with the Dandekar and their 4x100m easy win in the final. (Maharashtra) took the other Ashton Agar, Peter Handscomb, total respectively. From Jammu help of 2 boundaries. Earlier, relay quartet but they could only Tisha Punia, a quarterfinalist gold on offer in the shooting Josh Hazlewood, Marnus and Kashmir, speedsters Rasool, who scored splendid 182 watch as Haryana went for the last time, beat her team-mate ranges on Monday, the 10m air Labuschange, Kane Richardson, kill across sports. Tamanna in the U-17 final while rifle for boys U-17 with a con- Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mohammad Mudhasir and Umar in the first innings also was in awe- Ashton Turner, David Warner and Nazir Mir took 3 wickets each, inspiring form during his knock. Haryana dominated kabaddi Ridhi took the bronze to ensure sistent showing both in qualify- Adam Zampa. while Aquib Nabi, Abid Mushtaq, Diwesh Gurdev Pathania, who but were surprisingly taken to a sweep for them in this catego- ing (627.2 points) and in the "...Big possibility. I would be In fact, in their last meeting in Match starts at 1.30. (PTI) skipper Parvez Rasool and Abdul captured 4 wickets in the first the wire by Himachal Pradesh in ry. final where he beat Keval very happy to do so. Look I am the ODI World Cup, it was Samad shared 1 wicket apiece. innings, took another 3 wickets in the women's U-21 final. The hill Madhya Pradesh's com- Prajapati (Gujarat) quite com- not possessive about where I play. Dhawan's superb hundred that Kohli one ton away After gaining a sizeable first the second essay by conceding 41 state rallied from a six-point pound archers Muskan Kirar fortably. I am not insecure about where I paved the way for an easy victory innings lead, Jammu and Kashmir runs in his 18 overs, while deficit at half-time to tie the (women's U-21) and Chirag Gujarat's judokas showed bat," Kohli said. for the Indians. from equalling began the second essay on a disas- Sachidanand Pandey took 2 wick- scores at 27-27 at the end of reg- Vidyarthi (boys U-17) bettered their growing prowess on the At a time when bilateral ODI But that was a good seven Tendulkar's feat trous note, losing first three wick- ets. ulation time. their last year's performances to mat to win three of the eight series are fast losing relevance, months back and Dhawan, since ets for just 14 runs in 7.1 overs with With one day's play left in the Last year's runners-up bag gold medals this time. gold medals on offer in the U-21 the three-match rubber between then, endured a spate of injuries. MUMBAI, Jan 13: Shubham Khajuria (4), Suryansh match, Jammu and Kashmir have Haryana had to dig deep into the Chirag Vidyarthi had to hold his competition. Seven of the state's two top teams could give a fresh He also lost form only to regain a Raina (4) and Henan Nazir (5) already the lead of 302 runs and reserves of their experience to nerves in securing a 1-point win 10 gold medals have come from lease of life to the format. bit of it by scoring a half-century India captain Virat Kohli will back to the pavilion, before the duo have 5 wickets in their kitty, so sneak home in extra-time. against Rajasthan's Rajesh the Judo competition. The high-voltage rivalries that in the final T20 against Sri Lanka. be chasing another rare feat today of stylish Shubham Pundir, who simply in the comfort zone. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Bishnoi. While Gujarat's sustained fans enjoy will be back as Rohit During World Cup, till as he is just one century away led the team in first four outings J&K will enjoy a certain edge stole the limelight in athletics, Haryana cyclist Anil efforts to rake in medals hogged Sharma's elegance will be pitted Dhawan was around, KL Rahul from equalling batting icon this season in absence of Parvez on the final day. An outright victo- with an equally impressive five- Manglaw secured the most com- the limelight, Mizoram's against enforcer David Warner batted at No.4 as a stop-gap solu- Sachin Tendulkar's number of Rasool and his skipper took the ry or a win by virtue of first innings gold show.