SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2019 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India staring at elimination 24th National Sport Climbing C’ship 200 is just a number, Indian women walloped by says Mithali on after Italy take 2-0 lead Reigning champion Shivani world record New Zealand in dead rubber KOLKATA, Feb 1: experienced. If you take your chances you get rewarded. We settles for bronze HAMILTON, Feb 1: HAMILTON, Feb 1: The gamble of playing on understand the pressure of play- grass did not work out for hosts ing for the country. Strange things Excelsior Sports Correspondent but slipped in the next competition Back in 1999, 16-year-old Having already sealed the to eventually secure the 6th rank. India, at least on the opening day, happen. It has happened in China. schoolgirl Mithali Raj was sim- series, the Indian women's cricket as Italy lived up to their reputa- JAMMU, Feb 1: Shivani Barring the bronze medal in ply happy wearing the India I know Italians are stronger than Charak of Mountaineering team put up an ordinary effort tion to win both the singles in the speed climbing, the 24th National colours for the first time and not China but we will take one match Association of J&K won a bronze with the bat to go down by eight Davis Cup Qualifiers at the Championship turned out to be a much changed even after two at a time," a confident Bhupathi medal in Speed Climbing in the wickets against New Zealand in Calcutta South Club here Friday. nightmare for Shivani Charak who decades as the coveted mile- said. Women's category of the 24th the third and final ODI here Andreas Seppi experienced was the reigning national champi- stone of 200 ODIs "is just a today. Italy opted to go with National Sport Climbing some early hiccups before getting on both in Lead Climbing and number" for the 36-year-old leg- Captain Mithali Raj, playing a Berrettini ahead of top ranked and Competition which con- past Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 Bouldering besides a sil- end. record 200th ODI on Friday, had world number 19 Marco cluded at Kanteerva 6-2 in the opening rubber, while ver medallist in Speed Mithali made her ODI debut spoken about the importance of a Cecchinato and the youngster, Stadium, Bengaluru, Climbing in the last edi- 22-year-old Matteo Berrettini who made the second round of recently. against England in Milton clean sweep going into the game made a winning Davis Cup debut, tion of the competition. but her team could muster only Wimbledon last year, did not dis- She lost the semifi- Keynes in January 1999 and on cruising past India number one All that she could man- 149 after being put in to bat. The appoint and broke Prajnesh's nal against the reigning Friday became the first woman Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-4 6-3. age in this national was White Ferns chased down the tar- serve in the first set. speed climbing champi- to complete in 200 matches in With 0-2 down, India's dou- only 4th and 5th position get in 29.2 overs to register a Berrettini, who had beaten on Shivpreet of Punjab the 50-over format. Not to for- bles pairing of Rohan Bopanna in Lead and Bouldering morale-boosting win. New Zealand's Suzie Bates during her half-century knock Prajnesh in the Chengdu ATP last but came out strongly to get, she is the top run-getter in and Divij Sharan finds itself in a respectively. Deepti Sharma, batting at against India in Hamilton. year, raced to 15-40 with two big win against the other los- This was despite the the world with 6622 runs. The venue proved to be a must-win situation on Saturday. forehands before converting his ing semifinalist Sonali Pereira of "200 is just a number for me SCOREBOARD For Italy, top-ranked singles fact that Shivani along with Asma testing one for both of India's break point. Bengaluru to claim the bronze Gul had undergone strenuous but it feels nice to come so far," player Marco Cecchinato was India innings: men and women's teams. Having As the set wore on, Prajnesh medal. coaching for 11 days at the the unassuming India's ODI cap- paired with Simone Bolelli, the Jemimah Rodrigues c Amelia Kerr b Tahuhu 12 sealed the series 3-0, the Rohit looked more settled took as his Asma Gul, another J&K International standard climbing tain said after completing a Smriti Mandhana c S Devine b Anna Peterson 1 Sharma-led side too suffered a 2015 Australian Open winner in serves started getting better. Both climber in the North Zone team Walls and Gym at Indian maiden 2-1 series win on New Deepti Sharma c Perkins b Anna Peterson 52 heavy loss on Thursday after the doubles. players held their serves until the also performed well in speed Mountaineering Foundation, New Zealand soil. Mithali Raj c Anna Peterson b Kasperek 9 being bundled out for 92. The ball "Focus is on tomorrow. We Italian sealed the issue in the 10th climbing to enter the final round of Delhi which, however, proved to "I have seen different stages Harmanpreet Kaur b Anna Peterson 24 swung and seamed consistently know we have a job at hand. It game without a dropping a point. eight climbers in the girls category be woefully inadequate. of (transformation) in women's Dayalan Hemalatha c Bernadine Bezuidenhout 13 for the first time in the series, trou- will be a lot harder. No time to cricket across the globe since I b Amelia Kerr Berrettini began the second bling the highly-rated Indian bat- give up now," non-playing cap- set exactly the way he started the made by debut way back in 1999 Taniya Bhatia lbw b Amelia Kerr 0 ting. tain Mahesh Bhupathi told under IWCC (International Shikha Pandey c S Devine b Anna Peterson 8 first, breaking Prajnesh to take a However, off-spinner Anna reporters after the opening day's Women's Cricket Council). Jhulan Goswami not out 12 1-0 lead. (PTI) Peterson did the maximum dam- struggles. Coming under ICC, we could Ekta Bisht lbw b Tahuhu 3 age in the women's fixture on India had bounced back from Poonam Yadav c Bernadine Bezuidenhout b Tahuhu 1 Radio Kashmir see the difference. I am just Friday, taking four wickets for 28 a similar situation to win in China happy to represent the country Extras 14 (b 2, lb 1, w 11) runs in 10 overs. Pacer Lea 3-2 in Asia/Oceania Group I rub- holds function Total 149 (10 wickets, 44 Overs) for so long," Mithali said. Tahuhu chipped in with three ber last year and Bhupathi drew For Mithali, it is a surreal Bowlers: Lea Tahuhu 9-1-26-3, Anna Peterson 10-1-28-4, Sophie wickets and conceded just 26 Excelsior Correspondent inspiration from that turnaround. feeling that she could continue Devine 3-0-8-0, Holly Huddleston 7-0-23-0, Leigh Kasperek 5-0-18- runs in nine overs. (PTI) "They are so much more 1, Amelia Kerr 10-1-43-2. JAMMU, Feb 1: Regional for so long at the top level. New Zealand innings: News Unit, (RNU) Radio "When I started, I didn't Suzie Bates b Poonam Yadav 57 Kashmir, Jammu, today think that I will come so far. Lauren Down run out (Goswami) 10 announced the results of the slo- Initially, my aim was to only Amy Satterthwaite (c) not out 66 gan writing and poster making wear the India colours, be one of Sophie Devine not out 17 (RNU) petitions held here. the core members of the team Extras 3 (lb 2, w 1) This competition was organ- Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Vikas but never did I think that I will Total 153 (2 wickets, 29.2 overs) ized by the RNU. continue to play for so long," Kundal inaugurating Archery Tournament in Kargil. Bowlers: Jhulan Goswami 8-0-26-0, Ekta Bisht 5-0-29-0, Shikha The competition evoked over- said Mithali as one could gauge Pandey 5-0-24-0, Deepti Sharma 4.2-0-19-0, Poonam Yadav 5-1-31-1, whelming response from the par- the sense of satisfaction in her Dayalan Hemalatha 2-0-22-0. ticipants and a large number of DC Kargil inaugurates Archery voice. (PTI) happy that youngsters like Deepti entries were received in both the number three, was the only one to (Sharma) and Jemimah categories. Tournament under Khelo India Imran Farooq who is cur- make a significant contribution In poster making competition, rently working as (Rodrigues) got runs. We defi- Excelsior Sports Correspondent hope that the tournament would for India, top-scoring with 52 off Rajat Paul bagged first prize while Public Relations nitely wanted to try a few things. provide ideal platform for the 90 balls. India collapsed to 149 Pankaj Kohli and Shakeel Ahmed Officer to the The bowlers have done well KARGIL, Feb 1: Deputy players to polish their skills. all out in 44 overs after being at through the tournament. But Ace cyclist Bilal Ahmed posing along with dignitaries after secured second and third positions Commissioner and CEO, Vice Chancellor 117 for four in the 35th over. claiming gold medal. respectively. The DC said that the District today we didn't get enough runs," LAHDC, Kargil Vikas Kundal Administration is committed to and the Vigilance "I am happy with the first Mithali said in the post-match In slogan writing competi- inaugurated an Archery give impetus to sports activities in Officer, JU has series win in New Zealand.