WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2013 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Zol's ton takes India U-19 to 333/2 on day-1 Shashi, Yasir knocks go in vain Jammu boy Shubam Khajuria India seek revenge for 2-year-old Soumay steals show in Jumbo slams cracking fifty on debut Gladiators thrilling penultimate-ball win (52) and Akhil Herwardkar (71) DAMBULLA, July 23: humiliation in Zimbabwe et each. Excelsior Sports Correspondent his team script a thrilling 1- provided a solid start with 79- HARARE, July 23: to strengthen his position with record against India in ODIs, wicket victory with one ball to In reply, Jumbo Gladiators It was Jammu-boy Shubam run opening stand. JAMMU, July 23: Gritty all- Khajuria who smashed 10 some good knocks here. with 184 runs at an average of spare. powered by good knocks by The second-wicket partner- With most of their top stars rounder Soumay Jain was sim- boundaries in his 61-ball knock In fact, Shikhar and Rohit 46 in four games. Earlier, winning the toss and Aditya Partap Singh, Puneet ship between Zol and rested, a depleted Indian cricket ply on song as he smashed medi- of 52 runs and made an opening average 57.72 in partnership and The squad features five batting first, Simula Bulls made Kumar, Imtiyaz Malik and Herwadkar was also fruitful one team will seek revenge for the um pace bowler, Vikram over partnership of 79 runs alongwith have put together three century seamers, including Kyle Jarvis, Soumay Jain reached the target which yielded 85 runs. humiliation it suffered two years Akhil Herwardkar (71) to send stands so far. Tendai Chatara, Brian Vitori, in 19.5 overs by losing 9 wick- Left-handed Zol, who has ago when it takes on minnows the bowlers Cheteshwar Pujara would Elton Chigumbura and the ets, thus won the match by 1 been a star performer at the colts Zimbabwe in a five-match ODI on a leather- lend stability to the middle order uncapped Michael Chinouya. wicket. Aditya made 31 off 23 level, started from where he had series starting tomorrow, well hunt in the where Suresh Raina will also A look at overall record balls with 2 sixes and 2 fours, left during the recently conclud- aware of the perils of taking the first U-19 have an important role to play. would make India the favourites while Puneet Kumar scored ed tri-series in Australia as he home side lightly. Youth 'Test' Raina would look to wipe off the as Zimbabwe have only beaten power-packed 28 runs in 18 faced 213 balls hitting 14 fours On their previous trip here, match, here memories of the previous tour's them 10 times out of the 51 balls, studded with 2 fours and and a six. He was in a mood to another depleted Indian team, today. debacle under his captaincy. ODIs played between the two equal number of sixes. Imtiyaz punish the spinners using his captained by Suresh Raina, lost He, how- India's bowling attack has an sides. contributed 38-ball 24 runs, feet to perfection. both its matches to Zimbabwe in ever, was all-new look to it with the duo of Teams (from): while Hiten Dalal chipped in IPL star Samson also got his a tri-series which also featured the only Shami Ahmed and rookie Mohit India: Virat Kohli (capt.), with 15 runs. However, the star first significant score at this familiar foes Sri Lanka. batsman to Sharma comprising the pace Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, of the show was Soumay Jain, level after a moderate tour The Indians, being led by be dismissed in the first session. department, aiming to earn some Dinesh Karthik, Cheteshwar who made unbeaten 18 off 9 Down Under. Samson had 11 Virat Kohli this time after It was left-arm spinner Lakshan brownie points for themselves. Pujara, Suresh Raina, Ambati balls including 2 fours and one hits to the fence en route his Mahendra Singh Dhoni was rest- Jayasinghe who dismissed Vinay Kumar and Jaydev Rayudu, Ajinkya Rahane, six. For Simula Bulls, Hilal 147-ball knock. ed, would do well to revise the Khajuria caught by Sadira Unadkat are the other speedsters Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Rather and Hardeep Singh The only wicket that fell in lessons of that trip before taking Samarawickrama. in the squad. Parveez Rasool, Shami Ahmed, bagged 2 wickets each, while the second session was of left- the field tomorrow. Skipper Vijay Zol continued The spin attack would feature R Vinay Kumar, Jaydev Vikram Singh scalped 3 wickets handed Herwadkar who tried to Zimbabwe may not be too big with his brilliant form as his debutant Parveez Rasool, the first Unadkat, Mohit Sharma. despite a bad last over. Shashi cut an off-break from Ramesh a force to reckon with in interna- unbeaten century helped India cricketer from Jammu and Zimbabwe: Brendan Taylor Kumar also claimed one wicket. Mendis only to edge it to Kusal tional cricket but can be a hand- reach a commanding 333 for Kashmir to get the national selec- (capt & wk), Sikandar Raza, Soumay Jain of Jumbo behind the stumps. Herwadkar ful for an under-strength team. two at stumps on the opening tors' nod, and the experienced Tendai Chatara, Michael Soumay Jain being presented man of the match award by dig- Gladiators was declared HDFC faced 125 deliveries and hit nine And India can be called a day. Amit Mishra. Dinesh Karthik Chinouya, Elton Chigumbura, nitaries in Jammu on Tuesday. man of the match for his crucial fours in the process. depleted side given that top spin- Sri Lankan captain Kusal would don the gloves behind the Graeme Cremer, Kyle Jarvis, knock of 18 runs and one wick- Brief Score: India U-19 (Ist ner R Ashwin, and frontline mid-wicket region for a massive Mendis's decision to field back- stumps in Dhoni's absence. Timycen Maruma, Hamilton a fighting total of 146 runs in et, while TCI maximum sixes Innings) 333/2 in 90 overs pacer Ishant Sharma, six on the penultimate-ball of fired badly as Zol (129 batting) The Brendon Taylor-led Masakadza, Natsai M'shangwe, the stipulated 20 overs, losing 6 award went jointly to Shashi (Vijay Zol 129 batting, Sanju Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh the match to help his team log a along with Sanju Samson (74 Zimbabwean team, which has Tinotenda Mutombodzi, wickets in the process. Shashi Kumar and Yasir Ali. The Samson 74 batting, Akhil Yadav would also be missing thrilling win over strong Simula batting) added 169 runs for the been training for the series for Vusimuzi Sibanda, Prosper Kumar played a brilliant innings awards were presented to them Herwadkar 71, Shubham from action apart from Dhoni. Bulls in the ongoing Jammu and unbroken third-wicket stand the last two months, is devoid of Utseya, Brian Vitori, Malcolm of 67 runs off 51 balls with 4 by Jumbo Gladiators owners Khajuria 52) vs Sri Lanka. (PTI) "All along we've prepared Kashmir Corporate Premier after openers Shubham Khajuria any major stars. Waller, Sean Williams. fours and 3 sixes, while Yasir Moti Lal Gupta, Sunandan and hoped we might surprise League (JKCPL) at MA Taylor is their star in the bat- Match starts at 12.30 pm Stadium, here today. made valuable 48 off 37 balls, Aggarwal, Kshitiz Aggarwal, them in one of the games," ting department and has the best (IST). PTI studded with 4 boundaries and 3 Rakesh Wazir and former Ajitesh bags gold in shooting competition Zimbabwe coach Andy Waller Needing 12 runs from last over with one wicket in hand, sixes. Hardeep Singh also con- International umpire SK Bansal. JALANDHAR, July 23: tol in the individual junior com- has stated. tributed 12-ball 15 runs to the The match was officiated by petition. He also made his tri- "You've got to be realistic, but Jumbo Gladiators lower-order Ajitesh Kaushal bagged batsman, Soumay Jain after total. For Jumbo Gladiators, BCCI Panel umpires Amit umph in the junior sports pistol as long as we're competitive and Hiten Dalal took 2 wickets Bansal and Sudhir Singh, while gold in the 13th Kumar bagging silver while in the sen- do the best we can. Our guys are playing 2 consecutive dot balls, Surendra Singh Memorial hit a boundary, couple and a six while Kuldeep Kumar and Dheeraj and Mohsin acted as iors free pistol competition he hugely excited about this. It's a Soumay Jain claimed one wick- scorers. Shooting Championship held at shared silver with his team. The great experience for them, and in next three deliveries to help Dr Karni Singh Shooting shooting championship lasted we've been preparing knowing Mumbai Indians Ranges, New Delhi which con- for seven days from July 16 to that the best side in the world are cluded yesterday. 22. coming," he added. face RR in opening Ajitesh, son of Rakesh More than 1,000 shooters The Indian batting would Kaushal, a senior Police officer both national and international revolve around the likes of Kohli, clash of CLT20 and Commandant, 3rd com- level participated in the cham- Rohit Sharma and Shikhar NEW DELHI, July 23: mando battalion, Mohali pionship which is equivalent to Dhawan. Rohit has blossomed in fetched gold in the standard pis- National Shooting.(UNI) the opening role and would look The winners of IPL 6 Mumbai Indians will take on Budding cricketers posing for a photograph alongwith camp Rajasthan Royals, who fin- incharges at GGM Science College Hostel Ground in Jammu on ished third in the cash-rich Tuesday.