MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2017 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU IGP Jammu declares open Iyer punishes Aussie bowlers with SSB Football Tournament unbeaten 202 in drawn game Excelsior Sports Correspondent The Tournament is being MUMBAI, Feb 19: ners Lyon (4 for 162) and played in two phases-with first O'Keefe (3 for 101). JAMMU, Feb 19: Inspector Young batsman Shreyas Iyer The morning's play belonged phase of Intra-district from pounded the Australian bowlers General of Police (IGP) Jammu, today and the second phase of to Iyer and Gowtham - who used SD Singh Jamwal declared open with his career-best unbeaten 202 the bat like a club and smashed Inter-district from February 26, before the three-day warm-up Football Tournament, being 2017. Lyon for four huge sixes, to dent organized by 66 Bn Sashastra game between India A and the vis- his confidence a bit ahead of the SSB has taken this initiative itors ended in a draw here today. Seema Bal in an impressive and Test series opener. to provide platform to young Iyer, who resumed at Iyer remained unconquered well attended function at Parade footballers of the State to show- overnight 85, completed his cen- ground, here today. and caught the eye with his case their skill and talent. tury in 10 minutes and put the assured stroke-play, both off spin Earlier, Vijay Singh Jamwal, Two matches were played on Aussie attack, especially spinners Commandant 66 Bn SSB as well as against pace. the inaugural day today. Nathan Lyon and Stephen He also bettered his 200 O'Keefe, to the sword. made in October 2015 in the Teams posing for a group photograph alongwith Director Country Cricket Academy during a Along with Krishnappa Ranji game against Punjab at the Gowtham, he shared a 138-run Hyderabad. match of Chief Minister's Cricket Cup at Gharota in Jammu. Gowtham made a whirlwind nearby Wankhede Stadium. Just stand for the seventh wicket. as he had done in the morning The 22-year-old Mumbai 74 in 68 balls smashing 10 fours and four sixes, to help the home when racing from overnight 85 batsman, who has now made nine to 100 with a flurry of fours off RCC Srinagar registers comprehensive first class hundreds, punished the team reply strongly to the visitors' first innings total of 469 for seven speedster Jackson Bird, Iyer gal- Australian bowlers with 27 hits to loped from 184 to 202 with the the fence and seven over the declared.. India 'A' were all out for 403, help of four fours in one over win in Chief Minister’s Cup ropes, all off Lyon and O'Keefe, from left-arm spinner O'Keefe to remain unconquered after bat- conceding a lead of 66 runs to Excelsior Sports Correspondent er. respectively and chased the target Australia, who scored 110 for before the India 'A' innings came Earlier, put into bat by RCC easily in 21 overs by losing 3 wick- ting for 306 minutes. to an end. JAMMU, Feb 19: Team work four wickets in their second skipper Puneet Wattal, Krishan ets to win the match by 7 wickets. Dignitaries interacting with footballers in the inaugural He had also scored exactly He and Gowtham stole the helped Rainawari Cricket Club innings before the game ended Cricket Club Akhnoor bundled out Both Dimple and Puneet played match of SSB Football Tournament in Jammu. 100 in a two-day warm-up game limelight with some brilliant bat- (RCC), Srinagar to script a compre- with mutual consent. for a modest total of 121 runs in with fluidity and grace and applied against Bangladesh in ting as India 'A' reached 347 for 6 hensive victory by 7 wickets over O'Keefe (19 in 71 balls) and 29.3 overs. Chandan was the top themselves to almost a perfection. at lunch by adding 171 runs in Krishan Cricket Club Akhnoor in Jammu welcomed the chief In the first match, Churchill Matthew Wade (6) were the not scorer with 64 runs, studded with 8 Dimple hit 4 magnificent bound- guest and other dignitaries, India beat Pak to make out batsmen at the end. just 32 overs, to the chagrin of the the ongoing Chief Minister's boundaries and one six, while Rohit aries in his 45-ball knock, while Brothers defeated The while DIG SSB Jammu, The visitors must feel disap- visitors. Cricket Cup, being organized by contributed 12 runs to the meagre Puneet's 47-ball innings was stud- Climrates by two goals to one Country Cricket Academy in col- Manavendra Negi presented a final of Women’s World pointed ahead of four-Test rubber The home team lost two wick- total. For RCC Srinagar, left-arm ded with 5 splendid fours. Surya (2-1), while in another match, commencing in Pune on February ets before Gowtham, who was laboration with Jammu and spinner Nitin was the pick of the remained not out on 4 runs. For memento to the chief guest as a Jammu United defeated Cup Qualifier Kashmir State Sports Council at token of gratitude from the 23 with the twin failure of open- unable to bowl in the Australia bowlers, who took 4 important Krishan Cricket Club, Sunny, Christian Stars again by two innings due to a hamstring injury, Gharota, near here. organizers. COLOMBO, Feb 19: ers David Warner, who made 25 wickets by conceding 17 runs in his Pankaj and Pardeep shared one goals to one (2-1). and 35, and Matt Renshaw (11 hammered off spinner Lyon for The Championship is being 7 overs, while another left-arm wicket each. Nitin of RCC The Indian women's cricket organized in the memory of former and 10) as well as the huge num- four sixes on way to his half cen- spinner Dilbagh Singh bagged 3 Srinagar was declared as man of team continued its unbeaten run ber of runs given away by spin- tury off just 43 balls. (PTI) Chief Minster, Late Mufti wickets and off-spinner Praful Dhar the match for his brilliant bowling at the ICC World Cup Qualifiers Mohammad Sayeed, under the claimed 2 wickets. Medium pacer display. by advancing to the final with a supervision of Director Country Majid also picked one wicket. The match was officiated by Cricket Academy, Vikrant Sharma seven-wicket victory over arch- In reply, RCC riding on bril- Ashok and Pardeep Sharma as rivals Pakistan here today. and its Managing Director, Vivek liant knocks of unbeaten 47 and 39 umpires, while Swastik Sharma Sharma, former Ranji Trophy play- India bundled out Pakistan runs by Dimple and Puneet Wattal was the scorer. for a meagre 67 in 43.4 overs after asking them to bat upon Jammu Sanskriti School Kathua winning the toss. The team then achieved the target in just 22.3 overs, scoring 70 for three to celebrates 1st Annual Function ‘Prayaas’ post a comprehensive win Excelsior Correspondent Kathua presented the Annual make the annual function an which helped it top the Super 6 Report highlighting the activi- unforgettable event, while table. KATHUA, Feb 19: Jammu ties and achievements of the Rohini Aima, Vice Chess star Meenal Gupta alongwith her father posing with Dr Ekta Bisht shone for India Sanskriti School Kathua cele- School. Chairperson cum Principal of Jitendra Singh in Jammu on Sunday. with an impressive five-wicket haul, finishing with brilliant fig- Chess star Meenal calls on Dr Jitendra ures of 10-7-8-5. Shikha Pandey (2/09) Excelsior Sports Correspondent standing achievement in a game chipped in with a couple of which is being played in more Children during Painting/ Drawing Competition at CSIR - JAMMU, Feb 19: Ace chess wickets. The two bowlers ran IIIM in Jammu on Sunday. than 180 countries in the World. through the Pakistani batting player and Commonwealth Gold He keenly enquired from her medalist, Meenal Gupta along- line-up. about forthcoming competitions They kept losing wickets IIIM organises Floral with her father, Atul Kumar and assured her full support in Gupta called on Dr Jitendra regularly and only two blossoming at the highest level. Pakistani batters could reach the Painting/Drawing Competition Singh, MoS PMO, here today. Dr Jitendra advised her to Dr Jitendra appreciated and double-digit mark. Excelsior Correspondent Group III (13-16 years). Children work harder to bring laurels to Chasing a modest target, congratulated her for her out- the State and the country as well. of Group I, Group II and Group III India rode on responsible JAMMU, Feb 19: CSIR-Indian were given Gerbera, Nasturtium knocks from Deepti Sharma (29 Institute of Integrative Medicine and Rose flowers for painting not out) and Harmanpreet Kaur (CSIR-IIIM), conducted 'On-the- respectively. Three participants of (24) to reach the target with 165 spot Floral Painting/ Drawing Students presenting cultural item at Jammu Sanskriti School Kathua. each group will be chosen for balls to spare.(PTI) Competition' at CSIR-IIIM Main prizes. Result of the floral painting/ campus here today. This pro- drawing competition will be sent to Chairman, Harpreet Singh Jammu Sanskriti School, brated its first Annual Day Focus on uncapped gramme was organized under the their respected schools and prizes Anand also appreciated the Jammu concluded the pro- 'Prayaas' with pomp and show dynamic leadership of Dr. Ram will be distributed on March 5, hard work of the students to gramme with a vote of thanks. here today. Indians, Afghans Vishwakarma, Director CSIR-IIIM, 2017 during National Seminar- Ramesh Kumar, DC BENGALURU, Feb 19: Jammu and Dr. Suresh Chandra, cum-Exhibition of Kisan Mela, Kathua was the Chief Guest, Ansari honours little Ambassadors Chief Scientist & Secretary.