WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Jitu, Heena strike gold in air Under pressure India face Chawla takes 5-for; Shubham, Banday score fifties rare series defeat at home Gujarat 15/0 against J&K’s pistol mixed team event PUNE, Oct 24: innings. NEW DELHI, Oct 24: host nation a positive start in the held on to win the gold easily. The Indian captain, who prestigious tournament that is A 10.8 in his 21st individual An under pressure India will stuck a memorable hundred in 257 in Ranji Trophy Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu com- being organised for the first time in shot was also crucial and Heena face their stiffest test in recent his 200th ODI, would like to Excelsior Sports Correspondent Rasool (4), the team was strug- knock, Bandeep and Manik bined to give India their first gold the country. was a picture of consistency times when they try to bounce continue from where he left off. gling at 116 for the loss of 4 played some crispy shots in their medal of the ISSF World Cup Final France's Florian Fouquet and throughout the final. They finished back in the three-match ODI His role will be again crucial if JAMMU, Oct 24: Defending wickets, before a 50-run partner- knocks. here, clinching the top honours in Celine Goberville bagged the sil- with a combined total of 483.4 series against a refreshed New the team has to set up a big total, champion Gujarat were 15/0 at ship between Ian Dev Singh (22) Now it is up to J&K’s spin the 10m air pistol mixed team ver medal with 481.1. The bronze after 48 shots. Zealand in the must-win second provided it bats first. stumps on day-1 after Jammu and and Puneet Bisht (29) took the bowling trio of Rasool, Manik event on the opening day of com- medal was awarded to Yang Wei In the mixed team trap, Spain's game here tomorrow. The last time Kohli played at Kashmir managed to score 257 score to 166 in 53.1 overs when and Amir to make full use of this petitions. and Cai Xiaoxue of China, who Antonio Bailon and Beatrice It is not often that India find the venue, he ended up scoring a runs in their first innings of the Bisht was dismissed by left-arm strip. It was historic as the mixed failed to match the pace set by Martinez won gold by shooting 42 themselves in a 'save the series match-winning knock against Ranji Trophy Group-B match at spinner Hardik Patel, who also Piyush Chawla was the team events have been officially India and France, finishing third out of 50 in the final round. They situation', having won the last six England in January. Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, dismissed Ian in his next over, wrecker-in-chief for Gujarat, who beat Italy's Giovanni Pellielo and bilateral engagements. The number four spot Surat in Gujarat. restricting J&K to 169/6 in 55.3 took 5 important wickets by con- Jessica Rossi to silver. The Italian Not many had also expected remains a concern for the team Earlier, Jammu and Kashmir overs. However, useful contribu- ceding 92 runs in his 24 overs, pair scored 40 while USA's Derrek New Zealand to topple India in management with 11 batsmen won the toss and elected to bat. tions by Bandeep Singh (29), while Hardik Patel took 3 wickets Haldeman and Ashley Carroll won the series-opener at the being tried at that position since Batting first, J&K’s new find Mohammad Mudhasir (35) and by giving away 57 runs in his bronze with a final round score of Wankhede but the visitors, play- the 2015 World Cup. Kedar young opening pair of Shubham Manik Gupta (20) helped Jammu 20.2 overs. Chintan and Rujul 31. ing their first match since the Jadhav batted at number four on Khajuria and Ahmad Omar and Kashmir to reach a also claimed one wicket each. "It feels great to win here in Champions Trophy, did it in Sunday but failed to do the job. Banday scored magnificent half- respectable total on a wicket At stumps, Gujarat openers, front of our people, even if this emphatic style. Squads: centuries in a partnership of 99 which is assisting spinners from Samit Gohel and Priyank Panchal puts a little extra-pressure on us. It took a record breaking India: Virat Kohli (captain), runs in 30.3 overs, before the word go. While Mudhasir hit were batting on 8 and 7 runs There were high expectations 200-run stand from Ross Taylor Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Shubham was dismissed at his 4 massive sixes in his brisk respectively. from us and a lot of eyes were and Tom Latham to get the bet- Ajinkya Rahane, Manish individual score of 54 runs off 86 looking at me and Jitu for this ter of their formidable oppo- Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh balls, studded with 9 boundaries. State Football League-2017 final, that's why we trained a lot nents, putting New Zealand on Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik He was caught by Rujul Bhatt granted medal status at an ISSF with 418.2 points. together in the last few days," the cusp of a rare series win in Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep after the bowling of leg-spinner India. Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, JK Bank outplays AG's XI; Jhelum Sports World Cup Final. A multiple medallist in top Heena said. Piyush Chawla, who also trapped The way they played spin- Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar In the 10m mixed air rifle international events, Rai will also "We like this format, it's a bit Pranav Gupta for naught before ners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kumar and Shardul Thakur. holds Lone Star Blue to goalless draw event, the duo of Deepak Kumar gun for glory in the 10m free pistol longer than the other ones but we medium pacer Chintan Gaja dis- Kuldeep Yadav was commend- New Zealand: Kane Excelsior Sports Correspondent attempts. The hopes of AG's and Meghana Sajjanar had to be and 50m pistol in the coming days. definitely like it," added Rai, who missed Banday for brilliant 54 able, considering the Australians Williamson (captain), Trent team to score an equaliser were contend with a fourth-place finish This was the Indian pair's third previously won two medals during runs off 111 balls including 9 struggled against the same com- Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, SRINAGAR, Oct 24: J&K dashed in the last minutes of the at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting gold in the event this year, having the ISSF World Cup Stage 1 that splendid boundaries. Both the bination in the preceding series. Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Bank XI defeated Accountant match when Rohit of Bank team Ranges. won both the test events (Grand took place in New Delhi last openers applied themselves to The hosts, no doubt, were Latham, Henry Nicholls, Adam General's (AG's) XI by two managed to score the second The Indian pair, which suffered Prix status) at two earlier World February and March. almost a perfection and showed off-colour at Wankhede but the Milne, Colin Munro, Glenn goals to nil (2-0) in the Premier goal. The shocked AG's players a two-shot penalty for shooting in Cup stages in New Delhi and Raninder Singh, President of serenity, promise and composure the wrong sequence, would have Gabala. the National Rifle Association of Virat Kohli-led side is expected Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Division match of the ongoing had no time to react as the refree to come back hard at the Black Southee, Ross Taylor, George to give their team a solid founda- State Football League-2017, at blew final whistle. Faisal probably landed a medal other- This was also Heena's second India (NRAI), was delighted and tion. wise. WCF gold medal. She had won the said, "Both Heena and Jitu shot Caps tomorrow. Kohli led from Worker and Ish Sodhi. Synthetic Turf TRC, while the Thakur of the Bank team was the front on Sunday with his 31st Match commences at 1:30 However, early dismissals of Super Division match played at decalared player of the match. The duo of Jitu and Heena shot individual women's 10m air pistol brilliantly. This reiterates the point Pranav (0) and skipper Parvez 483.4 in the final to finish on the gold in 2013. made earlier during the first World ODI ton but did not get the sup- pm IST. (PTI) the same venue between Jhelum The Super Division match of top of the podium. For Jitu, this was his second Cup stage here by me that the port from his team. Sports and Lone Star KFC Blue the day between Jehlum Sports The mixed team competitions medal at the WCF level, having inclusion of Mixed events in the India head coach Ravi Mum Events to organize cricket ended in a draw. and Lone Star Blue ended in a were organised as test events in the won silver last year in the individ- Tokyo 2020 Olympics will give Shastri too would want the rest The Premier-Division match goal less draw. Right from the World Cups held earlier this year ual men's 50m pistol event. India an edge. of the side to step up. between the Bank and AG's XI start of the match, player from and will be making the Olympic In the final, where each team "Heena and Jitu's performance The dangerous opening pair tournament from Nov 19 was expected to be a closely both the teams tried to attack debut in the Tokyo 2020 Games.