MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2014 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Kohli, Rahane tons lead UP 113 for no loss DIG Jammu inaugurates Veteran T20 Cup against J&K on Day 1 Choudhary Club, JKP India fightback on Day 3 KANPUR, Dec 28: league match at the Green Park. Srivastava struck 10 fours MELBOURNE, Dec 28: chance at mid-wicket off Lyon bag of nerves and was dropped Openers Tanmay Srivastava during his 87-ball 56 not out, only to play another similar by substitute fielder Peter and Akash Verma struck a half script convincing wins Virat Kohli and Ajinkya while Verma's unbeaten 55 from stroke against the off-spinner Siddle at mid-wicket in the century each as Uttar Pradesh 87 balls featured five fours and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Rahane struck fluent centuries on the very next delivery as the 110th over. made the most of the 29 overs of and stitched a record 262-run two sixes. ball took a top adge and settled But the youngster played a play possible by scoring 113 for JAMMU, Dec 28: In order to fourth-wicket partnership as Jammu and Kashmir bowlers into the hands of Josh horrendous sweep shot to on no loss on day one of their Ranji bridge the gap between Police India fought back bravely led by their captain Parveez Hazlewood (0-75) at fine leg. the very next ball get a top- Trophy cricket match against and Public, Range Police before a late-order slide Rasool toiled hard for the 29 Skipper Mahendra Singh edge and get caught at fine leg. Jammu and Kashmir here today. Headquarters Jammu in collabo- allowed a sloppy Australia to overs they got today without any Dhoni (11) fiddled around for Harris returned to account Srivastava and Verma ration with Parade Sports claw back in the third cricket success. sometime but his tentative for Dhoni and Ashwin (0) as remained unbeaten on 56 and 55 Association, Jammu, organized Test, here today. Brief Scores: approach from the very start India went from 409/4 to 434/7. respectively at the draw of a Veteran T-20 Cricket Resuming the day on 108 Uttar Pradesh: 113 for no cost him his wicket after Harris Meanwhile, Kohli stayed solid stumps as they took the home Tournament on the eve of New for one in response to the hosts' loss in 29 overs (Tanmay got the wicketkeeper-batsman and crossed the 150-run mark team to a strong position after Year at Parade Ground, here first innings score of 530, India Srivastava 56 batting, Akash caught behind. in his Test career for the first electing to bat in the Group A today. lost their overnight batsmen Verma 55 batting). (PTI) Ravichandran Ashwin was time. He was out just before The tournament was inaugu- early but Kohli (169), register- rated by Shakeel Ahmed Beig, ing his third ton in this series, SCOREBOARD Delhi reach 178/1 after Unmukt, DIG Jammu- Samba-Kathua, and Rahane (147) made sure Australia 1st innings 530 who was accompanied by DIG Jammu, Shakeel Ahmed Beig interacting with players that their stand is the highest India 1st innings (overnight 108 for 1) Madan Jha, Circular Business while inaugurating Veteran T20 Cricket Tournament at Parade for India in Australia at the Gambhir provide solid start Murali Vijay c Marsh b Watson 68 Controller (CBC) Aircel and ground in Jammu. MCG for any wicket. NEW DELHI, Dec 28: stand. Unmukt looked confident Shikhar Dhawan c Smith b Harris 28 Rajesh Gill, organizing secre- The visitors ended the day Cheteshwar Pujara c Haddin b Harris 25 from the onset as he punished JKP, Rajesh Gill was the pick of DIG Jammu also said that Back in form after his fluent tary of the tournament. on 462 for eight as they still Virat Kohli c Haddin b Johnson 169 both pacers and spinners alike. the bowlers, who scalped 4 making Veteran T-20 Cricket century against Rajasthan, Two matches were played on trail by 68 runs at the end of Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Lyon 147 When medium pacer Ishwar important wickets, while Naresh Tournament an annual feature, Unmukt Chand made full use of the opening day today. Day 3. KL Rahul c Hazlewood b Lyon 3 Chaudhary dropped one short, he claimed one. will be a priority for Jammu and playing against below-par In the first match, Aided by five dropped M S Dhoni c Haddin b Harris 11 was quick to rock back and play In reply, JKP chased the tar- Kashmir Police. R Ashwin c and b Harris 0 Gujarat attack with an attractive Choudhary Club defeated catches, India responded well the perfect pull-shot behind get in 12 overs by losing one DIG Jammu said that range Mohammad Shami not out 9 unbeaten 97 that took Delhi to a Parade Sports Association by 65 only to lose a bit of a momen- square for maximum. wicket to win the match by 9 police Jammu has also organ- Extras (LB-1, W-1) 2 comfortable 178 for one on the runs in an easy contest. Batting tum in the end as new-ball He hit three more sixes -- two wickets. Rajesh Gill scored ized various programmes under Total (8 wickets; 126.2 overs) 462 first day of a Ranji Trophy crick- first, Choudhary Club scored a bowler Ryan Harris returned Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-108, 3-147, 4-409, 5-415, 6-430, 7-434, 8-462. off off-spinner Jesal Karia's bowl- magnificent 79 runs, while et match, here today. handsome total of 180 runs for Civic Action Programme (CAP) with figures of 4-69. Bowling: Johnson 29.2-5-133-1, Harris 25-7-69-4 (1w), Hazlewood ing in the arc and one off left-arm Danny contributed 33 runs to With only 53 overs of play the loss of 6 wickets. Narinder viz. Awareness Programme on Pace spearhead Mitchell 25-6-75-0, Watson 16-3-65-1, Lyon 29-3-108-2, Smith 2-0-11-0. spinner Pranjal Sutaria apart from the total . Rajesh Gil was possible on another fog-hit day, top scored with 71 runs, while road safety, social evils, Anti- Johnson (1-133), who bled runs 12 boundaries in 170 balls. adjudged man of the match for Delhi batsmen made full use of a Vinay contributed quick-fire 42 Drug Rallies, different sports through the day, also got Kohli superb all-round show. the next as part of the mini-pro- stumps, putting up 28 runs for low and slow Feroz Shah Kotla Another three runs would runs. For Parade Sports activities etc in order to ensure caught behind to get a consola- Meanwhile, Eleven Star will cession and the No.8 batsman the eighth wicket with Shami. track as Unmukt, in company of give him sixth century in first- Association, Pardeep Bali and people friendly policing. tion wicket as umpires called take on Guru Nanak Club in the could only face four balls Earlier, Kohli and Rahane skipper Gautam Gambhir (66), class cricket and second succes- Sanjay Sharma took 2 wickets The proceedings of the pro- stumps. 3rd Christmas Cup, while Samar before being caught and bowled built on their 77-run platform added 171 runs for the opening sive in the tournament. (PTI) each, while Ashok and gramme were conducted by Getting into heated Club will face Trikuta Cricket off Harris for a nought. they had laid in the morning. Anshuman claimed one wicket Rajesh Dhar, while prominent exchanges with Johnson at dif- Club at the same venue tomor- Harris was supported by The latter had been more each. ferent stages of his innings, row. among others present on the Lyon (2-108) and Watson. The aggressive of the two batsmen Abhay, Agreeney guide Col In reply, Parade Sports Kohli was dropped on 88 by While speaking on the occa- occasion were Rakesh Singh, bowlers gave away far too and he continued in the same Association bundled out for 115 Shane Watson (1-65) at first sion, DIG Jammu said that the Sales Head Aircel, Anand many runs but were disciplined vein. He got to his half-century runs to lose the match by 65 tournament has been organized Tripathi-Aircel; Rajnish Pran, slip in the 85th over and made in the sense that they conceded in the 71st over, off 60 balls, Chopra Academy to big win runs. Sandeep Singh top scored for veteran cricketers, who SSP SO to DIG Jammu; full use of the spill. just 2 extra in the innings so far. and two overs later brought up Excelsior Sports Correspondent valuable 35 runs to the total. For with 31 runs, while Akshay remain busy in their day to day Parshotam Sharma, Deputy Kohli, recording his ninth Post-tea, the two batsmen the 100-run partnership DPS, Anmol took 3 wickets, Khajuria contributed 22 runs. life and get less time for recre- Test ton, mixed the right dose had looked to increase their between them. Director Prosecution, Abhay JAMMU, Dec 28: A brilliant while Aryan Gandral claimed Bansi Lal bagged 3 wickets, ational activities. He said 6 vet- of caution and aggression in his 189-run stand and did so quite India crossed the 250-mark Bakaya, Vijay Sabarwal presi- 5-wicket haul by Abhay Tandon one wicket. while Sunil claimed 2 wickets eran cricket teams are participat- 272-ball stay, his innings laced well. They crossed the 200-run in the 74th over and were near- dent Parade Sports Association; and a superb knock of 65 runs In reply, DPS bundled out for Choudhary Club.